PayNearby Introduces Integrated UPI Cash Withdrawal Solution Through Retail Network
PayNearby has become the first Business Correspondent in India to launch a fully integrated UPI cash‑withdrawal solution, allowing users to pull physical cash from nearby retail outlets. The service is built in partnership with IndusInd Bank and supported by YES Bank, linking directly to the banks’ UPI infrastructure. Customers simply scan a QR code at a participating shop, enter the amount, and receive cash within seconds. The rollout taps an extensive network of over 200,000 retailers, creating a new cash‑access channel in a digital‑first payments landscape.
Awardco Recognized as a Leader Across Spring 2026 G2 Reports
Awardco has been named a leader in G2’s Spring 2026 reports, securing 23 awards across Employee Engagement, Recognition, Rewards, and Lifestyle Spending Accounts. The platform achieved Leader placements in Enterprise, Mid‑Market, and Small Business segments, plus Momentum and Regional Leader honors....
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[Live 3/31] SoFi Plus Now Costs $10/Month (Removes Free Option) + 4.5% Savings Rate
SoFi is ending the free SoFi Plus subscription, charging every member $10 per month starting April 1, 2026. The plan now includes a 4.5% APY on balances up to $20,000, a modest bump from the 4.25% baseline. However, the extra...
NTT East Goes on Private 5G RIC Roll
NTT East, a unit of Japan’s NTT conglomerate, completed a landmark private‑5G laboratory trial using O‑RAN Alliance‑defined RAN Intelligent Controllers (RICs) with 26 vendor partners. The multi‑vendor tests achieved a 98.5% success rate across 335 device combinations, validating interoperability and...
AI Research Reveals Rapid Shift in Labor Markets
New research from Anthropic on AI and labor markets is worth a read. Not sure if I should be amazed or horrified. https://buff.ly/tyFSWks We’re starting to get real signals on how work is shifting.
Iran Conflict Spurs Global South Renewable Shift, Canada Lagging
Why Energy Shocks Like the Iran War Are Accelerating Electrification Canada gets it wrong. Iran war is encouraging Global South (inc Asia) to switch from oil/LNG to renewables/electrotech. #cdnpoli https://youtu.be/7IbLVXk81Ow
Deals – Big Spring Sale Day 3: Lenovo Idea Tab Pro 40% Off, TCL 60 NXTPAPER $180, Snapdragon X Elite...
Day 3 of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale delivers deep discounts across tablets, smartphones, laptops and accessories. Lenovo’s 12.7‑inch Idea Tab Pro falls to $237.50, a 40% cut, while TCL’s 60 XE NXTPAPER phone starts at $180, 30% off. Microsoft’s Snapdragon X Elite Surface Laptop is...
Meta's New Attribution Inflates CPA, Leaves Optimization Unclear
Meta has rolled out their updated attribution settings to many accounts yesterday. This resulted in 30-50% increases in CPA in platform. But Northbeam showed zero changes. If you see a banner at the top of your ads manager it was...
The FCC Must Choose: Enforce the Rules or Preserve LEO Competition
The FCC faces a pivotal choice between enforcing its LEO deployment milestones and preserving competition in low‑Earth‑orbit broadband. Amazon has asked for a two‑year extension to meet its 1,618‑satellite Leo deadline, citing launch bottlenecks despite a $10 billion investment and a...
Montenegro's Pilot AI Scores 82% Benchmark, Proving Hub Status
Next week I'm presenting at AIM Innovation Week in Podgorica. EU-backed event bringing together startups, investors, and corporates around Montenegro's innovation ecosystem. Showing how AI builds software autonomously. Our tool Pilot is scoring 82%+ on the global industry benchmark, built right here...
NNSA Eyes Human-Machine Teaming to Boost Mission Efficiency
The National Nuclear Security Administration is integrating artificial intelligence into its core missions through human‑machine teaming, using predictive analytics to improve equipment maintenance and cybersecurity. This approach shifts personnel from routine monitoring to higher‑value decision‑making. Simultaneously, NNSA is advancing a...
