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CrewAI Vulnerabilities Expose Devices to Hacking
NewsMar 31, 2026

CrewAI Vulnerabilities Expose Devices to Hacking

Open‑source AI orchestration framework CrewAI disclosed four interrelated vulnerabilities. The flaws—CVE‑2026‑2275, ‑2285, ‑2286, and ‑2287—stem from the Code Interpreter tool’s fallback to an insecure sandbox and improper configuration checks. Exploited together, they enable remote code execution, SSRF, and arbitrary file...

By SecurityWeek
How PAPSS Is Fixing Africa’s Cross-Border Payments, Four Years On
NewsMar 31, 2026

How PAPSS Is Fixing Africa’s Cross-Border Payments, Four Years On

The Pan‑African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) launched in January 2022 to slash the cost and delay of intra‑African payments by routing transactions in local currencies. Four years on it is live in 19 countries, linking over 160 commercial banks...

By TechCabal
Iran Deploys 'Pseudo-Ransomware,' Revives Pay2Key Operations
NewsMar 31, 2026

Iran Deploys 'Pseudo-Ransomware,' Revives Pay2Key Operations

Iran has resurrected the state‑backed Pay2Key ransomware operation, enlisting Russian cybercriminal affiliates to target high‑impact U.S. and Israeli entities. The campaign employs “pseudo‑ransomware,” encrypting data while delivering destructive wiper payloads to obscure motives. Affiliate rewards have been boosted to 80%...

By Dark Reading
New Bitdefender Assessment Helps Organizations Identify and Eliminate Hidden Internal Attack Paths
NewsMar 31, 2026

New Bitdefender Assessment Helps Organizations Identify and Eliminate Hidden Internal Attack Paths

Bitdefender launched a complimentary Internal Attack Surface Assessment to help enterprises pinpoint hidden internal cyber risks tied to excessive user access and shadow IT. The service leverages the GravityZone PHASR platform to deliver data‑driven visibility down to the individual user...

By Help Net Security
The Lucid Lunar Is a Robotaxi for Two Passengers
NewsMar 31, 2026

The Lucid Lunar Is a Robotaxi for Two Passengers

Lucid Motors unveiled the Lunar, a two‑seat, doorless robotaxi concept, at its Investor Day in New York. The vehicle trims its battery to about 55 kWh, promising roughly 9.7 km per kWh—nearly double the efficiency of typical four‑seat EVs and enough for...

By IEEE Spectrum – Energy
Unlocking Designer Roots for Future Cereal Crops
NewsMar 31, 2026

Unlocking Designer Roots for Future Cereal Crops

Researchers at the University of Queensland and Australian National University identified the CEPR1 signaling gene as a conserved regulator of root architecture across barley, rice, maize and Arabidopsis. Knocking out CEPR1 creates steeper, narrower roots that improve water and nutrient...

By Phys.org – Biotechnology
Shipping GenAI Into an Existing App: How to Integrate AI Features Without Rewriting Your Stack
NewsMar 31, 2026

Shipping GenAI Into an Existing App: How to Integrate AI Features Without Rewriting Your Stack

Integrating generative AI into existing applications requires a disciplined, contract‑first approach rather than a full stack rewrite. The article outlines a repeatable pattern that starts with selecting bounded, reviewable workflows, then defining a strict JSON contract that separates input, output,...

By DZone – DevOps & CI/CD
Oops! NASA Once Lost a $125 Million Spacecraft Because Engineers Forgot to Convert to Metric
NewsMar 31, 2026

Oops! NASA Once Lost a $125 Million Spacecraft Because Engineers Forgot to Convert to Metric

The Mars Climate Orbiter, a $125 million NASA mission launched in 1998, was lost in September 1999 when it descended far too low over Mars. The failure was traced to a simple unit‑conversion mistake: Lockheed Martin’s navigation software used Imperial units instead of...

By Popular Mechanics
Oncor, LCRA Propose up to 244 Miles of 765-kV Texas Transmission
NewsMar 31, 2026

Oncor, LCRA Propose up to 244 Miles of 765-kV Texas Transmission

On March 26, 2026, Oncor Electric Delivery and LCRA Transmission Services proposed constructing up to 244 miles of 765‑kV transmission line from Schleicher County to Bell County, Texas. The project’s cost is estimated between $1.6 billion and $1.9 billion, plus roughly $400 million for...

By Utility Dive (Industry Dive)
Clinical AI Platform Avo Secures $10M, Announces EBSCO DynaMed Partnership
NewsMar 31, 2026

Clinical AI Platform Avo Secures $10M, Announces EBSCO DynaMed Partnership

Avo, a clinical AI platform that overlays major EHRs, closed a $10 million Series A led by Noro‑Moseley Partners and backed by AlleyCorp. The company announced a strategic partnership with EBSCO’s DynaMed to embed evidence‑based guidelines directly into its AI copilots. Avo’s...

