Delhi EV Policy 2.0: Govt Sets Aside ₹200 Cr For Public EV Fleet Push
The Delhi government has allocated ₹200 Cr (≈ $24 M) in its 2026‑27 budget to a revamped EV Policy that pivots from blanket purchase subsidies to scrappage‑linked incentives. Buyers who retire a BS‑IV or older petrol/diesel vehicle can receive up to ₹1 Lakh (~$12k) for cars under ₹15 L, ₹10,000 for two‑wheelers, and ₹25,000 for three‑wheelers, while retrofitting ICE cars earns a ₹50,000 grant. An additional ₹320 Cr (≈ $38 M) funds bus‑depot electrification, targeting 5,800 electric buses by March 2027, up from 4,300 today. The policy is part of a broader tech push that includes semiconductor, drone, and startup initiatives, plus ₹720 Cr for skill‑development centres.
Mimecast Expands Incydr with Runtime Data Security for AI and Human Risk
Mimecast announced a major upgrade to its Incydr platform, adding runtime data security that monitors both human users and AI agents across endpoints, browsers, SaaS apps, and email. The new features provide unified visibility, shadow‑AI detection, adaptive risk scoring and...
The Switch Launches PMM850M Permanent Magnet Machine
The Switch has introduced the PMM850M, a permanent‑magnet machine aimed at marine shaft‑generator and propulsion applications in the 500 kW to 1.5 MW range. The compact design features brushless operation, water‑jacket cooling and a modular architecture, promising higher electrical efficiency and lower...
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Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits has expanded its partnership with Corvus Robotics, deploying more than 40 Corvus One autonomous drones across nine distribution centers nationwide. The drones have completed roughly 5,000 flights, uncovering over 35,000 inventory discrepancies and shifting cycle...
Electronic Transactions Association Acquires Peer
The Electronic Transactions Association announced it is acquiring the American Transaction Processors Coalition to bolster its advocacy, education, and member‑engagement capabilities. ATPC’s executive director, Jay Morgan, will join ETA as an advisor, reinforcing the trade group’s policy work. The combined...
How Foreign Brands Test the U.S. Market
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New Lumu Defender Capabilities Provide Visibility Beyond the Network
Lumu announced major upgrades to its Lumu Defender NDR platform, extending its Continuous Compromise Assessment beyond the network to endpoints, cloud workloads, and user identities. The enhanced solution now correlates malicious network traffic with specific devices, accounts, and cloud services,...
Epirus, GDLS and Kodiak Develop New Counter-Drone System
Epirus, General Dynamics Land Systems and Kodiak AI unveiled the Leonidas Autonomous Ground Vehicle, a mobile counter‑UAS platform that pairs Epirus’ high‑power microwave weapon with Kodiak’s autonomous driving system on a commercial‑grade truck. The system can operate fully autonomously or...
Optical Surfaces Ltd Targets Aerospace Surveillance with Ritchey-Chrétien Optics
On March 10, 2026 Optical Surfaces Ltd announced its Ritchey‑Chrétien (RC) telescope optics as a high‑precision solution for military and aerospace surveillance. The company manufactures hyperbolic mirrors up to 700 mm diameter with surface accuracy of λ/20 P‑V and sub‑nanometer microroughness,...
How to Fix a Remote Desktop Microphone That's Not Working
Remote desktop users rely on microphones for VoIP, video calls, and dictation, yet many encounter failures. The article outlines how local device issues, RDP connection settings, Group Policy Objects, and Windows Audio Service can each block audio recording redirection. Administrators...
Augury and MaintainX Partner to Deliver Closed-Loop Maintenance Execution for Frontline Teams
Augury and MaintainX announced an integration that turns Augury’s AI‑driven machine‑health insights into real‑time work orders within the MaintainX platform. The closed‑loop system automatically creates work orders when anomalies are detected, includes diagnostic context, and feeds completion data back to...
