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Organisations boost customer education but face scaling hurdles
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New research shows 92% of firms plan to expand customer education in 2025, despite facing challenges scaling programmes and measuring their impact.
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Snowflake, Acxiom launch AI platform for marketing data
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Snowflake and Acxiom have joined forces to launch a secure, AI-driven marketing data platform, revolutionising brand data access and privacy management globally.
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VivaTech 2025 sees record turnout & surging AI innovation
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VivaTech 2025 attracted 180,000 global visitors, highlighting a 40% surge in AI exhibitors and fostering 640,000 business connections across 171 nationalities.
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Silverpush unveils AI tool for brand safety on TikTok ads
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Silverpush launches AI-powered Silverpush Mirrors for TikTok, enhancing brand safety and campaign optimisation for advertisers on the platform.
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Klarna & Marqeta launch flexible debit card trial in the US
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Klarna and Marqeta have launched a US trial of the Klarna Card, a debit card offering flexible pay-now or pay-later options on a single card this year.
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Paynt acquires E-xact to boost North American payment growth
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Paynt acquires Canadian payments firm E-xact to boost North American growth, targeting a further US acquisition by late 2025.
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Over 80,000 Microsoft Entra ID accounts hit by major takeover campaign
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Over 80,000 Microsoft Entra ID accounts have been targeted in the UNK_SneakyStrike takeover campaign exploiting the TeamFiltration penetration testing tool.
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Majority of US freight experts expect driverless trucks by 2050
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A survey reveals 65% of US freight experts expect driverless trucks to be common by 2050, with early use on long-haul highways and low traffic times.
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Evergreen acquires REDD, celebrates $1 billion revenue milestone
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Evergreen marks its 100th managed IT services acquisition with Australia's REDD, surpassing $1 billion revenue, while expanding globally.
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Ignition unveils AI tool to help businesses set smarter prices
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Ignition is developing an AI tool to help service businesses set smarter prices using real billing data, aiming to boost confidence and optimise revenues.
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AI boosts customer service happiness as global wellbeing falls
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Global happiness falls to 58% in 2025, yet customer service satisfaction rises, boosted by growing trust in AI-powered support worldwide.
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Samsara & Element launch unified platform for fleet operators
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Samsara and Element launch a unified platform to help fleet operators in the US and Canada manage assets and costs with real-time data insights.
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Jenny Welsh joins UniTaskr to drive global growth, diversity
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Jenny Welsh joins UniTaskr as Head of Growth and Strategy to spearhead global expansion and promote diversity in the student work platform sector.
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AI lifts customer service satisfaction as global happiness falls
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Global happiness fell nearly 10 points to 58% in 2025, but AI-driven customer service satisfaction rose 5 points to 41%, says NiCE’s report.
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Email still vital for business despite messaging app surge
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Despite instant messaging growth, 48% of IT leaders say email remains the top channel for vital business communications worldwide.
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FICO named leader in Forrester AI decision platforms report
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FICO leads Forrester's AI decision platforms report, achieving top scores for its platform's innovation and decision-making capabilities among 15 vendors.
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THDR unveils Neuono app for AI-driven personalised fashion
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Australian group THDR has launched Neuono, an AI-driven app delivering personalised, made-to-measure menswear and womenswear via smartphone without fittings.
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New Zealand climbs global digital ranking but equity lags
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New Zealand rises to third in Adobe’s 2024 Digital Government Index with gains in service and performance, but digital equity still needs urgent improvement.
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Hitachi, SPP use AI to speed up US grid connection process
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Hitachi and Southwest Power Pool are using AI to slash US grid connection study times from up to 27 months to under 12, boosting energy capacity and reliability.
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Hyland appoints Sharon Brand as Chief Human Resources Officer
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Hyland has appointed Sharon Brand as Chief Human Resources Officer to lead global HR strategy and foster an inclusive, high-performing workplace culture.