Tested: Best Car Leather Cleaners
Car and Driver tested five popular car leather cleaners on a 2004 Land Rover Discovery using standardized crayon and lipstick stains. Weiman Leather 3‑in‑1 emerged as the best overall, delivering rapid stain removal, conditioning, and a subtle shine despite a strong odor. Leather CPR offered an all‑in‑one clean‑and‑condition solution but struggled with deep stains, while Armor All wipes were praised for convenience but can leave leather dry. Meguiar’s 3‑in‑1 and Leather Honey provided good cleaning power and pleasant feel, though both fell short on deep‑stain performance and hydration.
EQT Buys East Coast Warehouse Portfolio From Mapletree For $575M
Private equity firm EQT Real Estate has agreed to purchase a 4.4‑million‑square‑foot portfolio of 25 East Coast warehouses from Singapore‑based Mapletree Investments for $575 million. The assets span Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida and include a mix of single‑tenant, multi‑tenant,...
New York Bill Would Codify Access to Out-of-Network Comp Pharmacies
New York Assembly Bill A.B. 10413 would codify the right of injured workers to fill workers‑comp prescriptions at pharmacies outside employer or insurer networks when delays, authorization gaps, or emergencies arise. The measure mirrors regulations the Workers’ Compensation Board adopted...
Kirk Pederson Named PM Hotel Group COO
PM Hotel Group announced Kirk Pederson as its new chief operating officer, tasked with overseeing hotel operations and commercial strategy across the portfolio. Pederson joins after serving as president of Sightline Hospitality, where he guided the company’s expansion and its...
Mideast War Casts Cloud on Gulf Petchems, Other Industries
Iran's retaliatory strikes on energy infrastructure in the Gulf have effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for a fifth of global oil shipments. The shutdown immediately disrupted energy‑intensive sectors in the region, notably petrochemicals, fertilizers and aluminum, curtailing...
Tyfone Unveils New Loan Servicing Solution Loanovia for Credit Unions
Tyfone has launched Loanovia, a dedicated loan‑servicing and payments unit aimed at credit unions. Its three core tools—Skip‑A‑Pay, Quick Pay and Collect—are already live in more than 80 credit‑union applications across the United States. The suite automates payment handling, reduces operational...
Plug-and-Play GMSL Camera Adapters Turn NVIDIA Jetson Orin Dev Kits Into Rugged Multi-Camera Vision Platforms
oToBrite unveiled plug‑and‑play GMSL2 camera adapters that convert NVIDIA Jetson Orin developer kits into rugged, multi‑camera vision platforms. The kits support four or eight GMSL2 cameras via standard FAKRA connectors and include driver bundles with JetPack 6.2 for immediate testing. Designed...
Europa Universalis 5 Will Now Punish Your Empire for Living the Easy Life
Paradox Tinto has launched Europa Universalis 5 update 1.1, dubbed the Rossbach overhaul, introducing a new complacency mechanic that penalizes empires lacking active rivals. The patch adds AI aggression sliders, an army and navy builder for rapid unit templating, and a revamped...
Black Desert Mobile Adds O'dyllita Region, Console Versions Get Free Play Event
Black Desert Mobile’s latest patch introduces the O’dyllita region, a new high‑level area that unlocks at 85,000 CP and removes the need for exploration consumables. The update adds fresh monsters, a weekly Dark Fissure event featuring six sequential bosses, and...
Top Player Ulsan Unveils His Tekken 8 Season 2 Tier List
Ulsan, two‑time Tekken 8 Esports World Cup champion, released his Season 2 tier list ahead of the upcoming Season 3 balance overhaul. The list crowns Asuka as the top‑tier character, a dramatic rise from Season 1 where she was low‑tier. S‑tier also includes Bryan,...
Ruth Jones' New BBC Period Drama "True to the Spirit of Pride and Prejudice" Confirms Release Date
BBC’s new period drama *The Other Bennet Sister* will debut on Sunday, 15 March at 8 pm on BBC One, with the first five episodes available on iPlayer at 6 am the same day. The ten‑part series reimagines Jane Austen’s world through Mary...
