One in Ten UK Businesses Fear They Would Not Survive a Major Cyberattack
A Vodafone Business survey of 1,000 UK senior leaders reveals that one in ten believe their company would not survive a major cyberattack. While 63% say the risk of attack has risen over the past year, only 45% have ensured all staff receive basic cyber‑awareness training. Password reuse remains common, with employees averaging 11 personal accounts per work password, and 71% expect at least one staff member to fall for a phishing email. The UK government’s upcoming second Telecommunications Fraud Charter aims to tighten industry‑government collaboration on cyber resilience.
Scaling RNA Therapeutics Sustainably Using the ECO Synthesis Manufacturing Platform
Codexis unveiled its ECO Synthesis™ Manufacturing Platform, a fully aqueous, enzymatic process for producing siRNA at scale. The platform demonstrated a 10‑gram laboratory synthesis and can deliver up to 100 grams of GLP‑grade RNA for toxicology studies, positioning it to surpass traditional...
Solutions and Fixes
The article outlines a six‑step playbook for financial‑services firms to close the widening technology and operational gap caused by legacy systems and fragmented estates. It starts with an honest inventory of assets and deficits, then stresses disciplined planning, relentless focus,...
Finance Reimagined – Evolution of Digitization and AI in Finance
Abhishek Nanda, a finance‑tech veteran who has sourced $5 billion in deals, released "Finance Reimagined: Digital Tools and AI for Planning, M&A, and Investing." The book chronicles finance automation from the 1979 VisiCalc spreadsheet to today’s AI‑driven platforms, offering a roadmap...
Neural Networks Advance Hadronic Physics Via Data-Driven Quantum Model Selection
Researchers introduced a "quantum qualifier" metric to decide when quantum‑enhanced deep neural networks (QDNNs) should replace classical deep neural networks (CDNNs) in hadronic physics analyses. Applied to deeply virtual Compton scattering data, the qualifier evaluates data complexity, noise, and dimensionality,...
Aerie Launches Largest Collaboration yet, Focused on ‘Remixed Vintage’ and Styling Inspiration
Aerie unveiled its biggest collaboration yet, a 64‑piece “Emily + Meritt” capsule that embodies a “remixed vintage” aesthetic. The collection, priced between $18 and $88, spans intimates, sleepwear, loungewear and accessories and is available online, select stores, and prominently at the SoHo...
Fashion Briefing: The US Economy in 2026 Could Be Just as Challenging for Fashion Brands as 2025
Fashion executives warn that the U.S. economic outlook for 2026 will be as tough as 2025, citing heightened geopolitical tension, unpredictable tariffs and the growing complexity of AI adoption. Recent market volatility, fueled by President Trump's rhetoric and new trade...
First Abu Dhabi Bank Launches ‘World-First’ Fitness and Payment Ring with Mastercard
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has introduced the FAB Rewards Active Credit Card, a joint venture with Mastercard that bundles a contactless payment ring with fitness tracking. The ring uses tokenisation technology from Tappy and syncs with the FAB Mobile...
NOAA Will Use Data From A Space Force Weather Satellite
The U.S. Space Force announced that data from its Weather Satellite Follow‑on Microwave (WSF‑M) platform will be shared with NOAA. The first WSF‑M launched in 2024, with a second unit slated for 2028, and both are part of a broader...
Ulta Beauty’s Laura Beres Talks the Company’s New Wellness Boutique Pilot
Ulta Beauty is rolling out a new shop‑in‑shop concept called Wellness by Ulta Beauty, a 475‑square‑foot boutique pilot launching next week in four U.S. stores. The boutique features an education‑focused wall, gondolas, end caps, and a sampling table staffed by...
The Evolution of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
The article traces the evolution of intercontinental ballistic missiles from early liquid‑fuel rockets like the V‑2 and Soviet R‑7 to modern solid‑fuel, MIRV‑capable systems. It highlights how storable propellants and hardened silos enabled rapid, ready‑to‑fire launch, while advances in guidance...
