‘Rumba’ Dances Off To FM Translators In Tampa Bay Shuffle
iHeartMedia is moving its Spanish‑language "Rumba" brand from the primary 95.7 FM signal to two low‑power translators at 95.3 MHz and 102.9 MHz, swapping frequencies with its heritage sports talk station WDAE‑AM 620. The 95.7 FM frequency will now carry WDAE’s sports programming, bolstering its role as the flagship radio partner for the Tampa Bay Rays’ 2026 season. Despite Rumba topping Hispanic ratings in the market, the format lost its full‑power FM home, highlighting monetization challenges. Local Latino talent will remain on the translator outlets.
Everdrone to Deploy Emergency Response Drones in Stockholm
Everdrone and the Ambulance Services Administration in Region Stockholm have signed an agreement to roll out an autonomous emergency‑response drone system. The drones will transport defibrillators to suspected cardiac arrests and deliver early situational awareness at accident scenes. Placement of...
The “Pilot Purgatory”: Why 80% of Pharma AI Projects Fail (And How to Fix It)
Artificial intelligence projects in pharma face a steep attrition rate, with roughly 80% of pilots never reaching production. The primary barrier is not algorithmic sophistication but fragmented data silos and delayed governance that hinder scalable deployment. Experts argue that interoperable,...
Arqiva in Uncertainty over DTT Switch Off
Arqiva, the UK's sole national digital terrestrial TV and radio infrastructure provider, faces financial uncertainty as major shareholders reassess their stakes. Macquarie has divested its 26.5% holding, while Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) is reviewing its 51.8% share and may write off...
Cellula Robotics Among Shortlisted Companies for Vimy Forge Black Flight Cohort I
Cellula Robotics, a maker of fuel‑cell powered autonomous underwater vehicles, has been shortlisted for Vimy Forge’s inaugural Black Flight Cohort I. The accelerator, Canada’s sovereign defense‑innovation hub, helps SMEs overcome market entry barriers such as limited end‑user access and fragmented...
A Practical Guide to Completing Identity Verification for Your Clients
In this Accountancy Age episode, the hosts walk listeners through the two‑step Companies House identity verification process that directors and persons with significant control (PSCs) must complete before filing confirmation statements. They explain how ACSPs report verifications, obtain the 11‑character...
Genesis X3 Results
Genesis X3, held in San Jose, California, brought together a massive roster of esports competitors across a dozen fighting games. The event featured over 1,000 participants, with notable champions including LLD | Cody Schwab in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Sonix in Ultimate, and...
Ukrainian Civilian Casualties Surged by 26% in 2025, Say Researchers
Researchers at Action on Armed Violence reported a 26% increase in Ukrainian civilian casualties in 2025, with 2,248 deaths and 12,493 injuries attributed to Russian explosive attacks. The average strike wounded or killed 4.8 civilians, 33% higher than the previous...
Lerma Names Its First Chief Strategy Officer as It Builds Out Leadership Team
Dallas‑based agency Lerma has appointed Omar Quiñones as its first Chief Strategy Officer, completing a recent C‑suite expansion. Quiñones joins from Messianu/Edelman/Lerma, where he held the same role, and brings senior strategy experience from Anomaly, CP+B, and YETI. The hire...
Natural England Uses Aerial Survey Technology for Seabird Flight Data
Natural England’s Reducing Seabird Collisions Using Evidence (ReSCUE) project is deploying LiDAR‑enabled aerial surveys to map seabird flight heights across UK offshore waters. The 12‑month campaign, running September 2025 to August 2026, will conduct 20 surveys in the North Sea, Irish Sea...
Covestro Materials Feature in SUE Autonomous Minibus
UE | STUDIOS unveiled the SUE autonomous electric minibus, a self‑driving urban shuttle built with Covestro’s Makrolon polycarbonate glazing and recyclable interior monomaterials. The vehicle features a 381 cm panoramic windshield, sensor‑transparent Makrolon AX ST, and Arfinio‑based interior components designed for durability and circularity. Funded...
EaseMyTrip to Raise Rs 500 Cr to Scale Hotels and Holidays Biz
EaseMyTrip, one of India’s leading online travel platforms, announced plans to raise up to Rs 500 crore through a rights issue, QIP or other approved methods. The capital will be used to deepen its hotel and holiday‑package business, upgrade technology, and pursue...
