How Is the NHS Managing £355 Billion in Transactions? NHS SBS Talks AI, Oracle Fusion, and the Future of NHS...
The NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) now runs a national finance and procurement platform on Oracle Fusion Cloud, covering 48 NHS organisations and processing roughly $444 bn in transactions each year. The go‑live on 1 October 2025 handled $23.75 bn on day one and has already halved task times while delivering over $0.6 m in cost savings and 30% cash‑flow improvements. SBS built the system with 30,000 hours of workshops and a 473‑item requirements matrix, creating an agile foundation for AI tools that were unavailable during design. Executives project up to $3.75 bn in annual savings if the platform achieves full NHS adoption.
Nvidia-Meta Pact Signals New AI Era Of Scale—And Power Constraints
Nvidia and Meta have entered a multibillion‑dollar partnership to supply Nvidia CPUs and GPUs for Meta’s expanding AI infrastructure across cloud and on‑premise data centers. Analysts estimate the deal could be worth $50 billion, complementing Meta’s $135 billion AI spend and $600 billion...
MRI-Simmons and NIQ Join Proximic by Comscore’s Data Partner Network to Deliver Scalable, Privacy-Centric Audience Solutions
MRI‑Simmons and NIQ have joined Proximic by Comscore’s Data Partner Network, enabling the conversion of their ID‑based consumer and retail datasets into privacy‑first contextual audience segments. The partnership leverages Proximic’s predictive technology to deliver scalable, programmatic‑ready audiences without relying on...
GetVocal Introduces Control Center to Help Enterprises Scale AI Across 90 Percent Plus of Customer Conversations
GetVocal has launched the Control Center, a governance layer that lets human supervisors oversee and intervene in AI‑driven customer conversations in real time. The platform blends deterministic context graphs with a hybrid human‑AI workforce, allowing AI to autonomously resolve most...
Context by Fulcra Solves the Fragmented Health App Problem by Connecting All Your Wearables, Apps, and Life Data in One...
Fulcra Dynamics has launched Context, a unified health‑and‑life data platform that consolidates wearables, tracking apps, calendars, and location sources into a single intelligent timeline. The app automatically ingests data from multiple devices, adds user‑entered qualitative notes, and offers native AI...
Lentra Appoints Rajesh Kumar Rathanchand as CEO
Lentra has named Rajesh Kumar Rathanchand as its new chief executive officer, succeeding his tenure as managing director and CEO of TransUnion CIBIL. Rathanchand brings more than three decades of experience in retail credit, risk management and analytics, previously leading...
Guidance: Industry Security Notice (ISN)
The UK Ministry of Defence’s Industry Security Notices (ISNs) continue to evolve, with the latest revision on 31 March 2026 adding Defence Cyber Certification (DCC) guidance under DEFCON 658 and clarifying the cyber‑security model scope. Over the past six years the ISNs have...
Wolters Kluwer Survey: UK Accountancy Firms Brace for Delivery Pressure as Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Begins
UK accountancy firms are gearing up for the first mandatory Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax reporting period starting April 2026. A Wolters Kluwer survey shows that 50‑70% of income‑tax clients remain non‑digital, creating pressure on firms to scale...
O-GlcNAcylation of UGDH: New Immunometabolic Insights
Researchers led by Wu, Lei and Wang have shown that O‑GlcNAcylation of the metabolic enzyme UGDH reshapes its activity, steering UDP‑glucuronic acid production and downstream glycan synthesis. This post‑translational modification links nutrient‑sensing pathways to immune cell adhesion, migration, and signaling,...
100-Hour LDES Battery Technologies From Form, Noon and Ore: How Do They Compare?
Form Energy, Ore Energy and Noon Energy are commercialising 100‑hour long‑duration energy storage (LDES) batteries, each using distinct chemistries—iron‑air for Form and Ore, and a solid‑oxide fuel‑cell‑flow hybrid for Noon. Reported target costs range from $15‑20 per kWh, with Form...
TCG Process Announces Major OCTO Platform Update
TCG Process has launched OCTO 2026, the newest release of its document‑centric automation platform. The upgrade shifts the core engine to .NET 8, adds native Linux, Docker and PostgreSQL support, and introduces an AI Assistant that can generate workflows from natural‑language...
