Information & Communication Technology (ICT)

Vilnius – September 11, 2026 -- Surfshark has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Optery, a US-based data removal company, marking the cybersecurity group's second strategic acquisition after Ironwall in 2024.

Surfshark adds Optery's US data broker coverage to its privacy portfolio

Optery specializes in deleting personal information from search engine results, data brokers, and people-search sites, using scanning technology and screenshot-based reporting to track removals. The deal brings Optery's US market expertise into Surfshark's existing ecosystem, which includes Incogni, Ironwall, and HeyPolo.

Optery will operate as a standalone unit, retaining its own team and clients

Surfshark confirmed that Optery will keep separate teams, client bases, and technical architectures from its other brands, following the same autonomous structure used for Ironwall since its 2024 acquisition.

Silicon Valley – September 11, 2026 -- Meshy, the AI 3D generation company, has appointed Dr. Xin Tong, a 25-year veteran of Microsoft Research Asia, as Chief Scientist to lead its shift from single 3D asset generation toward full interactive world models.

Miami – September 11, 2026 -- Nucleus Research has named Appian, Creatio, Infor, Kissflow, Oracle, OutSystems, and Zoho as Leaders in its 2026 Low-Code Application Platform (LCAP) Technology Value Matrix, citing their combined strength in functionality and usability at scale.

Post-deployment performance now drives platform ROI

Nucleus Research finds that enterprise value from low-code platforms increasingly hinges on what happens after an application ships, not just how fast it was built. Cameron Marsh, Senior Analyst at Nucleus Research, said organizations generate greater returns when applications can be extended, integrated, governed, and maintained without adding development effort or technical complexity.

Berlin – September 11, 2026 -- Agora, Inc. (NASDAQ: API) is showcasing new Voiceprint, Voice Cloning and Model Context Protocol (MCP) capabilities for its Conversational AI Platform at IFA 2026, extending real-time engagement technology into physical devices such as robots, wearables and vehicles.

Agora adds speaker recognition and cloned voices to move devices beyond rigid voice commands

Voiceprint allows hardware to identify individual speakers for personalized interactions, while Voice Cloning lets developers build custom or cloned voices so robots, AI companions and smart devices carry a distinct identity. MCP connects AI agents to external tools, services and data, enabling devices to retrieve information and execute tasks rather than respond with pre-set scripts.

Hyderabad – – September 11, 2026 -- The global certificate authority market is projected to grow from $232.31 million in 2026 to $397.14 million by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 11.32%, according to a new report from Mordor Intelligence.

Shorter certificate lifecycles force enterprises toward automated renewal platforms

Reduced certificate validity periods are increasing the frequency of issuance, renewal, replacement and revocation, making manual oversight impractical for large organizations. Enterprises are adopting automated certificate lifecycle platforms integrated with DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines to monitor inventories and distribute certificates across cloud, application, API and microservice environments.

Bengaluru – September 11, 2026 -- Whatfix has appointed co-founder Vara Kumar as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, following the sudden death of co-founder and CEO Khadim Batti on September 1, 2026.

Vara Kumar succeeds Batti after twelve years as the company's product and research architect

Kumar co-founded Whatfix with Batti in 2014 and has since led the company's product and research strategy, steering its growth from a startup into a digital adoption platform serving Fortune 500 clients. He now takes over as CEO to guide the company's next growth phase.

Whatfix confirms operational continuity across global regions and customer base

The company said it continues to operate without disruption across all regions, supporting its global customer base, technology partner ecosystem, and workforce under the unified leadership of Kumar and the existing executive team, backed by the board.

Singapore – September 11, 2026 -- Parseur, an AI-powered document processing platform serving more than 10,000 businesses globally, has achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance following an independent audit by Constellation GRC, verified through Oneleet.

Audit confirms controls meet AICPA Trust Services Criteria after six-month review

The certification process took approximately six months and verified that Parseur's systems and controls consistently meet the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Trust Services Criteria for security, availability, and confidentiality. The report gives enterprise customers processing invoices, contracts, and financial records independently verified assurance over how their data is handled.

Berlin – September 11, 2026 -- SATELLAI, an AI-powered pet wellbeing company, has deepened its technology partnership with Deutsche Telekom IoT and Swift Navigation to support international scaling of its connected pet products, the company announced at IFA 2026.

Three technology layers combine to power global pet tracking

The collaboration integrates SATELLAI's AI-driven pet intelligence, Deutsche Telekom IoT's global connectivity infrastructure, and Swift Navigation's advanced positioning systems. SATELLAI presented the partnership during a keynote at a Deutsche Telekom IoT networking event, outlining how the combined stack supports scalable connected pet experiences across markets.

Berlin – – September 11, 2026 -- Timekettle unveiled an expanded AI cross-language communication portfolio at IFA 2026, spanning earbuds for one-on-one conversation to a meeting hub supporting up to 50 participants across five languages simultaneously.

Timekettle showcases W4 Plus earbuds for hands-free two-way translation

The company's Hall 3.2, Booth 163 display is led by W4 Plus, the newest entry in its W Series of AI Interpreter Earbuds. The device lets two people speaking different languages each wear one earbud and converse without passing a phone back and forth. Bone-conduction voice pickup and dual microphones are built to isolate the wearer's voice from ambient noise and pick up softer speech, while the earbuds also support Voice Calls, Listen & Play, and Multi-Media use cases beyond face-to-face talk.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- Sembly AI launched Sembly 3.0 today, an agentic AI platform that converts an organization's documents, meetings and CRM content into finished, branded presentations, proposals, case studies and reports within minutes across more than 45 languages.

Sembly 3.0 marks the company's biggest product shift since its 2019 founding

The platform repositions Sembly as what the company calls an "AI execution layer," turning internal business knowledge directly into materials used for sales, delivery and client communication. Users state a goal, such as "Sell my services," along with a client's website, and the system pulls data from company materials, applies branding automatically, researches the target customer, and generates a bespoke pitch deck.