Exail’s DriX H-9 USV Selected for Counter-UAS Research
Exail Technologies has landed a second contract for its DriX H‑9 uncrewed surface vehicle, this time to support Counter‑Unmanned Aerial System (C‑UAS) research for a leading U.S. defense research organization, likely the Navy’s Office of Naval Research. The H‑9 will be fitted with adapted land‑based C‑UAS sensors to detect, track and neutralize aerial threats from the maritime domain. This order follows an earlier January contract, underscoring growing momentum for Exail’s modular, long‑range USV platform in defense applications. The deal highlights the expanding role of autonomous surface craft in multi‑domain naval operations.
Connectbase CEO Predicts Edge Technology Is What’s Next for AI Inference
Connectbase CEO Ben Edmond said edge technology will drive the next wave of AI inference, shifting focus from hyperscale data centers to localized processing. In a webinar with INCOMPAS CEO Chip Pickering, Edmond highlighted use cases such as autonomous drones,...
Your AI Visibility Strategy Doesn’t Work Outside English via @Sejournal, @DuaneForrester
Duane Forrester argues that AI visibility strategies built around English‑centric benchmarks are increasingly ineffective as multilingual large language models dominate regional markets. A 2024 study shows over 75% of LLM benchmarks favor English, leaving translation‑first approaches blind to platforms like...
Long-Acting HIV Therapies Improve Adherence and Access Options: Kelsea Aragon, PharmD
At the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy meeting, Dr. Kelsea Aragon highlighted long‑acting HIV injectables as a solution to adherence gaps that plague daily oral regimens. She cited lenacapavir, dosed every six months, and cabotegravir, administered every two months, as...
Why Brand Safety on Social Is No Longer Enough
Social media ad spend is projected to top $317 billion in 2026, making it the world’s largest advertising channel. Yet more than half of U.S. marketers consider social the greatest brand‑safety risk as shoppers increasingly decide purchases on these platforms. Integral...
FERC Orders American Efficient to Pay $1.1B for ‘Brazen Fraud’
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered American Efficient, its parent Modern Energy Group, and affiliated firms to pay roughly $1.1 billion for a massive fraud that spanned more than a decade. The agency said the company sold energy‑efficiency capacity it...
EnGenius Announces Availability of ECW515 Wi-Fi 7 Wall-Plate Access Point
EnGenius Technologies has launched the ECW515, a Wi‑Fi 7 wall‑plate access point tailored for multi‑dwelling unit (MDU) deployments. The device delivers ultra‑fast, low‑latency connectivity directly inside individual apartments, moving away from traditional hallway‑mounted solutions. It also integrates WPA3 security combined with...
Philippines Plans ID Verification for Healthcare with PhilSys Integration
The Philippines will embed its national ID system, PhilSys, into the PhilHealth Check Utility to verify patients in real time, aiming to curb fraudulent claims and streamline benefit delivery. A memorandum of understanding between PhilHealth and the Philippine Statistics Authority...
How Amika’s Marketing Aims to Make Prestige Hair Care More Approachable
Amika launched the "On Your Wavelength" campaign on April 3, centering stylists instead of celebrities to showcase its top hair‑treatment line. The initiative coincides with the brand’s rapid growth after its Ulta debut, where it quickly became the retailer’s No. 2 prestige...
Senior Bosses Exposed to Fraud Through Online Exposure
Half of UK companies reported fraud attempts that impersonated senior leaders in the past year, driven by executives' growing online visibility. Average losses per incident top £758,000 (about $970,000), with the most severe cases exceeding £5 million (≈$6.4 million). AI‑generated deep‑fakes and...
The Key Biomarkers Changing How and When We Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease will affect nearly 14 million Americans by 2060, with annual care costs projected to exceed $384 billion. The FDA has approved disease‑modifying therapies such as lecanemab and donanemab for patients with mild cognitive impairment, creating a demand for earlier, more...
Macro Influencers Explained: Definition, Follower Count, and When to Use Them
Macro influencers, typically boasting 100,000 to 1 million followers, sit between micro and mega tiers, offering a blend of broad reach and higher engagement. Their audience is large enough for brand awareness yet niche enough for authentic connections, making them attractive...
