Coforge Advances AI-Led Engineering with Forge-X, a Delivery Platform to Revolutionize AI-Driven Software Delivery at Scale
Indian IT services firm Coforge unveiled Forge‑X, an AI‑native delivery platform that embeds autonomous agents throughout the software development lifecycle. The platform combines Coforge’s industry domain expertise with tools such as CodeInsightAI, BlueSwan, NORTHSTAR and EvolveOps.AI to accelerate product delivery, improve quality and reduce engineering costs. Forge‑X operates on a four‑stage framework—onboarding, enablement, scaling, self‑governance—to embed AI sustainably across client workflows. Coforge positions the solution as a paradigm shift toward faster, smarter, and scalable AI‑driven engineering.
DDN Appoints Vice Chairman Amid Enterprise AI Expansion
Data Direct Networks (DDN) has named former Cisco and Groq executive Mohsen Moazami as vice chairman, a move seen as positioning the high‑performance computing firm for a public offering. The appointment follows a $300 million Blackstone investment and a strategic shift...
EU Fintechs Face New AML Duties as APP Scams Surge
APP (Authorized Push Payment) scams have become Europe’s most damaging payment fraud, now surpassing card fraud in total losses. In 2024 the average fraudulent credit‑transfer exceeded €2,000 and credit‑transfer fraud accounted for €2.5 bn, about 60 % of all payment‑fraud losses in...
Mitophagy’s Role in Pancreatic Cancer Therapy
Recent research highlights mitophagy—a cellular recycling process—as a promising lever in pancreatic cancer treatment. Activating the PINK1‑PARK2 pathway triggers selective mitochondrial clearance, making tumor cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Pre‑clinical models show that combining mitophagy inducers with standard...
Lloyds Banking Group Targets Over £100m Value From ‘Next Gen’ AI in 2026
Lloyds Banking Group aims to generate more than £100 million of value from artificial‑intelligence initiatives by 2026, doubling the £50 million realised in 2025. The bank is moving from generative AI projects to "agentic" AI, deploying autonomous agents that can act on...
Vantor Wins $5.3 Million NGA Contract to Spot Terrain Changes Using Commercial Satellite Data
Vantor, a commercial Earth‑observation operator, secured a $5.3 million contract from the National Geospatial‑Intelligence Agency under the Luno B vehicle to deliver automated terrain‑change insights. The award expands Vantor’s use of its high‑resolution electro‑optical constellation together with third‑party synthetic aperture radar, applying...
Axle and Experian Partner to Boost Auto Fraud Detection
Axle, an insurance‑data API provider, has teamed up with Experian to embed real‑time automotive insurance verification into Experian’s Fraud Protect platform. The integration lets dealerships and lenders instantly confirm active coverage while running identity and income checks, adding a new...
Level AI Featured as Pioneering on the CMP Research Prism for Both Automated QA/QM and Customer Analytics: Showcasing Capability in...
Level AI has been placed on the CMP Research Prism as a Pioneering provider for both Automated Quality Assurance/Quality Management (QA/QM) and Customer Analytics. The Prism evaluated 22 QA/QM solutions and 19 analytics platforms, sorting vendors into five tiers based...
Steven Maijoor: Europe's Digital Autonomy - Between Fault Lines and Vault Lines
Steven Maijoor warned that Europe’s financial sector is sitting on a digital fault line, with banks increasingly dependent on a handful of non‑European cloud hyperscalers. He highlighted the systemic risk this concentration creates, especially under cyber‑attacks or geopolitical sanctions. The...
Zendesk Spam Wave Returns, Floods Users with 'Activate Account' Emails
A fresh wave of spam is exploiting unsecured Zendesk support portals, flooding users worldwide with fake “Activate account” emails. Attackers submit tickets through open Zendesk forms, triggering automatic confirmation messages to large address lists. The campaign mirrors a January incident,...
The Payroll Software Dilemma Facing Accountancy Practices
In this episode, Ian Davidson of Quarry Payroll Consulting discusses the strategic crossroads accountancy practices face as legacy payroll software reaches end‑of‑life, weighing migration to modern cloud platforms against outsourcing payroll to specialist providers. He outlines the heavy resource demands,...
Bluerate AI Agent Review: What Is It? Who Is It For? How to Use?
