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Scentian Bio raises GBP £5.5 million for food sensor

Scentian Bio raises GBP £5.5 million as it prepares to ship a handheld AI biosensor that can spot food quality problems earlier.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Last month

Global Stories

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Software-as-a-Service

Rotary Bearings launches sensor parts with dashboard

Rotary Bearings adds sensor-linked industrial parts and a custom dashboard, aiming to help manufacturers catch faults early and cut downtime.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Robotics

Betashares expands robotics ETF & adds humanoid theme

Betashares broadens its robotics ETF to 60 holdings, adds China A-shares and a humanoid robotics theme as it tightens AI rules.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

Milestone turns video data into AI-driven intelligence

Milestone Systems' Project Hafnia uses AI video language models to turn CCTV streams into real-time, multi‑modal security insight.

By Anthony Caruana • 6 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026

Digital Transformation

UK lags China & US in race to digital, AI-led factories

China and the US are racing ahead of the UK in adopting AI-led, software-defined factories, raising fresh fears over British competitiveness.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Thu, 19th Mar 2026

Robotics

ABB & Nvidia link RobotStudio with Omniverse AI sim

ABB and Nvidia will embed Omniverse into RobotStudio, launching HyperReality in 2026 to narrow the sim-to-real gap in factory robotics.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026

Unified Communications

Ericsson, Future Technologies deepen AI-ready 5G push

Ericsson and Future Technologies are deepening their North American push to deliver AI-ready private 5G for industrial and critical infrastructure.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026

Manufacturing

MathWorks joins Edge AI group to boost embedded AI

MathWorks has joined the Edge AI Foundation to push MATLAB and Simulink deeper into energy-efficient embedded AI for engineering systems.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Mar 2026

Robotics

Nexcom unveils fanless panel PCs & rugged edge systems

Nexcom debuts fanless panel PCs and rugged Jetson-powered edge systems at Embedded World 2026, targeting factory, transport and smart cities.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026

Data Protection

Milestone opens Singapore hub for AI video security

Milestone opens Singapore AI video hub to showcase open-platform security tech as Asia-Pacific market heads for USD $59.54 billion by 2030.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026

Stories from Other Regions

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Hyperscale

Canada to spin off photonics centre to attract capital

Feds moves to turn its photonics fabrication centre into a commercial venture, aiming to draw private investment and keep strategic semiconductor work at home.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • 4 days ago

Robotics

Roke launches Works with Roke defence partner scheme

Roke unveils Works with Roke scheme to certify defence tech interoperability, backing open systems and faster integration across UK and allied markets.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Katsina signs deal for 50,000 solar AI streetlights

Katsina to host Africa's first distributed AI compute network as Conflow Power Group signs deal for 50,000 solar iLamp streetlights.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last week

Firewalls

Building stronger foundations for the future of retail

Retailers are overhauling networks and governance to cut complexity, support store innovation and prepare for AI-driven operations across multiple markets.

By Laurence Malthouse • 6 min read • Last month