Local Ad Spend Forecast To Grow 8.1% This Year
U.S. local advertising is forecast to reach $184.5 billion in 2026, an 8.1% increase year‑over‑year. Digital media drives the bulk of growth, expanding 9.3% to $104.1 billion and representing 56.4% of the market. Traditional media still adds $80.4 billion, buoyed by $8.4 billion in political advertising tied to the midterm elections. Excluding politics, core local ad spend climbs modestly 2% to $176.1 billion, with real estate, restaurants, travel, retail and financial services leading category gains.
Novvia Group: Unpacking Success Across Multisite Implementations
Novvia Group, an industrial packaging distributor, completed 14 Epicor ERP implementations across 17 of its businesses within 18 months. Six S Partners guided the rollout, emphasizing unified core processes and a single source of truth. The project leveraged automation to...
Fraunhofer IISB Develops 750 kW Hairpin Winding Traction Motor for Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft, Achieving 8 kW/Kg
Fraunhofer IISB has unveiled a 750 kW permanent‑magnet traction motor designed for hybrid‑electric regional aircraft, achieving a power density of 8 kW per kilogram in a 94 kg package. The motor employs ultra‑thin NO15 electrical steel, 4×3‑phase hairpin windings and direct oil‑spray cooling,...
Nordic Banks Turn to CaaS to Fight Rising Fraud
Nordic banks are grappling with a surge in digital fraud as cashless payments dominate the region. Norwegian banks blocked roughly NOK 2.3 bn (about $250 m) and Danish banks prevented DKK 500 m (around $70 m) in attempted fraud in 2025. At the same time, compliance...
600MW Data Center Could Be Built in Coachella, California
DMK Projects is scouting a 240‑acre site in Coachella, California, for a 600 MW data center that would deliver at least 270 MW of power across six buildings. The developer has not yet filed a formal planning application, but local residents have...
The Friday Checkout: Grocery Industry Hits Back at Electronic Shelf Label Controversy
The Food Industry Association (FMI) is pushing back against political criticism of electronic shelf labels (ESLs), arguing the technology eases labor shortages rather than eliminating jobs. FMI’s director Michael Green emphasized that banning ESLs would force grocers back to slower,...
What To Know When Evaluating Sensitive Data Discovery And Classification Solutions
The Forrester Wave™ Q2 2026 evaluates the leading sensitive data discovery and classification solutions, emphasizing accuracy, scalability, and breadth of data‑source coverage. Vendors now claim 95%‑plus detection rates and support cloud, on‑prem, and in‑motion scanning, but buyers must validate performance in...
Orange Business Reimagines Enterprise Voice Communications With Trust and AI
Orange Business announced a comprehensive overhaul of its enterprise voice platform, emphasizing trust and artificial intelligence. The rollout introduces branded calling in the U.S. and France, deep‑fake detection, AI‑augmented customer care, and Agentic AI telephony integrated with Microsoft 365 Copilot....
AHA Names Its Preferred Cybersecurity Provider
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has appointed Rubrik as its Preferred Cybersecurity Provider, giving roughly 5,000 member hospitals access to Rubrik’s cyber‑resilience tools and a breach‑recovery playbook. The designation is part of the AHA’s Preferred Cybersecurity & Risk Provider Program...
Galaxy Z Flip 8 Is Mostly Unchanged, but at Least It’s Not Getting Thicker Like the Razr
Official‑looking renders of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 8 reveal a design that is virtually identical to the Z Flip 7, with the only visible change being a 0.5 mm reduction in folded thickness. The outer display, hinge profile, camera layout and overall...
California Regulator Rejects Community Solar Pricing Model, Triggering Industry Backlash
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposed decision rejecting the solar‑industry‑backed Net Value Billing Tariff (NVBT) for community‑solar projects and instead adopted an Avoided Cost Calculator (ACC) compensation model. The move also proposes consolidating existing programs, ending the...
Everpure Says TurboQuant Turns KV Cache Into a Storage Problem
Everpure’s TurboQuant algorithm compresses the high‑bandwidth memory (HBM) KV cache by roughly five‑fold, turning a memory capacity bottleneck into a storage‑I/O challenge. By quantizing 128‑dimensional vectors to three‑bit representations, the technique retains a cosine similarity of 0.94 while shrinking a...
