DigiKey Collaborates with STMicroelectronics and Ultra Librarian on eDesignSuite
DigiKey, STMicroelectronics, and Ultra Librarian have launched an enhanced eDesignSuite, a free browser‑based design platform that unifies simulation, component selection, and BOM purchasing. The tool supports power‑management, signal‑conditioning, and NFC/RFID applications, offering multi‑CAD export and direct integration with DigiKey’s catalog. Engineers can design, validate, and order complete bill‑of‑materials without leaving the environment, streamlining the path from concept to production. The collaboration aims to accelerate product development cycles and reduce errors in component procurement.
How DHL Tackled Mail and Parcel Boom During Peak Easter Season
DHL’s Post & Parcel division in Germany handled a record Easter surge, processing up to 10.5 million parcels on April 7, well above the previous year’s 9 million daily peak. The surge was managed through a multi‑year $1.15 billion investment that modernises sorting centres,...
Cloudflare Targets WordPress With New AI-Powered EmDash CMS
Cloudflare has unveiled EmDash CMS, a server‑less, AI‑built content platform designed to rival WordPress, which powers over 40% of websites. EmDash isolates each plugin in a Dynamic Worker sandbox, limiting access to declared permissions and addressing the 96% plugin‑related security...
Meet the ‘Omni-Viewer’
Pearl TV’s recent OTA converter‑box survey shows that 80% of over‑the‑air viewers would purchase a low‑cost converter to keep free local TV after the FCC’s ATSC 1.0 sunset. The study also identifies a growing “omni‑viewer” segment—tech‑savvy antenna users who also subscribe...
In Light of Energy Shocks, Xi Urges Faster Development of Nuclear and Solar Projects
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged an accelerated rollout of nuclear, solar and hydropower projects to fortify China’s energy security amid global shocks from the Iran‑U.S. conflict. While emphasizing that coal will remain the backbone of the power system, he called...
Hormel Modernizes Supply Chain with AI Planning Platform
Hormel Foods has rolled out the o9 artificial‑intelligence planning platform across more than 70 of its facilities, linking demand, supply and inventory in a single system. The deployment, completed between March and December 2025, aims to shift the company from...
Artemis II: Everything We Know as Its Crew Approaches the Far Side of the Moon
Artemis II’s Orion capsule entered the Moon’s sphere of influence and is now orbiting the lunar far side, preparing for a six‑hour dark‑side flyby on April 6 at 2:45 pm EDT. The four‑person crew has already shared striking Earth‑rise photos and the first human‑viewed...
NYC Law Enforcement Agencies Now Have 1,000 Plug-In Vehicles in Service
The City of New York’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services announced that more than 1,000 plug‑in vehicles are now assigned to its law‑enforcement agencies, including nearly 500 units for the NYPD. Across all 15 agencies, the fleet comprises 781 battery‑electric...
Takeda Ends Partnership with Denali Amid Restructuring
Takeda announced the termination of its eight‑year partnership with Denali Therapeutics, returning full rights to the experimental drug DNL593 ahead of its upcoming Phase I trial. The move is part of Takeda's broader restructuring aimed at streamlining its portfolio and...
Building a Niche Job Board: Lessons From Stacey Dunemke of NutritionJobs.com
Stacey Dunemke launched NutritionJobs.com in 2000 after discovering that mainstream job boards offered virtually no dietitian openings. She taught herself HTML, built the site herself, and filled a clear market gap for nutrition professionals. The venture demonstrates how a focused,...
Top Influencer Marketing Firms for Brands and Marketers
Influencer marketing agencies remain essential for brands seeking scalable creator campaigns, with 85% of marketers rating the channel effective per the 2026 Benchmark Report. The guide evaluates five leading firms—HireInfluence, Influencer, Nine Agency, Monks, and Disrupt Agency—detailing their minimum spend,...
AI Agents Now Have Their Own Job Board
Monday.com has launched Agentalent.ai, a managed marketplace where enterprises can post, evaluate, and hire AI agents as digital employees. The platform mirrors traditional recruitment, offering role definitions, candidate vetting, and onboarding within monday.com workflows. Built with AWS and Anthropic, agents...
