Cambridge Mobile Telematics Secures $350 Million Funding From TPG, Allianz, State Farm
Cambridge Mobile Telematics announced a $350 million financing round led by private‑equity firm TPG and joined by insurers Allianz and State Farm. The capital will fuel AI model development, a European rollout with Allianz and a hiring push for 30 AI engineers.
Got AirPods Max 2, but No Gen 1 Trade‑in
AirPods Max 2 SNAGGED ✅ (Disgruntled there’s no trade in for Gen 1 AirPods Max)
Bold Laser Automation Introduces a Precision Laser Cleaning System for Advanced Manufacturing
Bold Laser Automation has launched the LPCl1820UV, a Class 1 industrial laser system that uses a 349 nm Q‑switched UV source delivering up to 120 µJ per pulse for precision surface cleaning. The platform integrates nanosecond laser processing, high‑accuracy motion control, advanced beam...
Transparent Negotiations Won’t Survive Last‑Minute Discount Demands
Procurement entered at the the 5 yard line of my largest Enterprise deal ever last year. We ran discovery on their procurement process. Learned what mattered most: -Short-term contract vs. longer-term agreement? -Total price vs. price per seat? -Cash flow for billing? We were transparent about...
Half of Security Leaders Unready for AI Attacks, EY Urges Four Immediate Steps
A new EY report shows that just 46% of senior security officials feel confident defending against AI‑driven cyberattacks, even though 96% view the threat as significant. The consulting firm recommends four immediate actions, warning that the “wait and see” approach...
AI Critique: System Driven by Private Capital, Not Secret Syndicate
Grok is a third-rate AI @Max_Aragorn I use many & it's the worst Chat GPT's perspective on your Sauron thesis: "That framework isn’t a useful way to understand what’s actually happening "There’s no hidden syndicate running the world. "There is a system addicted to...
Merck & Co. Nears $6 Billion All‑Cash Deal for Terns Pharma, Boosting Oncology Portfolio
Merck & Co. is in advanced negotiations to acquire U.S. biotech Terns Pharma for an all‑cash price of about $6 billion. The news lifted Merck shares 0.5% to $116.99 and sent Terns stock soaring 12% to $55.97, underscoring the deal’s market...
Meta Orders Select Teams to Work Remotely as Layoff Rumors Surge
Meta sent an internal email on Tuesday night instructing staff in its wearables and ads units to work remotely on Wednesday, a move that coincides with reports that up to a fifth of its 79,000‑person workforce could be let go....
As Mass Layoffs Loom, OpenAI Looks to Double Headcount in Desperate Bid to Catch Up With Anthropic
OpenAI is planning to nearly double its workforce to about 8,000 employees by year‑end, up from roughly 4,500 today, according to the Financial Times. The expansion will span product development, sales and a new technical ambassadorship team for enterprise clients....
Instant Phone Extension Provisioning with AI‑Powered Automation
What if provisioning a full phone extension took seconds, not steps? In this demo, we use VoipNow Provisioning MCP to automatically build a complete VoIP hierarchy, ending with a fully configured 📞 extension. 🧠 AI decides. 🤖 MCP executes. ✅...
Addigy Expands European Investment as Apple Device Adoption Soars Across the Region
Addigy announced a major expansion of its European investment, appointing former Jamf executive Michel van den Berg as Head of International Sales & Channels. The move comes as Apple devices capture a growing share of enterprise hardware across Europe, creating...
Russia Deploys Near 1,000 Drones in Largest Daytime Assault on Ukraine
Russia unleashed nearly 1,000 drones in a coordinated daytime offensive, the biggest of its kind in the war, killing at least eight civilians and striking historic sites. Ukraine's air force and President Zelenskyy warned the assault exposes critical gaps in...
Mark Offshore Adds Research Vessel Mintis to Support Offshore Renewables
Mark Offshore has signed an agreement with Lithuania’s Klaipėda University to manage the research vessel Mintis, adding the 40‑metre DP1 catamaran to its fleet. The vessel, originally built in 2014, combines scientific research capabilities with offshore operational functions, including ROV,...
