POWERGEN 2027 Call for Content Is Open: Share What You’ve Built, Fixed and Learned
POWERGEN has opened its Call for Content for the 2027 conference, inviting engineers, plant managers, developers and executives to submit case studies and lessons learned by May 18, 2025. The event, scheduled for Jan 18‑21, 2027 in Salt Lake City, seeks practical, non‑commercial presentations on topics ranging from market planning and reliability to advanced nuclear, long‑duration storage and carbon capture. Submissions that clearly outline a problem, solution, results and actionable insights will be prioritized, especially those reflecting owner‑operator perspectives. Late entries will not be considered.
Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents 'Reprograms' Kidney Biology to Promote Recovery
A multi‑institutional study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows that vertical sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents with type 2 diabetes and obesity triggers profound molecular reprogramming of kidney cells, leading to functional recovery. Over a 12‑month follow‑up, participants lost weight, improved...
Terra Drone Announces Strategic Entry Into the Defense Equipment Market, As Drones Emerge as Game-Changers in Modern Defense
Terra Drone Corp., a Japanese leader in drone and urban air mobility technology, announced a full‑scale entry into the defense equipment market and will establish a U.S. subsidiary, Terra Defense, by the end of fiscal 2026. The move leverages the...
Intuit Beats FTC in Court, Ending Restrictions on "Free" TurboTax Ads
A U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit unanimously ruled that the FTC cannot enforce its cease‑and‑desist order against Intuit’s TurboTax ads through an administrative law judge, citing the Supreme Court’s *Jarkesy* decision. The court sent the case back...
New Tongue-Swab TB Test Could Help Eradicate The Disease, WHO Says
The World Health Organization has endorsed a new near‑point‑of‑care molecular test that uses a simple tongue swab to detect tuberculosis in under an hour. Developed by PlusLife on its MiniDock platform, the device costs up to 90% less than GeneXpert...
Radiate Engineering & Design Introduces FlyBlocks – a Production-Ready Structuralairframe Platform for Long-Range VTOL UAV Applications
Radiate Engineering & Design AG of Zurich launched FlyBlocks, a production‑ready structural airframe platform targeting professional B2B VTOL UAVs focused on long‑range missions. The modular system includes three scalable models—VT‑14, VT‑22 and VT‑30—covering MTOW from 5 kg to 28 kg and ranges...
Komerz Acquires Pathformance to Build the Commercial Growth Operating System for Global Brands
Komerz Ltd., a global commercial growth firm, announced the acquisition of Pathformance, a marketing measurement and attribution specialist, in a deal that values Komerz at $330 million post‑transaction. The merger combines Komerz’s end‑to‑end commerce platform with Pathformance’s unified measurement capabilities, creating...
DLocal Simplifies Global Commerce Through Unified API Strategy
Cross‑border payments specialist dLocal has launched a unified “One dLocal” platform that consolidates a single API, contract and technical integration for merchants entering emerging markets. The solution gives more than 700 enterprise clients, including Amazon, Microsoft and Zara, access to...
Electric Trucks Take to the Road as Demand for Petrol-Free Cars Surges
Australian startup New Energy Transport completed its first electric long‑haul delivery from Sydney to Canberra, targeting a fleet of 20 electric trucks by the end of next year. The 290 km run cost about $33 in charging—roughly a third of a...
The ISS Is Retiring: Is Axiom Station a Perfect Bridge to Commercial Space?
NASA plans to retire the International Space Station by 2030, ending more than 25 years of continuous human presence in orbit. Rather than building a government‑owned replacement, the agency will buy services from private platforms to cut costs and sustain...
Pendleton UAS Range and Gambit Partner to Deliver Red Force as aService for Counter UAS Testing and Training
Pendleton UAS Range and AI‑focused firm Gambit have teamed up to deliver a Red Force as a Service offering for counter‑UAS testing, validation, and operator training. The integrated capability creates realistic, coordinated multi‑aircraft threat scenarios within a controlled, FAA‑approved airspace,...