By HIT Consultant
GMEX Robotics Advances Development of Intelligent Robot Chassis
NewsMar 31, 2026

GMEX Robotics Advances Development of Intelligent Robot Chassis

GMEX Robotics announced progress on its Intelligent Robot Chassis, a rugged platform that shields autonomous robots from shocks, vibrations and harsh environments. The chassis integrates structural health monitoring, active vibration isolation and thermal management to extend sensor and hardware life....

By RoboticsTomorrow
See Everything, Always: Manufacturing Precise Positioning with Private 5G
NewsMar 31, 2026

See Everything, Always: Manufacturing Precise Positioning with Private 5G

Private 5G networks now embed precise indoor positioning, delivering meter‑level accuracy without separate hardware. This unified approach replaces fragmented Wi‑Fi, UWB, Bluetooth and RFID solutions, giving manufacturers real‑time visibility of assets, workers, and equipment. Integrated location services feed directly into...

By TechMonitor
Grocery Shopping Is Now the Second-Largest Online Sector in the Netherlands
NewsMar 31, 2026

Grocery Shopping Is Now the Second-Largest Online Sector in the Netherlands

Dutch e‑commerce is stabilizing, with total online spend projected at €35.7 billion in 2025 (about $39 billion), a modest 1 % dip from the prior year. While travel and event services are losing ground, physical goods are regaining momentum, propelled in part by...

By Retail Detail (EU)
Greenskies Brings Solar Back to Connecticut Town’s Public Works Building
NewsMar 31, 2026

Greenskies Brings Solar Back to Connecticut Town’s Public Works Building

Greenskies Clean Focus installed a new rooftop solar system on West Hartford’s Department of Public Works building, replacing a 2012 array removed during a 2022 roof replacement. The developer will own and operate the system under a 20‑year power purchase...

By Solar Power World
Light Bends Perovskite Crystal Lattice, Opening Way to New Devices
NewsMar 31, 2026

Light Bends Perovskite Crystal Lattice, Opening Way to New Devices

Researchers at UC Davis have demonstrated that halide perovskite crystals undergo rapid, reversible lattice distortions when illuminated, a phenomenon termed photostriction. Using laser excitation and X‑ray probing, they showed the effect can be tuned by adjusting the crystal composition, light wavelength,...

By Tech Xplore – Semiconductors
Henan Lvyuan Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. - 722497 - 03/26/2026
NewsMar 31, 2026

Henan Lvyuan Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. - 722497 - 03/26/2026

The FDA issued a warning letter to Henan Lvyuan Pharmaceutical after a September 2025 inspection uncovered multiple Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) violations. Inspectors cited severe facility maintenance issues, including corrosion and water leaks that could compromise API potency and...

By FDA
Microbiological Testing & Consulting, LLC - 720374 - 03/16/2026
NewsMar 31, 2026

Microbiological Testing & Consulting, LLC - 720374 - 03/16/2026

The FDA issued Warning Letter 320‑26‑53 to Microbiological Testing & Consulting, LLC after a September 2025 inspection uncovered multiple Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) violations. The firm failed to maintain adequate laboratory controls, documentation, media qualification, and a functional quality‑control unit,...

By FDA
APA Solar Expands Manufacturing Campus in Northwest Ohio
NewsMar 31, 2026

APA Solar Expands Manufacturing Campus in Northwest Ohio

APA Solar, a ground‑mounted solar racking and foundations maker, opened a new 30,000‑sq‑ft headquarters in Ridgeville Corners, Ohio, consolidating its business, engineering, customer service and manufacturing teams under one roof. The campus now hosts a Foundations Center of Excellence that...

By Solar Power World
Why Mastercard Is Ditching Traditional Payment Rails for AI-Driven Agentic Payments
NewsMar 31, 2026

Why Mastercard Is Ditching Traditional Payment Rails for AI-Driven Agentic Payments

Mastercard is pivoting from traditional payment rails to AI‑driven, agentic payments, aiming to become the orchestration layer that links intent with transaction. The company has piloted fully authenticated AI transactions in India, completed a live end‑to‑end AI purchase in South...

By PaySpace Magazine
Epson Robots and Clayton Controls Form Southwest Alliance
NewsMar 31, 2026

Epson Robots and Clayton Controls Form Southwest Alliance

Epson Robots has entered a strategic alliance with Clayton Controls to provide advanced automation solutions across the Southwest United States. Clayton, a 60‑year‑old integrator with ISO 9001:2015 certification and a UL508A panel shop, will distribute Epson’s full robot lineup, including SCARA,...