MTF Issues Safety Guidelines for Wind-Assisted Ships
The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) released safety guidelines for ships equipped with wind‑assisted propulsion systems (WAPS) such as rotor, suction and wing sails. The recommendations focus on integrating these technologies into existing Safety Management Systems, emphasizing risk assessments, incident reporting,...
Google May Call, Text or WhatsApp To Confirm Business Details
Google is expanding verification for Google Business Profiles by using automated calls, text messages, or WhatsApp to the listed phone number. Responses—including photos and posts—can be automatically added to the profile, though businesses retain the ability to edit or remove...
Missing People Charity Aims to Bust ‘True Crime’ Myth
Missing People, the UK’s sole charity for missing individuals, has launched the “Based on a True Story” campaign with BBH London and Merman to challenge the way true‑crime content portrays real disappearances. The initiative features a darkly humorous film set...
Met Police Plans £250m Framework for IT Reseller Duo
London’s Metropolitan Police Service is launching a £252 million (≈$320 million) value‑added reseller framework to procure hardware, software and related services for up to four years. The two‑supplier arrangement will initially run for 24 months, with the option to extend twice, potentially...
From Gen Z to Retirees: Digital Wallets’ Cross-Generational Rise Will Unlock £453 Bn of UK Spend by 2030
Global Payments’ latest report projects UK digital‑wallet transactions to surge from $342 bn in 2025 to $575 bn by 2030, a 68% increase. Adoption spans generations, with two‑thirds of 18‑24‑year‑olds and nearly a third of 55‑64‑year‑olds naming wallets their preferred method. While...
Eli Lilly to Buy Centessa for $6.3B to Get Sleep Disorder Drug
Eli Lilly announced a $6.3 billion acquisition of Centessa Pharmaceuticals, marking its largest deal in years. The purchase secures Centessa’s orexin‑based insomnia candidate and a pipeline of early‑stage neurological programs. Lilly is channeling cash generated by its GLP‑1 blockbuster drugs into the...
CMA Announces Package of Actions on Business Software and Cloud Services
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced a strategic market status (SMS) investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, set to start in May. The probe targets Microsoft’s licensing practices that may restrict competition in cloud services, especially as AI...
Vitesy Shelfy 2 Smart Fridge Purifier Review: Small Box, Big Promises
Vitesy's Shelfy 2 Smart Fridge Purifier retails for about $150 and uses UV‑driven photocatalysis to neutralize odors and claim up to a 12‑day extension of produce freshness. In a six‑week hands‑on test the reviewer found the unit effective at eliminating strong...
Huawei Joins Orange Carbon Cutting Scheme
Huawei became the tenth company to join Orange’s Partners to Net Zero Carbon programme, which aims to cut the operator’s greenhouse‑gas emissions by 45% from 2020 levels by 2030. The initiative focuses on supply‑chain improvements, targeting Orange’s 40 most emission‑intensive...
Why This Marshall Is the First Soundbar I've Tested that Truly Challenges My Sonos Arc Ultra
The Marshall Heston 120 and Sonos Arc Ultra are now direct rivals, each priced at $999. While the Arc Ultra continues to lead with 9.1.4 channels and Dolby Atmos processing, the Heston 120 counters with a bold Marshall aesthetic, 5.1.2 channel layout, and a richer...
First Clinical Trial of tRNA Therapy Will Start Soon
Alltrna, a biotech startup focused on transfer RNA (tRNA) therapeutics, has secured regulatory clearance to launch its first human clinical trial. The trial will evaluate a novel tRNA‑based drug designed to correct protein synthesis errors that underlie a range of...
Snapchat’s Role in Shaping the Future of B2B Engagement
Snapchat is emerging as a viable B2B outreach channel, according to a GWI study of 2,200 professionals aged 18‑45. The research shows Snapchat users are 1.5 times more likely to hold executive roles and twice as likely to launch side...
Enveda's First Clinical Readout Shows Strong Eczema Results
Enveda Biosciences released its first clinical readout for an investigational atopic dermatitis therapy, showing efficacy comparable to AbbVie's Dupixent. The Phase 1 trial met its primary endpoints, demonstrating significant skin clearance and a safety profile similar to existing biologics. The...
