Microsoft Exchange Online Outage Blocks Access to Mailboxes via IMAP4
Microsoft confirmed an Exchange Online outage that intermittently blocks mailbox access via IMAP4, first reported at 23:35 UTC on Wednesday. The issue stems from a code conflict that introduced an authentication misconfiguration, while other connection methods remain functional. Microsoft has deployed a configuration fix and expects full rollout by the next scheduled update. The incident’s geographic scope and affected user count have not been disclosed.
FaceTec Onboards Digital Identity Veteran for Global Strategic Partnerships
FaceTec appointed Cameron D’Ambrosi as Head of Strategic Partnerships for North America and the EU, reinforcing its aggressive global expansion. D’Ambrosi brings over a decade of digital‑identity, compliance, and market‑intelligence experience, including co‑founding Liminal and leading Deloitte’s KYC/AML initiatives. He...
Crypto Made a Comeback in 2025 – This Time with Banks Testing the Waters
In 2025 banks began issuing deposit tokens and settling transactions on public blockchains, marking a shift from speculative crypto to institutional use. A regulatory framework under the GENIUS Act now governs stablecoins, giving treasurers confidence to employ tokenized instruments for...
Researchers Expose WHILL Wheelchair Safety Risks via Remote Hacking
Security researchers from QED Secure Solutions uncovered a critical Bluetooth authentication flaw in WHILL’s Model C2 and Model F electric wheelchairs (CVE‑2025‑14346). The vulnerability allows attackers within range to pair with the device, seize control of movement, override speed limits,...
Authenticity Over AI: Real Craft Drives Marketing Success
AI fatigue is real and so is the growing hunger for "what's real" in all aspects of what we do in business and marketing. As technology plays an increasingly important role in what we do to advance, there's always been...
Study Finds Weight Returns More Quickly in GLP-1 Users
A new BMJ meta‑analysis of 37 studies involving over 9,000 adults shows that weight lost with GLP‑1 agonists such as Wegovy and Mounjaro is regained rapidly after treatment stops, at about 0.8 kg per month. This rebound rate is four times...
Arab Financial Services Launches SoftPOS in Egypt Following Central Bank Approval
Arab Financial Services (AFS) has secured a Central Bank of Egypt license and launched its SoftPOS solution nationwide, turning any NFC‑enabled Android smartphone into a fully licensed tap‑to‑phone payment terminal. The technology eliminates the need for traditional point‑of‑sale hardware, offering...
Visibility Wins Through Multi‑Channel Volume, Not Perfection
Visibility used to mean ranking on Google and having a decent website. That definition is outdated. Today, visibility is the total footprint your brand creates across search, social, video, podcasts, earned media, and AI answers. It is whether your company...
Fifth of Breaches Take Two Weeks to Recover From
A new Absolute Security report, based on a poll of 750 CISOs in the US and UK, finds that endpoint disruptions from cyber‑attacks often require 3‑6 days to remediate, with 19% taking up to two weeks. The average cost to...
Goertek Unveils Next-Generation Technologies at CES 2026
At CES 2026, Chinese component maker Goertek showcased a broad portfolio of next‑generation AI, optics, and acoustic technologies aimed at intelligent devices. Highlights included the “Rubis” full‑color AI glasses with distributed MCU‑NPU‑ISP processing, a 100‑gram 4K mixed‑reality headset, and the...
Tessera Therapeutics to Lay Off 90 Employees, According to Document
Tessera Therapeutics, a heavily funded gene‑editing startup, announced plans to lay off roughly 90 employees. The cuts represent a significant reduction in its workforce, signaling a shift in the company’s growth trajectory. The layoffs come as the biotech sector faces...
18 Best Content Marketing Tools to Use in 2026
The guide lists the 18 best content‑marketing tools for 2026, spanning research, planning, creation, distribution and analytics, with pricing details for each. It highlights how solo marketers, small teams, and large operations can tailor a stack of four to six...
