
Fibocom has introduced the LE271-GL, a global LTE Cat.1 bis module that delivers single‑SKU connectivity for IoT devices worldwide. The 17.7 mm × 15.8 mm chip is pin‑compatible with existing Fibocom families, supports both FDD‑LTE and TDD‑LTE bands, and registers on networks in under 3.5 seconds. It offers ultra‑low sleep currents, eSIM and dual‑SIM options, and a rich set of interfaces for rapid integration. The product is currently in engineering‑sample stage, positioning it as a cost‑effective 4G solution for asset tracking, cameras, renewable‑energy meters and consumer electronics.

Munich‑based Lytra closed a pre‑seed round led by High‑Tech Gründerfonds, securing capital to scale its AI‑driven operating system for manufacturing service automation. The platform automates core after‑sales tasks such as spare‑parts ordering, technician scheduling and technical support, integrating directly with...

London‑based Cyb3r Operations secured £4 million in a round led by Octopus Ventures, bringing its total funding to £5 million. The capital will accelerate its platform that delivers continuous, automated visibility into third‑party cyber risk for large enterprises. As SaaS, cloud and...

Pepco Group reported a 4.3 % increase in Q1 revenue, reaching €1.4 billion on a constant‑currency basis. The Pepco brand drove a 4.2 % revenue rise, while Dealz sales fell 7.7 % after operational disruptions linked to its re‑platforming. The retailer opened 51 net...

Finseta posted £12.4 million revenue for 2025, a 9% rise that marks a sharp slowdown from the 26% growth recorded in 2024. Corporate client revenue surged 54% and now represents 57% of total sales, while high‑net‑worth individual activity fell amid tariff‑related...
MailPilot is a terminal‑based user interface that wraps local large language model agents and forwards each interaction to an email thread. The tool lets users and their AI agents communicate asynchronously via email, freeing the user from a constant desk...

Skene, a Helsinki‑based product growth automation platform, closed an €800,000 pre‑seed round led by Superhero Capital with participation from NVIDIA executives. The startup’s AI agent reads a SaaS product’s source code to generate real‑time, personalized user guidance embedded in everyday...

Cloudflare’s inaugural 2026 App Innovation Report finds that organizations that modernize their application stacks are three times more likely to realize tangible AI returns, while legacy‑bound firms face heightened security exposure. The study shows 93% of leaders credit software updates...

Google India has launched the Market Access Programme to help domestic AI startups scale for enterprise adoption, leveraging Google’s distribution network and access to international markets. Participants receive priority use of Google’s Gemini and Gemma model families, as well as...

London‑based compliance specialist Cosegic announced the acquisition of financial‑crime consultancy Fintrail, though the purchase price was not disclosed. The deal adds Fintrail’s niche expertise in anti‑money‑laundering (AML) investigations and fraud detection to Cosegic’s existing portfolio of regulatory technology solutions. By...

LinkedIn is launching a self‑serve API that lets its Verified on LinkedIn badge be displayed on third‑party platforms, turning the verification badge into a portable trust signal. The company reports that 75 members verify each minute, now exceeding 100 million verified...
Anti-detect browsers let users conceal fingerprints and manage multiple online identities. The article compares three leading solutions—GoLogin, MultiLogin, and VMLogin—detailing their core features, user bases, and pricing models. GoLogin distinguishes itself with cloud‑based profile storage, multilingual support, and a seven‑day...

QR codes have evolved from plain black‑and‑white squares to colorful, logo‑embedded designs, making them a popular yet risky communication channel. Researchers at Deakin University identified a surge in "quishing" attacks that exploit these stylized codes to bypass traditional URL‑based security...

Researchers have identified a new class of natural products called chlocarbazomycins that act as potent antagonists of the adenosine A1 receptor. In preclinical assays, these compounds bind with nanomolar affinity and demonstrate functional activity, lowering heart rate and improving neuronal...

Centraleyes recently integrated the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) into its cyber‑risk platform, enabling structured, repeatable assessments for web and cloud services. ASVS defines three verification levels—opportunistic, standard, and advanced—allowing organizations to match security controls to application risk. The...

Researchers have demonstrated that incorporating N1‑methylpseudouridine (m1Ψ) into synthetic mRNA reshapes ribosomal translation dynamics. High‑resolution ribosome profiling shows accelerated elongation rates and altered codon‑specific pausing compared with unmodified uridine. The modification also dampens innate immune sensing, leading to higher protein...

Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania discovered that foam interiors remain in perpetual motion, contradicting the long‑held view that foams behave like frozen glass. Using simulations, they showed bubbles wander through countless configurations, a behavior mathematically identical to the parameter...

The beauty sector experienced a resurgence in M&A activity in 2025, highlighted by three transactions exceeding $1 billion each—e.l.f. Beauty’s acquisition of Rhode, Unilever’s purchase of Dr. Squatch, and L’Oréal’s buy of Medik‑8. Industry veteran Kimber Maderazzo says 2026 will shift focus...

Thirdlove is extending its TempSync line into activewear, debuting a $78 active bra and $88 leggings that use thermoregulating particles. The TempSync franchise generated $1 million in sales within six weeks of its T‑shirt bra launch, prompting the brand to broaden...
IBM announced Sovereign Core, a software platform that lets enterprises run cloud and AI workloads under their own sovereign control. The solution embeds data‑localization and governance controls directly into the software, offering a customer‑operated control plane. Available in tech preview...
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Co‑founder Sreeraman MG outlines Fynd’s 2026 UK launch, positioning its AI‑native commerce layer as a plug‑in solution for mid‑market and enterprise retailers. The company will target fashion, beauty and grocery categories, tackling two core UK pain points: trustworthy cross‑channel attribution and...

Cybersecurity budgets are set to increase again, yet security leaders still struggle to demonstrate clear business value. Finance executives express uneven trust in security teams’ ability to translate risk mitigation into financial outcomes, creating friction in budget approvals. Divergent definitions...

Harvey, the US legal‑tech unicorn backed by Andreessen Horowitz, EQT and Evantic, is accelerating its European push with new offices in Paris, Spain and Germany and a growing London team. The company now reports $190 m in annual recurring revenue and...
China’s JNBY Group introduced a plant‑based faux‑fur vest for its Croquis menswear line, marking the first large‑scale retail rollout of BioFluff’s Savian material. The collaboration leverages JNBY’s vertically integrated network of over 2,100 stores, allowing the eco‑fur product to reach...

Rapidly increasing lunar missions are turning cislunar space into a congested corridor, prompting the emergence of Lunar Space Traffic Management (LSTM). The unique three‑body dynamics, limited stable orbits, and communication blind spots demand new navigation, surveillance, and safety‑zone protocols distinct...

The National Security Agency has published the first two documents in its Zero Trust Implementation Guidelines series—a Primer and a Discovery Phase guide. The Primer explains the structure and principles of the series, while the Discovery Phase directs organizations to...
Rachel Buscall, CEO of New Capital Link, faced a coordinated smear campaign from an unregulated recovery‑room operation that sought to tarnish the firm’s reputation. The investigation revealed that New Capital Link operates as a regulated alternative‑investment introducer, connecting sophisticated investors with vetted...
A one-page retirement plan condenses the entire retirement strategy onto a single, printable sheet, forcing four core decisions: goals, savings rate, asset mix, and guardrails. The template includes a clear goal amount, a sustainable savings percentage, a three‑part allocation with...

The Federal Trade Commission has asked a Nevada federal court to hold payment‑processor Cliq Inc., its CEO Andrew Phillips and CTO John Blaugrund in contempt for breaching a 2015 court order that mandated strict fraud‑prevention controls. The agency alleges Cliq...

Fintech firm OnePay, backed by Walmart, announced a valuation exceeding $4 billion following an employee share‑buyback program. The new figure doubles the $2.5 billion valuation set after a $300 million funding round led by Walmart and Ribbit Capital in late 2024. OnePay’s super‑app...

Researchers have identified the ubiquitin ligase KLHL6 as a critical driver of CD8+ T‑cell resistance in cancer. KLHL6 promotes degradation of the inhibitory receptor PD‑1, thereby sustaining T‑cell activation within the tumor microenvironment. In mouse models, genetic ablation or pharmacologic...
ISS Market Intelligence has launched a comprehensive fund‑comparison platform that blends real‑time data, AI‑driven analytics, and customizable dashboards. The solution lets investors evaluate performance, fees, risk, and benchmarks across global funds in a single interface. By integrating advanced risk‑assessment tools...

Microsoft and international law‑enforcement agencies, including Europol, dismantled RedVDS, a cybercrime‑as‑a‑service platform that has stolen roughly $40 million since March 2025. The operation seized the service’s marketplace, customer portal, and associated domains, cutting off access to cheap virtual dedicated servers rented for...