Navsoft to Showcase Innovative Enterprise AI Solutions – Computer Vision, Conversational BI, and BidBuddy at the 33rd Convergence India Expo...
Navsoft will showcase three production‑ready AI solutions at the 33rd Convergence India Expo in New Delhi from March 23‑25, 2026. The lineup includes a Computer Vision system that monitors CCTV for safety violations and worker fatigue, BidBuddy that compresses government tender preparation...
A Self-Service GPU Experience That Feels Instant | Rafay
Rafay’s Developer Pods let developers request GPU‑enabled environments through a simple UI, bypassing tickets, YAML, and long wait times. Within roughly 30 seconds, a pod spins up and is reachable via SSH, offering pre‑built images such as Ubuntu and various...
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Developer Pods for Platform Teams: Designing Self-Service GPU Experiences
Rafay’s SKU Studio enables platform teams to package GPU‑powered Kubernetes environments as ready‑to‑use Developer Pods. By defining curated SKUs with clear descriptions, guided inputs and prescriptive outputs, teams turn raw infrastructure into a self‑service product that launches in about 30...
Instant Developer Pods: Rethinking GPU Access for AI Teams | Rafay
Rafay’s Developer Pods redefine GPU access by delivering ready‑to‑use Ubuntu environments with CUDA in roughly 30 seconds, eliminating the multi‑day ticket queues and bulky VM provisioning that plague many enterprises. The solution abstracts Kubernetes away from developers, offering a simple...
AI Data Centers and Power Generation: What Gear Drive Companies Need to Know
AI‑driven data centers are now consuming roughly 60% of their electricity from servers, driving a surge in overall power demand. Grid expansion lags behind, prompting operators to adopt hybrid solutions that blend grid supply, long‑term renewable contracts, battery storage, and...
US and UK Teaming up to Destroy Underwater Drones
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit has issued the Robotic Exclusion and Engagement Framework (REEF) solicitation, inviting commercial solutions to detect and neutralize underwater drones threatening ports and critical waterways. The program seeks AI‑driven sensor suites, sensor fusion,...
Lake.com Introduces Tiered Membership Model to Expand Distribution and Revenue Control for Vacation Rental Hosts
Lake.com unveiled two subscription‑based membership tiers—Premium and Portfolio—offering zero‑commission bookings, direct‑booking tools, and enhanced marketing visibility. Hosts can still use the standard 10% commission model, but the new annual plans cost $499 and $3,999 respectively, eliminating fees and adding featured...
Meta Hires Former Google, Stripe Executives Behind AI Startup Dreamer
Meta Platforms has hired the founders and core team of AI startup Dreamer to join its Superintelligence Labs, bolstering its push on autonomous AI agents. The Dreamer group, which includes former Google and Stripe executives, will work on agent projects...
Calgary’s New Cleantech Research Centre Gets $4.25-million Boost From Federal Government
University of Calgary's newly formed Centre for Far‑From‑Equilibrium Nanostructured Cleantech Materials (CeFar) received a CAD 4.25 million (≈US 3.1 million) grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The funding will expand CeFar’s ten labs across the Schulich School of Engineering and Faculty of Science,...
Steadicopter Launches Dedicated UAS Academy to Train GlobalOperators and Technicians on Advanced Rotary UAV Missions
Steadicopter, a developer of rotary unmanned aerial systems, announced the launch of its Steadicopter UAS Academy, a global training program for operators, mission commanders and technicians. The curriculum emphasizes the unique capabilities of rotary UAVs—persistent hover, precision deployment and flexibility—across...
Liberia’s National ID Issuance Grinds to Halt over $1.7M Debt to Service Provider
Liberia’s national ID issuance has been stalled since June 2025 after the government failed to pay roughly $1.7 million owed to Techno Brain, the Kenyan firm that operates the country’s biometric registration system. The suspension follows a series of technical glitches,...
