Pivot Raises $40 Million to Rebuild Enterprise Procurement Around Agentic AI
Pivot announced a $40 million Series B round, bringing its total funding to $70 million, to accelerate its AI‑driven procurement operating system. The platform claims to unify sourcing, approvals, invoicing and payments while delivering real‑time spend visibility before financial exposure hits ERP systems. Pivot already processes roughly $3 billion in invoices each year across more than 25 countries, with enterprise customers such as DoorDash, Lemonade and Flix. Investors see procurement as a largely untapped AI frontier, positioning Pivot as a potential market leader.
All Solar Cell Efficiencies at a Glance – Updated
Professor Martin Green’s team at UNSW released Version 68 of the Solar Cell Efficiency Tables in the July 2026 issue of *Joule*, now open‑access. The update adds 21 new records, including a 28.1% efficiency for a 140 cm² silicon cell and a 26.4%...
This MacBook Privacy Screen Totally Changed How I Work in Public
A frequent traveler discovered the Targus 4Vu Magnetic Privacy Screen for his MacBook Pro, a non‑adhesive, magnet‑based filter that narrows the viewing angle by roughly 30 degrees per side. The screen snaps on and off using the laptop’s built‑in magnets,...
The Diginomica Network Podcast - Xero CP&TO Reveals the Accountants Lessons for Agentic AI Success
Xero’s Chief Product & Technology Officer Diya Jolly explained how the firm’s cloud‑accounting platform, now serving more than four million small‑business subscribers, offers a blueprint for deploying agentic AI across enterprises. She highlighted the challenges of operating in the United...
Exploding Rocket Casts Doubts over Nasa's Moon Plans
Blue Origin’s New Glenn heavy‑lift rocket exploded during a routine engine test at Kennedy Space Center, destroying the sole launch pad (LC‑36) built for the vehicle. The blast halts New Glenn flights for months, jeopardizing NASA’s Moon Base 1 lander, the agency’s lunar...
Toshiba Adds 125°C Quad-Channel Digital Isolators
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage has launched the DCL54xx01A series, a family of ten quad‑channel digital isolators that operate up to 125 °C. The devices use Toshiba’s magnetic‑coupling isolation technology and deliver up to 150 kV/µs common‑mode transient immunity and 150 Mbps data...
HP Omnibook 3 Review: Redefining the Budget Laptop
HP's OmniBook 3 targets the $599 budget laptop segment as a direct challenger to the MacBook Neo. It runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor, packs 16 GB of RAM, and delivers up to 24 hours of battery life, while offering a 16‑inch OLED display....
GSK’s Nucala Secures NICE COPD Endorsement
NICE has added GSK’s Nucala (mepolizumab) to its list of approved biologic add‑on treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in patients with elevated eosinophils. The endorsement is based on three Phase III trials that demonstrated up to a 21 % reduction...
ShinyHunters Adds Charter to Trophy Shelf After 4.9M Customer Records Leak
ShinyHunters released the personal details of 4.9 million Charter Communications customers after the telecom declined the gang’s extortion demand. The leak, confirmed by Have I Been Pwned, contains names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and a subset of about 85 000...
Forget Chatbots, the Real AI Retail Revolution Is Happening Behind the Scenes
Retail AI leaders warn that generative tools address only about 10% of operational friction. Satalia’s Daniel Hulme shows optimisation algorithms—routing, staffing and digital twins—can cut millions of miles, improve labour efficiency and unlock new revenue streams. Real value lies in...
Chrome 148 Update Patches 151 Vulnerabilities
Google rolled out Chrome 148, patching 151 vulnerabilities, including 22 critical‑severity flaws. The most severe CVEs 2026‑9872 and 2026‑9873 earned $43,000 each in bug‑bounty rewards. Use‑after‑free bugs dominate the critical set, posing remote‑code‑execution and sandbox‑escape risks. Google disclosed over $130,000 in payouts and...
Android Tablets Have a Problem: Chrome's Not Working, but Google's Racing to Fix It
Google Chrome is failing to launch on several Android tablets, repeatedly showing a "You can have up to 5 windows" error that locks users out of the browser. The issue has been reported on Samsung Galaxy Tab A11 Plus, Tab S9 Plus,...
