Hexagon Vehicle Intervention System ‘First & only’ Open-Pit Level 9 Solution to Pass UP Safety Test
Hexagon announced that its latest Vehicle Intervention System (VIS) became the first open-pit Level 9 solution to pass the University of Pretoria’s TRL‑4 Collision Prevention System test. Level 9 represents full automatic intervention, where the system can slow or stop equipment if an operator fails to react. The independent verification confirms the system’s sensor reliability, self‑diagnostics, and braking capabilities under South Africa’s MOSH safety framework. Hexagon says the milestone validates the technology for customers seeking compliant, zero‑harm mining operations.
Branch Integrates with Stripe to Offer New Embedded Digital Wallet for Worker Payouts
Branch has partnered with Stripe to embed its digital wallet into Stripe Connect, allowing platforms to launch customizable wallets and branded debit cards for workers. The solution delivers instant, fee‑free payouts, cash‑back rewards, and everyday financial tools without requiring pre‑funding....
Bold Laser Automation Introduces a Precision Laser Cleaning System for Advanced Manufacturing
Bold Laser Automation has launched the LPCl1820UV, a Class 1 industrial laser system that uses a 349 nm Q‑switched UV source delivering up to 120 µJ per pulse for precision surface cleaning. The platform integrates nanosecond laser processing, high‑accuracy motion control, advanced beam...
As Mass Layoffs Loom, OpenAI Looks to Double Headcount in Desperate Bid to Catch Up With Anthropic
OpenAI is planning to nearly double its workforce to about 8,000 employees by year‑end, up from roughly 4,500 today, according to the Financial Times. The expansion will span product development, sales and a new technical ambassadorship team for enterprise clients....
Addigy Expands European Investment as Apple Device Adoption Soars Across the Region
Addigy announced a major expansion of its European investment, appointing former Jamf executive Michel van den Berg as Head of International Sales & Channels. The move comes as Apple devices capture a growing share of enterprise hardware across Europe, creating...
Mark Offshore Adds Research Vessel Mintis to Support Offshore Renewables
Mark Offshore has signed an agreement with Lithuania’s Klaipėda University to manage the research vessel Mintis, adding the 40‑metre DP1 catamaran to its fleet. The vessel, originally built in 2014, combines scientific research capabilities with offshore operational functions, including ROV,...
INDIA ROUND-UP: Ceigall Inks Two PPAs, Adani Completes 300MW of PV, Coal India Backs 875MW Project
Adani Green Energy commissioned 510 MW of renewable capacity at its Khavda site in Gujarat, raising its operational portfolio to 17,982 MW. The Khavda hybrid park is slated to reach 30 GW of solar and wind by 2030, with a 5 GW, 25‑year PPA...
New Research: Influence Happens Everywhere, an Analysis of the 5,000 Most-Visited Sites on the Mobile and Desktop Web
SparkToro partnered with Similarweb to analyze click‑stream data from the 5,000 most‑visited mobile and desktop websites in January 2026. The study found that search sites capture 24.12% of global visits, while social (18.55%) and news (8.36%) together account for roughly a...
RAYMOND TO DEMONSTRATE HOW IT DRIVES THE RHYTHM OF THE WAREHOUSE AT MODEX 2026
Raymond Corporation will showcase its end‑to‑end intralogistics portfolio at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, featuring new electric lift trucks, automated Courier trucks, and the iWAREHOUSE intelligent‑warehouse suite. The booth will host six 10‑minute "Material Handling Moments" sessions that deliver actionable solutions...
Cellula Robotics Wins Contract to Deliver AUV Prototype for US
Cellula Robotics US secured a Defence Innovation Unit contract under the Combat Autonomous Maritime Platform initiative to build a fuel‑cell‑powered Guardian autonomous underwater vehicle prototype for the United States. The prototype is designed for long‑endurance missions and will carry and...
Power Roll, Tokyo Gas Collaborate on Japan Trials of Perovskite PV Tech
Power Roll, a UK flexible‑PV specialist, has signed a joint development agreement with Tokyo Gas to trial its lightweight perovskite solar‑film technology in Japan, marking the first deployment of the product outside Europe. The collaboration will assess use‑cases, certification pathways...
