3D Systems Adds SLA Printer and AddiTrak Software
3D Systems unveiled the SLA 825 Dual, a stereolithography printer that delivers a 22% larger build volume and up to 25% faster print speeds, targeting high‑volume industrial production. The company also launched AddiTrak, an on‑premise software platform that centralizes monitoring, analytics, and workflow management for fleets of 3D Systems printers. Both solutions were announced at RAPID + TCT 2026 and are positioned to expand additive manufacturing into sectors such as motorsports, precision prototyping, and investment‑casting patterns. The combined hardware‑software ecosystem aims to improve repeatability, yield, and overall process control.
Andina Copper Shows Early Upside with 232m 0.68% Cu Hit
$ANDC.V just hit 232m @ 0.68% Cu + 75ppm Mo + 2g/t Ag from 38m. Part of 486m @ 0.42% Cu. Footprint now ≥950m x 525m and open in all directions. 2nd rig mobilizing. Near-surface Cu-Mo porphyry with consistent hits = classic...
Informa Markets Brings Battery Asset Management Summit to Canada as Energy Storage Market Reaches Critical Deployment Phase
Informa Markets is debuting the Battery Asset Management Summit Canada, a two‑day event in Toronto on June 23‑24, 2026, as the country prepares to quintuple its battery storage capacity to over 2,768 MW by 2030. Federal and provincial programs are earmarking...
Costco Reveals Shift in Shopper Spending Behavior
Costco’s Q2 results show a robust expansion of its membership base, with executive memberships reaching 40.4 million—a 9.5% year‑over‑year rise—and total paid members climbing 4.8% to 82.1 million. Despite a $5‑$10 hike in membership fees last September, renewal rates remain strong, holding...
Vertical Travel Group Defies Slowdown with String of Big Bookings
Vertical Travel Group (VTG) announced a series of sizable bookings that have lifted its pipeline despite a broader slowdown in the travel sector. The company secured roughly $45 million in new contracts, covering over 20,000 travelers across Europe, North America and...
Bank Earnings: JPMorgan, Wells Fargo Post Profit Beats
JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Citigroup all posted first‑quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts, driven by a surge in trading revenue and robust loan growth. JPMorgan recorded a record $11.6 bn in markets revenue, while Wells Fargo’s loan book topped $1 tn despite missing...
What Patients Should Know Before Choosing a Dentist in Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast residents are shifting from reactive to preventive dental care, emphasizing long‑term oral health, patient comfort, and transparent treatment planning. Clinics in Maroochydore, Cotton Tree, Mooloolaba and Buderim now offer a full suite of services—from routine cleanings to implants—under...
STALKER 2’s Latest Update Adds an Easily Missed New Questline, While Dispersing Accidental Mutant Crowds
STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl received the Sealed Truth update, introducing a new story-driven questline set in the X‑18 laboratory and fixing several gameplay bugs. The quest can only be triggered between the Scar sawmill mission and the SIRCAA scanner mission,...
Remember When the Ninth Circuit Rejected Classpass’ TOS Formation? About That…–Blackburn V. Classpass
The Northern District of California ruled that Classpass successfully formed its Terms of Use through a series of sign‑in‑wrap screens, despite the Ninth Circuit’s earlier rejection in Chabolla. The court applied the three‑part sign‑in‑wrap test—conspicuous notice, transaction context, and manifestation...
All Eyes on Prague in New Focus Pack for Hearts of Iron IV
Paradox Interactive is releasing a new Hearts of Iron IV Focus Pack titled "Peace for Our Time" on 22 April 2026. Developed with veteran modders Logan “Spicy Alfredo” Calkins, Abbus Fung and Marijn “marijn211” Vroegh, the DLC adds a complete national focus...
Here Comes Starlink, the Next Telecom Giant
Starlink, five years into commercial service, is now reshaping the telecom landscape by offering ultra‑low latency broadband that rivals traditional GEO and MEO satellites. Its partnership with MVNO US Mobile marks a foray into fixed‑line bundling, while Asian markets see incumbents...
