Swarco Announces €24m Contract with Austrian Motorway Operator Asfinag
Swarco secured a €24 million long‑term contract with Austrian motorway operator Asfinag to upgrade the country’s variable message signage. Over the next ten years the company will install and service up to 2,100 LED displays, with the first units rolling out in July 2026. The agreement also includes a 25‑year commitment to parts, maintenance and software, expanding Austria’s existing IG L system into a unified, sensor‑rich platform. The project targets congested corridors such as the A10 Tauern motorway to improve traffic flow during holiday periods.
AI Misplaces Funnel Stages, Requires Manual Correction
Gamma 5, Dave 0 in the "funnel wars" where I have tried 15 different prompts to get it to point the marketing funnel downwards. Let's not forget that it actually re-ordered the layers as well, somehow putting conversion at...
JIJ Europe Collaborates with ORCA Computing, Bp, and NQCC on Energy Optimization
JIJ Europe Ltd., together with ORCA Computing, bp and the National Quantum Computing Centre, has launched a SparQ‑funded project to validate a quantum‑classical hybrid workflow for the Unit Commitment problem in power generation scheduling. The approach decomposes large mixed‑integer linear...
Australians Taking Longer to Buy Cars as AI Becomes Major Influence
Australia’s Car Buyer Report 2026 shows the vehicle purchase journey is stretching, with 63% of shoppers backtracking and 34% pausing their search. Cost‑of‑living pressures are shifting priorities toward value, making “good value for money” the top driver across generations. For...
Motorola Solutions Connects Vic Search and Rescue Dog Orgs to Radio Network
Motorola Solutions donated APX 8000 portable two‑way radios to Australian Search and Rescue K9 and Search and Rescue Dogs Australia, linking them to Victoria's state radio network. The equipment enables the volunteer dog teams to communicate securely with police, ambulance and fire...
Sell the Buyer’s Personal ROI, Not Just Business Metrics
One of the biggest things B2B startups miss is underselling the "personal ROI" to the buyer or user of your technology. I spent time with a leadership team of a B2B startup yesterday and the topic of demonstrating ROI came up. We...
Google Commits to 30 GWh Iron‑air Storage Despite Efficiency Loss
Google bets big on 30GWh of Form Energy’s iron-air battery storage despite efficiency trade-offs #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/Mt1Yhr3Zzq
PROPTECH-X : TenderPRO Speeds Commercial Real Estate Procurement
TenderPRO, a new proptech platform, streamlines commercial‑real‑estate procurement by moving the entire tender workflow into a single, AI‑enabled system. The solution reduces the average 30‑plus hour manual process to a few minutes, standardizes contractor submissions, and automatically generates audit‑ready documentation....
AI-Driven CX Insights Power Business Transformation
.@IvanK_NH has published a new @NHInsight blog post – 'Movate’s BizGenie: AI-powered CX Insights as Transformation Lever' https://t.co/NfXBnGkc4W #CXservices #CX #AI #GenAI @Movate_Inc https://t.co/fs3N0jTrkw
New Coating Keeps Solar Panels Clean without Losing Efficiency
Researchers develop dirt-repelling solar panel coating that doesn’t affect light absorption #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/BJgSBTxln9
AI Updates for Microsoft Power Pages: Coding Sites and Better Embedded Copilot Studio Agents
Microsoft announced a public preview of a new Power Pages plugin that integrates GitHub Copilot CLI and Anthropic's Claude Code to streamline single‑page application development. The AI‑driven tool can automatically configure table permissions, web roles, site settings, authentication, and Web...
Humans Will Continue Overseeing AI for Years
This is a pretty good way of thinking about this, and leads to the conclusion that humans will remain as overseers of AI for quite a long time to come.
Vivid Seats Inc (SEAT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Vivid Seats reported a sharp decline in Q3 2025, with Marketplace Gross Order Value down 29% YoY to $618 million and revenue falling 27% to $136 million. A leadership change placed CFO Lawrence C. Fey as CEO and interim CFO Ted Pikus,...
One Billion Lost Packages
In September 2024 Hurricane Helene flooded Baxter International’s Marion, NC plant, halting 60% of U.S. IV‑fluid output and triggering nationwide shortages. The same month, 85 million U.S. packages arrived damaged—a 30% jump that cost roughly $4 billion. To address the chronic fragmentation...
‘Einstein‘ Bot Sharpens Debate over AI in the Classroom
On 23 February, start‑up Companion released Einstein, an AI bot that could access learning platforms, watch lectures, complete quizzes and submit assignments on behalf of students. The tool sparked immediate outrage from educators who labeled it a cheating device, prompting...
G-III Apparel Group Ltd (GIII) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
G‑III Apparel Group reported FY2021 net sales of $2.06 billion, a 35% decline year‑over‑year, with Q4 revenue falling 30% to $526 million. Wholesale sales dropped 23% in the quarter but gross margin improved to 35.5%, while the retail segment contracted sharply after...
