Exotec Rolls Out Skyfleet Program to Scale Decathlon Warehouse Automation Across Europe
Exotec has launched the Skyfleet program, rolling out standardized robotic warehouse solutions to seven Decathlon logistics sites across five European countries. Each site features 150‑200 Skypod robots, up to 200,000 items processed daily, and full automation of inbound and outbound flows. The initiative doubles the number of stores each warehouse serves and cuts picker travel distance from 10 km to 1 km. Skyfleet also unifies software via Exotec’s Deepsky WES, enabling rapid multi‑site deployment and maintenance.
Intel Is Artificially Boosting CPU Benchmark Tests, Says Geekbench
Intel has introduced a Binary Optimization Tool that modifies instruction sequences to boost performance in specific benchmarks. When run through Geekbench 6, the tool can increase workload scores by up to 40% and overall scores by as much as 8%, but...
Microsoft and Nvidia Launch AI Partnership to Speed up Nuclear Power Plant Permitting and Construction — Simulation Tools and Generative...
Microsoft and Nvidia have teamed up to embed generative AI, digital‑twin simulation, and Nvidia’s Omniverse platform into every stage of nuclear power plant development, from design through operations. The collaboration targets the decades‑long permitting bottleneck and fragmented engineering data that...
Baltimore Sues xAI over Grok Deepfakes
Baltimore filed a municipal lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, accusing the company of violating the city’s Consumer Protection Ordinance by marketing its Grok AI assistant without warning about deep‑fake risks. The suit follows reports that Grok’s image generator produced roughly...
From Points to Practical Value: Why Financial Utility Is Rewriting Retail Loyalty
Retail loyalty is shifting from points‑based emotional incentives to financial utility that delivers immediate, measurable savings. Consumers now favor cash‑back, instant discounts, embedded financing, and automated benefit reimbursements over symbolic rewards. The trend is most pronounced in grocery and pharmacy...
The Ampace Andes 1500 Is the First Power Station That Keeps Up With My Family’s Outdoor Activities
The Ampace Andes 1500 portable power station delivers 1,462 Wh of LiFePO₄‑based storage and 2,400 W continuous AC output, positioning it as a premium solution for serious outdoor enthusiasts. It charges to full capacity in just 55 minutes via AC and can replenish...
How a Robot Named Bear Is Making Solar Farm Maintenance Safer and More Efficient
Australia’s CSIRO has adapted mining‑grade robots into an autonomous platform called Bear to patrol large‑scale solar farms. In initial trials the robot mapped terrain, identified panel defects and compared its findings with human inspections. Equipped with LiDAR, RGB and thermal...
Infineon and DG Matrix Partner to Drive Solid-State Transformer Technology for AI Data Centers and Industrial Power Applications
Infineon Technologies is partnering with solid‑state transformer specialist DG Matrix to provide its latest‑generation silicon‑carbide (SiC) power devices for the Interport multi‑port platform. The collaboration boosts the efficiency, power density and reliability of DG Matrix’s SST systems, which target AI...
One Year in, UK Digital Inclusion Action Plan Has Launched Fund, Drawn Roadmap
The UK government released its first‑year progress report for the Digital Inclusion Action Plan, highlighting the launch of an £11.9 million (≈$15 million) Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund that has backed 85 local projects. A pilot device‑donation scheme has already placed around 200...
Geekplus Launches RoboShuttle V5 to Enable Fully Autonomous Warehouse Picking
Geekplus unveiled the RoboShuttle V5 at LogiMAT 2026, upgrading its tote‑to‑person system with a native Robot Arm Picking Station for fully autonomous warehouse picking. The solution claims 99.99% accuracy, up to 700 units per hour, and a plug‑and‑play rollout in as...
57% of Health Systems Rank AI as Top Tech Priority: Report
Health system executives are placing artificial intelligence at the forefront of their technology roadmaps, with 57% naming AI‑based clinical solutions as their top priority for 2026‑27. This surge follows a steep rise from 19% last year, even as 41% of...
