Tech Trends in Ramadan Philanthropy: Contactless and Mobile Giving
Ramadan philanthropy is rapidly shifting from cash boxes to contactless and mobile donation platforms. Digital tools such as NFC, QR codes, and mobile wallets enable donors to give instantly from anywhere, boosting fundraising speed and reach. Subscription-based giving and multi-currency gateways further expand donor bases globally. These technologies also improve fund management, security, and environmental sustainability for mosques and Islamic charities.
Why It’s Not Google’s Fault when Your Campaign Flops
Marketers often blame Google, Meta or TikTok when campaigns underperform, but the real issue lies in shifting audience behavior and fragmented creative planning. Consumers now drift across search, social and niche platforms without a linear path, exposing weak, broadcast‑style ideas....
Building AI Product Sense, Part 2
In part two of "Building AI Product Sense," Dr. Marily Nika, an experienced AI product manager from Google and Meta, outlines a weekly ritual for developing AI product sense—translating model behavior into trustworthy products. She explains why Meta now includes...
Marketplacer Powers EE Trade-In Capability via Marketplace Returns Flow
EE, a major UK mobile network, has integrated device trade‑in directly into its digital purchase flow using Marketplacer’s marketplace platform. By adapting its existing returns workflow, EE launched a low‑risk, scalable solution covering six device categories with instant trade‑in quotes...
The Path to a Stronger Economy Through Financial Inclusion
The UK is at a crossroads as Labour backbenchers propose legislation to force banks to broaden affordable lending for SMEs and underserved founders. The Entrepreneurship Revolution report, commissioned by Block, reveals that over five million Britons could start a business...
Lupin Settles Myrbetriq Patent Spat with Astellas for $90m
Lupin has agreed to pay $90 million to settle U.S. patent litigation with Astellas over the over‑active bladder drug Myrbetriq. The settlement includes a $75 million option payment and ongoing per‑unit license fees until Astellas' patent expires in September 2027. The deal lets...
Reddit and AI Search Are Reshaping How Brands Get Found
Marketers are shifting focus to niche platforms and AI‑driven search, highlighted by two recent awards: Everso Media as Best Reddit Marketing Agency and Nicely Network as Best AI‑SEO Marketing Agency for 2026. Reddit’s community‑driven content now appears prominently in Google...
The Optimization Playbook: Lessons From the Central Plant
The piece explains how central‑plant optimization can unlock hidden energy savings by using simple observation, spreadsheet modeling, and customized control sequences. Real‑world examples from campuses, hospitals, and military bases show six‑figure cost reductions without expensive software. It links efficiency gains...
AI and the Future
Three years after ChatGPT's debut, Atlantic Council experts caution that current AI, built on large language models, excels at pattern‑based tasks but lacks true predictive power for complex geopolitical outcomes. They highlight AI's probabilistic nature, limited ability to generate new...
Taxing Times: Top IRS Scams to Look Out for in 2026
Tax season in 2026 is seeing a surge in sophisticated IRS‑related scams, with fraudsters leveraging AI, phishing, and fake W‑2 schemes to steal personal data and refunds. Scammers impersonate the agency via email, text, or phone, demanding payment through gift...
Medicare’s New Pilot Program Taps AI to Review Claims. Here’s Why It’s Risky
Medicare has launched a six‑year pilot called the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISER) model, requiring prior authorization for 14 types of procedures and devices in traditional Medicare. The program uses artificial‑intelligence software to flag and deny claims it deems...
Sava Reports World-First 10-Day Clinical Evidence for Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Sava Technologies announced the first 10‑day clinical evidence for continuous glucose monitoring using its proprietary microsensor technology. In an independent study of 46 Type 1 and insulin‑dependent Type 2 diabetes patients, the microsensor showed a mean absolute relative difference (MARD) within 0.8...
Red Oak Appoints Kirk Sadler as Chief Product Officer
Red Oak, a compliance connectivity platform for financial services, announced the appointment of Kirk Sadler as chief product officer. Sadler joins with over twenty years of B2B enterprise software experience, most recently as vice‑president of product at Mitratech. His role...