New 3D-Printed Microrobot Mimics Worm-Like Motion at Microscopic Scale
Researchers at Leiden University have 3D‑printed a 5 µm microrobot that crawls like a worm when exposed to an electric field. The flexible chain, built from 0.5 µm bar joints, self‑propels at about 7 µm per second without any onboard electronics. Its motion...
RevOps Roundup: Week 14, 2026
This week’s RevOps roundup highlights Salesforce’s Open CTI sunsetting with full end‑of‑support slated for February 28 2028, urging sales teams to begin migration to alternatives like Service Cloud Voice or Revenue.io’s RingDNA. It also spotlights three approval failures that cripple deal velocity,...
Greenhouse Gas Protocol Changes Can Bring Trust Back to Climate Accounting
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s current electricity accounting rules let companies claim renewable power generated anywhere, at any time, even when their actual consumption relies on fossil fuels. This mismatch has eroded confidence in corporate climate reporting as firms tout 100%...
IBM Achieves FedRAMP Status for 11 Software Solutions
IBM announced FedRAMP authorization for 11 AI and automation solutions, including several watsonx products, marking a four‑fold expansion of its FedRAMP portfolio in just one year. The solutions are hosted exclusively on AWS GovCloud (U.S.), allowing federal agencies to access...
IBM Showcases Mainframe Innovation with Latest Best Practices
IBM unveiled a new playbook that outlines how enterprises can extract maximum business value from mainframe systems. The guide stresses selecting the right platform for hybrid‑cloud environments and positions mission‑critical workloads as a natural fit for mainframes. IBM argues that,...
5 Ways State and Local Governments Will Operationalize AI in 2026
State and local governments are moving from isolated AI pilots to fully embedded, orchestrated AI solutions by 2026. Funding programs like broadband and rural health grants are driving the adoption of platforms that connect intake, compliance, and disbursement workflows. Infrastructure...
Avel Robotics Accelerates Aerospace Development with Bordeaux Location, Ongoing Activity Diversification
Avel Robotics, a French specialist in automated fiber placement, opened a commercial office in Bordeaux in January 2026 to sit closer to key aerospace and space players. The move follows the signing of new aerospace contracts, notably a development deal...
Open Payments Kick Off Ahead of World Cup
Open Payments, a new cross‑border digital payment platform, launched ahead of the FIFA World Cup to streamline transactions for fans and vendors. The system links local banks, card networks and QR‑code solutions across the 32 host nations, aiming to process...
Planon Supports Resilient Data Centers with Unified Platform
Planon has launched “Planon for Data Centers,” a unified software platform that extends its CMMS capabilities to mission‑critical data‑center environments. The solution integrates maintenance, compliance, asset lifecycle, and energy workflows while feeding real‑time alarms into work‑order processes. By digitizing procedures...
Creality Sermoon S1 Review: Accessible 3D Scanning
Creality’s Sermoon S1 handheld 3D scanner delivers sub‑millimeter accuracy on a range of non‑organic objects, including black and reflective surfaces, thanks to its blue‑laser and NIR modes. At $2,699 it requires a high‑end Windows or macOS workstation, with wired USB...
My Honest Take on the 8 Best Financial Close Software
The article evaluates over 20 financial‑close platforms and highlights eight top solutions for 2026, including Workiva, FloQast, BlackLine, SAP Cloud ERP, Adra, OneStream, LiveFlow, and CCH Tagetik. Each tool is profiled with strengths such as governance‑driven reporting, checklist‑based management, reconciliation automation,...
African Patients and Trialists Largely Left Out of CV Research
A new study reveals that African populations are dramatically underrepresented in cardiovascular clinical trials, with less than 4 % of 2,472 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) conducted exclusively in Africa and only 0.6 % appearing in top cardiology journals. Lead author Bamba Gaye...
China Provides E-Commerce Guidelines After Visit of EU Legislators
China released new e‑commerce guidance aimed at aligning domestic growth with international markets, following a high‑profile visit by European Parliament members. The policy encourages Chinese platforms to set up overseas procurement bases, expand imports of premium goods, and create an...
