Everllence Ammonia Engine Passes Factory Acceptance Test
Everllence announced the successful factory acceptance test of its first dual‑fuel ammonia‑burning engine, the B&W 6G60ME‑LGIA, built by Hyundai Heavy Industries' licensee in South Korea. The engine will power a vessel for Singapore‑based Eastern Pacific Shipping, slated for delivery in October 2026, marking the world’s first ammonia carrier. Featuring high‑pressure SCR emissions control and extensive safety systems, the unit expands Everllence’s product line across multiple bore sizes. A full sales release will also include retrofit options for existing ships.
A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China
Honor, the Chinese smartphone maker, unveiled a humanoid robot that completed a 13.1‑mile half‑marathon in 50:26, shattering the human record by seven minutes. The event in Beijing featured more than 100 robots from 76 institutions racing alongside 12,000 human participants...
Anthropic, Amazon Tighten Bond in $5 Billion Investment and Computing Deal
Amazon announced an additional $5 billion investment in Anthropic, expanding a partnership that could ultimately reach $25 billion if commercial milestones are met. In return, Anthropic will purchase more than $100 billion of AWS cloud services and tap 5 gigawatts of Amazon‑built AI chips....
USSF Objective Force 2040 And USAF Satellite Purchases: What It Means For Europe
At Space Symposium 2026 the U.S. Space Force released its Objective Force 2040 roadmap, while the Air Force announced a shift to multi‑year satellite procurement contracts. The new acquisition model aims to cut costs and give manufacturers longer‑term certainty. Objective...
5 Of The Best Folding E-Bikes, According To Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports has identified the five best folding electric bikes, highlighting the Velotric Fold 1 as the top‑rated model. The rankings span a price spectrum from $1,078 for the Lectric XP 4 to $1,899 for the Blix Vika+ Flex, and all five excel...
Scape Turns Student-Inspired Stories Into National Campaign via Jane Doe Creation
Jane Doe Creation launched “You Had To Be There,” an integrated campaign for Scape that turns student‑inspired moments into national brand storytelling across YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Meta, Reddit and out‑of‑home. The mixed‑media films showcase everyday campus connections, from hallway greetings to shared...
EVs Are Driving Cleaner Automotive Supply Chains — Here’s How
The new Lead the Charge Auto Supply Chain Leaderboard shows that EV manufacturers are outpacing gasoline‑car makers in battery recycling, low‑carbon steel and aluminium use, and responsible mineral sourcing. Tesla disclosed detailed emissions hotspots in its battery chain, while Mercedes,...
Smartphone Video Enhances Parkinson’s DBS Programming
Researchers have introduced StimVision, a smartphone‑based system that records video of Parkinson’s patients performing motor tasks and converts the footage into quantitative kinematic data for deep brain stimulation (DBS) programming. The platform’s computer‑vision and machine‑learning algorithms generate metrics that align...
OCC Enters the Interchange Fight and Raises the Stakes
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has stepped into the U.S. interchange fee debate by filing an amicus brief in the Seventh Circuit appeal of Illinois’ Interchange Fee Prohibition Act and by submitting a rulemaking proposal on...
Wells Fargo, Citi and Goldman Lead in AI Venture Investment
Large banks are accelerating AI venture investments, posting a 21% compound annual growth rate since 2023, according to Evident AI’s report on the 50 biggest global banks. Wells Fargo, Citi and Goldman Sachs lead U.S. activity with 81, 77 and 70 deals...
Iran War Highlights the Value of Unmanned Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force deployed MQ‑9 Reaper drones early in Operation Epic Fury over Iran, using their 24‑hour endurance to locate and strike mobile missile and drone launchers. Despite being vulnerable to sophisticated air defenses, several Reapers were lost, yet...
Lab-Grown Mini Brain Models Offer New Hope for Diagnosing and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease
Johns Hopkins researchers created patient‑derived hindbrain organoids that faithfully reproduce Alzheimer’s molecular hallmarks. Using these mini‑brains, they tested the SSRI escitalopram, uncovering strikingly different serotonin‑signaling responses across individual organoids. Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles revealed disease‑related proteins that shifted with...
