SEC, Gov’t Agencies Boost Crackdown on Abusive Lending Practices
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission, together with the Department of Information and Communications Technology and the National Privacy Commission, issued a joint advisory tightening compliance for online lending platforms. The directive reinforces the Data Privacy Act and consumer‑protection rules, banning practices such as contact‑list mining and abusive debt collection. Firms must securely destroy borrower data after use, and violations can result in fines, suspension or revocation of operating authority. Borrowers are urged to use only SEC‑registered apps and report any misconduct.
Arm Is Releasing the First In-House Chip in Its 35-Year History
Arm Holdings announced its first internally designed processor, the Arm AGI CPU, aimed at AI inference workloads. The chip, built on the Neoverse IP and co‑engineered with Meta, is already available for order with Meta as the inaugural customer. Arm...
IRS Faces AI Skills Gaps After Pushing Tech Talent Out, Watchdog Finds
The Government Accountability Office reports that the IRS’s push to adopt artificial intelligence is being undermined by massive workforce reductions, including a 40% cut in IT staff and an 80% loss of technology executives. These cuts have stripped the agency’s...
DoE Publishes 5-Year Energy Security Plan
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) unveiled a three‑pronged, five‑year energy security plan covering fiscal years 2026‑2030. The plan targets world‑class security technologies, hardening of critical energy infrastructure, and streamlined response and...
AtomBite.AI Unveils Flexible Manipulation Robotics Designed to Solve the “Grasping Problem” In Commercial Kitchens
AtomBite.AI launched its first commercial robot, the M1 Takeout Packing Robot, to automate the chaotic "last meter" of food‑delivery fulfillment in restaurants. The system runs on a proprietary dual‑model AI brain that lets existing hardware manipulate unpredictable items like crushed...
Popular AI Proxy LiteLLM Got Hacked with Malware that Spreads Through Kubernetes Clusters
Open‑source AI proxy library LiteLLM was compromised on PyPI, with versions 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 containing malware. The malicious code steals SSH keys, cloud credentials, database passwords, and Kubernetes configurations, encrypts them, and exfiltrates data to an external server while propagating...
Phase 3 of Signal Work at MBTA’s Columbia Junction Starts March 26
The MBTA has finished Phase 1 and 2 of its Red Line signal modernization ahead of schedule and will launch Phase 3 on March 26, with each phase expected to last about two weeks. Phase 4 is projected to start around April 9. The work replaces...
Why Mac Users Should Pay More Attention to Malware Risks
Macs are shedding their reputation as malware‑free devices as Apple’s market share and remote‑work adoption surge. Cybercriminals now deploy adware, spyware, infostealers and trojans that exploit both technical flaws and human error. Social‑engineering attacks, pirated software and fake update prompts...
Forrester TEI Studies Project 101% ROI for Enterprises, 16-Month Payback for Midmarket on Dynamics 365 ERP
Forrester Consulting’s Total Economic Impact studies, commissioned by Microsoft, estimate a 101% three‑year return on investment for large enterprises and a 16‑month payback for mid‑market firms that adopt Dynamics 365 ERP. Both studies model organizations moving from fragmented, legacy ERP...
How Scammers Are Using the Iran Conflict to Try to Steal Your Money and Information
Scammers are exploiting the Iran conflict to launch impersonation, romance, and fake‑charity scams. They falsely claim fraudulent charges from Iran, pose as deployed military partners, or create bogus relief organizations to steal money and personal data. The Federal Trade Commission...
SparkPNT Enters the Next Chapter with Facet FP
SparkPNT announced the Facet FP, a high‑precision GNSS receiver delivering centimeter‑level positioning. The device features multi‑band, multi‑constellation support, a waterproof cast‑aluminum housing and built‑in LoRa, Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. It runs fully open‑source firmware and uses SparkPNT’s modular Flex system,...
OpenAI’s Plans to Make ChatGPT More Like Amazon Aren’t Going so Well
OpenAI announced it is pulling back the Instant Checkout feature that let users buy items directly within ChatGPT, shifting focus to product discovery. The original checkout tool, launched last September, struggled with flexibility and low user adoption, prompting the company...
