Seven Capabilities that Separate Modern Supply Chain Platforms From Legacy Tools
Supply chain leaders are confronting volatile markets, rising costs and looming recession, prompting a shift from legacy tools to cognitive platforms. A recent Blue Yonder report finds 82% cite outdated technology as a barrier, while 74% see AI already reshaping operations. Seven pillars—cloud‑native architecture, AI data cloud, interoperable solutions, multi‑enterprise networks, unified decisioning, intelligent agents, and next‑gen user experience—define modern platforms. Together they promise faster, more precise, and resilient end‑to‑end supply chains.
Staples Canada Boosts Productivity, Cuts Training Time with Fulfillment Center Robotics
Staples Canada, a three‑decade leader in next‑day delivery, has modernized its fulfillment network by adding Locus Robotics to two warehouses and plans three more deployments this year. The robots, integrated with a Manhattan Active WMS, have nearly doubled productivity, boosted...
SENAI Inks $6.2M Seed Round
Washington‑based SENAI, an online video intelligence platform, closed a $6.2 million seed round led by 10D Ventures, with participation from FS Ventures, 1948 Ventures and investor Jonathan Kolber. The company transforms unstructured online video into geo‑specific, real‑time intelligence to counter security...
Rubrik Promotes Jesse Green to Chief Revenue Officer
Rubrik announced the promotion of Jesse Green to Chief Revenue Officer, succeeding Brian McCarthy. Green, a 25‑year go‑to‑market veteran who previously led Rubrik Americas, will now oversee the global revenue organization. The move follows a record‑setting third quarter and a...
Feltsense Raises $5.1M Seed Funding
Feltsense Holdings announced a $5.1 million seed round led by Draper Associates, with participation from Precursor Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures and several prominent founders. The capital will fund the development of AI agents designed to act as fully autonomous founders—ideating, building,...
Doorly On-Demand Home Services Marketplace Launches in Nine UK Cities
Doorly, formerly Appacut, has rebranded and expanded from a mobile barber booking app into an on‑demand home‑services marketplace operating in nine UK cities. Backed by £600,000 of investment, the platform now offers eight service categories ranging from personal chefs to...
ACAMS Report Analyzes 2026’s Top Financial Crime Threats
ACAMS released its 2026 Global Anti‑Financial Crime Threats Report, surveying 1,400 professionals across 200+ jurisdictions. The study identifies generative AI and large language models as the top external risk, with 75% rating it high or very high. AI‑powered identity fraud,...
Novartis Cuts 6 Early Cancer Candidates, Adds 2 to Refine Oncology Strategy
Novartis announced the removal of six Phase 1 oncology candidates—including KFA115, HRO761, MGY825, and AAA802—from its pipeline and introduced two new Phase 1 assets, AMO959 for prostate cancer and GCJ904 for solid tumors. The reshuffle aligns with a strategic review aimed at...
Freshworks Is Capturing the Mid-Market - but Can It Evolve From Workflow Automation to AI Governance?
Freshworks is leveraging its workflow‑automation roots to capture mid‑market organizations, now approaching $1 billion in annual recurring revenue. Its employee‑experience suite generates $480 million, growing 24%, while AI add‑ons are paid by 6,000 of its 75,000 customers. The company has broadened Freshservice...
Survey of 80 Near Earth Asteroids Sharpens View of Their Origins and Risks
An international team led by Purple Mountain Observatory completed a year‑long photometric survey of 80 near‑Earth asteroids, delivering the largest set of secure taxonomic classifications for small, faint objects to date. The results show 46% are S‑complex, 26% C‑complex, 15%...
BlackSky Expands Gen 3 Assured Deals with New Defense Customer
BlackSky Technology Inc. announced seven‑figure Gen 3 Assured contracts with a new international defense customer, expanding its high‑resolution, high‑frequency imaging services. The agreements guarantee priority access to the company’s Gen 3 satellite capacity for time‑sensitive ISR missions. Early‑access performance convinced the customer...
SolarWinds Bets on Partners with Richer Incentives and Deeper Enablement
SolarWinds unveiled a revamped partner program at its 2026 Partner Summit, adding tiered benefits, higher discounts, and a rewards center that lets sellers earn points for cash or prizes. The initiative also boosts partner‑led demand generation with proposal‑based marketing funds,...