INDIA ROUND-UP: Ceigall Inks Two PPAs, Adani Completes 300MW of PV, Coal India Backs 875MW Project
Adani Green Energy commissioned 510 MW of renewable capacity at its Khavda site in Gujarat, raising its operational portfolio to 17,982 MW. The Khavda hybrid park is slated to reach 30 GW of solar and wind by 2030, with a 5 GW, 25‑year PPA...
HR Tech Relies Heavily on OpenAI After Sora's Fall
Now that Sora is dead, let me remind y'all: lots of HR Tech products are built on OpenAI technology. Do with that information what you will 😘
Kerem Proulx and Kyle Bhiro
Pensar, a startup that delivers continuous penetration testing through AI agents, closed a seed round led by Basis Set Ventures to accelerate its platform. Co‑founders Kerem Proulx and Kyle Bhiro combine deep cybersecurity expertise with entrepreneurial experience to embed security...
New Research: Influence Happens Everywhere, an Analysis of the 5,000 Most-Visited Sites on the Mobile and Desktop Web
SparkToro partnered with Similarweb to analyze click‑stream data from the 5,000 most‑visited mobile and desktop websites in January 2026. The study found that search sites capture 24.12% of global visits, while social (18.55%) and news (8.36%) together account for roughly a...
RAYMOND TO DEMONSTRATE HOW IT DRIVES THE RHYTHM OF THE WAREHOUSE AT MODEX 2026
Raymond Corporation will showcase its end‑to‑end intralogistics portfolio at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, featuring new electric lift trucks, automated Courier trucks, and the iWAREHOUSE intelligent‑warehouse suite. The booth will host six 10‑minute "Material Handling Moments" sessions that deliver actionable solutions...
JAXA Aborts Maiden RV‑X Reusable Rocket Test After Pre‑launch Anomaly
Japan's space agency JAXA called off the inaugural flight of its small reusable rocket RV‑X on March 25 after discovering a fault in a connector device. The abort pushes back Japan's timeline for a reusable launch system that could compete...
OpenAI Pulls the Plug on Sora, Ends $1 Billion Disney Deal
OpenAI has abruptly shut down Sora, its generative‑video service, ending a $1 billion partnership with Disney. The move signals a strategic pivot toward enterprise AI and developer tooling as competition intensifies.
Cellula Robotics Wins Contract to Deliver AUV Prototype for US
Cellula Robotics US secured a Defence Innovation Unit contract under the Combat Autonomous Maritime Platform initiative to build a fuel‑cell‑powered Guardian autonomous underwater vehicle prototype for the United States. The prototype is designed for long‑endurance missions and will carry and...
IQAir Report Finds Only 14% of 9,446 Cities Meet WHO Air Quality Standards
Swiss air‑monitoring firm IQAir released a global air‑quality report that surveyed 9,446 cities across 143 countries, revealing that just 14% meet the World Health Organization’s PM2.5 target. The analysis links climate‑intensified wildfires and dust storms to sharp pollution spikes, underscoring...
RSAC 2026: Swissbit Sets Stage for Post‑Quantum Hardware Authentication
Swissbit AG announced at RSA Conference 2026 that its iShield Key 2 hardware security key now integrates HID Seos credential technology for physical access and will soon support face‑biometric verification with liveness detection. The company also unveiled an early‑stage iShield Key PQC...
RSAC 2026: Commvault Connects AI Threat Detection, Investigation, and Trusted Recovery with Microsoft Security
Commvault Systems has deepened its partnership with Microsoft Security, linking its Cloud backup telemetry to Microsoft Sentinel and Security Copilot. The integration streams real‑time threat‑scan alerts into Sentinel and adds an Investigation Agent in Copilot that autonomously assesses breach scope...
Power Roll, Tokyo Gas Collaborate on Japan Trials of Perovskite PV Tech
Power Roll, a UK flexible‑PV specialist, has signed a joint development agreement with Tokyo Gas to trial its lightweight perovskite solar‑film technology in Japan, marking the first deployment of the product outside Europe. The collaboration will assess use‑cases, certification pathways...
RSAC 2026: Aewin Unveils AI Infrastructure
Aewin Technologies announced a new line of AI‑focused infrastructure at the 2026 RSA Conference in San Francisco. The portfolio includes high‑performance network appliances, tailored servers and a two‑phase direct liquid cooling system built around Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC processors. Flagship...
