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Law firms can now access client relationship data inside Microsoft 365 Copilot, a move aimed at boosting CRM use and cross-selling.
Corporate clients will be able to send and receive overseas payments instantly next quarter, with local-currency payouts and tracking.
The rollout has cut average handling time by three minutes and lifted first-call resolution to 86% at Fortitude Re.
Accounting firms could cut manual work as Karbon's early-access Kai AI uses platform data to draft tasks, insights and workflows.
Marketing teams must rethink workflows as agentic applications shift work from manual coordination to system-driven decisions and action.
The chip maker's desktop push could raise prices and force businesses to rethink upgrades around on-device AI, security and battery life.
Residents could face poorer access to council services unless AI systems can cope with regional accents and dialects, a UK project now testing that live.
Frontline service providers in Canada are under growing pressure to modernise as labour shortages and ageing systems strain delivery.
Firms using integrated cloud systems report fewer finance and budgeting errors, as pressure mounts to cut rework and overtime.
Rising demand for AI could strain power grids and leave sustainability targets slipping down boardroom agendas, UK tech leaders warn.
Android users will be warned when a saved contact's call appears spoofed, as Google moves to curb rising impersonation scams.
Many large UK businesses are already piloting quantum computing as a means to tackle cost-heavy optimisation tasks and AI bottlenecks.
More UK households could get real-time energy usage data as Centrica adds Chameleon to bolster smart meter rollout supply capacity.
The London-based AI data start-up has won support as demand grows for specialist training datasets for reasoning-heavy models.
Support from a defence-backed seed fund will help Hexigone expand abroad as its lower-toxicity corrosion tech targets ships, rigs and industry.
Britain's green push is being hampered by patchy charging, poor data and weak supply-chain transparency, executives say.
Learners across the UK will gain access to AI video creation, as employers look for practical returns from workplace training.
Preparatory works will begin on a major West London campus as Corscale pushes ahead with a brownfield site remade for rising cloud and AI demand.
Free access to a new AI tool could help brands cut the time spent on creator campaign planning, briefing and tracking.
A push for more cloud choice in Britain has gained another backer as customers face lock-in, higher costs and data-location worries.