Crimson Desert Won't Work on Intel Arc GPUs, Developer Suggests Users Ask for Refunds
Pearl Abyss confirmed that Crimson Desert will not run on Intel Arc graphics cards, directing affected players to request refunds from their platform. The omission of Arc support was only added to the FAQ after launch, leaving many owners with an error message and no workaround. Within 24 hours the game earned a Mixed rating on Steam and the developer’s shares fell nearly 30% amid criticism. The situation highlights a rare instance of a studio explicitly blocking a GPU brand.
Visa, PayPal Execs React to K-Shaped Economy
Visa’s product chief says processed‑transaction volume remains stable and resilient, downplaying a K‑shaped split. PayPal’s CFO notes a 1% deceleration in branded checkout growth, attributing it to divergent spending among middle‑ and lower‑income consumers. Shift4’s CFO points to lodging and...
SANY Signs Major Electrified Fleet Deal with Holcim Including 20 Autonomous Mining Trucks
SANY Group and Holcim have signed a Letter of Intent worth 100 million CHF to roll out electrified construction equipment over the next five years. The deal includes delivery of 100 electric units and deployment of 20 autonomous mining trucks across...
EisnerAmper Rolls Out In-House AI Audit Design Agent
EisnerAmper has teamed with Microsoft to launch the EisnerAI Audit Design Agent, an assurance platform built on Microsoft Foundry. The AI‑driven tool acts as a research partner, quickly synthesizing data across systems and surfacing key patterns for auditors. By automating...
Kuka Expands KR Cybertech Range with New Mid-Payload Robots and Controller
Kuka has added two mid‑payload robots to its KR Cybertech line, offering 25 kg and 35 kg capacities while keeping the same compact footprint. The models feature a redesigned IP67‑rated wrist for higher rigidity and precision, and both are AI‑ready and ISO 10218:2025 compliant....
Idaho Updates Grant-Management System with Cloud-Based Platform
Idaho has deployed Euna Grant, a cloud‑based grant‑management platform, to replace fragmented legacy processes across state agencies. The system integrates with the existing ERP platform, giving officials instant visibility into budgets and payments. As a result, reimbursement cycles collapsed from...
Private Company to Land on Asteroid Apophis as It Flies Close to Earth
In 2029, asteroid Apophis will skim Earth at just 32,000 kilometres, a once‑in‑millennia event visible to the naked eye. A private U.S. company plans to deploy two landers as part of an international armada that includes spacecraft from Europe, Japan...
UK’s NICE Revisits Lilly, Eisai Alzheimer's Drugs Under New Pricing Threshold
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has reopened its evaluation of Eli Lilly’s donanemab and Eisai’s lecanemab after initially rejecting them on cost grounds. A newly‑introduced cost‑effectiveness threshold of roughly £20,000 per quality‑adjusted life year (QALY)...
‘Physical AI’ Is Transforming Warehouse Operations Beyond Traditional Visibility
Physical AI equips drones, forklifts and other moving assets with cameras and computer‑vision models to continuously digitize warehouse inventory, eliminating manual barcode scans. The approach is hardware‑agnostic, leveraging off‑the‑shelf equipment to keep capital costs low and enable deployment in extreme...
Saluja Medical Associates Gains ROI with Remote Workforce Platform
Saluja Medical Associates adopted Edge’s secure remote workforce platform, embedding eight to ten certified virtual assistants to handle insurance verification, scheduling, billing and call support. The model eliminated lengthy local hiring cycles, reduced turnover, and ensured compliance through supervised campus...
Extracting Entropy Information From Quantum Dots
Stanford researchers have directly measured entropy production in semiconductor quantum dots, providing a quantitative view of energy dissipation at the nanoscale. By continuously exciting the dots with ultraviolet light and toggling a strong laser, they induced non‑equilibrium blinking and captured...
The FBI Is Buying Your Location Data To Find Out Where You Drive
The FBI has confirmed it is purchasing real‑time location data from commercial data brokers to track American motorists. Director Kash Patel told Congress the bulk data has yielded valuable intelligence, though specifics were not disclosed. By acquiring the information through...
