Arcesium Acquires Limina
Arcesium, a New York‑based fintech serving investment firms, announced the acquisition of Limina, a Stockholm‑based provider of portfolio and order management systems. Financial terms were not disclosed. The purchase adds Limina’s P/OMS technology to Arcesium’s platform, bolstering its European footprint. The move is aimed at deepening market penetration across Europe and accelerating growth in post‑trade automation.
Metrics Can Gamify Products, Distracting From Real User Value
Now that I'm tracking user and account metrics for Storybook , I'm really starting to appreciate how much they can make you gamify things that don't necessarily improve the user experience. For example, Storybook's data updates monthly, which means that...
No‑code AI Agents Demand Purposeful Orchestration, Not Shortcuts
“No-code AI agents” doesn’t mean no thinking — it means thinking at the right level. This framework is useful because it shows that building agents without coding is really about orchestration, not shortcuts. Key takeaways for leaders and builders 👇...
Lego Reseller Bricks & Minifigs Rapidly Doubles Store Count to 300 Locations
Bricks & Minifigs, an authorized Lego reseller, opened its 300th store in 2025, doubling its footprint after adding 150 locations since 2023. The chain now spans the United States, two Canadian sites, and has secured authorization to sell in Australia. Revenue...
Hiring Senior PLG PM In‑House Can Cost More Than Expected
Our Senior ProductLed Implementer, Henrique Soares, just watched a SaaS company spend 5 months learning an expensive lesson about hiring for PLG. They needed a Senior Growth PM focused on product-led growth. They looked at the OTE and thought: "We'll...
Artemis Crew Preps for Moon Launch Amid Fuel Checks
Moon rocket about to get fuelled. nasa is making the decision if the Florida weather is warm enough and the systems are GO to start pumping liquid hydrogen & oxygen into Artemis. Expect leaks and problems, but if all gets...
Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters
The Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) extortion gang blends data theft with aggressive personal harassment, including swatting, DDoS attacks, and media pressure. Operating through chaotic Telegram channels linked to The Com cyber‑crime network, they target executives via phone‑based phishing and MFA...
QuEra and Roadrunner Venture Studios Establish $4M Quantum Testbed in New Mexico
QuEra Computing and Roadrunner Venture Studios have signed a $4 million partnership to build a neutral‑atom quantum testbed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The effort, part of the state’s $300 million quantum‑economy investment, will create a Photonics and Optics Testing Center and a...
Autonomous Organization Workflows: Decreasing Manual Work in 2026
In 2026 businesses of all sizes are turning to autonomous workflows to eliminate repetitive manual tasks. Cloud‑based POS platforms like Epos Now automate sales recording, inventory tracking, and reporting, delivering real‑time data across locations. The article outlines how these systems free...
B2B Sellers Rewire Operations as Ecommerce and EDI Converge
B2B manufacturers and distributors are stitching ecommerce platforms together with EDI networks and ERP systems to create a single, real‑time order‑processing fabric. The integration delivers consumer‑grade self‑service—contract pricing, live inventory, shipment tracking—while automatically converting online orders into standardized EDI documents...
EP261 No More Aspiration: Scaling a Modern SOC with Real AI Agents
In this episode, Dennis Chow, Director of Detection Engineering at UKG, discusses the shift from static LLM chatbots to autonomous AI agents within a modern SOC, outlining a three‑tier model that treats agents as application‑level logic requiring robust identity, authorization,...
GSK Returns Rights to Wave's RNA Editing Program for AATD
GlaxoSmithKline has terminated its collaboration with Wave Life Sciences, returning all rights to the RNA‑editing program aimed at treating alpha‑1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD). The decision ends a partnership that was closely watched as a potential first‑in‑class RNA‑editing therapy. GSK will...
Why CFOs Are Letting AI Agents Touch Their Cash — Carefully
AI‑driven agentic treasury systems are moving from prediction to execution, allowing CFOs to automatically sweep excess cash into short‑term instruments under predefined rules. Major vendors such as Oracle, SAP and Bottomline are embedding these agents into core finance platforms, and...
