PJM Proposes Adding 14.9 GW with Bilateral Contracts, Central Procurement
The PJM Interconnection is proposing a one‑time, two‑phase backstop procurement of up to 14.9 GW to address projected capacity shortfalls driven by data‑center growth. Phase one would run bilateral contracts between generators and large loads from September to March, followed by a central auction in March for any remaining need. PJM will act as a confidential matchmaker, not a counter‑party, and will use a contract‑for‑differences payment model. The plan, pending board and FERC approval, aims to align costs with the loads that benefit from the new capacity.
Thyspunt Emerges as Frontrunner for New Eskom Nuclear Plant
Eskom’s draft environmental scoping report recommends Thyspunt on the Eastern Cape as the preferred site for its proposed 5.2 GW nuclear power plant, citing superior proximity to transmission lines and existing wind‑farm infrastructure. The 776‑page report limits further study of the...
Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 4/13/26
The author urges Medicare to adopt authorization and utilization‑monitoring tools similar to those used in Medicare Advantage, arguing they could catch fraud earlier. He highlights how hospitalist programs once delivered high‑quality care but now rely heavily on nurse practitioners (NPs)...
Prime Video's New Ultra Plan Officially Launches
Amazon has rebranded its ad‑free tier as Prime Video Ultra, launching it officially in April. The new plan costs $14 per month as a standalone service or adds $5 to existing Prime memberships, with an annual option at $46. Ultra...
YMX Logistics Introduces The First Autonomous Yard Operating System
YMX Logistics unveiled an expanded Yard Operating System (YMX OS) that automates data capture, AI‑driven decision making, and autonomous yard trucks across multi‑site networks. The platform combines an embedded Yard Management System, computer‑vision sensors, a digital‑twin engine, and integrated electric‑vehicle...
Creator Partnerships Lead
Supercast, the podcast subscription platform behind shows like Huberman Lab and This American Life, has been acquired by Red Seat Ventures, a Fox Corp. company, signaling a new phase of investment and expansion. The firm is hiring a Creator Partnerships...
Preliminary Class 8 Truck Net Orders See Strong Annual Gains in March
Preliminary March data show Class 8 truck net orders jumping to 38,200 units, a 137% year‑over‑year increase according to FTR and 126% YoY to 37,200 units per ACT. The surge marks the fourth straight month of over 20% annual growth and...
International Manufacturing Services (IMS) Exhibits at the CMSE Conference and Exhibiton
International Manufacturing Services (IMS) is exhibiting its latest RF and thermal‑management solutions at the 29th Annual Components for Military & Space Electronics (CMSE) Conference. At booth B22, IMS will showcase high‑power AlN resistors, RF‑optimized attenuators, splitters, and its ThermaBridge™/ThermaPlane™ ceramic...
Xenia Materials Introduces the High Modulus Upgrade
Xenia Materials has launched the High Modulus (HM) Upgrade, a new technology that boosts the stiffness of carbon‑fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites. The upgrade delivers roughly a 15% increase in tensile modulus, tensile strength and flexural modulus while preserving the material’s...
Popeyes Bites Into Anime Fandom with ‘One Piece’ Collaboration
Popeyes announced its first anime partnership, teaming with Toei Animation’s One Piece. The collaboration launches a limited‑time menu named after the Straw Hat crew, exclusive bento‑box packaging and merchandise available in select U.S. markets. The move targets Gen Z, leveraging the...
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re Reading About a Pancreatic Cancer Pill, FDA Rejecting a Replimune Drug Again, and More
Revolution Medicines reported that its KRAS‑targeting oral pill daraxonrasib more than doubled median overall survival for metastatic pancreatic cancer patients, achieving 13.2 months versus 6.7 months on standard chemotherapy. The company will leverage a FDA priority‑review voucher to seek accelerated...
CEA Alliance Publishes Second Edition of Food Safety Guidelines for Leafy Greens
The Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Alliance has released a second edition of its Commodity Specific Food Safety Guidelines for leafy greens and herbs. The revision reflects rapid advances in risk understanding, new traceability and agricultural‑water regulations, and the latest scientific...
