Free WhatsApp Bulk Message Sender That Won’t Get You Banned
WaSender, a free WhatsApp bulk messaging tool, lets small businesses send personalized campaigns without needing a WhatsApp Business API token. The platform operates through a browser extension tied to the user’s own WhatsApp Web session, incorporating random delays and cooldowns that align with Meta’s 2026 anti‑spam policies. Its free tier includes scheduling, multi‑format support, and anti‑ban controls, positioning it as the only truly cost‑free option among comparable services. Early adopters report response rates up to 34%, far outpacing traditional email blasts.
How AI Is Transforming Enterprise Data
At Databricks AI Days London 2026, executives highlighted how AI is reshaping enterprise data management by moving from slow, analyst‑driven reporting to instant, natural‑language queries. They emphasized the need for deterministic outputs to earn C‑suite trust and the rise of...
US Marines Conduct First Live-Fire Drone Strike Against Maritime Surface Vessel
In March, the US Marine Corps' III Expeditionary Operations Training Group in Okinawa executed the service’s first live‑fire drone strike against a maritime surface vessel from a naval surface craft. The target was an unmanned surface vessel (USV) built by...
Merck Initiates P-IIb/III (MALBEC) Trial of MK-8748 for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Merck has launched the pivotal Phase IIb/III MALBEC trial to evaluate MK‑8748 (Tiespectus/EYE201) in patients with neovascular age‑related macular degeneration (NVAMD). The study pits two intravitreal dose levels of the bispecific TIE2‑agonist/VEGF‑inhibitor against aflibercept 2 mg, beginning with quarterly injections for three...
AI-Enriched Metadata Drives Better CTV Content Discovery
Cineverse’s cineSearch platform uses AI to generate scene‑by‑scene, emotion‑focused metadata, enabling natural‑language queries that match how viewers think about what to watch. By extracting thousands of contextual dimensions—mood, feeling, genre nuances—the system moves beyond traditional descriptive tags. SUMM8’s Jamie Mackinlay stresses...
Quick Fire 🔥 with Semiloore Akoni
Semiloore Akoni, a growth and product‑marketing leader in African fintech and digital commerce, argues that retention must be engineered before a user even signs up. In his most recent role he slashed the time to a user's first transaction, lifting...
COVID-19 Impact on Shopping: Lasting Trends in Ecommerce & Payments
The pandemic reshaped U.S. shopping, cementing e‑commerce’s share at 16.6% of retail and driving a boom in online grocery sales projected to hit $250 billion by 2025. Contactless payment usage exploded, with roughly two‑thirds of consumers adopting the technology and 74%...
Money only Works in a Trusted, Shared System … Which Is Why Blockchains Don’t Work
The Bank for International Settlements paper argues that money’s value stems from a single, shared network, a principle that blockchain’s fragmented token ecosystems undermine. Each blockchain operates its own validators, incentives and governance, creating coordination challenges and higher transaction costs....
Boathouse’s New Chief Strategy Officer Says It’s Time For Agencies To Take The Reins Of Measurement
Boathouse appointed Sonia Chung as its first Chief Strategy Officer, tasking her with dismantling data silos that tie marketers to Big‑Tech platforms. Chung argues agencies should build their own measurement infrastructure, using AI to fuse structured and unstructured signals across paid,...
The Foundation of Trust: Why Royalty Infrastructure Is the Key to Artist Retention in 2026
In 2026 music platforms are prioritizing automated royalty payouts to retain artists, as manual delays drive talent to competitors. Create Music Group now delivers YouTube streaming revenue within three days, positioning itself as an artist‑first brand. Labels like Ninja Tune...
Ads of the Week: 12 Campaigns That Caught Our Eye, From KFC to Pringles
Weekly roundup spotlights 12 standout ad campaigns, from KFC’s animated Colonel Sanders to e.l.f.’s true‑crime parody and Verizon’s suspenseful “Look Behind You.” The piece highlights unconventional collaborations such as McDonald’s with K‑Pop Demon Hunters and Liquid Death teaming with real‑estate...
Match-Trader Expands Into Prediction Markets
Match‑Trader has unveiled a new prediction‑markets solution aimed at brokers, adding event‑driven contracts across finance, crypto, politics, sports and entertainment. The platform can be integrated as an add‑on to the existing Match‑Trader suite or offered as a standalone white‑label product....
