NTT DATA and NVIDIA Bring Enterprise AI Factories to Production Scale
NTT DATA announced an enterprise AI factory platform built on NVIDIA’s GPU‑accelerated stack, combining AI Enterprise software, NeMo and NIM microservices into a production‑ready solution. The offering spans the entire AI lifecycle—from model training to governed deployment—in both cloud and edge environments. Early pilots in a cancer‑research hospital, an automotive supplier, and a battery‑technology firm show faster model evaluation, reduced setup time, and accelerated simulation. NTT DATA positions the service as a domain‑specific delivery model that bridges the gap between proof‑of‑concept and full‑scale production.
The Week Ahead in AI: ‘AI-Free’ Logo in the Works, NVIDIA GTC Kicks Off, Uber Founder’s New Automation Company, Plus...
The AI industry is seeing a surge of activity this week, from a global push for an “AI‑free” certification label to major funding rounds and product launches. Travis Kalanick’s rebranded Atoms targets automation in food, mining and transportation, while startups...
From Cloud-First to Nation-First: A 3-Part Blueprint for AI Geopatriation
Enterprises are abandoning the pure "cloud‑first" model as AI regulations like the EU AI Act and India’s DPDP Act force a "nation‑first" approach. The emerging "geopatriation" trend sees 93% of firms moving or evaluating AI workloads to sovereign‑certified data centers...
IOPE Debuts in Canada Through Exclusive Sephora Retail Partnership
South Korean skincare brand IOPE, owned by Amorepacific, has launched in Canada through an exclusive partnership with Sephora Canada, making its products available both online and in physical stores. The debut features nine clinical‑grade items ranging from $9 to $93,...
If China Returns to the Moon First, Will Americans Care?
China is targeting a crewed lunar landing by 2030, positioning itself to be the first nation on the Moon since Apollo. The United States, under the Artemis program, has pledged to beat that deadline but still lacks an operational lander...
Liberian Registry to Introduce Electronic Seafarer Documents
The Liberian Registry, the world’s largest ship registry, announced the rollout of electronic seafarer documents. The new system, featuring QR‑coded digital certificates and the SEA360 mobile app, will complement existing hard‑copy paperwork while enabling faster, secure verification. Integrated into the...
Why Security Validation Is Becoming Agentic
Traditional security validation relies on disconnected tools like BAS platforms, periodic penetration tests, and vulnerability scanners, creating blind spots as attackers chain identity, cloud, and vulnerability exploits. This fragmentation forces manual data stitching, delaying insight and remediation. Emerging agentic exposure...
The Next Phase of Space Ambitions in Texas
In 2023 Texas earmarked $350 million for its space sector, allocating $150 million through the Texas Space Commission to 24 projects and awarding a final $14.15 million grant to Rice University’s Space Institute for a lunar‑technology center. The state also invested $200 million in...
How Safaricom’s New M-PESA Masked Phone Number Feature Will Work
Safaricom will roll out a phone‑number masking feature for M‑PESA transaction alerts at the end of March 2026. Alerts will replace full numbers with a partially hidden format such as 0722*000**, while still displaying the sender’s first and second names....
STAT+: Structure Therapeutics Reports Significant Weight Loss From Mid-Stage GLP-1 Pill
Structure Therapeutics announced that its daily oral GLP‑1 obesity pill produced an average 16% body‑weight reduction versus placebo after 44 weeks in a Phase 2 trial. The result outperforms Eli Lilly’s orforglipron, which showed about 11% loss over 72 weeks, and rivals...
Artemis via the ISS? A Breakout Opportunity for Kickstarting a Sustainable Cislunar Economy
NASA’s new administrator is exploring an “Artemis via ISS” strategy that uses the International Space Station as a low‑Earth‑orbit staging point for lunar missions. By capitalizing on the ISS’s proven habitat, docking, and orbital alignment, the plan reduces reliance on...
Golden Domes, Fragile Firms: The Business Risks of AI-Enabled Space Infrastructure
AI‑driven routing is turning satellite constellations into real‑time, autonomous utilities that allocate bandwidth, imagery and sensing data in milliseconds. While this autonomy makes megaconstellations economically viable, it also embeds opaque decision‑making into models that can prioritize one user over another...
