
OpenClaw, an open‑source AI agent that quickly amassed over 100,000 GitHub stars, was found to contain a critical vulnerability that lets any website a developer visits hijack the local agent via an unauthenticated WebSocket connection. The flaw bypasses rate‑limiting and password protection, enabling silent credential guessing and full administrative control of the gateway and connected devices. Oasis Security disclosed the issue, and the OpenClaw team issued a patch (v2026.2.25) within 24 hours. The incident highlights the emerging risk of “shadow AI” tools operating without enterprise oversight.

Rightmove reported audited FY 2025 results, delivering 9% revenue growth to £425.1 m and a 12% rise in operating profit. Agency membership increased 2% and retention reached its second‑highest level in a decade, while AI‑enabled Agent Valuation recorded its fastest adoption. The...

Oculeus has launched its Two Factor Network (2FN) solution, giving telcos a real‑time framework to authenticate caller identity and stop CLI spoofing. The system creates a parallel verification path with digital signatures that peer‑to‑peer carriers exchange during call setup. Industry...

Researchers unveiled HoneySat at NDSS 2026, the first high‑interaction satellite honeypot that mimics an entire CubeSat mission, including ground‑segment software and orbital dynamics. In three public deployments, attackers issued 22 authentic flight‑software commands, attempting to access ground systems, extract telemetry,...
Europe’s MedTech landscape this week is defined by heightened public funding, regulatory simplification, and a selective capital shift toward high‑impact digital health. Ireland unveiled a €34.3 m ARC Hub, while Horizon Europe health calls target AI‑driven projects such as digital‑mental‑health and...

Subify, a Lagos‑based subscription‑sharing platform, was named winner of the 2026 Proof Lab experiment at Tech Revolution Africa 2.0 after a one‑week product sprint. The startup, which began as a WhatsApp group in 2021 and officially launched in October 2025, secured a...

Payroll teams claim readiness for the UK’s Joint and Several Liability reforms, yet a Finity survey reveals significant gaps in data visibility and system capability. The new rules, effective April, give HMRC broader authority to hold multiple parties in labour...

Origa, a voice‑AI startup focused on consultative pre‑sales conversations, closed a $450,000 funding round led by Antler Singapore, bringing its total capital to $1 million. The company will use the capital to grow its engineering team, enhance product capabilities, and scale...
Chandigarh Power Distribution Limited (CPDL) will introduce time‑of‑day (TOD) electricity tariffs for all consumer categories, beginning with industrial users. The new structure applies a multiplier of 0.8 during solar‑aligned daytime hours (9 am‑5 pm) and 1.2 during morning and evening peaks, while...

Proptech startup Spintly announced an $8 million Series A round, led by Accel with participation from ENRISSION India, Chakra Growth Fund, Alumni Ventures and Spyre VC. The financing follows a Rs 3.5 crore seed extension last year and an earlier $5.36 million round, underscoring investor confidence...

CHC Navigation and MOVA unveiled the NAVAX 5000 AWD robotic mower at CES 2026, featuring CHCNAV’s satellite‑ground RTK service and an integrated high‑precision positioning chip that delivers centimeter‑level accuracy without a local base station or cellular data. The mower combines...
Ideal Heating has added a 65 kW monobloc air‑source heat pump to its Ecomod 290HT line, targeting commercial buildings that need higher temperature output. The unit runs on propane (R290), delivers up to 70 °C flow temperature and achieves a COP of...

At the 22nd Video Broadcast and Broadband Tech Summit, TRAI outlined a five‑year roadmap that couples 6G‑enabled gesture and voice TV with AI‑driven content agents, while stressing rural inclusion. The regulator highlighted the need to expand data‑centre capacity to roughly...
Block announced a 40% workforce reduction, cutting 4,000 jobs and citing AI‑driven efficiency gains. Klarna reported US$1 bn in revenue, positioning itself for further global expansion. The UK introduced stricter buy‑now‑pay‑later regulations, aiming to curb predatory lending, while Lloyds halted new...
Egyptian fintech Souhoola has secured initial regulatory approval to launch a reloadable prepaid card in collaboration with Banque Misr, Visa, and payment‑technology firm Modupay. The card will be instantly activatable via an app, allowing real‑time balance tracking, cash withdrawals and...

PayU has launched the third edition of its inFINity accelerator, targeting 30 early‑stage fintech founders with a four‑week sprint that blends mentorship, direct capital pathways, and integration into PayU’s extensive merchant network. Building on two prior cohorts that supported over...