Microsoft Releases Open-Source Toolkit to Govern Autonomous AI Agents
Microsoft unveiled the open‑source Agent Governance Toolkit, a seven‑package suite that adds policy, identity, compliance and reliability controls to autonomous AI agents. The toolkit runs in Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go and .NET, offering sub‑millisecond policy enforcement and cryptographic trust mechanisms....
Keysight Introduces SBOM Manager for Cybersecurity Compliance
Keysight has launched an SBOM Manager platform that automates the creation and upkeep of software bills of materials for manufacturers facing tighter cybersecurity regulations. The tool scans binaries, firmware and containerised applications, linking components to multiple vulnerability databases and supporting...
Lectric Heads North – Canadians Get Access to the US’s Best-Selling E-Bikes
Lectric eBikes, the Arizona‑based brand that has sold over 650,000 units in six years, is launching in Canada through a partnership with national nonprofit Vélo Canada Bikes. The collaboration ties the company’s affordable e‑bike lineup to advocacy for safer streets...
Expanded MadCap Syndicate Intelligent Content Delivery Platform Brings Next-Level AI Enablement to Corporate Content
MadCap Software unveiled the Spring 2026 release of its Syndicate platform, adding AI‑powered semantic search, automated content classification, and customizable portals. The enhancements let enterprises semantically index and retrieve proprietary content, support retrieval‑augmented generation for more accurate AI chatbots, and detect...
Why BPMN (Still) Matters—Especially in the Age of AI
The article argues that BPMN remains essential despite AI hype, because orchestration provides the executable framework needed for safe, repeatable work. AI agents can decide next steps, but BPMN ensures state management, retries, SLAs, and auditability. Camunda’s 2026 report shows...
Why a Vegan Sausage Pioneer Is Setting up an AI Law Firm Called Keith
Andy Shovel, co‑founder of vegan food brand THIS, has launched an AI‑powered law firm called Keith, targeting the notoriously stressful conveyancing market. The startup announced a $2.5 million seed round and plans to operate with 30‑40 narrowly focused AI agents that...
3D Printed Homes: Fad? Prefab? Or Fab?
The article examines whether 3D‑printed homes are a fleeting fad, a new prefab method, or a transformative technology. Experts agree the technique excels in rapid‑deployment housing and large‑scale infrastructure, but it isn’t universally applicable. Hedwig Heinsman stresses hybrid builds—traditional structural...
How Samsung Ads And Crumbl Got Their CTV Campaign To Perform Like Social
Samsung Ads partnered with Crumbl for a seven‑week CTV acquisition push in Q4, delivering over 16,000 app installs and five‑figure revenue while achieving a 23% conversion rate that outperformed the brand’s social campaigns. The integration with AppsFlyer gave Crumbl transparent,...
How Samsung Ads And Crumbl Got Their CTV Campaign To Perform Like Social
Crumbl partnered with Samsung Ads for a seven‑week CTV acquisition campaign in Q4, leveraging Samsung’s integration with AppsFlyer to track performance. The effort generated over 16,000 app installs and a 23% conversion rate, slightly higher than the brand’s typical social‑driven...
Which Messaging App Takes the Most Limited Approach to Permissions on Android?
A recent analysis of Android versions of Messenger, Signal and Telegram reveals stark differences in permission requests and data handling. Messenger requests the most permissions (87 total, 24 dangerous), while Telegram requests the fewest (71 total) but the highest number...
This Is What 3D Printing Was Made For
Researchers at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona’s Neonatology unit have leveraged additive manufacturing to create personalized, 3D‑printed nasal masks for premature infants. Standard masks, offered in only four sizes, often mismatch babies weighing under 2.5 kg, leading to discomfort and compromised ventilation....
30% Off Skullcandy Coupon Codes | April 2026
Skullcandy is running deep discounts across its audio lineup, offering up to 47% off the Crusher Evo over‑ear headphones, 33% off the Push 720 open‑ear earbuds, 36% off the Crusher ANC 2 noise‑cancelling model, and 33% off the PLYR 720 gaming headset. The...