What It Takes for Startups to Pull Off a Costco Launch
After a regional test in Southern California, beverage brand Hiyo raced to launch in 400 Costco stores across 47 states within six weeks. The company produced an exclusive 18‑can variety pack, prepared over 1,000 pallets, and secured a national shelf...
Sam’s Club Aims to Make Free Samples More Measurable Using Kiosks, Tablets
Sam’s Club is integrating Freeosk’s free‑sample kiosks into its Member Access Program, rebranding the machines and managing sales opportunities in‑house. The retailer treats the kiosks as a retail‑media asset, linking sampling data to its broader advertising ecosystem. New interactive tablets...
What Background Checks Miss: The Human Layer Behind Modern Screening
Modern hiring increasingly relies on fast, automated background checks that often limit employment history, address data, and education verification to a few days. The article argues that this speed comes at the expense of critical human‑focused layers such as rigorous...
ClearFake Malware Exploits Proxy Execution to Run Malicious PowerShell Commands via Trusted Windows Feature
ClearFake, a JavaScript‑based malware distribution framework, has upgraded its evasion tactics by abusing the legitimate Windows script SyncAppvPublishingServer.vbs to execute hidden PowerShell commands via proxy execution. The campaign retrieves multi‑stage payloads from smart contracts on the BNB Smart Chain testnet,...
Reminder: When Fuel, Grocery Retailers Are Required to Accept Cash
The Australian Government’s cash‑mandate, effective this month, requires fuel and grocery retailers to accept cash for in‑person purchases of $500 or less between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. Small businesses with annual turnover under $10 million are exempt unless they operate under a...
Securing the Future: Practical Approaches to Digital Sovereignty in Google Workspace
The recent Thales‑Google Workspace webinar highlighted practical ways to achieve digital sovereignty through client‑side encryption and Thales CipherTrust. It underscored how Google Workspace’s zero‑trust architecture, regional data storage, and external key management give organizations control over encryption keys. The discussion...
How To Grow From Startup to Multimillions: 11 Founders Reveal How They’re Winning (And How You Can Too)
In this episode, eleven founders share their 2026 growth playbooks, covering AI‑driven commerce, the power of "slow" evergreen content, gamified loyalty programs, and community‑first acquisition strategies. They each highlight concrete tactics—such as leveraging generative AI for personalized product recommendations, building...
AI Strategy Must Evolve Beyond Inherited Software by 2026
“𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲?” I ask this when speaking with executives. The answers are usually honest, insightful, and refreshingly self-aware. In a discussion today, someone told me: “We’re still very early. We use AI if it...
Amazon’s New Supplement Rules Could Take Down Thousands of Listings
Amazon will enforce stricter supplement listing rules starting March 31, 2026, requiring product pages to exactly match label information, include full label images, and provide third‑party lab test results. The change reflects growing consumer demand for label transparency and aligns...
Quantum Software Testing Advances Quality Assurance for Complex Systems
The authors expose the growing infeasibility of classical simulation for large‑scale quantum software and introduce a suite of software‑engineering techniques that operate directly on real quantum hardware. They advocate circuit simplification, property‑based testing, and assume‑guarantee decomposition to create scalable test...
Alphabet’s Wing to Expand Walmart Drone Deliveries to 150 Locations
Alphabet’s drone delivery arm Wing is set to scale its Walmart partnership from 27 to 150 additional stores by the end of 2026, targeting new markets such as Los Angeles, St. Louis, Miami and Cincinnati. The service uses BVLOS‑approved drones...
Never Starting Is the only True Failure
The only true form of failure: Never starting. I see this in 99% of "wantrepreneurs." Talk, talk, talk. No action. Sitting around waiting for the perfect idea, perfect timing, and perfect everything. I get it. I did the same thing...
AI Efficiency Obsession Sacrifices Creative Quality
I was told a story this week about a big agency pitch, where a whole section was dedicated to how much efficiency they had found through AI. Effectively, how much self-inflicted commoditization they’d accomplished which they could pass on as...
Good Quantum Codes Achieve Unique Output Distributions for Classical Communication
Researchers Aytekin, Nomeir, Hu, and Ulukus prove that good quantum codes used for classical communication possess a unique optimal output distribution. They show that as block length grows, the empirical output distribution of such codes converges to this optimum, mirroring...
