Stellantis Taps Applied Intuition to Power $70 Bn FaSTLane 2030 Software Push
Stellantis announced a deepened partnership with Silicon Valley firm Applied Intuition to develop its STLA Brain software architecture, part of a $70 billion FaSTLane 2030 plan that will roll out 60 new vehicles and 50 refreshes by 2030. The move aims to accelerate AI‑driven features and over‑the‑air updates across the automaker’s 14‑brand portfolio.
Waymo Begins Virginia Mapping, Paving Way for Robotaxi Rollout
Waymo has deployed mapping vehicles to Alexandria and Arlington, Virginia, marking its first on‑ground activity in the Commonwealth. The move is a preparatory step for a potential robotaxi service, which could launch in 12‑18 months pending regulatory approval.
Vertu Launches $6,880 AI Foldable Phone for CEOs
Luxury handset maker Vertu introduced the Alphafold, an AI‑enabled foldable smartphone priced from $6,880, targeting CEOs and senior leaders. The device integrates enterprise‑grade AI agents, on‑device security, and bespoke luxury finishes, marking Vertu’s push into the executive workflow market.
Popfly Launches Creator-Led Sponsorship Model, Will Fund One Adventure Trip This Summer
Popfly, an outdoor‑focused creator platform, unveiled a new sponsorship model that will fully fund one creator’s adventure trip this summer. The "Adventures" feature lets creators pitch their own trips and request gear or cash without waiting for brand briefs. Hundreds...
People Analytics Becomes Core HR Tool as 90% of Leaders Adopt Data, Survey Shows
A recent HRD LinkedIn survey reveals that 90% of HR leaders are already using people analytics, with 10% still refusing to adopt. Industry commentator Sarah Donegan says the shift to accessible AI and cloud platforms is turning analytics from a...
Mango Power Modular Microinverter Hits US Residential Solar Market
Mango Power has entered the U.S. residential solar market with its S Pro Microinverter 5000 W, sold as a ten‑unit pack of 500‑W devices. The inverter performs direct DC‑to‑AC conversion, eliminating the traditional DC‑DC stage and includes built‑in Wi‑Fi mesh for seamless...
DJI Releases Findings of the Most Comprehensive Independent Security Assessment of Its Drone Systems to Date
DJI released the results of a five‑month independent security assessment by U.S. firm OnDefend on its Air 3S and Matrice 4E drones. The testing uncovered zero critical, high, or medium‑risk vulnerabilities across software, hardware, and radio‑frequency domains. Ten low‑risk issues were noted,...
PayPal’s Checkout Growth Stalls as Apple Pay and Klarna Erode Share
PayPal reported just 2% growth in its flagship branded checkout segment for the first quarter, triggering an 8% share drop. Analysts blame rising competition from Apple Pay and buy‑now‑pay‑later firms like Klarna, while a new CEO rolls out a restructuring...
Adtran Holdings Shares Jump 17% on Quantum‑Safe Connectivity Deal with euNetworks
Adtran Holdings' stock surged 17.2% after the company unveiled Quantum Shield, a quantum‑safe private connectivity service developed with European data‑center carrier euNetworks. The partnership aims to protect high‑capacity traffic with quantum‑resilient encryption and real‑time fiber monitoring, positioning Adtran at the...
ImageFactory Unveils AI Platform to Automate Banner Creation for Marketers
ImageFactory has introduced an AI‑powered banner generation and automated resizing platform that promises to shrink creative production cycles from days to minutes. The tool, aimed at performance marketers, uses generative AI to rebuild layouts for each ad channel, reducing manual...
‘Hidden Datacentre Tax’ Costing Irish Households Millions, Report Says
A new report by Friends of the Earth Ireland and Beyond Fossil Fuels finds that Irish datacentres consumed 22% of the nation’s electricity in 2025 – three times the share in the US and UK – and effectively imposed a...
Is the Future of AI Infrastructure in the Middle East?
The Middle East is emerging as a key AI infrastructure hub as GCC governments pour tens of billions into sovereign digital ecosystems. London‑based Pure Data Centres secured £2bn ($2.5bn) financing, targeting the region as a defining growth market for AI...