Google Releases March 2026 Spam Update
Google launched its March 2026 spam update at 3:20 p.m. UTC, marking the first spam‑focused algorithm change of the year and the second announced update after February’s Discover core rollout. The change was rolled out globally across all languages and completed in...
AccuWeather Is Now Available Inside ChatGPT
AccuWeather has launched a native plugin for OpenAI’s ChatGPT, allowing users to retrieve weather forecasts directly within the chat interface. The integration delivers an interactive module featuring MinuteCast, RealFeel and RealFeel Shade data, eliminating the need to switch to a...
Moog Taps Redwire to Provide Solar Arrays for Meteor
Redwire secured a $12.8 million contract from Moog to supply its Extensible Low‑Profile Solar Array (ELSA) for the Meteor satellite bus. ELSA delivers roughly 50 % more power per unit volume than conventional arrays, targeting mass‑manufactured satellites. The arrays will be designed,...
AI Is Transforming EDI Compliance Services
Artificial intelligence is reshaping electronic data interchange (EDI) compliance by automating data validation, anomaly detection, and regulatory monitoring. While only about 1.6% of firms have fully integrated AI into compliance workflows, surveys show most organizations are experimenting with AI agents...
ALPR Tech Now Preventing Parents From Enrolling Their Kids In School
Thomson Reuters Clear is marketing an AI‑assisted license‑plate reader (ALPR) tool to school districts for residency verification. In an Illinois district, the system flagged a parent’s vehicle as residing outside the district, leading officials to deny the child’s enrollment despite...
Ditch Monthly Cloud Storage Fees: Powerful UGREEN NAS Now on Sale — Build Your Own Streaming Server Today
UGREEN’s DH4300 Plus 4‑bay NAS is now $379.99, a $60 discount from its $439.99 launch price, while the 2‑bay DH2300 is $199.99. The diskless enclosure supports up to 120 TB of storage, 8 GB LPDDR4X RAM and a 2.5 GbE port for fast...
Move & Connect Taps KORE’s eSIM Platform to Streamline Multi-Country IoT Rollouts Across Europe
Move & Connect has partnered with KORE Group to offer European IoT operators a single‑contract, API‑driven eSIM platform that spans more than 190 countries. The alliance merges Move & Connect’s on‑the‑ground deployment expertise with KORE’s global connectivity footprint, promising unified...
IAA Prosecutes Drone Operator for Impeding Investigation and Breach of Direction
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) successfully prosecuted drone operator Alan Brennan for obstructing an official investigation and violating a lawful direction not to fly. A District Court judge ordered Brennan to donate €400 (about $436) to charity and pay €750...
Understanding Wiz’s Approach to Securing the AI Supply Chain
The AI supply chain’s layered, multi‑cloud nature creates visibility gaps and unique vulnerabilities that traditional software‑security tools can’t fully address. Wiz proposes an AI‑CNAPP framework that unifies asset discovery, cloud‑posture management, workload protection, and continuous risk assessment across the entire...
Linux-Powered PinePhone Might Not Get a Sequel, and postmarketOS Is One Reason
The PinePhone and PinePhone Pro, pioneering Linux‑based smartphones, are unlikely to see a successor as Pine64 cites chip shortages and high financial risk. The mobile Linux community is increasingly focusing on porting Linux to inexpensive Android devices through projects like...
Google Deepmind's Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Generates Websites Almost in Real Time
Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini 3.1 Flash‑Lite, a generative AI that builds webpages live from text prompts, effectively acting as a pseudo‑browser. The model delivers its first token 2.5 times faster than Gemini 2.5 Flash and processes over 360 tokens per...
Apple Releases iOS, iPadOS, macOS 26.4 with a Long List of Medium-Size Tweaks
Apple today released version 26.4 of its major operating systems—including iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, and HomePod—bundling a large set of security patches and several new features. Highlights include charging‑limit controls for MacBooks, Safari’s compact tab view returning...
FCC Looks to Win ‘Space Race 2.0’ with Satellite Infrastructure Buildout
The Federal Communications Commission announced a strategic push to dominate the emerging "Space Race 2.0" by accelerating satellite licensing and allocating over 20,000 MHz of new spectrum. FCC Space Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz outlined a "licensing assembly line" to speed approvals and...