DuckDuckGo Enables AI Voice Chat without Saving Voice Data
DuckDuckGo has integrated AI-powered voice chat into its Duck.ai assistant, allowing users to converse with the model using spoken input. The company emphasizes that audio streams are processed in real time and are not stored after the session, with encryption...
Jollyes Launches ‘Lowest Price Pet Brand in the UK’
Jollyes Pets has introduced Simply Jollyes, the UK's lowest‑priced own‑label pet range, covering food and accessories for dogs, cats, small pets and birds. The line launches with 22 products and will be stocked in all 118 Jollyes stores this month,...
Guidance ‘Black Hole’ Sparks Charity Soft Opt-In Warning
The new Data (Use & Access) Act introduces a “soft opt‑in” rule for charities, allowing them to send marketing emails and texts to supporters who have shown interest without prior consent. The amendment could unlock up to £290 million in additional...
SailPoint Sees Rising Demand for Adaptive Identity Security
SailPoint reports growing demand for adaptive identity security as enterprises grapple with an influx of non‑human identities such as AI agents, machines, and service accounts. The company unveiled its Agent Identity Security feature, enabling discovery, classification, and governance of these...
‘Vanishingly Small’: Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei Downplays AI Impact on Jobs Amid ‘SaaSpocalypse’ Fears
Anthropic president Daniela Amodei told ABC News that AI will only replace a vanishingly small number of jobs, emphasizing that human skills such as critical thinking, empathy and communication will become more valuable. She highlighted the importance of humanities education...
Navitas Unveils Breakthrough 10 kW DC-DC Platform Delivering 98.5% Efficiency for 800 VDC Next-Gen AI Data Centers
Navitas Semiconductor introduced a 10 kW GaN‑based DC‑DC platform that delivers up to 98.5% peak efficiency and 2.1 kW/in³ power density for 800 V and ±400 V data‑center architectures. The full‑brick module operates at a 1 MHz switching frequency using advanced 650 V and 100 V GaNFast...
Tracking Post-Acute Infection Syndromes Over Time
Researchers introduced latent transition analysis (LTA) to map the longitudinal trajectories of post‑acute infection syndromes (PAIS), revealing distinct symptom phenotypes and their transition probabilities. By integrating symptom scores, biomarkers, and patient‑reported outcomes across multiple time points, the study quantified how...
Cosco Debuts Beibu Gulf and Middle East Car Carrier Service
Cosco Shipping Car Carriers has launched a monthly ro‑ro liner linking the Beibu Gulf ports of Qinzhou and Nansha with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The service, operated by the vessel Cosco Shengshi, will transport roughly 2,000 commercial vehicles...
AlgoSec Study Finds Enterprises Seek More Control in Network Security
AlgoSec’s State of Network Security Report, based on over 500 global respondents, reveals enterprises are shifting toward unified policy control amid rapid cloud growth, AI‑driven traffic, and hybrid workloads. Sixty‑five percent of organizations have already adjusted to AI‑powered threats, with...
Why AI-Ready ERP Depends on Industrial-Scale Cloud Infrastructure
Enterprise software is entering an AI‑driven era, and ERP systems must now prove they can run large language models reliably, securely, and at scale. Oracle’s NetSuite highlights its advantage by being built as a shared, multi‑user platform on a unified...
FIIG Securities Fined AU$2.5 Million Following Prolonged Cybersecurity Failures
Australian fixed‑income firm FIIG Securities was hit with a AU$2.5 million civil penalty after the Federal Court found it failed to protect client data for over four years. A 2023 ransomware attack exfiltrated roughly 385 GB of personal and financial information belonging...
Tabi Connect Launches AI-Powered Dynamic Business Rules Engine at Manifest 2026
Tabi Connect unveiled its AI‑powered Dynamic Business Rules Engine at Manifest 2026, enabling freight brokers to create and modify complex pricing logic using plain‑English commands without any code. The engine replaces manual, spreadsheet‑driven quoting with a real‑time, governed decision layer...
