Apple Is Taking Its App Store Fight to the Supreme Court — Again
Apple is filing a petition for the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that found its 27% fee on external developer payments violates a court order. The appellate court said the fee effectively nullifies the purpose of allowing outside payment options, leading to a contempt finding. Apple argues the charge reflects bundled services such as hosting, security, and developer tools, not pure processing costs. The outcome could reshape Apple’s App Store revenue model and set a broader precedent for platform fee regulation.
BJ’s Wholesale Club Expands Store Hours
BJ’s Wholesale Club announced extended store hours, now open until 10 p.m. Monday‑Saturday and 9 p.m. Sunday, aligning its schedule with rivals Costco and Sam’s Club. The change follows a strong fourth‑quarter performance, with comparable club sales up 2.6% year‑over‑year and digitally...
Shannon Crowley Joins Fletcher Artist Management
Shannon Crowley has joined Fletcher Artist Management, adding a promising soprano to the firm’s roster. The Pittsburgh Opera resident recently reached the Grand Finals of the 2026 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and will finish her current season as Nannetta in...
The War Against Fraud Should Be a War for Tech Modernization
The White House issued an executive order creating a new anti‑fraud task force to oversee state and county public‑benefits programs. While fraud exists, the article argues that most improper payments—up to $30 billion in Medicaid alone—stem from outdated legacy systems and...
5 Benefits of Linear Actuators in Robotics and Manufacturing
Linear actuators are becoming essential components in modern robotics and manufacturing, converting rotational motion into precise linear movement. Recent advances in electric designs deliver micron‑level positioning accuracy, up to 80% energy savings, and plug‑and‑play integration with common industrial protocols. Their...
HL7 Launches Device Interoperability Implementation Community
Health Level Seven International (HL7) has launched the Caliper FHIR Accelerator implementation community to accelerate real‑world exchange of data from medical and personal health devices. The multi‑stakeholder group builds on the Gemini Device Interoperability Program and will use FHIR standards,...
The Hidden Demand Shifts Behind Higher Gas Prices
Higher gasoline prices are prompting subtle but measurable shifts in consumer behavior before any dip in overall spend appears. Shoppers are consolidating trips, opting for smaller packs, lower‑priced substitutes, and relying more on promotions. Brands that monitor first‑party data can...
U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Oklahoma Tribal Citizen Taxation Case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a petition from Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen Alicia Stroble, who argued that Oklahoma cannot tax tribal members living on reservation land. The case stemmed from the 2020 McGirt decision, which affirmed that roughly...
This 28-Year-Old College Dropout Has Raised $24 Million to Fix a Military Problem ‘Nobody Was Thinking About’
Peter Goldsborough, a former Facebook AI researcher and chief engineer at Anduril, co‑founded Rune Technologies and secured a $24 million Series A round to address military logistics. Rune’s flagship product, TyrOS, combines real‑time inventory data with predictive analytics to keep troops supplied...
Critics’ Week: Why Brawl Stars Is My Favourite Battle Royale
Christian Donlan praises Supercell’s Brawl Stars as his preferred battle‑royale, highlighting its ultra‑compact Showdown mode that pits up to ten players on a shrinking map with matches typically under ninety seconds. He contrasts this friction‑free experience with the longer matchmaking...
Moody's: Office Vacancy Hits 21% In Q1, Another Record High
Moody's Analytics reports U.S. office vacancy climbing to a record 21% in Q1 2026, up 10 basis points from the prior quarter and 60 bps year‑over‑year. Negative absorption totaled nearly 3 million square feet, led by Oakland‑East Bay, Austin, Chicago and San Jose. The...
Frostpunk 1 Coming to Switch
11 bit studios announced that the original *Frostpunk* will be ported to the Nintendo Switch, adding the city‑building survival game to the hybrid console’s catalog. The move comes alongside news of a re‑imagined version, *Frostpunk 1886*, slated for a later release. No specific...
Frostpunk 2 DLC “Breach of Trust” Announced
11 bit Studios announced the second post‑launch DLC for Frostpunk 2, titled “Breach of Trust,” slated for June 23, 2026. The expansion transports players to the volcanic colony of New Edinburgh, introducing new environmental hazards, a Vote of Trust approval system, and an independent...