EACON Auto BEV Fleet Delivers Cost & Emissions Reduction for Shougang
EACON’s autonomous battery‑electric haul trucks have been operating at Shougang Group’s Shuichang iron‑ore mine for a year, logging over 350,000 km and moving more than 11 million tonnes of material. The fleet’s regenerative‑braking system recovered 386,000 kWh of energy, equating to roughly 185 tonnes...
EBU Members Draw Significant Audiences for Winter Olympics
European Broadcasting Union members are delivering record-breaking audiences for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Italy’s RAI saw a 4.9 million peak for alpine skiing, while Sweden’s SVT reached 60 percent of the national population. Germany’s ZDF averaged 3.3 million viewers with peaks over 6 million,...
Court Throws Out Adverse Action Claim From Employee Sacked "without Just Cause"
The Federal Circuit Court ruled that being subject to an apprehended domestic violence order does not provide protection from adverse action under the Fair Work Act. Judge Lisa Doust dismissed the employee’s claim, finding no reasonable prospect of success. The...
Editorial: Time to Find a Fix for Poaching Suits
The editorial highlights a surge of insurance‑broker poaching lawsuits, ignited by Howden’s aggressive hiring of hundreds of producers from rivals. It exposes a broken industry approach to employee mobility, where firms cling to proprietary data while brokers argue their client...
Insurance Broker M&A Stabilizes After Surge
Insurance brokerage M&A activity has settled into a lower‑than‑peak but sustainable level. Total reported transactions fell 12% in 2025 to 691, aligning with a ten‑year average of 686 when the 2021‑22 surge is excluded. Private‑equity‑backed (PE‑hybrid) firms continue to dominate,...
Mixed-Use Mega Venue Projects Create a Whole New Ball Game for Insurers
Mixed-use mega venues such as SoFi Stadium and The Sphere are expanding beyond traditional sports arenas to include retail, dining, residential, and high‑tech features. This diversification creates broader, more complex liability exposures, prompting owners to purchase higher limits and layered...
View From the Top: Manny Padilla, RIMS
Risk & Insurance Management Society (RIMS) has elected Manny Padilla, a veteran risk executive at MacAndrews & Forbes, as its 2026 president. Padilla, who transitioned from the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Auxiliary to insurance, emphasizes that risk management is...
Suits Arise as Tariff Questions Raise D&O Risk
Securities class-action lawsuits are emerging as tariff uncertainty under the Trump administration creates new D&O exposure. Although overall federal securities filings fell 10.7% in 2025, four suits specifically cited tariff‑related misstatements, targeting companies such as Dow, CarMax and Tronox. Insurers...
BI, Litmus Partner on Composite Insurer Ratings
Business Insurance has partnered with Litmus Analysis to publish a composite rating table for North American commercial‑line insurers. Litmus uses its proprietary Litmus Composite Score (LCS) to blend A.M. Best, Fitch, Moody’s and S&P ratings into a single numerical outcome,...
Lotus Blossom Hackers Breach Official Notepad++ Hosting Infrastructure
Between June and December 2025, the state‑sponsored Lotus Blossom group compromised the shared hosting provider that delivered Notepad++ updates, turning the popular text editor into a covert espionage conduit. By exploiting weaknesses in the older WinGUp updater, attackers redirected update...
Saskatchewan’s Rook I Mine Could Make Canada the World’s Largest Uranium Exporter
Canada is on the brink of becoming the world’s largest uranium exporter as NexGen Energy’s Rook I mine in Saskatchewan moves toward final approval by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. The project, located in the Athabasca Basin, is designed to...
2026 Could Mark a Turning Point for American Innovation
The United States faces a potential decline in biotech leadership as recent Supreme Court decisions blur patent eligibility and congressional price‑control measures under the Inflation Reduction Act force program cancellations. Proposals to seize university licensing revenue further strain tech‑transfer offices,...
The Price of Peace in Ukraine
Four years after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s original goal of restoring its 1991 borders has become unattainable following the stalled 2023 counteroffensive. Western leaders now accept Russia’s de facto control of Crimea and most of the Donbas, yet they continue to...