NASA’s Artemis II Mission Is About to Pass Behind the Moon
NASA’s Artemis II crew entered the Moon’s sphere of influence and is preparing for a six‑hour lunar flyby that will bring humans within 4,070 miles of the surface. Day five featured emergency‑suit tests, a trajectory‑correction burn, and an Easter‑egg hunt aboard...
All Emerging Cyber Threats Targeting Power Infrastructure at a Glance
Researchers at Morocco’s Higher School of Technology examined the expanding cyber‑threat landscape facing smart grids, cataloguing attacks such as DDoS, false‑data injection, replay, IoT‑based malware and zero‑dynamics exploits. Their study highlights the growing role of artificial‑intelligence and machine‑learning intrusion detection...
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re Reading About an FDA Delay Forcing a Biotech to Close, a Neurocrine Deal, and More
In February, Kezar Life Sciences secured an FDA agreement for a clinical trial on autoimmune hepatitis, but the meeting was cancelled four months late, prompting the biotech to begin winding down. Meanwhile, U.S. physicians are increasingly prescribing oral GLP‑1 weight‑loss...
Bitwarden Vs. 1Password: I Tested Both Password Managers
A hands‑on comparison of Bitwarden and 1Password evaluated onboarding, import, autofill, sharing, and security controls. Bitwarden’s free forever plan and granular sharing options give it a cost advantage, while 1Password’s guided import flow and Watchtower monitoring provide a smoother user...
Nevada PUC Approves NV Energy Plan to Join Day-Ahead Market
The Nevada Public Utilities Commission approved NV Energy’s plan to join the California Independent System Operator’s Extended Day‑Ahead Market (EDAM) in fall 2028. The move leverages NV Energy’s 6.6 GW of owned capacity and 3.7 GW of renewable power purchase agreements, and...
Rethinking eCOA: Why Earlier Input by Data Managers Is Needed
Electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) is a mature technology, yet its adoption lags behind other digital trial tools. The traditional siloed approach forces data managers to engage only after data collection, inflating costs and extending timelines. Involving data managers early...
Engineered Antibodies Pry Apart The Most Difficult Viruses
Researchers have engineered a bifunctional antibody fragment that simultaneously blocks Marburg virus attachment and neutralizes the exposed receptor‑binding site after the virus undergoes its conformational change. By mimicking the host cell receptor, the antibody tightly binds the viral protein, shutting...
Democratizing Innovation with Agentic AI
Microsoft’s new low‑code AI platform lets healthcare staff build custom agents without programming expertise, enabling rapid solutions for clinical and back‑office challenges. By offering drag‑and‑drop interfaces and pre‑built connectors to electronic health records and billing systems, the tool democratizes agentic...
Parsing the AI and Gaming Future with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang | GTC Q&A
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered an unscripted two‑hour keynote at GTC 2026, unveiling more than a dozen AI‑focused gaming announcements. The event in San Jose attracted over 30,000 attendees, underscoring the growing appetite for AI‑driven technology in entertainment. Huang highlighted...
Neurocrine to Acquire Prader-Will Drug in $2.9B Soleno Buyout
Neurocrine Biosciences agreed to acquire Soleno Therapeutics for $2.9 billion, securing the rare‑disease drug Vykat XR. Vykat generated $190 million in 2025 sales, including $92 million in the fourth quarter, but recent safety concerns and a slowdown in new patient starts have clouded its...
Researchers Find Higher UV Degradation in Tracker-Based PV Systems
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have built a high‑precision global UV irradiance model for tilted PV surfaces, revealing that single‑axis tracking (SAT) systems receive markedly more ultraviolet radiation than fixed‑tilt arrays. In desert and tropical climates, trackers...
Kentucky Fanatics Extends Partnership With University of Kentucky, Adds NIL Component for Student-Athletes
The University of Kentucky has extended its partnership with Fanatics for 12 years, adding a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) component that grants select student‑athletes access to Fanatics’ influencer marketing platform. Through the Fanatics Creator Program, athletes can open affiliate...
Could This Autonomous Aquatic Robot Help Advance Hydropower?
