The Best Golf Resorts in the World
Hostal de la Gavina on Spain’s Costa Brava is debuting a Golf Concierge that arranges private tuition, driving‑range access and spa treatments, with rooms starting at €380 (≈ $418) per night. Nearby Camiral, a Quinta do Lago resort, will host the 2031 Ryder Cup, while Club Golf d’Aro‑Mas Nou offers sea‑view courses. The Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita reopened after a seven‑month, $‑heavy renovation, providing complimentary daily rounds on two championship courses for stays from £900 (≈ $1,125) nightly. Eden Roc Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic, priced from £700 (≈ $875), adds a first‑in‑Caribbean “golf butler” to manage tee times and recovery services.
BNDES Funds CBA Aluminum Upgrade for Efficiency and Sustainability
Bndes will fund CBA’s aluminum unit upgrade in Brazil to improve efficiency, logistics, and environmental performance. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/brazil-aluminum-unit-upgrade-gains.html
Hyundai Auto Profits Strained by yet Another Economic Crisis
Hyundai Motor Company reported a 30.8% year‑on‑year decline in Q1 2026 operating profit, falling to KRW 2.5 trillion (≈$1.9 billion). The slump is linked to U.S. import tariffs and the ongoing war in the Middle East, which threaten export corridors to Europe, Africa and...
Peruvian Entrepreneur Profits From Drone Facade Cleaning
Peruvian Entrepreneur Earns Big with #Drone-Powered Building Facade Cleaning by @Arcfunmi #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/ZJN9uY5jTG
Far North Hunts for White Knight Before It’s Too Late for Juken Mills
Far North authorities are spearheading a PwC‑run tender to sell Juken New Zealand’s Northland Mill and adjacent Triboard plant in Kaitāia. The Japanese parent plans to exit next month, putting 200 local jobs at risk. Councils and Northland Inc are...
Siemens Energy Raises Outlook as Demand for Power Equipment Soars
Siemens Energy lifted its 2026 outlook after a sharp rise in Q2 orders and profits, driven by booming demand for power equipment in data centres. The company now expects sales to grow 14‑16% and profit margins before special items to...
3D Printed Battery Powers Predictive Maintenance in Steel Production
A consortium of IREC, UOC and steelmaker CELSA launched the 3Dstore project, deploying a 3D‑printed solid‑oxide battery to power a low‑consumption, cellular‑connected sensor on a rolling‑mill shaft. The self‑powered device continuously records vibration and temperature, enabling predictive maintenance that can...
LMDeploy CVE-2026-33626 Flaw Exploited Within 13 Hours of Disclosure
A critical SSRF flaw (CVE‑2026‑33626) in LMDeploy’s vision‑language module was exploited within 13 hours of its public disclosure. The vulnerability, affecting all versions up to 0.12.0, let attackers reach cloud metadata services, internal databases and perform internal port scans. Sysdig’s...
Kollmorgen Launches Layout Analysis Tool to Improve Mobile Robot Performance
Kollmorgen unveiled the NDC Layout Assistant, a software tool that evaluates and optimizes routes for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in factories and warehouses. By breaking down routes into smaller sections, the assistant highlights travel‑time, speed...
India Needs Two Time Zones to Electrify Its Future, Reduce Energy Stress
India’s single‑time‑zone policy forces the east and west to operate on identical clocks, creating simultaneous peaks in electricity demand as factories, EV chargers and air‑conditioners come online. Analysts argue that adopting two time zones—GMT +6 for the eastern states and GMT +5...
Revocation of X.509 Certificates
Recent measurements reveal two critical trends in X.509 certificate revocation. A SIGCOMM ’25 paper proposes publishing only revoked serial numbers as DNSSEC‑signed TXT records, leveraging NSEC and aggressive negative caching to achieve roughly 99.8% cache‑hit rates, with Let’s Encrypt’s 612 million...
How BIPV Façades Behave Under Enclosure Fire Conditions
A research team led by the University of Science and Technology of China built a stainless‑steel compartment to evaluate how building‑integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) façades behave in enclosure fires. The study tested three PV module types—CdTe thin‑film, double‑glazed crystalline silicon and...