Former OpenAI executive Mira Murati’s AI startup Thinking Machines Lab announced the departure of co‑founder and CTO Barret Zoph, who, along with co‑founder Luke Metz and researcher Sam Schoenholz, are returning to OpenAI. Soumith Chintala will replace Zoph as CTO....

CJ Darcl Logistics in India has deployed AI‑enabled driver assistance, fatigue monitoring, and its cloud‑native MoveX platform to bring operational discipline to its complex multimodal supply chain. Within three months, harsh braking and overspeeding fell 35% and 28% respectively, violations...

An extensive visual guide maps the world’s open space data ecosystem, covering Earth observation archives, cloud‑based platforms, and regulatory registries. It highlights key resources such as NASA’s Earthdata, ESA’s Copernicus portal, USGS EarthExplorer, and cloud services on AWS that democratize...

The article outlines five tell‑tale signs that ChatGPT is hallucinating, from overly specific details without sources to outright nonsense logic. It explains how the model’s predictive nature can generate confident yet fabricated information, including bogus citations and contradictory follow‑ups. Readers...

Emversity, a Bengaluru‑based workforce‑training startup, raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Premji Invest, valuing the company at $120 million. The funding will fuel expansion of its AI‑resistant, grey‑collar talent pipelines across healthcare, hospitality and soon EPC and manufacturing. To...

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) warned regulators that they are over‑emphasizing quantum‑computing risks at the expense of more immediate generative AI threats. WFE estimates a 5‑10+ year horizon before cryptographically relevant quantum computers appear, recommending proportionate resource allocation. The...

Keye has introduced Odin, an AI‑powered co‑pilot designed to streamline private‑equity due‑diligence. The tool lets deal teams pose plain‑English questions and receive deterministic, audit‑ready analysis instantly. Powered by Keye’s proprietary Deterministic Creativity, Odin combines natural‑language understanding with code‑based execution, eliminating...

Keye has unveiled Odin, an AI‑driven co‑pilot designed to streamline private‑equity due diligence for investment teams. The tool leverages large‑language models and proprietary NLP pipelines to extract financial metrics, covenant clauses, and risk factors from data‑room documents. Early pilots claim...
The ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group pooled MRI data from 6,729 participants to examine how psychotropic medications influence subcortical brain volumes in bipolar disorder. Lithium use was associated with larger hippocampal and thalamic volumes, whereas antipsychotics and valproate correlated with...
The study presents a biomimetic composite electrolyte that couples perpendicularly aligned 2D LiMPS nanosheets with polyethylene oxide, forming continuous superionic conduction pathways (CSCPs). This architecture achieves 10.2 mS cm⁻¹ ionic conductivity at 25 °C for the LiCdPS variant and 6.1 mS cm⁻¹ for LiMnPS, while...
Paint brand Coat Paints has unveiled a new AI-powered colour visualiser
Recent genomic studies reveal that somatic mosaic loss, particularly mosaic chromosomal alterations, is significantly associated with early‑onset schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Analyses of over 12,000 schizophrenia cases identified recurrent somatic copy‑number variants disrupting NRXN1 and ABCB11, while prenatal mutational signatures...
Open Responses is an open‑source inference standard that extends OpenAI’s Responses API, aiming to replace the legacy Chat Completion format for agentic workloads. It unifies text, image, JSON, and video generation while enabling provider‑side tool execution and autonomous sub‑agent loops....

Depthfirst Inc. announced a $40 million Series A round led by Accel to accelerate its AI‑native security platform. The startup’s General Security Intelligence platform deploys custom AI agents that continuously analyze code, infrastructure and workflows, delivering context‑aware vulnerability detection. In its first...
The latest generation of intracellular PROTACs now offers precise spatial activation, tunable persistence, and expanded ubiquitin‑ligase recruitment, addressing the pharmacokinetic and toxicity hurdles of earlier candidates. Chinese research groups have pioneered formulations that release the degrader only within target cells...

The U.S. FDA and Europe’s EMA have jointly published ten guiding principles for the use of artificial intelligence across the drug development lifecycle. The framework covers human‑centric design, risk‑based validation, data governance, multidisciplinary expertise, and clear communication of model performance....
Researchers published a study demonstrating that a standard smartphone can assess vasomotor function by measuring fingertip arteriolar elasticity using green‑light photoplethysmography combined with a volume‑oscillometric method. The technique captures blood‑volume oscillations to infer arterial pressure changes, offering a non‑invasive proxy...