KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (Bernama) -- Cloudflare Inc, the leading connectivity cloud company, is collaborating with Anthropic to launch Cloudflare Environments for Claude Managed Agents, aimed at providing a secure and scalable foundation for autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents.
The integration enables organisations to run core agent loops on Anthropic’s Claude platform while leveraging Cloudflare’s global network and Workers developer platform to execute code, secure private connections, and equip agents with specialised tools.
Cloudflare in a statement said the platform is designed to help developers build next-generation AI assistants quickly and securely at a global scale.
Cloudflare co-founder and chief executive officer, Matthew Prince said the partnership would enable businesses to securely execute code and access private data using Cloudflare’s network infrastructure.
“Now, businesses can focus on building the most innovative AI applications on the planet,” he said.
According to Cloudflare, the platform provides secure sandboxes for every AI agent session through a Workers-based control plane, while security and compliance controls are automatically applied.
The company said the infrastructure allows organisations to maintain strict security standards while scaling AI initiatives from prototypes to large-scale deployments without infrastructure bottlenecks.
Cloudflare Environments for Claude Managed Agents also enables developers to scale globally with diverse runtimes, secure sensitive data through Zero-Trust connectivity, audit agent behaviour using native observability tools, and extend agent capabilities through customisable frameworks.
The launch of Cloudflare Environments marks the latest milestone in its ongoing collaboration with Anthropic to strengthen AI connectivity and infrastructure capabilities.
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Wednesday, 20 May 2026
HACK THE BOX HIGHLIGHTS AI CYBERSECURITY SKILLS SHIFT
KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (Bernama) -- Hack The Box, the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) cybersecurity readiness, has released its Cybersecurity Workforce Intelligence Report, highlighting how AI is reshaping cybersecurity skills, career paths, and team structures globally.
Based on anonymised data from more than 702,000 cybersecurity professionals across 251 countries and territories, the report found growing demand for advanced AI-related skills and more integrated cybersecurity team models.
The findings suggest that as AI transforms both cyberattacks and defence strategies, the effectiveness of organisations will increasingly depend on workforce adaptability, readiness, and cross-functional expertise rather than technology alone.
According to Hack The Box in a statement, organisations are accelerating investments in AI security capabilities, with AI penetration testing emerging as a leading global training priority.
Cybersecurity practitioners are also placing greater focus on risks such as prompt injection, model exploitation, and agentic AI attacks, reflecting changing approaches to workforce preparation.
The report noted that traditional role boundaries are becoming less rigid, with growing overlap between offensive and defensive cybersecurity training supporting a more collaborative “purple-team” model.
Structured hands-on training programmes are accelerating this transition, with AI-focused training completion rates reaching 64 per cent, reinforcing the role of organisation-led learning in building advanced cybersecurity capabilities.
To remain effective in an AI-driven environment, the report said security leaders should prioritise AI security skills, expand global talent pipelines, invest in integrated training models, and commit to continuous workforce upskilling.
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Based on anonymised data from more than 702,000 cybersecurity professionals across 251 countries and territories, the report found growing demand for advanced AI-related skills and more integrated cybersecurity team models.
The findings suggest that as AI transforms both cyberattacks and defence strategies, the effectiveness of organisations will increasingly depend on workforce adaptability, readiness, and cross-functional expertise rather than technology alone.
According to Hack The Box in a statement, organisations are accelerating investments in AI security capabilities, with AI penetration testing emerging as a leading global training priority.
Cybersecurity practitioners are also placing greater focus on risks such as prompt injection, model exploitation, and agentic AI attacks, reflecting changing approaches to workforce preparation.
The report noted that traditional role boundaries are becoming less rigid, with growing overlap between offensive and defensive cybersecurity training supporting a more collaborative “purple-team” model.
Structured hands-on training programmes are accelerating this transition, with AI-focused training completion rates reaching 64 per cent, reinforcing the role of organisation-led learning in building advanced cybersecurity capabilities.
To remain effective in an AI-driven environment, the report said security leaders should prioritise AI security skills, expand global talent pipelines, invest in integrated training models, and commit to continuous workforce upskilling.
-- BERNAMA
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
T&E Report Ranks Singapore Changi Among Most Carbon-Intensive Airports
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 (Bernama) -- Transport & Environment (T&E) and ODI Global announced that Singapore Changi Airport ranked ninth among the world’s most carbon-intensive airports in 2023, generating 14.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions.
