Productivity stories
Canadian merchants can now take bank-based payments at checkout, cutting card fees and reconciliation work while speeding settlement.
The hire comes as the edtech unicorn scales delivery across the UK and Europe to meet rising demand for AI and workplace skills.
Business teams could cut weeks from report and presentation work as the platform turns internal data into client-ready documents.
Telecoms operators are using the software to cut outages, alarm noise and order failures after live trials expanded across five continents.
Australian firms could cut server counts and energy use sharply as AI workloads push data centres to prioritise density over expansion.
Customer service and revenue are taking a hit as Australian employers struggle to fill critical roles, a survey finds.
AI-driven service delivery and stronger client results helped TP secure Frost & Sullivan's top Asia-Pacific customer experience honour.
Poor data quality is undermining Australian firms' ability to trust AI, with 70% of leaders saying they lack full confidence in systems used internally.
The energy group has trimmed hiring bottlenecks, cutting candidate sign-off time by 27 days and speeding screening by 13 days with AI.
Most large firms are yet to embed AI fully, as data, integration and governance issues keep agentic projects stuck in pilots.
Apple is entering the foldable market with a dual-screen handset that adds split-screen multitasking and starts at AUD $3,499.
AI-driven content growth is forcing larger firms to speed up compliance checks, as the New York start-up targets more sectors and regions.
Turknet is first to use the system as operators seek to cut support costs, reduce engineer visits and fix broadband faults faster.
Logistics customers will be able to query stock and delivery data in plain English as Diamond tests a new AI agent for Despatchlab.
Software tools are helping engineers save time as Australia braces for a shortfall of about 150,000 staff over the next decade.
Most senior leaders are open to moving on as work-life balance, flexibility and AI-driven change outweigh pay in retention decisions.
Public anxiety over jobs, power bills and harmful content is pushing AI to the centre of New Zealand's election campaign.
More than half of employers say a prolonged vacancy is as costly as a rushed bad hire, with lost business and staff strain mounting fast.
Cooling already accounts for up to 40 per cent of data centre energy use, as AI-driven growth strains UK power and water supplies.
UK tech and telecoms small firms are outpacing the wider SME market, with most already using AI and planning fresh expansion.