The 2026 Cloud-Native Developer Survey: Tracking Adoption and Maturity in Platform Engineering
SlashData’s 2026 Cloud‑Native Developer Survey of over 400 engineers maps platform‑engineering tool adoption across workflow automation, application delivery, and security. Helm, Backstage and kro, along with GitHub Actions, Armada, Buildpacks, Jenkins and ArgoCD, earn ‘Adopt’ status, while tools such as cert‑manager and Keycloak dominate security recommendations. Armada records the highest maturity score (96% 4‑5 stars) and GitHub Actions tops recommendation rates at 91%, whereas legacy Jenkins shows strong maturity but weaker usefulness. The study also reveals that 41% of firms use multi‑team platform ownership, with a hybrid approach prevailing (35%) for emerging AI workflow needs.
Russia Launches the First 16 Satellites in Its Own Internet Satellite Constellation
Russia quietly placed the first 16 satellites of its Rassvet broadband constellation into a polar orbit using a Soyuz‑2 launch from the Plesetsk spaceport. The satellites, built by the state‑linked Bureau‑1440, are the initial step toward a planned 700‑plus satellite...
Solar Curtailment Reaches Tokyo, Japan’s Last Holdout Grid Area
Tokyo’s grid experienced Japan’s first economic solar curtailment as solar output outpaced system flexibility. Tepco Power Grid ordered generators to cut up to 1.84 GW between 11:00 and 16:00 JST on March 1, 2026, marking the capital’s entry into a nationwide issue. The...
Third-Party Ownership and Strong Market Fundamentals Drive ‘New Shape of Solar’ in US Residential Sector
The Aurora Solar Snapshot shows third‑party ownership (TPO) models have become the leading financing choice for U.S. residential solar, with 55% of installers favoring PPAs or leases over loans and cash. The shift follows the Trump administration’s rollback of Inflation...
Risk-Based Security Is Reshaping the Channel Playbook
The managed services industry is moving from reactive ticket‑based support to proactive, risk‑based security models. Clients now demand continuous risk assessments, governance programs aligned with NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001 and SOC 2, and measurable outcomes that tie cyber risk to business performance....
Ocugen Heads to Phase 3 with Gene Therapy for Geographic Atrophy
Ocugen announced that its investigational gene therapy for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of vision loss in age‑related macular degeneration, will move into a Phase 3 clinical trial. The company reported mixed Phase 2 results, showing a favorable safety profile but inconsistent...
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Trust Deploys an AI App to Support Staff Wellbeing and Reduce Absence.
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has introduced Aria, an AI‑driven mental‑health platform, to give staff 24/7 confidential support. The app aims to curb burnout‑related sickness absence, a major driver of lost workdays in the NHS. Early usage shows...
NanoZymeX Secures €160K to Advance Lipid Nanoparticle Enzyme Therapies for Rare Diseases
Swiss biotech NanoZymeX has secured €160,000 (about $174,000) from Venture Kick to accelerate its lipid‑nanoparticle platform for enzyme replacement therapies. The technology, spun out of the University of Basel, seeks to improve delivery of therapeutic enzymes into muscle cells and lysosomes,...
Philippine Model City Deploys Electric Minibuses To Offset Rising Fuel Costs
Pasig City unveiled five fully electric minibuses on March 23, expanding its free‑ride program with a $332,300 investment. Each vehicle, costing roughly $66,900, seats 22 passengers and accommodates eight standing riders, and will initially run along Caruncho Avenue. The rollout...
Fusion Enzyme Boosts Polyester Textile Recycling – Study
Researchers at the University of Portsmouth and the University of Manchester have engineered a “plastic‑eating” enzyme that dramatically speeds the depolymerisation of PET, the polymer used in polyester clothing. The enzyme remains highly active even at the high substrate concentrations...
Beyond Connectivity: High Lander and Dimetor Sign StrategicAgreement to Secure the Future of Global Airspace
High Lander and Dimetor have signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement to embed cellular intelligence into uncrewed traffic management (UTM) and beyond‑visual‑line‑of‑sight (BVLOS) drone operations. The deal upgrades their earlier partnership, merging High Lander’s Vega UTM with Dimetor’s AirborneRF, NAVSentry and...