Dolan Takes Key Ad Sales Role At Compass
Dolan, former VP of Agency and Retail Partnerships at Consumable, has left a 12‑year tenure at Crystal Media Networks to join Compass Media Networks in a senior advertising sales role under President Paul Gregrey. The move positions her at the...
HIMSS
Microsoft unveiled Dragon Copilot, an AI‑driven assistant designed to slash clinicians’ administrative workload. The tool integrates with leading electronic health record systems, using natural‑language processing to auto‑populate charts, orders, and billing codes. Demonstrated at HIMSS25, Dragon Copilot promises up to...
Raytheon Wins UAE Patriot Contract Amid Iran-Linked Missile Attacks
Raytheon has been awarded a firm‑fixed‑price contract worth $183.68 million to supply new hardware and services for the Patriot missile system in the United Arab Emirates, bringing the total value of the programme to $281.15 million. The award, made under Foreign Military...
HII and Nominal Partner to Modernise REMUS, ROMULUS Data Workflows
HII has teamed with engineering firm Nominal to overhaul data collection, validation, and analysis for its REMUS autonomous underwater vehicles and ROMULUS uncrewed surface vessels. The partnership will introduce standardized digital‑twin workflows that speed post‑mission analysis and improve traceability from...
Pikmin Bloom Brings Back Afternoon Tea Decor and Reverse Valentine’s Day Sticker Decor Pikmin Alongside the Festival of Colors
Niantic’s Pikmin Bloom is running a March 3‑31, 2026 event that revives Afternoon Tea Decor Pikmin, Reverse Valentine’s Day Sticker Decor Pikmin, and Spring Sticker Decor Pikmin. Players complete 600‑pigment missions to earn seedlings that grow these themed Pikmin, which...
We Reshored Long Before Tariffs and Never Looked Back
Titan Abrasive Systems chose to reshore all components and assembly to the United States in 2013, well before tariff regimes or supply‑chain shocks emerged. The move raised production costs but delivered full visibility, rapid problem resolution, and uninterrupted delivery for...
How to Get a Lucky Egg Chansey in Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen
In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the only source of a Lucky Egg is a Chansey holding the item in the Fuchsia City Safari Zone. Chansey appears at a 4% rate in Area 2, and only 5% of those individuals carry a...
Overwatch's Jetpack Cat Has a Hidden Weakness You Can Never Counter
Jetpack Cat, the newest Overwatch hero, boasts a tiny, fast-moving hitbox and a powerful Catnapper ultimate, but she can be instantly killed by moving map traffic such as trains and cars. Players on Busan's Downtown map have reported the hero...
Spectrum Business Expands Suite of Services Offered to CALNET
Spectrum Business announced an expansion of its offerings under California's CALNET contract, adding managed network services and a unified communications suite powered by RingCentral. The move, approved by the California Department of Technology, gives state and local agencies access to...
Cuba Suffers Widespread Power Outage After Guiteras Plant Failure: Timeline of the National Grid Restoration
A boiler explosion at the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant on March 4 caused a sudden partial blackout across Cuba’s national grid from Camagüey to Pinar del Río. The government activated emergency protocols, deploying micro‑islands, diesel generators and bringing additional thermal units online to...
GAIM, BroadView Extend Their Partnership With FAST Growth In Mind
Get After It Media (GAIM) has renewed its technology partnership with BroadView Software for a seven‑year term, extending the collaboration that underpins its suite of multicast channels. The agreement emphasizes a fully converged broadcast and streaming revenue operation, aligning linear,...
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How to Build Effective Referral Networks and Improve Patient Navigation [Video]
Arbiter’s chief product officer Anjali Jameson highlighted systemic misalignment between hospitals and payers, emphasizing how fragmentation undermines referral efficiency. She outlined core components for building effective referral networks, including data standardization and shared accountability. Meanwhile, Clever Care Health Plan’s CIO...
Heart Attacks Are Killing More Young People—And More Women
A recent study of nearly one million U.S. hospitalizations shows in‑hospital deaths from first‑time heart attacks are climbing among adults 54 and younger. The increase is evident for both STEMI and NSTEMI cases, with women experiencing slightly higher mortality than men....
