Citi and PYMNTS Launch ‘From the Block’ Podcast: Straight Talk on Digital Assets
Citi and PYMNTS have launched a weekly podcast, "From the Block: Straight Talk on Stablecoins and Digital Assets for Corporate Leaders," debuting Jan. 13. Co‑hosted by PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster and Citi’s Global Head of Digital Assets Ryan Rugg, the series will dissect stablecoin use, required infrastructure, and viable business models. Episodes will feature regulators, investors, operators and researchers, offering practical guidance for CFOs, treasurers and product leaders. The show will be streamed on LinkedIn and later distributed across major podcast platforms.
Higher Food Prices Erode Confidence Even for Six-Figure Earners
The PYMNTS Intelligence report finds that nearly seven‑in‑ten U.S. consumers now live paycheck to paycheck, with confidence in personal finances and the broader economy slipping. Food price inflation tops the list of stressors, affecting even households earning $100,000 or more,...
Truepic Welcomes Kerry Whorton Cooper to Its Board of Advisors
Truepic, a leader in visual risk intelligence, announced that Kerry Whorton Cooper has joined its Board of Advisors. Cooper brings more than two decades of executive leadership across e‑commerce, retail, and energy sectors, including chair roles at PG&E and Mozilla....
72% of B2B Buyers Favor Suppliers With Embedded Payment Options
The PYMNTS Intelligence report, co‑authored with WEX, finds that B2B buyers are increasingly demanding embedded payment options, with 72% saying they prefer suppliers who offer them. Companies are moving away from building their own payment stacks and instead adopting white‑label...
Blood Test Reveals Risk of Multimorbidity
A study by Karolinska Institutet identified a handful of blood biomarkers that reliably predict multimorbidity risk in people over 60. Researchers measured 54 markers and found seven, especially five metabolic indicators, linked to disease count, patterns, and progression speed. The...
IPFire Update Brings New Network and Security Features to Firewall Deployments
IPFire released Core Update 199, bringing Wi‑Fi 6 and Wi‑Fi 7 support, native LLDP/CDP discovery, and a Linux 6.12.58 kernel. The update upgrades Suricata to version 8.0.2 and refines OpenVPN handling, including multiple DNS/WINS pushes. It also patches a proxy‑related CVE and improves web‑interface...
Robots & Pencils Opens Studio for Generative and Agentic AI in Bellevue
Robots & Pencils has opened a dedicated AI Studio in Bellevue to accelerate generative and agentic AI projects for enterprise clients. The studio, led by Jeff Kirk, operates as an AWS Pattern Partner, giving teams direct access to Amazon Bedrock,...
Learnie Partners with EZPZ Videos to Expand Access to Microlearning
Learnie announced a strategic partnership with Prositions’ EZPZ Video Library, integrating thousands of bite‑sized nanolearning videos into its mobile‑first community microlearning platform. The new library adds ready‑made content on leadership, communications, safety, HR compliance and technology, which organizations can customize...
Turning Data Security Into the Defining MSP Opportunity of 2026
Managed service providers (MSPs) are facing a market shift where cybersecurity is now a core expectation rather than an optional add‑on. Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) offers a continuous, automated view of sensitive data across tenants, turning security into a...
Dscout and HeyMarvin Announce Integration, Uniting Research Execution, AI-Powered Analysis, and Insight Management
Dscout and HeyMarvin have launched an integration that links Dscout’s AI‑driven research workflows with HeyMarvin’s AI‑native insight repository. The connection automatically syncs study data, enabling natural‑language queries, real‑time trend spotting, and AI‑assisted question refinement. Researchers can now move from data...
GitLab Patches Multiple Flaws Allowing Arbitrary Code Execution
GitLab has issued emergency patches—versions 18.7.1, 18.6.3 and 18.5.5—to close seven newly disclosed vulnerabilities affecting self‑managed instances. The flaws include two high‑severity stored and reflected cross‑site scripting bugs, missing authorization checks in AI GraphQL endpoints, and a runner‑removal issue that...
