Interview: Huy Dao, Director of Data and Machine Learning Platform, Booking.com
Booking.com’s data and machine‑learning platform, led by Huy Dao, has completed a seamless migration from on‑prem Hadoop to a Snowflake‑based cloud ecosystem. The new Booking Data Exchange serves over 1,500 practitioners, handling petabytes of data and billions of daily predictions while powering the company’s “connected trip” vision. Dao’s team leverages Snowflake Intelligence, Cortex AI, and multiple GenAI providers to launch agentic AI agents and generative tools, delivering both customer‑facing and internal efficiencies. The initiative has slashed operational expenses by 70% and tripled the data team, underscoring the strategic importance of data‑driven innovation.
Recent Developments in Data Access Policy
The Open Data Policy Lab added 11 new policy developments this quarter across Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America. These entries illustrate five emerging approaches governments use to structure data access, from mandatory public data release to controlled sharing of...
Eon Installs One Million Smart Meters - Germany Lags Far Behind in Rollout Across Europe
Eon announced the installation of its one‑millionth smart meter, bringing its fleet to roughly 30 percent of Germany’s statutory minimum. Nationwide, only about 3.8 percent of metering points are digital, far below the EU‑27 average of 63 percent in 2024 and the 80 percent...
Streamlining Talent Acquisition to Payroll with End-to-End HR Solutions
Companies are increasingly adopting end‑to‑end HR platforms that fuse talent acquisition with payroll, turning fragmented processes into a continuous employee journey. Integrated systems automatically transfer candidate data into employee records, cutting time‑to‑hire and reducing manual entry errors. Automation not only...
Prompted Design Makes UI Creation Effortless, Thinking Becomes Bottleneck
The UI layer is getting eaten by prompts. Google just upgraded their design platform Stitch. Describe an interface in plain language, get production-ready layouts, components, and working code. Tweak spacing, shift layouts, adjust flows through conversation. No Figma. No handoff. Prompt...
AT&T Leads Industry Collaboration with Cisco and NVIDIA to Deliver Network-Driven Edge AI for Enterprises
AT&T, Cisco and NVIDIA have teamed up to launch a network‑driven edge AI platform that merges AT&T’s dedicated IoT core, Cisco’s Mobility Services Platform and AI Grid, and NVIDIA’s RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs. The solution delivers real‑time inference, deterministic performance and...
AI Accelerates Modbus Tool Development for Training
Understand Modbus without real hardware? That is exactly why we built our own tools with AI for our training courses. 🤖 For practical exercises we needed a web based Modbus simulator and an additional Modbus server as an EXE. Instead...
The Companies that Win with AI May Not Look Like Companies at All
The article argues that artificial intelligence is reshaping the very definition of a viable organization, not merely boosting productivity. Rather than serving as a cost‑cutting layer, AI compresses the amount of work that can be done by fewer people, challenging...
The Great Lakes Are Ideal for Wind Energy. So Where Is It?
The Great Lakes possess enough offshore wind capacity to generate over three times the region’s combined annual electricity consumption, yet no turbines are operating there. While states control lakebeds, projects are hampered by fragmented permitting, high costs, and a lack...
How Health Systems Reduce Administrative Waste Without Sacrificing Care
Health systems are tackling the pervasive problem of administrative waste by focusing on four key strategies: strengthening payment oversight with payment‑integrity technology to catch billing errors early; aligning new digital tools with actual clinical workflows to avoid added complexity; fostering...
Astra-HR Reduces Onboarding Burden with AI-Powered Solution
Lunagen Inc. launched Astra‑HR, an AI‑driven onboarding platform that automates twelve repetitive tasks such as Slack setup, background checks, and device provisioning. The solution claims to cut onboarding administrative effort by 40‑60 % while delivering a consistent, error‑free day‑one experience for...
Most Firms Are Already Using AI, but Not Many Are Seeing a Return
A Studio Graphene poll of 500 UK executives shows 78 percent of firms now use AI tools, rising to 85 percent among mid‑sized companies. Yet only 31 percent report a positive return on investment, while 18 percent say projects fell short of expectations. Less...
