Using Grafana and Steadybit MCP Servers in LLM-Based Reliability Workflows
Observability leader Grafana and chaos‑engineering platform Steadybit have each released Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, enabling seamless LLM‑driven integration. By connecting the two MCP endpoints, SRE teams can ask large language models to combine real‑time dashboards, alerts, and historical incident data with chaos experiment results. Sample prompts illustrate how AI can recommend experiment targets, translate SLOs into test hypotheses, and generate incident‑driven experiment definitions. This workflow creates a feedback loop that democratizes reliability insights while keeping a human‑in‑the‑loop.
Azilen Technologies Becomes Merge Service Partner to Accelerate HRTech and HRIS Integrations
Azilen Technologies has been named an official Merge Service Partner, linking its HR integration expertise with Merge’s unified API platform. The collaboration will help HRTech SaaS providers design, launch, and scale HRIS integrations across North America and Europe more quickly....
New Base Customers Module: Built-In CRM for B2B Sales
Base has launched a new Customers module that embeds a lightweight B2B‑focused CRM directly into its platform. The tool automatically creates company records from VAT numbers and consolidates every order under a single customer ID, regardless of sales channel. Users...
EWS Pairs with Citi to Offer Paze
Early Warning Services (EWS) has teamed up with Citibank to bring its Paze digital wallet to Citi credit‑card holders, marking the first partnership with a non‑owner bank. The rollout is slated for the coming weeks, expanding Paze’s reach beyond the...
FranklinWH Battery Accepted in New York and Washington VPPs
FranklinWH announced its residential battery system is now approved for virtual power plant (VPP) programs in New York and Washington. In New York, participants can receive up to $3,000 upfront and earn about $200 annually by allowing utilities to draw power during...
Gifthealth Launches Off-the-Shelf Solution for Most Favored Nation Pricing
Gifthealth unveiled an off‑the‑shelf platform that enables manufacturers to offer Most Favored Nation (MFN) pricing through direct‑to‑patient (DTP) programs. The solution leverages Gifthealth’s position as the nation’s largest DTP partner, handling over 90% of U.S. DTP volume and supporting more...
Can Bristol Myers Squibb’s Pipeline Strategy Offset a Major Patent Cliff?
Bristol Myers Squibb faces a major patent cliff as flagship drugs like Revlimid, Pomalyst, Opdivo and Eliquis lose exclusivity, threatening its revenue base. To counteract the decline, the company is reshaping its pipeline through internal R&D and high‑profile acquisitions, emphasizing...
Business Insurance Health Introduces Six Open Access Benefits Modeling Tools for Small and Mid-Size Employers
Boston‑based Business Insurance Health launched the Benefits Intelligence Platform, a suite of six open‑access tools that let small and mid‑size employers model health‑benefits costs, ROI, and funding options without broker assistance. The tools include a Business Valuation Tool, Benefits ROI...
Top 5 Things CISOs Need to Do Today to Secure AI Agents
Agentic AI is reshaping enterprises by giving autonomous software agents the ability to write code, move data, and execute transactions without human oversight. Traditional AI security relies on prompt filtering and output monitoring, which only constrain behavior after access is...
The “Third Way” For Digital Health Engagement
Kris Narayan argues that today’s health‑tech landscape is split between EMR giants that protect clinical data within the office and consumer‑focused AI tools that demand medical expertise to use. Both approaches fail to engage patients during the daily "micro‑moments" after...
AppZen Completes Workday Integration for AI-Powered Expense Audit
AppZen has completed a Workday Design Approved Integration, adding its AI‑driven Expense Audit app to the Workday Marketplace. The integration creates a bi‑directional, near‑real‑time link between Workday Expenses and AppZen’s Mastermind AI platform, enabling autonomous compliance checks and fraud detection....
MarkApp Joins IAB MENA
MarkApp has joined IAB MENA, reinforcing its commitment to transparent, standards‑driven digital advertising in the Middle East and North Africa. IAB MENA is a leading industry body that shapes programmatic standards, best practices, and education across the region. MarkApp brings...
British Business Bank Promises £50m for SuperSeed’s Physical AI Fund
The British Business Bank has pledged up to £50 million as a cornerstone commitment to SuperSeed Fund III, a seed‑stage vehicle focused on B2B AI and SaaS firms building physical AI for manufacturing, energy, construction and autonomous systems. The investment, made...
