US Sets April 20 Rollout for Tariff Refund System Covering US$166bil in Claims
The Trump administration will activate the Customs Automated Processing Environment (CAPE) on April 20 to refund importers for the $166 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court declared unlawful. CAPE will consolidate refunds into a single electronic payment, adding interest where applicable, and replace the cumbersome entry‑by‑entry approach. As of April 9, 56,497 importers have filed for refunds covering $127 billion. CBP plans a phased rollout, beginning with recent, straightforward shipments.
CRISPR Variant Selectively Targets Tumor DNA
Researchers at Van Andel Institute and Wageningen University have engineered a CRISPR variant, ThermoCas9, that reads DNA methylation patterns to differentiate tumor DNA from healthy DNA. The enzyme selectively cuts methylated cancer sequences while sparing unmethylated normal genes, a finding published...
One of the World's Most Powerful Flip Phones Is Now 46% OFF at Amazon — That's Not a Typo
Amazon is offering a 46% discount on the Motorola Razr Ultra (2025), slashing the price from $1,299.99 to $699.99. The 512 GB foldable features Snapdragon 8 Elite, 16 GB RAM, dual 165 Hz pOLED displays, and IP48 resistance. The deal makes the Razr Ultra cheaper...
Zuora Collections Launches in Europe with Germany Data Center for In-Region Data and AI-Driven Workflows
Zuora has launched its AI‑powered Collections product for European customers, supported by a new data center in Germany that stores all data within the EU. The platform automates outreach, risk scoring, and cash‑flow forecasting by linking billing, revenue and collections...
Struggling With This Early Heatwave? Shark’s New ChillPill Delivers 3 Ways to Cool Down Fast
Shark and Dyson have each introduced new portable cooling devices as an early East Coast heatwave drives demand for personal temperature control. Shark’s ChillPill combines a bladeless fan, dry‑touch mist and a cryotherapy‑inspired cooling plate that can lower skin temperature...
SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Col. Marcin Mazur, Polish Space Agency
Poland’s nascent space sector recorded its first profitable year in 2026, buoyed by a surge in defense procurement and a ten‑fold rise in ESA contributions. The growth is overseen by Col. Marcin Mazur, POLSA’s Vice‑President, who brings a military‑intelligence background to...
Reid Hoffman Backs AI “Token Usage” Tracking as Companies Experiment with Adoption Metrics
Reid Hoffman, co‑founder of LinkedIn, is championing the use of AI token consumption as a proxy for adoption across enterprises. He acknowledges that token counts don’t capture productivity perfectly but do reveal how widely employees are experimenting with generative models....
Anthropic Unleashes ‘Alien Science’ as AI Surpasses Humans in Alignment
Anthropic released a paper showing nine Claude Opus 4.6 agents outperformed its own human researchers on a benchmark AI‑alignment task. The AI fleet recovered 97% of the performance gap in five days, while two humans achieved only 23% in a...
Emma Grede’s 4 Rules for Making Your Brand Actually Matter on Social
Emma Grede, founding partner of Skims and author of *Start With Yourself*, outlined four brand‑building rules at ADWEEK’s Social Media Week. She argues that trust and authenticity now eclipse raw follower counts, and that product excellence must precede any marketing...
US Reveals Start Date for Tariff Refund Process, but Questions Remain on Implementation
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will roll out the first phase of its Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) tool on April 20, allowing importers to submit tariff refunds through the ACE Portal. The move follows a February Supreme...
McKinsey, ALICE Technologies Partner on Generative AI Scheduling
McKinsey has teamed with ALICE Technologies to deliver generative‑AI scheduling software for large‑scale infrastructure and construction projects. The solution, already deployed with more than 35 clients, can accelerate schedules by up to 20% and, in pilot cases, shave 28 days...
PCI Pal Earns HITRUST and SOC 2 Type II Certifications
PCI Pal announced it has earned both SOC 2 Type II attestation and HITRUST certification, confirming the robustness of its data protection, governance, and risk‑management controls. The certifications were achieved alongside a formal alignment with HIPAA requirements, strengthening the company’s offering for...
