TU Delft Researchers Carry Out Taxiing Tests with Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft
In May 2026, TU Delft’s AeroDelft team performed the first taxi‑run of a hydrogen‑powered aircraft at Rotterdam The Hague Airport. The test involved refuelling with gaseous hydrogen, checking the propulsion system and safely moving the one‑seat prototype on a real runway. The exercise was part of a broader collaboration with the airport, Air Products and the Rotterdam The Hague Innovation Airport Foundation to develop a hydrogen value chain. AeroDelft now aims to achieve full flight on liquid hydrogen within a few years, extending endurance from 40 minutes on gas to two hours on liquid.
Why Relevance Is The New Subscriber Growth Strategy
Lara Compton of SheerID argues that publishers must move beyond one‑off acquisition tactics toward subscriber development, using verification to identify high‑intent audiences. By confirming student, educator or other niche groups, publishers can deliver tailored onboarding, content, and offers that boost...
Caracol and Eligio Re Fraschini Validate WAAM for Aerospace Tooling with 50% Weight Reduction
Caracol and Italian tooling specialist Eligio Re Fraschini completed a co‑funded pilot that used Caracol’s Vipra XP wire‑arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) system to produce a 110 kg stainless‑steel spar tool in 30 hours. The WAAM‑built component achieved a 50 % weight reduction compared with a...
STARK Debuts Cascade and Gambit Drones with UK Partner
STARK, a European defence‑tech firm, unveiled two new unmanned systems targeting NATO forces: the Cascade tube‑launched loitering munition with up to 100 km range and a six‑cell launcher, and the Gambit lightweight quadcopter for ISR and short‑range strike up to 25 km....
New Appetite for Maritime Digitech Investment as Mergers Continue
French industrial leader GTT, renowned for LNG storage solutions, announced the creation of GTT Marine in April. The new division consolidates three recent maritime data technology acquisitions—Danelec, Ascenz Marorka, and Vessel Performance Systems—under a single brand. Danelec’s chief executive, Casper...
Scandium Canada Partners with University of Waterloo to Advance Aluminum-Scandium Alloys for 3D Printing
Scandium Canada has signed a mutual non‑disclosure agreement with the University of Waterloo to launch a joint research program on aluminum‑scandium alloys for laser powder‑bed fusion (L‑PBF) additive manufacturing. The effort leverages Waterloo’s Multi‑Scale Additive Manufacturing Laboratory, equipped with over...
BA's St Louis Launch: 'This Route Removes a Major Barrier for UK Travellers to the US'
British Airways launched a seasonal Heathrow‑St Louis service on 19 April 2026, offering four weekly flights and becoming the airline’s 27th U.S. gateway. The route restores the first nonstop UK‑Missouri connection in over 20 years, eliminating the need for travelers to transit through other...
Emergency Response Delayed as Three Boxships Torn From Moorings in Storm
An interim report reveals that three container boxships broke free from their moorings during a severe Brisbane storm on 24 November 2025, forcing one vessel to ground. Tug crews experienced significant delays reaching the ships because of transport chaos in the port....
Made by Ikigai Launches Origami as Standalone Brand
Made by ikigai has spun off its bespoke music catalogue, Origami, into an independent brand. The service offers pre‑composed, human‑crafted tracks that can be reshaped to fit specific film briefs, eliminating algorithmic generation and licensing uncertainty. Early adopters such as...
Underrated 2023 Soulslike Is Officially Getting a Sequel
Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja unveiled Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember at the Xbox Games Showcase, confirming a 2027 launch across Xbox, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC. The sequel returns to the late Eastern Han period, promising expanded combat and a fresh narrative after the...
Seven EU States Oppose Further Easing of CO₂ Targets
Seven EU members—Denmark, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden—have issued a joint letter urging the European Union to keep the 2035 zero‑CO₂ target for new cars intact. They oppose any further relaxation of the Automotive Package, arguing that...
First of Its Kind $1.6bn MMA Production Facility by Röhm Begins Operation in in Bay City, Texas
Röhm’s new Bay City, Texas plant, backed by a $1.6 bn Advent International investment, has begun full‑scale production of methyl methacrylate (MMA). The facility, the first C2‑based MMA plant in North America, can produce 250,000 tons of MMA annually and employs roughly...