SecuriThings Announced the Launch of AI-Powered Agentic Device Orchestrator
SecuriThings unveiled the Agentic Device Orchestrator, an AI‑driven platform that adds device‑agnostic, granular control to enterprise IoT estates. The solution expands the company’s reach beyond traditional security hardware to include printers, building‑automation gear, and clinical devices. By using natural‑language agents,...
Walmart Says ChatGPT Checkout Converted 3x Worse than Its Own Website
Walmart’s real‑world test of OpenAI’s Instant Checkout showed that purchases completed inside ChatGPT converted at roughly one‑third the rate of transactions on Walmart.com, a 66% drop in conversion. The underperformance prompted Walmart to pull back from the in‑chat checkout model....
EHang Progresses eVTOL Ecosystem Development Plans in Thailand
EHang’s senior leadership met Thai government officials and local firms in Bangkok to accelerate the rollout of its pilotless eVTOL aircraft. The discussions targeted a three‑dimensional transport system that could ease congestion, improve emergency response and link regions at low...
How Purpose-Built AI Is Transforming Compliance From Detective Controls Into Preventive Controls
Behavox is extending its AI‑driven communications surveillance into a full‑stack compliance platform that unifies trade surveillance, record‑keeping and policy management. Purpose‑built models deliver four‑to‑five times more true positives while slashing false alerts, giving firms a single, explainable narrative for regulators...
Sony to Phase Out "PlayStation Network" Branding as Early as This Fall
Sony plans to retire the PlayStation Network (PSN) brand by September 2026, replacing it with a more generic PlayStation label. The shift is described as purely visual, with no changes to account structures, multiplayer, trophies, or other core features. Developers...
Ditch the Discount, Says Brand Marketer
Cherene Aubert, founder of Growth Capital, advises D2C brands to stop discounting slow‑moving inventory and instead use bundles or free‑gift tactics that preserve margins. She recommends pairing a popular full‑price product with a discontinued item, allowing customers to perceive added...
Feds Say No Need to Recall Tesla's One-Pedal Driving Despite Petition
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has declined to order a recall of Tesla’s one‑pedal driving system, concluding there is no systemic sudden unintended acceleration problem. The agency reviewed a 2023 petition from a Greek engineer that sought...
V-Green to Build 99 Fast-Charging Stations in Vietnam
V‑Green, a charge‑point operator and VinFast sister company, announced a plan to build 99 fast‑charging stations across Vietnam this year. The stations will be located along national and provincial highways in 34 provinces, each offering up to 100 chargers delivering...
Why AP Leaders Must Modernize Before the Pressure Boils Over
Accounts payable teams face soaring invoice volumes, tighter compliance, and heightened fraud risk while headcount stays flat. Legacy automation tools based on templates and static rules cannot interpret diverse formats or link related documents, forcing manual work and errors. The...
AI-Enabled Device Provides Early Health Warnings
Cherish unveiled an AI‑enabled wearable that continuously records patient vitals such as heart rate and respiration. The device applies machine‑learning algorithms to establish individual baselines and flag subtle deviations that may signal health deterioration. Clinicians receive early alerts, enabling proactive...
Haut.AI Brings AI Skin Intelligence to Cosmoprof Bologna 2026
Haut.AI is showcasing its Face Analysis 3.0, SkinGPT, and Skin.Chat solutions at Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2026. The Face Analysis platform evaluates more than 29 skin health metrics using 150+ facial biomarkers and over 3 million data points, already powering personalization for...
Remitian Raises $7 Million, Unveils Tax Payment API
Remitian announced a $7 million seed round and the launch of its Tax Payment API, aimed at streamlining the final mile of tax remittance for accounting firms and fintech partners. The API embeds payment initiation, validation, and real‑time tracking directly into...
SoftBank’s Son Says Ohio Data Center to Be $500 Billion Project
SoftBank Group announced a $500 billion data‑center campus in Ohio, touted as the United States' largest construction project. The initiative aims to create a hyperscale AI compute hub by co‑locating servers, renewable‑energy links, and edge nodes. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick...
