NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Aug. 27 (TNSrep) -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * Agentic AI to Dominate IT Budget Expansion Over Next Five Years, Exceeding 26% of Worldwide IT Spending, and $1.3 Trillion in 2029, According to IDC Unprecedented Forecast Signals an IT Transformation from Software to AI-Based Products and Services * NEEDHAM, Mass. (August 26, 2025) - Year-over-year spending, between 2025 and  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 27 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * Energy of Change in Action: Voices of Relentless Optimism Several forces within GE Vernova align in its new Energy of Change in Action storytelling campaign: a century-old commitment to breakthrough ideas, the relentless optimism of the company's employees, and their common sense of purpose in meeting tomorrow's challenges today. From developing advanced grid technologies in France t  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Engineering fantasy into reality * Growing up in the suburban town of Spring, Texas, just outside of Houston, Erik Ballesteros couldn't help but be drawn in by the possibilities for humans in space. It was the early 2000s, and NASA's space shuttle program was the main transport for astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Ballesteros' hometown was less than an hour fr  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 27 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik to speak at 13th Annual Morgan Stanley Laguna Conference CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (August 26, 2025) - GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) Chief Executive Officer and President Scott Strazik will present at the 13th Annual Morgan Stanley Laguna Conference in Laguna Beach, California on Thursday, September 11, 2025, at 7:45 AM PDT. Strazik will speak to investors in a fire  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * J-PAL North America launches Initiative for Effective US Crime Policy * Crime and public safety are among the most pressing concerns across communities in the United States. Violence fractures lives and carries staggering costs; the economic burden of gun violence alone tops $100 billion each year. More than 5 million people live under supervision through incarceration, probation,   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * On the joys of being head of house at McCormick Hall * While sharing a single cup of coffee, Raul Radovitzky, the Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and his wife Flavia Cardarelli, senior administrative assistant in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, recently discussed the love they have for their "nighttime jobs" living in Mc  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, influential physicist who forged new paths to understanding the universe, dies at 92 * MIT Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss '55, PhD '62, a renowned experimental physicist and Nobel laureate whose groundbreaking work confirmed a longstanding prediction about the nature of the universe, passed away on Aug. 25. He was 92. Weiss conceived of the Laser  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Aug. 27 -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * RWU's Extension School and Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District Launch Early College Program RWU Extension School launches first Early College program in Massachusetts, partnering with Dighton-Rehoboth to provide students with college-level math curriculum that enables them to earn credit before graduation. By Kelly Brinza PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Roger Williams University (RWU) Extension School is e  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 26 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Simpler models can outperform deep learning at climate prediction * Environmental scientists are increasingly using enormous artificial intelligence models to make predictions about changes in weather and climate, but a new study by MIT researchers shows that bigger models are not always better. The team demonstrates that, in certain climate scenarios, much simpler, physics-based  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Aug. 27 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB and Skanska Collaborate to Deliver Complex Transportation Projects * Complex transportation projects like design-builds (DBs) hinge on seamless partnership between contractor and designer. Communication and collaboration are essential, which is why VHB has in  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Aug. 26 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Celebrates Orlando Business Journal 2025 Best Places to Work Award * VHB's Orlando office has once again been recognized by the Orlando Business Journal as a Best Places to Work in Orlando, securing its position in the medium-size firm category. The 2025 acco  more