ESET Threat Report H2 2025
The second half of 2025 saw AI‑driven malware become operational, highlighted by PromptLock, the first known AI‑generated ransomware. Lumma Stealer’s presence faded dramatically, with detections dropping 86% after its May disruption. CloudEyE (GuLoader) exploded in prevalence, increasing thirty‑fold and serving as a downloader for ransomware and infostealers. Ransomware activity surged 40% year‑over‑year, with new threats like HybridPetya targeting UEFI firmware and newcomers such as Warlock introducing advanced evasion.
Monzo Board Pushed CEO Out After IPO Dispute, Reports Say
Monzo’s board has asked CEO TS Anil to step down after months of friction over the company’s IPO timetable. Anil advocated an earlier public listing, while several directors preferred delaying to expand overseas and improve valuation. The board has installed...
Lisbon Is Calling: The BIO-Europe Startup Spotlight Returns in March 2026
BIO‑Europe’s Startup Spotlight, the premier European biopharma pitch competition, announced its 2025 champion, German spin‑out Fusix Biotech, which secured the trophy in Vienna with its InFUSE chimeric oncolytic virus platform. The contest selects eight early‑stage companies—fewer than 25 employees and...
First‑mover Edge Fades Fast without Relentless Innovation
First-mover advantage is just that - an advantage. But it is anything but a guarantee of staying the leader, and that couldn't be better displayed than with the news of the iRobot bankruptcy filing and buyout announcement. The Roomba was...
Strong Contractor Belief in AI for Industry-Wide Transformation
Research by Dodge Construction Network and CMiC shows 87% of contractors believe AI will meaningfully transform their businesses, yet current adoption remains low, with only about a third aware of AI tools. Automated proposal generation and progress‑tracking from site photos...
AudioCodes Announces a Large-Scale Voca CIC Voice Agent Deployment with Atento
AudioCodes’ Voca Conversational Interaction Center, together with Atento and Go2Uno, delivered a large‑scale AI voice‑agent solution for a major U.S. healthcare provider, supporting more than 500 concurrent agents. The deployment replaced legacy IVR systems, added AI‑driven routing and real‑time analytics,...
GIBO Announces Strategic Collaboration with E Total Technology Sdn Bhd to Accelerate Deployment of AI Compute Centers Featuring NVIDIA’s Most...
GIBO Holdings Ltd. has entered a strategic collaboration with Malaysia‑based E Total Technology to design, site, and launch next‑generation AI compute centers. The partnership will deploy NVIDIA’s newest high‑performance AI GPUs to meet escalating training and inference workloads. E Total will manage...
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Microsegmentation (Noun) [Word Notes]
The episode defines microsegmentation as a zero‑trust security method that isolates individual application workloads, enabling granular protection for each. It highlights how this approach reduces lateral movement risks within networks and supports compliance by enforcing policy at the workload level....
NJ AI Hub Selects Plug and Play to Operate Its Regional AI Accelerator
The New Jersey AI Hub announced that Plug and Play will operate a new regional AI Accelerator launching early next year. The program will link NJ AI startups and university entrepreneurs with mentors, investors, and corporate partners across sectors such...
Open Is Redefining the Future of Utilities: Technology, Customers, and New Business Models
Open Intelligence has been featured in Gartner’s 2025 Market Guide for Utility Customer Information Systems, underscoring the sector’s shift toward digital, customer‑centric operations. The guide stresses that legacy CIS platforms fall short on DER integration, dynamic pricing, and real‑time engagement....
Six 2026 Education Trends: AI, New Literacies, Human Skills
The 6 Education Trends That Will Shape Learning And Skills In 2026 The year 2026 will bring major shifts in #education and #workforce #skills as #AI transforms how people learn, teach and prepare for fast-changing careers. This article explores the...