Apple Maps to Host Ads as Company Broadens Business Services
Apple announced that advertising will soon appear on Apple Maps, marking the tech giant's latest push to monetize its ecosystem beyond hardware and app store fees. The move aims to tap into location‑based marketing and give advertisers a new channel...
Peter Thiel‑Backed Halter Raises $220 Million, Valued at $2 Billion
Halter, the New Zealand‑founded AI cattle‑collar company backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, closed a $220 million Series round, lifting its valuation to $2 billion. The funding will fuel expansion into Australia and the United States and underscores venture capital’s appetite for deep‑tech...
CloudFest 2026: Phison Expands Pascari Ecosystem in the EU to Accelerate AI Infrastructure
Phison Electronics announced the EU-wide rollout of its Pascari portfolio at CloudFest 2026, showcasing new Gen5 PCIe SSDs designed for AI and high‑performance computing. The company highlighted partnerships with platform makers AIC and InWin to broaden distribution of its Pascari...
Chinese Startup's On‑Orbit Refueling Test Lacks Public Details
A Chinese startup reportedly demonstrated a flexible robotic arm prototype for on‑orbit fuel transfer, but the available sources contain no disclosed details, leaving the scope and impact of the test uncertain.
CloudFest 2026: Toshiba to Showcase High-Performance AI and Petabyte-Scale Storage Solutions
Toshiba Electronics Europe will showcase petabyte‑scale, high‑performance storage solutions at CloudFest 2026, featuring live demos of 2 PB and 1 PB HDD‑based systems. The displays, built with partners Ugreen, Promise Technology and Microchip, highlight scalable NAS, AI‑optimized servers, and ZFS‑powered clusters. A...
Gas Shortfall Fears Pushed Out Again as Grid Battery Boom and Electrification Take Fresh Bite From Demand
The Australian Energy Market Operator’s 2026 Gas Statement of Opportunities shows that expanding grid‑scale battery storage and accelerated electrification have pushed the nation’s first major gas shortfall from 2026 to 2030. AEMO still flags a peak‑day risk in the southern...
Oracle Unveils AI Agent Studio, No‑Code Builder for Procurement Automation
Oracle announced AI Agent Studio, a no‑code builder that lets enterprises create AI‑driven procurement bots without programming. The launch expands Oracle's cloud suite and targets a market dominated by legacy ERP and emerging spend‑management platforms.
Arm Shifts to Own AI Chip, Redefining Value Capture
Arm is betting its future on its own AI chip. The company expects a major revenue boost as it moves beyond licensing designs into building more of its own technology stack. That shift could reshape how it captures value in the...
OnePlus 15T Announced, May Revert to China-Only Mode
The OnePlus 15T is now official, but there's speculation the company will revert to a China-only mode. https://t.co/sc5wZgC5mE
Solink Upgrades VerifEye Platform to Streamline Global Security Operations Centers
Solink Corp. announced a major upgrade to its VerifEye platform, adding vision‑language AI to cut alert fatigue and speed incident response. The new system filters false positives, prioritizes genuine threats, and can shrink response times to as little as three...
CloudFest 2026: Pegatron Accelerates European AI Data Center Evolution with Next-Generation Server Portfolio
Pegatron unveiled a new high‑performance, liquid‑cooled server portfolio at CloudFest 2026, aimed at accelerating AI‑ready data centers across Europe. The flagship MS101‑2A1 combines dual AMD EPYC 9005 CPUs in a 1OU, 2‑node design, while the AS402‑2T1‑8H2 and RA4800‑64H2 deliver up...
Legal Industry Reaches AI Tipping Point: Majority of Lawyers Now Using Gen AI Despite Persistent Reliability Concerns
In 2025, a majority of lawyers embraced generative AI, with 63% of mid‑sized firms formally adopting tools such as Microsoft Copilot. Yet 81% of firm leaders voiced concerns over reliability, highlighted by a ten‑fold rise to 487 AI‑related hallucination cases...