Bluerate AI Agent is a privacy‑first, AI‑driven mortgage marketplace that connects borrowers directly with NMLS‑licensed loan officers without selling personal data. The tool leverages large language models and live loan‑origination systems to deliver real‑time, personalized rates from over 100 lenders....
It’s Complicated: Trust in All Ads Rises but There’s a Snag
New Credos Trust Tracker data shows public trust in advertising climbed to 40% in 2025, the strongest level in five years. Trust is strongest for TV (46%) and traditional channels, while online, social media and influencer ads lag behind at...
Quantum Computer Flaws Mapped with New Roughness Model for Stable Processing
Researchers at Nanoacademic Technologies and McGill University have introduced a quantitative model linking interface roughness to variability in Josephson junctions, a core component of superconducting qubits. By treating Al/AlO interface roughness as a Gaussian random field and applying the Ambegaokar‑Baratoff...
Insurance AML Explained: Red Flags, AI and Reporting
The insurance sector is emerging as a major weak point in global anti‑money‑laundering (AML) defenses, with life and investment‑linked policies flagged by the FATF for heightened risk. Regulators have already seized tens of millions linked to drug‑trafficking through insurance products,...
Google Opens Applications for the 10th Cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator Africa
Google has opened applications for the 10th cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa, rebranded as the “AI First program.” The 12‑week hybrid accelerator targets Series A startups building AI‑driven solutions for health, finance and societal challenges across the continent....
AI-Enabled Voice and Virtual Meeting Fraud Surges 1000%+
Pindrop’s 2025 report reveals a 1,210% surge in AI‑enabled voice and virtual‑meeting fraud, dwarfing the 195% rise in traditional scams. Synthetic voice bots and deepfake executives are now bypassing contact‑center IVRs and infiltrating remote interviews, financial transactions, and other trust‑based...
Making It Whole
Author Seth Godin argues that true integrity is built through countless small, consistent actions rather than occasional grand gestures. He warns that large corporations often sacrifice their founding mission for short‑term gains, eroding brand trust. Using the calculus integral as...
February 2026 Payments Rules Banks and FinTechs Can’t Ignore
February 2026 is a regulatory flashpoint, with 45 deadlines across payments, AML and consumer protection. Poland’s complaint‑handling act kicks in on Feb 12, while China imposes continuous sanctions‑list monitoring from Feb 16. New York’s FAIR Act expands unfair‑practice prohibitions on Feb 17, and...
Bringing a B2C Mindset to a B2B Challenge - Piyush Sagar Mishra, Twilio Head of Marketing Innovation and AI, Explains...
Twilio created the Head of Marketing Innovation and AI role for Piyush Sagar Mishra, leveraging his B2C background to re‑imagine B2B go‑to‑market. Mishra’s team built the MAISON framework—a trust‑first AI stack that combines a solid knowledge base, sandboxed models and agentic workflows....
Luciq Expands Agentic Mobile Observability With a Full Lifecycle Agentic Loop
Luciq has expanded its Agentic Mobile Observability platform to cover the full mobile app lifecycle, adding a coordinated four‑agent loop that detects, triages, resolves, and guards releases. The new Agentic Instrumentation lets teams instrument apps in under 10 minutes, while...
Superconducting Circuits Gain Fine Control with ‘Steering’ Wires for Better Performance
Researchers have introduced a supercurrent‑engineering technique that uses side control wires to sculpt the current density in superconducting thin‑film strips, eliminating edge crowding. By solving the London and Ginzburg‑Landau equations, they demonstrated inverted profiles with edge dips that suppress vortex...
AI Triggers $300B Market Crash, Exposing Adaptation Gap
AI models just rattled markets and erased $300 billion in value in a single day. This wasn’t about hype, but about real fears that automation is moving faster than business models can adapt. The gap between AI capability and market readiness is...
Airbnb’s Open-Source GraphQL Framework with Adam Miskiewicz
In this episode, Adam Miskiewicz, Principal Software Engineer at Airbnb, explains how the company built Viaduct, an open‑source data‑oriented service mesh and GraphQL platform that unifies a central schema across millions of microservices. He details the architectural principles—centralized schema, consistent...
