Phishing-as-a-Service Kits Doubled in 2025 as Tactics Evolve
In 2025 phishing‑as‑a‑service (PhaaS) kits doubled, intensifying threats for security teams. New actors such as Whisper 2FA and GhostFrame introduced evasive tools, while incumbents like Mamba and Tycoon refined existing capabilities. Multifactor‑authentication bypass and URL obfuscation each featured in 48% of attacks, with CAPTCHA abuse, polymorphic code, and malicious QR codes also rising. Payment‑invoice scams comprised 19% of phishing emails, underscoring the continued lure of financial fraud.
Spacebank to Unveil Next-Generation Robotics Control Platform at CES 2026, Accelerating Global Market Entry
Spacebank Inc. will debut RoboViewX, a next‑generation robotics control platform, at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. The solution provides unified multi‑robot management, real‑time monitoring, and AI‑driven automation through a software‑defined robot architecture with low‑code and LLM capabilities. By showcasing live...
EMQ Announced the Release of EMQX Enterprise v6.1.0
EMQ announced EMQX Enterprise v6.1.0, adding MQTT Streams for durable, ordered, replayable message consumption, native Parquet output for direct lakehouse ingestion, and enhanced namespace management for multi‑tenant deployments. The new streaming capability lets multiple consumers read the same data at...
Evidence for Tau and Amyloid Pathology to Drive White Matter Damage in the Brain
A recent PET imaging study of older adults finds that amyloid‑β and tau protein deposits drive the progression of white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) rather than the reverse. Baseline analyses showed bidirectional links, but longitudinal data revealed that higher amyloid levels...
Novo Launches Oral Obesity Pill, Lilly Targets Lofty Revenue, FDA and M&A in Focus
Novo Nordisk introduced its first oral GLP‑1 obesity treatment, Wegovy pill, priced at $149 per month for lower doses. Eli Lilly is eyeing a March approval for its oral weight‑loss candidate orforglipron, positioning it as a catalyst to more than double...
NIX Foundation Announces $10 Million Strategic Investment in BOHR Chain to Power Next-Generation Decentralized Compute Infrastructure
The NIX Foundation announced a $10 million strategic investment in BOHR Chain, a modular Layer‑0 blockchain built for AI workloads and verifiable compute. The funding will fast‑track the rollout of BOHR’s Quantum Structural Model and supports CaryPact, the first ecosystem protocol...
Barracuda Report Finds Phishing Kits Doubled in 2025 as Attacks Grew More Evasive
Barracuda Networks’ 2025 Threat Spotlight reveals that phishing‑as‑a‑service kits doubled in number, fueling a surge in sophisticated attacks. Ninety percent of high‑volume campaigns relied on rented kits, many of which now embed AI‑generated content, MFA bypass, and malicious QR codes....
The Future of Cybersecurity Includes Non-Human Employees
Enterprises are witnessing a surge in non‑human identities (NHIs) such as bots, AI agents, and service accounts, now deemed as critical as human accounts—51% of respondents in ConductorOne's 2025 report affirm this shift. These machine identities often operate with standing,...
1800Flowers.com Appoints Alexander Zelikovsky as CIO
1800Flowers.com announced Alexander Zelikovsky as its new chief information officer, a move designed to accelerate the retailer’s digital transformation agenda. Reporting directly to CEO Adolfo Villagomez, Zelikovsky will steer enterprise‑wide technology strategy, covering applications, data architecture, cybersecurity, and business intelligence....
Card Program Management: What Is It and Who Does It Benefit?
Marcin Glogowski, SVP at Marqeta, defines card program management as the end‑to‑end process of designing, launching, and operating payment programs. He emphasizes the tension between launching quickly to capture market momentum and the risk of over‑engineering that can delay timing....
Winning the Red Planet Race: Returning Mars Samples Before China Should Be a Top US Priority, Experts Say
The United States faces a critical decision on its Mars Sample Return (MSR) program as costs have ballooned to about $11 billion and the target launch has slipped to 2040, while China’s Tianwen‑3 mission plans to bring back at least 500 g...