The findings were published in the 2026 Airport Tracker, which analysed 1,300 airports globally using data from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).
T&E Regional Policy and Program Director, APAC, Jude Lee said transparent disclosure of aviation emissions would become increasingly important as Singapore positions itself as a hub for sustainable finance and future aviation fuels.
"The race among global aviation hubs is no longer just about passenger volumes. It is increasingly about who can demonstrate the most credible, MRV-backed decarbonisation pathway," said Lee in a statement.
Meanwhile, ODI Global Research Associate, Sam Pickard said aviation emissions had continued to rise since the Paris Agreement despite decarbonisation efforts in other sectors.
According to the report, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region became the world’s largest contributor to aviation emissions, accounting for 32 per cent of global aviation-related CO₂ emissions — more than Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa combined.
The report also stated that the world’s top 100 airports were responsible for about two-thirds of total passenger flight emissions, while fewer than 2.3 per cent of airports had credible net-zero Scope 3 emissions plans.
The report comes as the European Union considers extending carbon pricing to all departing international flights, a move the organisations said could increase pressure on aviation hubs to strengthen decarbonisation measures.
-- BERNAMA
Saturday, 16 May 2026
Gradiant Delivers HyperSolved, Its AI Data Center Solution, to Leading Global Hyperscalers
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| HyperSolved™ is Gradiant’s fully integrated AI data center water infrastructure platform that manages the entire cooling water lifecycle, from sourcing to discharge, to eliminate water constraints and accelerate hyperscale deployment. |
End-to-end platform eliminates water as a constraint to data center growth, replacing legacy, fragmented approaches with a fully integrated infrastructure solution.
BOSTON, May 14 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Gradiant today announced that HyperSolved™, its end-to-end cooling water solution for AI data centers, is now deployed with several of the world’s largest hyperscale operators, supporting mission-critical infrastructure across major global markets.
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BOSTON, May 14 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Gradiant today announced that HyperSolved™, its end-to-end cooling water solution for AI data centers, is now deployed with several of the world’s largest hyperscale operators, supporting mission-critical infrastructure across major global markets.
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AI infrastructure is expanding at unprecedented speed, with global data center capacity projected to increase six-fold between 2025 and 2035. These next-generation facilities demand significantly more power and cooling than traditional computing, driving a sharp increase in water consumption. A single 100MW hyperscale campus can require water equivalent to a city of 80,000 people each day.
In many regions, growth is increasingly constrained not only by power and land, but by water availability, permitting complexity, and discharge limits. While compute and energy systems have matured, water infrastructure remains fragmented, forcing operators to manage multiple vendors and disconnected systems, introducing risk and slowing deployment.
HyperSolved replaces this model by integrating the full cooling water lifecycle, from sourcing to discharge, into a single platform delivered by one accountable partner. Purpose-built for hyperscale environments, it reduces complexity, improves reliability, and accelerates deployment.
“Water is one of the least integrated and most fragmented layers of data center infrastructure,” said Prakash Govindan, CEO of Gradiant. “We are in the middle of a once-in-a-generation build-out of AI infrastructure, comparable in scale to historic expansions like the railroads in the 1800’s, which connected regions and transformed entire economies. That level of growth demands a new approach. Today, water is still managed through a patchwork of vendors and solutions that were never designed for hyperscale. HyperSolved changes that by treating water as critical infrastructure, designed, delivered, and operated as one integrated system.”
HyperSolved expands access to alternative water sources, including municipal reuse and other impaired supplies, reducing reliance on freshwater and increasing site flexibility. It protects cooling performance through integrated treatment, CURE Chemicals, and SmartOps AI, and minimizes discharge through high-recovery concentration and reuse, improving environmental performance and easing regulatory constraints.
“You run the data center. We manage the water layer,” said Sankar Natarajan, Head of Special Projects at Gradiant. “By integrating water into a single system, it performs with the same reliability and accountability as power or cooling. HyperSolved gives operators a clear path to scale with less risk and fewer constraints.”
Engineered for the pace of AI development, HyperSolved supports rapid deployment through containerized systems, enabling immediate or temporary capacity to support rapid build timelines, and delivers optimized long-term performance through permanent infrastructure. Gradiant also provides end-to-end lifecycle support, from commissioning through operations, ensuring continuity as facilities scale.
