Cyber-Attacks on UK Firms Increase at Four Times Global Rate
Check Point’s February 2026 report shows UK organisations faced a 36% year‑on‑year rise in cyber‑attacks, far outpacing the 9.8% global increase. Despite the surge, UK firms averaged 1,504 attacks per week, still below the global mean of 2,086. Education, energy, government, healthcare and financial services were the most targeted sectors, with ransomware groups such as Qilin, Clop and The Gentlemen accounting for the bulk of incidents. Simultaneously, unchecked generative AI usage exposed 88% of organisations to high‑risk data leaks.
Child Rapist Could Have Profiled Victims Through Unaudited Access to NHS Databases
A former NHS analyst and convicted child rapist, Paul Lipscombe, is alleged to have used unaudited SQL queries to extract personal details of his victims from hospital databases. The whistleblower highlighted that while patient administration systems are logged, analysts can...
Fujifilm Instax Evo Cinema Review: Retro Video Fun
Fujifilm’s Instax Mini Evo Cinema blends a 1960s cine aesthetic with modern instant‑photo and short‑video functionality. The camera features a 5‑MP sensor, 15‑second video clips, and a Decades dial that applies era‑specific visual effects from the 1930s to the 2020s....
Arguing for PPARα Agonist Fenofibrate to Be Geroprotective
Researchers report that fenofibrate, a PPARα agonist approved for hyperlipidemia, extends lifespan and reverses cellular senescence in several mouse models, including D‑galactose‑induced, 18‑month‑old, and SAMP8 strains. The drug reduces age‑related lipid accumulation and restores mitochondrial function by up‑regulating CPT1C, a...
Retail Media at a Turning Point: Growth, Agents, and the New Rules of 2026
The Retail Media Podcast’s final episode, recorded at NRF 2026, highlights three pivotal shifts that defined 2025: marketplace sellers emerging as the primary growth engine, AI becoming the operating system for retail media, and product catalogs transforming into strategic discovery...
Netcracker CTO: Achieving High Value with AI Is Telecom’s Next Inflection Point
At MWC26 Netcracker CTO Bob Titus warned that AI marks a critical inflection point for telecoms, promising new revenue, cost reductions, and superior customer experiences. He emphasized that operators must upgrade talent, build robust, governable AI architectures, and prioritize high‑value...
Charing Infrastructure Expands in Pennsylvania with NEVI
Pennsylvania is rolling out 12 electric‑vehicle charging projects along its major roadways, backed by $54 million already committed through the federal NEVI program. To date the state has installed 30 public chargers—the highest NEVI‑funded count in the nation—and has 53 more...
UK Government Hires Google to Develop AI Planning Tool to Make "Near-Instant Decisions"
Google Cloud has secured a £6.9 million contract from the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to build an AI‑driven planning tool. The system is designed to halve processing times for planning applications, aiming for near‑instant decisions on straightforward...
Oppo Find N6 Boasts Near‑invisible Screen Crease
The Oppo Find N6! Can’t talk about specs much yet but it has a screen that has faintest, hard to notice, hard to see crease yet. Full review coming.
Ground Control: The Strategic Backbone for Telcos’ Space-Based Infrastructure
Telcos are transforming ground infrastructure into the operational backbone of space‑based connectivity, merging teleports, gateway stations and edge data centers with cloud and 5G networks. e& showcased this shift by delivering the Middle East’s first 1.25 Gbps satellite link from its...
Build Fast or Fall Behind with Michael Webber
In this episode, Dr. Michael Weber discusses the interplay of engineering, policy, and market forces in the U.S. energy sector, using the shale revolution as a case study of rare alignment that spurred rapid change. He reflects on past forecasting...
Grieving Parents Push for Stricter AI Online Safety Laws
A.I. Incites a New Wave of Grieving Parents Fighting for Online Safety Parents who lost children to chatbot interactions are joining social media safety campaigns. Megan Garcia sued Google and Character. AI in 2024 after her son Sewell died. Advocacy groups are pressing...
