FM Services Provider Intesia Selects Planon Platform to Streamline Operational and Work Order Processes Across Europe
Intesia Group has selected Planon’s Facility Services Business Solution (FSBS) to digitize and standardize its facility management operations across 15 European countries. The FSBS Accelerator will accelerate rollout, delivering unified work‑order, preventive‑maintenance, mobile, subcontractor and financial automation. Integration with Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Building Activate will create an end‑to‑end digital chain from sensor data to service delivery. The partnership aims to boost data quality, analytics and consistent service levels for retail clients.
Compostable Robot Endures over 1 Million Uses Before Becoming Plant Food
A joint research team from Seoul National University, Sogang University and Johannes Kepler University Linz has created a fully biodegradable soft robot that can endure over one million actuation cycles and then decompose into safe compost. The device uses a...
PROPTECH-X : AscendixRE for Land Brokers: A Purpose-Built CRM for a Complex Asset Class
Ascendix Technologies has launched AscendixRE for Land Brokers, a Salesforce‑based CRM engineered specifically for the land‑brokerage segment. The platform centralizes parcel, owner, buyer, and transaction data, delivering a 360‑degree view that replaces spreadsheets and siloed tools. Integrated prospecting, geo‑search, pipeline...
Embedded Finance Platform Array Acquires Penny Finance, Chimney, EarnUp
Array, the embedded‑finance platform, announced a rapid acquisition spree, buying Penny Finance, Chimney and EarnUp within weeks. The deals add financial‑education tools, real‑time property analytics and pay‑cycle‑aligned loan payment technology to Array’s modular suite. By integrating these capabilities, Array aims...
Example of a Proper Use of GenAI
The 11th Circuit in Edwards v. Grubbs (2026) accepted a generative‑AI diagram illustrating a 30‑40° embankment and a 24‑foot drop as part of the record. The AI‑created exhibit helped the court visualize the scene where Officer Grubbs tasered a fleeing, unarmed...
Is Your Job AI-Proof? This New Tool Calculates Your Exact Odds of Being Replaced
Action Network, a sports‑betting analytics firm, launched a free tool that assigns an "implied odds" probability to 756 occupations being replaced by AI. The calculator puts computer programmers (45%), customer‑service reps (42%) and data‑entry keyers (40%) at the highest risk,...
Ranking Engineer Agent (REA): The Autonomous AI Agent Accelerating Meta’s Ads Ranking Innovation
Meta introduced the Ranking Engineer Agent (REA), an autonomous AI system that runs end‑to‑end machine‑learning experiments for ads ranking. REA generates hypotheses, launches training jobs, debugs failures, and iterates without continuous human oversight, using a hibernate‑and‑wake cycle for multi‑day workflows....
Chainguard Thinks Most DevOps Teams Are Solving Container Security the Hard Way
Chainguard unveiled OS Packages, a beta service that lets DevOps teams assemble custom container images from zero‑CVE, source‑built packages. The offering leverages Chainguard’s Factory 2.0 pipeline to continuously rebuild over 30,000 enterprise‑grade packages and generate SBOMs automatically. Teams can use...
AI Tools Offer ‘Near-Real-Time’ Analysis of Data From Seized Mobile Phones and Computers
Israeli firm Cellebrite unveiled AI‑powered tools that let police interrogate call logs, texts, images and videos from seized devices at near‑real time speeds. The Guardian Investigate platform aggregates data in a cloud, maps phone locations, builds timelines and highlights anomalous...
Ownership "Grey Zone" Stalls AI Adoption; HR Leaders Report Roadblocks
A new ELMO benchmark report reveals that only 12% of Australian HR leaders view their teams as responsible for AI adoption, while 39% say IT should own it entirely. The survey of over 900 HR professionals shows a clear ownership...
Garbage In, AI Out: Why Data Discipline Drives Supply Chain Optimization
The webinar hosted by MIT’s Elenna Dugundji highlighted that artificial intelligence can only deliver supply‑chain gains when fed clean, governed data. It examined how data quality, governance, and system integration underpin predictive insights and automated optimization. Leading firms are investing...
