ACI Worldwide Unifies Global Payments with Cloud-Native ACI Connetic for Cards
ACI Worldwide has introduced ACI Connetic for Cards, a cloud‑native suite that consolidates card issuing, acquiring, and ATM/self‑service functions into a single modular platform. The solution embeds real‑time AI‑driven fraud intelligence and supports the full transaction lifecycle for the 300 billion card transactions ACI processes each year. With global card volumes projected to hit 1.1 trillion by 2029, the platform offers banks a low‑risk path to modernise legacy infrastructure and accelerate innovation. Executives from ACI and partner Solaris SE highlighted the system’s agility and scalability for the digital economy.
Queensland Forges Ahead with Digital ID
Queensland’s government has expanded its Digital Licence app, enabling over 56,000 taxi, rideshare, limousine and bus drivers to access official credentials digitally. The rollout follows the state’s commitment to the ISO/IEC 18013‑5:2021 personal identification standard, ensuring interoperability and security. While the...
Pasqal and Kipu Quantum Demonstrate Analog Counterdiabatic Optimization on 100 Qubits
Pasqal and Kipu Quantum have experimentally realized Analog Counterdiabatic Quantum Computing (ACQC) on neutral‑atom platforms, scaling the protocol to 100 qubits to solve the Maximum Independent Set (MIS) problem. By analytically deriving counterdiabatic corrections for Rabi frequency, detuning and phase,...
How to Build a Video Asset Library That Drives Revenue Across Email, Ads, and Landing Pages
The article outlines how ecommerce brands can build a video asset library to repurpose Facebook and Instagram videos across email, SMS, landing pages, and paid ads. It provides a quick decision framework, step‑by‑step download methods, format guidelines, and a simple...
Multiply Closes $9.5M Funding
Multiply, an AI‑native media agency targeting B2B firms, emerged from stealth with a $9.5 million Series A round led by Mayfield. The funding includes contributions from Sorenson Capital, Instacart co‑founder Max Mullen, Google Gemini head Josh Woodward, and senior executives from...
Token.io Unveils Account on File, Enhancing Pay by Bank
Token.io launched its Account on File feature, enabling Pay by Bank users to store a preferred bank and account as default for future transactions. The functionality removes up to two checkout steps, turning the experience into a one‑tap flow for...
POPVOX Foundation Team Submits Public Witness Testimony for FY 2027 Legislative Branch Appropriations
The POPVOX Foundation submitted written testimony to the House Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee urging FY 2027 investments in artificial‑intelligence capacity, constituent casework, member and staff security, and institutional modernization. Highlights include a proposal for a Congressional Capacity and Technology Office (C‑TECH)...
The SOAR Ceiling: Why Playbook Automation Has Hit Its Structural Limits
The article argues that the traditional SOAR playbook model has reached a structural ceiling, burdening security teams with escalating maintenance, scarce architect talent, and static logic that can’t keep pace with evolving threats. It outlines five fractures—architect dependency, playbook sprawl,...
Sidekick + Lone Wolf: Unifying Brokerage Workflows Nationwide
Sidekick and Lone Wolf have formalized an integration that lets real‑estate brokerages run TransactionDesk and zipForm tasks from a single interface. Sidekick’s AI layer pulls data from agents and automatically populates Lone Wolf’s jurisdiction‑wide forms library, selecting the correct template...
Market Analysis: The ISR Latency War and Who Wins When “Minutes” Decide Mission
Industry data released March 18, 2026 shows ISR is shifting from resolution‑focused satellites to latency‑first architectures. Commercial firms such as BlackSky and Planet Labs reported record revenues while emphasizing rapid data delivery, with BlackSky posting $107 million in 2025 revenue and a $345 million...
IT Values AI in Security, but Human Oversight Remains Key
Enterprises are drowning in an average of 4,330 security alerts each day, yet they investigate only 37% of them, according to Crogl’s 2026 SOC survey. While 62% of organizations have incorporated AI into their security operations, just 44% believe AI...
