IEA: Electricity use from AI data centres surged 50 per cent in 2025

IEA: Electricity use from AI data centres surged 50 per cent in 2025

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Advertising spend crosses $1 trillion as digital, AI, and data redraw the industry’s power map

Advertising spend crosses $1 trillion as digital, AI, and data redraw the industry’s power map

The global advertising industry has crossed a historic milestone, with total spends exceeding $1 trillion in 2025, marking a structural shift in how brands engage consumers in an increasingly fragmented digital world. A new report by Redseer Strategy Consultants highlights that advertising is no longer just a support function for businesses, but a core pillar…

Inside Amazon’s AI Sprawl Problem: More Tools, More Data, Less Control

Inside Amazon’s AI Sprawl Problem: More Tools, More Data, Less Control

Amazon’s AI boom is creating a new kind of mess: A growing bloat of internal tools and duplicated data. Loading audio narration… Some teams are rapidly building their own AI-powered applications to automate workflows and organize information. But that creative explosion is also causing problems, such as software and data duplication, according to an internal…

Marco Argenti: AI will disrupt legacy software companies by 2026, the importance of data quality for effective AI, and how AI is evolving into a powerful personal assistant

Marco Argenti: AI will disrupt legacy software companies by 2026, the importance of data quality for effective AI, and how AI is evolving into a powerful personal assistant

Key Takeaways AI is projected to disrupt legacy software companies significantly by 2026. Companies need to transition from AI experimentation to demonstrating practical use cases. AI has evolved into a powerful personal assistant capable of complex task management. The integration of AI in everyday work is becoming essential, moving beyond mere experimentation. The GSA assistant…

Discover the Top 10 Data Analytics Tools for Enterprises in 2026, ETCIO

Discover the Top 10 Data Analytics Tools for Enterprises in 2026, ETCIO

Artificial intelligence is changing how organisations use data. Tasks that once required complex queries and manual analysis can now be done in minutes with modern analytics platforms. Because of this shift, many companies are rethinking how they manage and analyse data. In fact, 61% of organisations are rethinking their data and analytics operating model due…

Lessons in mastering data complexity for scalable AI

Lessons in mastering data complexity for scalable AI

In an increasingly technology-driven world, business leaders face growing pressure to deliver on the promise of artificial intelligence. Yet, many initiatives stall, with businesses struggling to move from complex and siloed data environments to trusted, scalable AI systems that deliver real impact.  We know that a staggering 95% of corporate generative AI projects fail to deliver, and…

BrightEdge Data: AI Search is Reaching a Tipping Point – by End of 2026 Most Online Customers will be AI Agents

BrightEdge Data: AI Search is Reaching a Tipping Point – by End of 2026 Most Online Customers will be AI Agents

SAN MATEO, Calif., April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  BrightEdge, the global leader in AI-powered enterprise performance marketing and SEO, today released data revealing AI agent requests reached 88% of human organic search activity, a level nearly matching human search and signaling a fundamental shift in how customers find and evaluate brands online. AI agents…