Shirofune Launches AI Summary
Shirofune, a digital advertising automation platform, unveiled AI Summary on April 15, 2026. The new tool leverages generative AI to scan performance‑metric shifts and produce a concise, actionable narrative within seconds. It sits on top of Shirofune’s existing Change Analysis...
A Closer Look at HP's New Multi Jet Fusion 1200 3D Printer
HP unveiled the Multi Jet Fusion 1200 at RAPID+TCT, positioning it as the most affordable entry‑level industrial 3D printer in the company’s portfolio. The new model promises up to 30% faster build speeds and a broadened material library while targeting...
SMX Now: The Automation Drift and How to Correct Course
The SMX Now webinar will explore "automation drift" in Google Ads, where incomplete or misaligned signals cause the platform to optimize for the wrong outcomes. Ameet Khabra of Hop Skip Media will dissect a real account that saw a 417% conversion lift that...
The Platform or the Pile: How GitOps and Developer Platforms Are Settling the Infrastructure Debt Reckoning
The article explains how platform engineering and GitOps are tackling the hidden infrastructure debt that builds up as ad‑hoc Kubernetes configurations proliferate. It cites a German firm wrestling with 4,000 YAML files that turned a routine upgrade into a six‑week...
Breath Carries Clues to Gut Health
Consumer‑grade breath analyzers such as the Trio‑Smart and FoodMarble AIRE now let users sample exhaled gases at home, promising insights into gut health. While clinicians rely on standardized breath tests—measuring hydrogen and methane after a sugar solution—to diagnose conditions like...
Cross-Border Payments: Balancing AML and Financial Inclusion
Swedish regulators and police have issued new AML/CFT guidance targeting cross‑border payment service providers. The guidance stresses robust customer due diligence, risk indicators and ongoing monitoring while warning against blanket high‑risk labeling of remittance services. It reflects Sweden’s cash‑free transition,...
LUMA Installs 20 Transformers to Strengthen Puerto Rico's Power Grid
LUMA Energy installed 20 new transformers across Puerto Rico, enhancing capacity and voltage regulation for roughly 78,000 customers in the eastern and Bayamón regions. The Bayamón TC Substation upgrade fortifies a key northern transmission hub, while the Fajardo unit replaces...
Senior Agency Partner, Commercial Video Sales
YouTube has secured official partner sales status and is creating two Senior Agency Partner positions to scale its commercial video offering. The senior hires will own revenue delivery across a defined patch of agencies, driving sales of YouTube inventory, including...
Parasail Closes $32M Series A to Build the Supercloud that Puts Developers in Control of Their AI
Parasail announced a $32 million Series A round, bringing its total capital to $42 million, led by Touring Capital and Kindred Ventures. The funding will expand its AI Supercloud—a global GPU‑aggregated platform that automates inference optimization and lets developers launch custom AI models...
What Does AI Actually Mean for My Kid?
The article advises parents to view AI as a tool that amplifies learning rather than a replacement for their children. It emphasizes cultivating critical thinking, curiosity, and human empathy—skills machines can’t replicate. Practical strategies include using AI together to fact‑check,...
UK Businesses Must Face up to AI Threat, Says Government
The UK government warned that frontier AI models, exemplified by Anthropic’s Mythos, can autonomously discover and exploit software vulnerabilities, a capability that is doubling every four months. Business Secretary Liz Kendall said these models shift cyber threats from a few...
ComEd’s Plan to Protect Key Assets With Resilience
ComEd partnered with Polywater for a May 4 webinar to outline a new resilience strategy aimed at protecting critical transmission and substation assets. The session emphasized shifting from generic to performance‑based specifications to harden infrastructure and curb unnecessary outages. Speakers Mike...
Artemis II Quiz: Is Your Knowledge of NASA's Historic Moon Mission Out of This World?
NASA’s Artemis II mission marked humanity’s first crewed lunar flyby in over five decades, completing a ten‑day Orion flight that looped around the Moon and returned safely to Earth. The crew of four, including Canada’s Jeremy Hansen, tested critical life‑support, navigation...