Gradiant is seeing strong commercial adoption of HyperSolved among the world’s leading hyperscale operators, reflecting growing demand for integrated water infrastructure. The company expects data centers to represent approximately 25% of its global business by 2027, as water becomes a defining factor in where and how AI infrastructure can be built.
HyperSolved is available globally, supporting hyperscalers, data center developers and operators, and engineering partners across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
About Gradiant
Gradiant is a Different Kind of Water Company. With a full suite of differentiated and proprietary end-to-end solutions for advanced water and wastewater treatment powered by the top minds in water, the company serves its clients' mission-critical operations in the world's essential industries, including semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, lithium and critical minerals, and renewable energy. Gradiant's innovative solutions reduce water used and wastewater discharged, reclaim valuable resources, and renew wastewater into freshwater. The Boston-headquartered company was founded at MIT and has over 1,400 employees worldwide. Discover us at gradiant.com.
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Holafly and TeleSemana.com launch the Holafly Global eSIM Index 2026, the first comprehensive benchmark measuring eSIM readiness across 50 markets
DUBLIN, May 14 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Holafly, the global leader in travel eSIMs, today announced the launch of the Holafly Global eSIM Index 2026—a first-of-its-kind study that evaluates the commercial readiness of eSIM technology across 50 markets and 168 mobile network operators worldwide.
Developed in collaboration with TeleSemana.com, one of Latin America’s leading telecommunications industry publications, the Index offers a structured, data-driven view of how eSIM is deployed, experienced, and constrained across regions. It brings together operator-level data, country-level variables, qualitative assessment, and a regulatory penalty mechanism into a single 0–100 scoring framework.
The findings clearly demonstrate a decisive shift in the industry: eSIM is no longer a technology in development, but a globally deployed capability. What differentiates markets today is not technical readiness, but the structural conditions that enable or limit adoption, including device availability, regulatory frameworks, and the quality of the user experience.
The United States ranks first globally with a score of 90.2, followed by Estonia and the United Kingdom, while markets such as Sudan, India, and Liberia reflect the structural barriers that continue to limit adoption. Notably, the Index identifies regulatory intervention as a decisive factor, with specific markets applying restrictions that materially impact the scalability of eSIM services.
The central conclusion is that eSIM adoption is no longer constrained by technology, but by market design. Where regulation enables digital activation, devices are widely available, and operators deliver seamless experiences, adoption scales rapidly. Where these conditions are not aligned, growth remains structurally limited.
“eSIM has already moved beyond being an emerging technology. What will shape the next phase of adoption is how effectively markets enable seamless digital access for users. The countries leading this transition are not necessarily those with the largest telecom infrastructure, but those creating frictionless experiences that match the expectations of today’s global travelers,” said Chris Hills, VP of Carriers & Operations at Holafly.
From a methodology standpoint, the Index evaluates five core dimensions: market readiness, activation and support, adoption and competition, regulatory environment, and expert assessment. A dedicated penalty mechanism captures the impact of markets that restrict access to international eSIM providers, ensuring that the Index reflects not only operator capability but also real user accessibility.
As travelers demand more flexible, borderless, and immediate ways to stay online, travel eSIM providers are becoming a key driver of change across the industry. By removing many of the traditional barriers associated with physical SIM cards and complex activation processes, eSIM solutions are redefining how people access mobile services abroad and accelerating the transition toward a more seamless global travel experience.
The Holafly Global eSIM Index 2026 sets a new reference framework for operators, regulators, and industry stakeholders, delivering a consistent benchmark that clarifies where adoption is already tangible, where it remains constrained, and where future growth is most likely to surface.
The full report is available at:
https://www.telesemana.com/holafly-global-esim-index-2026/
Media contact: press@holafly.com
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
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SOURCE: Holafly
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The findings clearly demonstrate a decisive shift in the industry: eSIM is no longer a technology in development, but a globally deployed capability. What differentiates markets today is not technical readiness, but the structural conditions that enable or limit adoption, including device availability, regulatory frameworks, and the quality of the user experience.
The United States ranks first globally with a score of 90.2, followed by Estonia and the United Kingdom, while markets such as Sudan, India, and Liberia reflect the structural barriers that continue to limit adoption. Notably, the Index identifies regulatory intervention as a decisive factor, with specific markets applying restrictions that materially impact the scalability of eSIM services.
The central conclusion is that eSIM adoption is no longer constrained by technology, but by market design. Where regulation enables digital activation, devices are widely available, and operators deliver seamless experiences, adoption scales rapidly. Where these conditions are not aligned, growth remains structurally limited.