Gas Shortfall Fears Pushed Out Again as Grid Battery Boom and Electrification Take Fresh Bite From Demand
The Australian Energy Market Operator’s 2026 Gas Statement of Opportunities shows that expanding grid‑scale battery storage and accelerated electrification have pushed the nation’s first major gas shortfall from 2026 to 2030. AEMO still flags a peak‑day risk in the southern...
Solink Upgrades VerifEye Platform to Streamline Global Security Operations Centers
Solink Corp. announced a major upgrade to its VerifEye platform, adding vision‑language AI to cut alert fatigue and speed incident response. The new system filters false positives, prioritizes genuine threats, and can shrink response times to as little as three...
Microneedle Vaccine Patch Company Raises $50M for Pivot to GLP-1 Delivery
Terrestrial Bio, the microneedle vaccine patch pioneer originally founded as Vaxess Technologies, announced a $50 million Series B financing round to shift its focus from vaccines to GLP‑1 peptide delivery. The capital, led by a consortium of biotech investors, will fund clinical...
Exclusive: YC Doubles Down On Trayd, A Construction Tech Startup That Just Raised $10M In 3 Weeks
Trayd, a New York‑based construction‑tech startup, closed a $10 million Series A led by White Star Capital, bringing its total financing to $17 million. The SaaS platform automates payroll, HR, compliance and labor‑cost tracking for specialty trade contractors, shrinking a 14‑hour manual process...
Global PV Equipment Market to Reach 2.6 Times Current Size by 2035
A study by Germany’s VDMA and Fraunhofer projects global capital expenditure on photovoltaic manufacturing equipment to rise from about $16.6 billion in 2025 to $43.8 billion by 2035, roughly 2.6 times current size. The growth mirrors an expected 2.5‑fold increase in annual...
NYC to Upgrade 1/3 of Its Subway Car Fleet
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will replace up to one‑third of its subway car fleet, roughly 2,390 vehicles, as part of a major rolling‑stock upgrade. The initiative is embedded in the agency’s $68 billion 2025‑2029 capital plan, with funding...
Musk Wants to Go to the Moon. But How Will He Build His ‘Self-Growing City’?
Elon Musk has announced a goal to establish a self‑growing city on the Moon by 2030, shifting focus from Mars to lunar settlement. The chief obstacle is not launch capability but the prohibitive cost of transporting construction materials from Earth....
Sherweb Raises $125M to Expand Cloud Marketplace and MSP Services
Sherweb secured a $125 million minority investment from Investissement Québec to fund its next growth phase. The capital will expand its cloud marketplace and MSP enablement platform, building on the recent MicroWarehouse acquisition that gave it over 7,500 partners in North America...
For Sports Fans Seeking Spoiler-Free Refuge, Phones Become Foes
Apple’s new Sports app delivers scores about ten seconds ahead of broadcast, earning a 4.7‑star rating but also sparking complaints about spoilers. Reviewers warn that push notifications can reveal outcomes before viewers see them on TV, prompting Apple to suggest...
Intel Exec: ‘Panther Lake’ Commercial PC Push Will Help Us Regain Market Share
Intel is launching its Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" processors for commercial PCs at the end of March, positioning the chips as a comeback vehicle against AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 line. The 18 nm design promises double‑digit performance gains and industry‑leading battery life—up...
This 20TB Cloud Storage Deal Costs Less Than a Year of iCloud’s 12TB Plan
Internxt announced a lifetime 20 TB cloud‑storage plan priced at $389.97, a steep discount from its $4,900 MSRP. The deal outperforms Apple iCloud’s top tier, which caps at 12 TB and costs roughly $720 per year. By paying once, entrepreneurs avoid recurring...
Trade Desk Concerns: Does CTV Brand Attraction Have A Strong Foundation?
The Trade Desk is under scrutiny after Publicis flagged hidden DSP fees, prompting a follow‑up audit by Omnicom. Despite the controversy, CTV remains the engine of growth, accounting for roughly 50% of the company’s revenue. The stock has dropped 10%...