When the Patent Litigation System Has to Make Charging Happen: Tesla V. Charge Fusion and the Drafting Risk of &Lsquo;Result...
Tesla has sued Charge Fusion over a patent that claims a charging system capable of both scheduling and actively increasing battery charge. The dispute centers on the patent’s use of “result in” language, which blurs the line between a recommendation...
CTS Taps Diversified to Expand Global Playout and Distribution Capabilities
Diversified has teamed with Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) to expand CTS’s global Broadcast Operations Center in Colorado. The upgrade adds a fully IP‑based playout environment built on SMPTE ST 2110, advanced monitoring and centralized network operations. By embedding Diversified engineers on‑site,...
Five Payment Fraud Trends Reshaping Financial Crime
Tieto Banktech warns that payment fraud is evolving from a purely technical issue to a human‑centred threat. Between 2024 and 2025, social‑manipulation attacks surged 33%, with fraudsters cultivating relationships over days before striking. AI‑driven deepfakes, polished fake e‑commerce sites, and...
What Can Space Lasers Do for Business Broadband?
NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) achieved a 1.2 Gbps laser link from the International Space Station, showcasing speeds ten times faster than typical broadband. The same laser technology later enabled the Artemis II mission to transmit 4K video at 260 Mbps from...
Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ Crashed Through Railroad Gate Seconds Before Train
A Texas Tesla driver on Full Self‑Driving (FSD) reported that the vehicle accelerated through a lowered railroad crossing gate just seconds before an oncoming train arrived. The driver, Joshua Brown, who has logged over 40,000 FSD miles, slammed the accelerator...
Smartwage Raises €2M to Scale AI-Driven Corporate Welfare Platform
Smartwage, an AI‑driven corporate welfare startup, closed a €2 million pre‑seed round led by Step Fund. The funding, roughly $2.2 million, will be used to expand platform architecture, security, and AI models. The platform lets employees spend welfare credits across any provider,...
Bluon Launches PartsConnect Tool for HVAC Contractors
Bluon unveiled PartsConnect, a new feature in its mobile app that lets HVAC‑R technicians scan a unit’s model number, instantly see compatible replacement parts, check real‑time inventory at nearby distributors, and purchase the items within the platform. The tool builds...
Rapid Melatonin Test Can Help Astronauts and Others Easily Monitor Their Biological Rhythm
Washington State University researchers have created a 15‑minute melatonin test that combines a paper‑strip assay with a 3D‑printed smartphone fluorescence reader. The lateral‑flow immunoassay uses europium nanoparticles to achieve laboratory‑grade sensitivity of 10 picograms per milliliter, pinpointing the onset of an...
FDA Links Weight Loss Pill to ‘Unexpected’ Cardiovascular Risks
Eli Lilly’s oral GLP‑1 weight‑loss pill Foundayo (orforglipron) received FDA approval in early April, becoming the second oral GLP‑1 on the market after Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide. The agency’s approval letter, however, highlighted an unexpected serious risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, along...
SpaceX Launches Two Starlink Missions 19 Hours Apart
SpaceX conducted two Starlink missions on April 14, launching Falcon 9 rockets from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg within a 19‑hour window. Both flights were successful, deploying dozens of broadband satellites into low‑Earth orbit. The back‑to‑back launches underscore SpaceX’s ability to...
What Makes Content Scroll-Stopping in 2026
In 2026 the battle for attention hinges on a single element: the hook that stops the scroll. Meta reports users form an impression in just 1.7 seconds, while TikTok and YouTube Shorts show that front‑loading the core message within the...
Anthropic Flags Risks of Powerful “Mythos” AI Model in U.S. Government Briefing
Anthropic disclosed to the Trump administration that its unreleased Mythos model poses significant cybersecurity risks, prompting the company to withhold public deployment. The briefing comes amid a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense, after the Pentagon branded Anthropic a...
NVIDIA Debuts AI Models for Quantum Computing
NVIDIA unveiled the Ising family of open AI models designed to tackle quantum computing’s toughest hurdles—error correction and system calibration. The models use neural‑network decoding for real‑time error correction and a vision‑language framework to slash calibration times from days to...
