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Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy, Adam Price, is in Boston this week to build new trade and investment links in artificial intelligence, technology, and digital sectors. The Minister will meet existing and potential investors and businesses in artificial intelligence, technology, and digital sectors during Boston visit. He will also attend a major international summit on emerging technologies, speak at Harvard about Wales' place in the AI revolution and meet Welsh diaspora. The visit, from 12 to 16 October, includes meetings with technology companies, investors and business leaders with connections to Wales. The technology companies include Sublime Systems, a Boston-based cement company, supporting low carbon construction, and Microchip Technology, a semiconductor manufacturer, which has a base in Caldicot. The Minister will also meet with companies in life sciences and energy to discuss investment and trade opportunities with Wales.

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Diversis Capital acquired majority ownership of Tideworks Technology from Carrix, expanding the private equity firm’s portfolio of vertical software businesses. Tideworks provides terminal operating system software and related technology for marine and intermodal rail terminal operations. The company serves more than 130 facilities globally. Founded in 1999 as the technology division of Carrix, Tideworks has developed a suite of software products used by terminal operators across North America, Europe, and Latin America.

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1 / 2President Ahmad Al-Sharaa meets technology experts, entrepreneurs and investors in Damascus. (SANA)2 / 2President Ahmad Al-Sharaa pose for a group photo with technology experts, entrepreneurs and investors in Damascus. (SANA)President Al-Sharaa discusses technology development with Syrian expertsUpdated 11 October 2026 22:11October 11, 2026 22:11DAMASCUS: Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa met technology experts, entrepreneurs, investors and researchers at the People’s Palace in Damascus to discuss developing the country’s technology sector and expanding cooperation with global technology companies. The meeting included Syrians working at international technology firms, as well as entrepreneurs, investors and researchers in technical fields. Communications and Information Technology Minister Abdulsalam Haykal also attended. Discussions focused on leveraging Syrian expertise in artificial intelligence and digital transformation, supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, and broadening cooperation with international technology companies and institutions, the presidency said.

AI workloads continue to evolve across training, inference, distributed inference and agentic AI with each workload placing a unique requirement on the infrastructure. Having a flexible infrastructure that can adapt to future workloads is critical to keeping pace with AI. As organizations build larger and more distributed AI systems, networking has become a critical determinant of overall system performance. The need for both performance and flexibility has helped make Ethernet the networking foundation of choice for modern AI data centers. Its broad ecosystem, open standards, and ability to continuously evolve have enabled widespread adoption, with Gartner forecasting that more than 80% of hyperscalers will choose Ethernet for AI workloads by 2028. However, large-scale AI training places fundamentally different demands on the network than traditional cloud and storage workloads.

Bill Gates is sounding the alarm on artificial intelligence ... warning the technology is more dangerous than cars, planes and drugs ... and trusting the companies developing it to police themselves is a terrible idea. The Microsoft cofounder didn't mince words during an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, calling A. I. "the most dangerous technology humans ever invented" and arguing society needs to step in before things get out of hand.

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