Orange Wholesale CEO: We're Not Looking to Sell Data Centers
Orange Wholesale CEO Michaël Trabbia told MWC that the French telco will not sell its roughly 75 data‑centre assets across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Instead, Orange plans to monetize the facilities by expanding colocation services for enterprise customers,...
How Personalized Hotel Websites Turn Interest Into Bookings
Personalized hotel websites are becoming essential as 71% of travelers expect tailored interactions and 68% favor personalization over loyalty programs. By delivering real‑time, intent‑based content, hotels can convert more visitors, with direct‑booking conversion rates rising about 25% and repeat bookings...
NASA Wallops Supports First Rocket Lab HASTE Launch of 2026
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility provided tracking, telemetry and range‑safety services for Rocket Lab’s HASTE suborbital launch on Feb. 27, 2026. The mission, dubbed Cassowary Vex, carried a hypersonic test platform for the Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit. This was the first...
Brake on Shein’s Growth in Europe
Shein’s latest Digital Services Act transparency report shows the platform’s European monthly active users reached 155.7 million, a 6.9% increase over the previous six months. Growth has decelerated from the prior 11.6% rate, with France remaining the largest market and Germany...
Ukrainian Drone Destroys Russian Ka-27 Helicopter in Black Sea
Ukrainian naval and special forces used maritime surface drones and aerial UAVs to strike the Russian‑occupied Syvash drilling platform in the Black Sea on March 5, destroying command equipment and a Kamov Ka‑27 helicopter attempting to land. The platform had been...
Greenwashing Risk Is Widespread, Survey of 3,500 Companies Finds
A new study of 3,574 companies with climate commitments finds that 96% exhibit at least one greenwashing risk indicator. The seven‑point test highlights missing Scope 3 targets, vague offset usage, and lack of interim goals as the most common flaws. Only...
How Brands Are Measuring Value Across the Entire Customer Journey
Advertisers struggle to monetize brand‑building efforts, with only 53% confident in ROI measurement. Amazon Ads introduced Long‑Term Sales (LTS), a metric that assigns monetary value to shopper actions across the full journey using its authenticated identity graph. LTS combines short‑term...
Go Home Annie: An SCP Game for PS5, Xbox Series Launches March 31
Go Home Annie: An SCP Game is set to launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series on March 31, 2026, accompanied by a free update that aligns the PC version with the console build. The title originally debuted on PC in December 2024 and...
Qatar Airways, Gulf Air Begin Limited Rescue Ops From Abroad
Qatar Airways and Gulf Air have launched very limited rescue flights from Oman and Saudi Arabia after the February 28 closure of Qatari and Bahraini airspace. Gulf Air reactivated three A321‑200s to fly from Dammam and Riyadh to Cairo, Larnaca,...
Connected by Design: Managing the Digital Mine in Systems, Not Silos
Underground mines now rely on real‑time digital infrastructure for traffic control, autonomous equipment, ventilation and safety monitoring. When that digital foundation fails, production stops just as it would for a broken loader or pump. Yet many operators still treat these...
NexGen Receives Final Federal Approval for the Rook I Uranium Project
NexGen Energy announced that the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has granted final federal approval and a licence to prepare the site and construct the 100%-owned Rook I uranium project. The approval follows provincial clearances and a two‑part commission hearing, allowing...
Net Insight to Introduce Nimbra Live Intelligence at 2026 NAB Show
Net Insight will unveil its Nimbra Live Intelligence platform at the 2026 NAB Show, positioning it as a unified solution for live‑media production, distribution and protection. The system‑level platform promises predictable behavior across on‑premise networks, public internet and cloud environments...
Apple Blocks US Users From Downloading ByteDance’s Chinese Apps
Apple has begun blocking U.S. iPhone users from downloading or updating any ByteDance‑owned apps that are intended for the Chinese market, including Douyin, Doubao, and Fanqie Novel. The restriction, enforced through on‑device geolocation checks, follows the Protecting Americans from Foreign...
