Macau – November 02, 2026 -- YeePay told the IATA Payment Services Forum that payment costs across the global aviation industry reach USD 22 billion a year, with transaction fees and operating expenses consuming nearly half of airlines' profit per passenger.

HEFEI – November 02, 2026 -- HIZENERGY has retained its place on the BloombergNEF (BNEF) Energy Storage Tier 1 list for Q4 2026, after the benchmark introduced a methodology upgrade and raised qualification thresholds for storage vendors worldwide.

BNEF tightens Tier 1 screening for global storage vendors

Financial institutions, asset owners, EPC contractors and institutional investors use the BNEF Tier 1 assessment. It evaluates bankability, independently verified operational track records, technical robustness and reliable cross-border delivery.

NEW YORK and LONDON – November 02, 2026 -- Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ) has completed its acquisition of Campbell Lutyens and launched Lazard CL, a private capital advisory unit that Lazard expects to generate about $500 million of combined revenue and to add to earnings in 2027, before synergies.

NEW YORK – November 01, 2026 -- The Nest Campus CEO Peter Gilmer says AI's electricity and water consumption must be addressed while its benefits are scaled, in a new episode of Planet Classroom's "AI for a Better World" series hosted by C. M. (Cathy) Rubin.

Vienna – November 01, 2026 -- Austrian AI company Digicust has appointed Alexander Miklautz, previously Head of Marketing at PwC Austria, as Head of Global Partnerships & Events, effective November 1, 2026. The hire makes strategic partnerships a standalone growth channel alongside direct enterprise sales.

GUANGZHOU – November 01, 2026 -- XPENG delivered a record 50,237 vehicles in October 2026, up 22% from September and 20% from a year earlier, the NYSE- and HKEX-listed carmaker reported.

Overseas deliveries jump 166% to an all-time monthly high of 13,326 units

Overseas shipments reached 13,326 units, up 166% year-over-year. That is roughly 27% of October's total deliveries, based on the reported figures.

SEOUL – October 31, 2026 -- NIDS Co., Ltd., a South Korean environmental sensor maker that says it has supplied more than 10 million sensors cumulatively, has confirmed it will exhibit at CES 2027 to convert product introductions into overseas supply contracts.

The company is targeting global home appliance makers, HVAC specialists and robotics companies. Its customer base already includes Dyson, Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor.

CHICAGO – October 31, 2026 -- Towards Buddha Co., Ltd., the overseas distributor of the iTLC Intelligent Traffic Control System, exhibited the iTLC-9000 Series alongside technology partner ICP DAS at APTA 2026 TRANSform & EXPO in Chicago, targeting international buyers for smart intersection hardware.

Global – October 31, 2026 -- CIQ is preparing the ML-KEM and ML-DSA post-quantum algorithm implementations in Network Security Services (NSS) for FIPS 140-3 validation. Distinguished Engineer Jeremy Allison, a Samba co-creator, leads the effort, which also covers Common Criteria evaluation for Rocky Linux from CIQ Pro (RLC Pro) and other CIQ products.

Global – October 31, 2026 -- A PHP vulnerability that stalled in triage after a 2024 audit became unauthenticated remote code execution this year once researchers applied frontier AI models, and both PHP2Shell CVEs now carry a CVSS v4.0 score of 9.2.