WEX Announces $1 Billion Share Repurchase Program
WEX announced a new $1 billion share repurchase authorization, allowing the company to buy back common stock at its discretion. The program includes all transaction costs and can be executed through various mechanisms such as Rule 10b5‑1 plans, open‑market purchases, and private negotiations. WEX’s CEO highlighted the move as evidence of strong free cash flow and a commitment to returning capital to shareholders while maintaining a robust balance sheet. The program has no set expiration and can be modified or suspended at any time.
Falcon’s Beyond Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Falcon’s Beyond Global reported first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $5.4 million, primarily from its Falcon’s Attractions segment and shared‑service fees. The company’s equity‑method investment in Falcon’s Creative Group (FCG) generated $13 million in revenue, a more‑than‑double increase year‑over‑year, and contributed a $0.2 million share...
Xsolla Brings Must Attend Sessions to GamesBeat Summit 2026, Tackling Global Market Myths and the New Reality of Game Studio...
Xsolla announced its participation in GamesBeat Summit 2026, presenting three high‑profile panels in Los Angeles. The sessions will dissect emerging financing structures for game studios, debunk myths about the global games market, and highlight women‑led leadership strategies. By convening investors, publishers, and...
Nebius Breaks Ground on Gigawatt-Scale AI Factory in Independence, Missouri
Nebius, the AI‑cloud firm listed on Nasdaq, broke ground on a gigawatt‑scale AI factory on roughly 400 acres in Independence, Missouri. The first phase will create about 1,200 construction jobs and later support 130 permanent high‑tech positions. Over the next...
Dryad Launches Gen-4-Pro Silvanet Wildfire Sensor, Setting New Standard in Ultra-Early Fire Detection
Dryad Networks unveiled the Gen‑4‑Pro Silvanet Wildfire Sensor, the latest iteration of its ultra‑early fire detection platform. The new sensor adds carbon‑monoxide and PM2.5 particle monitoring, doubles the detection range, and incorporates direct‑to‑satellite communications via Kinéis. Enhanced solar panels and...
Macnica ATD Europe Acquires Indesmatech to Deepen Engineering Presence Across Northern Europe
Macnica ATD Europe, the European arm of Japan‑based Macnica Holdings (€8.55 billion ≈ $9.3 billion), announced the acquisition of Indesmatech to deepen its engineering presence in Northern Europe. The deal adds Indesmatech’s early‑stage design‑in services, regional relationships in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the...
Nuclera Launches Antibody Triage Service to Advance AI-Driven Antibody Discovery
Nuclera, a biotech firm specializing in protein production, announced a new antibody‑screening service designed to accelerate AI‑driven antibody discovery. The offering uses a 96‑plex cell‑free expression platform and surface plasmon resonance to triage large in‑silico‑generated libraries, delivering early binding data...
Mahathi Infotech and Intrepid Risk Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Integrated Services to P&C Insurers
Mahathi Infotech and Intrepid Risk announced a strategic partnership to deliver integrated technology, AI, and business services to property‑and‑casualty insurers. The collaboration merges Mahathi’s deep P&C tech expertise—core system modernization, AI‑driven workbenches, and rapid app development—with Intrepid’s carrier‑focused consulting, vendor‑panel...
Financial Services Industry Collaborates to Test Real-World Cyber Readiness
Lloyds Banking Group, Hack The Box, and Google Cloud Security hosted the first UK Financial Services Security Hackathon on April 27‑28, drawing 33 teams from 16 firms. The competition tested real‑world cyber readiness across web exploitation, forensics, OSINT, cryptography and...
Radian Arc, Blacknut and TrueID Launch Android Cloud Gaming in Thailand, Branded as “TrueID Game Hub”
Radian Arc, a Submer Group company, has partnered with TrueID—Thailand’s leading telecom‑tech brand—and Blacknut, the world’s top cloud‑gaming platform, to launch an Android cloud‑gaming service called TrueID Game hub. The offering lets millions of TrueID subscribers instantly stream premium Android...
Type One Energy, Tokamak Energy, and AECOM Form the UK Infinity Fusion Consortium to Accelerate Development of a Commercial Fusion...
Type One Energy, Tokamak Energy and AECOM have formed the UK Infinity Fusion Consortium to develop the Infinity Two 400 MWe stellarator fusion power plant in Britain. The partnership combines Type One’s plant design, Tokamak’s high‑temperature superconducting magnet expertise, and AECOM’s engineering...