Vigil: The First Open-Source AI SOC Built with a LLM-Native Architecture
Vigil, launched at RSA Conference 2026, is the first open‑source AI‑driven Security Operations Center built on a native LLM architecture. It ships under an Apache 2.0 license with 13 specialized AI agents, more than 30 integrations and over 7,200 detection rules...
Novartis Pledges $480M to Expand China Presence, Following Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca
Swiss drugmaker Novartis announced a $480 million investment to expand its manufacturing and R&D footprint in China. The plan allocates about $218 million to upgrade its Beijing Changping facility, which can produce up to 3 billion tablets annually, and $262 million to expand its...
OpenAI Wants UK Regulators to Treat ChatGPT as a Google Search Alternative
OpenAI is urging the UK Competition and Markets Authority to list ChatGPT alongside Google on the CMA’s proposed "choice screens" for Android and Chrome users. The regulator previously designated Google as a strategic market player in search and is considering...
Spanish Sportswear Brand Kelme Enters India with Noida Flagship, Targets 70 Stores in 3 Years
Kelme, the Spanish sportswear label, launched its first Indian flagship store in Noida, backed by local partner RSN Sports. The brand unveiled a national e‑commerce platform and announced a plan to open 70 exclusive outlets across India within three years....
Britain Responds to Iran War Energy Shock by Requiring Solar Panels and Heat Pumps in All New Homes
The UK government announced that, starting in 2028, every new home in England must be built with on‑site solar panels and low‑carbon heat pumps under the Future Homes Standard. The move is framed as a direct response to the energy...
Databricks Enters Cybersecurity Market with Lakewatch Launch, Bulking up Ahead of IPO
Databricks is entering the cybersecurity arena with Lakewatch, an AI‑powered security‑information‑and‑event‑management (SIEM) platform that leverages large language models to automate threat detection. Early adopters such as Adobe, National Australia Bank and Anthropic are already using the service, which is priced...
Getac Announces CommandCore: Remote Drone Control Solution for Professionals Operating in Challenging Environments
Getac unveiled CommandCore, a rugged ground control station that unifies drone, surface and ground vehicle operations for defense, public safety and utilities. The solution pairs Getac’s hardened tablets and laptops—such as the ZX80 Android tablet and S510 Windows workstation—with interchangeable...
Cerebral Acquires Cognitive Behavioral Therapy App Inflow to Expand ADHD Treatment
Cerebral, a large integrated mental‑health provider, has acquired Inflow, a CBT‑based digital therapeutic app for adult ADHD, though financial terms were not disclosed. Inflow delivers short, science‑backed daily modules and is supported by an eight‑week randomized controlled trial showing significant...
How a Large Bank Uses AI Digital Twins for Threat Hunting
JPMorgan Chase is deploying an AI‑driven system that creates digital fingerprints and digital twins to monitor employee and AI‑agent behavior across its global workforce. The technology flags anomalous actions, rates their malicious potential, and contextualizes them against external events, aiming...
CyberProof Unveils Reveal360 Hub for Security and Business Outcomes
CyberProof, a UST company, launched CDC Reveal360, a centralized visibility hub that consolidates threat, exposure, defense, and asset data into role‑specific workspaces. The platform delivers continuous insights into security posture, service performance, and operational outcomes for CISOs, security managers, and...
Agile Robots and Google DeepMind Partner to Bring Intelligence to Robotics
Agile Robots and Google DeepMind have announced a strategic research partnership to embed DeepMind's Gemini Robotics foundation models into Agile's scalable industrial hardware. The collaboration will create adaptable, reasoning robots for high‑value manufacturing tasks, leveraging a data‑driven feedback loop that...
EDP Renewables’ 150-MW Illinois Solar Project Supports Microsoft
EDP Renewables North America has completed the 150‑MW Pleasantville Solar project in Fulton County, Illinois, delivering enough electricity for over 39,500 homes. The entire output is secured under a long‑term power purchase agreement with Microsoft, guaranteeing stable revenue streams. The...
Aardvark Pauses 2 Obesity Trials, Reveals New Details on Cardiac Concerns
Aardvark Therapeutics has paused two Phase 2 obesity trials, POWER and STRENGTH, after cardiac safety signals emerged in its lead compounds ARD‑101 and ARD‑201. The anomalies were observed in healthy volunteers receiving double the target dose, prompting a halt to the...