Proteins.1 Launches with €4.7m to Make Protein Detection as Easy as PCR
Proteins.1, a Finnish spin‑off, announced a €4.7 million (~$5.1 million) pre‑seed round to commercialise a PCR‑style protein amplification platform. The enzyme‑free, solid‑state technology uses magnetic cycling and thin‑film transistors to read a single captured protein repeatedly, delivering up to 1,000× greater sensitivity...
SEER Robotics Showcases Capabilities of Its All-Robot Platform with New AMRs at MODEX 2026
SEER Robotics unveiled five new autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) at MODEX 2026, demonstrating its "all robots, one platform" strategy. The lineup includes the space‑saving SPT‑1500UL pallet truck, the narrow‑aisle SSR‑1400US forklift, the line‑side SLR‑600UL transporter, the high‑density SCT‑50UL tote robot,...
“We Are Where ChatGPT Was Five Years Ago,” Says European 3D AI Foundation Model Startup Boss
European 3D AI foundation model startup SpAItial, led by TUM professor Matthias Niessner, raised a $13 million seed round. Niessner likens the nascent stage of 3D AI to where ChatGPT was five years ago, underscoring massive untapped potential. The company has built...
Smart Integrations with Your Favourite Tools
Webshops often suffer from fragmented data across storefronts, marketplaces, and warehouses, leading to stock mismatches and missed orders. Smart integrations—exemplified by Gomonta’s connectors for ecommerce platforms, carriers, and ERP systems—centralize sales, inventory, and shipment information on a single dashboard. Automation...
Cargo Thieving Hackers Running Sophisticated Remote Access Campaigns, Researchers Find
Proofpoint researchers observed sophisticated cybercriminal campaigns infiltrating load‑board platforms used by trucking and logistics firms. After compromising a load board, the attackers deployed six remote‑access tools, including four ScreenConnect instances, and leveraged a novel "signing‑as‑a‑service" to auto‑sign malware with trusted...
The End of Incrementalism: Why Healthcare Innovation Is Finally Reshaping the Model
Healthcare innovation is shifting from costly, incremental upgrades to AI‑driven models that make the traditional hospital‑centric system economically untenable. Pioneers such as Ro and Transcarent demonstrate that new platforms can lower total care costs rather than merely reallocating expenses. Continuous...
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re Reading About a Review of Alzheimer’s Drugs, FDA Interest in Compounded Peptides, and More
A Senate‑Democrats report released ahead of a drug‑pricing hearing shows that companies which signed pricing deals with former President Trump have continued to raise drug prices, with new therapies averaging $353,000 a year and combined profits climbing to $177 billion in...
Insurers Face the Same Cyber Threats They Underwrite — and Gaps Remain
Insurance carriers, which underwrite cyber risk, are themselves prime cyber‑attack targets. A new report by the Insurance Information Institute and Fenix24 shows insurers generally follow strong security practices but still lag in credential management, backup definitions, and patch deployment cycles....
Path Robotics Launches Rove, Bringing Mobility to Welding Automation Powered by Physical AI
Path Robotics unveiled Rove™, a mobile robotic welding system that combines its Obsidian physical AI model with a quadruped robot. The platform extends autonomous, adaptive welding from fixed cells to large, immobile assemblies in shipbuilding, heavy construction, and other high‑variability...
Matternet and SoftBank Robotics America Announce Strategic Partnership to Scale Drone Delivery Networks
Matternet and SoftBank Robotics America announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the commercialization of autonomous drone delivery networks, initially targeting healthcare, retail and other enterprise logistics. The collaboration combines Matternet’s FAA‑certified drone platform and proven BVLOS operations with SoftBank’s manufacturing,...
Blue Origin Hot Fires Its First Previously Flown Booster, Prepares for Weekend Launch
Blue Origin successfully conducted a 20‑second static fire of its New Glenn NG‑3 rocket on April 16, igniting all seven BE‑4 engines at Cape Canaveral. The partially reused booster, “Never Tell Me the Odds,” incorporates new engines and nozzle thermal upgrades, and...
Siemens and KION Partner to Digitalize Intralogistics
Siemens and KION have forged a strategic partnership to digitalize intralogistics using AI, automation and Siemens’ new Digital Twin Composer. The collaboration will capture sensor and camera data to build digital twins of machines and entire warehouses, enabling real‑time simulation...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: Defender 0-Day, SonicWall Brute-Force, 17-Year-Old Excel RCE and 15 More Stories
The ThreatsDay bulletin highlights a wave of cyber incidents, from a North Korean‑linked breach at Zerion that stole $100 K from internal hot wallets to a newly disclosed Microsoft Defender privilege‑escalation zero‑day called RedSun. Legacy flaws remain dangerous, with CISA adding...
