Continuous Control Monitoring and the Power of Live Cloud Inventories
Traditional cloud inventories rely on periodic scans and manual CMDB updates, leaving dynamic, short‑lived resources invisible. Continuous controls monitoring (CCM) replaces these static methods with near‑real‑time data ingestion, creating a graph‑based, live inventory that covers every asset. By continuously applying control tests, CCM detects configuration drift, unauthorized exposure, and missing guardrails within minutes. The result is a more accurate security posture and faster, context‑rich remediation.
Taiwan Launches Application Process for 3.6GW Offshore Wind Capacity
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has opened applications for a new offshore wind auction offering 3.6 GW of capacity, with submissions accepted from April 1 to September 30 and project selections slated for year‑end. The third‑phase programme targets grid connection by 2030‑31 and...
Insilico, Tenacia Expand AI-Driven CNS Collaboration
Insilico Medicine and Tenacia Biotechnology have broadened their AI‑driven collaboration to create additional small‑molecule therapies for central nervous system disorders. Building on a March 2025 program that combined Insilico’s Pharma.AI platform with Tenacia’s proprietary data, the partners will use generative...
VIDEO: Grid-Forming Technology, From Niche Application to Standard Requirement
A webinar hosted by Energy‑Storage.news highlighted the rapid transition of grid‑forming (GFM) technology from a niche solution to a baseline requirement across European power markets. Speakers from Fluence and Modo Energy explained how inverter‑dominated grids are driving new interconnection standards and...
Cyber Tech Squad Becomes Official IONOS Partner
Cyber Tech Squad, a specialist in managed Linux server services, has formalized a partnership with European hosting giant IONOS. The alliance gives Cyber Tech Squad direct access to IONOS’s scalable cloud, VPS, and dedicated hosting platforms, enhancing its ability to...
New AI Research Reshapes Neuroprotective Drug Discovery Funding
BCC Research’s new Pulse report, “AI Impact on Neuroprotective Agents,” outlines how artificial intelligence is reshaping the discovery, development, and delivery of neuroprotective therapies. The study projects a 4.5% CAGR for the North American market through 2030 and documents hundreds...
Scalable Biotech Manufacturing Targets $14B Cell Therapy Market
Research forecasts the global cell‑therapy manufacturing market to exceed $7 billion in 2026 and reach $14 billion by 2035. The FDA has introduced new manufacturing flexibility to accelerate approval timelines for cell and gene therapies, addressing a capacity bottleneck that analysts expect...
IQM Secures €50M to Accelerate Global Growth
Finland‑based quantum computing startup IQM Quantum Computers has secured a €50 million financing package, roughly $55 million, from BlackRock‑managed funds. The capital will bolster IQM’s balance sheet ahead of its planned SPAC merger that would make it Europe’s first publicly listed quantum...
Many Homes Already Have the Power to Electrify, Study Finds
A recent Peninsula Clean Energy pilot demonstrated that typical 100‑amp residential panels can handle full home electrification, even in cold climates, without costly service upgrades. The nine‑home study replaced gas and propane appliances with efficient electric models for low‑income households,...
My City’s Two Wind Turbines Are Shutting Down. Here's What We're Losing.
Gloucester, Massachusetts will decommission its two remaining on‑shore wind turbines after roughly 13 years of operation. The turbines had supplied between 50% and 70% of the city’s municipal electricity under a 25‑year power purchase agreement and generated annual revenues that...
NAD Strengthens Board with Former UK Armed Forces Minister James Heappey
Nordic Air Defence (NAD), a Stockholm‑based defence‑tech startup, announced the appointment of former UK Armed Forces Minister James Heappey and Head of Product Nicholas Högasten to its board. The move comes as NAD pushes its K100XR autonomous interceptor into European...
ECMS: Centre Approves New Projects From Dixon, Lohum, Indo-MIM, Syrma & Others with ₹7,104 Crore Investmens
The Indian government approved 29 electronics component projects under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme, committing roughly $855 million (₹7,104 crore) in capital. The approved initiatives, led by firms such as Dixon Display, Lohum Cleantech and Indo‑MIM, aim to produce goods worth about...
