Immutep Investors Spooked by LAG-3 Failure in Lung Cancer
Australian biotech Immutep saw its ASX shares tumble more than 88% after the independent data monitoring committee recommended halting its pivotal phase‑3 TACTI‑004 trial of the LAG‑3 inhibitor eftilagimod alfa (efti) in first‑line non‑small cell lung cancer. The trial, which combined efti with Merck’s Keytruda and chemotherapy, was stopped for futility despite earlier promising data in other indications. The setback follows a $20 million upfront licensing deal with Dr Reddy’s and threatens the company’s cash runway, though reserves now appear sufficient through 2027. The failure also dampens broader market confidence in LAG‑3‑targeted immunotherapies, which have seen mixed results from peers such as Bristol‑Myers Squibb and MSD.
CBN Mandates Liveness Checks and Device Limits to Fight Digital Banking Fraud
The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a new regulatory framework requiring real‑time liveness verification and BVN/NIN validation for all account openings and reactivations. Mobile banking apps must be bound to a single device, with additional multi‑factor authentication for any...
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Reports OLE Study Data on Repinatrabit in Phenylketonuria
Otsuka Pharmaceutical disclosed early open‑label extension (OLE) data for repinatrabit (JNT‑517) in adolescents with phenylketonuria (PKU). A 75 mg twice‑daily regimen achieved a 67% mean reduction in blood phenylalanine by day 56, with responses observed across prior sapropterin responders, non‑responders, and a...
IDB Invest Coordinates Financing for Paraguay’s First Green Hydrogen Fertilizer Project
IDB Invest coordinated a $420 million debt‑financing package, contributing $156 million, to launch Project Villeta – Paraguay’s first green‑hydrogen‑based fertilizer plant. The $650 million investment will produce about 262,460 tons of fertilizer annually, with roughly 90% earmarked for export, leveraging the country’s 100% hydroelectric grid. A...
Increased Spacing Between Solar Module Rows Boosts Agrivoltaics Viability
U.S. researchers at Colorado University introduced an economic framework that evaluates how wider spacing between solar photovoltaic (PV) rows can make agrivoltaic systems viable for large‑scale, mechanized farming. Simulations on a 160‑acre Colorado site across potatoes, onions, sugar beets and...
Chris Martin Built a Global Talent Machine And Now He's Opening It to Everyone
Inside Out, founded by Chris Martin, is extending its AI‑driven virtual‑assistant placement model to U.S. businesses after a decade of building remote teams in real‑estate, call‑center and receptionist services. The firm uses a proprietary AI system that evaluates candidates on more...
Chipmaker Axelera AI Hoping to Benefit From European Businesses Wanting to Run AI Locally
Dutch chipmaker Axelera AI is positioning itself as a European alternative to Nvidia by focusing on AI inference chips for edge devices. The company recently raised over $250 million, bringing total funding to more than $450 million and supporting a portfolio that...
Ramp Acquires Payments Platform Billhop
Ramp announced the acquisition of Billhop, a UK‑ and Sweden‑licensed payments platform, to accelerate its European push. The deal brings Ramp its first international offices in London and Stockholm, giving direct access to UK and EU customers. Nearly half of...
ATM Jackpotting Suspect Added to FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List
The FBI has placed Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, alleged leader of a nationwide ATM jackpotting ring, on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, marking the first cyber‑crime suspect to receive that designation. Investigators say the operation installed malware on ATMs...
Taming CRM Releases in a Regulated FinTech Environment
EXANTE replaced its manual Saturday‑only CRM deployments with a fully automated pipeline that now serves over 30 services across multiple jurisdictions. The new flow triggers on a Git tag, builds images, creates Jira tickets, posts to Slack, and uses Flux...
Out of the Blue? How the Colour of Light Could Be Used to Treat Mental Illness
Researchers at St Olavs Hospital in Trondheim equipped one half of a psychiatric intensive‑care ward with blue‑depleted evening lighting while the other half kept standard lighting. In a randomized trial of 476 short‑stay patients, the circadian‑adapted ward showed greater clinical improvement...
Mobvista Reports $2.05bn Revenue for 2025 as Mintegral Drives Growth
Mobvista posted full‑year 2025 revenue of $2.05 billion, a 35.7% jump from 2024, driven primarily by its programmatic platform Mintegral. Mintegral delivered $1.96 billion in revenue, up 35.9%, with AI‑powered smart bidding accounting for more than 80% of that income. Gaming remained...
