DT Research Debuts GMS-Enabled DA323EP Rugged Tablets for Logistics at MODEX 2026
DT Research unveiled the DA323EP, a Google Mobile Services‑enabled rugged tablet designed for logistics and warehouse operations. The 13.3‑inch device combines a sunlight‑readable display, hot‑swappable batteries, and optional 4G LTE for continuous, real‑time data capture. Certified for GMS, it offers native access to Google apps, Zero‑Touch enrollment, and enterprise‑grade security updates. The tablet ships in Q2 2026 and will be showcased at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta.
Google Patent Signals New Search Layer
Google secured U.S. patent US 12536233 B1 for a system that creates AI‑generated landing pages tailored to individual users and queries. The invention evaluates candidate pages, grades them, and dynamically produces customized versions that feed user‑behavior signals back into the model. If...
Halocell Energy, Sofab Inks Advance Perovskite Collaboration
Halocell Energy and U.S. startup Sofab Inks have demonstrated that perovskite modules using Sofab’s Tinfab electron transport layer retain roughly 100% of their normalized efficiency after 1,300 hours of accelerated light and damp‑heat exposure. In contrast, comparable control devices lost...
AI & Automation: A CFO’s Playbook For Finance Productivity
Artificial intelligence is reshaping finance, but CFOs face uneven adoption due to data, talent, and governance gaps. Experts outline a six‑step playbook: define the problem, build clean data, staff the initiative, set governance, target high‑impact workflows, and iterate from pilot...
Ouster Launches Stereolabs ZED X Nano: A Wrist-Mount Stereo Camera Built for Robotic Manipulation and Physical AI
Ouster announced the Stereolabs ZED X Nano, a wrist‑mount stereo camera designed for robotic manipulation and Physical AI. The 40 % smaller unit packs a 2.3 MP global‑shutter sensor that captures 1920×1200 RGB and depth at up to 120 fps, with sub‑millimeter neural depth accuracy. A...
PJM Proposes Adding 14.9 GW with Bilateral Contracts, Central Procurement
The PJM Interconnection is proposing a one‑time, two‑phase backstop procurement of up to 14.9 GW to address projected capacity shortfalls driven by data‑center growth. Phase one would run bilateral contracts between generators and large loads from September to March, followed by...
YMX Logistics Introduces The First Autonomous Yard Operating System
YMX Logistics unveiled an expanded Yard Operating System (YMX OS) that automates data capture, AI‑driven decision making, and autonomous yard trucks across multi‑site networks. The platform combines an embedded Yard Management System, computer‑vision sensors, a digital‑twin engine, and integrated electric‑vehicle...
International Manufacturing Services (IMS) Exhibits at the CMSE Conference and Exhibiton
International Manufacturing Services (IMS) is exhibiting its latest RF and thermal‑management solutions at the 29th Annual Components for Military & Space Electronics (CMSE) Conference. At booth B22, IMS will showcase high‑power AlN resistors, RF‑optimized attenuators, splitters, and its ThermaBridge™/ThermaPlane™ ceramic...
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re Reading About a Pancreatic Cancer Pill, FDA Rejecting a Replimune Drug Again, and More
Revolution Medicines reported that its KRAS‑targeting oral pill daraxonrasib more than doubled median overall survival for metastatic pancreatic cancer patients, achieving 13.2 months versus 6.7 months on standard chemotherapy. The company will leverage a FDA priority‑review voucher to seek accelerated...
Strengthening Enterprise Governance for Rising Edge AI Workloads
Google’s release of Gemma 4, an open‑weight model designed for on‑device execution, is upending traditional enterprise AI security. The model lets engineers run sophisticated autonomous agents directly on laptops and edge hardware, sidestepping cloud firewalls and API gateways. This creates a...
US: Former Mushroom Kit Specialist Celebrates Expansion
Back to the Roots announced a Spring 2026 expansion with Target, extending its organic gardening line across more than 1,800 Target stores and online. The partnership, now in its ninth year, has grown from a single mushroom kit to a full...
AbbVie Enters World of Pain in up to $715M Deal with China’s Haisco
AbbVie has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with China’s Haisco Pharmaceutical Group that could be worth up to $715 million. The deal grants AbbVie rights to a portfolio of pain‑related compounds ranging from preclinical to Phase 1 stages in China. This marks...