Realme P4 Lite 5G with 6.8-inch 144Hz Display and 7,000mAh Battery Launched in India, Price Starts at ₹12,999
Realme has introduced the P4 Lite 5G in India, featuring a 6.8‑inch 144 Hz HD+ display, a 7,000 mAh battery and a 6 nm MediaTek Dimensity 6300 processor. The phone ships with MIL‑STD‑810H military‑grade durability and an IP64 rating, and is priced from ₹12,999,...
A Coding Guide to Implement Advanced Differential Equation Solvers, Stochastic Simulations, and Neural Ordinary Differential Equations Using Diffrax and JAX
The tutorial demonstrates how to use the Diffrax library together with JAX, Equinox, and Optax to solve ordinary and stochastic differential equations, perform dense interpolation, and train neural ordinary differential equation (Neural ODE) models. It walks through logistic growth, Lotka‑Volterra,...
Thermochromic Bifacial PV Glazing System for Reducing Building Cooling Loads
Researchers at City University of Hong Kong have created a thermochromic bifacial photovoltaic (TC‑BiPV) glazing system that combines a hydrogel‑based thermochromic layer with bifacial solar cells. The hydrogel switches from transparent to translucent as temperature rises, reflecting light toward the...
Root Canal Treatment with Modern Technology: Why It’s Faster and Safer
Modern dental technologies are reshaping root canal treatment, making it faster, safer, and more predictable. Three‑dimensional CBCT imaging delivers precise diagnoses, while dental microscopes reveal hidden canals with unprecedented clarity. Nickel‑titanium rotary instruments and ultrasonic irrigation streamline cleaning and disinfection,...
From Manual Salaries to Smart Systems: The Evolution of Payroll in Schools and Universities
Payroll management in education has progressed from handwritten ledgers to cloud‑based platforms. Early manual processes were error‑prone and time‑consuming, prompting a shift to spreadsheet calculations that reduced mistakes but still required heavy data entry. Dedicated payroll software automated tax rules...
When to Outsource Fulfillment: The 3PL Decision Guide for E-Commerce
E‑commerce brands typically start fulfillment in‑house, but rapid sales growth, rising shipping costs, and multi‑channel complexity often trigger a shift to third‑party logistics (3PL). The guide highlights five key signals—order‑volume spikes, escalating carrier fees, tighter delivery expectations, operational distraction, and...
Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3 Headphones and Pi8 Earbuds Come in New Regal Colors
Bowers & Wilkins has added a Vintage Maroon finish to its Px7 S3 noise‑cancelling headphones and introduced Pale Mauve and Dark Burgundy colorways for the Pi8 earbuds. Both products retain flagship audio hardware – 40 mm biocellulose drivers in the headphones...
Multiverse Computing Pushes Its Compressed AI Models Into the Mainstream
Multiverse Computing has launched CompactifAI, an app that runs its ultra‑small Gilda model locally on compatible devices, offering offline AI chat. The startup also unveiled a self‑serve API portal giving enterprises direct access to compressed models such as HyperNova 60B, which...
8M Confidential Crime Tips Hacked, Compromised
A hacker group calling itself Internet Yiff Machine says it breached P3 Global Intel, a tip‑intelligence platform owned by Navigate360, exposing over eight million confidential crime tips—about 93 GB of data. The leaked dataset reportedly contains plaintext records, contradicting P3’s claims...
HyImpulse Signs Launch Agreement with SaxaVord
Germany’s HyImpulse Technologies signed a launch service agreement to fly its SR75 hybrid suborbital rocket from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands, targeting a Q3 2026 lift‑off. SaxaVord, equipped with three pads, telemetry, and a UK Civil Aviation Authority licence...
Traffic Is Dying as a Media Metric. What Comes Next Is More Important
Recent Growtika analysis of Ahrefs data shows tech media traffic plummeting, with Digital Trends down 97%, ZDNet 90% and The Verge 85% since their peak months. The decline is linked to AI‑driven search, which consolidates answers and reduces clicks to...
Gartner Predicts Surge in AI-Powered Public Services
Gartner forecasts that by 2028 at least 80 % of governments worldwide will deploy AI agents to automate routine decision‑making, boosting efficiency and service delivery. The firm highlights a shift toward decision intelligence, where governance focuses on the decisions themselves rather...
