ProgressSoft Secures Business Banking Win at FF Awards 2025
ProgressSoft, a global real‑time payment provider, won the Business Banking category at the 2025 FF Awards in London. The award recognizes its Corporate Banking Suite, which unifies real‑time payments, liquidity, cash management, trade finance and automated workflows on a modular, API‑first platform. The solution integrates seamlessly with existing core banking systems, allowing banks to modernise without disruption. ProgressSoft now serves over 380 financial institutions across 26 countries, operating 22 central payment infrastructures.
Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Taps AlHuda CIBE for Islamic Banking Overhaul
Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Limited (PPCBL) has signed an advisory agreement with the AlHuda Center of Islamic Banking and Economics (AlHuda CIBE) to convert its operations to a fully Shariah‑compliant model. The Dubai‑signed pact outlines end‑to‑end support, including a Shariah...
Qubit Fidelity Achieves Improvement Despite Phase Noise Via Numerical Simulations
Researchers at the University of Pisa used detailed Qiskit‑Dynamics simulations to quantify how phase noise in control signals erodes qubit fidelity. By generating realistic phase‑noise sequences from specified power spectral densities and applying them to 6 GHz carrier pulses, they measured...
Indonesia’s Payment Revolution: Behind the Breathless Rise of QRIS and the Road to 2030
Stanchion Payments’ latest Voices from the Market report highlights Indonesia’s QRIS as the cornerstone of its fast‑growing mobile‑first payment ecosystem. The QR code standard now connects tens of millions of consumers with more than 30 million merchants, enabling sub‑second transactions and...
Pixelworks Announces Board Changes to Align with New Business Focus and Strategy
Pixelworks announced a board overhaul to support its shift toward a pure technology licensing model after selling its Shanghai subsidiary. Douglas J. Darrow, a former Dolby senior vice president and DLP business leader, joined the board effective Jan. 14, 2026,...
BMC Advances Business-Driven Automation and Mainframe Transformation with AI-Powered Innovations
BMC unveiled a suite of AI‑driven enhancements across its Control‑M and BMC AMI platforms, aimed at simplifying workflow creation, real‑time event handling, and mainframe support. The AI Workflow Creator lets business users build workflows using natural language, while expanded integrations...
Tech “Trailblazers” To Get Visa Reimbursement Fees, as Government Says Britain Is "Haven of Stability" For Startups
The UK government announced a package that reimburses visa fees for selected overseas tech "trailblazers" joining high‑potential startups, especially in AI, quantum computing, clean energy and life sciences. Additional measures include scholarships for International Maths Olympiad gold medalists, fast‑tracked sponsor...
ViiV Ownership Shifts as Pfizer Sells Its Stake
Pfizer is selling its ViiV Healthcare stake for $1.875 billion, reducing its involvement in the HIV joint venture. Shionogi’s ownership more than doubles to 21.7% while GSK retains a 78.3% majority and aims to push ViiV sales beyond £7 billion this year....
New AI-Powered Wearable Helps Stroke Patients Communicate by Mouthing Words
Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Beihang University unveiled Revoice, an AI‑powered wearable choker that translates silently mouthed words into speech for stroke survivors with dysarthria. The non‑invasive device senses throat vibrations and carotid pulse, then uses two AI...
Revolutionary NIR-II Imaging Spotlights Liver Tumors
A new near‑infrared II (NIR‑II) imaging platform has demonstrated unprecedented clarity in visualizing liver tumors, achieving sub‑millimeter resolution at depths up to five centimeters. In early‑phase clinical trials, the technology identified lesions 30% earlier than conventional ultrasound and MRI, enabling...
2025: Double the Breaches, but Less Patient Data Compromised
In 2025 the healthcare sector saw breach incidents more than double, yet the total number of patient records exposed dropped sharply. The Fortified Health Security report, based on HHS OCR data, its own NIST Cybersecurity Framework assessments, and incident‑response experience,...
Amazon Now Live in London, European Expansion Imminent
Amazon has launched its Amazon Now quick‑commerce service in London, offering 30‑minute delivery of everyday essentials. The rollout centers on a new micro‑fulfilment hub, “QLD1,” serving the Southwark district. The initiative involved 57 internal Amazon teams and introduces a new...
UK: North West Ambulance Service’s Increased Breach Reports May Reflect Better Reporting
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust disclosed nearly 400 data‑breach incidents over the past three years, with reports climbing from 75 breaches in 2022/23 to 143 the following year and 172 in the most recent period. Confidentiality failures dominated, accounting...
