New AI Image Generator Runs Using 10 Times Fewer Steps than Today's Best Models — and It's Coming to Smartphones...
Researchers at the University of Surrey and Stability AI unveiled Stable Diffusion 3.5 Flash (SD3.5‑Flash), an image generator that creates high‑quality pictures in just four diffusion steps—about ten times fewer than conventional models that need 30‑50 iterations. The compression preserves visual fidelity while slashing compute demand, making the model light enough for on‑device execution. Lenovo has licensed the technology for its upcoming Qira platform, promising integration into future smartphones, tablets and laptops. The move signals a shift toward edge‑centric generative AI.
AI Startup Basecamp Research Announces Trillion-Gene Project
Basecamp Research, an AI‑focused biotech startup backed by Microsoft and Nvidia, announced a trillion‑gene sequencing initiative. The company aims to collect genetic sequences for over a trillion proteins within the next two years. Leveraging high‑performance cloud computing and advanced generative‑AI...
Interactive Map Visualizes NPS Materials Flagged For Removal
An interactive map now visualizes a leaked Interior Department spreadsheet that lists 798 National Park Service sites where content was flagged for removal under the Trump administration. The map provides searchable entries, each featuring historical narratives, archived photographs, and Wayback...
AT&T Launches New App to Simplify Customers’ Digital Experience
AT&T announced the rollout of a new unified mobile app that lets customers manage both wireless and home internet services from a single interface. The app features a generative AI assistant, usage insights, device controls, and an upgraded shopping experience,...
Tait Announces Shared-Channel Version of DMR Tier 3
Tait Communications has unveiled the OpenTrunk shared‑control‑channel solution, a DMR Tier 3‑based trunking system that operates on shared spectrum instead of a dedicated control channel. The offering addresses the scarcity and high cost of licensed spectrum in major U.S. metros such...
Waste-to-Energy Embraces CCS and BECCS
Kanadevia Inova will build the UK’s first full‑scale carbon capture unit at the Protos waste‑to‑energy plant, using amine scrubbing to remove about 370,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year and aiming for negative emissions by mid‑2029. In the United States, AtmosClear...
Sony Releases New PlayStation 3 Update Nearly 20 Years After Launch
Sony has issued a new system software update (version 4.93) for the PlayStation 3, nearly two decades after the console’s launch. The update’s notes repeat the generic claim of "improving system performance," but its real purpose is to refresh the Blu‑ray...
Using Fiber-Optic Cables to Detect Moonquakes
Two Los Alamos studies show that fiber‑optic cables can be laid on the Moon’s surface to record moonquakes, eliminating the need for heavy, buried seismometers. Laboratory tests in simulated regolith found burial depth irrelevant, while stiffer, thicker fibers improved signal...
Marquis Says over 672,000 People Had Personal and Financial Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack
Fintech firm Marquis disclosed that a ransomware attack in August 2025 exposed personal and financial data of 672,075 individuals, the most comprehensive figure released to date. The stolen information includes names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank,...
For Effective AI, Insurance Needs to Get Its Data House in Order
A new Autorek report reveals that insurance firms are hamstrung by slow settlement cycles, fragmented data estates and costly manual error correction. Surveyed managers say 14% of operational budgets go to fixing manual errors and nearly half of firms take...
Health Lean Analytics Secures over €2.1M to Automate Hospital Data and Optimise Surgical Workflows
Health Lean Analytics (HLA) secured €2.1 million in seed funding, including a €1.4 million round from family offices and a loan from Spain’s ENISA. The Barcelona startup automates real‑time data capture in surgical suites using IoT, AI and advanced analytics, integrating seamlessly...
China’s New Horse-Inspired Robot Can Haul Gear, Climb Stairs
Hangzhou‑based DEEP Robotics unveiled a limited‑edition robot horse to mark the 2026 Year of the Horse. Weighing 66 lb and standing half a meter tall, the bionic quadruped can haul up to 110 lb, climb 25 cm stairs and tackle 45‑degree slopes while...