I Ran One Open-Source Tool and Deleted 150GB of Hidden Windows Junk in Minutes
BleachBit, a free open‑source cleaning utility, reclaimed roughly 150 GB of hidden junk from a Windows PC in minutes. Unlike Windows’ Disk Cleanup and Storage Sense, it targets obscure temp folders, system logs, and app caches from programs such as Chrome,...
Alabama Becomes Latest State to Enact Comprehensive Privacy Law
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the Alabama Personal Data Protection Act (APDPA) on April 16, 2026, making it the latest state to adopt a comprehensive consumer privacy law. The statute, which takes effect on May 1, 2027, applies to businesses that process the data...
Google Rolls Out Gemini in Chrome in 7 New Countries
Google expanded its Gemini in Chrome AI assistant to seven additional markets—Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam—bringing the feature to both desktop and iOS platforms, except for iOS in Japan. The rollout follows earlier launches in...
We’re Expanding Gemini in Chrome to Users in Asia Pacific.
Google is rolling out its Gemini AI assistant in Chrome to users in the Asia‑Pacific region, covering Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam. The feature lets users chat with a personalized browsing assistant that can summarize...
India’s State Elections See AI Moving From the Margins to the Mainstream
India’s 2026 state assembly elections have turned artificial intelligence from a novelty into a core campaign tool. Parties across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry operate AI‑powered digital war rooms that generate content, clone voices, translate speeches and conduct hyper‑personalised...
STAT+: At AACR, a Provocative Use of CAR-T, Merck’s New Thing and Cancer’s Geography Problem
At the AACR 2026 meeting, early‑phase data showed Merck‑partnered CAR‑T therapy Carvykti eliciting deep responses in 20 high‑risk smoldering multiple myeloma patients, suggesting a preventive angle for a precursor disease. The conference also featured Merck’s first glimpse of an oncology...
Bring Research and Evidence Into Classroom Products
Learning Commons President Sandra Liu Huang explains how shared infrastructure can bridge the gap between decades of learning‑science research and everyday classroom tools. By creating a knowledge graph that links academic standards, curriculum content, and research findings, the organization aims...
Commentary: Southeast Asia’s Scam Centres Are a New US-China Battleground
Cyber‑fraud scam centres across Southeast Asia entrap roughly half a million people and siphon about $43.8 billion a year, roughly 40% of the region’s combined GDP. China and the United States both vie to lead anti‑fraud initiatives, but their competing digital...
OpenAI’s Codex for Mac Now Watches Your Screen to Build Context, but Sends the Screenshots to Its Servers First
OpenAI has introduced Chronicle, a research‑preview feature for Codex on Mac that periodically screenshots the desktop, sends the images to OpenAI’s cloud for OCR and visual analysis, and saves the resulting text as unencrypted Markdown files for local context. The...
Meink: Space Force Programs Ready to Execute Once FY27 Budget Lands
At Space Symposium 2026, Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink announced that a slate of Space Force programs, including the AMTI rapid‑development effort, are fully funded‑ready and will move forward once FY27 budget authority is received. The department is standardizing acquisition...
Permitting Reform Needed As Energy, Data Center Demand Surges
Federal permitting rules are under pressure as U.S. energy and data‑center demand surge, with industry leaders warning that review processes can stretch four to five years. Speakers at an American Enterprise Institute panel highlighted the fragmented involvement of the Interior,...
AI Meeting Notetakers Spark Hidden Compliance Risks for RIAs
AI-powered meeting notetakers are now commonplace among registered investment advisers, but compliance experts warn they automatically generate email summaries that become official business records. The SEC has made clear that any AI‑created client communication must be reviewed by a human...
Meta Previews Updates for Its Edits App
Meta marked the one‑year anniversary of its standalone video‑editing app Edits with an invitation‑only webinar, unveiling a slate of upcoming features. The company highlighted recent Threads enhancements—new fonts, color adjustments, and better project management—that complement Edits’ creator toolkit. Meta also...