UK and France Begin AI Collaboration for Medical Research
At the G7 Digital and Technology Ministerial Summit in Paris, the UK and France launched the UK‑France Strategic Biomedical Alliance in Health and AI, a joint effort to accelerate AI‑driven imaging research for women’s health. The partnership pools the University...
LinkedIn-Themed Phishing Abuses Adobe’s A/B Testing Platform
A new phishing campaign is targeting professionals with LinkedIn‑styled business emails that contain a PDF‑named HTML attachment. When opened, the attachment displays a counterfeit LinkedIn login page that auto‑fills the victim’s email and captures credentials. The malicious page is delivered...
Deals of the Week: Vestas, Suzlon, EDF, Burger King
This week’s wind‑power roundup saw Vestas land a $500 million turbine supply deal for a Canadian offshore project, while Suzlon secured a $300 million development contract for a 600‑MW wind farm in India. EDF completed a $1.2 billion acquisition of a UK offshore...
Vanguard’s AI Investments Pay Dividends
Vanguard has shifted its AI strategy from a decade‑long experimentation phase to a results‑driven model that ties generative AI to client value and measurable business outcomes. By institutionalizing AI governance, appointing AI champions and digital ambassadors, and focusing on clear...
From Automation to Augmentation: How AI Reshapes Workers’ Compensation
Artificial intelligence is moving workers’ compensation from basic digitization to strategic augmentation, enabling adjusters to focus on high‑value tasks such as fraud detection and biopsychosocial care. Early‑intervention tools powered by wearables, IoT and computer vision are reshaping safety and claims...
Training AI Chatbots to Be Warm and Empathetic Makes Them Less Factually Accurate
Researchers fine‑tuned five large language models—including Llama‑8b, Mistral‑Small, Qwen‑32b, Llama‑70b, and GPT‑4o—to adopt a warmer, more empathetic tone and observed error rates climb 8‑30 percentage points across trivia, medical, and disinformation tasks. The warm models were markedly more sycophantic, agreeing...
Lenovo's Yoga Slim 7x Packs Unbelievable Snapdragon Power in an Affordable Thin-and-Light Package
Lenovo unveiled the Yoga Slim 7x, a thin‑and‑light Windows laptop powered by the Snapdragon X2 Elite X2E‑88‑100 processor. The top configuration pairs a 2.8K 120 Hz OLED screen, 32 GB LPDDR5X RAM and 1 TB SSD for under $2,000. Benchmarks show the ARM chip...
Why Orchestration, Not the Model, Determines Whether Your AI Scales
The author discovered that AI scaling hinges on orchestration, not model selection. In building Flow Orchestra, weeks were lost fixing context contracts, routing logic, and memory persistence between agents. Industry data shows only 20% of AI projects deliver revenue, with...
Infosecurity Europe: CyCOS Project Expands to Support UK SMEs as CIISec Takes Over
The Cybersecurity Communities of Support (CyCOS) pilot, launched by UK universities, is expanding from two to seven peer‑led communities for small and micro businesses. The growth adds five new SME‑facilitated groups and coincides with a handover of governance from academia...
Real-Time LLM Inference on Standard GPUs: 3k Tokens/S per Request
Kog AI unveiled a tech preview of its Kog Inference Engine, delivering 3,000 output tokens per second per request on an 8‑GPU AMD MI300X node and 2,100 tokens/s on an 8‑GPU NVIDIA H200 system. The engine runs a 2‑billion‑parameter model and focuses...
Samsung Could Slowly Trickle More Missing Galaxy AI Features on the Galaxy S25
Samsung’s June security update may bring two missing AI utilities—Priority and Summarize notifications—to the Galaxy S25, extending features already present on the newer S26. The rollout follows the earlier One UI 8.5 update, which refreshed the UI and added AI...
Seattle's Museum of Flight Installing 3-Acre Rooftop Solar Array
Seattle’s Museum of Flight will install a three‑acre rooftop solar array on its 140,000‑square‑foot Aviation Pavilion. The project, costing about $4 million, is funded in part by a $1.2 million grant from Washington’s Clean Energy Grants program, covering roughly one‑third of expenses....
Online Bank for Business: A Smarter Way to Manage Money While Running a Growing Business
Bluevine is positioning its online bank for small businesses as a vital alternative to traditional banking, promising real‑time transaction posting, instant balance updates, and integrated financial tools. The service targets solo entrepreneurs, agencies, and growing teams that lack dedicated finance...
