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Cognizant sets world record with global AI hackathon & 53,199 staff

Sat, 23rd Aug 2025
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Cognizant set a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD with 53,199 staff in a global AI hackathon, creating over 30,600 ideas to boost innovation and AI skills.
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GitLab 18.3 advances AI orchestration & agent integration in coding

Fri, 22nd Aug 2025
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GitLab 18.3 enhances AI orchestration and agent integration, streamlining workflows and boosting productivity for software engineering teams.
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R Systems & Cursor partner to lead AI-first software delivery

Fri, 25th Jul 2025
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R Systems partners with Cursor to embed AI in software development, aiming to boost delivery speed by 30% and cut defect density by 25%.
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Cognition secures Windsurf in a dramatic industry shake-up

Tue, 15th Jul 2025
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Cognition has acquired Windsurf's core assets post-failed OpenAI and Google deals, reshaping the competitive AI coding tools market in July 2025.
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Canada pulls back on Digital Services Tax to advance US trade talks

Tue, 1st Jul 2025
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Trump previously stalled trade talks with Canada in protest over its new 3% Digital Services Tax on major tech firms, escalating bilateral tensions.
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Google launches Gemini 2.5 models with pricing & speed updates

Wed, 25th Jun 2025
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Google unveils Gemini 2.5 AI updates, launching Flash-Lite for cost-efficient speed and revising pricing to enhance model accessibility and performance.
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Cloudinary unveils MCP Server for easier AI-powered image tasks

Wed, 18th Jun 2025
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Cloudinary launches MCP Server, enabling users to manage images and videos via natural language without coding, available to all including free plan users.
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Secure Code Warrior unveils free AI security rules for developers

Wed, 18th Jun 2025
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Secure Code Warrior has launched free AI Security Rules on GitHub, helping developers secure code creation with AI tools like GitHub Copilot and others.
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Chronicle launches AI agent to revolutionise presentations

Wed, 4th Jun 2025
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Chronicle unveils its AI-powered presentation tool, enabling users to create polished decks in minutes, revolutionising visual storytelling and collaboration.
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Kurrent unveils open-source MCP Server for AI-driven databases

Fri, 30th May 2025
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Kurrent's new open-source MCP Server allows AI-driven natural language interaction with KurrentDB, simplifying database tasks and boosting developer productivity.
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Cloudflare & Anthropic team up to power secure AI app links

Fri, 2nd May 2025
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Cloudflare partners with Anthropic to enable secure, real-time AI integrations with SaaS giants like Atlassian, Stripe, and PayPal using its new MCP toolkit.
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Banks accelerate AI innovation with surge in new patents & investments

Thu, 11th Apr 2024
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The banking industry is seeing a significant acceleration in AI innovation, with a rise in new patents and research publications.
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What's driving enterprise use and purchase of SD-WAN?

Fri, 8th Jul 2016
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IDC study finds consistent security, price, and reduced complexity to drive enterprise adoption of SD-WAN. Revenues predicted to reach $6bn by 2020.