MiniMed Gets FDA Nod for Smaller Insulin Pump
MiniMed, the diabetes‑tech spin‑out of Medtronic, received FDA clearance for its MiniMed Flex insulin pump, a device roughly half the size of the 780G model and operable via smartphone. The pump, featuring a 300‑unit reservoir, targets Type 1 patients aged 7+ and...
Meta Shuts Down VR Metaverse, Quest 3 Fans Bewildered
Meta is pulling the plug on its VR metaverse and Meta Quest 3 fans don't know how to respond https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/meta-is-pulling-the-plug-on-its-vr-metaverse-and-meta-quest-3-fans-dont-know-how-to-respond
Battery Developers, Local Officials Ask New York to Roll Back Con Edison BESS Methodology
Con Edison’s revised interconnection framework, featuring a new two‑part test, has effectively halted distributed battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across 85% of its service area. Clean‑energy groups NY‑BEST and NYSEIA filed an emergency petition with the New York Department...
AI-Assisted Commerce Is Here. Trust Will Define Who Wins
Google introduced the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) in January 2026, creating a standardized, machine‑readable layer for product data, pricing, carts, payments and order tracking. UCP already powers AI‑driven purchases on Google Search’s AI Mode and Gemini for retailers like Etsy...
Telit Cinterion Pushes 5G NR Release 18 to the Edge – and Onto the Rails
Telit Cinterion has unveiled two 5G NR Release 18 sub‑6 modules, the FE990D50 and FE990D60, plus a rail‑specific FE990D60‑FR variant that adds FRMCS band support. The modules feature eight‑receive antenna capability, LTE Category 20 fallback, a 2.2 GHz quad‑core Cortex‑A55 processor and native...
New Real-World Evidence Supports the Use of AI in Lung Cancer Screening
A prospective trial of 911 asymptomatic patients undergoing low‑dose chest CT showed that AI‑assisted nodule detection modestly increased interpretation time by about 15 seconds but significantly boosted the identification of Lung‑RADS‑positive nodules. Radiologists using the AI tool reported roughly double...
FDA Investigating: US Patient Dies After Use of Placental Extract Laennec, Russian Med Student Also Died
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has opened an investigation after a patient died following self‑injection of Laennec, an allogeneic placental extract imported from Japan. A similar fatality occurred in Russia involving health influencer Anna Kolyada, whose companion fell seriously...
Mentor Zoom Inspection Camera Enables Enhanced Industrial Environment Inspections
Waygate Technologies, a Baker Hughes business, launched Mentor Zoom, a new pan‑tilt‑zoom camera system for industrial inspections. The solution includes two HD camera heads—10× and 30× optical zoom—with a 4,000‑lumen light source and a removable touchscreen‑joystick controller that works with gloved...
How Local DTF Printing Improves E-Commerce Fulfillment Speed in Arizona
Arizona‑based Shopify merchants can dramatically accelerate fulfillment by switching to local Direct‑to‑Film (DTF) printing partners such as Custom Print AZ. The article outlines a quick decision framework showing that production can shrink from weeks to days, enabling 48‑72 hour restocks and on‑demand...
Avoid Risky AI Search Tactics; They Damage SEO
One of the worst things you can do for AI search visibility? Destroying your SEO performance with shiny new AI search tactics that are ultimately dangerous for SEO - and by extension - AI search. In my latest Substack article, I wrote...
3 Trillion-Dollar Tech Stack Titans
The post argues that the next wave of AI dominance will be decided by companies that own the entire technology stack, not just the models. Nvidia, SpaceX, and Anthropic are highlighted as exemplars of vertical integration, each covering hardware, software,...
TIA Advances DCE 9000 Initiative
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced continued momentum for its Data Center Excellence (DCE 9000) initiative, the first quality‑management‑system standard tailored to modern data‑center physical infrastructure. Driven by rapid AI, cloud, and digital‑infrastructure investment, the effort targets supply‑chain resilience, operational reliability,...
