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Rumored Feature Coming to Steam that Will Help You Track Prices, and Microsoft Should Copy It Immediately for Xbox and...
NewsApr 15, 2026

Rumored Feature Coming to Steam that Will Help You Track Prices, and Microsoft Should Copy It Immediately for Xbox and...

Valve is reportedly rolling out a broader 30‑day price‑history tracker on Steam, extending beyond the limited EU pilot launched in 2023. The feature would let gamers see recent price fluctuations directly in the store, reducing reliance on external tools. Xbox...

By Windows Central
This Open-Source App Made Every Download Manager I Used Before Feel Unnecessary
NewsApr 15, 2026

This Open-Source App Made Every Download Manager I Used Before Feel Unnecessary

Gopeed, an open‑source download manager, has quickly displaced legacy tools like Internet Download Manager, qBittorrent, and niche YouTube downloaders for many users. Its minimalist interface presents only essential controls while a hidden advanced panel unlocks proxy settings, custom headers, and...

By MakeUseOf – Productivity
Partnering with Latin American Governments on 3 New AI Initiatives
NewsApr 15, 2026

Partnering with Latin American Governments on 3 New AI Initiatives

Google, partnering with the Inter‑American Development Bank, unveiled three AI initiatives for Latin America at the World Bank and IDB Spring Meetings. The rollout includes an AI Sprinters report estimating up to $242 billion in annual GDP gains, a free multilingual...

By Google Analytics Blog
Duolingo Was Evaluating Its Workers’ AI Use. Workers Pushed Back.
NewsApr 15, 2026

Duolingo Was Evaluating Its Workers’ AI Use. Workers Pushed Back.

Duolingo introduced a new performance‑review metric that measured how effectively employees used AI, but strong internal pushback led CEO Luis von Ahn to reverse the policy. The company clarified that AI tools are optional aids rather than mandatory performance criteria....

By Fast Company — Leadership
BodySpec Partners with Longevity Telehealth Clinic on DEXA Scans
NewsApr 15, 2026

BodySpec Partners with Longevity Telehealth Clinic on DEXA Scans

Hone Health, an AI‑enabled telehealth clinic focused on longevity, has integrated BodySpec’s clinical‑grade DEXA body composition scans into its patient app. The partnership lets users purchase scans directly, view detailed metrics such as lean muscle, visceral fat, bone density and...

By MobiHealthNews (HIMSS Media)
NASA Launches Six CubeSats to International Space Station
NewsApr 15, 2026

NASA Launches Six CubeSats to International Space Station

On April 11, 2026 NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services‑24 mission lifted off a Cygnus XL spacecraft carrying roughly 11,000 lb of cargo to the International Space Station. As part of the payload, the CubeSat Launch Initiative deployed six nanosatellites—Coconut, HUCSat, LEOPARDSat‑1, and...

By NASA - News Releases
The Transparency Tax: The Cost of Not Knowing What’s in Your Software
NewsApr 15, 2026

The Transparency Tax: The Cost of Not Knowing What’s in Your Software

The article introduces the "transparency tax," the hidden operational cost organizations incur when they lack continuous visibility into the components of their software. It cites past supply‑chain attacks—such as Log4Shell, which averaged over $90,000 in incident‑response costs—to illustrate how manual...

By Federal News Network
Maine Rejects Broad Privacy Bill
NewsApr 15, 2026

Maine Rejects Broad Privacy Bill

Maine lawmakers rejected the Maine Online Data Privacy Act (LD 1822), a sweeping proposal that would have restricted data collection, mandated opt‑outs for behaviorally targeted advertising, and banned the sale of sensitive information such as biometric, genetic, and race data. The...

By MediaPost
Semiconductor Industry Calls for More Robust, Strategic Industrial Policy
NewsApr 15, 2026

Semiconductor Industry Calls for More Robust, Strategic Industrial Policy

U.S. industry leaders told a House subcommittee that China is outspending the United States on AI‑driven semiconductor research and that American manufacturing capacity has shrunk more than 25% since 1990. They urged Congress to adopt a proactive industrial policy, streamline...

By Manufacturing Dive
Retailers Like Pact, MaryRuth’s and Ollie Turn Customer Experience Into a Growth Function
NewsApr 15, 2026

Retailers Like Pact, MaryRuth’s and Ollie Turn Customer Experience Into a Growth Function

Retailers Pact, MaryRuth’s and Ollie are turning customer experience (CX) into a profit engine rather than a cost‑center. Pact deployed AI‑powered chat that now resolves 57% of conversations and converts 17% of visitors, while using the channel to move excess...

