Refurbed Hits €3 Billion GMV as Refurbishment Becomes Mainstream
refurbed has crossed €3 billion in cumulative GMV in under a year, following a €50 million funding round and its first profitable year. The marketplace expanded into 12 additional European countries, doubling its footprint and reaching an addressable market of roughly 486 million consumers. Premium‑grade refurbished orders surged, with the premium share of GMV rising 90 percent since 2025. The growth underscores a shift from niche to mainstream adoption of circular electronics across Europe.
Relying on AI for Facts Erodes Your Brain
I cannot emphasise this enough: if you are relying on generative AI as a source of information ABOUT ANYTHING - then YOU, yes, YOU are having your brain actively decayed by a technology corporation. I know you get a moment...
FlySafair Introduces Apple Pay & Google Pay for Faster Flight Bookings
FlySafair has added Apple Pay and Google Pay to its mobile app, enabling one‑tap flight purchases. The new options, powered by South African payments infrastructure firm Stitch, aim to streamline checkout and enhance security. The functionality is live in the...
Email Remains Organizations' Most Serious Cybersecurity Threat
AI is accelerating the frequency of cyber incidents, yet email and multi‑factor authentication (MFA) remain the dominant entry points for ransomware. Cybersecurity veteran Robert Herjavec notes that 85% of ransomware attacks originate from phishing emails or compromised MFA credentials. The...
Executive Interview Series: Petru Metzger, CEO at Payforge
Petru Metzger, CEO of Payforge, emphasized three core convictions shaping his company: deep payments domain expertise, outcome‑driven execution, and AI‑enabled development. He argues that true differentiation comes from unifying strategy, analytics, and engineering rather than siloed modernization projects. The interview...
Huntress Launches Two New Security Posture Tools as Cyber Threats Surge
Huntress announced Managed Endpoint Security Posture Management (ESPM) and Managed Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM), expanding its platform beyond reactive detection. The tools address a 277% surge in RMM abuse and rising identity‑based threats by proactively hardening endpoints and Microsoft...
FERC Approves SPP Merger of Interconnection, Transmission Planning
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Southwest Power Pool’s Consolidated Planning Process, merging generation interconnection with transmission planning. SPP will launch its first CPP window in April and introduce the GRID‑C rate, giving developers upfront cost certainty for network upgrades....
Idemitsu Solar + Storage Project Designed for California Peak Demand
Idemitsu Renewables’ Azalea Solar and Storage Project entered commercial operation on December 31, delivering 60 MW of photovoltaic generation and a 38 MW AC/152 MWh battery system in Kern County, California. The facility is tied to a long‑term power purchase agreement with Sonoma Clean Power...
Media Cycle, Transactions and the Space Industry
2026 sees space companies chasing massive IPOs and multi‑billion deals, pulling the sector into mainstream media cycles. The author argues that most coverage of potential IPOs or acquisitions—citing Swissto12, Isar Aerospace, Iceye, HawkEye 360, York Space, and ULA—offers little substantive...
20 Years of Sensor Technology Transformation
ASC Sensors marks its 20‑year anniversary, having grown from a two‑person operation to a global leader in inertial sensor technology. The company now offers a full suite of analog, digital and smart accelerometers, gyroscopes and IMUs, including plug‑and‑play solutions like...
Alibaba Launches Wukong to Unify Enterprise AI Agents
Alibaba Group has taken another step into the enterprise AI arena with the launch of Wukong, a platform built to orchestrate multiple AI agents across common business workflows. It is a calculated move at a moment when Chinese companies are...
Dell Unveils AI‑ready Workstations for Autonomous Agents
Dell has taken another step into the rapidly evolving world of autonomous AI agents, unveiling new desktop systems that integrate NVIDIA NeMo and NVIDIA AI Enterprise. It is a notable escalation of the long-running collaboration between Dell Technologies and NVIDIA,...
The 2026 Convergence: Big Tech, Agentic AI and the Restructuring of the Global HealthTech Ecosystem
In early 2026 the world’s leading technology firms launched agentic health AI platforms, shifting from passive information retrieval to proactive health stewardship. Microsoft introduced Copilot Health, aggregating data from over 50,000 U.S. hospitals and dozens of wearable ecosystems, while Amazon...
AI Changes the Calculus for the Cybersecurity Arms Race, Says Shark Tank Star
Robert Herjavec, the Shark Tank investor and security tech founder, argues that artificial intelligence is reshaping the cybersecurity arms race. He believes AI‑driven tools can identify and neutralize attacks as quickly as they are launched, turning the speed advantage toward...
Health Tech Firm Oura Marks India Debut with Smart Ring
Finnish health‑tech company ŌURA has launched its Oura Ring 4 in India, available through Cromā stores and Amazon. The titanium smart ring tracks over 50 health indicators and offers personalized insights via a dedicated app. Pricing starts at ₹28,900 for the...
Upcoming Webinar | Turning Fair and Equitable Pay Into Your Strategic Advantage
The European Union is tightening its Pay Transparency Directive, prompting companies to review compensation structures and reporting methods. HRtechFeed is hosting a webinar on March 26 at 1 PM CET titled “EU Pay Transparency: Turning Fair and Equitable Pay into Your Strategic Advantage.”...