Rivian R2 EPA Numbers Out: 217 kW DC Charge, up to 335mi Range, Heat Pump
Rivian’s upcoming R2 received EPA certification showing a 335‑mile range on the launch performance edition with 21‑inch wheels, dropping to 314 miles on 20‑inch all‑terrain tires. The vehicle packs an 86.8 kWh battery and delivers an impressive 144 MPGe combined efficiency, though...
Lancaster County Schools, South Carolina, Outlook Lowered to Negative
S&P Global Ratings lowered the outlook for Lancaster County School District in South Carolina to negative after the district tapped its reserves in fiscal 2024 and 2025. The agency affirmed the district’s general‑obligation bonds at AA‑minus and its installment‑purchase revenue...
About 80% of Breast Cancer Biopsies Turn Out Benign. New Imaging Tool Promises Clearer Diagnoses and Fewer Biopsies
About 80% of breast biopsies in the United States turn out benign, prompting calls for less invasive diagnostics. Researchers have developed a hand‑held device that merges traditional ultrasound with diffuse optical tomography (DOT), which maps blood hemoglobin and oxygen levels...
Travel And Tour World Reveals Top 100 Convention Centers in the World for 2026
Travel and Tour World released its 2026 ranking of the world’s top 100 convention centers, highlighting venues that combine massive scale with digital and sustainable innovations. The report notes that nearly 70 % of the listed venues have advanced green certifications and that...
Why Walmart Bakery Cakes Are So Cheap Compared To Local Bakers
Walmart’s bakery operates as a loss‑leader, pricing cakes below cost to attract shoppers who will buy higher‑margin items. The store typically uses pre‑mixed, frozen cake bases rather than baking from scratch, which dramatically lowers production expenses. Local bakeries, in contrast,...
Bluefront Equity Purchases Majority Stake in Aquaculture Software Firm Anteo
Norwegian private equity firm Bluefront Equity has taken a 54% majority stake in Anteo, a Norwegian software provider for the aquaculture sector. Anteo reported roughly NOK 27 million (US$2.8 million) in revenue for 2025, marking about 20% year‑over‑year growth. The acquisition is aimed...
How to Leverage PLC/SCADA and Digital Twins for Mining Operations
Mining operators are increasingly deploying PLC and SCADA platforms to achieve real‑time visibility across underground and surface sites. A recent gold‑mine project linked 17 PLC nodes via an OPC UA architecture, harvesting over 40,000 data points annually and turning raw logs...
Spring's Hot Housing Market Just Ran Into a Problem
Spring 2024 home‑buying kicked off strong as mortgage rates fell near 5.95%, boosting affordability and sparking the sharpest monthly price gains in over a year. By late March, 30‑year rates climbed to about 6.35%, raising the average monthly principal‑and‑interest payment...
PcTattleTale Stalkerware Maker Sentence Includes Fine, Supervised Release
A federal judge sentenced Bryan Fleming, the creator of pcTattleTale stalkerware, to supervised release and a $5,000 fine after he pleaded guilty to manufacturing a device for covert communication interception. The case marks the first stalkerware conviction since 2014, when...
HVS Asia Pacific Hotel Transactions Bulletin Week Ending 3 April 2026
Nomura Real Asset Investment formed a fund to buy the 515‑key Centara Grand Hotel Osaka for roughly $257 million, paying about $498 k per key. Hulic Co. sold its Yokohama Minatomirai mixed‑use asset in a deal valued at over $485 million, representing more...
Study Outlines Life-Enhancement Paths for Those in Long-Term Care Facilities
A University at Buffalo mixed‑methods study observed 20 life‑enhancement sessions in a Canadian long‑term care facility, identifying how activity design and delivery affect resident engagement. Researchers tracked self‑initiative, social interaction, emotional expression, and distractions, finding that interactive, music‑rich, facilitator‑led activities...
Tightrope Media Systems To Debut Cablecast LiveBridge For Simultaneous Streaming’
Tightrope Media Systems is launching Cablecast LiveBridge, a cloud‑based service that lets municipal governments and community stations stream multiple live events simultaneously. The platform routes overflow feeds to web and OTT destinations while preserving Cablecast’s native recording, metadata, and archival...