SourceRE Launches MLS Data Tracker; State-Wide MLS Adds RealReports
SourceRE introduced Data Dye, a tracking system that embeds invisible identifiers to monitor MLS listing data usage across vendor feeds. Offerpad launched AI‑driven platforms SCOUT and HENRY, boosting seller intake, pricing decisions and portfolio insights while lifting contracting rates by...
Samsung's 2026 QLED and Mini LED TVs Boast AI Soccer Mode
Samsung introduced four 2026 TV models—QLED QN80H, QN70H and Mini‑LED M80H, M70H—spanning 43‑inch to 100‑inch screens. All units, except the M70H, feature an AI‑driven Soccer Mode that automatically optimizes picture settings for live matches. The QLEDs pair mini‑LED backlighting with...
Contractors Weigh in on How AI Fits Into GSA Rules that Weren’t Built for It
The General Services Administration issued a draft modification to its Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) to incorporate artificial‑intelligence procurement, but the comment period and implementation timeline are unusually short. Contractors, represented by the Professional Services Council (PSC) and its 400 member...
Zambia Looking for MOSIP System Integrator to Support Digital ID Project
Zambia’s Smart Zambia Institute (SZI) is seeking an international MOSIP system integrator to deploy, customize and integrate a biometric‑based digital ID platform with its civil registration architecture. Backed by more than $100 million in World Bank funding, the rollout aims for...
Apple Watch Series 11 Vs. Series 10: Is the New Smartwatch Worth the Upgrade?
Apple unveiled the Series 11 smartwatch, keeping the same aluminum and titanium price points as the outgoing Series 10, with base models starting at $399 and premium titanium versions at $699. While the exterior design, case dimensions and core S10 processor remain...
Uniti’s CEO Says We’re in the Early Innings of an Unprecedented Fiber Build
Uniti projects a $1.5 billion revenue opportunity from hyperscaler fiber deals over the next five years and plans to construct nearly 6,000 miles of fiber within three years, generating about $1 billion in non‑recurring cash revenue. The contracts carry an estimated 28 % internal...
AI Sees Rising Use in Packaging Sector, PMMI Says
Embodied artificial intelligence is reshaping robotics by applying large neural networks to perception, planning, and manipulation. Advances in data collection—through real‑world demos, simulation, and video mining—are addressing the historic shortage of training material for physical tasks. Coupled with cheaper, less...
Smart Africa Partners to Strengthen Digital Governance, Innovation Across Africa
Smart Africa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Rwanda’s Certa Foundation to boost digital governance and innovation across the continent. The partnership will deliver technical support to policymakers, regulators and public institutions while creating a pipeline of youth policymakers...
CTEM for Healthcare: A Guide to Continuous Threat Exposure Management
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is a Gartner‑originated framework that shifts healthcare cybersecurity from periodic, patch‑centric vulnerability programs to real‑time, threat‑informed risk mitigation. CrowdStrike’s field CTO Cristian Rodriguez highlights that CTEM correlates exposures with exploitability, adversary behavior, and business impact,...
Arm Shares Rise as It Forecasts Revenue Boost From In-House AI Chip
Arm Holdings announced that its newly developed in‑house artificial‑intelligence processor will drive a significant revenue uplift, prompting the company's shares to climb about 5% in early trading. The firm projects double‑digit top‑line growth for the fiscal year, positioning the chip...
ArtSound FM in Canberra Adopts DHD Consoles
ArtSound FM in Canberra has upgraded its studio infrastructure by installing two DHD SX2 mixing consoles and a compact TX2 unit, replacing three in‑house consoles from 2005. The rollout, funded in part by the Community Broadcasting Foundation and managed by...
Doctors for America Raises PDUFA, CNPV, Bayesian, Supply Chain Concerns With Lawmakers
Doctors for America met with bipartisan lawmakers to flag several regulatory concerns at the FDA. The group warned that “America First” provisions in the upcoming PDUFA negotiations could increase user fees and hinder drug access, while the agency’s reliance on...
FedEx Launches Two-Hour and End-of-Day Delivery Options
FedEx announced FedEx SameDay Local, a new parcel service that lets shoppers choose two‑hour or end‑of‑day delivery at checkout. The offering is built on a partnership with Florida‑based last‑mile platform OneRail and taps a national network of more than 1,000...
The Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Look Great on Paper, but There's One Thing Holding Them Back
Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds 4 are priced around $180 and feature a sleek, tip‑less design that looks attractive on paper. However, the lack of silicone ear tips results in a loose fit, causing sound leakage and poor active‑noise‑cancelling performance. The higher‑priced...
US Mortgage Sued over Ransomware Attack
Former US Mortgage employee Richard Bernich filed a federal negligence lawsuit after the lender suffered a ransomware attack in May 2025 that compromised Social Security numbers, financial details and limited medical data of consumers and staff. US Mortgage, which originated...
ACMA to Tap CTO-as-a-Service to Help Architect Core Modernisation
The Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) is launching a CTO‑as‑a‑service contract to provide on‑demand technology leadership for its core modernisation programme. The arrangement, slated to close in March 2026, will supplement internal capabilities and report to chief information and...
Australia's Critical Infrastructure Security Laws "Toothless"
An independent review has labelled Australia’s Security of Critical Infrastructure (SoCI) Act “toothless,” arguing that its penalties are treated as a routine cost rather than a deterrent. The review urges a shift from paperwork‑centric compliance to a penalty‑based risk‑management regime...
Addressing Mobile Device Risks in Healthcare: Strategies for Better Security and Compliance
Mobile devices have become essential in healthcare, but attacks on Android devices have surged 244%, exposing critical vulnerabilities. A recent Imprivata survey shows 44% of organizations lack formal mobile device policies and 55% have no visibility into device usage. Without...
Four Ways Government Agencies Can Overcome the Azure Skills Gap
Federal agencies are rapidly adopting Microsoft Azure for modernization, security and public‑service delivery, but a shortage of specialized talent threatens progress. The article outlines four practical strategies to close the Azure skills gap: role‑based training, internal Centers of Excellence, strategic...
HPD Pledges Overhaul of Housing Lottery System
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced a comprehensive overhaul of its Housing Connect lottery platform, signaling a possible full replacement rather than incremental tweaks. Commissioner Dina Levy highlighted that the agency placed over 10,000 households...
Tech Life
BBC World Service’s "Tech Life" program examines how artificial intelligence can enhance health professionals’ workflows, enable earlier disease detection, and reshape global self‑care practices. Host Shiona McCallum interviews a female entrepreneur focused on making women’s health technology more affordable and accessible....
Tech Life
Tech Life explores AI's potential to augment doctors, enable earlier disease detection, and transform global self‑care. The episode features Shiona McCallum interviewing a female entrepreneur aiming to make women’s health tech affordable. It also highlights a positive story emerging from the...
ResilienX Receives FAA Waiver for Remote BVLOS Operations
ResilienX, Inc. received an FAA Certificate of Waiver allowing routine beyond‑visual‑line‑of‑sight (BVLOS) drone flights without visual observers, using NUAIR’s FAA‑accepted surveillance network. The waiver, effective through September 30 2029, covers a 1,900‑square‑mile area in Central New York and lifts restrictions under 14 CFR...
Efforts to Meet HR 1 Medicaid Rules Can Also ‘Build for the Future’
HR 1 requires states to redetermine Medicaid expansion beneficiaries every six months and enforce an 80‑hour work, volunteer or education requirement before renewal, dramatically increasing staff workload. Experts advise leveraging existing ex parte automation—already used for income‑based renewals—to incorporate work‑requirement data...
Cleveland Clinic Launches Partnership Focused on AI-Powered TAVR Planning
Cleveland Clinic has entered a two‑phase partnership with Ohio‑based DASI Simulations to validate and co‑develop the AI‑driven platform PrecisionTAVI for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) planning. In the first phase, clinicians compare the tool’s recommendations against standard practice, while the...
When Wireless Networks Falter, Drones Can Provide Backup Connectivity, According to Stevens Researchers
Stevens Institute of Technology researchers unveiled AURA‑GreeN, a coordinated drone swarm that functions as temporary aerial cell towers. The system plugs into an Open‑RAN controller as an xApp, dynamically allocating spectrum, routing data, and managing power in real time. Field...
