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Nvidia Corp. announced the BlueField‑4 STX reference architecture at its GTC developer event, unveiling a hardware blueprint for AI‑centric storage systems. The design, featuring the BlueField‑4 DPU, Spectrum‑X switches and ConnectX‑9 SuperNICs, is slated for partner shipments in the second half of 2026.
On March 16, 2026, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the Vera CPU, Rubin GPU and the Vera Rubin NVL72 rack at the company’s GTC 2026 conference. The new hardware stack is designed to handle tens of thousands of concurrent agentic AI instances across...
On March 16, 2026, Nvidia announced the Groq‑3 language‑processing unit and the Grace Vera CPU server at its GTC conference in San Jose. The new 3nm‑class inference chip, built on a $20 billion licensing deal with Groq Inc., is packaged in...
On Tuesday 17 March 2024, Britain’s Technology Secretary and the Chancellor announced a pioneering £2 billion "ProQure: Scaling UK Quantum Computing" programme, making the UK the first country to commit to large‑scale quantum computer procurement by the early 2030s. The initiative will...
The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) signed a collaboration agreement to link JST's CRONOS research program with NICT's Integrated Testbed. The deal, announced in 2025, targets rapid development of...
On March 17, 2026, Puerto Rico’s government agencies and 68 municipalities gathered at the Granicus Client Conference in San Juan to announce a large‑scale digital transformation effort. The initiative, led by Granicus officials and local leaders such as deputy administrative...
On March 17, 2026, Ukraine's Ministry of Defence announced the launch of Defence AI Centre “A1”, the first node in a planned network of technology centres of excellence. The initiative is backed by the United Kingdom and aims to accelerate...
On March 18, 2026, Lumikai announced a $1.5 million seed investment in NPrep, an AI‑powered education platform for India’s nursing workforce. The round, also joined by All In Capital, Velo Partners, DSP Group Family Office and angel investor Viren Shetty, aims to scale NPrep’s...
On March 15, OpenAI hosted an invitation‑only Education Summit in San Francisco, drawing roughly 100 senior executives from universities across the United States, Europe and Asia. Attendees—including presidents, chancellors, provosts, CIOs and government officials—debated responsible AI deployment, governance frameworks, and...
On March 18, 2026, Ohio State University announced a partnership with central Ohio school districts to expand its AI literacy initiative, bringing K‑12 teachers and administrators to the Columbus campus for workshops on ethical and effective AI use. The effort,...
Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome announced this week a partnership with Google to embed artificial‑intelligence tools across its teaching, research and administrative functions, establishing a new Teaching & Learning Innovation Hub.
On March 18, 2026, Microsoft announced the launch of an AI for Good Lab in Montevideo, Uruguay, in partnership with the Uruguayan government. The lab, located at the LATU Innovation Park, is led by Juan M. Lavista Ferres, Microsoft’s Corporate...
UiPath and Deloitte announced today, via a joint press release, the launch of an Agentic ERP platform that integrates autonomous AI agents with traditional RPA bots across ERP workflows. The solution, built on UiPath Maestro and featuring the UiPath AI...
Accenture and Databricks announced a strategic expansion of their partnership, unveiling the Accenture Databricks Business Group to accelerate AI application and agent deployment for enterprises worldwide. The joint effort, announced from New York and San Francisco 11 hours ago, bundles...
Cisco Systems and NVIDIA announced today a joint Secure AI Factory that lets enterprises move AI models from data‑center pilots to production across cloud, edge and sovereign environments. The framework, unveiled in a joint press event, integrates Cisco’s UCS, Nexus...
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud arm of Alibaba Group, launched a new AI platform for Chinese enterprises on March 18, 2024, as the domestic market for AI agents experiences rapid expansion. The service, built on Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen large‑language model, offers...
On March 18, 2026, IBM announced the completion of its acquisition of Confluent, a leading data‑streaming platform, signaling a strategic move to make real‑time data the core of its enterprise AI and agent offerings.