Harmon Transportation Leverages Avetta to Cut Onboarding Time by 70% and Nearly Double Revenue
Avetta partnered with Australian hotshot carrier Harmon Transportation to replace paper‑based processes with a digital compliance platform. Over 18 months the firm cut onboarding time by 70%, lifted revenue 93% and pushed profit margins to 17% without adding admin staff....
Glean Expands to Australia as ANZ Demand Grows for Secure Enterprise AI
Glean announced the formation of a local legal entity in Australia and plans to nearly double its regional team this year, deepening its foothold in the ANZ market. The move targets enterprises shifting from AI pilots to secure, governed deployments...
ŌURA Closes the Hormonal Health Data Gap
Oura, the maker of the world’s leading smart ring, announced two new health experiences aimed at women: Hormonal Birth Control support and Menopause Insights. The features will begin rolling out globally on May 6, marking Oura’s most significant foray into...
San Francisco’s Luxury Home Sales Jump 22% As Median Price Nears $7M
San Francisco’s luxury home market surged in March, with sales climbing 22.2% year over year, marking the fifth consecutive month of double‑digit growth. The median price for a luxury property reached $6,808,561, the highest on record for the city. By...
Rockwell Automation Partnering with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin and Fork Farms to Create Clock Tower Farms
Rockwell Automation has partnered with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin and hydroponic specialist Fork Farms to launch Clock Tower Farms, a vertical farming facility inside Rockwell’s Milwaukee headquarters. The farm will house 72 Fork Farms Flex Acre systems managed by Rockwell’s PlantPAx automation, targeting...
Fulgent Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Fulgent Genetics reported first‑quarter 2026 revenue of $71.1 million, a 2.7% decline year‑over‑year, while posting a GAAP loss of $24.8 million ($0.80 per share) and a non‑GAAP loss of $11.0 million ($0.36 per share). The laboratory services segment delivered solid volume, but higher...
Nexstar Media Group Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $1.86 Per Share
Nexstar Media Group’s board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.86 per share, payable on May 29, 2026 to shareholders of record on May 15. The company reaffirmed its intention to continue regular quarterly dividends, though future payouts will be...
Nebius Agrees to Acquire Eigen AI, Strengthening Nebius Token Factory as a Frontier Inference Platform
Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS) announced an agreement to acquire Eigen AI for roughly $643 million in cash and Class A shares. The deal will embed Eigen AI’s inference‑optimization stack into Nebius Token Factory, delivering faster, lower‑cost production AI workloads. Eigen’s founders—renowned for Sparse...
Phreesia Sets Release Date for Fiscal First Quarter 2027 Results
Phreesia, Inc. (NYSE: PHR) announced it will publish its fiscal first‑quarter 2027 results after market close on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. The company will release a press release and a stakeholder letter on its investor site, followed by a live conference call at 5 PM...
Riffle Launches Operational Resilience Application on Atlassian Marketplace During Team ’26 with Investment From Atlassian Ventures
Riffle Resilience, an AI‑focused firm, has launched its operational resilience application on the Atlassian Marketplace. The rollout is backed by a strategic investment from Atlassian Ventures, which will fund further AI‑driven feature development. The app embeds resilience capabilities directly into...
GrafTech Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
GrafTech International reported Q1 2026 net sales of $125 million, up 12% year‑over‑year, driven by a 14% increase in sales volume to 28.1 k MT. Despite higher revenue, the company posted a net loss of $43 million, or $1.66 per share, and adjusted EBITDA...
Faraday Future Successfully Concludes New York Investor Lunch, Presenting Strategic Updates and EAI EV and Robotics Product Showcases
Faraday Future held an exclusive investor lunch in New York on April 29, 2026, bringing together about 30 technology and mobility stakeholders. The company used the forum to detail its dual‑track strategy of Embodied AI (EAI) electric vehicles and robotics, showcasing the...
Expanding Infrastructure for the Age of AI Commerce: Ant International Connects Over 150 Million Merchants With More Than 2 Billion...
Ant International revealed that its platform now links over 150 million merchants with more than 2 billion consumer accounts, making it the world’s largest cross‑border payment network. The company supports 300+ payment methods in 220+ markets, handling roughly 20 million transactions daily. New...