US (PA): Wayne County Pilot Program Uses Food Lockers to Boost Access to Local Produce
Wayne County launched a pilot program installing three food lockers at a public library, fire department and borough office to distribute locally grown produce from farms such as Bialecki Farms. The lockers let residents order fresh vegetables at any time,...
US: Former Mushroom Kit Specialist Celebrates Expansion
Back to the Roots announced a Spring 2026 expansion with Target, extending its organic gardening line across more than 1,800 Target stores and online. The partnership, now in its ninth year, has grown from a single mushroom kit to a full...
Coop Danmark A/S: Recovery in FY 2025
Coop Danmark A/S announced a turnaround for FY 2025, projecting EBITDA of DKK 313 million (≈$45 million) versus a loss of DKK 37 million (≈$5 million) a year earlier. The Danish retailer’s improved earnings signal a path to profitability in 2026, while peers across Europe show mixed...
CMS Proposes New Deadlines for Prior Authorizations for Drugs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule that would impose firm deadlines on federally regulated insurers for electronic prior authorizations (PA) of prescription drugs. Medicaid and CHIP plans would have 24 hours to respond, while ACA...
AbbVie Enters World of Pain in up to $715M Deal with China’s Haisco
AbbVie has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with China’s Haisco Pharmaceutical Group that could be worth up to $715 million. The deal grants AbbVie rights to a portfolio of pain‑related compounds ranging from preclinical to Phase 1 stages in China. This marks...
Metro 2039 Announced
Publisher Deep Silver and developer 4A Games have unveiled Metro 2039, the next installment in the post‑apocalyptic shooter series. The game will receive its full reveal during Xbox’s First Look showcase on April 16, streamed live on YouTube. Metro 2039 marks...
How PCS Integrates Contributor, Verisk, and Public Data to Define Industry Losses: White
Property Claim Services (PCS), Verisk’s specialist unit for industry loss estimates, detailed its methodology for designating and quantifying U.S. tropical cyclones, severe thunderstorms and winter storms. The process blends data from roughly 150 contributor insurers, Verisk’s own claims databases, and...
Wah Kwong Unit Lines up Green Methanol Supply Deal
Wah Kwong’s fuel subsidiary Venture Energy has signed a supply agreement with Shanghai Shenji Energy to import ISCC‑certified green methanol, with first deliveries slated for the first half of 2026. The methanol, derived from municipal waste, crop residues and livestock...
Hearst Built A Unified Ad Marketplace To Simplify Omnichannel News Buys
Hearst announced a unified programmatic ad marketplace that bundles inventory from its TV stations, newspapers and digital news sites into a single offering. The new Hearst News network lets agencies buy across the company’s local‑news footprint using their existing DSPs,...
The Magnum Ice Cream Co. Adds Candy Bar-Inspired Desserts
Magnum Ice Cream Co. is rolling out two new candy‑bar‑inspired ice cream bars in partnership with The Hershey Company. The line features a Reese’s‑style bar made with peanut‑butter ice cream, real Reese’s peanut butter and crunchy peanut pieces, and an...
Emerson Launches Innovative Software-Driven Method for High-Fidelity Aerospace RF Testing
Emerson unveiled the NI Channel Emulator System Software (CHESS) at the 2026 Space Symposium, offering a software‑defined RF channel emulation platform that works with NI PXI VST hardware. The solution recreates real‑time, high‑fidelity aerospace RF environments—Doppler, multipath, path loss—allowing engineers...
Robert P. Richardson Named WHBQ VP-GM
Rincon Broadcasting Group has appointed Robert P. Richardson as vice president and general manager of WHBQ (Fox 13) in Memphis. Richardson previously led ABC affiliate WICS‑WICD and oversaw Fox and CW stations in the Champaign‑Springfield market. His career spans senior sales...
Second & Final Season Of ‘Black Sands’ Launching On The Viaplay Streaming Service In The U.S.
Viaplay will launch the eight‑part second and final season of Icelandic crime drama *Black Sands* on May 14, 2026, releasing two episodes per week in the U.S. The series, starring and co‑written by Aldis Amah Hamilton, continues the investigation of...