SymphonyAI’s Eureka AI Redefines Enterprise AI, Wins InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award 2025
SymphonyAI’s Eureka AI platform has been named a finalist for InfoWorld’s Technology of the Year Award 2025 in the AI and Machine Learning Platforms category. The solution differentiates itself by delivering pre‑trained, industry‑specific ontologies, workflow‑embedded agents, and policy‑as‑code governance across...
Udemy and LG CNS Partner to Deliver End-to-End Upskilling for Enterprises in Korea, Accelerating Workforce Transformation
Udemy announced a strategic partnership with LG CNS to bring its AI‑powered upskilling platform to Korean enterprises. The deal taps LG CNS’s distribution network of over 500 corporate clients, targeting a broad range of industries from manufacturing to finance. By integrating Udemy’s...
OpenAI's 'Code Red' And the AIO Best-Of Listicle Hack
The episode examines OpenAI's rushed launch of GPT‑5.2, noting its strong benchmark scores but mixed real‑world performance and urging cautious testing against GPT‑5.1. It reveals how classic "best‑of" listicles are now a rapid shortcut to AI search visibility, though this...
EngineerBabu Named a Top Mobile App Development Company in Dubai
EngineerBabu has been named a Top Mobile App Development Company in Dubai, backed by CMMI Level 5 certification, selection for the Google AI Accelerator, and a two‑year streak in LinkedIn’s Top 10 Tech Companies. The firm leverages these credentials to deliver AI‑driven,...
MarTech Interview With Tzahi Zilbershtein, Chief Technology Officer @ Voyantis
Tzahi Zilbershtein, the new CTO of Voyantis, explains how AI‑driven automation is reshaping the adtech landscape. He highlights the shift from manual campaign management to value‑driven signal generation that teaches platforms what high‑value customers look like. Voyantis is building agentic...
Boost for Artists in AI Copyright Battle as only 3% Back UK Active Opt-Out Plan
A UK government consultation on AI‑trained data revealed that 95% of over 10,000 respondents want stronger copyright protection and mandatory licensing, while only 3% supported the government’s original active opt‑out scheme. High‑profile artists such as Elton John, Dua Lipa and Paul McCartney have...
496: How B2B Brands Actually Grow
In this episode, marketing scientist Professor Byron Sharp explains that B2B growth hinges on building mental availability before physical sales, challenging the common focus on in‑market buyers and flashy brand campaigns. He outlines the metrics that truly reflect progress—such as...
OpenAI's GPT Image 1.5 Challenges Google at Enterprise-Grade Visuals
OpenAI released GPT Image 1.5, upgrading ChatGPT’s image generation and API with the GPT‑5.2 engine. The update delivers sharper editing, consistent lighting, composition, and more reliable instruction following. It also improves text rendering and the ability to generate smaller faces...
DoorDash Rolls Out Zesty AI Social App
The episode breaks down DoorDash's new AI-powered social app, Zesty, which helps users discover restaurants and share dining experiences. It explains how Zesty's AI curates personalized recommendations, leverages community content, and integrates social features to make food discovery more interactive....
A Holiday Prank
The episode recounts how the Gemini VI crew, after their October mission was canceled, pivoted to a December launch aimed at achieving the historic first rendezvous with Gemini VII. It details the technical challenges of coordinating two spacecraft in orbit...
BlitzBear: Turn Declining Posts Into Top-Ranking Assets Utilizing AI
BlitzBear is an AI‑powered SEO platform that refreshes aging blog posts by comparing them to current top‑ranking SERP results and delivering targeted, source‑backed recommendations. Leveraging large language models such as Claude and ChatGPT, the tool identifies gaps, outdated information, and...
How Tech’s Biggest Companies Are Offloading the Risks of the AI Boom
Tech giants are sidestepping the massive capital outlay of AI infrastructure by leasing compute power and using special‑purpose vehicles funded with private credit. Microsoft signed multiple multi‑billion‑dollar neocloud contracts, while Meta created a SPV and partnered with Blue Owl Capital...