New Podcast on AI Growth and Product Strategy
In this episode, Casey Winters explores how companies can achieve growth in the era of artificial intelligence, outlining effective AI product and growth strategies. He highlights the importance of integrating AI responsibly into product roadmaps, leveraging data-driven experimentation, and aligning...
It Takes Multiple to Mambo
Recent disclosures illustrate how multimeric design is reshaping drug discovery in the beyond‑Rule‑of‑5 (bRo5) space. GSK’s dimeric BET inhibitor GSK785 uses a rigid diazaspiro linker to achieve >30‑fold BRD4 selectivity, while Eli Lilly’s muvalaplin dimer‑to‑trimer architecture delivers a 10,000‑fold potency boost...
Energy, Healthcare and Utilities: How to Tap Into AI in the Real Economy
Artificial intelligence is moving beyond pure tech firms into the real economy, with healthcare, biotech, utilities and energy identified as primary beneficiaries. In healthcare, AI accelerates drug discovery, streamlines data processing and powers advanced robotics and brain‑interface projects, delivering measurable...
ZEDEDA Doubles Customer Acquisition Amid Fortune 500 Momentum
ZEDEDA announced it doubled its new customer acquisition year‑over‑year, with nearly half of those wins coming from Fortune or Global 500 firms. The company secured marquee contracts across automotive, telecommunications, energy and manufacturing, while expanding its global footprint with a...
AI Ops Now Cost $50K Monthly Across Business
Our AI bill just hit $50K in a single month. This is what building with agents actually looks like. Support. Sales. Onboarding. Product. Every part of the business now runs on intelligence - and intelligence isn't free. Not gonna lie,...
Stripe Antiferromagnetism and Chiral Superconductivity Achieved in tWSe at -Point Van Hove Singularity
Researchers reported that antiferromagnetic interactions in twisted bilayer tungsten diselenide (tWSe₂) can induce a chiral superconducting state when the Fermi level sits near the M‑point van Hove singularity. By constructing a moiré model directly from density‑functional theory and applying a t‑J‑U...
Giant Second-Harmonic Generation Achieves 104 Susceptibility in Bismuth Monolayer
Researchers at Fudan and Sun Yat‑Sen Universities demonstrated that buckling a bismuth monolayer triggers a topological transition, dramatically boosting its second‑harmonic generation (SHG) response. First‑principles calculations show a static susceptibility exceeding that of MoS₂ by two orders of magnitude, with...
Quantum Approach Achieves Competitive Graph Coloring Solutions Using Gaussian Boson Sampling
A recent study demonstrates that Gaussian Boson Sampling (GBS), a photonic quantum technique, can be used to solve graph‑coloring problems by reformulating them as independent‑set integer programs. By encoding graph adjacency into a Gaussian boson distribution, the method samples dense...
CTM360 Report Warns of Global Surge in Fake High-Yield Investment Scams
CTM360’s new report reveals a sharp global rise in fraudulent high‑yield investment programs, or HYIPs, promising unrealistic returns such as 40 % in 72 hours. Over 4,200 scam sites were cataloged in the past year, with December 2025 alone seeing 485 incidents—about 15...
Commitment, Teamwork, and Compounding Growth Beat Time
Lessons only time teaches you: 1/ A great team goes even further than you think 2/ The journey in the end, no matter how long, ends in the blink of an eye 3/ You win by being the most committed 4/ Each year compounds...
Artemis II Team Polls Live on Tanking Decision
Artemis II Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson and the Mission Management Team will conduct a poll at 10:45 am ET this morning (in about 5 minutes) to decide whether to proceed with tanking for the Wet Dress Rehearsal. https://t.co/c6C2rRQQ2I
Tricentis Expands Leadership to Scale AI-Powered Software Quality
Tricentis announced two senior executive appointments: Jason Bliss as EVP and President of Business Operations and Todd Horst as Chief Growth Officer. Bliss will oversee post‑sales functions, including customer growth, professional services, support, international operations and M&A, while Horst will...
Ransomware Attack Compromised 377,000 People’s Social Security and Driver’s License Numbers From Texas Gas Station and Convenience Store Chain
A ransomware group infiltrated Gulshan Management Services, the operator of about 150 Handi Plus and Handi Stop gas stations across Texas, exposing personal data of 377,082 individuals. The attackers accessed the network through a phishing email and remained undetected for several days,...
