General News

Global – October 25, 2026 -- Cloudflare provides free cyber security protection to more than 2,900 vulnerable Internet properties through Project Galileo, its program for human rights, civil society, journalism and democracy organizations targeted by DDoS and other cyber attacks.

Cloudflare launched Project Galileo in 2014 after attacks on vulnerable targets

Founded in 2014, the program was a response to devastating cyber attacks against humanitarian organizations, civil society groups and human rights defenders. Cloudflare notes that these organizations often face powerful, entrenched opponents while operating on limited budgets.

Journalists, social activists and minority groups flooded with malicious traffic risk being knocked offline.

Global – October 25, 2026 -- Cloudflare's Learning Center covers 16 topic areas, from DDoS attacks and DNS to AI, SASE and domain registration, according to the resource index.

Security guides cover DDoS, bots, email and web applications

The DDoS guide describes a network of computers working in tandem to overflow an access point and block legitimate users from a service. The bots guide separates helpful automated applications from malicious ones that can harm sites and applications.

The web application security guide calls for a holistic approach to mitigating attacks. The email security guide covers preventing email-based cyber attacks, protecting accounts from takeover and securing message contents. The SSL guide describes the protocol, known today as TLS, as an encryption protocol running on top of HTTP to protect communication between servers and clients.

Oulu – October 24, 2026 -- Aspocomp assigns every printed circuit board (PCB) customer a dedicated contact person, handled by a customer service team based at the company's Oulu factory.

Single contact handles each order from quotation to shipment

The team receives requests for quotation (RFQs), prepares offers, processes orders and tracks them until the boards ship. "From the customer's perspective, we are often the main contact point," said Maria Pasanen of the customer service team.

The team coordinates with sales, production and technical experts. It also monitors schedules and checks that documentation and specifications are handled correctly. Once the finished PCBs are ready, it notifies the customer that the delivery is on its way.

Kennedy Space Center – October 23, 2026 -- SpaceX is scheduled to launch its CRS-25 mission on Thursday, October 23, 2026, at 8:44 p.m. EDT, marking the 25th commercial resupply services launch for NASA.

Cargo Dragon and Falcon 9 roll out to Launch Complex 39A on July 12

SpaceX's Cargo Dragon spacecraft, mounted atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket, was rolled out to the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 23, 2026, two days before the planned liftoff.

The launch is planned from Space Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

United States – October 23, 2026 -- Nielsen is positioning Nielsen ONE as a single platform that combines audience definition, cross-media measurement, TV and streaming metrics, and audio measurement, according to its current product catalog.

Advanced Audiences integrates first- and third-party data into media plans

Nielsen Advanced Audiences lets advertisers fold first- and third-party audiences into both media planning and measurement. Nielsen says the tool lets clients define, plan and measure audiences across platforms and devices, beyond age and gender.

The consumer research side includes syndicated and custom studies under the Consumer & Media View heading. Scarborough supplies local and national data on behaviors, media and demographics.

United States – October 23, 2026 -- Health2047, the venture studio of the American Medical Association, splits a marketing and communications executive's time 50/50 between its own brand and its portfolio startups, which range from obesity phenotyping to radiology AI.

Health2047 operates as an agency model, not just a fund

The studio builds and backs early-stage healthcare companies and supplies them with professional services instead of only writing checks. Its portfolio includes an obesity phenotyping company, a foundation model for radiologists and a physician-founded Medicare Advantage plan.

Global – October 23, 2026 -- Whatfix has organized its digital adoption portfolio into 17 offerings spanning four application types, four software vendors, five industries, three user roles and one use case, all built around in-app guidance and on-demand support.

Whatfix targets ATS, ERP, S2P and CRM application categories

The application-type lineup covers four categories. For ATS, Whatfix promises higher recruiter productivity and adoption. For ERP, it targets business outcomes through employee enablement. The S2P offering is pitched at procurement transformation through guided experiences, and the CRM offering at seller productivity and adoption.

Vienna, VA – October 23, 2026 -- Target took three of the top honors at the 2026 RH-ISAC awards: Team of the Year, Cybersecurity Practitioner of the Year for senior threat intel analyst Chris De La Rosa, and a first-place finish in the Sharing & Collaboration Challenge team rankings. The Retail & Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center announced the winners at its Member Celebration Dinner and Awards Ceremony on April 15 in Austin, Texas.

Crocs CISO Lena Taylor wins Peer Choice Award for CISO of the Year

Lena Taylor, CISO at Crocs, received the 2026 Peer Choice Award for CISO of the Year. The award goes to a thought leader whose experience adds strategic value to the wider community.

United States – October 22, 2026 -- OATS, the organization behind the Senior Planet programs, has published a five-part theory of change built on tens of thousands of classes taught to older adults who want to work, communicate, get around and care for themselves.

OATS builds its framework on classroom observation across America

The organization says the model comes from working in classrooms and community centers across the country, alongside older adults as they learn, share and create. It combines its mission and framework with the energy of its members to engineer new systems it says are shaping the future of aging.

Five assumptions link individual action to societal outcomes

First, change begins with the individual. OATS points to a developmental spark in each Senior Planet participant and a refusal to accept marginalization or premature dependency.

Global – October 22, 2026 -- KMS Lighthouse has set out an environmental policy that applies to all of its offices and employees and also binds suppliers, vendors, service providers, contractors and consultants. Company executives review the policy annually under a formal governance system.

Policy requires partners to comply with environmental laws and standards

The policy's external compliance clause says KMS Lighthouse expects its partners to operate responsibly and follow environmental laws and standards. The company also plans to develop sustainable procurement practices across its supply chain. Preferred purchases include recycled-content products, energy-efficient equipment, third-party-certified green cleaning products and water- or vegetable-based inks to reduce VOC emissions. The policy also commits the company to supporting local businesses in procurement.