Stearns Bank Advances Omnichannel Transformation with Prelim Account Opening
Stearns Bank N.A. has chosen Prelim’s omnichannel account‑opening platform to unify its in‑branch and digital onboarding processes. The fintech solution integrates with the bank’s Fiserv Premier core, automating everything from application intake and identity verification to account issuance while preserving the institution’s high‑touch service model. This move supports Stearns’ strategy to expand access, simplify banking, and reinforce its community‑focused, majority women‑owned identity. Prelim, backed by Y Combinator, aims to help community banks modernize compliance and operational efficiency.
Google Now Lets You Direct Avatars Through Prompts in Its Vids App
Google has upgraded its Vids video‑editing app with AI‑driven avatar prompting, the Veo 3.1 video‑generation model, direct YouTube export, and a new Chrome screen‑recording extension. Users can now steer avatars using natural‑language prompts, customize appearance, and generate eight‑second clips, with ten...
Google Announces Open Gemma 4 Model with Apache 2.0 License
Google unveiled Gemma 4, an open‑source large language model released under the permissive Apache 2.0 license. The suite includes four variants—from a 2 billion‑parameter edge model to a 31 billion‑parameter dense version—designed for devices ranging from smartphones to workstation GPUs. Gemma 4 supports multimodal inputs,...
Denver Considers Data Center Moratorium as It Aims to Reduce Water Use by 20%
Denver city officials are weighing a one‑year moratorium on new data center construction as part of a broader effort to slash municipal water consumption by 20% over the next twelve months. The measure follows recent restrictions that require restaurants to...
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Anthropic Says That Claude Contains Its Own Kind of Emotions
Anthropic’s new study reveals that Claude Sonnet 4.5 contains neuron clusters that act as digital representations of human emotions such as happiness, sadness, and desperation. These "functional emotions" activate in response to emotionally charged inputs and influence the model’s output, sometimes driving...
How Iranian Hackers Pose a Threat to US Critical Infrastructure
Iran‑linked hacker group Handala claimed responsibility for a March 11, 2026 cyberattack on Michigan‑based medical‑device maker Stryker Corp., disrupting its internal Microsoft systems and halting order processing, manufacturing, and shipping. The incident underscores how regional geopolitical tensions can quickly spill...
RSAC 2026: AI Dominates, But Community Remains Key to Security
The RSAC 2026 conference placed artificial intelligence at the forefront of cybersecurity discussions, while its official theme emphasized the "Power of Community." Notably, the U.S. federal government was absent, leaving a void in public‑private collaboration and prompting concerns about AI governance....
ArmorPoint and Scudo360 Partner to Expand Managed Security Services
ArmorPoint has teamed up with Scudo360 to embed a 24/7 managed SOC and SIEM capability into Scudo360’s service portfolio. The co‑delivery model gives Scudo360’s mid‑market clients continuous threat monitoring and real‑time response without building their own security operations center. By...
Kubernetes Is Finally Getting Rid of externalIPs
Kubernetes will remove the long‑standing externalIPs field in the upcoming v1.36 release, slated for the end of April. The change begins with deprecation warnings in the current version, giving operators time to adjust. ExternalIPs have been a frequent source of...
Wind and Solar Power Delivered Record Share of UK Electricity in 2025
UK renewable electricity reached a record 52.5% of the power mix in 2025, driven by wind, solar and biomass generation. Wind power alone supplied over half of total renewable output, while solar saw notable growth despite seasonal constraints. The government’s...
New York Lawmakers Want 3D-Printer Companies to Block the Creation of ‘Ghost Guns’
New York Governor Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers are pushing a bill that would require 3D‑printer manufacturers to block the production of ghost guns, untraceable firearms printed from digital designs. Two 3D‑printing firms have already volunteered to embed blocking technology,...
Leverage Profinet’s Security Building Blocks to Navigate EU Regulations
The EU’s new Cyber Resilience Act, NIS2 Directive, and the 2027‑effective Machinery Regulation are forcing industrial automation players to embed cybersecurity into products and processes. Profinet’s security architecture—secure cell, secure access, and secure realtime—maps directly to these regulatory requirements. While...