Revolutionizing C‒N Bond Formation From Water-Based Nitrogen
A research team announced a novel catalytic method that forms carbon‑nitrogen (C‑N) bonds directly from water‑based nitrogen sources, eliminating the need for hazardous ammonia gas. The process operates under ambient temperature and pressure, achieving yields above 85% for a broad...
Turning Retired Wind Turbine Blades Into High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes
Retired wind turbine blades, made of glass‑fiber‑reinforced plastics, can be upcycled into high‑performance silicon‑carbon anodes for lithium‑ion batteries. Researchers at Hebei University of Technology devised a multistep chemical route that transforms the silica‑rich fibers into a porous silicon framework with...
Tangoe and Kubex Partner to Deliver Advanced Cloud and Kubernetes Optimization Through Tangoe One Cloud
Tangoe announced a partnership with Kubex, embedding Kubex’s automated resource‑optimization engine into Tangoe One Cloud. The combined FinOps‑certified platform now delivers continuous, AI‑driven right‑sizing for Kubernetes, IaaS and GPU workloads across AWS, Azure, Google and Oracle clouds. By surfacing over‑provisioned...
Webinar: Aligning Cybersecurity Purchases with What Your SOC Team Needs
Security operations centers are plagued by alert fatigue because many tools are selected by executives without input from analysts. A BleepingComputer webinar on Jan. 29 will feature Sumo Logic experts discussing the disconnect between purchasing decisions and SOC needs. The session...
How Real-Time Payouts Are Stress-Testing US Banking Infrastructure
US betting platforms are generating millisecond‑level payout demands that outpace the legacy ACH system, prompting banks to adopt real‑time rails like FedNow. Federal Reserve data shows FedNow transaction volume topped $20 billion in Q4 2024, underscoring the rapid shift toward instant settlement....
RansomHouse Claims Data Breach at Major Apple Contractor Luxshare
RansomHouse, a ransomware‑extortion group, alleges it breached Luxshare Precision Industry, a major Apple manufacturing partner, and accessed sensitive engineering data such as 3D CAD and PCB files. The group posted a victim profile on its dark‑web leak site, listing Apple...
How McDonald’s and Other Global Enterprises Are Using SAP BTP to Transform Operations
Enterprises such as McDonald’s and a global consulting firm are leveraging SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) to modernize ERP landscapes while keeping the core clean. By moving custom logic to side‑by‑side extensions, they achieve faster innovation, reduced downtime, and scalable...
Bovine Colostrum Boosts Nutrition in Preterm Infants
Researchers have demonstrated that supplementing preterm infant diets with bovine colostrum significantly enhances protein and immunoglobulin intake. Clinical trials showed a 15% reduction in feeding intolerance and a modest improvement in weight gain during the first month of life. The...
Albania's AI Minister Signals New Era of Governance
Albania announced the world’s first AI minister, creating global headlines. In this video, I break down what really happened, why language matters in public policy, and what responsible AI governance should look like. 🧠🌍 #AI #Government #Ethics #DigitalPolicy #ArtificialIntelligence
AI Aids Thinking, Not Decision-Making Responsibility
People keep asking whether ChatGPT can make decisions for them. Here’s the short answer: no - and that’s exactly why it’s useful. A decision isn’t a paragraph of text. It’s a commitment that allocates resources, creates consequences, and leaves someone...
Key AI-Driven E‑Commerce Signals Marketers Prioritize Now
Here's what e-commerce signals marketers think will impact if AI showcases your product over the competitors. These signals will adjust over time as commerce through AI becomes more popular... but here's what 100 marketers think is important today. https://t.co/DzjF8lqF19
Ship, Get Feedback, Iterate—Skip the Endless Steps
50 steps won’t make you good at AI. Shipping → feedback → iteration will. Stop collecting steps. Start closing value loops. https://t.co/7ZfPKlVood
Teladoc’s Mental Health Arm BetterHelp Has Quietly Expanded the Use of AI
BetterHelp, Teladoc's flagship mental‑health platform, has quietly broadened its use of artificial intelligence across multiple service layers. The AI tools now support client intake, symptom triage, and therapist recommendation workflows, aiming to streamline care delivery. BetterHelp claims the expansion will...
Gaia Data Release Reveals Four Substructures in Open Cluster NGC 752
Chinese astronomers using ESA's Gaia DR3 identified four distinct substructures within the nearby open cluster NGC 752, revealing a dense central core and three progressively looser outer groups. The total stellar mass of the cluster was revised upward to about 332.5 solar...