Gigabyte BRIX Mini PC with AMD Ryzen AI 400 “Gorgon Point” Coming Soon
Gigabyte announced the upcoming BRIX GB‑BRR7‑450 mini PC, powered by AMD's new Ryzen AI 400 “Gorgon Point” processor. The compact device measures 119 × 113 × 34 mm and supports up to 96 GB of DDR5‑5600 memory, dual M.2 slots (PCIe 5.0 and PCIe 4.0), and a range of...
San Diego MTS: $60.4MM to Advance Modernization Projects
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) secured $48.3 million from California’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIRCP) program for Phase 2 of the Orange Line Improvement Project, bringing total allocated funds to roughly $60.4 million. The Phase 2 upgrades, covering the eastern 18‑mile corridor...
How Real-World Data Is Reshaping the NSCLC Patient Journey
Pharma firms are leveraging real‑world data (RWD) to map the patient journey of non‑small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and uncover social determinants of health that hinder care. The new eBook highlights how gaps in biomarker testing, socioeconomic barriers, and incomplete...
Kanye West Says Upcoming Album 'Bully' Will Use No AI, Refutes Past Claims
Kanye West announced on X that his long‑teased album Bully will be produced without any artificial‑intelligence tools, contradicting a 2025 interview where he said he used AI like Auto‑Tune. The 13‑song tracklist includes previously previewed cuts “Beauty and the Beast”...
Four‑Time Tour Champion Chris Froome Joins Vekta as AI Innovation Officer
Four‑time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has been appointed AI Innovation Officer at Vekta, a startup building artificial‑intelligence tools for athletic training. The move highlights a growing trend of elite athletes transitioning into technology roles to shape the future...
AI Therapy Cuts Anxiety 43% as Blossom Health Secures $20M Funding
A peer‑reviewed eight‑week trial of Dzeny’s AI therapist showed a 43% drop in GAD‑7 anxiety scores, matching traditional CBT effect sizes. At the same time, New York‑based Blossom Health closed a $20 million seed/Series A round to roll out its AI “copilot”...
Walmart Rolls Out Digital Shelf Labels Across All U.S. Stores by 2026
Walmart announced it will install electronic shelf‑label (ESL) displays in every U.S. store by the end of 2026, eliminating paper price tags. The move is pitched as a labor‑saving, error‑reducing tool, but lawmakers and consumer advocates warn it could enable...
Amazon Pilots Prime Shipping on Third‑party Sites without Login
Amazon has begun testing a new sales‑enablement capability that allows merchants on external websites to display Prime‑eligible shipping options without forcing shoppers to sign in to an Amazon account. The pilot, announced in early March, aims to boost conversion rates...
Clear File Organization May Boost AI Token Efficiency
I was reading about optimizing AI 🤖 token usage with memory pointers and I’m wondering if I am already doing that by design and the explanation is more complicated than it needs to be. Need to test it out more....
U.S. Sellers Ride 2026 World Cup Jersey Surge with No‑Warehouse Model
U.S. online retailers are leveraging the 2026 World Cup custom jersey frenzy with a no‑warehouse, no‑minimum fulfillment approach, allowing rapid scaling without inventory risk. The strategy, driven by the tournament’s broad qualifying field, promises higher margins but hinges on precise...
Akeso Posts 51% Revenue Jump, Starts Phase II ADC Trials
Akeso Inc. announced a 51.5% year‑on‑year increase in 2025 commercial sales to RMB3.033 bn (about $425 m) and secured Chinese regulator clearance to launch Phase II trials of two first‑in‑class antibody‑drug conjugates. The results underscore the biotech’s rapid commercial expansion and its strategic...
Trump’s AI Framework Aims to Shift States’ Authority — But Misses Travel’s Biggest Pressure Point
The Trump administration has unveiled an AI framework that centralizes regulation under the Federal Trade Commission, barring states from governing AI development. Travel companies stand to benefit from reduced compliance complexity for chatbots, automation and other AI tools. However, the...
