Bitcoin's rally accelerates as geopolitical tensions and US policy signals reshape crypto landscape
Bitcoin extended its recent rally on Sunday after Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest peace proposal, with traders again treating the cryptocurrency as a beneficiary of geopolitical stress rather than a casualty of it. The move briefly shook the market. Bitcoin slipped from about $81,400 to…
A conversation with a solo-practitioner lawyer offered a revealing contrast to the hype surrounding agentic AI. She said she had already spread artificial intelligence across her working day, but the tools she described were modest: Gemini for emails and contract summaries, NotebookLM for organising testimony,…
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Microsoft and SAP expand support for enterprise cloud migrations with enhanced RISE on Azure
Microsoft and SAP are widening their joint RISE with SAP on Microsoft Azure initiative, in a move they say will give more enterprise customers access to specialist support, technical guidance and migration expertise as they shift core systems to the cloud. The companies said the programme will more than double…
Market researchers say the control tower sector is moving rapidly from a niche supply-chain tool into a broader orchestration layer for global operations, as companies seek sharper visibility over inventory, transport and supplier networks. Persistence Market Research estimates the market will be worth US$12.9 billion…
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European defence market opens to rapid change amid geopolitical push for strategic autonomy
Europe’s defence market is being reshaped by a rare combination of geopolitical pressure, regulatory change and a new willingness in Brussels to treat security as an industrial policy priority. According to the Council of the European Union, the Security Action for Europe, or SAFE, was adopted on 27 May 2025…
Middle East shifts from billable hours to value-based pricing amid digital transformation
Across the Middle East, commercial relationships have long rested on personal trust, but that tradition is now colliding with modern procurement systems built around hourly billing and rate cards. As markets from Dubai to Riyadh digitise and professionalise, the tension is becoming harder to ignore:…
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View AllChemical and fuel industry alliances strengthen supply chain collaboration with new memorandum
The Alliance for Chemical Distribution and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers have agreed a memorandum of understanding aimed at tightening co-operation across the supply chains that connect chemical distributors, refiners and petrochemical makers. According to the organisations, the deal takes effect on 12 May 2026 and is designed to…
Zycus’s Merlin Intake transforms procurement onboarding with AI-driven request management
Andrew Bartolini of Ardent Partners says enterprise procurement has long had a weak point at the very start of the buying process: the moment a user decides they need something and then works out how to obtain it outside the system. That gap, once treated…