COTS & Custom Battery Management Systems for Drones & Robotics
Eberspaecher Vecture, a Toronto‑based developer of battery management systems, has joined Unmanned Systems Technology’s supplier ecosystem as a Silver partner. The company offers commercial‑off‑the‑shelf, custom and build‑to‑print BMS solutions for drones, robotics and autonomous vehicles, covering voltage ranges from 12 V...
Turning Claims Documents Into Decisions
Wisedocs unveiled an AI‑powered decision intelligence platform that transforms raw claims documents into structured, decision‑ready insights across the entire claims lifecycle. The solution automates document classification, deduplication and timeline creation, while AI analyzers flag risk signals, inconsistencies and treatment outliers....
Sumo Logic Extends SOC Analyst Agents to Enhance Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response
Sumo Logic announced an expanded suite of AI‑driven SOC Analyst Agents designed to move security operations from pure detection to actionable recommendation. The Dojo AI platform now offers a preview SOC Analyst Agent that suggests next‑best actions with explainable reasoning,...
This Microsoft Security Team Stress-Tests AI for Its Worst-Case Scenarios
Microsoft’s AI Red Team, operating since 2018, rigorously stress‑tests new artificial‑intelligence models before they reach customers. The group simulates attacks ranging from prompt‑jamming to code generation, probing whether systems can be coaxed into producing malicious outputs or aiding cyber‑crime. In...
YouTube’s Creator Partnerships Platform BrandConnect Is Getting Completely Revamped
YouTube is overhauling its creator‑marketing service, rebranding BrandConnect as YouTube Creator Partnerships and embedding it across YouTube Studio, Google Ads and Display & Video 360. The revamped platform leverages Google’s Gemini AI to sift through more than three million Partner Program creators, matching...
Kremlin-Hated Hungarian Killing 400 Russian Soldiers to 1 (Ukraine Battlefield Update, Day 1,489)
Ukrainian drone commander Robert Brovdi, nicknamed “Magyar,” leads the Uncrewed Systems Forces that account for roughly a third of Russian infantry casualties. In the past week his units killed or wounded 8,710 Russian soldiers, a rate that translates to about 38,000...
Cart-Side Incentives in Social Checkout: What Actually Moves Shoppers
Social checkout conversions in 2026 are increasingly driven by cart‑side incentives that reduce friction rather than push harder discounts. Data from Shopify and CRO platforms show that free‑shipping thresholds remain the strongest lever, while 10‑20% off discounts are most effective...
Op-Ed: Biofuels Move From Theory to Practice at Sea
Shipowners are turning to biofuels as the most practical near‑term tool to meet MARPOL Annex VI Regulation 28 and the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) requirements. IMO guidance now permits up to 30% bio‑fuel blends without extra NOx assessments, and B100 can be...
Tripo AI Introduces H3.1, Advancing High-Fidelity AI 3D Generation for Production
Tripo AI unveiled H3.1, a high‑fidelity image‑to‑3D model that delivers sharper geometry, richer textures, and faster generation for production‑grade assets. The launch pairs H3.1 with Smart Mesh P1.0, a low‑poly diffusion model that creates engine‑ready meshes in as little as...
Lessons From the Last Health Tech Revolution
Farzad Mostashari, former US national coordinator for health IT, reflects on the chaotic rollout of electronic health records (EHR) and draws parallels to today’s AI hype in healthcare. He argues that the last health‑tech revolution exposed systemic flaws—interoperability gaps, clinician...
SignalHire Publishes 2026 Passive Candidate Report: 73% of Top-Performing Professionals Are Open to New Roles
SignalHire’s 2026 Passive Candidate Report reveals that 70% of the global workforce is passive—employees who aren’t job‑searching but remain open to new offers. An overwhelming 87% of workers say they would consider a good opportunity, yet traditional job boards only...
Treasury Asks Whether Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Should Bolster Cyber Coverage
The U.S. Treasury Department has opened a public comment period to consider expanding the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP) to cover cyber‑related losses stemming from acts of terrorism. The agency will incorporate feedback into a mandatory report to Congress due...