‘Certain Reluctance’ of Shippers to Adopt Intermodal Transport
Portmann, together with DB Cargo France, launched a daily intermodal shuttle linking Metz and the Valenton rail hub, primarily serving IKEA. The service can move up to 44 containers per day but currently transports only 26‑30, leaving excess capacity on...
MAA Ad of the Week: David Beckham’s ‘Football Nation’ for Pepsi
Pepsi's latest television spot, titled “Football Nation,” features soccer legend David Beckham and is produced by Big Time Creative. The ad frames the endless debates surrounding football as a narrative device, pairing fast‑cut visuals with the star’s presence to capture...
Bjorn’s Corner: Blended Wing Body Airliners. Part 7
Leeham News continues its deep‑dive into blended wing body (BWB) airliners with Part 7, focusing on the latest flight‑test data from Airbus’s MAVERIC demonstrator. The tests showed a roughly 15% drag reduction compared with a conventional tube‑and‑wing layout, reinforcing claims of...
Virgin Media O2 Warns of AI-Driven Scam Surge as Fake Customer Service Numbers Target Millions
Virgin Media O2 warns that AI‑powered fraud is driving a surge in fake customer‑service phone numbers, with 13 percent of Britons and 27 percent of 25‑34‑year‑olds encountering deceptive listings. Scammers exploit trust in top search results and AI‑generated contacts, leading many consumers...
Sari-Sari Store Sales Surge as Filipinos Stock up Amid Middle East Crisis
Sari‑sari stores in the Philippines saw a dramatic sales surge in March as consumers stocked up amid a Middle East‑driven oil price shock. Packworks reported GMV jumping from about $36 million in February to $68 million in March, an 89 percent increase. Average...
China Wafer Declines Narrow as Demand-Side Regulation Lifts Market Sentiment
China's photovoltaic wafer prices saw their steepest weekly declines narrow, with n-type M10 and G12 wafers falling only 0.71% and 0.59% respectively. Despite the modest pull‑back, trading volumes remain weak as solar‑cell manufacturers operate at reduced capacity, dampening downstream demand....
Closing the Trust Gap Starts at the Opt-In
Intuit Mailchimp’s new research reveals a widening trust gap in e‑commerce opt‑ins. While 65% of brands request phone numbers, only 28% of consumers are willing to share them, and fewer than 8% achieve conversion rates above 20%. The study shows...
Assisted Dying Bill to Run Out of Time as Lords Hold Final Debate
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which would legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults with less than six months to live, is set to lapse this Friday after stalling in the House of Lords. The Commons approved...
Ontario Approves 230kV Red Lake Transmission Expansion
Ontario’s government has approved Hydro One Networks to construct the 230 kV Red Lake Transmission Line, a 162‑km double‑circuit project linking Dryden and Red Lake. The line will add roughly 400 MW of capacity—four times the current supply—enhancing grid reliability for remote communities and...
Chile Braces for Bad Acid Trip
Chile’s mining sector is confronting a looming shortage and price surge for sulphuric acid, a critical reagent for copper processing. The disruption stems from the Iran‑Israel conflict and the recent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which have choked global...
Jamaica Moves to Stabilise Cement Supply After Weather Disruption
Jamaica’s Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC) has rolled out emergency measures to steady cement supplies after heavy rains halted production at Caribbean Cement Co. An incoming vessel originally bound for the Bahamas will be redirected to Jamaica on...
Telecom News: Univity, Starlink, Eutelsat, MTN, Eutelsat
French space‑tech startup Univity secured a €27 million (≈$29 million) Series A round to launch a wholesale‑focused VLEO satellite network that will give European telecom operators an alternative to SpaceX’s Starlink. The company plans a large‑scale deployment starting in 2028, targeting low‑latency, high‑speed...
Resources Top 5: Patriot Leads Silver Charge as Energy and Lithium Plays Run Hot
Patriot Resources surged 44% to A$9.8c after announcing a JORC‑compliant exploration target of 359‑422 Mt at 48‑57 g/t AgEq (559‑774 Moz silver equivalent) at its Tassa project in Peru. Elevra Lithium posted record revenue, 94% mill utilisation and finished the March quarter with...