Are Pig Organs the Future of Transplantation?
The United States faces a transplant shortage of over 100,000 patients, prompting research into xenotransplantation using genetically engineered pig organs. Recent cases—David Bennett’s pig heart in 2022, Lawrence Faucette’s in 2023, and Tim Andrews’ pig kidney in 2025—demonstrate feasibility, with...
How Congress Can Grow the Space Supply Chain
Demand for satellite constellations, lunar missions and private launches is surging, but the space supply chain lags behind, creating costly delays. The Aerospace Industries Association and PwC released a report outlining gaps and policy fixes, including a two‑way demand‑signaling system...
You Can Turn an Old Android Phone Into a Wifi Extender for Your Home Network
An unused Android smartphone can be repurposed as a Wi‑Fi extender by enabling its hotspot feature and rebroadcasting the home network. The device creates a secondary SSID that repeats the original signal, extending coverage into dead zones without additional hardware....
Nike Just Put Its Swoosh on Beats Earbuds for the First Time
Nike and Beats have unveiled the Powerbeats Pro 2 Nike Special Edition, marking the first time the Swoosh appears on Beats hardware. The earbuds keep the original Powerbeats Pro 2’s workout‑focused features—heart‑rate monitoring, active noise‑cancellation, and up to 45 hours of battery life—while adding matte‑black...
Power Couple OpenAI + Amazon May Have Just Won Consumer Agentic Commerce
OpenAI and Amazon announced a strategic partnership on Feb. 27, 2026, featuring a $50 billion investment by Amazon. Within weeks, OpenAI removed its Instant Checkout from ChatGPT, while Amazon introduced Shop Direct feed support and expanded its Rufus chatbot to complete purchases....
HR Tech Bytes: Cangrade, G-P
Cangrade introduced automated video interview scoring and built-in response summaries to its Jules AI Video Interview Copilot. The system creates a soft‑skill rubric from job descriptions, lets recruiters edit criteria, and then scores candidate answers against it. G‑P’s AI‑driven platform...
Seasats Quickfish USV Completes 8-Day Continuous Sea Trial
Seasats announced that its Quickfish autonomous surface vessel successfully completed an eight‑day continuous sea trial, demonstrating over‑35‑knot top speed and multi‑week on‑station endurance. The hybrid jet‑electric propulsion and a dedicated payload bay for UAV launch set it apart from other...
How Forensic Investigation Techniques Help Solve Cybercrime Cases
The article outlines how digital forensics transforms fragmented cyber‑crime traces into courtroom‑ready evidence. It walks through the four‑stage workflow—preserve, acquire, analyze, report—and highlights the pitfalls of mishandling volatile data or losing cloud logs. Core techniques such as timeline reconstruction, artifact...
NVIDIA and Persistent Systems Partner to Bring ‘Agentic AI’ to Drug Discovery
Persistent Systems has partnered with NVIDIA to bring Agentic AI to the healthcare and life‑sciences sector, focusing on computational drug discovery. Leveraging NVIDIA’s full AI stack—including AI Enterprise, BioNeMo, the NeMo Agent Toolkit, and NIM microservices—Persistent built GenMolVS, a generative...
Refurbed Hits €3 Billion GMV as Refurbishment Becomes Mainstream
refurbed has crossed €3 billion in cumulative GMV in under a year, following a €50 million funding round and its first profitable year. The marketplace expanded into 12 additional European countries, doubling its footprint and reaching an addressable market of roughly 486 million...
FlySafair Introduces Apple Pay & Google Pay for Faster Flight Bookings
FlySafair has added Apple Pay and Google Pay to its mobile app, enabling one‑tap flight purchases. The new options, powered by South African payments infrastructure firm Stitch, aim to streamline checkout and enhance security. The functionality is live in the...
Email Remains Organizations' Most Serious Cybersecurity Threat
AI is accelerating the frequency of cyber incidents, yet email and multi‑factor authentication (MFA) remain the dominant entry points for ransomware. Cybersecurity veteran Robert Herjavec notes that 85% of ransomware attacks originate from phishing emails or compromised MFA credentials. The...