Develon Gets Smart with Series 9 Safety Solution
Develon has equipped its Series 9 crawler excavators, the DX230LC‑9 and DX260LC‑9, with an AI‑powered safety suite that includes an E‑Stop system and a Smart All‑Around Viewing Monitor (SAVM). The E‑Stop automatically halts the machine when a person enters a 4‑meter...
Abridge Incorporates More Clinical Evidence Into Its Decision Support Tools
Abridge announced multiyear partnerships with the New England Journal of Medicine and the JAMA Network, adding their peer‑reviewed research to its AI‑driven clinical decision‑support platform. The new content will join existing UpToDate data, allowing the system to surface evidence‑based answers...
Expect More Cybersecurity Executive Orders Soon, National Cyber Director Says
President Donald Trump is expected to sign additional cybersecurity‑focused executive orders soon, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said at the Semafor World Economy forum. The move follows the release of the administration’s second national cyber strategy, which outlines goals such...
Amazon Buys Globalstar Satellite Constellation
Amazon has finalized an $11 billion acquisition of the Globalstar satellite constellation, bringing the operator that powers Apple’s iPhone Emergency SOS feature under its Leo internet‑satellite umbrella. The deal secures a new fleet of low‑Earth‑orbit satellites, valuable mobile spectrum, and a high‑profile...
InSPECt™ MS – Global HCP Profiling and Quantification by Native Digestion and LC-MS Analysis
The inSPECt™ MS platform combines native digestion with high‑resolution LC‑MS to quantify host‑cell proteins (HCPs) relative to spiked‑in protein standards. Calibration using the Cygnus Protein Standard demonstrated a linear response from 10 to 500 ppm with coefficients of variation under 18 %...
Motorola Razr Fold Release Date Might by May 6 as Pre-Orders Open in UK, Europe
Motorola has opened pre‑orders for its first book‑style foldable, the Razr Fold, in the United Kingdom and Europe, promising shipment on May 6. The device carries a pre‑order price of £1,579.99 (about $1,950) in the UK and €1,749.99 (roughly $1,900) in Europe,...
FY27 Budget Maps Out Plans for Federal IT Modernization
The White House’s FY27 budget proposal earmarks $210.4 billion for Pentagon RDT&E, a 45% increase aimed at AI, autonomous drones, and next‑generation missile defense. The Department of Homeland Security receives a $63 billion request, including $2.1 billion for Coast Guard Force Design 2028...
9 Best Work Management Software: My Picks for 2026
G2’s SEO specialist Krithika Sathyamoorthy released a roundup of the nine best work‑management software solutions for 2026, ranking them by G2 ratings, pricing, and functional fit. The guide highlights the productivity cost of fragmented tools—employees spend 58 % of their time...
Microsoft's Latest Windows Update Now Confirms if Your PC Is Secure Boot-Protected - How It Works
Microsoft’s April 2026 Patch Tuesday adds a visual Secure Boot status indicator to Windows 10 and Windows 11, showing green, yellow, or red icons that reflect the health of the boot‑chain certificates. The update also replaces aging Secure Boot certificates that will expire in...
Microsoft Pays $2.3M for Cloud and AI Flaws at Zero Day Quest
Microsoft awarded $2.3 million to security researchers after the 2026 Zero Day Quest, recognizing over 80 high‑impact cloud and AI flaws uncovered during the live event. The contest attracted nearly 700 submissions from participants in more than 20 countries, building on...
Why Amazon Is Buying Globalstar—And What It Means for Your iPhone
Amazon announced a $11.57 billion acquisition of Globalstar, securing low‑Earth‑orbit spectrum and satellite assets for its Project Leo network. The deal gives Amazon direct‑to‑device connectivity capabilities and a partnership with Apple to power emergency SOS features on iPhones and Apple Watches. Globalstar’s...
This Name Keeps Data Centers Buzzing. Shares Set Up In A Base.
Dycom Industries beat Q4 earnings, driven by surging demand for fiber‑optic infrastructure in data centers. The company reported a 74% profit jump to $2.03 per share, sales up 34% to $1.458 billion, and a 23% increase in its backlog, now $9.542 billion....