Wah Kwong Unit Lines up Green Methanol Supply Deal
Wah Kwong’s fuel subsidiary Venture Energy has signed a supply agreement with Shanghai Shenji Energy to import ISCC‑certified green methanol, with first deliveries slated for the first half of 2026. The methanol, derived from municipal waste, crop residues and livestock...
Hearst Built A Unified Ad Marketplace To Simplify Omnichannel News Buys
Hearst announced a unified programmatic ad marketplace that bundles inventory from its TV stations, newspapers and digital news sites into a single offering. The new Hearst News network lets agencies buy across the company’s local‑news footprint using their existing DSPs,...
Cloudflare Expands Agent Cloud with New Tools to Build and Scale AI Agents
Cloudflare announced an expansion of its Agent Cloud platform, adding a suite of tools that let developers build, deploy and scale AI agents on its global network. New features include Dynamic Workers, a fast isolated runtime; Artifacts, a Git‑compatible storage...
How To Measure PPC Performance When AI Controls The Auction via @Sejournal, @Brookeosmundson
The rise of AI‑driven campaign types like Performance Max and AI Max is upending traditional pay‑per‑click measurement, as ads now appear on keyword‑less queries and across multiple Google channels. Conversions increasingly stem from AI‑generated assets and multi‑step journeys, making click‑level...
Cork Airport to Deliver Ireland’s Largest Solar-Powered Carport
Cork Airport announced Ireland’s largest solar‑powered carport, a 1.7 MW structure with 3,696 photovoltaic panels slated for completion in August 2027. The carport will generate about 1.5 GWh of renewable electricity each year—roughly 20% of the airport’s power needs—and cut CO₂ emissions by...
The EU AI Act: What It Really Means for Organisations on the Ground
The EU AI Act, the first comprehensive AI regulation, classifies systems by risk and bans certain uses. High‑risk AI—such as tools for CV screening, performance evaluation, and workforce analytics—will face strict transparency, oversight and accountability obligations. Most companies have deployed...
Visa’s Neat Deal and Other Digital Transactions News Briefs From 4/13/26
Visa has teamed with insurance‑tech firm Neat to let European cardholders file digital claims, expanding its value‑added services. Repay Holdings defended its $372 million purchase of Kubra Data Transfer after investor Veradace Partners called the deal misguided. Klarna announced support for...
Amgen Pipeline’s Next Growth Cycle: Replacing Its Old Blockbusters
Amgen posted $36.8 billion in 2025 revenue, a 10% year‑on‑year rise, but its legacy blockbusters such as Enbrel, Xgeva and Otezla are under pressure from biosimilars and U.S. pricing reforms. Growth is now being driven by cardiovascular drugs, rare‑disease assets acquired...
Atomic-6 Launches Orbital Data Center Marketplace
Atomic-6 unveiled ODC.Space, a marketplace that lets customers order orbital data center hardware as easily as an online purchase. The platform aggregates space‑industry suppliers, offering configurations from 1U shared units to sovereign 42U racks, with the latter priced at roughly...
Reinventing Supply Chains With Gabi Gantus, CFO Of Mytra
Gabi Gantus, CFO of Mytra, is leading a push to overhaul warehouse automation with bots that move inventory in any direction, including vertically, promising higher density and throughput. Drawing on a decade at Tesla, she applies FP&A rigor and a...
MODEX 2026: GreyOrange Launches GreyMatter Foundry
GreyOrange unveiled GreyMatter Foundry at MODEX 2026, an AI‑driven simulation platform that unifies warehouse flow design, technology sizing, and layout planning in a high‑fidelity environment. The tool lets customers, integrators and fulfillment teams model heterogeneous robot fleets and human processes,...
Sophia Space and Kepler Sign Agreement to Demo ODC Tech
Orbital data‑center startup Sophia Space has signed an agreement with satellite operator Kepler Communications to demo its operating system, SOOS, on Kepler’s distributed in‑orbit compute network. The partnership will see Sophia upload SOOS to the network by year‑end for an...