Executive Interview Series: Petru Metzger, CEO at Payforge
Petru Metzger, CEO of Payforge, emphasized three core convictions shaping his company: deep payments domain expertise, outcome‑driven execution, and AI‑enabled development. He argues that true differentiation comes from unifying strategy, analytics, and engineering rather than siloed modernization projects. The interview...
FERC Approves SPP Merger of Interconnection, Transmission Planning
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Southwest Power Pool’s Consolidated Planning Process, merging generation interconnection with transmission planning. SPP will launch its first CPP window in April and introduce the GRID‑C rate, giving developers upfront cost certainty for network upgrades....
Idemitsu Solar + Storage Project Designed for California Peak Demand
Idemitsu Renewables’ Azalea Solar and Storage Project entered commercial operation on December 31, delivering 60 MW of photovoltaic generation and a 38 MW AC/152 MWh battery system in Kern County, California. The facility is tied to a long‑term power purchase agreement with Sonoma Clean Power...
20 Years of Sensor Technology Transformation
ASC Sensors marks its 20‑year anniversary, having grown from a two‑person operation to a global leader in inertial sensor technology. The company now offers a full suite of analog, digital and smart accelerometers, gyroscopes and IMUs, including plug‑and‑play solutions like...
The 2026 Convergence: Big Tech, Agentic AI and the Restructuring of the Global HealthTech Ecosystem
In early 2026 the world’s leading technology firms launched agentic health AI platforms, shifting from passive information retrieval to proactive health stewardship. Microsoft introduced Copilot Health, aggregating data from over 50,000 U.S. hospitals and dozens of wearable ecosystems, while Amazon...
AI Changes the Calculus for the Cybersecurity Arms Race, Says Shark Tank Star
Robert Herjavec, the Shark Tank investor and security tech founder, argues that artificial intelligence is reshaping the cybersecurity arms race. He believes AI‑driven tools can identify and neutralize attacks as quickly as they are launched, turning the speed advantage toward...
Health Tech Firm Oura Marks India Debut with Smart Ring
Finnish health‑tech company ŌURA has launched its Oura Ring 4 in India, available through Cromā stores and Amazon. The titanium smart ring tracks over 50 health indicators and offers personalized insights via a dedicated app. Pricing starts at ₹28,900 for the...
Upcoming Webinar | Turning Fair and Equitable Pay Into Your Strategic Advantage
The European Union is tightening its Pay Transparency Directive, prompting companies to review compensation structures and reporting methods. HRtechFeed is hosting a webinar on March 26 at 1 PM CET titled “EU Pay Transparency: Turning Fair and Equitable Pay into Your Strategic Advantage.”...
Big Tech Purchases of Carbon Credits Explode Amid AI Race, with Microsoft Leading the Way
Big Tech firms are rapidly scaling purchases of carbon credits to offset the soaring emissions from AI‑driven data center expansion. Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft increased permanent removal credits from 14,200 in 2022 to an estimated 68.4 million by 2025, according...
3 Finalists Announced for 2026 Hermes Award
The 2026 Hermes Award finalists are Festo, Schaeffler and Ziehl‑Abegg, each showcasing breakthrough automation technology. Festo presents integrated fluid‑handling manifolds with embedded sensors, Schaeffler offers compact high‑torque actuators for humanoid robots, and Ziehl‑Abegg delivers a rare‑earth‑free synchronous elevator motor. The...
Elbit America Wins US Army HUD Contract for Air Soldier System
Elbit Systems of America secured a $49.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to supply colour head‑up displays for the Air Soldier System, covering UH‑60 Blackhawk and CH‑47 Chinook helicopters through December 2030. The firm‑fixed‑price, indefinite‑delivery/quantity agreement includes post‑production support and hinges...
Azara Healthcare Joins MEDITECH Alliance to Integrate Population Health Platform
Azara Healthcare has entered the MEDITECH Alliance, linking its Azara DRVS population‑health platform with the MEDITECH Expanse electronic health record. The integration is aimed at community and critical‑access hospitals, offering an out‑of‑the‑box data aggregation layer that combines clinical records, claims...