How Digital Asset Management Helps Retailers Scale up and Attract Customers
Retailers are still stuck with fragmented digital storage—44% use local servers and 41% rely on individual hard drives, while 51% track product details in spreadsheets. This patchwork creates version‑control issues and slows time‑to‑market. Canto’s State of Digital Content 2026 report...
PhonePe Continues to Rule UPI Transactions with over 45% Market Share in Feb
PhonePe remained the dominant player in India’s UPI ecosystem in February, processing 9.28 billion transactions worth Rs 13.10 trillion and capturing 45.5% of total transaction volume and 48.8% of value. Google Pay stayed second with 6.76 billion transactions, representing 33.2% of volume and 33.6%...
NIQ Launches Beta of New AI-Powered Analytical Capabilities in Ask Arthur
NIQ Global Intelligence has launched a beta of AI‑powered analytical capabilities within its Ask Arthur module on the Discover platform. The new features guide users through end‑to‑end analysis, surfacing key drivers and generating decision‑ready narratives in minutes rather than weeks. Built...
Dmitry Shubov Consulting Attends Founders Meet Up | B2B Networking in Dubai Spotlights Deep, Founder-to-Founder Collaboration
Founders Connects hosted its second Founders Meet Up in Dubai on Jan. 29, 2026, bringing together SaaS, fintech, and enterprise startups with investors and service providers. The event featured structured matchmaking, small‑group Spotlight sessions, and topic‑specific discussions on go‑to‑market, B2B sales, and...
K&H Focuses on Digitalisation, AI as Digital Banking Grows in Hungary
K&H Group is accelerating its digital transformation in Hungary, centering its strategy on AI‑driven services and a unified banking‑insurance mobile platform. The bank’s AI assistant Kate, with over 300 functions, supports 150,000 users and logged 1.7 million conversations in 2025. Digital...
Eliquis Proves Safer than Xarelto for Patients with Deep Blood Clots
A head‑to‑head trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine compared Eliquis (apixaban) and Xarelto (rivaroxaban) in patients with deep‑vein thrombosis. The study found Eliquis significantly reduced major bleeding risk while maintaining equal efficacy in preventing clot recurrence. This...
Google Store's New Pixel Charging Dock Does One Thing Most 3-in-1 Chargers Don't
Google Store introduced the Wasserstein 3‑in‑1 charging dock, which simultaneously powers a Pixel phone, Pixel Buds, and Pixel Watch 4. Unlike most 3‑in‑1 docks, it uses wired USB‑C charging for the phone and earbuds while the watch charges via its pins,...
How GDS and DWP Worked Together to Improve GOV.UK One Login
GOV.UK One Login now serves over 16.6 million users across 220 services, but traditional identity checks left many unable to access them. In February 2026 the Government Digital Service and the Department for Work and Pensions introduced Knowledge‑Based Verification questions using DWP...
Lenovo Launches ‘Pixel Deficiency’ Campaign Spotlighting Monitor Range
Lenovo has rolled out a digital‑first campaign called “Pixel Deficiency” to spotlight its monitor portfolio in India. The initiative features a four‑part, 45‑second film series that dramatizes how poor display quality can hinder work, gaming, design and study tasks. By...
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HEALTH INEQUITY: Red Cross Children’s Hospital Doctor Using Donated ‘Miracle’ Cystic Fibrosis Drug to Save Lives
South Africa’s Red Cross Children’s Hospital is using donated Trikafta, a $300,000‑a‑year cystic fibrosis therapy, to keep seven‑year‑old Jaylin Leitjies alive after his lungs were severely damaged in infancy. The drug, produced by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, is not registered with SAHPRA...
What We Learned After Finding 7 Forgotten Jobs Running for 5 Years
Buffer discovered seven background jobs running on Amazon SQS for up to five years despite providing no value. A recent repository consolidation allowed engineers to map queues and identify the orphaned workers, leading to their incremental removal. The cleanup eliminated...
Why More CMOs Are Questioning Their Longtime Marketing Stack
Enterprise CMOs are increasingly dissatisfied with large marketing suites such as Adobe Experience Cloud and Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Recent interviews with 52 enterprise teams reveal 94% frustration, with high costs, low adoption, and complex vendor lock‑in. The generational shift toward...