CrowdStrike, Google, Shadowserver Dismantle Glassworm Botnet Threatening Developers
CrowdStrike, Google and the Shadowserver Foundation announced on May 26, 2026 that they have taken down the Glassworm botnet by simultaneously disabling all four of its command‑and‑control channels. The botnet, active since early 2025, infected VS Code extensions, npm/Python packages and...
Cloudelligent and Honeycomb Team Up to Offer AWS‑Native Observability SaaS
Cloudelligent, an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, and Honeycomb.io have launched a joint go‑to‑market effort to deliver an AWS‑native observability SaaS. The partnership combines Cloudelligent’s migration and managed‑services expertise with Honeycomb’s event‑based telemetry, aiming to accelerate feedback loops for AI‑powered...
Bee‑Inspired Sound‑Wave Swarm Robots Demonstrated by Penn State Team
An international research team led by Igor Aronson at Penn State built a computer model proving that tiny microrobots can coordinate via sound waves. The study shows acoustic communication can replace chemical signaling, enabling swarms that form blobs, snakes, rings...
I Hope Intel's Arc G3 Chips for Windows Gaming Handhelds Deliver on Performance and Battery Life
Intel’s upcoming Arc G3 and G3 Extreme processors, built on the latest Core Ultra architecture, will power the first Windows handhelds designed specifically for integrated graphics. The chips feature Arc B370 and B390 GPUs, promising stronger ray‑tracing and better battery efficiency than AMD’s Ryzen Z2...
Ransomware Gang Play Threatens MyPillow with Data Dump, Citing Political Motive
The Play ransomware group announced it has exfiltrated confidential client, payroll and financial records from MyPillow and set a Friday deadline for a response. CEO Mike Lindell dismissed the claim as a politically motivated hit job, while warning of $400 million...
NVIDIA Research Advances Robotics From Simulation to the Real World
At ICRA, NVIDIA Research presented eight papers demonstrating how simulation‑to‑real transfer is becoming a core enabler for reliable, generalizable robotics. New frameworks such as ScheduleStream, COMPASS, Grasp‑MPC, SPARR and PEEK show dramatic gains in multi‑arm coordination, navigation across robot bodies,...
Building Lorikeet: How AI Humility and a Dual-Agent Architecture Are Redefining Customer Support
Lorikeet, a startup serving regulated sectors, has unveiled an AI‑driven customer‑support concierge that operates with two specialized agents—a ticket‑handling Concierge and a configuration‑focused Coach. The platform embeds “AI humility,” automatically routing uncertain queries to human agents, and employs domain‑specific guardrails...
Q32 Bio Raises $55M as Guardant, Soligenix, Novavax Lead Biotech Gains
Q32 Bio Inc. closed a $55 million private placement, lifting its shares more than 85% in a single session. Guardant Health earned an American Cancer Society recommendation, Soligenix announced Ebola‑focused platform work, and Novavax posted solid gains, making them the day’s...
Indian CERT Urges Firms to Contain Exploited Internet-Facing Flaws Within 12 Hours
India’s cybersecurity agency CERT‑In issued a 38‑page blueprint urging firms to patch, mitigate, or isolate exploited internet‑facing "crown jewel" systems within 12 hours where feasible. The framework sets one‑day remediation for critical external flaws, three days for critical internal vulnerabilities, and...
Dell Federal Systems Wins $9.69 B DOW Software Deal to Centralize Microsoft Licensing
Dell Federal Systems, L.P. has secured a single‑award, firm‑fixed‑price Blanket Purchase Agreement worth $9.69 billion under the Department of War Enterprise Software Initiative. The deal will let federal customers buy Microsoft licenses, cloud subscriptions and Software Assurance through a single contract,...
Get Hands‑On Agentic AI at Free AWS Summit
What’s the fastest way to get hands-on with agentic AI? For developers, it’s about learning what’s new and seeing what’s possible in real time. That’s why I’m attending Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit NYC virtually on June 17. This is...
Start-Ups Are Racing to Revolutionise Mathematics with AI
AI start‑ups backed by over $200 million in venture capital are hiring top mathematicians to build systems that can solve complex proofs and, in turn, create more capable artificial intelligence. Companies such as OpenAI, Google, and newcomers like Axiom Math are racing...