Emagia Unveils Gia AlphaCash to Unlock Millions in Trapped Receivables
Emagia launched Gia AlphaCash, an AI‑driven cash‑discovery superagent that pinpoints high‑value receivable accounts for faster collection. The tool ranks “Alpha Accounts” using ledger, payment and operational data, and works with the Gia Collect agent to automate outreach. Early reports claim...
Fluorescent Ruby-Like Gems Have Been Found on Mars for the First Time
NASA's Perseverance rover has identified tiny corundum crystals—ruby or sapphire‑like gems—inside a Martian pebble named Hampden River. The rover’s SuperCam instrument used dual‑laser spectroscopy and luminescence imaging to match the spectral signature of the grains to laboratory ruby standards. This...
How to Approach ERP User Training and Adoption - The ERP Advisor Episode 136
In this episode, consulting manager Shelby Tone explains how to plan and execute effective ERP user training and adoption, emphasizing early preparation, clear role definition, and leveraging existing tools like learning management systems. She highlights common pitfalls such as last‑minute...
Decoding Nvidia’s 103 AI-Native Startups: The List Everyone Got Wrong
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently posted a slide featuring more than 100 companies labeled “AI‑native.” While most readers only recognized a handful of logos, the author argues the list is a blueprint of where AI value is being created today...
To Ban or Not to Ban? UK Debates Age Restrictions for Social Media Platforms
The UK Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee held a three‑round evidence session on imposing age‑restriction measures on major social‑media platforms, mirroring Australia’s recent Social Media Minimum Age Act. Advocates cited alarming parental polling – 93% deem social media harmful...
Top Homebuilders Trust ResiClub for Data-Driven Decisions
Teams inside major homebuilders, lenders, and operators are using ResiClub research and analysis to inform real decisions—including firms like Meritage Homes, a giant homebuilder ranked No. 554 on the Fortune 1000. That’s exactly what we’re aiming for: clear, data-driven housing market...
AI Revives Val Kilmer for New Film
Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in ‘As Deep as the Grave’ Movie — First Look (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/6XZm3ZWYTg via @variety
Building Trust in the Future of Quantum Computing
Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have launched a formal‑methods program to make quantum computers trustworthy. Their Laboratory on Formal Methods for Quantum Computing has introduced Concurrent Dynamic Quantum Logic (CDQL), a framework that can model...
Atlas Robot Advances From Walking to Heavy Lifting
From Walking to Heavy Lifting: Atlas Shows Off Next-Level Skills by @lukas_m_ziegler #Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #MI #ML #Tech https://t.co/4uksEsmm3c
AXTI Faces Supply Risk as Competitor Secures Long-Term Deal
The comments sure seemed negative on $AXTI This will most definitely become an issue for $AXTI - One major customer saying denied the existence of an InP bottleneck while another secured a 7-year supply agreement with AXTI's main competitor, Sumitomo https://t.co/ooUWdVkK2o
IRS Flags Phishing, Impersonation in 2026 Dirty Dozen; Experts Explain Why Payroll Is a Prime Target
The IRS’s 2026 Dirty Dozen list again flags phishing and impersonation as the top tax‑season threats, with payroll‑related scams now taking center stage. Experts explain that attackers target W‑2 data and payroll portals because employees expect tax communications and act...
Stopping GLP‑1 Therapy Quickly Erodes Cardiovascular Protection
A new finding after stopping GLP-1 drugs in a large cohort with Type 2 diabetes: rapid erosion of CV benefit/protection New @bmj_latest by @zalaly @Biostayan https://t.co/JG6yB8wTJJ See thread: https://t.co/6JvfIIjVBw https://t.co/wUgWhvs9Yy
MiniMax-M2.7 Sets New SOTA, Handles Incidents
MiniMax-M2.7 is here. → matching Sonnet 4.6 as an agent → recovering live incidents in just 3 minutes → hitting SOTA in SWE-Pro (56.22%) 🔥 It even edits your Office files 👀
New MiniMax M2.7 Proprietary AI Model Is 'Self-Evolving' And Can Perform 30-50% of Reinforcement Learning Research Workflow
MiniMax unveiled its proprietary M2.7 large language model, a reasoning‑only LLM that can autonomously manage 30‑50% of its own reinforcement‑learning development loop. The model earned a 66.6% medal rate on the MLE Bench Lite, tying Google Gemini 3.1 and approaching Anthropic...