These Are the 3 Biggest AI Winners and Losers of 2026
In 2026 the AI narrative split tech equities sharply: Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) became the top performer, climbing more than 300% after securing major hyperscale transceiver orders and projecting double‑digit revenue growth. Atlassian (TEAM) suffered the opposite fate, sliding over 60%...
Atomic-6 Unveils Online Marketplace for Orbital Data Centers
Atomic-6 announced ODC.space, an online marketplace that lets customers procure complete satellites for on‑orbit data‑center capacity. The platform offers both dedicated satellites and shared compute rentals, handling everything from component sourcing to launch and mission operations. Target customers include AI...
MODEX 2026: Gartner Predicts Half of New Warehouses Built in Developed Markets Will Be Human-Optional Facilities by 2030
Gartner’s latest supply‑chain research predicts that by 2030 half of all new warehouses built in developed markets will be designed as robot‑centric facilities where human labor is optional. The forecast reflects mounting labor shortages and rising wage pressures that are...
How Malaysia Airlines Is Using AI to Speed up Campaign Production
Malaysia Airlines has partnered with creative‑automation firm Kingdom Digital to overhaul its marketing workflow. The AI‑driven Digital Creative Automation model can slash campaign production times by up to 80% while supporting human oversight. The system generates localized assets for more...
Orbit Is Filling up Fast. Now Comes the Awkward Bit: Pre-Empting and Handling a Crisis.
Earth’s orbital environment is nearing a tipping point as tens of thousands of new satellites are slated for launch, pushing low‑Earth orbit toward congestion. In 2023 Starlink alone performed roughly 300,000 collision‑avoidance maneuvers, and analysts warn that as many as...
Top Considerations for Your E-Invoicing RFP Process
The article outlines how to craft an e‑invoicing RFP that unites tax, finance, and IT around a scalable compliance framework. It warns against treating the RFP as a short‑term procurement task and instead recommends starting with broader business problems, securing...
The Next Era of OpenX: The Intelligent SSP
OpenX announced a rebrand as the "Intelligent SSP," emphasizing AI‑driven simplicity and transparency. The company highlights three pillars—quality, performance and adaptability—backed by a cloud‑native platform and a proprietary supply‑side identity graph. By cutting intermediaries and fraud, OpenX aims to deliver...
EasyJet Passengers Describe EU Border 'Nightmare'
EasyJet passengers at Milan Linate faced two‑to‑three‑hour passport‑control queues after the EU’s new Entry‑Exit System (EES) went live on 10 April, causing more than 100 travelers to miss their Manchester flight. The biometric and facial‑recognition checks triggered vomiting, fainting and chaotic...
Pharma Firms Accelerate Regional Capacity Building to Secure GLP-1 Supply and Mitigate Geopolitical Risks
Pharma companies are reshaping supply chains by regionalizing GLP‑1 manufacturing to mitigate geopolitical risks and meet soaring demand for metabolic therapies. Eli Lilly announced a $3 billion investment in China and a ¥20 billion ($126 million) upgrade of its Kobe plant in Japan, targeting...
Recruitment Finance Specialist Expands Funding Offer with New Appointment
Flo Group, a UK specialist in back‑office services, software and finance for recruitment agencies, has appointed Tom O’Dell as commercial director. The hire follows a drawdown of an £8 million (≈$10 million) funding facility that expands the firm’s invoice‑finance capacity. Flo now...
IOS 27 Siri App: Everything We Know About Apple’s AI Overhaul
Apple is set to launch a dedicated Siri app with iOS 27, codenamed “Campos,” that mimics modern AI chat interfaces. The app will sit on the Home Screen, offering chat bubbles, conversation history, and the ability to switch between voice,...
OpenSSF Flags Malware Campaign on Slack Posing as Linux Foundation Figures
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has issued an advisory about a new Slack‑based phishing campaign that pretends to be Linux Foundation leaders. The attackers promote a bogus AI tool, directing developers to a counterfeit Google Workspace page that installs...
Corvus Robotics Launches Corvus Trident, an AI Powered Device That Tracks Every Pallet From Dock Door to Departure
Corvus Robotics unveiled the AI‑powered Corvus Trident at MODEX 2026, a device that mounts on forklifts and other material‑handling equipment to automatically capture every pallet movement from dock to departure. The system uses onboard AI and industrial‑grade scanners to read multiple...
