OpenAI Launches ‘Child Safety Blueprint’ Amid Surge in AI-Generated Abuse
OpenAI unveiled a "Child Safety Blueprint" to tackle the surge in AI‑generated child sexual abuse, a threat that saw a 14% rise in reported incidents in the first half of 2025. The framework, crafted with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and state attorneys general, focuses on modernizing laws, enhancing reporting to NCMEC, and embedding safety‑by‑design safeguards in AI systems. It arrives amid heightened regulatory scrutiny after recent court losses for Meta and Google and ongoing lawsuits against OpenAI. Execution and industry adoption will determine its real‑world impact.
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Alva Industries announced the SlimTorq™ STM-190-35, a larger‑size, high‑torque motor in its frameless, slotless portfolio. The new motor targets precision direct‑drive applications such as electro‑optical platforms, gimbals, and robotics, offering a favorable inner‑to‑outer diameter ratio and compact axial length. It...
JE Dunn Launches Offsite Manufacturing Arm
JE Dunn has created Form Off‑Site Solutions, an off‑site manufacturing subsidiary that will produce metal, wood, building‑skin, and multi‑trade assemblies. The unit offers end‑to‑end services from product planning and design through engineering, fabrication, shipping and logistics. Leveraging five years of...
Capita Under Investigation After Workers Hit by Pensions Data Breach
Capita, the administrator of the UK Civil Service Pension Scheme, is under government investigation after confirming a second data breach within three years. The latest incident affected up to 138 retirees, who either received incorrect annual statements or had their...
Madras High Court Dismisses Plea By Cyber Security Expert Seeking Probe Into Star Health Security Lapses
The Madras High Court dismissed cybersecurity specialist Himanshu Pathak’s appeal seeking a multi‑ministry investigation into alleged security lapses at Star Health Insurance. While his petition was pending, Star Health suffered a cyber‑attack on October 9 2024 that exposed policyholder data. Pathak, a policyholder,...
OpenAI and Meaghan B Murphy Discuss How Families Are Using ChatGPT Safely and with Confidence with YourUpdateTV
OpenAI partnered with AI‑savvy parent Meaghan B. Murphy for a nationwide media tour aimed at educating families on safe ChatGPT usage. The tour highlighted built‑in safeguards—quiet hours, content filters, and privacy settings—designed to protect teen users while encouraging productive learning....
A Hacker Has Allegedly Breached One of China’s Supercomputers and Is Attempting to Sell a Trove of Stolen Data
A hacker claims to have exfiltrated over 10 petabytes of classified data from China’s National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, including defense documents and missile schematics. The breach allegedly spanned months and went undetected, affecting more than 6,000 clients across scientific...
EU Shifting Customs Operations to EES System Tomorrow—What You Need to Know
On April 10 2026 the European Union and all 29 Schengen countries will switch to the Entry‑Exit System (EES), a fully digitized border‑control platform. The system replaces manual passport checks with a scan that records biometric data and timestamps each entry and...
How to Delaminate End-of-Life Solar Modules with Ultrasonic Cavitation
A German‑Turkish research team introduced a solvent‑free ultrasonic cavitation process to delaminate end‑of‑life crystalline‑silicon photovoltaic modules. The technique fully separates the glass from the front EVA layer and partially releases silicon fragments, achieving an 82.2% mass‑based delamination efficiency. Laboratory tests...
Amazon CEO Says Chip Business 'On Fire' As AWS Steps Up Challenge To Nvidia
Amazon’s cloud unit reported a $15 billion annual AI revenue run rate and a custom‑chip business now exceeding $20 billion, double the Q4 figure. CEO Andy Jassy highlighted the rapid growth of its Trainium 3 accelerator, which promises better price‑performance than Nvidia GPUs....
Aggreko to Deliver ‘Australia’s Largest’ Off-Grid Renewable Hybrid Power Plant
Aggreko announced a landmark 15‑year power purchase agreement with Harmony Gold to supply the Eva copper project in northwest Queensland. The off‑grid hybrid plant will combine a 118 MW solar farm, a 250 MWh battery storage system and a 104 MVA thermal generator,...