Flourish Launches Mortgage Platform to Help RIAs Retain Assets
Flourish, an advisor‑tech provider, has launched Flourish Lending, a residential mortgage platform that lets registered investment advisors originate loans up to $10 million. The service, now available to more than 1,100 RIA firms, covers refinancing, cash‑out and new‑home purchases for primary...
A New Kind of Fire Detection Technology Comes to a California County
San Bernardino County Fire District is rolling out a Florida‑based Fire Neural Network (FNN) lightning‑detection system across its stations, delivering real‑time wildfire risk alerts within 40 seconds. The platform fuses lightning strike data with NOAA weather feeds to calculate a...
How AI Is Redefining the Future of Work with Sharon Gai
In this episode Brandon Laws talks with Sharon Guy, author of *How to Do More with Less*, about how AI is reshaping work and why professionals should shift from being "busy bees" to "beekeepers"—orchestrating AI tools rather than doing every...
MyFitnessPal Wants To Start The Health And Wellness Subsector Of Retail Media
MyFitnessPal has launched a data‑driven advertising business, expanding beyond its legacy mobile display unit to include video, interstitials, full‑screen takeovers, newsletter sponsorships and branded recipe integrations. The platform will leverage its opt‑in food‑logging data—averaging 16 items per user per day—to...
GoTo Launches LogMeIn Partner Network To Boost Channel Momentum
GoTo has unveiled the LogMeIn Partner Network, a channel‑focused program designed to re‑energize its relationships with IT resellers, managed service providers and global systems integrators. The initiative centers on LogMeIn Resolve and Rescue, offering AI‑driven endpoint management, remote support and zero‑trust...
Microsoft Heads Toward AI Superintelligence, Reorganizes Copilot Teams
Microsoft announced a major reorganization of its Copilot teams, merging the consumer and enterprise product lines under a single architecture. Jacob Andreou will lead the unified Copilot effort, while AI chief Mustafa Suleyman will focus on advancing core AI models...
IBM Joins Data Platform Race with Confluent Acquisition
With the latest acquisition of Confluent by IBM, they follow up on the Fivetran, Databricks, and Snowflake stack. Or what do you think? With the latest acquisition in data engineering, it's a race of who gets the most complete data platform...
Researchers Uncover New Phishing Risk Hidden Inside Microsoft Copilot
Researchers at Permiso discovered that attacker‑controlled text embedded in emails can manipulate Microsoft Copilot’s summarization features through cross‑prompt injection attacks. The technique can inject deceptive security alerts or malicious prompts directly into the AI‑generated summary UI, especially in Teams and...
Voyager-2’s only Close-Up Image of Uranus’s Moon Umbriel
Voyager‑2’s 1986 flyby produced the sole close‑up photograph of Uranus’s moon Umbriel, captured from 346,000 miles away with roughly 6‑mile resolution. The image reveals a heavily cratered, ultra‑dark surface that reflects only 16% of sunlight, similar to lunar highlands. A...
Evolve Dynamics Appoints Paul Finn-Kelcey as Chief Product Officer to Scale British Uncrewed Systems
Evolve Dynamics has hired former Dyson product leader Paul Finn‑Kelcey as its inaugural Chief Product Officer. The move is aimed at industrialising the company’s small uncrewed aerial systems—FOXE, WOLFE and SKY MANTIS 2—for the British Armed Forces and NATO allies. Finn‑Kelcey will...
Agentic VCs: Navigating AI Opportunities and Challenges
I'm speaking at the Virtual DDVC Summit 2026! I'll be joining 30+ speakers from Accel, Atomico, Balderton, BlackRock, NEA and more for 3 days of practical sessions on how leading investment firms are using AI, data, and automation. My session: "Opportunities &...