Vertiv Expects Powering Up for AI, Digital Twins and Adaptive Liquid Cooling to Shape Data Center Design and Operations
Vertiv’s Frontiers report outlines how AI‑driven workloads are reshaping data center design, emphasizing five emerging trends. It highlights a shift toward higher‑voltage DC power architectures, on‑site energy generation, digital‑twin‑enabled rapid deployment, and adaptive liquid cooling to meet extreme densification and...
Credo AI and Carahsoft Partner for AI Adoption Through Purpose-Built AI Governance
Credo AI and Carahsoft Technology Corp. have formed a partnership to deliver Credo AI’s governance, risk management and compliance platform to U.S. public‑sector customers via Carahsoft’s extensive reseller network and government procurement contracts. The agreement designates Carahsoft as Credo AI’s...
PathAI and University Hospital Zurich Announce Collaboration to Deploy AISight Dx and AIM-TumorCellularity for Routine Molecular Pathology Workflows
PathAI has partnered with University Hospital Zurich (USZ) to integrate its CE‑IVD digital pathology platform AISight Dx and the AIM‑TumorCellularity (AIM‑TC) algorithm into routine molecular pathology workflows. The AI tool provides quantitative tumor cell content (TCC) estimates that guide next‑generation...
Microsoft to Enforce MFA for Microsoft 365 Admin Center Sign-Ins
Microsoft announced that starting next month it will require multi‑factor authentication for every user who signs into the Microsoft 365 admin center. The policy applies to all admin‑level accounts, regardless of organization size or licensing tier. Existing MFA configurations will...
Creating a Safe Learning Environment in K-12 Schools Without Adding Complexity
Today's K‑12 schools must protect students across physical spaces, emotional climate, psychological trust, and digital platforms. Research shows that safety directly boosts engagement, participation, and academic achievement. Districts ignoring any safety dimension risk lower attendance, disrupted instruction, and eroding community...
Actual SEO Media, Inc. Outlines a Practical SEO Debugging Framework for Quick Results
Actual SEO Media, Inc. released a practical SEO debugging framework aimed at quickly restoring lost search visibility. The guide identifies common causes such as technical errors, thin or duplicate content, and broken links that can trigger traffic drops. It outlines...
React2Shell Vulnerability Hit by 8.1 Million Attack Attempts
The React Server Components “Flight” protocol remote code execution flaw (CVE‑2025‑55182), known as React2Shell, has become the focus of a massive exploitation campaign. GreyNoise has logged over 8.1 million attack sessions, with daily volumes stabilizing at 300‑400 k after a December peak...
GSK, Noetik Sign Cancer Deal on AI Virtual Cell Models
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has entered a multi‑million‑dollar agreement with AI‑driven biotech Noetik to license its virtual cell models for cancer research. The partnership gives GSK access to Noetik’s proprietary AI simulations that predict cellular responses, allowing the pharma giant to evaluate...
Protege Raises $30M to Grow Governed Marketplace for AI Training Data
Protege Health Inc., founded in 2024, raised $30 million from Andreessen Horowitz to expand its governed AI‑training data marketplace. The platform connects data owners with AI developers, offering high‑value datasets such as video, audio, and de‑identified health records. Funding will accelerate...
Claude Code Addiction Is Addiction to Creation
Daniel Miessler argues that the so‑called Claude Code addiction is really an addiction to creation, not the tool itself. AI‑driven coding assistants let anyone turn ideas into functional apps within minutes, multiplying output tenfold. This shift transforms passive consumption habits...
Interplanetary Science Needs a Commercial Backbone
Planetary science is shifting from costly, decade‑long government flagships to a commercial‑driven model that promises faster, cheaper missions. Rocket Lab’s ESCAPADE demonstrated that fixed‑price, university‑industry teams can deliver decadal‑class science in under four years. The article calls for regular funding...
SAP Tosses some Compatibility Pack Users a (Short) Lifeline
SAP announced a five‑month extension, moving the expiration of S/4HANA Compatibility Pack usage rights from 31 December 2025 to the end of May 2026. The extension applies only to customers who have already begun migrating to native S/4HANA capabilities or cloud solutions. SAP...
