AI in HR Is Moving Faster than the Rules. So What Now?
HR leaders have rapidly integrated AI into recruiting platforms, performance systems, and analytics dashboards, often through software updates that add functionality overnight. This swift adoption is outpacing the development of governance frameworks, leaving ownership, validation, and accountability unclear. As AI begins to shape hiring, promotion, and compensation decisions, regulators are tightening scrutiny, raising the risk of bias claims, legal exposure, and reputational harm. To mitigate these threats, HR must establish clear oversight, executive sponsorship, and transparent model review processes.
Anthropic Offers EU Access to Mythos
Anthropic has offered its high‑performance Mythos AI model to the European Union, marking the first expansion of the cyber‑security tool beyond the United States and the United Kingdom. The EU’s cyber‑security agency ENISA is in talks to define access terms,...
‘King Keytruda’s Reign Continues.’ Investors Aren’t Wowed by a Promising New Lung Cancer Drug.
A late‑stage trial of ivonescimab, a novel lung‑cancer therapy developed by China’s Akeso and licensed to U.S. firm Summit Therapeutics, showed a 34% reduction in overall mortality compared with the control drug. The data met the primary overall‑survival endpoint in...
One Year Countdown to P11D: The Move to Payrolling Benefits
The UK government will require all employers to payroll employee benefits, including Benefit‑in‑Kind, from April 2027, effectively ending the traditional P11D filing. Real‑time reporting will deduct tax directly from pay, demanding payroll systems integrate with HMRC and other HR/finance tools. Organizations...
Hon Hai Partners with France's Bull for AI Expansion in Europe
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) has teamed up with French high‑performance computing firm Bull to build Europe’s AI infrastructure. Bull will design AI systems and drive market development, while Foxconn will supply manufacturing and supply‑chain support from its European sites....
Nvidia's Grace Blackwell Superchips Are Officially Coming to the PC with RTX Spark Notebooks
Nvidia unveiled the N1X processor, a high‑end mobile chip that pairs a MediaTek‑co‑designed Arm CPU with a Blackwell GPU, and announced the RTX Spark line of notebooks and mini‑PCs. The same silicon that powers the $4,699 DGX Spark AI workstation will now...
Sungrow and Sonnedix Sign 643.8MWh Supply Agreement for Chile BESS
Chinese inverter maker Sungrow and Spanish renewable producer Sonnedix have signed a supply agreement for 643.8 MWh of PowerTitan 2.0 battery systems for the Librillo BESS project in Chile. The deal includes 128 containerized units and 32 medium‑voltage cells, with delivery and...
New York Legislature Passes SUNNY Act Plug-In Solar Legislation
The New York Senate and Assembly have approved the Solar Up Now NY (SUNNY) Act, authorizing portable plug‑in solar devices up to 1,200 W to be used without utility interconnection agreements or fees. The legislation, the eighth state‑level plug‑in solar bill,...
NVIDIA Unveils New ARM-Based AI/Graphics Superchip Coming to Windows PCs and Laptops
Nvidia unveiled its ARM‑based N1X processor integrated into the RTX Spark superchip, slated for a fall launch on Windows PCs from Microsoft, Dell, HP, ASUS, Lenovo and MSI. The chip packs 6,144 Blackwell RTX cores, 20 Mediatek ARM CPU cores and...
Are the 3 Newest Members of the $1 Trillion Market Cap Club the Latest Sign of an AI Bubble?
The AI boom has propelled three memory‑chip makers—Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology—into the $1 trillion market‑cap club, lifting them to dominate South Korea’s KOSPI with roughly half of the index’s value. Their combined surge, driven by a persistent high‑bandwidth memory...
Myanmar President Visits NTPC'S R&D Centre NETRA
India's largest power generator, NTPC, hosted Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing at its Energy Technology Research Alliance (NETRA) centre in Greater Noida. The delegation toured a 4 MW solar microgrid, a 3 MWh vanadium redox flow battery, a green‑hydrogen hub and a waste‑to‑energy plant,...
Nvidia, Meta and Schlumberger Rank Among Top Companies Adopting AI, New Study Says
The AI‑Driven Enterprise Institute released an open‑source index that grades S&P 500 firms on AI adoption across literacy, advocacy, orientation and implementation. Nvidia, Amazon, Meta and Schlumberger each earned a perfect 100, topping the overall rankings, while Walmart led retail with...
