Space Force Awards GPS Ground Contract Amid OCX Uncertainty
The U.S. Space Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $105 million contract to sustain and enhance its interim GPS ground system, known as the Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP). The funding adds capabilities for launch, early‑orbit and disposal operations of the upcoming GPS III F (IIIF) satellites, slated for a fiscal‑2027 debut. Meanwhile, the long‑delayed Next‑Generation GPS Operational Control Segment (OCX) remains 10 years behind schedule, with costs swelling to about $8 billion and the Department of Defense weighing cancellation. Senior leaders, including Gen. Chance Saltzman, say any path forward must ensure robust command and control for future GPS constellations.
E-Invoicing and VIDA: Why the VAT Gap Is Closing, Whether You’re Ready or Not
The EU’s VIDA (VAT in the Digital Age) program will require real‑time e‑invoicing for all businesses by 2030, replacing periodic VAT filings with instant digital reporting. The initiative relies on the PEPPOL network, a standardized cross‑border invoice exchange system that...
Bank of America’s CashPro App Records $1.2T in Payments & 20% Usage Growth, as AI and Mobile Transform BofA Treasury...
Bank of America’s CashPro platform processed roughly $1.2 trillion in corporate payments over the past year, marking a significant scale for the bank’s treasury services. Transaction volume grew 20% year‑over‑year as AI‑driven features such as automated cash forecasting and fraud detection...
Claude's AI Agent Automates Growth Experiments, Matching Junior PM
Claude is now automating it's own growth. Their team built an agent called CASH (Claude Accelerates Sustainable Hypergrowth), which works across the full lifecycle of growth experimentation: (1) identifying opportunities, (2) building the feature, (3) running the test, and (4) analyzing...
Even Dead Kindles Hold Resale Value
Wait, are you telling me those dead kindles in my drawer are worth something? $$
METCASE Expands Accessory Options for Enclosures
METCASE has released a new accessories brochure that broadens its enclosure portfolio with metal tilt/swivel bail arms, molded ABS feet, PCB mounting kits, 19‑inch rack panels, shelves and hardware. The components are universal, fitting METCASE and third‑party enclosures as well...
SaaS Market Loses $2 Trillion, Biggest Ever Drawdown
The SaaSpocalypse continues. Nearly $2 trillion in market value has been erased over the past 12 months. It is the largest drawdown in absolute market capitalization ever.
WEKA Claims Nvidia CMX Support Plays to Its Strengths
Nvidia’s GTC 2026 announcement introduced the CMX KV‑cache extension for RDMA‑connected SSDs, prompting industry speculation that it could erode WEKA’s advantage with local SSDs in GPU servers. WEKA counters that its NeuralMesh client and server software already supports Nvidia Grace...
Interpretability Becomes New Scalability in Synthetic Biology
One of the most clarifying conversations we've had about where biotech should go next. Krish Ramadurai of @aixventureshq argues interpretability is the new scalability, and that the founders who build mechanistic, measurable platforms will define the next era of synthetic biology. He...
Vancouver’s EarthDaily Analytics Secures Eight-Figure US Defence Contract
Vancouver‑based EarthDaily Analytics has landed an eight‑figure (roughly $10‑99 million) data‑subscription deal with an undisclosed U.S. defence and intelligence technology firm. The contract provides daily, AI‑ready satellite imagery covering tens of millions of square kilometres, sourced from the upcoming EarthDaily Constellation....
Ten Years of IoT in Building Automation: 2016 to 2026
Over the past decade, building automation has shifted from siloed, proprietary controllers to open, cloud‑connected IoT ecosystems. Falling sensor costs and protocols like MQTT and BACnet/IP enabled real‑time data collection, while the COVID‑19 pandemic accelerated remote monitoring and highlighted cybersecurity...
Niantic Spatial’s John Hanke: The Don’t-Call-It an Exit Interview
Niantic, the creator of Pokémon Go, has completed a major transformation by selling its gaming division and rebranding as Niantic Spatial, a pure‑play mapping and geospatial‑AI firm. At the end of last month the company appointed former IBM executive Inhi Cho Suh as...
EU Publishes Implementing Act for Remote EUDI Wallet Onboarding
On Tuesday, the European Commission released an Implementing Act that sets reference standards for remote onboarding of European Digital Identity (EUDI) wallets. The act mandates a high assurance level, combining electronic identification with additional procedures, and aligns with ETSI TS 119 461...
b.well Announces Partnerships with Noom, Humana, Welldoc
b.well Connected Health announced strategic integrations with Noom, Welldoc and Humana, linking each to its national health data network under the CMS Health Technology Ecosystem. Humana will receive real‑time member data to streamline claims and provider queries. Welldoc’s AI‑driven cardiometabolic...
CEO Interview: Qdrant
Qdrant’s CEO Andre Zayarni describes the company’s focus as a vector‑search layer for AI, essential for Retrieval‑Augmented Generation, recommendation engines, agentic workflows, and semantic search. He estimates the current vector database market at roughly $3 billion, with potential growth to $18 billion...
