Multiverse Computing Pushes Its Compressed AI Models Into the Mainstream
Multiverse Computing has launched CompactifAI, an app that runs its ultra‑small Gilda model locally on compatible devices, offering offline AI chat. The startup also unveiled a self‑serve API portal giving enterprises direct access to compressed models such as HyperNova 60B, which promises faster, cheaper responses than the original LLM. Multiverse now serves over 100 global customers and recently closed a $215 million Series B, with rumors of a €500 million funding round. The move targets edge AI use cases where privacy, latency, and compute cost are critical.
Gartner Predicts Surge in AI-Powered Public Services
Gartner forecasts that by 2028 at least 80 % of governments worldwide will deploy AI agents to automate routine decision‑making, boosting efficiency and service delivery. The firm highlights a shift toward decision intelligence, where governance focuses on the decisions themselves rather...
"Federal Cyber Experts Called Microsoft’s Cloud a “Pile of S**t,” Approved It Anyway"
Federal cyber officials publicly disparaged Microsoft Azure, calling it a “pile of s**t,” yet still granted the cloud service a FedRAMP authorization. The panel’s criticism centered on long‑standing vulnerabilities and inadequate supply‑chain controls, but the agency ultimately approved Azure after...
Tax Code Analysis Tool 1.0
The Tax Code Analysis Tool (CAT) models the U.S. federal tax code as a graph, linking the text of Title 26 to the entities and concepts it governs. By treating over 1,900 sections as interconnected nodes, CAT can surface cross‑references, map...
Philips-Nvidia Team-Up Strives to Create a ‘Self-Driving MRI’ Machine
Philips and Nvidia have unveiled an AI‑driven preview that generates a synthetic MRI image before the scan begins, using Philips' MR foundation model combined with Nvidia's NV‑Segment, NV‑Generate, and NV‑Reason tools. The preview ingests patient data and protocol settings to...
Zopa Bank Continues Its Transformation with Further Growth
Zopa Bank added half a million new customers last year, bringing its total base to 1.7 million, and posted a 90% profit jump to £65 million. Sales rose 24% to £377 million and deposits grew 17% to £6.4 bn. The fintech‑turned‑bank leveraged its in‑house tech...
Balcony Solar Bill Gains Momentum in Illinois
Illinois’ Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee approved a plug‑in solar bill that would let homeowners install up to 1,200‑watt “balcony solar” systems without interconnection agreements or fees. The legislation also bans HOA or landlord restrictions on units of 391 watts...
FDA Pushes Back Its Review of New PET Imaging Agent From Lantheus
The U.S. FDA has extended its review of Lanteus’ PET imaging agent LNTH‑2501 by three months, moving the PDUFA target date to June 29. LNTH‑2501, a Ga‑68 edotreotide kit for detecting neuroendocrine tumors in adults and children, remains unapproved and...
Liquid Cooling Drives Other Localized Cooling
Liquid cooling is increasingly used to manage high‑power GPUs and AI chips, but removing traditional airflow can leave nearby components overheating. Engineers must perform whole‑board thermal analysis to identify chips that transition from warm to hot without liquid cooling. Alternative...
Advanced Packaging Limits Come Into Focus
Advanced packaging has become the primary performance variable for AI and HPC chips, with substrate, bonding, and process sequence dictating scalability. Engineers now face warpage, glass fragility, hybrid‑bond yield, and substrate limits as the dominant yield‑killers as packages grow larger...
AI Use at Work in Europe: Which Countries Use Generative AI Tools Most, and Why?
Eurostat data show that 15% of Europeans aged 16‑74 used generative AI at work in 2025, but adoption varies dramatically across the continent. Norway tops the chart with 35.4% workplace usage, while Hungary lags at 1.3%, reflecting a north‑west versus...
ASUS Launches AI-Powered ExpertBook Ultra in South Africa
ASUS introduced the AI‑powered ExpertBook Ultra in South Africa, targeting mobile professionals who need high‑performance computing in a lightweight chassis. The laptop ships with up to Intel Core Ultra X9 processors, integrated Intel Arc graphics, and a dedicated NPU delivering 50 TOPS...
