Digital Transformation

Scottsdale – September 20, 2026 -- equipifi, a Buy Now, Pay Later infrastructure provider for banks and credit unions, was named a Best of Show winner at FinovateFall 2026, standing out among eight winners selected from 72 companies that demoed live on stage.

Finovate audience votes equipifi among eight standout demos from 72 fintechs

The award was determined by a vote of banking executives, investors, and industry press attending the event. equipifi founder and CEO Bryce Deeney presented the demo, walking through how account holders discover personalized purchasing power, shop, and complete payments entirely within their bank's digital app.

Arlington, Va. – September 20, 2026 -- Visual Studio IntelliCode leads the 2026 AI Code Generation Emotional Footprint Report from Info-Tech Research Group with a Net Emotional Footprint (NEF) score of +95, the highest among six vendors recognized for user trust and satisfaction in the category.

Six vendors earn Champion status based on verified user feedback

Info-Tech Research Group, drawing on data from its SoftwareReviews platform, ranked GitHub Platform second at +94 NEF for efficient performance, tied with Amazon Q Developer, which scored +94 NEF for unique features. ChatGPT and Bito AI each posted +93 NEF, recognized respectively for continually improving features and caring customer service. Replit AI rounded out the list at +92 NEF for reliable performance.

New York and Brussels – September 20, 2026 -- Nearly nine in ten enterprise decision-makers (87%) say their teams routinely burn hours re-verifying that context fed to autonomous AI agents remains accurate, according to a Harris Poll survey of 306 U.S. data, privacy, and AI decision-makers commissioned by Collibra. The report, titled The 2026 Hallucination Tax Report, found that 76% of organizations have hit critical roadblocks trying to move AI agents from pilot programs into full production over the past 12 months.

Sheridan, Wyo. – September 19, 2026 -- The global diagnostic imaging market will expand from $26.5 billion in 2026 to $33.2 billion by 2031, a 4.6% compound annual growth rate, according to a new study by Wissen Research.

AI moves inside the scanner, cutting exam times sharply

Deep learning reconstruction algorithms are now embedded directly into image acquisition pipelines rather than applied after scanning. GE HealthCare's Sonic DL sequence allows complex multi-sequence brain and joint MRI protocols to complete in under 15 minutes, letting hospitals raise per-scanner throughput without new capital equipment. Radiology remains the top specialty for AI device clearances, with more than 1,100 cleared by the U.S. FDA to date.

Québec City – September 19, 2026 -- Linearis Labs has secured funding for two projects under the Terry Fox Research Institute's (TFRI) Digital Health Innovation Fund, part of a combined $40.9 million investment spread across 14 pan-Canadian project teams and 55 partners.

TFRI backs 14 projects with $40.9 million to advance AI-driven precision medicine

The funding, distributed through TFRI's Digital Health & Discovery Platform (DHDP), targets AI-driven health data sharing for precision medicine nationwide. TFRI President and Scientific Director Dr. Jim Woodgett said the initiative reflects research and enterprise coming together to drive innovation.

Reston, Va. – September 19, 2026 -- The U.S. Department of the Navy has awarded Leidos $926 million for the second option year of its Next Generation Enterprise Network Service Management, Integration and Transport contract, correcting an earlier figure of $875 million issued in a prior release.

Leidos secures $926 million to manage networks for 650,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel

Under the award, Leidos will continue managing more than 425,000 devices across over 2,500 sites worldwide, supporting user access, IT operations and transformation activities on the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), the Outside the Continental United States Navy Enterprise Network (ONE-Net) and the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN).

New York – September 19, 2026 -- Medisights, an AI-native platform for life sciences, has completed a study showing purpose-built AI agents can compress months of qualitative physician research into days while tracking the fast-shifting multiple myeloma treatment landscape.

AI moderators sustain 45-to-60-minute physician interviews to map CAR-T referral logic

Medisights' clinical-grade AI conducted adaptive, humanized conversations with specialists, with interviews routinely running 45 to 60 minutes -- longer engagement than traditional researchers typically secure with physicians. The extended dialogue captured prescribing rationale and geographic variation in CAR-T referral pathways for multiple myeloma, a disease marked by rapidly evolving treatment practices.

Langhorne, Pennsylvania – – September 19, 2026 -- TEN Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: XHLD) has authorized a new $2.0 million share repurchase program running through December 31, 2026, while simultaneously approving a strategic technology and engineering relationship with GLSoft Corp. The dual moves mark a shift in capital strategy for the virtual-events technology company, which operates its platform through subsidiary Ten Events, Inc.

Vancouver – September 19, 2026 -- APPLY, the Agentic Customer Experience (ACx) firm backed by Interlock Equity, has appointed Adam Steingart as Global General Manager, Entertainment, tasking him with building out the company's sports, media and live-experience practice.

Steingart exits GameSquare to lead APPLY's entertainment strategy

Steingart joins from GameSquare Holdings, where he served as Head of Commercial Strategy and Business Development, unifying go-to-market strategy across the company's creator, media, content, experiential and esports units. He will now direct APPLY's global entertainment practice, expanding its ACx capabilities across sports, media, the creator economy and live experiences, and working to convert client content and data into commercial outcomes.

Las Vegas – – September 19, 2026 -- Endra unveiled Endra Power Studio, the first agentic AI platform purpose-built for electrical engineering, and simultaneously acquired Swiss AI firm Planlabs to bring mechanical engineering capabilities in-house.

Power Studio compresses a two-month electrical design job into under a day

The platform runs electrical design end-to-end: engineers load a building model, set requirements, and instruct agents to execute the design while signing off at each stage. Endra says a code-compliant electrical design for a 500,000 square foot commercial building, traditionally a two-month process, can now be completed in less than a day.