Aikido Receives the 2026 Global ASPM Customer Value Leadership Recognition
Aikido Security has been honored with Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Global Customer Value Leadership Recognition in the Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) sector. The award highlights the company’s AI‑driven, developer‑first platform that unifies security across code, cloud, and runtime while...
Six EV Chargers That Offer Free Charging In North Carolina
Waynesville, North Carolina installed six new Level 2 EV chargers at its recreation park, offering free charging to the public. Each unit costs $700, with the town spending roughly $23,000 for installation and recouping $6,900 through a federal tax credit, bringing...
Tesla Delays FSD Approval in Europe Again, Now Expects April 10
Tesla Europe announced it has finished the final vehicle testing phase for Full Self‑Driving (Supervised) with the Dutch authority RDW, pushing the expected national approval from March 20 to April 10. The company submitted extensive documentation for UN R‑171 and Article 39 exemptions,...
Metra to Launch Fare Collection Technology Pilot April 6
Metra will begin a pilot on April 6 that requires riders at selected downtown stations to present a launched Ventra QR code or a paper ticket before boarding. The test uses new handheld scanners on off‑peak trains to evaluate speed,...
Walmart and H&M Are Trying to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Clothes
Fashion accounts for roughly 4% of global greenhouse emissions, prompting brands to seek low‑carbon alternatives. San Francisco startup Rubi Laboratories uses enzyme‑filled bioreactors to turn captured carbon dioxide into cellulose, a material identical to traditional plant fibers. Walmart, H&M and...
Same-Day Dental Crowns: What to Expect, How They Work, and Why They’re a Great Option for Faster Care
Same‑day dental crowns compress the traditional two‑visit process into a single appointment by using in‑office CAD/CAM technology to scan, design, and mill a permanent ceramic crown. The workflow replaces physical impressions and temporary crowns with a digital scan and a...
City of Los Angeles Awards GMV $43 Million Contract to Continue Partnership
The City of Los Angeles has awarded GMV a $43 million contract to extend its role as the technology partner for the DASH and Commuter Express services through 2030. The agreement will upgrade more than 400 buses with GMV Hub, an...
FERC Rejects RWE Complaint over PJM Interconnection Practices
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) dismissed RWE Clean Energy's complaint that PJM Interconnection violated cost‑allocation rules after the project’s upgrade estimate ballooned from $1.25 million to nearly $72 million, prompting the developer to withdraw a 125‑MW solar‑battery project. At the same...
How CISOs Can Survive the Era of Geopolitical Cyberattacks
Geopolitical cyber threats are shifting from ransomware to destructive wiper campaigns, exemplified by Iran‑linked Handala’s March 2026 attack on Stryker that crippled operations in 79 countries. The article outlines a five‑step containment playbook for CISOs, emphasizing credential protection, zero‑trust network segmentation,...
AI Factories, Security Flaws, and Workforce Shifts Define This Week in Tech
Nvidia dominated GTC 2026, branding data centers as trillion‑dollar AI token factories and unveiling the Vera Rubin seven‑chip stack that promises up to 35× higher inference efficiency. The week also saw a wave of security alerts, from the DarkSword iOS...
Ekco Launches Managed Risk Operations Centre to Help Irish Organisations Reduce Cyber Risk
Ekco has introduced a Managed Risk Operations Centre (ROC) in Ireland, powered by Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Management. The service consolidates fragmented vulnerability data into a continuous, business‑aligned risk reduction model. It prioritises exposures based on exploit likelihood, asset criticality and...
Why Flat Kubernetes Networks Fail at Scale
Flat Kubernetes networking models work for small clusters but break at scale. As policies proliferate, the lack of hierarchy leads to unpredictable rule precedence and debugging challenges. Introducing security hierarchies—platform, security, and application tiers—adds explicit ordering and aligns with Zero...
