3PL Fit: Staying in Your Lane Drives 3PL Growth
In this episode, Kevin Lawton talks with Dave Hariger, CEO of Swift House, about the evolution of his 3PL from a textbook resale operation to a boutique fulfillment provider focused on small brands. Hariger explains how a sudden loss of a major Amazon client forced Swift House to clarify its niche, leading them to say "no" to ill‑fit customers and prioritize clear communication and simple billing. He also shares the painful journey of switching WMS systems, including a costly failed implementation and the eventual partnership with a consultant to find a solution that scales with their business.
From Test Prep to Graduation, Our Latest AI Tools Support Learners
Google announced a suite of education‑focused AI enhancements, including free AI literacy training for 6 million U.S. K‑12 and higher‑ed teachers, expanded NotebookLM limits for Education Plus users, and Gemini’s new integration with Moodle. The company also launched its first research‑affiliates cohort...
I Reviewed the Aranet4 HOME Monitor to See if the Air Quality in My Home Was Cause for Concern. I...
The Aranet4 HOME monitor offers a plug‑and‑play solution for tracking indoor CO₂, temperature, humidity, and pressure. Setup takes under ten minutes via Bluetooth and a QR‑code guide, and the device runs up to four years on two AA batteries. Its...
Digest: OpenAI Lowers Minimum Spend for Ads Pilot; Meta Pulls Ads for Addiction Lawsuits; YouTube Tests 90-Second Unskippable Ads Amid...
OpenAI has quietly launched an Ads Manager and slashed the minimum spend for its pilot program to $50,000, aiming to attract a broader range of advertisers. Meta Platforms is pulling dozens of ads that recruit plaintiffs for social‑media addiction lawsuits...
Infinite Potential—Insights From the Business and Civil Society Scenario
The Infinite Potential platform released an after‑action report on its Business and Civil Society scenario, where CEOs, investors, technologists and civic leaders grappled with overlapping AI and AGI challenges. Participants framed AGI as a dual national‑security and social legitimacy crisis,...
Zero Entry: The Next Frontier of Mining Robotics and Automation
Jake Harris’s latest column introduces "zero entry" mining, a vision where underground operations run entirely without human presence. He outlines how advances in autonomous drilling rigs, AI‑driven fleet management, and sensor‑rich environments are converging to make human‑free production zones feasible....
Plan Ahead: Year‑Long Event Calendar for PR
🚨 Introducing "Plan Ahead" in Finchling: See relevant upcoming events up to 1 year in advance for your brand: Festivals, TV launches, regulation changes, and more - all on one timeline, tailored to your brand 👇 With this new feature, we...
NearLink’s Next Phase: From Smartphones to Peripherals, but Still China-Centric
NearLink, branded as SparkLink, is gaining traction in China’s IoT market, anchored by an estimated 12 million NearLink‑enabled smartphones slated for 2026, primarily within Huawei’s ecosystem. Peripheral categories such as earbuds, smartwatches and PC accessories are projected to add another 11 million...
Boehringer Ingelheim Introduces LENZELTA®: A New Vaccine Advancing Mastitis Prevention in Dairy Cows
Boehringer Ingelheim has launched LENZELTA®, a new mastitis vaccine for dairy cows that requires two doses during the dry‑off period. The oil‑free formulation targets Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, delivering the earliest onset of immunity and protection lasting up to...
Massive Copper and Uranium Demand Fuels Global Rebuild
Forward Looking - How much copper - uranium? 1. Ukraine / Iran Rebuild 2. US Power Grid Rebuild 3. Nuclear Plants incoming — 100 China + USA 4. 100m Robots 5. India, 1B people no air conditioning 2026 vs. 750m in 2036 6. 800...
Iceland Offers Free Same-Day Delivery This Week in Online Growth Push
Iceland Foods is rolling out free same‑day delivery for orders over £40 (approximately $51) from now until Thursday, 16 April. The service, available until 9 pm each day, promises delivery within two hours and applies to the full range of Iceland and...
How West-Asia War Could Reshape the AI Race
The Iran‑Israel‑US war is disrupting energy supplies, driving up electricity costs and tightening grid capacity, which threatens AI development especially in energy‑constrained regions. U.S. data centers, heavily reliant on natural‑gas power, face higher operating expenses, while developing economies risk falling...