On March 18, 2026, Nvidia unveiled OpenClaw, an agentic AI personal assistant that amassed over 250,000 GitHub stars in less than four months, overtaking React as the most‑starred non‑aggregator project. The launch, announced at GTC 2026 in San Jose, drew...
On March 18, 2026, Checkmarx announced a redesigned Checkmarx One platform that adds autonomous AI security agents for DevOps teams. The rollout, detailed by CEO Sandeep Johri, introduces Triage Assist, Remediation Assist, AI Supply Chain Security, AI‑enhanced SAST and DAST...
On March 18, 2026, GitGuardian released its fifth State of Secrets Sprawl report, revealing an 81% year‑over‑year surge in AI‑service credential leaks and a total of roughly 29 million secrets exposed on public GitHub repositories. The findings, presented by CEO Eric Fourrier,...
On March 17, 2026, Chainguard announced Chainguard Actions, a suite of secure‑by‑default CI/CD workflows that protect software supply chains for developers and AI coding agents. The product integrates with popular pipelines such as GitHub Actions and is backed by the...
On March 18, 2026, Samsung Ventures led a €12 million equity round in Irish energy‑tech company GridBeyond. The investment adds Samsung to existing shareholders Alantra’s Energy Transition Fund, Klima, Energy Impact Partners, Mirova and ABB, and is intended to accelerate GridBeyond’s...
U.S. nuclear startup Oklo received its first license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an advanced micro‑reactor, marking the company’s inaugural regulatory clearance in the United States. The approval was announced within the past 24 hours and applies to Oklo’s...
Partech, the Paris‑headquartered venture firm, announced the final close of its debut €300 million Impact Fund this week, aiming to back up to 15 European B2B climate‑tech scaleups with revenues above €10 million. The fund is backed by investors such as Bpifrance,...
On Tuesday, March 17, 2026, San Antonio‑based Victory Capital submitted a fresh offer for London‑listed Janus Henderson Group, proposing $40 per share in cash and a 0.25‑share exchange, which would give Victory roughly 31% of the combined firm. The bid...
On March 16, 2026, UniCredit SpA announced an exchange‑offer to raise its ownership of Germany’s Commerzbank AG from roughly 28% to just over the 30% trigger level under German takeover law. The deal, priced at €30.80 per Commerzbank share—a 4%...
Steward, an AI‑driven compliance platform that oversees $100 billion in investor assets, announced today that it has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Motive Partners, with participation from Outward VC, Cooley and a group of angel investors. The dual‑headquartered...
On March 16, 2026, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office establishing the Whole‑of‑Government Fraud Task Force. The task force, chaired by Vice President JD Vance with FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson as vice‑chair, will coordinate...
On March 16, 2026, a coalition of more than 36 Colorado organizations, led by Children’s Hospital Colorado and Healthier Colorado, urged the state’s next governor to make youth mental health a top priority during the upcoming gubernatorial transition. The group...
On March 18, 2026, Alibaba Group announced the launch of a new enterprise‑focused AI platform in China, aiming to ride the wave of rapid adoption of AI agents across Chinese businesses. The rollout comes as the domestic AI‑agent market accelerates,...
New Zealand’s Compulsion Tech and Gorilla Technology warn that the AI boom has caused a dramatic shortage of RAM and solid‑state drives, inflating prices by roughly 400% since Q4 2023. The shortage is hitting phones, laptops, cars and even dishwashers,...
On March 16, 2026, Nvidia hosted its GTC conference in San Jose, unveiling the Groq‑3 inference chip, new Vera Rubin server racks, and announcing a partnership with Universal Robots and Scale AI to launch the UR AI Trainer. The event...
On March 17, 2026, Microsoft announced a leadership overhaul for its Copilot AI suite, naming Jacob Andreou as the head of the unified Copilot experience for both consumer and commercial markets. The change, detailed in an internal memo from CEO...
On March 18, 2026, Google announced that its Gemini Personal Intelligence feature—previously limited to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers—is now available to all free‑tier U.S. users in AI Mode, the Gemini app, and Gemini in Chrome. The rollout lets personal...