Finding Success in Industry as a Chip Designer
The ASIC market is set to expand from $23.4 billion today to $38.8 billion by 2033, driven by automotive, AI and other specialized applications. Roughly 80% of a modern chip’s die is occupied by pre‑designed silicon IP from firms such as Arm,...
Philips Partners with Disney to Scale Ambient Experience for MRI Globally
Philips and The Walt Disney Company have launched a global partnership to embed Disney characters and storylines into Philips’ Ambient Experience platform for MRI suites in 87 countries. A multi‑center European study found that Disney‑themed audio‑visual environments cut pediatric stress...
In This Manhattan Lab, AI Designs Materials From Scratch
Radical AI has built a near‑autonomous Manhattan lab where artificial intelligence designs, synthesizes, and tests new materials. The AI scans 10,000 scientific papers in seconds, draws on 57 million internal data points, and can run up to 50 experiments per day,...
Claw-Style AI Agents Are Coming to the Enterprise. The Governance Infrastructure Is Still Catching Up.
Automation Anywhere unveiled EnterpriseClaw, a platform that wraps Nvidia’s OpenShell runtime into a governed, "claw‑style" AI agent capable of device‑level access, dynamic tool creation, and screen interaction. The solution integrates security from Cisco, identity management from Okta, and GPT‑5.5 from...
Here's How AI Is Rebuilding the Foundation of Modern Marketing.
The season‑one finale of the Ads Decoded podcast, recorded live at Google Marketing Live 2026, featured senior product leaders discussing the company’s latest AI‑driven announcements. Vice President Vidhya Srinivasan highlighted how Gemini models are enhancing ad relevance across Search and YouTube....
Who Controls Medical AI and What Do They Want?
In this episode, Dr. Eric Topol discusses the promise and pitfalls of medical AI, highlighting how nearly 1,000 FDA‑approved AI tools exist but are rarely used in routine care, while millions turn to unregulated chatbots for health advice. He explains...
Phase 3 Data Highlight Hair Regrowth With Deuruxolitinib in AA
Phase 3 THRIVE‑AA2 data demonstrate that oral deuruxolitinib, a selective JAK1/2 inhibitor, significantly improves scalp hair regrowth in adults with severe alopecia areata. At 24 weeks, 33.0% of patients on 8 mg and 38.3% on 12 mg achieved a SALT20 response versus just...
Reprogram Biosciences Secures Financing for Solid Tumor mRNA Work
Reprogram Biosciences announced a $45 million Series B financing round to accelerate its mRNA platform targeting solid tumors. The capital infusion comes from a mix of strategic pharma partners and venture investors, underscoring confidence in the company’s antigen‑discovery pipeline. Reprogram plans to...
AI Adoption Is Not a Technology Problem. It’s an Operational Problem
Law firms are rushing to adopt generative AI, but early pilots often fizzle when the technology moves from controlled demos to real client work. The core issue is not the AI models themselves but the lack of operational structures—clear ownership,...
Workday and Google Cloud Expand Strategic Partnership to Bring AI Agents for HR and Finance Into Employees’ Daily Workflows
Workday and Google Cloud announced an expanded strategic partnership that embeds generative AI agents directly into Workday’s human‑resources and finance applications. The new agents, built on Google’s Vertex AI platform, let employees interact with payroll, benefits, and expense data using...
Use of Ultra-Rapid Insulin Plus MiniMed 780G Raises Time in Range
A single‑arm trial of 211 participants with type 1 diabetes showed that pairing Eli Lilly’s ultra‑rapid insulin lispro‑aabc (Lyumjev) with Medtronic’s MiniMed 780G hybrid closed‑loop system significantly boosted time‑in‑range. Children achieved a mean TIR of 68.6% (up from 51.2%) and adults reached...
Chinese Dronemaker DJI Defends Security of Products
Chinese drone maker DJI told U.S. lawmakers that an independent security review found no evidence its drones transmit data outside the United States. The company used the findings to urge Congress to lift the Federal Communications Commission’s ban on its...
Vibhor Kumar: Postgres as an Execution Environment for AI: Failure Modes, Hooks, and the ORBIT Framework
Vibhor Kumar’s PGConf Dev 2026 talk exposes how running AI calls inside PostgreSQL transactions creates hidden failure modes—lock contention, retry storms, and lost auditability. He proposes the ORBIT framework (Outbox First, Rate State shared, Background execution, Idempotency, Trace) to restructure...
