'A' For AI, 'I' For Insurance (2/3) - How AXA Ranks Human Intelligence Alongside Its Artificial Counterpart
AXA’s 2026 strategic plan “Unlock the Future” places artificial intelligence at the core of its insurance transformation, aiming to enhance risk pricing, service quality and customer experience. CEO Thomas Buberl reports that 70 % of employees are optimistic about AI, while the firm plans to boost the modest 4 % AI share of its tech budget. AXA has recruited over 900 data scientists to develop client‑facing chatbots, predictive underwriting tools and AI‑assisted claims handling. Partnerships with AI model providers such as Mistral are intended to accelerate the rollout across its global operations.
Paperpal for Life Sciences Establishes HIPAA Readiness, Strengthening Enterprise Adoption of AI in Regulated Medical and Scientific Writing Workflows
Paperpal for Life Sciences, Cactus Communications' AI platform, has completed a HIPAA readiness assessment and can now offer Business Associate Agreements for handling PHI and PII. The certification underscores the platform’s secure‑by‑design architecture and data‑governance framework. Paperpal claims its AI...
AAHAR 2026 – 40th Edition: Strengthening India’s Role in the Global Food Economy Through a Structured B2B Platform
The 40th edition of AAHAR, India’s premier B2B food‑and‑hospitality exhibition, showcases the country’s expanding role in the global food economy. With India accounting for roughly a quarter of global milk, spice and rice output, the event links producers, processors and...
Mantle8 Awarded €2.06M EU Grant for Natural Hydrogen Platform
Mantle8, a European natural‑hydrogen exploration startup founded in 2024, has secured a €2.06 million grant from the EU’s Just Transition Fund. The funding will be used to expand its technology platform in Grenoble, including the HOREX pilot, a new geochemistry lab,...
‘Disruption for In-House Legal Departments Is Coming From the Companies They Represent’: FjordStream’s Bjarne Tellmann
Bjarne Tellmann, former GC of FTSE 100 firms, launched FjordStream Advisors to advise legal departments on AI, digital transformation, and executive coaching. The firm offers three services: technology strategy advisory, senior‑leader coaching, and thought‑leadership workshops. Tellmann warns that many GCs prioritize...
Data Centres Should Provide Flexibility Services to the Grid
Data centres are poised to become active flexibility assets for the UK grid as AI-driven demand grows. Research shows that if new data centres operate flexibly just 1 % of the time, they can be integrated without additional power plants, reducing...
Why IDPs Are the Only Way to Scale Kubernetes Beyond Experts
Kubernetes excels at infrastructure orchestration but was never meant to be a developer’s primary interface, leading to growing operational friction as organizations scale. Internal developer platforms (IDPs) introduce abstraction layers—golden paths, service catalogs, and self‑service APIs—that shield developers from cluster‑level...
Pressure on Tech Firms Grows Amid Government Safety Crackdown
The UK government is tightening its grip on digital platforms to safeguard women and girls online. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall warned Snapchat, Meta, YouTube and TikTok to accelerate safety measures or face regulatory action. Recent policies include a 48‑hour takedown...
Amazon Spring Deal Days Returns With Seven Days of Savings
Amazon launched its seven‑day Spring Deal Days promotion, offering up to 45% off everyday essentials and up to 60% off select Amazon devices. The event runs through March 16, 2026 and features new deals every morning and evening across categories...
65% of Marketing Jobs May Not Survive AI
Anthropic’s new Labor Market Impacts report warns that roughly 65% of marketing tasks could be automated by AI, placing the profession among the most vulnerable occupations. The analysis shows a 7% year‑on‑year decline in U.S. marketing job postings and a...
Iran Fields Updated Shahed-101 Kamikaze Drone
Iran has unveiled an upgraded Shahed‑101 loitering munition featuring a front‑mounted electric motor and nose‑propeller, diverging from the family’s traditional gasoline piston engines. The redesign retains the fixed‑wing airframe and 800 km strike range while adding a rear‑mounted rocket booster for...
Do You Need to Register as a Money Services Business?
The article outlines when a Canadian business must register as a Money Services Business (MSB) with FINTRAC, detailing the specific activities—foreign exchange, fund remittance, virtual‑currency dealing, and crowdfunding—that trigger regulatory oversight. It distinguishes domestic MSBs from foreign MSBs (FMSBs) and...