Spain Eyes First Offshore Wind Tender This Year
Spain's energy minister Sara Aagesen announced that the country will launch its first offshore wind tender this year, targeting 3 GW of new capacity. The tender follows a similar commitment made last year, signaling Spain's accelerated push into offshore renewables. If...
Nordic Semiconductor Introduces Precise, Adaptive Battery Health-Monitoring to Enable Smarter, Longer‑lasting IoT Devices
Nordic Semiconductor unveiled Fuel Gauge v2.0 at Embedded World 2026, an upgraded software‑based battery‑management solution for its nPM1300 and nPM1304 power‑management ICs. The new version adds adaptive State‑of‑Health estimation, fleet‑wide analytics via nRF Cloud powered by Memfault, and multi‑battery tracking,...
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Large Series C Signals Scale-Up of China’s Laser Satellite Communications Sector
Shanghai‑based BlueStar Optical Domain announced a Series C round of roughly 500 million yuan ($72 million). The capital will fund a production‑line upgrade aimed at delivering 1,000 laser communication terminals annually by mid‑2026. The move positions BlueStar as a mass‑production supplier for China’s...
The Non-Obvious Guide to Understanding People on Social Media
At Ragan’s Social Media Conference 2026, Rohit Bhargava introduced the SIFT framework—Space, Insights, Focus, Twist—to help communicators cut through digital noise. He argues that creating mental space, seeking unconventional sources, curating ideas deliberately, and adding a surprise element produce content...
DNA Barcoding Reveals Which Gene-Therapy Nanoparticles Reach Targets in Vivo
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a DNA‑based barcoding assay that measures, in living mice, which lipid nanoparticles successfully deliver gene‑editing cargo to target cellular compartments. The technique identified that many particles are degraded in lysosomes, while a newly...
Reading the Sun's Mind Weeks Before It Erupts
Researchers at Southwest Research Institute and NCAR unveiled PINNBARDS, a physics‑informed neural network that reconstructs the Sun’s deep‑layer magnetic activity from Solar Dynamics Observatory data. By mathematically inverting surface magnetic patterns, the tool can identify emerging flare‑producing regions weeks before...
Spinal Stimulation Above and Below Injury Restores Leg Movement and Sensory Feedback in Clinical Trial
Researchers at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, and VA Providence demonstrated that simultaneous electrical stimulation above and below a spinal cord lesion can restore both leg movement and spatial sensory feedback in people with complete spinal cord injuries. In a...
Antibiotics Can Affect the Gut Microbiome for Several Years, Study Shows
A new study published in Nature Medicine shows that a single course of antibiotics can alter the gut microbiome for up to eight years. Researchers linked Sweden’s national drug‑dispensing register with microbiome data from 14,979 adults, revealing lasting changes in...
InformationWeek Podcast: When Do Smaller AI Models Make Sense?
The InformationWeek podcast hosted by João‑Pierre Ruth explores when smaller AI models make business sense. CEO Pierre DeBois of Zimana Analytics and former Insight Enterprises CTO Amol Ajgaonkar discuss trade‑offs between large language models and compact alternatives, including performance, cost,...
The Two AI Strategies That Will Fail
In this brief episode, John discusses how healthcare executives should respond to AI disruption, emphasizing two failing strategies: the aggressive "chainsaw" approach of cutting jobs and the passive "ostrich" approach of ignoring AI. He advocates for leaders to gain hands‑on...
Manulife Moves AI Agents Into Core Financial Workflows
Manulife is rolling out a runtime platform for agentic AI that can execute tasks across its internal systems, moving AI from isolated pilots to core financial workflows. The insurer expects the initiative to generate more than $1 billion in value by...
How J&J, Suntory and Toyota Cut Industrial Heat Emissions
Johnson & Johnson has allocated up to $40 million a year since 2005 to a carbon‑relief fund that finances low‑carbon retrofits, including a 2023 geothermal plant that slashed heating and cooling emissions at a Belgian site by roughly 30%. The company...