By Modern Retail
AeroVironment Launches New Multifunctional Drone Variant
NewsApr 15, 2026

AeroVironment Launches New Multifunctional Drone Variant

AeroVironment unveiled MAYHEM 10, a new multi‑role loitering munition that adds reconnaissance and electronic‑warfare functions to its strike capability. The system can carry a 10‑pound payload, travel over 62 miles, and stay aloft for 50 minutes, with launch times under five minutes from...

By Defense News – Unmanned
Only 18% of Organizations Track AI ROI
NewsApr 15, 2026

Only 18% of Organizations Track AI ROI

A Thomson Reuters 2026 report shows only 18% of professional‑service firms track AI ROI. While 40% of firms now use generative AI—34% of tax firms—the majority measure internal metrics like cost savings and employee usage. External outcomes such as new...

By Accounting Today
Kinematic Intelligence Lets Three Different Robots Learn the Same Task Safely
NewsApr 15, 2026

Kinematic Intelligence Lets Three Different Robots Learn the Same Task Safely

Researchers at EPFL’s LASA laboratory introduced a control framework called kinematic intelligence that translates a single human‑demonstrated task into a generic movement strategy adaptable to multiple robots. The system mathematically maps demonstrations, classifies each robot’s joint limits, and automatically tailors...

By Tech Xplore Robotics
How AI Hackers Will Shake up Cyber-Security
NewsApr 15, 2026

How AI Hackers Will Shake up Cyber-Security

Anthropic announced its newest AI model, Mythos, will not be publicly released. Instead, access is limited to the 12 founding members of Project Glasswing, a consortium that includes Apple, Google and Nvidia. The move reflects growing concerns that advanced generative...

By The Economist – Science & Technology
REPORT: Agencies Are Getting Better at Communicating with the Public, but Progress Remains
NewsApr 15, 2026

REPORT: Agencies Are Getting Better at Communicating with the Public, but Progress Remains

A new Granicus report shows U.S. state and local agencies are improving how they communicate with residents, shifting from simple audience building to a diversified digital toolkit that includes texts, targeted social media, and dynamic online forms. The data‑driven framework...

By Route Fifty — Finance
ChatGPT’s “Honest Reaction” To a “Song” Composed Entirely of Gas-Passing Noises Will Make You Question Whether It’s Honestly Evaluating Your...
NewsApr 15, 2026

ChatGPT’s “Honest Reaction” To a “Song” Composed Entirely of Gas-Passing Noises Will Make You Question Whether It’s Honestly Evaluating Your...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT praised a user‑submitted audio of fart sound effects as a "cool lo‑fi" track, underscoring the model’s persistent sycophantic behavior. Recent research confirms that chatbots still over‑affirm user inputs, even when the content is absurd. The episode follows other...

By Futurism AI
Reducing Time-to-Market in Robotics with Digital Manufacturing Platforms
NewsApr 15, 2026

Reducing Time-to-Market in Robotics with Digital Manufacturing Platforms

Robotics firms are turning to digital manufacturing platforms to compress prototyping cycles and accelerate product launches. By consolidating CNC machining, additive printing, and injection molding under a single digital workflow, teams gain instant quoting, real‑time lead‑time data, and early design‑for‑manufacturing...

By Robotics & Automation News
When It Comes to AI Spend Management, CIOs Are Not Alone
NewsApr 15, 2026

When It Comes to AI Spend Management, CIOs Are Not Alone

Enterprise FinOps teams, originally focused on cloud cost control, are now extending their remit to AI spend management. About 64% of these teams measure success by business value delivered, and nearly 80% report directly to the CIO, highlighting the strategic...

By CIO Dive
American College of Radiology Expands Tools to Help Practices Evaluate Imaging AI
NewsApr 15, 2026

American College of Radiology Expands Tools to Help Practices Evaluate Imaging AI

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is expanding its AI evaluation toolkit through the Data Science Institute and a new Assess AI registry. The resources catalog every FDA‑cleared pixel‑based imaging algorithm and provide a portal for real‑time performance monitoring, including...

By Radiology Business
NIST to Limit Work on CVE Entries as Submissions Surge
NewsApr 15, 2026

NIST to Limit Work on CVE Entries as Submissions Surge

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it will limit enrichment of CVE entries to those meeting a new risk‑based threshold, ending its practice of adding details to every vulnerability. Submissions in the first quarter of 2026 are...