China’s Government Both Drives and Constrains the Rise of AI
Artificial intelligence is now ubiquitous across Chinese consumer and financial apps, from AI‑powered chatbots in banking to facial‑recognition‑driven product personalization. The Chinese government is simultaneously accelerating this diffusion through massive state‑backed funding, national AI strategies, and university programmes, while imposing...
LECOM Radio Deploys Ecreso
LECOM Radio has installed the first 2 kW Ecreso FM AiO transmitter in the Americas at its WVIJ station in Port Charlotte, Florida, replacing a 2005 solid‑state unit. The all‑in‑one 3RU, 50‑pound chassis delivers 83% PA efficiency and 95% power‑supply efficiency,...
Senator Calls for FTC Investigation Into FICO Score Pricing
Senator Josh Hawley has asked the FTC to open an investigation into Fair Isaac Corp.'s (FICO) mortgage‑score pricing after documenting a 16‑fold jump from $0.60 to $10 per pull over five years. He argues the surge adds roughly $500 million in...
TenForce Introduces AI Assistants Embedded in Daily EHS Workflows
TenForce, part of Elisa Industriq, has added two AI assistants to its EHSQ platform—one for incident management and another for permit‑to‑work. The assistants analyze entered data, historical cases and site‑specific information to suggest actions, while keeping all recommendations visible and...
Dimon Warns on AI Job Losses, Calls for Government-Business Incentives
JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon warned that artificial intelligence could trigger a wave of U.S. job losses, potentially outpacing the disruption caused by the internet. He urged a joint government‑business approach, proposing tax‑based incentives for companies that retrain, offer early...
Mexico’s Cash Culture Faces Infrastructure Shift as BNPL Scales
Mexico’s payment landscape is shifting as buy‑now‑pay‑later (BNPL) moves from a niche offering to core infrastructure. With 52% of the population unbanked and 79% of purchases still made in cash, Kueski’s BNPL platform has issued roughly 40 million loans, leveraging AI‑driven...
Yahoo Wants to Turn Your Inbox and Search History Into an Advertiser’s Dream
Yahoo unveiled Yahoo Scout, an AI‑driven intelligence layer that fuses first‑party intent data from its search, mail and content properties, positioning the company as a cookieless advertising platform. At the 2026 NewFronts, it introduced Planner, an AI‑powered inbox feature that converts...
Enterprise-Grade Data and AI Sharing, Trusted for Agents, Apps and More
Snowflake announced three enterprise‑grade data‑sharing enhancements—Listing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR), Resharing, and expanded observability—to support the rapid move of generative‑AI and agentic workloads into production. The new Listing BCDR feature keeps shared data products online during regional outages,...
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (KPTI) Discusses Top Line Results From Phase III SENTRY Trial in Myelofibrosis Transcript
Karyopharm Therapeutics announced top‑line data from its Phase III SENTRY trial, which evaluated selinexor combined with ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis. The company reported that the regimen met its primary efficacy endpoints and demonstrated a manageable safety profile. Alongside the clinical...
It’s Time To Get Your Customers Sorted — No Wizardry Required
The article likens B2B post‑sale customer segmentation to Hogwarts’ Sorting Hat, urging firms to move beyond superficial metrics. It argues that relying on revenue or account size misreads needs, causing overserving and missed growth signals. Effective segmentation should uncover adoption...
UAS Launches Trip Management Platform at SDC 2026
UAS International Trip Support unveiled GTMx, a mobile‑first trip management platform, at the NBAA Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference in Cleveland. The solution consolidates trip creation, communication, documentation and tracking into a single interface, replacing scattered email and messaging workflows. GTMx...
How Automation Is Driving Demand for Industrial Real Estate in California
Automation is reshaping California's industrial real estate, turning warehouses and factories into high‑throughput, technology‑driven facilities. Tenants now prioritize power capacity, data connectivity, clear heights and flexible layouts over simple square‑footage metrics. This shift is driving stronger demand for sites in...