The Small-Test Rule: How Investors Verify Financial Platforms Before Scaling Capital
The article outlines the small‑test rule, a disciplined verification process investors use before committing large capital to financial platforms. It details a four‑step workflow—small deposit, standard actions, withdrawal test, and documentation—to assess operational reliability. The rule emphasizes real‑world performance over...
The Top 12 Companies Hiring in Biopharma Now
BioSpace’s December hiring report shows a 10 % month‑over‑month drop in active job postings and a 16 % year‑on‑year decline versus December 2024, reflecting typical holiday‑season slowdown. A noticeable surge in postings during the first week of January signals that hiring momentum is...
A Comprehensive Review on Electrospinning: Mechanisms, Functional Modifications and the Importance of Nanofiber Systems
The review by Oleiwi and Dalfi surveys recent progress in electrospinning, highlighting its ability to produce nanofibers with high aspect ratios, large surface areas, and porosity. It details persistent drawbacks such as limited mechanical strength, thermal instability, and constrained functionality....
Biopharmas Axed 47% More Employees Year Over Year
Biopharma layoffs surged 47% year‑over‑year in 2025, affecting roughly 42,700 employees, as capital tightening forced both early‑stage and large firms to cut staff. The wave was driven by investor pull‑back after biotech failures, prompting leaner operations and accelerated M&A activity....
Hubble Captures Stunning and Dramatic Blue Gas Outflow From Galaxy NGC 4388
Hubble’s newest multi‑wavelength images of the edge‑on spiral NGC 4388 reveal a vivid blue plume of ionized gas extending from the galaxy’s core. The outflow appears to be energized by radiation from the central supermassive black hole and shaped by ram‑pressure...
BlueDelta Hackers Target Microsoft OWA, Google, and Sophos VPN to Steal Credentials
Recorded Future’s Insikt Group uncovered a credential‑harvesting campaign by the Russian‑state backed BlueDelta group throughout 2025. The actors deployed phishing emails with legitimate‑looking PDFs to lure victims into fake Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Google, and Sophos VPN login portals, using...
Qualytics Announces Technology Partnership With Databricks to Deliver Proactive Data Quality for AI and Analytics on the Databricks Data Intelligence...
Qualytics announced a technology partnership with Databricks to embed its automated data‑quality platform directly into the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. The integration runs natively on the lakehouse, generating up to 95% of quality rules automatically and delivering row‑level anomaly detection...
Why AI Adoption Looks Different in Operations-Heavy Industries Like Construction
AI adoption in operations‑heavy sectors such as construction often stalls when success is measured by isolated accuracy metrics rather than workflow impact. The article argues that enterprises should judge AI by time saved, predictability of failures, rapid error correction, risk...
CISA Tags Max Severity HPE OneView Flaw as Actively Exploited
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has designated a maximum‑severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) OneView as actively exploited. Identified as CVE‑2025‑37164, the flaw permits unauthenticated code‑injection attacks that lead to remote code execution on any OneView...
Stablecoin Onboarding Is the New Distribution Moat in Fintech
Stablecoins have become a core layer for cross‑border payments, on‑chain treasuries, and programmable finance, but their competitive edge now hinges on onboarding speed. The first fiat‑to‑stablecoin conversion experience determines whether users adopt the technology or abandon it before any benefit...
PaXini Unveils the “Tactile Infrastructure” For Embodied AI at CES 2026
At CES 2026, PaXini demonstrated its end‑to‑end tactile infrastructure for embodied AI, featuring the humanoid robot TORA‑ONE making ice cream autonomously. The company highlighted a full‑body 6‑axis force/torque sensing ecosystem, the PX‑6AX‑GEN3 sensor with <0.5% FS repeatability, and the DexH13...
NinjaOne Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools
NinjaOne has been positioned as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools, underscoring its cloud‑native, unified platform. The company highlights AI‑driven autonomous patch management, new FedRAMP, GovRAMP and Texas‑RAMP authorizations, and a customer base exceeding...
Mobvoi Unveils TicNote, TicNote Pods, and TicNote Watch Introducing TicNote Cloud and Shadow Agent 2.0
Mobvoi announced the TicNote ecosystem at CES 2026, launching TicNote, TicNote Pods, and TicNote Watch alongside the AI‑native TicNote Cloud platform powered by Shadow Agent 2.0. The cloud service transforms spoken conversations into structured project files and living assets that...