Round Raises $6M to Automate the Finance Workflows that Still Require a Human to Press a Button
London fintech Round announced a $6 million seed round led by Alstin Capital, with participation from Backed VC, Love Ventures, and several angel investors including Indeed co‑founder Paul Forster. The funding backs the launch of two new products—a natural‑language Agentic Workflow Builder and an...
Fintech Landscape in the Caribbean: The Bahamas in 2026
In 2026 the Bahamas, a $15 billion economy of just over 400,000 people, has cemented its reputation as a Caribbean fintech pioneer. The Central Bank’s Sand Dollar, the world’s first retail CBDC, has expanded into government payments, retail transactions and financial‑inclusion...
AI Made Platform Engineering Strategic Again
AI has not simplified software development; it has amplified architectural entropy, making centralized platform engineering essential again. The rise of fragmented AI tools, variable usage‑based costs, and inconsistent logging has turned platform teams into strategic gatekeepers for policy, security, and...
Big4Travel, Horizon FCB Launch Campaign for Those Who’d Rather Miss the FIFA World Cup 2026
Big4Travel, a leading Bangkok travel agency, teamed with Horizon FCB Dubai to launch a contrarian campaign ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026. Instead of joining the flood of football‑centric promotions, the brand offered a travel guide to "Non‑Qualified Countries" and...
Running Windows 11 on Apple’s New MacBook Neo’s A18 Pro Chip
Running Windows 11 on the Apple‑silicon MacBook Neo is possible through ARM‑compatible virtualization tools, with Parallels Desktop emerging as the most efficient solution. The device’s A18 Pro chip and 8 GB of RAM can comfortably handle basic productivity tasks, but the typical 5 GB...
How ClearTax Is Using AI Agents to Simplify Tax Filing in India
ClearTax’s CTO Suvesh Malhotra said AI success hinges on culture and infrastructure. After two years of building the GL Stream data platform, the fintech launched AI agents, including a WhatsApp tax‑filing service that helps gig workers file taxes. An internal...
Europe Is Dismantling Its Own Rulebook to Compete with America
On 19 November 2025 the European Commission unveiled a Digital Omnibus package that amends the AI Act, GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, Data Act and several cybersecurity rules. The proposal delays high‑risk AI obligations by up to 16 months, adds a GDPR “legitimate‑interest” basis for...
Orbital Launches Its Own Real Estate Law Firm
Orbital, the legal‑tech and prop‑tech platform, is launching Farringdon, a UK‑based residential conveyancing law firm. The six‑person team, including three AI‑focused conveyancing engineers, will start taking instructions in May. Orbital plans to feed every AI‑driven workflow insight from Farringdon back...
Sundar Pichai Says AI Represents The 'Most Profound' Technology Ever And The US 'Must Take The Lead' On It
In a CBS “60 Minutes” interview, Google CEO Sundar Pichai called artificial intelligence the most profound technology ever and urged the United States to lead its development responsibly. He highlighted AI’s growing role in medical research, personalized education, and wildfire monitoring, while noting...
Drone Delivery Is Taking Off in the US, Could 2026 Be the UK’s Breakthrough Moment?
Walmart announced a 150‑store expansion of its Wing‑partnered drone delivery program, bringing the total to 270 stores by the end of 2027 and putting roughly 40 million Americans within reach of ultra‑fast aerial shipments. The move underscores a shift from pilot...
Yeastar P-Series Brings AI Intelligence to Modern Call Centers
The global AI‑powered call‑center market is projected to surge to $30.7 billion by 2035, driven by a 22.7% CAGR. Yeastar announced its P‑Series PBX, slated for release on April 9 2026, which embeds AI transcription, summarization and UCaaS capabilities. The solution offers flexible...
Jupiter, AMPIN Open 1.3 GW Solar Factory in India
Jupiter International and AMPIN Energy Transition have opened a 1.3 GW solar cell and module manufacturing plant in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, under their joint venture AMPIN Solar One. The facility, inaugurated by Odisha’s chief minister, was developed under India’s Production‑Linked Incentive (PLI)...
