Write Cypress Tests in Plain English: AI-Powered Test Automation Is Now in Beta
Cypress has moved its AI‑driven `cy.prompt` command from experimental to beta, shipping in version 15.13.0 and enabled by default. The beta adds positional element targeting, text‑based `cy.contains` matching, visible generated code on failures, and self‑healing selectors that reveal whether AI or cache resolved a change. New capabilities also include non‑existence assertions, network‑wait steps, keyboard/hover actions, scrolling, timeout/force options, and expanded assertion types. The feature remains free during beta while Cypress gathers usage data before any future pricing.
GovTech Panel on DPI Cautions on Dogmatic Digitalization
A GovTech panel highlighted the need for hybrid, citizen‑co‑designed digital public infrastructure, stressing legal, organizational, semantic, and technical interoperability and offline options. Speakers warned against dogmatic digitalization and advocated AI‑compatible, inclusive designs, especially for digitally illiterate groups. Concurrently, UN Women...
La Redoute Names Marie Mercier Briand Head of AI and Innovation
French e‑tailer La Redoute appointed Marie Mercier Briand as head of AI and innovation on March 16, 2026. The new role is designed to accelerate the retailer’s digital transformation and expand its agentic commerce capabilities. La Redoute, owned by Galeries Lafayette, generates about 90%...
Nepal Rolls Out Integrated Digital System, Faces Acceptance Problem with Nagarik App
Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs has linked its Centralized Citizenship Management Information System with the National Identity Management Information System, creating a unified digital platform for citizenship certificates and national ID cards. The integration is live at 12 pilot service...
Cannondale Parts Ways with UK Distributor
Cannondale has terminated its UK distribution agreement with Saddleback, opting for a direct‑to‑dealer model under Pon.Bike UK. Starting 16 April, retailers will access Cannondale products through Pon.Bike’s B2B platform, with the Pon.Bike sales team handling backorders and future inventory. The partnership,...
Berg Insight Sees Steady Growth for Public Transport ITS in Europe and North America Through 2030
Market research firm Berg Insight projects the public‑transport intelligent transport systems (ITS) market in Europe to rise from roughly $2.9 billion in 2025 to $3.6 billion by 2030, and North America from about $1.3 billion to $1.8 billion, reflecting a mid‑single‑digit CAGR of about...
People of Data Summit Maps Egypt’s AI Roadmap for Startups and Investors
Egypt hosted the People of Data – Sharks Edition summit in Cairo, gathering tech leaders, AI experts, and investors to craft a pragmatic AI roadmap for the national economy. The forum, led by Youssef Kamal, Magdi Moussa and Reem El...
Ninja Explores Riyadh Listing as Saudi Market Holds Steady Despite Tensions
Saudi quick‑commerce startup Ninja, founded in 2022, is weighing a Riyadh IPO after posting roughly $1 billion in 2025 revenue and targeting $1.6 billion in 2026. The company secured $250 million of funding in 2025, lifting its valuation to $1.5 billion and joining Saudi...
OpenAI’s Sora Is Headed to that Great Data Center in the Sky
OpenAI announced it will discontinue its AI video‑generation product Sora, shutting down both the consumer app and the developer API. The decision follows low user adoption, high compute costs, and mounting controversy over harmful deep‑fake content. OpenAI is redirecting resources...
Exclusive eBook: Are We Ready to Hand AI Agents the Keys?
MIT Technology Review released a subscriber‑only e‑book titled “Are we ready to hand AI agents the keys?” on March 24 2026, examining the rapid shift toward truly autonomous AI agents. The publication gathers viewpoints from technologists, ethicists, and policymakers, highlighting how agents...
Tubi Announces F1 Altcasts, New Content, and More Ad Types
Tubi unveiled a suite of new ad formats at IAB NewFronts, including the interactive Scene Sense overlay and pause‑time carousel ads that tie messaging to on‑screen content. The streamer also announced original creator‑driven series aimed at Gen Z and a partnership...