The Cobra Effect: Why Managing by Metrics Backfires
The article revisits the classic Cobra Effect—where incentives backfire—using the British‑Raj bounty on cobras as a cautionary tale. It then applies the paradox to modern protest metrics, specifically the 3.5% rule that claims movements succeed once they mobilize that share...
Balsa Wood Absorbs Solar Heat and Generates Power Long After Dark
Researchers have engineered a carbonisation‑free balsa wood composite that absorbs sunlight, stores heat, and generates electricity after darkness, achieving a photothermal conversion efficiency of 91.27% and a sustained 0.65 V output. The material uses delignified wood with 93% porosity, black phosphorene...
Dematic Expands Flexible Automation Capabilities Through GreyOrange Partnering Relationship
Dematic announced a strategic partnership with GreyOrange to integrate the GreyMatter AI‑powered orchestration platform into its supply‑chain automation suite. The collaboration unifies robots, autonomous mobile robots and human workflows under a single, hardware‑agnostic software layer. By embedding GreyMatter, Dematic aims...
Goods Sector Defies Oil Price Surge, Truckloads up 11%
The goods industry is the most exposed segment to the price of oil and yet since March 1st, we have seen incredibly strong signals out of the goods economy with activity firming, not weakening. If high oil prices were going...
Primacy Means Winning
The post argues that U.S. primacy is sustained by a coercive logistics regime that fuses oil revenue, arms sales, and dollar dominance into a single, self‑reinforcing system. From the 1970s onward, Washington bundled energy, defense, and financial layers, creating deep...
Tour Tech Teams Up With NIVA On All Things PRO
TourTech, founded by entertainment‑law veteran Tobi Parks, has introduced SARA, a Setlist Aggregator & Royalty Application that lets artists submit setlists to every performance rights organization in one step. The startup is currently in a beta phase, inviting a select...
Genshin Impact Lohen Release Date Speculation, Voice Actors, and Lore
Genshin Impact is set to introduce Lohen, a new Knights of Favonius character, in the upcoming version 6.6 update. Leaked information suggests he will be a five‑star Cryo polearm user, despite his banner title “Sharpened Arrowhead.” The character’s voice cast features...
Revolut AIR Launches with 13M UK Users, Outpacing Rivals
Revolut AIR: Large-Scale Consumer Agentic Deployment (13M Users) Competitive context: Starling (March 2026), NatWest (March 2026), now Revolut (April 2026). All UK launches within 5 weeks. Revolut scale: 13M UK customers = largest single deployment. Security differentiator: "built on transaction-grade infrastructure"....
AAHOA Celebrates Excellence in Hospitality with Award Winners at Annual Convention
At the 2026 AAHOA Convention & Trade Show in Philadelphia, the Asian American Hotel Owners Association honored six members with awards recognizing leadership, community service, philanthropy, women’s ownership, young talent, and independent hotel excellence. Recipients included Vijay Patel of A-1...
Revolution Medicines Leads Latest Wave of Stock Offerings, Totaling $1.5B
Revolution Medicines anchored a fresh wave of biotech equity offerings on Monday, helping to lift total capital raised to roughly $1.5 billion. The offering round also included Spyre Therapeutics and Allogene Therapeutics, each filing separate share sales. Proceeds are earmarked for...
Ralph Lauren’s Grip Loosens on Tennis
The Australian Open swaps its long‑standing title sponsor Ralph Lauren for Hugo Boss, marking a strategic shift toward luxury‑sport branding. Tory Burch seeks a $346 million loan to repurchase General Atlantic’s stake, reflecting a broader trend of luxury retailers using debt to regain control....
Diamond Launches Factory-Authorized Owner Training Program
Diamond Aircraft introduced Diamond Brilliance, a factory‑authorized training program for owners of its DA42, DA50 and DA62 models, unveiled at the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo. Developed with Take Flight Aviation, the curriculum covers real‑world operations, safety procedures and ownership...
Japan Moves to Institutionalize Drone Warfare as Manpower Shortfalls Deepen
Japan’s Ground Self‑Defense Force inaugurated two new offices – the Unmanned Defense Capability Promotion Office and the Unmanned Systems Office – to institutionalize drone and broader unmanned warfare. Though staffed by only 13 personnel, the offices will shape concepts, R&D,...
