Laurence Sotsky, Founder and CEO of Incentify – Interview Series
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Laurence Sotsky is Incentify’s CEO and oversees all business and technical operations. He is a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience leading high-growth companies and driving innovation in the SaaS application sector. As an accomplished CEO, he has successfully built and managed high-performing organizations, has extensive international experience and has led three prior organizations to […]
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Enhancing AI Inference: Advanced Techniques and Best Practices
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When it comes to real-time AI-driven applications like self-driving cars or healthcare monitoring, even an extra second to process an input could have serious consequences. Real-time AI applications require reliable GPUs and processing power, which has been very expensive and cost-prohibitive for many applications – until now. By adopting an optimizing inference process, businesses can […]
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Guest post: How marine life provides climate benefits worth billions of dollars
The ocean plays a vital role in regulating the climate, storing roughly 50 times more carbon dioxide (CO2) than the atmosphere. Marine life plays a significant part in this process, as organisms transfer carbon from the ocean surface to the deep sea upon death or as they migrate. Our new research, published in Nature Communications, suggests […]
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All-electric vehicle lineup targets smarter urban waste management
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This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Bradshaw Electric Vehicles. Bradshaw Electric Vehicles, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of electric vehicles and waste management solutions, has launched a new range of Refuse Collection Vehicles which are specifically engineered to tackle the challenges of urban and food waste collection. The […]
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Thames Water receives £122.7m fine in reported sewage spills crackdown
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Following investigations by OFWAT, Thames Water has received two penalties totalling £122.7m, in effect “the largest fine ever handed to a water company in history”, according to Environment Secretary Steve Reed. Announced on 28 May, the fines – issued over environmental breaches involving sewage spills – were welcomed by Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of The […]
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Veolia publishes industry testing on PFAS waste incineration
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The testing evaluated thermal treatment of fire-fighting foam in addition to PFAS-contaminated soil and other media. Resource recovery firm Veolia has published reportedly comprehensive testing on the incineration of PFAS compounds. The tests appear to demonstrate that high temperature incineration is a proven and reliable disposal solution for high concentrations of targeted PFAS, destroying greater […]
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Research brings clarity to simulating PM nanoparticle movement
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New York in June 2023. Wildfires are an increasingly common source of airborne nanoparticles of PM. A new method improves efforts to simulate the movement of airborne nanoparticles of particulate matter (PM), according to the group behind it, from the Universities of Edinburgh and Warwick. Such particles are found in exhaust fumes, wildfire smoke and […]
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Transforming LLM Performance: How AWS’s Automated Evaluation Framework Leads the Way
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Large Language Models (LLMs) are quickly transforming the domain of Artificial Intelligence (AI), driving innovations from customer service chatbots to advanced content generation tools. As these models grow in size and complexity, it becomes more challenging to ensure their outputs are always accurate, fair, and relevant. To address this issue, AWS’s Automated Evaluation Framework offers […]
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Wild camping still allowed on Dartmoor following Supreme Court decision
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A tent at Foggintor quarry, Dartmoor. The UK Supreme Court has dismissed (on 21 May) against the rule on whether people have the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor in a case that has reignited a debate over public access to land. Landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall, who keep cattle on the land, argued […]
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Net zero report sets out path to cut carbon and costs for small firms
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Small firms are keen to become more energy-efficient, says the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), but they are being held back by the high upfront cost of green investment. A new report from the group attempts to present practical pathways for progress, and to tailor sustainability advice to small business needs. Undertaken in partnership with […]
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Building networks of data science talent
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The rise of artificial intelligence resurfaces a question older than the abacus: If we have a tool to do it for us, why learn to do it ourselves? The answer, argues MIT electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) Professor Devavrat Shah, hasn’t changed: Foundational skills in mathematics remain essential to using tools well, from knowing […]
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Building an AI-Native Workplace: Lessons from the Front Lines
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What would you do if you were running a 10K road race, struggling to get up a tough hill, and suddenly the rules of the race changed? What if drivers started picking up runners in cars and then raced each other to the finish line? Would you keep running, knowing full well you’ll place in […]
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Jay Bavisi, Group President, EC-Council – Interview Series
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Jay Bavisi is the Co-Founder and President of EC-Council, an organization specializing in information security education, training, and certification. Established in response to the cybersecurity challenges highlighted by the events of 9/11, EC-Council focuses on addressing cyber terrorism and related security concerns on a global scale. The organization is known for creating certification programs such […]
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Bito Raises $5.7M to Supercharge Agentic AI Code Reviews and Accelerate Enterprise Dev Velocity
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In a funding round that signals a significant leap forward for AI-assisted software development, Bito has raised a $5.7 million seed extension to further advance its agentic AI platform for code review. The round, led by Vela Partners with backing from NextView Ventures, Maxitech Ventures, Eniac Ventures, and others, brings Bito’s total seed-stage funding to […]
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Hollywood Looks Over Its Shoulder as Veo 3 Enters the Picture
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Google’s newly unveiled Veo 3 model is seriously redefining what AI-generated video can do. Announced at Google I/O 2025, Veo 3 is producing video clips so realistic that most viewers struggle to tell them apart from live-action footage. Veo 3 introduced capabilities—like native audio generation and cinematic visual fidelity—that significantly lower the barrier to professional-grade […]
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MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing
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MIT today launched its Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), an Institute-wide effort to reinfuse U.S. industrial production with leading-edge technologies, bolster crucial U.S. economic sectors, and ignite job creation. The initiative will encompass advanced research, innovative education programs, and partnership with companies across many sectors, in a bid to help transform manufacturing and elevate its […]
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How Phi-4-Reasoning Redefines AI Reasoning by Challenging “Bigger is Better” Myth
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Microsoft’s recent release of Phi-4-reasoning challenges a key assumption in building artificial intelligence systems capable of reasoning. Since the introduction of chain-of-thought reasoning in 2022, researchers believed that advanced reasoning required very large language models with hundreds of billions of parameters. However, Microsoft’s new 14-billion parameter model, Phi-4-reasoning, questions this belief. Using a data-centric approach […]
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Scotland can reach Net Zero by 2045 but needs to step up the pace, says CCC
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Wind turbine tower installation by crane. The CCC pathway envisages a more than tripling of the capacity of solar and wind by 2045. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) published its advice on the recommended level of Scotland’s forthcoming four carbon budgets (covering the period 2026 to 2045) on 21 May, presenting what it suggested was […]