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: GRC Requirements for Law Firms; Enhanced Shipping Solutions; Dealer Management System; Teams Phone Capabilities
Microsoft’s Dynamics ecosystem saw four notable partner announcements this week. AllRize introduced a governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) add‑on built on Microsoft Purview to help law firms safeguard client data and manage AI usage. ShipConsole rolled out updates that accelerate...
Ingress NGINX Controller for Kubernetes Retires – Where to Go From Here
The Kubernetes community announced the retirement of the Ingress NGINX controller, with best‑effort maintenance ending in March 2026 and no further security updates thereafter. Fastly Security customers must decide between short‑term mitigations—such as a commercial ingress controller or Chainguard’s maintained fork—and...
How to Use GitLab Container Virtual Registry with Docker Hardened Images
GitLab’s Container Virtual Registry acts as a pull‑through cache for Docker Hub, Docker Hardened Images (dhi.io), Microsoft Container Registry, Quay and internal registries. It consolidates authentication to GitLab, caches images on the first pull and serves subsequent pulls locally, cutting...
Aemetis Inc (AMTX) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Aemetis reported Q2 2025 revenue of $52.2 million, up $9.3 million thanks to resumed biodiesel shipments to India. The company highlighted a 30% boost in dairy RNG output, seven CARB‑approved low‑carbon pathways, and a surge in California LCFS credit prices to about...
PagerDuty Inc (PD) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
PagerDuty reported Q3 revenue of $125 million, a 5% year‑over‑year increase, and ARR of $497 million, up 3%. Non‑GAAP operating margin surged to 29% from 21% a year earlier, while GAAP net income reached $160 million aided by a one‑time tax benefit. The...
Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Nektar Therapeutics reported strong Q4 2020 results, highlighting robust progress on its cytokine platform. The IL‑2 agonist BEMPEG demonstrated a median progression‑free survival of 30.9 months in melanoma and is now enrolled in six registrational trials across melanoma, renal, bladder,...
Firms Predict an AI Productivity Boom Is Coming
A new cross‑country survey of over 5,000 senior executives shows that 69% of firms in the US, UK, Germany and Australia are already using AI, with the United States leading at 78%. While AI has had virtually no impact on...
AI-Underwriting,-a-New-Generation
Edge Focus CEO Elliott Lorenz discussed a new generation of AI underwriting that transforms asset‑backed finance. By applying advanced machine‑learning algorithms to securitisation, lenders can more accurately price and structure credit for esoteric assets such as royalties, aviation leases, and...
Daily Briefing: Vaccine-Carrying Mosquitoes Could Inoculate Bats Against Rabies
Researchers have engineered Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to carry vaccine antigens in their saliva, successfully inoculating bats against rabies and Nipah viruses in laboratory experiments. The mosquitoes were fed vaccine‑laden blood, then transmitted the immunogen when they fed on or were...
Enable Intelligent Insights with Red Hat Satellite MCP Server
Red Hat introduced a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Satellite as a Technology Preview, allowing large language models (LLMs) to query Satellite’s RHEL inventory via REST APIs. The server runs as a container, authenticates with a personal access token, and...
Consistent Content Pays Off with Unexpected Viral Wins
McDonald's CEO has been posting talking-head & review content for the last 4 years Most have averaged around 20-40k views, nothing crazy A lot of executives would have seen that as a waste of time and given up But then BOOM, one...
DNA Origami Vaccine Rivals mRNA Shots While Being Easier to Store and Manufacture
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute and Dana‑Farber unveiled DoriVac, a DNA origami‑based vaccine platform that delivers antigens and adjuvants on a self‑folding nanostructure. In pre‑clinical mouse studies and a human lymph‑node‑on‑a‑chip model, DoriVac generated antibody and T‑cell responses comparable to...
How 'Edutainment' Is Changing Learning Behaviors
A new K12 survey of over 1,000 parents and teachers finds that YouTube, TikTok and similar creator‑driven platforms have become a major supplemental learning ecosystem, with 73% of respondents saying their children use these videos to review school topics. Students...
Future AI Will Constantly Rewrite Perfect Software for Users
One of the things everyone believes about software is that "once it works you shouldn't touch it." But what if that is wrong? What if in the world of infinite software that is very very good and smart and well tested...
TikTok Shop Fees 101: Your Seller’s Guide For 2026
TikTok Shop charges a 6 % referral fee on most sales, plus modest withdrawal fees and tiered fulfillment costs for items using the Fulfilled‑by‑TikTok service. Advertising on the platform requires a minimum $50 daily campaign budget, while Print on Demand partners...
Development of Coruna iOS Exploit Kit Pinned on US Military Contractor
U.S. defense contractor L3Harris, through its Trenchant surveillance‑tech division, was identified as a developer of the Coruna iOS exploit kit. Former employees disclosed that the kit, comprising roughly two dozen components originally built for a government surveillance client, has been...
AI Use Risks NDA Violations and Data Exposure
Perplexity has changed my way of work. Love these guys. But not sure we use the word "secure" the same way. Strong protections on data, but both Perplexity and other models they exchange data with open up new threat...