Black Swan Graphene Completes Production Capacity Expansion at Its United Kingdom Facility
Black Swan Graphene has completed a major capacity expansion at its Consett, UK plant, tripling annual output to over 140 tonnes of graphene nanoplatelets. The upgrade centers on a custom‑built GEA 3160 Ariete homogenizer, delivering flow rates up to 22,000 litres per...
Dropzone AI Releases Autonomous Threat Hunting Agent for Continuous SOC Detection
Dropzone AI unveiled its AI Threat Hunter, an autonomous agent that conducts continuous threat‑hunting across an organization’s security stack. The tool offers one‑click access to 250+ pre‑built hunt packs or custom objectives, completing federated searches in 60‑90 minutes that would...
Aadhaar World’s Largest Biometric ID System With 134 Crore Live Holders: Govt
The Indian government announced that Aadhaar now serves 134 crore active users, making it the world’s largest biometric identity system. To date, the platform has processed over 17,000 crore authentication transactions across multiple modes, including OTP, fingerprints, iris, and AI‑driven facial recognition....
The Retroid Pocket G2 Is the Latest Victim of the RAM Crisis, with the Android Gaming Brand Issuing a Worrying...
The ongoing global RAM shortage has forced Retroid to temporarily discontinue its Pocket G2 handheld, citing volatile memory pricing. The company also raised the price of its Pocket Classic from $129 to $149, reflecting higher component costs. Retroid recommends the...
Epic Secures a £222m Federated EPR Contract Across Somerset and Dorset
In early March 2026 four NHS trusts in Somerset and Dorset signed a £222 million federated contract with US‑based Epic to replace a patchwork of legacy electronic patient record (EPR) and patient‑administration systems. The deal unifies Epic’s platform across Somerset NHS...
Ionis Delays Prion Disease Readout; Arvinas' Parkinson's Biomarker Data
Ionis Therapeutics announced that the primary completion date for its Phase 1/2a prion disease trial has been pushed to February 2027, extending the study timeline by more than two years. In parallel, Arvinas reported new biomarker data from its Parkinson’s disease program,...
Klarna Hits 1 Million Merchants: BNPL Giant Signals Continued Global Expansion
Swedish buy‑now‑pay‑later provider Klarna announced it has surpassed one million merchants worldwide, a 47% increase from the previous year. The growth includes roughly 285,000 new merchants in 2025, with 115,000 added in the fourth quarter alone, and a 91% surge...
Dataminr and Crisis24 Announce Strategic Partnership to Pioneer the Future of AI-Powered Global Risk Management
Dataminr and Crisis24 announced a multi‑year partnership to build the industry’s most advanced Critical Event Management platform, blending Dataminr’s AI‑powered real‑time intelligence with Crisis24’s risk‑management suite. The combined solution will ingest over one million public data sources—text, image, video, audio,...
Federal Cyber Experts Called Microsoft's Cloud "A Pile of Shit", Yet Approved It
Federal reviewers harshly criticized Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud High (GCC High), calling it a “pile of shit” due to missing security documentation and unclear encryption practices. Despite these concerns, the FedRAMP program granted the cloud suite an authorization, effectively giving it...
Commvault Extends Enterprise Resilience to Structured and AI Data with Real-Time Governance Controls
Commvault announced an expansion of its Cloud platform to include data security posture management for structured data and real‑time access governance, leveraging its recent acquisition of Satori. The new features automatically classify sensitive information, monitor usage of structured and vector...
MediaScience Unveils Breakthrough AI “Ad Cloning” Technology That Enables Element-by-Element Creative Testing
MediaScience introduced Creative Twin, an AI‑powered tool that replicates ads element‑by‑element for precise testing. In a study with 812 U.S. respondents, participants could not distinguish AI‑generated copies from originals. The platform lets marketers modify individual components—such as talent, hair style,...
Adaptiva Introduces Aida, an Enterprise-Safe AI Advisor for Autonomous Endpoint Management
Adaptiva unveiled Aida, an enterprise‑safe AI advisor that lets IT and security teams query endpoint data in plain English and receive instant dashboards, charts, and risk insights. Designed for environments with hundreds of thousands of devices, Aida leverages Adaptiva’s autonomous...