On March 17, MarketBeat’s stock screener identified NVIDIA, Invesco QQQ, Tesla, Micron Technology and SanDisk as the five large‑cap stocks to watch, noting they posted the highest dollar trading volume of any large‑cap shares over the past several days.
On March 16‑17, 2026, U.S. large‑cap stocks rallied as the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 0.9% to 46,946.41 and the S&P 500 rose about 0.7‑1%, while Brent crude breached $100 a barrel. The rally unfolded as the Federal Reserve began...
On Monday, March 18, 2026, Meta Platforms Inc. announced a $27 billion artificial‑intelligence partnership with AI specialist Nebius, sending Meta’s shares up about 3% to roughly $627 on the Nasdaq. The deal comes as the company signals a potential workforce reduction...
On March 15, 2026, Nvidia (NVDA) reported fiscal fourth‑quarter revenue of $68 billion, a 73% year‑over‑year increase, surpassing analyst expectations. The earnings release, disclosed in a Motley Fool article on March 16, 2026, reaffirmed the company’s AI‑driven growth trajectory and sent...
On March 16, 2026 the Louisiana Senate approved Senate Bill 246, a first‑in‑the‑nation measure that bars insurers from using artificial intelligence alone to decide health‑insurance coverage. The bill, championed by Democratic Sen. Jay Luneau and debated by Sen. Regina Barrow,...
Insurers and brokers across Canada are on alert as a powerful storm system hammered British Columbia with heavy rain, up to 120 mm on the South Coast, 150‑200 mm on Vancouver Island, significant snowfall and strong winds. The event, unfolding over the...
On March 17, 2026 Bloomberg reported that traders—including Michael Alfaro, who was poised to launch his own fund—are turning down offers from large multistrategy hedge funds in favor of independent arrangements, signaling a shift away from multimillion‑dollar pay packages and...
Borealis Strategic Capital Partners reported on Thursday that spinouts from Millennium, Citadel and their multi‑strategy rivals are driving a wave of new hedge fund launches in 2025. While the two giants still seed the most platforms, their share fell from...
On March 18, 2026, Victory Capital Holdings sent a revised acquisition proposal to the Special Committee of Janus Henderson Group, offering $40 in cash per share and 0.250 Victory shares, valuing each Janus share at up to $59.32. The improved...
In the first ten days after the US‑Israeli war with Iran began, US oil producers dramatically increased short positions in Brent futures to lock in prices, while hedge funds simultaneously built long exposure, betting on further price gains. The divergent...
On March 17, 2026, hedge funds worldwide dramatically increased short positions in banks, insurers, fintechs and trading firms, reaching the highest intensity since 2016, according to Goldman Sachs data. The sell‑off hit the S&P financials index, which is down more...
The Trade Desk, the top demand‑side platform, posted $2.9 bn in revenue for 2025 and kept a 47% margin, but agencies are increasingly moving spend to Amazon DSP, retail‑media networks and direct buys. The trend was highlighted in interviews with more...
On March 17, South Korean biotech giant Celltrion announced a three‑year contract (2027‑2029) with an unnamed global pharmaceutical company to supply biopharmaceutical drug substances worth a guaranteed 2.949 trillion won, with the potential to expand to 3.754 trillion won. The deal marks...
On March 18, 2026, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer oversaw the start of demolition at the former Pulse nightclub building, with crews arriving at 7 a.m. and demolition slated to finish by noon. The effort, led by Gomez Construction and Borrelli + Partners, is...
On March 17, 2026, startup Okara unveiled its subscription‑based AI CMO platform and rival Candid rolled out a Live Marketing solution that claims AI will handle 90% of operational marketing tasks. Both products target founders and small teams seeking to replace...
Amplēo Marketing and CMO Zen announced a merger today via a joint press release, combining their fractional CMO platforms to offer a broader suite of on‑demand executive services. The deal, disclosed in the United States, aims to accelerate growth for...