Adya Announces Delay in Filing Year End 2025 Financial Statements and MD&A
Adya, Inc. announced a temporary delay in filing its audited 2025 financial statements, MD&A, and CEO/CFO certificates, pushing the deadline from April 30 2026 to approximately May 8 2026 due to a transition to a new auditor. The company emphasized that the delay is...
amazee.ai Launches Managed OpenClaw Hosting for Secure, Sovereign AI Agent Deployments
amazee.ai, a Mirantis subsidiary, launched amazeeClaw, a fully managed OpenClaw hosting service that lets enterprises run AI agents without building their own infrastructure. The platform provides dedicated container isolation, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, and lets customers pick deployment regions...
Workhuman Elevates Deskless Work Experience, Setting a New Bar for Frontline Recognition Worldwide
Workhuman has launched the Frontline Recognition Experience, a unified platform that brings together digital and physical employee recognition for desk‑less workers. The solution aims to close the gap where only 33 % of frontline staff received formal recognition last quarter, while...
ETCOG Awards Civic Marketplace to Expand Cooperative Purchasing for Rural Communities, Schools, and Local Districts
The East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) has selected Civic Marketplace as the technology platform for its cooperative purchasing arm, COGWORKS. The partnership brings AI‑driven procurement tools to rural communities, school districts and local governments across East Texas and beyond,...
Cornelis Expands Global Partner Ecosystem to Accelerate High-Performance Networking for HPC and Data-Intensive Workloads
Cornelis announced the expansion of its global partner ecosystem, adding North American distributor ASI Corp. and federal integrators CTG Federal and TVAR Solutions. The move broadens access to the CN5000 400‑Gbps networking family, which promises sub‑1 µs latency, up to 800 M...
Vultr Deploys NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni to Streamline Multimodal Enterprise Agent Systems
Vultr, the largest privately held cloud provider, has added NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Nano Omni to its portfolio, offering an open‑source multimodal model that handles audio, video, images, documents, and text. The model is available on dedicated GPU clusters and via Vultr’s...
Hiroshi Fujiwara and Robert Little Selected for 2026 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) named Hiroshi Fujiwara, executive director of the Japan Robot Association, as the 2026 Leadership winner and Robert Little, co‑founder of ATI Industrial Automation, as the 2026 Application winner of the Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards. The awards, the...
FinBursa Launches the MENA Region’s First Neutral Mobile App for Direct-to-Source Private Market Investment Discovery
FinBursa, a UAE‑based fintech, has unveiled the MENA region’s first neutral mobile application that lets accredited investors discover and invest in private‑market opportunities directly from issuers. The platform removes traditional broker‑dealer intermediaries, offering AI‑driven deal matching, secure KYC, and integrated...
Pivot Bio Expands St. Louis Footprint with New Centers of Excellence for Crop Nutrition Innovation and Manufacturing
Pivot Bio announced a $7 million expansion of its Greater St. Louis footprint, adding two Centers of Excellence in Hazelwood and Creve Coeur. The Hazelwood site will scale manufacturing, packaging and distribution, while the Creve Coeur hub focuses on research, development...
Origami Risk’s P&C Platform Selected by Gramercy Risk Management
Origami Risk announced that Gramercy Risk Management has chosen its cloud‑native property‑and‑casualty (P&C) SaaS platform. Gramercy, a specialty insurer focused on niche and underserved markets, will adopt Origami’s full suite—including policy administration, billing, and claims management—to consolidate core operations. The...
First Enterprise Quantum Computer Purchase in Japan: IQM to Deploy System to TOYO Corporation
IQM Quantum Computers announced that its 20‑qubit Radiance system will be sold to TOYO Corporation, marking Japan’s first enterprise quantum computer purchase. The hardware will be delivered by the end of 2026 and offered both on‑premises and via cloud, integrating...
SAP and S3NS Accelerate Trusted Cloud Adoption in France With Thales as First Strategic Customer
SAP and S3NS announced a strategic partnership to deliver SAP RISE private cloud on S3NS’s SecNumCloud‑qualified PREMI3NS platform, with deployment slated for the second half of 2026. The service will keep data stored, processed and encrypted in France, meeting French...
DynaCERT Accelerates Market Entry in Vietnam: Strategic Partnerships and Pilot Projects Confirm Market Potential
dynaCERT Inc. announced the launch of its HydraGEN™ hydrogen‑on‑demand system in Vietnam, backed by two memoranda of understanding—one with Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam University of Technology and another with a leading Vietnamese oil and gas company. The company has already commissioned...
Appcast Releases 2026 U.K. Recruitment Marketing Benchmark Report as Labour Market Softens and Hiring Costs Decline
Appcast released its fourth‑annual 2026 U.K. Recruitment Marketing Benchmark Report, analyzing 3.6 million ad clicks and 880 000 applications from over 190 employers. The data show a softened labour market in 2025, with unemployment rising to 5.2% and payroll jobs falling by...