Elkedonia: Antidepressants that Act Downstream of Neurotransmitters
Elkedonia, a seed‑funded French biotech, is developing a novel class of antidepressants that target the transcription factor ELK1 to reboot neuroplasticity downstream of classic neurotransmitter pathways. The company announced a €5 million seed round led by European venture partners and presented...
Notion’s Revenue Surge Outpaces Valuation, Proving Growth Beats Multiples
Notion: $2M seed → $11B in 12 years. A great case study on growing into your valuation The journey: 2013: $2M seed 2019: $3M ARR → $800M val (267x) 2020: $13M ARR → $2B val (154x) 2021: $31M ARR → $10B val (322x) ←...
Simplify Onboarding and Automate Ops to Boost SaaS Activation
Most SaaS "growth" problems are ops problems. Too many steps. Too much handholding. Fix the pipeline: remove email confirmation, slim down onboarding, keep a dead-simple KB. Then automate the boring: billing, churn surveys, weekly usage nudges, follow-up emails. Want activation to jump...
SANS Stormcast Tuesday, December 16th, 2025: Current React2Shell Example; SAML Woes; MSMQ Issues After Patch;
The episode reviews recent activity around the React2Shell exploit, noting that while variants continue to appear in SANS honeypots, the technique is largely mature and even Iranian actors are now merely scanning for it. It then delves into ongoing SAML...
Obesity Data, Kymera and FDA Sentiment Survey Results — a BioCentury Podcast
Obesity therapeutics dominated the latest BioCentury podcast, with Eli Lilly unveiling new top‑line data for its triple‑agonist retatrutide, positioning it as a best‑in‑class weight‑loss candidate. Structure Therapeutics reported strong Phase IIb results for its oral GLP‑1, reigniting interest in non‑injectable options, while...
Anticipating the Upcoming ARC‑AGI‑3 Performance Numbers
Looking forward to the ARC-AGI-3 numbers :)
Cloudflare CMS Stats
Cloudflare’s Radar 2025 report examined the top 5,000 domains to map CMS usage. WordPress leads the open‑source segment with a 47 % share, while Drupal lags at 4.7 %. In the proprietary arena, Adobe Experience Manager accounts for 16 %, Contentful 8 %, and...
Pursuing a Rare Autoimmune Disease Accelerated Kyverna’s Path to BLA
Kyverna Therapeutics announced that its lead autoimmune CAR‑T, mivocabtagene autoleucel (miv‑cel), achieved both primary and secondary endpoints in a registrational Phase II trial for stiff person syndrome. The data positions the therapy as the first autoimmune CAR‑T to pursue a Biologics...
VCs Discuss Why Most Consumer AI Startups Still Lack Staying Power
Venture capitalists at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event warned that most consumer‑focused generative AI startups still lack durable business models, with revenue largely coming from enterprise customers. They likened the AI platform’s current stage to the early mobile era, when smartphones needed...
MHRA Deepens Global Strategy with Singapore Regulatory Pathway
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched a regulatory innovation corridor with Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority, offering companies coordinated scientific advice from both regulators. Flagship Pioneering is the first industry partner, giving its biotech portfolio a...
OpenAI’s Chief Communications Officer Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI’s chief communications officer, Hannah Wong, announced she will leave the company in January 2026 after a five‑year tenure that began in 2021. Wong, who became CCO in August 2024, steered the communications team through the rapid rise of ChatGPT...
The Bifurcation in the AI Market
The AI market is splitting into two distinct camps: open‑source models, which remain roughly 22‑25% of usage despite being 10‑100× cheaper, and proprietary providers that retain pricing power for high‑value workloads. Open‑source share held steady, briefly spiking to 35% during...
Create Christmas Cards Instantly with Dreamina AI
I need to make some Christmas cards, and images for sending to family and friends, and Felix caught my eye with how he used @dreamina_ai. So I tried it. Took literally a few seconds to take my step mom's photo...
