World's Most Powerful eFoil Is Also One of the Easiest to Learn On
Hydroflyer unveiled the Gen 2 FF, a limited‑edition eFoil powered by a 10,000‑watt motor that reaches 60 km/h and delivers explosive acceleration. The board features a four‑point‑contact stance with handlebars, carbon‑fiber construction, and an onboard computer that manages power, depth mapping, and ride data. A lower‑spec AL version offers half the price with a 5,600‑watt motor and 40 km/h top speed. Pre‑orders are open now, with deliveries targeted for August 2026.
MTN Launches Click-to-Deploy StarEdge Horizon Satellite Service on AWS Marketplace
MTN has launched StarEdge Horizon, a private LEO satellite service, on the AWS Marketplace, allowing enterprises to provision global satellite links as a native cloud resource. The solution delivers a true Layer 2 network over SpaceX’s Starlink constellation with static IP...
IO River Launches Multi-CDN Edge Security With Check Point
IO River unveiled a multi‑CDN edge security platform powered by Check Point’s Web Application Firewall. The solution runs security logic directly at the edge of each CDN, eliminating the need to route traffic back to a central inspection point. By decoupling...
Bilt 2.0: All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go
Bilt’s original rent‑rewards credit card, co‑branded with Wells Fargo, failed to generate sustainable revenue and was discontinued. The replacement, Bilt 2.0, partners with tiny fintech bank Column, NA, whose assets are under $1 billion and interest earnings are negligible. Early user reports describe...
Revolutionizing Nordic Imbalance Settlement with Unicorn Systems
Unicorn Systems has upgraded the Nordic Balance Settlement (NBS) model, enabling the new Independent Aggregator role for balancing services across Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The enhancement, built on the Damas MMS:E platform, introduces 15‑minute settlement, expanded invoicing products and...
Rivian Spin-Out Mind Robotics Raises $500M for Industrial AI-Powered Robots
Mind Robotics, a Rivian spin‑out, closed a $500 million Series A round co‑led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz, lifting its valuation to roughly $2 billion. The funding follows a $115 million seed round, bringing total capital raised to $615 million since its November 2025 launch. The...
DataBahn Expands Microsoft Sentinel Integration
DataBahn has deepened its partnership with Microsoft, embedding its AI‑driven data pipeline into Microsoft Sentinel via the Content Hub and Azure Marketplace. The joint solution automates ingestion, normalization, and routing of telemetry from hundreds of sources, cutting weeks of manual...
Enterprises Rejecting Plug and Play AI for Customisable Solutions, Finds Report
Enterprises are shunning off‑the‑shelf AI in favor of custom, full‑stack solutions, according to Cognizant’s new research. The study of 600 AI decision‑makers and 38 senior executives shows a strong preference for “AI Builders” that can tailor models to specific industry...
Mistral AI, Pigment, Ekimetrics: How French Scale-Ups Have Successfully Expanded Into the UK
French AI‑focused scale‑ups Ekimetrics, Pigment and Mistral AI are using London as a launchpad for European expansion, citing the UK’s $1.2 trillion market and deep talent pool. The United Kingdom’s aggressive AI investment—over £44 bn in private capital since 2024 and a...
Fibocom Targets Smart Pet Collars with MQ771-GL LPWA Module
Fibocom unveiled the MQ771-GL LPWA module at Embedded World 2026, targeting smart pet collars. The module combines Cat‑M and NB‑IoT with a 17.7 × 15.8 mm footprint and power‑saving modes as low as 1 µA, promising battery life extensions from days to months. Fibocom...
Manufact Raises $6.3M as MCP Becomes the ‘USB-C for AI’ Powering ChatGPT and Claude Apps
Manufact, a YC‑backed startup, announced a $6.3 million seed round led by Peak XV to build infrastructure for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the emerging “USB‑C” standard for AI agents. The company’s open‑source mcp‑use SDK has already logged five million downloads and...
Tenstorrent Unveils RISC-V AI Workstation with Open-Source Stack
Tenstorrent announced the TT‑QuietBox 2, dubbed Blackhole, a liquid‑cooled AI workstation that runs directly on a desktop. The system can infer models up to 120 billion parameters and delivers teraflop‑class performance using a RISC‑V processor. It ships with a completely open‑source software...
