Charlotte – October 19, 2026 -- PrePass launched the first phase of PrePass Intelligence, a fleet analytics offering that draws on bypass, safety, toll and vehicle GPS data and is available at no additional cost to customers of its Bypass and Toll solutions.

The release targets a data-fragmentation problem. Fleets know when a bypass occurs or a toll is charged, but working out what those events mean for the business typically requires analyzing large volumes of data across separate systems.

South San Francisco – October 19, 2026 -- ACROBiosystems unveiled a 4-day sequence-to-affinity screening service, CHO-DirectTM, at its ACRO Innovation Day x AI on October 13, 2026, targeting the experimental validation bottleneck in AI-driven biologics discovery. The service closes the wet-lab loop in as few as 7 days when combined with developability and characterization work.

Lansing – October 19, 2026 -- Nexcess has made Acronis Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) available from October 19, 2026 as an add-on for any eligible server on its managed cloud platform, bundling real-time threat monitoring into the hosting relationship.

United States – October 19, 2026 -- Stanley Black & Decker will field three outdoor brands, DEWALT, Cub Cadet and Hustler, at Booth 5112 inside and Booth 7822D outside at Equip Expo 2026. DEWALT will preview a 2X20V MAX* XR 21-inch rear-wheel-drive self-propelled mower ahead of its November 2026 launch.

Chicago – October 19, 2026 -- RLDatix has launched RLD360 Credentialing, a hybrid offering that pairs software with built-in automation and NCQA-certified verification services, aiming to shorten provider credentialing at a time when the typical physician start date falls 229 days after a position is posted.

Beverly, Mass. – October 19, 2026 -- DataOne Software, a Dominion Enterprises company, has added Massachusetts vehicle registration and sales data to its Cross-Sell Reports dealer market intelligence products, bringing coverage to 40 states.

Cross-Sell Reports process 3.8 million monthly transactions from state DMV records

The platform handles an average of more than 3.8 million new and used dealer transactions each month, all sourced from official state DMV records. Each dealer subscription is configured to the dealer's own market area.

Bridgewater – – October 19, 2026 -- Insmed (Nasdaq: INSM) has launched BRINSUPRI Tablets 25 mg (brensocatib hydrate) in Japan, making it the first and only approved, commercially available treatment for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB) in the country.

Japan's health ministry cleared the once-daily oral tablet in August 2026

The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare approved BRINSUPRI based on results from the Phase 3 ASPEN study. The label covers adults and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older.

Chicago – October 19, 2026 -- CME Group plans to launch futures and options on four European dairy products before the end of 2026, extending a dairy franchise that hit an all-time daily open interest record of 461,493 contracts on September 29.

The launch is pending all regulatory reviews. The new contracts cover European Skimmed Milk Powder, European Butter, European Whey Powder and European Liquid Milk. CME Group describes the rollout as the first step in a regional expansion that follows an agreement with the European Energy Exchange (EEX) earlier this year.

Suzhou – October 19, 2026 -- MegaRobo Technologies has launched Poreva Open, a global AI protein design competition that will put more than 10,000 designs through standardized wet-lab experiments and offers US$250,000 in cash prizes.

San Jose – October 19, 2026 -- PUFsecurity, a subsidiary of eMemory Technology, has received OCP S.A.F.E. approval for its PUFrt root-of-trust IP after an independent Scope 3 security assessment, and the product is now listed on the OCP Marketplace.

The company presented PUFrt at Microsoft's Caliptra Workshop on October 12, the opening day of the sold-out 2026 OCP Global Summit. The workshop drew nearly 400 attendees. Principal Security Architect Kent Chuang spoke on moving the open-source Caliptra specification into production-ready silicon for AI data centers.