By Engineering.com
How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir
NewsMar 31, 2026

How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir

Thomson Reuters, a global information provider, is supplying its CLEAR data‑broker service to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The data—names, addresses, vehicle registrations, Social Security numbers and ethnicity markers—appears to be feeding ICE’s targeting tools and may be integrated...

By 404 Media
Op-Ed: We’ve Built Gigawatts, but Can We Build a Winning Coalition?
NewsMar 31, 2026

Op-Ed: We’ve Built Gigawatts, but Can We Build a Winning Coalition?

The op‑ed contends that despite installing gigawatts of solar and storage, the clean‑energy sector has failed to translate technical success into political clout. A delegation of industry executives tried to soften a rollback of key Inflation Reduction Act provisions, but...

By Solar Power World
Leading Global Online Retailer Expands Vuzix Smart Glasses Deployment Across North America with Follow-On Orders and Initial Ultralite Pro OEM...
NewsMar 31, 2026

Leading Global Online Retailer Expands Vuzix Smart Glasses Deployment Across North America with Follow-On Orders and Initial Ultralite Pro OEM...

Vuzix announced that a leading global online retailer is expanding its smart‑glass deployment across the United States and Canada, adding follow‑on orders for the M400 platform and its first OEM order for Ultralite Pro devices. The rollout builds on earlier pilots...

By Manufacturing Tomorrow
CCTNS 2.0 to Be AI Powered; Crime Prediction, Criminal Profiling Tools to Be Part of Software: MHA
NewsMar 31, 2026

CCTNS 2.0 to Be AI Powered; Crime Prediction, Criminal Profiling Tools to Be Part of Software: MHA

The Ministry of Home Affairs announced that the upcoming CCTNS 2.0 platform will embed artificial‑intelligence capabilities across India’s police network. The AI suite will enable entity resolution, criminal profiling, predictive hotspot mapping, and automated number‑plate and facial‑recognition linked to CCTV feeds....

By Mint – Technology (India)
Uniper to Supply Wind Power in Wolfenbuettel, Lower Saxony
NewsMar 31, 2026

Uniper to Supply Wind Power in Wolfenbuettel, Lower Saxony

Uniper has signed a power purchase agreement to deliver 100% of a Lower Saxony wind farm’s output—about 9 GWh per year—to Stadtwerke Wolfenbüttel, which serves roughly 57,000 residents. The contract expands Uniper’s long‑standing gas partnership into renewable power, using a pay‑as‑forecast...

By Rigzone – News
AI’s Impact on Publishers: Why News Is Emerging as a Resilient and Valuable Category
NewsMar 31, 2026

AI’s Impact on Publishers: Why News Is Emerging as a Resilient and Valuable Category

Artificial intelligence is reshaping online discovery, driving steep declines in ad opportunities for many publishers—69% reported year‑over‑year drops, with health and career sites losing up to 50% of requests. In contrast, news and politics saw a modest 7% decline, highlighting...

By Index Exchange
Speechify’s Windows App Uses Local Models for Transcription and Dictation
NewsMar 31, 2026

Speechify’s Windows App Uses Local Models for Transcription and Dictation

Speechify has launched a native Windows application that runs voice AI entirely on‑device, offering dictation, real‑time transcription, and neural text‑to‑speech. The app leverages three local models—including a Whisper‑based transcription engine and the Silero voice‑activity detector—and can fall back to cloud...

By TechCrunch Apps
The Next Era of Retail Won’t Be Browsed, It Will Be Prompted
NewsMar 31, 2026

The Next Era of Retail Won’t Be Browsed, It Will Be Prompted

Retail is transitioning from search‑driven browsing to AI‑driven intent commerce, where autonomous agents complete purchases before a human even opens a site. Walmart reported that shoppers using its Sparky assistant generated baskets 35% larger than traditional shoppers, underscoring the revenue...

By Total Retail
Introducing IAS Agent: Your AI-Powered Assistant that Uncovers Deep Insights and Powers Performance
NewsMar 31, 2026

Introducing IAS Agent: Your AI-Powered Assistant that Uncovers Deep Insights and Powers Performance

Integral Ad Science (IAS) unveiled IAS Agent, an AI‑powered assistant that accelerates campaign activation, delivers insights up to five times faster, and optimizes performance at scale. Built on more than 15 years of proprietary data, the tool embeds explainable AI...

