Government ‘Information Gateway’ Will Share Public-Held Data with Digital Verification Services
The UK Office for Digital Identities and Attributes has introduced an "information gateway" that permits private sector verification providers to access public‑held identity data. The capability is authorised by Section 45 of the Data Use and Access Act 2025 and aligns with the UK trust framework for digital identity. Individuals retain the right to request the data before it is shared, while providers must adhere to data‑minimisation rules and may be charged fees. The move aims to replace physical document scans with a faster, fully digital proof of identity.
AI Tech Collab Takes on SA’s Energy Distribution Crisis
South African energy tech firm Plentify and developer Balwin Properties have launched an AI‑driven geyser management system using HotBot devices to optimise residential water heating. The controllers, now deployed in over 7,500 homes, adjust heating based on occupancy patterns, solar...
New AI Policy in South Africa Stresses Corporate Liability for Agentic Systems
South Africa’s new AI policy treats autonomous, or “agentic,” systems as delegated decision‑makers and places full corporate liability on the deploying organisation. The Companies Act 71 of 2008 and the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 require board‑level...
Can AI Read Your Homepage?
Adobe reports AI chat platforms drove a 269% year‑over‑year surge in referral traffic to U.S. retail sites in March 2026, with overall AI‑generated traffic up 393% for Q1. Its AI Content Visibility Checker found that 75% of retailer homepages are...
Orchestrate ABM Around Main Characters, Not Extras: Lessons From B2BMX
At B2B Marketing Exchange 2026, LiveRamp’s Ed Vander Bush and Influ2’s Doug Madey urged marketers to treat individual decision‑makers and hidden stakeholders as the main characters of ABM, not the entire account. They argued that synchronizing marketing and sales around real‑time...
I Gave Edge on Android a Real Chance and It Solved My Biggest Problem with Chrome
Microsoft Edge on Android has introduced beta support for browser extensions, a feature long missing from Google Chrome’s mobile version. The addition lets users install tools such as Dark Reader, Bitwarden, and Keepa, bringing desktop‑level functionality to phones. Combined with...
When AI Talks Nonsense: Why It’s Not the End of the Story
Many users dismiss AI after receiving inaccurate or nonsensical answers, but the issue often lies in how they communicate with the model. The article argues that adopting a conversational, humble tone and iteratively refining prompts can dramatically improve response quality....
New Tech Tool Aims to Help Employees Navigate Leave Benefits
Alight introduced the Leave Planner, a digital, AI‑driven tool that simplifies short‑term and long‑term leave administration for employees. The platform lets users input expected dates, see projected pay and benefit impacts, and automatically populates required data from existing records. By...
AI in the Interview Room
Technical interviews are increasingly skewed by AI‑assisted preparation, producing candidates who appear highly competent but may lack depth once on the job. As talent shortages intensify, recruiters face a flood of polished resumes and interview responses that mask real capability....
The Identity Crisis Coming for News SEO
Google is experimenting with AI‑generated headlines and summaries that rewrite or replace news publishers' original titles, as seen in a recent test on The Verge. The move extends to Google Discover, which now auto‑summarizes headlines, sometimes producing inaccurate or misleading...
The Digital Accessibility Deadline Is Here. Schools Aren’t Ready.
The federal Title II ADA rule requiring K‑12 schools and districts to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards takes effect on April 24, 2026, with smaller districts facing a 2026 deadline and larger ones 2027. A recent NSPRA survey shows only 14% of districts have...
This Beanie Is Designed to Read Your Thoughts
California startup Sabi has emerged from stealth with a brain‑reading beanie that translates imagined speech into text. The wearable relies on an ultra‑dense EEG array of 70,000‑100,000 sensors and a brain‑foundation AI model trained on 100,000 hours of data from...
The World’s Largest Ad Holding Company Just Bet Its AI Future on One Vendor
Publicis Groupe has deepened its partnership with Microsoft, creating a full‑stack agentic marketing platform that combines Azure cloud, Copilot tools, and Publicis’ Epsilon data and Sapient consultancy. The deal makes Azure the preferred cloud for Publicis and rolls out Microsoft...
Finance Regulators to Address AI Risks After MPs Say They Are ‘Not Doing Enough’
UK regulators are stepping up AI oversight after a Treasury Committee report accused them of inaction. The Bank of England announced trials of AI agents in trading markets to study herding effects, while the FCA said it will issue best‑practice...