Developer Krambu Looks to Build AI Data Center in Missoula County, Montana
Krambu is seeking approval to build an AI‑focused data center on the former Bonner Mill Industrial Park in Missoula County, Montana. The design features a closed‑loop heat‑capture system that can power aquaponics, hydroponics or greenhouse operations, and it plans to...
Bank of Montreal Launches Tokenized Cash Platform with CME and Google
Bank of Montreal (BMO) announced a tokenized cash platform built with CME Group and Google Cloud, aiming to deliver near‑instant settlement for capital‑market participants. The service will allow continuous fund movement, eliminating traditional banking‑hour constraints and reducing capital tied up...
GCL Optoelectronics Wins China’s First Commercial Perovskite-Silicon Tandem PV Module Order
GCL Optoelectronics secured a 1.2 MW contract from China Huaneng to supply commercial perovskite‑silicon tandem solar modules. The tender required mass‑producible, IEC‑certified modules delivering at least 26% efficiency and a 25‑year performance warranty, with delivery by June 2026. GCL is the sole...
Dexory and Multipowr Advance Next-Generation Warehouse Robotics With Integrated Wireless Charging
Dexory has teamed with Multipowr to embed high‑power wireless charging into its next‑generation autonomous warehouse robots, allowing longer run times and flexible battery management. The integrated system supports a wide power range and multiple battery configurations, making it adaptable to...
The Exploration Company Licenses LEAP 71's Noyron RP Technology for Rocket Engine Design
The Exploration Company (TEC) has signed a five‑year renewable agreement to license LEAP 71’s Noyron RP Large Computation Model for its next‑generation rocket engine development. Noyron RP encodes physics, engineering logic, and production constraints to autonomously generate engine component geometries from...
How AI Agents Are Cutting Costs in AML Operations
AI agents are transforming AML operations by automating the labor‑intensive alert review and decisioning stages, where most costs reside. WorkFusion’s Evan can analyze adverse media results in two to three minutes, cutting review time by 80‑90% compared with human analysts....
ImmuneBridge Secures $7.7M to Open Cell Therapy Manufacturing Platform to Biotech Partners
ImmuneBridge announced a $7.7 million second seed round, bringing its total seed capital to roughly $20 million, to commercialize its proprietary cell‑therapy screening and manufacturing platform for external partners. The platform combines machine‑learning‑driven donor selection with a unique small‑molecule that preserves stem‑cell...
Dual-Action Antiviral Treatments Offer A New Path Forward
Scientists at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have engineered a dual‑action antibody that simultaneously targets two stages of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) entry. The single‑molecule treatment protected animals even when given after exposure and neutralized...
North Korea’s Risky Bet on Military AI
North Korea announced at the Workers’ Party Congress that it will embed artificial intelligence across all branches of the Korean People’s Army, aiming to accelerate decision‑making and improve unmanned systems. The plan faces major hurdles, including severe GPU shortages, limited...
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AI Gender Bias: Taking Women Off the Back Foot
Artificial intelligence is increasingly exposing gender bias that disadvantages women in hiring, finance, healthcare, and public safety. The bias originates from historical, skewed data and algorithms that amplify those patterns. Africa’s relatively late AI adoption gives the continent a rare...
CUCKMERE BUSES UPGRADES FLEET SAFETY AND DRIVER PROTECTION WITH SURECAM’S DUAL-VIEW DASHCAMS
Cuckmere Buses, a community transport provider in East Sussex, has upgraded its 16‑seater minibuses with SureCam’s next‑generation dual‑view dashcams. The new system adds a rear‑facing camera with anti‑glare housing, live video streaming and improved tracking accuracy. The upgrade replaces a...
XO Health to Expand Its Alternative Health Plan Nationwide
XO Health, a startup that provides an alternative health plan, announced a nationwide rollout targeting self‑insured employers and plan administrators. The company will extend its episode‑based pricing model, which bundles all services for a specific medical episode into a single,...