Sri Lanka Waives Fees on Low‑Value QR Payments to Spur Digital Adoption
Sri Lanka's central bank approved a fee waiver for low‑value QR code payments, eliminating transaction charges to encourage mobile payments. The move targets small merchants and consumers, aiming to deepen digital finance in a country still recovering from a prolonged...
Microneedle Vaccine Patch Company Raises $50M for Pivot to GLP-1 Delivery
Terrestrial Bio, the microneedle vaccine patch pioneer originally founded as Vaxess Technologies, announced a $50 million Series B financing round to shift its focus from vaccines to GLP‑1 peptide delivery. The capital, led by a consortium of biotech investors, will fund clinical...
Ionos and Bocada Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Integrated Cloud Storage and Backup Oversight for Modern IT and MSP Customers
Ionos and backup‑monitoring specialist Bocada have formed a strategic partnership to combine Ionos' cost‑efficient, S3‑compatible object storage with Bocada's AI‑driven backup oversight platform. The deal includes 90 days of free storage credits (up to $1,500) for Bocada Cloud users and 90 days...
Exclusive: YC Doubles Down On Trayd, A Construction Tech Startup That Just Raised $10M In 3 Weeks
Trayd, a New York‑based construction‑tech startup, closed a $10 million Series A led by White Star Capital, bringing its total financing to $17 million. The SaaS platform automates payroll, HR, compliance and labor‑cost tracking for specialty trade contractors, shrinking a 14‑hour manual process...
FDA Halts Elevidys Trial, Fueling New Right‑to‑Try Debate for Duchenne Families
A mother’s plea after the FDA halted the Elevidys gene‑therapy trial for her son with Duchenne muscular dystrophy has reignited criticism of the 2018 Right‑to‑Try Act. The agency’s decision, triggered by two deaths in a broader trial, cuts off a...
Post-Silicon Validating an MMU. Innovation in Verification
A recent IBM paper extends post‑silicon validation to the memory management unit (MMU) using Cadence’s Threadmill bare‑metal exerciser. The method generates multi‑threaded, constraint‑driven tests that run indefinitely on first silicon, stressing TLB walks, page‑table updates, context switches and migrations. In...
RFID and PLM: The Missing Link Between Physical Assets and the Digital Thread
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems excel at tracking design, manufacturing and service data, yet they often lack a reliable link to the physical product. Embedding RFID tags on components provides a permanent, unique identifier that can be read without line‑of‑sight....
Global PV Equipment Market to Reach 2.6 Times Current Size by 2035
A study by Germany’s VDMA and Fraunhofer projects global capital expenditure on photovoltaic manufacturing equipment to rise from about $16.6 billion in 2025 to $43.8 billion by 2035, roughly 2.6 times current size. The growth mirrors an expected 2.5‑fold increase in annual...
AI-Powered Virtual Oncology Gets Smarter: Reimagine Care Advances Remi to Capture the Nuance of Cancer Patient Conversations
Reimagine Care announced a major upgrade to its AI‑powered virtual oncology assistant, Remi, shifting from rule‑based scripts to natural‑language understanding that can interpret complex patient messages. The SMS‑based platform now adds safety guardrails, AI‑assisted clinician summaries, and expanded monitoring for...
This 20TB Cloud Storage Deal Costs Less Than a Year of iCloud’s 12TB Plan
Internxt announced a lifetime 20 TB cloud‑storage plan priced at $389.97, a steep discount from its $4,900 MSRP. The deal outperforms Apple iCloud’s top tier, which caps at 12 TB and costs roughly $720 per year. By paying once, entrepreneurs avoid recurring...
Trade Desk Concerns: Does CTV Brand Attraction Have A Strong Foundation?
The Trade Desk is under scrutiny after Publicis flagged hidden DSP fees, prompting a follow‑up audit by Omnicom. Despite the controversy, CTV remains the engine of growth, accounting for roughly 50% of the company’s revenue. The stock has dropped 10%...
After Pivoting, Y Combinator Grad Glimpse Raises $35M Led by A16z
Fintech startup Glimpse announced a $35 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from 8VC and Y Combinator. The company, a Y Combinator graduate, pivoted from an Airbnb product‑placement venture to an AI‑driven platform that automates retailer...