AI‑Driven Security Solutions Align with Upscale Budgets and Enterprise Goals
Enterprises are increasingly adopting AI‑driven non‑human identity (NHI) management to tighten cloud security without inflating budgets. Recent Jitterbit research confirms that cost is no longer the primary barrier, while security, compliance and AI accountability dominate decision‑making.
Best Buy's Spring Sale Is Live, Ahead of Amazon's 'Big Spring Sale'
Best Buy launched its Tech Fest spring sale on March 16, running through March 22, positioning the event as a direct counter to Amazon's upcoming Big Spring Sale. The week‑long promotion features a Deal of the Day and deep discounts...
Master AI/DS Workflow: From Python to Decision-Ready Predictions
2026 AI/DS Career Survival Roadmap: 1. Learn Python + real data 2. Go from ML model → actionable prediction 3. Add AI → interpret + next actions 4. Decision-ready output (no meeting) 5. Rerunnable workflow (weekly) Want the AI/DS workflow live (free)? https://learn.business-science.io/registration-ai-workshop-2
Lemonade Throws Down the Gauntlet
Lemonade’s CEO Daniel Schreiber published a manifesto asserting that the AI‑native insurer enjoys a ten‑year advantage over legacy carriers such as State Farm and Allstate. He argues incumbents cannot simply layer technology onto outdated DNA and outlines three AI‑adoption tests—Scaling...
Why Roblox and Fortnite Are AI-Proof—And Unity Is in the Blast Zone
AI-driven world models, highlighted by Google’s Project Genie prototype, have sparked a sharp sell‑off in gaming‑engine stocks. Unity’s core engine business appears vulnerable to AI‑generated content pipelines, while Roblox and Fortnite remain comparatively insulated because they rely on live‑service ecosystems...
I Uninstalled Every Cleaning App on My Android Once I Found the Built-In Version
The article argues that modern Android phones no longer need third‑party cleaning apps because built‑in tools already handle storage, memory, and battery optimization. Android’s Settings → Storage provides a detailed usage breakdown, while Files by Google offers an ad‑free clean‑up tab that...
AI's Real Bottleneck: Accelerating Human Processes, Not Tech
Our bottleneck for some of the biggest change ahead may be humans. I shared the story of Paul Conyngham and his dog Rosie on my Instagram when it broke. When I read the coverage, my shock was less that ChatGPT...
Workable Launches Agentic AI Features
Workable unveiled Workable Agent, an AI‑driven recruiting teammate built directly into its applicant tracking system. The feature is offered as a free upgrade on all plans, guiding teams through a structured intake to define must‑haves before a job description is...
Sequen Lands $16M to Transform Customer Experiences
Sequen, an enterprise AI infrastructure startup, announced a $16 million Series A round, bringing its total funding to $22 million. The round was co‑led by White Star Capital and Threshold Ventures, with Greycroft participating again. Sequen will use the capital to accelerate product...
Afresh AI Platform Now Covers All Grocery Departments
Afresh announced its AI platform now supports all grocery departments, adding center store, frozen foods, general merchandise, and health & beauty to its fresh‑food focus. The single AI engine uses separate data models and workflows per department to manage replenishment,...
Beyond the Frame: Why Video Is the Strategic Supercharger for Modern DOOH
Video is reshaping digital out‑of‑home advertising by converting static billboards into dynamic, cinematic moments that capture fleeting attention. Brands must adapt each video asset to the unique viewing context of DOOH screens, a process the article calls “transcreation,” using modular...
Is Your Clients’ Data Safe This Tax Season? Here’s What CPAs Need to Know
Tax season floods CPA firms with sensitive W‑2s, SSNs, and bank details, making it a prime target for cybercriminals. AI‑generated phishing emails now convincingly impersonate the IRS and tax‑software providers, raising the risk of credential theft and refund‑diversion scams. OpenText...
Test Your CS Role: See What AI Will Automate
Is your Customer Success job designed to be replaced by AI? Not "will AI change CS?" -- that ship has sailed. The real question is whether there's a human in that role because the work requires one -- or because...
