RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Sunday, 18. October 2026


The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) launched the second edition of the Digital Prosperity Awards (DPA), opening applications and nominations for eligible public-sector, private-sector and civil-society digital solutions across Member States and beyond.

The Awards recognize technology-driven solutions, initiatives and contributions delivering measurable socioeconomic impact, accelerating digital transformation and advancing an inclusive, sustainable and prosperous digital economy. The inaugural edition honored seven winners in February 2025.

Ms. Deemah AlYahya, Secretary-General of the DCO, said: “A prosperous digital future is taking shape today through the vision, commitment and creativity of governments, innovators, organizations and communities that embrace digital cooperation. Together, they are turning possibility into progress and technology into tangible, measurable impact in people’s lives. Throu ... Read more »

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. & TEL AVIV, Israel - Acquisition adds widely adopted data observability and reliability capabilities to the Boomi Enterprise Platform, giving enterprises the data quality and governance required to operationalize AI (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Boomi, the data activation company for AI, today announced it has acquired Elementary Data, a provider of the widely adopted data observability solution that powers every workflow and AI agent with reliable data. Following Lunar.dev, Elementary is Boomi’s latest acquisition, strengthening the Boomi Enterprise Platform with the observability, quality, governance, and discovery capabilities enterprises need to deliver trusted data for AI. Key Takeaways What Boomi acquired. Elementary provides unified observability, quality, governance, and discovery. Founded in 2022, Elementary began as an open-source project — now adopted by 1,500+ data teams, with 1.1M + monthly downloads, and a ~4,000-member community. In 2024, it launched El ... Read more »

WILMINGTON, Del. -
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Roquette, a global leader in plant-based ingredients, excipients and pharmaceutical solutions, will showcase its expansive portfolio of excipients, capsules, coatings, and biopharma solutions at AAPS PharmSci 360 2026. The conference and trade show will take place October 26-28 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

At Booth 1100 in the exhibit hall, Roquette’s Health & Pharma Solutions team will share their expertise across controlled-release technologies, hydroxypropyl beta-cyclodextrins, and sustainable formulation approaches, alongside a comprehensive portfolio of innovative solutions designed to address the evolving needs of pharmaceutical developers.

“AAPS PharmSci 360 is a key opportunity to share our latest innovations, as well as highlight the breadth and depth of our scientific know-how that helps our customers solve complex formulation challenges,” said Peter Freed, Head of Technical Service & Development North Americ ... Read more »

SAN CARLOS, Calif. - Monday, 19. October 2026

New data from four priority programs, including the GPC3x4-1BB bispecific antibody, CEA targeting ADC, CDK4 inhibitor, and brain-penetrant PRMT5 inhibitor underscore the depth of BeOne’s solid tumor pipeline

Multiple TEVIMBRA abstracts reinforce breadth of evidence across lung and gastrointestinal cancers, including data in combination with ZIIHERA in HER2+ gastroesophageal cancer



(BUSINESS WIRE)--BeOne Medicines Ltd. (Nasdaq: ONC; HKEX: 06160; SSE: 688235), a global oncology company, today announced that data from across its rapidly progressing solid tumor portfolio will be presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2026 on October 23-27 in Madrid. Presentations will highlight an accelerating pipeline of differentiated targeted therapies, alongside a broad body of evidence for TEVIMBRA® (tislelizumab), including a late-breaking rapid oral presentation on TEVIMBRA in combination w ... Read more »

2026 reports for both Europe and the United States name Lenovo a Leader, citing its comprehensive approach to helping customers address IT costs and carbon emissions with Sustainability Solutions

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Lenovo today announced that it has been named a Leader in the IT Solutions quadrant of the 2026 ISG Provider Lens® Digital Sustainability reports for both Europe and the United States, citing the company’s organization-wide approach to IT sustainability, which spans devices, infrastructure and services. The recognition comes as enterprises face the daunting challenge of scaling AI, balancing energy demand, and managing costs and environmental impact as infrastructure needs grow.

ISG’s 2026 research estimates the global digital sustainability market to be $34.3 billion—up 12% from 2025. Europe represents 43% of that market, and the U.S. is 33%.

