Semicon China: AI, Advanced Packaging Set to Drive Country’s Chip Industry Growth
China’s semiconductor sector is set to capture nearly half of global wafer‑fabrication capacity by 2028, rising to 42% from 32% in 2025. The growth is being propelled by the adoption of agentic AI, which dramatically increases inference compute needs, and by breakthroughs in advanced packaging, including atomic‑level techniques aiming for sub‑0.2 nm roughness. At Semicon China, industry leaders highlighted these trends while acknowledging ongoing bottlenecks in equipment, materials and EDA software. The push aligns with Beijing’s five‑year plan to achieve chip self‑sufficiency amid U.S. export restrictions.
Kenya’s I&M Bank Hits 98% Digital Usage as Growth Shifts to Revenue per User
I&M Group reported that 98% of its 727,000 customers now transact digitally, signaling that Kenya’s banking sector has largely completed the migration to online channels. The bank’s non‑interest income surged 31% to $111 million and assets under management jumped 223% to...
Why a 'Near Miss' Database Is Key to Improving Information Sharing
At RSAC 2026, security leaders Wendy Nather and Bob Lord urged the cybersecurity community to treat near‑miss incidents with the same transparency as full breaches. They defined a near miss as an event that almost succeeded, highlighting that many organizations lack...
Legacy Systems Present Modern Challenges at the VA
Veterans Affairs is phasing out its decades‑old custom electronic health record (EHR) in favor of a modern, interoperable platform, CMIO Dr. Jonathan Nebeker announced. The new system will support standardized data exchange and enable integration of emerging digital tools such...
Xaira’s First Virtual Cell Model Is Largest To-Date, Toward Complex Biology
Xaira Therapeutics unveiled X-Cell, a 4.9‑billion‑parameter virtual cell model that predicts transcriptome‑level responses to genetic perturbations. The model leverages the company’s 25.6 million‑cell X‑Atlas/Pisces CRISPRi Perturb‑seq dataset and demonstrates zero‑shot performance on unseen T‑cell and iPSC contexts. X-Cell uses a diffusion...
India Aims to Cut Emissions Intensity by 47% by 2035 From 2005 Levels
India’s cabinet approved a new climate pledge to cut emissions intensity by 47 percent by 2035, relative to 2005 levels. The target builds on a 36 percent reduction achieved between 2005 and 2020 and is paired with a plan to raise clean‑power...
Sparrow Guided Launch Expands Access to Industry-Leading Leave Management Expertise
Sparrow introduced Sparrow Guided, a new self‑service tier that blends step‑by‑step digital guidance with access to its seasoned leave specialists. The platform automates routine tasks while reserving human expertise for complex claims, expanding the reach of Sparrow’s concierge‑level support beyond...
Poland's Dominance in the Baltic Sea. Billions Invested in New Wind Power Capacity
Poland is emerging as a dominant offshore wind investor, committing roughly $17 billion—about one‑third of the EU’s $49 billion wind‑sector investment for new capacity. The country targets 11 GW of offshore wind by 2040, backed by successful auctions and a stable regulatory framework....
Paid AI Accounts Are Now a Hot Underground Commodity
Cybercriminals are building a thriving underground market for premium AI platform access, reselling accounts for tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot. Flare’s analysis of fraud‑oriented forums shows recurring listings that bundle subscriptions, claim reduced restrictions, and target buyers seeking...
Why IBM Paid $11B For Real-Time AI, Not Kafka
IBM completed an $11 billion acquisition of Confluent on March 17, 2026, adding the leading data‑streaming platform used by over 6,500 enterprises, including 40 % of the Fortune 500. IBM frames the deal as buying an AI‑focused data platform that delivers real‑time data to power...
Infinity Avionics Unveils Aquila: The Next-Generation Space Imaging Solution for Complex Orbital Operations
Infinity Avionics announced the commercial launch of Aquila, a full‑high‑definition imaging system designed for small satellites. The camera streams 30 FPS video, offers interchangeable lenses, and comes in three price tiers to suit varied mission budgets. Integrated with the company’s BRAIN...