After Pivoting, Y Combinator Grad Glimpse Raises $35M Led by A16z
Fintech startup Glimpse announced a $35 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from 8VC and Y Combinator. The company, a Y Combinator graduate, pivoted from an Airbnb product‑placement venture to an AI‑driven platform that automates retailer...
‘It’s All About Oil, Isn’t It?’: BESS and EV Expansion in the US vs Europe
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) and electric‑vehicle (EV) infrastructure are expanding in both the United States and Europe, but growth patterns diverge sharply. Europe benefits from consistent, long‑term government incentives that keep EV adoption and grid‑scale storage on an upward...
PROLIM Expands Global Salesforce, Snowflake, and Industrial AI Capabilities by Rebranding Kasmo Digital
PROLIM announced the rebranding of its recent acquisition, Kasmo Digital, under the PROLIM name, creating a unified global digital‑transformation brand. The move expands PROLIM’s footprint across North America, Europe, India and APAC and adds deep Salesforce and Snowflake consulting expertise...
Gemini Picks up Criminal Activity Buried in Dark Web Noise
Google has launched a dark‑web intelligence feature within Google Threat Intelligence, powered by its Gemini AI model. The service scans millions of dark‑web events daily and automatically builds a profile of an organization’s operations, adjusting as business parameters change. By...
Nvidia Stock Is Rising. Why Arm’s New AI Chip Is Not a Threat.
Nvidia’s shares climbed on Wednesday as the company reaffirmed its dominance in artificial‑intelligence processors. Arm Holdings announced a new data‑center CPU designed for AI workloads, marking its first foray into selling its own silicon. The move puts Arm in direct...
Sekisui-Led Consortium Testing Film-Type Perovskite Solar for Agrivolatics
A Japanese consortium led by Sekisui Solar Film has launched a three‑year agrivoltaic pilot that places film‑type perovskite solar cells over rice paddies at Chiba University. The study will monitor electricity generation, rice yield, methane emissions and overall commercial viability....
TestMu AI Unveils Major Enhancements to AI Agent‑to‑Agent Testing Platform, Empowering Organizations to Validate AI Agents Across Real‑World Scenarios
TestMu AI, formerly LambdaTest, launched a suite of upgrades to its Agent‑to‑Agent Testing Platform, the first full‑stack solution for AI‑driven quality engineering. The enhancements add autonomous multi‑agent scenario generation, rich multi‑modal testing, comprehensive quality metrics, and hyper‑scale execution via its...
Microsoft Signs 1 Million Ton Carbon Removal Deal with U.S. Biochar Company Liferaft
Microsoft has signed a ten‑year offtake agreement with U.S. biochar firm Liferaft to purchase one million carbon removal units (CRUs). The deal, delivered from Liferaft’s Iowa and Illinois facilities, is the largest biochar‑based carbon removal contract in the United States....
How to Detect and Remove Malware From an iPhone
iPhones, despite strong security, can still be compromised by malware, phishing, and other mobile threats. The article outlines six warning signs such as unfamiliar apps, excessive data usage, and battery drain, and provides a step‑by‑step removal process that includes checking...
Basler AG and Orbbec Launch Technology Partnership for Industrial 3D Vision in Logistics and Factory Automation
Basler AG and Chinese robotics specialist Orbbec have formed a strategic partnership to develop industrial 3D vision solutions for logistics and factory automation. Their first joint product, the Basler Stereo mini camera, will debut at LogiMAT 2026 and targets autonomous mobile...
Fliggy Goes Live with Bookings via AI Interface
Fliggy, Alibaba’s travel arm, has launched an AI‑driven booking interface via the Qwen App after a successful trial. During the Chinese Spring Festival AI‑generated orders surged 800%, with attraction ticket bookings jumping more than 24‑fold. Conversion rates for air, train...
IC Manage Advances GDP-XL to GDP-AI – Boosting Designer Efficiency and Accelerating Workflows
IC Manage unveiled GDP‑AI, an AI‑enhanced upgrade to its GDP‑XL design data and IP management platform. The new suite embeds a natural‑language interface, AI‑driven workflow automation, real‑time structured data access, and semantic documentation search. Existing GDP‑XL customers receive these capabilities...
