Las Vegas – October 15, 2026 -- MassPay reported a 510% year-over-year increase in third-quarter payout volume and a 112% rise in gross revenue, marking its third consecutive record quarter.

Volume growth accelerates every quarter while revenue growth rises

Payout volume grew 317% in Q1, 408% in Q2 and 510% in Q3, all measured against the prior-year period. Gross revenue growth rose from 98% in Q2 to 112% in Q3. The company said that as clients send more money through more corridors and rails, the model strengthens rather than thins.

CEO Ran Grushkowsky said clients are no longer testing the platform and are consolidating their money movement on it.

MassPay Collect launches in the US to bring funds in on the same platform

MassPay Collect went live in the US in Q3, letting businesses receive funds on the platform they already use for payouts. Europe, Canada and the UK are next on the roadmap.

New York – October 15, 2026 -- Mindbeam raised the Level 2 KernelBench score of NVIDIA's Nemotron 3.5 Super VL from 22.8% to 82.1% through post-training, ahead of the 57% accuracy the company reports for GPT 5.6 Sol.

The New York-based AI infrastructure company announced a collaboration with NVIDIA covering two layers of the open source AI stack: a post-trained model that writes CUDA kernels, and an inference engine that serves NVIDIA's latest open models.

Litespark Nemotron 3.5 Super VL gains 11.2 points on Level 1 tasks

Mindbeam post-trained NVIDIA's Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (120B-A12B) to produce Litespark Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, an open-weights model for CUDA code generation. The task is to take a PyTorch module and generate a raw CUDA kernel that reproduces the forward pass within tight numerical tolerances while staying architecture-agnostic.

New York – October 15, 2026 -- Gartner has named Deloitte a Leader in its 2026 Magic Quadrant for Global Digital Marketing Agencies, and the firm was also recognized in all seven Use Cases of the companion 2026 Critical Capabilities report.

Deloitte earns placement across all seven Gartner Use Cases

Gartner singled out Deloitte in four of the seven Use Case categories: AI-Driven Marketing Innovation, Digital Commerce & CX Overhaul, Website & Digital Product Design, and Data-Driven Performance Marketing. The Magic Quadrant was published on 25 August 2026 (ID G00841300). The Critical Capabilities report followed on 26 August 2026 (ID G00850979). Both were authored by Gartner analysts Jay Wilson, Philip Black and Jen Kady.

The result adds to Deloitte's earlier placement as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Services.

Oakland – October 15, 2026 -- Blue Shield of California has appointed Erin Brewer, a strategic advisor and former Lyft chief financial officer, to its Board of Directors, adding more than 25 years of finance and operations experience as the nonprofit health plan pursues its affordability agenda.

Brewer led Lyft through its first full year of profitability

Brewer joined Lyft as CFO in 2023. In that role and in her current advisory capacity, she helped lead a financial transformation that included the ride-hailing company's first full year of profitability.

She oversaw global organizations covering finance, investor relations, internal audit, corporate strategy and business development. Earlier, she held leadership positions at Charles Schwab, Atlassian and McKesson Corporation.

Hyderabad – October 15, 2026 -- The global crane market will grow from USD 35.82 billion in 2026 to USD 43.78 billion by 2031, a gain of USD 7.96 billion at a 4.10% CAGR, according to a new Mordor Intelligence report.

Public infrastructure and renewables drive lifting demand

Government-funded transport projects, industrial development and private construction are creating opportunities for equipment manufacturers and rental providers. Data centers and energy systems are also on the list of infrastructure categories requiring heavy lifting equipment. Growing use of modular construction raises demand for cranes that deliver precise lifting and placement.

Silver Spring – October 15, 2026 -- Urban One, Inc. (NASDAQ: UONEK; UONE) will hold an investor conference call on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EST to discuss results for its third fiscal quarter of 2026.

Urban One opens call to investors, analysts and other interested parties

U.S. callers can join toll-free, while international callers must dial a direct line. Live audio will also be available on the company's corporate website.

Replay stays available for seven days after the call

A telephone replay opens at 2:00 p.m. EST on November 10, 2026, and runs until 11:59 p.m. EST on November 17, 2026. The company will also post the replay on its website for seven days after the call.

Lausanne – October 15, 2026 -- The International University Sports Federation (FISU) and ViewLift, a DAZN company, have expanded their technology alliance to put streaming, AI-powered media management and event technology on one platform serving 167 National University Sport Federations (NUSFs), with a full launch scheduled for January 2027.

ViewLift adds a fan-facing streaming layer on top of Bornan's event infrastructure

ViewLift is working with Bornan Sports Technology, FISU's Technology and Digital Data Partner. FISU and its member federations will use ViewLift's direct-to-consumer streaming and content platform. It sits on top of Bornan's existing games management, timing, scoring and results systems.

Pittsburgh – October 15, 2026 -- DICK'S (NYSE: DKS) and its Foot Locker unit expect to hire more than 11,000 seasonal teammates for the 2026 holiday season, with about 8,400 positions at DICK'S banners and roughly 2,900 at Foot Locker banners in North America.

DICK'S targets 8,400 seasonal hires across four store banners

The hiring covers DICK'S Sporting Goods, DICK'S House of Sport, Going Going Gone! and Public Lands locations. The retailer will hold its ninth-annual "National Signing Day" on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, where candidates can interview on-site and meet store leadership at participating locations. Hiring will continue until positions are filled.

Las Vegas – October 15, 2026 -- SAFE Structure Designs, a Las Vegas-based defense engineering and manufacturing company, has partnered with Zo's Bravehearts Foundation to send three children with leukemia and their mothers to Rome, Italy.

As a major donor to the nonprofit, SAFE took part in a trip that included a meeting with the Pope and a private tour of the Vatican. The program gave the families time together outside the demands of cancer treatment.

Zo's Bravehearts Foundation provides transport, meals and home support across the Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas-based 501(c)(3) offers family-centered childhood cancer support. Its services include transportation assistance, meals, home support, essential supplies and family experiences. The foundation says these services ease the practical and emotional burdens of pediatric cancer.

San Francisco – October 15, 2026 -- Benchling launched Science Foundries, a product that lets R&D teams run entire scientific processes with agents and scientists working from the same data, and made it available to its customers the same day.

Teams select a process or goal, such as producing proteins, optimizing a lead or improving a manufacturing process. They then define which steps agents run and where scientists must approve. Agents execute and monitor work, coordinate handoffs and flag key decisions to scientists.

Benchling has spent the past 18 months building AI into its platform. The company says agents are the fastest-growing capability it has released. Science Foundries extend agents from individual tasks to complete workflows.