Mega Heat Pumps for Industry and District Heating: New Projects Across Europe Show Potential
Large‑scale heat pumps are moving from pilot to commercial scale across Europe, with projects in Austria, Finland and Germany showcasing industrial and district‑heating applications. Turboden’s 12 MW pump for Delfort paper mill cuts 19,000 t CO₂ per year, while Everllence’s 20‑33 MW air‑to‑water...
Leading Myanmar Fleet Management Company Yoma Fleet Selects AccuKnox SIEM to Replace Legacy Tools
Yoma Fleet, Myanmar's leading fleet management firm, has selected AccuKnox SIEM to replace its legacy security tools. After a November 2025 evaluation and a successful proof‑of‑concept, the company migrated to the cloud‑native platform via AWS Marketplace in January 2026. AccuKnox...
Disruptors & Innovators in Retail 2026 Report Launched
Retail Insider and the Retail Technology Show released the 2026 Retail Disruptors & Innovators Report, naming Perfect Ted co‑founder Marisa Poster as Retail Disruptor of the Year. The report ranks ten pioneers, from matcha‑tea brand Perfect Ted to AI‑driven Kingfisher...
TransUnion and Google Cloud Power AI‑Driven Credit Intelligence with New Analytics Agent
TransUnion has teamed with Google Cloud to launch an AI‑driven analytics agent that fuses TransUnion's credit data with Google’s Vertex AI and BigQuery services. The new solution delivers real‑time credit intelligence, cutting underwriting decision times by roughly half while boosting...
MSI MPG CORELIQUID P13 360 (2026) CPU Cooler Review
MSI’s MPG CORELIQUID P13 360 AIO cooler blends premium aesthetics with engineering tweaks aimed at better thermal contact and streamlined cable management. The unit features a full‑plane screwless copper cold plate, a 27 mm, 12‑channel radiator, and CycloBlade 9 ARGB fans that promise strong airflow...
Dhan Crosses 1 Mn Users Mark in Feb; Groww Continues to Lead Stockbroking Space
India's retail broking sector saw active users rise to 45.4 million in February, a 350 k increase from January. Groww maintained its lead, adding 2.65 lakh new clients and reaching a 28.03% market share with 12.75 million users. Emerging platform Dhan crossed the 1 million‑user...
For the First Time, Ferring Reports Revenue of Over €2.5 Billion in 2025
Ferring Pharmaceuticals reported revenue above €2.5 billion for 2025, a 7% increase at actual exchange rates and 10% at constant rates. Growth was powered by its flagship reproductive medicine Menopur and the U.S. ramp‑up of gene‑based bladder‑cancer therapy Adstiladrin. Operating profit...
Hammertech AS Signs Three-Year Frame Agreement for AquaFieldTM Mud Meters
Hammertech AS, a subsidiary of Nordic Technology Group, has secured a three‑year frame agreement with a leading international oil‑and‑gas services company to supply its AquaField™ Mud multiphase meters. The customer projects an outtake of roughly 90 meters across the contract...
Waitrose Deploys AI Route Optimisation to Improve Delivery Efficiency
Waitrose has teamed with AI specialist Satalia to deploy an AI‑powered route optimisation platform across its home‑delivery network. The system analyses traffic, vehicle capacity and time windows in real time, producing more efficient routes. Early data shows an 8 % reduction...
What OpenAI’s $110 Billion Funding Round Says About the AI Bubble
OpenAI announced a $110 billion funding round in February 2026, valuing the company between $730 billion and $840 billion. Despite this massive capital influx, its 2025 revenue was only $20 billion, highlighting a stark valuation‑revenue gap. The round was led by major corporations and...
How Can Machine Learning Unlock Credit in South Africa
Access to credit remains elusive for most South African small businesses, with over 85% of firms earning under R1 million facing high rejection rates. A Forrester‑Experian study shows that 70% of senior lenders believe machine learning can improve risk accuracy and...
How Developers Can Bring Voice AI Into Telephony Applications
Voice AI is moving from chatbots into telephony, promising to automate appointment scheduling, call triage and delivery coordination. Developers, however, must bridge sophisticated AI pipelines with legacy PSTN, SIP and WebRTC networks, a task complicated by evolving large language models...
