France stories
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.
Travellers on Flix services in 21 markets can now spread ticket costs over time as Klarna rolls out across Europe and the US.
Fleet operators could cut downtime and admin as a new AI system unifies vehicle data, schedules repairs and flags faults earlier.
The French firm's new microsatellites broaden radio frequency monitoring beyond ships, giving customers wider coverage of land and space activity.
Countries risk losing control over data and AI policy unless they build local computing capacity and home-grown models, Nvidia says.
Customers could soon get thousands more workplace apps as Nextcloud seeks to lift its store from 600 to 6,000 within a year.
The award reflects measurable gains from Sidetrade's AI-led redesign, which cut feature delivery from 60 days to three and slashed staffing needs.
Missed promotion windows are costing grocery retailers up to EUR €50,000 as campaign production outpaces manual workflows.
Small merchants can now sell across websites, social media and messaging apps from one dashboard as online discovery shifts to AI and social channels.
Users can now store passkeys and share vault items securely as ExpressKeys expands beyond basic password management in a major update.
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.
Smaller UK firms faced tighter funding in 2025 as AI deals drew 44% of equity investment, the British Business Bank said.