Modern Digital Identity Is Win for Government, People and Banks
South Africa is at a turning point as it moves from paper‑based verification to a reusable digital identity layer. The 2024 South Africa Identity Index shows 44.8% of organisations still depend on in‑person checks, while AI‑driven fraud is flagged by...
Miracell Reports US FDA 510(k) Clearance for SMART M-CELL PRP and Bone Marrow Concentration Systems
Miracell announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted 510(k) clearance for its SMART M-CELL PRP Concentration System and Bone Marrow Concentration System, including the related kits. The clearance was based on substantial equivalence to the previously cleared SmartPReP...
Freely Opens New Revenue Stream for CTV OS Partners with Spotlight Channels
Freely, the free‑to‑air TV guide owned by BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5, will roll out "Spotlight Channels" later this year, allocating channel 31 and channels 90‑99 to CTV operating‑system partners. V, the company behind the VIDAA OS used on Hisense smart TVs, is...
California Bill Would Limit EV-Charging Access in Affordable Housing
California requires new multifamily developments to include EV‑charging outlets for residents with parking, a policy hailed as the nation’s most equitable. A February‑introduced bill, AB 2748, would suspend this requirement for affordable‑housing projects until at least 2036, reverting to the...
This Ohio County Put a Ban on Wind and Solar. Will Voters Reverse It?
Richland County, Ohio, used Senate Bill 52 to ban large‑scale wind and solar projects in 11 of its 18 townships last July. A grassroots coalition gathered thousands of signatures to place a referendum on the May 5, 2026 primary ballot, letting voters...
Congrats Artemis II—NASA’s Backup Crew Ready for Artemis III
Congrats on Artemis II. Just in case you need a backup crew for Artemis III... @nasa
OpenBSD Installs with All Services, Even SSH, Disabled
When you install OpenBSD for the first time and everything is disabled by default (including SSH). 😅
CPUID Watering Hole Attack Spreads STX RAT Malware
Threat actors compromised the CPUID website between April 9‑10, 2026, swapping legitimate CPU‑Z and HWMonitor download links with malicious installers for roughly six hours. The trojanized files contained a malicious DLL that used DLL sideloading to deliver the STX remote‑access trojan,...
Centerbase Launches AI-Powered Business Intelligence Tool That Gives Firms Citation-Backed Answers From Their Own Data
Centerbase, the practice‑management platform for midsized law firms, announced the limited release of Centerbase IQ, an AI‑powered business intelligence tool that answers firm‑specific questions using the firm’s own data and provides citation links to source documents. The solution leverages a...
Single Cu Atom Sites on Co3O4 Activate Interfacial Oxygen for Enhanced Reactivity and Selective Gas Sensing at Low Temperature
Researchers have anchored atomically dispersed copper atoms (1.42 wt.%) onto Co3O4 nanoparticles, creating Cu–O–Co interfacial linkages that dramatically lower the temperature needed to activate lattice oxygen. This structural tweak yields more than a twenty‑fold increase in low‑temperature formaldehyde sensing compared with...
Strong Ligand Coordination Enabled Multiphase Ceramic Nanofibers for Simultaneously Enhancing Structural Stability and Infrared Reflection
Researchers introduced a carboxylic‑acid ligand coordination method that stabilizes reactive zirconium and titanium sols for electrospun ceramic nanofibers. The resulting multicomponent fibers embed a zirconia buffer between an alumina matrix and infrared‑reflective titania, delivering exceptional mechanical robustness and infrared reflectivity....
Should Brands Invest in Virtual and AI Influencers?
Campaign Middle East surveyed regional marketers about virtual and AI influencers, revealing a split between proponents and skeptics. Advocates cite scalability, cost efficiency and creative control, while detractors argue that authenticity and trust remain essential for influencer success. The discussion...
MoH Urges Hospitals to Accelerate Electronic Medical Records
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health (MoH) issued Document No.04/CT-BYT on April 7, ordering all hospitals to complete electronic medical record (EMR) implementation by Dec 31, 2026 and to cease paper records by 2027. The directive builds on existing laws and circulars and reflects...
Ather Energy Shares Rally 8% While Eicher Motors, Hero MotoCorp Shares Drop up to 4%. Here's Why
Delhi’s draft EV Policy 2026‑2030 proposes up to $360 (₹30,000) subsidies for electric two‑wheelers and $600 (₹50,000) for electric auto‑rickshaws, plus tiered per‑kWh incentives and tax exemptions. The incentives have already reshaped market sentiment, sending Ather Energy’s shares up more than...
