NEW YORK – October 31, 2026 -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has proposed three new electric vehicle standardization gaps in its October 2026 Gaps Progress Report, covering damaged battery handling, accessible charging equipment and public charger reliability.

The report, issued by the ANSI Electric Vehicles Standards Panel (EVSP), updates standards, research and conformity assessment activity against 30 previously identified gaps.

Three new gaps target batteries, accessibility and public charging

The proposed additions are:

NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- Total brand value in Interbrand's Best Global Brands 2026 ranking reached $3.87 trillion, up 8.1% from $3.58 trillion in 2025, as Nvidia entered the Top 10 with the fastest growth of any brand, a gain of more than 71%.

Entertainment overtook Automotive as the second most valuable sector. Automotive recorded the sharpest sector decline.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – October 27, 2026 -- Eagleview told emergency managers that a below-average 2026 Atlantic hurricane season does not mean low risk, pointing to 1992, when six named storms still produced Hurricane Andrew and $27.3 billion in damage. The geospatial intelligence (GeoAI) provider issued a preparedness briefing after NOAA, Colorado State University and AccuWeather all projected a below-average season.

New York – October 12, 2026 -- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has mapped more than 500 published hydrogen standards and concluded that deployment is often held back not by missing standards but by difficulty in implementing and applying them. The finding comes from a new report, "Advancing Hydrogen Standards and Codes," and a companion document, the Hydrogen Standards Landscape.

Taipei – October 07, 2026 -- A new DIGITIMES Intelligence report finds that rising rack-level power demands from AI computing are pushing data center operators toward 800VDC power architecture, a shift set to redraw competitive lines across the semiconductor and infrastructure supply chain.

Hong Kong – September 30, 2026 -- City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) climbed three places to rank 70th globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027, its best result to date.

Washington – September 15, 2026 -- The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released new research identifying which telematics metrics deliver the greatest value to motor carriers, exposing a gap between what fleets currently measure and what actually drives safety and operational gains.