Startup of the Week: SourceReady
SourceReady is an AI‑powered platform that automates three core sourcing tasks—supplier discovery, supply‑chain optimization, and repetitive communication/negotiation. The startup was founded after its CEO realized that traditional directories miss fragmented manufacturer data and that buyers need risk‑aware, compliance‑focused insights. Early...
Why People Are Abandoning Wireless Headphones
Wired headphones are experiencing a pronounced resurgence, with Circana reporting a 20% revenue increase in the first six weeks of 2026 after years of decline. Consumers cite superior sound quality, plug‑and‑play reliability, and a nostalgic, anti‑tech sentiment as primary motivators....
What It Takes to Clear a Million Crimes a Year with Flock Safety's CEO
In this episode, Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock Safety, explains how his company transformed neighborhood security by deploying license‑plate‑reading cameras, AI‑driven analytics, and drones that integrate with 911 calls to create a real‑time crime‑clearance operating system. He recounts the origin...
The Gulf Built Oil Pipelines to Avoid Hormuz. It’s Now Doing the Same for Data
Gulf nations are racing to construct six overland data corridors linking the region to Europe, routing traffic through Syria, Iraq, and the Horn of Africa. The most advanced, Saudi Arabia's SilkLink, secured an $800 million contract to lay 4,500 km of fiber...
When Ambition Meets Ambiguity: The Trends and Sentiments Shaping Biotech in 2026
ICON Biotech’s 2025 survey of 163 global biotech leaders, plus 100 Chinese executives, reveals shifting dynamics as China overtakes the United States in innovative trial volume and is projected to contribute 35% of FDA approvals by 2040. Funding remains scarce,...
5 Rewired Sessions for Digital Health Innovators Navigating the NHS
Digital Health Rewired returns to the NEC in Birmingham on March 24‑25, 2026, featuring a dedicated Health Innovation Network zone where eight AI‑focused innovators will showcase solutions for cancer, mental health, and missed appointments. The agenda includes the EMAP session...
Linux's KVM Virtualization Preparing For Intel Advanced Performance Extensions (APX)
Intel’s Advanced Performance Extensions (APX), debuting on Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids CPUs, are supported in Linux 6.16 and newer compilers. To enable virtualization of APX‑enabled processors, Google engineer Sean Christopherson submitted seven patches to the Kernel‑based Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem. The changes...
Acer Launches New Channel Partner Portal on 50th Anniversary
Acer unveiled its new Channel Partner Portal during its 50th‑anniversary event in Milan, creating a unified digital hub for European resellers. The platform bundles training documentation, product catalogs, pricing tools, bid opportunities, marketing assets, loyalty programs and warranty information. It...
CMA Approves Robo‑Advisory Regulatory Framework
Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority approved amendments to its Capital Market Institutions Regulations, establishing a formal regulatory framework for robo‑advisory services. The rules apply to licensed institutions managing investments and require advance CMA notification, algorithmic oversight, diversification standards, detailed disclosures,...
POET Demos Hybrid Laser and Next-Gen High-Power External Light Source for AI at OFC
At OFC 2026 in Los Angeles, POET Technologies showcased its hybrid laser Blazar and next‑generation external light source Starlight. Blazar, a wafer‑level integrated multi‑channel laser, promises higher output power, multi‑wavelength operation and lower manufacturing cost compared with traditional DFB lasers....
RecruitmentOps Launches Content Platform for Recruitment Operations Professionals
RecruitmentOps, founded by Saeed “Si” Bor, launched a content platform for recruitment operations professionals. The platform targets the operational backbone of agencies—systems, reporting, data, and technology selection. It debuts with three formats: the “I Did It Again” podcast, “In The...
QT Imaging Secures FDA Clearance for Updated Breast Acoustic CT Scanner
QT Imaging has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for an updated Breast Acoustic CT scanner, a 3‑D ultrasound tomographic system designed to improve visualization of posterior breast tissue. The new configuration features a tilted transmitter geometry that expands coverage near the...