Apex Signs First Japanese Bus Contract With NEC
Apex Space announced its first Japanese contract, selling an Aries satellite bus to NEC for a 2027 low‑Earth‑orbit optical communications demo. NEC plans to merge its long‑standing payload expertise with Apex’s standardized, rapid‑development platform to accelerate the mission. The deal...
Revector & Cannon Dynamics Integrate Cell Phone Location Payload Onto Long-Range UAV for Anti-Poaching
Revector has partnered with UK‑based Cannon Dynamics to mount its mobile‑phone location Detector onto the Sword long‑endurance VTOL drone for anti‑poaching missions in Africa. The integrated system uses an IMSI‑catcher to map unusual mobile activity, giving rangers real‑time intel across...
Volatus to Develop Heavy-Lift Drone Logistics for Offshore Wind Operations & Maintenance
Volatus Aerospace has signed a contract with a leading offshore wind power firm to develop heavy‑lift drone logistics for maritime environments. The initiative will enable remotely managed drones to transport up to 100 kg of tools and components from vessels directly...
Influencer Marketing Around IPL Set to Touch ₹700 Crore in 2026: Report
Influencer marketing tied to the Indian Premier League is projected to hit roughly ₹700 crore by the 2026 season, according to Qoruz. Spending has risen from about ₹250 crore in 2023 to ₹550 crore in 2025, reflecting a 40 % compound annual growth rate....
Composable ERP: Architectural Reality or Executive Imperative?
Enterprise resource planning is moving from monolithic, upgrade‑centric models to composable architectures that prioritize speed and modularity. Volatile supply chains, AI disruption, and rapid M&A activity force executives to ask whether their ERP can adapt in real time. Early adopters...
High-Speed CMOS X-Ray Detection for AI Chip Inspection Launched
Rayence has launched the Flash Series, a high‑speed CMOS X‑ray detector tailored for semiconductor automated X‑ray inspection (AXI) and 3D CT systems. The platform delivers 49.5 µm pixel resolution at up to 70 frames per second, while withstanding X‑ray doses of 20,000 Gy....
AI Will Not Replace Auditors’ Judgment, Says Regulator Chief
Richard Moriarty, chief executive of the UK Financial Reporting Council, told City AM that artificial intelligence will not replace auditors’ core judgment, professional scepticism and challenge of management. He warned that regulators must focus on the people deploying AI rather than...
Amazon's Alexa Has Had an AI Upgrade. Now She's Got More to Say
Amazon is rolling out Alexa+, an AI‑enhanced version of its Echo assistant, across the UK. The upgrade lets Alexa follow conversational threads and respond more proactively, aiming to match the fluidity of chatbots like ChatGPT. Users can access Alexa+ for...
BioCina Launches Manufacturing Program for Patrys’ Injectable Delirium Therapy
BioCina has launched a comprehensive Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) program for Patrys Ltd’s injectable formulation RLS-2201, a proprietary quetiapine product aimed at treating acute delirium in intensive‑care patients. The manufacturing effort is based in BioCina’s sterile facility in Perth...
SAVVI Data Pilot to Identify Vulnerable Residents Earlier
A £1.1 million government‑funded pilot will test the SAVVI and Open Referral UK (ORUK) data standards in Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. The standards aim to spot early signs of vulnerability—such as housing instability or health...
AstraZeneca to Build Cell Therapy Base, Innovation Center in Shanghai
AstraZeneca announced plans to construct a cell‑therapy manufacturing base and an innovation centre in Shanghai. The facilities will produce CAR‑T cancer treatments for China and broader Asian markets, positioning the company as the first global drugmaker with end‑to‑end cell‑therapy capabilities...
Inside FinSight Ventures’ Bet On A Pricey Yet Durable Indian Fintech Market
FinSight Ventures, led by Pavel Gurianov, has committed roughly $20 million per deal to Indian fintech and consumer super‑app companies, backing firms such as Razorpay, Easy Home Finance, Gupshup and Car Dekho after an initial fund‑of‑funds strategy. While Gurianov acknowledges that...
What Does A Beta Test Of A Sell-Side Agent Look Like?
Publishers are piloting AI‑powered sell‑side agents that use large language models to negotiate and package ad inventory on behalf of sellers. Early adopters such as The Weather Company and Optable have built prototypes leveraging the open Prebid framework and Anthropic’s...