Local TV Webcasts Get AI Boost From AccuWeather
AccuWeather unveiled ImmersiCast, an AI‑powered augmented‑reality weather system, at the 2026 NAB Show. Built on Unreal Engine, the platform projects real‑time 3D forecasts—rain, snow, lightning—over cityscapes, letting viewers watch storms unfold minute by minute. The company also introduced StoryTeller NewsPro,...
Tuesday Health Partners with Humana on Palliative Care
Tuesday Health, a 2023 startup backed by Valtruis and Mass General Brigham Ventures, has partnered with Humana to launch a value‑based palliative‑care program for Texas members on June 1. The initiative offers coordinated clinical guidance, proactive symptom management and continuous support...
Lender Selling $140M Downtown D.C. Office Loan With 'Path To Ownership'
JLL is marketing the sale of a $140 million loan secured by the 306,000‑square‑foot office building at 700 Sixth Street NW in downtown Washington, D.C. The loan, originated in May 2019 by Principal Real Estate Investors, carries a 3.7% fixed rate and...
The More AI Personalizes, the More Alone You Become
The post warns that AI‑generated, hyper‑personalized media will give each user a unique version of videos, movies or articles, erasing the shared experiences that fuel social interaction. Unlike earlier filter bubbles that merely reordered existing content, AI creates entirely new,...
HP Announces New 3D Printer, Productivity Boosts and More at RAPID + TCT
HP used the RAPID + TCT show to unveil a suite of additive‑manufacturing upgrades as it celebrates ten years in 3D printing. The Jet Fusion 5600 gains a High Productivity mode that lifts output by roughly 20% and introduces Dual...
Delta Walks Back Climate Targets
Delta Air Lines has withdrawn its pledge to source 10% of jet fuel from sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030 and recharacterized its 2050 net‑zero goal as an aspiration rather than a firm target. The revisions were posted on the...
Chery on Top: Meet the Chery Tiggo 4
Chinese automaker Chery International has introduced the Tiggo 4 CSH, a full‑hybrid B‑segment SUV, to the UK market as part of its four‑brand rollout that now includes Lepas, Omoda and Jaecoo. The Tiggo 4 CSH is priced at £19,995 (≈$25,000) for the...
Could AI Write This Column? In a World of Slop-Inion, I’m Certifying Myself Human | Peter Lewis
Peter Lewis, executive director of Essential, announced he is the first columnist to earn the Proudly Human certification, a de minimis‑based process that verifies human authorship. He cites recent industry data showing 80‑90% of submissions to outlets like Capital Brief are AI‑generated, prompting...
New Tetris Board Game and Rubik’s Cube Revealed
Japanese toy maker MegaHouse unveiled two new Tetris-themed physical games, a board game and a Rubik’s Cube, slated for release in late April 2026. The Tetris Board Game retails for ¥4,620 (about $29) and accommodates up to four players, featuring...
Continuous Fermentation Cuts Costs, Beats Traditional Bioreactors
The biomanufacturing bottleneck isn't biology. It's economics. Building bigger bioreactors doesn't fix unit costs. https://t.co/2RAcw704uk's bet: continuous fermentation decouples growth from production, keeps cells in an ultra-productive state for weeks, and runs like a conveyor belt instead of a batch process. ...
Somatic Immune Cell Mutations Linked to Autoimmunity
New evidence that somatic mutations in immune cells can be the basis for autoimmune disease @Nature https://t.co/GvzxLYgvfw
EU Sees 2025 Pharma Export Uptick Amid Competitiveness Concerns
EU pharmaceutical exports surged 16% in 2025, reaching €366.2 bn (≈$429 bn) and generating a record trade surplus of €220.5 bn (≈$257 bn). The United States remained the top destination, accounting for 44% of shipments – roughly €160.6 bn (≈$188 bn). Tariff pressures, including a 15%...
Wired’s Latest Piece Is Irresponsibly Vapid and Stupid
one of the most stupid, irresponsible, and vapid headlines / pieces i’ve read from wired. shame.