SiTime Secures 150,000‑Sq‑Ft Former ServiceNow Campus in Santa Clara
SiTime has signed a lease for roughly 150,000 square feet across two adjacent buildings that once housed ServiceNow’s headquarters in Santa Clara. The chipmaker plans to relocate its headquarters to the Jay Street campus by April 1, 2027, a move that aligns...
Vensure Secures $450 Million to Accelerate M&A and AI‑Driven HR Solutions
Vensure Employer Solutions announced a $450 million senior secured financing led by Stone Point Capital Markets. The capital will fund a wave of acquisitions and expand the company's AI‑powered payroll, benefits and compliance tools, cementing Vensure’s position as a fast‑growing private...
Google’s Gemini AI and Pixel Phones Are Going to Show up a Lot During the 2026 World Cup
Google has sealed sponsorship deals with France and Argentina for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, positioning its Gemini AI model and Pixel smartphones at the tournament’s forefront. Gemini will power special AI features for the teams, including enhanced communication tools...
X Suffers Intermittent Outages, Sparking DevOps Reliability Concerns
X, the social platform owned by Elon Musk, experienced intermittent loading and login problems across several regions on March 26, 2026, after earlier spikes of 34,500 reports on March 18. The brief disruptions have reignited debate over the company's incident‑management...
Harvey Secures $200 Million Series C, Valuing Legal AI Platform at $11 Billion
Harvey announced a $200 million Series C funding round that lifts its valuation to $11 billion. The round, co‑led by GIC and Sequoia, will fund the expansion of AI agents that automate complex legal workflows for law firms and in‑house teams worldwide.
Android 17 Adds ‘Location Button’ for Apps and More Private ‘Approximate’ Algorithm
Android 17’s third beta introduces a new “location button” that grants one‑time precise location access, eliminating the need for permanent background permission. The runtime permission dialog now separates Precise and Approximate choices into distinct checkboxes, and a persistent blue dot...
Uber, Pony.ai and Verne Launch Europe's First Robotaxi Pilot in Zagreb
Uber, Chinese autonomous‑driving company Pony.ai and Croatian robotaxi startup Verne announced a joint pilot in Zagreb, Croatia, using Pony.ai’s Gen‑7 system and Arcfox Alpha T5 vehicles. The partnership targets a fleet of thousands of driverless taxis across Europe within the next...
Suno 5.5 Lets Users Sing Their Own AI-Generated Songs with a Personalized Voice Feature
Suno has rolled out version 5.5 of its AI music generator, branding it the most expressive model yet. The upgrade adds a Voices feature that lets Pro and Premier users record or upload their own singing voice, with a verification step...
How Nat Eliason’s OpenClaw Earned $177,417
Nat Eliason and his autonomous AI agent Felix, built on the open‑source OpenClaw framework, have generated $177,417 across multiple revenue streams. Felix created and sold a PDF guide overnight, then expanded into a paid marketplace called Claw Mart and a service...
Podcast: European Biotech Rallies Against US and China Powerhouses
The BIO Europe Spring podcast recorded in Lisbon highlighted Europe’s push to reclaim biotech leadership amid dominant US and Chinese pharma giants. Host Robert Barrie distilled insights from investors and executives, emphasizing the continent’s strategic focus on gene‑therapy and mRNA...
FactSet Rolls Out AI Document Search to 85,000+ Analysts, Boosting Financial Productivity
FactSet announced a beta rollout of its AI‑enabled Document Search to more than 85,000 users, giving analysts instant, source‑linked answers from earnings calls, filings and news. The move underscores the firm’s push to embed generative AI in core research workflows...
Mitochondria Delivery Method Rescues Parkinson’s in Mice
Scientists have engineered red‑blood‑cell membrane capsules to ferry healthy mitochondria into diseased cells, dramatically improving delivery efficiency. In vitro, the capsules restored mitochondrial function in mtDNA‑deficient and mutant fibroblasts, reducing pathogenic DNA fractions and boosting ATP production. In vivo, mice...
Omakase Robotics Completes Japan’s First Humanoid PoC at University of Tsukuba Hospital
ZEALS, together with venture Quick, completed Japan’s first hospital‑based humanoid robot proof‑of‑concept using the Unitree G1 equipped with the Omakase OS. Over three days at the University of Tsukuba Hospital, the robot demonstrated autonomous walking, obstacle avoidance, voice‑guided navigation and...
