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The physical exam splits into parts, and each goes remote at its own pace

Physicians at Amwell, Ardexia and OU-Tulsa map which parts of the exam work over video, which need home devices, and which still need hands.

Software & Technology

UKG's new frontline AI aims to catch payroll problems before payday

UKG announced new AI capabilities to spot staffing gaps, speed frontline self-service, and flag payroll issues before payday.

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Extended-stay manager Sandpiper adds Hampton Inn and three more brands in 90 days

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Extended-stay manager Sandpiper adds Hampton Inn and three more brands in 90 days

Engineering & Construction

Procore's AI Go app lets jobsite crews ask their project data out loud

Healthcare

The physical exam splits into parts, and each goes remote at its own pace

Software & Technology

UKG's new frontline AI aims to catch payroll problems before payday

Energy

Communication drives 54% of customer satisfaction during power outages

Transportation

Warehouse space shrank in September at one of the fastest rates in LMI history

Professional AV

Media Links gear carried All-Asia Games venue feeds to one broadcast hub

Professional AV

Room displays are now judged on management and platform fit, not just screen size

Transportation

Tesla and SpaceX now have committees weighing a merger

Transportation

BeyondTrucks makes AI and human dispatch picks pass a fleet's rules first

Sciences

Chalmers' AI scientist turned 60,000 yeast records into nearly 2,000 testable ideas

Healthcare

TotalCare's monthly mock codes paid off in a real code blue

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Amazon

Amazon's expert content for enterprise technology and commerce buyers.

Enterprise buyers evaluating AWS, fulfillment, advertising solutions
Cloud infrastructure, logistics, retail tech operational principles
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GE HealthCare

Precision care tools built for clinicians and health systems.

AI-powered diagnostic imaging solutions for clinical decision-makers
Hardware, software, and analytics driving cardiology, oncology, radiology
Healthcare technology evaluation content for hospital operations leaders

Intel

Silicon and AI platforms powering enterprise and edge compute.

Enterprise buyers seeking AI acceleration and edge computing infrastructure
Industry-specific silicon optimization for healthcare, retail, manufacturing sectors
Workload performance tuning across data centers, servers, connected devices

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Hepalink's FOYA-winning syringe plant inspects 24,000 units an hour

Hepalink's Pingshan plant pairs sub-10 ms 5G, zero-touch AGVs and AI inspection to fill 330 million enoxaparin syringes a year on a land-scarce Shenzhen site.

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Energy

Communication drives 54% of customer satisfaction during power outages

The data behind a useful outage text already sits in the OMS and smart meters. AI agents can carry it to every affected customer during a storm.

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Warehouse space shrank in September at one of the fastest rates in LMI history

In the September LMI, inventories rose to 58.9 while warehousing capacity fell 14.2 points to 39.3 and transportation capacity slipped to 34.4.

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Media Links gear carried All-Asia Games venue feeds over IP to one broadcast hub

Professional AV

Media Links gear carried All-Asia Games venue feeds to one broadcast hub

MDP3020 gateways at the venues, JPEG-XS on the wire, Xscend at the hub: how live video moved at the All-Asia Games 2026.

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Professional AV

Room displays are now judged on management and platform fit, not just screen size

Room displays are increasingly evaluated like managed IT fleets, with centralized management and platform integration rising on the spec sheet.

Tesla and SpaceX now have committees weighing a merger

Elon Musk said on Tuesday's SpaceX earnings call that both boards have formed special committees of independent directors to weigh combining the companies. Nothing is agreed. Tesla reports Wednesday,…

Across Industries

BeyondTrucks makes AI and human dispatch picks pass a fleet's rules first

BeyondTrucks' new Compatibility Engine checks driver, tractor and trailer assignments against company-specific requirements before loads are dispatched.

Healthcare staff judge leadership values by decisions, not statements

Healthcare organizations spend a lot of time describing their values. Employees spend their working lives finding out whether those values hold up.

Retail

Retail security tech that only counts catches quietly erodes shopper trust

Retail security technology usually gets judged on what it catches: the theft flagged, the incident recorded, the loss prevented. One security integrator who works on AI-enabled store systems says that…

TotalCare's mock codes prove life-saving effectiveness, says Cureus study

The Early Scale: What mock codes can—and cannot—prove

TotalCare’s training account raises an evidence question. Plus: Suki funding and the distinction between manufacturing and total industrial capacity.

Sciences

Chalmers' AI scientist turned 60,000 yeast records into nearly 2,000 testable ideas

Eve, a robot scientist at Chalmers, generated hypotheses, designed yeast experiments and revised its own ideas. Lab data readiness is the real test.