New Photonic Device Efficiently Beams Light Into Free Space
Researchers at MIT, MITRE, Sandia and the University of Arizona have unveiled a photonic chip that uses upward‑curving “ski‑jump” structures to broadcast thousands of individually controllable laser beams into free space. The device leverages a bimaterial strain technique—silicon nitride and...
Google Cloud's Vision for AI in the Game Industry
Jack Buser, speaking at GDC’s Luminaries series, outlined Google Cloud’s vision of a “Living Game” where AI augments development, business strategy, and player experiences. He highlighted how AI can streamline pre‑production, unify player data for hyper‑personalized marketing, and power smart...
A Roadmap for Safer Generative AI for Young People
Google outlined a comprehensive roadmap to make generative AI safer for younger users, centering on three pillars: online youth protection, family‑centric technology relationships, and empowered learning. The company embedded strict content policies—blocking child sexual abuse, extremist, self‑harm, and age‑inappropriate material—throughout...
Connecticut Bill Constraining Use of License Plate Data Gets Broad Support
Connecticut House Bill 5449, backed by immigration advocates and civil‑rights groups, would restrict automatic license‑plate reader (ALPR) data by limiting retention to seven days and banning its use for immigration enforcement, abortion‑related, or transgender‑care investigations. The legislation also confines data...
Centralized Power: How TeamCity’s Architecture Solves Jenkins’ Scaling Problem
Jenkins’ controller‑agent model hits performance limits as organizations add pipelines, agents, and plugins, often forcing multi‑controller deployments that increase operational overhead. The article contrasts this with TeamCity’s server‑agent architecture, where a single server centralizes configuration while agents scale horizontally. TeamCity...
The New iPhone 17e Might Look Cute and Compact, but Early Benchmark Tests Suggest that It's a Powerful Gaming Phone
Apple unveiled the iPhone 17e, a $599 mid‑range handset that shares the A19 processor with the flagship iPhone 17. Early Geekbench tests recorded a 9,241 multi‑core score, essentially matching the flagship’s performance, while its four‑core GPU trails the flagship’s five‑core...
Spain’s Sánchez Launches AI Tool to Track Hate Speech on Social Media
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez unveiled HODIO, an AI‑driven system that ranks social‑media platforms by the volume of hate speech they host. The tool will scan publicly available posts, apply natural‑language processing, and publish a comparative score for each major...
For ₦1,300 a Month, inDrive Drivers in Nigeria Can Now Access Healthcare Services
InDrive Nigeria has teamed up with health‑tech startup Heala to embed affordable medical coverage into its driver app. Eligible Platinum drivers can subscribe to plans starting at ₦1,300 ($1) per month, granting tele‑consultations, prescriptions, pharmacy pick‑up and diagnostic services without...
Code Concepts: A Large-Scale Synthetic Dataset Generated From Programming Concept Seeds
Researchers introduced a concept‑driven workflow that produces synthetic code data aligned with specific programming skills. Using a taxonomy of 91 Python concepts, they generated roughly 15 million Python problems and incorporated 10 billion tokens into the final 100 billion‑token pretraining of Nemotron‑Nano‑v3. The...
Pure Data Centres and AVK Deploy Europe’s First Large-Scale Microgrid
Pure Data Centres Group and AVK have commissioned Europe’s first large‑scale, 110 MW on‑site microgrid at Pure DC’s Dublin campus. The system comprises three 30 MW energy centres that deliver dispatchable power, combined heat‑and‑power capability, and waste‑heat recovery during early‑phase development. Designed...
Maven Clinic Launches Direct-to-Consumer Platform Nationwide Featuring GLP-1 and Hormone Care
Maven Clinic, known for its B2B telehealth services covering 28 million lives, has opened a beta waitlist for a new direct‑to‑consumer platform that will be available to women across the United States. The DTC offering bundles virtual access to more...
NextAud.io Announces Exclusive Agreement with AdsWizz to Sell Streaming and Podcast Inventory in MENA Region
NextAud.io has signed an exclusive agreement with AdsWizz to become the sole sales representative for streaming and podcast inventory across Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, while also acting as AdsWizz’s preferred reseller in...
Amazon Wants to Be Your First Stop for Health Questions —Here’s What Its New AI Assistant Does
Amazon has launched Health AI, an artificial‑intelligence assistant embedded in its website and mobile app that lets shoppers check symptoms, receive possible causes, and get treatment suggestions. The tool can direct users to telehealth visits or nearby providers, extending Amazon’s...