Seceon Announced the Launch of aiBAS360™
Seceon has launched aiBAS360, a breach‑attack simulation platform now generally available within its OTM platform and aiSIEM‑CGuard 2.0. The solution delivers automated attack scenarios mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, including LLM‑generated techniques designed to bypass AI defenses. Seceon is promoting...
Synergy Technical Achieves Microsoft Copilot Advanced Specialization, Strengthening Leadership in Enterprise AI Adoption
Synergy Technical announced it has earned the Microsoft Copilot Advanced Specialization, confirming its proven ability to guide enterprises through secure, scalable adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot and related AI solutions. The designation validates expertise across Copilot Chat, Copilot Studio, and...
Worldline Brings One Commercce to the UK
Worldline, a leading European payment‑services provider, announced the commercial launch of its Worldline One Commerce platform in the United Kingdom. The solution bundles payments, loyalty, and digital services into a single, cloud‑native suite. By entering the UK market, Worldline aims...
GMXT Launches AI-Powered Rail Operations Modernization
Grupo Mexico Transportes (GMXT), Mexico’s largest rail operator, has teamed with CloudMoyo to deploy an AI‑driven crew management suite across its 10,000 km network and U.S. operations in Texas and Florida. The CloudMoyo platform, built on Microsoft Azure, combines Crew Management,...
Atua AI Strengthens AI-Driven Task Coordination Across Smart Contract Environments
Atua AI, a decentralized AI automation platform, has upgraded its AI‑driven task coordination framework for smart contract environments. The new system adds adaptive execution logic, intelligent task sequencing, and real‑time monitoring to synchronize automated workflows across multichain networks such as...
Worldline Brings One Commerce to the UK
Worldline has made its One Commerce platform commercially available in the United Kingdom, marking the first market launch of the unified commerce solution. The offering consolidates payment services and operational back‑office functions for enterprise merchants across online, mobile, in‑store and...
Havas Will Use AI to Redefine What Agency Work Is Worth
Havas introduced AVA, an AI‑powered, no‑code platform, at CES to centralize knowledge and automate agency workflows. The system gives every employee instant access to data, campaign results, and AI tools, aiming to boost productivity across the holding company. AVA is...
Eficode Unifies Global Operations to Power the AI-Driven Future of Software Development
Eficode announced a unified, functional global operating model effective Jan. 1 2026, positioning the firm to capture growth in AI‑driven software development. The transformation centers on two customer journeys—AI in Software Development and Effective SDLC Tooling—and deepens ties with key partners such...
Blink Payments Introduces Card Present API
Blink Payments, a paytech platform, has launched a new Card Present API that allows integrated software vendors and merchants to embed in‑person payment acceptance directly into their applications. The API delivers real‑time transaction reporting, giving businesses immediate visibility into sales...
Infosys and AWS Collaborate to Accelerate Enterprise Adoption of Generative AI
Infosys and Amazon Web Services announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate enterprise adoption of generative AI. The partnership combines Infosys’ Topaz AI platform with AWS’s Amazon Q Developer and Bedrock services, aiming to automate software development, HR, sales and other...
Revolut Wants to Enter Turkey by Acquiring a Local Bank
Revolut is in talks to acquire FUPS, a Turkish digital bank, as part of its push into Turkey's fast‑growing banking sector. The transaction would need clearance from the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK). Revolut, now close to 70 million users,...
Finshape Appoints Neil Budd as CEO
Finshape, a leading digital banking solutions provider, announced Neil Budd as its new chief executive officer. Budd brings over two decades of fintech leadership, most recently heading global banking solutions at XYZ Corp. The appointment follows Finshape’s recent $50 million Series B...
Central Announces CTRL: The AI Agent Runtime for Mission-Critical Products
Central unveiled CTRL, an AI agent runtime that moves beyond answering queries to execute complex, mission‑critical back‑office tasks. Users can issue natural‑language commands such as issuing bonuses or creating off‑cycle payruns, and CTRL automatically plans, orchestrates, and executes deterministic workflows...