Novee Introduces Autonomous AI Red Teaming to Hunt LLM Vulnerabilities
Novee unveiled an autonomous AI red‑team agent designed to probe large language model (LLM) applications for security flaws. The platform continuously simulates sophisticated attack scenarios such as prompt injection, jailbreaks, and data exfiltration, delivering detailed vulnerability assessments and remediation guidance....
Barracuda Expands BarracudaONE Platform and Overhauls Partner Success Program
Barracuda Networks announced a major upgrade to its BarracudaONE platform, adding enhanced email protection for Google Workspace, a broadened SecureEdge Access solution that bundles SASE, zero‑trust, and AI policy controls, and a new AI Security layer that monitors generative‑AI usage...
How AI Shook the World's Largest Meeting of Physicists
At the American Physical Society Global Physics Summit in Denver, 14,000 physicists convened to share cutting‑edge research. Throughout the conference, attendees increasingly turned to AI chatbots to translate complex concepts such as transmon qubits and spintronics into plain language. The...
Gap Launches AI-Powered Fit and Conversational Checkout on Google Gemini
Gap Inc. has launched two AI-driven features—a personalized fit recommendation tool and a conversational checkout—through a partnership with Google Gemini, making it the first major fashion retailer to embed the AI platform directly into its shopping experience. The new system...
With $90M in Funding, NoTraffic Will Use AI to End Gridlock in America’s Cities
Mobility startup NoTraffic raised $90 million in a Series C round led by PSG Equity to expand its AI‑driven traffic‑management platform. The system replaces fixed‑timer lights with a real‑time digital network that uses computer‑vision and radar to detect and classify all road...
F5 and Forcepoint Partner to Secure AI Across Data and Runtime Lifecycle
F5 and Forcepoint announced a partnership to secure AI throughout its data and runtime lifecycle. The joint solution merges Forcepoint’s AI‑native data discovery and classification with F5’s AI Red Team and Guardrails features. It enables real‑time vulnerability detection, policy enforcement,...
Exclusive: HG Insights Expands Revenue Growth Intelligence Platform with Agentic Capabilities
HG Insights unveiled its Revenue Growth Intelligence Platform, a unified AI‑driven system that consolidates technographic, buyer‑intent, spend and contact data into a single analytical fabric. The launch includes an early‑access Agent Builder, enabling enterprises to craft custom autonomous AI agents...
Google’s Commerce Media Suite: Where Retailer Insights Meet the Power of YouTube
Google unveiled its Commerce Media Suite, integrating retailer‑derived audiences into Google Marketing Platform tools such as Display & Video 360, Search Ads 360, and Google Ads. The suite now lets brands activate Kroger shopper segments on YouTube and third‑party inventory, with SKU‑level...
Modernizing Payments: Tackling the Toughest Tech Challenges
Banks are racing to modernize payments as real‑time transactions surge and AI reshapes the industry. A recent ACI survey of 200 banks placed payments modernization as their top priority, emphasizing faster product launches and innovative customer solutions. Executives highlighted the...
Study: Driver Assistance Systems Increase Distraction, ‘False Sense of Security’
A new study cited by Electrek finds that advanced driver‑assistance systems, including Tesla’s Full Self‑Driving (FSD) mode, can create a “supervision trap” that distracts drivers and gives a false sense of security. The research, referencing data from the Insurance Institute...
Civil Servants Should Be More Involved in Shaping AI Adoption, Report Says
A Fabian Society report, produced with the FDA union, warns that civil servants are being left out of AI adoption decisions, jeopardising the government’s productivity agenda. Only 29% of surveyed staff said they had been consulted on AI, while 66%...
Symphony Space Unveils Adagio Hosted Payload Platform
Symphony Space introduced Adagio, a reusable hosted‑payload satellite that lets customers swap payloads in orbit via robotic arms and orbital transfer vehicles. The platform targets a $10,000 per kilogram price point—significantly lower than the traditional two‑to‑five‑times higher rates. Symphony aims...