Blockchain
UN:BLOCK Fintech to Bring 600+ Professionals to Riga
More than 600 fintech professionals and regulators will gather in Riga to discuss MiCA, payments, investment and the future of financial services.
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Retail & E-Commerce
Brand loyalty is a myth: experience is what drives growth
AAWE founder Tom Belt argues that what businesses call loyalty is usually habit or inertia, and that growth comes from the experience customers actually get.Loyalty schemes, cards, discounts and rewards all rest on the assumption that loyalty exists and can be bought.
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Fintech
The next fintech frontier: finance for global citizens
LemFi co-founder and CEO Ridwan Olalere argues that fintech must let migrants carry their credit history and financial identity with them across borders.More than 300 million people now live outside their country of birth, and for many of them a credit history does not survive the move. The founder of one cross-border finance platform argues that this is the gap fintech has so far left open.
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FintechAI & ML
IDEMIA Secure Transactions opens agentic commerce to all networks
IDEMIA's new trust infrastructure lets domestic and regional payment schemes compete as AI agents increasingly automate checkout decisions.IDEMIA's new trust infrastructure lets domestic and regional payment schemes compete as AI agents increasingly automate checkout decisions. -
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Checkout.com adds Jaywan to UAE acquiring platform
Checkout.com integrates the UAE's sovereign card scheme, giving merchants local routing and built-in regulatory compliance in one platform.Checkout.com integrates the UAE's sovereign card scheme, giving merchants local routing and built-in regulatory compliance in one platform.
Energy
AI & ML
Cango pivots Bitcoin mining infrastructure toward AI compute hosting
The NYSE-listed miner is repurposing its energy assets to offer bare-metal GPU hosting, betting on compute demand over coin production.
The NYSE-listed miner is repurposing its energy assets to offer bare-metal GPU hosting, betting on compute demand over coin production.
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Energy
Datatech
The $15bn is confirmed. Several of its biggest parts are not new
LEAP's organiser has put the opening-day total on the record in English. Read the release closely and xAI, AWS and Adobe all need re-dating.
LEAP's organiser has put the opening-day total on the record in English. Read the release closely and xAI, AWS and Adobe all need re-dating.
Defence
Robotics
Kratos lands $35m classified hardware award for US warfighter
A classified C5ISR production contract underscores rising Pentagon demand for affordable, rapid-manufacture mil-spec hardware across hypersonics and counter-UAS.
A classified C5ISR production contract underscores rising Pentagon demand for affordable, rapid-manufacture mil-spec hardware across hypersonics and counter-UAS.
Robotics
Internet of Things
Defence
sensiBel optical MEMS mic targets robotics and drone detection
Norway's sensiBel launches a 136dB dynamic-range microphone aimed at humanoid robots, acoustic drone detection and AI beamforming arrays.
Norway's sensiBel launches a 136dB dynamic-range microphone aimed at humanoid robots, acoustic drone detection and AI beamforming arrays.
Robotics
Defence
Internet of Things
sensiBel optical MEMS microphone targets robotics and drone detection
Norway's sensiBel launches an 84dBA SNR microphone aimed at humanoid robots, acoustic drone detection, and AI beamforming arrays.
Norway's sensiBel launches an 84dBA SNR microphone aimed at humanoid robots, acoustic drone detection, and AI beamforming arrays.
Defence
Space
SAIC raises FY27 guidance as defence and space contracts drive growth
A $22bn backlog and fresh intelligence and missile-testing awards signal sustained US defence modernisation spend.
A $22bn backlog and fresh intelligence and missile-testing awards signal sustained US defence modernisation spend.
Real Estate
Energy
Sustainability
Nordic Fibreboard's gas-price squeeze exposes energy risk in Baltic
A US strike on Iran sent gas prices soaring, pushing a small Estonian fibreboard maker into deeper losses despite rising revenue.
A US strike on Iran sent gas prices soaring, pushing a small Estonian fibreboard maker into deeper losses despite rising revenue.
AI & ML
Space
Biotech
Datatech
LEAP 2026 opens as Saudi Arabia bets diversification on AI
The fifth edition opened in Malham today with 1,289 registered investors representing $14.5tn in assets, though the opening-day deal total has yet to land.