Siemens Healthineers, Mayo Clinic Expand Collaboration to Advance Imaging and Interventional Care
Siemens Healthineers and the Mayo Clinic announced an expanded partnership aimed at accelerating imaging and interventional care across several high‑impact disease areas. The collaboration will integrate Siemens’ AI‑enhanced imaging platforms with Mayo’s clinical expertise to develop new diagnostics for neurodegenerative...
How Checking Accounts Cut Cash Flow Woes in Your Clinic
Medical clinics face chronic cash‑flow volatility due to delayed reimbursements, labor costs, and fragmented financial systems. The article argues that the structure of a clinic’s checking account is a core revenue‑cycle asset, not merely a passive fund holder. By integrating...
Australian Firms Raise Gasoil Stocks to Meet Obligation
Australian fuel companies have boosted their gasoil inventories to satisfy the government‑mandated Minimum Stockholding Obligation (MSO). The MSO now requires importers to hold 32 days of gasoil and refiners 20 days, tightening the previous rules. All ten gasoil‑reporting firms met...
Canada Goose Investigating as Hackers Leak 600K Customer Records
Canada Goose disclosed that a 1.67 GB dataset containing over 600,000 customer records was posted by the ShinyHunters extortion group. The leak includes personal identifiers, shipping details, IP addresses and partial payment‑card information, but the company says it found no evidence...
Smart Dragon 3 Rocket Sends Seven Satellites to Orbit From Sea Platform
China’s Smart Dragon 3 solid‑propellant carrier rocket lifted off from a sea‑based launch ship off Guangdong, delivering seven satellites—including a Pakistani remote‑sensing platform—into sun‑synchronous orbit. The 31‑metre vehicle, capable of carrying up to 1.5 tonnes per flight, completed its ninth mission, marking the...
Mohe Ground Station Boosts Polar Satellite Data Coverage
China’s Mohe Satellite Data Receiving Station, the nation’s highest‑latitude ground facility, began operations on Dec 12, 2025. Leveraging its polar location, the station expands China’s remote‑sensing footprint by roughly 4 million km² and supports 25 land‑observation satellites. It processes over 24 satellite tracks...
Why the Stakes Are so High in the Coles ‘Fake Discounts’ Case
Australia’s largest supermarket chain, Coles, faces a consumer‑law case over alleged fake discounts. The ACCC alleges the retailer used high‑low pricing to mislead shoppers about price cuts. The lawsuit was sparked by a wave of Reddit‑driven outrage that highlighted questionable...
First Chinese Orthopaedic Surgical Robot Trialled at Chengdu
Yuanhua Tech’s HX Orthopaedic‑specific Robotic Arm has been clinically validated at West China Hospital of Sichuan University, marking the first domestically developed orthopaedic surgical robot in China. The system demonstrated zero‑lag, zero‑error performance and incorporates high‑precision zero‑gravity compensation, compliant control,...
Neurophet Bags 510(k) for Alzheimer's Imaging AI and More Briefs
South Korean AI firm Neurophet secured FDA 510(k) clearance for its AQUA AD Plus software, enabling quantitative MRI and PET analysis for Alzheimer’s treatment planning. Japanese health‑tech startup Ubie partnered with Mayo Clinic to roll out a unified digital front‑door...
How Does the British Airways Status Extension for New Parents Work?
Since 2017 British Airways lets Bronze, Silver and Gold members extend their tier status when they have a baby, whether by birth, adoption or shared parental leave. Eligible members can apply twice within any five‑year window by emailing baby@ba.com with...
Amova Bets on ‘New Singapore Sectors’ as MAS Expands EQDP
Amova Asset Management has been selected as one of six managers under Singapore’s expanded Equity Market Development Programme (EQDP), which grew to S$6.5 billion in the 2026 budget. The firm will roll out two new funds – the Singapore All Share...
DailyRounds Delivers Rs 363 Cr Profit on Rs 641 Cr Revenue in FY25
DailyRounds posted a Rs 363 crore profit on Rs 641 crore operating revenue for FY25, marking a 13% rise in both profit and revenue from FY24. The company’s flagship subscription platform Marrow contributed 88% of revenue, while non‑operating income added Rs 132 crore....
Handgrip Strength Forecasts Depression in Chinese Elders
A new BMC Geriatrics cohort study of Chinese seniors finds handgrip strength inversely predicts incident depression. Participants with lower baseline grip were significantly more likely to develop depressive symptoms over several years, even after controlling for age, gender, socioeconomic status...