Big Tech Purchases of Carbon Credits Explode Amid AI Race, with Microsoft Leading the Way
Big Tech firms are rapidly scaling purchases of carbon credits to offset the soaring emissions from AI‑driven data center expansion. Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft increased permanent removal credits from 14,200 in 2022 to an estimated 68.4 million by 2025, according...
3 Finalists Announced for 2026 Hermes Award
The 2026 Hermes Award finalists are Festo, Schaeffler and Ziehl‑Abegg, each showcasing breakthrough automation technology. Festo presents integrated fluid‑handling manifolds with embedded sensors, Schaeffler offers compact high‑torque actuators for humanoid robots, and Ziehl‑Abegg delivers a rare‑earth‑free synchronous elevator motor. The...
Planned Cities Optimise Quantum Algorithms More Reliably Than Organic Layouts
Researchers led by Abdul Sami Rao examined street networks from Islamabad and Lyari, showing that planned grid topologies dramatically improve the Approximate Optimisation Algorithm (QAOA) at shallow depth p=1. Islamabad’s layout achieved 95% reliable convergence on the minimum vertex cover...
Address Deal Risks Directly to Accelerate Wins
Here’s one area I worked on with my Enterprise Sales leader on to start 2025. We strategize in deal reviews the biggest risk and our action plan. And oftentimes the best strategy is simple. Call out the elephant in the room. We often know...
Elbit America Wins US Army HUD Contract for Air Soldier System
Elbit Systems of America secured a $49.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to supply colour head‑up displays for the Air Soldier System, covering UH‑60 Blackhawk and CH‑47 Chinook helicopters through December 2030. The firm‑fixed‑price, indefinite‑delivery/quantity agreement includes post‑production support and hinges...
Anna Reveals How to Fix Evergreen Funnel Failures
Most evergreen funnels fail before they get a real chance 😥 Show-up rate. Price point. Cold traffic trust. Anna cracked all three. This episode she breaks down exactly how. 👇 Comment POD51 to learn it.
Elearning Characters, Generating AI Images: ID Links 3/17/26
The latest Elearning Links roundup curates fresh perspectives on character‑driven learning, AI‑powered image creation, and cognitive research. It highlights Teresa Moreno’s coping‑model approach for boosting learner self‑efficacy, agentic workflows that auto‑refine graphics, and the release of Midjourney’s Niji v7 for anime‑style...
Azara Healthcare Joins MEDITECH Alliance to Integrate Population Health Platform
Azara Healthcare has entered the MEDITECH Alliance, linking its Azara DRVS population‑health platform with the MEDITECH Expanse electronic health record. The integration is aimed at community and critical‑access hospitals, offering an out‑of‑the‑box data aggregation layer that combines clinical records, claims...
EMA Marketing Authorization of New Drugs in February 2026
In February 2026 the European Commission and the CHMP granted marketing authorisations and positive opinions for a slate of innovative therapies spanning COVID‑19, oncology, cardiology, immunology and rare diseases. Notable approvals include Moderna’s mNEXSPIKE COVID‑19 vaccine, Hansoh’s Aumseqa for EGFR‑mutated...
Thor Wind Farm Begins Powering Danish Grid
RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm, a 1.1 GW project off Denmark’s west coast, has begun feeding electricity into the Danish grid after the first turbine was installed. The venture, owned 51% by RWE and 49% by Norges Bank Investment Management, is...
Google AI Repeats False $6k Trucking Cost Claim
Was pretty depressing to see how Google AI integrated the false $6000 per year number for trucking costs from the FP. Also mimicked the responses to calling it out: "it's the CFR", or "it's the industrial carbon tax." Once you...
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How to Use Salesforce for Marketing [Maximizing CRM for Effective Campaigns]
Salesforce Marketing Cloud consolidates customer data, campaign management, and analytics into a single platform, enabling marketers to deliver personalized experiences across email, social, mobile, and web. Features such as Journey Builder and Einstein AI automate multi‑step journeys and predict customer...
FreezOpt Controls Ice Nucleation, Preserves Cells in Cryopreservation
I've always been fascinated by animals that can survive being frozen—cell walls are delicate and can be destroyed by ice crystals. HOHCells just launched FreezOpt, which is designed to keep cells intact during cryopreservation. It enables controlled initiation of ice...
Press Release: Palm Launches Pulse: The AI Assistant for Treasury Teams
Palm introduced Pulse, an AI‑driven conversational assistant that sits atop treasury management systems and ERPs. The tool lets treasury professionals ask natural‑language questions about cash positions, forecasts, investments, debt and FX exposures, delivering answers and charts in seconds. Pulse combines...
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What Is Salesforce Connect? [Powerful Tool for Data Integration]
Salesforce Connect enables real‑time access to external data by mapping external tables to virtual Salesforce objects, eliminating the need for data replication. It supports OData, cross‑org, and custom Apex adapters, allowing seamless integration with ERP systems, databases, SharePoint, and other...