TotalCare's monthly mock codes paid off in a real code blue

TotalCare drills a mock code at every Metroplex ER each month and is pursuing ANCC accreditation so its in-house classes count toward nursing licenses.

Industrial IoT

A 3.5% utilities jump led September's rise in US industrial output

Utilities output jumped 3.5% in September while factories added 0.3%. Factory output is still below its 2017 level, and plants run at 75.9% of capacity.

Food & Beverage

Sbarro to deploy NCR Voyix's Aloha Next and Voyix Pay across nearly 300 US locations

Sbarro will deploy NCR Voyix's Aloha Next POS and Voyix Pay across nearly 300 corporate and franchise US locations under a multi-year agreement.

Fierce Healthcare reports Vecna automates CMS enrollment tasks

The Early Scale: Suki’s expansion puts workflow proof in focus

Suki raised $90 million for AI development, commercial expansion and partnerships. Buyers still need evidence that tools fit the work people actually do.

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Philips Professional Display Solutions

Commercial displays and digital signage built for business environments.

Commercial display hardware selection for retail, corporate, hospitality buyers
AV integrators and IT managers learn deployment best practices
Match display technology to specific business application requirements

Mitsubishi Power

Power generation equipment and decarbonization solutions for utilities and industry.

Gas turbines, hydrogen systems, storage solutions for utility decarbonization
Energy procurement and operations executives navigating fossil fuel transition
Grid reliability, hydrogen adoption, and zero-carbon infrastructure strategies

Safran

Assured positioning and timing for defense and critical infrastructure.

GPS-independent timing solutions for mission-critical defense and aerospace
Technical expertise in PNT resilience for contested, signal-denied environments
Infrastructure synchronization when positioning reliability is non-negotiable

Vecna Robotics

Autonomous mobile robots for warehouse and logistics automation

Autonomous robots integrate seamlessly into existing warehouse infrastructure
Pivotal software orchestrates material handling across multiple robot types
Self-driving equipment cuts labor costs while proving measurable ROI

Deep Dives

Hospitality

An open-source hotel PMS connector keeps AI booking changes off by default

Miquel Gelabert Cifre's open-source MCP server gives AI assistants nine read tools on a hotel PMS and keeps reservation changes behind two locks.

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The Early Scale: Suki’s $90M round and the work AI agents leave unfinished

Suki raised $90 million for AI development, commercial expansion and partnerships. Buyers still need evidence that tools fit the work people actually do.

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The Early Scale: Vecna Automates Tasks As CMS Tightens Enrollment Checks

Automation is reshaping industries, from logistics robots to CMS enrollment checks. See how AI, modular construction, and messaging tools help businesses adapt.

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Barcelona metro fits 770 new screens on existing mounts

Barcelona metro installs 770 units, prioritizing old mounts

Barcelona Metro’s 770-unit refresh prioritized reusing mounts, with overnight swaps when the metro was not in service.

Food & Beverage

Food manufacturers are upgrading existing plants instead of building new ones

Food manufacturers are prioritizing equipment upgrades, line expansions and targeted modernization over new facility construction amid economic uncertainty.

Engineering & Construction

Facing a 500,000-worker gap, a builder makes the case for modular chip and battery plants

Matt Willson makes the case for modular chip plants

Holland Construction’s Matt Willson argues for modular chip and battery plants. ABC’s updated 2026 workforce estimate is 349,000 net new workers.

Industry Spotlight

Why young children die from local anesthetic overdoses in dental offices

Two dentist anesthesiologists trace how adult doses, plain mepivacaine and four quadrants at once can trigger LAST in young dental patients.

Food & Beverage

Why Texas keeps calling a klobasnek a kolache

A Middleby chef bakes klobasnek and kolache side by side to show why the sausage pastry Texas calls a kolache has its own name.

Marketing Tech

Google's AI Overviews roughly tripled on brand-name searches in September

AI Overviews on brand-name Google searches roughly tripled in September 2026, according to DemandSphere data.

Marketing Tech

Is ChatGPT leaving your brand off the shortlist? LLM Pulse founder Esteve Castells on how to win at GEO

LLM Pulse founder Esteve Castells explains how generative engine optimization works, why 96% of what AI reads comes from third-party sources, and the four steps B2B marketers should take to get cited…

Industrial IoT

Rugged computers grow 5.8% a year, slower than the industrial IoT around them

IndexBox puts rugged computers at $6.8B in 2026, reaching $11.3B by 2035. Industrial IoT forecasts grow faster, and that gap shapes the next device spec.

Software & Technology

Meta's enterprise AI pitch is strongest inside WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger

Meta's new enterprise platform starts with four products. Its real edge is customer chat, which is where CIOs should test it first.