Emil Opachevsky, Founder, Cyincore
Emil Opachevsky, founder of Cyincore, is building an AI‑native forensics platform that automates the mechanical portions of digital investigations. He notes that analysts currently spend about 80% of their time on repetitive tasks such as parsing evidence and correlating data...
Germany Adds Record 1 GWh of Battery Storage in March
Germany is on track to surpass the 1 GWh monthly battery storage milestone in March, driven primarily by residential photovoltaic systems. Energy‑Charts data show 522.9 MW of power and 985.9 MWh of energy capacity added, with figures likely to rise as registrations lag...
Why Is Enterprise AI Stuck? OpenSearchCon Europe 2026 Says the Bottleneck Has Moved From the Model to the Data
OpenSearchCon Europe in Prague highlighted a shift in enterprise AI from model‑centric challenges to data‑centric bottlenecks. Research presented by S&P Global shows 35% of firms cite insufficient data access as a major barrier, while 40% deem it disruptive. OpenSearch demonstrated...
Viridi RPSLinkIN Energy Storage System Receives UL 9540 Listing
Viridi’s RPSLinkIN 480‑V battery system earned UL 9540 listing after passing the rigorous UL 9540A indoor residential test conducted by TÜV Rheinland. The 50 kWh pack met five performance criteria with no smoke, gas or fire, proving it can operate safely without additional fire‑suppression equipment....
Paramount’s Upfront Pitch Is About Three Things
Paramount’s upfront pitch centers on three marketer priorities—streaming, programmatic and live sports. The company will merge the ad‑tech stacks behind Paramount+ and Pluto TV this summer, launch a new performance tool called Precision+, and push streaming fixed units that give...
Deploy Postgres and MySQL Databases with PlanetScale + Workers
Cloudflare announced that users can now create PlanetScale Postgres and MySQL databases directly from the Cloudflare dashboard and API, with billing routed through their Cloudflare account. The integration leverages Hyperdrive to manage connection pools and query caching, enabling fast, reliable...
A Look at One of the Biggest Years in Quantum
The Quantum Economic Development Consortium’s 2026 report shows the global quantum market expanding to $1.9 bn in 2025, driven by $1.4 bn in computing and $470 m in sensing revenues. Workforce growth accelerated, with 16,000 new pure‑play quantum hires and 8,000 related positions...
Early Warning’s Certos Launches and Other Digital Transactions News Briefs From 4/16/26
Early Warning Services launched Certos, a suite aimed at reducing fraud while widening financial access for U.S. banks. Binance introduced Binance Chat, adding crypto transfers, messaging and other in‑app functions. MegPrime rolled out a consumer app that rewards homebuyers with...
Meta Raises Prices of Quest VR Headsets on Growing Memory Costs
Meta Platforms announced price hikes for its Quest VR headsets, citing rising memory‑chip costs. The entry‑level Quest 3S now costs $350 for 128 GB and $450 for 256 GB, a $50 increase. The higher‑end Quest 3 is $600, up $100. The adjustments align with...
Fleet Launches Inaugural Partner Program As It Adopts A 100 Percent Channel Sales Model: Exclusive
Fleet Device Management announced its inaugural partner program, shifting to a 100% channel‑sales model where every deal is routed through a reseller or service provider. The program offers two tracks—reseller and services—along with training, certification, deal registration and higher margins....
Speed, Data, and the Great Consolidation: What’s Powering MENA’s Quick Commerce?
Quick commerce in the Middle East and North Africa has shifted from novelty to necessity, propelled by world‑leading smartphone penetration, government‑mandated cashless payments and rapid dark‑store rollout. The sector now commands significant advertising spend, with retail media projected to reach...
Canva’s AI Assistant Can Now Call Various Tools to Make Designs for You
Canva unveiled AI 2.0, an agentic assistant that can interpret text prompts, call the appropriate design tools, and deliver editable layered outputs. The upgrade adds Slack, Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar and Zoom integrations, plus a web‑research skill and a scheduling draft...