Zapier MCP: Perform Tens of Thousands of Actions in Your AI Tool
Zapier has launched the Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway, letting large language models like Claude and ChatGPT trigger actions across Zapier’s library of more than 9,000 apps without custom code. The service is available on all Zapier plans and charges...
Founder Exits Loom over BigBasket, 1mg as Tata Digital Reset Continues
Tata Digital is orchestrating founder exits at its two flagship e‑commerce assets, BigBasket and 1mg, as it moves to install professional CEOs. BigBasket's founders Hari Menon and Vipul Parekh are in final talks to step down and may sell their...
FDB Launches MedProof MCP to Ground AI Agents in Clinical Drug Knowledge
First Databank (FDB) has released MedProof MCP, the first Model Context Protocol server designed to embed AI agents with its clinical‑grade drug database. The open‑source MCP standard lets large language models query trusted medication intelligence in real time, cutting integration...
Transparency Brought Down The Trade Desk’s Publicis Deal but It May Not Be Enough to Win Its Other Clients
The Trade Desk’s relationship with Publicis collapsed after a leaked transparency audit, prompting rivals to tout their own openness. However, agency buyers largely dismissed transparency as a decisive factor, focusing instead on margin and control. Competitors such as Nexxen are...
Wah Kwong & Bureau Veritas 1st SMART “Augmented Ship” In Newbuild Series
Wah Kwong Maritime Transport and Bureau Veritas have delivered the LR2 tanker Frontier Venture, the first vessel in Wah Kwong’s new SMART‑enabled series and the inaugural Group 3 “augmented ship” with BV‑assigned SMART notations (H1, M1, EnE3, MH3). Built at Hengli...
JustMarkets Emphasizes Gold Trading Technology Leadership
JustMarkets announced a strategic push to overhaul gold trading through a high‑speed, low‑spread technology ecosystem. The platform promises instant order execution, ultra‑low spreads, one‑touch mobile liquidity, and automated risk controls. By targeting the 2026 gold market’s heightened volatility, JustMarkets positions...
Cambridge Global Advisors Wins Australian Grant for Pacific Cybersecurity
Cambridge Global Advisors has secured an Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade grant to launch the Pacific Women in Cyber (PWiC) program, an 18‑month initiative delivering cybersecurity training and internships to women in Tonga, Fiji and Samoa. Funded under...
U Power Advances in Thailand Heavy Truck Battery Swap Market
U POWER Limited secured an order for 1,000 battery‑swapping heavy‑duty trucks in Thailand and completed its first production batch, while its Hong Kong taxi battery‑swap project is set to launch stations and begin operations in Q2 2026. The company, the world’s...
Guest Column: Why Every Airline Should Be Looking at Embedded Payments
Airlines are urged to adopt embedded payment systems that let passengers order and pay for onboard items directly from their devices, eliminating the need for crew‑mediated transactions. The column argues that friction—having to flag down crew, handle cards, or wait...
Earendil Labs Begins Phase 2a Trial of Ulcerative Colitis Therapy
Earendil Labs has dosed the first patient in a Phase IIa, randomized, placebo‑controlled trial of its half‑life‑extended anti‑TL1A antibody HXN‑1001 for ulcerative colitis. The company also completed enrollment for the Phase I study in healthy volunteers in Australia, where single doses up...
The Awe of a Moon Launch in an Age of Trump, Turmoil and Tribal Divisions
Artemis II launched on April 2, 2026, sending four astronauts on a lunar flyby and testing critical deep‑space systems. The mission revives the spirit of Apollo 8, offering a brief unifying moment amid intense domestic division. President Trump gave a 35‑second acknowledgment before shifting...
Why 2026 Will Be the Year AI Moves From Hype to Mandatory Safety Infrastructure
Asia‑Pacific still bears roughly 63% of global workplace fatalities, with construction and manufacturing driving the high death rate. Regulators across the region are turning safety tech into law, exemplified by Singapore’s mandate for video‑surveillance on projects exceeding US$3.9 million and heightened...
Startup 360: Tim Fung on 13 Years of Being Airtasker-in-Chief
Tim Fung, co‑founder and CEO of Airtasker, reflects on more than a decade of building Australia’s first online job marketplace in episode 51 of Startup 360. He shares a memorable request where a Tasker was asked to fly to the US, retrieve...