Kerzner Promotes Georgiou to Global Head of Operations
Kerzner International has elevated Mattheos Georgiou to global head of operations, giving him oversight of the One&Only, SIRO and Rare Finds brands. Reporting to CEO Philippe Zuber, Georgiou will steer operational strategy and growth for the luxury resort, wellness and...
Chile May 2026: Mitsubishi L200 #1, Riddara RD6 at World Best
Chile’s May 2026 light‑vehicle market saw a modest 0.5% YoY rise to 24,449 units, pushing the YTD total up 4.7% to 126,998. Chinese marques surged, now representing 34.9% of sales – a 4.1‑point increase – with Changan (+33.1%) and Mitsubishi...
Hitachi Rail Supports the Training of Future Railway Specialists at Sup Ferro
Hitachi Rail announced a partnership with Sup Ferro, the new national railway engineering school in Nouvelle‑Aquitaine, to bolster training in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, predictive maintenance and systems engineering. The collaboration will see Hitachi provide expertise, equipment, and host trainees while participating...
Thailand Sues Meta Over Facebook Scams
Thailand’s Consumers Council has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms and its Facebook service, alleging the company failed to protect users from scams. The suit cites ten consumers who collectively lost about 230 million baht (≈ $6.4 million) through fraudulent ads and fake...
Swiss Owner ABC Maritime Hungry for Tonnage After Forming New Tanker Firm
Swiss shipowner ABC Maritime has created a new commercial‑management arm, ABC Tankers, to grow its presence in the product‑tanker sector. The unit will target vessels between 5,000 and 20,000 deadweight tonnes, a niche that balances flexibility with economies of scale....
Opinion: $2 Million Gene Therapy Cures Require a Financing Model
Gene therapies that can cure diseases like sickle cell are priced at $2 million per patient, concentrating decades of health value into a single intervention. While the clinical benefits are clear, the U.S. health‑care system lacks mechanisms to fund such large...
Eli Lilly’s Retatrutide Delivers Significant Improvements in Weight, A1C, Knee Osteoarthritis Pain, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Eli Lilly’s triple‑agonist retatrutide delivered robust outcomes in two Phase 3 studies. In the TRIUMPH‑1 obesity trial, participants lost up to 28.3% of body weight, with a 85‑lb reduction in those starting with a BMI ≥ 35, while also cutting knee‑osteoarthritis pain by roughly...
Jamie Oliver Group Teaming With Baby Teeth For Microdrama & Wider Pact As Celebrity Chef’s Company Shifts Focus To IP
The Jamie Oliver Group has teamed up with UK creative studio Baby Teeth to develop a micro‑drama series, marking a strategic shift toward intellectual property, formats and digital storytelling. The partnership, already in pre‑production, involves a global consumer‑tech brand and...
US Prosecutors Abandon Fraud Case Against Former Prophecy Executive
U.S. federal prosecutors have dismissed securities‑fraud charges against former Prophecy Asset Management executive Jeffrey Spotts, ending a case that hinged on alleged misrepresentations about hedge‑fund risk and asset management. The dismissal, filed in New Jersey just weeks before Spotts' trial,...
Prague Begins Construction of New Tram Line
Prague’s transport operator DPP has appointed a consortium of Firesta, Pedasta and N+N to build the new Olšanská‑Habrová tram line, a €24.2 million (≈$26.2 million) contract that is €4.4 million (≈$4.8 million) under budget. The 2‑km route, co‑financed by the EU Transport Programme 2021‑2027,...
IRGC Says Israel Started a Dangerous Game by Targeting Oil Industry and Civilian Sites
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a missile strike on a petrochemical facility in Haifa as retaliation for Israel’s earlier attack on Iran’s Mahshahr complex. Israel’s targeting of oil and civilian sites prompted Iran to fire roughly 30 missiles...
Eni and Petronas Launch Southeast Asia Gas Joint Venture Searah
Eni and Petronas have created Searah, a 50/50 joint venture that merges their gas assets in Indonesia and Malaysia, forming Southeast Asia's largest independent integrated energy company. The new entity begins with over 300,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day...
Israel and Iran Exchange Heavy Strikes as Houthis Seal Red Sea Shipping
The two‑month ceasefire that began on April 8 collapsed after a Hezbollah rocket salvo prompted Israel to strike a Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut, triggering Iran’s IRGC to launch ballistic missiles at Israeli bases. Israel responded with airstrikes on Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz...