FIS Debuts Clearing Solution for Prediction Markets
FIS has launched the CD Prediction Clearing solution, delivering 24/7 real‑time post‑trade clearing for regulated prediction markets. The platform replaces fragmented batch processes with continuous, high‑volume transaction handling and instant risk updates, capable of processing millions of trades daily. It...
Iran Wiped 50 Israeli Firms’ Data, Hacked Cameras, Official Says
Iran-linked hackers have intensified cyber operations against Israel since the recent war, wiping data from more than 50 small Israeli firms and breaching dozens of security cameras. Israel's National Cyber Directorate confirmed that critical infrastructure such as energy grids, banks...
Opkey Introduces AI-Powered Release Advisor to Address Growing Complexity in Enterprise SaaS Updates
Opkey unveiled Release Advisor, an AI‑driven tool that automates analysis of Oracle and Workday SaaS updates. The solution promises to shrink release‑analysis cycles from five‑to‑seven weeks to as little as three days, cutting effort by 60‑80 percent. It launches in...
Hyatt’s AI Captures Customers Sooner, Improving Sales and Productivity
Hyatt has revamped its website with a generative‑AI interface that lets travelers search by intent—such as desired climate or amenities—rather than the traditional city, date and room type fields. The AI‑driven experience captures interest earlier in the booking journey, boosting...
This 11-in-1 DeWalt Multi-Tool Can Do Everything - and It's Under $30
DeWalt’s MT21 11‑in‑1 multitool bundles pliers, screwdrivers, cutters, saw, and more into a 4‑inch folded device, targeting both professionals and DIY enthusiasts. Amazon’s Big Spring Sale reduces the price by 25%, bringing the tool to $30, the lowest point this...
Skip the RTX 50-Series: This $7 App Does What DLSS 4.5 Promises
Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 introduces a second‑generation transformer model and dynamic multi‑frame generation, promising near‑RTX 4090 performance on lower‑end cards. A $7 Steam app called Lossless Scaling can replicate many of DLSS’s upscaling and frame‑generation benefits across any GPU, extending the life of...
Tesla Sold ‘Self-Driving’ Software for $10,000. Now It Faces a Legal Fight
Tesla is being sued in Australia after selling its Full Self‑Driving (FSD) software for about AU$10,100 (≈US$6,600) to owners of Model 3 and Y vehicles equipped with older HW3 hardware that cannot access the feature’s full capabilities. Owner Andy Young filed...
NIST Releases Latent Fingerprint Biometrics Training Data, Quality Assessment Software
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the fully annotated SD 302 latent fingerprint dataset, containing 10,000 images from 200 volunteers, now split into nine specialized subsets. The data, originally gathered for the IARPA Nail‑to‑Nail challenge, was updated...
Labor Department Launches Free ‘Make America AI Ready’ Course for US Workers
The U.S. Labor Department unveiled a free, week‑long AI literacy program called “Make America AI Ready,” delivered entirely via text messages. Workers enroll by texting “READY” to 20202, receiving daily 10‑minute lessons that cover AI fundamentals, practical use cases, prompt...
Poland Faced a Surge in Cyberattacks in 2025, Including a Major Assault on the Energy Sector
Poland recorded a dramatic rise in cyber activity in 2025, logging roughly 270,000 attacks—2.5 times more than the previous year. The most serious incident was a destructive infiltration of a combined heat‑and‑power plant on Dec. 29, affecting services for about 500,000...
Can An Electric Snowmobile Become The Tesla Of Winter Tourism?
Taiga Motors, a Canadian firm, has launched three electric snowmobile models aimed at European ski resorts seeking to cut greenhouse‑gas emissions. To date, the company has shipped roughly 2,000 units across France, Norway and other Alpine markets. While the upfront...
OVHcloud Founder Denies Massive 590TB Data Breach Claims
OVHcloud founder Octave Klaba denied a purported 590 TB data breach alleged by a user on BreachForums. The poster claimed to have exfiltrated data from 1.6 million OVH Fresh customers and up to 6 million active websites, yet only supplied a trivial email‑and‑phone sample....
Laser Communications and the Rise of Orbital Data Centers
The space sector faces a data‑transport bottleneck as satellite constellations generate more information than RF links can downlink. Industry leaders are transitioning from isolated spacecraft to distributed orbital data centers, where satellites act as networked nodes processing and sharing data...
