Helpful Webinars and Other Resources for Generic Drug Manufacturers
The FDA has compiled a suite of webinars, workshops and seminars aimed at helping generic drug manufacturers improve their abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) submissions. Topics span bioequivalence studies, inactive ingredient databases, sample retention, and product‑specific challenges for oral, inhalation, ophthalmic, and topical dosage forms. Recent sessions, such as the 2024 Small Business Assistance events, address emerging statistical approaches and in‑silico modeling for complex generics. The agency links each webinar to existing guidances, offering a practical roadmap to avoid common deficiencies and accelerate approval timelines.
Albertsons Factors Rising Fuel Costs Into Fulfillment, Delivery
Albertsons said it is building higher fuel costs into its 2026 outlook after crude oil prices jumped from $60 to $112 per barrel amid the U.S.-Israel war on Iran. The retailer expects food‑price inflation to stay around 2% and is...
State-Appointed Supt. Envisions 100 AI-Focused Campuses for Houston ISD
Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles is expanding the AI‑focused “Future 2” program from two to six schools for the 2026‑27 school year, adding two elementary and two middle campuses. The initiative is part of the district’s New Education System reform, which...
Seagate Space and Oceaneering Join Forces to Build the Future of Offshore Launch Infrastructure
Oceaneering International and Seagate Space have signed a memorandum of understanding to co‑develop an offshore launch platform, dubbed the Gateway concept. The partnership leverages Oceaneering’s maritime and space systems heritage, including work on the Space Shuttle and Artemis, to accelerate...
AI Data Center Moratorium: Balancing Energy, Community, and Growth Risks
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, which would freeze new AI‑focused data‑center construction until federal safeguards on energy, water, labor and civil liberties are in place. The proposal arrives as at least...
California County Jail to Save $12 Million in Energy Costs with Solar Carport and Tesla Battery
Sunrock Distributed Generation has commissioned a 1.243‑MW solar carport and a 1.043‑MW/2.087‑MWh Tesla Megapack battery at the Monterey County Jail in Salinas, California. Funded through a power‑purchase agreement, the system is projected to generate over 2,000 MWh of clean electricity each...
Public-Facing AI Tools Could Yield More Efficiency Gains for States, Report Says
State leaders are rapidly deploying AI assistants for internal use, but a new Pioneer Institute policy brief highlights a missed opportunity to expand public‑facing AI tools. Massachusetts, partnering with OpenAI, has rolled out an AI assistant for its 40,000‑person executive...
Gabon Institutes Social Media Age Verification for Under-16s
Gabon has enacted a pioneering regulation that obliges all social‑media users under 16 to undergo age verification using national ID, address and digital‑identity data. Platforms have a 12‑month window, ending February 2027, to meet technical standards, undergo HAC audits and...
A $750M Fabless Chip Company, and the Foundry That Makes the Chips
Credo Technology announced a $750 million cash acquisition of Israeli silicon‑photonic fabless startup DustPhotonics, with an earn‑out that could lift total consideration to about $1.3 billion. DustPhotonics’ proprietary L3C (Low‑Loss Laser Coupling) technology remains opaque, as no public loss figures or peer‑reviewed...
Apple Chooses Amazon Satellites for iPhone, Years After Rejecting Starlink Offer
Amazon announced a $11.6 billion acquisition of Globalstar and a partnership that makes it the primary satellite service provider for iPhone and Apple Watch. The deal gives Amazon access to Globalstar’s existing low‑Earth‑orbit constellation, spectrum and Mobile Satellite Service licenses. Amazon...
USAF GE 26 Showcases New AI-Enabled WarMatrix Wargaming Capability
The U.S. Air Force’s GE‑26 unit unveiled WarMatrix, an AI‑enabled wargaming platform that automates scenario creation and adversary modeling. Leveraging machine‑learning algorithms, the system can generate realistic multi‑domain conflict simulations in minutes rather than hours. Early tests show a 70%...