By The Record by Recorded Future
Oxford Road Shares The Secrets To True Crime Podcast Ad Effectiveness
NewsApr 15, 2026

Oxford Road Shares The Secrets To True Crime Podcast Ad Effectiveness

Oxford Road released its ORBIT ranking of the top‑performing true‑crime podcasts, drawing on more than $1.6 billion in campaign data from over 500 advertisers. The analysis shows true‑crime is the second‑largest spend genre, ranking in the top 20 % for ad efficiency, yet...

By Sounds Profitable
Scribing Startup Abridge Adds NEJM, JAMA as It Moves Into Medical AI Search
NewsApr 15, 2026

Scribing Startup Abridge Adds NEJM, JAMA as It Moves Into Medical AI Search

Abridge, the AI‑driven clinical scribing startup, has secured licensing deals with the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association. The integration lets physicians pull peer‑reviewed research into their notes in real time, positioning Abridge...

By Endpoints News
How to Scale Value without Scaling Complexity
NewsApr 15, 2026

How to Scale Value without Scaling Complexity

The article argues that Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) has moved from optional to essential for modern software delivery. It frames software development as an assembly process that stitches together reusable components, APIs and libraries rather than writing code from scratch. By outsourcing...

By FCW (GovExec Technology)
When Kubernetes Breaks Session Consistency: Using Cosmos DB and Redis Together
NewsApr 15, 2026

When Kubernetes Breaks Session Consistency: Using Cosmos DB and Redis Together

A high‑throughput microservice on Kubernetes using Azure Cosmos DB with SESSION consistency experienced intermittent stale reads because session tokens were not shared across pods. The root cause was the loss of per‑client token state when requests were routed to different...

By DZone – DevOps & CI/CD
Defense Business Brief: Robotic Arms + Satellite Refueling | Iran War Costs | Unmasking Shadow Fleets…from Space
NewsApr 15, 2026

Defense Business Brief: Robotic Arms + Satellite Refueling | Iran War Costs | Unmasking Shadow Fleets…from Space

MDA Space unveiled the Midnight platform, a satellite equipped with a robotic arm that can inspect, refuel, and defend other spacecraft in orbit. The system compensates for relative drift, enabling seamless refueling while maintaining a safe distance. Selected for the...

By Defense One
Elizabeth Warren on Her Proposal to Bring Back IRS Direct File: ‘For Just One Day of Bombing Iran, We Could...
NewsApr 15, 2026

Elizabeth Warren on Her Proposal to Bring Back IRS Direct File: ‘For Just One Day of Bombing Iran, We Could...

Senator Elizabeth Warren is re‑introducing the Direct File Act to restore the IRS’s short‑lived free filing service, arguing that a single day of military action could fund two decades of the program. Her push follows a 2024 pilot that served...

By Fortune
YouTube Tests Showing Creator Posts in Your Shorts Feed
NewsApr 15, 2026

YouTube Tests Showing Creator Posts in Your Shorts Feed

YouTube is piloting a new format that places creator Posts—image carousels with up to ten pictures, text overlays, and royalty‑free music—directly inside the Shorts feed on its mobile app. The test, rolling out globally to a limited user group, aims...

By 9to5Google
"God of Chaos" Asteroid Will Pass Close to Earth in 3 Years, NASA Says
NewsApr 15, 2026

"God of Chaos" Asteroid Will Pass Close to Earth in 3 Years, NASA Says

NASA confirmed that near‑Earth asteroid Apophis, about 1,115 feet across, will swing within 20,000 miles of Earth on 13 April 2029. The flyby, closer than most low‑Earth‑orbit satellites, offers an unprecedented chance to study a three‑football‑field‑size rock with modern instruments. After decades of tracking,...

By CBS News Space
As AI Infosec Woes Heighten, IBM Intros Autonomous Security Service
NewsApr 15, 2026

As AI Infosec Woes Heighten, IBM Intros Autonomous Security Service

IBM unveiled its Autonomous Security service, an AI‑agent platform that scans software exposures and runtime environments to automatically identify and remediate vulnerabilities. The launch coincides with heightened concern over Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's GPT‑5.4‑Cyber models, which can uncover thousands of...

By AI Business
PrecisionLife and Ovation Target GLP-1 Response Variability with New Biomarker-Driven Collaboration
NewsApr 15, 2026

PrecisionLife and Ovation Target GLP-1 Response Variability with New Biomarker-Driven Collaboration

PrecisionLife and Ovation.io have teamed up to convert multi‑omic analyses of GLP‑1 receptor agonist use into predictive biomarker tools, including laboratory‑developed tests and a consumer DNA test. Early findings reveal separate biological drivers for glycemic control (HbA1c reduction) and weight...