WindTre Reactivates Sub-EUR 5 Unlimited Data Offer
Italian carrier WindTre has re‑launched its Go Unlimited XXS 5G Digital plan, targeting customers who port their numbers from rival operators. The offering provides unlimited voice minutes, 100 SMS and truly unlimited 5G data for €4.99 per month (about $5.40). It is positioned as...
A New Contract for TER Rail Services in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
France’s Nouvelle‑Aquitaine region awarded SNCF Voyageurs a 10‑year contract to operate TER services in Poitou‑Charentes, covering six lines that serve about 14,000 passengers daily. The €965 million (~$1.05 billion) deal, effective December 2027, creates a dedicated subsidiary, SNCF Voyageurs Terre Atlantique, and adds 22 extra weekday trains...
US Department of Health and Human Services Launches $4million National Competition for Innovations in Living Kidney Donation
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched the KidneyX Empower Challenge, a $4 million national competition aimed at spurring innovations that increase living kidney donation. The contest seeks solutions that improve public awareness, donor identification, eligibility, outcomes and reduce...
One Avocado Daily Cuts Glycemic Load by 14
The Effect of Including One Avocado Daily in a Habitual Diet on the Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load in Free-living Adults with Overweight/Obesity "Daily consumption of one avocado within the habitual diet significantly reduced GL by almost 14 points, without requiring...
Vizsla Silver Advances Panuco Project with New Contract Awards
Vizsla Silver has signed a $170 million EPCM contract with M3 Engineering & Technology and a separate mine‑design agreement with Mining Plus for its Panuco silver‑gold project in Sinaloa, Mexico. The deals cover detailed design, equipment procurement and surface infrastructure, while...
AI Can't Read Fun
Steam’s 2026 AI disclosure update now asks developers three specific questions about generative AI use, leading to one in five new releases flagging AI‑generated content. The article argues that AI can handle the mathematical side of level design—constraint solving and...
Carrier USS George H.W. Bush Now in U.S. Central Command After Traveling Around Africa
The nuclear‑powered carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN‑77) entered U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility after a 11,500‑mile voyage around Africa, joining USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford in the Middle East. The transit, which began on March 31, included a stop through the Mozambique Channel and...
"Scooby-Doo: Origins" Starts Production in Atlanta
Netflix announced that production has started in Atlanta, Georgia for "Scooby‑Doo: Origins," a live‑action reimagining of the classic mystery franchise. The series stars Mckenna Grace as Daphne Blake, Tanner Hagen as Shaggy Rogers, Abby Ryder Fortson as Velma Dinkley, Maxwell Jenkins...
Reset Health and East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Win Multiple HSJ Partnership Awards for Transforming Access to...
Reset Health, together with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust and Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board, won two HSJ Partnership Awards for virtual and personalised care. Their integrated digital platform cut specialist obesity waiting times...
Access, Not Payment, Drives Future Travel Identity
In 2021, I said that if you can’t get on the plane, who cares how you pay? What mattered was access: health credentials as digital identity, led by travel and hospitality. The use case was clear. The follow-through, less so. https://t.co/Tdgeh0A93R
Swiss Re Targets $250m US Named Storm Retro with Matterhorn Re 2026-2 Cat Bond
Swiss Re is issuing a second catastrophe bond this year under its Bermuda‑based Matterhorn Re program, targeting $250 million of U.S. named‑storm retrocession. The deal comprises a $150 million Class A tranche covering the Northeast and a $100 million Class B tranche offering nationwide protection,...
Geneva Dry Dialogues: Devbulk
Hakki Deval, CEO of Istanbul‑based Devbulk, says the dry‑bulk market remains cautiously optimistic, especially for handysize and supramax vessels where supply favors owners. He warns that new‑build orders are best delayed until yard prices soften and fuel regulations clarify, preferring...