Cyprus First to Use EU GOVSATCOM Secure Communications Service
Cyprus has become the first EU member to operationally use the European Union’s GOVSATCOM secure satellite communications service, announced by EUSPA on 10 March. The service, which went live in January 2026, aggregates capacity from eight satellites operated by five countries to...
Kainova Reports Positive Top Line Results From Phase I EPRAD Trial
Canada‑based Kainova Therapeutics announced positive top‑line results from its Phase I EPRAD study of DT‑9081, an oral EP4 receptor antagonist, in patients with advanced, recurrent and metastatic solid tumours. The trial, conducted at four sites in Belgium and France, met all...
AutoRek Debuts RegToolKit to Streamline Compliance
AutoRek has launched RegToolKit, a regulatory compliance platform that plugs into its existing reconciliation suite to help financial institutions map and evidence adherence to complex rules. The solution automatically refreshes rulebooks, links regulatory obligations to operational controls, and provides an...
Seedtag Launches Liz Agent, the Agentic AI Platform for Faster, Smarter Media Strategy
Seedtag unveiled Liz Agent, an agentic AI platform that fuses its proprietary Neuro‑Contextual intelligence with large language models to automate media planning and campaign activation. The conversational interface lets brands move from brief to execution in a single dialogue, delivering...
AI Boosts Creators, Lets Journalists Focus on Ideas
Really don't see this being a problem Journalists will do journalism and this more or less says how that material is delivered can be augmented by AI and no-one would mind People read the best fiction to access something created by someone,...
Europe Launches First Microgrid‑linked AI Data Center
Powering AI: Europe switches on its first microgrid-connected data center “Microgrids are localized energy systems that can generate, store, and distribute power. The systems are already being widely used in the U.S.” https://t.co/I7IdIAYzTf https://t.co/5arYJMWh1R
The 7 Best Virtual Data Room Software: My Top Picks For 2026
The article reviews two leading virtual data room (VDR) platforms—Firmex and ShareFile—highlighting their security‑focused designs and ease of use. Firmex scores 94% for quick room setup and support quality, making it a favorite in legal, finance, and private‑equity transactions, though...
Enterprises Bet Big on AI-Driven HR Solutions
#HRTech Watch: Companies Are Making a High-Stakes Bet on Enterprise #AI https://t.co/X6EnAJYGvQ #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
MariaDB Buys GridGain to Achieve Sub‑millisecond AI Latency
MariaDB just acquired GridGain. Not for market share. For sub-millisecond latency. AI agents need responses in under 2ms. Traditional databases deliver in 2 seconds. When the consumer changes, the stack rebuilds. Mobile did it. Cloud did it. AI agents are doing it...
Your Face Is Your Hospital ID Under Mount Sinai's New Clear Scanning Contract
Mount Sinai Health System has signed a system‑wide contract with Clear Secure to deploy facial‑recognition scanners across its seven hospitals and roughly 400 outpatient clinics, serving about five million patient visits annually. The technology, already used in airports and major...
GTLY Chooses Jylo AI for Multi‑Vendor Flexibility
#GTLY adopting the Jylo AI platform after a 6 month evaluation. Rather than being tied to a specific AI technology, this apparently enables access to a range of tech across various suppliers.
AI Music Blurs Line Between Human and Machine
A viral AI cover of Papaoutai sparked a simple question. Could you actually tell if your favorite song was created by a human or a machine? As generative music improves, the line between authentic performance and algorithmic creation is getting harder to...
OpenClaw Design Patterns (Part 6 of 7): Evaluation & Continuous Improvement
Part 6 of the OpenClaw design pattern series introduces a suite of evaluation and continuous‑improvement mechanisms for probabilistic AI agents. It details agent‑centric eval frameworks, red‑team adversarial testing, safety‑by‑design release engineering, and playbooks that map patterns to common use‑cases such as...