USDOT, FAA Invest $835.8 Million for Air Traffic Control Facility Upgrades and Replacements Across U.S.
The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration announced a combined investment of $835.8 million to modernize the nation’s air traffic control infrastructure. Over $750 million will replace eight aging towers and TRACON facilities with state‑of‑the‑art structures, while the FAA’s...
The Orbital Data Center Thesis Just Became an Economics Question.
At SmallSat Europe 2026, experts shifted the orbital data‑center debate from hype to hard economics. Dr. Paul Struhsaker argued that a megawatt‑class space data centre can only succeed with custom silicon, a plug‑in modular architecture, and launch costs under $300 per...
The Pixel War Is Over. The Integration War Is What Comes Next.
At SmallSat Europe 2026, industry leaders announced that Earth‑observation is entering an integration era, where fused multi‑physics data replaces the historic pixel‑by‑pixel model. ESA is issuing an invitation‑to‑tender to fund small‑sat missions that feed a common tasking and integration layer,...
SONAR Launches Affordable Plans for Every User
One of the biggest complaints we have received about SONAR is that it is too expensive. To address this, we have created a number of low cost packages for specific missions: $9.99/month iOS mobile app - ideal for those that want quick...
AI Just Reached Production in European Space. The Trust Problem Is What Comes Next.
European space AI moved from demos to deployed products at SmallSat Europe 2026. Dublin‑based Ubotica demonstrated onboard hyperspectral processing that cut decision cycles from hours to ten minutes. Defence panel highlighted automation boundaries, stressing that sub‑second decisions must be automated...
AI Boom Drives Fiber Shortage, Spikes Resin Prices
AI infrastructure demand is reshaping fiber economics. Data centers running 400G to 800G connections are buying everything in sight. Glass shortages because Corning is securing all available supply. Resin prices climbing from Middle East constraints. Marginal broadband deployments are being...
Statistical Approaches to Establishing Bioequivalence
The FDA has released a final guidance titled “Statistical Approaches to Establishing Bioequivalence,” superseding the 2001 version and formalizing the December 2022 draft. The document outlines recommended statistical methods for bioequivalence (BE) assessments across INDs, NDAs, ANDAs, and related amendments. It...
Agent A: AI Marketing That Replaces Your CMO
Today, we're proud to announce a true revolution in marketing — we're launching Agent A: https://t.co/YMzG26ZSvq Agent A handles marketing so well, you won't even need your CMO. https://t.co/Zo2HUblRrv
10 Old iPhones That Are Still A Good Buy In 2026
Even as the iPhone 17 commands $799 for a base model, Apple’s older handsets remain attractive in 2026, especially when bought refurbished. The iPhone 16 series still sells new for $699‑$799 and will receive software updates through 2031, while refurbished iPhone 15 Pro units...
Intuit Wants to Turn Workforce Management Into a Financial Operating System
Intuit announced QuickBooks Workforce, an AI‑native, end‑to‑end human capital management platform built directly into QuickBooks. The new suite consolidates payroll, benefits, hiring, time tracking and performance tools that SMBs typically run in separate applications. By embedding workforce data in the...
Putting Customers First: DVLA and CustomerFirst Partnering to Improve Drivers Medical Service
DVLA and CustomerFirst have created a NewCo team to overhaul the Drivers Medical service, which handles medical notifications for licensing decisions. The service is under pressure, expecting about 900,000 notifications this financial year and regularly exceeding its 50‑day decision target....
Why You Should Change Your iPhone’s AirDrop Settings in Public Spaces
Apple’s AirDrop lets iPhone, iPad, and Mac users share files instantly via Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi. The feature includes three privacy modes—Contacts Only, Everyone for 10 minutes, and Receiving Off—allowing users to tailor exposure in public spaces. Security experts recommend keeping AirDrop...
How to Learn ChatGPT Codex the Easy Hard Way
The post argues that mastering OpenAI's Codex is essential for tackling complex, multi‑file automation tasks that simple chatbots can’t handle. The author, a non‑technical consultant, outlines why traditional learning routes feel either too shallow or overly painful. To bridge the...