Tesla Cybertruck With Autopilot Engaged Tries To Drive Off An Overpass In Freaky Video
A Houston driver sued Tesla after her Cybertruck, operating with Autopilot engaged, missed a curve on an overpass and collided with a concrete barrier, sustaining severe neck, back and shoulder injuries. The lawsuit seeks more than $1 million, accusing Tesla of...
FreeWheel Launches AI Agent Infrastructure for Premium Video Ads, Pilots with PMG
FreeWheel unveiled an AI agent infrastructure built on its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server and a suite of Intelligence tools, embedding artificial intelligence directly into premium video ad transactions. The platform enables real‑time workflow automation, performance monitoring, and decision‑making for...
Stasis Pods and Deep Space Exploration
Stasis research, building on therapeutic hypothermia and animal hibernation, aims to place astronauts in a torpor‑like state for long‑duration spaceflight. NASA’s NIAC program funded SpaceWorks Enterprises, whose 2016 Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitat study suggested a torpor‑based Mars transit could reduce...
Google Expands Search Console Branded Queries Filter to All Eligible Sites
Google has rolled out its branded queries filter in Search Console to all eligible sites, enabling native separation of branded and non‑branded traffic within the Performance report. The filter automatically classifies queries that contain brand names, variations, misspellings, or related...
Digital Health's New Challenge: Empowering Users without Adding Complexity
At the 2026 HIMSS Global Health Conference, leaders highlighted a growing tension in digital health: rapid innovation can add complexity for clinicians and patients. They showcased Mass General Brigham’s AI‑powered ambient documentation, which after a pilot with 800 clinicians showed...
OpenAI's New Training Dataset Teaches AI Models Which Instructions to Trust
OpenAI unveiled the IH‑Challenge dataset, a reinforcement‑learning resource that teaches models a four‑level instruction hierarchy—system, developer, user, and tool. The dataset replaces subjective LLM judges with deterministic Python scripts, enabling reliable automated evaluation. Early testing on the internal GPT‑5 Mini‑R...
Anthropic’s Pentagon Showdown Is Drawing Silicon Valley Into a Larger Fight
Anthropic has sued the Pentagon after the Department of Defense labeled the company a "supply chain risk," effectively blacklisting it from government contracts. A coalition of 37 leading AI researchers, including figures from Google, OpenAI and DeepMind, filed an amicus...
Takase Kanageta Selects Plataine to Scale Production Scheduling Across Multi-Plant Operations
Takase Kanagata, a Japanese precision‑manufacturing firm, has chosen Plataine’s AI‑powered Production Scheduler, delivered with Argosy Japan Aerospace Materials, to support its 2030 Digital Factory and Industry 4.0 roadmap. The solution will enable Takase to scale production scheduling across multiple plants while...
AI-Enabled Watch Towers Set to Proliferate Along the Border
The Department of Homeland Security will retrofit 148 uncrewed camera towers along the U.S. border with AI‑enabled sensors this year and add 50 next‑generation towers. GDIT’s Relocatable Autonomous Surveillance Tower brings longer‑range optics, radar, LIDAR and solar power, allowing edge...
Europe’s RLV C5 Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle
Europe’s German Aerospace Center is proposing the RLV C5, a heavy‑lift launch vehicle that pairs a winged, reusable first stage with an expendable upper stage. By switching to liquid hydrogen/oxygen propulsion, the C5 can deliver roughly 76 t to orbit while weighing...
Publish Your Data, AI Techniques, and Agentic Engineering Work on Towards Data Science
The New Stack is inviting its readers to publish on Towards Data Science, one of the largest AI‑focused publications. Submissions are free, and accepted pieces receive editorial support, rapid two‑day turnaround, and promotion across TDS’s channels. Authors can earn money...
How Creating FordDirect Helped Avert a Potential Automaker-Dealer Showdown
In 2000 Ford and its dealer network launched FordDirect, a joint‑venture that bundled digital marketing, website tools, CRM and inventory‑management services for U.S. Ford and Lincoln dealers. The initiative was born from dealer council leaders who feared the internet would...
