El Salvador Eyes $80M Subsea Cable Investment
El Salvador's 2026 public investment plan earmarks $278.2 million for two flagship projects: a $81.24 million subsea cable and the Pacific International Airport in La Unión. The cable, 1,800 km long, is slated for completion in the second half of 2028 and will link the country to major international hubs, expanding bandwidth and resilience. The airport project, now 70 % through earthworks, carries a $386.4 million price tag, with $320 million supplied by a CAF loan and additional financing from Spain and domestic sources. Together, the initiatives aim to modernize El Salvador's digital and transport infrastructure ahead of a projected surge in air traffic.
ICapital Integrates Alts Into BlackRock's Aladdin Wealth Platform
iCapital has partnered with BlackRock to embed its alternative‑investment platform into Aladdin Wealth, the asset‑management technology suite used by wealth managers. The integration lets advisors browse, subscribe to, and redeem private‑market products directly within Aladdin’s workflow, while leveraging the same...
Zapier and Rillet Connect AI-Native ERP to Broader Finance Stack
Zapier and Rillet have announced an integration that links Rillet’s AI‑native general ledger with Zapier’s workflow‑orchestration platform, giving finance teams access to more than 8,000 business applications. The partnership lets AI agents handle core accounting tasks while Zapier automates data...
Indiana Expands “Safe Zones” With Speed Cameras in Highway Construction Areas
Indiana is expanding its Safe Zones program by adding speed‑camera enforcement to four highway construction zones, including I‑70 near Greenfield, I‑65 in Jasper County, and a new stretch on I‑74 southeast of Indianapolis. The pilot, which began in August 2024 and...
CarParts.com, A-Premium Launch 30,000 SKUs for JC Whitney Line
CarParts.com and A-Premium are expanding their JC Whitney partnership to launch roughly 30,000 mechanical auto parts, starting with about 6,000 SKUs in Q2 2026 and rolling out the full assortment through the year. To finance the expansion, CarParts.com completed an...
Seceon Wins Four Global InfoSec Awards at RSA 2026 and Launches ADMP and SeraAI 2.0 Autonomous SOC
Seceon Inc. swept four Global InfoSec Awards at RSA 2026, confirming its Open Threat Management platform as the most recognized unified XDR solution. At the same event the company launched ADMP, a module that discovers and protects shadow AI agents, LLM...
This SSD Enclosure Is One of My Most-Used PC Gadgets, and You Can Get It for 30% Off
The Ugreen USB‑C SSD enclosure, now priced at $16 in the U.S. (about $20 after converting the UK £16 price), is on sale for roughly 30% off. It lets users repurpose spare M.2 drives—ranging from 2230 to 2280 form factors—into...
Why Enterprise AI Needs Diagnostic Intelligence
Enterprise AI systems can flag anomalies but generally cannot explain their cause, creating a diagnostic gap that hampers operations and governance. This gap leads to wasted engineering effort, unnecessary model retraining, and declining operator trust. Diagnostic intelligence—combining behavioral monitoring, data...
Helping MSPs Take Control of Certificate Management: Introducing Sectigo Partner Platform
Only 13% of organizations feel confident tracking every digital certificate, creating a sizable visibility gap. Managed service providers (MSPs) see this as a high‑margin opportunity to offer Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) services. Sectigo launched the Partner Platform, the first true...
Minnesota Bank Bolsters C-Suite with Climate First Alums
B2 Bank, a Minnesota community lender owned by fintech entrepreneur Brian Barnes, has appointed three former Climate First Bank executives—Ryan Jaskiewicz as CEO, Chris Cucci as president, and Chris Van Buskirk as chief credit and risk officer. The new C‑suite brings...
The Science Behind Bluetooth — And Why It Keeps Dropping Your Connection
Bluetooth connects devices using 2.4 GHz UHF radio waves and 79 hopping frequencies, enabling peer‑to‑peer links without Wi‑Fi. Classic Bluetooth reaches roughly 33 feet, while the latest Bluetooth 5.3 can exceed 1,000 feet under clear line‑of‑sight. Interference from other 2.4 GHz devices and physical obstacles...