Delta Resumes Direct Hong Kong-US Flights Despite Higher Fuel Costs
Delta Air Lines has reinstated a daily nonstop Hong Kong‑Los Angeles service, the first direct flight on the route in nearly eight years, using a 275‑seat Airbus A350‑900. The economy fare is about US$1,500, marginally higher than Cathay Pacific’s comparable...
Spain-Style Blackout Risk Rises As ERCOT Flags Boston-Sized Data Center Loads Tripping Offline
ERCOT’s May 21 report revealed that multiple clusters of proposed data‑center and crypto loads failed voltage ride‑through tests, each capable of shedding more than 5,000 MW – roughly the electricity use of a city the size of Boston. The sudden loss of...
Algorithmic Optimization of Passive Phase-Shifts in RIS-Assisted mmWave Networks
Researchers unveiled a hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) platform that optimizes passive reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) for 28 GHz millimeter‑wave links. The system uses an 8×8 element RIS with 2‑bit phase shifters and a microcontroller‑driven coordinate‑descent algorithm that adapts to real‑world pin‑diode losses via...
Equinor’s Hammerfest LNG Pauses Ops for Scheduled Maintenance
Equinor’s Hammerfest LNG export terminal on Melkøya island halted production on June 8 for a three‑day, scheduled annual maintenance window that runs through June 11. The facility processes 18.4 million cubic metres of gas per day, representing roughly 5 % of Norway’s total gas...
FDA Grants Breakthrough Status to Preterm Skin‑to‑Skin Wearable
A few months ago, the CEO of the company, Alon Metrikin-Gold, just shared that the FDA has granted "Skincubator" a so-called Breakthrough Device Designation (BDD)! They have developed a wearable device designed to enable immediate, prolonged, skin-to-skin care for the tiniest...
How Generative AI Is Expected to Revamp Insurance?
A recent EIOPA market study of roughly 350 European insurers, analyzed by WTW, outlines eight ways generative AI will reshape the insurance value chain. The report emphasizes AI as a force multiplier for human workers rather than a replacement, targeting...
Japan and Philippines Underlined Commitment to LEC Development
Japan and the Philippines reaffirmed their commitment to modernising rail freight on Luzon, anchoring the effort within the Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC) framework. The trilateral LEC, now joined by seven additional nations, targets a 212‑kilometre Subic‑Clark‑Manila‑Batangas (SCMB) railway to link...
K+N Expands Air Network with Frankfurt Addition
Kuehne+Nagel has added a Frankfurt‑Chicago‑Atlanta air cargo route, operated with a Boeing 747‑8 freighter, to serve time‑sensitive pharmaceutical shipments. The service launched in June as part of the company’s Inspire rotation, which already links Asia, Europe and North America. Frankfurt, handling...
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Yemen Declares Ban on Israeli Shipping in Red Sea
Yemen's Houthi‑controlled armed forces announced a total ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, declaring any Israeli vessel a legitimate military target. The proclamation follows Iran’s missile strike on Israel and signals a coordinated escalation among Iran‑aligned groups. By...
Hyperlayer CEO Says Core Banking Solutions Debate Misses the Point
Rob Rooney, CEO of Hyperlayer, argues that banks are not ready to let AI agents act on customers' behalf, despite the sector’s strong trust advantage. He says the focus on replacing core banking systems misses the real hurdle: connecting fragmented...
Bank of America Says Checks Are Slowing Treasury Down
Bank of America’s treasury product executive Irfan Ahmad warned that paper checks are a major drag on corporate treasury operations, slowing settlement and inflating costs. He highlighted that consumers now expect instant refunds, claims payouts and disbursements, pushing firms toward...
Vampire Spy RPG Red Kiss Announced for PC
Wispfire and Fellow Traveller unveiled *Red Kiss*, a narrative vampire‑spy RPG for PC during the PC Gaming Show. The game places players in 1980s Berlin as an "Augur," a newly‑turned vampire who directs a network of operatives through blood bonds...
