Sytel Reply Named Zuora’s 2025 EMEA RSI Partner of the Year Enabling Value-Based Monetization for AI March 24, 2026 Sytel Reply, the Reply Group company specialized in subscription management, billing transformation and revenue management platforms, has been recognized by Zuora as its 2025 EMEA RSI Partner of the Year for its expertise in Zuora implementation and strategic consulting in monetization across the EMEA region. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: [...]
Not just oil: Fertiliser and helium are at risk in the Strait of Hormuz standoff March 24, 2026 Since the start of the Middle Eastern conflict nearly a month ago, analysts have kept their eyes glued to the latest energy market data. On 2 March, Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway which is responsible for shipping roughly one fifth of the world’s oil and gas, was “closed” and oil prices have [...]
Kaplan Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026 for AI-Powered Educational Products March 24, 2026 Kaplan has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026 by Fast Company. This award highlights Kaplan’s leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) across three key areas: personalized admissions counseling, adaptive independent study, and scalable technical feedback. Summary of Kaplan’s AI Innovations: AI College Admissions Tool: KapAdvisor™ Premium for Parents reduces family [...]
OCTO and Volkswagen Group Info Services AG Form Partnership for Fleet Data Integration March 24, 2026 The partnership enables secure integration of vehicle data from six Volkswagen Group brands into OCTO’s platform, strengthening fleet data services across the European Union and supporting utilization, maintenance and geo-location use cases without additional hardware.
Advertising Week Europe boss: humans still run the show in the age of AI March 24, 2026 As Advertising Week Europe kicks off, the conversation isn’t about replacing human talent, but about recalibration, says Ruth Mortimer We’ve all read the headlines, the hyperbolic predictions and the confident declarations that everything is about to change. Apparently artificial intelligence is going to change each and every one of our jobs and lives immediately. But [...]
Half of AI’s most expensive chips are sitting idle, says tech expert March 23, 2026 The artificial intelligence boom, so far, has been defined by a single instinct: build more. More chips, more data centres, more power. Capital expenditure from the world’s largest tech firms is running into the hundreds of billions as they race to scale AI systems. Analysts expect global data centre investment to continue rising sharply, with [...]
MoD looks to hire AI chief on £185,000 – just don’t use it in your application March 23, 2026 The Ministry of Defence is on the search for a new AI chief to put the UK on a tech war footing. The MoD said its new chief AI officer would be in charge of leading an in-house technology centre and bringing AI into operation across the military for “maximum impact”. The London-based job will [...]
Lyten to Establish a Lyten Industrial Hub in Poland March 20, 2026 Lyten announces the establishment of its next Lyten Industrial Hub in Gdańsk, Poland. The hub will bring together key manufacturing and digital resources to support energy infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and the defense sector. In February 2026, Lyten announced the creation of the first Lyten Industrial Hub in Sweden, combining battery production operations there with a 1 GW AI data center campus. Lyten plans to complete its feasibility study by the end of 2026 to determine the full development plan
What makes Rachel Reeves think she should be picking winners? March 20, 2026 Rachel Reeves’ vision for an “active and strategic” state is just old fashioned dirigisme with a new name, says Emmanuel Igwe A few hours before her Mais lecture this week, the chancellor had told Faisal Islam in an interview that she “so believed in an active and strategic state… working with working people to shape the [...]
Is AI ‘vibe coding’ too good to be true? March 20, 2026 AI means companies can now 'vibe code' their own software products on the cheap – but they may soon discover the risks, writes Paul Armstrong.