Why Modern Game Engines Struggle with Real Interstellar Combat Physics
Modern game engines such as Unreal 5 and Unity are finally powerful enough to attempt realistic interstellar combat, but they still wrestle with physics tick limits, tunneling, and the massive CPU load of continuous collision detection. Developers must balance Newtonian mechanics—velocity,...
Commentary Urges Balance Between Research Integrity and Technology Transfer in Biomedicine
Virginia Tech professor Robert Gourdie published a commentary in Nature Biotechnology urging policymakers to balance research integrity with a robust technology‑transfer system. He warns that overly restrictive oversight could weaken the U.S. pipeline that moves publicly funded discoveries into commercial therapies....
Murata Releases Guide to Power Stability in AI Data Centers
Murata Manufacturing has published a technology guide titled “Optimizing Power Delivery Networks for AI Servers in Next-Generation Data Centers.” The guide details power‑delivery‑network (PDN) strategies that improve power stability and cut losses as AI workloads push data centers toward higher...
James Webb Space Telescope's View of 800,000 Galaxies Paints a Detailed Picture of Dark Matter
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the most detailed dark‑matter map to date, covering a sky region 2.5 times the size of the full Moon in Sextans. By observing for roughly 255 hours with NIRCam as part of the...
How First-Party Data Drives Better Outcomes in AI-Powered Advertising
First‑party data is now the most powerful lever for AI‑driven advertising, according to Julie Warneke of Found Search Marketing. By feeding CRM‑derived signals into Google’s AI bidding, advertisers can boost conversion quality, revenue, and ROAS even as CPCs rise. Performance...
FCC Clears Logos to Deploy More than 4,000 Broadband Satellites
Logos Space Services received FCC approval to launch up to 4,178 low‑Earth‑orbit broadband satellites, cleared for K‑, Q‑ and V‑band use under conditions. The company must deploy half of the constellation within seven years and the full fleet by Jan 30 2035,...
Cosmic Megastructures and Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Cosmic megastructures—ranging from Dyson swarms to Matrioshka brains—represent theoretical engineering projects that could harness an entire star’s energy or compute at near‑universal scales. The article outlines their scientific basis, potential detection via infrared excess and transit anomalies, and the massive...
Despite Q3 Loss, Lightspeed Optimistic on Executing Growth and Profitability Plan
Lightspeed Commerce reported fiscal Q3 revenue of $312.3 million, slightly beating its own and analysts’ forecasts, while posting a net loss of $33.6 million, wider than a year ago. The company upgraded its full‑year revenue outlook to $1.22 billion and expects higher gross...
Fluorescent Paper Test Revolutionizes Blood Typing, Antibody Detection
Researchers have introduced a paper‑based fluorescent assay that uses bioengineered red blood cells stable at room temperature to perform blood typing and antibody titer measurement. The assay combines fluorescent tagging with capillary flow on paper, delivering sensitivity and specificity above...
Innovative Drone Tech Start-Up to Reach New Heights at Space Park Leicester
DroneOD, a 2025‑founded start‑up, has joined the University of Leicester’s Space Park to develop a universal, secure IoT controller for drones. Its rugged GNSS‑enabled device offers real‑time tracking, geofencing, autonomous control and fleet analytics across all major drone platforms, and includes...
Shows QSVM Generalisation Bounds Under Local Depolarising Noise for NISQ Devices
Researchers Govender and Sinayskiy derived analytical upper and lower bounds on the generalisation performance of quantum kernel‑assisted support vector machines (QSVMs) under local depolarising noise. Their work shows that noise erodes the QSVM margin, a key predictor of how well...
Sildenafil’s Variable Impact on Preemie Lung Hypertension
A recent multicenter study examined sildenafil’s effectiveness in treating pulmonary hypertension among preterm infants. The findings revealed that while some neonates experienced improved oxygenation and reduced pulmonary pressures, others showed minimal benefit or adverse hemodynamic effects. Efficacy appeared linked to...