What Does A Beta Test Of A Sell-Side Agent Look Like?
Publishers are experimenting with sell‑side agents—LLM‑powered sales bots that negotiate ad inventory on their behalf. An open‑source framework donated by AdCP to Prebid now lets companies build and test these agents, with early pilots at The Weather Company and data‑clean‑room...
Metformin Reduces Weight Gain in Young People Taking Antipsychotics
A large pragmatic trial involving 1,565 overweight or obese youths with bipolar spectrum disorders found that adding metformin to a brief lifestyle program significantly blunted weight gain associated with second‑generation antipsychotics. Over six months, the metformin group’s BMI rose only...
UK Programmatic DOOH Spend to Rise 41% as It Becomes Core to Omnichannel Planning
VIOOH’s 2026 UK programmatic DOOH (pDOOH) report shows the channel now appears in 34% of campaigns, up from 31% in 2024, and is projected to reach 47% within the next 18 months. Marketers anticipate a 41% increase in pDOOH spend,...
Parallel Raises $20M to Scale AI Solutions for Hospital Administration
Paris‑based Parallel has closed a $20 million Series A round led by Index Ventures, following a $3.5 million seed less than a year ago. The startup’s AI agents sit on top of legacy hospital systems to automate administrative workflows, starting with medical coding...
The Rise of Deepfakes and How to Stop Them
Financial Times AI correspondent Melissa Heikkilä explores the rapid rise of deepfake technology, highlighting how user‑friendly tools now let anyone swap faces or generate synthetic video. The piece details real‑world scams that leverage convincing fake footage to deceive victims and...
Why Programmatic Quality Control Needs To Focus On The Bid Request, Not Domains
Programmatic buyers have traditionally relied on domain‑level whitelists and blacklists to clean up inventory. The article argues that domains are merely containers and that true quality control must happen at the bid‑request level, where signals such as device, geo and...
Why Programmatic Quality Control Needs To Focus On The Bid Request, Not Domains
Programmatic buyers are shifting from traditional domain‑based inventory cleanup to bid‑request level rationalization. The article argues that domains are merely containers and that real quality resides in the signals of each bid request. By focusing on bid rationalization—prioritizing specific request...
Dawn’s Suborbital Spaceplane Completes Radar Tracking Experiment with Defence Science and Technology
New Zealand’s Defence Science and Technology agency and the Royal Navy teamed with Dawn Aerospace to conduct the DARTE radar‑tracking experiment, using the Aurora suborbital spaceplane off the Canterbury coast. The trial demonstrated that the frigate HMNZS Te Kaha’s surveillance radar can...
Webinar: Government 3.0 – Smarter Systems, Sharper Minds
A Mandarin Talks webinar titled “Government 3.0 – Smarter systems, sharper minds” explored how AI can reshape public services without undermining human judgment. Former NSW minister Victor Dominello and ex‑White House AI adviser Carmem Domingues argued that speed‑focused metrics are insufficient and...
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Announces “Genesis Mission” Which Includes a Goal to Accelerate Quantum Advantage via AI
The U.S. Department of Energy launched the Genesis Mission, a $293.76 million initiative spanning thirty challenge areas to fuse artificial intelligence with quantum information science. Challenges 7 and 8 specifically aim to use AI to discover provable quantum‑advantage algorithms and to enhance the...
Why American-Made Propulsion Is the Future of Global UAV Missions
Northwest UAV (NWUAV) is reshaping UAS propulsion by delivering heavy‑fuel engines that run on JP‑8, JP‑5, and Jet‑A, eliminating the need for gasoline in tactical drones. The company’s all‑American, AS9100D‑certified supply chain guarantees secure, kill‑switch‑free components, aligning with NATO’s Single‑Fuel...
The Science of Splashdown
The article explains that splashdown is a complex fluid‑impact problem where capsule shape, parachute timing, sea state, and crew posture determine survivability. It traces splashdown from Mercury through Apollo to modern Orion and SpaceX Dragon missions, highlighting why water remains...
AI Chatfest Could Up-End Community Consultation
Governments are experimenting with AI‑driven chat platforms to replace traditional public‑consultation processes. The new approach promises to capture comments in real time, analyse sentiment, and generate summary reports faster than manual methods. Early pilots show submission volumes rising while processing...
