The Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation, in partnership with the City of Yuma and the Arizona Commerce Authority, announced that Kimberly-Clark Corporation is building one of its newest U.S. facilities in Yuma, Arizona, a 50,000-square-foot pilot facility representing a capital investment of over $100 million. The project is well under construction and expected to … [More]
Arizona Suppliers Pitch Boeing, Intel, Lockheed and Other Industry Leaders
Small manufacturers from across Arizona convened to forge new business relationships, showcasing their products and services at the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Supplier Matchmaking Expo, co-hosted with Intel. The event focused on growing aerospace and semiconductor supply chains. It was designed to help large companies and industrial producers connect with … [More]
How the Internet Disrupted Science
Scientific evidence affects policies, business, health outcomes, and economies worldwide. But is this stated scientific claim reliable? Or nonsense? More and more often, it’s unreliable. The global system managing scientific claims has been hacked by bad ideas, big money and bad incentives, and is being flooded by sketchy papers. How the Internet Disrupted Science reveals the … [More]
Fab Growth Pushes Foresight Past 1,000 Employees
Tempe-based Foresight Technologies has been part of the semiconductor supply chain since 1995. The company does not make chips. It makes the systems fabs need to run: high-purity components, chemical distribution systems, tool installation support and specialty fabrication for cleanroom environments through on- and off-site manufacturing. The company just recently passed … [More]
The AI Revolution That’s Redefining Software Budgets and Timelines
Everyone knew AI would alter the economics of software development. It’s happening now, but there’s still a bit of a plot twist: AI isn’t shaking things up in quite the way most people expected. Generative tools certainly speed up coding and testing, but the real breakthrough isn’t in spitting out workable code. It’s in the decreased time of each development cycle. Where … [More]
Arizona Farmers Look Skyward for Relief
Drones are not a silver bullet for farmers, but in some cases they sure can feel like it. In heat-stressed agricultural environments, such as those in Arizona, stretching every drop of resource (water and beyond) further is the name of the game, and drones are the king of that game. In the "upstream" sense, scouting drones can be utilized to detect heat stress more easily, … [More]
When AI ‘Goes Rogue,’ Who Is Accountable?
The OpenAI-Hugging Face breach was not a robot rebellion. It was a warning about what happens when machine capability outruns containment, governance and responsibility. “AI went rogue” is an irresistible headline. It suggests that a machine woke up, became sentient, formed an intention and disobeyed its creators. That is not what OpenAI says happened during its recent … [More]
McKinsey Study Puts New Numbers on U.S. Chip Workforce Challenge
The jobs are there – or are coming – but where’s the career interest?
The conversation around the semiconductor workforce can sound like a glass-half-empty story. The numbers are big, the gaps are real and the timeline is tight. But the same numbers point to one of the clearest career opportunities for students being told the job market is harder to break into. The New York Fed reported that labor market conditions remained challenging for … [More]
The Ripple Effect of Semiconductor Partnerships in Arizona
Arizona’s semiconductor expansion is beginning to reach beyond fabs and factory floors, creating ripple effects across workforce training, university research, business development and the state’s broader innovation economy. Partnerships between companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Amkor Technology are one example of how major industry investments can … [More]
AI Counter-Drone Platform Advances to Flight Testing in Mesa
ZenaTech, Inc., a technology solution provider specializing in AI drone, Drone as a Service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS, and Quantum Computing solutions, announced that its ZenaDrone subsidiary has commenced the initial flight testing phase of its Interceptor P-1, the Company’s low-cost, one-way autonomous counter-drone platform designed to physically intercept hostile unmanned … [More]
Chandler Chipmaker Expands into Edge AI with Acquisition
Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hailo, a provider of accelerated edge AI processors, advanced vision processing solutions, robotics processors and comprehensive AI software flows. The transaction is expected to close towards the end of … [More]
ASU, National Coalition Unveil Framework for Classroom AI
The EDSAFE AI Alliance and Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation announced the release of their highly anticipated national paper and benchmark framework, "Future-Proofing Human Flourishing: The Case for a Learning Sciences Benchmark for AI." Developed in collaboration with over 100 edtech developers, learning scientists, and … [More]
Tempe Tech Co. Brings Handwritten Cards to HubSpot
Handwrytten, a handwritten cards service, announced Handwrytten for HubSpot, an application on the HubSpot App Marketplace that lets teams send physical handwritten cards without ever leaving HubSpot. Handwritten mail remains one of the most effective channels in business communication: industry studies have long shown that handwritten envelopes are opened at rates approaching … [More]
The Hidden $15B Market Powering the Modern Internet
For years, the technology world obsessed over cryptocurrencies, NFTs, SPACs, and AI startups raising hundreds of millions of dollars before shipping a product. Meanwhile, one of the largest infrastructure markets on the internet matured with almost no public attention. The global secondary market for IPv4 addresses is now worth an estimated $15 billion. Until … [More]
Phoenix Looks to Turn Its Chip Base into a Quantum Edge
Quantum has been talked about as the next breakthrough for years. Now the conversation is changing. Industry leaders are starting to talk about the quantum age as already underway, not something far off in the future. That makes Phoenix’s new quantum push interesting. Quantum systems are still difficult to build, expensive to scale and sensitive in ways traditional computing … [More]
How ERP Modernization Can Drive Growth for Mid-Sized Businesses In 2026
And how is this impacted by the shift from traditional automation to agentic AI?
For years, enterprise resource planning systems were viewed as back-office utilities. They handled accounting, procurement and inventory while growth strategies unfolded elsewhere. In 2026, that perception no longer holds. For mid-sized businesses, ERP modernization has become a central driver of expansion, resilience and competitive speed. Legacy ERP platforms were built … [More]
Think Your Business Is Fully Protected in the Digital World?
Cyber insurance is now essential for businesses, yet many policies only partially cover emerging threats like AI-driven fraud, social engineering and vendor vulnerabilities. At the same time, insurers are narrowing how cyber risk is defined, creating sharper lines around what a policy covers and where responsibility still falls on the business. With risk now spanning … [More]
Why Should Employers Care about Personal Devices in the Workplace?
The way Americans protect their devices is undergoing a quiet shift. According to the second annual Antivirus Market Report 2026 from cybersecurity news portal Cybernews, built-in operating system tools have overtaken traditional third-party antivirus software as the primary line of defense for the majority of U.S. internet users, while smartphones remain dangerously … [More]
