Elsewedy Electric Commissions 349MWp Solar PV Plant in Saudi Arabia
Elsewedy Electric has commissioned the 348.6 MWp El Saad solar PV plant east of Riyadh, marking its first utility‑scale project in the Gulf. The EPC effort wrapped in 16.5 months, well ahead of the original 24‑month timeline, and the project has secured a Provisional Acceptance Certificate. Developed with Jinko Power and Al Ghazala Energy, Saudi Power Procurement Company will purchase the output. The installation also features a 33/132 kV substation and a 600‑metre overhead line, completing a full power‑delivery package.
8x8 Expands General Availability of 8x8 Engage
8x8 announced that its Engage platform is now generally available worldwide across all communication channels. The company is extending advanced customer‑engagement tools beyond traditional contact‑center agents to front‑line teams. Engage runs on the same unified, cloud‑native platform that 8x8 customers...
The Four Pillars of AI-Driven CX: Turning Technology Into Trust
Customer expectations are outpacing companies’ ability to adapt, with 70% of executives reporting a widening gap. AI alone isn’t enough; firms must embed it across four pillars—assisted agents, intelligent self‑service, operational automation, and adaptive AI orchestration—to turn CX into a...
CRT 2026: Key Takeaways for Interventional Cardiologists
The Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2026 meeting showcased a suite of late‑breaking interventional cardiology studies, ranging from long‑term TAVR versus SAVR outcomes to novel radiation‑shielding devices. A seven‑year PARTNER 3 substudy found comparable health‑status results for low‑risk patients after TAVR and...
Money Raised by Biopharma
Researchers at INSERM uncovered hypothalamic tanycytes as a previously unknown tau‑clearing pathway, opening fresh therapeutic avenues for Alzheimer’s and related tauopathies. Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) announced the synthesis and pre‑clinical testing of novel PET tracers that bind α‑synuclein, aiming...
Solving the Heat Problems: How Silicon Photonics Is Redefining Thermal Efficiency in Data Centers
AI-driven compute density is straining data‑center cooling as data movement generates most heat. Traditional copper interconnects add resistive losses, forcing energy‑intensive air cooling. Silicon photonics replaces electrical links with optical ones, slashing energy‑per‑bit and thermal output. Recent heterogeneously integrated photonic...
How to Stop Social Media Platforms From Tracking You When You Share Posts
When users share posts on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and similar platforms, a tracking parameter is appended to the URL (e.g., "?igsh=..."). This identifier lets the platform know who originally shared the link, feeding data into ad‑targeting algorithms and potentially exposing...
California Lithium Developer CTR to Go Public in US$4.7 Billion SPAC Deal
Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) will go public through a $4.7 billion SPAC merger with Plum Acquisition, listing on Nasdaq as CTRH. The deal funds the Hell’s Kitchen geothermal‑lithium project in California’s Imperial Valley, starting with 25,000 t/yr lithium carbonate capacity and a...
Manitoba Launches AI Consultations as It Weighs Tougher Privacy and Youth Protections
Manitoba’s government announced public consultations to shape future AI regulations. The process will address modernizing data‑privacy statutes and establishing responsible‑AI rules, including possible age limits and opt‑in consent for personal data. Consultations target Manitobans, Indigenous governments, educators, researchers, municipalities and...
Global Scam Reporting Platform Launches with OpenAI Support
The Global Anti‑Scam Alliance (GASA) has launched scam.org, an AI‑powered platform built on OpenAI technology. The site consolidates scam education, reporting tools, prevention guidance, and victim support under one global hub. Backed by leading cybersecurity firms, it aims to improve...
IFW Dresden Selects Agnitron Agilis 100 MOCVD Platform for Precursor Chemistry and Ultra-Wide-Bandgap Materials Development
Agnitron Technology’s Agilis 100 MOCVD platform has been selected by the Institute for Materials Chemistry at IFW Dresden to advance precursor chemistry and ultra‑wide‑bandgap semiconductor research. The system’s patented showerhead and low‑vapor‑pressure delivery enable flexible handling of novel metal‑organic precursors. Initial...
