Partnership

Albany – October 14, 2026 -- IBM and Siemens have launched a joint research program to prepare IBM's nanostack transistor architecture, which packs nearly 100 billion transistors into a space the size of a fingernail at the 7 angstrom node, for volume manufacturing.

Nanostack stacks and staggers transistors in three dimensions

IBM describes nanostack as the industry's first known three-dimensional, nanosheet-based design. It vertically stacks and staggers transistors to raise density. The architecture also allows different material combinations in each stacked layer, so each transistor's performance and power efficiency can be optimized independently of the other.

IBM credits the design with substantial gains in energy efficiency, performance and SRAM scaling. It unveiled the architecture earlier this year and has demonstrated that it is viable.

Richardson, Texas – October 14, 2026 -- Lennox (NYSE: LII) will integrate Everyday Electric's savings features into its smart thermostats, giving more than 1 million installed units access to automated demand-response adjustments once the rollout starts in 2027.

Everyday Electric, formerly Renew Home, operates what it describes as the largest residential virtual power plant (VPP) in the U.S. The partnership links that network to Lennox's connected HVAC base. New smart thermostat buyers will also be eligible.

Thermostat adjustments target high-price and high-demand periods

Eligible customers can switch on features that make subtle, personalized temperature adjustments when energy prices or demand are high. The aim is to cut heating and cooling costs while keeping households comfortable. Customers can also earn utility rewards where available.

Oxford – October 14, 2026 -- Brainomix has partnered with the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) to test how patients and caregivers respond when its FDA-cleared, CE-marked e-Lung quantitative CT analysis is built into clinicians' assessment workflow for pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and other fibrotic interstitial lung diseases (ILD).

Patient research targets how CT metrics shape treatment conversations

The multi-phase initiative will examine how objective quantitative CT metrics could improve clinicians' understanding of disease change over time. It will also assess how patients experience and understand those insights.

Peachtree Corners – October 14, 2026 -- Mighty Distributing will add McDonald Automotive, a 13-dealership group in the Denver area, as its 29th franchise integrated with a multi-location dealership group.

The new unit will operate as Coxall, LLC dba McDonald Mighty. It will use existing warehouse facilities at the group's Audi dealership in Parker, Colorado.

McDonald Automotive brings nine brands to the Mighty system

McDonald Automotive's 13 dealerships cover Audi, Genesis, Hyundai, Mazda, Nissan, Polestar, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo. The group plans to apply the Mighty internal distribution model to improve operational efficiency, tighten supply-chain control and create an additional profit center.

Kyiv – October 14, 2026 -- DoGo Power plans to deploy more than 200 smart grid-forming energy storage systems (ESS) across research bases and experimental farms of Ukraine's Institute of Horticulture of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences (IH NAAS), one of three cooperation agreements it reached at EcoEnergy Expo 2026.

Ukraine's 2030 storage target drives demand

Ukraine has set an official target of 1.5 to 2 GW of installed energy storage capacity by 2030. The country's agricultural supply chain is increasingly dependent on stable electricity and distributed energy resources, according to the company. That dependence is raising demand for storage integrated with agricultural production and research.

Talladega, Alabama – October 14, 2026 -- Eggs Up Grill, which describes itself as the largest and fastest-growing daytime restaurant franchise in the U.S., has tied its Alabama expansion push to NASCAR's Yellawood 500, with more than 200 restaurants open and in development.

The partnership covers race weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, October 23-25. The brand will appear on driver Cole Custer's No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet Camaro, sponsored by Sysco, during Sunday's premier race.

Franchisee base leans toward multi-unit ownership

More than 60% of Eggs Up Grill franchise owners operate or are developing multiple locations. The company says it sees significant whitespace for expansion across Alabama and nationwide, and it is actively recruiting qualified franchisees for new communities.

The company says its simplified restaurant format and daytime-only operations continue to appeal to franchise groups seeking scalable concepts.

Chicago – October 14, 2026 -- Bruce ATS has raised its share of reported overnight U.S. equities notional across the three leading alternative trading systems from 9.7% in Q1 2026 to over 20% in Q4 to date, and compliance and trade analytics provider S3 has now connected to its market data feed.

Bruce Markets, which operates the overnight venue, said the integration gives S3 clients a more comprehensive view of overnight U.S. equity prices and liquidity. Bruce Markets also said the feed helps clients prepare for potential regulatory expectations around off-hours trading.

Bruce ATS volume grew 144% in Q2 2026, outpacing the overnight market

According to the Bruce Q2 Overnight Market Review, activity across the three leading overnight ATSs reached 11.14 billion shares and $391.2 billion in notional value in Q2 2026. That was up 34% and 59% from Q1, respectively.

Vancouver – October 14, 2026 -- TELUS Digital has signed on as an implementation partner for Parloa, the Germany-founded agentic customer experience (CX) platform, giving its 83,000+ team members across 35+ countries a new AI agent offering for enterprise clients.

Under the arrangement, TELUS Digital will introduce prospective and current clients to Parloa's AI agent platform and help put it into production at scale. Enterprises can contract directly with Parloa for the platform, and separately engage TELUS Digital for implementation, integration, change management, managed services and other professional services.

McLean – October 14, 2026 -- Altair Semiconductor is integrating Iridium NTN Direct into its ALT1350 and next-generation ALT1550 IoT chipset platforms, so device makers can add satellite connectivity without a separate satellite modem, Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) announced.

Single chipset combines terrestrial cellular and Iridium satellite links

Device manufacturers, module makers and mobile network operators (MNOs) get terrestrial cellular IoT and Iridium satellite connectivity on one chip. Iridium NTN Direct is a 3GPP standards-based non-terrestrial network (NTN) service. It runs on Iridium's low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation and globally coordinated L-band spectrum, and supports NB-IoT and direct-to-device (D2D) applications on compatible chipsets.

Belfast – October 14, 2026 -- Cumulus Neuroscience and Transpharmation Ltd. have formed a strategic partnership to align EEG and behavioral endpoints from preclinical models through first-in-human trials, targeting a therapeutic area where an estimated 6.7% of candidates progress from nonclinical development to FDA approval (Sertkaya et al., JAMA Netw Open, 2024).

Partners target the measurement break between animal studies and Phase 1

The two companies will jointly advise biopharma sponsors preparing for first-in-human studies. They will recommend which EEG paradigms to run preclinically based on how the same measures will be captured in the clinic. Each company will no longer scope its portion of a programme in isolation.