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Mark Tarre
News Chief
Mark Tarre is an editor and journalist with experience across newsroom, public relations, and digital publishing. He has worked across different organisations on editorial and content-led projects. He holds a journalism degree.

Stories by Mark

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UK firms boost travel & AI spend as ad budgets fall

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UK firms ramp up travel and AI investment in 2025, even as advertising spend plunges 28%, signalling a sharper focus on productivity.
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Myriota debuts AssetHawk satellite tracker for remote assets

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Myriota launches AssetHawk, a 5G NTN satellite tracker promising decade-long battery life for monitoring remote fleets and equipment.
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Trane Technologies to buy LiquidStack in AI cooling push

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Trane Technologies will acquire AI-focused data centre cooling specialist LiquidStack, expanding its liquid and rack-level thermal management range.
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Submer buys Radian Arc to build sovereign telco AI edge

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Submer buys Radian Arc to fuse liquid-cooled AI data centres with telco-embedded GPU edge, targeting sovereign AI at carrier scale.
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Mastercard enlists Schmeichel to back Click to Pay

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digital transformation
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Mastercard taps Peter Schmeichel to front a UK push for tokenised Click to Pay checkouts, aiming to end manual card entry by 2030.
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QA launches NVIDIA-backed Level 6 AI apprenticeship

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genai
QA becomes an official NVIDIA training partner and launches a 19‑month Level 6 AI Engineer apprenticeship to tackle UK AI skills gaps.
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Armis unveils AI-native Centrix platform for app security

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application security
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Armis launches AI-native Centrix platform to secure application code, aiming to cut false alarms and safeguard AI-assisted development.
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Fluent Cargo, Sea Sentinel AI team to cut port risk

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data analytics
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supply chain
Fluent Cargo links Sea Sentinel AI to give Australian shippers early alerts on strikes, storms and congestion threatening port operations.
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Visa survey shows trust gap on AI at online checkout

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data protection
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fintech
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data privacy
Visa survey finds most Asia Pacific shoppers use AI to browse, but many still distrust it with payment details at online checkout.
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AI turns romance scams into industrial-scale fraud

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AI is turning romance scams into industrial-scale fraud, with deepfakes and chatbots driving billions in losses, Tenable warns.
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Indosat launches AI suite for Indonesia supply chains

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smart cities
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data analytics
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digital transformation
Indosat unveils 27 AI-driven tools to digitise Indonesia’s supply chains, targeting fleet tracking, cold chain control and smart facilities.
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Teads to sell Samsung Smart TV homescreen ads in APAC

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smart tv
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isp
Teads teams with Samsung Ads to sell homescreen spots on Samsung Smart TVs across seven key Asia-Pacific connected TV markets.
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Five key trends reshaping Australia’s packaging sector

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supply chain
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sustainability
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Regulation, soft plastics revival and cost-conscious shoppers are driving five packaging shifts set to reshape Australia by 2026.
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CelcomDigi honours artisans in Lunar New Year push

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behind the scenes
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marketing strategy
CelcomDigi’s Lunar New Year push spotlights Malaysian artisans, youth ang pow designers and festive mobile offers in one campaign.
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Mardi Gras app launches as year-round LGBTQIA+ hub

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social media
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human rights
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dei
Sydney Mardi Gras has overhauled its festival app with Safety Circles, a Fan Wall and Strobe tools to boost safety and connection.
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OpenAI unveils Frontier to deploy AI coworkers at scale

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crm
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manufacturing
OpenAI has launched Frontier, an enterprise platform to deploy AI coworkers at scale by unifying data, tools and governance across firms.
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AI supercharges industrial-scale online romance scams

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fintech
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open source
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genai
AI-powered fraud rings industrialise online romance scams, fuelling USD $5.7 billion in losses and ushering in a ‘dark age’ for victims.
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Gigamon wins Frost & Sullivan award for public sector

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firewalls
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hybrid cloud
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hyperscale
Gigamon named Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Company of the Year for deep observability in global public sector network security and performance.
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AI agents reshape sales teams across Australia, NZ

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crm
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digital transformation
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cx
AI agents are rapidly transforming sales teams in Australia and New Zealand, slashing grunt work and reshaping how sellers prospect and close deals.
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CurricuLLM unveils Studio Mode for AI-powered planning

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ai
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CurricuLLM launches Studio Mode, letting teachers turn existing documents, curricula and student data into AI-generated classroom resources.