Theodore Roosevelt National Park To Go Cashless
Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota will switch to a fully cashless fee system on May 1 2026, requiring mobile, credit or debit payments for entrance and on‑site sales. Cash transactions, which now represent less than 10% of sales, will only...
Ministers Confirm Heat Pump Targets as Climate Plan Unveiled
Scotland’s new 15‑year climate change plan sets a 10‑year horizon before a major heat‑pump rollout, aiming to replace gas and oil boilers by 2045. The plan projects roughly $54 billion in financial benefits and cost savings through 2040, but campaigners argue...
Digital in the Drive-Thru: Designing Outdoor Experiences for QSR Brands
The drive‑thru remains the dominant sales channel for quick‑service restaurants, accounting for over 70% of revenue before COVID‑19 and growing since the pandemic. Consumer expectations now prioritize speed, order accuracy, and a responsive experience. Digital signage is emerging as a...
Metrobloks Announces Plans for Three-Building Data Center Campus in Kansas City, Missouri
Metrobloks announced a $1.4 billion investment to build a three‑building, 568,800 sq ft data‑center campus on 29 acres in Liberty, Missouri. The first 177,000 sq ft building has secured planning permission, and the project will create about 30 high‑skill jobs. Metrobloks, backed by equity partners...
Cerebras Plans Data Center in Manitoba, Canada
Cerebras announced plans for a new data center in Manitoba, Canada, expanding its North American footprint after securing tenancy in a 300 MW Bell Canada facility in Saskatchewan. The Manitoba site may align with Bell’s Buzz AI cloud unit, which is...
BNESIM on the Evolving Role of AI in Travel eSIM as Connectivity Adapts to Accelerating Innovation Cycles
BNESIM, a global travel eSIM provider, is embedding artificial intelligence across its organization to accelerate product cycles and improve operational efficiency. The company’s AI and automation team works with every department, from fraud detection to procurement, to turn data into...
Wallets and Interoperability Drive Next Phase of P2P Competition
Digital wallets have become mainstream in the United States, especially for cross‑border and consumer‑to‑consumer transfers, but fragmentation still hampers seamless use. Nearly 28% of consumers cite incompatibility between sender and recipient platforms as a barrier, while one‑third of SMBs point...
MSI Defense Integrates Korean Interceptor Into EAGLS System
MSI Defense Solutions and South Korea’s Nearthlab have signed an MOU to embed the KAiDEN autonomous interceptor drone into MSI’s EAGLS counter‑UAS platform. The integration adds a kinetic, hard‑kill layer to an otherwise detection‑and‑tracking focused system, expanding its ability to...
Doss Raises $55M for AI Inventory Management that Plugs Into ERP
AI‑native ERP startup Doss announced a $55 million Series B round led by Madrona and Premji Invest to expand its AI‑driven inventory management layer. The solution plugs into existing accounting platforms, allowing mid‑market consumer brands to synchronize physical goods data with their...
Coast Guard Details Its Plan for a New 'Acquisition Superhighway'
The Coast Guard announced its Acquisition Superhighway initiative, a blanket purchase agreement to procure an AI‑enabled procurement and acquisition system. A solicitation is due in the second quarter with a performance period through April 2028. The effort focuses on automating...
Score Big During FIFA World Cup 2026: How Hotels Can Maximise Revenue with Mobile Ordering
Hotels in North America are gearing up for the FIFA World Cup 2026, expecting a surge in demand that could lift average daily rates by 20‑45% in key markets. IRIS is promoting mobile ordering and digital guest directories as tools to...
Meta Partners With Arm to Develop New Class of Data Center Silicon
Meta announced a partnership with Arm to co‑develop a new class of data‑center CPUs, branded the Arm AGI CPU, aimed at accelerating AI training and inference. The first generation promises significantly higher performance per rack and better power efficiency than...
