Los Angeles – September 28, 2026 -- Fewer than 15% of Los Angeles properties covered by the city's mandatory non-ductile concrete retrofit program had submitted retrofit plans more than a decade after the ordinance took effect, according to research published in Earthquake Spectra in July 2026.

Middletown – September 28, 2026 -- Makera is enabling small businesses and independent entrepreneurs to move precision CNC manufacturing from outsourced suppliers into their own workshops with its Carvera Air desktop machine, cutting costs and shortening production cycles for niche manufacturers.

New York – September 28, 2026 -- Boldyn Networks has signed 20 new and expanded agreements with U.S. colleges and universities to modernize campus connectivity and IT infrastructure, the company announced.

Boldyn expands ResNet and Managed Campus services across 20 institutions

The agreements are anchored by Boldyn's residential network services (ResNet) and include expanded Managed Campus network services, managed IT services, network monitoring and specialized professional services such as executive advisory, cloud assessments and security assessments.

Los Angeles – – September 28, 2026 -- An independent fairness assessment by FairPlay found no statistically significant disparities between protected class and non-protected class consumers evaluated using Prism Data's CashScore, a cash flow underwriting score built on real-time deposit transaction data.

CashScore shows no proxy risk for protected status

FairPlay's data study tested whether CashScore correlates with protected status in ways that could function as a proxy for discrimination. The assessment found no such correlation.

Las Vegas – September 28, 2026 -- IGT will unveil a new brand identity at the 2026 Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas, running Sept. 28 through Oct. 1, marking a formal repositioning of the gaming technology provider following its combination with Everi Holdings.

New York – September 28, 2026 -- Women trying to conceive spend a median of $543 and track three hormone cycles out of pocket before fertility insurance coverage typically begins, according to a real-world analysis released by Oova and Flora Fertility.

Analysis tracks 49 users who conceived using at-home hormone monitoring

The study examined data from 49 Oova users spanning 2021 to 2026 who subsequently reported a pregnancy. Users tracked a median of four hormone cycles overall, with some spending more than $2,000 across multiple years before conceiving.

Jacksonville, Fla. – September 28, 2026 -- The U.S. independent workforce reached a record 74.9 million people in 2026, driven by a 114% surge in full-time independent professionals since 2020, according to the 16th annual State of Independence study released by MBO Partners by Beeline.

Chicago – September 28, 2026 -- GTCR has closed its acquisition of Tactacam, a cellular-connected camera provider serving more than one million subscribers, buying the company from Bertram Capital and its founders in a deal with undisclosed terms.

Coral Springs, Fla. – September 28, 2026 -- Zulu Pods, Inc. (ZPI) has completed altitude testing of its patented ZPOD lubrication system at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), recording bearing temperatures comparable to or lower than legacy systems on a 200 lbf class turbojet engine.

Lakewood, Calif. – September 28, 2026 -- The City Councils of Artesia, Burbank and Lakewood have voted to approve Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) home improvement financing through Home Run Financing (HRF), bringing the total number of participating California jurisdictions to more than 360.