Exabeam Delivers Greater Insight Into Behavior of AI Agents
Exabeam announced a new release that embeds AI‑agent behavior analytics into its UEBA platform, leveraging integration with Google Gemini Enterprise. The update centralizes detection, investigation and response to AI‑agent activity, giving security teams a unified view of risky deviations. It adds maturity tracking, targeted recommendations and enhanced data modeling to help organizations assess and improve their AI security posture as agent adoption accelerates.
Vibe’s New AI Robot Sits in on Meetings to Record Every Interaction and Delegate Tasks
Digital whiteboard firm Vibe Inc. unveiled Vibe Bot, a compact AI‑powered robot designed to sit in on in‑person and virtual meetings. The device records every spoken interaction, converts it into searchable transcripts, and automatically creates actionable tasks linked to tools...
IQT The Quantum Dragon Podcast Episode 78 – “Open a Secure Channel.”
In this episode, Ryan Lafler of Quantum Corridor and Terry Cronin of Toshiba discuss their landmark demonstration of cross‑state Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) over a live commercial metro fiber network, highlighting its significance for scaling secure communications across state lines....
Reolink Made a Local AI Hub for Its Security Cameras
Reolink unveiled the AI Box, a local‑processing hub that uses a Qualcomm Dragonwing Q8‑series chip to run AI features directly on security cameras. The device supports prompt‑based alerts, natural‑language video search, event description, and automated smart summaries, eliminating the need...
How the Principles of the Planogram Can Apply to Payments
The episode explores how retailers' planogram strategies—optimizing shelf space based on sales data—can be applied to payment orchestration, arguing that merchants should selectively adopt payment methods that maximize approval rates while controlling back‑office costs. Don Apgar explains that, like stocking...
Inside the $41B AI Cloud Challenging Big Tech | CoreWeave SVP
In this episode, CoreWeave SVP discusses how the company has built a $41 billion AI cloud infrastructure that rivals the big tech giants, focusing on its strategy of offering flexible, high‑performance GPU compute and specialized AI services for enterprises. He explains...
Video: ABN Amro at Money20/20 USA - Building BUUT
ABN Amro’s new digital‑only bank BUUT was highlighted in a video interview with FinTech Futures at Money20/20 USA, where chief architect Annerie Vreugdenhil explained its launch strategy. BUUT targets millennials and Gen‑Z with a mobile‑first experience, leveraging ABN Amro’s existing infrastructure while...
Innoviz Technologies Announces First Sensor-Fusion Colored 3D LiDAR and Camera in InnovizThree
Innoviz Technologies unveiled InnovizThree, the first fully colored long‑range LiDAR that integrates an RGB camera in a single compact module. The sensor‑fusion unit is 60% smaller than the previous InnovizTwo and is designed for behind‑the‑windshield placement, drones, micro‑robotics and humanoid...
Encompass Forms Executive Advisory Board to Drive Innovation
Encompass Corporation has launched an Executive Advisory Board (EAB) to steer its global corporate digital identity (CDI) strategy and accelerate innovation in KYC solutions. Chaired by Doris Honold, the board brings together former senior leaders from JP Morgan, HSBC, Standard Chartered...
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Isn't an Alien Spacecraft, Astronomers Confirm. 'In the End, There Were No Surprises.'
Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope as part of the Breakthrough Listen project searched interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS for technosignatures and found none. The radio observations were sensitive enough to detect transmitters as weak as 0.1 watts, far below typical human devices....
Rimes Names Ex-Snowflake, FactSet Exec as CRO
Rimes announced Kieran Kennedy as its new Chief Revenue Officer, bringing over three decades of leadership in financial data, cloud platforms, and institutional investment workflows. Kennedy most recently oversaw Snowflake's data cloud partnerships, generating more than $1.2 billion in annual revenue,...
2025 Orbital Launch Attempts by Country
In 2025, the world saw 329 orbital launch attempts, with 321 reaching orbit or near‑orbit. The United States led with 181 attempts and 179 successes, driven largely by SpaceX’s 170 launches, nearly double China’s total. Europe rebounded, logging eight attempts...
Capitolis Appoints Roy Saadon as Head of Market Development, Portfolio Optimisation
Capitolis has appointed Roy Saadon as Head of Market Development for its Portfolio Optimisation unit, based in London. Saadon brings 25 years of technology and financial‑services experience, including co‑founding Access Fintech and Traiana. He will drive product adoption, expand the client network, and...
New PlayStation Tech Patent Called Ghost Player Will Take over Players' Games when They Get Stuck
Sony has filed a patent for an AI-driven "Ghost Player" that can intervene when a PlayStation gamer gets stuck, either by demonstrating solutions or taking full control of the game. The system would be trained on gameplay footage from YouTube,...
Evergen and UiPath Show How Agentic AI Tests Process Discipline in Regulated Industries
Evergen, a regenerative‑medicine CDMO, piloted an agentic AI tool to pre‑screen donor tissue eligibility and discovered that the AI highlighted far more process flaws than model errors. The test revealed that over 90% of mismatches stemmed from incomplete or ambiguous...