The fifth edition opened in Malham today with 1,289 registered investors representing $14.5tn in assets, though the opening-day deal total has yet to land.
Retail & E-Commerce
Cybersecurity
ASUS Chromebook CM32 Detachable targets frontline and classroom fleets
ASUS launches a MIL-STD-rated ChromeOS tablet aimed at shared device fleets in education, healthcare and retail.
ASUS launches a MIL-STD-rated ChromeOS tablet aimed at shared device fleets in education, healthcare and retail.
Energy
Sustainability
Real Estate
Critical Metals Corp advances European Lithium court process
A Nasdaq-listed critical minerals firm moves toward absorbing Europe's first fully permitted lithium mine via Australian court schemes.
A Nasdaq-listed critical minerals firm moves toward absorbing Europe's first fully permitted lithium mine via Australian court schemes.
Robotics
Hospitality
AI & ML
MBody AI lists on Nasdaq via merger, raises $10m for robot fleet growth
The embodied-AI robotics platform targets hospitality and gaming operators as it enters public markets with a clean-cap-structure offering.
The embodied-AI robotics platform targets hospitality and gaming operators as it enters public markets with a clean-cap-structure offering.
AI & ML
Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash reframes the AI cost-efficiency race
A 125-billion-parameter open-weight model needs one-ninth the training compute of its predecessor, testing whether architecture beats scale.
A 125-billion-parameter open-weight model needs one-ninth the training compute of its predecessor, testing whether architecture beats scale.
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Environmental Management & Markets
GOWell Energy Technology begins Nasdaq trading as "GOW"
The Singapore-based well logging company completed a SPAC merger to reach public markets, citing geothermal and carbon storage among its target applications.
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Enterprise Software
Keeta marks one year in UAE with 10,000-plus merchant brands
Meituan's international delivery arm has reached all seven UAE emirates, onboarded over 40,000 locations and served tens of millions of orders in its
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Medical Devices
IBA to install first gantry proton therapy centre in central Italy
IBA has signed a contract with Rome's IFO to deliver a Proteus ONE proton therapy system, bringing gantry-based treatment to central and southern
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Bioeconomy & Agritech
Haffner Energy wins €3.2m Quebec order for first Multi-Energy Hub
The French biomass-to-fuels developer will deliver thermolysis equipment to Bécancour's INCAD project, Quebec's first hub targeting RNG, biochar and SAF.
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Semiconductors
OPPO Find X10 Pro Max to launch with MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro
OPPO's next flagship will be among the first smartphones powered by MediaTek's 2nm Dimensity 9600 Pro, with a global debut followed by a
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Pharmaceuticals
Oryzon secures EMA approval to start HOPE-2 vafidemstat trial in PMS
Oryzon Genomics has received EMA authorisation to begin a Phase IIa study of vafidemstat in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, a rare autism-linked genetic disorder with
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Advanced Energy & Grid
Jackery launches Red Cross Edition home battery range for emergency use
Jackery's co-branded HomePower Emergency Pro Series spans three capacity tiers and pledges 10% of profits to frontline emergency responders.
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Data Centres
Castrol CORE brings integrated thermal management to data centres
Castrol has launched CORE, an end-to-end thermal management offer combining design, cooling technology and lifecycle services for data centre operators.
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Pharmaceuticals
Belite Bio to present DRAGON Phase 3 tinlarebant data at Euretina
Belite Bio will present topline Phase 3 results for tinlarebant in adolescent Stargardt disease at Euretina in Vienna, ahead of a February 2027 FDA PDUFA
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Low-Carbon Mobility & Logistics
A.P. Moller Capital acquires majority stake in Euroports Group
The Danish infrastructure fund is buying into one of Europe's largest bulk port operators, handling over 70 million tonnes of cargo annually across 50
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Enterprise Software
Innovation City uses Agentforce to automate company registration
The UAE free zone has deployed Salesforce's Agentforce platform to cut company registration from days to minutes using autonomous AI agents.
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AgriTech
Cibus and Crystal Crop partner to gene-edit India's mustard crop
The deal gives Crystal Crop exclusive India rights to Cibus gene-editing technology targeting higher mustard yields across 8.5 million hectares.
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