Weaver Fintech’s Retail Roots Fade as Fintech Engine Roars
Weaver Fintech, the former Homechoice International, posted a 23% revenue increase to R5.5 billion for FY 2025, propelling its shares above 9% higher. The fintech arm delivered R3.43 billion in revenue, a 36% jump, and accounted for 93% of the group’s trading profit,...
Cyber Risk Management Starts with Understanding the Business: CISO Hannah Suarez Explains Why
In a recent interview, CISO Hannah Suarez stresses that cyber risk management must begin with a deep understanding of the business, not merely compliance checklists. She highlights how startups often accept risk to accelerate growth, while established firms need structured...
I Evaluated Best PIM Software in 2026: 7 Winners
The article evaluates the seven leading product information management (PIM) platforms for 2025, ranking Plytix, Sales Layer, Akeneo, Pimberly, 1WorldSync, PIMworks, and Salsify based on G2 scores, pricing, and feature depth. It details each tool’s strengths—such as Plytix’s SMB‑friendly UI,...
The Feds Pulled $1.5B From Tribal Clean Energy. Tribes Are Finding Another Way.
The Trump-era tax bill stripped $1.5 billion from tribal clean‑energy programs, leaving nearly 1,600 projects underfunded. In response, the Colorado River Indian Tribes launched an agrivoltaics pilot through the new financing entity Huurav, pairing solar panels with crops. Tribes are turning...
Huawei: Helping Miners Build a Sustainable Digital and Intelligent Foundation
Huawei’s Mining Business Unit is positioning the company as the leading provider of AI‑enabled connectivity for the mining sector. It highlights the deployment of a 5G‑A network and the world’s first fleet of 100 autonomous electric trucks at China’s Yimin...
The Governance of Agentic AI: From Human-in-the-Loop to Logic-Based Oversight
Agentic AI systems now execute payments, liquidity moves and trades without human clicks, forcing financial institutions to move governance from transaction‑level monitoring to logic‑level auditing. The article argues that human‑in‑the‑loop oversight has become theatrical, as agents optimise across thousands of...
Ukraine Deploys Robot Battalion To Fight Russia
Ukraine has organized a dedicated battalion of uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs) that are now armed and actively engaging Russian forces on the front lines. The robots, originally intended for logistics, carry machine guns, grenade launchers and explosive payloads, and are...
Building the Marketplace of Tomorrow: How Lowe’s Is Reshaping the Future of Home Improvement
Retail giant Lowe’s has launched a new Marketplace platform that unifies digital and physical home‑improvement shopping. Leveraging AI‑driven content enrichment, algorithmic buy‑box selection and dynamic delivery, the platform expands assortments while simplifying the customer journey. The initiative rests on a...
Cyberattack Forces Polish Hospital Revert to Paper-Based Operations
The Independent Public Regional Hospital in Szczecin, Poland, was hit by a ransomware‑style cyberattack on the night of March 7‑8, 2026, encrypting key parts of its electronic medical record system. With digital access blocked, the hospital shifted to a fully paper‑based...
NiCE Launches Agentic AI Innovation
NiCE unveiled an agentic AI platform that converts structured and unstructured enterprise interaction data into ready‑to‑deploy AI agents at scale. The system scans voice, chat, digital channels and workflows, pinpoints high‑impact automation opportunities, and quantifies projected ROI before launch. It...
Hong Kong’s Financial Firms Adapt to AI’s Rewards and Risks
Hong Kong’s financial institutions are accelerating AI adoption, moving beyond simple automation to reshape deal marketing, client relationship management, and trade execution. The shift mirrors a broader global AI arms race that began on Wall Street and now targets Asia’s...
From Influencer Matching to an AI-Driven Operating System - Inside Humanz' Bet on Agentic to Scale Creator-Led Performance Ads
Humanz has launched Humanz+, an AI‑native operating system that automates the full lifecycle of creator‑led advertising, from research and brief creation to media buying and conversion optimization. The platform deploys seven specialized AI agents and still incorporates a human‑in‑the‑loop for...
Quectel Unveils Versatile Pi Series SBCs to Power Developer Innovation
Quectel Wireless Solutions has launched the Pi series of single‑board computers, comprising the Pi M1, L1 and H1 models. The boards target industrial IoT, robotics, and edge‑computing applications, offering LTE, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and Ethernet connectivity. The flagship H1 features a Qualcomm...