Anthropic Quietly Fixed Flaws in Its Git MCP Server that Allowed for Remote Code Execution
Anthropic has patched three critical flaws in its Git MCP server that could be chained with the Filesystem MCP server to achieve remote code execution via prompt injection. The vulnerabilities – CVE‑2025‑68145 (path‑validation bypass), CVE‑2025‑68143 (unrestricted git_init), and CVE‑2025‑68144 (git_diff...
Reps Launches to Help Teams Train for AI-Powered Execution
Reps, an AI startup, launched a platform to make execution readiness measurable for enterprise teams. The tool records practice activities—screen captures, draft proposals, voice notes—and uses AI to analyze them, providing real‑time insight into how strategies are being prepared. Since...
As Microsoft Stuffs Windows With AI, New Update Prevents Users From Turning Off Their PCs
Microsoft’s January 13 security update for Windows 11 23H2 introduced a bug that stopped shutdown and hibernation on Enterprise and IoT editions, trapping devices in endless restart loops. The fault originated in the System Guard Secure Launch security feature and created...
Afshin Yazdian, CEO of Kurv | Episode 459
In this episode, Afshin Yazdian, CEO of Kurv, discusses how his company transformed a legacy payments business into a streamlined, SMB‑focused platform by eliminating friction, offering transparent pricing, and prioritizing human‑centered service. He shares his unconventional journey from law to...
James Webb Space Telescope Discovers Young Galaxies Age Rapidly: 'It's Like Seeing 2-Year-Old Children Act Like Teenagers'
Using JWST, Hubble and ALMA, astronomers studied 18 galaxies about 12.5 billion light‑years away, dating to less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The galaxies exhibit surprisingly high metal content, rotating disks, and rapidly feeding supermassive black holes, indicating...
AITech Interview with David Norris, Chief Marketing Officer at Boost.AI
David Norris, Chief Marketing Officer at Boost.ai, explains how his two‑decade marketing background shapes the company’s storytelling and trust‑first strategy for conversational AI. He stresses that in regulated sectors—banking, insurance, telecom—AI agents become the literal voice of the brand, making...
Rigid‐Flexible Layered Immobilization Enables Precise Confinement and Dynamic Activation of Small Enzymes
A novel rigid‑flexible layered immobilization combines metal‑organic framework (MOF) micropores with hydrogel macropores to stabilize small enzymes (10–50 kDa) while preserving activity. The dual‑pore architecture reduces substrate‑enzyme distance by 34.2% and prevents leakage, enabling 40 consecutive cycles of high conversion for...
Perplexity AI Interview Explains How AI Search Works via @Sejournal, @Martinibuster
Perplexity AI’s interview with Jesse Dwyer reveals that AI‑driven search is becoming highly personalized, delivering different answers to identical queries based on user context. The core technical shift is from whole‑document indexing to sub‑document processing, where millions of granular snippets...
High‐Sensitivity Self‐Powered X‐Ray Detectors Based on Chiral Bismuth Perovskites
Researchers have introduced a lead‑free, chiral bismuth perovskite single crystal, (R/S‑NEA)4Bi2Cl10, that leverages the bulk photovoltaic effect for self‑powered X‑ray detection. The detector delivers a record sensitivity of 10,200 µC·Gy⁻¹·cm⁻² at 1000 V and operates without external bias, detecting as low as...
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Apache Airflow Flaws Expose Sensitive Workflow Data to Potential Attackers
Apache Airflow released version 3.1.6 to fix two credential‑exposure flaws (CVE‑2025‑68675 and CVE‑2025‑68438). The first flaw logged proxy URLs with embedded usernames and passwords, while the second allowed unmasked API keys and tokens in the Rendered Templates UI. Both issues affect...
Enriching Triboelectric Signal Waveform Characteristics Based on Complex Interface Structure for Monitoring Device Operating Status
Researchers have created a PDMS‑encapsulated honeycomb nickel sheet that forms a complex polymer‑metal interface, enriching triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) signal waveforms. The closed‑sandwich architecture delivers detailed vibration signatures and achieves roughly 95% recognition accuracy. Frequency monitoring errors remain under 4% across...
Entanglement Distillation Reliability Function Achieves Exact Finite Blocklength Results
Researchers Lin, Li, and Fang have precisely characterised the reliability function of entanglement distillation, delivering exact finite‑blocklength results. By linking performance to the regularized quantum Hoeffding divergence, they provide a concrete optimal protocol when the initial state is known and...