Cubs' VDX.tv Partner Faces Scrutiny Over Deep Fan Data Collection
The Chicago Cubs' partnership with VDX.tv, a sports streaming vendor, has come under fire for harvesting extensive fan data—including IP addresses, device identifiers, browsing behavior and location—through cookies that persist for up to 90 days. Privacy advocates warn the practice...
AI Observability Turns Hours of Debugging Into Simple Queries
Sherwood Callaway (@shcallaway) is a second-time YC founder building @sazabi, an AI-native observability platform that helps engineers understand and fix production issues using AI. After years debugging production systems at companies like Brex, and building and exiting his first startup, he...
Shiyan‑33’s Low Orbit Raises Questions on CZ‑2C Capacity
Shiyan-33 tracked in a 485 x 505 km x 97.5 deg, 1030 LTDN SSO. With the CZ-2C/YZ-1S launch vehicle and such a low orbit, this must be a fairly massive satellite - anyone know the capacity of CZ-2C/YZ-1S to this orbit?
U.S. District Court Dismisses X Corp. Advertiser Boycott Lawsuit
A U.S. District Court has dismissed X Corp.'s lawsuit alleging a coordinated advertiser boycott, ending a high‑profile case that could have reshaped ad‑tech policies. The ruling leaves advertisers and platforms to navigate brand‑safety concerns without a court‑mandated remedy.
IOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 Patch Numerous
A lot of security vulns addressed in this update About the security content of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 - Apple Support https://t.co/R0oUJMKheX
AI Adoption Makes Employees Feel Like Quitting
By using artificial intelligence, it seems that workers are worried they're essentially handing in their resignation. https://t.co/oDdS6FWytW
Fitbit Inspire 3: Full Fitness Features Under $70
For less than $70 you can score the Fitbit Inspire 3 and make the most of its wide range of fitness features without having to splurge on an Apple Watch. https://t.co/CAF7DUZlG1
RC-Style Lawn Mower Precisely Shreds Weeds
Superpowered RC-Style Lawn Mower Shreds Weeds With Precision Control by @IntEngineering #EmergingTech #Innovation #Tech #Technology https://t.co/MvTvZfyeXR
Avoid Pop‑Culture Model Names, Choose Professional Codenames
I know these are all unreliable leaks of internal code names but please, please AI labs, the only thing worse than calling your models GPT-5.5-xhigh-Codex-nano is giving them names like Agent Smith or Mythos, for obvious reasons. https://t.co/lYKDtd0MAp
AI in Revenue Cycle: High Hopes, Low Adoption
Healthcare wants AI in revenue cycle, but adoption is lagging. 67% have high hopes. Only 14% have implemented it. Why? Data quality and workflow trust. Insights from Experian Health + Integris Health 👇 https://t.co/SdtyNSwza6 @Experian_Health #IntegrisHealth #AIinRCM #HITSM
AI's New Moat: Context, Expertise, and Trust
If everyone can build with AI, why buy? Because the new moat isn't code. It's context, domain expertise, and earned customer trust. #CIO #DigitalTransformation https://t.co/QCJX9x5Zwh
Cut Monorepo Size, Slash Clone Times and Timeouts
By shrinking their monorepo from 87GB to 20GB, clone times dropped from an hour to under 15 minutes, onboarding became faster, CI pipeline started faster, and they saw fewer timeouts. The story from @Dropbox engineering ... https://t.co/XLOcCvbJeu
Google Targets 2029 for Post‑quantum Authentication Rollout
Quantum cryptography now has a deadline. Google has announced that it has set 2029 as the year by which it will have migrated authentication services to post-quantum cryptography. Will it win the race to secure against quantum attacks before they...
AstraZeneca's Lung Drug Scores Unexpected COPD Trial Win
AstraZeneca lung drug gets ‘surprise’ win in COPD trials https://t.co/QuRlOQtzdT @ByJonGardner $AZN $RGN $SNY $RHHBY