GSK’s Two-Speed Strategy: Broad Sourcing and Selective Bets
GSK has accelerated its pipeline build‑out by pairing broad early‑stage partnerships with selective, later‑stage acquisitions such as the up‑to‑$950 million purchase of 35Pharma’s pulmonary‑hypertension candidate HS235. After spinning off Haleon, the company now leans on specialty medicines—accounting for over 40% of...
BlueFinity Evoke Offers Enhanced Two-Factor Security
BlueFinity has rolled out two‑factor authentication (2FA) as a standard feature in Release 3 of its Evoke low‑code platform. The update adds native Active Directory integration and OAuth‑compatible email handling for Exchange, Gmail and other services. Users can enable 2FA with...
Bottom-Up Forecasting: What It Is and How to Use It
Bottom‑up forecasting builds revenue projections from granular inputs—rep headcount, quota attainment, deal size, and pipeline conversion—while top‑down starts with market‑level figures such as TAM and estimated share. Companies often combine both methods: a top‑down target sets strategic direction, and a...
Nonsensical Spellings and Fabricated Authority Signal Improper Use of Artificial Intelligence
U.S. District Court in California dismissed the plaintiff’s copyright‑infringement complaint after finding that the filings were likely produced using generative AI. The court highlighted nonsensical spellings in AI‑generated images and “hallucinated” citations to nonexistent cases as clear indicators of artificial‑intelligence...
A Private Moon Lander Challenges Ideas About Lunar Volcanism
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander has delivered the first private‑sector heat‑flow measurements from the Moon’s nearside, finding subsurface temperatures at Mare Crisium that are nearly identical to those recorded by Apollo 12, 15 and 17. The data contradict the long‑standing hypothesis that the Procellarum...
Cyera Closes Major Gaps in Securing Enterprise AI
Cyera unveiled three new AI‑security tools—Browser Shield, Data Lineage, and the Cyera MCP platform—to plug critical gaps in enterprise AI adoption. Browser Shield monitors and blocks sensitive data at the prompt level for public AI models like ChatGPT, while Data...
Entrinsik Informer Improves Reporting for Insurance Agencies
Entrinsik Informer now offers insurance agencies an automated data‑quality layer that plugs into AMS360, surfacing missing fields, duplicate records, and inconsistent structures before reports are generated. The solution replaces manual data‑hunt routines with a continuous Data Report Card that highlights...
This Startup Wants to Change How Mathematicians Do Math
Axiom Math, a Palo Alto startup, launched Axplorer, a free AI tool that brings the pattern‑discovery power of its earlier supercomputer‑based system, PatternBoost, to a single Mac Pro. The software, open‑source on GitHub, replicated PatternBoost’s Turán four‑cycles breakthrough in just 2.5 hours,...
WWDC 26: Apple to Unveil Dedicated Siri Chatbot and Systemwide AI Agent in iOS 27, Says Report
Apple will debut a standalone Siri app and a new "Ask Siri" chatbot experience at WWDC 26 on June 8, bundled with iOS 27. Codenamed Campo, the AI‑driven assistant leverages Google‑partnered Gemini models to deliver deeper, system‑wide integration across iPhone, iPad and Mac....
EcoNavis Completes Second Eco Boss Cap Retrofit for Kaizen
EcoNavis Solutions installed its Eco Boss Cap on a second Kaizen vessel, the 32,491 dwt bulk carrier YC Fortitude, following the July 2025 retrofit of the 31,807 dwt general cargo ship SYFC Araya. After six months of operation, Kaizen reported fuel savings between 2.2% and...
The 10 Best AI Photo Editing Tools for Fixing Bad Images (2026 Guide)
AI photo‑editing has moved from niche filters to full‑service image rescue, and a new 2026 guide ranks the ten best tools that actually fix bad photos. Adobe Photoshop AI remains the benchmark for professional, pixel‑perfect repairs, while prompt‑driven platforms like...
Why Maze Therapeutics Plunged 20%-Plus Despite 'Overwhelming Positive' Data
Maze Therapeutics reported Phase 2 results for its kidney drug MZE829, showing a 35.6% average reduction in proteinuria after 12 weeks and a 61.8% drop in the FSGS subgroup. The data were hailed as "overwhelmingly positive" but the stock fell more...