Listen: NI Exclusive with Checkerspot CTO on POA Innovation
Researchers engineered the heterotrophic microalga Prototheca moriformis to produce high levels of polymethylene octadecanoic acid (POA), achieving over 50% POA of total fatty acids and roughly 20.8 g/L POA in a 1 L fed‑batch fermentation. The study, funded by Nestlé and Checkerspot,...
Royal3D’s Interlayer Control System Targets Industrial 3D Print Quality
Royal3D has introduced the Interlayer Control System (ICS), a thermal monitoring solution that tracks nozzle temperature across XYZ coordinates in real time for industrial 3D printers. Using a 160 × 140 pixel infrared camera, the system logs interlayer temperatures, allowing operators to spot...
Reserv by Tambourine Unveils Reserv Encore Multi-Property to Revolutionize Hotel Portfolio Bookings
Tambourine launched Reserv Encore Multi-Property, a new booking engine that lets guests compare and reserve rooms across multiple hotels on a single page. The tool targets hotel clusters, mega‑resorts and collections, offering a unified link, advanced filters and conversion‑focused messaging....
Genies and Sanrio Partner on AI-Enabled Character Experiences
Genies, an AI avatar platform, has formed a strategic partnership with Sanrio, the creator of Hello Kitty and over 400 other characters. The collaboration will enable Sanrio’s iconic IP to be rendered as interactive, AI‑driven avatars that can speak, gesture,...
Eon Strengthens Enterprise Data Protection Capabilities with Latest Enhancements
Eon, a data and AI infrastructure platform, announced ransomware protection tailored for cloud databases. The solution detects anomalies such as row‑count drops and schema changes across major databases and provides automated recovery points. It extends unified protection to VMs and...
Honeycomb Offers New Observability Tools for AI Agents
Honeycomb.io announced the general availability of Honeycomb Metrics and a suite of AI‑driven observability tools. The new features include Agent Skills for Claude Code, Cursor and AWS DevOps Agent, Automated Investigations, a Slackbot with natural‑language queries, and Pipeline Intelligence that...
Two Conduction-System Pacing RCTs Give Conflicting Results
Two randomized trials comparing conduction‑system pacing (CSP) with traditional biventricular (BiV) cardiac resynchronization therapy produced opposite results. The Chinese HeartSync‑LBBP study found that left‑bundle branch pacing reduced the composite of death or heart‑failure hospitalization and improved ventricular remodeling, while the...
AI Data-Center Power Density Could Inspire Standardized IEC Infrastructures
Siemens and Rittal have announced a strategic partnership to create standardized, modular power‑distribution solutions for AI‑focused data centers. The collaboration targets the rapidly rising power densities that now exceed 100 kW per rack and could surpass 1 MW by 2030, introducing a...
Value-Based Care Platform: What Every Payer and Provider Should Actually Be Looking For
Healthcare payers and providers are increasingly adopting value‑based care (VBC) platforms, yet many struggle because the technology cannot support required workflows. The article outlines critical capabilities—AI‑enriched unified records, real‑time risk adjustment, rapid implementation, scalable care management, and live quality dashboards—that...
Intelligent Infrastructure Monitoring: From Sensors in the Track to Decisions in the Control Room
Rail operators are adopting intelligent infrastructure monitoring to capture real‑time condition data from turnouts, ballast and other critical assets. voestalpine Railway Systems’ zentrak portfolio demonstrates a modular, multi‑sensor architecture that feeds raw signals into advanced analytics, including hybrid physics‑based and...
Recycle Coach Partners with Bartec Municipal Technologies
Toronto‑based Recycle Coach announced its UK expansion by partnering with Bartec Municipal Technologies, a software provider serving roughly one‑third of British councils. Bartec will act as the distribution channel, integrating Recycle Coach’s resident‑facing engagement platform with Bartec’s operational waste‑management suite....
Live Coverage: SpaceX to Launch 25 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9 Rocket From Vandenberg SFB
SpaceX is set to launch its 30th Starlink batch of 2026, deploying 25 V2 Mini Optimized satellites on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The mission, designated Starlink 17‑15, will lift off at 2:51:49 p.m. PDT and follow a southerly trajectory into...