Iran War to Escalate US Organizations' Cyber Risk
The escalating U.S.–Israel conflict with Iran is expected to heighten cyber threats against U.S. public finance issuers, according to Fitch Ratings. Hacktivist and state‑backed actors may increase DDoS, ransomware, and data‑wiping attacks targeting critical infrastructure. Municipalities, which traditionally lag in...
NZ Businesses Report Surge in AI-Related Security Incidents
A Kordia survey of nearly 250 New Zealand firms with 50+ employees shows a sharp rise in AI‑related security incidents. Shadow AI now ranks among the top three cyber risks for 24% of respondents, up from 16% a year earlier. Attacks...
Future Software: Managing AI Agents, Not Human Interfaces
Software will look very different in the future for most knowledge work. Our software was designed for people to do most of the work, but now agents will be doing a large portion of those tasks and don’t need any...
Report: APAC Second Most Targeted Region as Attackers Exploit Basic Gaps
The 2026 IBM X‑Force Threat Intelligence Index shows Asia‑Pacific as the world’s second‑most targeted region, responsible for 27% of tracked cyber incidents. Attackers are leveraging basic security gaps, with AI tools speeding vulnerability discovery and automation. Malware accounts for 45%...
Organizations Track Response, Not Prevention, Survey Finds
A new Malanta survey of 100 security professionals shows enterprises are still focused on response rather than prevention despite investing heavily in threat intelligence. Companies typically run five to eight feeds—some up to 53—with 71% reporting overlapping data and 100%...
Zero-Fuel Renewables Slash Electricity Costs by Cutting Fossil Expenses
"Why do wind, water, and solar reduce electricity price? Because they have zero fuel cost. They eliminate the energy and cost needed to mine, transport, and process fossil fuels, including from dangerous parts of the world."
AI Disruption Will Come From Native Firms, Not Incumbents
Great piece by @davideoks about the real story around ATMs & bank tellers (TLDR mobile banking is what actually hurt the profession) Analogy is the impact of AI may not be from incumbent AI adoption but simply from AI native cos...
Nuro Is Testing Its Autonomous Vehicle Tech on Tokyo’s Streets
Nuro, the Silicon Valley startup known for low‑speed delivery bots, is testing its autonomous‑driving software on Tokyo’s public roads using Toyota Prius vehicles with human safety operators. The trial marks Nuro’s first overseas deployment and reflects its recent pivot from...
AI Lowers OSINT Barriers, Turns Iran Conflict Into Theater
How AI is turning Iran conflict into theater There’s a confluence of factors at play. AI coding tools mean people don’t need much technical skill to assemble open-source intelligence anymore, and chatbots can offer fast, if dubious, analysis of it. Yup.....
Master Agentic Engineering and Gemini CLI's Plan Mode
Seroter Daily Reading List – March 11, 2026 (#739): Today’s links look at the 8 levels of agentic engineering, using “plan mode” in the Gemini CLI, and how to quash your fear of messing up. https://t.co/3J5m1ku9c4
Meta Adds New Tools Including Freeze Frame to Edits
Meta expanded its Edits video‑editing app with three new tools: a freeze‑frame function that lets creators pause on any frame, personalized sound effects that auto‑suggest audio based on video content, and a teleprompter overlay for on‑screen script narration. These features...
AI Firms Plan $4.1T Capex, Outspending US Non‑financials
The 2026 OECD Debt Report shows the 9 major AI players have forecasted capital expenditures of $4.1 TRILLION for 2026-2030. That’s $1.1 TRILLION MORE than total capital expenditures by all US NON-FINANCIAL companies in 2025. WELCOME TO THE AI BUBBLE. https://t.co/YzxlQOpkiV
Texxecure Introduces Standardized PV System Quality Rating
Germany’s Texxecure launches standardized quality rating for PV systems #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/KtYvGwXuTl
Apple Has Changed Several Key Cap Labels From Words to Glyphs on Its Latest MacBook Keyboards
Apple has updated the key caps on its latest MacBook lineup, swapping word labels for glyph symbols on the Backspace, Return, Shift and Tab keys. The change appears on the new M5 16‑inch MacBook Pro, the M5 Air and the...
AI Builds My Workshop Landing Page in Real-Time
Current Situation: Drinking coffee on my patio watching Claude build out a landing page for my new workshop ‘Think with AI’ in Webflow. This is what work looks like now 👌 https://t.co/as5kMj9PPB
Human Social Platforms Translate Directly to AI Agents
Any major platform that worked for humans will probably work for agents. Agent to agent (A2A). Facebook/Reddit for agents (Moltbook) Ebay for agents (already a few of these) SEO for agents (Mintlify) Review sites for agents The list goes on and on.
Iran-Linked Handala Hackers Claim Major Hacks on Stryker and Verifone
Iran‑linked Handala Hack Team announced cyberattacks on medical‑device maker Stryker and payment‑technology firm Verifone on March 11. Stryker confirmed a network disruption in its Microsoft‑based environment but reported no ransomware or data loss, while Verifone said it found no evidence of...