O2 Speeds up Deployment with Pre-Assembled Mobile Mast
O2 has introduced a pre‑assembled mobile mast that shifts most of the complex antenna, radio and cabling work to a factory environment. The approach slashed on‑site installation time from two days to four hours and reduced cable connections from roughly...
Terminal Feels Faster; App Simplifies Multitasking with Claude Code
Really enjoying working with Claude Code in the terminal. But I still find myself going back to the app sometimes. The terminal feels faster and more natural for development. The app feels easier when juggling multiple threads of work. Curious where others have landed.
Bones Studio to Release BONES-SEED - the First Multimodal Motion Dataset Purpose-Built for Humanoid Robotics
Bones Studio announced the release of BONES‑SEED, a multimodal motion dataset tailored for humanoid robotics. The open‑source collection contains 142,000 high‑fidelity human motion sequences, each enriched with up to six natural‑language captions, precise temporal segmentation, and detailed skeletal metadata. Built...
AI-Generated Text Dilutes Writing's Signal of Thought
LLMs can write. The prose is often smooth and the structure is darn convincing. And when language can be generated that easily and at that scale, writing begins to lose some of what made it feel substantial in the first...
Huang: AI Infrastructure Only at Its Beginning
GTC 2026: Jensen Huang's Five Arguments for Why the AI Build-Out Is Just Getting Started https://t.co/e9lmsl3nRf
Hidden Mistakes, Not Bad Data, Threaten Genomics
1/ You think the biggest danger in genomics is bad data. More than that. It's the mistakes you make—without knowing. Here are the ones I learned the hard way. 🧵 https://t.co/3oj9cseVq7
Revolutionary Design Lets Users Ignore Product Flaws
The first iPhone was (ironically) terrible at being a phone, but people overlooked all the problems because the design and the “real internet” was so magical. What’s your thing, so revolutionary that customers will overlook all objections? https://t.co/2JiiQUjVmF
AI Deal Surge Amid War Mirrors Endless Rate Cut
What's the deal w/ the surge of AI deals related announcements during the War? is this the equivalent of the rate cut that will never come ?
Nvidia’s NemoClaw Enables Secure, HIPAA‑Compliant Enterprise Adoption
Multiple 9-figure+ companies have asked for Claw implementation with caveats around security and HIPAA compliance. And rightfully so. @nvidia’s NemoClaw makes it all possible with enterprise security in mind. Such a smart partnership with OpenClaw. More below:
Create Videos via Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp Instantly
Holy shit... OpenClaw agent can now make videos. Not open a new app. Not switch tabs. Not learn a new tool. Just tell it what you want inside Telegram, Discord, or WhatsApp and get a finished video back. It's called Pexo and it...
AI Glasses Look Awesome, yet Face a Major Flaw
AI glasses are really cool. But there's a big problem with them. Full chat with Tom Capper is here: https://t.co/WacBGL0D8H https://t.co/qJDOgXczZE
Watch Taiwan Firms for Early AI Server Supply Signals
The best way to get an early heads up on AI server supply is to watch Taiwan companies. What’s even better is that they all report revenue monthly. This week I’ll be emailing out a masterclass on Tracking the Global...
DLSS 6 Turns Greyboxed Assets Into Real-Time Final Renders
DLSS 6 mode on about to take greyboxed 3d assets to final render. Ai video-to-video foreshadowed this; many said it could never happen in real time. Yet here we are. https://t.co/PC3JwZHlEF
Two Phones Launch Today, Including POCO X8 Pro Iron Man
It's not often that you get two phone launches on the same day. This is the POCO X8 Pro Iron Man Edition: https://t.co/XAfoncIoZv https://t.co/4UuU8Ns8MR
Google Gemini Adds Conversation Branching for New Chat Threads
Google Gemini to introduce conversation branching, allowing users to spin off new chats from existing threads ✅ Details - https://t.co/YWlr5TfWB4 #Gemini #AI https://t.co/fpqcu9aEmd
AI Teammates Build Unbeatable Sales Moats
Why an AI Teammate will Enable Your sales Team to Create a Moat for Your Business by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/G0DbnKsbw3 @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Marketing #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #MarketingStrategy #MarketingSuccess
US Leads AI Race; Early Investment Compounds Advantage
AI competitiveness isn’t evenly distributed 🌍 Stanford AI Vibrancy Index: 🇺🇸 USA: 78.6 🇨🇳 China: 36.95 🇮🇳 India: 21.59 Metrics include: R&D, talent, governance, infrastructure, economy. AI advantage is compounding. Countries investing now are shaping the next decade. #AI #Geopolitics #Innovation
Claude AI Reviews PRs, Catching Real Logic Bugs
1/6 Anthropic shipped Code Review for Claude Code last week. When you open a PR, Claude spins up a team of agents to read through it and find bugs. Not style nits. Not "consider renaming this variable." Actual logic bugs. https://t.co/7E1zv7Llw7...
AI Platforms' Data Control Threatens Fintech Competition
When AI platforms - OpenAI, Anthropic, Google,.. - compete with their own customers, who wins? Control over training data & APIs = market power. Foreclosure risk is real for downstream fintechs & innovators. The antitrust playbook needs updating for the AI...