Rapid Prototyping with GenAI: From Idea to Interactive PoC in Days
Generative AI promises to turn a single natural‑language prompt into a working software prototype within days, dramatically compressing traditional development cycles. The article highlights why this vision remains out of reach: critical tacit knowledge, stakeholder security concerns, and the tangled...
I Was Using V-Sync Wrong for Too Long — Then I Made This One Game-Changing Switch
The author discovered that enabling Nvidia's V‑Sync was throttling game performance and switched to Fast Sync, which preserves tear‑free visuals while cutting input lag. Fast Sync renders frames as fast as possible but only displays the most recent one, eliminating...
Global FinTech Funding Tops $2bn as RegTech Deals Run Rampant
Global FinTech funding surged to $2.17 billion across 23 deals in the past two weeks, driven largely by RegTech and AI‑security investments. RegTech accounted for over a third of transactions, while the largest single deal was German insurer Talanx’s €1 billion ($1.09 billion)...
Building End-to-End Payroll Integrations in Workday Using PECI and PICOF
Workday’s Cloud Connect for Third‑Party Payroll offers two outbound formats—PICOF and PECI—to move employee data to external payroll providers. PICOF, the legacy format, delivers a snapshot of final data per employee but can miss intermediate changes and lacks automated correction...
Oikos Celebrates Athletes' Strength, Perseverance
Danone’s Oikos yogurt brand has unveiled its first All‑Strength Team, led by top high‑school basketball recruit Saniyah Hall, to showcase athletes’ perseverance across Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. The campaign, produced with Over The Edge, highlights training, recovery and high‑protein...
Why Data Governance Is the Secret to AI Agent Success
The article warns that AI agents can magnify weak DevOps and data‑governance practices, turning minor flaws into large‑scale risks. While 70% of IT leaders believe strong DevOps aids AI adoption, only 39% have automated audit trails, exposing a governance gap....
Repay Faces Kubra Purchase Opposition
Repay Holdings announced a $372 million cash‑plus‑debt acquisition of Kubra Data Transfer, aiming to merge complementary payment platforms. The combined entity would have generated roughly $548 million in revenue and $178 million of adjusted EBITDA last year. Veradace Partners, an 8.4 % shareholder, publicly...
Most State-Permitted U.S. Solar and Wind Projects in 19 States Received a Timely Permit
Researchers from Berkeley Lab and the University of Massachusetts Amherst examined state‑level permitting for large‑scale solar and wind projects in 19 U.S. states. Of 460 projects, 365 reached a decision and 90% were approved, typically within about a year of...
European Solar PV Module Price Increase in March 2026 ‘May Prove Temporary’, Says sun.store
European solar PV module prices climbed in March 2026, with most technologies up 4‑6% month‑on‑month and back‑contact modules posting a 10% jump, the steepest gain. TOPCon bifacial modules rose from €0.103/Wp (US$0.121) to €0.107/Wp (≈US$0.126), while monofacial TOPCon and full‑black...
Square Deepens Ties With NYC’s Birch Coffee as POS Push Continues
Square, the payments arm of Block Inc., is deepening its partnership with New York‑based Birch Coffee by powering the coffee chain’s 12th location. Birch reported a 16% year‑over‑year revenue increase in 2025, attributing part of that growth to Square’s commerce...
The Virtual Pivot: Reformulating Nursing Care Through Remote Health Monitoring
Healthcare leaders are redefining nursing care models by integrating remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telehealth into a hybrid, virtual‑first framework. The "Virtual Pivot" expands nurses’ reach beyond bedside walls, turning surveillance tasks into digital data streams that alert clinicians to...
Ones to Watch: Female Founders
Beyond Aero completed the first hydrogen‑electric manned flight in France and is targeting a certified BYA‑1 business jet with a 1,500 km range by 2030. CarbonTrac launched an AI‑driven platform that embeds real‑time carbon scores into UK grocery loyalty schemes, aiming...
Amagi Adds Agentic Automation To Amagi NOW To Speed Global Ops
Amagi has upgraded its Amagi NOW industry cloud platform with Agentic Media Operations, embedding reasoning agents powered by Amagi Intelligence. The new agents automate metadata enrichment, artwork generation, ad‑break identification, and multilingual localization, allowing broadcasters to scale content delivery without...
