Bengaluru – September 11, 2026 -- Whatfix has appointed co-founder Vara Kumar as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, following the sudden death of co-founder and CEO Khadim Batti on September 1, 2026.

Dubai – September 11, 2026 -- Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched Forex Perpetual Contracts, adding a new derivatives category with three USDT-settled pairs: EURUSDUSDT, GBPUSDUSDT, and USDJPYUSDT.

Global – – September 11, 2026 -- Ninety-two percent of in-house legal departments received AI implementation mandates with no accompanying budget in 2027, up sharply from 78% a year earlier, according to the Axiom 2027 In-House Legal Budget Report. The study, conducted by InsightDynamo and commissioned by Axiom, surveyed 510 in-house legal and finance leaders across six countries, with 64% of respondents from companies generating $1 billion or more in annual revenue.

Shanghai – September 11, 2026 -- Natural Field has extended its NF TriSolve® nutraceutical solutions platform into the sleep wellness category with the launch of the NF TriSolve® SleepRestore complex.

Hangzhou – September 11, 2026 -- More than a year after Hikvision launched its large-scale Guanlan AI models, the company reports measurable operational gains across perimeter security, storage efficiency and video search, driven by deep learning integration at the camera and software level.

Beijing – – September 11, 2026 -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WiMi) has developed a multi-dimensional data pooling technique built on Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQA) that compresses complex datasets while retaining local feature detail, a persistent bottleneck in classical machine learning pipelines.

Berlin – September 11, 2026 -- SATELLAI, an AI-powered pet wellbeing company, has deepened its technology partnership with Deutsche Telekom IoT and Swift Navigation to support international scaling of its connected pet products, the company announced at IFA 2026.

Global – September 11, 2026 -- ManpowerGroup's Q4 2026 Employment Outlook Survey shows 43% of employers worldwide plan to increase staffing between October and December, against 14% anticipating cuts and 41% expecting no change, with soft economic conditions rather than AI cited as the main driver behind reductions.

Boca Raton, Fla. – – September 11, 2026 -- Telit Cinterion unveiled an edge AI software development kit that runs machine learning inference directly on the application core of its cellular modules, eliminating the need for a separate AI accelerator chip. The IoT connectivity provider said proof-of-concept testing on image classification and object detection tasks kept CPU consumption at or below 17%, a threshold that avoids thermal throttling of 4G and 5G radio performance.

Hong Kong – – September 11, 2026 -- SANY Heavy Industry (600031.SH) posted first-half 2026 revenue of approximately $7.89 billion, up 19.49% year-over-year, with attributable net profit rising 9.13% to $838.887 million.

Second-quarter revenue growth accelerates to 24.39%, outpacing first-half rate

Q2 revenue reached $4.328 billion, while attributable net profit climbed 16.93% to $473.108 million. Operating cash flow totaled $1.44 billion. As of June 30, total assets stood at $26.708 billion and net equity at $13.576 billion.