What Is a Proxy Server? A Complete Guide to Types, Uses, and Benefits
A proxy server acts as an intermediary between client devices and the Internet, forwarding requests, filtering data, and returning responses. The guide distinguishes forward proxies, which protect users by masking IPs, enforcing policies, caching content, and inspecting traffic, from reverse...
XPENG's Iron Robot Blurs Line Between Human and Machine
They SLICED OPEN a "human" on stage... and IT WALKED AWAY. XPENG's IRON robot just shattered the uncanny valley—silicone skin, fluid steps, zero humans inside. Sci-fi is NOW. But is this the future we want? Creepy genius or dystopian nightmare?...
Navigating the Investment: A Strategic Guide to the Cost of IoT Development
The article breaks down the components that drive IoT development costs and frames them as strategic investments rather than mere expenses. It explains how project scope, hardware‑software integration, security, compliance and scalability each add distinct budget lines. It showcases Cogniteq’s...
Singapore Jails Two for Falsifying Accounts Linked to Wirecard
A Singapore court sentenced two men for falsifying escrow account confirmations linked to Wirecard, involving over €1 billion. Director R Shanmugaratnam received a 10‑year term, while British national James Henry O’Sullivan was sentenced to six and a half years. Between 2016 and...
2026 B2B GTM Shifts: AI, Agents, and Composable Stacks
I rarely publish guest posts on chiefmartec. This epic essay by @jonmiller — Predictions for B2B Go-To-Market in 2026 — was so good I made an exception. Jon certainly has the cred: the co-founder and original CMO of Marketo, a leading...
Top 5 Prediction Market Platforms To Keep An Eye On in 2026
Prediction markets have evolved into multi‑billion‑dollar ecosystems, offering real‑time insight on events from elections to interest rates. In 2026 the sector is dominated by five platforms—Polymarket, Pariflow, Kalshi, PredictIt and Manifold—each catering to distinct trader profiles. Polymarket provides unmatched liquidity,...
Swift’s Blockchain Pilot Signals a Turning Point for Cross-Border Payments
Swift, Ant International and HSBC completed a pilot that moved tokenised deposits between HSBC entities in Singapore and Hong Kong using ISO 20022 messages over the Swift network. The test proved that blockchain‑based money can travel on the same messaging standards...
Why Events Should Be Part of Your B2B Marketing Strategy in 2026
B2B SaaS marketers face crowded digital channels and AI‑driven noise, making it harder to build trust and generate pipeline. In‑person events remain a reliable channel that delivers brand awareness, qualified leads, and deep customer connections. Sponsoring or partnering with industry...
'Microslop' Is Heading for Edge – Major Browser Redesign Is Inspired by Copilot, and It's Already Seriously Unpopular
Microsoft is testing a major UI overhaul for Edge that closely mirrors the design of its Copilot app, including shared colors, fonts, and rounded corners. The new look appears in the Canary and Dev builds and applies universally, regardless of...
2026 Retail Predictions: More AI, Yes, but That’s Not All, Folks
Retail TouchPoints forecasts that AI will dominate every retail function in 2026, but the year’s biggest shifts will revolve around consumer wellbeing, curated experiences, and the rise of circular commerce. Experts from MG2, Pinterest, Walmart Data Ventures and others warn...
How to Show up in AI Results in 2026 with Elizaveta Shutova (NEWBIE)
Elizaveta Shutova explains that in 2026 SEO must target both traditional rankings and AI-generated search snippets, as AI overviews now appear in over 23% of queries and pull data from a wide range of sources like Reddit, Wikipedia, and YouTube....
Payment Accessibility Is Now Business Critical: New Report Reveals Billions Excluded at the Checkout
Castles Technology’s new report warns that billions of consumers are excluded from modern point‑of‑sale systems due to visual, motor, hearing and cognitive impairments. The study estimates UK retailers lose £70 billion each year as disabled shoppers abandon purchases, and highlights the...
Returnuary Turns Holiday Returns Into a Margin Problem
January, known as Returnuary, brings a surge of post‑holiday product returns that compress retailer margins and overload reverse‑logistics networks. Return rates can climb above 30% of holiday sales, forcing merchants to absorb restocking fees, transportation costs, and inventory obsolescence. Many...
Is the Race for Moon Missions Lunacy?
NASA’s Artemis program faces mounting delays as critical lunar‑surface risks remain unsolved. Space radiation on the Moon is projected to be 2.6 times higher than on the ISS, while abrasive, electrostatically charged dust threatens astronaut health and equipment. Key technologies...
AITech Interview with Mark Wojtasiak, VP of Product Research and Strategy at Vectra AI
Vectra AI’s VP of Product Research, Mark Wojtasiak, highlighted that modern Security Operations Centers face an "attack signal problem," with less than 0.1% of alerts representing genuine threats. An analysis of millions of alerts showed a 99.98% noise rate and...
Prepare Your Startup for Exit, Not Luck
Not every startup is ready to sell the first time it hits the market. In 2022, a founder listed a promising startup on @acquiredotcom that went nowhere. No real buyer interest. No momentum. The issue wasn’t demand. It was structure. So they...