The GWEC 2026 Report Highlights Opportunities for Composites in the Wind Energy Sector
The Global Wind Energy Council’s Global Wind Report 2026 projects a pivotal 2025, with 165 GW of new installations pushing total worldwide capacity beyond 1,299 GW. The report frames wind power as a core infrastructure element, accelerated by fossil‑fuel supply tensions and...
Gen Z: Balancing Treats and Budgets
CouponFollow’s Treatonomics Index surveyed 1,008 Gen Z adults, revealing that small indulgences—snacks, desserts and clothing—drive most discretionary spend. While 92% treat themselves regularly, 63% view paying full price as irresponsible and 64% would switch brands for a discount. About 25% allocate...
Why Supply Chain Resilience Is Under the Spotlight
Supply‑chain security has become a top priority as third‑party breaches surged, with Verizon reporting 30% of incidents linked to vendors—double the previous year—and SecurityScorecard finding over 70% of firms faced a material supplier breach. High‑profile attacks on NHS supplier DXS...
State AI Laws – Where Are They Now?
The United States is at a turning point for state‑level AI regulation as dozens of bills face delays, revisions, or potential preemption by federal initiatives. Colorado’s SB 205 is being reshaped to focus on specific automated decision‑making rather than a...
Saros Review: Housemarque’s PS5 Shooter Is Chaotic Joy
Housemarque’s new PS5 title Saros revisits the bullet‑hell, roguelike formula that made Returnal a hit, adding a shield‑parry system and richer world design. The game runs flawlessly on PlayStation 5 Pro, delivering vibrant visuals and a dynamic planet called Carcosa that...
Baumit Boosts Efficiency with New EUR22m Raw Mill
Baumit Austria has commissioned a new raw meal mill at its Wopfing plant, investing EUR 22.6 million (≈ $24.6 million). The modernised mill improves operational reliability, reduces maintenance frequency, and secures raw material supply. Energy efficiency gains are projected to cut annual electricity use...
Saros Review: Returnal but Make It Yellow
Housemarque’s *Saros* builds on the bullet‑hell roguelike foundation of 2021’s *Returnal*, delivering smoother combat and a more modular progression system on PlayStation 5. The game introduces Autohit weapons, a permanent Armor Matrix skill tree, and flexible biome skipping, which together lower...
Saros Is an Exhilarating Sci-Fi Shooter Set in a Haunting, Cryptic World
Finnish studio Housemarque is releasing *Saros*, a sci‑fi shooter that mixes roguelike loops with 3D bullet‑hell action, dubbed "bullet ballet." The game drops players on the alien world Carcosa as enforcer Arjun, where each death triggers a procedurally reshuffled run...
Japan to Start Releasing Extra 20 Days' Worth of Oil Reserves From May 1
Japan will begin a second strategic drawdown of its strategic petroleum reserves on May 1, releasing roughly 20 days’ worth of oil. The release adds 5.8 million kiloliters, valued at about ¥540 billion ($3.4 billion), to the 50‑day release that started in mid‑March. The oil...
Innovative Robotic Hand Grips, Holds, Organizes Objects
Smart #Robotic Hand That Grips, Holds, and Organizes Multiple Objects with Innovative Design by @amazingthings_ #AI #Robots #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/C8zDdRzMGW
Keyword Structuring Shapes the Foundation of Effective Website Content
Keyword structuring is emerging as a core SEO tactic, emphasizing the logical organization of primary and secondary terms rather than isolated keyword repetition. By arranging topics hierarchically—starting with a main theme and branching into sub‑topics—content mirrors natural search intent and...
'Fell Between the Cracks' | Police Force Breached Equality Act over ADHD Support and Noise-Cancelling Headphones Request, Tribunal Finds
An employment tribunal found that Avon and Somerset Constabulary failed to make reasonable adjustments for a Victim and Witness Care Officer diagnosed with ADHD, violating the Equality Act. The employee, Donna Vale, requested noise‑cancelling headphones, a request that was ignored,...
CMMS Success Metrics: How to Build KPIs That Validate Results
Many CMMS deployments deliver data without proving financial impact, leaving leaders in the dark. Limble outlines a framework to shift from activity tracking to decision‑support KPIs that tie maintenance work to cost savings, uptime, and asset life. It highlights five...