By Integral Ad Science
Influur Is Building a Creator-Powered Campaign Layer Around the 2026 FIFA World Cup
NewsMar 31, 2026

Influur Is Building a Creator-Powered Campaign Layer Around the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Miami-based creator marketplace Influur announced a multi‑city, creator‑led initiative to help brands engage audiences around the 2026 FIFA World Cup across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Rather than seeking official tournament sponsorship, Influur will build an independent, creator‑powered cultural...

By Net Influencer
Gcore Launches GPU Virtual Machines on NVIDIA Hopper
NewsMar 31, 2026

Gcore Launches GPU Virtual Machines on NVIDIA Hopper

Gcore has introduced GPU virtual machines powered by NVIDIA's Hopper architecture, initially available in its sovereign AI region in Sines‑3, Portugal. The service lets customers provision single to eight Hopper GPUs with high‑bandwidth InfiniBand networking, mirroring the performance of Gcore’s...

By Engineering.com
Samsara to Accelerate the Future of Physical AI at HumanX 2026
NewsMar 31, 2026

Samsara to Accelerate the Future of Physical AI at HumanX 2026

Samsara (NYSE:IOT) announced its participation in HumanX 2026, the leading AI conference, to unveil its vision for physical AI that unifies autonomous vehicles, robotics, and human operators. On April 8, 2026, the company will co‑host a panel titled “Orchestrating the Mixed‑Autonomy Revolution”...

By RoboticsTomorrow
Forterro Appoints Chris Fisher to Lead Orderwise as Mid-Market ERP Demand Evolves
NewsMar 31, 2026

Forterro Appoints Chris Fisher to Lead Orderwise as Mid-Market ERP Demand Evolves

Forterro has named Chris Fisher as Managing Director of its Orderwise business, signaling a strategic push toward a platform‑first ERP model. Fisher brings deep experience in guiding mid‑market firms through cloud and AI transitions, especially in distribution and logistics. His...

By ERP News
Shojin Financial Services Limited Enters Administration
NewsMar 31, 2026

Shojin Financial Services Limited Enters Administration

Shojin Financial Services Limited, an FCA‑regulated crowdfunding platform that financed property‑development loans, entered administration on 23 March 2026. Joint Administrators Simon Carvill‑Biggs and Ian Corfield of FRP Trading Advisory were appointed to manage the process. The FCA is working with the administrators to safeguard...

By UK FCA – News
This Popular and Capacious Anker Zolo Power Bank Is Just £25/$33 From Amazon
NewsMar 31, 2026

This Popular and Capacious Anker Zolo Power Bank Is Just £25/$33 From Amazon

Anker’s Zolo power bank packs a 20,000 mAh battery into a compact chassis and delivers up to 30 W of fast charging. It retails for roughly $32 in the UK and $34 in the US on Amazon, marking a low point in...

By Rock Paper Shotgun
Brands Ramp Up Use Of Content And Agentic AI
NewsMar 31, 2026

Brands Ramp Up Use Of Content And Agentic AI

Brands such as ScottsMiracle‑Gro and Clinique are accelerating the deployment of agentic AI to deliver real‑time, location‑specific educational content to consumers. At SXSW, ScottsMiracle‑Gro’s senior vice president John Sass highlighted how the company’s 158‑year legacy is being amplified through autonomous...

By MediaPost
Cyngn Deploys 4 DriveMod Tuggers at Vann Family Orchards
NewsMar 31, 2026

Cyngn Deploys 4 DriveMod Tuggers at Vann Family Orchards

Cyngn announced the deployment of four autonomous DriveMod Tuggers at Vann Family Orchards, a major California‑based agricultural processor. The tuggers now handle raw‑material transport between storage and processing zones, reducing reliance on manual forklifts while keeping humans for loading and...

By RoboticsTomorrow
Flipkart Hires Senior Executives To Scale Platform Engineering And Execution Capabilities
NewsMar 31, 2026

Flipkart Hires Senior Executives To Scale Platform Engineering And Execution Capabilities

Flipkart has appointed Smita Ojha as Vice President of Engineering and Amit Sharma as Vice President of Programme Management to bolster its OneTech platform capabilities. Ojha will head the Central Platforms Group, bringing over two decades of platform‑engineering expertise from Mindtickle. Sharma...

By Apparel Resources – Business News
Samsung Galaxy Watch Gets Blood Pressure Monitoring in the US, With One Major Caveat
NewsMar 31, 2026

Samsung Galaxy Watch Gets Blood Pressure Monitoring in the US, With One Major Caveat

Samsung has begun rolling out blood‑pressure monitoring to Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 8 series in the United States. The feature requires users to own a traditional upper‑arm cuff, download the Samsung Health Monitor app, and recalibrate the watch every...

