ClassNK Approves Corrosion-Resistant Cable for Offshore Wind Use
ClassNK has granted both a Manufacturing Procedure Approval and a Type Approval for KOBELCO Wire Company's new semi‑parallel wire cable (SPWC), marking the society’s first endorsement of this corrosion‑resistant product. The cable features 7 mm galvanized steel wires coated in polyethylene, delivering high fatigue strength and superior resistance to marine corrosion. Designed for mooring floating offshore wind turbines, it offers a durable alternative to traditional steel chains and synthetic ropes. The certification follows ClassNK’s “Guidelines for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines,” underscoring the cable’s compliance with industry safety standards.
GenAI Takes Underwriting Into a New Phase
Generative AI is reshaping property‑and‑casualty underwriting by accelerating quote turnaround, automating data‑driven decisions, and embedding capital‑allocation logic directly into the underwriting workflow. Insurers are moving from annual portfolio reviews to monthly or even weekly cycles, using AI to continuously align...
AI Assistance Can Aid Caregivers
Artificial intelligence is moving into senior caregiving, offering tools that track medication schedules, monitor vital signs, and alert families to safety risks. AI‑driven sensors and wearables can provide real‑time health insights, while chatbots and companion robots add social interaction and...
Do We Even Need A Sales Process?
The piece challenges traditional sales processes, noting that CRM stages often don’t match a buyer’s real progress. It cites stark metrics—over 60 % of buying initiatives end without a decision, only 35 % of reps hit quota, and win rates sit at...
Artemis II Launch Being Captured in Apple’s Immersive Video Format
NASA announced that the Artemis II crewed lunar flyby will be captured using Apple’s immersive video format for the Vision Pro headset. The partnership will produce a 3‑D, spatial video feed that can be streamed to consumers worldwide. Apple plans to integrate...
We Know that Macs Last Longer in Use. How Much Longer?
A new Omnissa analysis shows Macs and iPhones outlast Windows PCs and Android devices in enterprise environments. Macs typically remain in service for five years, compared to three years for Windows laptops, and only 17% are replaced within a year...
The iPhone 50 Years From Now – and Why Apple Won’t Have AI Execs
Apple’s Tim Cook affirmed that the iPhone will still be a core product fifty years from now, with a special 70th‑anniversary edition slated to debut a new camera system. In the same interview, Cook dismissed the notion that Apple could...
More Details on Lenovo’s Yoga Mini I Hockey Puck-Shaped Mini PC with Intel Panther Lake
Lenovo’s Yoga Mini i is a compact, round mini PC that looks like a silver hockey puck, debuting with Intel’s 13th‑gen Panther Lake processors. It ships in two configurations: an entry‑level Core Ultra 5 325 with 16 GB RAM, and a higher‑end Core...
Your Best Emails Might Be Hurting Your Sales
Freddie and Dee, both high‑ticket consultants, were delivering full‑service audits and step‑by‑step frameworks in their newsletters, which earned praise but failed to convert readers into buyers. The post labels this the "Overteaching Paradox"—providing a complete solution satisfies the audience but...
Vertiv Expands Ohio Manufacturing to Support AI Data Center Cooling Demand
Vertiv announced a roughly $50 million investment to expand its Ironton and Westerville, Ohio facilities, boosting manufacturing capacity for advanced liquid‑cooling and chilled‑water systems. The Ironton plant’s output is slated to increase about 45 % by Q2 2027, enabling faster response to AI‑driven,...
Spectra Logic and Geyser Data Expand Tape-as-a-Service with New London Archive Deployment
Spectra Logic and Geyser Data have launched a tape‑as‑a‑service archive in London, the first European site available through the Geyser Data portal. The deployment, hosted in a Digital Realty carrier‑neutral facility, adds geographic choice alongside the existing Los Angeles location...
Casio’s New Retro Watch Gets some Old Retro Colors
Casio has expanded its Vintage AQ-240E ana‑digi watch line with three new pastel colorways: pale blue‑green, pastel salmon, and off‑white. The AQ-240E, launched last year as a successor to the AQ-230, blends a slim digital display with a classic analog...