Tungsten Automation Announces General Availability of Power PDF 2026.2 for Mac
Tungsten Automation has released Power PDF 2026.2 for Mac, making its flagship PDF editor generally available for macOS. The update adds advanced editing, AI‑assisted Copilot features, and enterprise‑grade security such as Microsoft Purview integration. It supports flexible licensing for individuals, teams, and...
Palliser Capital Publishes Value Enhancement Plan for SMC Corporation
Palliser Capital, a top‑25 shareholder of SMC Corporation, released a Value Enhancement Plan aimed at unlocking up to 50% upside in the Japanese pneumatic‑equipment maker’s share price. The plan highlights a ¥600 billion (≈$3.9 billion) share buyback, a push to raise capacity...
Murata Launches Ultra-Low Power AMR Sensors to Boost Battery Life in Healthcare and Wearables Devices
Murata Manufacturing has begun mass production of two new anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) sensors, the MRMS166R and MRMS168R. The MRMS166R achieves a record‑low average current draw of 20 nA while operating from a 1.2 V supply, and the MRMS168R provides up to 12 mA...
Integrant Announces Closure of Series A Capital Raise. Now Exploring Pre-IPO Raise Ahead of November Listing
Integrant announced the closure of its Series A capital raise, citing strong investor interest and significant progress on its artificial‑intelligence platform. The company says the original allocation plan no longer fits its priorities and is now looking at a pre‑IPO placement....
New Research: Crypto Users Are Increasingly Relying on Self-Custody Solutions to Send, Receive, and Grow Assets
A new report by Tangem and Protocol Theory, based on a survey of 3,172 U.S. crypto holders, shows that self‑custody is evolving from a passive storage tool to an active participation layer. Cold‑wallet users are 1.83 × more likely to trade...
Westhill Global Acquires Spero to Strengthen AI and Data Analytics Capabilities
Westhill Global, a digital claims solutions provider for property‑and‑casualty insurers, announced the acquisition of Boulder‑based data firm Spero. The deal brings Spero’s AI‑driven Contractor Profiler and market‑based material pricing analytics into Westhill’s Material Metrix platform, strengthening contractor qualification and cost...
ISG to Study Agentic AI Service Providers
Information Services Group (ISG) announced a new Provider Lens® study that will evaluate agentic AI service providers capable of delivering production‑grade, autonomous AI across enterprise workflows. The research surveyed roughly 140 vendors and will culminate in the "Agentic AI Services"...
FUJIFILM North America Corporation Empowers Print Providers with New CAST Self-Service Program
Fujifilm North America launched the Customer Advantage Service Training (CAST) program to let print providers self‑service their REVORIA PRESS PC1120 units. The tiered certification—Basic, Intermediate, Advanced—trains up to two operators per press to perform routine maintenance and replace over 20 common...
I3 Verticals Announces Earnings Release and Conference Call Date for Second Quarter of Fiscal 2026
i3 Verticals announced that its second‑quarter fiscal 2026 results will be released after the market close on May 7, 2026, with a follow‑up conference call on May 8 at 8:30 a.m. ET. The company provides cloud‑native, mission‑critical software to state and local governments across...
Accenture Invests in Iridius to Accelerate Compliance-First AI Adoption in Life Sciences
Accenture Ventures has invested in Iridius, a compliance‑by‑design AI platform targeting highly regulated sectors such as life sciences and pharmaceuticals. The partnership will combine Accenture’s industry expertise with Iridius’s technology that translates regulatory standards into machine‑readable logic, embedding auditability into...
Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 13.5% in 2026, Totaling $6.31 Trillion
Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending to reach $6.31 trillion in 2026, a 13.5% increase over 2025. The surge is anchored in accelerating AI infrastructure investments and the rollout of advanced memory solutions. Gartner’s Distinguished VP Analyst John‑David Lovelock highlights that expanding...
Eutelsat Impulsa a Co-Op Cable en El Lanzamiento De Una Oferta Ampliada De TV Satelital Directa Al Hogar Y Conectividad...
Eutelsat announced a partnership with Co‑op Cable to roll out an expanded direct‑to‑home satellite TV and broadband service across the Caribbean using the EUTELSAT 65 West A satellite. The joint offering bundles high‑definition TV with GEO‑based internet, targeting islands and remote communities where...