California Mercedes-Benz USA Parts Distribution Center Goes Solar
EDP Renewables North America’s Distributed Generation unit has finished a 720‑kW rooftop solar system at Mercedes‑Benz USA’s parts distribution center in Fontana, California. The build phase supported 65 construction jobs. The solar array is expected to generate more than $18,200 in electricity cost savings during its first year, while stabilizing utility expenses for the facility. The project underscores the automaker’s push toward on‑site renewable energy and operational resilience.
Gamer Recycles VR Roller Coaster Into Fully Motion-Enabled Elite Dangerous Cockpit
A streamer known as CMDR Wacko has transformed a discarded Chinese VR roller‑coaster platform into a fully motion‑enabled cockpit called the SimStarr. The rig tilts with joystick inputs and jolts on in‑game impacts, supporting any telemetry‑enabled racing or flight title,...
AI Apps Generate Revenue but Struggle With Retention
AI‑powered subscription apps are generating 41% more revenue per user than non‑AI counterparts, yet they suffer markedly lower retention. RevenueCat’s State of Subscription Apps report shows AI apps retain only 21.1% of annual subscribers versus 30.7% for non‑AI apps, and...
Data Centre Capacity in India Crosses 1,500 MW: Govt
India’s data centre capacity surged to over 1,500 MW in 2025, up from 375 MW in 2020, reflecting rapid digital adoption. The bulk of this capacity is clustered in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai (790 MW), with Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi‑NCR providing the remainder....
HDX-MS Plus Computational Methods Provide Novel Approach to Study of Protein-Protein Interactions
Regeneron scientists have integrated hydrogen‑deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX‑MS) with AI‑driven computational analysis to pinpoint binding sites, geometry, and stoichiometry in sandwich ELISA assays. The approach rapidly distinguishes protected versus exposed regions of antibodies, boosting assay specificity and sensitivity. By...
Electrorheoimaging Helps Manage Droplet Viscosity in Real-Time
Researchers at the University of Guelph introduced electrorheoimaging (ERI), a technique that merges electric‑field forcing, rheological measurement, and microscopic imaging to monitor droplet viscosity in real time. By adjusting the frequency of an applied electric field, they achieved instantaneous, reversible...
Benchtop Bioreactor Simplifies Macrophage Manufacturing
Scientists at Hannover Medical School have introduced a standardized protocol that generates macrophages from induced pluripotent stem cells using a 10‑50 mL benchtop bioreactor. The 24‑day workflow produces tens of millions of cells per harvest and allows multiple collections from a...
I Disabled Background Activity for These 5 Android Apps and Now My Battery Lasts Much Longer
The author disabled background activity for five Android apps—Google Play Store, Settings Services, Google, Spotify and Messenger—on a Pixel 9 (Android 16) and an OnePlus Open. Battery levels that typically fell to 65‑70% overnight rose to 80‑90% after the changes. Both devices showed similar improvements...
CAR T Production Bottlenecks Best Tackled with AI, Automation, and Skilled Staff
Patient‑specific CAR‑T therapies face a global production bottleneck due to centralized facilities, manual processes, and high variability in patient cell quality. Researchers highlight that decentralizing manufacturing, eliminating cryopreservation, and accelerating in‑process monitoring can cut vein‑to‑vein times. Automation and artificial intelligence...
Threat Actors Target the Entire Retail Supply Chain
Black Kite’s 2026 report warns that threat actors now view wholesalers and retailers as a single, highly interconnected organization, exposing the entire retail supply chain to systemic cyber risk. Over 70% of major retailers, nearly 60% of wholesalers, and more...
GCash Enters International Money Transfer Market
Globe Telecom’s e‑wallet GCash introduced GCash International Transfers, enabling users to remit funds to bank and e‑wallet accounts in at least 16 countries. The service promises same‑day credit in most destinations and next‑day delivery to the United States, with a...
STAT+: Clearing Tumors in Mice, Azalea Therapeutics Advances Dream of in Vivo CAR-T Therapy
Azalea Therapeutics, a spinout from Jennifer Doudna’s lab, reported in Nature that its in vivo CAR‑T approach can generate functional CAR‑T cells directly within mice and eradicate both solid and hematologic tumors. The technique uses infused gene‑editing particles that precisely...
Drone Wars: Countries Are Looking for Answers but Do Companies Have the Solutions?