Manz Asia and Epson Form Strategic Partnership
Manz Asia and Seiko Epson have formed a strategic partnership to bring advanced inkjet printing to semiconductor manufacturing. The collaboration merges Manz’s equipment engineering and software with Epson’s high‑precision printhead technology to create a lab‑to‑fab inkjet platform spanning R&D, pilot,...
PI Expands High-Performance Gantry Positioning Platform Portfolio
Physik Instrumente (PI) has launched the X‑365 Precision XY Gantry System, a modular Cartesian platform offering travel ranges from 200 × 200 mm up to 600 × 800 mm with nanometer‑class position feedback. The system combines high load capacity, rigid recirculating‑ball guides and thermally decoupled components...
Security on a Budget: The Arlo Essential Pan Tilt Camera Offers Dependable Protection
The Arlo Essential Pan Tilt Security Camera provides renters with an affordable, indoor‑focused surveillance solution that combines 360‑degree motion, 12× digital zoom and color night vision. Reviewers praised its real‑time alerts, two‑way audio and a subscription‑based emergency response that can...
Absci Reports Business Updates and Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial and Operating Results
Absci Corporation announced that its AI‑designed antibody ABS‑201 has been dosed in the first three single‑ascending‑dose cohorts of the Phase 1/2a HEADLINE trial, showing favorable safety and early hair‑growth signals in human ex vivo studies. The company also unveiled Origin‑1, a generative‑AI...
AI-Ready Retail: The Practical Reality Behind Delivering AI’s Value
Retailers must start AI projects with a clear road map that defines specific goals—such as demand forecasting or inventory optimization—and quantifies expected benefits. Central to this roadmap is governance, which establishes data ownership, validation, and cross‑channel consistency before any model...
How Gamers Can Sneak Some Playtime Into Their Gym Workouts
Gamers are turning gym downtime into playtime by leveraging cloud‑gaming services and portable handheld consoles. The article compares streaming on phones—requiring reliable Wi‑Fi and a compact controller like the Backbone One—with dedicated devices such as the Nintendo Switch Lite, Analogue...
NTIA Takes Input on New Innovation Fund Round
The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) held a two‑hour listening session to shape its next $50 million grant aimed at embedding artificial intelligence in wireless networks. Industry leaders such as Airspan, General Motors, Skylo and academic researchers urged...
Witbe Unveil AI-Native Video Streaming Test, Monitoring Infrastructure At 2026 NAB Show
Witbe will debut an AI‑native video streaming test and monitoring infrastructure at the 2026 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The solution weaves artificial intelligence through four layers—real‑device execution (Witbox), AI‑driven automation (Agentic SDK), operational control (REC) and intelligent analysis (Smartgate). Leveraging...
Google Adds AI & Bot Labels To Forum, Q&A Structured Data via @Sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google has updated its Discussion Forum and Q&A Page structured data guidelines, introducing the `digitalSourceType` property to flag AI‑generated or algorithmic content. It also adds a recommended `commentCount` field to convey total comment volume, even when comments are paginated. The...
HPE Bolsters Hybrid Mesh Firewall Platform
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced an upgrade to its hybrid mesh firewall portfolio, adding AI‑focused controls that surface usage of AI applications, block high‑risk AI sites, and filter keywords and file uploads. The enhancements unify policy enforcement across physical, virtual and...
GrowthRise Mastermind Recap Mar 24, 2026
The GrowthRise Mastermind on March 24, 2026 tackled three pressing B2B marketing issues: attribution gaps, multi‑channel performance, and AI‑driven visibility. Speakers urged marketers to supplement click‑through data with view‑through conversions and to push all conversion events to ad platforms via...
Japanese Telco Bags Lease for Poro Point Cable Station
Japanese telecom operator InfiniVAN has signed a long‑term lease to develop the Poro Point Cable Landing Station in La Union as an open gateway for international subsea cables. The station, part of the Luzon Bypass Infrastructure—a 240‑km fiber corridor linking Baler to...
Digital Payments via InstaPay, PESONet Surged 43% in January ’26
Philippines’ central bank reported a 43% year‑on‑year jump in digital payments through InstaPay and PESONet, reaching a combined value of roughly $47 billion in January 2026. Transaction volume surged to 688 million, more than triple the previous year’s level. InstaPay alone grew...