Stryker Warns of Earnings Fallout From March Cyberattack
Stryker disclosed that a March 11 wiper attack linked to the Iran‑backed Handala group disrupted its manufacturing, ordering and shipping systems, denting first‑quarter earnings. The breach wiped data from thousands of devices via the company’s Microsoft Intune environment and forced the...
Artemis II Reentry Streams Tonight
NASA’s Artemis II crew is slated to reenter Earth’s atmosphere tonight, April 10, 2026, concluding the first crewed deep‑space flight since the Apollo era. The Orion spacecraft, carrying Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, Pilot Victor Glover, and Commander Reid Wiseman, will perform a Pacific Ocean...
Levi Strauss Grows Ecommerce, Overall Sales in Q1
Levi Strauss & Co. posted Q1 fiscal 2026 net revenue of $1.74 billion, a 14% year‑over‑year increase, while ecommerce revenue surged 21% YoY. Direct‑to‑consumer sales now represent 52% of total revenue, up 16% in the quarter, reflecting the company’s strategic DTC‑first...
Kansas County Weighs Moratorium on Solar Development
Jackson County, Kansas is weighing a formal moratorium that would pause all new utility‑scale solar projects while a permanent regulatory framework is drafted. The proposal targets the 5,000‑acre, 500 MW Jeffrey Solar project by NextEra Energy Resources, which alone would dwarf...
Nutanix Expands Agentic AI Infrastructure Platform as Token Costs Threaten to Spiral
Nutanix announced an expansion of its agentic AI infrastructure platform, adding Service Provider Central and an AI Gateway. Service Provider Central lets providers create multi‑tenant GPU clouds and sell AI service catalogs, while the AI Gateway enforces model‑access policies and...
Serbian Post Adds 100 New Electric Vans to Its Fleet
Serbia’s state‑owned postal service, Pošta Srbije, has added 100 electric vans from U.S. maker Cenntro, deploying the Logistar 210V and Avantier Commuter X models in Belgrade and other cities. The expansion follows earlier acquisitions of Logistar 200, Logistar 260 and e‑scooters, marking a steady electrification...
Adyen Tool Speeds Business Payments
Netherlands‑based fintech Adyen unveiled Intelligent Money Movement, a unified platform that combines payment collection, payout processing, and liquidity management for large enterprises. The tool addresses the typical treasury setup of five to six banks, over 40 accounts and roughly a...
E-Way Bill Generation Surged All Time High of over 14 Crore in March
India's GST Network reported a record 14.06 crore e‑way bills generated in March 2026, surpassing the previous high of 13.84 crore. The surge is attributed to year‑end stock clearance, the rollout of Form ENR‑03 allowing unregistered traders to file bills, and heightened...
Ticketmaster Unveils App Within ChatGPT
Ticketmaster has launched a native app inside OpenAI's ChatGPT, enabling fans to search for and purchase concert, sports and other live‑event tickets through conversational prompts. The integration taps into ChatGPT’s 900 million weekly users and includes both primary inventory and secondary...
OpenAI Faces Regulatory Scrutiny as It Expands ChatGPT Pricing and Developer Capabilities
OpenAI is under investigation by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier after allegations that ChatGPT was used to plan the 2025 Florida State University shooting. The company has pledged full cooperation and highlighted ongoing safety upgrades for its massive user base....
Amorim Cork Solutions Introduces Cork Composite for EV Battery Thermal Runaway Management
Amorim Cork Solutions unveiled ETP058, a cork‑based engineered composite designed to manage thermal‑runaway events in electric‑vehicle and stationary‑energy‑storage battery packs. The material delivers a low thermal conductivity of 0.054 W/m·K and achieves a UL94 V‑0 flammability rating for samples thicker than...
AJA Unveils ST 2110, openGear Additions Ahead Of NAB Show
AJA Video Systems announced a suite of new products and firmware updates designed to streamline the adoption of SMPTE ST 2110 across broadcast, production, post‑production, and pro‑AV workflows. The lineup includes the Bridge Live IP ST 2110 gateway, upgraded IP25‑R...
How Metadata Supercharges AI Document Processing
M-Files argues that metadata – structured business context – is the missing link for effective AI document processing. When metadata is captured systematically and evolves with a document’s lifecycle, AI moves from simple extraction to true reasoning, delivering explainable outcomes....
