Video: Can Robots Help Save Farming?
Robotics, AI, and automation are reshaping UK agriculture as the Lincoln Institute for Agri‑Food Technology (LIAT) showcases its latest innovations. The institute’s autonomous ARWAC field machine, the data‑rich HiRes‑Soils project, and Saga Robotics’ Thorvald harvest‑assist robot illustrate how technology can offset labor shortages, rising costs, and climate pressures. By partnering with farmers and researchers, LIAT aims to boost food security and sustainability through smarter, data‑driven farming practices.
NASA Chief: Artemis Moon Landing Is Litmus Test for ‘American Exceptionalism’
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman warned that the Artemis III moon landing is a litmus test for American exceptionalism, stressing that a U.S. miss before China’s 2030 landing would raise questions about national competence. The White House pushed the Artemis III...
Octopus-Inspired Hydrogel Reveals Hidden Image when Exposed to Temperature Changes or Solvents
Researchers have created an octopus‑inspired hydrogel that acts as a programmable canvas, embedding data directly into its polymer structure during 3‑D printing. When the gel is heated or exposed to a solvent with a different polarity, it swells and alters...
U.S. Unveils “Parasitic” MMAUV That Hitchhikes Onto Ships & Submarines — Changing Rules Of Naval Warfare
Lockheed Martin has unveiled the Lamprey Multi‑Mission Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (MMAUV), a plug‑and‑play drone that latches onto ships or submarines and recharges via built‑in hydrogenerators. The modular vehicle can arrive at a theater fully charged and launch aerial drones, torpedoes,...
ACCA Future-Proofs Finance Professionals with New Tech-Focused Certificates
The episode explains ACCA's launch of a four‑part Technology in Finance certificate series, aimed at equipping accountants with practical skills in data analytics, cybersecurity, AI, and organisational transformation. It highlights that 50 % of finance leaders worry about skill gaps as...
Predictive World Models Transform AI, Robotics, and Gaming
For our free newsletter this week, we talk about the significance of World Models. @IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week. World Models are AI systems that learn how an environment changes over time so an agent can predict what happens...
FocalPoint Positioning to Showcase S-GNSS Auto at Tech.AD Europe 2026
Focal Point Positioning will demonstrate its S‑GNSS Auto software at Tech.AD Europe 2026 in Berlin on March 23‑24. The UK‑based solution boosts global navigation satellite system reliability by tackling multipath interference and signal attenuation. It enables absolute positioning for autonomous...
Build Many AI Prototypes, Kill Most to Avoid Product Debt
"Coding will be practically solved for everyone within six months." That's the most important line in this talk. It will continue to unleash unbelievable acceleration in what people can build. But it's going to lead to tons of AI...
Parkonomics: Retrofitting for the Future
Retrofitting existing parking structures is becoming a strategic priority as operators shift from new builds to phased upgrades. A comprehensive audit of electrical, fiber‑optic and space constraints guides capital plans that first strengthen core infrastructure before adding user‑facing technologies like...
FDA Kicks Off Review of Takeda's Narcolepsy Hopeful
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed Takeda's orexin‑2 receptor agonist oveporexton (TAK‑861) into a priority review, with a decision expected in the third quarter. If approved, it would become the first drug to target the underlying orexin deficiency...
Hand Gestures Can Help You Sell. Here’s Why
Wharton professor Jonah Berger and colleagues examined how hand gestures shape persuasive communication, using an automated video‑analysis system on 200,000 TED Talk segments. They grouped gestures into unrelated, highlighters and illustrators, discovering that illustrators most strongly increase audience understanding and perceived...
Visa Helps Merchants Accept Card Payments Through iPhones
Visa has launched a software development kit that lets merchants accept Apple Tap to Pay on iPhones, eliminating the need for separate card‑reading hardware. The SDK is distributed via Visa’s Acceptance Platform and includes access to Visa’s tokenisation, fraud and unified commerce...
Competition Is Not Market Validation
The article argues that a crowded competitive landscape does not prove a large or attractive market. It explains that excess venture capital, low barriers to entry, and an oversupply of founders can create a swarm of startups even in modest...
