France stories
More than 300 wireless detectors and call points kept temporary paddocks and hospitality areas monitored during the 2026 race at Le Mans.
European customers and service providers will gain a locally hosted VMware Cloud Foundation option as Leaseweb and ITQ expand their partnership.
Electronics and DIY orders helped offset falls in fashion and food, leaving UK eCommerce parcel growth almost unchanged in Q2.
Enterprise customers in Latin America could gain more control over AI deployment as CI&T and Mistral team up on private model stacks.
Persistent gaps in basic cyber hygiene are leaving small businesses exposed, with most staff reusing passwords and many using unauthorised AI tools.
Weak business spending and falling prices left Europe's printer market below its 2025 average by Week 26, despite resilient consumer sales.
European firms needing secure, low-carbon compute gain a bigger home as the deal expands cloud, AI and dedicated HPC services under one roof.
More than 15,000 brands are now covered as the marketplace steps up pre-listing checks to curb counterfeit sales and cut complaint times.
Businesses may need to rethink bot blocks, as Decodo says automated systems now make up 57.4% of web requests and shape product discovery.
Streaming ads are being tied more closely to sales as Amazon links Prime Video's Elle to shoppable campaigns for L'Oréal Paris and Swisse.
AI-enabled scams are making it harder for UK and European businesses to win executive backing for staff-focused cyber defences.
Breaches are hitting lenders harder as AI adoption speeds up, with 98 per cent of affected firms saying the impact was material.
New tools for governing AI agents are moving to the fore as Google picks 33 cybersecurity startups for its first cybersecurity forum cohort.
Developers using AI-generated code on Hostinger's Node.js plans will now get automatic alerts on vulnerable dependencies as apps are scanned in the background.
French organisations deploying AI workloads will now get local sales and French-language support as Scality takes the front line for WEKA's joint stack.
French councils are turning IoT networks into shared infrastructure for water, lighting and waste services, reducing costs and vendor lock-in.
With NZD $13 billion set to be spent on public technology, the firm says procurement reform could keep more taxpayer money and control at home.
A survey of 2,000 consumers shows UK retailers face a trust gap, with 43% unwilling to share browsing data or AI histories.
Despite a global funding slowdown, the UK kept its No 2 FinTech spot as investors backed 181 deals worth USD $1.8 billion in H1 2026.
Only 7% of enterprises are seeing measurable returns from agentic AI, as poor data readiness and fragmented systems hold back adoption.