The Hydrogen Stream: Atome Secures $420 Million Debt for Paraguay Plant
Atome secured a $420 million debt package to fund a $650 million low‑carbon fertilizer plant in Paraguay, targeting 260,000 tonnes of output per year and marking one of the first industrial‑scale green‑hydrogen fertilizer projects outside the EU. Meanwhile, Asahi Kasei began installing a 1 MW...
Shilpa Biologicals, mAbTree Program Targets Immune Pathway in Rare Blood Cancers
Shilpa Biologicals and mAbTree Biologics received FDA orphan drug designation for an investigational monoclonal antibody that targets an immune‑evasion pathway in essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera. The designation validates the novel mechanism and accelerates plans for IND‑enabling studies and first‑in‑human...
Chinese PV Industry Brief: Wafer Prices Fall on Weak Demand
The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association reported that polysilicon and wafer prices fell sharply this week, with n‑type re‑feed and dense polysilicon down about 6.4% to CNY 45,200 per tonne. Wafer prices slipped as well, with G10L at CNY 1.03, G12R at...
Quantum Computers Must Overcome Major Technical Hurdles Before Tackling Quantum Chemistry Problems
A new Physical Review B feasibility study finds that both the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) and quantum phase estimation (QPE) algorithms face prohibitive technical barriers for quantum chemistry. VQE demands error rates far below today’s noisy devices and can require decades...
Mapping the Unknown: Introducing Pius for Organizational Asset Discovery
Praetorian has released Pius, an open‑source Go binary that consolidates asset discovery across five Regional Internet Registries, Certificate Transparency logs, and more than 20 intelligence sources. The tool normalizes data, assigns confidence scores, and outputs results in formats ready for...
Maryland Legislators Include Utility Solar in Statewide Energy Savings Initiative
Maryland legislators unveiled the Utility RELIEF Act, a $200 million package aimed at cutting household energy costs by $150 per year. Half of the funding ($100 million) is earmarked for utility‑scale solar projects, while the remainder supports grid modernization and holds large energy...
Infrastructure Investor BlackRock Makes $100M Pitch to Train More Craft Workers
BlackRock, the global infrastructure investor, announced a $100 million, five‑year commitment to train up to 50,000 craft workers under the “Future Builders” initiative. The program is designed to create a pipeline of skilled labor for the data‑center and power infrastructure needed...
RoboSense Lidars Selected for WeRide and Geely’s Robotaxi GXR
RoboSense’s EM4 digital lidar and fully solid‑state E1 have been selected as the primary and blind‑spot sensors for the GXR robotaxi, a vehicle co‑developed by WeRide and Geely’s Farizon unit. Production is slated to begin in Q3 2026 with an initial...
Fleetio Launches AI Capability to Accelerate Fleet Maintenance Approvals
Fleetio unveiled Service Advisor, an AI-driven tool that speeds up high‑volume repair approvals, reporting a 16% reduction in shop hours for assets. The feature joins Smart Uploads, which automates invoice digitization and saves drivers up to eight hours per week....
NFMT East 2026: Lowering Peak Energy Demand Can Provide Outsized Benefit
At NFMT East 2026, Sanalife Energy highlighted the growing burden of demand charges on commercial and industrial facilities, with rates climbing to nearly $70 per kilowatt in some regions. Richard Fox explained that trimming peak demand directly translates into substantial...
March 13 Policy Watch: FDA Streamlines Its Process for Approving Biosimilar Drugs
The FDA released draft guidance that lets biosimilar developers use foreign comparator data and, in some cases, replace clinical studies with chemical analysis, potentially cutting development costs by $20 million. Simultaneously, the agency launched the Adverse Event Monitoring System (AEMS), a...
Forest Advocates Accuse EU Energy Firm of Dutch Biomass Certification Fraud
Forest groups and Dutch authorities allege that energy giant RWE imported Malaysian wood pellets labeled as Category 5 waste but actually sourced from whole trees, violating EU biomass‑certification rules. The Dutch Public Prosecution Service is weighing a criminal investigation after advocacy...
Good Morning, Moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) continues to deliver high‑resolution lunar imagery, with its March 2026 Science Image of the Month highlighting an unnamed crater illuminated by early‑morning sunlight. The image, captured on 30 August 2023 by LROC, showcases the Moon’s rugged terrain and...