LLCNameGenerator.ai Launches Free AI-Powered LLC Name Generator With Live Domain Checks for Businesses
LLCNameGenerator.ai has launched a free AI-powered platform that creates business name ideas for LLCs, corporations, and nonprofits, complete with live .com domain availability checks. The tool offers up to 24 AI-generated suggestions per query, advanced customization filters, and supports all...
Mistral Secures $830M From Seven Banks to Build Its Own AI Data Centre
Mistral AI has secured an $830 million syndicated loan from seven banks to finance a new AI data centre near Paris, slated to launch in Q2 2026. The facility will house 13,800 Nvidia GPUs, giving the French startup direct control over its...
Why Smarter Data, Not More Messages, Will Define E-Commerce Growth
The Role of Business Websites Evolves With Increased AI Integration
Business websites are evolving from static information hubs into AI‑powered operational systems that interact with customers, process data, and influence decision‑making in real time. Integrated tools such as intelligent chatbots, predictive content engines, and natural‑language search are delivering instant, personalized...
SystemRescue 13 Updates Its Kernel to Linux 6.18 LTS, Adds New Recovery Tools
SystemRescue released version 13.00, upgrading its core to the Linux 6.18.20 long‑term support kernel. The update also refreshes storage utilities, including Bcachefs 1.37.3 and GParted 1.8.1, and adds new command‑line tools such as yq and the C‑based iotop‑c. HiDPI display...
AMD EPYC Venice Samples Appear with Up to 192 Zen 6 Cores
Engineering samples of AMD's upcoming EPYC Venice processors, built on the Zen 6 microarchitecture, have surfaced in internal validation rigs. The chips are rumored to scale up to 192 cores, continuing AMD's push for massive parallelism in data‑center servers. Early testing...
The Future of Sex as a Biological Variable in Health Research
On Jan. 20, 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order that recognizes only two sexes and mandates federal agencies use the term “sex” instead of “gender.” The order abruptly removed the NIH Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) policy webpages, unsettling...
The EU CRA – Treating Cybersecurity as Product Liability
The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) moves cybersecurity from post‑incident tort claims to product‑level liability, obligating manufacturers, importers and distributors to ensure devices are secure by design, supported and able to report vulnerabilities. The regulation, which entered force on Dec 10 2024,...
Why the Lack of Water on Mars Is so Mysterious
Planetary scientists have long agreed that Mars once hosted extensive liquid water and a thick, water‑rich atmosphere. A new comprehensive accounting of water inputs and losses reveals a major discrepancy: the expected ocean depth of 150–250 m at the end of...
As Customer Journeys Fragment Across AI and Chat, Contentsquare Adds New Analytics Tools. Here’s What’s New
Contentsquare has expanded its digital analytics platform with tools that surface interactions with large language models, on‑site chat, and support channels. An out‑of‑the‑box dashboard now reports LLM traffic share and conversion, while the acquisition of conversation‑intelligence firm Loris adds sentiment,...
South Africa’s Taxman Is Coming for Online Earners
South Africa’s revenue service (SARS) is intensifying efforts to identify and tax online earners, from influencers to crypto traders, using platform data and advanced analytics. The crackdown arrives as more Africans generate income outside traditional employment, raising compliance challenges for...
HP Series 7 Pro 732xk Monitor Review: A Game-Changer for Big-Screen Productivity
HP’s new Series 7 Pro 732xk is a 31.5‑in 4K IPS Black monitor priced around $890, offering 99% coverage of both DCI‑P3 and Adobe RGB and VESA DisplayHDR 600 certification. It packs a robust connectivity suite, including HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, and Thunderbolt 4 with 100 W...
Sponsored: DCD Intelligence Partners with AFRY to Integrate Energy Forecasting Into New Market Intelligence Platform
DatacenterDynamics (DCD) has partnered with engineering consultancy AFRY to embed AFRY’s proprietary energy market data and modelling into the upcoming DCD Intelligence platform. The integration adds wholesale electricity price forecasts through 2030, renewable capture prices, demand outlooks, fuel price trajectories...