Mozilla’s New AI Strategy Marks a Return to Its ‘Rebel Alliance’ Roots
Mozilla announced that Firefox 148 will let users enable or disable individual AI features such as translation, tab grouping, and chatbot sidebars. The move is part of a broader “rebel alliance” strategy outlined in the State of Mozilla report, aiming to...
Toast Links Dining to Instacart’s Marketplace; Ingenico Launches Its 360 Platform Plus AXIUM Terminals
Toast announced a partnership with Instacart, linking its restaurant platform to the Instacart Marketplace and making Instacart Business available for same‑day grocery procurement. The integration adds SmartScan barcode optimization and catalog attribution tools, enabling restaurants to quickly add items and...
Iterative Mindset versus AI and GLP-1s: Why Shortcuts Weaken the Brain
The article warns that reliance on AI tools and GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs creates shortcut mentalities that weaken the brain’s motivation circuits. Behavior‑change expert Kyra Bobinet argues that these “easy buttons” prevent the iterative learning process that builds lasting competence. She...
Chang'e-6 Samples Constrain Lunar Impact Flux and Illuminate Early Impact History
Scientists using Chang'e-6 far‑side samples have revised the lunar crater chronology, demonstrating that impact fluxes on the Moon’s near and far sides are statistically indistinguishable. Radiometric ages of 2.8 billion‑year basalts and 4.247 billion‑year norites from the South Pole–Aitken basin provide an independent...
RATs in the Machine: Inside a Pakistan-Linked Three-Pronged Cyber Assault on India
A newly released Aryaka report details a Pakistan‑attributed APT36 campaign that has launched a three‑pronged cyber assault on Indian government and defense entities. The operation employs three distinct Remote Access Trojans—GETA (a .NET Windows RAT), ARES (a Python‑based Linux RAT),...
Vega Raises $120M Series B to Rethink How Enterprises Detect Cyber Threats
Vega Security announced a $120 million Series B round, lifting its valuation to $700 million. The Boston‑based startup aims to overturn the traditional SIEM model by analyzing security data where it already resides—in cloud services, data lakes, and existing storage—using an AI‑native platform....
GitLab CEO on Why AI Isn’t Helping Enterprise Ship Code Faster
GitLab CEO Bill Staples says AI coding assistants haven’t accelerated enterprise software delivery because developers spend only 10‑20% of their day writing code. The remaining 80‑90% involves reviews, pipeline runs, security and compliance checks that remain untouched by AI. GitLab’s...
Discovery of a Possible Pulsar in the Milky Way's Center Could Enable Unprecedented Tests of General Relativity
Researchers from Columbia University and the Breakthrough Listen program have identified an 8.19‑millisecond pulsar candidate orbiting close to the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*. The discovery emerged from the deepest radio survey ever conducted of the Galactic Center, published...
Microsoft 365 Outage Takes Down Admin Center in North America
Microsoft confirmed a service outage affecting the Microsoft 365 admin center for some business and enterprise administrators in North America. The disruption also extends to the M365 app, with users experiencing degraded functionality and inability to raise support tickets. Thousands...
Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents
Former GitHub CEO launches Entire, a developer platform built for AI agents, backed by a $60 million seed round led by Felicis. The company’s first offering is an open‑source CLI that records agent context as versioned "Checkpoints" alongside Git commits. Entire...
SPS Commerce Embeds Agentic AI Into Supply Chain Execution
Supply chain network SPS Commerce launched MAX, an agentic AI suite embedded in its platform, to automate and coordinate retail trading workflows. MAX offers Chat, Monitor, and Connect capabilities that surface risks, guide resolutions, and interact with external systems via...
Precision Drive Systems Hires New Controller
Precision Drive Systems (PDS) announced the appointment of Matthew Bell as its new controller, succeeding retiring veteran Rich Stipanovic. Bell will oversee enterprise financial management, including accounting, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls. The hire follows Bell’s extensive tenure in...
Safer Internet Day – How the VPN Industry Is Reacting to the Rising Risks of AI
Safer Internet Day 2026 spotlighted the safe, responsible use of AI, prompting VPN leaders to embed privacy into generative tools. Proton introduced Lumo, an open‑source chatbot that encrypts every conversation and refuses to train on user data. ExpressVPN announced ExpressAI,...