Cyber Criminals Too Are Working From Home… Your Home
The FBI has issued formal guidance warning that cyber‑criminals are exploiting residential proxies by hijacking home IoT devices, smartphones and routers. A January incident revealed nine million Android phones were co‑opted into a proxy network, and recent research uncovered vulnerable...
Legacy Insurance Systems Cost Nearly $5M Annually in Hidden Operational Costs: Report
A survey of over 250 property‑and‑casualty insurers found legacy software can drain up to $5 million per year in hidden costs. Downtime and ticket delays consume roughly 900 hours, translating to $450,000 in lost productivity, while manual policy workflows add another $1 million...
European Space Agency Taps Terran Orbital Subsidiary for Defense Deal
Terran Orbital’s subsidiary Tyvak International secured a contract with the European Space Agency to build Farinella, a 6U CubeSat for the RAMSES planetary‑defense mission. The spacecraft will study near‑Earth asteroid Apophis during its close approach on 13 April 2029, providing data to...
Telefonica Tech Sees Bright Future for Burriana
Telefonica Tech has equipped the Spanish town of Burriana with a smart street‑lighting network, linking more than 6,300 nodes using NB‑IoT. The project, commissioned by a Ferrovial Energia‑Endesa joint venture, utilizes Tellink‑manufactured sensors to provide remote monitoring, brightness control, and...
Allentown Schools Dive Into AI With Chatbot, Summer Institute
Allentown School District has rolled out CourseMojo, an AI‑powered chatbot, to sixth‑grade language arts classes, funded by a $45,000 Digital Promise grant. The tool analyzes student answers against the district’s StudySync curriculum and delivers instant, criteria‑based feedback. Teachers can monitor...
Jordan’s Sanad App Becoming Legal ID, Not Just Digital Convenience
Jordan’s cabinet has approved draft amendments to the Civil Status Law that would grant the Sanad mobile identity app the same legal standing as a physical national ID card. The changes, now awaiting parliamentary approval, would require banks, businesses and...
How to Enable Google's Free VPN on Your Pixel Phone - It's Easy
Google now bundles a free VPN, called VPN by Google, into Pixel 7 and newer devices and the Pixel Tablet. The service encrypts all outbound traffic, shielding users on public Wi‑Fi from eavesdropping and preventing ISPs from tracking browsing habits. Activation...
Latest Google Pixel Update Makes It Harder to Select Images From the Recents Menu
Google’s March 2026 Android 16 QPR3 update alters the Pixel Recents menu by removing the ability to directly save images from the Select tool. Previously, users could copy, share, or save images and launch Google Lens with a single tap....
‘More Capital Available’ for Renewable Energy Investments in 2026
At the Solar Finance & Investment Europe summit, experts noted a shift to soft insurance cycles that is freeing up risk capital and easing financing for renewable projects, even as grid constraints and the need for co‑located battery storage persist....
Cisco Edges Huawei in Indoor Wi-Fi 7 Revenue
Cisco took an early lead in indoor Wi‑Fi 7 access‑point revenue in 2025, edging out Huawei with nearly $2 billion in sales. The advantage stems from aggressive pricing and faster‑than‑expected enterprise adoption of the new standard. Dell’Oro forecasts double‑digit WLAN growth in...
Bacteria 4D Simulation, Safer Large Gene Insertion, uniQure Roller Coaster
The J. Craig Venter Institute unveiled a 4D, nanoscale simulation that tracks the entire life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell, marking a milestone for synthetic biology. A new gene‑editing platform designs DNA donors that dodge immune detection, enabling safer,...
Patch Me If You Can: AI Codemods for Secure-by-Default Android Apps
Meta’s Product Security team unveiled a two‑pronged solution to harden Android apps at scale: secure‑by‑default frameworks that wrap risky OS APIs, and generative‑AI‑driven codemods that automatically migrate existing code to those frameworks. The AI system can propose, validate, and submit...
Medical Logistics Drone Delivery Test for Rotunda Hospital with Manna
Manna Air Delivery partnered with Rotunda Hospital to simulate a drone‑based transfer of blood and critical supplies to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, showcasing the feasibility of rapid aerial logistics in Dublin. The test mirrors UK NHS trials where drone delivery...
