Singapore – October 14, 2026 -- WEMIX has relaunched its joint bug bounty program with blockchain security firm CertiK, offering payouts of up to $10,000 per finding for vulnerabilities in its WEMIX3.0 Layer-1 blockchain. The program runs on CertiK's CertiK Hunt platform, and rewards scale with the severity of each finding.

Program targets WEMIX3.0 blockchain and governance smart contracts

Reports will focus on core ecosystem components: the WEMIX3.0 blockchain (DLT) and its Governance Smart Contracts. Rewards are denominated in USD and paid in Tether (USDT) on the Ethereum network.

Findings classed as "Critical" cover major risks such as total network outages or direct financial loss.

Seattle – October 13, 2026 -- Nearly 650 Horizon Air pilots, represented by Teamsters Local 1224, will hold an informational picket on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 10:30 a.m. They are pressing the airline to end what the union calls delay tactics and to agree to a collective bargaining agreement.

Pilots have bargained for nearly four years without a contract

The union says negotiations have run for nearly four years. Its priorities are wages, staffing and training shortages, and operational issues.

Union says Horizon pilots fly nearly as much as Alaska Airlines crews but earn less

Horizon Air is a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group. According to Teamsters Local 1224, its pilots perform nearly the same amount of flying as their counterparts at sister carrier Alaska Airlines. The union says their wages remain behind industry standard because the company is unwilling to bargain a fair deal.

Sydney – October 13, 2026 -- Osara Health has partnered with Medibank, one of Australia's largest private health insurers, to offer its Cancer Coach program to more than 4 million Medibank customers, subject to eligibility. Eligible members living with cancer can join from 14 October 2026.

Program pairs each member with a dedicated exercise physiologist coach

Each participant works one-on-one with a coach who is an exercise physiologist trained in health coaching. Coaches help members set personal health goals and give practical guidance on fatigue, sleep, physical activity, nutrition and emotional wellbeing. Participants also receive personalised education and access to the Osara Health app.

Queens, New York – October 13, 2026 -- Vaughn College hosted the sixth annual International Conference on Digital Technologies and Applications (ICDTA) on October 9 and 10, drawing researchers from more than 30 countries to a hybrid event on digital technologies, soft computing and intelligent systems.

Plenary speakers from Predictum and IBM open the in-person program on October 9

The morning plenary featured Wayne J. Levin, president and CEO of Predictum Inc., and Dr. Philip Ramsey, the company's vice president of data science and training. They argued that bad research costs the US economy several billion dollars every year and outlined steps to reverse the trend.

Dr. Kaoutar El Maghraoui, principal research scientist at IBM, closed the session with a talk on efficient large language model (LLM) inference. Inference is the process of generating text, code or data from a prompt without changing the model's learned weights.

Princeton – October 13, 2026 -- EDDA Technology has been named to TIME's 2026 list of the World's Top HealthTech Companies for the second consecutive year, the surgical imaging and AI company announced.

Statista partnership ranks companies on three pillars

TIME developed the list with data and rankings provider Statista. The analysis targets health technology companies that use digital technologies to make healthcare more effective and accessible. Companies were evaluated on Financial Performance, Reputation Analysis and Online Engagement.

IQQA platform has supported more than 130,000 cases

EDDA's IQQA® platform delivers 3D analysis of CT and MR images for personalized surgical and interventional planning. It has been used in more than 130,000 cases worldwide. The platform supports transplantation, resection, interventional procedures and postoperative assessment through quantitative analysis and visualization.

Orange County – October 13, 2026 -- More than 465 County of Orange public sector workers, represented by Teamsters Local 952, have launched an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike after contract talks with the county failed.

Strike threatens services for more than 3 million Orange County residents

Local 952 members work in OC Public Works, OC Waste and Recycling, OC Community Resources and other county operations. The union expects the walkout to delay road and flood channel maintenance, landfill operations, and parks and beach maintenance. Repairs to county and first responder vehicles are also expected to slow.

More than three million Orange County residents depend on these services, according to the union.

Thousand Oaks – October 13, 2026 -- California Lutheran University's Center for Nonprofit Leadership will hold a three-hour virtual workshop on social media strategy for nonprofit growth on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, from 9 a.m. to noon, with support from the Santa Barbara Foundation.

Marketing Maven CEO Lindsey Carnett will lead the Zoom session

Carnett, founder and CEO of Marketing Maven, will teach "Strategic Social Media for Nonprofit Growth and Engagement." The session targets nonprofit leaders, communications and marketing staff, and board members. She has more than two decades of marketing and public relations experience, and her specialties include public relations, social media, reputation management, search engine optimization and digital advertising.

Carnett is a Cal Lutheran alumna and a faculty lecturer for the university's Center for Nonprofit Leadership.

Beijing – October 13, 2026 -- Likang Life Sciences, whose lead cancer vaccine candidate LK101 holds clinical trial authorization from China's NMPA (2023) and U.S. FDA IND clearance (2025), will sponsor and exhibit at the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit 2026 on October 20–22 at the ADNEC Centre.

Likang co-founder joins October 21 oncology panel

Shannon Cheung, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Likang, will speak on the panel "The Future of Cancer" on October 21. The session will cover precision oncology and the translation of innovative cancer treatments into clinical practice. It forms part of the summit's Abu Dhabi Blueprints series and will examine the roles of research, investment, policy, and international collaboration in getting new therapies to patients.

Tokyo – October 13, 2026 -- NTT DOCOMO, INC. and Boston-based Abside Networks, Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding on October 13, 2026, to jointly study high-altitude platform station (HAPS) communications and AI-driven network control for next-generation infrastructure.

Joint studies target wide-area, high-capacity HAPS connectivity

The two companies will examine wide-area, high-capacity and massive-connectivity communications via HAPS, along with network control and data utilization. The MOU covers joint technical study toward future collaboration. It does not specify financial terms, deployment timelines or commercial commitments.

High Point – October 13, 2026 -- S&H Rugs, a designer and wholesaler of hand-knotted rugs, has unveiled its Fall 2027 Collection at High Point Market (HPMKT) Fall 2026 in North Carolina, with all rugs shown on its website listed as in stock and ready to ship immediately.

S&H Rugs blends sustainable materials with traditional weaving in the new line

The collection combines sustainable materials with traditional weaving techniques. It uses organic textures and a palette of earth tones. The company says each piece is designed for modern living spaces.

Senior partner Ori Wilbush said the line aims to connect buyers to nature through touch and color.