HEO And SATLANTIS Sign MoU To Better Provide Sovereign Space Domain Awareness
On 3 March 2026 HEO Space and Spain’s SATLANTIS signed a memorandum of understanding to deliver sovereign space domain awareness (SDA) capabilities to government and defence clients. The deal merges HEO’s non‑Earth imaging software, analytics and operational expertise with SATLANTIS’s high‑performance optical...
Ukraine Brings Back 200 POWs in Latest Swap with Russia, Zelenskiy Says
On March 5, 2026 Ukraine announced the return of 200 prisoners of war in a new exchange with Russia. The group includes combatants seized during the 2022 siege of Mariupol, highlighting the lingering human cost of that battle. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy posted on...
Supply Chain Losses Hit 86% of Companies, but Most Lack Adequate Coverage: Gallagher
A Gallagher survey reveals that 86% of global companies suffered supply‑chain losses in the past year, yet only about one‑third were fully insured for those events. Rising material costs, geopolitical instability and tariff volatility are cited as the primary disruption...
2 Video Games Linked To High Intelligence
A 2017 PLOS ONE study found that performance in the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games League of Legends and DOTA 2 strongly correlates with traditional IQ test scores. Researchers observed that players’ strategic abilities improve with age, while proficiency in...
Journalists Push Back Against Parent Companies’ Contracts with ICE
More than 200 journalists at Law360 and its sister sites signed a letter demanding that parent company RELX terminate its $22.1 million, five‑year contract with the Department of Homeland Security that gives ICE access to a LexisNexis Risk Solutions database. A...
Mouse: PI For Hire Hands-On Report — Classic FPS Action Meets Rubberhose Animation
Mouse: P.I. For Hire blends classic FPS action with a rubber‑hose cartoon aesthetic, delivering fast‑paced combat and twitchy boss battles. Players control private eye Jack Pepper, using dash, slide and double‑jump to navigate vertical arenas while upgrading a varied arsenal...
Brighty Launches Banking AI Agents for Corporate Clients
Brighty, a European crypto‑native digital finance platform, unveiled a Banking API that lets AI agents perform full‑cycle business banking functions such as balance queries, payments, currency exchange, payroll, and reconciliation. The developer‑ready infrastructure enables autonomous invoice processing, approvals, and fund...
Builders Identify Key Long-Term Forces Shaping Housing Demand and Industry Health
Home builders surveyed by NAHB/Wells Fargo evaluated 14 long‑term forces that could shape housing demand over the next decade. They identified five risks—government debt, declining fertility, long‑term inflation, falling marriage rates, and energy costs—as likely to weigh on industry health....
Reverse: 1999’s Official YouTube Channel Hacked in Crypto Scam Incident, Temporarily Taken Offline
The official Reverse: 1999 YouTube channel was hijacked, displaying unauthorized cryptocurrency scam videos and phishing links. Developer Bluepoch promptly reported the breach to Google, resulting in a protective freeze of the account. The channel was taken offline while recovery procedures...
Mistplay Launches Playtime Events to Deepen Engagement in Rewarded Ads
Mistplay has introduced Playtime Events, a hybrid reward system that blends time‑based incentives with event‑driven milestones to extend mobile gameplay sessions. Early testing in North America showed a 30% increase in average playtime and a 20% lift in D30 return...
Apple, Microsoft, Palantir Lead Wedbush Top Tech Picks Amid Iran Tensions
Wedbush Securities highlighted Apple, Microsoft, ServiceNow, Palantir and several cybersecurity firms as its top technology picks as geopolitical tensions with Iran rise. The analysts described these stocks as defensive, citing strong cash flows, AI and cloud capabilities, and exposure to...
Yankees Announce 2026 Prime Video Game Schedule
The New York Yankees have announced that 21 of their 2026 regular‑season games will be streamed exclusively on Amazon’s Prime Video for fans within the team’s local broadcast footprint. YES Network will produce the telecasts, including a 30‑minute pre‑game show,...
Fashion Startup Founder Pleads Guilty in $300 Million Fraud
Christine Hunsicker, founder of fashion‑rental tech firm CaaStle, pleaded guilty to securities fraud for inflating the company’s revenue and cash position. Over six years she misrepresented financials, showing a $24 million operating profit that was actually under $30,000 and a $50 million...