Product Launch

San Francisco – October 29, 2026 -- CodeSignal has made Agentic Skills Intelligence generally available. The platform scores employee proficiency from work done in systems such as Salesforce, GitHub and Workday, rather than from keyword scraping or self-ratings.

Specialized agents score live work against psychology-based rubrics

The agents evaluate output from tools including Gong, Salesforce, GitHub, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, Workday, Greenhouse and Google Workspace. They score it against structured rubrics grounded in industrial-organizational psychology, the method behind more than 21 million skill evaluations completed on CodeSignal. Each employee gets a profile that is continuously updated from real work, replacing performance reviews, self-ratings and course completions as the source of record.

London – October 29, 2026 -- Genefluence has begun using its near-patient PCR platform to screen for urinary tract infections (UTIs) at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, returning results in around one hour compared with the days typically needed for laboratory urine culture.

Test detects bacteria and resistance genes in a single run

The lab-free test identifies UTI-causing bacteria and specific antibiotic resistance genes. Clinicians can prescribe a targeted antibiotic immediately rather than start broad-spectrum drugs on a trial-and-error basis. Genefluence says this helps prevent deterioration that can lead to sepsis and further hospital admission, and reduces the risk of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Rockville – October 29, 2026 -- Ceva (NASDAQ: CEVA) has unveiled a next-generation NeuPro NPU portfolio that delivers up to 2X higher AI throughput per mm2 and 50% better energy efficiency than the first generation, and extends the company's neural processing IP into cloud and data center silicon for the first time.

Four NPUs share one architecture and one SDK

The portfolio comprises NeuPro Nano, Prime, Max and Ultra, all built on a common core architecture and a single unified software development kit. Chip designers can move between cores as requirements change, or combine several within one SoC and assign each workload to the best-suited engine. Ceva says this preserves software investment across product generations.

REDMOND – October 29, 2026 -- Halfpricesoft.com is offering its 2026 + 2027 ezAccounting bundle at $319, down from the regular $418, as small businesses face the Monday, November 2, 2026 deadline for electronic filing of third-quarter IRS Form 941.

Desktop software transmits Form 941 filings electronically to federal servers

ezAccounting lets users file quarterly tax documents electronically from the desktop, replacing paper mailing. The company says the software links those filings to daily operations such as client invoicing and vendor orders. A streamlined e941 add-on comes with an ezAccounting purchase.

The software also generates Forms W-2, W-3, 940, 943 and 941. Halfpricesoft says it updates automatically to match changes in federal and state tax codes.

SEOUL – October 29, 2026 -- Korean biotechnology company CELSET INC. has launched SOLTOX, a botulinum toxin type A brand, in 100 Unit and 200 Unit formulations for international medical aesthetics markets.

SOLTOX combines a 900 kDa complex with a freeze-dried dosage form

The product is built on three technical characteristics: a 900 kDa toxin complex, a lyophilized powder format and an advanced purification process. The powder is reconstituted before administration by qualified medical professionals, in line with product labeling and local requirements.

CELSET states that the 900 kDa figure describes the molecular size of the toxin protein complex, including associated proteins. The company says it does not establish a claim of superior clinical duration or efficacy.

Amsterdam – October 29, 2026 -- OLX Group has launched two AI tools, Agentic Selling and DealFinder, taking its live agentic solutions to 14 across 16 marketplaces, as its own surveys show that only 5% of home seekers would trust an AI valuation over a human agent's estimate.

The classifieds operator, which carries nearly 60 million daily listings across 11 brands in seven markets, presented both tools at its CLAIM Online 2026 summit on 27 October. It also runs 86 live machine learning use cases and 28 live generative AI use cases.

Agentic Selling reaches 20% of private sellers on Otodom

Agentic Selling is live for 20% of private sellers on Otodom in Poland. It guides property owners from valuation through to posting. OLX says the tool provides data-backed pricing guidance and listing drafts, while final pricing and disclosure decisions stay with the seller.

HSINCHU – October 29, 2026 -- oToBrite Electronics will present an IP69K-rated 3D stereo vision camera module with sub-microsecond (1 μs) synchronization of 3MP global shutter sensors at ROBOTWORLD 2026 in South Korea, targeting humanoid robots, quadruped robots and unmanned vehicles.

indie ISP drives left-right exposure sync in the stereo module

The module was co-developed with indie and incorporates indie's iND880 image signal processor. It synchronizes exposures between the left and right cameras and keeps image quality consistent for depth perception in dynamic outdoor environments. Built-in image quality tuning and the oToVision SDK complete the package.

Two baseline options are available. The 60 mm version is designed for humanoid robots and robotic arms. The 120 mm version delivers depth perception at distances of up to 20 meters for outdoor autonomous robots and unmanned vehicles.

Melbourne – October 29, 2026 -- Envision Energy has unveiled an AI-powered hybrid energy system for mining and smelting that targets about 20% lower overall energy costs, a renewable electricity share above 80% and supply reliability exceeding 99.95%. The company presented the system at All Energy Australia. Results depend on local resources, system configuration and production requirements.

System couples wind, solar and storage with AI dispatch for remote sites

The package combines wind, solar, battery storage, and gas turbines intended to run on green hydrogen or green ammonia. An integrated dispatch and control system ties these together. Envision aims it at remote mining sites with weak or no grid connections, where affordable and reliable green power is hardest to secure.

ATSUGI – October 29, 2026 -- Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation announced the LYTIA 720, an approximately 50-effective-megapixel CMOS image sensor for mobile devices that cuts random noise in dark environments by about 50% compared with a conventional product.

LYTIA 720 targets smartphone main cameras in a 1/1.56-type format

The sensor is designed for the main camera of mobile devices. It inherits technologies developed for Sony's LYTIA high-end series. Sony chose the 1/1.56-type size because it is widely adopted in the smartphone market, and says the aim is to bring high-quality imaging to more users.

Wilmington – October 29, 2026 -- LabWare and Phizzle have made LabWare Loop available by request to LabWare customers, with commercial availability planned for early 2027. The vendor-agnostic tool moves results from legacy and modern instruments directly into LabWare sample result records, replacing manual data handling with a verified chain of custody.

The workflow follows each GxP sample from sampling plan to result in a single auditable digital process. It supports 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11 and ALCOA+ data integrity principles.