Fuel50 Recognized in New Skills Intelligence Solutions Landscape Report
Fuel50 has been named in Forrester’s Q1 2026 Skills Intelligence Solutions Landscape, a survey of 27 vendors offering AI‑driven talent insights. The report defines skills intelligence as technology that builds and analyses a graph of what employees know and can do....
How Adding Send for Instant Payments Spawned Good Surprises for BofA
Bank of America launched real‑time payment sending in March 2024, following its receipt‑only capability introduced in November 2018. The bank’s smart, future‑proof design allowed it to add the send function without cannibalizing its $1.9 trillion‑daily wire transfer volume. Industry forecasts suggest...
ZeroEyes Launches ZeroLink to Deliver AI Gun Detection and Situational Awareness Anytime, Anywhere
ZeroEyes announced ZeroLink, an off‑network AI gun‑detection solution that can be installed on any digital camera, from light poles to vehicles. The system leverages Lanner’s Edge AI inference computers to analyze video locally and transmit alerts through the ZeroEyes Operations...
How Smart Buildings Improve Safety and Lift up Staff
Campus facilities teams are grappling with aging buildings and tighter staffing, prompting a shift toward smart building technology. By embedding IoT sensors and AI analytics, institutions gain real‑time visibility into HVAC, lighting, water and security systems. This data enables condition‑based...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Made a Bold AGI Proclamation, But Other Tech Leaders Aren’t So Sure
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced on the Lex Fridman podcast that he believes artificial general intelligence (AGI) has already been achieved, at least in a narrow, high‑value output sense. He illustrated the claim with a thought experiment about an AI‑driven...
ClearCompany Rebrands as ClearCo, Signaling Its Evolution Into an AI- and Agent-Powered Unified Talent Platform
ClearCo, formerly ClearCompany, announced a rebrand to emphasize its evolution into an AI‑ and agent‑powered unified talent platform. The new identity signals a shift from a recruiting‑only tool to a full‑life‑cycle solution that connects hiring, onboarding, performance, compensation and analytics....
How Federal Agencies Can Start Their SRE Journey
Federal agencies are turning to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to meet rising expectations for fast, dependable digital services. The guide recommends starting with robust observability to turn raw telemetry into actionable signals, then defining service‑level indicators (SLIs) and objectives (SLOs)...
FDA Warns ImmunityBio over Misleading Podcast with Patrick Soon-Shiong
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to ImmunityBio after a television ad and a podcast featuring billionaire biotech entrepreneur Patrick Soon‑Shiong suggested that the company’s bladder‑cancer drug Anktiva could cure or prevent all cancers. The FDA said...
Feedzai Unveils RiskFM, Aimed at a Frustrating Plague of Financial Fraud
Feedzai has launched RiskFM, a fraud‑prevention platform that moves beyond sole reliance on card‑network data by incorporating customer onboarding, payments and broader digital activity. The solution processes roughly $9 trillion in global payments across 120 billion events each year. Early testing is...
NASA’s Juno Delivers New Science While Its Future Remains Uncertain
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, originally slated for a five‑year Jupiter science campaign, received a two‑year extension that allowed it to record unprecedented lightning data in 2021‑2022. Researchers analyzing the data found Jovian storms produce lightning flashes at least 100 times more...
Norad Awards €8.2million for Ukraine Projects
Norad has committed roughly $8.9 million to Ukrainian and Norwegian firms for preparatory renewable‑energy and pharmaceutical projects. The funding includes $0.53 million for a 650 MW wind project, $5.54 million for a 0.52 TWh wind plant, $2.33 million to refurbish six small hydropower sites, and $0.62 million...
From Embedded to Everywhere: How Forward Deployed Engineering Was Born at PagerDuty by Doug McClure
PagerDuty launched Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE), a model that embeds engineers directly with customers to build product features that solve real‑time problems. The approach evolved from ad‑hoc professional services engagements, leveraging AI tools to contribute code in unfamiliar stacks and...
I Cleaned My Earbuds Properly for the First Time and the Difference Was Immediate
Consumers often overlook earbud maintenance, but accumulated earwax can significantly muffle sound and degrade microphone clarity. Simple tools—a dry Q‑tip and a wooden toothpick—remove most buildup without risking damage. Cleaning the silicone or foam tips with water and wiping the...
