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Learning marketplace Preply raises $150 million to fuel global AI push
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Language learning platform Preply secures $150 million to boost AI tools and global growth, valuing the business at $1.2 billion.
Nureva adds coverage map, camera switching to HDL310
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Nureva upgrades its HDL310 with real-time coverage maps and automated camera switching to streamline hybrid meetings and learning spaces.
MindSpace Labs uses EEG to track real-time TV reactions
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MindSpace Labs debuts EEG-powered platform that reads viewers’ brainwaves to fine-tune TV edits, ads and education content in real time.
Cedar Lodge pupils thrive with TrilbyTV digital signage
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Cedar Lodge pupils power digital signage with TrilbyTV, turning school screens into a creative, inclusive communications hub.
Persistent revenue grows as AI, cloud deals accelerate
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Persistent lifts quarterly revenue 17.3% year-on-year to USD $422.5 million as accelerating AI and cloud deals drive larger client wins.
Adobe adds AI tools to Acrobat for slides & podcasts
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Adobe folds new generative AI into Acrobat Studio, auto-making slide decks, chat-edited PDFs and podcast-style summaries from documents.
Preply raises USD $150m to scale AI-backed language app
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Preply secures USD $150m Series D from WestCap at a USD $1.2b valuation to scale its human-led, AI-backed language learning platform.
Parents turn to print to ease back-to-school stress
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Australian parents report rising back-to-school stress, with many turning to printed planners and checklists to cut screens and calm mornings.
Wordly forecasts AI to impact three key areas of events sector
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Wordly predicts AI-driven personalisation, live captions and multilingual tools will define leaner, data-led events and trade shows by 2026.
Google debuts Disco to test AI-powered GenTabs apps
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Google has unveiled Disco, a Labs testbed debuting GenTabs, an AI tool that turns browsing activity and prompts into web apps.
Twinkl names Harris Goodman first US General Manager
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Twinkl appoints Harris Goodman as its first US General Manager to spearhead expansion and build brand recognition among educators.
Student data breaches expose cyber flaws in schools
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Data breaches at Victorian schools and Sydney University expose deep cyber flaws, leaving Australian students vulnerable to long-term threats.
Constant Contact buys GURU event & education assets
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Constant Contact buys GURU Conference, SubjectLine.com and Certified GURU to deepen its email marketing tools, training and community reach.
Nomad Futurist, DE-CIX expand free digital infra training
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Nomad Futurist and DE-CIX are teaming up to offer free, industry-certified digital infrastructure training to workers and students worldwide.
AGIBOT opens Malaysia AI robotics hub for APAC push
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AGIBOT launches Malaysia AI robotics hub and experience centre in Selangor as it kicks off wider Asia-Pacific embodied robotics push for 2026.
Apple bundles pro creative apps in new AI Studio deal
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Apple has unveiled Creator Studio, a subscription bundling pro creative apps with new AI tools and premium content across its platforms.
Samsung brings Fender Play music lessons to its TVs
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Samsung will bring a TV-optimised Fender Play app to 2025 and newer TVs in 49 countries, launching globally in the first half of 2026.
Madhya Pradesh to digitise 50m records on EDU Chain
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Madhya Pradesh will digitise up to 50 million university records on Open Campus’s EDU Chain in an 18-month blockchain credential push.
Skillsoft pairs with edX to link academic & job skills
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Skillsoft and edX team up to plug university-led courses into Percipio, tying academic learning to workforce skills shaped by AI.
OpenAI backs California ballot bid on youth AI safety
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OpenAI backs a new California ballot measure with child-safety group Common Sense Media to impose strict rules on youth use of AI chatbots.