NetSTAR and Varist Announce Alliance to Combat AI-Driven Cyber Threats
NetSTAR Global and Varist have formed a strategic alliance to bolster defenses against generative AI‑driven cyber threats. The partnership merges NetSTAR’s telemetry from over 1.8 billion endpoints and categorization of 48 billion URLs with Varist’s hybrid detection engine that safeguards more than...
Ironhorse ACM AC Drives and ACN EtherCAT Communications Modules From AutomationDirect
AutomationDirect launched the IronHorse ACM series AC drives, offering V/Hz and sensorless vector control for low‑horsepower motors using single‑phase 120 V or 230 V power. The drives cover 1/8 to 3 HP, feature five digital inputs, two relay outputs, analog I/O, dynamic braking,...
Define Instruments Panel Meters & Signal Conditioners
AutomationDirect has added Define Instruments digital panel meters, signal conditioners, and temperature transmitters to its catalog. The Merlin series meters accept current, temperature, voltage, potentiometer and pulse inputs, feature advanced scaling, USB‑based configuration and an IP65‑rated LED display. The LPI610...
More Datalogic Smart-VS Vision Sensors From AutomationDirect
AutomationDirect has added two new Datalogic Smart‑VS vision sensors to its catalog: the Smart‑VS Plus and the Smart‑VS EVO. The Plus model introduces a third object classification and expands image storage to 20 frames while maintaining a 50‑400 mm range and...
ETL & NXGSAT Demonstrate Interoperable End-to-End 5G NTN Solution Powered by DIFI
NXGSAT and ETL Systems demonstrated a fully productised, interoperable 5G non‑terrestrial network (NTN) solution that combines NXGSAT’s software‑defined UE modem with ETL’s GENUS Digital platform via the Digital IF Interoperability (DIFI) standard. The showcase proves that open, virtualised, modular satellite...
Charging Success Rate: A New Metric to Make EV Charging More Reliable
Germany’s National Centre for Charging Infrastructure and consultancy P3 have introduced a new user‑centric metric called the Charging Success Rate (CSR). CSR blends technical uptime with the actual success of charging sessions, revealing that while network availability hovers around 99%,...
Flexport Dispute Sheds Light on How AI Is Reshaping Freight Forwarding
Flexport is suing former employees and rival startup Freightmate AI over alleged misuse of shipment documents to train AI tools. The dispute centers on thousands of real‑world freight documents that were downloaded and could give Freightmate a data advantage, rather...
Autobrains Introduces Agentic AI: “Autonomy Will Not Scale by Adding Hardware”
Autobrains unveiled an agentic AI architecture that replaces monolithic driving models with specialized, scenario‑focused agents. The approach activates only the agents needed for a given situation, slashing compute demand and allowing advanced driver assistance and automated driving features to run...
Generative AI, Automation, and the Next Wave of Tech Innovation
Over the past few years, generative AI and AI‑driven automation have moved from pilot projects to core enterprise strategies. Companies are deploying these tools across software development, customer experience, knowledge work, finance, cybersecurity and emerging sectors such as healthcare and...
Brendan Carr Tries To ‘Ban’ All Foreign Routers In Lazy, Legally Dubious Shakedown
The FCC, led by Chairman Brendan Carr, announced that all routers manufactured abroad will be placed on its “covered list,” effectively requiring conditional approval before they can be sold in the United States. Approval must come from the Department of...
Apple Rolls Out UK Age Checks for iPhone Users
Apple has introduced mandatory age‑verification checks for iPhone users in the United Kingdom, aiming to comply with the country's new Online Safety Bill. The system will prompt users to confirm their age using Apple ID credentials, Face ID, or a government‑issued...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Reportedly Teases a "Very Strong" Model Internally that Can "Really Accelerate the Economy"
OpenAI has completed pre‑training its next‑gen AI model, codenamed “Spud,” and CEO Sam Altman told staff it will be a “very strong” system ready in a few weeks, aimed at accelerating the economy. The company is reallocating compute by shutting...