Daytona, the technology company led by Croatian entrepreneur Ivan Burazin, has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round that values the business at $1 billion. The round was led by FirstMark Growth and brings total capital raised to $91 million. The company is building infrastructure that enables autonomous AI agents to execute complex digital tasks in their own computing environments.
Spanish telecommunications group Telefónica and Portuguese telecommunications and IT company NOS Comunicações have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in developing advanced digital technologies for European defense and security applications. The agreement covers secure communications, advanced connectivity and digital services intended to support military operations, autonomous systems and other emerging defense requirements. The partnership also reflects the growing importance of telecommunications infrastructure in Europe's efforts to strengthen technological sovereignty and improve interoperability between national defense systems.
Microsoft is continuing to expand its digital sovereignty capabilities through Microsoft Sovereign Cloud, bringing together public cloud services, customer-operated private infrastructure and partner technology environments. The new capabilities are aimed at organizations managing sensitive data, critical information systems and business processes subject to strict regulatory requirements, including government agencies, financial institutions, healthcare providers, energy companies and other critical infrastructure operators.
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone have formally executed a Letter of Intent to investigate a joint bid for forthcoming Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) spectrum allocations within the European Union.
Telecom Italia has finalized a series of leadership transitions within its enterprise and technology divisions, with the newly appointed executives assuming their responsibilities this week.
Artificial intelligence is moving deeper into business operations, but control over company data is becoming as important as the capabilities of the models themselves. Businesses must decide which applications warrant a private or dedicated environment and which can be handled through standard public cloud services. “The decision is not driven by the size of the company but by the kind of data the AI works with,” as Tibor Pakozdi, founder and CEO of AI.hr, points out for ICTbusiness Media - ICTbusiness.biz.
The Bosch Group is allocating €100 million in fresh capital to startups within Germany.
The global smartphone market contracted by 22% year-on-year to 255.3 million units in the third quarter of 2026, according to preliminary data from IDC.
IBM, in collaboration with Siemens, has announced new research intended to advance nanostack architecture, a novel transistor framework introduced earlier this year.
Hrvatski Telekom has been awarded the EcoVadis Gold Medal for Sustainability, achieving a score of 84 out of 100 points and placing within the top 5% of companies assessed globally over the past 12 months.
European businesses are increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence, according to the results of the latest Eurobarometer survey.
Rimac Technology and ECOBLOX have announced a Joint Development Agreement to deliver a Modular Data Center (MDC) solution.
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 55.4 million units in the third quarter of 2026, down 22.4% from the third quarter of 2025, according to preliminary results from Gartner.
Apple’s inaugural foldable smartphone is encountering supply challenges that surfaced just minutes after preorders commenced.
Infobip has partnered with SAP to integrate RCS Business Messaging within the SAP Engagement Cloud.
Ericsson reported a robust revenue increase in the third quarter of 2026, with performance bolstered by expanded sales within its Networks division and the implementation of effective efficiency measures.
“Recent AI-driven cyberattacks were an early warning shot,” Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis cautioned.
The expenditure associated with AI inference per agentic workflow is projected to increase more than fivefold through 2028, according to Gartner.
A US jury has determined that Arm violated its Architectural License Agreement (ALA) with Qualcomm.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has outlined plans to invest $2 billion across Europe to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence and the company’s product portfolio.