Siemens to Help Build AI-Ready Scientific Infrastructure as Part of DOE’s Genesis Mission
Siemens announced a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy to support the Genesis Mission, a federal effort to modernize America’s scientific infrastructure with AI‑driven computing and interoperable digital systems. The partnership leverages Siemens’ expertise in industrial AI,...
How M&S Is Embedding Circular Models with Ebay and Reskinned
Marks & Spencer has launched a dedicated clothing resale platform by partnering with eBay and technology provider Reskinned. The initiative, part of M&S’s “Another Life” circularity program, allows customers to sell pre‑owned garments on eBay while the brand focuses on...
Biogen Phase Ib Data Positions Salanersen for SMA Treatment Sequencing
Biogen reported Phase Ib data for its antisense oligonucleotide salanersen, showing substantial neurofilament light chain reductions and new motor milestones in children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who had previously received onasemnogene abeparvovec. The study of 24 participants demonstrated a roughly...
Lonza Expands Agreement to Manufacture Gene Therapy for Transfusion-Dependent Beta-Thalassemia
Lonza has broadened its agreement with Genetix Biotherapeutics to increase manufacturing capacity for ZYNTEGLO, the sole FDA‑approved gene therapy for transfusion‑dependent beta‑thalassemia. Production will continue at Lonza’s Houston, Texas, dedicated cell‑and‑gene therapy site, with provisions to scale up for future...
TruScore Launches AI Capabilities for Its 360 Feedback Platform to Accelerate Leader Development
TruScore has added three AI‑powered features—AI Feedback Insights, AI Executive Summaries, and AI Comment Summaries—to its 360‑degree feedback platform. The tools automatically analyze quantitative scores and open‑ended comments, delivering concise themes, strengths, blind‑spot alerts, and development priorities. Built on a...
ZendBusiness Powers Faster Cross-Border Payments for Africa’s Global Trade
ZendWallet has launched Zend Business, a platform that merges international payments and internal operations for African companies. At its core is ZendFX, a stablecoin‑based engine that moves funds in USDT and USDC across more than 140 countries, supporting transactions from...
Canada’s RTR Enters Resilience, Security Testing
Payments Canada’s February update shows the real‑time rail (RTR) system moving into Q1 2026 with a strong emphasis on resilience, security and anti‑fraud testing. The organization has completed system integration testing in Q4 2025 and is now deepening user acceptance testing while...
Softlink Global Partners with ISTE
Softlink Global has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) to embed practical logistics technology into technical curricula across India. The deal introduces Softlink’s LogiLEARN, LogiSKILL and LogiXPERT platforms, giving students and faculty hands‑on...
E-Stops, Safety Controllers and Sensors Require Planning and Coordination
The article stresses that emergency stops, safety controllers, and sensors must be designed with coordinated planning rather than ad‑hoc additions. Dual‑channel redundancy and low‑voltage signaling ensure a single failure triggers a safe halt, while over‑specifying safety can provoke workarounds that...
Modius and Bridgepointe Partner to Enhance Enterprise Infrastructure Management
Modius Inc., a DCIM specialist, has signed a strategic reseller agreement with Bridgepointe Technologies, enabling the advisory firm’s IT strategists to offer Modius’ OpenData platform. The collaboration delivers real‑time operational intelligence and predictive analytics through a single‑pane‑of‑glass interface for AI...
Five Hacks Every Fitness Watch User Should Know
Lifehacker outlines five practical hacks that let fitness‑watch owners squeeze more performance out of their devices. It suggests wearing the sensor on the upper arm for cleaner heart‑rate data, swapping the noisy current‑pace readout for lap‑pace averages, and programming hot‑keys...
HIMSS Survey: 60% of Health Systems Can’t Protect Unmanaged Medical Devices
A new HIMSS‑Elisity survey reveals that 62% of health systems cannot secure unpatchable or agentless IoMT devices, while 56% struggle with basic inventory visibility. The same respondents cite microsegmentation as the preferred defense, yet 40% fear it will disrupt clinical...
Tembo Is an Innovative New Instrument Designed to Demystify Electronic Music-Making
Tembo, a new step sequencer from Musical Beings, replaces the typical digital grid with magnetic wooden counters on a board‑game‑style layout. The tactile interface lets users build basslines and beats by moving physical pieces, while built‑in mic, line‑in, MIDI out, effects...