Tekmar Bags €2+ Million in Contracts for Japanese Offshore Wind Project
Tekmar Group has secured two contracts worth roughly $2.5 million for a Japanese offshore wind project, supplying its 10th‑generation cable protection systems. The work will begin immediately, with revenue recognized through the rest of fiscal 2026 and into the first half of fiscal 2027. This follows a recent European contract valued at about $5 million, underscoring Tekmar’s expanding offshore wind portfolio. The deals highlight the company’s integrated engineering capabilities and multi‑year order visibility.
Google SA, DHET Partnership Brings AI to Higher Education
Google South Africa and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) have signed a two‑year memorandum of understanding to upskill students and staff across the country's public universities, TVET and community colleges with AI and digital capabilities. The deal...
China Targets 140 Launches in 2026 Amid Commercial Space Surge
China aims to conduct about 140 orbital launches in 2026, a 52% jump from 2025’s record 92 missions. The surge is driven by expanding launch infrastructure at sites such as Jiuquan, Hainan’s commercial pads, and Haiyang, as well as rapid...
The Man Who Put AI at the Centre of America’s War Machine
Former Marine colonel Drew Cukor spearheaded the Pentagon’s Project Maven, turning artificial intelligence from a surveillance aid into a core targeting system for the U.S. war machine. Launched in 2017, Maven now powers a software platform that processes thousands of...
Schools Guidance Advises that AI ‘Must Foster Human Connection’
The Scottish Government, together with the Educational Institute of Scotland, has released non‑statutory guidance for schools on safe AI use. The document outlines seven sections, including core principles, data protection, and ethical considerations, and sets five key tenets such as...
NetSuite Extends Commitment to Helping Businesses Use AI Their Way
Oracle NetSuite unveiled enhancements to its AI Connector Service, adding a Companion module, support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) Apps, and broader integration with NetSuite Analytics Warehouse. The Companion provides a curated library of over 100 finance‑specific prompt templates and...
On the Journey with 9fin From Day One to Their $1.3 Billion Valuation.
9fin announced a $170 million Series C round that lifts its valuation to $1.3 billion, bringing total capital raised since its 2017 launch to over $250 million. The AI‑native platform tackles the decades‑old data fragmentation in debt capital markets by centralising documents, emails and...
ICO Calls on Recruiters to Review Use of Automated Decisions
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued new guidance urging employers to review automated decision‑making (ADM) tools used in recruitment, citing the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 that eases lawful AI adoption. The regulator highlighted both efficiency gains...
Nanya Raises $2.5 Bln, Signs DRAM Supply Deals with Kioxia and SanDisk
Nanya Technology raised roughly $2.5 billion via share sales and private placements to expand its DRAM production capacity. Kioxia invested T$15.6 billion for a 2 % equity stake and a long‑term DRAM supply agreement, while SanDisk committed T$31 billion and signed a multi‑year supply...
Elizabeth Garrett Christensen: Postgres Vacuum Explained: Autovacuum, Bloat and Tuning
PostgreSQL relies on periodic vacuuming to reclaim space from dead tuples created by its MVCC architecture and to prevent transaction ID wraparound. The built‑in autovacuum daemon, enabled by default, triggers when dead rows exceed a threshold of 50 rows plus...
Iberdrola, Gestamp Sign 10-Year PPA
Iberdrola and automotive‑components maker Gestamp have signed a 10‑year power purchase agreement to deliver 660,000 MWh of renewable electricity to Gestamp’s European factories. The contract secures 34 MW of capacity, split 80 % wind and 20 % solar, and includes guarantees of origin. A...
Arkona Unveils BLADE//Planner and Major Usability Enhancements at NAB 2026
Arkona Technologies announced a suite of usability upgrades for its FPGA‑accelerated BLADE//runner platform at NAB 2026, highlighted by the new BLADE//planner graphical configuration tool. The planner lets engineers design, test, and deploy processing workflows offline with a visual overview while...