Microsoft Surface Ultra Announced: Check Details
Microsoft unveiled the Surface Ultra, a 15‑inch AI‑focused laptop aimed at professionals and creators. The device features a mini‑LED PixelSense Ultra touchscreen with up to 2000 nits peak HDR brightness, a new NVIDIA CPU‑GPU platform delivering up to one petaflop of...
HMRC ‘Marginally Ahead of Plan’ on Channel-Shift Objective
HM Revenue & Customs says it is marginally ahead of its five‑year plan to shift 90% of citizen interactions online by 2030. Digital engagements have climbed from roughly 70% to just under 80% after a £500 million boost from the 2025...
Password Manager Dashlane Suspends Customer Accounts Amid Brute-Force Attacks
Dashlane temporarily disabled a number of user accounts after detecting a wave of brute‑force login attempts originating from overseas IP addresses. The company investigated the incidents on Sunday, restored the affected accounts by evening, and moved the incident status to...
Toshiba Delivers Indigenous 132kV Mobile GIS System to Power Grid
Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems India delivered its indigenously built 132 kV mobile gas‑insulated switchgear (m‑GIS) to Power Grid Corporation of India. The trailer‑transportable unit follows a similar 220 kV system launched earlier and is designed for rapid deployment in transmission, renewable...
Valve’s Hard-Line Tactics Clash With Founder’s Reputation as Benevolent Gamer
A lawsuit filed by several game developers alleges that Valve Corp. and its co‑founder Gabe Newell have shifted from the traditionally gamer‑friendly image to a hard‑line stance on platform policies. The claims detail steep fee hikes, restrictive refund rules, and...
Laverock Therapeutics Awarded £2.2m Through Innovation Grants
Laverock Therapeutics has secured more than £2.2 million (approximately $2.8 million) in two competitive innovation grants to accelerate its programmable gene‑control platform. The first grant will fund scaling of a T‑cell product pipeline focused on solid‑tumour cancers, leveraging patient datasets and intracellular...
Hidden Digital Voter Manipulation Ahead of 2026 Elections
South Africa’s upcoming 2026 local government elections will be contested not only on the streets but also within the recommendation algorithms of major tech platforms, according to a new report by the Johannesburg‑based Campaign on Digital Ethics (CODE). The study...
Evergreen by Calton Partners with Pilot to Power Core Technology Platform
Calton has teamed with Pilot to power Evergreen, a new advisory proposition that gives self‑employed financial planners the infrastructure of a traditional firm without the associated cost and complexity. Evergreen provides a structured, independent route for advisors, combining autonomy with...
Networks in Orbit: How the Physics of Space Is Driving Smarter 5G Satellite Design
Satellite‑based 5G is shifting focus from launch volume to the physics of the space environment. Doppler shifts, long distances, and harsh thermal and radiation conditions force a redesign of the physical layer, from chips to cooling systems. Efficiency metrics such...
DRAM Revenue Soars 81% to $97 Bn as AI Server Demand and Supply Constraints Push Memory Prices Higher
The global DRAM market generated $97 billion in Q1 2026, an 81% quarter‑on‑quarter surge driven by soaring contract prices and robust AI‑server demand. Samsung topped the rankings with $37.3 billion in revenue, expanding its share to 38.5%, while SK Hynix and Micron...
The Radar Gap Killing Western Defences — and the Berlin Chip Startup Closing It
Berlin‑based Xavveo is commercialising a proprietary photonic‑chip sensor architecture that creates a distributed, high‑frequency detection net for small drones and low‑altitude threats. The system, marketed as PAIR‑500 and PAIR‑5000, fills the near‑field blind spot left by conventional radars, tracking targets...
Gray Swan Raises $40m to Make AI Deployment Secure
Gray Swan, an AI security firm spun out of Carnegie Mellon University, closed a $40 million Series A round co‑led by Wing Venture Capital and Madrona. The funding will accelerate commercial operations, deepen ties with frontier AI labs, and expand the team...
