ATLANTA – October 29, 2026 -- NIIT Learning Systems Limited (NSE, BSE: NIITMTS) has acquired 100% of Bluewater Learning, LLC for an aggregate consideration of up to USD 17.6 million, including performance-based earnouts spread over the next five years.

The deal closed through NIIT Learning's wholly owned subsidiary, NIIT (USA), Inc. It is subject to customary adjustments under the definitive agreements.

Irvine – October 29, 2026 -- The share of vacant U.S. residential properties fell to 1.2 percent in the fourth quarter, down from 1.3 percent in the third quarter and in the same quarter a year earlier, according to ATTOM's latest Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report.

SAN FRANCISCO – October 29, 2026 -- Raven Resonance opened pre-orders for Raven Prism, a standalone Linux computer built into prescription-style eyewear, with a fully refundable $49 deposit and first shipments to early adopters expected in January 2027.

The company is billing the device as the first "Ambient Computer." Pre-orders follow its public debut and demos at Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2026. Raven Prism targets creative professionals, makers, developers and enterprise users.

REDWOOD CITY – October 29, 2026 -- Spacelift has launched Spacelift Flows, extending its infrastructure orchestration platform from deployment into day 2 operations, the phase in which platform teams run, maintain and troubleshoot infrastructure already in production. The product is free for existing customers through the end of the year, with commercial pricing and packaging due in Q1 2027.

BOULDER, Colo. – October 29, 2026 -- Creative Educators Network (CEN) will host a Nov. 11 benefit in Boulder to fund 30 Colorado public educators at the inaugural Colorado Educators Summit, held during the Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 27-29, 2027.

The event, called The Power of Story, starts at 6:30 p.m. at eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St. Tickets cost $65. All proceeds go to the Summit, which coincides with the festival's first edition in Boulder.

San Francisco – October 29, 2026 -- Generative audio company Sonilo has partnered with Canadian rights technology firm Musical AI to measure how licensed recordings and compositions contribute to each piece of music its models generate.

Musical AI will analyze every Sonilo output

Sonilo generates music and sound effects from video footage, text, or both, using models built around licensed source material. Musical AI's technology will analyze those outputs and quantify the contribution of individual licensed works to each one.

BALDWIN PARK – October 29, 2026 -- Wheelhouse, the Trivest Partners-backed garage door services platform, has acquired All Star Garage Door, a family-owned residential and commercial operator in California and Utah. The deal is Wheelhouse's second acquisition of 2026.

All Star brings 30-plus employees and a 2024 Utah expansion

Founded in 2008, All Star Garage Door installs, services and repairs garage doors and employs more than 30 people. It serves Southern California, the Central Valley and the Central Coast.

BRANFORD, CT – October 29, 2026 -- Urologic Design closed an oversubscribed $1.2 million pre-seed round to move its patented urinary incontinence device toward a first-in-human study.

Angel Investor Forum leads a syndicate of regional and university-linked backers

Angel Investor Forum, described as Connecticut's primary angel group, led the equity round. HBS Alumni Angels of Boston, Haven Founders Fund, Connecticut Innovations and Yale Angels joined, along with several individual investors.

MILWAUKEE – October 29, 2026 -- The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) received almost 1,200 abstract submissions for 2026 and will showcase eight selected studies at a virtual press briefing on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. MT.

McLean – October 29, 2026 -- Appian's Appian Defense Cloud (ADC) has received Impact Level 5 (IL5) Provisional Authorization to Operate from the US Department of War (DOW), clearing the platform to handle the department's highest-sensitivity unclassified workloads.

The IL5 designation allows ADC to store and process DOW mission-critical data, controlled unclassified information and unclassified national security systems. ADC builds on Appian's existing IL5 Appian Government Cloud offering.