Space ETFs in the Spotlight as Potential SpaceX IPO Looms
Space-focused exchange‑traded funds are gaining momentum as rumors swirl around a potential SpaceX initial public offering that could price the company at roughly $1.75 trillion. The Procure Space ETF, billed as the first pure‑play space fund, has delivered a 100.7% gain...
The Pipeline: Data Centres to ‘Lower Electricity Prices’, ECP VI Reaches $3.7bn, EQT Wades Into UK Water
Infrastructure Investor’s weekly briefing highlights three major developments: data centre operators are positioning themselves to drive down electricity costs, the European Climate Platform’s sixth fund (ECP VI) has closed at $3.7 billion, and private‑equity firm EQT has entered the UK water market....
Why Universities Should Anchor State Quantum Computing Initiatives
Universities are urged to become anchors of state quantum computing initiatives, mirroring their early role in the AI boom. As quantum hardware moves from research labs to operational systems, federal agencies and private firms are investing heavily. The article argues...
Fingerprint’s MCP Server Turns Device Intelligence Into Real-Time AI-Powered Fraud Insights
Fingerprint has launched an open‑source Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server that lets any AI assistant or chatbot query its device‑intelligence platform in real time. The server uses the open MCP standard, enabling fraud analysts to ask natural‑language questions—such as device...
The Frog Is Dead: North America’s Power Grid Faces Its Biggest Reckoning in a Generation
North America’s power grid is confronting a rapid demand surge, driven by a data‑center boom, reshoring of manufacturing, and broader electrification, pushing load growth to 2‑3% annually. Utilities are scrambling to replace retiring baseload plants while adding intermittent renewables, creating...
Europe’s New Biometric Border System to Enhance Entry Controls From April 2026
From 10 April 2026 the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) will replace passport stamps with an automated biometric registration for non‑EU visitors across all 29 Schengen states. The system captures facial images and fingerprints, linking them to passport data to create a digital...
New Central Digital Procurement Hub Has Delivered 11% Savings on Devices
The UK government launched the Digital Commercial Centre of Excellence (DCCOE) last year to centralise technology and digital services procurement across departments. Staffed by about 24 officials, the hub has already delivered roughly an 11% cost reduction on a large‑scale...
Fino Payments Bank Shares Slump Over 17% On Report Of Potential ED Probe
Fino Payments Bank’s shares tumbled 17% to a 52‑week low after a report that the Directorate General of GST Intelligence may recommend an Enforcement Directorate probe into online‑gaming related transactions. The bank refuted the claim, labeling it speculative, while its...
Willis and Qover Launch Embedded Insurance Partnership
Willis, through its GB Affinity unit, has partnered with European insurtech Qover to create an embedded insurance ecosystem for UK businesses. The joint offering combines Willis’ broking expertise and Radar analytics with Qover’s API‑driven platform, enabling rapid, product‑agnostic insurance programs...
BYD’s Five-Minute EV Chargers Are Going To Europe To Take On Ionity
China’s BYD will begin installing its Flash Chargers in Europe within weeks, delivering up to 1.5 MW of power to a single vehicle. The chargers are currently compatible only with BYD’s Denza Z9GT, which uses the new Blade 2.0 LFP battery and...
AI Impersonation Is Here: How Industry Leaders Are Preparing for the Deepfake Fraud Era
The Deepfake Summit in Houston warned that AI‑driven impersonation, deepfakes and synthetic identities are outpacing traditional fraud defenses. Speakers highlighted how injection attacks and autonomous AI systems are accelerating fraud across banking, payments and government services. The event called for...
Raven Series by 3DMakerPro Makes Professional-Grade LiDAR Scanning Accessible
3DMakerPro is launching the Raven series, a new line of portable LiDAR‑based 3D scanners aimed at professional users. The lineup includes the single‑camera Raven and the dual‑camera Raven Max, both offering up to 20 mm accuracy, 150,000 points per second, and a...
Structure Therapeutics Reports More Phase 2 Data for Oral GLP-1
Structure Therapeutics released Phase 2 data for its oral GLP‑1 agonist, positioning the candidate as a next‑generation alternative to injectable therapies from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. The trial demonstrated a mean 30% reduction in HbA1c and 70% of participants achieving target...