Usage Pricing Leaving Software Vendors Guessing What Lands on the Invoice
Software vendors are losing revenue because legacy billing and ERP systems cannot keep up with usage‑based, AI‑enhanced pricing models. A PwC and m3ter survey of 350 executives shows 44% struggle to measure consumption, and 4‑7% of annual recurring revenue may...
Anthropic: US Statecraft Battles Go Domestic
The Pentagon designated Anthropic and its Claude chatbot as a supply‑chain risk after a dispute over AI safety guardrails, prompting the company to sue. A federal judge issued a temporary injunction on March 26, blocking the blacklisting and describing it as...
Introducing Criteo GO: The Simple Way to Launch and Scale Your Ads
Criteo has launched Criteo GO, a self‑service, AI‑driven platform aimed at small and mid‑size businesses to create and scale performance ads across display, video, native and social channels. The solution lets advertisers set up accounts, billing and campaigns in as...
Page Authority: How to Build Pages That Rank
The article demystifies Page Authority (PA), Moz’s 0‑100 metric that predicts a page’s ranking potential based on its backlink profile. It clarifies that PA is not a Google ranking factor but a useful proxy for link strength, explains the logarithmic...
This App Makes Even the Sketchiest PDF or Word Doc Safe to Open
Dangerzone is a free, open‑source tool that sanitizes PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OpenOffice, EPUB and image files by sandboxing them and converting each page to an image‑only PDF. The process runs in a container or virtual machine with no internet...
Top Data Preparation Challenges and How to Overcome Them
The article lists seven common data‑preparation challenges—poor profiling, missing or invalid values, name/address inconsistencies, cross‑system data mismatches, enrichment hurdles, and scaling issues—and offers practical ways to address each. It highlights that data preparation typically consumes the majority of effort in...
Move Over, Silicon Valley: Meet the Surprising Southwest Companies Reinventing the Classroom
The Southwest is emerging as a hotbed for education technology, driven by Texas' massive and growing student population—projected at 5.9 million elementary and secondary students in 2026—and a wave of public‑private partnerships. Texas recently approved $8.5 billion in new education funding plus...
Fewer CVEs in Your Camunda 8 Containers with Hardened Base Images
Camunda announced that its Camunda 8 self‑managed containers now use hardened Minimus base images, eliminating 354 known CVEs from the base layer. The transition covers Node, OpenJDK, OpenJRE and PHP images and includes a build‑time option for Zeebe’s container. Ongoing...
How Big Tech’s New Data Centers Are Reshaping the Midwest
The Midwest is experiencing a data‑center boom as tech giants like Meta, Apple, Google and Microsoft pour billions into new facilities, attracted by abundant renewable energy, reliable grids, and tax incentives. Microsoft’s $3.3 billion AI‑focused campus in Wisconsin exemplifies the trend,...
Emerald AI and Nvidia Aim to Offer the Fast Pass for Data Center Grid Connects, Partnering with Power Producers and...
Emerald AI, founded by former renewable developer Varun Sivaram, offers software that makes AI data centers flexible‑load, allowing them to reduce power use during grid peaks and accelerate interconnection approvals. Nvidia’s venture arm NVentures led a $25 million round that brings...
Semarion Raises $3.8M to Scale Cell Assay Technology
Semarion, a Cambridge spin‑out, secured $3.8 million (≈£2.9 million) in a Series A round led by Parkwalk to scale its SemaCyte cell‑based screening platform. The funding follows a $2.89 million seed round in 2022 and will be used to expand manufacturing, field support,...
Better Interviews with Bots? How Zapier's AI Screening Process Is Improving Recruiting
Zapier faced a flood of applications in 2025, many of which were low‑quality or fraudulent, straining its recruiting team. The company adopted Ezra, a voice‑AI platform that conducts 30‑minute video interviews, transcribes and scores candidate responses, and flags follow‑up questions....
China's Zhipu Posts 132% Rise in Annual Revenue on AI Boom
Zhipu AI, a Tsinghua University spinoff, reported a 131.9% revenue surge in 2025, reaching 533.9 million yuan (about $75 million) from its core on‑premise deployments and 190.4 million yuan ($27 million) from cloud API services. The company posted a net loss of 4.72 billion yuan...