EMA Marketing Authorization of New Drugs in February 2026
In February 2026 the European Commission and the CHMP granted marketing authorisations and positive opinions for a slate of innovative therapies spanning COVID‑19, oncology, cardiology, immunology and rare diseases. Notable approvals include Moderna’s mNEXSPIKE COVID‑19 vaccine, Hansoh’s Aumseqa for EGFR‑mutated...
Thor Wind Farm Begins Powering Danish Grid
RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm, a 1.1 GW project off Denmark’s west coast, has begun feeding electricity into the Danish grid after the first turbine was installed. The venture, owned 51% by RWE and 49% by Norges Bank Investment Management, is...
Press Release: Palm Launches Pulse: The AI Assistant for Treasury Teams
Palm introduced Pulse, an AI‑driven conversational assistant that sits atop treasury management systems and ERPs. The tool lets treasury professionals ask natural‑language questions about cash positions, forecasts, investments, debt and FX exposures, delivering answers and charts in seconds. Pulse combines...
O2 Speeds up Deployment with Pre-Assembled Mobile Mast
O2 has introduced a pre‑assembled mobile mast that shifts most of the complex antenna, radio and cabling work to a factory environment. The approach slashed on‑site installation time from two days to four hours and reduced cable connections from roughly...
Bones Studio to Release BONES-SEED - the First Multimodal Motion Dataset Purpose-Built for Humanoid Robotics
Bones Studio announced the release of BONES‑SEED, a multimodal motion dataset tailored for humanoid robotics. The open‑source collection contains 142,000 high‑fidelity human motion sequences, each enriched with up to six natural‑language captions, precise temporal segmentation, and detailed skeletal metadata. Built...
PTC Teams with NVIDIA to Unite Design and Robotics Simulation by Connecting Onshape to NVIDIA Isaac Sim
PTC announced a cloud‑native integration that links its Onshape CAD and PDM platform directly with NVIDIA’s Isaac Sim robotics simulation framework. The workflow streams mechanical relationships from Onshape into Isaac Sim, automatically updating physics‑based simulations whenever designs change. Demonstrated at...
Workday Rolls Out Sana, Its Conversational AI Gateway to Enterprise Work
Workday announced the general availability of Sana, an AI‑powered conversational interface that replaces traditional menus for its HR and finance applications. The launch includes three components: Sana for Workday, the Self‑Service Agent that automates routine queries and complex workflows, and...
UK Open Skies Network to Create UK’s First Droneport, AAM Test-Flight Hub
Open Skies Network has partnered with ASONE Park to build the United Kingdom’s first DronePort at St Merryn Aerodrome in north Cornwall. The aviation campus will host eVTOL, eSTOL and BVLOS drone operations, creating a multi‑use environment where traditional and emerging aircraft...
Bristol Airport to Invest £10 Million Into New Energy Centre
British airport Bristol (BRS) announced a £10 million investment to build a new energy centre that will replace its gas boilers with air‑source heat pumps and an electric boiler. The modular facility will generate, store and distribute low‑carbon heat and cooling...
FANUC Accelerates Physical AI in Industrial Robotics, Leveraging NVIDIA Technologies
FANUC announced a strategic partnership with NVIDIA to accelerate "physical AI" in its industrial robot lineup. The collaboration embeds NVIDIA Jetson edge modules, Isaac Sim, and Omniverse into FANUC's robots and ROBOGUIDE software, enabling photorealistic digital twins and real‑time AI...
Introducing Sana From Workday: Superintelligence for Work That Finds Answers, Takes Action, and Automates Workflows
Workday unveiled Sana, a superintelligence platform that embeds generative AI into its cloud suite. Sana can surface answers from enterprise data, execute actions on behalf of users, and automate routine workflows across HR, finance, and planning functions. The solution leverages...
For Newer Sepsis Diagnostics, What the Studies Show
Newer sepsis diagnostics such as monocyte distribution width (MDW), Intellisep, and MeMed BV are showing promise in early clinical studies but each has distinct limitations. MDW, available on the Beckman Coulter CBC platform, improves sepsis detection when combined with white‑blood‑cell...
Why IT Service Management Platform Migrations Fail — And What IT Leaders Must Do Before Switching Platforms
IT service management platforms are increasingly seen as strategic liabilities as legacy tools fail to meet modern business demands. Rising costs, fragmented vendor relationships, and integration challenges push leaders toward migration, framing it as a business transformation. However, many initiatives...