Ferns N Petals posted operating revenue of Rs 861.5 crore for FY 2025, a 22 % increase over the prior year, driven primarily by product sales. The company narrowed its net loss to Rs 22 crore, an 8.3 % reduction, though EBITDA and ROCE remained negative at -1.25 %...
Tripura has crossed the 8 MW threshold for rooftop solar generation under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. More than 2,350 households and small businesses have installed panels, collectively feeding over 8 MW into the state grid. The scheme has disbursed...

MostaTech will exhibit its full suite of inertial sensors at Oceanology International 2026 in London, showcasing fiber‑optic gyroscope (FOG) based IMUs, multi‑axis G‑Series gyros, and single‑axis solutions. The U‑Series IMUs (U123D and U121D) combine FOGs with MEMS accelerometers to meet...

ISS Aerospace and Anduril UK announced a partnership to embed the ISSOS WASP launched effect into Anduril’s sovereign Lattice command‑and‑control platform. The integration, completed in a single day, was validated with a flight test at ISS Aerospace’s Oxford facility. WASP...
DLG Group, a leading Northern European feed manufacturer, has deployed the Fiix cloud‑based CMMS to modernize maintenance across its plants. Within the first month the rollout delivered measurable improvements in mean time between failures and set a target of cutting...

Alpha Unmanned Systems and Turkish defence firm HAVELSAN have signed a strategic partnership to bring HAVELSAN’s advanced unmanned aerial platforms to Spain. Alpha will act as the exclusive distributor and lifecycle‑support provider for Spanish government and security customers, delivering training,...

Fractilia announced that its FAME 300 stochastic metrology system is now in‑line at a top‑five semiconductor device maker, marking the first full‑scale deployment of automated stochastic control in production. The solution monitors more than 200 metrology steps, generating real‑time SPC charts...
Superdrug has added the social‑media‑born Made by Mitchell Cosmetics to its in‑store and online assortment. Founded by professional makeup artist Mitchell Halliday, the brand is known for high‑impact, multi‑use makeup. The Superdrug collection launches five exclusive products, such as Head...

Nio and Bosch signed a strategic cooperation agreement during German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to China, linking Nio’s three brands—Nio, Onvo and firefly—with Bosch’s automotive expertise. The pact covers drive‑by‑wire chassis, battery‑management systems and key components such as braking, steering, powertrain,...

Wildix has introduced Wildix eSIM, an AI‑powered extension of its Mobility Cloud that routes business mobile calls through the enterprise system of record. The solution embeds a single business identity into the SIM, allowing native dialer use while preserving routing,...

The UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has launched a Microsoft Learning Hub on its SharePoint site to promote built‑in accessibility tools in Microsoft 365. The hub aggregates resources for Windows and Mac users, highlighting features such as Sign Language...

Mobile operators are entering a new growth phase where 5G‑Advanced, defined by 3GPP Release 18, provides deterministic performance, advanced slicing, and AI‑native operations. The real value, however, lies in coupling this network evolution with agentic AI that can interpret business goals...
Proofpoint announced the 2025 ANZ Partner Awards at its Protect Tour in Sydney, honoring partners that advance human‑ and agent‑centric cybersecurity. Nextgen Distribution earned Distributor of the Year, while NTT Data was named Partner of the Year. Infotrust secured Growth...

Evereden, the kid‑focused beauty brand that hit $100 million in sales, announced its Generation E program, granting equity stakes to three Gen‑Alpha creators aged 14, 15 and 17. The teenagers—Embreigh Courtlyn, Kaili Asa and Madison Rae—bring combined millions of followers and will...
San Jose rolled out LYT.speed, an AI‑driven traffic signal prioritization system, after a 2023 pilot halved red‑light wait times on two bus routes. The citywide deployment has cut bus travel times by roughly 20%, using existing bus transponders to predict...

Healthcare CIOs are moving AI from experimental pilots to core infrastructure, emphasizing measurable outcomes over hype. At Vive 2026 and HIMSS 2026, leaders highlighted AI’s role in streamlining documentation, revenue‑cycle tasks, and patient‑portal interactions. Simultaneously, state‑level AI regulations—such as Texas’...

In the Glossy Podcast’s London Fashion Week edition, Mytheresa chief buying director Tiffany Hsu offers a buyer’s lens on the Fall 2026 collections. She highlights Burberry’s outerwear‑led show, the romantic opulence of Simone Rocha and Erdem, and the sculptural concepts of newcomers...