InfraXmedia Launches AI Cities Summit Series to Support Governments Navigating AI Infrastructure Growth
InfraXmedia has launched the AI Cities Summit Series, a global platform that helps national, regional and city governments plan, attract and scale AI infrastructure. The inaugural European edition will be held in Zaragoza on February 16‑17, 2027, backed by the...
UK Set to Launch £500m ‘Sovereign AI’ Fund
The UK government is unveiling a £500 million (≈$635 million) Sovereign AI fund, designed to act as an internal venture capital vehicle, provide access to AI supercomputers, and facilitate procurement and regulatory guidance for domestic AI firms. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall framed...
PV Module Prices Continue to Rise Unabated
Photovoltaic module prices climbed for the fourth month in a row, rising 5.5% between March and April 2026, with all‑black modules posting the steepest gains. The increase occurs despite falling polysilicon costs and the removal of Chinese export tax credits,...
Freshworks to Host Webinar on Tackling IT Complexity in the Age of AI
Freshworks, in partnership with YourStory, is hosting a live webinar on April 24, 2026, to address the growing challenge of IT complexity in the era of AI. The session will feature Freshworks product and solution leaders discussing practical strategies for...
UniverCell Canada Expands Through Franchising Growth
UniverCell Canada, a bootstrapped electronics repair retailer, opened a new store in Mississauga, bringing its footprint to 17 locations across Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec. The company’s growth is driven by a franchise model that allows rapid expansion without heavy corporate...
What Happens When You Stop Ozempic or Mounjaro? New Study Reveals Surprising Weight-Loss Results
A Cleveland Clinic analysis of nearly 8,000 Ohio and Florida adults who stopped GLP‑1 injectables—semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) or tirzepatide (Mounjaro/Zepbound)—found minimal weight regain. Patients treated for obesity lost an average of 8.4% of body weight and regained only 0.5% after one...
Revealing the Intrinsic Electronic Structure of 2D MoS2 Buried Beneath Thick Dielectric Overlayer via Hard X‐ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Researchers applied hard X‑ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) to molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) capped with a 20‑nm AlOx dielectric, mimicking real‑device heterostructures. Using a Cr‑Kα source, HAXPES achieved more than twice the information depth of conventional Al‑Kα XPS, allowing access to deeper...
Unlocking Wind Turbine Longevity with Smarter Lubrication
The wind power market is set to reach 3,207 GW of installed capacity by 2035, driving demand for more reliable turbine operation. Effective lubrication is critical, as drivetrain failures can quickly halt production, especially in offshore and remote sites. Mobil introduced...
Decoding Agnikul’s Cosmos Race With SpaceX On 3D-Printed Rocket Engine
Agnikul Cosmos, an IIT Madras‑incubated startup, has demonstrated the Agnite engine – the world’s largest single‑piece 3D‑printed semi‑cryogenic rocket engine – in a successful test‑fire. The engine’s 3‑month‑to‑week manufacturing cycle and reusability aim to lower launch costs for sub‑tonne payloads,...
FCA Targets AI Governance and Off-Channel Messaging
In February 2026 the FCA replaced a backlog of individual letters with a series of sector‑specific Regulatory Priorities reports, beginning with insurance and followed by wholesale markets, retail banking and consumer investments. The reports signal a collaborative stance on artificial...
Highly Efficient Hydrogen Peroxide Production Over S‐Scheme G‐C3N4/COF Heterojunction Through Dual‐Channel Photocatalysis
Researchers have developed a plasma‑assisted S‑scheme heterojunction of graphitic carbon nitride (g‑C3N4) and a triazine‑based covalent organic framework (COF) that photocatalytically generates hydrogen peroxide under visible light. The dual‑channel design simultaneously drives oxygen reduction and water oxidation, delivering a production...
Capture, Confine, Characterize: High‐Throughput Dielectrophoresis‐Based Single‐Cell Microfluidics Platform to Analyze Mammalian and Yeast Cells Using Raman Spectroscopy
Researchers unveiled the Microfluidic Dielectrophoretic Arresting System (MiDAS), a compact microelectrofluidic platform that uses dielectrophoresis to trap single mammalian cells, yeast, beads, and water‑in‑oil droplets at high throughput. The device features interchangeable trap geometries—20 µm for cells and beads, 40 µm for...
