Terminal Launches The First AI Fluency Standard for Hiring Global Engineering Talent
Terminal, the global hiring platform for software developers, unveiled the first AI Fluency standard to help companies identify engineers skilled in AI‑driven workflows. The rubric defines three proficiency tiers—AI Assisted, AI Enabled, and AI Native—and adds AI product shipping data to candidate profiles. Available now for talent in Canada, Latin America and Europe, the standard aims to surface engineers who can orchestrate parallel coding agents and maintain system ownership. By codifying AI fluency, Terminal seeks to bridge the gap between traditional coders and AI‑native builders.
From Automation to Autonomy: SUPCON to Showcase Next-Generation Technologies Empowering Autonomous Operating Plants at Hannover Messe 2026
SUPCON, a leading industrial automation and AI provider, will unveil a suite of next‑generation technologies at Hannover Messe 2026 aimed at converting traditional plants into autonomous operating facilities. The showcase centers on six pillars, including a software‑defined Universal Control System,...
FERC Approves Market Rules for Champlain Hudson Transmission Project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved market rules for the Champlain Hudson Power Express, a $6 billion, 1,250‑MW merchant transmission line linking Quebec to New York City. The line, owned by Blackstone‑backed Transmission Developers Inc., will begin delivering 10.4 TWh of hydroelectric power...
DailyPay Pushes Back Against NY AG
DailyPay is fighting a New York Attorney General lawsuit that accuses it of violating state usury laws by offering high‑interest earned‑wage‑access loans. The company argues it is merely an adjunct to employer payroll systems, providing on‑demand pay that already belongs...
Hesai Powers Safety-Certified AI Autonomy for Smart Logistics with 3D Lidar at MODEX 2026
Hesai Technology showcased its JT128 mini 3D lidar at MODEX 2026, announcing a partnership with Pittsburgh‑based Thoro.ai to power the latter’s safety‑certified AI autonomy platform for industrial robots. The JT128’s compact 30 mm height and ultra‑hemispherical 360°×187° field of view will...
Fraunhofer ISE Launches Consultancy Spin-Off NEXUS GreenTech
Fraunhofer ISE has launched NEXUS GreenTech, a consultancy spin‑off based in Freiburg, to serve the increasingly complex solar PV market. The firm is led by three former ISE researchers who together hold over 60 years of PV expertise. NEXUS GreenTech will offer technical...
‘Absolutely No Intention’: Publicis Group CEO Rules Out Building a Trade Desk Rival Amid Ongoing Dispute
Publicis Groupe told clients to pull spend from The Trade Desk after an audit flagged transparency issues, but offered no clear alternative. CEO Arthur Sadoun confirmed on the earnings call that the firm will not build its own demand‑side platform,...
Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
An independent audit by webXray examined traffic on more than 7,000 California websites and found that Google, Microsoft and Meta routinely set advertising cookies even when users sent a Global Privacy Control (GPC) opt‑out signal. Google ignored the signal on...
Account Manager
Single Source, a tech‑forward podcast and YouTube advertising agency, is hiring an Account/Operations Manager to work directly with its CEO. The role spans brand prospecting, end‑to‑end campaign execution, performance tracking, creative review, and internal operations. Candidates need 1‑3 years of...
Redwire Delivers Stalker Drones to U.S. Marine Corps in $20M Deal
Redwire announced it has secured more than $20 million in FY2026 Q1 awards to supply its Stalker unmanned aircraft systems to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The deal includes the Marine Corps’ first purchase of the Advanced Navigation version of...
Clinical Supply Chain Hits Its AI Turning Point
AI is reaching a tipping point in the clinical supply chain, with McKinsey forecasting real‑time inventory, predictive replenishment and automated procurement. Agentic AI solutions will shift operations from reactive to predictive, delivering cost‑intelligence, operating‑room optimization, infection‑risk mitigation, robotic‑surgery ROI and...
New Version of MVTec HALCON Focuses on Speed and Performance of AI and Rule-Based Methods
MVTec Software GmbH will release HALCON 26.05 on May 20, 2026, emphasizing speed for both AI‑driven and rule‑based machine‑vision tasks. The update adds a Data Matrix rectification tool for curved surfaces, automatic contour optimization for shape matching, and a next‑generation deep‑learning object detector...