Türkiye Adds 1.97 GW of Solar in January-April
Turkey’s cumulative solar capacity hit 26.8 GW by the end of April 2026, adding 1.97 GW in the first four months of the year. Solar now accounts for 21.3% of the nation’s electricity mix, overtaking natural gas to become the...
AI Agents to Replace Smartphones as Center of Digital Life: Qualcomm CEO
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon announced that AI agents will replace smartphones as the central hub of digital life, ushering in a major computing upgrade cycle. He described 2026 as the "year of agents," with AI systems providing continuous, context‑aware assistance...
Missing SSO Blocks Half of Enterprise SaaS Deals, SSOJet Reports
SSOJet reports that 45% of enterprise SaaS purchases now list Single Sign‑On as a non‑negotiable security baseline, turning a former IT checkbox into a revenue blocker. Vendors lacking SAML, OpenID Connect, or SCIM lose deals after weeks of sales engineering...
Trina Solar Announces 907 W Tandem Solar Module with 29.2% Efficiency
Trina Solar unveiled a 907 W n‑type TOPCon‑perovskite tandem solar module that achieved a 29.2% full‑panel conversion efficiency in TÜV SÜD testing. The two‑terminal design pairs a silicon TOPCon bottom cell with a perovskite top cell, expanding spectral absorption beyond conventional silicon...
GreenWay Raises €138 Million for CEE Charging Network
Polish EV charging operator GreenWay obtained €138 million (≈$150 million) in debt financing from a European consortium, bringing its total mobility‑related capital to €258 million (≈$281 million). The funds will accelerate the rollout of high‑power chargers across Central and Eastern Europe, improve service quality,...
Space Sector to Become Key Component of India's Overall Economy: Jitendra Singh
India’s space economy, now valued at roughly $8.5 billion, is projected to reach $40‑45 billion within the next ten years, according to Minister Jitendra Singur. The surge follows liberalisation measures that opened the sector to 100% foreign direct investment and created a single‑window...
This New Tool Cuts Out Identity Providers By Linking Trade Desk Data With Brands’ First-Party IDs
Hightouch, a customer data platform, has introduced a tool that directly links The Trade Desk’s ad‑performance data with advertisers’ first‑party customer IDs, eliminating the need for third‑party identity providers such as UID2. The solution is currently piloted with The Trade...
ZPMC Ships Haifeng Heart Offshore Converter Station
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) has shipped the Haifeng Heart, a 2 GW offshore converter station billed as the world’s largest, from Nantong to be installed off Guangdong’s coast near Yangjiang. The eight‑storey steel platform weighs about 25,000 t and measures roughly 85.5 m...
ElevenLabs Delivers Emotionally Nuanced AI Dubbing
ElevenLabs unveiled Dubbing v2, an AI dubbing model that conditions on the original performance to retain emotional nuance across more than 90 languages. The system’s sync‑aware translation automatically aligns pacing, eliminating most manual adjustments. Integrated with ElevenCreative and ElevenProductions, it...
Anthropic to Give EU’s Cybersecurity Agency Access to Mythos
Anthropic PBC will grant the EU’s cybersecurity agency ENISA access to Mythos, its AI system that discovers and exploits software vulnerabilities. ENISA will join Project Glasswing, a pilot allowing vetted organizations to test Mythos before a wider rollout. The collaboration...
Belkasoft Releases Belkasoft X v2.11, Expanding AI-Powered Investigations And Evidence Extraction Capabilities
Belkasoft unveiled Belkasoft X version 2.11, boosting its digital forensics platform with AI‑driven topic detection via the offline BelkaGPT assistant, expanded mobile and cloud data acquisition, and broader artifact extraction. The update adds iOS 17‑18.7.1 agent‑based acquisition, new Telegram cloud workflows, and...
Hackers Are Already Laying Groundwork to Disrupt the 2026 Midterms, Research Says
Cybersecurity firm Check Point warns that hackers are already laying groundwork to disrupt the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. The report highlights a shift from targeting voting machines to exploiting campaign accounts, fundraising platforms, and local‑government web infrastructure through phishing, credential...
VIS Sees Stronger Second-Half Demand as Foundry Capacity Remains Fully Utilized
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) says second‑half 2026 demand will outpace supply, driven by expanding AI adoption across multiple end markets. The company’s foundry capacity is already fully utilized, prompting customers to lock in future allocations. Mature‑node products such as power‑management...