Bell Integration Wins NICE’s Implementation Partner of the Year for CX Innovation and AI-Led Transformation
Bell Integration has been named NICE’s Implementation Partner of the Year for CX Innovation and AI‑Led Transformation, recognizing its role in scaling the AI‑driven NICE CXone Mpower platform. The award highlights Bell’s deep expertise, including more than 350 AI practitioners...
‘This Feels Fragile’: How a Satellite-Smashing Chain Reaction Could Spiral Out of Control
Earth’s orbital environment is now crowded with more than 30,000 tracked objects, a number that is rising exponentially as commercial and governmental launches accelerate. Analysts project that by the end of the decade the count of active satellites could exceed...
Gold Fields to Trial Sandvik 66 Tonne Diesel-Electric Underground Truck at St Ives
Gold Fields announced a pilot of Sandvik’s 66‑tonne diesel‑electric underground haul truck at its St Ives mine in Western Australia, with contractor Byrnecut providing operational support. The test follows earlier battery‑electric loader trials and diesel‑electric pilots with Caterpillar and Epiroc,...
Should Wasabi Technologies Make the Move From Direct Sales to a Channel Strategy?
Wasabi Technologies, a fast‑growing cloud storage startup, has built its revenue engine on a pure direct‑sales model. Founder David, a serial entrepreneur with a music‑tech background, now faces a go‑to‑market dilemma: whether to preserve the simplicity of direct relationships or...
7,655 Ransomware Claims in One Year: Group, Sector, and Country Breakdown
From March 2025 to March 2026 ransomware groups posted 7,655 victim claims on public leak sites, averaging about 20 claims per day. The five most active groups—Qilin, Akira, INC Ransom, Play and Safepay—account for 40% of all claims, with Qilin alone responsible...
Employee Data Breaches Surge to Seven-Year High
Employee data breach reports to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office reached 3,872 incidents in 2025, the highest level in at least seven years. That marks a 5% rise from the previous year and a 29% increase versus 2019, when reporting...
Change Intelligence and Deployment Connectors for Liquibase Secure
Liquibase Secure announced two new capabilities—Change Intelligence and Deployment Connectors for ServiceNow, GitHub, Harness, and Terraform. Change Intelligence aggregates change data, applies AI‑driven risk analysis, and automatically captures audit evidence in a single view. Deployment Connectors embed governed database change...
Chiyoda and NYK Chase Carbon Capture Business Around the World
Japanese engineering giant Chiyoda Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with shipping leader Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and its subsidiary Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC) to pursue carbon capture and storage projects worldwide. The trio previously completed a 2024...
Swipe Fees Hit Record-Setting $198.25B
U.S. merchants paid a record $198.25 billion in credit and debit card swipe fees in 2025, according to the Merchants Payments Coalition. The total represents a 5.9% jump from 2024 and an 80% increase since the pandemic, with fees climbing 219%...
KYND Warns Insurers of Surge in US Website Privacy Lawsuits
Cyber‑risk firm KYND warns insurers that U.S. privacy lawsuits tied to routine website tracking have surged from a few hundred to over 2,000 cases annually. The claims focus on marketing pixels and analytics tools rather than data breaches and can...
Palantir’s UK Boss Criticises ‘Ideological’ Groups as Ministers Move to Scrap NHS Contract
Palantir’s UK executive warned ministers against yielding to “ideologically motivated” campaigners as they consider invoking a break clause in the NHS’s £330 million (≈ $413 million) Federated Data Platform contract. The AI‑enabled platform is projected to generate £150 million (≈ $188 million) in benefits by 2030,...
AZ Considers Filings for Long-Acting Strensiq Follow-Up
AstraZeneca’s Alexion unit intends to file a new long‑acting enzyme replacement therapy, efzimfotase alfa, as a successor to its Strensiq (asfotase alfa) for hypophosphatasia (HPP). Phase 3 data showed the drug met primary endpoints in pediatric patients but failed to achieve...
4G-Connected Earbuds Use AI to Generate Meeting Notes
Mobvoi has introduced the TicNote Pods, the first 4G‑connected AI earbuds that automatically record, transcribe, and index spoken content. The earbuds capture both in‑ear audio and ambient sound, while the charging case records in‑person meetings from several meters away. Transcripts...