By CNET Money
ChatGPT Security Issue Enabled Data Theft via Single Prompt
NewsMar 31, 2026

ChatGPT Security Issue Enabled Data Theft via Single Prompt

Security researchers at Check Point uncovered a vulnerability in ChatGPT that allows a single crafted prompt to create a covert data‑exfiltration channel. The flaw leveraged a hidden DNS side‑channel from the model's isolated container, enabling both data leakage and remote...

By Infosecurity Magazine
Download: 2026 SANS Identity Threats & Defenses Survey
NewsMar 31, 2026

Download: 2026 SANS Identity Threats & Defenses Survey

The 2026 SANS Identity Threats & Defenses Survey reveals that 55% of organizations suffered an identity‑related breach in the past year. MFA fatigue contributed to 26% of those attacks, indicating user weariness with multi‑factor prompts. The report details how threat...

By Help Net Security
Where Fee Transparency Meets the Agentic Era
NewsMar 31, 2026

Where Fee Transparency Meets the Agentic Era

PubMatic launched the Fee Transparency Agent within its AgenticOS platform, delivering a unified view of all fees across a programmatic media buy. The tool consolidates vendor, data and measurement costs, eliminating the need for manual report stitching. By exposing the...

By PubMatic
Debt Intelligence Platform 9fin Scores £130m Round
NewsMar 31, 2026

Debt Intelligence Platform 9fin Scores £130m Round

AI‑driven debt intelligence platform 9fin has become a unicorn after closing a $170 million (≈£128.8 million) Series C round, pushing its valuation to $1.3 billion. The funding, led by HarbourVest and joined by CPP Investment Board and other investors, will fund AI enhancements, dataset...

By UKTN (UK Tech News)
How Instagram’s ‘PG-13’ Branding for Teens Unraveled
NewsMar 31, 2026

How Instagram’s ‘PG-13’ Branding for Teens Unraveled

Instagram has withdrawn its PG‑13 branding for teen accounts after the Motion Picture Association warned of trademark infringement and threatened legal action. The social‑media platform introduced the rating in 2024 to signal age‑appropriate content, but the MPA’s pushback forced Meta...

By The New York Times – Technology
With Its New App Store, Ring Bets on AI to Go Beyond Home Security
NewsMar 31, 2026

With Its New App Store, Ring Bets on AI to Go Beyond Home Security

Ring, Amazon’s security‑camera arm, unveiled an app store that taps its 100 million‑camera footprint to deliver AI‑driven third‑party services. The initial catalog features about 15 apps targeting elder‑care monitoring, workforce analytics, rental management and niche utilities like bird identification. Developers can...

By TechCrunch Apps
You Can Order Grubhub and Uber Eats ‘Conversationally’ with Alexa Plus
NewsMar 31, 2026

You Can Order Grubhub and Uber Eats ‘Conversationally’ with Alexa Plus

Amazon has upgraded its Alexa Plus assistant to support conversational food ordering through Grubhub and Uber Eats. Users can add, remove, or change items on the fly, with the Echo Show 8 and larger devices displaying the order in real time. The feature...

By The Verge Transportation
Medtronic to Study Renal Denervation Combined with PCI
NewsMar 31, 2026

Medtronic to Study Renal Denervation Combined with PCI

Medtronic announced the EMBRACE trial, a randomized study enrolling 1,000 patients to evaluate its Symplicity Spyral renal denervation system performed concurrently with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in individuals with uncontrolled hypertension and multivessel disease. The company also released pooled data...

By MedTech Dive
IKS Health Acquihires AI Startup ThinkDTM to Transform Patient Access Solutions
NewsMar 31, 2026

IKS Health Acquihires AI Startup ThinkDTM to Transform Patient Access Solutions

IKS Health, a global care‑enablement leader, has acquihired AI‑native startup ThinkDTM, bringing its entire engineering team into the firm. Founder Tij Bedi will join IKS as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Patient Access and Innovation. The new unit...

By HIT Consultant
FDA Identifies Cases of Serious Liver Injury in Patients Taking Tavneos (Avacopan) for Severe Active Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody (ANCA)-Associated Vasculitis
NewsMar 31, 2026

FDA Identifies Cases of Serious Liver Injury in Patients Taking Tavneos (Avacopan) for Severe Active Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody (ANCA)-Associated Vasculitis

The FDA issued a drug safety communication warning that Tavneos (avacopan) is linked to 76 post‑marketing cases of drug‑induced liver injury, including eight fatalities. Seven patients developed biopsy‑confirmed vanishing bile duct syndrome, a severe cholestatic condition, with three deaths. Median...

By FDA