Synera Raises $40M to Bring Agentic AI Into Engineering Workflows at NASA, BMW, Airbus, and Hyundai
Synera, a Bremen‑based startup, closed a $40 million Series B round led by Revaia, with Capgemini joining via ISAI Cap Venture. The funding will fuel U.S. expansion and deepen deployments of its agentic AI platform at NASA, BMW, Airbus, Hyundai and other industrial leaders....
Five Things to Know About the New Khan TED Institute
The Khan TED Institute, a joint venture of Khan Academy, TED and ETS, will launch an AI‑focused bachelor’s degree in applied AI that can be completed in as little as two years and costs under $10,000. The competency‑based program blends...
Can An AI Solution Fix Misaligned Marketing Orgs?
Opal unveiled Gem, an AI‑driven campaign‑planning tool designed to align fragmented marketing teams and streamline brand‑to‑sub‑brand coordination. The platform leverages natural‑language prompts to generate briefs and media plans, delivering 85‑90% of a campaign’s structure with minimal human tweaking. Early adopters...
Can An AI Solution Fix Misaligned Marketing Orgs?
Opal unveiled Gem, an AI‑powered campaign‑planning tool that uses natural‑language prompts to unify brand strategy, product‑line nuances, and media buying across marketing teams. The platform can ingest data in any format, generate board‑ready briefs and media templates, and deliver drafts...
Robin Powell: Governance Still Lags Behind AI Usage
Advisers are rapidly embracing generative AI, with the latest State of The Advice Nation report showing 60% now using tools like ChatGPT—double the figure a year earlier. However, most are doing so on consumer‑grade tiers that lack data‑processing agreements, UK...
Prefix Raises $7.5M to Scale AI-Driven Facility Management Platform
Prefix Maintenance Inc. announced a $7.5 million seed round to expand its AI‑driven facility‑management platform. The startup, founded in 2022, already supports nearly 2,000 locations across 50 restaurant and retail brands, delivering threefold efficiency gains and over 15% cost savings. Funding,...
AI Is Able to Do Lots of Things Now Sean O’Grady, Lead Learning Designer and Deputy AI Futurist at the...
Sean O’Grady, Lead Learning Designer and Deputy AI Futurist at Imperial Business School’s IDEA Lab, is spearheading the creation of course‑specific AI avatar lecturers that act as digital twins of faculty. These bespoke AI chatbots are being piloted in the...
Oligo Security Moves Beyond CVE Prioritization with Real-Time Application-Layer Exploit Blocking
Oligo Security unveiled Runtime Exploit Blocking, a capability that intercepts application‑layer exploit attempts in real time without terminating containers or disrupting services. The technology correlates function calls with system activity to detect malicious sequences and blocks the offending system call...
How to Break Into the Workforce in an AI-Driven Job Market
Wharton professor Matthew Bidwell warns that hiring pipelines in consulting and tech are slowing, making entry‑level roles more competitive. AI tools now enable candidates to submit applications at scale, intensifying the talent pool. Despite automation, Bidwell stresses that networking, personal...
Fountain Launches Cue to Manage Modern-Day Frontline Workforce Hiring and Scheduling
Fountain, a high‑volume hiring platform for hourly workers, launched Cue, an AI‑driven management engine that automates screening, sourcing, and shift scheduling. The system embeds multi‑agent orchestration directly into Fountain’s platform, eliminating the need for manual oversight. By handling hiring workflows...
Faster Releases With DevOps: Java Microservices and Angular UI in CI/CD
Jenkins now powers end‑to‑end CI/CD pipelines for Java microservices and an Angular front‑end on AWS. By defining build, test and deployment stages in a Jenkinsfile, teams trigger automated Maven or Gradle builds, Docker image creation, and static‑site generation on every...
Toast Launches Integrated Drive-Thru Platform for Quick-Service Restaurant Chains
Toast introduced Toast Drive‑Thru, an integrated platform that unifies point‑of‑sale, digital menu boards, kitchen display and AI voice‑ordering for quick‑service restaurants. Targeting over 140,000 U.S. drive‑thru lanes, the solution streamlines order capture and reduces hardware fragmentation. Early adopters report faster...
Manifest Platform From Manifold Targets AI Agent Supply Chain Security Gaps
Manifold Security launched Manifest, a free, open‑access platform that maps AI agent supply‑chain dependencies and external system interactions. The graph‑based service builds execution and environment graphs to reveal hidden risk patterns that traditional file‑level scans miss. Manifold’s accompanying report identified...