AI Tool Predicts Alzheimer’s Disease with Nearly 93% Accuracy Using Brain Scans
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute created a machine‑learning model that scans MRI images and achieved 92.87% accuracy in distinguishing Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment from healthy brains. The algorithm highlighted volume loss in the hippocampus, amygdala and entorhinal cortex...
Clinical Trial Results Support Use of Weekly Extended-Release Buprenorphine for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy
A NIH‑backed multicenter trial of 140 pregnant adults found that weekly injectable extended‑release buprenorphine achieved significantly higher rates of illicit opioid abstinence than daily sublingual buprenorphine, while also reducing serious maternal adverse events. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine,...
LLM Hallucinations Rooted in Design, Not Bad Data
Hallucinations in large language models are often blamed on bad data. But the deeper issue may be the architecture itself. These systems are designed to predict the most plausible next word, not to verify truth. If hallucinations are part of the design, the...
Nvidia GTC Highlights: NemoClaw Boosts Enterprise AI
There have been so many @nvidia GTC announcements and it's only Tuesday. It didn't make sense to stuff them into one long newsletter. My favorites from yesterday were the NemoClaw and Groq LPU news. So this week's enterprise AI...
Vary Your Ad Formats, Not Just Angles
Everyone talks about 'different angles' Not enough people talk about 'different formats' Stop making every ad look the same
AI Policy Debate: Substitute or Augment Human Workers?
An extremely important topic. I'm more optimistic than Erik, but none of us know for sure. And as he says, "A key policy question is whether we use AI mainly to substitute for people or to augment them."
Claude Outage Pushes Me to Try Other AIs
Claude down. I guess I can switch over to cursor...or perplexity... or chatgpt... or Grok since I have all of them rn 😂
Three Decades of Legal Tech Trends Discussed in Rockport
It was the mountain coming to Muhammad when @goclio CEO @jack_newton and his crew came to my hometown of Rockport, Mass., to interview me on 30 years of legal tech and the biggest trends shaping the industry today. #legaltech #rockportma https://t.co/6Pbbz3fpZr...
AI Pushes Back on Your BS: Benchmark Results
I love this. A benchmark of how often an AI model will push back on your BS.
LLMs Safe in Code, Dangerous when Controlling Robots
Theory: We don't let LLMs control robots and operate freely in the physical world (yet?) because they'd fall all the time, break everything, and cause massive damage. But in software the falling and the massive damage are invisible, so it's fine. https://t.co/HMltzq20lp
Nvidia CEO Says Gamers Misjudge DLSS 5 Performance
Jensen Huang says gamers are "completely wrong" about DLSS 5 — Nvidia CEO responds to DLSS 5 backlash https://t.co/RgDOKPXfPL
McClellanOsc’s X Account Hacked—Exercise Posting Caution
FYI - Just heard from @McClellanOsc . His X account has been hacked. Please be careful with what may be posted until he gets it back under control. Thanks.
Colab Becomes Open, Extensible Host for MCP Agents
"By establishing Colab as an open, extensible host, you can now treat Colab as an automated workspace for any MCP-compatible agent." https://t.co/YEXI75WM1d < use the new @GoogleColab MCP server to offload to the Colab runtime, and use notebooks as a...
Do Large Language Models Truly Grasp Real-World Reality
Can large language models figure out the real world? How deeply predictive AI systems understand their subject matter? https://t.co/E2bwsorCLs #MWC26 #AI @mitsmr https://t.co/49NKn3Pl9D
Smart, Connected Care: The Future Hospital Unveiled
Hospital of the Future — Advancing smart, connected care through data-driven innovation. Join me for a deep @DigitalDHealth dive with @StephenKonya @jconleymd, Manish Ladha, and Casey Granak This Thursday at 10am PST / 1pm EST for our https://t.co/YGpenFx8zW Studio Series Register here-->...