Major Capital Raise Seeks $450 Million to “Lead New Zealand’s Renewable Energy Future”
Contact Energy announced a NZ$525 million equity raise to fund its Contact31+ renewable strategy. The capital will back projects including the 200 MW Glenbrook Battery 2.0, the 150 MW Glorit solar farm, and expansion of the Tauhara 2 geothermal plant. In H1 2026 the company...
Solar-Battery Hybrid and CIS Winner Gets Super Quick Federal Green Tick
The Corop solar‑battery hybrid in central northern Victoria has cleared the EPBC Act assessment in just four months, receiving a “not a controlled action” verdict. The two‑stage project will deliver 440 MW of solar generation and a 290 MW/704 MWh battery, with the...
State LNP Promises “Strict New Audits” Of Solar and Wind, Barnaby Promises a Big New Coal Plant
The Victorian Liberal–National coalition proposes strict independent audits and economic impact assessments for new solar, wind and battery projects, aiming to protect prime farmland and give farmers a voice through restored VCAT appeal rights. This policy emerges as Victoria lagged...
Got Marriott Bonvoy Titanium Elite Hotel Status? You Get United Airlines Status for Free
Marriott Bonvoy Titanium and Ambassador Elite members can now claim United Airlines MileagePlus Premier Silver status for free through the RewardsPlus partnership. The status provides a free checked bag, complimentary Economy Plus seat selection, and the ability to transfer up...
Koxa, Bottomline Announce ERP Embedded Banking Partnership
Koxa and Bottomline have formed a partnership to embed banking services directly within ERP systems, leveraging Koxa’s platform and Bottomline’s Commercial Digital Banking API framework. The joint solution lets banks offer integrated payments, approvals, reconciliation and statement access without building...
AirAsia Chief Says Brand Unit Is Nearing Nasdaq Backdoor Listing
AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes announced that the airline’s branding unit is close to completing a Nasdaq backdoor listing, targeting a valuation of roughly US$1.5 billion. The merger with a US‑listed vehicle is expected to be announced within two months, with the...
The Airlines With The World's Most Spacious Economy Seats In 2026
In early 2026 a handful of carriers stand out for offering the most spacious economy cabins, measured by seat pitch and width. ANA and Japan Airlines lead with up to 34 inches of pitch, while Emirates standardises 32 inches across its A350...
Millennials and Gen Z Will Drive Travel Spending in 2026: Klook
Klook’s Travel Pulse 2026 report reveals that 88% of global travelers intend to keep or increase their travel budgets despite economic headwinds, with Asia‑Pacific travelers 50% more likely to boost spending than their Western counterparts. The survey of 11,000 Klook...
Saudi Arabia Arrests 21,000 for Residency and Work Violations
Saudi Arabia intensified its labour compliance drive, arresting more than 21,000 individuals in a single week across construction sites, housing compounds and transport hubs. The crackdown targets undocumented foreign workers, Saudi citizens who shelter them, and firms that fail to...
Westpac NZ Deploys Immersive ‘Laneway Loot’ Campaign at Laneway Festival 2026
Westpac NZ, together with Saatchi & Saatchi NZ and Spark Foundry NZ, launched the immersive “Laneway Loot” experience at Laneway Festival 2026. The activation featured limited‑edition street posters that were ripped down and claimed within 24 hours, and a Westpac‑branded...
Ultrasound Enables In Vivo Acoustoelectric Neural Recording
Researchers have demonstrated in‑vivo acoustoelectric neural recording in mice using ultrasound‑induced frequency mixing, achieving high‑fidelity, non‑invasive monitoring of brain activity. The technique converts neuronal electrical fields into detectable frequency shifts, delivering millimeter‑scale spatial resolution and millisecond‑level temporal precision. By calibrating...
Japan’s Smallest EV Gets Backing From One Of Its Largest Energy Companies
Japanese startup KG Motors began delivering its ultra‑affordable MiBot micro‑EV in December 2025 and, in January 2026, signed a partnership with energy giant Idemitsu Kosan. The agreement gives Idemitsu’s apollostation network sales, registration, insurance and after‑sales support, starting with pilot locations...