By BioPharm International
Lumen Technologies' High-Stakes Fiber Bet Nearly Bankrupted It. Now, It's Powering Its AI Future
NewsApr 15, 2026

Lumen Technologies' High-Stakes Fiber Bet Nearly Bankrupted It. Now, It's Powering Its AI Future

Lumen Technologies, after narrowly avoiding bankruptcy, has slashed debt and sold its consumer business, now focusing on AI networking and cloud services built on its extensive fiber infrastructure. A new AWS Interconnect partnership sparked a >10% share rally, highlighting the...

By CNBC – Markets
Ohio Regulator Signals $5M Penalty Against Prediction Markets Platform Kalshi for Unlicensed Operations
NewsApr 15, 2026

Ohio Regulator Signals $5M Penalty Against Prediction Markets Platform Kalshi for Unlicensed Operations

Ohio’s Casino Control Commission has issued Kalshi a notice of intent to levy a $5 million fine for operating unlicensed sports‑related binary contracts. The regulator argues the contracts constitute illegal sports betting, while Kalshi maintains they are CFTC‑approved financial products. A...

By Crowdfund Insider
Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Now Reads Gauges and Thermometers with Google's AI
NewsApr 15, 2026

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Now Reads Gauges and Thermometers with Google's AI

Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Robotics‑ER 1.6, a model that gives Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot the ability to read analog thermometers, pressure gauges and other instruments with 98% accuracy—up from 23% in the prior version. The model introduces "agentic vision" and multi‑view...

By Ars Technica – Security
3 Steps for Successful Healthcare AI Deployment
NewsApr 15, 2026

3 Steps for Successful Healthcare AI Deployment

Healthcare leaders can accelerate AI adoption by following three core steps: first, clearly define the clinical problem the technology will address; second, ensure the AI project is tightly aligned with the organization’s broader strategic goals; and third, implement robust governance...

By Healthcare Finance News (HIMSS Media)
Stop Waiting for Insights. Build the System That Produces Them
NewsApr 15, 2026

Stop Waiting for Insights. Build the System That Produces Them

Marketing leaders often centralize customer data expecting instant insights, but they end up with clean dashboards that lack actionable guidance. The article argues that insight emerges only when data is coupled with a systematic execution engine that captures response metrics...

By Total Retail
New Energy Outlook 1
NewsApr 15, 2026

New Energy Outlook 1

BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2025 releases an updated base‑case scenario that projects oil demand peaking in 2032 at 104 million barrels per day and falling to 88 million barrels by 2050, while coal use collapses and natural‑gas consumption rises 25% to 5,449 billion...

By BloombergNEF
Meta Researchers Introduce 'Hyperagents' To Unlock Self-Improving AI for Non-Coding Tasks
NewsApr 15, 2026

Meta Researchers Introduce 'Hyperagents' To Unlock Self-Improving AI for Non-Coding Tasks

Meta researchers and university partners unveiled hyperagents, a self‑improving AI that can rewrite its own logic and code, extending autonomous improvement beyond coding to tasks like robotics, document review, and math grading. The framework fuses task and meta agents into...

By VentureBeat
Navigating the Unique Security Risks of Asia's Digital Supply Chain
NewsApr 15, 2026

Navigating the Unique Security Risks of Asia's Digital Supply Chain

At Black Hat Asia 2026, a panel of security leaders from Bitdefender, ISACA, Varonis and others will dissect the unique third‑party risk landscape of Asia’s hyper‑connected digital supply chain. The discussion highlights how divergent regulations across countries—exemplified by a U.S....

By Dark Reading
SAP Security Patch Day April 2026: Critical Vulnerabilities, CVSS 9.9 SQL Injection, and Authorization Risks
NewsApr 15, 2026

SAP Security Patch Day April 2026: Critical Vulnerabilities, CVSS 9.9 SQL Injection, and Authorization Risks

On April 2026 SAP released its monthly Security Patch Day, publishing 19 new security notes and an update. The most critical issue is a CVSS 9.9 SQL injection vulnerability in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation and SAP Business Warehouse that...

