Team Techopia
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Italy’s sovereign cloud reshuffle moves state data closer to industrial control
Italy’s national cloud project is becoming a test of who controls public data infrastructure.
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The CMA pushes UK fibre consolidation into a harder phase
The CMA has referred nexfibre’s proposed acquisition of Substantial for an in-depth Phase 2 investigation.
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HMRC’s roadmap brings AI into the tax service queue
HMRC has updated its transformation roadmap with digital service, contact centre, and AI plans for 2026 to 2027.
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Starling’s AI push redraws the shape of bank work
Starling is cutting around 130 roles while continuing to invest in AI and its banking technology platform.
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The Bank of England starts gaming out agentic AI shocks
Sarah Breeden has warned that autonomous AI systems could test financial market resilience.
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Orbit Capital adds debt to CEE’s scaleup toolkit
Orbit Capital has closed a €107 million growth debt fund for Central and Eastern European scaleups.
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Climentum raises patient capital for Europe’s climate hardware gap
Climentum Capital has reached a €60 million first close for its second European climate hard tech fund.
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Berlin’s fire service exposes the infrastructure beneath resilience
Berlin Fire and Rescue Service has modernised network infrastructure while keeping emergency operations running.
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Sovereign cloud becomes an implementation market
Kyndryl and Microsoft are expanding sovereign cloud services for regulated and public sector workloads.
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Dutch defence procurement starts with the software layer
The Netherlands has signed a €30 million-plus Intelic partnership for interoperable unmanned systems.