January in Review: When Partnership Becomes the Product
Fintech‑bank collaborations are moving beyond simple feature swaps toward embedded financial infrastructure. In January 2026 three high‑profile deals illustrated this shift, with partners designing services that sit invisibly inside everyday workflows such as taxes, shopping and rent payments. The PayPal‑April...
Sanctioned Bulletproof Host Linked to Hijacking of Old Home Routers
Researchers at Infoblox uncovered a global DNS hijacking campaign that compromised outdated home routers in more than 30 countries. Attackers altered router DNS settings, redirecting traffic through servers owned by Aeza International, a U.S.-sanctioned Russian bulletproof hosting provider. The rerouted...
Google Local Hotel Photos "Good To Know" AI Labels
Google is testing AI-generated “Good to Know” labels on hotel photos in its Google Hotels listings. The labels provide brief descriptions summarizing the photo content and related user reviews, and appear on both owner‑uploaded and visitor images, though not on...
AI Search Redefines SEO: KPIs, Structured Content, Citations
🚀 AI Search: Where are we so far and how to win in the current landscape - My presentation at Women in Tech SEO updated with the latest data and shifts: Here are the immediate SEO implications from these key AI...
200 Trillion Dollars of Bank Deposits and Loans at Risk
[New Episode] Why $200 Trillion in Bank Deposits and Loans Are Now at Risk. With Michael Abbot, Global Banking Lead at @Accenture. Watch the latest episode now: https://t.co/EmxczOgUeq https://t.co/IM4ZiSTiPp
Abercrombie, Ebay, Aldi Opt for IRL Activations to Capture Super Bowl Fervor
Brands are sidestepping the $7 million Super Bowl TV spot by rolling out real‑world activations across the Bay Area. eBay is converting its End Zone pop‑up into a live‑shopping studio, while Abercrombie & Fitch debuts an NFL‑licensed capsule and Pro Bowl...
ApexOnco IPO Highlights Valuation Benchmarks for Biotech
$EIKN prices at $18/share, to raise $381m at a $972m market cap. Here's @ApexOnco on what this IPO tells us: https://t.co/OYpmTI21qI
Substack Discloses Breach Exposing Its User Details After Four-Month Delay
Substack announced that a security breach exposed subscriber email addresses, phone numbers and internal metadata after attackers accessed the data in October 2025. The intrusion went undetected until February 2026, giving threat actors a four‑month dwell time. The company confirmed...
Observability Should Auto‑detect and Fix Issues, Says Vercel
Observability should tell *you* what’s broken. And fix it. Autonomously. The entire o11y industry is built around giving users the burden of making dashboards, setting up alerts, instrumenting code… This is why we call Vercel “self-driving infrastructure”. https://t.co/T2dVbv9epj
5 Content Marketing Ideas for March 2026
The article outlines five March 2026 content‑marketing ideas—spring renewal, National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day, Live Long and Prosper Day, Make Up Your Own Holiday Day, and the America at 250 celebration. Each concept pairs a seasonal or cultural moment with product‑focused storytelling...
Is Selling On Etsy Worth It? Insights And Tips For 2026
The episode breaks down whether selling on Etsy is worthwhile in 2026, covering the platform’s massive buyer base, fee structure, and the most popular product categories such as personalized jewelry and craft supplies. It highlights the major advantages—low startup costs,...
Meta's Internal Memo Signals AI Comeback After Rocky Year
Meta announced that its new AI model, codenamed Avocado, has finished the pretraining phase, making it the company’s most capable base model to date. The memo claims Avocado outperforms the best freely available models in knowledge, visual perception, and multilingual...
Elastic Adds Multilingual Reranking to Inference Service
Elastic announced integration of two Jina reranker models—v2 and v3—into its Elastic Inference Service (EIS), a managed GPU‑accelerated inference platform. The models provide low‑latency, high‑precision multilingual reranking for hybrid search, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) and agentic AI workflows. v2 emphasizes scalable,...
AutoFlight Unveils World’s First 5-Ton Class eVTOL Aircraft
AutoFlight unveiled Matrix, the world’s first 5‑ton class eVTOL, completing a public full‑transition flight. The aircraft features a 20‑meter wingspan, 5,700 kg maximum take‑off weight, and offers both pure‑electric (250 km range) and hybrid (1,500 km range) variants. The passenger version seats up...