AI Registry to Protect Athlete Likenesses and Digital IP Launched by New Sports-Tech Firm Callandor Group (EXCLUSIVE)
Callandor Group, a new sports‑tech firm, launched the first AI‑focused registry for athletes’ digital identities, enabling licensing and royalty collection for likeness, voice, and biometric data used in AI models. The platform, featuring the Event Horizon API, helps athletes and...
Leveraging NLP for Alpha Extraction in Financial Markets
Recent advances in natural language processing, especially transformer models like BERT, are reshaping how systematic traders extract alpha from text data. LSEG Data & Analytics reports double‑digit performance gains on GLUE benchmarks and highlights BERT’s ease of fine‑tuning with limited...
Is the Epomaker RT82 Worth It? Full Review and Typing Experience
The Epomaker RT82 is a $85.99 75% compact mechanical keyboard that offers Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz dongle, and USB‑C wired connections. It features hot‑swappable switches, a detachable mini‑TV display, and a 4000 mAh battery delivering up to 115 hours of use. Reviewers praise...
How Quick Commerce Is Turning Into A Visibility Engine For Retail & D2C Brands
Quick commerce has evolved from a niche last‑minute service into a mainstream habit, with Indian consumers ordering multiple times a week. The 10‑minute delivery market, worth roughly $6 bn today, is projected to reach $35‑40 bn by 2030, while gross order value...
Store Tab Appearing in Google Shopping
Google Shopping now includes a “Stores” tab that surfaces local retailers alongside product listings. The feature appears after clicking the “More places” button and redirects users to the Places navigation bar. It is distinct from the existing “Nearby” filter, which...
What We're Watching: Touring the ABB Robotics Headquarters | 2025
ABB Robotics unveiled a new Auburn Hills, Michigan campus that consolidates training, manufacturing, testing, and customer‑facing operations under a single roof. The expansion reflects a strategic push to deepen ABB’s U.S. footprint and streamline product development cycles. Facility features include...
The Peptide Boom Is Getting Out of Hand
The Atlantic outlines a surge in off‑label and experimental peptide use, noting that Vyleesi—approved for women’s hypoactive sexual desire disorder—is being bought by men through “research use only” listings and online pharmacies. Compounding pharmacies and telehealth firms now market customized...
How to Defend Against Recruitment as the Attack Surface
Recruitment of software engineers is emerging as a critical attack surface, with nation‑state actors—most notably North Korea—exploiting new hires to infiltrate vulnerable systems. These insiders often receive deep privileges, allowing rapid lateral movement and data exfiltration. The article outlines a...
Cambodia Welcomes ‘Significant and Historic Achievement’ of 1GWh Grid-Forming Battery Storage Project
Cambodia has commissioned a 500 MW/1 GWh grid‑forming battery energy storage system in Pursat province, the country’s first and largest of its kind. Developed by local firm SchneiTec, the BESS uses grid‑forming inverters to provide inertia and voltage support, bolstering grid reliability...
Ukraine Prioritizes Solar-Plus-Storage in Renewables Auctions
Ukraine enacted Law No. 4777-IX, overhauling 15 energy‑market statutes and creating a dedicated solar‑plus‑storage auction track. The new framework extends renewable support to 2034, mandates a minimum 10% quota for solar‑plus‑storage, and sets a €0.12/kWh price ceiling. It also eases...
WSO2 Unveils Platform Portfolio to Power Secure and Sovereign AI Adoption
WSO2 announced a comprehensive platform portfolio aimed at powering secure, sovereign AI adoption across Africa’s enterprise landscape. The suite bundles an agent platform, API management, integration, identity and access management, and platform engineering tools, all deployable in cloud, on‑premises, or...
SBTi Approves Adform’s Near-Term Science-Based Emissions Reduction Target
Adform’s near‑term science‑based emissions‑reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The company pledges a 42% absolute cut in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse‑gas emissions by 2030, using 2024 as a baseline, and a 51.6% intensity reduction in...
Athenahealth Uses Health Tech Ecosystem to Unify Patient Experience
Athenahealth and b.well have launched a FHIR‑based patient‑led data‑sharing platform that generates QR codes for instant health‑record transfer. The solution, part of the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem “Kill the Clipboard” initiative, pulls data from athena and non‑athena EHRs as well...