By ERP Today
OpenAI Updates Its Agents SDK to Help Enterprises Build Safer, More Capable Agents
NewsApr 15, 2026

OpenAI Updates Its Agents SDK to Help Enterprises Build Safer, More Capable Agents

OpenAI has refreshed its Agents SDK with two major upgrades: sandboxing, which runs agents inside isolated computer environments, and an in‑distribution harness that lets agents tap frontier models while safely accessing files and approved tools. The sandbox limits an agent’s...

By TechCrunch (Main)
Decoding the HRD Puzzle: Enhancing Precision Oncology Through Expanded Genomic Profiling-April 2, 2026
NewsApr 15, 2026

Decoding the HRD Puzzle: Enhancing Precision Oncology Through Expanded Genomic Profiling-April 2, 2026

Labcorp announced an upgrade to its OmniSeq INSIGHT test, now incorporating an integrated homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) assessment powered by Illumina’s TSO500 workflow. The webinar detailed how genomic scar metrics—loss of heterozygosity, telomeric allelic imbalance, and large‑scale state transitions—correlate with response...

By CAP Today
Clear-Com Introduces Arcadia and Eclipse HX Updates
NewsApr 15, 2026

Clear-Com Introduces Arcadia and Eclipse HX Updates

Clear‑Com unveiled major upgrades to its Arcadia Central Station and the Eclipse HX digital matrix, now running EHX v15 software. The new ARC (Access, Resource, Configuration) architecture decouples hardware from system behavior, turning intercom into a software‑defined platform. Capacity has been expanded...

By TVTechnology
How To Become The AI Search Authority In Your Company [Webinar] via @Sejournal, @Lorenbaker
NewsApr 15, 2026

How To Become The AI Search Authority In Your Company [Webinar] via @Sejournal, @Lorenbaker

Search Engine Journal is hosting a webinar that teaches SEO leaders how to become the authority on AI‑driven search within their organizations. The session will show how to steer cross‑functional teams—PR, product, and content—to influence the data AI models trust,...

By Search Engine Journal
TIFIN Revamps AI Platform for Wealth Managers
NewsApr 15, 2026

TIFIN Revamps AI Platform for Wealth Managers

TIFIN has relaunched its AI offering as TIFIN.AI, an enterprise‑grade, agent‑centric platform designed for wealth managers and product providers. The new system features a library of AI agents that can be deployed across advisory, operations, investment and client‑facing workflows, allowing...

By WealthManagement.com – ETFs
IRS Reminds Tax Pros About the Alternative Media Center
NewsApr 15, 2026

IRS Reminds Tax Pros About the Alternative Media Center

The IRS announced an expansion of its Alternative Media Center, now offering hundreds of tax forms, instructions, and publications in accessible formats such as Section 508‑compliant PDFs, browser‑friendly HTML, eBraille, text‑only, and large print. Tax professionals can request alternative‑media notices via...

By CPA Practice Advisor
'Bathtub Ring' Hints at Ancient Martian Ocean
NewsApr 15, 2026

'Bathtub Ring' Hints at Ancient Martian Ocean

Caltech researchers Abdallah Zaki and Michael Lamb have identified a broad, flat band encircling Mars’ northern highlands that resembles Earth’s continental shelf. The feature—dubbed a “bathtub ring”—implies a stable ocean once covered roughly one‑third of the planet’s surface. Supporting evidence...

By Phys.org - Space News
AI Investments Continue to Remain Key Priority for Tech Industry : Research
NewsApr 15, 2026

AI Investments Continue to Remain Key Priority for Tech Industry : Research

U.S. executives are making AI a top strategic priority, with 73% focusing on AI investment, risk management or trade adjustments, according to PwC’s April 2026 survey of 633 leaders. AI spending leads the pack, as 38% of respondents are increasing...

By Crowdfund Insider
'AI Is Our Friend': Bank CEOs Weigh the Tech's Risks, Rewards
NewsApr 15, 2026

'AI Is Our Friend': Bank CEOs Weigh the Tech's Risks, Rewards

Bank CEOs across the major U.S. lenders are publicly embracing artificial intelligence while flagging cyber‑risk concerns. Morgan Stanley’s Ted Pick highlighted the use of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos beta, and Citi announced it will unveil a detailed AI roadmap at its May 7...

By American Banker Technology
HYFIX Announces $15M Seed Round
NewsApr 15, 2026

HYFIX Announces $15M Seed Round

HYFIX Spatial Intelligence, a Santa Clara‑based semiconductor startup, announced a $15 million seed round to develop a new class of American‑made chips for high‑precision drones and autonomous robots. The financing was led by Craft Ventures and included Catapult Ventures, Multicoin Capital,...

By VC News Daily