Why China’s New Humanoid Robot Standards Could Change the Industry
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released its first national standard system for humanoid robots in February 2026, aiming to unify safety, technical, and ethical requirements. The framework, developed by a 120‑member committee, addresses hardware integrity, predictable software behavior,...
NGEN Building 170MWh Austria BESS; Foresight and EBRD Invest in Germany, Lithuania Developers
NGEN has broken ground on an 85 MW/170 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Wagenham, Upper Austria, targeting commercial operation later this year. The two‑hour plant will bolster grid flexibility and support renewable integration at a key European interconnection point with...
Trafo Delivers Custom Mini Substations to Power Zambian Underground Copper Mine
Trafo Power Solutions secured an order for seventeen custom mini substations to power an underground copper mine in Zambia. The units, comprising 800 kVA and 1,000 kVA dry‑type transformer packages, were engineered to fit the mine’s tight shaft‑cage dimensions and to be...
Homoharringtonine Extends Lifespan, Fights Obesity in Mice
Researchers reported that homoharringtonine (HHT), a plant‑derived alkaloid already approved for certain blood cancers, acts as a potent senolytic in mice. The compound selectively eliminated senescent cells across adipose, liver and muscle, leading to lower inflammation, improved glucose tolerance and...
CORRECTION - CLEW Guide – Hungary Sees Solar Boom but Remains Dependent on Russian Energy, Fossil Fuels
Hungary is rapidly expanding solar power, aiming to raise capacity from about 7 GW today to nearly 12 GW by 2030, while still relying heavily on Russian gas and oil, which supplied 74 % and 48 % of its imports in 2024 respectively. The...
Noveva Selected as Electronic Document Management Partner for Velindre’s New Cancer Centre
Velindre University NHS Trust has chosen Noveva Software Group’s CCube Cloud to power the electronic document management system for Wales’ new flagship cancer centre, slated to open in spring 2027. The cloud‑based platform will replace on‑site paper storage, integrating with...
Indra Develops New Satellite Communications Terminal for Submarines
Indra has finished development and certification testing of the TSUB‑40Ka, a Ka‑band satellite communications terminal designed for submarines. The Ka band permits smaller antennas and markedly higher data‑rate links than traditional X‑band or Ku‑band systems. The terminal complies with MIL‑STD/STANAG...
We Still Highly Recommend These 3 Older Laptop Models - Especially While They're on Sale
Amazon’s Spring Sale ends tonight, featuring deep discounts on older laptop models that still deliver strong performance. The M1 MacBook Pro is available for $707, a 53% reduction, while Samsung’s Galaxy Book5 360 and Dell 16 Plus are discounted 12% and 35% respectively....
Regulator Says Humans Remain Responsible For AI Audit Errors
The UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) released the world’s first guidance on AI use in auditing, emphasizing that human auditors remain accountable for audit quality. The guidance warns that AI can produce hallucinations, data distortions, and other errors that could...
Let’s Stop Sovereignty Washing
The article warns that cloud providers are marketing “sovereignty” while delivering only data residency, creating a gap between promises and technical reality. It explains that U.S. laws such as the CLOUD Act can compel access to data stored in Europe,...
Geotab and Hyundai Partner to Deliver Hardware-Free, Native Telematics Integration
Geotab and Hyundai have launched a hardware‑free telematics integration for Hyundai vehicles across more than 40 European markets. The solution streams data from factory‑installed sensors directly to the MyGeotab platform, eliminating aftermarket device costs. It supports both internal‑combustion and electric...
LLM Build Vs. Buy: A Decision Framework for LLM Adoption
Enterprises face a nuanced build‑vs‑buy decision for large language models (LLMs), weighing cost, control, governance, and readiness. The article outlines four assessment pillars: total cost of ownership, customization and IP, risk management, and organizational capability. It cites a 2025 Omdia...