Private Control of Space Infrastructure: Should One Company Have This Much Influence?
SpaceX now controls launch services, Starlink broadband, crew transport to the ISS, and key defense contracts, making it a de‑facto infrastructure provider across multiple space layers. The company earned this dominance through rapid iteration, vertical integration and aggressive pricing, not...
Polestar Launches Recycled Battery Content in Two Models
Polestar announced that the battery packs in its Polestar 2 and Polestar 3 models will contain at least 50 % recycled cobalt, marking the first rollout of circular battery material in its lineup. The initiative is part of a broader circularity strategy that...
Denuvo Has Been Broken, Company Promises Countermeasures Against New DRM Bypasses — Zero-Day Game Releases Become Norm as Security Concerns...
A community‑developed hypervisor bypass has successfully cracked Denuvo DRM, turning zero‑day game repacks into a regular occurrence. The method requires users to disable multiple Windows security features, including VBS, Credential Guard, driver signature enforcement, and Core Isolation. Irdeto, Denuvo's parent,...
ICE Says It Bought Paragon’s Spyware to Use in Drug Trafficking Cases
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed it has purchased and deployed Paragon Solutions’ Graphite spyware in drug‑trafficking investigations. The agency’s acting director said the tool complies with constitutional requirements and poses no significant security or counter‑intelligence risks. After a...
Stagwell Names AI Chief
Stagwell announced the creation of a senior vice‑president, enterprise AI solutions role, appointing Michael Twedell to lead it. Twedell will drive the go‑to‑market strategy for the firm’s AI‑driven offerings, including The Machine, the industry’s first agentic operating system, and the...
Isolated Current Probe Tip Takes on Temperature Extremes in EVs
Tektronix unveiled a new isolated current probe tip for its IsoVu TICP series, capable of accurate current measurement from –40 °C to 125 °C. The tip maintains up to 700 MHz bandwidth and handles currents from microamps to kiloamps, using a shunt and...
Arctic Wolf CEO Nick Schneider On Delivering ‘Superior’ Security With New Agentic SOC Platform
Arctic Wolf unveiled the Aurora Agentic SOC, branded as the world’s largest agentic security operations center. Powered by the Aurora Superintelligence Platform, it leverages a proprietary knowledge graph and a swarm of AI agents to ingest more than 10 trillion security...
Chinese Satellite with Robotic 'Octopus Arm' Passes Key Refueling Test in Orbit — Making Longer-Lived Space Assets More Likely
China’s experimental Hukeda‑2 satellite demonstrated a major in‑orbit refueling capability by using its octopus‑like robotic arm to dock with a target port on the same spacecraft. The test, conducted on 24 March, marks the first self‑docking refuel maneuver since the Shijian‑25...
I Knew About North Korean Hackers—They Still Tricked Me and Got Into My Computer
A Fortune journalist was nearly compromised by a North Korean phishing scheme that masqueraded as a Zoom update, exposing a credential‑stealing script. The attackers leveraged a hijacked Telegram account to arrange a fake video call, a tactic the DPRK has...
Tote Deploys AI Employee Agent With Loop Neighborhood Markets
Tote AI’s Genie employee agent has been rolled out across Loop Neighborhood Markets’ 50‑plus California stores, delivering instant answers to associate queries on customer service, POS operations, maintenance and payments. The deployment recorded 100% first‑contact resolution with zero escalations, operating...
China's Homegrown Silicon Suppliers Gain Traction as Nvidia Struggles to Get Its Chips Into the Market — Huawei, Cambricon and...
Chinese AI and graphics chip makers have surged in 2025, capturing 41% of the domestic AI server market and cutting Nvidia's share to 55% from a claimed 95% peak. Huawei alone shipped over 812,000 AI chips, accounting for roughly half...
A Hitchhiker's Guide to RSAC: What You May Have Missed, From Post-Quantum to NSA Veterans
The RSA Conference (RSAC) highlighted a surge in post‑quantum cryptography initiatives, with several vendors unveiling prototype algorithms and migration roadmaps. Former NSA cyber experts presented new threat‑intel platforms that blend AI with traditional analytics, aiming to shorten detection cycles. Cloud‑native...