KUKA Showcases Advanced AMR Technology forEasier Material Handling Automation at MODEX 2026
KUKA Robotics will showcase its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) portfolio at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, highlighting the new KMP 250P platform. The exhibition features four AMR models—KMP 250P, 600P, 1500P, and 3000P—covering payloads from 250 kg to 3 tons and integrated with KUKA.AMR FLEET management software....
Rocket Software Announces Intent to Acquire Vertica Analytics Database Solution From OpenText?
Rocket Software announced a definitive agreement to acquire the Vertica analytics database from OpenText. Vertica, known for high‑performance, cloud‑ready analytics and AI/ML capabilities, will join Rocket’s portfolio of modernization tools. The cash‑funded deal is slated to close in mid‑2026, pending...
Target’s 30 Store Openings This Year Will Run to Larger Sizes
Target announced it will open 30 new stores in 2026, including seven this spring that exceed its typical 125,000‑sq ft footprint. Five of the spring openings range from 148,000 to 150,000 sq ft, while two are smaller at 40,000 and 110,000 sq ft. The retailer...
Long-Period Jupiter-Like Exoplanet Discovered with TESS
Astronomers using NASA's TESS have confirmed a new exoplanet, TOI-6692 b, that rivals Jupiter in size but orbits its Sun‑like star every 130 days on a highly eccentric path. The planet was first flagged by citizen scientists as a single‑transit event and...
FDA Rejects Aquestive's Allergy Drug over Packaging Issues
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a complete response letter to Aquestive Therapeutics, rejecting its allergy medication because of packaging deficiencies. The agency identified labeling and child‑resistance failures that do not meet federal standards. As a result, the drug’s...
Klarna Backs Google UCP to Power AI Agent Payments
Klarna announced its support for Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), positioning the fintech firm among the first payment providers to adopt an open standard for AI‑driven shopping. UCP aims to replace fragmented, platform‑specific integrations...
NASA Advances SLS Wet Dress Rehearsal Tanking Test
NASA teams are pressing on with the wet dress rehearsal tanking test for the Space Launch System rocket today. Here’s an update on what to expect from SFN Reporter @w_robinsonsmith. https://t.co/GJw5dgUZSP
PolyAseqTrap Enables Universal Genome-Wide polyA Site Mapping
PolyAseqTrap: a universal tool for genome-wide identification and quantification of polyadenylation sites from different 3′ end sequencing data https://t.co/pwEf2GeYjb github https://t.co/gpfYhyMoX3 https://t.co/oyA5MBFutE
‘I Don’t Write Code Anymore’: Anthropic, OpenAI Engineers Say AI Now Writes 100% of Their Code
Top engineers at Anthropic and OpenAI say AI now writes 100% of their production code, with developers shipping dozens of pull requests generated entirely by large language models. Boris Cherny of Anthropic reported writing no code by hand for over...
Varo Raises $124M Despite $92M Loss
The sunk cost fallacy is alive & well: Varo announced it has raised ANOTHER $123.9 million. Varo posted a net loss of $91.7 million in 2025, per its just-released call report. https://t.co/iGHX1ILeL9
Close Encounter: Earth Orbiting Leftovers
On December 25 2025 a defunct French Earth‑observation satellite, SPOT 3, came within roughly 20 meters of a fragment from the Soviet Cosmos 1275, which exploded in 1996. The near‑miss occurred at about 845 km altitude, roughly 525 km above Earth’s surface. Both objects have been orbiting...
Excited‐State Dynamics in Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals: Effects of Size, Shape, Doping, and Surface Modifications
The review surveys how size, shape, composition, surface ligands, metal‑ion doping, temperature, and heterostructure engineering influence the excited‑state dynamics of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals. It contrasts these perovskite NCs with traditional chalcogenide quantum dots, highlighting distinct defect states and relaxation...
U.S. Bank Debuts Small Business-Focused Visa Card
U.S. Bank launched the Business Shield Visa Card, a credit product aimed at small‑business owners. The card offers a 0% introductory APR on purchases and balance transfers and integrates a spend‑management platform that automates expense controls, accounting, and receipt capture....