The Quinfall Is Taking a 'More Structured Approach' To Balance Improvements, Building Dedicated Balance Test Team
Quinfall has launched a dedicated balance testing team and a public test server to refine game patches. The team seeks veteran players with 500+ hours and at least one weapon proficiency at level 100 to provide high‑level feedback. The initiative...
Spin Cycle: A Level Crossing Wrinkle
The piece titled “Spin Cycle: A level crossing wrinkle” is hosted behind a paywall on Escape Collective, so the full text is not publicly available. The headline suggests the article explores a technical or regulatory complication affecting railway level crossings....
Netflix's Void AI Can Remove Objects From Video and Show How Scenes Evolve without Them
Netflix unveiled Void, a video object and interaction deletion framework that can erase objects from footage while realistically updating surrounding physics such as shadows, debris and water ripples. The system is trained on a synthetic paired dataset generated with Kubric...
Fintech Rundown: A Rapid Review of Weekly News
Finovate’s weekly roundup highlights a wave of strategic moves across fintech. nCino named Keith Kettell chief revenue officer, while Paymentology teamed with South Africa’s Bank Zero to broaden digital banking access. Derivative Path launched an FX payments solution with Wells Fargo,...
Ukraine Has Proposed Energy Truce to Russia via US Mediators, Zelensky Says
Ukraine, via U.S. mediators, offered a reciprocal cease‑fire on energy targets, saying it will halt strikes on Russian facilities if Moscow stops hitting Ukrainian power infrastructure. President Zelensky announced the proposal during his evening address, emphasizing a tit‑for‑tat approach. Russian...
Lean or Six Sigma: The Progress Paradox
IndustryWeek’s latest podcast pits lean against Six Sigma, highlighting the fundamental distinction that lean is a management philosophy while Six Sigma is a data‑driven problem‑solving methodology. Hosts Dr. Mohamed Saleh and John Dyer argue that many firms adopt only surface tools—such as...
Signal Shifts: How Finance Advertisers Are Quietly Rewriting the Media Mix
Financial services advertising is undergoing a strategic overhaul as fintech firms allocate roughly 75% of their media budgets to digital channels, outpacing traditional banks’ 60% share. In the investment segment, digital spend surged 68% year‑over‑year while TV budgets contracted, prompting...
Do You Have Questions About a No-Bid Federal Contract? Tell Us Here.
The New York Times is gathering information on no‑bid federal contracts awarded during the Trump administration. Recent reporting revealed that a firm that organized the Jan. 6 rally received sole‑source event‑planning contracts without competition. A similar pattern emerged in the Department...
How Reliability Won Is Building a Global Asset-Reliability Platform
Battery Ventures’ 2024 investment in Mobius Institute launched the Reliability Won platform, a unified condition‑monitoring and asset‑reliability service. Since then the platform has added Noria Corporation’s lubrication expertise and, most recently, Fluid Life’s oil‑analysis labs through three acquisitions. The combined offering now...
Additional Lengths for Amphenol RF SMA Cable Assembly Configuration
Amphenol RF has added a broader range of standard lengths—6 to 48 inches—for its SMA plug‑to‑SMA jack assemblies built on 0.085‑inch conformable cable. The assemblies feature gold‑plated brass connectors and support high‑frequency operation up to 18 GHz. The flexible cable combines...
Watch Live—NASA’s Artemis II’s Moon Flyby Is Underway
NASA’s Artemis II crew completed a historic lunar flyby, becoming the first humans to travel beyond the Moon in over five decades. The Orion spacecraft broke the Apollo 13 distance record, reaching about 4,070 miles from the lunar surface and spending five...
Interior Department to Merge Offshore Oil and Gas Regulatory Agencies
The U.S. Interior Department announced a phased merger of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) into a new Marine Minerals Administration. The consolidation is intended to align leasing, permitting, inspections...
