Mayo Clinic Study Uses Wearables and Machine Learning to Predict COPD Rehab Participation
Mayo Clinic researchers published a study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health showing that wearable‑derived sleep metrics can forecast patient participation in remote COPD pulmonary rehabilitation. Participants wore wrist activity monitors for a week before a 12‑week home‑based program, generating a Composite Sleep Health Score. When combined with standard clinical variables in a machine‑learning algorithm, the model achieved markedly higher predictive accuracy for engagement over the subsequent three months. The findings point to a data‑driven approach to curb high dropout rates in COPD rehab.
Cleveland Clinic and IBM Implement Quantum Workflow for Protein Simulation
Cleveland Clinic and IBM have demonstrated the first quantum‑centric supercomputing workflow that simulates a protein’s electronic structure. The team modeled the 303‑atom miniprotein Trp‑cage on an IBM Quantum Heron r2 processor linked to classical high‑performance computing. By using wave‑function‑based embedding to split...
Accordance Partners with Colleges to Teach AI Skills
Accordance has launched the "Accordance for Academia" program, partnering with U.S. universities to embed AI tools into accounting curricula. The initiative offers faculty free platform access and a limited‑time student trial, with a nominal fee only if usage continues. To...
Army Taps KKR And Carlyle For $4B Of Data Centers On U.S. Bases
The U.S. Army announced a partnership with Carlyle Group and KKR’s CyrusOne to build two massive data‑center campuses on domestic bases, committing roughly $4 billion in private capital. Carlyle will develop a 2.5‑to‑3 GW facility on 1,384 acres at Fort Bliss, Texas,...
HTS Market Set to Reach $76B as Industry Enters Terabit Era
Novaspace’s latest HTS report projects global high‑throughput satellite demand to reach 218 Tbps and service revenues to climb to $76 billion by 2034, more than double current levels. The surge is fueled by rapid NGSO constellation growth, especially Starlink, which has reset...
Magnet Defense Begins Production of First M48 USV
Magnet Defense, which acquired Metal Shark Boats, announced the start of production on its first M48 Unmanned Surface Vessel, moving the platform from prototype to a production model. The 157‑foot, $30 million USV boasts a 17,000‑nautical‑mile range and can self‑deploy from...
Germany Classifies Cybersecurity Threats for Energy Infrastructure
Germany’s Federal Network Agency will adopt a new classification framework developed by Fraunhofer IOSB‑AST to evaluate cybersecurity incidents in the energy sector under the EU NIS 2 Directive. The methodology introduces a three‑stage, risk‑based model that moves from initial incident reporting...
What Can Go Wrong During Dynamics 365 Backup
Dynamics 365 backup is often misunderstood as a simple cloud‑managed task, yet many organizations overlook critical gaps in data protection. Microsoft guarantees platform uptime, but customers remain responsible for safeguarding records, customizations, and integrations. Unvalidated backups, infrequent snapshots, and reliance...
Microsoft Provides Much Needed Update on Windows 11's Dark Mode in Refreshing Moment of Transparency
Microsoft’s head of Windows Design, Marcus Ash, announced that the company is actively extending dark‑mode support to legacy Windows 11 interfaces such as Regedit, though no firm timeline was provided. Recent updates have already added dark‑mode to File Explorer pop‑up dialogs,...
ANSR Releases Comprehensive Guide on Registering and Setting Up a Legal Entity in India for Global Enterprises
ANSR has released a detailed guide that walks multinational corporations through the regulatory and compliance steps required to register a legal entity in India, a prerequisite for establishing Global Capability Centers (GCCs). The publication stresses the preference for Private Limited...
Thales Supports Dominican Republic’s Biometric Passport System Upgrade
Thales and local partner Midas Dominicana are deploying a new biometric passport system in the Dominican Republic, featuring a polycarbonate data page and an embedded chip that stores holder biometrics. The solution meets International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards, aiming...
Meet Nvidia's New "AI Factory" Partner
Coupang announced a partnership with Nvidia to build an AI‑powered "factory" that will run on Nvidia’s latest chips and software, aiming to sharpen order forecasting and warehouse efficiency across its e‑commerce network. The deal comes as the South Korean retailer...
