Nanodiamonds and Beyond: Designing Carbon Materials with AI at Exascale
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory used exascale supercomputers Aurora and Frontier, together with AI, to simulate carbon atoms under extreme heat and pressure. The simulations revealed how cooling rates dictate whether nanodiamonds stay diamond or transform into onion‑like shells or carbon dots. AI models trained on billions of atomistic steps can now predict the final nanocarbon structure from temperature‑pressure inputs, turning costly experiments into virtual design. The work, published in *Carbon*, paves the way for custom nanocarbons in medicine, energy and defense.
Direct Nervous System Link Promises More Natural Leg Prostheses
Researchers at Chalmers University decoded leg movement intentions directly from peripheral nerves of above‑knee amputees using ultrathin neural implants and a spiking neural network AI. The system accurately identified knee, ankle and toe motions and provided bidirectional sensory feedback through...
Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Version 26H1 Support Lifecycle Dates — Here's How Long Your New Snapdragon X2 Laptop Will Be...
Microsoft has announced that Windows 11 version 26H1, built for Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 and NVIDIA Arm‑based laptops, will be supported from February 10 2026. Home and Pro editions will receive support until March 14 2028, while Enterprise and Education editions extend to March 13 2029. The release will ship...
What’s Next for Retail in 2026: An Industry Perspective – Placer.ai Blog
Nearly 500 retail executives surveyed by Placer.ai indicate a cautiously optimistic 2026, with 55% confident in brick‑and‑mortar performance despite modest 1% visit growth. While 70% anticipate e‑commerce outpacing stores, a third remain more bullish on physical locations, underscoring a shift...
Md. Firefighters Train for EV Fires with Crane Operations, Parking Garage Removal
Howard County’s Department of Fire and Rescue Services held a regional training session at Howard Community College focused on electric‑vehicle (EV) fire response. Firefighters practiced using a crane to lift and relocate a burning EV from a parking garage, employing...
The AI Era Is Turning Corporate America Into a CEO Churn Machine
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen is stepping down after 18 years, pressured by investors demanding AI results. His exit highlights a broader surge in CEO turnover, with 168 new CEOs named in the S&P 1500 last year, the highest in 15...
Utiva Selected Into Techstars as It Expands From Talent Training to AI-Powered Global Workforce Infrastructure
Utiva, an AI‑driven workforce platform, has been admitted to the Techstars accelerator, signaling its shift from pure talent training to providing end‑to‑end global hiring infrastructure. The company has already upskilled more than 200,000 professionals in 39 emerging‑market countries and partnered...
GMV-Led Consortium Launches MYRIAD to Advance AI-Driven Satellite Intelligence for EU Defense
The European Defence Fund has launched the MYRIAD research project, a 48‑month, €5 million initiative coordinated by GMV to embed AI into satellite imagery analysis for EU defence. Nine European partners will develop multi‑sensor fusion, radiometric calibration and explainable AI to...
Generative AI Improves a Wireless Vision System that Sees Through Obstructions
MIT researchers have combined generative AI with millimeter‑wave (mmWave) radar to reconstruct hidden 3D objects and entire indoor scenes. The new Wave‑Former system fills gaps in partial reconstructions, boosting shape‑accuracy by roughly 20 % over prior methods. An expanded system called...
A Neuroadaptive VR System for the Treatment of Arachnophobia
Researchers at Graz University of Technology unveiled VRSpi, a neuroadaptive virtual‑reality system that reads EEG and heart‑rate signals to automatically adjust spider exposure intensity. The prototype uses frontal alpha asymmetry to gauge real‑time anxiety, ensuring stimuli are neither too weak...
Alpine Eagle Scales Sentinel Production with New Munich Facility and European Expansion
Alpine Eagle is scaling production of its Sentinel counter‑drone system, adding a 2,000‑square‑metre interceptor plant near Munich and expanding across Europe after its German Bundeswehr launch. The company has grown from 12 to 50 staff and aims to reach 100...
Healthcare Compliance in Website Development (2026 Guide)
Building or redesigning a healthcare website now demands strict adherence to multiple regulations, including HIPAA, the ADA, and state privacy statutes such as CCPA. In 2026, agencies like the OCR and FTC have intensified audits, targeting insecure data transmission, unapproved...
