CoatingSolution4U Launches First Commercial PlasticXpert Service at CEPLA
South Korean plastics maker CEPLA becomes the first commercial user of PlasticXpert, an AI system that diagnoses resin melt in real time on the production line
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Charities and Broadband Providers Unite to Call for New Approach to Ensure Nobody Is Priced Out of Connectivity
Joint statement agrees that broadband is now so essential that government should work with providers and charities to deliver targeted, deeper support for lowest-income households.
Israel Hires Conservative Data Broker for $500,000 Campaign to Reshape US Opinion
A newly disclosed agreement requires Starboard to measure the cost of changing Americans’ attitudes. The company advertises access to more than 25 million conservatives, while related filings reveal a much larger Israeli influence effort involving political marketing, evangelical audiences and artificial intelligence.
No Thanks: The Palestinian Developer Who Turned Family Loss in Gaza into a Global Boycott App
After losing his sister and then his brother in Israel's Gaza genocide, Palestinian software engineer Ahmed Bashbash built an app to help people make informed choices about the companies they support. He now reports 14 million downloads, with new features extending No Thanks from a barcode scanner into a platform for personal boycotts and community campaigns.
Aquatech Named as an Official Partner for World Engineering Day 2026
Aquatech has been announced as an official partner for World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development (WED) 2026, the annual initiative highlighting the essential role that engineers and engineering plays around the world.
How Marketing Teams Can Pay Three Times for the Same Insight
As CMOs finalize their 2027 budgets, STRATIS asks what their teams already know that could still change where the money goes.
Zapnito Launches MCP Server to Bring Verified Expert Knowledge Directly Into AI Tools
Enterprise organizations can now put the knowledge of their expert communities to work inside the AI tools their teams already use, with full security and governance controls.
SoftwareOne and Substly Partner to Bring SaaS and AI Visibility to Danish IT Providers
The partnership helps SMB-focused IT providers turn insight into customers’ software use into recurring advisory services.
Phase 2b Study Identifies Dose-Response Signals for APPA in Knee Osteoarthritis, with Statistically Significant Benefits on Several Outcomes at the Higher Dose in Patients with Higher Baseline Pain
NBCD A/S and AKL Therapeutics report Phase 2b findings for APPA, an investigational oral combination of apocynin and paeonol, showing a consistent dose-response pattern and significant benefits at the higher dose in patients with higher baseline pain.
UBEO Announces Leadership Transition to Drive Next Phase of Growth
UBEO's leadership transition brings together decades of industry experience to guide the company's continued expansion and long-term growth.
Brian Alexander, MD Joins the Board of Directors of Athens LifeTech Park
A seasoned biotechnology executive who brings expertise that spans clinical practice, precision medicine and drug development using data and artificial intelligence
Softmorphs Tech Maintains Confidence in AI, Seeks Promising Startups for Long-Term Growth
The company sees continued opportunities in artificial intelligence and plans to support emerging businesses through practical advisory services and selective investments.
DesignNBuy Launches AI Design Suite for Print and Promo Businesses
Six AI tools let customers create artwork from a prompt, an image or a web link, get design ideas for merchandise and fix their own photos, all inside the store and without a designer
Poppy Launches Direct Ventilation Monitoring for Continuous HVAC Savings, With No Upfront Cost and No Subscription Fee
Commercial building owners get ongoing ventilation monitoring and optimization, and Poppy is paid only from the energy savings it verifies.
21X AG and LayerZero Deliver Institutional-Grade Onchain Trading Pilot on Private-Permissioned Deployment of Zero
LayerZero, through its Zero blockchain, and 21X AG, the European trading and settlement venue, completed a joint pilot running a fully onchain central limit order book on the Zero chain for global finance.
VIVA In Vitro Diagnostics and ASKA Biotech Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance VIVA-ELISA® Industrialization
The Spanish biotechnology company and German CDMO join forces to advance the development and manufacturing of VIVA-ELISA®, targeting its first Research Use Only (RUO) product in Q2 2027. The agreement strengthens VIVA's transition from scientific innovation to industrial execution and reinforces its European biotechnology development roadmap.
AI Cannot Build Its News Services at Journalism’s Expense – EPC Welcomes Recognition of Publishers’ Rights
The case addresses a fundamental question for the future of primary source journalism: when AI services use publishers’ reporting to answer users’ questions, what protection do publishers have over the work that makes those answers possible?
INO-HUB Energy Unveils Its Own Vanadium Flow Battery to Customers and Partners
At INO-HUB Energy Tech Day in Bratislava, Slovakia, the company presented its own commercial prototype of a battery energy storage system for industrial and energy infrastructure applications, with representatives of the European Commission in attendance. The technology broadens energy storage options, with a focus on long service life, safety and flexibility.
Data² Launches Asset Performance & Optimization for Energy: Well Performance Backed by Evidence You Can Trust
Oil and gas operators can now benchmark every well on drilling and production performance and see which results the data can actually support.
Trauma Nurse Builds Clinical Apps Between Shifts
A trauma nurse in Corpus Christi, Texas, founded BlackFox Media LLC to build the clinical references and exam-prep apps he wanted for his workflow, and all 14 work offline with no ads, accounts or tracking.
AI Startup AvalonX Emerges From Stealth With $10 Million in Funding From Ridown Capital
After 18 months in stealth, AvalonX brings continuous, enterprise-grade penetration testing to small and midsize businesses, pairing proprietary security AI trained on nine years of real-world offensive-security data with human expertise to expose potential breach paths before cybercriminals strike.
Transatlantic Coalition: European and Canadian News and Magazine Publishers Unite to Defend Free and Pluralistic Media
On the eve of the 21st EU-Canada Summit, taking place in Montreal on October 29 and 30, thousands of news and magazine publishers from Europe and Canada are announcing the creation of a transatlantic coalition, calling on Canada and the European Union to include in the Summit’s joint declaration a firm commitment to framework conditions supporting free, independent, and sustainable media, as well as trusted professional journalism.
From 50 Targets a Year to 100 a Day: Inside Israel’s AI War Machine
Israel’s military described an AI-assisted expansion in Gaza target generation from 50 targets a year to 100 a day — equivalent to a 72,900% increase if the daily rate is annualised.
European Publishers Call Out Meta for Revised Wording on EU Content Use Terms and Urge Commission Action
The European Publishers Council is writing again to the European Commission seeking urgent scrutiny of Meta’s proposed Commercial Terms and Self-Serve Ad Terms, warning that revised wording leaves fundamental concerns about publishers’ control over their content unresolved.