ST Engineering iDirect and G&S SatCom Win Satellite Innovation Group Cooperation of the Year Award for Advancing Unified Network and...
ST Engineering iDirect and G&S SatCom have been honored with the Satellite Innovation Group Cooperation of the Year award for integrating G&S SatConnect® into iDirect’s next‑generation Intuition ground system. The combined platform unifies network operations, service management, and OSS/BSS through...
Level up Your Spring Race Prep with the Peloton Tread+
Peloton’s Tread+ treadmill is positioned as a comprehensive training platform for spring race preparation, offering structured programs from 5K to marathon distances. The device integrates auto‑incline technology and Peloton IQ to deliver personalized pace targets that adapt to each runner’s...
Pro-Ukraine Hacker Group Bearlyfy Targets Russian Companies with Custom Ransomware
Pro‑Ukraine hacker group Bearlyfy has launched more than 70 cyber‑attacks against Russian companies in the past year, escalating its campaign with a custom Windows ransomware strain called GenieLocker. Early operations demanded only a few thousand dollars, but recent ransom notes...
Transport for Wales Opens EV Planning Tool to Local Authorities
Transport for Wales has granted all 22 Welsh local authorities free access to ChargePoint Navigator, a planning dashboard previously limited to councils in England. The tool, created by Field Dynamics, Cenex, ZapMap and UK Power Networks, aggregates data on network...
Tampa Moves Forward with Innovative Ion Exchange System to Boost Water Quality
Tampa City Council approved funding to design a 140‑million‑gallon‑per‑day Suspended Ion Exchange (SIX) system at the David L. Tippin Water Treatment Facility, marking the world’s largest and first full‑scale U.S. deployment. The project, led by Garney, Wharton‑Smith, and Carollo Engineers,...
Qair Secures Solar PV PPA at 192MW Brazilian Plant
French independent power producer Qair has secured a power purchase agreement with Brazil’s LPG distributor Ultragaz for its 192 MW Bom Jardim solar PV plant in Ceará. The plant, which entered commercial operation earlier this year, is one of ten projects...
Stroke Survivors’ Brains Rejuvenate to Compensate for Injury
A global ENIGMA study of over 500 chronic stroke survivors used deep‑learning MRI analysis to estimate regional brain‑predicted age differences (brain‑PAD). The damaged hemisphere showed accelerated aging, while the opposite, undamaged side—especially the frontoparietal network—exhibited a younger structural profile. This...
Musixmatch Launches ‘Sentinel’ Service to Detect when Copyrighted Music and Lyrics Are Used in AI and User-Generated Content
Musixmatch has introduced Sentinel, a music‑fingerprinting service that can identify copyrighted lyrics used in AI‑generated and user‑generated content within milliseconds. The tool integrates via API, allowing platforms to detect and mitigate infringement risk in real time. Sentinel builds on Musixmatch’s...
Austria Deploys 1.63 GW of Solar in 2025
Austria installed about 1.63 GW of new photovoltaic capacity in 2025, a 22% decline from 2024’s 2.08 GW. The slowdown leaves total solar capacity at roughly 9.9 GW, well short of the 2 GW per year needed to meet the country’s 100% renewable electricity...
Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra Has a Screen that Blacks Out when Someone Looks over Your Shoulder
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26 Ultra with a new "Flex Magic Pixel" privacy display that physically narrows OLED pixels, turning the screen black to anyone viewing from the side. The feature can be toggled manually or set to activate automatically...
Google's New Memory Breakthrough Is Moving Chip Markets - and Could Transform AI
Google introduced TurboQuant, an algorithm that dramatically reduces the working memory needed for vector quantisation while preserving model accuracy. The technique cuts inference memory requirements, leading to lower latency and energy use. Early tests show up to 40 % cost savings...
Bluefin Launches BluePOS, Aimed at PAX Devices
Bluefin Payment System launched BluePOS, a new payment application built on its PayConex gateway for Android point‑of‑sale devices from PAX Technology. The software handles core transaction functions—authorizations, refunds, voids, tipping, receipts and contactless payments—while allowing Bluefin to develop and update...