AdFest 2026 Releases New Batch of Finalists
AdFest 2026 announced its second round of finalists, adding ten new award categories to the competition. The new categories cover Brand Experience, Digital & Social, Direct, Effective, Outdoor, PR, Sustainable, Digital Craft, Film Craft, and Print & Outdoor Craft. Notable...
TikTok Shop Turns Shopping Into Shoppertainment in New Fishermen Integrated Spot
TikTok Shop partnered with Fishermen Integrated to launch the Ramadan‑Raya campaign “Bazar Direka Untuk …”, turning the shopping journey into a curated shoppertainment experience. The initiative runs from 1 March to 13 March 2026 and blends product curation, creator‑led content, original music and...
RMIT Team Develops Smart Bandage that Heals, Monitors Wounds
Researchers at RMIT University have created a smart wound dressing that monitors pH changes and releases therapeutic nanozymes. The hydrogel embeds carbon‑dot nanoparticles that change colour to signal infection and can be triggered manually or automatically to deliver treatment. The...
What Nigeria Can Learn From Ghana and South Africa as It Drafts Its AI Strategy
Nigeria is preparing its first national AI strategy as the African Union rolls out a continent‑wide AI framework. The article examines Ghana’s early but uneven implementation and South Africa’s integration of AI oversight into existing regulators. Both cases highlight gaps...
How Offshore Engineering Teams Accelerate AI Adoption
Enterprises often stall digital transformation because execution capability, not strategy, is lacking. AI projects frequently remain in proof‑of‑concept phases due to legacy systems, talent shortages, and limited engineering bandwidth. Offshore engineering firms such as Kaopiz address this gap by supplying...
TRIMEDX-AIQ Adds Supply Chain Automation, Advanced Predictive Failure Intelligence
TRIMEDX unveiled an upgraded AI‑native platform, TRIMEDX‑AIQ, that adds automated parts ordering, purchase‑order automation, and predictive failure forecasting to its clinical supply chain suite. Leveraging a dataset of over 6.1 million device records spanning 25 years, the system anticipates equipment degradation and...
Hospital Opens New $3M Interventional Radiology Suite, the First in Its Region
Rapids Regional Medical Center in Alexandria inaugurated a $3 million interventional radiology (IR) suite, the first of its kind in central Louisiana. The state‑of‑the‑art facility supports image‑guided procedures such as biopsies, embolizations, ablations and on‑table CT‑guided radiation therapy. Hospital leadership highlighted...
Remote Hiring in Healthcare: How HR Teams Are Reducing Administrative Work
Healthcare providers are increasingly turning to remote staffing firms to offload non‑clinical tasks such as scheduling, billing, and insurance verification. Companies like Remote Scouts, MedVA, and Scribe America supply pre‑trained, HIPAA‑compliant virtual assistants that can be onboarded within days, reducing...
Affordable HR Solutions for Remote Teams in 2026: Tools for Better Hiring & Branding
Remote work has turned the first employee handshake into a virtual interaction, prompting companies to seek affordable, high‑quality headshots for branding and recruiting. The article evaluates seven remote‑team headshot services, scoring them on price, image quality, turnaround, ease of use,...
How AI Grading Software Is Revolutionizing Recruitment Assessments
AI grading software is transforming recruitment assessments by automating the scoring of essays, coding tests, and situational judgments. Leveraging machine learning and natural language processing, the tools deliver consistent, bias‑reduced evaluations in minutes instead of days. The technology scales to...
Falling Is Inevitable, but Learning Is a Design Choice
Government’s Budget Information Security Review exposed a mis‑configuration that leaked sensitive data, prompting tighter controls. Cyber expert Vsevolod Shabad argues the real issue is whether government systems are built to learn from failures, not just to contain them. He highlights...
GDS Reports Achieving 90% Accuracy in GOV.UK Chat Pilots
The Government Digital Service (GDS) announced that its AI‑driven GOV.UK Chat achieved 90% answer accuracy, up from an initial 76% benchmark. The figure comes from two public pilots involving more than 10,000 participants who asked roughly 26,000 questions about taxes,...