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Sonair is launching its award‑winning ADAR 3D ultrasonic sensor at MODEX 2026, marking the technology’s first North American debut. The sensor provides a full 180°×180° field of view and real‑time 3‑D perception using sound, eliminating blind spots and overcoming optical...
AI Tools Unveiled At Microsoft Nonprofit Summit
Microsoft unveiled the Elevate for Changemakers initiative at its Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit, committing $5 billion in discounts, donations and grants to support AI adoption. The program offers a LinkedIn‑backed AI for Nonprofits credential, live and on‑demand training, and a global...
How to Measure Sophisticated AI Use at Work
A joint study by KPMG and the University of Texas at Austin analyzed 1.4 million workplace AI interactions, identifying observable behavioral signals that distinguish sophisticated from routine AI use. Researchers found that only about 5 % of users repeatedly iterate, frame problems,...
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CaPow will showcase its Power‑in‑Motion™ Genesis platform at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, demonstrating wireless energy delivery to two distinct robot models—Ocado Chuck and MiR600—via a modular charging pad. The live demo highlights continuous power transfer that eliminates traditional docking stops, promising...
Google Launches Lyria 3 Pro Music Generation Model
Google unveiled Lyria 3 Pro, an upgraded music‑generation model that produces tracks up to three minutes, far longer than the 30‑second limit of its predecessor. The Pro version adds granular control, letting users specify intros, verses, choruses and bridges, and it understands...
Inmarsat Maritime’s NexusWave Wins Award for Maritime Mobility Innovation at MSUA 2026 Satellite Mobile Innovation Awards
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, won the Maritime Mobility Innovation award at the MSUA 2026 Satellite Mobile Innovation Awards for its fully managed bonded connectivity service, NexusWave. The solution aggregates multiple satellite links to deliver up to 340 Mbps downlink and...
Russia Arrests Alleged Owner of Cybercrime Forum LeakBase, Report Says
Russian police detained the alleged administrator of LeakBase, a cybercrime forum once described by the U.S. Department of Justice as one of the world’s largest platforms for sharing hacking tools and stolen credentials. The site, which was shut down earlier...
When Heart Patients Can’t Wait: Urgent TAVR with Self-Expanding Vs. Balloon-Expandable Valves
A retrospective analysis of nearly 600 urgent or emergent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures performed between 2012 and 2024 compared Medtronic self‑expanding valves (SEVs) with Edwards balloon‑expandable valves (BEVs). Adjusted Cox regression showed no significant difference in long‑term mortality...
From Impression to Install: CTV Attribution and the Leadout That Doesn’t Get the Glory
The YouAppi‑Kochava 2026 CTV Growth Guide reveals that connected‑TV (CTV) ads precede search in 96% of install paths and social in 94%, positioning CTV as the true origin of user intent. Despite capturing 17.9% of U.S. media consumption, brands allocate...
Comcast: ‘Redefining Performance TV’ At IAB NewFronts
Comcast Advertising used its IAB NewFronts slot to unveil a new "performance TV" product that unifies targeting and attribution across its premium linear and streaming inventory. The solution promises advertisers more precise audience reach and clearer measurement of campaign outcomes....
LGT Wealth Management UK Selects Addepar Platform
Private banking firm LGT Wealth Management UK has chosen Addepar’s global data and AI platform to upgrade its front‑office capabilities and client reporting. The integration will provide a unified data foundation for managing complex, multi‑currency and private‑market portfolios, linking with...
Hightower Faces Class Action Suit Over Data Breach
Hightower, a wealth‑management firm, is facing a class‑action lawsuit after a cyber‑criminal breach exposed the personal data of roughly 131,483 clients, including Social Security and driver’s license numbers. The suit, filed by former employee Elliott Adams in Illinois federal court,...
Vicarius Launches vIntelligence, a Second Flagship Product for Continuous Agentic Validation
Vicarius unveiled vIntelligence, its second flagship product, adding continuous agentic validation to its security suite. The solution tackles the “assurance gap” by independently validating findings and re‑checking exposures as environments evolve. vIntelligence can operate alone or integrate with the existing...