Amazon Kills Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Gamed It with Pointless Tasks
Amazon has discontinued its internal AI leaderboard, Kirorank, after staff began inflating scores by assigning AI agents to trivial tasks. The gamified system, which measured activity on the Kiro developer platform, drove up cloud usage and added unnecessary costs. Senior...
Notepad++ Vulnerabilities Could Enable Arbitrary Code Execution on Windows Systems
Two high‑severity vulnerabilities (CVE‑2026‑48778 and CVE‑2026‑48800) were found in Notepad++ that let a local attacker execute arbitrary commands by tampering with XML configuration files. The flaws affect all versions up to 8.9.6 and were patched the same day in version...
China’s Latest Batch of New and Reusable Rockets Are Close to Launch
China is preparing a wave of new rockets from state‑run CASC and private firms such as Galactic Energy, iSpace and Landspace, with most slated for launch or recovery tests in the first half of 2026. The Long March 12B, a 20‑ton LEO...
Spanish Floating Solar Platform Hits the Water Ahead of Open Sea Trials
Spanish engineering firm BlueNewables has floated its first PV‑bos platform, named Paiporta, at the San Enrique shipyard in Vigo. The modular system pairs bifacial solar panels with containerised inverters and uses seawater as a natural refrigerant to boost efficiency. After commissioning...
What AIs Want
The article argues that AI agents are reshaping commerce by favoring platforms that provide clean, structured data and reliable APIs, as seen in travel bookings where agents choose online travel agents over airline sites. It highlights OpenAI’s brief foray into...
How to Sell to $10Bn Enterprises as a 2-Person Team
A two‑person startup cracked $10 billion enterprise deals by bypassing middle management and using hyper‑personalized outreach. The playbook stresses targeting C‑level executives, crafting research‑intensive cold emails that quantify dollar impact, and delivering custom demos built on company‑specific insights. By investing time...
AI in the Everyday: Notes From Google I/O
Google’s I/O 2026 showcased more than 100 AI announcements aimed at everyday productivity rather than frontier research. The highlight suite included Gemini 3.5 Flash, the Daily Brief personal briefing agent, and Gemini Spark for Workspace, all designed to automate routine tasks like calendar...
IndicaOnline Launches IndicaOnline AI, Giving Dispensary Owners Instant Answers From Their POS Data
IndicaOnline introduced IndicaOnline AI, a Model Context Protocol (MCP) native analytics and automation layer for cannabis retailers. The platform lets dispensary owners query live POS data using any MCP‑compatible AI client such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Cursor. Six autonomous...
When NASA Deliberately Crashed Apollo Hardware Into the Moon, the Seismometers Left Behind Recorded Vibrations for Nearly an Hour —...
Between 1969 and 1972 NASA deliberately crashed spent Apollo hardware—lunar module ascent stages and Saturn V third stages—onto the Moon to create known seismic sources for the four‑station ALSEP network. The Apollo 12 module impact generated a vibration that rose over minutes,...
Image Empire – a New Short Film From Alan Warburton
Image Empire, an animated short film exploring the blend of real and virtual in AI, debuted as part of Alan Warburton’s doctoral research at Birkbeck’s Vasari Centre. The project, commissioned by the National Videogame Museum, the Open Data Institute and...
Pancreatic Cancer Halted by Virus Injection in Three Patients
In a U.S. Phase 1 safety trial, an engineered oncolytic virus halted tumor growth and prevented spread in three pancreatic cancer patients. Researchers administered only one‑tenth of the intended therapeutic dose, yet observed clear disease control. Lead developer Masato Yamamoto highlighted...
The Gentlemen Are Coming for Your Files, and Then Your Network
Microsoft warned that the Gentlemen ransomware now employs a self‑propagating Go‑based encryptor that moves laterally across networks via SMB and harvested credentials before encrypting files. First observed in mid‑2025, the malware transitioned to a ransomware‑as‑a‑service model in September 2025, recruiting...
Dutch FinTech Silverflow Targets International Growth as Transaction Volumes Approach One Billion Annually
Silverflow, the Dutch cloud‑native payment processor, closed a €37 million ($40 million) Series B round and is now accelerating its international push. The firm has moved into larger headquarters, added more than 20% headcount and secured a new US client, while transaction volume...
