Austin -- LumApps has appointed Sébastien Cano as Chief Executive Officer effective December 1, 2026, succeeding founder Sébastien Ricard, who moves into the newly created role of Executive Chairman.

Cano joins from a two-decade enterprise software career at Thales and Gemalto

Cano previously held senior executive posts at Thales and Gemalto, where he led international operations and business expansion. At LumApps he will take over day-to-day operations, focusing on executing the company's Workhub product vision and expanding customer value across global markets.

Las Vegas – September 11, 2026 -- TOSOT has expanded its light commercial HVAC lineup with three new indoor unit configurations -- Floor/Ceiling, Concealed Ducted, and Ceiling Cassette -- under the Aoraki Light Commercial Series, giving contractors added installation flexibility across retail, restaurant, and office projects.

New systems target different installation constraints across commercial spaces

The Aoraki lineup is ENERGY STAR certified and rated for cooling up to 140°F and heating down to -40°F. All three configurations use R32 refrigerant and share low-voltage startup, anti-freeze protection, and intelligent defrost features. Select models reach efficiency ratings up to 24 SEER2.

Vilnius – September 11, 2026 -- Surfshark has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Optery, a US-based data removal company, marking the cybersecurity group's second strategic acquisition after Ironwall in 2024.

Surfshark adds Optery's US data broker coverage to its privacy portfolio

Optery specializes in deleting personal information from search engine results, data brokers, and people-search sites, using scanning technology and screenshot-based reporting to track removals. The deal brings Optery's US market expertise into Surfshark's existing ecosystem, which includes Incogni, Ironwall, and HeyPolo.

Optery will operate as a standalone unit, retaining its own team and clients

Surfshark confirmed that Optery will keep separate teams, client bases, and technical architectures from its other brands, following the same autonomous structure used for Ironwall since its 2024 acquisition.

Dallas – September 11, 2026 -- BackBox unveiled Kilter AI, a new intelligence layer for its network cyber resilience platform, built on a human-in-the-loop model rather than full autonomy. The company rebranded its platform as Kilter and positioned the AI layer as a decision-support tool for network operations and security (NetSecOps) teams, not a replacement for them.

Vulnerability data spiked 20% in 2025, raising pressure on security teams

More than 48,000 new CVEs were published in 2025, a 20% increase year-over-year, and roughly 60% of breach victims trace incidents to a known, unpatched vulnerability, according to BackBox. The company said attackers can now exploit weaknesses within days rather than months or years, intensifying pressure on understaffed NetSecOps teams managing tools across fragmented environments.

Greenville, S.C. – September 11, 2026 -- Greenville Technical College reports a 94% graduate placement rate as Upstate, South Carolina employers in health care, advanced manufacturing, aviation and technology compete for skilled workers during national Workforce Development Month.

Graduates feed talent pipelines at BMW, Michelin and Lockheed Martin

Greenville Tech graduates are employed across the region's largest employers, including BMW, Michelin, Lockheed Martin, Bon Secours Mercy Health and Prisma Health. Dr. Candice Lewis, chief academic officer, said the college's academic programs, workforce certificates and customized training are designed to align directly with employer needs, producing students who are either employed in-field or continuing their education upon graduation.

Auburn, Ala. – September 11, 2026 -- Auburn University's Sports Medicine and Movement Laboratory is capturing markerless motion-capture data on every pitch and every swing at Plainsman Park, converting real-time biomechanical footage into injury-prevention and performance analytics for collegiate and professional baseball.

Lab expands to three integrated sites tracking live game data

Director Gretchen Oliver's team operates an in-house facility inside the Kinesiology Building plus dedicated in-game and in-bullpen labs at Plainsman Park. Hidden cameras record markerless motion-capture data on pitchers and hitters during every home game and bullpen session, generating datasets on shoulder and elbow force loads that feed directly back to coaching staff.

Shanghai – September 11, 2026 -- CorrectSequence Therapeutics (Correctseq) reported that its transformer Base Editor (tBE) therapy CS-101/CS-206 achieved full transfusion independence or elimination of vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) in four new patients from Nigeria, Laos, Malaysia and Pakistan, expanding on earlier results in five Chinese patients who all reached transfusion independence. The findings, published September 7, 2026 in Cell Stem Cell, cover patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia (TDT) carrying distinct genotypes, including βS/βS, β0/βE, and two β0/β0 variants.

San Francisco – – September 11, 2026 -- Trust AI has wired VELMENI's FDA-cleared dental imaging AI directly into its Isaac PracticeOS platform, connecting radiographic diagnosis to a $299-per-month automated claims pipeline that has already recovered months of unbilled revenue at a California practice.

Isaac's agent swarm assembles claims the moment a dentist confirms a VELMENI finding

The integration places VELMENI for DENTISTS (V4D) 2D/3D radiographic analysis inside Isaac's RCM Hub, where automated agents identify payer-specific documentation requirements, select matching billing codes, and attach supporting radiographs before a claim is submitted. Every claim is reviewed by a licensed dentist and a billing specialist before it leaves the system. Trust AI CEO Bernard Casse said the company "wired it into the bloodstream" rather than treating the AI read as a standalone sidebar feature.

Danbury, Conn. – September 11, 2026 -- Perosphere Technologies Inc. announced that a clinical study evaluating its ClotChek point-of-care coagulometer has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Thrombosis and Haemostasis, confirming the device's ability to detect anticoagulation levels in patients on Factor Xa inhibitors apixaban and rivaroxaban.

Study confirms ClotChek detects DOAC anticoagulation at two clinical thresholds

The research measured ClotChek Clotting Time (CKCT) against anti-FXa drug levels in patients on direct oral anticoagulants, finding strong correlations when categorized by Medical Decision Limits. The device demonstrated the ability to identify clinically meaningful anticoagulation at both the >75 ng/mL and >30 ng/mL thresholds, including sensitivity at lower drug concentrations.

Udaipur – – September 11, 2026 -- Hindustan Zinc Limited hosted the third edition of the Vedanta Zinc City Half Marathon in Udaipur, drawing more than 9,700 runners across on-ground and virtual formats, a nearly 45% jump from the previous edition.

Participation nearly doubles international and domestic reach

Runners came from 27 Indian states and six countries, including the United States, Sweden, Italy, Japan, Indonesia and Kenya. Domestic running communities from Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi and Gurugram joined the event, which is branded as 'India's Most Beautiful Marathon.'