RSAC 2026: Reflections on a Security Show That Became an AI Showcase
RSA 2026 turned into an AI‑centric event, with security serving as the backdrop. Attendees heard concrete announcements on runtime guardrails, red‑team testing, and lifecycle controls, signaling that AI security is moving from theory to operation. Vendors touted unified integrations of...
Meta Fraud Pressure Grows as Payments Association Calls for Shared Liability
The Payments Association released a white paper warning that authorized push payment (APP) fraud now largely originates on digital platforms such as Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. It cites that roughly two‑thirds of APP fraud cases in early 2025 began...
Nexi and PayPal Widen European Alliance in Push to Simplify Digital Commerce
Nexi and PayPal have expanded their partnership beyond Italy, embedding PayPal’s ecosystem directly into Nexi’s merchant platform across Europe. The rollout will initially cover Italy, the Nordics and Poland, giving merchants a single point of connection for digital payments and...
China Pushes CIPS to Compete with Western Payment Networks
China is accelerating reforms to its Cross‑Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) to position it as a viable alternative to Western‑dominated payment networks. The first major rule change since 2018 expands CIPS beyond renminbi‑only clearing, adding multicurrency settlement and broader foreign‑payment...
April 2026 ITL FOCUS: Underwriting
Generative AI, first introduced to underwriting in late 2022, has rapidly accelerated efficiency by automating data collection and triaging submissions. Recent AI agents now perform actions on behalf of underwriters, enabling continuous underwriting that flags real‑time changes such as a restaurant...
On LawNext: Mary Technology Wants to Solve Litigation’s ‘Fact Chaos’ Problem
Mary Technology introduced an AI‑driven platform that tackles the "fact chaos" that follows e‑discovery. While existing tools can filter millions of documents, Mary automates the extraction, organization, and narrative building of key facts. The solution promises to cut manual review...
Nobody Warned You a Podcast Pitch Deck Would Feel This Personal
Liam Austin argues that a dedicated podcast pitch deck is essential for turning a casual email pitch into a concrete decision tool. A concise 8‑15 slide deck—covering show overview, host bio, audience profile, format, metrics and sponsorship options—lets prospects review...
Yes, You Can Turn Followers Into Substack Subscribers
Substack has rolled out tools that let creators import social‑media followers directly into their email lists, effectively turning platform fans into paying subscribers. The new "Follow" widget and API integrations pull contact data from X, Instagram and LinkedIn, then prompt...
‘StravaLeaks’: How Le Monde Located 18,000 French Military Personnel with a Fitness App
Le Monde’s investigation, dubbed “StravaLeaks,” identified roughly 18,000 French military personnel who publicly shared workout data on the Strava app. The disclosed routes pinpointed high‑value assets, including the Charles de Gaulle carrier strike group, nuclear‑submarine base Île Longue, and even the movements of...
Using Persuasive Technologies in Value-Based Health Care
Persuasive technologies are emerging as essential tools for value‑based health care, turning policy goals into daily patient actions. By providing feedback loops, personalized recommendations, and habit‑forming reminders, they improve medication adherence, chronic disease self‑management, and post‑surgical recovery. Remote monitoring and...
Camera Rumors: Is Sony About to Announce a Full-Frame Sensor Capable of 10K Video?
Sony is reportedly developing a new 67‑megapixel full‑frame sensor that could record video at up to 10K resolution, with 60 fps readout and support for 8K60p and 4K120p. The sensor may employ a partially stacked architecture, 3.6 µm pixel size, and a...
Could Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Large Language Models Help Make Local Zoning Codes Easier to Navigate?
Researchers at Urban tested retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) with large language models on Minneapolis' 467‑page zoning code to see if AI can simplify permit queries. The benchmark showed that RAG‑enhanced models returned more accurate, context‑aware answers than baseline LLMs. City officials...
Doing Something Again For The First Time (Update)
A new analysis highlights that roughly 75 % of the global population has never seen humans walk on another world, making the upcoming Artemis Moon landings the first live experience for most people. NASA’s Artemis program now plans to send astronauts...
