Product Launch

BOSTON – – November 05, 2026 -- Northrop Grumman says Flexcompute's new Physics Twin for Space Plume Impingement has the potential to speed up plume analysis by about 200X compared with Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC), the established method for rarefied plume flows. Flexcompute, an AI lab building a Physics World Model, has made the tool available now.

Tool targets thruster exhaust effects during close-range maneuvers

Plume impingement occurs when thruster exhaust strikes a nearby vehicle. It can push or heat the vehicle, set it tumbling, erode its surfaces or contaminate its sensors. The risk is highest during rendezvous and proximity operations, where one thruster firing can affect another spacecraft. Refueling, servicing and autonomous docking are expanding the number of such missions.

DALLAS – November 05, 2026 -- Texas Instruments (Nasdaq: TXN) has introduced a system-on-module that lets engineers switch between EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP and Profinet through a firmware update, alongside a dual-channel IO-Link master aimed at sensor-to-network integration in factory automation, robotics and Industrial IoT systems.

TICS100MOD runs three Industrial Ethernet protocols on one board

The TICS100MOD is built on TI's AM2612 microcontroller and DP83826AI Ethernet physical layer. TI describes it as the industry's smallest fully featured, certified communications SoM. Engineers select the protocol at boot time via firmware, so a single hardware design can serve different customer or regional requirements without a redesign.

The module integrates two Arm Cortex-R5F cores and external memory. TI says this is enough compute for fully featured protocol stacks and advanced factory automation applications.

Amsterdam – November 05, 2026 -- Pudu Robotics' European revenue has grown by an average of more than 60% annually over the past two years, the company said at its first European Partner Summit, where it presented a six-line product portfolio for the first time.

Pudu bets on one shared AI architecture across six robot lines

Under its "One Brain, Multiple Embodiments" strategy, Pudu is building a common technology base for service, cleaning, industrial, embodied AI, commercial mowing and home lawn care robots. The architecture rests on PuduFM, an embodied foundation model, and PuduAgent OS, an embodied AI agent platform. Both let AI capabilities, software modules and skills be reused across robot types, while hardware and motion control stay tuned to specific tasks.

VADUZ – November 05, 2026 -- Implantica AG has completed the first commercial U.S. procedures with its RefluxStop implant at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, opening a market where gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) affects 78 million Americans, according to the company.

Keck School surgeon performs first RefluxStop implants in the U.S.

Dr. John Lipham, Chief of the Division of Upper GI and General Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and co-founder of the American Foregut Society, performed the procedures. He reported that the patients are doing well and that he plans to offer the treatment to many more.

RefluxStop is FDA-approved and CE-marked. It aims to restore the body's natural anti-reflux barrier rather than encircle the esophagus, as conventional anti-reflux surgery does.

New York – November 05, 2026 -- Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) has launched an integrated agentic modernization solution with Amazon Web Services (AWS), combining its Kyndryl Agentic Modernization services-as-software with AWS Transform. The companies aim to help customers modernize applications faster, cut transformation risk and build AI-ready technology foundations.

Kyndryl survey finds nearly 50% of organizations are behind on modernization

Kyndryl's first global modernization report found that nearly 50% of respondents are behind schedule on their modernization goals. Among early adopters running agentic AI in production for modernization, 67% said they are ahead of or on track, against 51% of other organizations.

Berlin – November 05, 2026 -- POLITICO Deutschland and WELT will launch the joint politics podcast "Inside links" on November 5, 2026, extending the PREMIUM-GRUPPE's cross-brand political coverage to a third behind-the-scenes format. The launch coincides with the start of coalition talks between the SPD, the Greens and Die Linke in Berlin.

Two reporters alternate as hosts of 45-minute episodes

Politics reporters Philippa Vögeding and Gerrit Seebald will host in rotation. Each episode runs about 45 minutes and is also available as video on YouTube. The format covers the prospects of the potential Berlin coalition and the national debate over alliances on the left, which gained momentum after the state election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

CHARLOTTE – – November 05, 2026 -- Securly's AI Transparency tool gave 1,806 districts in 39 states visibility into more than 6.2 million student AI conversations between December 2025 and October 2026, as the K-12 safety vendor widened its controls over Google's AI-generated search content.

Securly's "Restrict AI Mode" setting in Securly Filter, which previously blocked only Google's AI Mode, now also blocks AI Overview. With the setting on, students see standard Google search results without AI-written summaries.

AI Overview closed a gap for districts that had already blocked AI tools

Google shows AI-generated content in two places. AI Mode is a chat-style search experience. AI Overview is a summary that appears automatically at the top of results on the All tab. Because AI Overview appears on ordinary searches, students in schools that block AI tools could still see AI-generated answers.

MIAMI – November 05, 2026 -- SensAI Veritas has launched SensAI Gateway and SensAI Helm, extending its Integrity Intelligence platform into real-time deception detection and risk assessment at security checkpoints using a single standard camera.

Together with the existing SensAI Interview product for investigative interviews, the two new modules link initial risk screening, in-depth integrity assessment and centralized command and control. Target applications are immigration and border control, prison visitation, airport personnel access, airline crew screening, critical infrastructure, secure facilities and workforce integrity.

TAIPEI – November 05, 2026 -- Taiwan-based GaNrich Semiconductor has built a gallium nitride (GaN) power device portfolio covering 40V to 1200V on both GaN-on-Si and GaN-on-Sapphire platforms. The company says it is currently the only GaN designer able to supply mass-production GaN product for customer validation in Taiwan.

GaNrich covers low-mid and high voltage ranges for AI data centers and EVs

The 40V-250V line targets applications where traditional silicon devices have reached their performance limits. GaNrich has completed development of 5x6, 5x3 and 3x3 packages that are compatible with existing standard silicon devices. It also integrates gate drivers into the same package to simplify circuit design.

WASHINGTON – November 05, 2026 -- GovSignals has launched the prototype demonstration platform for Project Roundtable, a Department of the Navy (DON) pilot that tests whether one centralized system can replace the Navy's scattered industry engagement channels.

GovSignals runs the pilot under a NIWC Pacific solicitation

The company is executing the effort under a Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific Commercial Solutions Opening, a rapid acquisition process. The pilot supports the DoW Acquisition Transformation Strategy and is meant to assist DON Portfolio Acquisition Executives while improving the experience of current and prospective vendors.