GIGABYTE Highlights Human-Centered and Local AI to Bring AI Experiences Closer to Users in 2026
Gigabyte announced a shift toward human‑centered, on‑device AI that will define its product line through 2026. The company highlighted GiMATE, an AI assistant embedded in gaming laptops, and new hardware‑software features such as X3D Turbo Mode 2.0 and the GPU...
Ahrefs Adds YouTube and Reddit Tracking to Brand Radar
Ahrefs has expanded its Brand Radar product to track brand mentions on YouTube, TikTok, and Reddit, adding video and community monitoring to its existing AI‑driven visibility suite. The beta features scan video titles, descriptions and transcripts, and capture Reddit snippets...
Vannadium Unveils Leap: Real-Time, On-Chain Data for Trustworthy AI
Vannadium introduced Leap, a platform that delivers real‑time, on‑chain data storage and streaming with blockchain‑grade integrity. The solution moves beyond hash references, allowing video, documents, and logs to be stored directly on the ledger with full provenance and permission controls....
Free Comprehensive Mobile Robotics Course From Freiburg Experts
Learn mobile robotics from one of the strongest academic groups in the field. The University of Freiburg offers a full course on mobile robotics by Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard, one of the pioneers of probabilistic robotics and SLAM. Topics covered:...
MUFJ Bank Adopts Private AI
MUFG Bank has officially integrated Private AI’s data‑anonymization platform into its OCEAN big‑data environment. The solution automatically detects and redacts personally identifiable information across emails, call‑center logs, PDFs and other unstructured sources in real time, all within an on‑premises, closed...
CACTUS Achieves ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Certification for Responsible AI Management
Cactus Communications has earned the ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for its Artificial Intelligence Management System, making it one of the first companies worldwide to meet the new AI governance standard. The certification spans all Cactus brands, including the Paperpal AI writing...
PayPal Email Scam: How It Worked Before the Fix
In December 2025 scammers hijacked PayPal’s subscription feature to generate authentic‑looking notification emails from service@paypal.com, inserting fake purchase details and a phone number to lure victims into callback scams. The abuse relied on a paused subscription triggering a legitimate “payment no...
How To Build A $70M HoldCo Empire From Scratch
In this episode, Sid Jashnani walks through how he built a $70 million holding company empire from the ground up, detailing the strategic steps of acquiring, scaling, and integrating B2B businesses. He emphasizes the importance of a clear vision, disciplined capital...
StackRox: Open-Source Kubernetes Security Platform
StackRox is an open‑source Kubernetes security platform that unifies build‑time image scanning, configuration analysis, and runtime telemetry. It ingests data from container images, Kubernetes APIs, and live cluster activity to drive policy checks covering vulnerabilities, privilege escalation, and network exposure....
Australian Insurer Prosura Confirms Cyber Incident, Takes Online Services Offline Amid Investigation
Australian insurer Prosura confirmed a cyber incident on Jan 3, 2026 after detecting unauthorized access to internal systems. The breach led the company to temporarily disable its self‑service portal, halting online policy purchases, claims and account management. Fraudulent phishing emails were sent...
Scale Context, Not Prompts, for Reliable Agentic AI
Most AI systems don’t fail because of bad prompts. They fail because context breaks at scale. If you’re building AI agents, LLM workflows, copilots, or automation, this is the layer that quietly decides whether your system is reliable or unpredictable. We’re hosting a...
Linux Battery Utility Vulnerability Allows Authentication Bypass and System Tampering
A vulnerability in the TLP power‑profiles daemon (version 1.9.0) lets local users bypass Polkit authentication and tamper with system power settings. The flaw stems from using Polkit’s deprecated “unix‑process” subject, creating a PID race condition that grants elevated control without admin...
