Launch of NetRise Provenance Reveals Who and What Are Behind Open Source, And How Risk Propagates Through the Supply Chain
NetRise, a software supply‑chain security firm, launched NetRise Provenance, a product that links open‑source components to their maintainers and assesses contributor risk across enterprise portfolios. The solution enriches SBOMs with provenance data, offering a policy engine that can automatically block builds when risky dependencies are detected. It also provides blast‑radius analysis, geographic attribution, and OFAC compliance checks via API, CLI, and GitHub Action. The tool aims to give procurement, risk, and development teams real‑time visibility into how malicious code propagates through dependency graphs.
AVL and Ansible Advance Vehicle Validation with Integrated Simulation and Driver-in-the-Loop Testing
AVL Mobility Technologies and Ansible Motion have teamed up to fuse AVL’s VSM real‑time vehicle simulation platform with Ansible’s driver‑in‑the‑loop simulators. The integrated solution lets manufacturers model components, systems and full vehicles, then immediately test chassis dynamics, power‑train behavior, ADAS...
Hanwha Ocean Enters Greek Naval Market Through Partnership with ONEX
South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean has signed a strategic teaming agreement with Greece’s ONEX Shipyards & Technologies, the nation’s largest shipbuilding and defense firm. The deal makes the two companies exclusive partners on submarine and other naval projects for the Hellenic...
Mobileye Announces US OEM Win for Driver Monitoring System (DMS)
Mobileye announced that a leading U.S. automaker will integrate its Driver Monitoring System (DMS) with the EyeQ6L system‑on‑chip, targeting production start in 2027. The deal expands an existing ADAS program to span millions of vehicles across multiple models and model...
Asia Daily: March 24, 2026
Hong Kong amended its national security law, granting police authority to demand passwords and decryption tools, with up to one year in jail for refusal. A U.S. report warns that retirements and a steep drop in students studying China will...
Highlight AI Raises $40 Million Series A to Build the Shared Intelligence Layer for the Agentic Age of Work
Highlight AI announced a $40 million Series A round led by Khosla Ventures, bringing on former Discord VP of Product Sergei Sorokin as its new CEO. The funding aims to accelerate development of its intelligent operating system that unifies AI agents and...
Trust Is the New Currency in B2B Buying: SurveyMonkey, Reddit
A joint SurveyMonkey‑Reddit study finds B2B buyers now prioritize peer validation over vendor marketing, with 73% trusting recommendations from colleagues. Decision‑makers are largely self‑directed, with 83% conducting research before speaking to sales and 65% completing it within a week. High‑stakes...
Carbon Management Platform Zevero Raises £5m
Carbon‑management startup Zevero announced a $7 million seed round, bringing its total capital to $14 million. The AI‑driven platform automates emissions data collection, creating reusable datasets for ESG disclosures, product design and sourcing decisions. Funds, led by Spiral Capital with Gazelle Capital...
Why I Pick This $200 Motorola Phone over Cheap Google and Samsung Models
Motorola’s 2026 Moto G refresh sticks closely to the 2025 model, offering a $200 mid‑range Android phone with a sleek vegan‑leather back and a bold pink finish. It features a 6.7‑inch HD+ display with 120 Hz refresh, a 50 MP main camera...
How to Use Apple’s Live Translation on Your AirPods
Apple introduced Live Translation, an on‑device AI feature that turns supported AirPods into real‑time language interpreters. The system works with AirPods 4, AirPods Pro 2, AirPods Pro 3, and the 2026 AirPods Pro Max, but requires an iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max or any iPhone 16/17 running iOS 26. Users must download...
Infobip Bolsters Fraud Protection for Enterprises with T-Mobile Network API Offerings
Infobip has partnered with T‑Mobile to embed the carrier’s network APIs into its AI‑first cloud communications platform, creating a unified solution for enterprise fraud protection. The integration leverages CAMARA Open Gateway standards, allowing developers to verify device possession and authenticate...
Addi Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026
Addi, the point‑of‑sale financing platform, has been named to Fast Company’s 2026 list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. The company recently closed a $200 million Series C round, bringing total funding to $350 million and expanding its operations into the United States....
AeroShield Alliance Establishes Mississippi Headquarters
AeroShield Alliance and its merger partner Aero Velocity are opening a new headquarters in Mississippi to expand AI‑driven infrastructure analytics and drone data collection for state and local governments. The hub, partnered with Holmes Community College, will support a Rural...
The Most Innovative Architecture Companies of 2026
Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Architecture Companies list showcases firms that blend design excellence with climate action, technology, and social impact. HKS earned top honors for Astra Tower, a 41‑story skyscraper in Salt Lake City that filters incoming air and...
AI Doesn't Replace Human Judgment in Retail Real Estate - Where We Buy #375
In this episode, James Cook talks with Paul Sill, head of JLL’s Visionary Insights Group, about how data‑driven analytics can guide retail and restaurant site selection while avoiding the trap of mistaking correlation for causation. Sill explains how their predictive...
