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Taklamakan Water Finds Test China’s Desert Farming Push

Geologists found two large water sources beneath the Taklamakan Desert, giving China a new test case for brackish-water irrigation, sand control and desert agriculture.

#Taklamakan Desert #brackish water #China

September 16, 2026Read More →

Zopa Opens Voice Banking Agent to Biscuit Account Customers

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Zopa Opens Voice Banking Agent to Biscuit Account Customers

Zopa Bank has expanded Ask Zopa from a selected-customer trial to all Biscuit current-account holders, giving users a voice-and-text AI agent for payments, money movement, split bills and financial-goal guidance.

#banking AI #voice banking #fintech

September 16, 2026Read More →

AI Agents Push Identity Security Beyond Human-User Controls

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AI Agents Push Identity Security Beyond Human-User Controls

An iTNews Asia interview with Palo Alto Networks executive Jeffrey Kok shows how AI agents, machine identities and persistent access are forcing enterprises toward continuous verification, least privilege and platform-based governance.

#identity security #AI agents #machine identities

September 16, 2026Read More →

Rightfiber Gets $1.6 Billion To Build A Larger Fiber Platform

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Rightfiber Gets $1.6 Billion To Build A Larger Fiber Platform

Rightfiber, formed from Ritter Communications and Great Plains Communications, plans fiber expansion and possible M&A after securing a $1.6 billion credit facility.

#Rightfiber #fiber broadband #Ritter Communications

September 16, 2026Read More →

EU Cyber Resilience Act Puts 24-Hour Clock On Software Supply Chains

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EU Cyber Resilience Act Puts 24-Hour Clock On Software Supply Chains

The European Commission lists 11 September 2026 as the start of Cyber Resilience Act reporting duties and 11 December 2027 for its main product-security obligations. Manufacturers face distinct reporting and engineering deadlines.

#cybersecurity #EU Cyber Resilience Act #software supply chain

September 16, 2026Read More →

Xi’s AI Offer Meets Modi’s Minerals Warning at Brics Summit

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Xi’s AI Offer Meets Modi’s Minerals Warning at Brics Summit

Brics leaders backed a joint front against US pressure, but the New Delhi summit exposed how AI, chips and critical minerals complicate the bloc’s Global South agenda.

#Brics #artificial intelligence #critical minerals

September 16, 2026Read More →

AI Cloud Costs Expose FinOps Gap As Only 13% Fully Allocate Spend

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AI Cloud Costs Expose FinOps Gap As Only 13% Fully Allocate Spend

IBM Apptio’s interview with iTNews Asia shows that enterprises are prioritising AI and cloud while struggling to forecast costs, allocate spending and link technology budgets to measurable business value.

#AI costs #cloud spending #FinOps

September 16, 2026Read More →

WTO Puts 2050 Trade Fragmentation Cost at 6.9% of GDP

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WTO Puts 2050 Trade Fragmentation Cost at 6.9% of GDP

A WTO report reviewed by Economy Middle East says weaker multilateral trade rules could cut global GDP by 6.9 percent and exports by 26.9 percent by 2050, while deeper cooperation could add about $3 trillion.

#WTO #global trade #trade policy

September 16, 2026Read More →

APAC Cybersecurity Spending Turns Toward Identity Risk

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APAC Cybersecurity Spending Turns Toward Identity Risk

Identity governance is moving into the center of APAC security planning as session theft, AI-enabled impersonation and uneven regional maturity weaken older perimeter-heavy defenses.

#cybersecurity #identity security #APAC cybersecurity

September 16, 2026Read More →

UAE Breach Shows $5 Million Ransom Pressure Behind Cyber Threats

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UAE Breach Shows $5 Million Ransom Pressure Behind Cyber Threats

The National reports that a hacker demanded more than $5 million after breaching a UAE private-sector company, as officials warn that AI, ransomware and misinformation are expanding the country’s cyber risk.

#cybersecurity #UAE cybersecurity #ransomware

September 16, 2026Read More →

Enterprise AI Agent Pilots Hit an 89% Production Gap

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Enterprise AI Agent Pilots Hit an 89% Production Gap

Survey data reviewed by AI News shows enterprises are widely testing AI agents, but scale is limited by data quality, evaluation gaps, unclear ownership, cost overruns and security risks.

#AI agents #enterprise AI #agentic AI

September 15, 2026Read More →

Swiss Agencies Put Microsoft 365 Exit On Two Speeds

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Swiss Agencies Put Microsoft 365 Exit On Two Speeds

Switzerland is testing openDesk as a sovereign workplace fallback for federal staff while military cyber units accelerate a Microsoft 365 replacement for sensitive work.

#Microsoft 365 #openDesk #Switzerland

September 15, 2026Read More →