Descartes Expands AI Innovation on Global Logistics Network with AI Agents for Freight Visibility
Descartes Systems Group has added a suite of AI agents, OpsForce, to its Global Logistics Network to automate freight‑visibility workflows. The agents have linked an additional 435,000 drivers and generated over 720,000 AI‑driven outreach interactions. Customers report up to 100%...
From Day 1 to Day 2: Building IoT Fleets that Stay Connected, Stay Optimised and Stay Secure.
Enterprises moving from IoT pilots to large‑scale deployments are shifting focus from Day 1 launch excitement to Day 2 operational stability. The adoption of GSMA SGP.32‑based eSIMs, combined with Kigen’s SAS‑certified eIM and Simetric’s cross‑carrier Single Pane of Glass platform, provides secure...
CISO Whisperer Names 11 Vendors Leading the Shift From Tools to Outcomes at RSA Conference 2026
The CISO Whisperer has identified 11 cybersecurity vendors at RSA Conference 2026 that exemplify the industry’s move from reactive tools to outcome‑driven, AI‑powered operations. Companies such as Daylight Security, Reclaim Security and CyCognito showcase models that turn detection into automated...
Sky Media Opens Premium VOD Inventory to Programmatic Buying Through DV360
Sky Media announced that its premium video‑on‑demand (VOD) inventory is now available through Google Display & Video 360 (DV360), extending programmatic access across Sky’s owned and partner channels. The offering includes entertainment, drama, sport and news assets such as Sky Atlantic,...
PVFARM Seeks Beta Testers for New Solar Layout Software
PVFARM announced a beta test for its upcoming RE PILOT layout tool, slated to start in late April 2026. The software expands on PVFARM’s flagship platform by automating solar site layout evaluation, factoring in pitch distance, DC/AC ratios, and structural racking....
Versa Extends SASE Platform with Inbound SSE and Secure Enterprise Browser
Versa announced two major extensions to its VersaONE Universal SASE platform: Inbound Security Service Edge (SSE) and a Secure Enterprise Browser. Inbound SSE routes external traffic through Versa’s cloud gateways, applying policy controls before it reaches on‑premise or cloud applications,...
OMRON Introduces Detection Module for Clean Suit Environments
OMRON Electronic Components launched the B5T‑007003 Human Vision Component (B5T HVC‑P2), a compact camera module designed to detect workers wearing clean‑room garments. The device uses specialized firmware to recognize human presence despite protective clothing, supporting multiple viewing angles for flexible...
DLC70G High RF Power Capacitors
Dalicap’s DLC70G series introduces high‑RF power capacitors engineered for demanding microwave applications. The devices combine a high quality factor with low ESR and ESL, delivering high current and voltage handling while maintaining ultra‑stable, low‑noise performance across a broad temperature range....
Carbon Storage Technologies Could Boost Revenues for Pulp and Paper Producers: Fastmarkets Research
Fastmarkets warns EU ETS free allocation phase‑out will hit about 40% of European pulp mills from 2026. The loss of roughly €4.5 billion in surplus allowances and rising compliance costs pressure already tight margins. Analysts suggest carbon capture and storage (CCS)...
SpyCloud’s 2026 Identity Exposure Report Reveals Explosion of Non-Human Identity Theft
SpyCloud’s 2026 Identity Exposure Report reveals a sharp rise in non‑human identity theft, with 18.1 million API keys and tokens and 6.2 million AI‑tool credentials exposed in 2025. Phishing records surged 400 % YoY, delivering 28.6 million compromised identities, while 8.6 billion session cookies were...
A New Milestone for Smart, Affordable Electricity Growth
Google announced that it has integrated a total of 1 GW of demand‑response capacity into its long‑term energy contracts with multiple U.S. utilities. The program lets data‑center workloads, especially machine‑learning tasks, be shifted or curtailed to help balance grid supply and...
Fortinet Refocuses Partner Program to Meet Changing Customer Lifecycle Needs
Fortinet is overhauling its Engage Partner Program to prioritize the customer lifecycle rather than pure sales transactions. The revamped structure rewards channel partners for expertise, services, and long‑term engagement across design, deployment, and operation of Fortinet’s security platform. Initial sales...