Colorado Jewish Community Center Meets Power Needs with Namaste Solar Project
Colorado’s Boulder Jewish Community Center completed a 306‑kW rooftop solar project, adding 614 panels to its existing 67‑kW array and offsetting roughly 80 % of its electricity use. The installation was funded through a $523,143 grant, Boulder County PACE financing, Xcel...
Teradyne Launches Photon 100 Opto-Electric Automated Test Platform
Teradyne announced the Photon 100, an opto‑electric automated test platform designed for high‑volume silicon photonics (SiPh) and co‑packaged optics (CPO) manufacturing. The system merges optical and electrical instrumentation on the UltraFLEXplus chassis, covering wafer, optical‑engine and module‑insertion testing. By delivering scalable,...
MDOT MTA Earns LEED Silver Certification
The U.S. Green Building Council has granted LEED Silver certification to the Maryland Transit Administration’s Purple Line Operations and Maintenance Facility in Glenridge, Maryland. The rating acknowledges high‑performance standards in energy efficiency, water conservation, and waste reduction, highlighted by solar‑reflective...
BMC Advances Trusted AI Orchestration With New Control-M Capabilities
BMC announced AI‑enhanced capabilities for its Control‑M workload automation platform, adding agentic AI, an AI advisor called Jett, and new AI workflow creator tools. The updates enable automatic workflow design, failure prediction, and optimization across hybrid environments. Integrations with CrewAI,...
Backslash Adds Cross-Product Support to Secure AI Skills in Developer Environments
Backslash Security announced cross‑product support for agentic AI Skills, giving organizations the ability to discover, assess, and govern Skills across AI‑native development environments. The new capability adds centralized visibility of Skills, Model Context Protocol servers, plug‑ins and prompt rules, allowing...
FonQ Is Struggling: Payment Deferral and Online Store Shut Down
Dutch online home‑furnishings retailer fonQ is facing collapse after its holding company filed for a stay of payments. An administrator will now assess options to keep the business afloat. The company, which also owns brand Naduvi, saw CEO Itai Gross...
The Refund Fraud Economy: Exploiting Major Retailers and Payment Platforms
Refund fraud has morphed into a structured underground market where actors sell step‑by‑step tutorials and services for exploiting retailer return and payment dispute processes. Flare researchers analyzed 3,686 posts, uncovering a commercial ecosystem pricing guides between $50 and $300 and...
Lloyd's Register, OneOcean Report Warns Shipping Must Master Data to Remain Competitive
Lloyd’s Register and OneOcean released a report warning that the maritime sector’s surge in operational data is hampered by fragmentation and low standardisation, jeopardising compliance and commercial advantage. Their Digital Maturity Index shows data standardisation at 2.45 / 4 while overall digital...
Music and AI: ‘There Is a Really Big Opportunity Here – if We Get It Right’
The IFPI’s Global Music Report launch highlighted AI as a pivotal growth driver for the recorded‑music sector. Sony Music’s Dennis Kooker emphasized that generative AI can deepen fan‑artist connections, but only if licensing frameworks are solid and deepfake abuse is...
Menlo Security Delivers Unified Governance and Threat Prevention for AI Agents and Humans
Menlo Security introduced a Browser Security Platform designed to protect both human users and autonomous AI agents that operate within the browser, now treated as the enterprise operating system. The solution embeds a unified control plane that enforces machine‑speed governance,...
Nvidia’s Always-On Chip Detects Faces in Less Than a Millisecond
Nvidia researchers unveiled an always‑on vision system that can detect human faces in under one millisecond while consuming less than 5 mW of power. The chip, called Alpha‑Vision, operates at 60 fps and is active only 5 % of each frame cycle, achieving...
ANNA Money Secures HMRC Making Tax Digital Approval, Launches Free Auto Accountant Tool
ANNA Money has received HMRC certification as a Making Tax Digital (MTD) software provider for Income Tax, allowing its users to file quarterly returns directly through the platform. The fintech also launched Auto Accountant, a free AI‑driven tool that prepares...
I Tested 3 City AI Chatbots. Here's What They Actually Do.
Municipalities are rapidly deploying AI chatbots to field resident inquiries, but early tests reveal serious shortcomings. Denver’s "Sunny" provides detailed crime data yet fails on homelessness policy, redirecting users to a service request. Winter Haven’s bot avoids crime questions while...