New Off-the-Shelf Conduit for CABG Shows Promise in First-in-Human Study
Vascudyne’s acellular tissue‑engineered vessel with external support (ATEV‑ESS) demonstrated early promise as an off‑the‑shelf conduit in a first‑in‑human study. Three patients with multivessel coronary disease received the device; two implants remained patent at 12 months with no thrombus or major...
All AI and Security Teams Need Transparent Data Pipelines
Organizations that rely on opaque AI data sources expose themselves to integrity risks, compliance gaps, and trust deficits. Without auditable pipelines, security teams cannot verify data quality, leading to hallucinations and regulatory violations such as under the EU AI Act....
Kochava Announces Open-Source StationOne AI Workspace Using IAB Tech Lab’s AAMP Buyer Agent
Kochava has launched an open‑source StationOne AI workspace that incorporates IAB Tech Lab’s AAMP Buyer Agent SDK, moving the platform out of closed beta. The workspace, hosted in the StationOne Gallery, lets enterprises run AI‑driven campaign, measurement and compliance workflows...
Talat’s AI Meeting Notes Stay on Your Machine, Not in the Cloud
Talat is a new Mac‑only AI notetaking app that keeps all audio and transcripts on the user’s machine, avoiding any cloud storage. Developed by Nick Payne and Mike Franklin, it leverages Apple’s Core Audio Taps and the FluidAudio framework to...
Biometric Privacy Laws: What Your Business Needs to Know About Compliance
Employers increasingly use biometric technologies—fingerprint time clocks, facial recognition, and dash‑cam scanning—to boost security and efficiency. However, three states (Illinois, Texas, Washington) have enacted biometric privacy statutes that mandate employee notice, written consent, and strict data handling protocols. Illinois' Biometric...
Bilt Doubles Down on Dining With New Orchestration Platform Aimed at Unifying the Guest Experience
Bilt is expanding from its housing‑focused rewards program into restaurant technology with the launch of Bilt Hospitality for Restaurants. The new orchestration platform sits atop existing POS, reservation, CRM and communication systems, unifying guest data from reservation through payment. By...
The Hidden Infrastructure Challenge of the Genesis Mission
The White House’s Genesis Mission tasks the Department of Energy with delivering a working AI demonstration in just 270 days, aiming to prove that artificial intelligence can materially accelerate nationally significant science challenges. The initiative assumes existing high‑performance computing resources...
What Jefferson Health Hopes to Gain From NCQA Advanced Primary Care Pilot
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) selected Jefferson Health as one of four participants in its Advanced Primary Care pilot, aimed at shaping standards for data‑driven, team‑based care. Jefferson’s primary‑care network spans roughly 150 sites, 1,000 clinicians, and one...
The Private Firms Powering China’s Military AI Push
In February 2026, Shanxi 100 Trust Information Technology, a 266‑person privately owned IT firm, was banned for a year after submitting falsified bidding materials for PLA AI contracts. Despite the penalty, the company exemplifies a broader trend: a Georgetown CSET study...
AI Isn't Killing Jobs, It's 'Unbundling' Them Into Lower-Paid Chunks
A new research paper by Luis Garicano and colleagues argues that AI does not eliminate entire occupations, but rather "unbundles" them into smaller, lower‑paid tasks. The authors distinguish between weak‑bundle jobs, where AI can split tasks without breaking the role,...
FAA Updates GNSS Interference Guide Months After First Release
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued Version 1.1 of its GPS/GNSS Interference Resource Guide, just three months after the initial release. The update adds detailed cockpit instructions for spotting interference, such as time shifts, map anomalies, and false terrain alerts. It...
AI Usage Limits Are Becoming the New Reality for Consumers
Anthropic announced a temporary promotion that doubles Claude usage limits during off‑peak hours for all plan tiers through March 28. The move highlights a broader industry trend of imposing explicit daily and weekly caps on AI consumption to manage costly compute...
Does Your Android Auto Keep Disconnecting? What to Do About It - for Now
Android Auto users are reporting frequent disconnections on both wired and wireless links, primarily affecting Google Pixel devices and Samsung Galaxy S26 phones. The issue surfaced after the March Pixel software drop and has spread across multiple phone generations. Temporary work‑arounds...