Nvidia’s Craig Weinstein: Groq AI Racks Will Become A Channel Play ‘Over Time’
Nvidia unveiled its Groq 3 LPX and Vera Rubin NVL72 AI racks, emphasizing ultra‑low‑latency inference for trillion‑parameter models. Channel chief Craig Weinstein says these systems will gradually become a channel play as enterprises scale token‑based workloads. Early feedback from Lenovo and partners suggests limited...
Why Frictionless Checkout Is Quietly Undermining Customer Loyalty
Retailers are racing to eliminate checkout friction, but the push for speed may be eroding customer loyalty. Data shows that 82% of Britons join loyalty programs, and the initial account‑creation step creates a commitment moment that drives repeat visits. Studies...
A Plan to Stop Video Game Industry Leaks, with the Help of AI
At the Game Developers Conference, EchoMark unveiled an AI‑powered steganography system designed to embed invisible watermarks in game assets, aiming to stop insider leaks. The technology can survive compression, screenshots, and video captures, allowing studios to trace leaked material back...
Automating Complex Finance Workflows with Multimodal AI
Finance leaders are turning to multimodal AI frameworks to automate complex document workflows. By pairing vision‑enabled parsing tools like LlamaParse with large language models, extraction accuracy improves 13‑15% over raw OCR. Gemini 3.1 Pro, combined with Gemini 3 Flash for...
Samsung SmartThings Car-to-Home Service Is Finally Here
Samsung and Hyundai Motor Group have rolled out the SmartThings Car‑to‑Home service, enabling drivers of eligible Hyundai and Kia vehicles to control select Samsung home appliances from the car’s infotainment screen. The feature, which complements the Home‑to‑Car functionality launched last...
Microsoft Agrees to Lease 700MW at Crusoe's Data Center in Abilene, Texas - Report
Microsoft has signed a lease for roughly 700 MW of data‑center capacity at Crusoe’s Abilene, Texas campus. The deal follows Oracle and OpenAI’s decision to scale back their planned 2 GW expansion at the site to 1.2 GW. With two buildings already operating,...
Cyber Pros Must Grasp the Vibe Coding Nettle, Says NCSC Chief
National Cyber Security Centre chief Richard Horne warned that AI‑enhanced software generation, dubbed “vibe coding,” must be secured before it becomes mainstream. He argued that while insecure AI‑generated code could spread vulnerabilities, well‑trained models could produce secure‑by‑design software, reshaping development....
Ultrahuman’s New Ring Pro Is Finally Available in the US
Ultrahuman has launched the Ring Pro in the United States, ending a year‑long absence caused by an Oura patent dispute. Pre‑orders are open with a tiered pricing model that begins at $349 for the first 1,000 units and climbs to...
Source: OnePlus May Shut Down in Global Markets as Early as April
OnePlus is preparing to cease smartphone sales in most global markets, with a potential shutdown as early as April 2026, while concentrating on China and entry‑mid‑range offerings in India. The move follows the departure of India CEO Robin Liu and...
Apple Music Partners with Ticketmaster to Power Its Concert Discovery Feature
Apple Music announced a partnership with Ticketmaster to power its concert discovery feature, embedding ticket links directly within the streaming app. The integration adds a dedicated Concerts tab, homepage carousel, artist‑page badges, and push notifications that surface nearby shows based...
Building Superconducting and Neutral Atom Quantum Computers
Google Quantum AI announced the launch of a neutral‑atom quantum computing program to complement its decade‑long superconducting qubit effort. While superconducting chips have demonstrated millions of gate cycles and aim for tens of thousands of qubits, neutral‑atom arrays already scale...
MaRS Impact Health Returns to Showcase Canada’s Next Big Healthcare Breakthroughs
MaRS Impact Health will convene more than 1,000 biotech, digital‑health and medical‑device innovators in Toronto on April 23, showcasing Canada’s push to define a "middle‑power" role as the global healthcare market fragments. The summit highlights rare‑disease breakthroughs, including mRNA vaccine...
SES Targets New Operational MEO Constellation by 2030
SES announced its next‑generation medium Earth orbit constellation, meoSphere, slated for operational service by 2030. The network will initially comprise 28 high‑power satellites built by K2 Space in Luxembourg, with pathfinder launches planned over the next three years to validate...