FDA/Center for Research on Complex Generics (CRCG) Workshop on Bioequivalence Innovations for Generic Oral Products: Biowaivers, Bridging, and Development for...
On May 5‑6, 2026, the FDA’s Center for Research on Complex Generics hosted a two‑day workshop in Rockville, MD to explore innovative bioequivalence (BE) strategies for generic oral drugs. The agenda covered biowaivers, bridging studies, and development pathways for oncology agents,...
In Other News: Cyberattack Stings Stryker, Windows Zero-Day, China Supercomputer Hack
The weekly SecurityWeek roundup highlighted several high‑profile cyber incidents, including a March 2026 attack on medical‑device maker Stryker that will shave earnings from its first‑quarter results, and a newly disclosed Windows zero‑day dubbed BlueHammer that gives attackers full SYSTEM privileges....
How the TheRealReal and Team One Made an AI Mini-Epic
The RealReal teamed with advertising agency Team One to create “L’ultimo Uomo Reale,” a short AI‑driven film that explores authenticity in a world of hyper‑real digital content. Directed by Sebastian Strasser, the piece mixes AI‑generated visuals, VFX, and CGI with...
Artemis II Crew Sends A Timely Message Of Love To The Earth
Artemis II’s Orion capsule completed a four‑person lunar flyby and is returning to Earth, marking NASA’s first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo. Astronauts emphasized a message of love and wonder, resonating globally and even proposing to name a...
How AI Is Reshaping Cybersecurity Careers — Not Replacing Them
AI is becoming a core component of security operations, automating tasks like alert triage, ticket generation, and initial incident investigation. This shift frees Level‑1 SOC analysts to focus on threat hunting and deeper analysis, while human experts now evaluate AI...
France to Ditch Windows for Linux to Reduce Reliance on US Tech
France announced a plan to replace Windows on certain government computers with the open‑source Linux operating system, starting with the digital agency DINUM. The move is framed as a step toward digital sovereignty, reducing reliance on U.S. technology firms. No...
Europe Should Regulate Big Tech Instead of Banning Kids From Social Media, Estonia Says
Estonia’s education minister Kristina Kallas warned the EU against banning minors from social media, arguing that regulation of large platforms is more effective. While France, Denmark and Greece are moving forward with age‑restriction bans, a POLITICO survey shows three‑quarters of...
Silent Ransom Group Leaked Another Big Law Firm: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
The Silent Ransom Group (SRG) breached law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in late January 2026 and spent a week inside its network before demanding a ransom. Negotiations stretched from early February to late February, with Orrick offering a maximum...
SuperX Japan Global Supply Center Completes First Batch Delivery, Marking Strategic Partnership Milestone in Japan
SuperX AI Technology Limited completed its first delivery of XI6150 AI servers from the newly opened Japan Global Supply Center to Digital Dynamic Inc. on March 24, 2026. The shipment, featuring 6530 CPUs and RTX Pro 6000 GPUs, includes a three‑year...
Navigating AI Adoption in Healthcare: Insights From HonorHealth's CMIO
HonorHealth’s CMIO Matt Anderson says AI delays jeopardize competitiveness, with 94% of health leaders fearing lost savings. The system relies on a single Epic instance but mixes third‑party tools, especially for ambient workflow improvements. Anderson stresses rigorous ROI measurement—both hard...
How I Check, Test, and Charge My AA and AAA Batteries - and Sift Out Defective Ones
Olight’s new Ostation 2 Pro is a premium AA/AAA rechargeable battery charger featuring a 2.8‑inch touchscreen, USB‑C PD 12 V/1.5 A input, and an accompanying iOS/Android app. It tests, charges, and automatically sorts up to four batteries at a time, diverting defective or alkaline...
A Battery Electric Cruise Ship May Be Closer than You Think – Meet MEYER-WERFT’s Project ‘Vision’
Meyer‑Werft unveiled Project “Vision,” a concept for the world’s first fully‑battery‑electric cruise ship, targeting a 2031 launch. The 82,000‑GT vessel would carry 1,856 passengers and cut CO₂ emissions by roughly 95% compared with conventional ships. Battery packs from Norway’s Corvus...