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Agri-tech sector braces for M&A surge as investment plummets

A 40% slump in agri-tech investments in 2023 has prompted industry changes and a predicted surge in M&A activity for 2024, with tech giants entering the sector.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 5th Apr 2024

Wireless Networks

Kacific wins Innovation of the Year at SIG 2024 Awards

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group wins Innovation of the Year at SIG 2024 Awards for CommsBox, a portable WiFi solution designed for disaster response in the Asia Pacific region.

By Tom Raynel • 2 min read • Tue, 2nd Apr 2024

Customer Experience

UK firms ekko & Primis pioneer sustainability in consumer journey

UK fintech ekko partners with customer experience provider Primis to enhance post-purchase sustainability, harnessing technology to heighten consumers' awareness of their purchasing impact on the environment.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Mar 2024

Unified Communications

NVIDIA launches Earth-2 platform to tackle climate change impacts

NVIDIA launches Earth-2, a climate digital twin cloud platform, addressing $140bn worth of weather-related economic damage with AI-backed high-resolution simulations and timely data updates.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Mar 2024

AI Security

Utimaco aids UN's climate resilience in 'Early Warnings for All' Initiative

IT security lead Utimaco collaborates with the UN's 'Early Warnings for All' initiative to augment climate resilience, utilising its expertise in mobile alert systems.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 15th Mar 2024

EduTech

IWD 2024: The big risk of too few women in Aotearoa's tech sector

The scarcity of women in Aotearoa's tech sector, including cybersecurity, exacerbates risks of talent shortage, low productivity, staff turnover, and weaker business outcomes, experts warn.

By Melissa Cantell • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Mar 2024

Clean technologies

CAST donates revenue portion to Clean Air Task Force for sustainability efforts

In a boost for green tech, software company CAST donates to Clean Air Task Force as part of their sustainability pledge to divert 10% of their Green Software Insights revenue towards eco-focused charities.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 1st Mar 2024

Stories from Other Regions

Climate change stories

Unified Communications

Deloitte & RMIT Online join forces for climate reporting course

Mandatory climate reporting in July instigates a vital shift, with Deloitte and RMIT Online joining forces to offer a course for finance professionals.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Apr 2024

Risk & Compliance

Can the private sector help restore our marine environment?

New funding models are needed to close a financing gap that is leaving marine ecosystems under-protected as climate and biodiversity pressures mount.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Apr 2024

Unified Communications

Virgin Media O2 to provide mobility data to UK Government

The Office for National Statistics selects Virgin Media O2 Business to supply anonymised mobility data, aiding government decision-making for national policies via the Integrated Data Service platform.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 4th Apr 2024

Clean technologies

Virgin Media O2 Business, ONS to share mobility data

Virgin Media O2 Business is set to share anonymised data from its O2 Motion service with the ONS, supporting government operations.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 4th Apr 2024

EduTech

Drones aid bushfire monitoring in ground-breaking NSW trial

Advanced drone technology facilitates safer bushfire monitoring across Western NSW in a landmark trial, proving critical in both early detection and rapid response.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Apr 2024

Auckland Council

The thinking behind congestion charging versus reality

Auckland’s proposed road charge could cut peak-time delays, but only if public transport alternatives are ready from day one.

By Staff Writer • 7 min read • Thu, 21st Mar 2024

Power / Energy

Micro infrastructure important for resilience

Cyclone Gabrielle showed why decentralised power could keep homes, water and communications running when the main grid fails.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Wed, 20th Mar 2024

Clean technologies

Felix mobile battles eco-friendly cost myths, expands into Coles

Felix mobile counters the belief of 88% of Australians that sustainable choices are pricier by expanding into Coles supermarkets.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Mar 2024

Climate change

Waste-to-energy plant for Auckland's rubbish moves closer

Support is growing for a proposed GBP £570 million Kaipara incinerator that could burn Auckland and Northland rubbish and power 165,000 homes by 2028.

By Susan Botting • 4 min read • Sun, 10th Mar 2024

EduTech

£100m boost for UK's AI industry from Chancellor Hunt

AI investment in the UL set to double with a £100m boost, targeting healthcare, environmental protection, and national security sectors.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Mar 2024

Clean technologies

Dirty Looks pioneers eco-friendly film rendering with Deep Green

For the first time in the UK, post-production company Dirty Looks uses Deep Green's innovative heat-reuse technology for eco-friendly film rendering, paving the way towards sustainability.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Mar 2024