“eSIM has already moved beyond being an emerging technology. What will shape the next phase of adoption is how effectively markets enable seamless digital access for users. The countries leading this transition are not necessarily those with the largest telecom infrastructure, but those creating frictionless experiences that match the expectations of today’s global travelers,” said Chris Hills, VP of Carriers & Operations at Holafly.
From a methodology standpoint, the Index evaluates five core dimensions: market readiness, activation and support, adoption and competition, regulatory environment, and expert assessment. A dedicated penalty mechanism captures the impact of markets that restrict access to international eSIM providers, ensuring that the Index reflects not only operator capability but also real user accessibility.
As travelers demand more flexible, borderless, and immediate ways to stay online, travel eSIM providers are becoming a key driver of change across the industry. By removing many of the traditional barriers associated with physical SIM cards and complex activation processes, eSIM solutions are redefining how people access mobile services abroad and accelerating the transition toward a more seamless global travel experience.
The Holafly Global eSIM Index 2026 sets a new reference framework for operators, regulators, and industry stakeholders, delivering a consistent benchmark that clarifies where adoption is already tangible, where it remains constrained, and where future growth is most likely to surface.
The full report is available at:
https://www.telesemana.com/holafly-global-esim-index-2026/
Media contact: press@holafly.com
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/9b9bb5ff-dee3-4e51-8987-0146ee89c8d3
SOURCE: Holafly
--BERNAMA
Friday, 15 May 2026
MOBIX LABS TARGETS CRITICAL MINERALS SUPPLY CHAIN WITH SPD DEAL
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) -- Mobix Labs has unveiled plans to expand into the strategic rare earth and critical minerals sector through a proposed acquisition of Special Project Delivery LLC (SPD), a United States (US)-based supply chain platform.
According to a statement, the proposed acquisition would expand Mobix Labs’ national security operations into the supply chain supporting modern defence, aerospace, and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Mobix Labs currently supplies technologies for US and allied fighter jets, missiles, submarines, and satellites.
The company said the Letter of Intent is non-binding, and there can be no assurance that a definitive agreement will be executed or the proposed transaction completed.
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According to a statement, the proposed acquisition would expand Mobix Labs’ national security operations into the supply chain supporting modern defence, aerospace, and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Mobix Labs currently supplies technologies for US and allied fighter jets, missiles, submarines, and satellites.
The company said the Letter of Intent is non-binding, and there can be no assurance that a definitive agreement will be executed or the proposed transaction completed.
-- BERNAMA
MARY KAY LAUNCHES GLOBAL SOCIAL SQUAD PILOT PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT
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| The Global Social Squad ignites a diverse and talented group of 73 Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants with representation across 15 markets in four regions: North America, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Europe. These digital leaders create engaging, high-quality content, participate in global campaign activations, and share practical social media strategies with their communities and other Independent Beauty Consultants, fuelling both brand relevance and business growth. (Image Courtesy: Mary Kay Inc.) |
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) -- Mary Kay Inc has launched its Global Social Squad (GSS) Pilot Program, an initiative aimed at strengthening digital engagement by empowering Independent Beauty Consultants (IBCs) as brand advocates and social media content creators.
The programme, which will be introduced in selected markets worldwide in 2026, is part of the company’s broader strategy to expand its presence in an increasingly social-first business environment and enhance engagement with consumers across digital platforms.
According to Mary Kay, the GSS brings together IBCs who are recognised for their creativity, authenticity and social media capabilities to produce digital content, participate in global campaigns, and share social media strategies with their communities and fellow consultants.
Mary Kay Chief Opportunity and Sales Officer, Tara Eustace said the programme is intended to help consultants strengthen digital storytelling and consumer engagement in a social-first business environment.
In a statement, the company said the initiative is also expected to support brand visibility, increase product discovery through user-generated content, and strengthen peer-to-peer learning within the Mary Kay community.
A total of 73 members have been selected for the pilot programme, representing 15 markets across North America, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Europe.
Participants will receive exclusive merchandise, take part in content-based challenges, and gain access to training and development opportunities throughout the year.
Mary Kay said the pilot programme will allow the company to evaluate and refine the initiative ahead of a potential wider rollout beginning in 2027 and beyond.
The global leader in beauty and entrepreneurship added that the programme forms part of its efforts to develop a scalable business model that combines entrepreneurship, creativity, and personal connection.
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