How To Measure PPC Performance When AI Controls The Auction via @Sejournal, @Brookeosmundson
The rise of AI‑driven campaign types like Performance Max and AI Max is upending traditional pay‑per‑click measurement, as ads now appear on keyword‑less queries and across multiple Google channels. Conversions increasingly stem from AI‑generated assets and multi‑step journeys, making click‑level...
Cork Airport to Deliver Ireland’s Largest Solar-Powered Carport
Cork Airport announced Ireland’s largest solar‑powered carport, a 1.7 MW structure with 3,696 photovoltaic panels slated for completion in August 2027. The carport will generate about 1.5 GWh of renewable electricity each year—roughly 20% of the airport’s power needs—and cut CO₂ emissions by...
New Cabin & Quieter Operations: Why KLM's New Airbus A350-900 Is A Regulatory Survival Tool
KLM is introducing Airbus A350‑900 aircraft as part of a €7 billion (~$7.6 billion) fleet renewal to replace aging A330s and Boeing 777s. The new jets feature advanced sound‑insulating fuselage and quieter engines, helping the airline meet Dutch government limits on night‑time...
Delta Air Lines Unveils First New Delta One Suite in Premium Cabin Arms Race
Delta Air Lines introduced its first updated Delta One suite in a decade, slated for Airbus A350‑1000 long‑haul aircraft in 2027. The new suite adds three inches of length, a pillow‑top cushion, and more leg and knee room, targeting side‑sleeping...
Visa’s Neat Deal and Other Digital Transactions News Briefs From 4/13/26
Visa has teamed with insurance‑tech firm Neat to let European cardholders file digital claims, expanding its value‑added services. Repay Holdings defended its $372 million purchase of Kubra Data Transfer after investor Veradace Partners called the deal misguided. Klarna announced support for...
Amgen Pipeline’s Next Growth Cycle: Replacing Its Old Blockbusters
Amgen posted $36.8 billion in 2025 revenue, a 10% year‑on‑year rise, but its legacy blockbusters such as Enbrel, Xgeva and Otezla are under pressure from biosimilars and U.S. pricing reforms. Growth is now being driven by cardiovascular drugs, rare‑disease assets acquired...
How Fleets Make Safety Stick Beyond Annual Training
Carriers are moving beyond once‑a‑year safety classes to embed continuous, injury‑focused training, ergonomic coaching, and real‑time communication into daily operations. Rising workers‑comp costs—now comparable to vehicle‑crash expenses—make injury prevention a direct profitability driver. Companies like Pitt Ohio have slashed strain...
Hugh Bonneville Soccer Satire ‘Twenty Twenty Six’ Scores Twice In America With BritBox & Tubi Deal
BBC Studios has secured distribution for the soccer‑satire sitcom "Twenty Twenty Six" on two U.S. platforms, BritBox and Tubi, launching May 1. The six‑part series stars Hugh Bonneville reprising his Ian Fletcher role alongside a North‑American cast. The dual, non‑exclusive deal...
NJ Transit Assures Commuters They Won't Be Paying World Cup Prices
NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri told a state Senate committee that regular commuters will not see fare hikes during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, even as the agency prepares for a surge of event‑related riders. The transit authority expects to...
Scientists Just Created Super-Strong Steel That Never Rusts. It'll Change Manufacturing.
Researchers at Purdue and the University of South China used an interpretable machine‑learning algorithm to design a new 3D‑printable steel alloy. By analyzing 81 physicochemical features, the team created Fe‑15Cr‑3.2Ni‑0.8Mn‑0.6Cu‑0.56Si‑0.4Al‑0.16C, which achieved roughly 1,713 MPa strength and over 15% elongation. The...
Atomic-6 Launches Orbital Data Center Marketplace
Atomic-6 unveiled ODC.Space, a marketplace that lets customers order orbital data center hardware as easily as an online purchase. The platform aggregates space‑industry suppliers, offering configurations from 1U shared units to sovereign 42U racks, with the latter priced at roughly...
Reinventing Supply Chains With Gabi Gantus, CFO Of Mytra
Gabi Gantus, CFO of Mytra, is leading a push to overhaul warehouse automation with bots that move inventory in any direction, including vertically, promising higher density and throughput. Drawing on a decade at Tesla, she applies FP&A rigor and a...
