New York – – November 03, 2026 -- Egan-Jones Ratings warns that free open-source software and artificial intelligence are weakening software incumbents' staying power, and that some credit models overstate how secure incumbency is. The commentary is addressed to institutional investors and risk managers holding software and platform credit.

Columbus – November 03, 2026 -- American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) has created AEP Infrastructure, a new business unit that will invest in, build and operate energy infrastructure as electricity demand accelerates, with Greg Hall as its president.

Hall will continue to report to Bill Fehrman, AEP chairman, president and chief executive officer. The unit combines AEP's competitive generation, infrastructure development, and retail and wholesale energy capabilities. AEP says demand growth is driven by large-load customers and economic development.

PITTSBURGH – November 02, 2026 -- Carnegie Mellon University has named Jason M. Brown director and chief executive officer of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), the Department of War-sponsored federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) it operates. Brown joins the university on Nov. 16.

MOUNTAIN VIEW – November 02, 2026 -- Google, Plume, TrendAI, Lumen, HUMAN Security, Synthient and Japan's National Police Agency have taken down X.CPE, a botnet hidden in more than 1.3 million TV set-top boxes across more than 200 countries. Google assesses that disrupting the botnet's command-and-control domains will also cut off access to at least 10 million additional compromised devices.

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.

California – October 31, 2026 -- Switching off Gemma 4's default reasoning with a single flag raised accuracy by up to 48 points, cut cost 6x to 8x and made a correct answer up to 19x faster on short verifiable tasks, according to a 27-model local benchmark run on a Strix Halo machine with a power meter attached. The 12B and 26B variants rose from about 52% to 100% on the easy suite.

Las Vegas – October 29, 2026 -- More than 70% of Oracle's code is now written by AI, CEO Clay Magouyrk told attendees on Day 2 of Oracle AI World 2026, as the company paired the disclosure with security, chip and application announcements.

TAIPEI – October 28, 2026 -- The 2026 Global Health and Welfare Forum brings together 43 speakers and moderators from 11 markets on Oct. 19–20 to test how AI, interoperable health data and precision medicine can move from research into hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical-device companies and care networks. The program runs under the theme "The Future of Global Care: Achieving Trust-Centric Digital Health."

Freiburg – October 28, 2026 -- Lang Consulting GmbH says it has supported more than 1,200 online shops over more than seven years. The Freiburg-based agency is pitching verifiable credentials as the main filter for retailers choosing an e-commerce partner.