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Apple has opened submissions for the 2026 Swift Student Challenge, inviting student developers worldwide to submit Swift app playgrounds by 28 February.

As classrooms digitise, SonicWall pushes layered cybersecurity to shield K-12 schools from ransomware, phishing and zero-day threats.

Synsira launches Kind, an AI desktop app that privately searches users' own files for grounded answers instead of trawling the open web.

Beast Industries acquires fintech app Step, betting on financial literacy tools to turn his vast creator audience into customers.

EC-Council rolls out its biggest training expansion in 25 years, unveiling an AI risk credential suite and revamped CISO leadership course.

1Kosmos and Fischer link biometric ID checks with campus IAM to block enrolment and aid fraud while enabling passwordless access.

Ruckus expands its Pro AV ICX switch line, adds AV-focused management tools and deepens AV-over-IP ties with Crestron and the SDVoE Alliance.

Pluralsight has hired veteran product leader Michael Ross as Chief Product Officer to steer innovation in its tech skills platform.

Scrum.org debuts a five-hour self-paced course to help Scrum Teams build trust and collaborate more effectively with stakeholders.

Snap forms Specs unit to spearhead next-gen smart glasses, promising AI-driven, low-friction eyewear that blends digital and real worlds.

Gartner warns 35% of nations will be locked into region-specific AI by 2027 as sovereignty, security and cultural fit overtake scale.

BoodleBox integrates Nvidia's Nemotron 3 Nano into its collaborative AI platform, bringing open-model assistants to 1,300 campuses.

OpenAI has unveiled Prism, a free AI-native LaTeX workspace that embeds GPT-5.2 to unify scientific drafting, collaboration and publication.

PPDS debuts Philips Signage 5000 AI displays with on-device processing, Android 14 SoC and 24/7-ready screens up to 98in for pro venues.

Zurich startup Sparkli exits stealth with USD $5m to launch a multimodal AI play-based learning app for children aged 5 to 12 worldwide.

Language learning platform Preply secures $150 million to boost AI tools and global growth, valuing the business at $1.2 billion.

Nureva upgrades its HDL310 with real-time coverage maps and automated camera switching to streamline hybrid meetings and learning spaces.

Persistent lifts quarterly revenue 17.3% year-on-year to USD $422.5 million as accelerating AI and cloud deals drive larger client wins.

Adobe folds new generative AI into Acrobat Studio, auto-making slide decks, chat-edited PDFs and podcast-style summaries from documents.

Preply secures USD $150m Series D from WestCap at a USD $1.2b valuation to scale its human-led, AI-backed language learning platform.