Manufacturers are accelerating counter‑drone (CUAS) development as nations rush to buy systems for battlefield and homeland protection. Recent Middle‑East flare‑ups, including the US‑Israeli strike on Iran and Iran’s retaliatory attacks, have underscored the growing threat of uncrewed aerial systems highlighted...
Ibex Medical Analytics Unveils Ibex 4, the Next-Generation AI Platform Setting a New Standard in Comprehensive Cancer Diagnostics and Patient...
Ibex Medical Analytics unveiled Ibex 4, a next‑generation AI platform designed to modernize pathology diagnostics. The solution delivers an end‑to‑end breast workflow, featuring automated H&E analysis and “zero‑click” IHC quantification for HER2, ER, PR and Ki67. It also adds prioritized...
EXCLUSIVE: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Butts Heads With Former FTC CTO Over AI Regulation
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt debated AI regulation with former FTC CTO Latanya Sweeney at the Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate. Schmidt warned that emergent AI behaviors are unpredictable, limiting pre‑emptive safety controls, while urging tolerance for ongoing development. Sweeney countered...
Drone Spraying Proposal Comes with Opportunities, Risks
Health Canada has opened a public consultation on proposed rules that would permit pesticides to be applied by drones already registered for aerial use. The move follows years of pressure from the House of Commons agriculture committee and the Alberta...
Atom Computing Integrates NVQLink Into Quantum Systems
Atom Computing announced that it has successfully integrated NVIDIA’s NVQLink, a low‑latency, high‑bandwidth communication interface, into its proprietary quantum control‑systems stack. The integration delivers ultra‑low latency pathways that accelerate logical‑qubit cycle speeds and support scaling to thousands of qubits. Validation...
FinExtra: Fido Alliance Sets Sights on Latin America
The FIDO Alliance announced the launch of the FIDO Americas Adoption Forum (FAAF), a new initiative aimed at accelerating the adoption of open authentication standards across Latin America. The region’s mobile‑first ecosystem has spurred rapid payments innovation, but rising fraud...
Nvidia NemoClaw
NVIDIA introduced NemoClaw, an open‑source stack that wraps the OpenShell runtime to run OpenClaw always‑on assistants in a sandboxed environment. The platform installs the OpenShell gateway, creates a container with Landlock, seccomp and network‑namespace policies, and routes inference calls to...
Mastercard Keeps Tabs on Fraud with New Foundation Model
Mastercard has unveiled a large tabular model (LTM) trained on billions of anonymized card‑transaction records to strengthen fraud detection. Unlike large language models, the LTM analyzes multi‑dimensional tabular data, identifying behavioral anomalies without relying on personal identifiers. Early tests show...
FDA Approves JenaValve TAVR System for Aortic Regurgitation
JenaValve received FDA clearance for its Trilogy Transcatheter Heart Valve System, marking the first TAVR device expressly approved to treat symptomatic, severe aortic regurgitation (AR). The approval follows the ALIGN‑AR trial, which demonstrated the valve’s safety and efficacy in a...
Swapping Batteries for Hydrogen Gives Drones a Whole New Range
Researchers at Norway's SINTEF have built a hydrogen‑fuel‑cell drone that swaps its battery for a lightweight hydrogen tank, delivering multi‑hour flight endurance. The prototype can inspect long stretches of power lines, conduct search‑and‑rescue missions, and map terrain, offering a cheaper,...
Xandres Expands Its Secondhand Service Online
Xandres has launched its second‑hand platform, Xandres Preloved, via a dedicated website covering the Benelux region and Germany. After pilot programs in Ghent and Bruges, the brand is rolling out the service nationwide, allowing customers to buy and sell pre‑owned...
Scandlines Races To Fully Electrify Ferry Services As Fehmarn Tunnel Stalls
Scandlines launched Baltic Whale, an all‑electric freight ferry, on the Puttgarden–Rødby route, increasing freight capacity by 27% and featuring a 10 MWh battery that charges in under 15 seconds. The vessel joins a hybrid fleet, part of a €400 million program to...
AI Made Developers Faster. So Why Are Product Teams Still Slow?
At DevSparks 2026, Indexnine’s Anand Hariharan warned that AI coding assistants, while dramatically speeding individual developers, often leave product teams lagging. The speed boost is eroded by a “verification tax” as senior engineers must validate AI‑generated code against architecture and...