Oracle Announced the General Availability of Oracle Analytics Server 2026
Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle Analytics Server 2026, delivering a suite of enhancements aimed at boosting adoption, performance, and governed self‑service. New defaults for the "Limit Values By" filter and a redesigned State menu streamline workbook interactions. The...
Flash Isn?t Just Expensive?It?s a Supply-Chain Risk
Flash memory prices are climbing even though manufacturers report no major supply disruptions, driven by soaring AI demand and a production base heavily concentrated in a few regions. This concentration turns modest demand shifts into sharp price spikes and longer...
Germany’s Data Center Market Expands Amid Power, Regulatory Pressures
Germany’s data‑center market is entering a rapid expansion phase as AI, 5G and cloud workloads drive demand across the country. Frankfurt remains the dominant hub with about 745 MW of live IT load and 542 MW under construction, while Berlin is emerging...
Second iOS Exploit Kit Now in Use by Suspected Russian Hackers
Researchers have identified a second mass‑scale iOS exploit kit, DarkSword, linked to suspected Russian actors. The kit targets devices running iOS 18 or earlier, potentially affecting up to 270 million iPhones, and can steal passwords, crypto wallets, and messages. It exploits Apple’s...
Democratic House Bill Aims to Overturn Trump Electricity Policies
Democratic Representatives Sean Casten and Mike Levin introduced the Energy Bills Relief Act, a sweeping clean electricity proposal that seeks to undo key Trump‑era policies such as fast‑track grid access for gas‑fired plants and the removal of renewable tax credits....
Industrial ERP at a Turning Point: Dean Forbes on Cloud Adoption and Pragmatic AI
Forterro’s CEO Dean Forbes says the company’s 2025 momentum stems from a decisive shift to cloud‑based ERP, which has unlocked confidence, stability and faster upgrades for mid‑market manufacturers. Recurring revenue now accounts for 74% of sales and net revenue retention...
Nordstrom's Email System Abused to Send Crypto Scams to Customers
Nordstrom customers received fraudulent emails appearing to come from the retailer’s official address, promoting a St. Patrick’s Day cryptocurrency “double‑your‑deposit” scheme. The messages were sent through Salesforce Marketing Cloud after an Okta‑SSO compromise and promised a 200% return within two hours,...
Texas National Guard Drone Teams Support Border Partners, Strengthen Guard Readiness
The Texas National Guard’s 640th Technology Integration Cell deployed small unmanned aircraft systems to support Operation Lone Star, delivering real‑time thermal imaging and aerial overwatch for Border Patrol agents. The drones accelerated terrain assessment, enabling faster decision‑making and contributing to...
Cassava Deploys 'AI Factory' In SA, More Countries in the Pipeline
Cassava Technologies Group has begun rolling out its Nvidia‑powered “AI Factory” in South Africa, marking the continent’s first sovereign AI production hub. The company plans to replicate the model in Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco, targeting local language models such...
Why Delivery Reliability Now Matters More Than Speed
Retailers have spent a decade chasing Amazon‑style speed, but a Locus survey shows only 9% of shoppers believe promises are consistently met. Missed windows and silent delays erode trust, with 92% of customers abandoning a brand after just a few...
Graylog Advances Explainable AI and Automated Workflows for Faster Threat Detection
Graylog announced AI‑driven security automation at RSA, introducing explainable AI threat prioritization, agentic workflows via its open MCP Server, and a Spring 2026 release that auto‑launches investigations when asset risk exceeds thresholds. The threat prioritization engine aggregates alerts using entity context,...
Russia Is Changing Its Drone Strike Tactics
Ukraine’s armed forces say Russia has altered its Shahed drone strike tactics, flying them at altitudes below 100 metres and deploying larger swarms. The low‑level approach hampers radar detection, while some drones are now equipped with jet engines, increasing speed....
HMRC Enters Public Beta Tests of One Login as Transition From Government Gateway Gradually Progresses
HM Revenue & Customs has launched a public beta that lets a controlled group of new users register for tax services via the GOV.UK One Login platform. The trial, which runs until June, does not yet include the 50 million existing...