MODEX 2026: GreyOrange Launches GreyMatter Foundry
GreyOrange unveiled GreyMatter Foundry at MODEX 2026, an AI‑driven simulation platform that unifies warehouse flow design, technology sizing, and layout planning in a high‑fidelity environment. The tool lets customers, integrators and fulfillment teams model heterogeneous robot fleets and human processes,...
Sophia Space and Kepler Sign Agreement to Demo ODC Tech
Orbital data‑center startup Sophia Space has signed an agreement with satellite operator Kepler Communications to demo its operating system, SOOS, on Kepler’s distributed in‑orbit compute network. The partnership will see Sophia upload SOOS to the network by year‑end for an...
Atomic-6 Unveils Online Marketplace for Orbital Data Centers
Atomic-6 announced ODC.space, an online marketplace that lets customers procure complete satellites for on‑orbit data‑center capacity. The platform offers both dedicated satellites and shared compute rentals, handling everything from component sourcing to launch and mission operations. Target customers include AI...
MODEX 2026: Gartner Predicts Half of New Warehouses Built in Developed Markets Will Be Human-Optional Facilities by 2030
Gartner’s latest supply‑chain research predicts that by 2030 half of all new warehouses built in developed markets will be designed as robot‑centric facilities where human labor is optional. The forecast reflects mounting labor shortages and rising wage pressures that are...
How Malaysia Airlines Is Using AI to Speed up Campaign Production
Malaysia Airlines has partnered with creative‑automation firm Kingdom Digital to overhaul its marketing workflow. The AI‑driven Digital Creative Automation model can slash campaign production times by up to 80% while supporting human oversight. The system generates localized assets for more...
A New Appetite for Dairy
Dairy is entering a premium‑focused era where consumers seek indulgent, functional, and authentic experiences. Brands are upgrading textures, layering flavors, and adding global inspirations to ice cream, cheese, and beverages. At the same time, health‑driven demands for protein, satiety, and...
Driver Health Must Match Equipment Care, CarriersEdge Says
CarriersEdge President Mark Murrell warns that many fleets prioritize trucks over driver health, leading to higher injury rates. Traditional classroom safety training disengages drivers due to inconvenient timing and generic content. The company offers interactive online modules that let drivers...
Top 100 Connected TV (CTV) Bundle IDs in March 2026
Pixalate released its March 2026 Top 100 Connected TV (CTV) Bundle ID rankings, analyzing over 1 billion programmatic impressions across 851 apps. The data show Hulu’s bundle ID (2285) topping the Roku list, while PlutoTV (ID 751712884) leads on Apple TV. Rankings span Roku, Apple TV,...
Orbit Is Filling up Fast. Now Comes the Awkward Bit: Pre-Empting and Handling a Crisis.
Earth’s orbital environment is nearing a tipping point as tens of thousands of new satellites are slated for launch, pushing low‑Earth orbit toward congestion. In 2023 Starlink alone performed roughly 300,000 collision‑avoidance maneuvers, and analysts warn that as many as...
Why Marketing Is Now the Operating System for Growth
Artificial intelligence is elevating marketing from a creative function to the operating system that drives corporate growth. Marketers now craft narratives and data signals that influence both human consumers and AI agents that power discovery and purchase decisions. This shift...
$5bn Qiddiya High-Speed Rail Extends Project Prequalification Submission Deadline
Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for Riyadh City has pushed the pre‑qualification deadline for the $5 billion Qiddiya high‑speed rail (Q‑Express) to 30 April, while the EPC‑Financing deadline stays at 16 April. The PPP‑styled project will run trains at up to 250 km/h, linking King...
Coal Stock Adequate for 90 Days Available: Union Coal Minister Kishan Reddy
India’s coal reserves have risen to over 200 million tonnes, enough to power the nation for about 90 days. This marks a jump from the previous 21‑25‑day buffer and follows a second consecutive year of hitting 1 billion tonnes of coal production....
The Next Era of OpenX: The Intelligent SSP
OpenX announced a rebrand as the "Intelligent SSP," emphasizing AI‑driven simplicity and transparency. The company highlights three pillars—quality, performance and adaptability—backed by a cloud‑native platform and a proprietary supply‑side identity graph. By cutting intermediaries and fraud, OpenX aims to deliver...