United Airlines Distinguishes Between Loyalty, Rewards Programs
United Airlines reported a 10% year‑over‑year increase in loyalty‑related revenue for Q4 and a 9% rise for the full 2025 fiscal year. Executive vice president Andrew Nocella emphasized the distinction between true loyalty programs and generic rewards, citing low member...
New Podcast: Everyone’s Suddenly Talking About 2026.
In this episode Ian and the host dissect the real trends shaping ecommerce as we head into 2026, grounding their analysis in actual 2025 brand performance and financial data. They argue that AI alone won’t rescue businesses unless owners understand...
Teledyne Detector Arrays Power NASAs BlackCAT CubeSat X-Ray Mission
Teledyne Technologies’ Space Imaging division has deployed its Speedster HyViSI hybrid visible silicon imager focal‑plane arrays on NASA’s BlackCAT CubeSat, which launched on Jan. 11, 2026 via a SpaceX Twilight rideshare. The 6U satellite, led by Pennsylvania State University, will use...
AST SpaceMobile Secures Role on MDA SHIELD Defense Architecture
AST SpaceMobile has been awarded a prime contract under the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD IDIQ, positioning its low‑Earth‑orbit cellular broadband architecture within the nation’s missile‑defense modernization effort. The indefinite‑delivery, indefinite‑quantity contract allows AST to compete for research, development, prototyping...
Perovskite Betavoltaic Cell Sets Record Efficiency Using Carbon 14 Source
A research team at DGIST has unveiled a perovskite‑based betavoltaic cell that reaches a record 10.79% energy‑conversion efficiency using carbon‑14 nanoparticles as the beta source. The device demonstrates stable power output for over 15 hours, a six‑fold gain versus the...
Comtech Wins Multi-Million Dollar Follow-On Contract for Civil Space Components
Comtech Telecommunications secured a follow‑on contract exceeding $5 million to supply advanced electronic components for a U.S. civil‑space lunar exploration program. The award reinforces its long‑standing partnership with a major aerospace and defense prime contractor, delivering microelectronics and engineering services. Executives...
Keysight Joins Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN Project to Advance 5G Satellite NTN
Keysight Technologies has joined Airbus UpNext’s SpaceRAN demonstrator to test 5G non‑terrestrial network (NTN) capabilities on a low‑Earth‑orbit (LEO) satellite. The project uses software‑defined satellite payloads to evaluate how next‑generation satellite hardware can deliver 5G services from space. Keysight will...
NSFOCUS AI-Scan Gains Recognition From Authoritative Institution
International Data Corporation (IDC) highlighted NSFOCUS AI‑SCAN in its October 2025 report, ranking it highly across six core LLM‑security dimensions. The platform offers comprehensive model, data, content, and application security, plus industry‑specific adaptation and unified management. AI‑SCAN currently supports more than...
Quantum Walks on Photonic Processors Advance Universal Quantum Computation
Researchers at Quix Quantum have demonstrated leaking quantum walks on an integrated photonic processor, introducing controllable absorbing boundaries. The experiments show that homogeneous losses at a lattice edge reshape the walker’s probability distribution, with absorption strength directly influencing coherence and...
SANS Stormcast Thursday, January 22nd, 2026: Visual Studio Code Scripts; Cisco Unified Comm and Zoom Vuln; Insufficient Fortinet Patch; SANS...
In this episode, Johannes Ullrich highlights four critical security issues: the risk of automatic script execution in Visual Studio Code via tasks.json files, a critical remote code execution flaw in Cisco Unified Communications products, a high‑severity command‑injection vulnerability in Zoom's...
Catalysing a Space Cluster in South New Zealand: An Interview with David Powell
In this episode, host Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom interviews David Powell, Business Development Manager at the University of Otago and convener of the Aero+Space South initiative, about the creation of a space cluster in South New Zealand. Powell outlines how the Aero+Space...
Consistency in Marketing: Benefits, Elements, and Tips
The episode explains how brand consistency—through visual elements, messaging, voice, tactics, and customer experience—drives recognition, trust, and revenue growth, citing the Rule of 7 and a 10% lift statistic. It outlines practical steps: assess consistency with a brand persona, create and...