MSC, MarinTrust Seek Feedback on Revisions to Chain of Custody Standards
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has launched a 60‑day public consultation, running until 30 May 2026, to revise its Chain of Custody Standard. The overhaul will merge the three existing versions into a single, clearer document, tighten audit consistency, and introduce mandatory...
Nelson, JPMorgan Take 2nd Shot at Selling LES Rental
Nelson Management and JPMorgan are marketing the 19‑story, 256‑unit Two Bridges building at 275 South Street for over $180 million, leveraging a 30‑year Article XI tax abatement that caps property taxes at 5 percent of income through 2055. The asset, purchased for $115 million...
Autonomous Air Taxi Certification Emerges as New Regulatory Frontier
The FAA is tightening certification requirements for vertical‑takeoff‑and‑landing (VTOL) air‑taxi platforms, demanding a rigorous testing regime for developers such as Archer, Joby and Beta. Boeing‑spun Wisk Aero is pushing the envelope with its Generation 6 aircraft, which is designed to operate...
10 Family-Friendly Ferry Rides Worth Planning a Summer Trip Around
Motherly highlights ten family‑friendly ferry routes across the United States, ranging from short 15‑minute hops to multi‑hour historic crossings. The guide details costs, travel times, and seasonal tips for each route, emphasizing the spacious, screen‑free experience that appeals to parents...
Hannah Lane Heads to Dallas After Making Her Mark in Mississippi
Radio Ink 30‑Under Superstar Hannah Lane is leaving her morning‑drive role at New South Radio’s US 96.3 in Jackson, Mississippi, for a night‑time position at Cumulus Media’s New Country 96.3 (KSCS) in Dallas‑Fort Worth. Her last day in Jackson is April 10. Lane began...
DOL Proposes 'Safe Harbors' For Fiduciaries Sailing Into 'Alts' In 401(k) Plans, but Morningstar Says It May Not Be Safe...
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a proposed rule creating six “safe harbors” that would shield 401(k) fiduciaries who add alternative assets such as private equity, real estate, commodities, and digital assets to retirement plans. The framework aims to...
Twelve "Regionally Diverse" Architecture Studios Selected for US Embassy Design
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) has selected twelve architecture studios from a pool of one hundred submissions to design diplomatic facilities over the next five years, beginning in 2026. The roster includes SHoP Architects,...
Bypass the Strait of Hormuz with Nuclear Explosives? The U.S. Studied that Option in the 1960s
In the 1960s the U.S. examined using nuclear explosions to carve a sea‑level canal through Panama or Colombia, a concept tied to Project Plowshare’s “peaceful nuclear explosions.” The Atlantic‑Pacific Interoceanic Canal Study Commission evaluated 294 nuclear devices to blast the...
Dodge CEO: Affordable Sports Cars Still Have A Future
Dodge CEO Matt McAlear told The Drive that a sub‑$30,000 performance car still makes sense for the brand, citing a clear market gap for affordable sports models. He emphasized Dodge’s responsibility to its customers but stopped short of confirming any...
CBS Seals Deal With Byron Allen to Lease All of Late Night After Stephen Colbert Exits in May
CBS will lease its 11:35 p.m. ET late‑night slot to Byron Allen after Stephen Colbert’s final episode on May 21, 2026, moving Allen’s “Comics Unleashed” into the hour and keeping “Funny You Should Ask” at 12:37 a.m. The time‑buy runs through the 2026‑27 season,...
Animotion Media Group Sets the Bar High
Animotion Media Group capped 2025 with strategic partnerships, regional expansion and record digital performance, including a deal with Emirati investor Madbridge, a content alliance with Abu Dhabi Media, and over 2 billion YouTube views. The company launched six new YouTube channels...
3 Best New Netflix and Prime Video Arrivals for a Mid-Week Binge (Apr. 6-10)
Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are rolling out three notable titles for the week of April 6‑10, aimed at viewers recovering from the Easter break. Prime Video launches the highly anticipated final season of the adult superhero series *The Boys* on...
University of Texas-Austin Advances $316M Engineering Hub
The University of Texas at Austin is close to completing the $316 million Autry C. Stephens Engineering Discovery Building, a 210,000‑sq‑ft hub slated for fall 2026. The facility will house the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering and the McKetta...