Against the backdrop of growing year-over-year demand, Lenovo is broadening its approach to sustainability sp ... Read more »

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Monday, 19. October 2026 AETOSWire


Industry leaders including NVIDIA, Alpha Compute, AMD, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Deepgram, Dell Technologies, Eleven Labs, Fujitsu, Gnani, H2O.ai, HPE, Intel, Klique, Personal AI, Rafay, Red Hat, Resemble AI, Spectro Cloud, Supermicro, Technology Innovation Institute (TII), TELUS and VAST Data support the advancement of secure enterprise AI adoption, enabling enterprises to run frontier AI models, AI agents and AI applications on Kubernetes



(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data and AI security and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced support for CNCF Confidential Containers (CoCo) in Fortanix Confidential AI, enabling organizations to run AI workloads on Kubernetes inside hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), on confidential CPUs and GPUs. Enterprises keep the speed and agility of containers while protecting sensitive data, AI models, agents, and applicatio ... Read more »

In partnership with Startup India and Nykaa, the program recognizes five winners across in-market beauty brands, early-stage concepts, fragrance innovation, creative design, and women’s entrepreneurship.

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Estée Lauder Companies, in partnership with Nykaa and Startup India, an initiative of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) within India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry, announced the winners of BEAUTY&YOU India 2026, the country’s leading beauty entrepreneurship program.

For five years, BEAUTY&YOU India has discovered, supported, and accelerated India’s next generation of beauty entrepreneurs. Since launching in 2022, the program has helped founders and innovators develop their ideas and build their businesses by providing funding, mentorship, beauty industry expertise, distribution support, and strategic opportunities.

Stéphane de La Faverie, President and CEO, The Estée Lauder Companies, said: “ ... Read more »

Plain-English mobile tests now run on real Android and iOS devices in the TestMu AI cloud from any Mac, Windows, or Linux machine, with a live view of the device on the developer's laptop



(BUSINESS WIRE)--TestMu AI (formerly LambdaTest), the Full Stack Agentic AI Quality Engineering platform, announced real device support in Kane CLI. Developers can now test a mobile app on a real phone or tablet in the TestMu AI cloud straight from the terminal: they type what to test in plain English, and Kane taps through the app on a real Android or iOS device.

Until now, testing a mobile app on real hardware meant keeping a drawer of phones, or a separate device farm outside the developer's workflow. With real device support, Kane CLI removes that dependency again now by giving terminal-first access to the real device cloud. Kane CLI on real devices gives teams:

Real Android and iOS devices from any terminal. Kane CLI opens a real device in the TestMu AI cloud and ... Read more »

MSCI to consult on proposal to reclassify the MSCI Indonesia Indexes to Standalone Market status
Existing freeze on Indonesian securities in MSCI Indexes to remain in place until further notice


(BUSINESS WIRE) -- MSCI announced the launch of a consultation on a proposal to reclassify the MSCI Indonesia Indexes from Emerging Market to Standalone Market status. MSCI will announce its final decision by the end of June 2027 and may provide an interim update on market participant feedback during the consultation period.

As part of the June 2026 Market Classification Review, MSCI reported that market participants had raised significant concerns regarding the investability of the Indonesian equity market, including persistent opacity in shareholding structures and suspected coordinated trading behavior. While the Indonesian authorities have announced reforms, including enhanced disclosure of shareholders with ownership above 1%, more granular investor classification d ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi has launched TAMM Global, a private technology company established to make the award-winning technology behind TAMM available to governments worldwide. It is the first time the AI-powered platform, which serves 4.7 million users and is recognized as one of the world’s most advanced digital government platforms, will be available for international licensing and deployment. The launch marks a significant milestone in Abu Dhabi’s ambition to become the world’s first AI-native government. It reflects growing international demand for proven technologies that can accelerate digital transformation while protecting sovereignty, regulatory compliance and public trust. It also demonstrates how homegrown innovation and intellectual property are creating opportunities well beyond Abu Dhabi’s borders. Ahmed Tamim Hisham Al Kuttab, Chairman of the Department of Government Enablement – Abu Dhabi, said: “TAMM was created in Abu Dhabi for one reason: to ... Read more »