Tahoe Therapeutics Builds Record Single-Cell Atlas Using Automated Pipetting Technology
San Francisco biotech Tahoe Therapeutics is building the world’s largest single‑cell atlas of cell‑chemical interactions, leveraging Integra Biosciences’ Assist Plus pipetting robot, Parse Biosciences’ Evercode scRNA‑seq kits, and its own AI analytics. Automation has increased single‑cell preparation throughput more than fivefold...
Manhattan Proposal for NYC’s First AI-Focused Public High School Sparks Pushback
New York City’s Department of Education has proposed the Next Generation Technology High School, the city’s first public high school focused on artificial intelligence and computer science, to open in Manhattan’s District 2 in fall 2026. The school would replace...
PennDOT Proposes Autonomous Shuttle Service at Pittsburgh International Airport
PennDOT has launched a public consultation on an autonomous shuttle system for Pittsburgh International Airport, inviting comments from March 15 to April 14, 2026. The Allegheny County Airport Authority will sponsor the project, which envisions a dedicated guideway linking landside...
Simulmedia Names A Chief Commercial Officer, Skybeam GM
Simulmedia announced two senior hires to boost its commercial and product capabilities. Justin Nesci, formerly iHeartMedia’s EVP of Advanced Audio and Data Revenue, joins as chief commercial officer to steer global sales, marketing and brand partnerships. Adam Gaynor, with a track record...
Will AI Save Consumers From Smartphone-Based Phishing Attacks?
The Omdia 2025 Mobile Device Security Consumer Survey finds phishing to be the top smartphone threat, affecting 27% of users and 40% of Americans. Google’s on‑device AI scam detection is available in 27 countries but still misses sophisticated attacks, while...
Hack the AI Brain: LangSmith Vulnerability Could Expose Sensitive AI Data
Researchers at Miggo Security uncovered CVE‑2026‑25750 in LangSmith, an AI observability platform used to monitor LLM applications. The flaw stems from an unvalidated baseUrl parameter in LangSmith Studio, allowing a malicious URL to redirect authenticated API calls to an attacker‑controlled...
NET Power Pushes Back Project Permian FID
NET Power, backed by Occidental Petroleum, has postponed the final investment decision for its flagship Project Permian clean‑power plant to the back half of the year. The project, which targets a 400‑MW zero‑carbon output using Oxy‑fuel technology, was previously slated...
How Real-Time Data Can Forecast Traffic Flow
StreetLight Data unveiled Closure Impacts, a traffic‑forecasting add‑on to its Traffic Monitor suite, leveraging real‑time sensor feeds and historical baselines. The tool flags incidents such as collisions, lane blockages, and flooding, and projects the ripple effects of planned closures or...
Revive Expands Access to Physical Therapy via Orbit Telehealth Partnership
Revive Health announced a partnership with Orbit Telehealth to deliver virtual physical‑therapy services nationwide. The collaboration integrates Revive’s evidence‑based PT protocols with Orbit’s HIPAA‑compliant video platform, enabling clinicians to treat patients remotely. Launching in Q3 2024, the joint offering aims...
This 300-Mile Cargo Drone Is Moving Closer to Deployment
Elroy Air has been chosen for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, becoming the sole cargo‑focused participant among air‑taxi developers. Its Chaparral autonomous VTOL drone can transport up to 300 pounds over roughly 300 miles using a hybrid‑electric powertrain...
“AI Brand or Product Recommendations Are Extremely Inconsistent”
A joint SparkToro and Gumshoe.ai study found that AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Google AI produce wildly inconsistent brand and product recommendations. Across nearly 3,000 prompts from 600 volunteers, the generated rankings changed almost every time, with no...
A Three-Way Partnership Built Around IT, Security, and Risk Drives AI-Era Success
Enterprises adopting AI and automation face heightened cybersecurity, governance, and model‑risk challenges. ServiceNow and consulting firm Crowe propose a three‑way partnership that aligns IT, security, and risk into an integrated operating model. The approach embeds governance into workflows, automates cross‑functional...
Podcast: Axiom CEO Discusses the Next Wave of Commercial Activity in LEO
In a Space News Space Minds podcast, Axiom Space CEO Jonathan Cirtain outlines the next wave of commercial activity in low‑Earth orbit (LEO). He highlights Axiom’s roadmap to launch the first fully commercial space station by 2028 and the expanding...