PayCaptain Founder: Overconfidence Is the Enemy
Simon Bocca, founder of payroll platform PayCaptain, says he abandoned overconfidence in favour of meticulous, forensic implementation after a costly parallel‑run error for Pizza Express. He stresses that the first critical hire must own onboarding and combine technical expertise with...
Dayforce Top AI Exec’s Advice on Closing the Readiness Gap
A DataCamp survey finds two‑thirds of leaders see data and AI skill gaps, yet fewer than half provide basic AI literacy training. Dayforce chief AI officer David Lloyd argues the real problem is a lack of deliberate AI fluency and...
Flagship Startup Loses CEO to Ipsen; Ionis to Shed Nearly Six Decades of Board Experience
Alltrna's CEO Michelle Werner announced her resignation, moving to pharmaceutical giant Ipsen as its new chief executive. The biotech startup will rely on interim management while it searches for a permanent replacement. Simultaneously, Ionis Therapeutics disclosed that several long‑standing board...
A.I. Goes to War + Is ‘A.I. Brain Fry’ Real? + How Grammarly Stole Casey’s Identity
The Hard Fork episode examines how the United States and Israel are integrating artificial intelligence into the Iran conflict, using AI to pinpoint targets such as data centers and fiber‑optic infrastructure. It also highlights a new workplace phenomenon dubbed “AI...
Q&A: Rebecca Evernden on UK Space Strategy
Rebecca Evernden, the newly appointed director of the UK Space Agency, outlined a four‑pillar strategy—satellite communications, launch capability, in‑orbit servicing and manufacturing, and space domain awareness—to drive economic growth and national security. She emphasized that the agency’s launch ambitions remain...
FedEx Is Planning an AI Agent Workforce
FedEx announced a multiyear plan to embed artificial‑intelligence agents across more than half of its core operational workflows by 2028, extending AI beyond software development into network planning, customs clearance and marketing. The company is building a data‑centric foundation, consolidating...
Author AI Scams Bingo
A humorous “Author AI Scams Bingo” highlights the surge of AI‑generated spam targeting writers. The piece showcases a bingo card filled with typical scam language such as “I recently came across your book” and promises of wider audiences. It illustrates...
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 Co-Located Event Deep Dive: Observability Day
Observability Day, a co-located event at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026, brings together CNCF observability project maintainers and practitioners. The program expands beyond traditional monitoring, highlighting AI-driven trace analysis, cost‑efficiency strategies, and large‑scale telemetry engineering. Featuring two parallel tracks, the...
The Fake Images of a Real Strike on a School
An AI‑generated image falsely claimed a school in Isfahan housed military equipment, priming audiences before a real missile strike hit Minab girls’ school, killing at least 175 people. Fact‑checkers debunked the fake photo, but the real tragedy was later clouded...
China Ends Month-Long Launch Hiatus with Separate Guowang and Shiyan-30 Satellite Missions
China resumed orbital launches after a month‑long pause, lifting off a Long March 8A carrying the 20th batch of Guowang internet satellites and a Long March 2D launching the Shiyan‑30 technology demonstrators. The Guowang batch adds to a constellation targeting 13,000 satellites,...
China Upgrades BeiDou Navigation Birds In-Orbit
China's Satellite Navigation Office announced an in‑orbit, over‑the‑air upgrade program for the 50‑satellite BeiDou constellation. The initiative will optimise satellite performance, strengthen joint debugging, and improve user‑experience across sectors such as transport, agriculture and disaster response. The upgrades are part...
DPD Opens Two New Purpose-Built Distribution Centres in South East
DPD has opened two new 60,000‑square‑foot distribution centres in Crawley and Sittingbourne, replacing older depots and adding state‑of‑the‑art automation. Each hub can process up to 80,000 parcels daily and will support more than 100 new driver routes in the South...
New Policy Direction Targets South Africa’s Municipal Broadband Logjam
Communications Minister Solly Malatsi has issued a draft policy direction to overhaul South Africa’s decade‑old facilities‑leasing regulations and introduce rapid‑deployment rules for broadband infrastructure. The directive tasks regulator Icasa with clarifying access rights, defining essential facilities, and setting tighter timelines...
How Bayesian-Inspired Uncertainty Management Could Shape the Future of Trustworthy AI -
Bayesian‑driven digital twins are emerging as a trusted AI alternative in oncology, where uncertainty and fragmented data hinder large language model (LLM) reliability. Concr, an AI oncology startup, has built a three‑component Bayesian framework that simulates cancer‑treatment risks and updates...