Nvidia Rubin GPUs May Be Delayed, Slowing the Next Phase of AI Infrastructure
Nvidia’s next‑gen Rubin GPUs, slated for late‑2024 shipment, face supply delays due to HBM4 memory validation, CX9 interconnect rollout, and higher power and cooling demands. TrendForce now projects Rubin to represent only 22% of Nvidia’s 2026 shipments, down from an...
ITM Power Wins £86.5m UK Backing for Sheffield Hydrogen Electrolyser Factory
ITM Power secured £86.5 million from the UK government and Great British Energy to expand its Sheffield electrolyser factory, targeting a 1 GW production capacity. The investment will add a new production line and create over 400 jobs, positioning the site as...
DESNZ Launches Pilot for Non-Pipeline Carbon Capture Transport
The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has launched the Non‑Pipeline Transport (NPT) Pathfinder, a pilot to test road, rail and ship CO₂ transport alongside existing pipelines. The initiative follows the December 2024 contracts for the Teesside carbon...
Fire Risk Sparks Power Bank Recall in SA
South Africa’s National Consumer Commission (NCC) has ordered a recall of ESR HaloLock Kickstand Wireless Power Banks (model 2G505B) after nine reports of lithium‑ion batteries overheating, catching fire and causing property damage. The devices, imported from China and sold through...
The Fix’s Take on Media Education: Inside the Simulation Game
The Fix has launched a simulation game that teaches media leadership through a gamified experience. The platform is embedded in its FixEd newsletter, delivering weekly challenges that mirror real‑world European media scenarios. Participants—journalists, editors and managers—navigate issues such as paywall...
Huawei's FreeBuds Pro 5 Convinced Me to Ditch the Bose QC Ultra Gen 2
Huawei’s FreeBuds Pro 5 earbuds challenge Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2 by delivering superior fit, dual‑engine active noise cancellation, and a more affordable price point. Weighing just 5.5 g per bud and featuring an IP57 rating, they stay comfortable during workouts and long...
ENISA Launches Public Consultation on Draft EUDI Wallet Certification Schemes
ENISA has opened a public consultation on a draft certification scheme for providers of the EU Digital Identity (EUDI) wallet, following a two‑year agreement to back the European Commission’s rollout. The core EU wallet regulation took effect in May 2024, and...
GridStor, Axpo Execute Energy Storage Revenue Swap Agreement for 440MWh Texas BESS
GridStor and Swiss utility Axpo have executed a revenue‑swap agreement for the 220 MW/440 MWh Hidden Lakes battery‑energy‑storage system in Galveston County, Texas. The swap converts volatile merchant market revenue into a fixed, guaranteed payment, allowing GridStor to de‑risk its investment while...
12 Actionable B2B Content Marketing Ideas
The article outlines twelve actionable B2B content‑marketing ideas, starting with a reminder to define clear objectives and metrics before execution. It emphasizes foundational tactics such as optimizing meta titles and descriptions to improve click‑through rates, then expands into thought‑leadership assets...
OpenAI Hits Pause on Flagship UK Data Centre Scheme
OpenAI has placed its flagship $500 bn Stargate AI data‑centre project on hold in the United Kingdom. The scheme, slated for a Tyneside site in partnership with Nscale and Nvidia, would have installed roughly 8,000 Nvidia AI processors. OpenAI cited soaring...
Build a $5,000 AM5 Gaming PC for Just $2,771 with This Newegg Combo Deal — 9800X3D and RTX 5070 Also...
Newegg is offering a bundled gaming PC build that normally retails for $5,019 now for $2,771, including an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, Nvidia RTX 5070 GPU, 128 GB DDR5‑6000 RAM, a 4 TB NVMe SSD, MSI motherboard, Corsair case and an AIO cooler. The...
Keysight and Sateliot Win European Space Agency and GSMA Foundry Challenge for 6G Innovation
Keysight Technologies and Spanish satellite‑IoT firm Sateliot were named winners of the European Space Agency and GSMA Foundry Innovation Challenge at Mobile World Congress 2026. Their joint project, a blockchain‑enabled end‑to‑end anomaly detection platform for 5G non‑terrestrial networks, earned funding...
Fusion Enzyme ‘Boosts Polyester Textile Recycling’
UK researchers from the University of Portsmouth and the University of Manchester have engineered a new fusion enzyme that can break down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) even when reactors contain roughly 20% plastic by weight. The redesign targets polyester textile waste,...