WealthAi and Stratiphy Partner on AI Portfolio Solutions
WealthAi, an AI-driven operating system for wealth managers, has partnered with Stratiphy to embed its managed portfolio services into the WealthAi platform. The integration delivers Stratiphy’s AI‑built portfolios via bank‑issued synthetic certificates, giving firms a single interface for construction, execution,...
Most Marketing Agencies Are Held Together by Duct Tape. GoHighLevel Wants to Fix That.
Marketing agencies typically juggle six to twelve separate tools, driving up costs and operational friction. GoHighLevel offers a single‑platform alternative that bundles CRM, email, SMS, funnel building, scheduling, reputation management and AI‑driven automation. Its architecture provides unlimited, isolated sub‑accounts per...
Your Airbnb Is Empty Half the Year – This SA Start-Up Has a Fix
AirhostSwap, a South African startup, tackles the chronic low‑occupancy issue in short‑term rentals by letting Airbnb hosts exchange unused nights through a points‑based system. The platform, which syncs directly with Airbnb calendars, supports both one‑to‑one swaps and point‑earned stays at...
Eurobites: Telia Piggybacks on Brookfield for Sovereign AI Push in Sweden
Swedish telecom operator Telia has partnered with Canadian infrastructure firm Brookfield to deliver sovereign AI services. The deal connects Brookfield’s planned AI‑focused data centres to Telia’s nationwide fibre network, with Telia’s Cygate unit operating a secure centre within the facilities....
AI-Generated War Footage Is Going Viral While Real Satellite Imagery Disappears From Public View
The New York Times identified over 110 AI‑generated war images and videos in the first two weeks of the U.S.–Israel–Iran conflict, reaching millions of viewers. Iran is deploying these deepfakes as a coordinated propaganda weapon, while real satellite imagery has...
Why the Industry that Feeds 8 Billion People Still Can’t Read Its Own Data
Agricultural data is highly fragmented, with no universal standards linking field‑level information from research, manufacturers, farmers, and retailers. This incompatibility hampers the deployment of general‑purpose AI, despite the sector’s massive data volumes. A McKinsey study suggests that integrating and connecting...
Kentucky Horsewear Uses AI as a Sales Assistant: “From Searching to Selecting, Both Online and In-Store”
Kentucky Horsewear has deployed a generative‑AI product assistant that guides shoppers through natural‑language queries, delivering tailored horse‑gear recommendations both on its e‑commerce site and in physical stores. Developed with Taglayer, the tool instantly suggests items such as blankets, underblankets, and...
Hakan Özal Joins impact.com to Drive Enterprise Partnership Growth in DACH
impact.com has appointed Hakan Özal as Director of Sales for the DACH region, overseeing Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Özal will steer sales strategy toward enterprise advertisers that manage complex, cross‑channel partnership programs. The role emphasizes integrating affiliate, creator, referral and...
Ineos Grenadier Shuns the Glossy Shots for the Boozer
Ineos Automotive has launched a new ad campaign, “Born in a Pub,” that tells the Grenadier 4×4’s origin story inside a recreated London pub. The 80‑second film shows the vehicle being assembled on the bar while patrons mingle, rejecting the...
Pete Pharma Partners with Atrium24 on Pharmacy 3D Printing
Pete Pharma has entered a strategic partnership with Atrium24 Technologies, designating Pete Pharma as the primary 3D‑printing provider within Atrium24’s group‑ purchasing organization. The deal gives Atrium24‑member independent pharmacies preferred pricing on Pete Pharma’s FABRx 3D‑printing platform, enabling on‑site production...
After Novartis Pact, Macrocycle Shop Unnatural Products Gets $45M Series B
Santa Cruz‑based Unnatural Products secured a $45 million Series B round to accelerate its macrocycle drug platform. The financing follows a newly announced partnership with Novartis that will grant the pharma giant early access to the company’s pipeline and a co‑development option...
Sweden Opens Esrange to Military Orbital Launches
On March 16, 2026 SSC Space signed a SEK 209 million agreement with Sweden’s Defense Materiel Administration to build a military satellite launch capability at Esrange. The contract includes infrastructure, tracking, security and a launch control centre, targeting operational status by 2028....