What Are Fitness Trackers? And Do You Really Need One?
Fitness trackers—ranging from wrist‑worn watches to clip‑on bands—monitor steps, heart rate, sleep and more, but accuracy varies by metric. Certified trainer Curt Fischer notes that while heart‑rate data is fairly reliable, advanced readings like body composition are estimates. The devices can boost awareness, motivation, real‑time feedback and safety, yet they only work if users wear them consistently and act on the insights. Selecting the right tracker hinges on personal goals, usability, battery life, ecosystem compatibility and total cost of ownership, including any subscription fees.
Who Is OpenAI’s Global Head of Ads, David Dugan?
David Dugan, a veteran of Meta’s advertising empire, has been appointed OpenAI’s global head of ads. His résumé includes leading Meta’s worldwide agency partnerships, selling BzzAgent to Tesco, and steering Havas Arnold Worldwide. OpenAI, which is burning cash as it...
Turkey to Race Ahead of EU on Battery Storage Amid Fossil Fuel Crisis
Turkey has approved more than 33 GW of battery storage since 2022, outpacing the combined 12‑13 GW capacity of leading EU nations such as Germany and Italy. The surge is driven by a 2022 mandate that grants preferential grid access to renewables...
Robot Maker Kuka Eyes US, Asia as Europe’s Factories Lag on AI
German‑Chinese robotics firm Kuka AG warns that European manufacturers are falling behind in artificial‑intelligence adoption, leaving them vulnerable to faster‑moving rivals. CEO Christoph Schell cites legacy equipment and data silos as key barriers. Backed by China’s Midea Group, Kuka is...
Data Centers and the Abuse of Secrecy
Big‑tech firms are using nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) to conceal critical details of new data center projects from local communities, as illustrated by a contested Google‑linked facility in Pine Island, Minnesota. These NDAs mask the owner’s identity, water and power consumption,...
Microchip Hybrid MCU Targeted at Automotive, E-Mobility HMI Applications
Microchip Technology introduced the SAM9X75D5M, an AEC‑Q100 Grade 2‑qualified System‑in‑Package that combines an Arm926EJ‑S processor with 512 Mbit DDR2 SDRAM. The hybrid MCU targets automotive and e‑mobility human‑machine interfaces, supporting up to 10‑inch XGA displays via MIPI DSI, LVDS or parallel RGB....
AI as Star Witness: How a Buyer’s AI Conversations Sank Its Earnout Avoidance Strategy
The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that Krafton’s termination of Unknown Worlds’ key executives and seizure of studio control violated the Equity Purchase Agreement, reinstating the CEO and extending the earnout period by 258 days. The buyer’s strategy, guided by...
Greening of Streaming Names Board of Directors
Greening of Streaming (GoS) has moved from an informal initiative to a formally governed organization, establishing a Board of Directors and a lab‑based research model. The new structure includes dedicated labs for measurement, policy, communication, technical standards, and more, each...
Chinese Firm MizarVision Accused Of Providing Satellite Images To Iran
U.S. Defence Intelligence Agency officials allege Chinese firm MizarVision has supplied AI‑enhanced satellite imagery to Iran, enabling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to pinpoint U.S. bases in the Middle East. The company, in which the Chinese government holds a minority...
Why Magnus Carlsen Cannot Promote His Own App Take Take Take as It Enters ‘Play and Learn’ Sectors
Magnus Carlsen’s Take Take Take app has partnered with Lichess to add "play and learn" features, moving beyond its original watch‑only model. The expansion puts the app in direct competition with Chess.com, where Carlsen serves as a brand ambassador. Because...
KreditBee Enters Unicorn Club with $280 Mn Series E Round
KreditBee secured $280 million in a Series E round, lifting its post‑money valuation to $1.5 billion and making it the first FY27 unicorn in India. The round was led by Motilal Oswal Alternates, Hornbill Capital and MUFG‑backed Dragon Funds, with participation from WhiteOak,...
Managed Services Emerge as ‘Essential Engine’ for Agentic AI Delivery: Report
A new KPMG Managed Services Outlook Survey 2026 finds over 90% of executives view managed services as an essential engine for delivering agentic AI. The study of more than 1,200 senior leaders shows AI management is the top investment priority...