You Don't Want a Dirty Phone. How to Give Your iPhone or Android a Spring Clean
A recent study shows the average American checks their phone 47 times a day, leaving it dirtier than a toilet seat. CNET outlines a spring‑cleaning routine that starts with turning the device off, removing the case, and wiping with a...
Amid Rising Cyber and Physical Threats, Center for Cross-Sector Coordination Launches
The Center for Cross‑Sector Coordination (CXC) launched as an industry‑driven, not‑for‑profit hub that links owners and operators across all 16 U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. Its mission is to improve coordination, share security tools, training, and threat intelligence, and act as...
PayPal Embeds Payment Links Into Canva Designs
PayPal has integrated its Payment Links service directly into Canva’s design platform, allowing creators to embed checkout buttons or QR codes within digital and printed assets. The feature lets users generate PayPal‑hosted payment pages, customize product details, and accept funds...
Shilo, Rechat, Lofty Add AI Tools; Associations Bolster Agent Safety
Shilo, Lofty and Rechat each rolled out new AI‑powered tools that automate coaching, lead nurturing and conversation capture for real‑estate agents, all offered at no extra charge to existing customers. Shilo’s Signals builds DISC‑style profiles from over three million calls,...
5 Years Of ATT: What We’ve Learned, And What The Future Of iOS Performance Looks Like
Apple's AppTrackingTransparency (ATT) rollout in 2021 saw roughly 80% of iOS users block IDFA tracking, forcing marketers onto the aggregated SKAdNetwork (SKAN) and later Apple’s AdAttributionKit (AAK). The industry split between short‑term probabilistic workarounds and early SKAN‑centric optimization, with the...
Planet-Friendly Logistics
In February the U.S. government repealed the EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding, stripping the agency of authority to regulate greenhouse‑gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Despite this policy reversal, the logistics sector—particularly maritime shipping—continues to pursue decarbonization, with the International...
VIDEO | AgXeed Series 7 Tested in the Field: Can It Handle Heavy Tillage and Tight Headlands?
The AgXeed AgBot Series 7 was put through a real‑world field trial on a French arable farm, pulling a heavy cultivator and navigating tight headland turns. The video demonstrates the robot’s ability to maintain precise trajectories while delivering the power needed...
One Doctor Helped Kickstart US Nuclear Medicine’s New Wave. Now He’s Refining It.
Dr. Ebrahim Delpassand, a pioneer of U.S. nuclear medicine, launched the first FDA‑approved lutetium‑based radioligand therapy (Lutathera) in 2010 and later helped bring Pluvicto to market, driving blockbuster sales in 2025. He founded Excel Diagnostics, where he ran the sole...
New Survey Reveals Overwhelmingly Optimistic Results on the Use of AI in Construction
A CMiC‑Dodge survey of more than 6,000 construction firms found that 87% of contractors believe artificial intelligence will have a meaningful impact on the industry. Respondents expect AI to cut time on repetitive tasks (85%), improve decision‑making (over 70%) and...
Bankrupt Robot Manufacturer Agrointelli Sold in Parts
Agrointelli, the Danish maker of the Robotti field robot, was declared bankrupt on February 27, 2026 and failed to secure a full‑company buyer by the March 12 deadline. As a result, all staff were laid off and the trustee split the assets, selling...
Don’t Just Fight Fraud, Hunt It
The article warns that AI has transformed fraud into an industrialized, global enterprise that can create tens of thousands of synthetic identities in days. Traditional detection methods—such as tracking reused emails or devices—are rapidly losing relevance, with unique email patterns...
OPSWAT Adds Predictive AI Engine to MetaDefender for Pre-Execution Threat Detection
OPSWAT introduced Predictive Alin AI, its first proprietary AI‑driven threat detection engine, into the MetaDefender platform. The static‑analysis engine predicts malicious intent in milliseconds, delivering sub‑100‑ms inference while maintaining a tiny memory footprint. In internal tests the engine achieved 99.99%...
Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities
Palo Alto Networks and SonicWall each released emergency patches addressing multiple vulnerabilities, including two high‑severity flaws. Palo Alto fixed three bugs—most notably CVE‑2026‑0234 affecting Cortex XSOAR/XSIAM’s Microsoft Teams integration—and added dozens of Chromium security updates. SonicWall patched four issues in...
