Los Gatos – – October 13, 2026 -- Age Safe America has relaunched its Aging in Place Home Safety Advisor program, a 15-module business course and certification track aimed at people who want to build home safety assessment practices for older adults, as 64.6 million Americans are now 65 or older.

Relaunch adds a business course, field kit and portal to the 2015 SHSS credential

The program is built on the Senior Home Safety Specialist (SHSS) certification, which Age Safe America has offered since 2015. The update adds an upgraded online business course, the Advisor Field Kit of editable, client-ready documents and a new Advisor Portal. Graduates earn the Aging in Place Home Safety Advisor certification.

San Diego – October 13, 2026 -- Phanes Therapeutics CEO Ming Wang will join a discussion panel titled Competing in a New Global Playing Field at the Longwood Healthcare Leaders Boston CEO forum, held November 2-3, 2026, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Boston.

Co-hosts include chief executives and research heads from major drugmakers

The meeting is co-hosted by leaders across life sciences and health care. They include Anne Klibanski (CEO, Mass General Brigham), Bill Meury (CEO, Incyte), Fiona Marshall (President, Biomedical Research, Novartis) and Robert Plenge (Chief Research Officer, BMS).

Mesa – October 13, 2026 -- A majority of U.S. drivers, 54%, now use at least one manufacturer-provided connected vehicle service, up from 49% in 2024, and 51% say connected features would push them toward a different make, model or higher trim level, according to a Verra Mobility Corporation (NASDAQ: VRRM) survey of 2,000 drivers.

Awareness of the category is also growing. Familiarity with the term "connected vehicle" rose to 69% from 60% two years ago. In addition, 72% expect their next vehicle to work like a smartphone, with apps and services built in.

Cathi Chinn, Verra Mobility's vice president of innovation, said consumers "have arrived at the connected vehicle category" and expect carmakers to deliver embedded payments, mobility services and safety features.

Phoenix – October 13, 2026 -- D.R. Horton, America's largest homebuilder by volume, has signed a multi-year commercial agreement with Promise Robotics to produce more than 1,250 homes through the company's Factory-as-a-Service (FaaS) platform.

D.R. Horton is the first major U.S. homebuilder to use Promise Robotics' production platform. The deal comes as Promise expands its U.S. manufacturing network.

FaaS lets builders add automated capacity without owning factories

FaaS takes a builder's existing home designs and converts them into a coordinated production process. The process spans robotic manufacturing, factory operations and onsite installation. Builders gain access to automated production capacity without developing and operating their own factories. Promise Robotics says this improves cycle times, increases capacity and allows more predictable scaling across communities and markets.

Los Angeles – – October 13, 2026 -- Californians registered 1.81 million new gas, hybrid and electric vehicles in 2025, the backdrop for the 2026 Los Angeles Auto Show's decision to make Energy the first of three narrative pillars, with Chevron with Techron as presenting sponsor of the consumer show.

AutoMobility LA, the show's global media and industry day, opens Nov. 19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Ten public days follow, Nov. 20 through 29. Industry registration costs $249. Media registration is complimentary for accredited and approved journalists and content producers.

Vancouver – October 13, 2026 -- The U.S. Department of War has committed $450 million to The Elmet Group, the largest federal tungsten investment so far, as defense procurement rules barring tungsten from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea take effect on January 1, 2027.

Washington pairs equity investment with a $2 billion stockpile contract

The September 14 package includes a Defense Logistics Agency contract with a ceiling of $2 billion for tungsten supply to the National Defense Stockpile. The contract carries a guaranteed funded commitment of $150 million. The investment is funded through an initial $200 million drawdown at closing, in exchange for redeemable preferred equity and warrants for up to 19.9% of Elmet's common stock.

About $150 million is allocated to restarting and expanding ammonium paratungstate conversion at the Springer Tungsten Complex in Imlay, Nevada, through a majority-owned joint venture.

New York – October 13, 2026 -- Empiric Earth has named Jen Vescio, a board member since April and former Chief Business Development Officer at Uber, as President, effective immediately. She reports to Chief Executive Officer Zach Greenberger.

Vescio takes charge of buy, build and partner functions across four units

Vescio leads Product, Corporate Development/IR, Business Development/Sales and Marketing. She also oversees the post-M&A integration of the two merged companies. Her remit covers corporate strategy and commercialization of the business.

The appointment follows the September merger of Nexar and Nauto, which has since been rebranded Empiric Earth. The company says it was formed in 2026 through that combination.

Singapore – October 13, 2026 -- PHAL has launched PHAL OS, which it describes as the world's first Total Hotel agentic AI solution, and has confirmed a third mandate from a Top 10 global hotel group that selected the Singapore firm for an initial proof of concept.

PHAL secures third client mandate within six months

The new client, a Top 10 global hotel group, remains confidential, as with PHAL's earlier engagements. PHAL's inaugural client, also a Top 10 global hotel group, has proved three projects and is scaling to further bespoke builds, with the first solutions ready for production.

A globally recognised luxury operator has signed a Letter of Intent and is progressing to its next steps. CEO and Founder Saurabh Prakash said that three of the world's most significant hotel groups have trusted PHAL within six months.

Washington – October 13, 2026 -- Two state-specific versions of Teaching Strategies' flagship curriculum, The Creative Curriculum for Preschool and The Creative Curriculum for Pre-K, have received a "Tier 1" designation, the highest rating available from the Louisiana Department of Education.

Both versions are approved and available for use in Louisiana early childhood classrooms. The designation recognizes strong alignment with Louisiana's Birth to Five Early Learning and Development Standards. Teaching Strategies says The Creative Curriculum is the only curriculum designed to work with its GOLD assessment.

Hickory, N.C. – October 13, 2026 -- Transportation Insight (TI) has launched TI Infinity, an AI-powered Decision Intelligence platform built on a logistics book that covers $14.4 billion in managed client spend and 2.8 billion audited shipments a year.

TI Infinity replaces historical reporting with continuous analysis of live transportation data

The platform combines continuous monitoring, predictive analytics, anomaly detection, scenario modeling and conversational intelligence. It analyzes market, spend and performance data to identify trends, emerging risks and opportunities without requiring users to know what to look for. Shippers can query their data in plain language, investigate what is driving a change, evaluate potential outcomes and determine the next best action.