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YFM Equity Partners invests GBP £7.6 million in Exeter-based Shopify agency Swanky, funding hiring, service expansion and selective acquisitions.

Tonies adds Ms Moni, Postman Pat and Disney-themed games as it widens its screen-free audio range with new bundles and personalised figures.

TCS deepens Google Cloud partnership with four new AI products aimed at speeding enterprise automation, factory efficiency and cyber defence.

Pine Labs buys Shopflo to lift online conversion as the fintech widens its reach from in-store payments into a full-stack commerce platform.

Markable opens free creator tier and adds AI shopping tools as it targets a fast-growing social commerce market.

Merck deepens Google Cloud tie-up with USD $1 billion AI rollout across research, manufacturing and commercial operations.

Borderless AI rolls out crypto-native payroll tool as demand grows for flexible pay options among globally dispersed workforces.

GE Vernova reports stronger first-quarter orders, profit and cash generation, with Power and Electrification driving a bigger backlog and improved outlook.

Pepperstone Crypto says digital assets are moving into the mainstream as regulation, ETFs and younger investors reshape how traders access markets.

GE Appliances uses Gemini Enterprise to put AI into factories, logistics and supplier work, cutting backorders 25% and speeding shift summaries.

VIPRE says cyber criminals are increasingly abusing trusted services like Cloudflare, Microsoft and TestFlight to dodge email security filters.

MacPaw Earth Day survey finds 71.7% of Mac users would clear cloud files more often if they knew the environmental cost.

Alteryx brings governed AI answers to Gemini Enterprise on Google Cloud Marketplace, aiming to improve accuracy, auditability and enterprise control.

RWS survey finds most content leaders distrust AI for cultural nuance, even as 86% say it has sped up global content creation.

Sonata Software secures AWS Migration and Modernization Competency as enterprise demand for cloud overhaul, data transformation and AI delivery grows.

Tata Steel deploys more than 300 AI agents with Google Cloud to speed up maintenance, customer service and back-office work worldwide.

9fin expands into Asia Pacific with a full credit market platform, giving banks and asset managers wider access after its USD $170 million fundraise.

Western Digital says emissions intensity from customer use of its drives is down 31%, while a rare-earth recovery pilot hit a 90% capture rate.

Google expands Media CDN with flexible shielding, bigger segments and savings plans to help broadcasters cut latency and costs for major live streams.

Parloa study finds many global firms bury support details, while most chatbots fail to solve issues and phone menus remain frustrating.