The State of Trusted Open Source
Chainguard’s quarterly “State of Trusted Open Source” report analyzes usage of over 1,800 container images across its customer base, revealing that Python is the most popular image and that the majority of production workloads rely on a long‑tail of less‑common...
Hengrui Gets First OK for a PD-L1/TGF-Beta Drug for Cancer
Jiangsu Hengrui Pharma secured China’s first approval for retlirafusp alfa, a bispecific PD‑L1/TGF‑beta fusion protein, as a frontline treatment for advanced gastric and gastro‑esophageal junction adenocarcinoma. The decision follows the phase 3 RELIGHT trial, which demonstrated a 34% overall‑survival gain versus...
Evolved PESO Model Governs AI-Driven Marketing Efficiency
TL;DR The PESO Model® hasn’t stood still—it has evolved to meet the realities of how marketing and communications operate in 2026. As AI accelerates execution and teams are asked to deliver more with fewer resources, the challenge is no longer...
Eyebot and Framery Unveil Full Optical Solution at CES
Eyebot and The Framery at 1-800 Contacts debut end-to-end optical experience at CES 2026. #AI #CES2026 @CES https://t.co/IWoAhfGRVy
Cas12a3 CRISPR System Targets tRNA Without Destroying Host Cell
Researchers at Utah State University identified a novel CRISPR nuclease, Cas12a3, that selectively cleaves the 3′ CCA tails of transfer RNAs, halting protein synthesis without damaging host DNA. Unlike Cas9, which makes a single cut in DNA, Cas12a3 is activated...
Linkage Global Debuts Disruptive Headphones at CES 2026
Linkage Global (LGCB) unveils disruptive headphone technologies at CES 2026; strategic partnerships drive business growth. #AI #CES2026 @CES https://t.co/3qgVSFuGSf
Advancing Rare Disease Therapies: Policy and Regulatory Outlook
I’m coming up on @SquawkCNBC where I’ll be discussing recent advances in the treatment of rare diseases and the policy and regulatory path for bringing them to patients. https://t.co/9xsIvvY5Tm
Transcosmos Co-Releases Privacy Consulting Services with Priv Tech
transcosmos and Priv Tech have launched a Privacy Consulting Services offering, slated for December 2025, to help firms navigate complex privacy regulations while deploying Conversion APIs (CAPI). The service combines transcosmos’s marketing implementation capabilities with Priv Tech’s privacy‑technology expertise to...
Ceva Enables Real‑Time AI on NXP Processors for Vehicles
Ceva delivers real-time AI acceleration on NXP's processors for software-defined vehicles. #AI #CES2026 @CES https://t.co/gWkKcnTtR1
Garmin Unveils AI-Powered Multilingual Cabin Assistant
Garmin introduces Unified Cabin 2026, headlined by an AI/LLM-based conversational, multi-intent, multi-lingual virtual assistant. #AI #CES2026 @CES https://t.co/cFIGXRp6sQ
PoC Released for Unauthenticated RCE in Trend Micro Apex Central (CVE-2025-69258)
Trend Micro issued a critical patch (Build 7190) for its on‑premise Apex Central platform, addressing three remotely exploitable flaws disclosed by Tenable. The most severe, CVE‑2025‑69258, enables unauthenticated attackers to inject a malicious DLL into MsgReceiver.exe and gain SYSTEM‑level code execution....
Buyers' Brains Run Ancient Software—Study Psychology
Your buyers may read your sales page on the latest iPhone but... The hardware they use to process it—their brain—is running 300,000 year old software The lesson? 👉 Learn buyer psychology
Garmin, Meta Showcase AI‑powered Car Cabin Prototype
Garmin and Meta announce automotive OEM proof of concept with Garmin Unified Cabin and Meta Neural Band. #AI #CES2026 @CES https://t.co/RXfeDKjyTK
Kalshi CEO Draws Battle Lines Over Insider Trading, Highlighting Deep Industry Divide
Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour used recent insider‑trading allegations to differentiate his CFTC‑regulated exchange from unregulated offshore prediction‑market rivals. He emphasized that Kalshi follows NYSE and Nasdaq‑style rules that ban trading on material non‑public information, while platforms like Polymarket operate in...
