Global – October 12, 2026 -- Re-validating an access token at every request would multiply the load on an identity provider (IdP) by roughly 1,000x, assuming a 24-hour token is used 1,000 times. That figure is why the OpenID Foundation's Shared Signals Framework (SSF) is gaining traction as the mechanism for keeping Zero Trust access decisions current.

Global – October 12, 2026 -- Carbon credit retirements have reached the highest level Clever has recorded for the first half of any year, according to the carbon market data provider's latest monthly tracking.

Buyers retire higher-quality credits as demand for integrity rises

Clever says the quality of retired credits is improving. It attributes the shift to a maturing market and buyer demand for integrity, transparency and accountability. The source gives no absolute retirement volumes or year-on-year percentages.

Global – – October 12, 2026 -- Sales of the Buyers Module on carbon data platform Clever tripled in the last quarter, the company said, as it readies an Enterprise Module for the Voluntary Carbon Market.

Clever adds search depth and document access after a year of client input

Over the past year, Clever worked with clients to identify the information that buy-side and sell-side stakeholders need. Users asked for deeper comparative analysis, more detailed field searches and links between aligned stakeholders.

Global – October 12, 2026 -- Clever Offsets will launch an Enterprise Module in January 2026, extending its carbon markets data product line after one year of subscription revenue from its Buyers Module.

Buyers Module completes first year as a subscription SaaS product

The company says it has moved from a data platform to a software-as-a-service solution built around the workflows of carbon market participants. The Buyers Module is designed to support purchasing decisions and deals in carbon markets, according to the company.

Europe – October 12, 2026 -- Clever has activated a three-module SaaS suite for carbon market data, including a free Open Access tier covering 20,000 structured carbon offset project profiles, with no sign-up, private data sharing or paywall.

Open Access tier covers 20,000 projects across global registries

The free module provides project profiles, methodology protocols and credit issuance tables. It targets researchers, market observers and early-stage analysts who need broad visibility into carbon market activity but not advanced buyer or risk data.

Global – October 12, 2026 -- Carbon market data platform Clever has added the ICR registry to its dataset, giving users a single place to compare projects and methodologies across registries.

Global – October 12, 2026 -- Clever has added Reduction vs. Removal classifications to detailed issuance tables, covering more than 2,400 projects across the CAR, Gold Standard and Rainbow registries where data is available.

Credit-level tags target net-zero purchasing decisions

The added layer lets buyers evaluate project characteristics faster and align purchases with corporate strategies, net-zero commitments and shifting market preferences. Clever offers the classifications through its platform, and a free Open Access Module is available for sign-up.

United States – October 12, 2026 -- Sylabs will end-of-life SingularityPRO, Singularity Enterprise and SingularityCE on October 25, 2026, the date its engineering work on the SingularityCE project and Singularity ecosystem stops. CIQ, which backs the competing Apptainer project, says it is already moving to absorb Singularity's user base.

Global – October 12, 2026 -- CIQ is providing its Enterprise Linux Manager (ELM) at no additional charge to all RLC Pro subscriptions, giving fleet operators control over when packages reach production hosts.

ELM mirrors upstream repositories onto customer-owned storage

The tool sits between package sources and the hosts that install them. It mirrors upstream repositories onto infrastructure the customer already operates, whether connected or not, so hosts pull from that mirror rather than repeatedly querying off-site lists.

France -- NTT, Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding on September 17, 2026, with France-based photonics company Cailabs to explore direct optical links between satellite networks and terrestrial data infrastructure.