WPP announced a strategic pivot toward outcome‑based agency fees, linking compensation directly to client sales and brand performance. The move is anchored by a pending global creative contract with Jaguar Land Rover that would tie fees to measurable results. WPP’s data platform,...
A Texas‑based orthotics and prosthetics provider reports $1.22 million in 2025 revenue, marking a rebound after a dip in 2024. The family‑run firm delivers a full suite of services, from microprocessor‑controlled prostheses to diabetic foot care, and operates multiple clinics across...

Gymboree is reviving its brand by launching co‑branded collections, beginning with a limited‑edition Marchesa line priced between $20 and $170. The retailer also introduced everyday collaborations with Peter Rabbit and Hello Kitty, aiming to attract both special‑occasion and casual shoppers....

Retailers now bear direct responsibility for delivery performance, as a UPS Capital 2025 report shows consumer blame shifting from carriers (39 % vs 83 % in 2022) to retailers. Fast delivery ranks above price for 31 % of shoppers, and 85 % of merchants...

Taiwan’s Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University Hospital have launched PanMETAI, an AI‑integrated metabolomics platform that analyzes roughly 260,000 metabolic signals from a 500‑microliter blood‑serum sample. Using deep‑learning on nuclear magnetic resonance data, the model achieved a 99% area‑under‑curve for distinguishing...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) will soon require all employees and witnesses to disclose any use of generative‑AI in preparing their applications, with false statements subject to imprisonment. Justice Adam Hatcher highlighted AI’s dual role: it can help self‑represented litigants...

Leaders at the OpenGov Breakfast in Singapore warned that cloud migration alone fails to deliver value without end‑to‑end observability. They emphasized that real‑time visibility across infrastructure, data pipelines, and workflows enables proactive, insight‑driven decisions, reduces risk, and fuels trustworthy AI...

Perplexity unveiled pplx-embed, a pair of multilingual embedding models built on Qwen3 with bidirectional attention and diffusion‑based pretraining. The 0.6 B and 4 B variants are engineered for web‑scale retrieval, offering native INT8 quantization and Matryoshka representation learning. Two specialized versions—pplx‑embed‑v1 for...

The OpenFisca Association is hosting the Policy Innovation for Public Good event in Canberra on March 30, 2026, followed by the 2026 International OpenFisca Conference. The gathering aims to rethink policymaking through cross‑disciplinary collaboration, focusing on adaptive, humane, and scalable...

The United Arab Emirates successfully launched its first domestically built hybrid sounding rocket on 13 February 2026, achieving a 3 km altitude and safe recovery. Developed by the Technology Innovation Institute, the vehicle uses a nitrous‑oxide and solid polyethylene propulsion system...

Modulaw AI, a Lagos‑based startup, has launched an all‑in‑one AI‑driven legal operations platform for Nigerian law firms. The system combines a RAG‑powered research engine—trained on roughly 10,000 appellate and Supreme Court judgments—with case management, client collaboration, workflow automation, and billing...

Vietnam endured 17 back‑to‑back storms in 2025, flooding 22 provinces and prompting architects Bui The Long, CTA | Creative Architects, Nha Xanh and 5G Construction Solutions to develop a Floating Prefab House. The structure operates as a garden bungalow in normal conditions and...

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched the Powering the Regions Industrial Transformation Stream (ITS), a $400 million fund to cut greenhouse‑gas emissions from regional industrial facilities. The program, part of the broader Powering the Regions Fund, supports projects that...

Conversational AI is moving from website bots to messaging apps, with WhatsApp emerging as the flagship channel for retail in markets such as Hong Kong, Singapore and India. Sanuker’s Woztell platform lets retailers stitch ecommerce, CRM and ERP data into...

Accurate B2B data appending is a strategic lever that drives sales and marketing performance. Companies that rely on internal teams often face technical, resource, and compliance hurdles, leading to stale or incomplete records. Partnering with specialized data‑append providers delivers fresh,...
PMV Pharmaceuticals reported Phase I results of rezatapopt, a small‑molecule p53 reactivator, in 77 patients with advanced solid tumors carrying the TP53 Y220C mutation. The oral drug was generally well tolerated, with few dose‑limiting toxicities, allowing the selection of a...
Reddit reported its strongest quarter ever, posting $726 million in Q4 revenue—a 70% year‑over‑year jump—alongside $252 million net income and 121 million daily active users. CEO Steve Huffman said the platform’s AI data licensing deals with Google and OpenAI are evolving from simple...