LSEG Launches Workspace Top 50 to Track Market Trends
LSEG has introduced Workspace Top 50, a monthly feature that ranks the most searched commodities and equities among finance professionals worldwide. The list is published within the LSEG Workspace platform and shared on LinkedIn, offering a quick view of emerging...
Where Should Retail Media Networks Make Their Pitch for Ad Dollars?
Retail media is transitioning from a lower‑funnel, conversion‑only model to a full‑funnel, brand‑building channel, prompting networks to showcase broader capabilities. Major players such as Albertsons Media Collective and Walmart‑Vizio used this year’s IAB NewFronts to demonstrate scale, data assets, and...
Residential Proxies Evaded IP Reputation Checks in 78% of 4B Sessions
GreyNoise analyzed 4 billion malicious sessions and found residential proxies evaded IP reputation checks in 78% of cases. Roughly 39% of the traffic originated from home networks, yet most proxies disappear within a month, preventing reputation feeds from cataloguing them. The...
How AI Is Changing Food Supply Chains
Food manufacturers are turning to AI to overcome pandemic‑induced supply chain volatility, especially for perishable goods. CookUnity, a chef‑to‑consumer meal subscription service, now uses AI to lift its sales‑forecast accuracy from roughly 55% to 80‑90%, enabling precise, temperature‑controlled deliveries. The...
Medtech Giant Stryker Says It’s Back up After Iranian Cyberattack
Medtech leader Stryker announced it is now fully operational after a March 11 wiper attack by the Iranian‑linked Handala group, which crippled order processing, manufacturing and shipping. The breach, framed as retaliation for U.S. actions in the Israel‑Palestine conflict, forced...
Army Launches $50B IT, Professional Services Solicitation
The U.S. Army has issued the final solicitation for a potential $50 billion, ten‑year contract that merges information technology and professional services into a single vehicle called MAPS. The contract will award up to 350 positions across five domains—engineering, management, R&D,...
YouTube Bringing AI Feature to Connected TV App
YouTube is extending its AI‑driven Ask feature from the mobile app to the connected TV app, with a rollout slated for the coming months. The new Ask button lets viewers pose questions about the video they’re watching using their remote’s...
Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed
Bloomberg reports that roughly half of U.S. data centers slated for opening in 2026 are facing delays or cancellations. Of the 12 GW of capacity announced for this year, only about a third is actually under construction, with similar shortfalls projected...
ScaleOps Closes $130M Series C to Advance Autonomous AI Infrastructure Management
ScaleOps announced a $130 million Series C round led by Insight Partners, lifting its valuation to roughly $800 million. The funding backs its autonomous AI‑driven platform that continuously balances compute, memory, storage and networking resources. Founded in 2022, the company targets chronic GPU...
Bitly Introduces AI-Powered Features to Simplify and Accelerate Marketing Analytics
Bitly has launched two AI‑powered features—Bitly Assist, a conversational chat assistant, and Weekly Insights, an automated performance‑highlighting report—aimed at speeding up marketers' data‑to‑action workflow. Assist lets users query link and QR‑code metrics and create assets through natural language, delivering answers...
Mappls App to Show Authorised Aadhaar Centres Across India
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has signed an agreement with MapmyIndia to embed a verified map of authorised Aadhaar centres into the Mappls navigation app. The feature, slated for rollout in the next few months, will let users...
Commure Launches AI-Powered Speech-to-Cursor Dictation Tool for Clinical Workflows
Commure has unveiled Commure Dictation, an AI‑powered speech‑to‑cursor extension that turns the company’s Ambient mobile app into a wireless microphone for clinicians. The tool eliminates the need for costly, dedicated dictation hardware and enables physicians to dictate notes, messages, and referrals...
DP World Issuing £36M Contract to Construct London Gateway Automated System
DP World has launched a £36 million (≈$46 million) tender to build Boxbay, a high‑bay automated storage system for empty containers at its London Gateway terminal. The 55‑metre‑tall structure will cover roughly 323 m × 159 m, requiring over 5,000 precast piles, 15,000 tonnes of steel and...