Sixteen44 Prepares Farm Demo for Plasma-Based Methane Abatement Tech
Swiss climate‑tech startup Sixteen44 is set to run its first field demonstration of a non‑thermal plasma methane‑oxidation unit on a dairy farm in Switzerland. The low‑temperature (50‑60 °C) system converts dilute methane into CO₂ and water using high‑voltage discharges and proprietary...
The Lawmakers Fighting to Modernize the Pentagon
Republicans Rob Wittman and Democrat Pat Ryan launched the bipartisan House Defense Modernization Caucus in 2024 to accelerate Pentagon reforms. The caucus has pushed through key provisions in two consecutive National Defense Authorization Acts, aiming to streamline acquisitions and cut...
Chinese Team Injects Desert Moss Gene Into Xinjiang Cotton to Beat Fungus, Boost Output
Chinese researchers have inserted a stress‑resistance gene from desert moss into cotton, delivering a roughly 24% yield increase when the plants face Verticillium wilt. The transgenic cotton also cut disease incidence by about 60% and showed superior fiber length, strength...
MICT Facilitating Indian Trade, Oxford Economics Reports
Oxford Economics reports that the Mundra International Container Terminal (MICT) added $128.9 million to India’s GDP in 2024 and is projected to generate an extra $6.4 billion in exports by 2035. Since its 2003 launch as the country’s first greenfield terminal at...
Clean Industry Investment Doubles in Six Months
Clean‑industry projects secured a record $43 bn in final investment decisions over the past six months, according to Mission Possible Partnership. The global pipeline now totals $4.7 trillion, including roughly $1.5 trillion in industrial assets and $3.2 trillion in renewable energy and storage. China...
Dexory Storage Health: Benefits Beyond Inventory Accuracy
In this episode, Kevin Lawton talks with Matthew Smith, Senior Product Manager at Dexery, about the company’s new AI‑powered Storage Health feature that runs on their 80‑meter tall autonomous robot. The discussion covers how the robot’s sensor suite captures visual...
Take the Next Step in Your Games Career at Pocket Gamer Connects Barcelona 2026
Pocket Gamer Connects Barcelona returns June 15‑16, 2026, gathering over 1,000 games‑industry professionals. The event’s Careers Zone, sponsored by Gameloft and Appodeal and powered by Games Factory Talents, offers an online matchmaking platform plus a dedicated on‑site space for recruiters...
The 2026 ICC Arbitration Rules: A Practical Guide for Counsel to the Most Significant Overhaul in a Decade
On 1 June 2026 the ICC launched its most extensive arbitration rule overhaul in a decade. The new framework abolishes mandatory Terms of Reference, adds a binding early‑determination mechanism, expands emergency arbitrator powers, raises the expedited threshold to $4 million and creates a...
Germany’s Gas Exit Under Way as Challenges in Heating and Industry Linger
Germany is accelerating its exit from fossil gas but faces steep hurdles in heating, heavy industry, and grid planning. While demand has fallen since the pandemic and the energy crisis, the government still backs new gas‑fired power plants, LNG import...
Indian Telcos Should Stop Providing Free Unlimited 5G-Backed Offerings: Analysts
Analysts at Motilal Oswal say Indian telcos should stop offering free unlimited 5G on prepaid packs priced around ₹198‑199 ($2.4) and begin monetising higher data usage. Data traffic across Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea grew 29% year‑on‑year in FY26, pushing average monthly...
Target Adds Roy Choi Snack Line
Celebrity chef Roy Choi has partnered with Target to debut a 10‑snack line under the retailer’s Good & Gather brand, rolling out May 31 in roughly 1,800 U.S. stores. The assortment ranges from wasabi‑ranch popcorn to pineapple‑infused meat sticks, reflecting...
Skoda Epiq Enters Production in Spain, Expanding Affordable EV Choices in Europe
Skoda has begun series production of its new Epiq compact electric SUV at Volkswagen Group’s Navarra plant in Pamplona, Spain. Priced at about €26,000 (roughly $28,000), the Epiq is the Czech automaker’s most affordable EV and the first Skoda model...
Digitalisation in Air Cargo: What Sets It Apart From Other Industries?
Air cargo’s digital transformation has accelerated since COVID‑19 but remains mid‑tier compared with retail and passenger aviation. While e‑Air Waybill adoption now approaches 90% globally, the sector still relies heavily on paper and legacy systems due to fragmented stakeholders and...