Morph and Bitget Wallet Launch Accelerator for On-Chain Payments
Morph, an Ethereum‑based settlement layer for payments, unveiled a $150 million Payment Accelerator to fund startups that bring real‑world payment activity onto blockchain. The program is launched in strategic partnership with Bitget Wallet, which will provide wallet integration and user‑on‑ramp services....
Novachips Debuts New Self-Encrypting P2-Series SSDs Compliant with CNSA 2.0
Novachips introduced its P2-series self‑encrypting SSDs, designed to run post‑quantum cryptographic algorithms compliant with CNSA 2.0. The drives incorporate an in‑house NV7X processor that supports ML‑KEM‑1024 and ML‑DSA‑87, delivering higher read/write bandwidth and better power efficiency than the prior P‑series. Available...
HSBC App Takes a Dim View of Sideloaded Bitwarden Installations
HSBC’s UK mobile banking app is refusing to run on devices where the open‑source password manager Bitwarden is installed via the F‑Droid sideloading catalog. Customers who installed Bitwarden outside Google Play reported being locked out of the HSBC app. HSBC...
Nolan W. Williams and the New Language of Capital
Nolan W. Williams is emerging as a fintech thought‑leader who designs the "new language of capital" through digital infrastructure and decentralized finance. He founded Concrete Digital to treat digital assets as treasury‑grade components rather than speculative tokens, aligning with institutional risk frameworks....
How Tokenised Stocks Are Creating a Parallel 24/7 Market for Equities
Tokenised stock trading volume topped $1 billion in December, underscoring a rapid shift toward 24/7, on‑chain equity access. Investors worldwide are using blockchain‑based shares to react to macro events in real time, sidestepping U.S. market hours and local brokerage hurdles. Regulators...
AI Optimizes, but Meaning Requires Interpretation, Not Optimization
AI excels at optimization, yet meaning cannot be optimized. It must be interpreted
AI Generates Complete Hermès‑Inspired Ad End‑to‑End
Claude Code is just wild. This entire Hermès-inspired ad was generated autonomously: → script, voice, visuals, music, branding... everything. Claude Opus 4.5 wrote the script, orchestrated ElevenLabs, Google Veo 3, ffmpeg, downloaded music, and handled production end to end 🤯 https://t.co/CxyQmrahlw
Airwallex Chooses Netherlands as EU Payments Hub
Tencent-backed fintech Airwallex to invest in Netherlands Airwallex expanding into Netherlands with Tencent backing. Strategic EU hub selection for payments infrastructure. Cross-border fintech scaling European operations despite regulatory complexity https://t.co/qHblBllwuu https://t.co/3KKz5igqCO
Hitachi Launches Expanded HMAX Solutions to Drive Global Innovation
Hitachi unveiled the expanded HMAX suite at CES 2026, delivering AI‑driven solutions for mobility, energy and industry. By fusing sensor data, advanced perception, generative, agentic and physical AI with its 110‑year domain expertise, HMAX tackles complex social‑infrastructure challenges. Early deployments...
37signals Treats Open Source Like a Teaching Hospital
37signals operates as a teaching hospital when it comes to open source. We're not just trying to cure our own problems, but to raise the bar for practitioners everywhere. https://t.co/gh3jJtozFJ
Sentinel-1's Decade of Essential Data over Shifting Ice Sheets
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has completed a ten-year record of high-resolution ice-velocity measurements across Greenland and Antarctica, published in Remote Sensing of Environment. Advanced SAR processing delivers maps with 200‑250 m spatial detail and temporal coverage from days to a decade,...
CI-Hush
The open‑source ci‑hush tool introduces lightweight scripts that let GitLab CI users collapse noisy command output into expandable sections. By wrapping commands with a start and end script, developers see a concise label instead of hundreds of lines, yet can...
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How Attackers Are Weaponizing Open-Source Package Managers [Q&A]
A new wave of supply‑chain attacks targets JavaScript package managers like NPM by weaponizing install scripts rather than embedding malicious code directly. The scripts appear benign during static scans, fetch additional code at build time, and inject malicious script tags...
