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• InfoComm Asia has released the 2026 Asia-Pacific Pro AV Market Playbook, a strategic guide detailing the technologies and opportunities shaping the region's digital future. • The playbook provides a comprehensive country-by-country analysis of key Southeast Asian markets, including Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. • This resource is critical for Pro AV solution providers as it highlights specific digital transformation priorities and technology investment trends across emerging growth economies.

• Welsh singer Duffy has been seen in public for the first time in 16 years after disappearing from the spotlight in 2010. • The singer, born Amy Duffy, was spotted visiting a café in her hometown of Nefyn, marking her first appearance since her hiatus. • This public sighting follows her recent revelations regarding a traumatic ordeal involving kidnapping and rape.

Bill Ritter, anchor on WABC since 2001, said he’s stepping down but will continue to report on the diseaseA longtime New York City television news anchor has announced his sudden retirement from the airwaves after revealing that he has the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.Bill Ritter, a veteran of ABC New York station WABC, has presented the main evening news in New York since 2001 and become a familiar face to millions of its residents. Continue reading...

• ScienceAlert explored the gap between sensational headlines and the actual consensus among scientists regarding the discovery of alien life. • The discussion was prompted by NASA Administrator Sean Duffy's claim that a sample from the "Cheyava Falls" rock on Mars is the closest evidence of life found to date. • The article highlights a systemic issue where media coverage often relies on a few vocal experts rather than surveying the broader scientific community.

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart says it ‘beggars belief’ there were not more exchanges between Mandelson and the PMGood morning. Keir Starmer is chairing cabinet today as Labour MPs mull over the coverage of the Peter Mandelson files. In terms of revelations relating to Mandelson himself, the impact is probably not as bad as many MPs feared; Politico quotes one official as saying the mood last night was at the “top end” of expectations. Here is our main story about the data release, by Henry Dyer and Pippa Crear.There will be more coverage today.There’s a lot of stuff that’s missing. Anybody who’s looked at these 1,500 pages will see acres and acres of white space, these constellations of asterisks, huge amounts of redactions.Now, some of that is fine because it’s national security issues, our relationship with the Americans.It beggars belief that there were so few exchanges between Mandelson and the prime minister. There’s almost nothing in the record.So either this stuff is being deliberately withheld or it’s been deleted. Continue reading...

• The CDC posted its first large set of genetic data from 1,000 measles viruses circulating in the US last year, with more data expected soon to assess if elimination status has been lost. • In 2025, measles cases reached 2,285 across 44 states—the worst in over 30 years—while 2026 has seen 1,575 cases by late March amid declining vaccination rates. • Delays in data release stemmed from mass layoffs and resignations; researchers criticize the Trump administration's budget cuts and slow outbreak response.

• Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis discovered that cells can sense far beyond the surfaces they touch through a process called "depth mechano-sensing," with clusters of normal epithelial cells detecting layers as far as 100 microns away by tugging on surrounding collagen fibers. • Individual cancer cells can probe about 10 microns ahead, while normal cell clusters working together can sense 10 times farther, helping cells decide where to migrate and providing new insights into cancer cell behavior. • The findings, published in PNAS, could reveal new targets to prevent cancer from spreading and advance understanding of how cancer cells move through the body.

Tommy Thompson refused to give up the location of 500 missing coins found in a historic shipwreckA US treasure hunter who was imprisoned for 10 years after refusing to reveal the location of missing gold coins has been released from prison, without officials apparently ever learning where that gold is.Tommy Thompson – a renowned salvager who in 1998 found the long-lost, so-called Ship of Gold near South Carolina – was freed from federal prison on 4 March, records and reports recently indicated. Continue reading...

Researchers at Texas A&M University have developed what they describe as the most challenging AI benchmark test to date, with results that contradict earlier expectations about artificial intelligence capabilities. The comprehensive study involved a large team of scientists investigating how cutting-edge AI systems perform on extreme difficulty assessments as these models become increasingly sophisticated. The findings suggest that current AI systems are achieving unexpected performance levels on this rigorous evaluation framework, providing important insights into the true capabilities and limitations of advanced machine learning models.

Scientists at Texas A&M University created the most challenging AI test to date, involving over 50 collaborators, to evaluate advanced language models on complex reasoning tasks. Initial results showed even top AI systems struggling significantly, highlighting gaps in current capabilities despite acing simpler benchmarks. The benchmark, detailed in a peer-reviewed paper, pushes boundaries in AI safety and robustness research. Future iterations will incorporate multimodal challenges to further stress-test emerging models.