Forging Solutions After Helene: Nashville District’s Sydney Curnes and Tennessee Silver Jackets Earn National ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 24, 2026) – The National Flood Risk Management Program names Sydney Curnes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Silver Jackets Coordinator, as the 2026 Silver Jackets Coordinator of the Year. Her selection highlights her …

Engineers Without Borders to host 5K water fundraiser

The West Virginia University chapter of Engineers Without Borders is hosting a 5K on Sept. 20 at 10 a.m. to help with West Virginia’s water crisis. The Flowing Forward 5K is open to the public and aims to raise money for the organization’s efforts to …

BU Engineers Without Borders provides freshwater system to Kenyan school

A Multi-Trillion Dollar ‘Bad Software’ Crisis: India’s Connected Device Gap

Every modern electronic product — from everyday consumer gadgets to strategic space, aerospace, quantum, and semiconductor technologies — relies on proprietary firmware alongside user interface software. Yet while international policy circles focus on …

Taiwan Coast Guard receives first batch of V-BAT UAVs from Shield AI  

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) has taken delivery of the first V-BAT uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) from US defence technology firm Shield AI and its Taiwanese partner, Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC).   The initial arrival …

Sovereign AI Promises Control But Often Delivers Marketing

Nations pour billions into AI infrastructure they label sovereign. Yet fresh analysis shows many offers amount to little more than local servers and optimistic language. The term once suggested full command over data, models and operations. Today it …

Movere Launches to Help Businesses Accept Payments, Enter New Markets and Scale Globally

Movere, a new AI-native platform built to fuel business growth in new markets, has launched. Founded by three payments and banking leaders, it brings payments, global hiring and expert advice together in one ecosystem, with one connection to 500+ payment …

Is Niger’s oil sovereignty at risk following the Goumeri W-8 blowout disaster?

Listen now3 min listen x1 The clock is ticking. Since September 25, 2026, the Goumeri W-8 well in Niger’s Agadem block has been spewing crude oil and gas over 10 meters into the air—a disaster of unprecedented scale for a country that has relied on oil …

South African Designer Develops Wall-Based Water Harvesting

Her innovation, called Aquatecture Water Harvesting, uses modular panels fitted to building facades to collect rainwater. The panels direct the water through gutters into storage tanks, allowing buildings to capture water that would otherwise run off their …

Amazon News, Politico and Warner Bros. Discovery are finalists for the 2026 Digiday Awards finalists

This year’s Digiday Awards finalists demonstrated how innovation, audience insights and multiplatform storytelling can work together to create more engaging and accessible experiences. Their work reflected a focus on understanding audiences, reaching them …