Jay Monroe's Satellite WiFi Bet Made Him Billionaire
The big winner is Globalstar controlling shareholder Jay Monroe who has believed in satellite WiFi for years. When I first wrote about him 12 years ago, his kids had no idea he was already a billionaire from $GSAT
Renesas Scalable Automotive SoC Design Using Arteris NoC
Renesas has integrated Arteris FlexNoC interconnect IP into its next‑generation Gen‑5 R‑Car automotive SoCs. The NoC fabric links Arm CPU clusters, GPUs and neural‑processing accelerators, delivering scalable bandwidth and deterministic QoS for advanced ADAS and autonomous‑driving workloads. Power consumption drops...
RUNX1 Identified as Key to Rejuvenate Aging T Cells
Discovery of a factor (RUNX1) that pinpoints T cell senescence and restoring its functionality achieves T cell rejuvenation. Significant implications in older adults with loss of immune system protection. https://t.co/X58DvzIUXY @ImmunityCP https://t.co/hzL3zFiPMm
M&A Activity and Reinsurers’ Pressure Could Quickly Cool Aviation Rate Reductions: WTW
WTW’s Q1 2026 General Aviation Insurance Market Outlook warns that rising M&A activity and heightened reinsurer pressure could quickly erode the abundant capacity that has kept rates low. While the sector started the year with stable underwriting and competitive premiums, a...
AIAA CEO Mowry to Speak at Space Workforce Forum
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced that its chief executive officer, Michael Mowry, will speak at the upcoming Space Workforce Forum. The forum, organized by the Office of Space Commerce’s Policy, Advocacy & International Division, will take...
VA Deputy Secretary on Resuming EHR Rollout
The Department of Veterans Affairs resumed its Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program this weekend after a three‑year pause. Deputy Secretary and Acting CIO Paul Lawrence highlighted a renewed emphasis on governance, user experience, and measurable outcomes. The rollout will...
The Once-Theoretical Skyrmion Could Unlock Supercomputing Memory
Researchers have demonstrated that magnetic skyrmions as small as 2 nm can form in the centrosymmetric compound Eu(Ga,Al)₄, overturning the long‑standing belief that skyrmions require non‑centrosymmetric crystals. Using composition‑controlled crystal growth and synchrotron‑based ARPES, the team identified a Lifshitz transition that...
Blink49 Studios Pushes Into Microdramas (Exclusive)
Blink49 Studios announced the appointment of Tieren Hawkins as vice‑president of vertical content to spearhead a new microdrama division. Hawkins, who produced hits such as Forbidden Bonds that amassed over 150 million views on platforms like ReelShort, will lead the creation...
Colorado Announces New Train Between Denver and Fort Collins
Colorado officials announced a joint service plan between the Regional Transportation District and the Front Range Passenger Rail District to launch a passenger train between Denver and Fort Collins. The $333 million one‑time capital cost will be split between RTD and...
Prediction: The Biggest Winner From Agentic AI Won't Be Nvidia. It Will Be This Other Chip Stock That No One...
The article argues that Arm Holdings, not Nvidia, will be the primary beneficiary of the emerging agentic AI wave. Agentic AI moves beyond chatbots to autonomous systems that continuously operate on edge devices, demanding low‑latency, cost‑effective compute. Arm’s CPU designs...
One Law, Many Borders: EAC Targets Trafficking Loopholes
The East African Community has revived the Counter Trafficking in Persons Bill 2026, now before the East African Legislative Assembly. The draft seeks to standardise penalties—minimum 15 years, up to more than 30 years for severe offences—and create a coordinated...
Doner Revisits 'Flick Your Bic' In 'Saxy' Spot
Bic Lighters has relaunched its iconic “Flick Your Bic” tagline with Doner’s new “Waxy Saxy” ad, a flamboyant YouTube‑centric spot that reimagines the brand’s 1970s vibe for today’s edgy consumers. The campaign positions Bic as a lifestyle catalyst rather than...
Rising Tide of Workplace Violence Takes Its Toll
Workplace violence now costs U.S. businesses roughly $300 billion a year, affecting over 2 million workers and resulting in 5,000 fatalities. Standard workers’‑comp and liability policies often exclude attacks driven by personal motives, leaving employers exposed. Tailored workplace‑violence insurance, championed by experts...