Informatica Adds Microsoft Fabric Support and Opens Swiss Data Center
Informatica announced general availability of Microsoft Fabric Open Mirroring within its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) and launched a new Azure‑based IDMC delivery point in Switzerland. The Open Mirroring feature lets customers synchronize data between OneLake and Fabric Data Warehouse...
Cloud ERP Vs. On-Premises ERP: Key Differences
The article contrasts cloud‑based SaaS ERP with traditional on‑premises solutions, outlining twelve critical differences such as deployment speed, customization, update frequency, and total cost of ownership. It highlights that vendors are channeling innovation—especially AI and blockchain—into cloud offerings, while on‑prem...
Adobe’s AI Image Generator Can Now Be Trained on Your Own Art
Adobe has opened a public beta for Firefly Custom Models, letting creators and brands train its AI image generator on their own artwork. The tool preserves specific visual attributes such as stroke weight, color palette, lighting, and character features, ensuring...
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Co-Located Event Deep Dive: Platform Engineering Day
Platform Engineering Day returns for its fifth edition at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam, expanding on the original Paris launch. The two‑track program blends deep technical sessions with security guardrail discussions and a CNCF Platform Engineering Technical Community...
A New Front Line: How AI And Other Innovations Are Transforming The Fight Against TB
AI-powered handheld X‑ray devices and molecular diagnostics are rapidly reshaping tuberculosis detection in low‑resource settings. The Global Fund now backs AI‑driven screening in more than 22 countries, while Indonesia has moved treatment initiation to over 460 primary health centers, reducing...
AI Drives Smarter Ecommerce Pricing
AI is shifting ecommerce pricing from static, rule‑based models to real‑time, shopper‑specific offers that protect margins. By analyzing intent, timing and browsing history, AI decides whether to intervene, what type of incentive to apply, and how personalized it should be....
Can AI Fix Loneliness? Researchers Say Talking to Strangers Beats Chatbots
University of British Columbia researchers found that first‑semester students who texted random peers daily for two weeks experienced a nine‑percent drop in loneliness, far outperforming a Discord chatbot powered by ChatGPT‑4o mini, which yielded only a two‑percent reduction. The study...
Talent Connects, Recruiting and HR Platform, Partners with Fusemachines to Integrate Interview Agent for Its 300+ Customers
Talent Connects, a recruiting platform serving over 300 businesses, announced a partnership with Fusemachines to embed its Interview Agent into the Talent Connects suite. The AI‑driven agent will sit alongside recruiters during interviews, offering real‑time question prompts, response scoring, and...
Hirezon Launches AI Suites to Accelerate Faculty and Staff Recruitment in Higher Education
Hirezon unveiled its AI Suites, beginning with the AI Candidate Summary, to streamline faculty and staff hiring at colleges and universities. The tool automatically extracts job requirements, matches them against applicant materials, and produces side‑by‑side summaries that flag met and...
Power, Precision, and Practical Efficiency
Electric motors drive most industrial motion, accounting for roughly two‑thirds of factory electricity use. Servo systems, unlike fixed‑speed motors, operate across a wide torque‑speed envelope, making a single efficiency rating impossible. Engineers rely on efficiency maps and design practices—right‑sizing, material...
Congatec and Kontron Partner on Embedded Computing Solutions
congatec has introduced the aReady.YOURS Partner Program to deliver customized, turnkey embedded computing platforms. Kontron was named the first aReady.YOURS partner, integrating congatec modules into its modular systems and extending collaboration to bespoke designs. The joint effort targets highly regulated...
German Startup eternal.ag Launches Fully Autonomous Harvesting Robot to Tackle Greenhouse Labor Shortage
German agritech startup eternal.ag unveiled Harvester, a fully autonomous tomato‑harvesting robot designed for greenhouse production. The robot can operate up to 22 hours daily, using AI‑driven vision and a modular platform that continuously learns from field data. Eternal.ag raised €8 million...
Is Your Zero Trust Model Prepared for Modern Threats?