Flavor Sheriffs Wanted: Carl’s Jr. To Trade Free Sandwiches for Photos of Bland Food
Carl’s Jr. is rolling out a limited‑time promotion from April 14 through April 30, rewarding customers with a free Western Bacon Chicken Sandwich for uploading a receipt or photo of a bland competitor chicken sandwich via its mobile app. The new sandwich boasts...
FossID Launches Agentic SCA to Bring Real-Time Compliance to AI-Driven Code Development
FossID AB introduced Agentic SCA, a real‑time software composition analysis layer designed for AI‑driven code development. The solution embeds compliance checks directly into AI agents, enabling instant detection of open‑source components, license obligations, and vulnerabilities as code is written. By...
Programmatic Live Sports Buying Is Starting To Get Less Complicated
StackAdapt has turned a beta test run during the 2026 Winter Olympics into a generally available programmatic live‑sports buying workflow. The new interface lets advertisers set granular controls for ad frequency, budget pacing, and inventory filters such as league or...
A New Answer Engine Optimization Tool, Plus Other Updates - Shooting the Breeze with HubSpot's Spring 2026 Spotlight
HubSpot’s Spring 2026 release adds an Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) tool that leverages CRM data to suggest prompts, create on‑brand content, and track AI‑driven visibility. The Breeze Assistant is upgraded with the Loop Marketing Playbook, role‑aware advice, and automatic brand‑compliant...
Top AI Recruiting Tools and Software of 2026
The 2026 AI recruiting buying guide highlights rapid consolidation and AI maturity, noting Workday’s acquisition of Paradox and SAP’s purchase of SmartRecruiters. Vendors now span four AI maturity levels—from assistive chatbots to autonomous agents—forcing buyers to scrutinize true capabilities. Generative...
Slingshot Introduces AI-Powered Portal Platform
Slingshot Aerospace launched the Slingshot Portal, an AI‑driven platform that consolidates data from its Global Sensor Network, government tracking feeds, orbital object catalogs, and customers' proprietary sources. The portal delivers near‑real‑time monitoring, anomaly detection, and maneuver planning within a single...
5 Lessons From The New Measurement Reality
The webinar “The New Measurement Reality” highlighted how dwindling deterministic signals and increased AI‑driven modeling are reshaping performance marketing. Marketers often mistake volatility for a strategic flaw, when it’s usually a data‑signal issue that prolongs the learning phase. Internal inconsistencies—misaligned...
Taara Expands Into Video Distribution, Sizes up Data Center Opportunity
Taara, the free‑space‑optics spin‑out of Google X, is entering remote video distribution through a partnership with production‑tech firm Cintegral. The collaboration will showcase 4K and 8K wireless feeds powered by Taara’s Lightbridge platform at the NAB Show, leveraging up to...
Base Editing Repairs Mutation and Liver Function in Mouse Model of Zellweger Spectrum Disorder
Scientists at the Broad Institute and collaborators used a refined base‑editing system to correct a disease‑causing mutation in the PEX1 gene of mice that model Zellweger spectrum disorder. The edit restored peroxisome function and normalized liver biomarkers, demonstrating functional rescue...
ADT’s Iconic Sign Is Now a ‘Live Light’ Outdoor Alert for Your Nest-Integrated Security System
ADT has launched the Live Light, a battery‑powered, illuminated yard sign that pairs with its Nest‑integrated security system for ADT+ customers. Priced at $49.99, the device flashes when the home alarm sounds, helping first responders and neighbors locate a distressed...
AI Strategy Theater: Why CIOs Are Performing Innovation Instead of Leading It
CIOs are turning AI board mandates into a performance of pilots rather than real transformation. Companies showcase dozens of proof‑of‑concept projects, yet workflow redesign, data readiness, and integration work remain unfinished. McKinsey reports 88 % of firms use AI, but only...
Crush Security Exits Stealth Seeking To Become AI-Powered Trusted Advisor Of The Future
Crush Security, a Phoenix‑based startup, has emerged from stealth with an AI‑powered cybersecurity‑intelligence platform that catalogs roughly 2,600 security tools. The company raised close to $3 million from individual investors, including several CISOs, to fund its vision of automating the value‑added...
43% of AI-Generated Code Changes Need Debugging in Production, Survey Finds
A Lightrun survey of 200 senior SRE and DevOps leaders finds that 43% of AI‑generated code changes still require manual debugging in production, even after QA and staging. Engineers are spending roughly 38% of their work week—about two full days—on...