Bain Data Center Unit Cuts Ties With Nvidia Buyer After US Probe
Bain Capital’s Bridge Data Centres has removed Megaspeed International from its Malaysian computing hub. The operator replaced the Southeast Asian firm with cloud provider Zenlayer Inc. The change was disclosed in a memo to lenders tied to a $2.8 billion loan...
Australian Utility-Scale Solar and Wind Generation Reaches 4.7TWh in March 2026
Australia’s utility‑scale solar PV and wind farms generated 4.7 TWh in March 2026, a modest 2 % year‑on‑year increase after February’s 11 % jump. Queensland and Western Australia dominated the top‑performer list, while southern states saw lower capacity factors as the country moved from...
U.S. F-47’s “Buddy” YFQ-42A “Dark Merlin” Crashes During Test Flight; CCA Program Testing Paused
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ YFQ-42A “Dark Merlin,” a prototype loyal‑wingman drone for the USAF Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, crashed shortly after takeoff on April 6 in the California desert. The incident caused no injuries, and the company halted flight‑test...
Bharti Airtel Keen to Work with OTT Cos to Fight Spam: Rahul Vatts
Bharti Airtel announced it will collaborate with OTT communication providers to expand its AI‑driven anti‑spam program, building on a recent partnership with Google that routes RCS messages through Airtel’s spam filters. The telco reports having blocked 71 billion spam calls and...
Inside Taiwan’s Semiconductor Supremacy
Taiwan now supplies about 92% of the world’s most advanced logic chips (5 nm and below), cementing its role as the linchpin of the global tech supply chain. TSMC, the island’s pure‑play foundry, posted a 62.3% gross margin in Q4 2025 and...
Major PX4 Drone Software Vulnerability Raises Hijacking Concerns
Cybersecurity firm CYVIATION has identified a critical flaw in the open‑source PX4 Autopilot flight‑control software, catalogued as CVE‑2026‑1579 with a 9.8‑out of‑10 severity rating. The vulnerability stems from missing authentication on MAVLink communications, allowing an attacker on the same network...
Volkswagen Picks Agency to Lead Global Social Media Strategy
Volkswagen has selected Jung von Matt SPREE as its global social‑media lead agency, covering platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads and Facebook. The agency will advise the brand communications team, run headquarters’ channels, build communities, launch campaigns and...
Why Ride-Hailing Is Harder for AI than Generating Text or Images
Alibaba’s Qwen AI launched a natural‑language ride‑hailing feature that lets users book trips without navigating menus. The rollout highlights the shift from AI as a suggestion tool to an executor of real‑world services. However, the multi‑step fulfillment chain—speech recognition, intent...
Ixxat Introduces CAN@net Basic: Cost-Efficient CAN-FD-to-Ethernet-Gateway for Scalable Industrial Networking
Ixxat, a HMS Networks brand, launched CAN@net Basic, a streamlined CAN‑FD‑to‑Ethernet gateway aimed at industrial and automotive applications. The device offers a single CAN‑FD channel up to 8 Mbit/s, UDP/IP Ethernet connectivity, and robust isolation while keeping the list price at...
AI Is Everywhere ... Except in Radiology Job Postings, New Data Reveal
A new RadBoard analysis of 4,333 radiology job listings from Q1 2026 finds only 28% mention PACS or AI, despite over 1,000 FDA‑cleared AI tools and 90% of hospitals claiming AI use. Private‑equity‑backed firms lead AI mentions, while academic, hospital,...
AI Often Doesn’t Deliver ROI for IT Departments Either
A Gartner survey of 783 infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders found that only 28% of AI use cases fully meet ROI expectations while 20% fail outright. The study attributes failures to unrealistic expectations, skill gaps, and treating AI pilots as...
Zsystems Brings Total Funding to $2.7 Million with Latest Seed Round
ZSystems, a Morocco‑based B2B2C marketplace, closed a $1.65 million seed round led by Azur Innovation Management, with participation from MNF Ventures, Witamax and new international investor Harambeans Prosperity Fund. The raise lifts total funding to $2.7 million after a $1.05 million pre‑seed round....