The New Gemini-Based Google Translate Can Be Hacked with Simple Words
Google Translate switched to Gemini models in December 2025, and researchers have uncovered a prompt‑injection flaw that lets users bypass the translation engine entirely. By appending an English instruction after foreign‑language input, the system answers the instruction instead of translating....
ENISA Updates Its International Strategy to Strengthen EU’s Cybersecurity Cooperation
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has published an updated International Strategy aimed at reinforcing the EU’s cyber‑defence ecosystem through selective global cooperation. The revision aligns partnerships with the EU’s policy objectives, highlighting collaborations with Ukraine, the United States,...
UK’s Brightest Young Scientists Named Finalists for Largest Unrestricted Science Prize
The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences announced the nine finalists for the 2026 UK Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, covering Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, and Physical Sciences & Engineering. Three laureates will receive £100,000 each, while the remaining...
Claude AI Now Powers PowerPoint Deck Creation
🚨 Claude is now in PowerPoint, and it's just insane how good it is getting. → it works inside your template → generate full decks with logical structure → iterate to simplify → combine slides .. it can even creates editable diagrams directly in PPT...
Defining Resilience: Why It Matters in InsurTech
How would you define Resilience ? → https://t.co/A4KJbkxo41 That's a question I was asked recently while preparing for a panel of an upcoming InsurTech conference. Which makes perfect sense as the word is gaining momentum, though still in its early days. https://t.co/iLT5SURyPk
Sneak Preview: Leveraging AI for Contextual CTV Advertising at Streaming Media Connect
At Streaming Media Connect, a panel titled “All About Context: Leveraging AI for Contextual CTV Advertising” will explore how artificial intelligence can power real‑time, content‑aware ad placements across connected‑TV platforms. Moderated by SVTA expert Bhavesh Upadhyaya, the discussion features leaders...
Engineering at the Edge: Nidec Powering the Future of Ship Loading at Dalrymple Bay
Nidec Drives Africa engineered a 1 MW variable frequency drive motor control centre (MCC) for the new SL1A ship loader at Dalrymple Bay Terminal, 4 km offshore in Mackay, Australia. The IP44‑rated, Form 4a‑compliant system integrates dual Active Front End units, a 600 Vdc...
2026’s Digital Blueprint: Building Payment Stability in Construction
Late payments remain a chronic issue in construction, with 70% of contractors and subcontractors reporting regular delays that inflate costs and jeopardize projects. The financial strain forces firms to increase bids by roughly 8% and pushes material prices up by...
Payments Orchestration Becomes a Profit Center
Payments orchestration, once a back‑office utility, is now being positioned as a profit center for merchants. By inserting a control layer between merchants and multiple acquirers, processors and wallets, the technology enables real‑time routing decisions that optimize cost, authorization rates...
Why Game-Day Revenue Doesn’t Mean Same-Day Cash
Professional sports teams generate massive game‑day revenue, but cash arrives days or weeks later, creating a structural mismatch between inflows and outflows. Immediate expenses—player payroll, travel, security—must be paid upfront while ticket, merchandise, and media earnings settle on staggered schedules....
Nearly 3 in 4 Premium Cardholders Used a Card-Linked Offer in the Past Year
A PYMNTS Intelligence survey of 3,066 U.S. consumers reveals that premium credit‑card holders—those paying annual fees above $100—are the most engaged segment, with 74% redeeming at least one card‑linked offer in the past year. By contrast, only 32% of free‑card...
Perforce AI Products and Features Achieve ISO 42001 Certification
Perforce Software announced that several of its AI products and features have earned ISO 42001 certification, the first international standard for responsible AI management. The certified lineup includes Delphix Data Control Tower, BlazeMeter Test Data Pro, BlazeMeter AI Log Analysis,...
Mastercard Tightens Rules for BIN Sponsors That Support FinTech Card Issuers
Mastercard has introduced BIN Sponsor Plus, an accreditation program for UK Bank Identification Number sponsors that enable fintechs to issue cards. The initiative formalizes higher standards for training, due diligence and operational rigor, while offering accredited sponsors dedicated Mastercard support....