The Most Innovative Retail Companies of 2026
The 2025‑2026 retail innovators used technology to address margin pressure, labor costs, and sustainability. Shopify opened its platform to AI shoppers through ChatGPT, while Walmart turned low‑price grocery strategy into profitable e‑commerce and advertising growth. Fanatics launched a content studio,...
Make Benefits Easy to Use with Smart Systems Integration
Guardian reports that 65% of organizations now rank systems integration as a top priority for employee benefits. By linking benefit platforms to HR and payroll systems through APIs, companies can deliver personalized, context‑driven resources such as caregiving or wellness options...
Quantum Computing Meets AI at GCConference Kickoff
We had a great start to the #quantumtechnologies theme at the #GCConference, with two sessions. Christian Gogolin delivered an inspiring and insightful keynote on the use of quantum computers in quantum chemistry. This was followed by three eminent researchers who explored...
Xpeng Sets up Standalone Robotaxi Unit
Xpeng has launched a standalone robotaxi business unit that will coordinate product definition, integration, R&D testing and daily operations. The division aims to begin real‑world passenger trials in the second half of 2026, with fully autonomous, safety‑operator‑free rides expected by...
DHL Express and SHEIN Expand Partnership with SAF Push
DHL Express and fast‑fashion retailer SHEIN have deepened their partnership to trial sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in SHEIN’s international air freight. The collaboration, part of DHL’s GoGreen Plus programme, aims to scale SAF use across cross‑border e‑commerce logistics. DHL reports...
Communiqué 110: Our Knowledge Ecosystem Takes a Giant Leap
Communiqué announced Communiqué OS, an operating system that consolidates data, intelligence and resources for Africa’s creative economy. The platform builds on a database of over 1,000 verified entities across 54 markets and adds a health index, capital‑flow tracker and policy...
Telefonica Bags Madrid Critical Comms Contract
Spain’s Telefónica Soluciones de Informática y Comunicaciones de España has secured a five‑year contract to upgrade and manage Madrid’s central emergency communications system. The deal involves modernising the city’s digital TETRA network with new hardware, software and a unified dispatch...
Financial Crime Risk Assessments: The New Regulatory Standard
Regulators worldwide are elevating enterprise‑wide financial crime risk assessments from a compliance formality to the core blueprint of AML/CTF programmes. The new standard demands assessments that are accurate, complete, evidence‑based and fully integrated with governance, controls and risk appetite. Generic...
DNV Supports Grenergy Chile Financing
DNV has helped Grenergy Renovables secure financing for its Central Oasis solar‑plus‑storage portfolio in Chile. The 398 MW solar PV and 1.4 GWh battery complex spans the Maule and Bíobío regions. International lenders, led by BNP Paribas with Santander and Rabobank, provided the...
Nornickel Bets on AI to Find Palladium Uses
Nornickel, the world’s largest palladium producer, has launched a $100 million AI initiative to discover new uses for the metal as electric vehicles erode its traditional auto‑catalyst market. The Palladium Center, created in 2023, targets an additional 1.7 million ounces of annual...
New Research on 3D Printed Heart Attack Sensing Platform With 17 Cents Electrodes
Researchers at the University of Brighton and the University of Strathclyde have created a fully 3D‑printed electrochemical sensor that detects the heart‑attack biomarker cardiac troponin I at 7.4 pg/mL in undiluted human serum. The electrodes, printed on a desktop FlashForge Creator Pro 2 using...
Chennai Super Kings Partners with Snapchat for ROAR 2026
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) teamed up with Snapchat to power its pre‑IPL fan event, ROAR 2026, at the M A Chidambaram Stadium. The collaboration featured a stadium‑wide Snap Camera AR experience that reached more than 25,000 attendees. Digital extensions included creator‑led SnapStarSquad videos,...
Meesho Launches Gen AI Voice Shopping Assistant Vaani
Meesho, the Bengaluru‑based social commerce platform, unveiled Vaani, a generative‑AI voice shopping assistant that guides users through product discovery to checkout. The system leverages a multi‑agent architecture and edge‑based speech processing to keep latency low and costs down, while supporting...
Why AI-Driven Food-Based Melodramas Go Viral —and Stay Safe
AI‑generated food microdramas are sweeping Indian social platforms, pulling 20‑million‑plus views per clip while sidestepping copyright and personality‑right claims. Creators can earn roughly $120 for a 30‑second video after spending about $6 on AI credits, delivering returns up to 20 times...
NVIDIA Releases Dynamo 1.0 for AI Inference
NVIDIA unveiled Dynamo 1.0, an open‑source software platform that acts as a distributed operating system for AI inference workloads. Paired with the new Blackwell GPU architecture, Dynamo can accelerate generative and agentic inference up to seven times, improving token efficiency...
From AI Firewalls to Ethical Hackers: NS and Alstom on Cybersecurity
Dutch Railways (NS) is scaling its cyber defenses, now employing 140 specialists and allocating roughly $545 million to IT security. The firm runs a Red Team of ethical hackers and has deployed an AI‑powered firewall that monitors train‑level IP traffic. NS...