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‘Over and Above’ Responses Seen with Envudeucitinib for Plaque Psoriasis
Phase 3 ONWARD 1 and ONWARD 2 trials showed that envudeucitinib, an oral next‑generation TYK2 inhibitor, produced rapid and deep skin clearance in moderate‑to‑severe plaque psoriasis. At week 16, 76.5% and 70.4% of patients achieved PASI‑75, with rates climbing above 78% by week 24, and...
Silicon Choices Grow in Importance as Industrial AI Moves Closer to the Factory Floor
Industrial AI is moving from centralized clouds to the factory floor, where real‑time inference must run continuously alongside machines. This shift is driven by latency, data volume, and security concerns that make edge processing essential. As a result, the choice...
IPhone 18 Pro Leak Teases Key Features Ahead of September Launch
Apple is gearing up for a September 2026 launch of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, introducing a bold Deep Red color while retaining the familiar 6.3‑inch and 6.9‑inch sizes. The Dynamic Island cutout shrinks thanks to under‑display Face ID components, and the...
Samsung Certifies 1,000 Maharashtra Students in AI and Coding
Samsung’s Innovation Campus certified 1,000 students from four Maharashtra institutions in artificial intelligence and coding, marking the company’s largest skilling drive in the state. The cohort, drawn from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pimpri Chinchwad University, D.Y. Patil University’s Ramrao Adik...
Why Security Researchers and Red Teams Are Turning to Workflow Automation
Security teams are increasingly adopting workflow automation to combat alert fatigue and accelerate investigations. Automated pipelines now enrich indicators of compromise, aggregate threat intelligence, and run continuous recon for red teams and bug bounty hunters. Open‑source, self‑hosted platforms such as...
CuraTeQ Biologics Gets ‘Positive’ Results in Phase Study of Omalizumab
CuraTeQ Biologics, a subsidiary of Aurobindo Pharma, announced positive top‑line results from its Phase 3 trial of BP11, a biosimilar to omalizumab (Xolair). The study enrolled 608 patients across 80 sites in seven European countries and India, meeting all primary endpoints...
Ghent, Porto, Wroclaw: Future European HealthTech and MedTech Hubs
The European MedTech sector is entering a phase of industrial maturity, with the global market projected to grow from $549.5 billion in 2025 to $853.4 billion by 2035 at a 4.5% CAGR. Investment is concentrating in three emerging hubs—Ghent, Porto, and Wroclaw—each...
WELL Health Partners with AliveCor for Cardiac Monitoring in Canada
WELL Health announced a partnership with AliveCor to bring the Kardia mobile ECG platform to Canadian patients. The collaboration enables remote cardiac monitoring and real‑time cardiologist review through WELL Health’s telehealth network. By integrating AliveCor’s FDA‑cleared devices, the service aims...
How Multidisciplinary Care and Smarter Tools Can Transform MS Management: Steven Kheloussi, PharmD
Steven Kheloussi, PharmD, argues that smarter clinical decision‑support tools and multidisciplinary teams are essential for effective multiple sclerosis (MS) management. He highlights how integrated EHR‑embedded tools can consolidate relapse history, MRI data, and patient preferences to guide personalized therapy, while...
A New Era of Sports Broadcasting: Galaxy S26 Ultra Unlocks New Perspectives, Bringing Cameras Inside the Action
Samsung announced that its Galaxy S26 Ultra was used to film the Street League Skateboarding DTLA Takeover on April 4, marking the first time a smartphone captured a live skate competition. The device’s pro‑grade camera was embedded directly into course elements, delivering skater‑level...
When Algorithms Decide Visibility: Ben Beckley, CEO of RevHealth on the Future of Pharma
Ben Beckley, CEO of RevHealth, warns that AI is now the primary gateway to pharmaceutical information, turning search into zero‑click answer delivery. Pharma must move from traditional content publishing to engineering discoverability with machine‑readable, citation‑dense data that AI can surface...
From Data Ownership to Learning Velocity in Direct-to-Consumer Healthcare
Healthcare brands are shifting toward direct‑to‑consumer (DTC) engagement, expanding patient portals and digital front doors. Traditional commercialization stacks—data providers, manual intelligence, and media execution—remain siloed, limiting how quickly insights can be applied. While enterprises build internal data lakes and proprietary...