On November 3 2026, Drax Group told the London Stock Exchange that it had signed a partnership with Brookfield and Radiant, Brookfield's UK-based AI infrastructure platform, to build data centre capacity at Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire. The headline figure travelled fast: more than 20 billion pounds, or about 27 billion dollars. Drax shares jumped on the news. It's a … [Read more...] about Drax, Brookfield and Radiant Announce a 20 Billion Pound AI Data Centre With No Tenant, No Power Price and No Planning Consent Yet
Deal Releases November 5 2026 GE HealthCare Leads Up to 160 Million Dollars for Laza Medical and Priority Software Buys Fireberry
Two deal releases from the November 5 wire, both worth reading for what the headline number leaves out. One is a medical device round with a strategic buyer in the lead. The other is an Israeli software roll-up taking another step. Laza Medical, up to 160 million dollars from GE HealthCare Laza Medical is building a robotic imaging system for the cardiac catheterization lab, … [Read more...] about Deal Releases November 5 2026 GE HealthCare Leads Up to 160 Million Dollars for Laza Medical and Priority Software Buys Fireberry
Tech Press Release Digest November 5 2026 Renesas Puts a Robot Controller on One Chip and Mirth Connect 4.8 Ships
Six product releases from the November 5 wire, read for what is actually new and what is only packaging. Two of them are real engineering news. Two are distribution deals. The other two sit somewhere between. Renesas RZ/T2N folds the robot controller and the drive into one MPU This is the most substantial release of the day. The RZ/T2N pairs two Arm Cortex-A55 cores at up to … [Read more...] about Tech Press Release Digest November 5 2026 Renesas Puts a Robot Controller on One Chip and Mirth Connect 4.8 Ships
A. O. Smith Sells 81 Percent of Its China Business to CPE at a Valuation Below One Year of Sales
A. O. Smith has found its way out of China, or most of the way. The Milwaukee water heater and boiler maker said late on October 27 that CPE, an alternative asset manager, will buy 81% of A. O. Smith (China) Investment Co., the holding company for its Chinese operations. A. O. Smith keeps 19%, licenses its brand to the new owner for decades, and collects royalties along the … [Read more...] about A. O. Smith Sells 81 Percent of Its China Business to CPE at a Valuation Below One Year of Sales
Tokening, EByte, and Posterial Give Recent Project Updates Somewhere Useful to Lead
Recent updates across Tokening, EByte and Posterial give readers several ways into projects that are easier to understand through an example than through a general introduction. A controlled WordPress task shows how a permission limit behaves. A browser-based file edit makes a binary codec visible. Three treatments of one photograph show what changes when the same scene becomes … [Read more...] about Tokening, EByte, and Posterial Give Recent Project Updates Somewhere Useful to Lead
Press Releases Need Evidence Beyond a Strong Headline
A press release can announce a real achievement and still leave the reader unable to judge it. A company says its product is faster, its customers are happier, or its market is growing. The useful question comes next: faster than what, happier according to whom, and growing over which period?That gap matters because a release is written by a party with an interest in the … [Read more...] about Press Releases Need Evidence Beyond a Strong Headline
School Communications Become an Enrollment Strategy, With AI Joining the Toolkit
A school district’s communications team handles more than announcements about weather closures and upcoming assemblies. Its website, messages and responses to families help shape whether parents consider the district a place where their children will be safe, welcome and supported. Apptegy’s October 12 announcement brings that role into focus, connecting research on school … [Read more...] about School Communications Become an Enrollment Strategy, With AI Joining the Toolkit
Tech Press Release Digest: Record $425B Chip Quarter, Claude for Financial Advisors and Temporal’s $550M Raise
The biggest number came from Omdia, which says global semiconductor revenue passed $425 billion in the second quarter, up 31.4% on the first. That's a sequential record for the second quarter running. Memory ICs made up more than half of the total, and Omdia expects Q3 to clear $500 billion. Its PC team tells the other half of the story: US shipments grew 1% in Q2 because … [Read more...] about Tech Press Release Digest: Record $425B Chip Quarter, Claude for Financial Advisors and Temporal’s $550M Raise
Japan Lost Its Export Lead to South Korea and Taiwan. AI Chips Explain Almost All of It
In the first half of 2026, South Korea and Taiwan each shipped more goods abroad than Japan did. It's the first time either has done it, let alone both at once. Korea posted $496.3 billion, Taiwan $416.6 billion, Japan $384.4 billion. The obvious reading is that Japan is in decline. That reading is wrong, or at least badly incomplete. Japan's exports grew close to 10% year … [Read more...] about Japan Lost Its Export Lead to South Korea and Taiwan. AI Chips Explain Almost All of It
European Food Is Not Making You Thin, Walking Is
There's a thing Americans say, usually right after a week in Italy, and it goes something like this: European food is just *cleaner*. No corn syrup. No dye number whatever. That's why nobody over there is fat. I was thinking about this while looking at my breakfast. Puff pastry. Melted cheese. Roasted vegetables sitting on top like a fig leaf. And a cappuccino you could … [Read more...] about European Food Is Not Making You Thin, Walking Is