Healthcare Cybersecurity Is in Crisis — These Proven Controls Could Be the Cure
The U.S. healthcare sector experienced twice as many cyber breaches in 2025 as in 2024, with average insured losses exceeding $2 million per incident. Resilience’s analysis of claims data identified five high‑ROI controls that materially reduce risk, including anti‑fraud training, breach‑and‑attack...
How Zoom Grew 30x Almost Overnight
In this episode, Eric Yuan recounts his journey from a frustrated employee at a video‑conferencing startup to founding Zoom, detailing the company’s rapid 30‑fold expansion during the COVID‑19 pandemic. He explains how Zoom scaled its technology, culture, and operations to...
AI-Native IT Documentation Platform Redefines How MSPs Work, Solving Pain Points and Generating Value in Real Time
Lexful unveiled an AI‑native IT documentation platform at the Right of Boom conference, targeting managed service providers (MSPs). Backed by Top Down Ventures and led by CEO Pinar Ormeci, the solution replaces static records with real‑time operational intelligence. Core features...
Congratulations to the #AAAI2026 Award Winners
The episode announces the winners of the 2026 AAAI awards presented at the opening of AAAI 2026 in Singapore. Highlights include Shakir Mohamed receiving the AI for Humanity award for his work at DeepMind, Ashok Goel earning the Engelmore Memorial...
Romanian EdTech Startup Kinderpedia Raises €2.2M in Growth Funding Round
Romanian EdTech startup Kinderpedia secured €2.2 million in a growth‑stage round led by Simpact Ventures, part of a €3.5 million target. The AI‑powered platform now serves schools in over 40 countries, reaching more than 500,000 teachers, parents and administrators. Funds will accelerate...
Fintech Farm Appoints Tom Dahlström as CEO
Fintech Farm Ltd announced Tom Dahlström as its new chief executive officer, bringing over 20 years of banking and payments experience, including a stint as chief strategy officer at OP Financial Group and a board seat at S‑Bank. Dahlström’s mandate is...
Study: 97% of Enterprises Say ECM Vendor Roadmaps Limit AI Implementation
A Vertesia survey of 1,500 senior IT leaders reveals that 96.8% of enterprises view ECM vendor roadmaps as a major barrier to AI adoption. While 40.2% plan to raise AI spending, 71.9% say vendor timelines limit their ability to execute...
Cisco, F5 Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities
Cisco and F5 released emergency patches this week addressing multiple high‑severity flaws across their flagship products. Cisco fixed two critical bugs—CVE‑2026‑20119, a remote, unauthenticated DoS in TelePresence CE and RoomOS, and CVE‑2026‑20098, an authenticated file‑upload that grants root command execution...
TreasurySpring Integrates with Clearwater Analytics
TreasurySpring announced a direct integration with Clearwater Analytics, linking Clearwater’s investment‑accounting platform to more than 1,000 TreasurySpring cash‑investment products. The partnership gives institutional investors access to fixed‑term funds across eight currencies, diversified exposure to 120+ high‑rated banks and issuers, and...
Seven Reasons Insurers Are Betting on IntellectAI’s Platform
Commercial insurers face rising data volumes and complex risks, prompting a shift toward AI-driven underwriting. IntellectAI’s platform automates extraction and normalisation of unstructured data, delivering a unified risk view and accelerating high‑volume lines. The solution reduces data validation time by...
New Crew Set to Launch for ISS After Medical Evacuation
A new Crew‑12 team—Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev—will launch to the International Space Station on Feb 11 after the unprecedented medical evacuation of Crew‑11. The launch faces added uncertainty as SpaceX temporarily grounds Falcon 9 flights to investigate...
Alumni of Allianz Trade, Oliver Wyman and Hokodo Launch Agentic Credit Consultancy
Former executives from Allianz Trade, Oliver Wyman and fintech Hokodo have launched a new consultancy focused on automating accounts payable and receivable processes. The firm, founded by Louis Carbonnier, Richard Thornton, Sami Ben Hatit and Nicolas Rabinovitch, reports early client engagements delivering a...
Battle-Testing Lynx at Allegro
Allegro’s mobile team, after six years with the in‑house MBox server‑driven UI, sought a solution that could deliver native performance while retaining cross‑platform flexibility. They evaluated Lynx, an open‑source framework that renders natively on iOS, Android, and Web from a...
