Sheridan, Wyoming – – September 23, 2026 -- The global lateral flow assay market is set to expand from $11.04 billion in 2026 to $16.37 billion by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 8.2%, according to a new study by Wissen Research.
San Jose, Calif. – September 22, 2026 -- Eighty-three percent of organizations now run or plan to run AI workloads, a figure that climbs above 90% among large enterprises, according to The 2026 Open Data Infrastructure Report released by the OpenSearch Software Foundation and Linux Foundation Research.
The study found that 71% of organizations now treat vendor-independent infrastructure deployment as a strategic priority, while 78% call cross-vendor, cross-tool interoperability critical when evaluating data infrastructure. Total cost of ownership (80%) and security and compliance (79%) rank as the top decision-making factors for IT leaders selecting AI infrastructure platforms.
Ottawa – September 22, 2026 -- Nearly 60% of Ottawa's occupied private dwellings were built in 1990 or earlier, placing them squarely within the era when asbestos was commonly used in construction, according to a housing-age analysis published by PatchBoyz Asbestos Removal. Statistics Canada's 2021 Census counts 243,080 of Ottawa's 407,250 occupied private dwellings as built in 1990 or earlier, equal to 59.7%.
San Francisco – September 22, 2026 -- Lumos has released MCP Governance, a new capability that checks an AI agent's permissions at the exact moment it attempts an action and blocks it if policy does not allow it, starting with support for Claude Code and Codex.
"We spent twenty years learning to govern humans, and we still have not finished," said Andrej Safundzic, CEO and co-founder of Lumos. "Now we have agents doing the same work ten times faster. That kind of scale is impossible to track with old methods."
An AI agent inherits the permissions of the employee who launched it but then operates at machine speed, meaning an error that might cause a human to delete one Salesforce record could see an agent delete a thousand records in seconds.
Wilmington – September 22, 2026 -- U.S. Bank ranked first overall among 17 leading U.S. retail banks in Keynova Group's Q3 2026 Mobile Banker Scorecard, topping both mobile app and mobile web experience categories.
Keynova found that only U.S. Bank's Smart Assistant and Bank of America's Erica currently support native in-app voice interactions for tasks including bill payment scheduling, transfers, card controls and credit score display. Erica additionally handles Zelle transaction display and P2P payment initiation via vocal commands. Across the broader panel, 35% of Scorecard banks now offer advanced text-based virtual assistants using natural language processing, though voice capability remains rare.
New York – – September 22, 2026 -- New York City Regional Center (NYCRC) has closed $20 million in New Markets Tax Credit financing to fund construction of an 87,000-square-foot healthcare facility in the South Bronx.
The $20 million transaction draws on a $75 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation from the U.S. Department of Treasury to NYC Regional Community Development, an entity managed by NYCRC. To secure the allocation, NYCRC had to demonstrate a track record of directing investment capital into low-income communities.
Philadelphia – September 22, 2026 -- Health Union and DTC Perspectives have launched a strategic partnership to stage an invitation-only executive summit focused on redefining commercial models for rare disease and niche oncology marketing.
The Rare Marketing Summit: Redefining the Commercial Model for Rare Disease will run from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at The Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA, followed by a cocktail reception. Attendance is capped to preserve intimate peer exchange among senior-level biopharma marketing leaders.
Jersey City, N.J. – September 22, 2026 -- Soltage's 55 Drive battery storage facility, New York City's first such asset from the independent power producer, discharged at full capacity during peak summer demand this year, completing its second full operating season on the Con Edison network.
The New York Independent System Operator reported the drop heading into this summer, the lowest margin in recent history. NYISO has flagged reliability needs in New York City over its five-year planning horizon, with the state targeting 6 GW of storage capacity by 2030, prioritizing downstate projects.
Newark – September 22, 2026 -- Medscape has expanded its strategic partnership with the Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology (SBOC) under a new two-year agreement to widen access to global oncology insights for physicians across Brazil.
The agreement will focus on developing and publishing Portuguese-language educational and medical content aimed at supporting the day-to-day clinical practice of oncology professionals in Brazil. It builds on an editorial partnership first announced in 2022 to combat misinformation in online health content.
Munich – September 22, 2026 -- Persistent Systems Limited has secured 83.25% of Nagarro SE's outstanding share capital, clearing the minimum threshold for its EUR 81.00-per-share takeover offer and setting up a delisting from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Prime Standard.
During the acceptance period that expired at midnight CEST on September 17, 2026, holders tendered 7,568,145 Nagarro shares, equal to approximately 61.15% of total share capital and voting rights. Persistent separately secured a 22.10% stake through a share purchase agreement with Lantano Beteiligungen GmbH, bringing the combined position to 83.25%, excluding treasury shares.