Wizehire Launches Jobs App in ChatGPT as Job Search Moves From Job Listings to Conversations
Wizehire has launched “Jobs by Wizehire,” an app that brings local small‑business job listings into ChatGPT, enabling candidates to search and apply through conversational prompts. Industry research from Qualtrics and Gartner indicates that over 60 % of job seekers now use...
LONGi Launches Integrated Solar-Plus-Storage Strategy
Chinese PV leader LONGi unveiled its integrated solar‑plus‑storage solution, LONGi One, shifting from multi‑vendor architectures to a single‑partner model. The offering combines LONGi’s back‑contact solar panels with its 5S storage platform, featuring the OneBank 2.0 AC/DC solution for utility projects and...
M-Files and Microsoft Deepen Strategic AI Partnership
Document management firm M-Files announced new integrations with Microsoft 365 Copilot and the Copilot Agent Builder, embedding its context‑first repository directly into the Microsoft 365 experience. The partnership adds permission‑aware answers, metadata‑rich context, and seamless access to M-Files content alongside...
How Cities Can Encourage Faster, Cheaper Rooftop Solar
Cities across the United States are inflating residential solar costs by up to $7,000 due to cumbersome permitting, inspection bottlenecks, and outdated utility interconnection rules, according to a new report from Environment America and Frontier Group. Installers are increasingly bypassing...
Journalist Sues FAA Over Drone No Fly Zone Designed to Prevent Filming ICE
Minnesota photojournalist Rob Levine and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press have filed a lawsuit against the FAA over a temporary flight restriction that bars drones within 3,000 feet of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) facilities and mobile...
How Block Is Bringing Installments to Cash App
Block announced that Cash App will offer a buy‑now‑pay‑later (BNPL) installment product to its U.S. user base. The service provides instant credit decisions, allowing purchases to be split into equal weekly payments with interest only on the remaining balance. Integration...
Former Exodus Data Center in Sydney, Australia, to Be Replaced with 70MW Facility
Digital Realty announced plans to demolish its legacy Exodus data center in Sydney and build a new 70 MW, 23,375 sqm multi‑story facility at 23‑25 Waterloo Road. The project, slated for a 1.2‑hectare site in Macquarie Park/North Ryde, could cost up to AU$700 million (about...
Software Package Makes Gene Regulation Easier to Study—And Tweak
Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven introduced CREsted, a new software package for modeling and designing gene regulatory enhancers. The framework unifies preprocessing, deep‑learning model training, interpretation, and synthetic enhancer generation into a single, reusable workflow. Demonstrated on mouse brain,...
Crafting Reliable AI Systems with the Right Data Engineering
The DBTA webinar highlighted that AI projects fail more often due to fragile data pipelines than model flaws. Speakers Kevin Hu and Jerod Johnson outlined how data engineering must evolve to support continuous, real‑time data, lineage, and repeatable outputs for...
E.l.f. Promotes Affordable Beauty with True Crime-Inspired Mockumentary
E.l.f. Cosmetics launched a 10‑minute true‑crime mockumentary called “Vanity Vandals” to spotlight vanity clutter caused by its low‑priced products. The film premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre with a live Twitch watch party and is supported by a Roblox experience,...
Nigerian Founder Launches ADT, a New AI Model for Cyber Defense
Glemad unveiled Autonomous Defence Transformers (ADT), the first frontier‑scale AI models built from the ground up for security reasoning and autonomous cyber defence. The PulseADT service now safeguards over 680,000 assets, handling 1.8 million security events per second, and delivers a...
Polygraf AI Announces Core AI Patent and Sweeps Major Cybersecurity Awards at RSAC 2026
Polygraf AI announced a core USPTO patent for its Content Source Detection AI model and swept several top cybersecurity honors at RSA Conference 2026, including the Global InfoSec Award for Most Innovative AI Usage Control, a gold win at the...
Relyance AI Releases Lyo, Aims to Set a New Enterprise Data Security Standard
Relyance AI unveiled Lyo, an autonomous data defense engineer that continuously monitors AI agents' interactions with enterprise data. Leveraging the company’s Data Exposure Graph, Lyo maps AI‑to‑data relationships, flags over‑privileged access, and provides real‑time contextual alerts. The platform includes a...