Artemis II Commander Calls Earth "Special Place" As Spaceship Heads Home
NASA’s Artemis II crew began its return to Earth on April 9, with commander Reid Wiseman describing the view of the Moon eclipsing Earth as a reminder that our planet is a “special place.” The Orion spacecraft, launched on April 1, set a...
How Insurance Leaders Can Leverage AI Without Sacrificing Trust
Capgemini’s WNS unit outlines how insurers can embed control, privacy and compliance into AI deployments while still fostering cross‑jurisdiction collaboration. Techniques such as geographic data restrictions and federated learning enable model training without moving raw data. High‑impact AI use cases...
Russian Hackers Exploit SOHO Routers for DNS Hijacking Campaign
Russian-linked threat group Forest Blizzard has been hijacking home and small‑office routers since at least August 2025, turning them into covert DNS infrastructure. Microsoft reported over 200 organizations and more than 5,000 consumer devices infected, enabling passive traffic monitoring and targeted...
Making Tax Digital: HMRC Equality Review Finds Possible ‘Minor Impacts’ Based on Disability, Age and Religion
HMRC’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) regime now requires about 800,000 self‑employed individuals and landlords to submit income‑tax returns via accredited software, with nearly a million more slated for 2027 and 2028. An initial equality screening found only minor impacts for...
Shooting $100 Billion in Taxpayer Funds to the Moon Is Not a Win
Washington is proposing to spend roughly $100 billion of taxpayer money on a renewed lunar program, even as Americans face high inflation, stagnant wages, and a housing shortage. The article argues that such a massive allocation diverts resources from pressing domestic...
NFPA’s Comprehensive Battery Safety Code Nears Finish Line
The National Fire Protection Association is set to release NFPA 800, its first comprehensive battery safety code covering the entire lifecycle of stationary energy‑storage systems and consumer‑grade batteries. The provisional standard, expected later this month after a fast‑tracked vote, will define...
GOV.UK Eyes API Overhaul, GraphQL Could Do the Job
The UK government’s central digital platform, GOV.UK, is evaluating a major API redesign, exploring a shift from its legacy REST endpoints to a GraphQL‑based architecture. Officials say the change aims to deliver more flexible, robust and easier‑to‑integrate services for citizens...
Broker’s Call: Amagi Media Labs (Buy)
Anand Rathi Research initiates coverage of Amagi Media Labs with a Buy rating, setting a target of ₹450 (≈ $5.4) while the stock trades at ₹335.95 (≈ $4.0). The cloud‑based SaaS platform, which lets content owners launch and monetize internet channels, posted...
I Asked 5 Data Leaders About How They Use AI to Automate - and End Integration Nightmares
Data leaders across industries are turning to generative AI and automation to tame complex data‑integration projects. Thomson Reuters is piloting an internal AI tool for M&A due diligence, while Create Music Group runs more than 600 pipelines with Astronomer’s Astro...
AI-Caution Prompts Rising Demand for Authentic, Human-Led Content in Social Buying Journeys
New research from the Retail Technology Show surveyed over 1,000 shoppers and found that 53% distrust AI‑generated social content, rising to 58% among Gen Z. More than half (51%) believe AI threatens brand trust on social platforms, while 43% say authentic,...
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT Sets Out Digital Delivery Goals and Priorities for 2026/27
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust outlined its 2026/27 digital delivery roadmap, emphasizing data‑driven community health, home‑based technology, and staff productivity. The plan pivots on an electronic patient record, a federated data platform, and positioning the NHS App as...
Google ChromeOS Flex Just Pulled the Rug Out From Under Windows 11 and I’m Absolutely Delighted
Google has launched ChromeOS Flex, a free, cloud‑based OS that can be installed on legacy Windows or macOS hardware via a $3 USB kit from refurbisher Back Market. The move arrives as Microsoft’s Windows 10 support ends, leaving millions of older PCs...
Global AI Secures Enterprise Agentic AI Deployment with Fortune Global 500 Pharmaceutical Leader
Global AI Inc. announced a full‑scale production rollout of its Agentic AI Platform with a Fortune Global 500 pharmaceutical company. The solution now runs end‑to‑end across regulatory reporting and payroll functions, linking inventory, ERP, HR and finance systems into a...