Greengine Deploys World’s First Vertical Algal Biofilm Carbon Capture & Utilization Unit
Greengine Environmental Technologies has installed its G‑Urban Tree 100x, the world’s first vertical algal biofilm carbon capture unit, at Engineers India Limited’s Gurugram campus. The solar‑powered, modular system uses patented VABT™ technology to capture about 2.25 tonnes of CO₂ annually, equivalent...
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PNY Technologies announced three new GeForce RTX 50 Series Slim graphics cards—RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070—featuring NVIDIA’s Blackwell architecture in a dual‑slot, ultra‑compact form factor. The cards deliver up to 16 GB of GDDR7 memory, PCIe 5.0 support, and high clock speeds, while employing...
Gadkari Sees Farmers as Future Energy Providers to Reduce Import Dependence
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari told farmers at the Unnat Krishi Mahotsav that they should expand beyond food production to become suppliers of bioenergy, ethanol, compressed natural gas and hydrogen. He highlighted the untapped revenue from agricultural residues and stressed the...
Zimbabwe Boosts Cybersecurity as AI-Driven Cyber Fraud Surges
Zimbabwe is ramping up its cybersecurity defenses as AI‑driven fraud spikes, with deepfake voice cloning and automated phishing tools targeting mobile money users and public services. The government reports cyber‑related losses exceeding $30 million a year and a 40% rise in...
The Price of European Military Space Autonomy
European nations are committing roughly $109 billion to military space programs by 2030, but the IISS warns that this level of funding falls short of true autonomy from U.S. capabilities. An extra $10 billion would close the most critical gaps for limited...
Humanoid Robots Show Off Their Language and Boxing Skills in Hong Kong
More than 100 humanoid robots were on display at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, including AGIBOT Innovation’s X2 Ultra that can speak Mandarin and English and answer audience questions. The exhibition highlighted a range of capabilities—from singing and...
Rohde & Schwarz Enables Pulsar Signal Simulation to Support Next-Generation Navigation Devices
Rohde & Schwarz announced that its SMBV100B and SMW200A vector signal generators will support simulation of Xona’s Pulsar, a low‑Earth‑orbit navigation service designed to complement GPS. The new software option lets device makers test Pulsar compatibility in production environments, accelerating validation and...
“Giant Superatoms” Could Finally Solve Quantum Computing’s Biggest Problem
Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University have proposed “giant superatoms,” a hybrid quantum architecture that fuses giant atoms with superatoms. The design leverages multi‑point coupling to create a quantum‑echo effect, dramatically lowering decoherence while allowing multiple qubits to act as a...
Regeneron Enters Radiopharma Ring with up to $4.3B Telix Alliance
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has struck a partnership with Australian biotech Telix, committing $40 million to launch four initial radiopharmaceutical programs and securing an option for four more. The deal splits development and commercialization costs and profits equally, while Telix stands to earn...
Vic Court Fines Operator $15,000 for Drone Spray Drift
A South‑West Victorian drone‑spraying company was convicted and fined AUD 15,000 (≈ US $9,900) after spray drift damaged a neighboring property. The drift affected about 4 ha, incurring roughly AUD 26,000 (≈ US $17,200) in resowing, hay, seed, fertilizer and lost income. Agriculture Victoria highlighted that drone...
Global Chip Sales Jump over 60% in February on Strong Demand
Global semiconductor sales surged to $88.8 billion in February, a 7.6% rise from January and a 61.8% jump from a year earlier, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. Growth was broad‑based, with Asia‑Pacific posting the steepest year‑over‑year increase at 93.5%, while...
How to Run a GDPR-Compliant Remote Hiring Process
Remote hiring in the Netherlands now spans Europe, forcing companies to move candidate data across borders under the GDPR. Recruiters must first establish a lawful basis—typically legitimate interest or pre‑contractual steps—before collecting any personal information. The article outlines a step‑by‑step...
CIP Sells Summerfield Battery to Palisade
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has sold its 100% stake in the 240 MW/960 MWh Summerfield Battery Energy Storage Project near Adelaide to Palisade Investment Partners via Intera Renewables. Construction, which began in February 2025, is now substantially complete, with energisation slated for May 2026 and...