Micro Case Studies: The Feud over Interest Rate Caps and the Murky Future of Agentic Commerce
President Trump’s proposal to cap credit‑card interest rates at 10% for one year sent bank and issuer stocks tumbling, prompting fintech CEOs to publicly back the idea. Fintechs such as Bilt and Affirm are rolling out capped‑rate cards and new...
Google AI Mode Fan-Out Prompts To Narrow Your Query
Google is extending its AI Mode shopping experience with a "query fan‑out" feature that asks users clarifying questions to narrow product results. The system runs multiple simultaneous searches based on the user’s input, then surfaces the most relevant items in a...
Goodfood Reports Q1 2026 Results with Net Sales Dropping to $28 Million, Gross Profit Falling to $12 Million
Goodfood Market Corp. posted Q1 2026 results showing a 21% drop in net sales to $28 million and a 15% decline in gross profit to $12 million, resulting in a $3 million net loss. Despite lower revenue, the company achieved a 42.3% gross...
In Situ Growth of 2D Perovskite Nanocrystals to Induce Β–Phase of PVDF for Piezoelectric Nanogenerators with Ultra‐High Output Voltage
Researchers have demonstrated flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) by in‑situ growing 2D perovskite nanocrystals (PEA2MA2Pb3Br10) within a PVDF matrix. The nanocomposite achieves an 86.35 % β‑phase content and a piezoelectric coefficient (d33*) of 35.16 pm/V, delivering a peak output voltage of 66.54 V—over seven...
Endace Pushes Packet Capture Into Real-Time Security Workflows
Endace released OSm 7.3, a major update that dramatically speeds packet‑capture search and adds a Vault REST API for automated forensic data access. The new search engine delivers up to 50‑fold performance gains, cutting typical query times from nearly a minute...
Triboelectric Wearable Devices for Wound Healing: Materials, Mechanisms, and Innovative Designs
A new review outlines triboelectric wearable devices—primarily triboelectric nanogenerators—as self‑powered platforms for wound healing. It details core design elements, including triboelectric and electrode materials, and structural strategies that enable electrical stimulation without external power. The paper explains multi‑scale mechanisms such...
Morphology‐Regulated Structural Dynamics and Stress Mitigation Enable Stable Chloride Storage for Bismuth Oxychloride Cathodes
Researchers introduced a pH‑tailored hydrothermal route to produce bismuth oxychloride nanoplates (BiOCl‑N) that serve as high‑performance cathodes for chloride‑ion batteries. The nanoplates feature a high surface area, mesoporous framework, and a low Cl⁻ diffusion barrier, which together accelerate ion transport...
Defect Engineered MoS2 Films Boost Solar CO2 Conversion
Researchers at National Taiwan University have introduced a capped vapor‑liquid‑solid (VLS) method to synthesize wafer‑scale ultrathin Mo₁₋ₓVₓS₂ alloy films with engineered sulfur vacancies. The vanadium‑sulfur‑vacancy (V‑S‑vac) pairs act as highly active sites, boosting solar‑driven CO₂‑to‑CO conversion rates to roughly five...
High‐Temperature Afterglow Color Tuning via Förster Resonance Energy Transfer
Researchers have developed a low‑temperature processed boric acid matrix that embeds triphenylboronic acid (TPBA) to produce persistent luminescence at high temperatures. The hybrid material exhibits a phosphorescence lifetime of up to 2.56 seconds at 460 K, overcoming typical thermal quenching. By introducing...
Au LSPR Effect Enhanced R‐CeO2/G‐C3N4 S‐scheme Heterojunction for Accelerating CO2 Photoreduction Performance
Researchers engineered a ternary photocatalyst that couples oxygen‑vacancy‑rich CeO₂ with graphitic carbon nitride (g‑C₃N₄) and plasmonic Au nanoparticles. The Au‑induced localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) creates an S‑scheme heterojunction, dramatically improving charge separation and lowering the energy barrier for the...
Synergistically Enhance the Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties of Fiber Batteries by Designing Aramid Fiber Skeletons
Researchers have introduced an aramid‑fiber reinforced skeleton for fiber lithium‑ion batteries (FLIBs) that separates charge transport from structural support. The composite achieves a tensile strength of 800 MPa and a modulus of 35 GPa, far surpassing traditional metal‑wire scaffolds. Energy density climbs...
