Transport stories
Boots signs long-term deal with XPO to run East Midlands transport hubs, adding digital tracking and carbon monitoring to its network.
3DiVi charts a six-stage global face recognition lifecycle to 2026, showing regions split by regulation pace, infrastructure and politics.
Antevia and Benetel team up to offer a jointly validated outdoor Open RAN private 5G solution, targeting faster, lower-risk deployments.
Blue Yonder expands agentic AI and mobile apps across supply chains, embedding role-based agents from planning to customer service.
MIT and Mecalux have launched GENESIS, an AI-powered simulator to cut logistics costs by optimising multi-warehouse inventory planning.
Milestone Systems has rehired Mike Metcalfe to lead key South Pacific accounts, driving video intelligence growth in New Zealand and Australia.
Nexcom debuts fanless panel PCs and rugged Jetson-powered edge systems at Embedded World 2026, targeting factory, transport and smart cities.
The Marketing Society names Chubb Life and Driscoll's CMOs to its Hong Kong board, boosting APAC reach with insurance and agrifood expertise.
Australian firms plan to lift energy-transition capex as tech, AI and renewables drive momentum, but green skills shortages loom.
Disconnected systems are driving up costs for logistics firms, with simple delivery queries sometimes taking teams hours to resolve.
Recurring billing firms could cut costs and failed collections as 73% say card payments still cause persistent operational headaches.
Consumers will soon get faster access to deposited funds, while banks face new fraud rules and stablecoins enter a regulated Canadian framework.
Australian partners now have wider access to Samsung rugged phones and tablets, with Ingram Micro extending reach into government and frontline sectors.
Zetifi has unveiled a Connected Fleet Safety platform in Australia, integrating vehicle and worker risk data directly into Microsoft 365 workflows.
Southwest Research Institute backs Detroit essay contest inviting young innovators to reimagine US transport with artificial intelligence.
AI now underpins day-to-day transport planning for most European shippers, with just 3% yet to deploy it, Descartes survey finds.
A year’s reprieve gives the Hamilton–Auckland train until 2027 to lift patronage, or risk losing its funding once the trial ends.
Arcadian's AI logistics integrations are set to deliver more than USD $20m in efficiency savings for four Australian operators.
Cicada opens applications for its 2026 Tech23 deep tech week, seeking 23 startups as alumni funding tops USD $280 million nationwide.
Healthcare is now the prime target for OT and IoT cyber attacks in Australia, as security alerts per organisation surge to third globally.