Cybersecurity Tops List of Infrastructure Deal Risks
Research by S‑RM shows cybersecurity has become the top reason digital and telecom infrastructure deals collapse, with 76 % of 150 global investors citing cyber concerns as the primary blocker. Over the past three years, 65 % of those investors experienced at...
How Elon Musk Redefined Power
In 2025 Elon Musk was appointed to lead a new federal entity called the Department of Government Efficiency, nicknamed “Doge.” The agency set out to overhaul government operations by importing Silicon Valley speed, data‑driven decision‑making, and meme‑centric communication. Musk’s unconventional...
INRIX Launches Compass AI Platform to Help Cities Reduce Systemic Roadway Safety Risk
INRIX has introduced Compass™, an AI-driven safety analytics platform for U.S. transportation agencies. The solution combines large language models with INRIX’s extensive data lake of speed, exposure, hard‑braking and vulnerable‑road‑user metrics, and is built on Amazon Bedrock. Compass enables cities...
New ClickFix Attack Exploits Windows Run Dialog and macOS Terminal to Deploy Malware
Threat actors are standardizing a ClickFix social‑engineering attack that lures victims into running malicious commands via the Windows Run dialog, PowerShell, or macOS Terminal. Insikt Group identified five active clusters since May 2024, impersonating brands like QuickBooks, Booking.com, and Zillow. The...
BiznusSoft HR Named Preferred Certified Payroll Software Provider by LCPtracker for Automated Reporting and Compliance
BiznusSoft announced that its HR platform has been named a Preferred Alliance Payroll Provider by LCPtracker, the leading certified‑payroll compliance tool for public‑sector construction projects. The Salesforce‑native solution now offers one‑click generation of LCPtracker‑ready payroll files, automating Davis‑Bacon and prevailing‑wage...
Data Centers Shattered Records in 2025. So Why Is Construction Slowing Down?
Data centers in the United States set new electricity consumption records in 2025, driven by exponential growth in cloud services and AI workloads. Despite this surge, new construction projects are slowing, as utilities grapple with supply‑chain bottlenecks, labor shortages, and...
Fexco and Visa Partner to Enhance Global Access to Dynamic Currency Conversion
Fexco announced its Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) service is now available globally through Visa’s Acceptance Platform. The integration links Fexco’s DCC technology with Visa’s cross‑border solutions and CyberSource gateway, enabling more than 200 acquirers to offer DCC with minimal effort....
Behind the Idea: Lorum
Lorum, founded by fintech veteran George Davis, is a specialist correspondent institution that offers a single‑API gateway to global payment rails, settlement and treasury services while keeping client funds on a 100% reserved basis. The firm deliberately avoids lending or...
Old Country AI Relaunches with Enterprise AI Platform Built to Close the “Last Mile” Between AI Pilots and Production
Old Country AI has relaunched its enterprise AI platform to bridge the notorious "last mile" between AI pilots and full‑scale production. The solution delivers end‑to‑end project scoping, development, testing, deployment, and automated documentation within a single environment. Citing research that...
Zuidberg Develops Electrically Driven Power Take-Off
Zuidberg has unveiled an electrically driven power take‑off (PTO) designed for compact electric tractors, capable of connecting directly to a tractor’s battery or to a generator. The unit employs a double‑gear stage to drop the motor’s 6,000 rpm to a usable...
Berkeley SkyDeck Will Showcase Startups Building the Next Wave of AI
Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day will feature 17 startups from Batch 21, a global accelerator cohort focused on advanced artificial intelligence and robotics. Most of the companies are developing agentic AI systems that can set goals and act autonomously with minimal...
Search Live Is Expanding Globally
Google is rolling out Search Live globally to all languages and locations where AI Mode is available, covering over 200 countries and territories. The launch leverages Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, a new multilingual audio‑voice model that powers real‑time voice and camera interactions. Users can...