Aixtron’s Preliminary Q1 Order Intake up 30% Year-on-Year, Driven by Opto Comprising 65% Share
German deposition equipment maker Aixtron reported preliminary Q1 2026 revenue of about €59 m (~$71 m), a 48% decline from a year earlier, while gross margin fell to roughly 18%. Despite the revenue drop, order intake jumped 30% YoY to €171 m (~$205 m),...
AI Bots - a New Risk and Opportunity for CIOs to Manage
AI‑generated bots are flooding corporate web estates, with Akamai reporting a 300% rise in AI‑driven traffic and some CIOs seeing a 400% jump in site crawls. The surge inflates API, cloud and CDN usage, driving up operating expenses and degrading...
AI and Executive Protection: New Risks, New Defenses
AI‑generated phishing attacks are now targeting corporate executives with hyper‑personalized emails crafted from public profiles and generative AI. The barrier to launch such campaigns has collapsed, allowing amateurs to produce convincing phishing kits and doxing databases. Security teams can counter...
AI Takes Centre Stage at SBC Summit Malta 2026 Through Hands-On Workshops
SBC Summit Malta 2026 will feature AI‑focused workshops that give gaming operators, developers and regulators hands‑on experience with machine‑learning tools. The sessions showcase practical applications such as fraud detection, player personalization and operational automation. Organizers stress that the industry is...
Revisiting the Photoelectric Conversion Mechanism in Hydrothermally Deposited Sb2(S,Se)3 Solar Cells
Researchers have uncovered a new photoelectric conversion mechanism in hydrothermally deposited Sb2(S,Se)3 solar cells. Annealing drives selenium into the CdS buffer, forming a gradient‑bandgap Cd(S,Se) layer that, together with Sb2(S,Se)3, creates a V‑shaped mixed absorber. This structure separates electron‑hole pairs...
Could AI’s Leading Men Become as Powerful as Ford or Rockefeller?
The article likens today’s AI titans—Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg—to historic industrial magnates like Henry Ford and John D. Rockefeller. It highlights their outsized public profiles, massive user bases such as ChatGPT’s 900 million weekly users,...
Programmable Targeted Hypermutagenesis via Diversity-Generating Retroelements
Researchers unveiled DGRec, a Diversity‑Generating Retroelements‑recombineering platform that delivers programmable, targeted hypermutagenesis in *E. coli*. The system harnesses DGR reverse transcriptase bias to achieve mutation rates of up to 1.38 × 10⁻² per base, generating up to 24 mutations within 48 hours across...
STAT+: Roche to Launch Another Elevidys Trial, with Eyes on European Approval
Roche announced a new Phase 3 trial of Elevidys, the gene‑therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, targeting European approval after a negative EMA review last year. The study will enroll roughly 100 boys in the early stages of the disease and compare...
Cape Town’s First MyCiTi E-Bus to Arrive in August
Cape Town will receive its first MyCiTi electric bus in August, followed by 13 more before year‑end, as part of a rollout of 30 Volvo BZRLE low‑floor e‑buses slated for delivery through June 2027. The buses feature bodies manufactured locally in...
Surface Modulation, Optics, and Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Studies on CdS‐Ag2S Superlattice Heterostructures
Researchers synthesized CdS‑Ag2S superlattice heterostructures using two ligand‑mediated routes, producing random ODA‑capped quantum‑dot assemblies and ordered DDT‑capped nanorod arrays. Electron microscopy and X‑ray spectroscopy confirmed distinct domain ordering, which altered charge carrier recombination lifetimes. The ordered DDT‑capped superlattices displayed faster...
Hidden Passenger? How Taboola Routes Logged-In Banking Sessions to Temu
Reflectiz discovered that a Taboola tracking pixel approved in a bank’s CSP silently redirected logged‑in users to a Temu endpoint via a 302 response. The redirect included an Access‑Control‑Allow‑Credentials header, causing browsers to send authentication cookies to Temu and link...