Digest: Retail and Grocery Brands Dominate ChatGPT Ads Trial; Walmart to Phase Out Vizio Accounts; New US AI Guidelines Challenge...
OpenAI’s month‑long ChatGPT ad trial is now 44% retail and grocery ads, led by brands like Target, Sephora and Wayfair. Walmart announced it will phase out standalone Vizio accounts, requiring new TV buyers to link or merge into a Walmart...
What Is the UCS Satellite Database, and Why Is It Important?
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Satellite Database is a publicly available catalog of 7,560 active Earth‑orbiting satellites, with data current through May 1 2023. It uniquely combines 28 technical and operational fields—including ownership, purpose, and orbital parameters—allowing users to sort satellites...
Are We Ready for a World without Cash?
The article examines India’s shift toward a cash‑light economy driven by UPI’s explosive growth. In December 2025 UPI recorded 21.6 billion transactions worth Rs 28 lakh crore, and in FY25 it accounted for over 83% of payment volume, pushing digital retail payments to...
Why the FDA Is Embracing Old Math for New Drugs
The FDA released draft guidance encouraging the use of Bayesian statistics in drug and biologic clinical trials, aiming to shorten development timelines and lower costs. By allowing external data—known as priors—to be incorporated, the approach promises more efficient, adaptive studies,...
ROG Strix G10X Brings Holographic Flair to Flagship Desktop Gaming
ASUS unveiled the ROG Strix G10X, a flagship pre‑built gaming desktop featuring its proprietary AniMe Holo holographic fan display. The system packs up to an AMD Ryzen 9 X3D‑series CPU, an RTX 5090 GPU, 128 GB DDR5 RAM and a 4 TB PCIe 4.0 SSD within a 104‑liter...
Estonia Is Preparing a Single Platform for Public Transport Tickets
Estonia is launching MaaS X‑tee, a unified digital ticketing platform that will let passengers plan trips and buy tickets across trains, buses, trams, ferries, micromobility and car rentals from a single interface. The Estonian Government Chancellery and Transport Authority awarded Turnit...
Strategic Cooperation on AI
The March 10 2026 report outlines a framework for strategic cooperation on artificial intelligence, identifying three overarching objectives: improving understanding of AI capabilities and risks, fostering reliable development while curbing proliferation, and mitigating AI‑related harms. It proposes four core functions—research, standard‑setting, monitoring,...
Oil and Gas Workers Find an Easy Segue Into Geothermal Jobs
Oil and gas workers are poised to transition into the fast‑growing enhanced geothermal sector, leveraging their drilling expertise. A 2024 DOE report estimates up to 300,000 U.S. workers possess the necessary skills, while the domestic geothermal workforce has risen to...
Facing the Age of Robots? Material Innovation in Architectural Structures
Robotic systems are reshaping architectural construction by moving beyond simple automation to become material makers. Advanced six‑axis arms, mobile platforms and 3D‑printing robots now translate computational designs directly into built forms, enabling complex geometries and on‑site adaptation. Projects such as...
Render Networks Unveils Synchronised Agentic Critical Infrastructure Architecture
Render Networks announced its ClearWay platform, a synchronized agentic architecture for critical infrastructure. The system converts design data into live work scopes, using autonomous agents with identity and least‑privilege controls to validate field progress and approve work in real time....
What Is Space-Track, and Why Is It Important?
Space‑Track is the U.S. government’s public portal for space situational awareness, offering satellite catalog data, two‑line element sets, decay predictions, and conjunction support. Its REST‑style API enables operators, researchers, and developers to integrate real‑time orbital information into automated workflows. Though...
Newtrace Raises $6.3 Mn in Pre-Series A Round Led by HDFC Bank, MSIVC
Climate‑tech startup Newtrace secured $6.3 million (₹56.93 crore) in a pre‑Series A round. The financing was led by HDFC Bank and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, with participation from Peak XV Surge, Aavishkaar, and other investors. Newtrace will use the funds to scale pilot...
Indra Leading GIGaNTE Project to Develop Autonomous Spanish Gallium Nitride and Advanced Packaging Technologies
Indra Group is spearheading the €9 million, four‑year GIGaNTE initiative to create a fully autonomous Spanish gallium‑nitride (GaN) and advanced packaging ecosystem. The project targets high‑reliability radar and communications systems for defence, developing proprietary GaN processes, monolithic microwave integrated circuits and...