Finova Wins Five-Year Contract Extension with Key Group
Finova has secured a five‑year contract extension with Key Group, the UK’s leading later‑life lender, to continue powering its more2life mortgage products. The renewed deal will see Key Group adopt Finova’s next‑generation lending platform and an agile pricing engine, enabling...
Influencer Marketing ‘Must Grow up to Thrive in 2026’
The SAMY Marketing Trends 2026 report shows that 87% of CMOs will maintain or increase influencer marketing spend despite tightening budgets. While the channel remains resilient, executives are demanding clearer performance metrics, tighter integration, and demonstrable ROI. The study highlights...
Synthesia and Flatpay Founders Back Pluto.markets in $6M Raise
Danish neobroker Pluto.markets secured a $6 million seed round, bringing its total capital to nearly $10 million since its 2021 launch. The round was led by Seed Capital and featured a roster of Danish unicorn founders from Synthesia, Flatpay, Pleo and others....
Peppermint Oil Plasma Coating Could Cut Catheter Infections without Releasing Drugs
Researchers at Flinders University have created a nanoscale coating derived from peppermint essential oil using atmospheric‑pressure plasma polymerization. The ultra‑thin film adheres to catheter surfaces, killing E. coli and P. aeruginosa on contact while eliminating up to 90 % of reactive oxygen species...
The Coming End of ISS, Symbol of an Era of Global Cooperation
The International Space Station will be de‑orbited in 2030 using a SpaceX‑built vehicle, ending a three‑decade era of continuous human presence in low‑Earth orbit. Launched after the Cold War, the ISS became a flagship of U.S.–Russia cooperation despite recent geopolitical...
Google Bets on ‘Helpful AI’ to Push Gemini Into the Zeitgeist in Super Bowl Ad
Google is debuting a 60‑second Super Bowl commercial titled "New Home" to promote its Gemini generative‑AI assistant. The ad follows a mother using Gemini’s image‑generation tools to visualize a move, emphasizing the platform’s "helpful AI" narrative. The spot anchors an...
STAT+: Vertex’s CRISPR Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease Hits Unexpected Roadblock
Vertex's CRISPR‑based therapy Casgevy, approved over two years ago for sickle cell disease, has treated only about 60 patients globally. The slowdown stems from an unexpected manufacturing hurdle: centers cannot harvest enough autologous cells to produce the drug. This bottleneck...
Sainsbury’s and Amazon Bosses Join Retail Trust’s Board of Trustees
Sainsbury’s chief retail, logistics and supply chain officer Tracey Clements and Amazon’s EU Fresh director Matt Birch have been appointed trustees of the Retail Trust, joining a board that already includes senior figures from Landsec, New Look and Matalan. The charity works...
Resilience: The Bridge Between Insurance and Entrepreneurship
🔴 We are live. → https://t.co/zWtv2aFsZD I'm sitting with Steven Mendel, co-founder at ManyPets, to discuss 'Resilience' the common point between insurance and entrepreneurship. https://t.co/LTEQtFzOPu
AA Signs Times Media Deal to Big up £66.6bn Sector
The Advertising Association has struck a strategic partnership with Times Media to launch “The Success Files”, a campaign that will turn the findings of its “Advertising Pays 25” report into real‑world case studies. The report showed UK businesses invested £66.6 billion...
ClearBank Hires Visa's Neil Drennan as CTO
ClearBank has appointed Neil Drennan, former Visa chief technology officer for Cross Border Solutions, as its new chief technology officer. Drennan, who created Visa’s Cloud Centre of Excellence and previously held senior roles at Amazon and 10x Future Technologies, brings...
Microsoft Launches LiteBox, a Security-Focused Open-Source Library OS
Microsoft unveiled LiteBox, an open‑source library operating system designed to act as a secure kernel layer for protecting guest kernels through hardware virtualization. Developed alongside the Linux Virtualization Based Security (LVBS) project, LiteBox runs security‑critical code in a hardened, isolated...
US FDA Reissues Cybersecurity Guidance to Reflect QMSR Transition and ISO 13485 Alignment
The FDA reissued its final medical‑device cybersecurity guidance on February 4, updating references to reflect the new Quality System Management Regulation (QMSR) that took effect on February 2. The revision aligns the guidance with ISO 13485:2016, embedding the international standard into the U.S....