ITDR Won’t Save You if You Can’t Recover – Quest Research
Quest’s State of ITDR 2026 research reveals that while financial institutions have heavily invested in identity threat prevention and detection, recovery capabilities remain a critical gap. Nearly 80% of organisations lack adequate tooling to restore identity infrastructure, with 24% never...
The African Drone Forum (ADF) Announces First-Ever ‘Africa Pavilion’ at XPONENTIAL Europe 2026
The African Drone Forum (ADF) announced the debut of an Africa Pavilion at XPONENTIAL Europe 2026, the continent’s first unified presence at the premier uncrewed systems exhibition. The pavilion, running March 24‑26 in Düsseldorf, is backed by Germany’s BMZ and...
Akamai Updates Guardicore Segmentation with AI to Automate Zero-Trust Policy Enforcement
Akamai Technologies unveiled AI‑enhanced capabilities for its Guardicore Segmentation platform, targeting zero‑trust enforcement in hybrid and multicloud environments. The new features continuously discover application behavior, automatically generate enforcement‑ready policies, and simulate impact before rollout. Proof‑driven enforcement and delegated owner workflows...
Best Premium Soundbars: Dolby Atmos, Hi-Res Audio, and More
WIRED’s latest guide ranks the top premium soundbars, highlighting Samsung’s HW‑Q990D as the best all‑in‑one system, Sonos Arc Ultra as the most expandable, Sennheiser Ambeo Max as the top stand‑alone bar, and Sony’s Bravia Theater Quad for hidden audio. All...
Payments Forward Plan
The Payments Vision Delivery Committee released the Payments Forward Plan, a three‑year roadmap outlining the future of payments. The plan targets faster, more secure, and interoperable transaction infrastructure, bringing together banks, fintechs, and regulators. It highlights real‑time settlement, digital identity,...
WHO Issues Three Recommendations for Responsible AI in Mental Health
The World Health Organization unveiled three recommendations for responsible AI deployment in mental health and wellbeing, calling for public‑health framing, integrated impact assessments, and co‑design with experts. The guidance, produced after a workshop of 30+ international specialists, also announces a...
CEO Commitment, Empowered Teams, Strategy Alignment Drive AI Success
Most companies are using AI. Very few are scaling it. I sat down with Tanuja Randery CBE , Managing Director of Amazon Web Services (AWS) EMEA, to ask what she sees separating the leaders from the laggards. She has a...
US Flags Foreign‑Made Routers as Security Threat
US authorities have turned their attention to routers made outside the US, suggesting they're a national security risk. https://t.co/FxRBqkwa6x
FDA Clears 7.2 Mg Wegovy HD, Boosting Weight‑Loss Potential by 19%
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a 7.2‑milligram version of Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide weight‑loss drug Wegovy, dubbed Wegovy HD. Clinical data showed participants lost roughly 19% of body weight, about 47 pounds on average, compared with 16% on the...
Master the macOS Dock with Our Complete Guide
Learn how the macOS Dock works with our complete guide for new Mac users. https://t.co/1B17S3hC0S
Windows 11 Gets Monthly Overhauls Throughout 2026
Is 2026 going to be the year Microsoft finally fixes Windows 11? We don't know yet, but major changes will be coming every month this year. https://t.co/Mq3sPF3AVn
Aura Launches Digital Wellbeing Score as Study Links Teens' Screen Time to Depression
Aura introduced its Digital Wellbeing Score, revealing that more than 60% of 16‑17‑year‑olds fall into a low‑wellbeing category. A separate Imperial College study found children who spend over three hours daily on social media are significantly more likely to develop...
Zurich Startup Creates Physical AI to Teach Robots Human Skills
Zurich-Based Startup Builds Physical #AI to Teach #Robots Human Skills by @mimicrobotics #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/gVymMFNGjp
AI Agents Shifting to In‑workflow, Prompting Slack/Teams Dilemma
AI agents busting out of platform and going in-workflow is the next stage. Happening soon with LinkedIn Hiring Assistant. Q: Will we tolerate multiple agents in Slack / Teams or default to single one? https://t.co/acpq2Dot2k
Operator of X Denies Japan Gov't Request to Extend Data Retention Period
The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications asked X Corp. to extend its data‑retention window for communication logs to three‑to‑six months to aid defamation investigations. X declined, saying its internal standard of one to two months would become costly...
Nepal Allows Solo Foreign Trekkers in Previously Restricted Himalaya Zones
Nepal's Department of Immigration has revised its trekking permit rules to let solo foreign tourists enter 13 restricted districts, provided they hire licensed guides and book through registered agencies. The move aims to boost visitor numbers while maintaining safety through...
Globe Turns over IMSI Catcher Detectors over to the NTC, CICC, CIDG to Help Fight Mobile Scams
Globe has transferred IMSI catcher detectors to the Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission, the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center, and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to strengthen the fight against mobile scams. The detectors enable real‑time identification and location of...