European Union to Restructure Its Space Bureaucracy
The European Commission announced that the European Union Agency for the Space Programme will be renamed the European Union Space Services Agency (EUSPA). The rebranded agency will take charge of operating Galileo, upcoming communications constellations, and security‑focused satellite projects from...
Neoclouds Gain Momentum in a Supply-Constrained World
Neoclouds—GPU‑focused cloud platforms for AI workloads—are rapidly capturing market share, with Q4 revenue reaching $9 billion, a 223% year‑over‑year increase. Analysts at Synergy Research Group project the sector will exceed $25 billion in 2025 and approach $400 billion by 2031, driven by a...
Define Audience First, Then Let AI Write Copy
I wrote this because I think a lot of people are making the same mistake with AI and website copy. They’re using it to write pages before they’ve figured out the audience, positioning and what the page actually needs to do. That’s...
UMass Study Finds States Approve Most Solar Projects in Under 1 Year
A University of Massachusetts Amherst study of 460 wind and solar projects in 19 states finds most receive permits within roughly a year, with a 90% overall approval rate. Kentucky and Mississippi process applications about five months faster than the...
Episode 322: The Great L&D Reset: How Managed Learning Services Are Redefining the Function
In this episode, Soma Bhadari, SVP of Liberate, explains how traditional in‑house L&D is being rewired into a strategic, orchestration role while execution is handed to Managed Learning Services (MLS). She highlights the key drivers of MLS adoption—speed, advanced capabilities...
Chunghwa Telecom Invests in Trans-Pacific E2A Cable
Chunghwa Telecom announced a multi‑carrier investment in the E2A submarine cable, a 12,500‑kilometer trans‑Pacific fiber‑optic system linking Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and California. The project, co‑developed with SK Broadband, SoftBank and Verizon, aims to meet surging demand from AI‑driven cloud...
Musk Says Tesla FSD V15 Will ‘Far Exceed’ Human Safety — He Said the Same About V12 and V14
Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s upcoming Full Self‑Driving version 15 will "far exceed human levels of safety," echoing identical promises made for versions 12 and 14. The claim follows a recent user review of FSD v14.3, which highlighted ongoing bugs and...
HumanX: Between Prophecy and Procurement
HumanX 2026 moved from Las Vegas to San Francisco, positioning the conference at the heart of the AI boom. The three‑day event combined a high‑octane spectacle—strobe lights, themed installations, and algorithm‑driven networking—with a deep program on AI adoption, governance, and...
Study: Tech Friction Drains 51 Workdays Despite AI Investment
Enterprise AI spending has hit record highs, yet more than half of employees still sidestep AI tools, completing tasks manually. A stark trust gap emerges, with only 9% of workers trusting AI for critical decisions versus 61% of executives. The...
CMO Builds AI‑powered Tools without Writing Code
I'm a CMO of a $100M+ ARR (boostrapped) company. And I have 7 parallel sessions of Claude Code running on my laptop right now. I've never written a line of code in my life. But in the past few months I've built: ▪️...
AWS Wants to Register Your AI Agents
Amazon Web Services unveiled the AWS Agent Registry, a service that lets enterprises catalog, discover, and reuse AI agents, tools, and skills across any cloud or on‑premise environment. The registry is part of the broader AgentCore framework and captures metadata...
People Google You Before They Buy — Are You Ready?
Fintech buyers in 2026 treat legitimacy verification as a separate funnel stage, researching a company’s regulatory status, security protocols, and pricing before evaluating product features. Rising fraud anxiety, AI‑driven research, and stricter regulations such as EU DORA and MiCA force...
Samsung Quietly Increased the Price of Two Galaxy Z Fold 7 Models
Samsung quietly raised the price of its top‑end Galaxy Z Fold 7 models in the United States. The 1 TB variant now costs $2,499, an $80 increase, while the 512 GB version also climbed $80 to $2,199 before discounts. The adjustments come without...
Razer Just Released some New Gaming Earbuds with Low Latency and Fast Switching Between Devices
Razer has launched the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed gaming earbuds, priced at $130, with a 40‑hour total battery life and upgraded active noise cancellation. The earbuds use Razer’s proprietary HyperSpeed 2.4 GHz wireless link for ultra‑low latency audio, supporting PCs, PS5, Steam...
Polygenic Scores Make Parental Genetic Choices More Intentional
Parents already make genetic decisions about the traits of their kids when they select a partner. Now those choices are becoming more conscious. @herasight is building polygenic scores that predict traits and diseases across diverse ancestries. Looking forward to hearing @JonathanAnomaly...
Arkansas Petitions To Reinstate Restrictions On Social Media Algorithms
Arkansas has asked the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a preliminary injunction that blocked a state law prohibiting social‑media platforms from using algorithms or design features that could lead users to suicide, drug use, eating disorders, or addiction....
FCC Proposes Sweeping Rules on Foreign Call Centers: Onshoring Mandates, Consumer Protections and Robocall Deterrence
On March 27, 2026 the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking targeting foreign call centers. The package proposes a 30% cap on calls handled abroad, English‑proficiency testing, mandatory disclosures, and a right for consumers to be transferred to U.S....