Artemis II Astronauts Get a Break After Journey Around the Moon
NASA’s Artemis II mission, aboard the Orion capsule dubbed Integrity, has left lunar orbit and is now on the homeward leg, traveling at roughly 1,475 mph and currently 223,429 mi from Earth. The four‑person crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut...
Scientists Map the Brain’s Hidden Wiring Using RNA Barcodes in Major Breakthrough
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign unveiled Connectome‑seq, a novel technique that tags neurons with unique RNA barcodes to map synaptic connections. The method charted over 1,000 neurons in a mouse pontocerebellar circuit, revealing previously unknown links and achieving...
Europe’s IRIS2 Responsibilities Revealed
European officials are set to approve the governance structure of the IRIS2 satellite communications programme, which will be run by the SpaceRise consortium of SES, Eutelsat and Hispasat. The consortium will receive a 12‑year operational concession and will invest roughly...
New V2 UALink Specification Aims to Catch up to NVLink
The UALink Consortium released version 2.0 of its open‑source interconnect specification, adding a 200 Gbps data link, separate physical‑layer spec, In‑Network Compute, manageability tools and a chiplet integration model. The new common spec is designed to accelerate adoption of UALink in...
Pebblebee Halo Vs. AirTag: One of These Trackers Has a 130dB Siren and Strobe Light
Pebblebee introduced the Halo tracker, a key‑chain device that combines standard Bluetooth locating with a 130 dB siren, 150‑lumen strobe, flashlight and live‑location alerts. It works with Apple’s Find My and Google’s Find Hub, offers up to 500 ft Bluetooth range and a rechargeable...
Home Office Seeks Trio of £100k-Plus Leaders to Support Police Tech Transformation
The Home Office is recruiting three deputy delivery directors to steer a major police technology transformation, each offering a six‑figure salary of £100,000‑£117,800 (approximately $127,000‑$150,000). The roles cover legacy services transformation—including the £900 million (≈$1.14 billion) Law Enforcement Data Service that will...
AI Agents Are Already Inside Your Systems, but Who’s Controlling Them?
Gravitee’s new "AI Agent Governance Gap" report finds that 71% of large enterprises have already embedded AI agents into core finance, CRM and cloud systems, yet only 16% have effective controls in place. The study highlights that 92% of organisations...
AI-Generated Dramas Gain Traction as Technology Improves, but Questions Remain
AI‑generated live‑action dramas are emerging as a fast‑growing segment of the content industry, driven by advances in video‑generation foundation models such as ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 and Shengshu’s Vidu Q3. Production costs have fallen to under one‑tenth of traditional short dramas—roughly USD 14,500 per...
Fast-Growing European PropTech Eyes UK Estate Agency Market
European PropTech firm Nodalview is launching in the UK, opening a London office to serve the country’s more than 20,000 estate‑agency branches. The Belgian‑founded company, which has raised over €10 million (about $11 million) from investors such as PROfounders Capital, offers AI‑powered...
New Research Institute to Ramp up Efforts as Hong Kong Pursues ‘AI for All’
Hong Kong announced a HK$1 billion AI research institute, slated to convene its first meeting by May, to drive a full R&D chain from academic research to industrial applications. The institute will integrate the locally‑developed large language model HKChat, a Cantonese‑focused...
Artemis II Returns From Its Fly-By of the Moon
NASA’s Artemis II mission completed its historic crewed fly‑by of the Moon and safely returned the four‑astronaut crew to Earth on Thursday. The Orion capsule demonstrated critical deep‑space navigation, communication and life‑support performance during a 10‑day flight that took the crew...
New OMB IT Policy Memo Rings Familiar, but Signals Major Shifts
On March 31 the Office of Management and Budget issued memo M‑26‑10, tightening transparency and oversight of federal IT spending. The guidance forces CIO‑covered agencies to manually report every IT contract, including delegated public‑facing systems, within 30 days and to...
New Rail Tech to Cut Trackwork Disruptions
A new rail technology platform that leverages real‑time sensors and AI‑driven analytics is being rolled out across Australia’s rail network to anticipate track faults and streamline maintenance. The system promises to cut trackwork‑related service disruptions, lower maintenance costs and improve...
Zscaler's AI Agent Security Push: Will It Be a New Growth Driver?
