Macao – October 11, 2026 -- Sands China and NBA Cares closed their five-day Community Impact Week with a basketball carnival that drew about 200 participants to NBA HOUSE at Cotai Expo, The Venetian Macao, on the final day of the NBA China Games 2026.

Sports figures and Sands executives join the closing carnival

NBA legend Chris Bosh, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and two-time NBA champion, attended alongside Sands Global Ambassador Sir David Beckham. Chinese women's national team player Zhang Ziyu and short track speed skating Olympic gold medalist Wang Meng also took part, as did Las Vegas Sands and Sands China executives, Sands Cares Ambassadors and members of Macau Special Olympics.

Hong Kong – October 11, 2026 -- Phase I of the October 2026 Global Sources Hong Kong Shows opened at AsiaWorld-Expo with more than 4,000 booths and over 2,100 Asian suppliers, running October 11 to 14. The Consumer Electronics Show and Gaming Show are held concurrently, covering PC peripherals, gaming peripherals, audio-visual equipment, automotive electronics, personal transporters, photography accessories, and batteries and power products.

Greater Bay Area makers anchor the PC accessory and gaming floor

The floor features more than 1,600 PC accessory booths and nearly 500 gaming peripheral booths. Another nearly 1,900 booths cover audio-visual equipment, automotive electronics, personal transporters, photography accessories, and batteries and power consumer electronics.

Plano, Texas – October 11, 2026 -- AnX Robotica said its NaviCam ProScan AI reading technology cut mean small-bowel capsule endoscopy review time by 88.6% in the study underlying its FDA De Novo clearance, against a 24.7% reduction reported for a competing AI-assisted platform cleared on September 25, 2026.

FDA names ProScan as primary predicate for the new clearance

The FDA's 510(k) clearance K254230 identifies NaviCam ProScan (DEN230027) as its primary predicate device. Both products assist clinicians reviewing small-bowel capsule endoscopy studies. ProScan received its De Novo decision on December 12, 2023.

Atlanta – October 10, 2026 -- Southern Company's utilities have restored power to about 420,000 customers across Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi after Hurricane Isaias, with roughly 80,000 outages still open as of 6 p.m. ET.

Alabama accounts for most of the 80,000 remaining outages

Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Mississippi Power are working to restore service in the hardest-hit communities. Those outages are concentrated mainly in Alabama, where Hurricane Isaias crossed the state.

Vancouver – October 10, 2026 -- The PHLX Semiconductor Index finished the week ended October 9 lower after the Financial Times reported that OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue was nearing $50 billion at the end of September, below the roughly $70 billion cited in earlier media reports.

The iShares Semiconductor ETF had advanced for five consecutive sessions at the start of October, and the sector's largest company hit a record high. Semiconductor valuations are closely tied to expectations for AI infrastructure spending, so the Thursday report weighed on the group while the broader market proved more resilient.

Shenzhen – October 10, 2026 -- Arrvel is expanding its label printing portfolio with direct thermal printers aimed at e-commerce sellers, small businesses and home offices, led by the A42BT, a 4×6-inch Bluetooth shipping label printer rated at up to 150 mm/s and 203 DPI.

A42BT supports Bluetooth and USB across phones, tablets and computers

The A42BT connects via Bluetooth or USB and prints from compatible smartphones, tablets and computers. The FlashLabel Pro app adds mobile printing for users managing orders and other labeling tasks.

The printer handles roll and fanfold labels in widths from about 1.57 to 4.3 inches, including the widely used 4×6-inch shipping format. Arrvel lists shipping labels, inventory identification and barcodes as target uses.

Las Vegas – October 10, 2026 -- NOARK Electric completed a recent North American project in approximately 75 days from order to on-site delivery, the company said at Yotta 2026, where it pitched a localized delivery model for AI-driven data center power infrastructure.

NOARK ties delivery speed to engineering, logistics and local fulfillment

The company attributed the 75-day timeline to coordinated engineering, manufacturing, logistics and local fulfillment. A dedicated regional delivery team handles order execution, production, logistics and project delivery. Local support extends to commissioning, technical assistance and after-sales service.

Houston – October 10, 2026 -- CenterPoint Energy (NYSE: CNP) is sending 355 employees and contractors to Pensacola to help Florida Power & Light restore outages caused by Hurricane Isaias along the Northwest Florida Coast.

CenterPoint deploys 105 line workers and releases 250 contractor personnel

Under a mutual assistance arrangement supporting Florida Power & Light, CenterPoint has deployed 105 of its own line workers. It also released about 150 contractor line workers and 100 vegetation management personnel for restoration work in Pensacola. The combined workforce is expected to support restoration over the coming days.

Riyadh – October 10, 2026 -- KAPSARC will send more than 20 leaders, researchers and experts to the 25th WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh as a National Partner, with a presence across the Executive, Technical, Synergy and Special Programmes.

Congress runs 11 to 15 October 2026 in Saudi Arabia for the first time

The Congress, themed "Pathways to an Energy Future for All," was first held in London in 1933. It will convene government leaders, industry executives, policymakers, researchers and innovators to examine global energy systems, from security and investment to technology and sustainability.

KAPSARC President Fahad Alajlan and Dr. Ghadah Alarifi, Dean of the KAPSARC School of Public Policy, are among the Center's speakers in the Executive Programme.

San Francisco – October 10, 2026 -- Roger Spitz, Chair of the Disruptive Futures Institute, ranks #6 in the Americas and #15 worldwide in Global Gurus' 2026 World's Top 30 Futurist Professionals, and #6 in Thinkers360's Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Management. He enters 2027 with a new keynote program, a scheduled TEDx talk and a new speaker reel.

Thinkers360 adds Spitz to Top Voices 2026 and its AI Top 50

In October 2026, Thinkers360 named Spitz among its Top Voices 2026, a distinction running from October 2026 through October 2027. It also features him in its Top 50 on Artificial Intelligence. Leading speaker agencies and platforms rank him among the top futurist keynote speakers for disruption, strategic foresight and AI.