About Mark
Mark Tarre
News Chief
Mark Tarre is an editor and journalist with experience across newsroom, public relations, and digital publishing. He has worked across different organisations on editorial and content-led projects. He holds a journalism degree.
Stories by Mark
UK firms boost travel & AI spend as ad budgets fall
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UK firms ramp up travel and AI investment in 2025, even as advertising spend plunges 28%, signalling a sharper focus on productivity.
Myriota debuts AssetHawk satellite tracker for remote assets
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uc
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agricultural technology
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edge computing
Myriota launches AssetHawk, a 5G NTN satellite tracker promising decade-long battery life for monitoring remote fleets and equipment.
Trane Technologies to buy LiquidStack in AI cooling push
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manufacturing
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
Trane Technologies will acquire AI-focused data centre cooling specialist LiquidStack, expanding its liquid and rack-level thermal management range.
Submer buys Radian Arc to build sovereign telco AI edge
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uc
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hybrid cloud
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datacentre infrastructure
Submer buys Radian Arc to fuse liquid-cooled AI data centres with telco-embedded GPU edge, targeting sovereign AI at carrier scale.
Mastercard enlists Schmeichel to back Click to Pay
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surveillance
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digital transformation
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biometrics
Mastercard taps Peter Schmeichel to front a UK push for tokenised Click to Pay checkouts, aiming to end manual card entry by 2030.
QA launches NVIDIA-backed Level 6 AI apprenticeship
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hcm
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partner programmes
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genai
QA becomes an official NVIDIA training partner and launches a 19‑month Level 6 AI Engineer apprenticeship to tackle UK AI skills gaps.
Armis unveils AI-native Centrix platform for app security
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devops
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application security
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devsecops
Armis launches AI-native Centrix platform to secure application code, aiming to cut false alarms and safeguard AI-assisted development.
Fluent Cargo, Sea Sentinel AI team to cut port risk
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saas
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data analytics
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supply chain
Fluent Cargo links Sea Sentinel AI to give Australian shippers early alerts on strikes, storms and congestion threatening port operations.
Visa survey shows trust gap on AI at online checkout
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data protection
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fintech
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data privacy
Visa survey finds most Asia Pacific shoppers use AI to browse, but many still distrust it with payment details at online checkout.
AI turns romance scams into industrial-scale fraud
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phishing
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open source
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llms
AI is turning romance scams into industrial-scale fraud, with deepfakes and chatbots driving billions in losses, Tenable warns.
Indosat launches AI suite for Indonesia supply chains
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smart cities
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data analytics
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digital transformation
Indosat unveils 27 AI-driven tools to digitise Indonesia’s supply chains, targeting fleet tracking, cold chain control and smart facilities.
Teads to sell Samsung Smart TV homescreen ads in APAC
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streaming
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smart tv
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isp
Teads teams with Samsung Ads to sell homescreen spots on Samsung Smart TVs across seven key Asia-Pacific connected TV markets.
Five key trends reshaping Australia’s packaging sector
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supply chain
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sustainability
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inflation
Regulation, soft plastics revival and cost-conscious shoppers are driving five packaging shifts set to reshape Australia by 2026.
CelcomDigi honours artisans in Lunar New Year push
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smb
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behind the scenes
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marketing strategy
CelcomDigi’s Lunar New Year push spotlights Malaysian artisans, youth ang pow designers and festive mobile offers in one campaign.
Mardi Gras app launches as year-round LGBTQIA+ hub
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social media
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human rights
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dei
Sydney Mardi Gras has overhauled its festival app with Safety Circles, a Fan Wall and Strobe tools to boost safety and connection.
OpenAI unveils Frontier to deploy AI coworkers at scale
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saas
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crm
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manufacturing
OpenAI has launched Frontier, an enterprise platform to deploy AI coworkers at scale by unifying data, tools and governance across firms.
AI supercharges industrial-scale online romance scams
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fintech
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open source
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genai
AI-powered fraud rings industrialise online romance scams, fuelling USD $5.7 billion in losses and ushering in a ‘dark age’ for victims.
Gigamon wins Frost & Sullivan award for public sector
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firewalls
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hybrid cloud
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hyperscale
Gigamon named Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Company of the Year for deep observability in global public sector network security and performance.
AI agents reshape sales teams across Australia, NZ
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crm
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digital transformation
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cx
AI agents are rapidly transforming sales teams in Australia and New Zealand, slashing grunt work and reshaping how sellers prospect and close deals.
CurricuLLM unveils Studio Mode for AI-powered planning
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genai
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ai
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teched
CurricuLLM launches Studio Mode, letting teachers turn existing documents, curricula and student data into AI-generated classroom resources.