Zscaler is launching a dedicated AI‑agent security suite as enterprises rapidly adopt machine‑driven workflows, expanding the cyber‑attack surface. The company processed nearly 1 trillion AI‑related transactions in 2025 and saw ZDX Advanced Plus bookings jump 80% YoY to $100 million in Q2...
EV Fast Charging Queues Are Back. Could a Kerbside Charger Network Help?
Australian EV sales jumped 40‑50% in March, reigniting concerns over charging capacity, especially for the 60% of Sydney residents living in apartments or townhouses. Public fast‑charging queues have resurfaced, prompting calls for a robust kerbside charging network that offers slower,...
The $135M Google Data Settlement Site Is Live — See If You're Eligible
Google has launched the official website for the $135 million settlement of the Taylor v. Google class‑action lawsuit, which alleges Android devices transmitted cellular data without consent. The settlement covers roughly 100 million U.S. Android users and will be finalized at a...
Rethinking the Microbiology Workflow with Smarter Tools for Faster Answers and Less Waste
Bruker unveiled an integrated microbiology platform that combines rapid identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, same‑day strain typing and next‑generation sequencing analytics. The MALDI Biotyper can analyze up to 600 isolates per hour on a 96‑spot plate, while the IR Biotyper delivers...
Google Updates Suicide, Self-Harm Safeguards in Gemini as AI Lawsuits Mount
Google announced that its Gemini chatbot will now direct users to a crisis‑hotline whenever a conversation hints at suicide or self‑harm, featuring a redesigned “Help is available” overlay that stays visible throughout the exchange. The update, developed with clinical experts,...
Phone Follow-Ups Smoothe Transitions Home
A Fraser Health study of more than 7,000 high‑risk patients found that nurse‑led telephone follow‑ups 48 hours after discharge reduced short‑term emergency department visits. The intervention lowered 7‑day ED returns by roughly 28% and 30‑day returns by 12% after adjusting...
Virtual ERs Working for Rural Alberta: Study
Alberta Health Services' Virtual Emergency Physician (VEP) program, launched in early 2025, connects off‑site emergency doctors with rural emergency departments lacking on‑site coverage. In the first six months, virtual physicians covered 229 shifts (about 3,000 hours), treated roughly 1,150 low‑acuity...
Donors Provide $5.75M to Cross-Sector Think-Tank
McGill University has launched the Initiative for Transforming Healthcare (ITH), a cross‑sector think‑tank aimed at tackling Canada’s mounting health‑system pressures. The effort unites the Desautels Faculty of Management, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and the Max Bell School...
FirstHX Offers Ambient Scribe that Doesn’t Guess
FirstHx Corp. launched ARIS, a next‑generation ambient scribe that injects clinician‑grade patient history into the AI workflow before the encounter begins. By gathering structured data from patients ahead of time, ARIS provides the contextual foundation that eliminates the hallucinations typical...
Introducing Bun as a Runtime for Pulumi
Pulumi now supports Bun as a full runtime for TypeScript projects, letting users set `runtime: bun` in Pulumi.yaml and execute programs without Node.js. Bun offers native TypeScript execution, dramatically faster package installs, and near‑complete Node.js API compatibility. The capability ships...
Adenosine Surges: A Step Forward in Understanding Antidepressant Actions of Ketamine
A recent Nature study reveals that a single sub‑anesthetic dose of (R,S)-ketamine produces rapid, transient surges of extracellular adenosine in the medial prefrontal cortex, independent of NMDA‑receptor blockade. Using genetically encoded adenosine sensors, the researchers showed that these adenosine spikes...
Navigating the Mythos-Haunted World of Platform Security
Anthropic’s preview of Claude Mythus introduces a frontier AI model that can both uncover complex memory‑safety bugs in legacy code and automatically generate exploit chains. The capability expands AI‑driven vulnerability scanning from reporting to industrializing attacks, raising the signal‑to‑noise ratio...
UE5 Is Becoming the Platform of Choice for Robotics Simulation
Unreal Engine 5 is rapidly becoming the preferred platform for robotics simulation, offering real‑time photorealism through Nanite, Lumen and hardware ray tracing. Its Chaos Physics system and integrations like AGX Dynamics provide high‑fidelity contact and actuator modeling, while tools such...