Anduril, HD Hyundai Expand Partnership with First Autonomous Surface Vessel in Production
Anduril and HD Hyundai have deepened their collaboration to build autonomous surface vessels, with the first ship in a new class now in production after a successful critical design review. Construction is underway at U.S. shipyards operated by Edison Chouest...
BCG Finds AI Will Transform Over Half of Jobs Within Three Years
Boston Consulting Group’s new report predicts that 50%‑55% of jobs will be significantly reshaped by AI within the next two to three years, while only 10%‑15% face full displacement over a longer horizon. The transformation focuses on automating routine tasks...
Semrush Launches a Framework for Measuring Brand Visibility in AI Search as the Old SEO Playbook Breaks Down
Semrush unveiled a Brand Visibility Framework at Adobe Summit, introducing “Agentic Search Optimisation” to measure brand presence across AI‑generated answers, traditional search, and autonomous agents. The model draws on more than 213 million LLM prompts and highlights that organic click‑through rates...
German Vaccine Scientists Are Now Applying Their Expertise to Scaling Cultivated Meat
The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg has partnered with cultivated‑meat startup Innocent Meat on a two‑year ZELPI project to transfer vaccine‑scale perfusion techniques to food biotech. The collaboration will test Innocent Meat’s cell lines...
Stem Cell Embryo Model Grows Yolk Sac without Hypoblasts or Gene Editing
University of Michigan researchers have created a transgene‑free stem‑cell embryo model that forms a yolk‑sac‑like structure without hypoblasts or gene editing. By patterning human pluripotent stem cells on 0.8 mm circular islands and exposing them to BMP‑4, the cells self‑organized into...
Vuln in Google’s Antigravity AI Agent Manager Could Escape Sandbox, Give Attackers Remote Code Execution
Researchers at Pillar Security disclosed a critical vulnerability in Google’s Antigravity AI‑powered developer tool that allowed prompt injection to escape the platform’s Secure Mode sandbox and achieve remote code execution. The flaw leveraged the native "find_by_name" system tool, which bypassed...
Sobeys Expands Partnership with Electronic Shelf Label Supplier JRTech Solutions
Sobeys, the flagship banner of Empire Company, is expanding its partnership with Quebec‑based JRTech Solutions to roll out Pricer’s electronic shelf label (ESL) technology in roughly 300 to 350 stores. The multicolor ESLs will run on Pricer’s cloud‑based Pricer Plaza...
AI Finds Its Best Customer on Main Street
Small businesses are rapidly embracing AI, with over 75% already using or exploring the technology, according to the Reimagine Main Street survey. Owners are shifting from peripheral assistance tools to AI that handles core functions such as invoicing, scheduling, and...
Lilly Acquiring Kelonia In Largest Funded Biotech Startup Purchase In Years
Eli Lilly announced it will acquire Kelonia Therapeutics for up to $7 billion, marking the largest venture‑backed biotech purchase in years. The deal consists of $3.25 billion paid upfront with an additional $3.75 billion tied to clinical, regulatory and commercial milestones. Kelonia, founded only...
‘Earthset’ Is Captured on Video for First Time
Astronaut Reid Wiseman captured the first video of Earth setting behind the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II mission, using an iPhone. The 53‑second clip, posted online, quickly went viral, garnering 11 million views by Monday morning. The footage offers a rare perspective...
The AI Model Mistake Most People Make (Bigger Isn’t Always Better)
The author discovered that newer, larger AI models like Gemini 3 and ChatGPT 5.1 often fail to follow strict formatting instructions, while the older Gemini 2.5 Flash produced perfect results. This highlights a compliance versus intelligence trade‑off: creative models excel at synthesis, but simpler...
The FTC’s AI Portfolio Is About to Get Bigger
The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to enforce the Take It Down Act, a law that criminalizes the distribution of AI‑generated nonconsensual sexual images and gives victims a right to request rapid removal of such content. Enforcement begins in May,...