"Federal Cyber Experts Called Microsoft’s Cloud a “Pile of S**t,” Approved It Anyway"
Federal cyber officials publicly disparaged Microsoft Azure, calling it a “pile of s**t,” yet still granted the cloud service a FedRAMP authorization. The panel’s criticism centered on long‑standing vulnerabilities and inadequate supply‑chain controls, but the agency ultimately approved Azure after...
Dagster: Asset‑First Orchestration Over Task‑Centric Pipelines
Dagster has a steep learning curve but a payoff. It is Vim for orchestration. The mental model shift: Dagster thinks in assets, not tasks. You define what data should exist, not what steps to run. The engine figures out dependencies and...
Tax Code Analysis Tool 1.0
The Tax Code Analysis Tool (CAT) models the U.S. federal tax code as a graph, linking the text of Title 26 to the entities and concepts it governs. By treating over 1,900 sections as interconnected nodes, CAT can surface cross‑references, map...
Philips-Nvidia Team-Up Strives to Create a ‘Self-Driving MRI’ Machine
Philips and Nvidia have unveiled an AI‑driven preview that generates a synthetic MRI image before the scan begins, using Philips' MR foundation model combined with Nvidia's NV‑Segment, NV‑Generate, and NV‑Reason tools. The preview ingests patient data and protocol settings to...
Industrial RS-485/Modbus Raspberry Pi HAT Works with OpenPLC, Supports 7V-32V DC Input
EngineElectronicAccessories released an Industrial RS‑485/Modbus HAT for Raspberry Pi that integrates a protected RS‑485 transceiver and a wide‑range DC input. The board draws power directly from 7 V‑32 V rails, feeding both the HAT and the Pi via an onboard buck converter. It...
Why No One Built a 360 Camera Light Until Now
Harlowe introduced the Omni 360 2W, a $95 LED light that illuminates the full sphere of 360° cameras. The compact unit delivers 2 W (boostable to 4 W) with adjustable color temperature, gesture‑controlled settings, and a 180° forward mode for traditional shooting. Its...
Zopa Bank Continues Its Transformation with Further Growth
Zopa Bank added half a million new customers last year, bringing its total base to 1.7 million, and posted a 90% profit jump to £65 million. Sales rose 24% to £377 million and deposits grew 17% to £6.4 bn. The fintech‑turned‑bank leveraged its in‑house tech...
Balcony Solar Bill Gains Momentum in Illinois
Illinois’ Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee approved a plug‑in solar bill that would let homeowners install up to 1,200‑watt “balcony solar” systems without interconnection agreements or fees. The legislation also bans HOA or landlord restrictions on units of 391 watts...
AI Tools Amplify Devops Misconfigurations and Workflow Friction
Kiro + Opus 4.6 🤖 Struggling with - cross account lambda layer permissions and recognizing they are needed - CORS issues - maintaining correct variables and ARNs for multi-region deployments - Repeated unbound variables in complex bash scripts - making up variables that don’t exist -...
FDA Pushes Back Its Review of New PET Imaging Agent From Lantheus
The U.S. FDA has extended its review of Lanteus’ PET imaging agent LNTH‑2501 by three months, moving the PDUFA target date to June 29. LNTH‑2501, a Ga‑68 edotreotide kit for detecting neuroendocrine tumors in adults and children, remains unapproved and...
China Prioritizes Efficient, Open-Source AI Over Scale
China is running multiple AI races Great read showing how the US and China are on different paths with AI and not really in the same race. China's focus on AI efficiency is infinitely more practical. ↳...
Data Shows Social Selling Replaces SEO and GEO
Why the data shows that social selling is the new SEO / GEO by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/uVT5YMhhva @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #SalesEnablement #Marketing #Leadership #SEO #GEO #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews https://t.co/5PW10TOssf
Liquid Cooling Drives Other Localized Cooling
Liquid cooling is increasingly used to manage high‑power GPUs and AI chips, but removing traditional airflow can leave nearby components overheating. Engineers must perform whole‑board thermal analysis to identify chips that transition from warm to hot without liquid cooling. Alternative...