ECOVACS Accelerates Full-Scenario Service Robotics at CES 2026
ECOVACS showcases its acceleration towards full-scenario service robotics at CES 2026. #AI #CES2026 @CES https://t.co/tsGP3WiXYW
Where Agency Revenue Is Heading: Fewer Big Retainers, More Mid-Market Retainers, and Longer Engagements
The 2025 State of Digital Agencies survey shows agencies are holding clients longer, with 31% retaining them for over three years and 19% for two to three years. Retainer contracts dominate, rising to 85% of engagements, yet 86% of monthly...
It's Just Too Good to Be True.
The episode covers a wave of social‑engineering threats targeting holiday travelers, charitable donors, and taxpayers, highlighting fake booking sites, fraudulent cancer‑research crowdfunding, and IRS‑impersonation scams that promise "too‑good‑to‑be‑true" refunds. Hosts share real‑world examples—a suspicious nonprofit chair email, a BBC investigation...
What Happens to Insider Risk when AI Becomes a Coworker
In a Help Net Security video, Living Security CEO Ashley Rose explains that AI’s integration into everyday workflows expands the definition of insider risk to include autonomous agents and automated processes. She notes that most risky actions stem from broken...
Outsourcing Partnerships Fuel Global Biopharma Discovery and Scale-Up
Strategic outsourcing through CROs and CDMOs is reshaping biopharma pipelines, linking discovery, formulation, and early‑phase manufacturing into seamless workflows. By tapping external expertise, companies can accelerate complex modalities such as cell and gene therapies, RNA medicines, and next‑generation biologics. Integrated...
OwnCloud Warns Users to Enable MFA After Credential Theft Incident
ownCloud issued an urgent advisory urging users to enable Multi‑Factor Authentication after a credential‑theft incident reported by Hudson Rock. Threat actors stole passwords via infostealer malware such as RedLine, Lumma and Vidar and accessed accounts lacking MFA. The breach did not...
Dogecoin Mining Guide: Get a $100 Registration Bonus and Earn Daily Passive Income with Fleet Mining
Dogecoin’s active community and fast transaction times keep demand strong, but traditional proof‑of‑work mining remains hardware‑intensive. Fleet Mining introduces an AI‑driven cloud mining platform that lets users mine DOGE without owning equipment. New registrants receive a $15‑$100 bonus and can...
Beeper & Day One
Beeper, the all‑in‑one messaging hub, rolled out a September update that adds Google Voice, on‑device LinkedIn, Instagram typing indicators, and full Telegram custom‑emoji support. The company also unveiled its premium model built on local bridge technology, highlighted at an Automattic‑hosted...
Breaking Bottlenecks: Physical AI Gains Momentum
Lots of signs, including from our in-house labs, that we’re starting to break through many of the bottlenecks that have held back physical ai.
Global GoBruteforcer Botnet Campaign Threatens 50,000 Linux Servers
The GoBruteforcer botnet is actively compromising more than 50,000 internet‑facing Linux servers by brute‑forcing credentials for FTP, MySQL, PostgreSQL and phpMyAdmin services. Researchers note that AI‑generated deployment examples and legacy stacks like XAMPP have proliferated weak default passwords, expanding the...
Whisper‑Level AI Conversations via Revolutionary New Headphones
#ces2026 Report 8: Just had a demo of these. Most interesting new headphones I have seen in years. You can talk to AI with them at quieter than whisper level. @TylerNChen is standing next to me. I can’t hear what he is...
How to Get Dangerously Good at AI in 99 Seconds With Better Prompts
The post argues that AI’s value hinges on how users prompt it, not on model sophistication. It introduces a four‑part prompt framework—role, context, command, format—that transforms vague queries into actionable outputs. The author also recommends system prompts and a personal...
Voice Cloning Defenses Are Easier to Undo than Expected
Researchers at a Texas university demonstrated that popular noise‑based voice‑protection tools can be stripped away, restoring speaker identity and enabling cloned voices to pass verification. They introduced VocalBridge, a diffusion‑based system that removes protective noise while preserving natural speech characteristics....
Starfighters Space Completes Supersonic Flight Test
Starfighters Space announced a successful supersonic flight test using its F‑104 platform under GE Aerospace’s ATLAS program, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The aircraft carried an advanced propulsion test vehicle three times at Kennedy Space Center, demonstrating solid‑fuel...