Keep Core Systems, Use AI to Reduce Friction
There is a strategic difference between creating advantage and assuming responsibility. Mission-critical systems of record are designed to manage compliance, auditability, and operational consistency across industries. Replacing them with AI-built alternatives transfers that responsibility to internal teams for the life...
LSEG Partners Apex Group to Digitise Private-Fund Distribution
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has partnered with Apex Group to create an end‑to‑end digital distribution network for private funds using LSEG’s Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI). The collaboration links Apex’s global fund‑servicing platform, Apex Digital 3.0, directly to DMI on...
EP37: Interview with Christopher Fedele, Business Development Director, L3 Harris
In this episode, Bill Woolf talks with Christopher Fedele, Business Development Director at L3 Harris, about the rapid evolution of propulsion technologies needed for contested space operations. Fedele explains how electric, high‑performance, and nuclear propulsion enable agile, survivable satellites that can...
Robo.ai, DaBoss.AI Form J.V to Launch Distributed Embodied AI Data Platform
Robo.ai Inc. and DaBoss.AI Inc. have signed a definitive joint‑venture agreement to create a distributed embodied‑intelligence data platform headquartered in the UAE. The venture will tackle data scale, acquisition cost and compliance challenges by deploying a dual‑engine methodology that blends...
Fiserv Caps a Sub-Par Year With a Disappointing Fourth Quarter
Fiserv reported a disappointing fourth quarter, with adjusted revenue of $19.8 billion up 4% year‑over‑year but operating margin slipping 200 basis points to 37.4%. The company’s stock has tumbled from $230 to $60 as earnings per share fell 2% to $8.64....
IDirect Government Validates Live Over-the-Air (OTA) Point-to-Point Test on DVB-S2X Standard
iDirect Government demonstrated a live over‑the‑air point‑to‑point test that validates the DVB‑S2X standard on its 450 Software‑Defined Modem (SDM). The test used the company’s Virtualized Waveform Core (WCore) to run a 200 Mbps × 200 Mbps Ka‑band link, confirming stability across GEO, MEO, LEO...
A Possible First-Ever Einstein Probe Observation of a Black Hole Tearing Apart a White Dwarf
On July 2 2025 the China‑led Einstein Probe detected a transient X‑ray source, EP250702a, whose brightness surged to ~3 × 10⁴⁹ erg s⁻¹ and displayed a rapid hard‑to‑soft spectral shift. Coordinated follow‑up across the globe confirmed the event’s location in a galaxy’s outskirts and revealed a...
What Is a Data Flow Diagram? Guide + Tips For Creating DFDs
The episode explains what a Data Flow Diagram (DFD) is, how it differs from a flowchart, and walks listeners through its four core components—external entities, processes, data stores, and data flows. It outlines key rules for creating clear DFDs, distinguishes...
CRM Implementation Guide: 9 Steps to a High-ROI Rollout in 2026 – Shopify
In this episode Shopify’s CRM strategist Kristen Makin explains why 70 % of CRM projects fail and outlines a nine‑step roadmap for a high‑ROI rollout in 2026. The discussion emphasizes treating CRM as a strategic, cross‑functional operating model rather than a...
Evommune Soars as Dermatitis Treatment Rivals Dupixent in Mid-Stage Trial
Evommune’s shares surged 75% after its Phase 2a trial showed the therapeutic protein EVO301 reduced atopic dermatitis severity by 33% versus placebo. The study enrolled 70 patients, with a 55% reduction in the treatment arm compared to 22% in the placebo...
Alibaba Open-Sources Zvec: An Embedded Vector Database Bringing SQLite-Like Simplicity and High-Performance On-Device RAG to Edge Applications
Alibaba Tongyi Lab unveiled Zvec, an open‑source, in‑process vector database designed for edge and on‑device retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) workloads. Marketed as the “SQLite of vector databases,” it runs as a library inside the host application, eliminating the need for external...
