Acronis H2 2025 Cyberthreats Report: Cyberattacks Surge as Phishing, Ransomware, and AI-Driven Threats Escalate

Acronis H2 2025 Cyberthreats Report: Cyberattacks Surge as Phishing, Ransomware, and AI-Driven Threats Escalate

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, Feb. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, released its biannual report, “Acronis Cyberthreats Report H2 2025: From exploits to malicious AI”, analyzing global threat activity based on telemetry collected by the Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) and Acronis sensors. The report highlights key trends observed throughout 2025, with a…

AI-Driven Phishing Is Putting K–12 Schools at Risk

AI-Driven Phishing Is Putting K–12 Schools at Risk

  How AI has Supercharged Phishing Against K–12 Schools Thanks to generative AI, attackers are now able to change domains and the message slightly, endlessly churning out near-duplicates of the same scam. “It’s just similar enough that we can definitely feel the pain, but it’s different enough that the automation that we have in place…

Nevari Announces Expansion of AI-Driven Productivity Platform, Delivering Intelligent Automation and Bespoke IP for Enterprise Growth

Nevari Announces Expansion of AI-Driven Productivity Platform, Delivering Intelligent Automation and Bespoke IP for Enterprise Growth

London, UK —Nevari today announced the continued expansion of its AI-first productivity platform, designed to help enterprises accelerate commercial performance, strengthen customer relationships, and unlock measurable impact through intelligent automation and bespoke AI systems. As organisations across sectors invest heavily in artificial intelligence, many struggle to translate AI capability into tangible business value. Nevari addresses…

Papio Establishes Qatari Subsidiary to Accelerate Industrial AI-Driven Digital Transformation in the Gulf Region

Papio Establishes Qatari Subsidiary to Accelerate Industrial AI-Driven Digital Transformation in the Gulf Region

DOHA, QA / ACCESS Newswire / February 17, 2026 / Following its participation at Web Summit Doha, Papio, a global industrial analytics and AI company, today announced the establishment of its Qatari subsidiary through the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC). The new entity will serve customers across Qatar and the wider Gulf region. This marks a…

How AI-Driven Phishing Is Putting Schools at Risk

How AI-Driven Phishing Is Putting Schools at Risk

  How AI Has Supercharged Phishing Against Education Thanks to generative AI, attackers are now able to change domains slightly and the message slightly, endlessly churning out near-duplicates of the same scam. “It’s just similar enough that we can definitely feel the pain, but it’s different enough that the automation that we have in place…

evolving data centres for an AI-driven future

evolving data centres for an AI-driven future

2026 Predictions: evolving data centres for an AI-driven future By Canninah Dladla, Cluster President for English-speaking Africa at Schneider Electric THE AI disruptions of the past few years have only been the prologue to what’s coming in 2026: AI’s full integration into data centre processes and builds. It’s a moment we’ve been building up to…

How CIOs Are Navigating the AI-Driven Software Market Crash

How CIOs Are Navigating the AI-Driven Software Market Crash

AI Is Transforming Economics But Enterprise IT Architecture Issues Are Still Here Jennifer Lawinski , Sandhya Michu • February 11, 2026     Anthropic’s announcement that its Claude platform had advanced from a conversational LLM to a task-executing system recently upended the software and services market. (Image: Shutterstock) Investor anxiety around artificial intelligence surged this…

ASML made record $11.5 billion profit in 2025 thanks to AI-driven demand, plans to cut 1,700 jobs

ASML made record $11.5 billion profit in 2025 thanks to AI-driven demand, plans to cut 1,700 jobs

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch semiconductor chip machine maker ASML recorded a record net profit of 9.6 billion euros ($11.5 billion) in 2025 on sales of 32.7 billion euros fueled by AI-driven demand, the company reported Wednesday as it also announced plans to slash its workforce by about 1,700, about 4% of its workforce. The…

WPP launches WPP Production to scale AI-driven content globally

WPP launches WPP Production to scale AI-driven content globally

WPP has launched WPP Production, a global content powerhouse designed to help clients reimagine growth through world-class production, advanced generative AI, and cinematic storytelling. The move unites WPP’s production expertise, including Hogarth, into a single platform aimed at delivering speed, scale, and creativity across its client roster. Richard Glasson, global CEO of Hogarth, will lead…