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Nvidia survey shows AI driving revenue, cuts & spend

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Nvidia survey finds AI now widely embedded in operations, driving revenue gains, cost cuts and fresh spend as firms move beyond pilots.
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Swift banks back scheme for faster cross-border pay

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Swift enlists over 50 banks to launch common rules for faster, clearer cross-border retail payments, with first flows live by June.
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Wise predicts agentic AI shift in business by 2026

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Wise forecasts that by 2026 agentic AI will run core business tasks, pushing firms to embed tools, tighten oversight and rethink outsourcing.
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Women in tech call for daily, sustained workplace backing

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Women in tech urge daily, visible backing over token gestures, saying sustained support boosts careers.
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Origami launches chat-based AI tool for sales leads

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Origami unveils a chat-based AI that builds sales lead lists from plain-English prompts, starting at USD $80 a month on flat pricing.
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Five red flags that suggest your AI content is actually hurting your rankings

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Unedited AI content could soon tank your Google rankings; here are five warning signs your pages are hurting rather than helping.
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'He/Him Salary' & hidden barriers still hold women back

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'He/Him Salary', hidden networks and biased hiring still block women's careers and pay, business leaders warn ahead of International Women's Day.
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Sessions hits 5m orders as virtual kitchens fuel growth

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London's Sessions hits 5m delivery orders as its 400-plus virtual kitchens offer embattled independent restaurants a lower-cost growth route.
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Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion

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Women in fintech say inclusion tech is advancing faster than culture, warning against hollow celebration while pushing for real structural change.
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Smarsh unveils AI tool to cut compliance alert noise

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Smarsh launches AI-powered Noise Reduction Agent to suppress low-risk messages, promising 60% fewer false positives for smaller firms.
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Women in tech call for systemic change beyond quotas

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Women in tech mark International Women's Day by urging systemic fixes to finance, culture and leadership, saying quotas alone fall short.
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MSPs warned as cyber criminals weaponise trusted access

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Cyber criminals are hijacking MSP trust relationships, abusing valid credentials and VPNs as AI turbocharges phishing and ransomware.
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International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed

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Ahead of IWD 2026, Craft Club's Nakisah Williams champions slow, sustainable growth over blitzscaling as a new model of female leadership.
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International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap

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Ahead of International Women's Day, new research exposes how shattered confidence, bias and complexity fuel a stubborn credit gap for women.
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Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR

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From runway to boardroom, Australia's pageant stage doubles as a high-stakes PR lab for purpose-driven personal branding in 2026.
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Slow patching leaves SMB endpoints exposed for weeks

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Acronis finds SMBs patch Microsoft flaws in about eight days, but the slowest endpoints stay exposed to known bugs for over five weeks.
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Vistra & G-P launch unified path for global hiring

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Vistra and G-P unveil a single-contract route to shift firms smoothly from EOR hiring to fully fledged entities in overseas markets.
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How less can be more for bootstrapped AI startups

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For bootstrapped AI startups, resisting scale and mastering a tight niche can build stronger products, brands and finances.
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Proofpoint unveils AI-first Nuclei archiving suite

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Proofpoint launches AI-first Nuclei suite to simplify archiving and compliance for small firms swamped by complex, multi-channel comms.
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ECI Software Solutions hires Jack Wood to drive AI push

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ECI names Jack Wood chief technology officer to spearhead platform modernisation and embed secure, workflow-native AI across its products.