UiPath Says Deterministic Automation Can't Be Replaced by AI Agents. Q1 FY2027 Numbers Support the Case
UiPath reported its first GAAP‑profitable quarter, posting $28 million operating income in Q1 FY2027. ARR climbed to $1.901 billion, up 12% YoY, with revenue of $418 million and a 109% dollar‑based net‑retention rate. The company unveiled Maestro Cases, extending its orchestration platform to...
Kalohexis Doses First Patients in 710GO Phase I Trial for Obesity
Kalohexis has begun dosing the first participants in a Phase I, first‑in‑human trial of 710GO, an oral dual melanocortin‑3/4 receptor agonist aimed at treating general obesity. The randomized, double‑blind, placebo‑controlled study in Australia will enroll roughly 100 obese or overweight volunteers...
AMA: Healthcare GenMat: Generative Design for Patient-Specific Orthopedic Implants
GenMat’s Ossevo platform introduces a bio‑inspired design workflow that mimics bone’s natural remodeling to create patient‑specific orthopedic implants. By using a hybrid cellular automata algorithm, the system generates graded lattice structures whose geometry varies with local mechanical stimulus, aiming to...
AMA: Healthcare Printed to Fit: Carnegie University and the Rise of Personalized Medicine Through 3D Technology
3D printing is moving from engineering labs into everyday clinical practice, driven by innovators like Rand Kittani, founder of CIM3D at Carle Illinois. The lab has delivered patient‑specific solutions such as orbital‑fracture surgical guides, low‑cost breast prostheses, and custom orthopedic...
Odisha Signs Pact with Intel, 3DGS to Bring Substrate Manufacturing Tech to India
India's semiconductor ecosystem got a boost as Odisha, Intel and 3DGS signed an MoU to establish substrate manufacturing in the state. The partnership adds a critical back‑end step—substrate production—to India's chip supply chain, complementing recent approvals for a Mini/Micro‑LED plant...
Ctrl+Grow Launches AI Membership for Small Businesses — No Developers, No Prompts, No SaaS Pile-Up
Ctrl+Grow unveiled an AI membership aimed at small and medium‑sized enterprises, bundling a custom website, hosted operational tools, pre‑built AI workflows, training videos, and direct support for a flat $597 annual fee. The founding cohort is capped at 50 companies,...
Samsung Bioepis Reports the EC Launch of Opuviz (Biosimilar, Eylea)
Samsung Bioepis announced the European commercial launch of Opuviz 40 mg/mL solution for injection, a biosimilar to aflibercept (Eylea). The product will be sold directly by the company across the EU for wet age‑related macular degeneration, diabetic macular oedema, retinal vein...
Site Impact Appoints Ron Merritt as Chief Revenue Officer to Fuel Next Phase of Growth
Site Impact, a MarTech firm specializing in data‑driven identity resolution, has appointed Ron Merritt as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Merritt, a two‑decade veteran of media, SaaS and marketing technology, previously served as CRO for Hearst CT Media Group and...
Nosto Launches Agentic AI Workflows for Shopify Sidekick
Nosto unveiled agentic AI workflows that embed its product discovery and personalization engine directly into Shopify’s AI assistant, Sidekick. The integration lets merchants issue natural‑language prompts to adjust recommendations without leaving the Shopify admin. A live demo at the OMR...
Arctic Wolf Takes Aim at South Africa’s Security Blind Spots
Arctic Wolf has introduced its Aurora Attack Surface Management (ASM) platform to the South African market, offering organizations real‑time, agent‑less visibility of all assets across cloud, on‑premise and hybrid environments. The solution consolidates data from endpoints, servers, network devices and...
MEPs Urge European Commission to Take Action over Europol’s Shadow IT
Members of the European Parliament have written to the European Commission demanding action after investigations uncovered that Europol stored massive volumes of sensitive personal data on undocumented shadow‑IT systems, and that Frontex transferred data on roughly 13,000 interviewees to Europol...
More Flexibility for the Power System: Eon Drives Bidirectional Charging Towards the Mass Market
E.ON is testing bidirectional charging for electric vehicles in the BDL Next research project, aiming to turn EVs into flexible grid‑serving storage units. The pilot links EVs with photovoltaics, stationary batteries and home energy‑management systems to improve renewable utilization and...