Turning Forgotten Telescope Data Into New Discoveries
Astronomers have unveiled Multiplexed Interferometric Radio Spectroscopy (RIMS), an algorithm that sifts through LOFAR’s archived background data. In just 1.4 years of observations, RIMS identified more than 200,000 previously hidden radio signals, many linked to stellar flares and a handful...
Microsoft Advertising Tests Magazine Answer Card Ad Format
Microsoft Advertising is piloting a magazine‑style layout within its Answer Card ad format on Bing’s search results page. The new design places ads in the prominent card slots that appear at the top of queries. Advertisers can access the space...
Programmable RNA 2.0: Beyond the First mRNA Revolution
BioSpace’s Denatureed podcast episode "Programmable RNA 2.0" spotlights the next wave of RNA therapeutics beyond the COVID‑19 mRNA vaccine success. Host Jennifer Smith‑Parker interviews Erik Digman Wiklund of Circio and Jacob Becraft of Strand Therapeutics about emerging platforms such as circular RNA...
Kentico Unveils Major AI Leap Bringing Agentic AI Workflows to Marketing Teams
Kentico announced the AIRA Agentic Marketing Suite, expanding its AI‑powered Xperience platform. The suite introduces specialized AI agents, starting with a Content Strategist, that automate tasks across the marketing lifecycle. Built directly into the platform, the agents eliminate the need...
IBM Invests in Generative AI App Design Startup Anima
IBM has made an undisclosed investment in Anima, a generative‑AI startup that turns UI designs into production‑ready code, to strengthen its push into the emerging "vibe coding" trend. Anima’s platform integrates with tools like Figma, Adobe XD and Sketch, allowing users...
Is Smart Dental Tech Worth the Cost?
Smart toothbrushes have evolved into data‑driven oral‑care devices featuring Bluetooth, AI guidance, pressure sensors and high‑frequency sonic vibrations. Premium models cost around €400, roughly the price of a basic smartphone, and promise to improve brushing technique and prevent enamel damage....
Global VC Investment Surged In January, With U.S. Dominating Funding But A Pair Of AI Model IPOs In China
Global venture capital funding surged to $55 billion in January 2026, more than doubling the year‑ago level and rising over 50 percent from December. The United States accounted for roughly 70 percent of the capital, with AI‑focused startups receiving 57 percent of all funding....
INBRAIN’s “Rice‑sized” Graphene BCI Chip Marks New Phase in Merck Collaboration
INBRAIN Neuroelectronics announced a new rice-sized graphene BCI chip as part of its ongoing partnership with Merck. The bidirectional chip can record and stimulate neural activity, using AI-driven algorithms to decode speech signals and deliver closed-loop stimulation. Merck is shifting...
Lads, Lads, Lads? Forget It, Footie Fans Are Far More ‘Sick’
GWI surveyed 26,000 UK male football fans ahead of the 2026 World Cup and found only 9% feel represented by current advertising, which still leans on the outdated "lager lout" stereotype. Nearly half now choose non‑alcoholic beer and 10% abstain...
Freshpaint (YC S19) Is Hiring a Senior SWE, Data
Freshpaint, a Y Combinator S19 startup, is hiring a senior software engineer focused on data to expand its HIPAA‑compliant infrastructure for healthcare marketers. The company enables 100s of healthcare businesses to collect, protect, and activate customer data while staying privacy‑first....
Executive Function: Building Systems that Can Make Decisions without You | Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (COO, Vercel)
Vercel’s COO Jeanne De Witt Grosser, former Stripe leader, joins First Round’s Executive Function podcast to dissect what separates good executives from great ones. She details Vercel’s rigorous executive interview framework, the use of driver trees for metric ownership, and...
Space Force May Be Done with R-GPS, but Congress Isn’t
The Space Force ended funding for the Resilient GPS (R‑GPS) program in FY2026, opting to focus on the GPS III F modernization path, while Congress added $15 million in the 2026 spending bill to keep R‑GPS development alive. R‑GPS sought to use commercial,...