SAP, 렐티오 인수로 ‘AI 준비 데이터’ 전략 본격화
SAP announced an agreement to acquire cloud‑native MDM specialist Reltio, aiming to strengthen its Business Data Cloud (BDC) platform. The deal, whose financial terms remain undisclosed, will enable SAP to transform master data from both SAP and non‑SAP sources into...
Volatus Aerospace Expands Drone Training to Jamaica
Volatus Aerospace has partnered with the University of Technology, Jamaica to launch advanced drone training programs beginning April 2026. The curriculum blends online fundamentals with hands‑on instruction focused on disaster preparedness, search‑and‑rescue, and environmental monitoring. The initiative expands Volatus' global...
Alstom to Deliver Belgrade’s First Metro Line
Alstom has secured a €915 million (≈$1 billion) contract to deliver Belgrade’s first fully automated metro line, Line 1, spanning 15 kilometres with 15 stations, 11 of which are underground. The turnkey deal includes 32 driverless Metropolis three‑car trains, Urbalis CBTC signalling, power supply,...
Titan Army U255L Monitor Pushes 620Hz Refresh Rate with TN Panel
Titan Army unveiled the U255L, a 24‑inch Full HD gaming monitor that pushes a native 620 Hz refresh rate and a 0.1 ms gray‑to‑gray response time. The display relies on an ultra‑fast TN panel enhanced by the proprietary DyDs 2.0 black‑frame insertion system,...
Stats SA Confirms Data Breach as Hackers Demand R1.7m Ransom
Stats SA confirmed that hacker group XP95 accessed its HR recruitment database, stealing roughly 154 GB of personal data and demanding a $100,000 (R1.7 million) ransom. The agency rejected the demand, citing compliance with South Africa’s Public Finance Management Act and plans...
How Milan Used the Olympic Games to Accelerate Investment in Transportation
Milan leveraged the 2026 Winter Olympics as a mobility stress test, accelerating public‑transport investments to ease road congestion and integrate northern Italian provinces into the European rail network. The city transformed the Porta Romana rail yard into an Olympic Village...
Firma.dev Launches Firma 12 With Full AI Integration, Becoming the First E-Signature Platform You Can Operate Entirely Through AI
Firma.dev unveiled Firma 12, the first e‑signature platform that can be fully operated through AI, featuring dual Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for documentation and live data. The new Data MCP server offers 84 AI‑ready tools, letting users create, send,...
Aewin Unveils NCT404 Quad-Port 10GbE Card with Intel E610 Controllers
Aewin introduced the NCT404, a full‑height, half‑length PCIe CEM quad‑port 10 GbE NIC built around two Intel E610‑XAT2 controllers. The card provides four RJ45 10 GbE ports, PCIe Gen 4 ×8 connectivity, and dual Gen 3 bypass pairs that keep traffic flowing during host failures. Intel’s E610...
Samsung Prepares PCIe 5.0 QLC SSD with Custom RISC-V Controller Design
Samsung unveiled a custom RISC‑V based controller for its upcoming BM9K1 PCIe 5.0 SSD, marking a shift from Arm‑based designs. The drive targets sequential reads up to 11.4 GB/s and projected writes near 10 GB/s, using QLC NAND for high density. Samsung claims...
Cedar Hill Capital Leads $1.5 Mn Round in Fraud Intelligence Startup Sign3
Early‑stage VC Cedar Hill Capital led a $1.5 million financing round for Gurugram‑based fraud‑intelligence startup Sign3. The round also included existing backer Smile Group and angels such as Rajesh Sawhney, Dinesh Agarwal, Anup Agarwal and Vinay Bagri. Sign3’s AI‑native platform, used by...
Rail Underpins eHGV Deployment Strategy
Maritime Transport has launched a nationwide fleet of electric heavy‑goods vehicles (eHGVs) in the UK, initially focusing on rail‑served depots in Wakefield and Birmingham. The strategy pairs zero‑emission trucks with existing rail freight to handle long‑haul legs, leaving short, predictable...
How to Build an Award-Winning Social Media Campaign
The ET Trendies Awards recognize India’s most viral and effective influencer and social‑media campaigns, judging impact, brand metrics, and business results. Winners start with a human insight‑driven story, then choose a single platform—Instagram Reels, YouTube, or X—and tailor content to...