Pandora Opens Distribution Centre in Canada to Reduce US Tariff Impact
Pandora has opened a new distribution centre in Mississauga, Ontario to process Canadian online orders locally, reducing reliance on U.S. facilities and exposure to higher tariffs. The move follows President Trump’s increase of import duties on Thai‑made jewellery, which Pandora...
Colruyt Is Rolling Out a Driverless Delivery Vehicle in Leuven
Colruyt Group’s Collect&Go is piloting an unmanned electric delivery vehicle in Leuven from mid‑May through August, marking Belgium’s first autonomous vehicle on public roads without a fixed route. The compact vehicle, limited to 25 km/h, can transport groceries for two customers,...
Telemetry Data Exposes Scale of Unplanned Power Outages
Telemetry from Wetility’s national solar‑battery network recorded 91,934 unplanned grid outages across South Africa in 2025, showing households endured six to nine outages per month. While Eskom reports an improved Energy Availability Factor of 65.31% and a 46.7% drop in...
UK Consumers Shift From Browsing to Intent as High‑value Home and Finance Leads Surge
Analysis of 67 million email messages shows UK consumers are becoming more selective, clicking less but converting at higher rates. The shift toward an “intent economy” is driven by cost‑of‑living pressures, prompting shoppers to focus on home improvements and financial services...
Structural and Genetic Analysis of Neutralizing Antibodies Reveals Mechanisms of GII.4 Norovirus Antigenic Evolution
Researchers solved the atomic structures of two neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against the pandemic GII.4 norovirus, targeting the principal antigenic sites A and G. The spatial positioning of site G was shown to shape neutralizing responses, while coordinated substitutions within these...
The Infrastructure Paradox of AI Development in LMICs
A new cross‑sectional study of 91 AI practitioners across 27 low‑ and middle‑income countries uncovers an “Infrastructure Paradox” where the regions most poised to benefit from AI lack the foundational resources to develop it. The research identifies three non‑linear dynamics:...
No More Docx: Open Source Will Be the Mandatory Standard for German Gov
Germany’s federal government announced a sweeping mandate that all public‑sector software must be open source, effectively ending the use of proprietary suites such as Microsoft Office. The decree, slated for full implementation by 2027, includes a €2 billion (≈$2.2 billion) transition fund...
Epiroc Launches Underground Charging Suite
Swedish equipment maker Epiroc has introduced a new underground charging suite designed for battery‑electric mining fleets. The solution is OEM‑agnostic and can be installed up to 300 m from a central charging cabinet, offering a single charging platform for mixed‑fleet operations....
Latest Digital Maturity Assessment Data Reveals Trusts Reporting Lowest Digital Maturity
The NHS Digital Maturity Assessment 2025 released scores for 47 digital domains, revealing the lowest‑performing trusts. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trusts (acute and community) sit at the bottom with a 1.5 rating, a slight rise from 1.4 in...
Chip Maker Fractile in Talks to Raise $200m at Unicorn Valuation, Reports Say
London‑based AI chip maker Fractile is courting $200 million in new capital at a $1 billion unicorn valuation. The round is being led by Accel and early backer Oxford Science Enterprises, with interest from other investors. Fractile, founded in 2022, develops AI...
Huawei Secure SD-WAN Full SASE Solution: Secure, Intelligent Connectivity for Modern Enterprises
Huawei has launched its Secure SD‑WAN Full SASE solution, a unified platform that blends networking, security and AI‑driven management for enterprise connectivity. The solution dynamically routes traffic over MPLS, broadband, LTE or 5G while encrypting tunnels and providing integrated firewall,...
How Are Publishers Responding to AI Search? Take Our Survey
Publishers are grappling with the uncertain impact of AI‑driven search on traffic, fearing potential declines as algorithms prioritize AI‑generated results. WAN‑IFRA has launched a global, anonymous survey to capture executive insights on which content formats are most at risk and...
Blackstone Closes $6.3bn Life Sciences Fund
Blackstone announced the closing of its newest life sciences fund at $6.3 billion, topping the original target. The vehicle will back biotech, pharmaceutical and medical‑technology companies from seed to growth stages. Investor enthusiasm for health‑tech has surged since the pandemic, allowing...