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EFI and Agfa to combine industrial inkjet under a joint venture; Times Car breach may affect up to 6.6 million records — plus eight more stories | BPJ News (Evening Edition)

Plant consolidation, new rules, and the AI-leakage problem are hitting print companies’ investment plans, specs, and operating models all at once.

EFI and Agfa will merge their industrial inkjet businesses, redrawing the equipment-supplier map. Meanwhile, the second update on the Times Car cyberattack turns “print and inserting” into a very real job again: notifications, reissues, and making sure the mail actually reaches the right person.

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EFI and Agfa to combine industrial inkjet under a joint venture; Times Car breach may affect up to 6.6 million records — plus eight more stories | BPJ News (Evening Edition)

The final agreement on the DPS merger, a decision to hold back a next-gen model release, the reopening of ChatGPT Pro sign-ups and hints of lifting limits, survey results that point to slow progress on AI personal-use guidelines, the second report on the Times Car unauthorized access, the phased application timetable for PPWR, the debate around adopting HVDC in AI data centers, reporting on dyed diesel in Texas, a digital-press installation in France, and the launch of a…

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