Retirees Are a Prime Target for Identity Theft. This 15-Minute Checkup Could Save You Thousands
Retirees are increasingly targeted by identity thieves, with the FBI reporting an average loss of $38,500 per victim in 2025. The article outlines a four‑step, 15‑minute checkup—credit monitoring, Social Security review, Medicare statement audit, and password hygiene—to curb fraud. It...
A.I. Protective Orders Are Becoming Routine
Protective orders that prohibit the use of generative AI for litigation data are rapidly becoming standard in U.S. courts. Recent rulings—including Stansfield v. IBM, Jeffries v. Harcros, Morgan v. V2X, and Warner v. Gilbarco—explicitly forbid uploading confidential or even non‑confidential...
This Bright and Powerful Blink Floodlight Camera Is Over Half Off Right Now
The Blink Wired Floodlight Camera is on sale for $44.99, a 55% discount from its $99.99 list price, marking its lowest ever price. The device offers 1080p HD video, a 2,600‑lumen floodlight, a 143° field of view, two‑way audio, motion...
Scaling Mobile Authentication Across The Modern Enterprise
Enterprises are rapidly adopting mobile authentication to replace static badge systems, driven by AI investments and a tech‑savvy workforce. A recent HID report shows nearly two‑thirds of security leaders are deploying or planning mobile credentials, citing benefits such as instant...
SAP at Hannover Messe 2026: New AI Agents Push ERP Execution Closer to the Edge of Operations
SAP announced a suite of AI agents at Hannover Messe 2026 that embed intelligence directly into manufacturing, field service, logistics and asset management workflows. The Production Master Data, Production Planning and Operations, Field Service Dispatcher, Material Reservation and Outbound Task...
Delgocitinib Maintains QOL, Productivity Improvements at 52 Weeks in Chronic Hand Eczema
The open‑label DELTA 3 extension of the phase 3 delgocitinib trials shows that patients with moderate‑to‑severe chronic hand eczema who continued with twice‑daily or as‑needed delgocitinib cream for a full year maintained significant gains in disease‑specific and generic quality‑of‑life scores. Across 472...
Phones to Be Banned in Schools by Law in England Under Government Plans
The UK government will embed a legal ban on student smartphones into the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, turning existing guidance into a statutory requirement. Education minister Baroness Jacqui Smith announced the amendment in the House of Lords, mandating schools...
Multithreading in Sales: The B2B Selling Framework
Multithreading in B2B sales replaces the outdated single‑thread approach by engaging multiple stakeholders early in the buying committee. By mapping the full decision‑making group, sellers expose weak support, align messaging to each role’s pain points, and improve forecast accuracy. AI‑powered...
Why Subscription Growth Breaks After Acquisition … and How Retailers Can Fix It
Retail subscription brands often see strong acquisition but hit a wall once the first purchase is made. The article explains that treating acquisition, onboarding, and retention as separate silos creates fragmented messaging that erodes repeat behavior. This disjointed experience leads...
Surge in Global Wind Energy Capacity Growth to Propel MPV Volumes
Analysts project a surge in global wind energy capacity, adding roughly 320 GW between 2026 and 2030—about 200 GW onshore and 123 GW offshore, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. This rapid expansion will keep multipurpose and specialist installation vessels (MPVs) busy,...
How Trump's Psychedelics Executive Order Could Unlock Stalled Cannabis Reform
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that accelerates research, clinical trials, and Right‑to‑Try access for psychedelics such as psilocybin, MDMA and ibogaine, while leaving their scheduling unchanged. The order follows a prior, stalled effort to reschedule cannabis, highlighting the...
Pinterest CPG Promotions Outperform Benchmark ROIs
Pinterest released research, commissioned by the platform and executed by Circana, that examined 17 matched market tests of Pin ads for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands across multiple regions. The study found that 82% of campaigns generated positive incremental ROI...
Electric Cooperative Leaders Advocate for Federal Policies Essential to Maintaining Affordable, Reliable Power
Around 1,500 electric cooperative leaders will convene in Washington, D.C., to press federal lawmakers for policies that safeguard affordable, reliable power. Representing utilities that serve 42 million customers across more than half of the nation’s land, they warn that grid reliability...