PALO ALTO – October 31, 2026 -- KRAFTON subsidiary Ludo Robotics presented Ludi 0.2, the second iteration of its robotic intelligence system, at the 2026 Bay Area Robotics Symposium (BARS) at UC Berkeley, and confirmed that a next-generation foundation model, Ludi 1.0, is in development.

Tampa – October 31, 2026 -- Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has promoted Lijah Lokenauth, CPA, CFE, to executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 4, 2027, replacing Mark Runyon in the system's top finance role.

Lokenauth currently serves as senior vice president of finance. He will oversee the financial strategy and operations supporting the academic health system's long-term sustainability and strategic priorities.

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:

DENVER – October 30, 2026 -- Ping Identity was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) and ranked highest among evaluated vendors on Ability to Execute.

Cheyenne – October 30, 2026 -- Clean, consistent bookkeeping typically translates into lower accounting fees and fewer filing delays for small businesses, according to a HelloNation article featuring Cheyenne Accounting Expert Richard A. Atkins.

OAKLAND – October 30, 2026 -- The PG&E Corporation Foundation is awarding $500,000 to five community organizations in Northern and Central California, completing a five-year, $2.5 million investment in 25 organizations through its Better Together Nature Positive Innovation Grant Program.

Oakland – October 30, 2026 -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has become the first energy utility in the world to earn accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP), after meeting all 73 of the body's emergency management standards with zero nonconformances.

The independent, internationally recognized third-party accreditation covers preparedness, response and recovery. PG&E serves more than 16 million customers in Northern and Central California.

WASHINGTON – October 30, 2026 -- Fifty-seven percent of U.S. consumers report a negative consequence for merchants that do not accept their preferred payment method, according to the seventh annual Consumer Holiday Spending Study from the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) and TSG (The Strawhecker Group). The study of 1,099 U.S. consumers, conducted September 8-13, 2026, also found that 44% feel more financially stressed than last year, up from 27% in 2025.

TEMPE – October 30, 2026 -- Warrensburg, Missouri, and Newark, Delaware, recorded year-over-year microbusiness growth of 16.1% and 16.0%, ranking second and third in GoDaddy's inaugural Most Entrepreneurial College Towns list, behind Stanford University.

BOSTON – October 30, 2026 -- Medicilon presented Revolution Medicines, Inc. with its "Excellence in Client Partnership Award" after more than three years of joint work on pan-KRAS drug discovery, following the U.S. FDA's August 2026 approval of the NDA for Daraxonrasib in metastatic pancreatic cancer.