Scientists Identify Genetic Connection to Barrett’s Esophagus, Paving the Way for Advances in Esophageal Cancer Treatment
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University identified mutations in the VSIG10L gene as a key hereditary driver of Barrett’s esophagus, a precursor to esophageal adenocarcinoma. The study analyzed genetic data from 684 individuals across 302 families and demonstrated that loss‑of‑function...
Make Your Brand the Generic Verb of Its Category
Every brand should have one goal: Be like Kleenex. People ask for Kleenex all the time, when really, they're asking for a tissue. The last generation said "Xerox this for me" as much as "copy this for me." ChatGPT has already become...
Executive Backing Turns Data Governance From Reactive to Strategic
Data governance is critical but tough. Without executive support, clear roles, and resources, committees stay reactive. Done right, it drives strategic decisions and strengthens both insights and cyber resilience. https://t.co/brZ80xsiyu
Rootly | Alerting as Code: How Mistral AI Uses Terraform as the Source of Truth
Mistral AI has re‑engineered its alerting pipeline by treating monitoring definitions as code, using Terraform as the single source of truth. The approach automatically generates synthetic checks for every model capability, tags them for ownership, and enforces deterministic routing. By...
Exploring Cutting-Edge Automated Lab Gear at SLAS Boston
SLAS is going on in Boston right now. We’re checking out a lot of cool automated lab equipment this week. https://t.co/CSFO1oGnt7
Silent Witnesses: Pets Offer a Fur-Ensic Tale
Researchers at Flinders University and Victoria Police have demonstrated that dogs and cats can act as intermediaries for human DNA transfer at crime scenes. Controlled experiments showed even brief contact leaves detectable DNA on pets, which can then be deposited...
Arbol and Pollen Systems Partner on Parametric Product for Agricultural & Climate Challenges
Arbol and Pollen Systems, backed by Esri and Omniris, have launched a parametric insurance product that fuses AI‑driven risk models with real‑time satellite, drone and field data. The solution leverages Esri’s GIS platform to deliver location‑aware insights throughout the policy...
Aramis Biotechnologies and the Biologics Manufacturing Centre (BMC) Inc. – Announce the Successful Delivery of a Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in...
Aramis Biotechnologies and the Biologics Manufacturing Centre (BMC) announced they have completed formulation, aseptic fill‑finish, and clinical packaging for Aramis’s seasonal influenza vaccine. The milestone delivers clinical‑grade material for Phase 1/2 trials, meeting regulatory quality and safety requirements. The achievement underscores...
Zettlab D6 Ultra NAS Review: Ironically, AI Might Not Be the Best Feature of This Network-Attached Storage Device
The Zettlab D6 Ultra is a six‑bay NAS built around an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor, offering dual 10 GbE and USB4 connectivity and optional 32 GB DDR5 memory. Its ZettOS platform supports Docker, VMs, and local AI model hosting via Intel AI...
Has Roscosmos Gotten Its Baikonur Soyuz-2 Launchpad Fixed Already?
Roscosmos is said to have finished repairs on Baikonur Site 31, the Soyuz‑2 launchpad, by February 10, 2026. The pad was rendered inoperable after a service platform fell into the flame trench during the November launch, an incident attributed to improper attachment. Earlier...
Cangaroo Open-Source CAN Bus Analyzer Supports SocketCAN and CAN-FD on Linux
Cangaroo is an open‑source CAN bus analyzer built for Linux, offering native integration with the SocketCAN stack and support for CAN‑FD. The desktop application captures, decodes, and visualizes traffic in real time, leveraging DBC databases and providing trace, graph, and...
If Scientists Ever Find Strong Evidence of Alien Life, Communicating It Will Pose Serious Issues
Scientists warn that announcing definitive evidence of extraterrestrial life will be fraught with communication challenges. While missions like NASA’s Pandora telescope and the Confidence of Life Detection scale aim to provide rigorous evidence, public perception will be shaped by cultural...
A Chemical Reaction in X-Ray Vision
An international team used time‑resolved synchrotron X‑ray techniques at DESY and ESRF to watch iron‑sulphur nanosheets form in real time. The study uncovered a fleeting, layer‑like intermediate that directs the crumpled nanosheet shape through a topotactic transformation. By simultaneously tracking...