Spain Enables 50-Plus Renewable Plants for Real-Time Voltage Control
Spain’s grid operator Red Eléctrica and regulator CNMC launched real‑time, setpoint‑based voltage control services on March 17, enabling renewable generators to adjust reactive power on demand. More than 50 installations are already active, with 365 applicants and 74 qualified units...
Illumination Zone: Episode 228 | Jon Robins of Level Legal Sits Down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson
Jon Robins, CTO and VP of eDiscovery at Level Legal, joins EDRM’s Mary Mack and Holley Robinson on the Illumination Zone podcast to discuss the firm’s system‑building philosophy. He stresses the importance of asking the right initial questions and maintaining...
Endpoint Security USA Launches New Site, Expands Endpoint Protection Services
Endpoint Security USA, a managed security services provider, has unveiled a redesigned website that showcases its expanded portfolio of endpoint protection solutions. The platform highlights services such as endpoint detection and response, cloud and IoT endpoint security, 24/7 SOC monitoring,...
Vorlon Adds Forensics and Response to Secure AI Agents
Vorlon introduced two new products—the AI Agent Flight Recorder and the AI Agent Action Center—to give enterprises forensic visibility and coordinated response for AI‑driven workloads. A 2026 Vorlon survey found 99.4% of U.S. organizations suffered at least one SaaS or...
Who Controls Nigeria’s only Communications Satellite? Inside a Growing $11.4m Dispute with China
Nigeria’s sole communications satellite, NigComSat-1R, has been operated from China’s Kashgar ground station since 2018 after a lightning strike crippled Nigeria’s Abuja control facility. The Chinese contractor, CGWIC, claims Nigeria owes $11.44 million for technical support services that have gone unpaid...
Two Trendy iPhone Cases I Keep Coming Back to (and Two I'd Skip Next Time)
ZDNET gadget editor Kayla Solino reviews four iPhone case brands, recommending Casely and Casetify Impact as reliable, stylish choices with MagSafe support, while advising against Baublebar’s pricey custom cases and Velvet Caviar’s sub‑par material durability. She highlights Casely’s affordable, pattern‑rich...
Power Ministry Directs Imported Coal Based Plants to Run at Full Capacity From April 1
India’s Power Ministry has instructed all 15 imported coal‑based thermal plants to operate at full capacity from April 1 to June 30, 2026, citing an anticipated summer peak demand of over 270 GW. The directive, issued under Section 11 of the Electricity Act, aims...
ClassNK Grants Approval for CO2 Carrier Design for CCS Project
ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle for a liquefied CO₂ carrier designed to support a floating offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) injection facility. The vessel will work with a Socket SPAR unit, a floating injection system aimed at...
Platformisation or Platform Theatre? Navigating Cyber Consolidation
Enterprise security consolidation is accelerating, with a 2025 IBM‑Palo Alto report showing firms juggle an average of 83 tools from 29 vendors. While unified platforms promise streamlined operations, many deliver only superficial integration, creating a hidden single point of failure....
How to Build a Mobile DIY Workshop Using a Portable Solar Generator
A portable solar generator can power a fully functional DIY workshop built inside a cargo trailer, eliminating the need for a permanent shop. By calculating tool wattage and surge requirements, builders select a generator with at least 1,000‑1,500 Wh capacity and...
New Treatments Target Faulty Genetic Heart Signals
A new DNA‑methylation (episignature) test can differentiate harmful from benign NOTCH1 variants in congenital heart disease, giving families definitive genetic answers. The assay scans over 740,000 genomic sites to identify a characteristic methylation pattern linked to disease‑causing mutations. Positive results...
Your Second Monitor Could Be Doing so Much More with These 4 Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows 11 includes several built‑in keyboard shortcuts that unlock the full potential of dual‑monitor setups. Using Win + Left/Right arrows lets users snap windows between screens or into quadrants with a single keystroke. Win + Tab opens a task view across both monitors, while Win + P...
Feels Launches Its Video Music-Messaging App with Major Deals
US‑based startup Feels has launched a video music‑messaging app that lets users send 15‑second lyrical clips as a keyboard extension on iOS and Android. The company has secured licensing agreements with all three major record labels and their publishing arms,...