Can AI Help Healthcare Systems Make Sense of Their Data?
At DevSparks 2026, Partex.AI unveiled a sovereign healthcare foundation model that combines federated learning, knowledge graphs, and agentic AI to analyze fragmented medical data without moving patient records. The architecture keeps data on‑site, sharing only encrypted model updates, while knowledge...
300,000 New EV Chargers Planned For Latin America
ZapCharge, the international arm of China’s Shaanxi Fast Charger, announced a plan to install 300,000 public EV chargers across Latin America by 2030, with an intermediate target of 50,000 stations by 2027. Industry analysts estimate the region will need between...
Mariana Says Copper One Set to Be World Pioneer Autonomy-First Mine and Refinery
Mariana Minerals announced that its Copper One site in Utah will become the world’s first autonomy‑first copper mine and refinery. The company will roll out its MarianaOS platform—combining MineOS, PlantOS and CapitalProjectOS—to automate mining, processing and capital project execution, targeting...
Protagonist’s First Approval Spells Trouble for Pharma’s Immunology Heavyweights
Protagonist Therapeutics received FDA approval for icotrokinra, marketed as Icotyde, becoming the first oral IL‑23 receptor blocker for plaque psoriasis. The clearance arrived ahead of schedule, unlocking a $50 million milestone from Johnson & Johnson and setting up royalty terms of 6‑10% on...
Marks & Spencer Becomes ‘Exclusive Digital Wholesale Partner’ for David Gandy Wellwear
Marks & Spencer has launched David Gandy Wellwear on its Brands at M&S platform, becoming the brand’s exclusive digital wholesale partner. The partnership adds the designer’s best‑selling T‑shirts, loungewear, underwear and robes to M&S’s expanding third‑party menswear portfolio. Gandy, who...
Product Management Principles I Learned Building 80+ Enterprise APIs
CDK Global launched over 80 enterprise APIs to modernize automotive commerce, learning that product‑centric decisions trump technical completeness. By focusing first on high‑value, read‑only APIs like the Vehicle Inventory endpoint, the firm achieved rapid dealer adoption and sub‑200 ms response times....
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Launches Interactive Wellness Hub
Mass General Brigham Health Plan partnered with mPulse to launch an interactive wellness hub for commercial, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and dual‑eligible members. The platform uses predictive analytics to deliver personalized nutrition, activity, sleep and stress‑management tools through audio, visual and...
Introducing Aid4Mail: Closing Email Evidence Gaps for Investigators
Fookes Software Ltd announced a 2026 sponsorship with Forensic Focus to promote Aid4Mail, its 25‑year‑old email forensics platform. Aid4Mail tackles gaps left by generic investigation tools by handling over 40 email formats, retrieving cloud‑based attachments, and recovering deleted messages. The...
K-State Salina Drone Safety Summit to Connect First Responders with UAS Experts
Kansas State University Salina will host a Public Safety UAS Summit on April 22, bringing together law enforcement, fire, and emergency management agencies with drone experts. The day-long event features FAA briefings on Part 107, BVLOS, and emergency waivers, as well as...
Former Uber CEO Says Waymo ‘Obviously’ Ahead of Tesla in Robotaxi Race
Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said Waymo is clearly ahead of Tesla in the robotaxi race, citing Waymo’s proven sensor suite, lower hardware costs and 400,000 weekly rides across ten U.S. cities. He contrasted this with Tesla’s vision‑only approach, which...
TalentNeuron Launches Synappy, Bringing Conversational AI to Workforce Intelligence
TalentNeuron unveiled Synappy, an AI‑driven conversational assistant that translates massive labor‑market data into instant, evidence‑based answers for workforce decisions. Built on a platform that ingests more than 3 million job postings daily across 200+ markets, the tool tracks 65,000 skills and...
Merchants Sound Alarm as Swipe Fees Hit $198B
Swipe fees in the United States surged to a record $198.25 billion in 2025, a 5.9% increase over 2024 and an 80% jump since the pandemic began. Credit‑card fees dominate, with Visa and Mastercard alone accounting for $118.8 billion, while total credit‑card...
ALL.SPACE Achieves Industry-First Multi-Orbit Certification for SES O3b mPOWER
ALL.SPACE announced on March 18, 2026 that its electronically scanned antenna terminal received the industry’s first certification for simultaneous multi‑orbit connectivity on SES’s O3b mPOWER MEO constellation. The ESA can track GEO, MEO and LEO satellites concurrently without mechanical parts, offering...