Robotics Revolutionizes Supply Chain, Logistics, and Warehousing
#WhosNext? Mail sorters? Package sorters? Just look at the revolution in #SupplyChain, #Logistics and #Warehouse Operations that #Robotics makes possible. Amazing or what? (GiGadgets) https://t.co/dDvWhJ7TkA
Clarity Beats Fancy: Simple Loom Video Outperforms $5k Production
I spent $5k on a fancy explainer video. It had a 10% view-through rate. I recorded a simple screen-share with Loom. It had a 70% view-through rate and drove sales. The market doesn't care about fancy. It cares about clarity....
Advanced Packaging Limits Come Into Focus
Advanced packaging has become the primary performance variable for AI and HPC chips, with substrate, bonding, and process sequence dictating scalability. Engineers now face warpage, glass fragility, hybrid‑bond yield, and substrate limits as the dominant yield‑killers as packages grow larger...
New Codex Skill Boosts Bug Detection and Design
I added a /codex skill that does plan and code review in Claude Code and it has found so many more bugs and helped with far more elegant architectural designs And tomorrow I will launch native Codex support so you can...
Quantum-Ready Infrastructure Secures Future Payments
Today at #MPE2026 with my @chyppings hat on: Future-proofing Payments with Quantum-Ready Infrastructure' examining what quantum means for payments security, and what needs to happen next. 📍 19 March | 12:45–13:45 | Main Stage (Potsdam I) @mpecosystem #MPEBerlin #ILoveMPE https://t.co/bxOPVlv53L
AI Use at Work in Europe: Which Countries Use Generative AI Tools Most, and Why?
Eurostat data show that 15% of Europeans aged 16‑74 used generative AI at work in 2025, but adoption varies dramatically across the continent. Norway tops the chart with 35.4% workplace usage, while Hungary lags at 1.3%, reflecting a north‑west versus...
Self‑moving Traffic Cones Boost Safety, Threaten Jobs
#WhosNext? Road workers? These automated traaffic cones can protect road workers from accidents. But won't they also take away the jobs of those who used to move the regular traffic cones? (GiGadgets) #Automation https://t.co/BBX42XDPvd
Nihon University's Tenkoh
Nihon University's Tenkoh-2 cubesat, deployed from the HTV-X1 cargo ship on Mar 11, has been cataloged as object 68261, in a 495 x 501 km x 51.6 deg orbit.
The "Acquired" Cash Machine
This episode dissects the Acquired podcast as a high‑margin cash machine, estimating roughly $20 million in annual revenue—primarily from premium sponsorships—and $16‑18 million in profit for founders Ben and David, who own 100% of the business. The hosts explain how the show’s...
ASUS Launches AI-Powered ExpertBook Ultra in South Africa
ASUS introduced the AI‑powered ExpertBook Ultra in South Africa, targeting mobile professionals who need high‑performance computing in a lightweight chassis. The laptop ships with up to Intel Core Ultra X9 processors, integrated Intel Arc graphics, and a dedicated NPU delivering 50 TOPS...
Apex Signs First Japanese Bus Contract With NEC
Apex Space announced its first Japanese contract, selling an Aries satellite bus to NEC for a 2027 low‑Earth‑orbit optical communications demo. NEC plans to merge its long‑standing payload expertise with Apex’s standardized, rapid‑development platform to accelerate the mission. The deal...
Revector & Cannon Dynamics Integrate Cell Phone Location Payload Onto Long-Range UAV for Anti-Poaching
Revector has partnered with UK‑based Cannon Dynamics to mount its mobile‑phone location Detector onto the Sword long‑endurance VTOL drone for anti‑poaching missions in Africa. The integrated system uses an IMSI‑catcher to map unusual mobile activity, giving rangers real‑time intel across...
Volatus to Develop Heavy-Lift Drone Logistics for Offshore Wind Operations & Maintenance
Volatus Aerospace has signed a contract with a leading offshore wind power firm to develop heavy‑lift drone logistics for maritime environments. The initiative will enable remotely managed drones to transport up to 100 kg of tools and components from vessels directly...