Missing Social Media Messages Can Kill Your Brand
Near misses are dangerous to your health. Near misses in #SocialMedia can be fatal to your business. A miss means your message isn't being heard by potential customers. Your brand could crash. https://t.co/6CgUC488Df
Agentic AI Demands Diverse Compute Engines: CPUs, GPUs
Agentic AI will require all kinds of compute engines, including CPUs, GPUs, DPUs, and now LPUs. $NVDA $GOOG $AMD $INTC https://t.co/WVnnc36X2U
Authentication Tokens Are Not a Data Contract
Azure DevOps announced that authentication tokens will be encrypted this summer, rendering their payloads unreadable to client applications. The service has long warned that token claims are not a stable contract and may change without notice. Developers who decode token...
Measure Real Conversions Without Pixels, Compliantly
Healthcare marketers lost pixel tracking. Now what? Russell Reid explains how teams can still measure real conversions — compliantly.👇 Learn more: https://t.co/EqD4ALkqrm @AllianceInno @nex_analytics #hcmktg https://t.co/3jIOMDiCO4
Dell UltraSharp 52 Makes All Other Screens Feel Lacking
The only downside of the @DellTech UltraSharp 52 is that when I move away from it I hate every screen I use
Evaluations of Corsight Live Facial Recognition Follow Essex Police Trial
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) audited Essex Police’s live facial recognition (LFR) system, confirming reasonable data‑protection compliance but highlighting ongoing accuracy and bias concerns. A National Physical Laboratory (NPL) evaluation of Corsight’s Apollo 4 software recorded an 89% true‑positive identification...
AI Agents and Status Signals Redefine Global Scaling
Global expansion, social status, and AI agents are reshaping how companies scale. On #DisrupTV, @ValaAfshar & @RWang0 talk with Russell Haworth and @tobystuart about designing global products, hyper-localization, and how status signals influence decisions in an AI-mediated world. https://t.co/zZJqIjFU7Y
AI Needs SaaS Guardrails for Enterprise Governance
Everyone talks about AI's "magic," but no one talks about Governance. 🏛️ Enterprise apps require layers of compliance that AI isn't ready to handle solo. SaaS isn't dying; it’s providing the guardrails AI desperately needs. Read the AVOA analysis: https://t.co/tqCcpQvgpK #CIO #Cloud...
Perplexity's Comet AI Browser Is Now Available for iPhones
Perplexity has launched its Comet AI browser as a free standalone iOS app, extending the AI‑powered web assistant that debuted on PCs last summer as a $200‑per‑month service. The iPhone version, which leverages Apple’s Liquid Glass UI and can be...
Fortinet Bets on AI, Silicon, and Edge Data Centers
.@Fortinet’s sees advantage in AI, chip, data center investments https://t.co/l4n1P1c5O0 Fortinet is betting that long-term investments in its own AI data centers and silicon, being early to quantum-safe offerings and AI agents moving to the edge will drive its results...
Gemini API Merges Function Calls with Built-In Tools
YES. Instead of separate calls or agents, now you can combine function calling with built-in tools (like Google Search) in a single Gemini API call. This simplifies a few of my own agents. https://t.co/R97to7Af8U
IOS 26.3 Beta Adds New Live Weather Wallpapers
Apple keeps enhancing and expanding the live weather wallpaper and lock screen options in iOS 26. Here are some of the latest options in iOS 26.3 [release candidate beta] and how to try them... https://t.co/iwvpGclM5d #iphone #ios26 #weather https://t.co/oeQXLP7NP4
Arena Leads AI Rankings While Maintaining Neutrality
LMArena (now just Arena) has become the AI industry's top leaderboard. CEO @ml_angelopoulos walks us through how @arena remains neutral in its rankings, even though it partners with/accepts money from the top AI labs. This week on @EquityPod https://t.co/6aXZeXjFMp