Anthropic Mythos Reveals Pandora’s Box Of AI Extensional Risks And For Safety Sakes Not Yet Publicly Released
Anthropic has paused the public rollout of its next‑generation LLM, Claude Mythos Preview, after internal tests revealed the model could uncover a large set of cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The company disclosed that Mythos demonstrated both defensive and offensive hacking capabilities, prompting...
Why China’s AI Models Are Secretly Struggling With Complex Reasoning
Recent benchmark studies show Chinese AI models lagging behind leading Western systems by roughly eight months on the ARC AGI 2 test and struggling with multi‑step logical tasks such as the Pencil Puzzle Benchmark. The gap extends to advanced mathematical reasoning on...
Redmi A7 Pro 5G with 120Hz Display and 6300 mAh Battery Launched in India, Price Starts at ₹12,499
Xiaomi has introduced the Redmi A7 Pro 5G in India, pricing the 4 GB/64 GB model at ₹12,499 (about $150) and the 4 GB/128 GB version at ₹13,499 (≈$162). The phone features a 6.9‑inch 120 Hz display, a 6,300 mAh battery with 15 W fast charging, and...
Payments Firm Wise Heads to New York With £181 Billion Year Behind It
Wise reported a 26% jump in Q4 FY2026 cross‑border volumes to £49.4 billion (about $63 billion) and a 25% rise for the full year to £181.7 billion (≈$233 billion). Active customers grew 22% to 11.3 million and underlying income rose 24% to £435.3 million (≈$557 million). The...
Robotic Telemedicine Arrives in North Carolina Hospitals
As in the hospital were bad enough on North Carolina has deployed robots that interact with you and the doctor is on the screen talking to you. #Dystopian #WelcomeToTheMonkeyHouse 🙈 https://t.co/XM2yyNtv01
Check Point Launches WA PoP for Workplace Security SASE
Check Point Software Technologies has opened a Western Australia point of presence (PoP) for its Workplace Security SASE platform, delivering local data residency and compliance with WA‑specific legislation. The Perth PoP joins existing sites in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland and...
Startup Funding: Q1 2026
Q1 2026 saw private semiconductor startups raise over $8 billion across 80 companies, with 18 rounds exceeding $100 million and two mega‑rounds—Cerebras and Rapidus—reaching $1 billion each. AI‑centric chip designs for inference and high‑bandwidth interconnects dominated the capital, while photonics and agentic EDA...
Why Hardware Monitoring Needs Infrastructure, Not Just Sensors
Chipmakers are turning to comprehensive hardware monitoring infrastructures to handle the growing complexity of modern SoCs, which now contain billions of transistors and multiple power and clock domains. Traditional test and guard‑banding methods no longer provide sufficient visibility, prompting a...
The Largest Orbital Compute Cluster Is Open for Business
Kepler Communications launched the largest orbital compute cluster in January, featuring 40 Nvidia Orin edge processors spread across ten satellites linked by laser communications. The firm announced a partnership with Sophia Space, which will upload its proprietary operating system to...
Toronto FinTech Symposium 2026: Open Banking, AI, Digital Finance
Excited to be heading to #Toronto next month for the Canada FinTech Symposium 2026! If Open Banking, AI, and digital finance are part of your 2026 strategy, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss. Register Now 👉 https://t.co/bYuAXP2loh @chyppings @CanadaSymp70327...
Uber Delivery Robots Defaced In Sheffield
Uber Eats’ autonomous delivery robots, operated by Starship Technologies, began service in Sheffield’s Meersbrook neighbourhood on March 20, 2026. Within a week, the devices were vandalised with spray‑paint messages, bent poles, gaffer tape and traffic cones placed to block movement. Residents...
Google Pixel 11 Pro: Every Specification and Release Date Rumor So Far
Google announced the Pixel 11 series for an August 2026 launch, featuring the standard Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL with starting prices of $799, $999 and $1,199 respectively. The lineup is powered by the new Tensor G6 2‑nanometer chipset, promising faster AI processing,...
