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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Friday November 07, 2025 ( 17 items )  

Akamai Inference Cloud Gains Early Traction as AI Moves Out to the Edge
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 -- Akamai Technologies, a provider of content delivery network services, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2025: * * * Akamai Inference Cloud Gains Early Traction as AI Moves Out to the Edge Organizations are putting the technology to work to improve response times and revenue, from live video intelligence to context-aware chatbots and AI-powered consumer products. * Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company  more

Analysis Group: Competition Expert Pierre Regibeau Discusses EU Merger Control at GCR Event in Brussels
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Analysis Group, Boston, Massachusetts, competition expert Pierre Regibeau contributed to a discussion on global merger control at a conference in Brussels. The expert took part in the panel titled "Merger Control: The Equilibrium" during the Global Competition Review Live: Global Merger Control conference. The session was led by Nicholas Levy of Cleary Gottlieb and included panelists Annamaria Mangiaracina from Linklaters and Alessandro Gropelli of Connect Europe. Regibeau  more

Analysis Group: Copay Accumulator and Maximizer Programs Analyzed by Analysis Group Authors in Law360
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Analysis Group, Boston, Massachusetts, Managing Principal Stephen Fink, Senior Advisor Richard Mortimer and Vice President Igor Karagodsky analyzed the complexities introduced by copay accumulator and maximizer programs in an article in Law360. Drug manufacturers frequently offer financial assistance to patients, such as coupons, to reduce a patient's out-of-pocket cost for copays and other prescription drug expenses. However, some insurers and health plans have begun imple  more

Charting the future of AI, from safer answers to faster thinking
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Charting the future of AI, from safer answers to faster thinking * Adoption of new tools and technologies occurs when users largely perceive them as reliable, accessible, and an improvement over the available methods and workflows for the cost. Five PhD students from the inaugural class of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab Summer Program are utilizing state-of-the-art resources, alleviating  more

GE Vernova to Provide Grid-Stabilizing Technology for Transgrid to Support Renewables Rollout in Australia
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 7 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * GE Vernova to provide grid-stabilizing technology for Transgrid to support renewables rollout in Australia * GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) has signed a contract with Transgrid for the supply of synchronous condensers, highly-sought-after equipment that will assist in stabilising the New South Wales (NSW) grid as it transitions from coal to renewables. * Synchronous condensers and assoc  more

International Data: With Telecom Services Spending Growing Less Than 2% Annually, Operators Turn to AI to Boost EBITDA Margins
NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Nov. 7 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * With Telecom Services Spending Growing Less than 2% Annually, Operators Turn to AI to Boost EBITDA Margins Worldwide spending on telecommunication and pay TV services will reach $1,532 billion in 2025, representing an increase of +1.7% year-on-year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Servic  more

MIT physicists observe key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT physicists observe key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene * Superconductors are like the express trains in a metro system. Any electricity that "boards" a superconducting material can zip through it without stopping and losing energy along the way. As such, superconductors are extremely energy efficient, and are used today to power a variety of   more

MIT researchers propose a new model for legible, modular software
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT researchers propose a new model for legible, modular software * Coding with large language models (LLMs) holds huge promise, but it also exposes some long-standing flaws in software: code that's messy, hard to change safely, and often opaque about what's really happening under the hood. Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are char  more

Northeastern University: End-Of-Life Stroke Care Shows Troubling Gaps for Black, Hispanic and Rural Patients
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 7 (TNSrep) -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * End-of-life stroke care shows troubling gaps for Black, Hispanic and rural patients Black, Hispanic and rural stroke patients nearing death are more likely sent home than to hospice, a Northeastern study finds. By Alena Kuzub A Northeastern University study (https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/playContent/1-s2.0-S1525861025003640) found that Black, Hispanic and rural patients nearing the en  more

Q&A: How folk ballads explain the world
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Q&A: How folk ballads explain the world * Traditional folk ballads are one of our most enduring forms of cultural expression. They can also be lost to society, forgotten over time. That's why, in the mid-1700s, when a Scottish woman named Anna Gordon was found to know three dozen ancient ballads, collectors tried to document all of these songs a volume of work that became a kind of   more

SPH AT APHA 2025
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 7 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news on Nov. 6, 2025: * * * SPH AT APHA 2025 From panel sessions and poster presentations to a night celebrating the accomplishments of alumni and friends, the SPH community gathered in Washington DC for the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo. A host of SPH faculty, students, staff, and alumni were among the more than 12,000 public health experts who attended the Annual A  more

Transportation Execution Systems: E-commerce and Real-Time Visibility the Driving Force Behind the Market
DEDHAM, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 [Category: BizConsulting] -- The Arc Advisory Group issued the following news release: * * * Transportation Execution Systems: E-commerce and Real-Time Visibility the Driving Force Behind the Market * The rapid growth of e-commerce and new fulfillment models has directly fueled significant expansion in the Transportation Execution Systems (TES) market. In 2024, TES adoption surged, particularly in industries such as consumer packaged goods and food & beverage, w  more

Tufts University: $4 Million Gift to Advance Women's Health
SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts, Nov. 7 -- Tufts University issued the following news release: * * * $4 Million Gift to Advance Women's Health Tufts Board Chair Jeff Moslow and Linda Moslow fund initiative uniting medicine and nutrition, with focus on menopause and longevity * When Linda Moslow, A16P, A18P, entered perimenopause in her early 40s, she was blindsided. "I'd always been healthy and grounded in wellness," she says. "Suddenly, I couldn't recognize myself." The months of anxiety, sleepl  more

UMass Amherst Wins 2025 New England Food Vision Prize for Innovative Farm-to-Campus Dining Initiative
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Nov. 7 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Wins 2025 New England Food Vision Prize for Innovative Farm-to-Campus Dining Initiative The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded nearly $100,000 through the Kendall Foundation 2025 New England Food Vision Prize to launch UMass Fresh 2Go: Increasing Access to Fresh, Convenient, and Local Food, an innovative retail dining program that will make fresh, locally sourced   more

UMass-Amherst: SEIGMA Concludes Its Groundbreaking Research Into Impacts of Gambling
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Nov. 7 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * SEIGMA Concludes its Groundbreaking Research into Impacts of Gambling The UMass Amherst research known as the Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA) is coming to an end after more than a decade of unprecedented studies, amassing a deep well of data that will inform the field in perpetuity. In 2013, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) first awarded the SEIGMA tea  more

Where climate meets community
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Where climate meets community * The MIT Living Climate Futures Lab (LCFL) centers the human dimensions of climate change, bringing together expertise from across MIT to address one of the world's biggest challenges. The LCFL has three main goals: "addressing how climate change plays out in everyday life, focusing on community-oriented partnerships, and encouraging cross-disciplina  more

With Future Data in Doubt, UMass Amherst Political Economy Research Institute Names Top U.S. Climate Polluters
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Nov. 7 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * With Future Data in Doubt, UMass Amherst Political Economy Research Institute Names Top U.S. Climate Polluters Rollback in EPA reporting requirements may end Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index and access to vital public information * Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) today published a new Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index, reporting   more