Razer Viper V4 Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse Announced
Razer unveiled the Viper V4 Pro wireless gaming mouse, shipping today in black and white at $159.99. Weighing just 49‑g (black) or 50‑g (white), it is 9% lighter than the V3 Pro and features Razer HyperSpeed Wireless Gen‑2 with 0.204 ms...
A Much More Sensitive Fentanyl Detection Strip, Thanks to Physics
University of California, San Diego researchers introduced a physics‑based model that quantifies the sensitivity limits of competitive lateral flow assays (cLFAs). By applying the model, they engineered fentanyl test strips that are roughly 100 times more sensitive than existing commercial...
Velaura AI Reveals Chip Design and IP Platform with 2X Less Power Consumption | Exclusive
Velaura AI, formerly Auradine, unveiled Titan Core, a new silicon design and IP platform aimed at dramatically improving power efficiency for AI accelerators. The company claims the technology can cut overall chip power consumption by up to 50%, translating to roughly...
Conductor Introduces AEO Trailblazer Awards, Recognizing Enterprise Brands Leading in AI Search Visibility
Conductor launched its inaugural AEO Trailblazer Awards, honoring enterprise brands such as Airbnb, EY, Mastercard, Sonos and Merck for operationalizing Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) to secure AI‑generated search visibility. The awards highlight a market shift from isolated SEO experiments to...
Great Documentation Takes More than AI
Documentation has evolved from a support add‑on to a core product experience, especially as AI becomes the primary way users learn and make decisions. Modern AI systems not only read documentation but also use it to generate answers, so any...
How eSIM Technology Is Changing Travel Connectivity in 2026
In 2026 eSIM technology is reshaping travel connectivity by replacing physical SIM cards with embedded, software‑provisioned modules. By Q1, eSIM‑compatible devices accounted for roughly 60% of premium smartphone sales and are projected to exceed 75% by year‑end. The shift enables...
Telcos Pick Satellite Sides in Mobile Broadband Space Race
Mobile network operators are rapidly aligning with low‑Earth‑orbit satellite providers to launch direct‑to‑device broadband services. The majority are partnering with SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile or AST SpaceMobile, with Starlink already serving 10 million monthly active users and targeting 25 million by year‑end, while...
What Does Agentifying AdCOM Really Mean?
The IAB Tech Lab’s AAMP initiative deepens the Agentic Ad Objects layer, leveraging the Advertising Common Object Model (AdCOM) enumerations to create a shared language for automated buying and selling. While AdCOM’s object model never eclipsed OpenRTB 2.x, its extensible enums...
Czech Police Arrest 3 over Arson at Drone Warehouse Supplying Ukraine
Czech police arrested three suspects, including Czech and U.S. nationals, after a fire destroyed LPP Holding's warehouse that supplied autonomous drones to Ukraine. The blaze, deemed suspected arson and linked to terrorism, caused no injuries but razed the facility in...
Game Changer Marketing Solutions Earns Google Partner Status, Recognizing Excellence in Digital Advertising
Game Changer Marketing Solutions, a female‑owned digital agency with nearly seven years in operation, has earned Google Partner status. The badge confirms the firm meets Google’s strict standards for campaign performance, spend management, and certified expertise. As a partner, the...
From Conversions to Value
Conversion APIs are replacing browser‑based pixels as the core of ad optimization due to rising signal loss from privacy rules, cookie restrictions, and ad blockers. Server‑side event pipelines deliver richer, first‑party data directly from operational systems, mitigating data gaps. The...
Duolingo Experiments with Tool to Lock Other Apps Until Daily Lessons Are Complete
Duolingo is piloting a "focus" feature that blocks selected distracting apps until users finish a set number of daily language lessons. The tool integrates with a device's screen‑time settings, letting learners choose which apps to lock and how many lessons...
Guideline's Path to Product-Market Fit — The Early Decisions That Powered Its Acquisition by Gusto
Kevin Busque, former TaskRabbit VP, discovered that only 36% of employees used the company’s 401(k) plan, exposing costly, clunky legacy systems. He co‑founded Guideline in 2015 to build a transparent, fee‑free retirement platform for SMBs, designing the entire software stack...