OpenAI Gets Serious About ChatGPT Ads, Hires Former Meta Exec
OpenAI has hired Dave Dugan, a former Meta executive who oversaw the company’s largest client and agency relationships, to lead its global ad solutions. Dugan’s mandate is to evolve ChatGPT’s experimental ad feature into a fully commercialized, revenue‑generating channel. The...
17 Spine Surgery Firsts in Q1
During the first quarter, leading spine surgeons performed a series of first‑in‑human procedures, showcasing new devices and techniques ranging from a standalone ALIF system to augmented‑reality‑guided resections. Notable milestones included Curiteva’s Inspire ALIF, Dymicron’s Triadyme‑C cervical disc, icotec’s CMORE CT...
Apple Will Reportedly Start Stuffing Ads Into the Maps App
Apple is reportedly preparing to embed paid search ads within its Maps application, with a public announcement expected as early as this month and rollout on iPhones slated for the summer. The ad model would function similarly to existing placements...
Taceo Network Enables ‘Private Shared State’ for Hosting Sensitive Parts of Workflow
Austrian startup Taceo has opened public access to its Taceo Network, a private execution layer that lets organizations run sensitive identity, biometric and payment logic on shared digital infrastructure without exposing raw data. The platform uses coSNARKs, a cryptographic tool...
Age Assurance a Baseline Requirement for AI in New White House Framework
The White House’s new National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence places child safety at the forefront, requiring every AI service likely to be accessed by minors to implement age‑assurance mechanisms. The policy defines age verification as a foundational, privacy‑preserving control...
DietPi Just Made It Easy to Host Your Own Google Photos on a Raspberry Pi
DietPi released version 10.2, adding Immich—a self‑hosted Google Photos alternative—as an optional package for 64‑bit x86 and ARMv8 devices. The update also includes a separate machine‑learning server for facial recognition, which can run on a different Raspberry Pi to preserve resources. Additional new...
China's AliExpress Tells EU Lawmakers It Is Working to Comply with Law
Alibaba‑owned AliExpress told EU lawmakers it is taking steps to meet the Digital Services Act after a formal investigation that began in March 2024. The platform pledged to limit default visibility of adult‑oriented products, ban illegal sellers such as the...
Your iPhone Has a Secret Button on the Back - Here's How to Unlock It
Apple’s Back Tap, introduced in iOS 14, lets iPhone 8 and newer users trigger actions by double‑ or triple‑tapping the back of the device. The feature is fully customizable, allowing shortcuts, system controls, accessibility tools, or third‑party apps to be launched with...
Nvidia Quietly Moved the Legendary GTX 1080 Ti and 4 Other Classic GPUs to Legacy Status
Nvidia announced that the GTX 1060, 750 Ti, 970, 980 Ti and 1080 Ti have been moved to legacy status, ending regular Game Ready driver updates after October 2025. The cards will receive only quarterly security patches through October 2028, signaling that Nvidia will no longer...
What Is Conceptual Selling? A Guide for Revenue Leaders
Conceptual selling is a B2B sales methodology that tackles deal stalls caused by misaligned buyer concepts across multi‑stakeholder committees. It requires reps to surface each stakeholder’s mental model of success before presenting solutions, using a five‑step framework that embeds hypothesis...
New Supercool Alloy Could Take the Heat Off Helium-3
Chinese researchers have created a rare‑earth alloy, EuCo₂Al₉, that cools to 106 millikelvin using adiabatic demagnetization refrigeration, eliminating the need for scarce helium‑3. The solid‑state material combines ultra‑low temperature performance with high thermal conductivity, enabling compact, moving‑part‑free cooling modules. Laboratory tests...
Carbon Robotics Surpasses $100 Million in Annual Revenue as Agricultural AI Adoption Accelerates
Carbon Robotics reported annual revenue surpassing $100 million for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026. The company now operates in 15 countries across North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. It introduced a Large Plant Model trained on 150 million plants to power its...