The Need for “Grounded AI” – Not Hype
The 2026 Retail Technology Show in London gathered senior brand leaders from River Island, Pentland Brands, Goddiva, Noble Panacea and Azzurri Group to discuss retail’s next evolution. Panelists emphasized “grounded AI” as an enabler, citing River Island’s 80% drop in...
Fluent, Inc. Announces Partnership with Squire to Expand Commerce Media Solutions Beyond Traditional Retail Platforms
Fluent, Inc. announced a partnership with Squire, the all‑in‑one barbershop management platform, to extend its commerce‑media solutions into appointment‑based environments. The collaboration leverages Fluent’s experimentation framework and a Databricks‑backed data clean room that fuses Squire’s first‑party data with Fluent’s identity...
Teybridge Capital Europe Plans €5.2 Million UK Expansion, 30 London Jobs and Pledges €694.9 Million for British SMEs
Dublin‑based fintech Teybridge Capital Europe announced a €5.2 million investment in the UK over the next three years. The plan includes creating up to 30 new jobs in its London office and pledging €694.9 million to finance British SMEs. The UK now...
Synscribe Launches SEO AI Agent That Autonomously Executes SEO & GEO – Claims to Replace Traditional Agencies
Singapore‑based Synscribe unveiled a multi‑tenant AI agent built on the open‑source OpenClaw framework that autonomously handles end‑to‑end SEO and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) tasks. The agent performs keyword research, creates landing pages, builds links and even drafts blog posts, reducing...
3D Printable Nanotube Composite Shields Electronics In Extreme Environments
Researchers have created an ultrathin, stretchable, 3D‑printable composite that combines single‑walled carbon nanotubes and boron nitride nanotubes to simultaneously block electromagnetic interference and absorb neutron radiation. The hybrid films achieve over 50 dB EMI shielding at micrometer thicknesses, while a 2:8...
EverFast Fiber Networks Taps GOCare to Power Digital Transformation and Customer Engagement Strategy
EverFast Fiber Networks, a fast‑growing Kansas City broadband provider, has selected GOCare’s Digital Experience Platform to overhaul its customer communications. The rollout will add two‑way SMS, web chat, and social messaging while automating billing, appointment and service alerts. Integration with...
How the Pizza Industry Became the Epicenter of Restaurant Technology Innovation
The pizza sector has become the leading proving ground for restaurant technology, with AI, robotics, and predictive analytics reshaping ordering, kitchen, and delivery processes. Brands such as Jet’s Pizza, Donatos, Domino’s and Papa John’s have deployed AI‑driven SMS ordering, autonomous...
Solance Selects SaaScada to Power Next-Generation Payments Platform
Solance, a Dublin‑based specialist financial institution, has chosen SaaScada’s cloud‑native banking platform to power its upcoming multi‑currency payments solution. The partnership supports Solance’s European launch, targeting a 2026 go‑live after completing its Irish licensing process. SaaScada will provide real‑time payments...
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LastPass Vs. 1Password: Which Password Manager Should You Use? [2026]
The article pits LastPass against 1Password, highlighting LastPass’s 2022 data breach, a $24.5 million settlement, and lingering security criticisms. In contrast, 1Password boasts a breach‑free record, full‑field encryption and a dual‑factor master key. Feature parity is high—both offer cross‑platform autofill, password...
Veeam Fixes RCE Bugs in Critical Backup & Replication Platform
Veeam released a critical security patch (version 12.3.2.4465) on March 12, 2026, fixing seven vulnerabilities in its Backup & Replication platform, including the high‑severity CVE‑2026‑21666 and CVE‑2026‑21667 which both score 9.9 on the CVSS scale. The update also resolves additional...
Lockheed Martin Delivers Second Shipment of ASEV Shipsets and AN/SPY-7(V)1 Equipment to Japan
Lockheed Martin announced on March 12, 2026 that it has delivered the second Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) shipset, featuring the AN/SPY-7(V)1 solid‑state radar, to Japan’s Ministry of Defense. The shipment, executed through Mitsubishi Corporation under a Direct Commercial Sale,...
The FBI Is Looking for Victimized Steam Users Who Downloaded Games with Hidden Malware — Investigation Underway Into Multiple Infected...
The FBI has opened an investigation into malware‑laden fake games on Steam released between 2024 and 2026, urging affected users to come forward. Titles such as Chemia, Dashverse, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi, Tokenova and BlockBasters were identified as carriers of crypto‑draining...