Entro Security Launches AGA to Govern AI Agents and Non-Human Identities Across the Enterprise
Entro Security unveiled Agentic Governance & Administration (AGA), a new platform pillar designed to govern AI agents and non‑human identities across enterprise systems. AGA tackles the shortcomings of traditional Identity Governance and Administration tools, which were built for people and...
Spotify Built Backstage to Cut Through Developer Noise — Now AI Is Turning up the Volume
Spotify’s internal developer portal, Backstage, has evolved from a spreadsheet‑replacement into a widely adopted platform engineering tool, now powering over 3,000 companies. The portal structures services, ownership, and standards, enabling AI agents to operate effectively across the engineering ecosystem. Spotify’s...
MISMO, ALTA Issue New Title, Settlement Document Guidelines
The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) and the American Land Title Association (ALTA) have released two new digital datasets covering ALTA title policies and settlement statements. These standards convert traditional paper forms into structured data, enabling seamless exchange across...
Bridgeline, Znode Partner on AI Search for B2B Ecommerce
Bridgeline Digital and Znode have announced a partnership to embed Bridgeline’s HawkSearch AI‑powered search and merchandising engine into Znode’s B2B ecommerce platform. The integration leverages HawkSearch’s API‑first architecture, allowing distributors to improve product discovery across large, complex catalogs without replacing...
STAT+: FDA Approves Denali Therapeutics Drug for Hunter Syndrome
On March 27, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to Denali Therapeutics’ drug Avlayah for the treatment of Hunter syndrome, a rare lysosomal storage disorder. The decision arrives amid a recent wave of stricter FDA scrutiny of...
The Asus ROG Strix XG27UCG, One of the Dual-Mode Gaming Monitor Pioneers, Has Hit Its Lowest-Ever Price
The Asus ROG Strix XG27UCG, a dual‑mode 27‑inch gaming monitor, has hit an all‑time low of $299 (≈£319), a steep drop from its launch price of $499 (≈£413). It offers a 4K/160 Hz panel that can switch to an esports‑focused 1080p/360 Hz...
Ransomware Attack Disrupts Operation at Major Spanish Fishing Port
A ransomware attack on Spain’s Port of Vigo forced the isolation of critical cargo‑management servers, compelling the port to run operations manually. The breach was detected on Tuesday, and officials have refused to reconnect the systems until they can guarantee...
Zelestra Secures $600 Million Green Financing to Build Solar Projects Backed by PPAs with Meta
Madrid‑based renewable developer Zelestra secured a $600 million green financing facility from Société Générale and HSBC. The loan will fund two Texas solar projects—252 MW Echols Grove and 187 MW Cedar Range—currently under construction. Both farms belong to a 1.2 GW portfolio of projects...
5 Ways to Use AI when Your Budget Is Tight
Businesses can still tap AI’s potential even with tight budgets by repurposing existing software, leveraging open‑source tools, and using pay‑as‑you‑go cloud platforms. Executives from Ricoh, Thomson Reuters, Booking.com, Freshworks, and Toyota share practical steps, from exploiting Microsoft 365 Copilot to...
From Tracking to Saving: What Personal Budget Application Really Does
Personal budgeting applications have evolved from simple expense logs to proactive financial planning tools. Modern apps automatically import transactions, categorize spending, and provide real‑time alerts, helping users identify hidden costs and adjust behavior instantly. Integrated savings trackers and visual reports...
Quantization From the Ground Up
Quantization compresses large language model weights from 16‑bit or 32‑bit floating point formats to lower‑precision representations such as 8‑bit, 4‑bit, or even 2‑bit integers. By applying blockwise scaling, outlier parameters are handled without overwhelming the compression, preserving most of the...
Lyric Named to Fast Company's List of the World's Most Innovative Companies of 2026
Lyric, an AI‑powered payment accuracy firm, has been named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list for 2026 in the Healthcare category. The company now reviews more than 50% of U.S. health‑care claims, covering roughly 190 million Americans. Its Lyric42...