Review: Nanofibers Still Struggle to Reach Industry, Despite Decades of Research
After 25 years of research, nanofibers remain scientifically promising but face industrial barriers, according to a Frontiers in Nanotechnology review. Scaling production methods such as electrospinning and centrifugal spinning proves difficult, while solvent use drives high costs and waste. The...
Why Wall Street Can’t Price the Next Internet
The article argues that Wall Street is undervaluing Ethereum by applying the same flawed framework it used for the 1990s Internet. Like early web protocols, Ethereum functions as a public, permissionless settlement layer that enables billions in economic activity without...
If AI Can’t Hear You, It Can’t Help You: Why Clear Audio Drives Real Productivity
Organizations seeking to maximize AI‑powered productivity must prioritize audio quality. High‑fidelity microphones and intelligent processing ensure natural language and emotional nuance are captured, enabling tools like Microsoft Copilot to function effectively. Investing in certified, platform‑integrated audio solutions reduces meeting friction,...
Revolut in Talks to Buy Turkish Neobank
Revolut is reportedly negotiating to acquire Fups, a Turkish digital‑only bank, marking the fintech’s first foray into mergers and acquisitions as part of its global expansion strategy. The deal would give Revolut a licensed banking platform in Turkey, a market...
How He Scaled a Niche SaaS to $14M/Year With No Funding
Scott Davis, President and Co‑Founder of Volie, explains how his bootstrapped BDC communication SaaS grew from four dealership clients in 2017 to $14 million in annual revenue, serving 2,000 rooftops across 300 store groups while keeping a 16% profit margin and...
NXP and GE HealthCare Accelerate AI Innovation in Acute Care
NXP Semiconductors and GE HealthCare announced a joint effort to bring edge‑AI capabilities to acute‑care settings, debuting two concepts at CES 2026. The partnership combines NXP’s secure, high‑performance processors and AI toolkits with GE’s medical‑device expertise to create a voice‑controlled anesthesia...
UK Fintech Permutable AI Expands Into Asia Pacific
Permutable AI, a specialist in AI‑driven macro and commodities intelligence, announced its expansion into the Asia‑Pacific region. The move responds to rising demand from institutional investors for real‑time, granular insight into regional economic and commodity developments. By establishing a local...
Discovering Tungstenum, a New Project Focused on Rules-Based Index Strategy Design
Tungstenum is a new project that designs rules‑based index strategies, specifying asset selection, weighting, rebalancing, and documentation. It responds to growing platform demands for governance, auditability, and scalability by treating strategy creation as an engineering problem rather than discretionary portfolio...
Consistent Compounding Beats Launches for Record ARR
December 2025 was our biggest new ARR month ever at Univid. No launch. No viral moment. Just compounding finally showing up. What actually moved the needle in 2025 wasn't exciting.. https://t.co/42K555TIMr
BMLL Names Karen King as Head of Sales in Apac
BMLL, the leading independent provider of harmonised historical Level 3 data and analytics, announced Karen King as its new Head of Sales for the Asia‑Pacific region. The appointment aims to accelerate BMLL’s market penetration across China, Japan, Singapore and Australia. King...
Smart Payment Technologies Partners with Castles Technology to Strengthen Global Payments
Smart Payment Technologies (SPT) has announced a partnership with Castles Technology to upgrade its G8 payment gateway. The collaboration will embed Castles' cutting‑edge hardware platforms into SPT's existing software stack, creating a unified payment ecosystem. By merging hardware and software...
Top 5 Gold Tokenization Development Companies 2026
Gold tokenization is reshaping investment by converting physical gold into blockchain‑based tokens. The market is projected to reach $12.83 billion by 2032, driven by demand for asset‑backed digital assets. The article lists the top five development firms—Idea Usher, Intellivon, Securitize, Tangany,...
Flexsystem and Other Business Software Without API Support Face Survival Risks in 2026
In 2026, Flexsystem, Microsoft BizTalk and SAP PI/PO are highlighted as legacy business applications still missing robust API support. Their reliance on proprietary or outdated integration methods limits interoperability with AI‑driven analytics and cloud‑native tools. As competitors roll out API‑first...