Episode 320: How Trusted Advisors Are Delivering More Value Through Strategic HCM Partnerships
In this episode, Brandon Hall’s Claude Werder and guests Spencer Johnson of Zions Bank and Suzanne Santana of iSolved discuss iSolved’s Center of Influence (COI) program, which enables trusted advisors like bankers to add strategic value by referring clients to...
AI Digital Workers Transform Insurance Branding and Revenue
NEWSFLASH: @outrivalAI just launched our dedicated insurance vertical, led by @JohnHenryStyle We're already live with both publicly traded and private companies, doing 3M+ calls/month across education, insurance, and travel. What Silicon Valley calls AI agents, we call Digital Workers. They...
Age Influences Workplace AI Exposure
The Institute for Public Relations report reveals a stark generational divide in AI exposure at work. Employees aged 25‑34 are twice as likely as those 65+ to receive formal AI training (57% vs 31%) and guidance (57% vs 37%). Younger...
Tesla Hits FSD Hackers with Surprise Move
Tesla has begun remotely disabling Full Self‑Driving (FSD) on vehicles fitted with third‑party CAN‑bus hacks that unlock the feature in markets where it is not approved. The crackdown, announced in early April, targets owners in Europe, China, Japan, South Korea...
AI Rewrites 2017 Multi‑Task Paper Into Working Code
Like many people, I’m seeing another step-change in coding agents. Our reviewed and merged PRs at Wayve are up ~50% in the last month alone. It made me wonder.. what would be possible with these tools during my PhD? So I...
RAG Success Depends on Ecosystem, Not Just Model Choice
This is one of the cleanest visual summaries of a production-grade RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) stack I’ve seen. What it highlights clearly is an often-ignored reality: RAG is not a single tool — it’s an ecosystem. A solid RAG system spans multiple, interchangeable layers: LLMs...
Prioritize Profitable Bootstrapping over Chasing Hypergrowth
Don't chase hyper-scaler growth. Just ignore it all. Do something that's bootstrapped and profitable. Hypergrowth is likely to come 10 years down the road if you keep your head down and build a great biz. Look at Mailchimp. Look at...
From Ford’s Assembly Line to Fully Autonomous Dark Factories
More than a century ago, Henry Ford began to automated production of his vehicles. But today, dark factories operate without humans entirely. My latest for @IMechE's Professional Engineering https://t.co/fxnq0uvAnu
No Backspace in the Physical World – Building AI for 5,000-Lb Machines
FieldAI, led by former NASA and DARPA engineer Dr. Ali Agha, is developing a universal AI brain that can control a spectrum of heavy‑duty robots, from modern robot dogs to retrofitted excavators. The system emphasizes a 99.999% safety reliability target,...
Quantum Computing Sales Surge 68% MoM, 88% YoY
Quantum computing is the next big technology revolution solving hours/days/weeks problems into minutes. Quanta Computing - just posted March sales up 68% m/m and 88% y/y. Likely 2029 event but CTOs are starting spend now.
Tracker PV Arrays Degrade Faster From UV than Fixed‑tilt
UNSW study finds tracker-based PV systems experience higher UV degradation than fixed-tilt arrays #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/5RRbnGXRM0 https://t.co/WmJ664hZBv
CEO Interview: Skyfire
Skyfire’s CEO Amir Sarhangi describes the company as operating at the crossroads of digital identity, agent trust, and payments, coining the term "agentic commerce market" for the infrastructure that lets AI agents act as trusted economic actors online. He argues...
Grok Stands Out as the Most Open, Uncensored AI
grok is the most open and closest to honest AI model/platform, bar none. The others are too busy self-censoring on anything sensitive. super interesting.
Most Solar Projects Get State Approval in Under Year
UMass study finds states approve most solar projects in under 1 year #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/XWhvWAXTye
Bollywood Is Running Hollywood's Forbidden Experiment
Bollywood studios are rapidly deploying AI to create, dub, and recut films, turning India into the world’s largest testbed for AI‑driven entertainment. With 958 million active internet users—over half in rural areas—the market is hungry for low‑cost, multilingual content. Companies like...
AI‑Native Platforms Treat Genome Like Code, Transform Biotech
Investor Liliana Nordbakk believes the genome behaves like code and AI-native biology platforms will transform biotech. Excited to have her speaking at #SynBioBeta2026. Visit the SynBioBeta website to read the full article. https://t.co/3WOSXsz1zy
AI Creates Hypotheses; Medra Builds Factories to Test Them
AI is generating hypotheses, Medra is building the factories that test them and deliver the life-changing discoveries:
AI Agents Automate Figure Creation and Paper Review
"Introducing two AI agents to streamline academic research. These include: PaperVizAgent, a visualizer agent for drawing academic figures, and ScholarPeer, a reviewer agent that automatically and rigorously evaluates academic papers" https://t.co/roqVnGZ0Tv < via @GoogleResearch https://t.co/9jCYIvmOtA