Cloud Phones Linked to Rising Financial Fraud Threat
A Group‑IB report released on March 25 reveals that cloud phones—remote‑access Android devices hosted in data centres—are being weaponized for financial fraud. Because they replicate genuine smartphones, they bypass conventional device‑fingerprinting tools, allowing fraudsters to create and operate dropper accounts...
Swiss Orbital Tug Startup Pave Space Raises $40 Million
Swiss startup Pave Space announced a $40 million private funding round to develop a reusable orbital tug and conduct a demonstration flight. The round was led by Visionaries Club and Creandum, with participation from several European investors. Originating as a student‑led...
Jumio Approved for Biometric KYC in Malaysia with Successful Independent Assessment
Jumio passed Bank Negara Malaysia’s independent eKYC Breakthrough Assessment, meeting all criteria for ID verification, facial recognition and biometric liveness detection. The tests, which included detecting forged MyKad cards and spoofed selfies, returned zero findings of concern. This regulatory endorsement...
Clari + Salesloft, 1mind Partner to Advance Revenue Orchestration
Clari + Salesloft announced a strategic partnership with AI firm 1mind, embedding 1mind’s digital teammates into its Predictive Revenue System. The agreement also marks the gradual sunset of the Drift conversational marketing tool, with existing clients being referred to 1mind...
Is AI Antithetical to Luxury?
Alibaba announced an aggressive $100 billion AI revenue target for the next five years, building on its $53 billion multi‑year AI investment. Nvidia unveiled RealFit, a physics‑based virtual‑try‑on platform in partnership with Catches, signaling deeper AI integration in fashion retail. Across the...
How Lumi AI Helps CPGs Find ‘Multi-Million-Dollar Opportunities’ Hidden in Their Supply Chain Data
Lumi AI, founded in 2023, offers a natural‑language interface that plugs into ERP systems like SAP and Oracle, letting CPG and food‑retail teams query supply‑chain data instantly. The startup has secured $3.7 million in seed funding and counts Kroger, Growmark and...
Scout-Triggered Proteomics Sharpens HCP Control
Host-cell proteins (HCPs) remain a persistent impurity risk in biomanufacturing, with regulators demanding levels below 100 ppm in final drug products. Traditional ELISAs measure total HCPs but cannot identify individual proteins, while conventional multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) suffers from retention‑time shifts...
Domo Launches AI Agent Builder with Broad Enterprise Data Connectivity
Domo Inc. announced an AI agent builder that includes a library of enterprise data connectors powered by the Model Context Protocol. The platform lets users design conversational or goal‑oriented agents that can pull internal and external data, automate tasks, and...
Lyria 3 Pro: Create Longer Tracks in More Google Products
Google unveiled Lyria 3 Pro, an upgraded music‑generation model that can produce tracks up to three minutes and offers granular control over song sections. The service is now in public preview on Vertex AI and has been embedded in Google AI Studio, Gemini API,...
Build with Lyria 3, Our Newest Music Generation Model
Google DeepMind unveiled Lyria 3, a new music‑generation model suite now in public preview via the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. The lineup includes Lyria 3 Pro, which creates studio‑quality songs up to three minutes, and Lyria 3 Clip, optimized for rapid 30‑second loops. Both...
5 Ways to Collaborate with Our Agentic Advisors
Google’s suite of AI‑driven advisors—Analytics Advisor and Ads Advisor—lets marketers interact via natural language to extract data insights, troubleshoot campaigns, and generate creative assets. The tools remember prior conversations, delivering increasingly personalized recommendations and surfacing hidden trends without explicit queries....
How Inflammation May Prime the Gut for Cancer
Researchers at the Broad Institute and Harvard uncovered that chronic intestinal inflammation imprints lasting epigenetic scars on gut cells, even after tissue appears healed. In mouse models, these epigenetic memories persist through many cell divisions and, when paired with a...
HostDime Suffers Downtime at UK Data Center Due to Contractual Dispute with Colocation Provider
HostDime experienced a full outage at its London data center after a contractual dispute with the underlying colocation provider forced a power and network shutdown. The disruption, first reported on March 18, left customers like VPSDime scrambling to relocate servers to...