The NSA has released Phase One and Phase Two of its Zero Trust Implementation Guidelines, detailing a five‑pillar, 152‑activity maturity model that U.S. critical‑sector firms must achieve by FY 2027. The guidance expands the original zero‑trust concept to cover non‑human actors such as...
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Developed with Scale AI, the new AI Trainer signals a tectonic shift in robotics, moving applications from pre‑programmed scripts to fully AI‑driven tasks. The system leverages massive datasets generated in specialized AI training cells where robots imitate human operators, creating...
What Can Log File Data Tell Me That Tools Can’t? – Ask An SEO via @Sejournal, @HelenPollitt1
The article explains why SEOs should incorporate server log file analysis into their workflow, highlighting that logs capture raw bot and user interactions that other tools miss. It outlines how logs reveal crawl frequency, budget allocation, technical outages, and spoofed...
Nia Therapeutics’ Smart Neurostimulation System Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation to Treat Memory Loss
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Breakthrough Device Designation to Nia Therapeutics’ Smart Neurostimulation System (SNS) for treating episodic memory loss in adults with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. The fully implantable, closed‑loop system records neural activity from...
Our Favorite Management Tips on Leading with AI
Harvard Business Review outlines how leaders can harness AI without overloading staff. It stresses redesigning work for human‑AI collaboration, setting clear expectations, and measuring outcomes rather than tool usage. The article also highlights managing employee anxiety, preventing low‑quality "workslop," and...
Digital Remedy Takes on the Biggest Pain in Ad Performance
Digital Remedy launched Echo, a unified measurement platform that aggregates cross‑channel ad data—including CTV, display, audio, DOOH, and search—into a single dashboard. Echo enables marketers to analyze performance at hyper‑local levels such as DMA or ZIP code, compare regional outcomes,...
Will AGI Really Be the “Last Invention”?
Silicon Valley often cites I.J. Good’s 1960s “ultraintelligent machine” scenario, claiming that achieving artificial general intelligence would be humanity’s final invention. The article argues that this premise rests on shaky assumptions, including limitless computational capacity and seamless alignment of machine...
Why Email Is Now Identity and Deliverability Infrastructure
Email continues to grow its share of digital marketing spend, accounting for 7.4% and delivering 10‑to‑50× ROI, making it a budget‑resilient channel. However, inbox competition and stricter authentication standards have lowered average placement to 83%, turning deliverability into a core...
Supply Chain 101: What’s Really Happening Between Amazon and USPS?
Amazon announced it will keep its partnership with the U.S. Postal Service but is accelerating the shift of parcels to its own delivery network. ShipMatrix data shows Amazon now handles roughly the same volume as USPS, and the retailer could...
Why Installing Argo CD Didn't Fix Your Deployments
Many organizations adopt Argo CD expecting it to automatically resolve flaky or failing Kubernetes deployments. The article explains that while Argo CD excels at declarative sync and drift detection, it does not repair underlying CI pipeline defects, misconfigured manifests, or...
Checkout.com CPO on What’s Next for the Payments Company that Processed $300bn Last Year
Checkout.com processed over $300 bn in e‑commerce volume in 2025 and posted its first full‑year profit, cementing its position as a leading enterprise‑focused PSP. Chief Product Officer Meron Colbeci said the firm will now make measured bets on three growth pillars: agentic...
How Leading CHROs Are Turning AI Ambition Into Business Outcomes
New research from the CHRO Association shows that leading chief human resources officers are converting AI ambition into tangible business outcomes by anchoring projects in specific HR challenges rather than technology hype. The study, based on cross‑industry case studies, highlights...
Morning Workouts Tied to Lower Cardiometabolic Risk in Fitbit Study of 14,000
Researchers analyzing Fitbit heart‑rate data from 14,489 participants in the All of Us study found that people who regularly exercised between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. had significantly lower odds of cardiometabolic diseases. Morning exercisers were 31% less likely to have coronary...
Hilton Launches Hilton AI Planner
Hilton has introduced the Hilton AI Planner, a generative‑AI digital concierge that assists travelers in discovering and booking stays across its global portfolio. The tool uses conversational intelligence to guide users through destination selection, property comparison, and amenity exploration, delivering...