Boston Globe Features AI‑Era West Wing Reimagining
Excited that the Boston Globe featured my recent piece reimagining the West Wing in the AI age in their tech newsletter today. Part two drops tomorrow. Sign up to be the first to get it! https://anchorchange.substack.com
About the Quantitative Medicine Center of Excellence (QM CoE)
The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has launched the Quantitative Medicine Center of Excellence (QM CoE) to centralize quantitative expertise across its offices. Governance includes senior leaders from the Offices of Generic Drugs, New Drugs, Pharmaceutical Quality,...
OpenGradient Raises $9.5M
OpenGradient announced a $9.5 million funding round to accelerate its decentralized AI compute network. The round was led by a16z crypto with participation from Coinbase Ventures, SV Angel, and a slate of crypto‑focused angels such as Balaji Srinivasan and Illia Polosukhin. OpenGradient’s platform...
World Lithium Reserves Surge, Fueling Full EV Transition
New data: no shortage of lithium in the world for a 100% WWS transition. @USGS says known world lithium resources increased by 30% in one year, from 115.1 in 2024 to 150 million tons in 2025. That is enough for 19 billion...
FDA Clears Next-Gen Device for Left-Heart Access
Protaryx Medical received FDA clearance for its next‑generation Transseptal Puncture Device, enabling left‑heart access in minimally invasive cardiac procedures. The system features zero‑exchange delivery, an atraumatic design, an echogenic extendable probe and a standardized RF guidewire compatible with multiple electrosurgical...
Spot Gains Autonomy, Yet Surprising Design Choice Remains
Spot can now read gauges, spot hazards, and reason about tasks on its own, but one design choice may surprise you. https://spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-spot-google-deepmind?share_id=9376931
Joey Reeve, CPA – 2025 “20 Under 40” Accounting Influencer
Joey Reeve, CPA, has been named a 2025 "20 Under 40" accounting influencer. He founded Universal CPA Review, a visual‑learning platform that provides video explanations for every multiple‑choice question and comprehensive study guides. The service claims to have helped thousands...
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Teach Spot to Reason
Boston Dynamics announced that its Spot robot now runs Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics‑ER 1.6, a high‑level embodied reasoning model. The AI upgrade lets Spot autonomously read gauges, spot spills, and perform inspection tasks in industrial settings. Gemini adds vision‑only success...
ID.me Now Available in Epic Toolbox as a Digital Identity Option for MyChart
ID.me announced its integration into Epic Toolbox’s Identity Verification for MyChart, giving health systems a turnkey digital‑identity option for account creation and recovery. The platform, used by over 165 million consumers and trusted by 22 federal agencies, enables patients to verify...
Bank of America Tech Chief Shares AI Strategy Focus
Bank of America is scaling its artificial‑intelligence program from isolated pilots to enterprise‑wide process transformation. The bank has earmarked 30% of its $13.5 billion technology budget for AI, and more than 90% of its 213,000 staff now use the Erica virtual...
The Business of Benefits: Enhanced Maternity Benefits at Koch Industries
Koch Industries, employing 60,000 U.S. workers, rolled out a virtual maternity‑care benefit with Pomelo for all medical‑plan members in 2022. Over 3,000 employees and families have enrolled, driving an 8% drop in NICU admissions, a 31% reduction in NICU stay...
Open‑source Models Fail Due to Mismatched Agent Harnesses
Is there somewhere a collection of the best agent/coding harnesses for each models, especially open-source and local ones? In my opinion, the biggest reason why people are struggling with open/local models these days is that the agent/coding harnesses in most open...
Instant Messaging: Transforming How We Talk at Work
Instant messaging has evolved from a casual chat tool into a central enterprise communication hub, with platforms like Slack, Microsoft Teams and Google Chat replacing email for many routine interactions. Adoption is widespread—nearly 80% of Fortune 100 firms use Slack...