Understanding Breaches Before and After They Happen: What Every Organization Should Know
The article highlights that most cyber breaches stem from basic hygiene failures—human error, unpatched software, weak authentication, and poor segmentation—rather than sophisticated exploits. Multi‑factor authentication (MFA) blocks the majority of automated attacks but remains vulnerable to fatigue and social‑engineering tricks....
Is Agentic Commerce Enterprise-Grade, or Not? Yes, Says Ayal Karmi - but It Needs Operational Rails
In early 2026 OpenAI and Google introduced the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) and Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), formalising AI‑driven checkout standards. nekuda positions itself as the enterprise‑grade bridge, providing secure payment rails that connect these protocols to merchant back‑ends. The...
From Operational Efficiency to Asset Performance - How Precision Drilling Used SAP S/4HANA to Turn Asset Data Into Operational Intelligence
Precision Drilling migrated to SAP S/4HANA starting in 2017, coupling the greenfield ERP rollout with a rigorous data‑governance program based on ISO 14224 standards. The shift replaced a heavily customized ECC landscape with standardized processes, master‑data hierarchies and role‑based Fiori apps,...
Novel Microfluidic Method Improves Nanoparticle Separation Accuracy
University of Oulu researchers unveiled a microfluidic technique that merges electrophoretic slip and viscoelastic forces to separate sub‑micron particles. The approach raises the purity of synthetic polystyrene beads by 30‑50% and improves cancer‑cell vesicle purity by over 20%. Unlike conventional...
When the Softest Carbon Meets the Hardest
Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University reviewed the emerging field of graphene‑diamond hybrids, materials that combine the flexibility and conductivity of graphene with the hardness and thermal stability of diamond. They categorize hybrids into van der Waals structures with weak...
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SaaS SEO In 10 Steps [Examples Included]
The guide outlines a ten‑step framework for building a high‑performing SaaS SEO strategy, from keyword research to brand building. It emphasizes product‑led content, topic clusters, and international optimization as differentiators for SaaS firms. The article quantifies the impact, noting that...
Microfluidic Reactor System Turns Sunlight and Waste Heat Into High-Efficiency Hydrogen Fuel
Researchers at National Taiwan University and National Tsing Hua University unveiled a compact microfluidic reactor that simultaneously harvests sunlight and waste heat to produce hydrogen. The device couples a Ti₃C₂‑CdS heterostructure catalyst with a thermoelectric generator, achieving a solar‑to‑hydrogen conversion...
Energy Scaleup Group Secures £55m Series B Round
London‑based tem has closed a $75 million (£55 million) Series B round, led by Lightspeed Ventures and backed by Hitachi Ventures, Atomico and others. The startup, founded in 2021, offers what it calls the first AI‑native energy transaction infrastructure, combining an AI‑powered engine,...
Evinova and Bristol Myers Squibb Launch AI Collaboration for Clinical Trials
Evinova announced a strategic agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb to deploy its AI‑native Cost Optimizer module across BMS’s global clinical trial portfolio. The platform leverages agentic AI, USDM data standards, and a Unified Trial Solution that blends eCOA, telehealth, and...
How AI Is Reshaping Attack Path Analysis
Cybersecurity teams are drowning in disparate findings, while adversaries leverage AI to craft rapid attack chains. By integrating AI with the MITRE ATT&CK framework, organizations can generate dynamic heat maps that surface coverage gaps and model realistic attack paths. Platforms...
Why Is a $700M Startup “Testing” Its AI in the Balkans?
Wonderful, an Amsterdam‑based autonomous AI‑agent platform, raised $134 million and reached a $700 million valuation within its first year. In September 2025 it opened a Central‑Eastern European hub in Zagreb, positioning Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia as a proving ground for culturally‑grounded AI. The...
Made4net Unveils AI Journey
Made4net announced its AI Journey, a three‑phase roadmap that moves warehouse management from assistive chatbots to fully autonomous AI agents. The first wave introduces in‑flow digital assistants and living SOPs to streamline user tasks. The second wave adds smart exception...