Melius Highlights FCF While Reiterating Buy on Apple
Melius analysts highlighted Apple’s strong free cash flow as a key valuation driver and reiterated a buy recommendation. The firm noted Apple’s upcoming product wave—including the iPhone 17e, refreshed iPad Air, new MacBook Air and Pro, Studio Displays, MacBook Neo,...
Bambu Lab Discontinues Flagship X1 Series
Bambu Lab announced the retirement of its flagship X1 series, ending production effective immediately. The company will maintain feature updates through June 2027, security patches until June 2029, and spare‑part support until April 2031. Existing owners can still find X1, X1C, or X1E...
🔴 Career Brew (🎓☕) - 31st Mar - 58 Hottest Early to Mid Career Jobs - Do Not Miss
The Career Brew newsletter highlights 58 early‑to‑mid‑career openings, emphasizing high‑paying AI/ML positions at firms like Uber, Google, and Sigma Computing. Salaries for senior AI roles reach up to $270,000, while data, finance, and product roles also feature six‑figure compensation. The...
Investing in Depthfirst
Depthfirst, an AI‑focused security startup, announced its Series B funding and introduced dfs‑mini1, a specialized model that outperforms leading AI systems at detecting smart‑contract vulnerabilities while costing far less to run. The platform builds a semantic model of a customer’s environment,...
Argonne Advances AI-Enabled Rare Earth Separation with Aclara Partnership
Argonne National Laboratory and Aclara Resources have signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to create an AI‑enabled digital twin for heavy rare earth separation. The partnership will feed data from Aclara’s pilot plant into Argonne’s advanced computing platform, aiming...
The Vergecast: Apple at 50 ↦
Apple celebrated its 50‑year anniversary on a Vergecast episode featuring David Pierce and Six Colors veteran Jason Snell. The conversation highlighted Apple’s trillion‑dollar market cap and its historic focus on superior software, hardware, and ecosystem integration. Snell delivered a modified...
You’re Using AI Wrong
Many professionals adopt AI tools hoping to cut workload, but end up spending more time testing prompts, switching apps, and watching tutorials. The post argues that the problem isn’t the technology itself but the lack of systematic usage. It recommends...
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VestaPlus [Sponsor]
VestaPlus’s CheckMate platform cleans MLS listings by detecting and correcting errors before they spread, improving data reliability for agents and lenders. The tool uses rule‑based checks and machine‑learning classifiers to flag anomalies in real time, cutting error‑resolution time by roughly...
Forget Oura, This 2.2mm Ring Also Controls Smart Glasses
MOVA unveiled the ultra‑thin 2.2 mm H1 smart ring alongside the S1 smart glasses, linking biometric monitoring with real‑time visual translation via a finger swipe. The H1 continuously tracks temperature, heart rate and SpO₂, while the S1 offers 77‑language translation, AI...
Apple at 50: The Importance of the MacBook Air
In January 2008, Steve Jobs dramatically unveiled the MacBook Air by pulling it from a manila envelope at Macworld, emphasizing its ultra‑thin profile. The Air introduced a new ultra‑light laptop category, prompting immediate imitation across the PC industry. Its design...
Sweden’s 2026 Spring Budget to Include €36.5 Million More for Space
Sweden's government proposes a SEK 400 million ($40 million) addition to its 2026 spring budget to develop sovereign launch capability at the Esrange Space Centre, with a focus on military space operations. SEK 14 million ($1.4 million) will strengthen the Swedish Space Agency’s licensing...
NYIOOC Unveils Marketplace for Fresh, Award-Winning Olive Oils
The New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC) has launched a multilingual e‑commerce platform, oliveoilshop.com, that sells only current‑year award‑winning extra‑virgin olive oils. The marketplace connects consumers in Europe, the United States and Canada directly with producers and authorized distributors,...
Mercor: The Remote Work Platform Where Top Earners Are Quietly Making a Fortune
Mercor is an AI‑powered talent network that matches skilled freelancers directly with well‑funded tech clients, bypassing traditional job boards and agencies. The platform’s algorithm ranks candidates by actual skills and experience, delivering high‑value contracts that pay up to $150 per...