Making AI Operational in Constrained Public Sector Environments
Public sector agencies are accelerating AI adoption but face strict security, governance, and operational constraints that differ from the private sector. A Capgemini study shows 79% of executives worry about data security, while 65% struggle to use data in real...
Congress Turns Up Pressure on DHS Over Palantir’s Role in Immigration Crackdown
Congressional leaders sent a letter to DHS and ICE demanding detailed disclosures about Palantir’s surveillance tools, including the ELITE app and ImmigrationOS, used in the current immigration enforcement push. The inquiry also targets facial‑recognition and cell‑tower‑simulation technologies from Clearview AI,...
Treating Enterprise AI as an Operating Layer
Enterprise AI is shifting from a pure model‑as‑a‑service approach to an operating layer that embeds intelligence directly into business processes. Companies that can capture operational data, expert decisions, and tacit knowledge create a feedback loop that continuously improves AI performance....
Gemtek DOCSIS 4.0 Device Nets CableLabs Interoperability Stamp
Gemtek became the first CPE maker to receive CableLabs’ “verified for interoperability” stamp for its CAVD‑100 DOCSIS 4.0 eMTA modem, confirming it can operate on existing DOCSIS 3.1 networks. The device, powered by MaxLinear’s Puma 8 chip, includes two VoIP ports and is...
What Machines Taking over Pricing Means for Central Banks
Algorithmic and AI‑driven pricing is rapidly reducing the cost of price changes, halving the average lifespan of US retail prices and accelerating the frequency of online adjustments. Empirical studies show faster pass‑through of exchange‑rate and commodity shocks, while margin effects...
M&A: D2 Solutions Acquires ProModRx to Streamline Patient Journeys
D2 Solutions, a market‑access consulting firm, has acquired cloud‑based platform ProModRx to accelerate patient access to prescription drugs. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition will embed ProModRx technology into D2’s UltraTouch® Verify and UltraTouch® Engage suites, automating benefit verification,...
Cybersecurity Must Evolve as Frontier AI Fuels New Fraud Risks
Cybercriminals are leveraging frontier AI models that can reason, code, and generate deepfakes, dramatically lowering the barriers to sophisticated fraud. The FBI’s latest Internet Crime Report recorded 22,364 AI‑related complaints and nearly $893 million in losses, while studies show AI is...
Starbucks Launches Beta ChatGPT Integration for Personalized Beverage Discovery
Starbucks has rolled out a beta version of its mobile app inside ChatGPT, allowing customers to discover drinks by describing their mood or uploading a photo. The AI‑driven tool translates abstract feelings like “warm and cozy” into curated beverage recommendations,...
Commvault Links AI Agent Control to Faster Recovery for MSPs
Commvault announced a suite of AI‑focused extensions to its data‑protection platform, branding the offering as a "system of record" for AI resilience. The new AI Protect module unifies agent discovery, governance, and rollback capabilities across hybrid and multi‑cloud environments. Data...
Why Our Firm Switched From Lacerte® to ProConnect™ Tax
Boscia & Boscia PC, a family‑run firm since 1975, migrated from Intuit Lacerte to ProConnect Tax to adopt a cloud‑native workflow. The move eliminated on‑premise servers, VPNs and related IT overhead, allowing tax professionals to work securely from any browser....
A Practical Recipe for Training Computer-Use Agents with RL
Amazon’s AGI Lab outlines a scalable recipe for training computer‑use agents (CUAs) with reinforcement learning. The approach hinges on four layers—data, reasoning, algorithm, and infrastructure—each requiring dedicated solutions. Realistic, diverse web gyms with reliable verifiers provide the training substrate, while...
ThinkingAI and MiniMax Partner on Agentic Engine for Real-Time Operations
ThinkingAI, formerly ThinkingData, has teamed with foundation‑model specialist MiniMax to unveil Agentic Engine, a platform that converts operational data into real‑time business actions. The solution layers AI agents on top of MiniMax’s multimodal models, adding guardrails and approval workflows to...
April 16, 1972: Apollo 16 Launches
Apollo 16 lifted off on April 16, 1972, carrying commander John Young and Lunar Module pilot Charlie Duke. The crew landed in the Descartes highlands, the first U.S. touchdown on rugged lunar terrain, and deployed the Lunar Roving Vehicle to extend their range....