Luminys Unveils LumiAgent AI and Comprehensive Security Ecosystem Expansion Ahead of ISC West 2026
Luminys Systems announced LumiAgent, an AI‑powered natural‑language video search tool that leverages Vision Language Models and Large Language Models to turn recorded footage into searchable events. The company also expanded its LumiCloud ecosystem with direct‑to‑cloud cameras, longer‑term cloud storage options,...
Technical Analysis of SnappyClient
In December 2025 Zscaler ThreatLabz uncovered SnappyClient, a C++‑based command‑and‑control implant delivered through the HijackLoader dropper. The malware provides screenshot capture, keylogging, remote terminal access, and browser data theft while employing multiple evasion methods such as an AMSI bypass, Heaven’s...
Marelli and AWS Pioneer AI-Based System for Validation of Software-Defined Vehicle Solutions
Marelli partnered with Amazon Web Services to launch an AI‑driven System Test Generation (STG) Agent that automatically creates system test cases from engineering requirements for software‑defined vehicles. The solution leverages AWS Nova foundation models, Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, and the...
Condor Software Raises $24M for Life Sciences Finance Platform
Condor Software announced a $24 million Series A round, led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $36 million. The capital will accelerate development of its AI‑driven financial intelligence platform that unifies clinical, operational, and accounting data for life‑science firms. Early adopters—including...
'Claudy Day’ Trio of Flaws Exposes Claude Users to Data Theft
Researchers at Oasis Security uncovered a trio of vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Claude AI that can be chained into a full‑scale attack dubbed “Claudy Day.” The chain combines an invisible prompt‑injection via URL parameters, an open‑redirect flaw, and a data‑exfiltration route through...
GuardDog Telehealth Accesses Sensitive Medical Records Under False Pretenses
GuardDog Telehealth admitted to accessing patient medical records under false pretenses, claiming treatment needs while actually selling the data to law firms. The lawsuit, supported by Epic and Health Gorilla, alleges the use of sham providers to request records from...
IdeaForge Receives Its First Purchase Order in the United States for Its Drones to Ensure Student Safety in a School...
IdeaForge Technology Limited secured its first U.S. purchase order, deploying Indian‑made drones to secure schools in Texas. The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District will use the SWITCH and Q6 V3 UAVs across 20‑25 campuses for aerial monitoring and rapid threat response....
STAT+: A Huntington’s Researcher on the UniQure-FDA Fray
UniQure’s experimental gene‑therapy for Huntington’s disease, which previously reported a 75% slowdown in disease progression, has received a third consecutive rejection from the FDA. The trial’s lead investigator, Ed Wild of University College London, praised the early data but warned...
Capital One Deprecated an AI Tool It Once Championed. Its DevEx Chief Says That’s the Point.
Capital One’s developer experience (DevEx) team, led by SVP Catherine McGarvey, recently retired an AI‑driven ticket‑assignment tool after engineers expressed dissatisfaction. The group emphasizes "enablement"—providing the right tools, knowledge, and feedback—to boost productivity across its 14,000 technologists. AI tooling is...
StorMagic and HiveRadar Partner to Deliver Mobile Edge Infrastructure with Built-In Resilience
StorMagic and HiveRadar have teamed up to launch a combined edge‑computing offering that pairs StorMagic’s SvHCI virtualization software with HiveRadar’s Portable Edge Data Center hardware. The solution delivers enterprise‑grade virtual machines, encrypted storage and real‑time telemetry in a rugged, off‑grid...
Thrad Extends Its Partnership with Betadine Through iNova Pharmaceuticals
Thrad has extended its partnership with Betadine through iNova Pharmaceuticals to launch digital‑first, AI‑native advertising campaigns for healthcare brands. The first effort is a Betadine Feminine Care initiative that aims to create supportive, informative spaces for women. By combining Betadine’s...
To Strengthen Power Reliability in Extreme Weather, Diversify Grid Resources
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime spotlight on utility poles sparked a conversation about America’s aging grid, highlighting how extreme weather is exposing systemic fragility. Recent storms in Texas, from the 2021 freeze to Winter Storm Fern, illustrate that diversified resources—wind,...