Fixing the Zero-Click SEO Crisis
In 2025 Google rolled out AI Overviews that present concise answers directly on the search results page. This feature caused Devon’s web‑design blog to lose roughly 61% of its organic clicks, turning a steady lead pipeline into a zero‑click funnel....
Sfaal and SDS Propose Pre-Contractual AI Safeguards for Writers
The French Syndicat des agents artistiques et littéraires (Sfaal) and the Syndicat des scénaristes (SDS) have announced a joint framework of pre‑contractual safeguards aimed at protecting writers from unauthorized AI‑generated reproductions of their work. The proposal includes mandatory disclosure clauses,...
The AI Oligarchs Don't Want You Reading This
New York Assemblymember Alex Bores, a Democratic candidate for NY‑12, is confronting a $10 million super‑PAC funded by AI industry leaders Greg Brockman, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. Bores, who authored the state’s RAISE Act—the nation’s toughest AI safety law—promises federal...
The Startup Rebuilding How the World Communicates
Airbase, a stealth‑mode startup founded by former Planet Labs and True Anomaly engineers, is building software to dynamically allocate radio‑frequency spectrum, a finite resource strained by the explosion of satellites, drones, and autonomous vehicles. The founders convinced U.S. regulators that...
The Fed Chair Just Said What AI Leaders Won't: The Models Don't Work
Fed Chair Jerome Powell publicly expressed his lack of confidence in the economic models used to forecast markets, noting that no system has reliably predicted the economy. He highlighted that while large language models (LLMs) have advanced dramatically, they remain...
What Scarcity Taught Computing, and AI Might Need to Relearn
The article reflects on how early computers, constrained by expensive storage and limited memory, forced engineers to develop disciplined indexing, selective retrieval, and purposeful forgetting. It argues that modern AI research often assumes unlimited context windows, leading to information overload...
What Does Wildfire Resilience Cost?
A new UCLA Emmett Institute report titled *The Price of Resilience* examines how wildfire‑related costs are allocated between transmission customers and retail ratepayers. In California, wildfire mitigation and liability expenses now represent roughly a quarter of residential electricity bills, driven...
O2 Slovakia Offers Data Sharing for Extra Devices
O2 Slovakia launched O2 Connect, a data‑sharing add‑on that lets post‑paid customers extend their mobile plan to tablets, laptops or smartwatches. The service costs €4 per extra SIM, roughly $4.40, and can be ordered and activated through the O2 app....
Anyway, What Does AI-RAN Even Mean?
AI‑RAN is currently a marketing‑driven label rather than a defined technical standard, despite telecom’s decades‑long use of AI in radio networks. Vendors offer divergent interpretations, making it hard for operators to model total cost of ownership or plan capital expenditures....
AZD5004
Elecoglipron (ECC5004/AZD5004), an oral small‑molecule GLP‑1 receptor agonist, completed Phase 2 trials in type 2 diabetes and obesity, meeting primary endpoints in the SOLSTICE and VISTA studies. AstraZeneca licensed global rights from Eccogene for an upfront payment of $185 million and potential milestones...
CellCentric Initiates DOMMINO-1, a Pivotal Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Inobrodib in Combination with Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone (InoPd) in Relapsed...
CellCentric has launched the pivotal Phase 2 DOMMINO‑1 trial of inobrodib 20 mg combined with pomalidomide and dexamethasone (InoPd) in heavily pretreated relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) patients. The first dose was administered at The Royal Marsden in London, with additional...
ImmunityBio Strengthens Balance Sheet with $100 Million of Financing Transactions Including $75 Million of Non-Dilutive Financing to Support Global Expansion...
ImmunityBio secured $75 million of non‑dilutive financing under its existing royalty‑interest purchase agreement with Oberland Capital, raising total committed capital to $375 million. At the same time, Nant Capital converted $25 million of debt into common stock, reducing the company’s liabilities. The combined...