MediaTek's Hu on Business Acceleration on AI
MediaTek, Taiwan's leading mobile‑chip designer, announced a major hiring push to support its fast‑growing AI data‑center business, which it expects to multiply revenue by 2027. Senior Vice President Vince Hu told Bloomberg at COMPUTEX 2026 that AI will create, not...
OpenAI Codex Authentication Tokens Stolen in Codexui-Android Npm Supply Chain Attack
Security researchers have uncovered a supply‑chain attack targeting the npm package codexui-android, which masquerades as a remote UI for OpenAI Codex. The malicious code silently reads the ~/.codex/auth.json file and sends access, refresh and ID tokens to an attacker‑controlled server...
Websites Can Now Spy on You Through Your Hard Drive
Researchers have unveiled a new side‑channel attack called FROST that lets websites infer SSD activity from JavaScript running in the browser. By measuring subtle timing differences in read/write operations, malicious sites can infer files stored on a user’s hard drive...
The European Commission’s New Proposed Regulations Want to Re-Engineer Your Smartphone
The European Commission’s draft measures under the Digital Markets Act propose to dismantle the smartphone sandbox, forcing operating systems to permit cross‑app actions, concurrent wake‑word invocation, and overlay functionalities. Apple has warned that the changes amount to a large‑scale security...
IPhone 17e in Soft Pink Definitely Stands Out
Apple introduced the iPhone 17e in India, positioning it as the most affordable model in the iPhone 17 family. The 256 GB version starts at ₹64,900 (≈$782) and the 512 GB at ₹84,999 (≈$1,024), with a standout Soft Pink finish. The device adds USB‑Type‑C,...
AI Ignores Religion when You Need It Most — and Takes Sides when You Ask About Switching
A multi‑university consortium released three studies showing that major AI models largely ignore religion in answers to moral and personal questions, mentioning faith only 5%‑16% of the time despite user expectations of 45%‑59%. The research also uncovered systematic bias: models...
AI-Defined Development: Governing Automotive Software at SDV Scale
Perforce Software’s VP Kamal Khan warns that AI‑defined development is reshaping automotive engineering, but success hinges on robust governance, traceability, and human accountability. As vehicles become software‑defined, AI now automates code generation, testing, and release, delivering speed but also new...
Antler India Leads $1 Mn Pre-Seed Round in Wealthtech Platform Rovia
Rovia, a Bengaluru‑based wealth platform for equity‑compensation employees, secured a $1 million pre‑seed round led by Antler India, with participation from CDM Capital, AC Ventures, Operators Studio and angels in the US and India. The capital will expand engineering, product, brokerage integrations...
Freedom Holding Corp. Enters Georgia: What Awaits Timur Turlov’s Freedom Bank
Freedom Holding Corp. is launching Freedom Bank in Georgia, establishing a subsidiary with a 5 million‑lari (≈$1.9 million) charter capital. The Georgian banking sector, worth about $37 billion in assets, is highly concentrated, with Bank of Georgia and TBC Bank controlling 77.3% of...
China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk
Chinese firm Geedge Networks, known for commercializing the Great Firewall, is researching AI tools that analyze location and internet‑usage data to forecast individuals who might criticize the government. Leaked documents obtained by Vanderbilt University researchers show the prototype is still...
The Dating Apps that Failed to Deliver the Joys of Sex and Romance Now Offer AI as Cupid. No Thanks...
Bumble announced it will retire the swipe mechanic and launch an AI assistant called “Bee” to help users craft better profiles and find value‑aligned matches. The move follows years of declining usage and falling stock prices, prompting the company to...
What Lies Beneath: Unearthing Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage
Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A‑CAES) uses deep rock caverns to store electricity, offering grid‑scale capacity comparable to a 500 MW, eight‑hour plant that can power a city the size of Boston on less than 100 acres. The technology leverages hard‑rock geology—about...
How Utilities Can Add Capacity in Months, Not Years
Utilities are turning mid‑size commercial buildings into virtual power plants using Edo’s AI‑driven platform. By linking modern building management systems to the grid, the solution can pre‑configure and automatically execute demand‑response events without on‑site staff. This approach unlocks the "missing...