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Sofiah Nichole Salivio
News Editor
Sofiah Nichole has balanced a dual passion for technical precision and the written word since 2017. Before diving into the world of Civil Engineering, she spent years navigating school press conferences and contributing to university publications, honing her skills as a versatile staff writer. Outside of her engineering labs, you can find her advocating for student voices and looking for the next great story to tell. She believes that whether you are building a bridge or a news report, the foundation must be rock solid.

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Opera Neon lets AI clients act directly in browser

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Opera opens Neon browser to external AI clients, letting Claude and ChatGPT work inside live sessions with tabs, log-ins and page context.
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Gain Theory says insight gap is cultural, not technical

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Gain Theory urges marketers to fix cultural barriers and siloed measurement, saying 54% of B2C decision-makers find insights unactionable.
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Guinness Enterprise Centre reinvests €50 million in Dublin

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Guinness Enterprise Centre says it has ploughed EUR 50 million back into its Dublin start-up campus over 25 years, backing 1,500 firms.
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FLORA launches FAUNA for creative teams with USD $52 million

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FLORA unveils FAUNA visual AI canvas for creative teams, alongside reusable workflows and Image Editor, after raising USD $52 million.
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KBRO expands Taiwan broadband with Harmonic fibre-on-demand

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KBRO turns to Harmonic's fibre-on-demand platform to extend Taiwan broadband selectively, pairing XGS-PON with DOCSIS upgrades and limiting new build costs.
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Web attacks in EMEA hit two-year high, Akamai warns

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Akamai says attack volumes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa climbed 36% year on year as APIs and automated DDoS campaigns fuel a sharp surge.
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World Backup Day warnings over ransomware resilience gaps

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Cybersecurity experts say many firms are still relying on fragmented backup tools and untested recovery plans as ransomware attacks and cloud complexity surge.
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Tyler Vander Ploeg elected Vice Chair of fibre consortium

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Tyler Vander Ploeg named Vice Chair of fibre consortium as industry body steps up education and standards work amid rising network demand.
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Tp-Link launches Wi-Fi 7 gaming routers from AUD $279

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TP-Link broadens its gaming router push with Wi-Fi 7 models from AUD $279, led by a tri-band flagship promising sharper traffic prioritisation for busy homes.
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Red Hat & Google Cloud expand OpenShift integration

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Red Hat and Google Cloud broaden OpenShift tie-up with built-in console access, easier billing and new virtualisation support for mixed workloads.
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Portnox wins third SC Award for authentication technology

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Portnox takes third straight SC Award as enterprises shift to cloud-based authentication for employees, devices, machines and AI identities.
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Voters back health insurance reforms & AI safeguards

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Battleground-state voters want tougher health insurance rules and strong AI guardrails, with overwhelming support for mental health protections.
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Harness ranked No. 24 on Fortune's innovation list

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Harness says its AI tools tackle the post-code bottleneck as it lands No. 24 on Fortune's 2026 innovation list, alongside rapid growth and new funding.
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Ferveret study says waterless cooling lifts AI efficiency

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Ferveret study with UCLA says waterless cooling boosts AI compute efficiency 15% and cuts training times while using no water.
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Aquablue opens Morristown HQ after 40% workforce rise

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Aquablue opens Morristown headquarters as Chief Executive Officer Chris Marino hails expansion after workforce growth of more than 40%.
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Mediaocean appoints Guy Kuperman as Chief Strategy Officer

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Mediaocean taps Innovid veteran Guy Kuperman to drive strategy, partnerships and AI-led integration across its ad tech portfolio.
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Orgvue study finds AI divide between executives & managers

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Senior managers lag executives on AI plans, with 63% of leaders expecting redundancies within six months, Orgvue research finds.
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Start Tech boss urges MSPs to focus on business needs

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Start Tech Managing Director Ian Groves tells London event MSPs to prioritise client business problems over AI hype as debate grows over automation's impact.
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Cainiao opens battery warehouse in Mannheim, Germany

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Cainiao expands European fulfilment network with Mannheim battery warehouse and plans more specialist sites as eCommerce logistics shifts regional.
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TGS taps Tape Ark for 40 PB seismic cloud migration

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TGS taps Tape Ark for one of the energy sector's biggest cloud moves, shifting 40 petabytes of seismic data into a hyperscale environment.