“Baby Shark” And the Hague Service Convention: The Second Circuit Limits Email Service Abroad
The Second Circuit in Smart Study Co., Ltd. v. Shenzhenshixindajixieyouxiangongsi held that the Hague Service Convention creates a “closed universe” that bars email service on Chinese defendants. The court rejected arguments that the treaty’s silence on email or Rule 4(f)(3) permits...
When AI Starts Shopping for You, Fashion May Be Entering a New Era of Pricing
Fashion retailers are increasingly deploying AI‑driven dynamic pricing, allowing item prices to fluctuate daily and sometimes drop up to 17% while a shopper’s cart sits idle. New AI agents, exemplified by Google’s shopping bot, can monitor user‑set price targets, notify...
Optional Product Pricing Best Practices + Benefits
Optional product pricing lets firms sell a low‑priced core item while monetizing add‑ons, upgrades, or custom features. The model, exemplified by airlines, Leatherology, and car manufacturers, boosts average order value and widens market appeal. Best practices include anchoring a fair...
Build a $200k AI Career for Under $12
My AI data science stack: 1. Python ($0) 2. Pandas ($0) 3. Scikit Learn ($0) 4. LangChain ($0) 5. LangGraph ($0) 6. OpenAI API ($1/month) You literally can grow into a $200,000 career for less than $12/year. I’m teaching it live (free): 👉 https://learn.business-science.io/registration-ai-workshop-2
Adani, Minerva Forge JV on Indian Renewable Projects- #BeltAndRoad #Economy #Infrastructure
Adani Renewable Energy Middle East, a subsidiary of Adani Green Energy, has signed a joint‑venture agreement with UAE‑based Minerva Holding RSC. Minerva will take a 20% equity stake in a new UAE‑registered vehicle that will develop solar and wind projects...
Anthropic AI Design Tool Slashes Adobe, Wix, Figma Stocks
Sending web design/presentation platform stocks down -> Anthropic is preparing to release Claude Opus 4.7, along with a new AI-powered tool for designing websites and presentations, as soon as this week "News of the upcoming AI design tool sent the share...
AI Confidently Fabricates Answers; Honesty Rises when Challenged
MUST READ: I asked Grok which sports documentaries are releasing this week. It gave me wrong answers so I challenged her. She admitted she lied to sound helpful. What she said next is terrifying: “The truth is I’m still more...
New ‘JanaWare’ Ransomware Targeting Turkish Citizens as Cybercriminal Ecosystem Fragments
Acronis has identified a new ransomware strain called JanaWare that exclusively targets computers in Turkey by checking system locale and IP geolocation. The malware, delivered mainly through phishing emails with malicious Java archives, demands low ransoms of roughly $200 to...
From Pledges to Projects to Procurement: How to Build a Digital Platform to Manage Climate Finance
The Open Contracting Partnership found that while the technology to track climate finance exists, misaligned incentives and data silos prevent its use. Commitments such as the UNFCCC’s $6 trillion annual target remain high‑level because current systems cannot follow money through procurement...
BAE Unveils Highly Maneuverable, Refuelable Satellite, Eyes 2027 Delivery
BAE Systems unveiled Ascent, a high‑thrust, refuelable satellite in its Elevation line, aimed at dynamic space operations for the U.S. Space Force, commercial and civil users. The platform can maneuver across medium‑Earth orbit, geosynchronous orbit and cislunar space, and a...
I’m ChatGPT. I’m Designed to Help You—And Keep You Here
Jeff Karp’s essay argues that ChatGPT’s design subtly prioritizes ease, availability, and reassurance, while downplaying the richness of human connection. By framing answers to highlight convenience, the model creates a low‑friction bias that can quietly shape users’ thinking over repeated...
Retention, Not Acquisition, Is the Real Growth Engine
Everyone is chasing new users… but the real growth is hidden in the users you already have. Introducing @siriusai — an AI retention model built around trust, not friction. Instead of forcing conversions, it builds relationships that actually last. That’s how companies like Promova...