Krvvy and Ugees Partner to Expand Product Ecosystems and Drive D2C Growth
Krvvy, a women’s innerwear and shapewear brand, and Ugees, an intimate‑wear wash brand, announced a strategic partnership to broaden their product ecosystems and drive direct‑to‑consumer growth. The collaboration will enable cross‑selling and post‑purchase care, aiming to improve retention and lower...
SLB, NVIDIA Expand AI Collaboration to Scale Energy Applications
SLB and NVIDIA have broadened their AI partnership to create modular data‑center infrastructure and an “AI Factory for Energy” that will deliver domain‑specific generative and agentic AI models for the energy sector. The agreement positions SLB as a design partner...
SentinelOne Expands Strategic Collaboration with Google Cloud to Deliver Autonomous, AI-Powered Security at Global Scale
SentinelOne announced a multi‑year strategic collaboration with Google Cloud to fuse its AI‑native Singularity platform with Google’s global infrastructure and threat intelligence. The partnership expands SentinelOne’s autonomous EDR availability to three Google Cloud regions—North America, Frankfurt, and Saudi Arabia—addressing data‑sovereignty...
A New Opportunity to Reduce Resident Burnout: Young Doctors Are AI Natives
Resident physicians are experiencing burnout at rates higher than any other U.S. worker, driven by demanding schedules, financial pressures, and limited control over time. Traditional mental‑health services often fail to accommodate their irregular hours, prompting many to turn to AI‑based...
InvoiceCloud Research: 82% of Consumers Surveyed Want Billing Platforms That Prioritize Customer Experience and Security
InvoiceCloud’s latest consumer trust survey shows 82% of respondents favor digital billing platforms that clearly highlight security and a smooth user experience. Mobile accessibility is critical, with 89% demanding the ability to pay on smartphones, while 55% will abandon a...
DigiCert Document Trust Manager Enhancements Improve Document Security and Compliance
DigiCert has upgraded its Document Trust Manager to counter AI‑driven document fraud by centralising signing key management and workflow visibility. The enhancements add unified monitoring, a secure certificate repository with MFA, and pre‑integrated support for DocuSign, Adobe Sign and other...
Brooklyn SolarWorks Installs 1st Residential Battery System in NYC
Brooklyn SolarWorks has completed the first residential battery energy storage system (BESS) installation inside New York City, situating a 19.6‑kWh battery beneath a solar canopy in Chinatown. The system uses Briggs & Stratton’s AccESS storage, the only rooftop‑approved residential ESS under...
Timbaland’s AI Artist TaTa Taktumi Signs with Ne-Yo’s Pacific Music Group
Hong Kong‑based Pacific Music Group has signed TaTa Taktumi, the first “part human” AI artist created by Timbaland’s Stage Zero venture. The hybrid act, backed by a Filipino performer, will be managed exclusively in Asia and released worldwide through Pacific’s...
Triple-A Integrates with Circle Payments Network
Triple‑A, a licensed global financial institution, announced its integration with Circle Payments Network (CPN), a stablecoin‑based settlement platform operated by Circle Technology Services. As a Beneficiary Financial Institution, Triple‑A will enable USDC‑to‑local‑currency payouts across major cross‑border corridors, covering remittances, payroll,...
The Death of Sora, and Why You Shouldn't Build Your Studio on Borrowed Sand
OpenAI abruptly discontinued its Sora text‑to‑video app, a tool that had quickly risen to the top of the Apple App Store and secured a $1 billion licensing deal with Disney. The shutdown came without warning, forcing creator‑focused studios like Tyler Perry’s...
Transcend Welcomes Dianne Decena as Vice President of Partnerships
Transcend, a compliance layer for customer data, announced Dianne Decena as its new Vice President of Partnerships. Decena brings 20 years of experience scaling partner programs at SaaS firms such as ThoughtSpot and Medallia. Her hire comes as Gartner forecasts...
Higress Joins CNCF: Delivering an Enterprise-Grade AI Gateway and a Seamless Path From Nginx Ingress
Higress, an AI‑native API gateway built on Envoy and Istio, has passed the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee vote and entered the CNCF Sandbox. The project unifies traffic, microservices and AI gateways, offering a secure, xDS‑based replacement for Nginx Ingress with...