Microsoft Charts $10 Billion of Outlays in AI-Eager Japan
Microsoft announced a four‑year, $10 billion investment program to accelerate artificial‑intelligence adoption in Japan. The plan will build cloud and AI infrastructure in partnership with Sakura Internet and SoftBank, which will provide GPUs and other compute resources. Sakura Internet’s stock surged...
Levothyroxine Shows No Benefit in Older Adults
A new systematic review in BMC Geriatrics finds that levothyroxine offers no measurable benefit for older adults with subclinical hypothyroidism. Patient‑reported quality‑of‑life, cognitive function, physical performance, and major cardiovascular events were unchanged compared with observation or placebo. The analysis also...
BHIM App Introduces Biometric Authentication for UPI Payments up to ₹5,000
NPCI’s BHIM Payments App now lets users approve UPI transactions with fingerprint or facial recognition, capping biometric approvals at ₹5,000 (about $60). The feature is available on both iOS and Android, aiming to replace manual PIN entry for everyday payments...
Data Security Posture Management Has Become Essential for Governments
State and local governments are rapidly expanding multicloud environments and adopting generative AI, yet many lack clear visibility into where sensitive citizen data resides. Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) emerges as a solution, continuously discovering, classifying, and monitoring data across...
The Future of AI Might Be on Your Finger
Sandbar is preparing to ship its Stream smart ring this summer, a wearable that goes beyond voice capture to enable two‑way AI conversations. The device remembers prior interactions, asks follow‑up questions, and acts as a "self‑extension" rather than a personality‑driven...
SMILE’s April 9 Launch Could Finally Show Us What Solar Storms Actually Look Like When They Hit
The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) is set to launch on April 9 from French Guiana, carrying four instruments to image Earth’s magnetosphere in soft X‑rays. By capturing the interaction between solar wind and the magnetic shield, and simultaneously...
Check City Notifies 322,687 People of March 2025 Data Breach
Check City, a payday‑loan provider, disclosed that a March 2025 cyber‑attack exposed personal data of 322,687 individuals. The breach compromised names, Social Security numbers, government IDs, financial account details, credit and debit card numbers, dates of birth, and addresses. A...
Valerion’s StreamMaster Plus2 4K Laser Projector Drops to Lowest Price in 30 Days
Valerion announced a 20% price cut for its StreamMaster Plus 2 4K laser projector, lowering the list price from $1,999 to $1,599, the lowest point in the past month. The device packs an RGB triple‑laser engine, 2000 ISO lumens, 4 ms input lag,...
Image-Based Honeybee Colony Conditions Detection Using a Hybrid CNN–ANN Framework
A new hybrid deep‑learning system combines a dual‑branch CNN with a Multi‑Layer Feedback ANN to classify six honeybee health conditions from images. The model achieved 97.61% overall accuracy and a macro‑F1 score of 0.96, surpassing a traditional CNN‑Softmax baseline that...
Assessing Digital and AI-Readiness in Medical Education: A Delphi-Based Development of a Digital Health Competency Questionnaire
A Delphi-driven study created a 25‑item questionnaire to gauge medical students' digital health and AI competencies. Twelve experts, including ten educators and two senior students, refined an initial 26‑item draft over two consensus rounds, achieving a 96% agreement rate. The...
Wyoming Woos Google, Microsoft, and Meta To Build More AI Data Centers in the State
Wyoming is courting the AI data‑center boom by hosting a closed‑door Data x Power summit that brought together Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and energy firms. The state already operates 21 data centers and is promoting its abundant, low‑cost electricity, tax‑free environment and...
Parents Spend $50k on Overseas Stem Cell Therapy as Experts Issue Warning
Australian parents spent roughly US$33,000 on a stem‑cell procedure in Thailand for their five‑year‑old son with septo‑optic dysplasia, a rare eye condition affecting only 54 Australians. After multiple treatments, the child’s visual acuity improved from 1/60 to 3/60, allowing limited...
Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Around Alkumru Dam (Siirt, Türkiye) Using Machine Learning and Ensemble Models
Researchers applied six machine‑learning algorithms and an ensemble model to map landslide susceptibility around Turkey’s Alkumru Dam reservoir. All models delivered strong predictive power, with AUC scores ranging from 0.877 to 0.959, and the Naive Bayes classifier achieved the highest...