Atlanta's First BRT Line Opens April 18
Atlanta’s Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) will launch the city’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) line on April 18. The five‑mile corridor runs from downtown to Capitol Gateway, Summerhill, Peoplestown and the BeltLine’s Southside Trail, featuring 14 stops. Dedicated...
AppDirect Acquires PartnerStack to Build Unified Platform for Partner-Led Growth
San Francisco‑based AppDirect announced the acquisition of Toronto‑originated PartnerStack, a partner relationship management platform with more than 138,000 B2B partners. The deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, will merge PartnerStack’s network and PRM tools with AppDirect’s marketplace infrastructure to...
5 Steps to Prepare Your Data For an AI CRM
Salesforce has extended its AI‑powered CRM suite to small and medium businesses, embedding employee agents that automate routine tasks across sales, service, and marketing. To unlock these capabilities, firms must first unify customer data, cleanse and deduplicate records, and standardize...
How YouTube Is Helping Americans Learn About U.S. History, Science and Innovation
YouTube is expanding its civic‑education mission by deepening its partnership with C‑SPAN, adding the network’s three primary channels to YouTube TV and featuring its livestreams on the main platform. The move comes as U.S. viewers logged more than 15 billion hours...
SpotOn’s Rapid Fund Debuts and Other Digital Transactions News Briefs From 4/14/26
SpotOn Transact rolled out Rapid Fund, a service that makes card deposits available within 30 minutes and teamed with Parafin to launch SpotOn Capital, giving restaurants faster cash‑flow tools. BlueSnap completed a deep integration with SAP Cloud ERP and S/4HANA,...
Can Phage Therapy Answer the Booming Antibiotic Resistance Problem?
Antibiotic‑resistant infections cause nearly 5 million deaths annually, prompting renewed interest in bacteriophage therapy. Companies such as Armata Pharmaceuticals, TechnoPhage, and Locus Biosciences have reported positive clinical milestones, including Armata’s QIDP‑designated AP‑SA02 moving toward a phase 3 trial and TechnoPhage’s phase 2b study...
We’re Advancing Wetland Restoration and Carbon Removal Science in Google’s Backyard.
Google announced a wetland restoration and research initiative to revive Pond A1, a degraded salt pond adjacent to its Mountain View campus. The effort partners with the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, Ducks Unlimited, and California academic researchers to rebuild...
Synopsys Solutions Support NASA's Artemis Program with Spacesuit Analysis and Communication System Development
Synopsys, together with Electro Magnetic Applications (EMA) and Cesium, is providing NASA with advanced electromagnetic simulations to evaluate Artemis spacesuit charging and to model lunar cellular network performance. The partnership leverages Ansys Charge Plus for 3‑D electrostatic discharge analysis and integrates...
I’ve Seen GoPro’s Next Cameras, and They Don’t Feel Like GoPros Anymore
GoPro unveiled its Mission 1 Series, a trio of cameras built around a 50 MP 1‑inch sensor and the new GP3 processor. The lineup offers 8K video at up to 60 fps, dramatically improved low‑light performance with 14 stops of dynamic range, and...
Beyond the Click: How Agentic Payments Are Redefining Global Financial Flow
Agentic payments—AI‑driven, intent‑centric transactions—are poised to reshape global commerce. Analysts forecast the U.S. market could hit $300‑$500 billion and the worldwide market $3‑$5 trillion by 2030. Visa and Mastercard are building trust layers, Stripe partners with OpenAI on an Agentic Commerce Protocol,...
Gorbel Showcases Advanced Trailer Unloading System at MODEX 2026
Gorbel celebrated 15 years in warehousing by unveiling Destuff‑it 2.0, a portable ergonomic conveyor, at MODEX 2026. The upgraded system adds joystick‑driven controls, a modern HMI, and a redesigned three‑belt mechanism that can handle 165 lb loads and achieve over 1,200 cases per...
DavMail 6.6.0 Patches a Regex Flaw and Advances Its Microsoft Graph Backend
DavMail 6.6.0 was released this week, addressing a regex‑based security alert, updating the OAuth redirect URI to match Microsoft’s recent OIDC change, and fixing multiple IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV and CardDAV bugs. The update adds VCARD4 birthday support, switches CardDAV photo...