Standard Bank Moved R164-Trillion in Payments in 2025
Standard Bank processed more than R164 trillion (about $9 trillion) in payments during 2025, confirming its status as Africa’s largest transactional franchise. The bank handled 2.3 billion transactions, a 9% increase, driven by electronic channels, merchant acquiring, and rapid adoption of instant and...
Bajaj Finserv To Invest ₹400-₹450 Cr In AI Startups, Launch Dedicated Fund
Bajaj Finserv announced a plan to invest between ₹400 cr and ₹450 cr (approximately $48‑$54 million) in AI‑focused ventures during FY27, combining a new dedicated private‑equity fund with direct balance‑sheet investments. The AI‑focused AIF, managed by its alternative‑investment arm Bajaj Alts, aims to...
AI Is Giving Emerging Managers the Advantage
Emerging private‑equity managers are leveraging artificial‑intelligence platforms to compete with entrenched firms. AI‑driven analytics streamline deal sourcing, due‑diligence, and portfolio monitoring, allowing smaller teams to act faster and smarter. The technology also cuts operational costs, narrowing the resource gap with...
Booking Holdings to Consolidate B2B Operations Under Single Global Structure
Booking Holdings announced it will merge the strategic partnership units of Booking.com, Priceline and Agoda into a single global B2B organization. The restructure aims to give travel partners a unified point of contact, consolidate supply, technology and teams, and boost...
Graphene-Info Releases a New Edition of Its Graphene Investment Guide
Graphene-Info has released a new edition of its Graphene Investment Guide, updating financial data and market analysis for public graphene companies. The guide notes that despite ongoing revenue challenges, most covered firms have seen share price gains over the past...
Jiangmen Xinhui Industrial Park Launches Trial Production of Graphene-Coated Aluminum Foil Project
Jiangmen Xinhui Industrial Park in Guangdong has begun trial production of a graphene‑coated carbon aluminum foil line. The plant, built by Jiangmen Yingang New Energy Industrial Park Construction Co. of the Jiangfa Group, represents a roughly 200 million yuan (about $29 million)...
Government Likely to Extend SIM-Binding Deadline for WhatsApp, Telegram and Other Messaging Platforms: Report
India's Department of Telecommunications will push the SIM‑binding compliance deadline for messaging apps to the end of December 2026, after companies cited technical hurdles. The rule, introduced in November 2025, requires apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal to link accounts...
Why Risk Alone Doesn’t Get You to Yes
Security leaders often present technically sound risk briefings, yet executives delay action because risk data alone doesn’t compel decisions. The gap lies in translating exposure into business‑focused consequences that align with revenue, compliance, and operational goals. Executives need clear, stakeholder‑specific...
AI and Standards to Track the Value of Volunteering
The Open Data Institute, Do IT and Team Kinetic, backed by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, have launched a unified open data standard for volunteering opportunities across the United Kingdom, accompanied by an AI‑powered ChatGPT demo tool. The...
Shoptalk Las Vegas: Reddit and YouTube Discuss Next-Gen Search
Higer Posts +14k Units Sold in 2025 as It Expands European Cooperation and Prepares New E-Bus Launch
Chinese bus manufacturer Higer reported sales of 14,246 complete vehicles in 2025, bringing its global new‑energy bus total to 55,714 units. The company now serves nearly 30 European countries, with 80% of its European fleet being zero‑emission models, and plans...
AI to Be Traffic Sheriff in Nottingham
Nottingham City Council has awarded Alchera Technologies a contract to build an AI‑powered transport data platform, funded by the Department for Transport’s Future Transport Zones programme. The cloud‑based system will ingest real‑time feeds from sensors, cameras, EV chargers, and public‑transport...
World’s First Robot Phone Debuts with AI-Powered Multi-Modal Intelligence
HONOR has unveiled the world’s first robot phone, featuring a 4‑degrees‑of‑freedom gimbal that shrinks motor size by roughly 70 percent. The device pairs a three‑axis mechanical gimbal with an AI stabilization engine, allowing fluid motion during AI‑enhanced video calls and...