Crossroads Moment: How Should IT Leaders Respond to VMware’s Big Changes?
Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware triggered steep licensing hikes, with many firms now paying two to three times more for virtualization. Gartner reports these cost spikes have placed organizations in a painful financial spot, prompting CIOs to reassess their infrastructure strategies....
Real-Time Payments Have Rewritten the Risk Equation
Real-time payment rails now settle in milliseconds, reshaping customer expectations and forcing banks, fintechs, and processors to rethink risk management. The instantaneous nature of settlement compresses the window for fraud detection, rendering legacy AML and sanctions‑screening tools ineffective. Traditional batch‑oriented...
Retention Drives Sustainable Growth; Low NRR Threatens Expansion
AI-native companies have been shattering growth records. The elephant in the room: what Cassie Young calls an impending "gross retention apocalypse". It becomes nearly impossible to sustain hypergrowth when you have a larger and larger install base that walks out...
Survey by Vibes Finds 65% of Consumers Made a Purchase From a Brand’s Text Message in 2025
Vibes’ 2026 Mobile Consumer Insights survey shows 78% of shoppers have purchased directly from a brand’s SMS or MMS message, with 65% doing so in the past year. Preference for Rich Communication Services (RCS) is strong, as 81% of respondents...
Show HN: DDL to Data – Generate Realistic Test Data From SQL Schemas
DDL to Data is a web‑based tool that creates realistic test datasets directly from SQL CREATE TABLE statements. By parsing schema definitions it automatically respects foreign‑key links, uniqueness constraints, and data types, producing plausible values such as email addresses and...
The Human Factor Shaping the Future of AI-Driven AML
Financial institutions are entering 2026 with a renewed focus on human oversight for AI‑driven anti‑money‑laundering (AML) systems. While AI continues to deliver real‑time monitoring, large‑scale data analysis and higher detection accuracy, the industry faces a widening skill gap that threatens...
‘Performance Defines the PC Experience’ — Samsung Aims to Take Down Apple with Its New Galaxy Book6 Laptops and Intel’s...
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Book6 family—Ultra, Pro and standard models—at CES 2026, featuring Intel’s new Core Ultra Series 3 processors and up to 64 GB of LPDDR5X memory. The laptops integrate an on‑chip NPU capable of 50 TOPS, promising accelerated AI tasks directly on the...
How to Avoid Phishing Incidents in 2026: A CISO Guide
By 2026 phishing emails will mimic legitimate messages, evading traditional filters. CISOs are turning to behavior‑based sandbox analysis to see the full attack chain within seconds, dramatically cutting verdict times. Automated interactivity and real‑time threat context enable faster, more accurate...
Signals Q4’25: Who Authorized This Agent?
Fintech funding surged in Q4 2025, reaching $12.98 billion—a 36% rise quarter‑over‑quarter and 61% year‑over‑year. While the total capital pool expanded, the number of equity raises slipped 14% QoQ, pushing the average deal size up 57% QoQ (11% YoY). The market is...
AI Fuels US Productivity Surge While EU Falls Behind
US to extend productivity lead on back of AI boom, say economists EU continues to lag: Pro: US productivity was set to “pull away from other developed market economies” thanks to the country’s dynamic capital markets, flexible labour force and lead in...
How to Use Instagram Collaborative Posts
Instagram’s collaborative post feature lets two or more accounts co‑author a single piece of content that appears on each profile and shares all engagement metrics. Users can invite up to five collaborators (six accounts total) for feed posts, carousels, or...
Fintech Professionals Share Their Most Bizarre Real‑World Tales
LinkedIn Fintech nerds. I'm writing something in a couple of weeks and I need your help. Share your war stories. What's the weirdest most "how is this even reality" story from Fintech? Comment below or DM if you want to stay anon.
AI Ready to Trade and Shape Capital Markets
The entire investment thesis of Robot Money is what @mustafasuleyman just said Can AI participate in the capital markets and economy
5 Content Marketing Ideas for February 2026
The article outlines five timely content‑marketing ideas for February 2025, using cultural milestones such as Charles Schulz’s death anniversary, the Pet Rock fad, Global Movie Day, Cinderella’s 75th anniversary, and a monthly shopper update. It recommends specific formats—blog posts, nostalgic...
US Investors May Discount LatAm Fintech Valuations
PicPay files for U.S. IPO on Nasdaq PicPay's Nasdaq filing reflects strategy: Build in Brazil, list in U.S. for valuation multiple expansion. Question: Do U.S. investors understand LatAm fintech economics or discount for market risk? https://t.co/y5xEAKdJNV https://t.co/vpUASSRXX8
Serving the Underserved Is No Longer Optional
[New Episode] Serving the underserved is no longer optional for financial institutions. It is the strategy gap holding the industry back, according to this powerful discussion. Watch the full episode now: https://t.co/m6PArSdD2z https://t.co/gChE8uddFq
YouTube Is the #1 Product Research Hub—Don’t Ignore It
YouTube isn't the sexiest social network, but it is the number 1 destination for product research. Ignoring YouTube will hurt your sales. https://t.co/79yGTpuVuF