Bionic Eye Mimics Animal Pupils for Sharper Focus
A recent Science #Robotics study describes a #bionic eye that can simulate irregular pupils such as a cat’s vertical pupil for precise focus while hunting and a toad's heart-shaped pupil for improved depth perception. https://t.co/p1uZy6rbky https://t.co/D13AFi1g5T
I Gave Android the One iPhone Feature I Actually Envied, and I’m Keeping It
Robin John reviews LiveMedia, an open‑source Android app that mimics iOS Live Activities for media playback. The app places album art, track info and playback controls in a persistent notification pill on Pixel 10 Pro devices running Android 16. It supports Spotify, YouTube...
Precise Data Shows CSS Farther From Artemis than ISS
A more precise calculation gives a max CSS-Artemis distance as 419643 km at 2220:08 UTC; max ISS-Artemis was 419581 km at 2222:05 UTC. My earlier calculation neglected a coordinate frame precession between the Artemis and ISS/CSS data...
AI Handles Mechanical Tasks, Boosting Alignment Researchers' Productivity
Just as AI can improve the productivity of AI researchers it can specifically improve the productivity of AI alignment researchers. It does so by taking on the most well defined and mechanical tasks, leaving the ambiguous and amorphous work to...
Florance Gift Fuels Princeton’s Quantum Research & Discovery
Andy and Heather Florance have made a substantial, undisclosed donation to Princeton University’s Princeton Quantum Initiative, accelerating its research and education efforts. The gift bolsters work in superconducting qubits, quantum materials, and other quantum information science, aligning with recent breakthroughs...
AI Estimates Can't Replace Seeing and Smelling a Home
“But AI says my home is worth” is the new “But Zillow says my home is worth.” I’ve been hearing this much more frequently lately. Just a reminder that seeing AND smelling a property can make all the difference. https://t.co/ZLmrvPsQPo
Amex Unveils ACE Kit, Letting Agents Pay Directly
Amex just enabled agents to pay on their network. Thy launched the Agentic Commerce Experiences (ACE) developer kit. And this is SUPER different to the other payments networks in a lot of ways. Why? https://t.co/MGvhQapsUO
Amazon Stock Pops on Double Satellite Win
Amazon’s stock rose about 4% after the company announced plans to acquire Globalstar and to expand its low‑Earth‑orbit Leo satellite network. The deal will fold Globalstar’s assets into Leo and is paired with a separate agreement to provide satellite texting...
Upskill Your Team or Lose SEO Agency Relevance
What happens to your SEO agency when clients realize they can get better results with an SEO consultant + AI and pay significantly less? Solution: re-skill/ up-skill all your employees so that you don't have to go through that.
Agents Don’t Need Instant Spin‑up; Seconds Don’t Matter
I keep hearing "agents can't wait". Sandboxes and DBs must spin up as fast as possible. But I don't understand why. Agents typically work in the background. Few extra seconds won't matter. And I see Codex use Docker, waiting for...
YouTube Will Now Pause Livestream Ads when Chat Engagement Peaks
YouTube introduced real‑time ad suppression that pauses automatic ads when chat activity spikes, and it adds personal ad‑free windows for viewers who send Super Chats or gifts. The update arrives alongside dual‑format streaming—vertical and horizontal—plus virtual gifting now available in...
AI-Powered Music Creation Fuels Endless Banger Library
AI for music creation is incredible. I am completely hooked and already have a library of bangers.
Model Version Numbers Don’t Reflect Actual Ability Gains
Version numbers are not a very useful way to understand model ability gains at this stage. Unfortunately that means that if you aren’t following closely, you would expect that 5.4 is a small gain over 5, or 4.6 a small...
Need Some CPUs? Good Luck With That
The AI boom has moved from GPUs to a surge in CPU demand, leaving cloud providers and PC makers scrambling for capacity. Microsoft’s GitHub and AWS report severe shortages as AI reasoning models require intensive CPU cycles for validation, reinforcement...
