Almaty – September 10, 2026 -- The Bulat Utemuratov Foundation has allocated 460 million tenge (approximately US$1 million) to fund the gasification of private residential homes in Almaty, partnering with the city's Akimat (Mayor's Office) on the project.

Foundation funding targets coal-to-gas conversion for private homes

Under a newly signed memorandum, the Almaty City Akimat will inspect private residences, consult with residents on connection procedures and coordinate the transition to natural gas heating. Qualified contractors will then carry out the construction and installation work required to connect each home to the gas network.

Pembroke Pines, Fla. – September 10, 2026 -- Alocity, the AI Operating System for physical spaces, has announced support for Mercury Security's open access control platform, integrating Mercury's controller infrastructure with Alocity's cloud-native access control, AI Video, intercom, and visitor management software.

Alocity pairs Mercury's open hardware with its AI operator Aimee

The integration lets integrators and enterprise customers combine Mercury's established access control foundation with Alocity's AI-driven software layer, avoiding a choice between legacy infrastructure and modern cloud tools. Marco Quintero, Founder and CEO of Alocity, said Mercury represents the open infrastructure and customer choice the physical security industry needs, and that Alocity can now pair that foundation with a new generation of AI-driven software.

Beijing – September 10, 2026 -- Waterdrop Inc. (NYSE: WDH) reported second-quarter 2026 net operating revenue of RMB1,448.2 million (US$213.4 million), up 72.8% year-over-year and 16.6% quarter-over-quarter, as the Beijing-based insurance and healthcare technology platform scaled its AI-driven underwriting tools. Operating profit rose 14.3% year-over-year and 39.2% sequentially to RMB111.3 million (US$16.4 million).

Shanghai – September 10, 2026 -- Gamehaus Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: GMHS) reported fiscal year 2026 revenue of US$104.7 million, an 11.4% decline from US$118.0 million in fiscal year 2025, as the mobile game publisher scaled back user acquisition spending amid what it called structural shifts in casual-game economics.

Fourth-quarter revenue drops 20.8% as advertising spend is cut

Total revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 fell to US$24.3 million from US$30.7 million a year earlier. In-app purchases contributed US$21.7 million, down 22.2% from US$27.9 million, while advertising revenue slipped to US$2.6 million from US$2.8 million. Advertising costs were cut 13.5% in the quarter, reducing traffic and new player acquisition.

Redmond, Wash. – September 10, 2026 -- Halfpricesoft.com has updated its ezAccounting payroll and business software, offering small businesses a desktop-based alternative to cloud subscription platforms with a flat annual fee of $199.00 per installation.

Small businesses face rising costs from forced monthly cloud subscriptions

Accounting platforms have increasingly shifted toward mandatory monthly fees and remote server storage, squeezing small business owners, contractors, and bookkeepers with escalating overhead and data privacy concerns. Halfpricesoft.com positions ezAccounting as a response, storing financial data on local hard drives without mandatory cloud sync.

Hsinchu – September 10, 2026 -- Spirox Corporation (TWSE: 3055) has launched the SP7000G High-Speed TGV Crack Inspection System, a tool capable of scanning a full 510 mm x 515 mm glass substrate panel in under 20 minutes to detect internal microcracks in high-volume Glass Core and Through Glass Via (TGV) manufacturing.

New system targets microcrack detection after critical build-up processes

The SP7000G is designed to identify internal microcracks that emerge after metallization and Ajinomoto Build-up Film (ABF) processes, key stages in advanced packaging production. Spirox positions the system to improve inspection efficiency, monitor process quality and defect distribution, and optimize manufacturing yield as TGV technology scales toward high-volume output.

San Francisco – September 10, 2026 -- Eliza, an AI-native consulting firm, has appointed Lori Borg as Chief Operating Officer as the company expands its partnership with OpenAI and scales enterprise AI deployment work.

Borg brings two decades of Microsoft ecosystem experience to Eliza's leadership team

Borg founded and served as CEO of Northwest Cadence, a Microsoft partner focused on DevOps, software development, data, and AI. The company was acquired by 10th Magnitude in 2018, which was later acquired by Cognizant. She subsequently served as Cognizant's Global Head of the Microsoft Alliance, led MCA Connect's Azure, data, and AI business, and most recently held the role of Microsoft's Vice President of Go-to-Market for Americas Enterprise Partner Sales.

Shanghai – September 10, 2026 -- The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has graduated Karmada, an open source engine that coordinates applications across multiple Kubernetes clusters, clouds, and regions without requiring changes to the applications themselves. The milestone was announced at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OpenInfra Summit + PyTorch Conference China 2026, where three foundations shared a single stage in China for the first time.

Karmada v1.19 advances scheduling for distributed AI training workloads

The release adds multi-component scheduling for distributed AI training jobs and promotes priority-based scheduling to Beta status, enabled by default, ensuring critical workloads are scheduled ahead of lower-priority tasks. Short for Kubernetes Armada, the project extends the standard Kubernetes API with centralized placement, propagation, failover, and multi-cluster autoscaling.

New York – – September 10, 2026 -- Rackspace Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RXT) faces a securities fraud class action after its stock plunged 33.6% on July 9, 2026, when the company slashed its full-year revenue guidance by $150 million and cut its Private Cloud revenue outlook by $25 million.

Law firm Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP filed the suit, captioned Morgan-Reed v. Rackspace Technology, Inc., No. 26-cv-6491, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Investors have until September 28, 2026 to seek lead plaintiff status.

Stock collapsed 33.6% after AI capacity shift disclosure

Rackspace shares fell $2.21, from a July 8, 2026 close of $6.58 to $4.37 on July 9, 2026, after the company disclosed that its AI investments required a significant re-prioritization of resources and a transition away from certain revenue-generating segments.

New York – September 10, 2026 -- Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP has opened a securities fraud investigation into Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE:DKS) following a stock collapse tied to its $2.4 billion acquisition of Foot Locker.

Shares fell approximately 30% on August 25, 2026

The drop followed an August 24, 2026 announcement in which Dick's disclosed lower annual profit guidance, weaker footwear demand, excess sneaker inventory, and the need for heavy discounting to match competitor promotions.

BFA Law examines disclosures on inventory and profit risk from the Foot Locker deal

The firm is investigating whether Dick's misled investors about risks tied to the acquisition, which expanded the retailer's exposure to the sneaker market. Specific areas under review include statements on excess inventory buildup, softening footwear demand, and competitive discounting pressure that preceded the profit warning.