Humanoid Robots Are Learning Tennis — and It’s a Big Leap for Real-World AI
Chinese researchers have unveiled LATENT, a reinforcement‑learning framework that enables humanoid robots to play tennis in real time using imperfect human motion data. By decomposing strokes and footwork into learnable components, the system achieved a 96.5% success rate over 10,000...
How CSPs Can Win More Microsoft Licensing Business - Without Becoming Licensing Experts
Microsoft has eliminated back‑end reseller subsidies, forcing CSPs to absorb licensing advisory costs and charge $10,000‑$25,000 for Enterprise Agreement management. The shift to a pure CSP model commoditizes transactions but leaves complex licensing rules untouched, squeezing partner margins. Successful CSPs...
Even AI-Free Agencies Should Be Standing Up the Data Foundation Now
Civilian agencies are urged to build AI‑ready data foundations before adopting generative or agentic models. The roadmap includes establishing data‑governance guardrails, deploying zero‑trust network segmentation, and upgrading hardware to GPU‑enabled servers with DDR5 RAM. Bandwidth must jump from legacy 1‑Gbps...
EU Committee on Legal Affairs Issues Report on Generative AI and Copyright
On 25 February 2026 the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs adopted a report outlining a comprehensive approach to generative AI and copyright. The document calls for a new licensing framework, mandatory transparency of training data, and a flat‑rate fee of 5‑7 %...
Dept. Of Interior Bribes Oil Company $1B From Taxpayer Coffers to Stop Wind Power
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced a $928 million payment to French oil major TotalEnergies to relinquish two offshore wind leases in Carolina Long Bay and New York Bight, effectively halting planned wind projects. The agreement, unveiled by Interior Secretary Doug...
Timeline of Selected FDA Activities and Significant Events Addressing Substance Use and Overdose Prevention
Since 1995 the FDA has moved from approving standard opioid products to implementing a comprehensive regulatory regime aimed at curbing misuse and overdose. Key milestones include the 2007 authority to require Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS), a series of...
CDER’s Framework for Regulatory Advanced Manufacturing Evaluation (FRAME) Initiative
The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) launched the Framework for Regulatory Advanced Manufacturing Evaluation (FRAME) to create a regulatory pathway for emerging manufacturing technologies. FRAME focuses on four priority technologies—end‑to‑end continuous manufacturing, distributed manufacturing (including non‑traditional sites),...
How to Address Shadow AI in Healthcare
Healthcare organizations are confronting a new wave of shadow IT, now termed shadow AI, where staff adopt generative AI tools without oversight. The article outlines three mitigation strategies: establishing robust AI governance, deploying technical guardrails such as monitoring and sandbox...
League of Legends and the Future of AI-Driven Competitive Gaming Platforms
League of Legends has become a showcase for AI‑driven competitive gaming, using machine‑learning to power real‑time matchmaking for over 150 million monthly users. Its automated anti‑cheat and behavioral analysis systems curb toxic play while scaling moderation. Third‑party AI coaching tools dissect...
Caterpillar and Fortescue Extend Command for Hauling Agreement for Western Australia Mines
Caterpillar has renewed its MineStar Command agreement with Fortescue’s Chichester Metals and FMG Solomon to supply and operate autonomous haulage software at three Western Australian mines. The extension continues a decade‑long deployment that began in 2012, reinforcing safety, reliability and...
How a School Uses AI to Address Student Behavior Problems
Holmen School District in Wisconsin has built a custom AI assistant using Google Gemini to support its behavior intervention team. The tool draws on the district’s social‑emotional learning (SEL) playbook, helping staff quickly brainstorm conversation starters and skill‑building steps for...
UPDATE: March 20, 2026 Deadline for Comments on GSA’s Proposed AI Clause Extended to April 3, 2026
On March 6, 2026 the General Services Administration issued a draft contract clause, GSAR 552.239‑7001, that would embed AI‑specific safeguarding requirements into GSA Schedule contracts. The comment deadline was extended from March 20 to April 3, 2026, and the clause will be considered...