EtherRAT Techniques Bypass Security Via Ethereum Smart Contracts
Researchers at eSentire disclosed a new EtherRAT campaign that hides command‑and‑control (C2) addresses inside Ethereum smart contracts, a technique they call EtherHiding. The malware, delivered via Node.js backdoors after initial access through Teams support scams and ClickFix attacks, retrieves C2...
Draft AFIR Law Proposes Heavy Fines for Incomplete Pricing Information
Germany's cabinet approved a draft amendment to the Price Indication Act, introducing fines of up to €100,000 (about $108,000) for charge‑point operators that fail to provide complete pricing information as required by the EU Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR). The...
Tazapay Closes $36m Series B to Scale Emerging Market Payments
Tazapay announced the close of a $36 million Series B extension led by Circle Ventures, bringing total Series B funding to $36 million. The round added new investors CMT Digital and Coinbase Ventures alongside existing backers. The capital will fund licensing expansion, accelerate go‑to‑market...
The Q1 Space Tech Briefing: SpaceX's IPO, NASA's New Mandate, and What's Next
Beyond Earth Ventures is hosting a Q1 Office Hours webinar on March 31, featuring founding partner Alexandra Vidyuk and managing director Patrick Beatty. The session will dissect the potential SpaceX IPO, unpack NASA's latest moon‑base initiatives, and analyze current M&A...
AI to Drive Next Frontier of Financial Inclusion: Telangana CS
Telangana Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao announced that artificial intelligence will be the next frontier of financial inclusion, extending services beyond basic bank accounts to credit and insurance. He highlighted the state’s real‑time citizen databases as a foundation for AI‑driven, corruption‑free...
Apple Bolsters US Manufacturing with New Partners
Apple has expanded its American Manufacturing Programme (AMP) by adding four new partners—Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK and Qnity Electronics—bringing fresh capacity to U.S. production of critical components. The move is backed by a $400 million investment through 2030, part of Apple’s...
Next-Generation Passport Verification Platform Launches Globally
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has launched a next‑generation Public Key Directory (PKD) that enables real‑time authentication of electronic passports and other digital travel credentials. The upgraded platform, now used by 107 of ICAO’s 193 member states, promises faster,...
DealWire and Capital Engine Announce Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Private Markets Intelligence with AI-Driven Data Solutions
DealWire and Capital Engine have formed a strategic partnership that blends DealWire’s autonomous AI agents and global data ingestion engine with Capital Engine’s investment‑banking technology. The combined platform delivers real‑time, cross‑border intelligence on private equity, venture capital and private credit...
12 Best Document Generation Software I Trust
Document generation software is rapidly replacing manual workflows as firms seek to eliminate costly errors in contracts, proposals, and compliance forms. The global market is projected to reach roughly $3 billion by 2026, driven by double‑digit growth and digital‑transformation initiatives. Platforms...
Extend Adds Support for Sage Intacct, Xero, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Extend, an AI‑driven spend and expense platform, announced native integrations with Sage Intacct, Xero and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, adding to its existing support for QuickBooks and NetSuite. The new ERP connections enable two‑way data synchronization and automated reconciliation, cutting...
From Chaos to Control: UPS Capital Report Highlights How Merchants Can Win the Last-Mile Battle
With 73% of businesses covering shipping mishap losses out-of-pocket, learn how merchants can regain control of last-mile logistics to manage costs and meet rising consumer expectations. The post From Chaos to Control: UPS Capital Report Highlights How Merchants Can Win the...
Venn Introduces OpenClaw Integration, Putting Control Back Into Users’ Hands
Venn.ai launched a new integration that adds a secure governance layer to the open‑source AI agent OpenClaw. The solution lets OpenClaw access more than 40 enterprise applications through a single Model Context Protocol (MCP) connection while enforcing granular, permission‑based controls....
N-iX and Cursor Partner to Power the Future of AI-Native Development
N-iX, a global AI software engineering firm, has entered a strategic partnership with Cursor, an AI‑powered development platform, to accelerate AI‑native software delivery for enterprises. The collaboration introduces an AI‑Augmented Team framework that blends Cursor’s intelligent coding environment with N‑iX’s...