IT, AI & Telecommunications

Ulanqab – – November 02, 2026 -- Envision has put the world's first commercial integrated 800V DC power system into service at a large-scale AI data center, powering live computing workloads at its Galaxy campus in Ulanqab, China. The system delivers power end to end, from medium-voltage AC grid input to the server rack.

Envision's system combines solid-state transformers, batteries and AI controls

The deployment integrates solid-state transformers (SST), battery energy storage (BESS) and equipment that adjusts DC voltage for computing hardware. Envision's Dubhe Controller, supported by the Dubhe Energy Foundation Model, coordinates transformers and batteries in real time to match supply with computing demand and absorb sudden load swings.

STOCKHOLM – – November 02, 2026 -- Ericsson's treasury holding stands at 130,915,894 Class B shares after the company repurchased more of its own stock between October 26 and October 30, 2026.

Buyback program runs to March 2027 with a SEK 15 billion ceiling

The purchases are part of a program of up to SEK 15,000,000,000 that Ericsson announced on April 16, 2026. The program runs from April 23, 2026, and ends no later than March 31, 2027.

Board plans to propose cancelling repurchased shares at the 2027 AGM

The Board of Directors intends to ask the 2027 Annual General Meeting to cancel the repurchased shares. Shares used to fulfil obligations under Ericsson's share-related incentive programs are excluded from the proposed cancellation.

Düsseldorf – November 02, 2026 -- Ericsson will begin commercial pilots of its new Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) system with selected customers in 2027, with broader deployments from 2028. The system adds sensing functions to existing 5G networks so they can detect and track low-flying drones, including ones not connected to the network.

The rollout is phased. The 2027 pilots will be smaller and focus purely on sensing. Integrated communication functions are to follow as the solution evolves toward 6G. Target customers are operators of critical infrastructure and players in defense and public safety.

Hamburg – November 02, 2026 -- Two-thirds of companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland move fewer than a quarter of their AI pilot projects into regular operations, according to a study by Lünendonk & Hossenfelder in cooperation with Sopra Steria. Only 1% have integrated AI agents across more than one core business process.

Sopra Steria concludes that strict internal governance, data quality and compliance structures, often seen as brakes on innovation, are what allow AI agents to scale.

Only 19% run AI agents productively in individual task areas

Of the 141 companies that answered the question, 66% bring fewer than 25% of AI pilots into production. Some 58% still test AI agents in pilot projects and 18% are exploring the technology. Another 19% use agents productively in individual task areas, 1% run them across several central business processes, and 4% have not addressed the topic.

BOSTON – November 02, 2026 -- Black Kite says its new CrowdStrike integration cuts third-party incident response times by 5x by moving vendor risk intelligence natively into Falcon Next-Gen SIEM.

The integration correlates external vendor risk signals with internal telemetry on the platform security operations centers (SOCs) already use. Black Kite says SOC teams handle tens of thousands of inbound signals daily but cannot detect third-party ransomware risk in real time or act on vendor incidents within existing workflows.

Black Kite scores and ratings land inside the SIEM

Analysts get Black Kite's Ransomware Susceptibility Index (RSI) scores, FocusTags and aggregated vendor cyber ratings across technical, financial and compliance dimensions. Joint customers also see data breach indicators and FAIR-based financial risk in a single view of aggregate third-party exposure.

CHICAGO – November 02, 2026 -- Keeper Security won seven honors in Cyber Defense Magazine's 2026 Top InfoSec Innovators Awards. They cover government security, AI agent identity, privileged access management (PAM) and quantum-resilient encryption, and three go to its top executives.

Three executives and four product categories take awards

The product awards are Next-Gen Cybersecurity for the Government, Most Innovative Identity Management for AI Agents, Hot Company Privileged Access Management and Pioneering Quantum Resilient Encryption. CEO and co-founder Darren Guccione won Pioneering Cybersecurity Visionary. CTO and co-founder Craig Lurey won Trailblazing Chief Technology Officer. CISO Shane Barney won Trailblazing Chief Information Security Officer.

CHICAGO – November 02, 2026 -- McKay Brothers has purchased Relativity Networks' ChronoCore anti-resonant hollow-core fiber for commercial deployment in its New Jersey networks, starting a partnership to link key financial market venues and data center projects.

McKay offers dedicated fiber IRUs and 10 to 400 Gbps services

McKay will sell long-term indefeasible rights of use (IRUs) on dedicated hollow-core fiber pairs. It will also offer traditional connectivity services from 10 Gbps to 400 Gbps. The initial focus is New Jersey, with expansion into other markets planned.

The network design includes branches for high-capacity, low-latency links to data center projects near key financial corridors, where customers are building AI inference and training infrastructure.

SAN FRANCISCO – – November 02, 2026 -- Q-Ball Intelligence has launched as an AI-native Predictive Intelligence venture, citing a Q-Ball-informed investment portfolio that returned a cumulative 235.19% between 17 February 2016 and 17 February 2025.

Over the same period, the OMX Stockholm All-Share Gross Index (OMXSGI) returned 129.86% and the OMX Stockholm 30 Index (OMXS30) returned 106.55%. That is outperformance of 105.33 and 128.64 percentage points respectively, based on Avanza benchmark data. The company says the record comes from an actual investment portfolio, not a simulated backtest.

Research dating to 2007 underpins the new platform

The methodology was developed under Assistant Professor Peter Majanen, who is Founder and Chief Predictive Intelligence Architect. Its research began in 2007. The company now plans to turn it into a scalable technology platform for international markets.

MOUNTAIN VIEW – November 02, 2026 -- Google, Plume, TrendAI, Lumen, HUMAN Security, Synthient and Japan's National Police Agency have taken down X.CPE, a botnet hidden in more than 1.3 million TV set-top boxes across more than 200 countries. Google assesses that disrupting the botnet's command-and-control domains will also cut off access to at least 10 million additional compromised devices.

Malware shipped inside firmware before devices reached subscribers

X.CPE was embedded in device firmware before the set-top boxes were sold. Unlike threats that rely on a user opening an attachment or installing an app, it arrived as part of the device. Subscribers received no consent request, notification or opt-out option.

The malware was built to evade pre-release security checks. Google has since updated its review process and banned the responsible OEM, along with any future subsidiaries or affiliates, from making devices with preloaded Google apps.

Sterling, Virginia – November 02, 2026 -- REI Systems has activated its Category B contract (80TECH-26-D0403) under NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) VI Governmentwide Acquisition Contract, giving the employee-owned firm access to a vehicle with a $20 billion ceiling per contract.

SEWP VI opens a 10-year ordering window on November 1, 2026

NASA awarded REI the contract in June 2026. The ordering period runs 10 years from November 1, 2026, split into a five-year base and a five-year option. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity vehicle is designed to streamline federal purchasing of advanced technology solutions and services. REI can now compete for enterprise-wide IT opportunities across federal agencies.