LEO Pharma Reports the US FDA’s sNDA Acceptance of Anzupgo for Use in Children with Chronic Hand Eczema
LEO Pharma announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted a supplemental New Drug Application for Anzupgo (delgocitinib) cream targeting adolescents aged 12 to 17 with moderate‑to‑severe chronic hand eczema. The acceptance follows the Phase III DELTA TEEN trial, which...
RWE to Provide 65% of Network Rail’s Non-Traction Electricity From Wind Farm
Network Rail has signed a corporate power purchase agreement with German energy firm RWE to source 65% of its non‑traction electricity from the 576 MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in Wales. The deal will deliver 300 GWh of renewable power annually for...
Thermoresponsive Complex Coacervates as Advanced Carriers for Cell‐Laden Liquid‐Core Capsules for Biomedical Applications
Researchers have engineered a thermoresponsive complex coacervate that can be injected and solidify at body temperature, serving as a carrier for liquid‑core capsules loaded with human adipose‑derived stem cells. The material shows shear‑thinning flow, a rapid sol‑gel transition at 37 °C,...
Why Replacing Workers with AI Could Hurt Companies Too
A new study titled “The AI Layoff Trap” finds that replacing workers with AI can backfire for firms because layoffs shrink consumer demand, creating a feedback loop that reduces revenues. While automation cuts costs for individual companies, the aggregate effect...
Kiwa PVEL Updates Module Testing Programme, Aims to Tackle Glass Breakage, Frame Failures and Hail Damage
Kiwa PVEL has revamped its Production Qualification Program to include test‑to‑failure protocols for static mechanical load and hail testing, aiming to identify the maximum stress solar modules can endure. The updated hail test now evaluates five modules per round, focusing on...
Business Logic Flaws: The Silent Threat in Modern Web Applications
In late 2019 Robinhood’s options platform mis‑calculated buying power, allowing users to control positions worth hundreds of thousands of dollars with only a few thousand in capital. The flaw stemmed from a business‑logic assumption that margin‑related trades reduced risk, which...
Gaming on Linux with an Older GPU Levels up with DXVK-Sarek v1.12 Bringing Major New Features
DXVK‑Sarek, a community fork of the Vulkan‑based DXVK translation layer, released version 1.12.0, introducing dyasync—a dynamic asynchronous pipeline compilation system that replaces the older async patch—and integrating D7VK to support Direct3D 3‑7. The update backports numerous fixes for D3D8, D3D9,...
Presidio Expands Resonate with Modular AI Solutions for Sports, Broadcasting, and News Media
Presidio announced an expansion of its Resonate platform, adding modular AI‑powered accelerators for sports, broadcasting, and news media. The new suite includes an AWS Media Lake accelerator, intelligent sports and news media accelerators, and 24×7 managed services. Built on AWS,...
Obsidian Plugin Abuse Delivers PHANTOMPULSE RAT in Targeted Finance, Crypto Attacks
Researchers at Elastic Security Labs identified a novel social‑engineering campaign that abuses Obsidian’s community plugins to deliver the previously unknown PHANTOMPULSE remote‑access trojan. Threat actors pose as venture‑capital contacts on LinkedIn and Telegram, coaxing finance and cryptocurrency professionals to enable...
Solar Procurement Is Changing as Geopolitics ‘Redefines Risk’
Solar buyers in Europe are shifting procurement focus from pure cost to security, ESG compliance, and cyber‑risk mitigation, as highlighted at the SolarPLUS Europe conference in Milan. Geopolitical tensions—such as the Strait of Hormuz blockade and China’s polysilicon consolidation—are creating...
India’s Space Industry Is Blasting Off
India’s space sector is entering a period of rapid expansion, driven by decades‑long government investment, recent policy reforms under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and inspiration from global players such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing...
‘AI Is No Longer a Side Project’ - How European Firms Are Moving From AI Pilots to Full-Scale Adoption
European law firms are moving beyond generative‑AI pilots toward firm‑wide, repeatable deployments, according to a Global Legal Post report with LexisNexis. Senior partners are establishing governance, prompt libraries and AI agents to embed AI into document review, research and contract...
Deliverect Streamlines Quick-Commerce Operations for Asda
Deliverect, the Belgian food‑tech unicorn, has signed a partnership with UK supermarket Asda to streamline its quick‑commerce operations. The platform consolidates orders from on‑demand delivery services such as Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo into a single workflow, giving Asda...