Garmin and Qualcomm Launch Nexus Automotive AI Platform
Garmin teams up with Qualcomm to deliver Nexus automotive-grade multi-domain computing platform. #AI #CES2026 @CES https://t.co/WoBWtMsjXA
Diagonal Banks Another $125M for ‘Clustering’ Antibody Drugs
Biotech startup Diagonal Therapeutics secured $125 million in a Series B financing, bringing its total capital raised since 2024 to over $250 million. The funding will advance its lead candidate, DIAG723, a clustering antibody designed to reactivate the ALK1 pathway...
Reduced Cystathionine Γ-Lyase Levels May Contribute Meaningfully to Age-Related Neurodegeneration
Researchers found that cystathionine γ‑lyase (CSE) levels decline with age and that complete genetic removal of CSE in mice reproduces key features of brain aging. CSE‑deficient mice exhibited oxidative damage, blood‑brain barrier breakdown, impaired neurogenesis, and measurable cognitive deficits. The...
Report: China Breached Email Systems Used by U.S. Congressional Staff
According to a Financial Times investigation, Chinese state‑linked hackers breached email systems used by staff of several influential House committees. The intrusion gave the actors access to legislative drafts, policy discussions and potentially classified briefings. U.S. officials highlighted the vulnerability...
Bridging the Gap Between SRE and Security: A Unified Framework for Modern Reliability
Site reliability engineering (SRE) and security teams traditionally operate in separate silos, creating friction that stalls reliability initiatives and slows security controls. The article proposes a unified framework that merges reliability goals, risk budgets, joint observability, and integrated incident response...
Princeton Researchers Develop New Tool to Narrow the Search for Ideal Material Structures
Princeton researchers have created a machine‑learning tool that predicts the free energy of metal‑organic frameworks (MOFs) in seconds, dramatically speeding up stability screening. The approach converts MOF chemistry into a machine‑readable sequence, generates representations for about one million structures, and...
Trump Orders US Exit From Global Cyber and Hybrid Threat Coalitions
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum ordering the United States to withdraw immediately from three major cyber‑security coalitions: the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise, and the Freedom Online Coalition. The exits...
US To Leave Global Forum on Cyber Expertise
The Trump administration signed an executive order on Jan. 7 withdrawing the United States from 66 international bodies, including the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) and the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE). Both organizations coordinate...
Improved Drainage of Cerebrospinal Fluid as a Time Critical Treatment for Stroke
Researchers at Monash University are developing non‑invasive neck devices that accelerate cerebrospinal fluid drainage via the glymphatic system immediately after ischemic stroke. Advanced imaging of 140 participants shows women have less lymphatic coverage in the brain’s outer layer, potentially explaining...
Write High‑performance TPU/GPU Kernels in Python
You no longer need to leave Python to write high-performance hardware kernels. Learn how to use Pallas in Keras to author custom ops that lower to Mosaic for TPUs or Triton for GPUs: https://t.co/oeV4cmV4M0
MS Marks Significant Milestone as ADGM-Licensed Company Service Provider
MS, the corporate advisory arm of MS Holdings, secured an Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Company Service Provider licence, allowing it to deliver regulated corporate services such as company formation, SPV management and foundation governance. The new licence builds on...
'Super Star' Being Shredded by Black Hole Releases as Much Energy as 400 Billion Suns
Astronomers observed a tidal disruption event dubbed “the Whippet,” where a super‑massive star was torn apart by a black hole, releasing energy comparable to 400 billion suns. The flare, first spotted by the Zwicky Transient Facility and confirmed with NASA’s Swift...