10 Startling Findings About Gamma-Ray Bursts
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) were first detected accidentally by US Vela satellites monitoring nuclear tests in the 1960s, revealing powerful cosmic explosions beyond the solar system. A single burst can release more energy in seconds than the Sun will emit over...
MacOS Tahoe Improves Privacy and Communication Safety
Apple’s macOS Tahoe introduces a suite of privacy‑focused features that screen unwanted calls, messages, and online tracking. Native Phone, Messages and FaceTime now offer system‑level unknown‑contact controls, while Safari extends Advanced Fingerprinting Protection to every browsing session. Parental tools let...
Canadian Retail News From Around The Web For January 22, 2026
JLL projects that 65% of former Hudson’s Bay retail space in Canada will be leased within two years, driven by multi‑tenant strategies. Ontario’s new job‑posting regulations introduce mandatory pay transparency, AI disclosure and hiring follow‑up, reshaping retail employment practices. Brands...
The $1M Revenue Trap: What Tony Robbins Flagged to Alex Hormozi When Winning Stops Feeling Like Winning
The episode warns Shopify and DTC founders about the "$1 M revenue trap," where strong revenue masks a shift from creative leadership to autopilot, checklist‑driven management. Tony Robbins and Alex Hormozi stress protecting at least 20 % of weekly time for creation,...
Quantum State Teleportation Advances with 2510.24325v1 Proton Systems Demonstrated
Researchers led by H. Witala have demonstrated that Bell‑state entanglement can be generated in unpolarized proton‑proton scattering and deuteron‑breakup reactions, providing a realistic route to quantum‑state teleportation among protons. Using the AV18 nucleon‑nucleon potential, they identified energy and angular regimes where...
Unique Creative Concepts Outperform Volume‑Driven Iterations
Biggest shift we've seen from an creative perspective over the last 6 months is a shift from volume --> unique concept identity. Previous volume would carry 90% of accounts into positive growth performance. But something changed in August / September...
Europe Launches €50 Million ($58.4 Million USD) ‘Photonics for Quantum’ (P4Q) Pilot Line to Industrialize Quantum Photonic Chips
Europe has launched the €50 million Photonics for Quantum (P4Q) pilot line, a joint EU and national effort coordinated by the University of Twente to industrialize quantum photonic chips for computing, sensing, and secure communications. The consortium of 29 partners will...
Apple’s Dual‑camera Pin Validates Voxel‑ingestion Prediction
What got leaked by Apple today (a pin with two cameras) sounds a lot like what I predicted @sama was building, coming later this year. That prediction is here. My video is worth watching if you missed it last September. It...
Your One-Stop Tracker for AI VC Deals, Exits, IPOs
Here's a good place to track all the AI VC investments, exits, and IPOs... https://lnkd.in/ds-76UfY
A Review of Hypothetical Military Spacecraft and Weapon Systems
Recent analysis outlines how military space operations adapt terrestrial war principles to the orbital environment, emphasizing the constraints of orbital mechanics, debris risk, and the shift toward non‑kinetic weapons. It details hypothetical spacecraft classes—from ISR‑focused Sentinel to strike‑oriented Lancer—and categorizes...
Rocket Lab's Neutron Test Failure Delays Progress
Rocket Lab had a failure during a qualification testing of their new Neutron rocket. Testing of Stage-1 tank “resulted in a rupture during a hydrostatic pressure trial.” Will provide an update during its fourth quarter earnings call next week next...
Remotion + Replit Agent Animates Nike Swoosh Instantly
This @Remotion video tool is pretty cool. Just asked @Replit agent to animate the Nike swoosh with Remotion and it did it quickly. https://t.co/TkuDDCHvPe
Show HN: Dotenv Mask Editor: No More Embarrassing Screen Leaks of Your .env
The Dotenv Mask Editor is a Visual Studio Code extension that provides a grid‑based interface for editing .env files while automatically masking any value longer than six characters. Masked entries appear as asterisks in the view and only reveal their...