Inside Healthcare’s AI Playbook for Claims Denials
Healthcare providers are turning to artificial intelligence to curb costly claims denials, shifting AI use from post‑submission fixes to upstream prevention. By analyzing historical claim data, AI models flag eligibility, coding, and documentation issues before claims are sent to payers....
Don’t Regulate AI Models. Regulate AI Use
The article argues that regulating AI models is futile because model weights can be copied and distributed at near‑zero cost, making licensing and publication bans ineffective. Instead, it proposes a use‑based regulatory framework that classifies AI deployments by risk and...
Experiments Clear up Confusion over the Form of Solid Methane
Physicists led by Mengnan Wang at the University of Edinburgh used high‑pressure experiments combined with optical spectroscopy to map solid methane’s phase behavior up to 45 GPa and 1,100 K. Their work produced two distinct phase diagrams—one reflecting kinetic transformations and another...
Amazon Opens Its Ad Stack to AI Agents With MCP Rollout
Amazon announced an open‑beta of its Ads Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, a unified gateway that lets AI agents connect to Amazon Ads with a single integration. The MCP translates natural‑language prompts into structured API calls, turning multi‑step advertising tasks...
Carbon Robotics Built an AI Model that Detects and Identifies Plants
Carbon Robotics unveiled its Large Plant Model (LPM), an AI system that instantly identifies plant species, eliminating the need for manual retraining of its LaserWeeder robots. The model was trained on more than 150 million labeled photos collected from over 100...
Oxygen Vacancy‐Engineered High‐Entropy Oxide Nanozymes for Spatiotemporal Cascading Antifouling in Marine Environments
Researchers have engineered oxygen‑vacancy‑rich high‑entropy oxide nanozymes (Vo‑HEO) that mimic haloperoxidase activity to produce both hydroxyl radicals and long‑lived hypobromous acid (HOBr). The dual catalytic system delivers rapid oxidative damage at the surface while HOBr diffuses into bulk water, suppressing...
Harnessing the Heavy‐Atom Effect and Linkage Engineering in Isomorphic COFs for Enhanced H2O2 Photosynthesis
The research introduces a heteroatom‑tuned covalent organic framework (COF) strategy that dramatically boosts photocatalytic H2O2 synthesis. By incorporating sulfur atoms and optimizing linker geometry, the thiourea‑based COF‑127 delivers a record 6672 µmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹ production rate and an 11.03% apparent quantum yield without...
How PNIPAM Microgel Architecture Controls Pickering Foam Formation
Researchers examined how the internal architecture of poly(N‑isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) microgels affects Pickering foam formation. They found that microgels with a distinct core‑shell structure generate larger foam volumes, smaller bubbles, and higher liquid fractions compared with less‑structured particles. Faster interfacial adsorption...
Chloride Ion‐Specific Etching‐Driven Synthesis of Porous Cobalt‐Doped FeOOH Anodes for Robust Ni‐Fe Batteries
Researchers introduced a chloride‑ion‑assisted etching technique to grow cobalt‑doped FeOOH porous nanosheets directly on iron foam, creating a high‑surface‑area anode for nickel‑iron batteries. The resulting electrode achieves an areal capacity of 1.4 mAh cm⁻² at 4 mA cm⁻² with 94 % coulombic efficiency over 1,000...
Sonocatalytic Eradication of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Tailoring Structural Defects of Black Indium Oxide Sonocatalysts and Leveraging Apoptosis/Ferroptosis‐Hybridized Pathways
Researchers engineered palladium‑integrated indium oxide with abundant structural defects to create a high‑performance sonocatalyst for hepatocellular carcinoma. The Pd component provides catalase‑like and peroxidase‑like activities, relieving tumor hypoxia and increasing hydroxyl‑radical generation under ultrasound. This dual action triggers a synergistic...
Structure‐Interface Synergistic Cu–Zn Hybrid Films for High‐Efficiency Thermal Management and Photothermal Conversion
Researchers have developed a multiscale Cu–Zn hybrid film that combines structured metal interfaces with polymer composites to achieve both high optical absorption and efficient heat transport. The electrodeposited Cu–Zn nanostructures form continuous thermal pathways along flake edges, delivering in‑plane thermal...
