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The world’s first fly-pust using a more sustainable fuel combination was done by London’s red arrows. The Royal Air Force’s aerobatic team jets were equipped with a high-ratio blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to provide an exciting finale at a big event performed for the king’s majesty. Flypast also produces unique trademark steam media, the world’s first anywhere, switching to both a sustainable fuel blend for propulsion and a renewable biofuel known as Hydrotrier Plant Vegetable Oil (HVO). Following groundbreaking testing by RAF engineers and logisticians, this is the first time the team has flew on sustainable fuel at…

Once a industrial icon misled by the banks of the Thames, Battersea power plants have experienced one of the most notable changes in London’s recent history. Battersea Power Plant has taken a major step towards becoming a cultural and experiential powerhouse with the launch of Neon, a new, immersive destination. The venue debuted with its first show, Jurassic World: Experience. The global immersive experience company behind Neon-produced Avatar: The Experience, Harry Potter: Visions of Magic, and numerous artificially driven exhibitions, the new venture is designed to entertain, educate and immerse participants. We explore the creative decisions that set this version…

CVENT has announced a new three-year agreement with AIM Group International, an organization dedicated to connecting people, brands and communities through events and conferences. Under the agreement, AIM Group International will leverage CVENT’s supplier network to streamline client hotel and venue sourcing across the international office. CVENT’s technology helps to concentrate request proposal (RFP) activity, increase reporting accuracy, and accelerate the sourcing process for hotels and venues across Europe and around the world. With its long-standing presence in the local market as a trusted name in the conference and event industry, AIM’s wide adoption of CVENT Supplier Network is expected…

Event Concept client director Jess MacGillivray shares the growing importance of B2E events with conference news. In 2025, UK businesses will need to quickly adapt to the power of a wide range of markets, from digital transformation to economic uncertainty. Success calls for agility, and true agility depends on bringing employees along. In a rapidly changing business world, B2E events are the strategic levers for building culture, aligning teams and accelerating commercial growth. What is a B2E event (why is it important now? B2E events are an introvert experience specifically designed for employees, covering everything from kickoffs for any hand…

Sandia National Laboratories has joined a new partnership aimed at helping the US regain its leadership in semiconductor manufacturing. The US was considered a major semiconductor manufacturing powerhouse in the 1990s, with a share of over 35% of global semiconductors, which has since dropped to 12%. Today, the country does not manufacture the world’s most advanced chips owned by smartphone-like power technologies, self-driving cars, quantum computers, artificial intelligence-powered devices and programs owned by 71% of the world’s population. How Sandia strengthens semiconductor manufacturing Sandia wants to help change the US position in the semiconductor industry. It recently became the first…

New research shows that the “eternal chemicals” class, the “eternal chemicals” class, the “eternal chemicals” class of industry before it was born into PFAS, could face a rather high blood pressure during adolescence. The findings raise new concerns about the long-term health risks of prenatal exposure to these persistent contaminants already known to accumulate in the environment and in the human body. With hypertension in children becoming increasingly common worldwide, scientists say these results highlight the urgent need to address widespread PFA exposure at both individual and policy levels. What is PFA and why are they dangerous? PFAS (one person…

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious packages in the Python Package Index (PYPI) repository, which can harvest sensitive developer-related information, particularly credentials, configuration data, and environment variables. A package named Chimera-Sandbox-Extensions collected 143 downloads and targeted users of a service, possibly called Chimera Sandbox. [machine learning] Solution. ” The package pretends to be a helper module for the Chimera Sandbox, but “it is intended to steal other sensitive information, such as credentials, CI/CD environment variables, and AWS tokens,” JFROG security researcher Guy Corolevski said in a report released last week. Once installed, it attempts to connect to the external domain where…

India has been one of the top recipients of money transfers worldwide for over a decade. According to data from the country’s central bank, inward transfers increased from $55.6 billion in 2010-11 to $118.7 billion in 2023-24. This figure of banking projects will reach $160 billion in 2029. This means that there is an increasing market for digitalised banking experiences for non-resident Indians (NRIs) from remittances to investments in various assets in their homeland. Aspora (formerly Vance) is trying to build the verticalized financial experience of the Indian diaspora by maintaining convenience at the centre. While many financial products are…

Glassdoor employee reviews bOsses loves to talk about corporate culture. But the concept is fuzzy. Economists have partnered with research and AI company CultureX to measure the corporate culture of 900 companies in 19 industries. CultureX data shows that while companies are often said to have a “good” or “bad” culture, there are many aspects to the concept. This means that companies can succeed in cultivating some aspects of their culture, and failing others. To measure corporate culture, CultureX starts by compiling anonymous reviews submitted by employees to Glassdoor, a workplace review website. This project focused on what was written…

Silicon Valley executives like Palantir, Meta and Openai have grabbed headlines to trade Army Reserve uniforms and their Brunello Cucinelli vests, but a quiet transformation is underway in the US Navy. how? Well, Navy Chief Technology Officer Justin Fanelli says he spent the last two and a half years focusing on cutting off the long procurement cycle that once made working with the military a startup nightmare. This effort represents an invisible but potentially meaningful remake, with government moving faster and clever about where it is spent. “We’re more open to businesses and partnerships than ever,” Fanelli told TechCrunch in…