5 of the Most Boundary-Pushing Artists at Art Basel Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong’s Zero 10 sector made its Asian debut, spotlighting the clash and collaboration between AI‑driven installations, blockchain‑enabled profit models, and traditional sculpture. BottoDAO’s interactive "Mirror Stages" used facial recognition and a community‑governed AI to create twenty live works,...
This Industrial Name Is Down in 2026. Why Jefferies Thinks It's Time to Buy the Dip
Emerson Electric (EMR) received a Buy upgrade from Jefferies, which lifted its price target to $175, implying about 42% upside from the latest close. The firm’s pivot to industrial automation has boosted order growth 9% year‑over‑year, driven by five strategic...
How Nimbus Is Revolutionizing Aviation Operations
WiseAero unveiled Nimbus, an AI‑powered aviation assistant that consolidates flight‑preparation tasks into a single mobile platform. The solution automates landing‑permit acquisition, coordinates ground services, and provides real‑time aircraft tracking. By centralising these functions, Nimbus promises faster turnarounds and reduced manual...
Power Discount Window Extended by 2 Hours for Industry
Gujarat has extended its industrial daytime power discount window from 3 pm to 5 pm, allowing factories to tap cheaper solar‑generated electricity for two extra hours. The concession, previously limited to smart‑meter users, now applies to all smart‑metered industrial consumers, removing the...
Rsult Group Expands NetSuite Footprint with Cadran and Yuccaa Acquisitions
Rsult Group announced the acquisition of Cadran Consultancy and Yuccaa, bolstering its presence in the Oracle NetSuite ecosystem. The deal merges Cadran’s two‑decade ERP expertise with Yuccaa’s digital‑first consulting, creating a more integrated ERP, data and AI transformation platform. With...
ITS Australia’s RTT Conference Report: Turning Data Into Action
The ITS Australia Roads, Tolling & Tech (RTT) 2026 conference in Sydney gathered over 30 senior speakers to spotlight the shift from raw data collection to actionable road‑network decisions. Attendees highlighted the urgency of reforming road‑user charging as fuel excise...
Norway Delivers XR Training Systems to Ukraine
Norway’s Nansen Programme has delivered 39 secure extended‑reality training systems to Ukraine, valued at roughly $8.3 million. The Varjo XR‑4 headsets combined with Fynd Reality’s CORE XR software provide immersive, multi‑user instruction for Leopard 2A4 tanks and other combat vehicles. By enabling...
From Reactive Insurance To Proactive Investment
Neptune Insurance, the largest private flood insurer in the U.S., went public with a multibillion‑dollar valuation, showcasing that AI‑driven underwriting can make climate adaptation profitable. By blending satellite imagery and forward‑looking climate data, Neptune posted an 18% loss ratio during...
Doba Launches Unified AI Platform to Consolidate Every Dropshipping Automation Tool in One Place
Doba has launched the beta of Doba Pilot, an AI‑driven platform that consolidates core dropshipping functions into a single natural‑language interface. The system automates product discovery, Shopify store creation, AI‑generated listings, and real‑time inventory sync across its largely US‑based supplier...
New Research Finds Earned Media Accounts for 25% of All Large Language Model Citations
Muck Rack’s Generative Pulse report reveals that earned media accounts for roughly 25% of all citations generated by large language models, while non‑paid sources represent about 94% of AI‑cited links. Press‑release citations grew fivefold between July and December 2025, rising...
Designkit Launches E-Commerce Design Platform to Streamline Product Visuals for Global Sellers
Designkit has launched a globally available e‑commerce design platform that lets merchants create conversion‑ready product visuals in hours instead of days. The platform combines a Generative AI Suite, which can produce full image sets, lifestyle scenes, videos and localized copy...
Alterity Receives Positive FDA Feedback on ATH434 Phase 3 Program
Alterity Therapeutics received positive written feedback from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after a Type C meeting on its planned Phase 3 program for ATH434 in Multiple System Atrophy. The agency endorsed the company’s clinical pharmacology and non‑clinical development strategy and...
"You're Better than This": Why Young Men Are Quitting Porn in Droves
Quittr, a porn‑addiction recovery app launched in August 2024, claims nearly two million downloads and rapid subscriber growth during December‑February. Founder Alex Slater, a 20‑year‑old entrepreneur, markets the tool to young men seeking self‑improvement, leveraging influencers across religious and fitness...