AI Kiosks Deliver Instant Diagnosis and Medicine in China
👀🩻🤷🏽♀️ You can now get diagnosed and receive medicine in 5 minutes. ✴️ No doctor. ✴️ No paperwork. ✴️ No waiting room. AI doctor kiosks are already live across China. Scan vitals, get a diagnosis with a confidence score, medicine dispensed instantly. Serious case? Auto...
AI Books 130 Meetings, Customers Prefer Instant Video
Do customers >mind< talking to an AI? Our data shows: 1⃣ Customers love to book a meeting instantly 2⃣ Our AI agent booked 130 meetings with customers -- on its own. Far more than a human would and could. 3⃣ Couldn't...
How to Design a Gemini-Powered Self-Correcting Multi-Agent AI System with Semantic Routing, Symbolic Guardrails, and Reflexive Orchestration
The article presents a step‑by‑step tutorial for building a Gemini‑powered multi‑agent AI system that uses semantic routing, symbolic guardrails, and a self‑correction loop. It defines a shared AgentMessage format, a CognitiveEngine that calls Gemini‑2.0‑Flash, and a SemanticRouter that maps user...
The Busiest Biotech Seed and Series A Investors of 2025
In 2025 more than a dozen venture capital firms have each disclosed at least five seed or Series A biotech investments, making them the busiest early‑stage investors of the year. BioCentury’s data shows that capital is flowing into a wide range...
Will This OpenAI Update Make AI Agents Work Better?
The episode examines OpenAI's integration of Anthropic's "skills" system, explaining how modular skill libraries and progressive disclosure can make AI agents more efficient, reliable, and easier to share than ever‑more complex monolithic models. It highlights the broader AI policy landscape,...
World's Smallest AI Supercomputer Achieves World Record with 120B-Parameter LLM Support On-Device — What I Don't Understand, Though, Is How...
Tiiny AI has unveiled the Pocket Lab, a pocket‑sized computer that can run large language models up to 120 billion parameters entirely on‑device. The device packs a 12‑core ARMv9.2 CPU, a custom accelerator delivering roughly 190 TOPS, 80 GB of LPDDR5X memory, and...
“MENA’s Digital Banking Challenge Isn’t Demand; It’s the Restrictive Infrastructure,” Jas Shah at FMLS:25
Fintech strategist Jas Shah highlighted that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s digital banking slowdown stems from restrictive payments infrastructure rather than lack of consumer demand. Banks are racing to upgrade legacy internet‑banking platforms to mobile‑first experiences to...
Talk About a Snappy Attack - Popular Photo Booth Maker Allegedly Leaves User Images at Risk
A security flaw on Hama Film’s website allowed anyone with the URL to download user photos from its photo‑booth network across the US, UAE and Australia. Researchers accessed more than 1,000 images from Melbourne booths, discovering the pictures remained publicly...
Forget the Em Dash — Redditors Share 6 Giveaways that Something Was Written by AI
Reddit users have catalogued six linguistic patterns that frequently betray AI‑generated text, from the overused em dash—dubbed the “ChatGPT dash”—to repetitive signposting. Common phrases such as “and honestly?” and “no fluff” appear disproportionately in AI output, while short, fragmented sentences...
Automated Clay Emails Drive 5× Demo Growth
I just got off the phone with a GTM Engineer who is getting paid $10,000/mo for a Clay table that sends ONLY 8 EMAILS PER DAY. Here's the crazy part - he's booking 5x more demos than they were before…...
Voice AI Will Replace Typing, Unlocking Massive Productivity
Voice AI is going to explode in 2026. Here’s what I’m seeing: 1. Dictation has completely changed how I work I go on walks where I dictate to Otter for 40min. I built an app this weekend while lifting weights. The productivity...
Starfish Space Completes an Autonomous RPO in LEO.
The episode highlights Starfish Space's autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) mission in low Earth orbit, conducted with Impulse Space, and notes Rocket Lab's first dedicated JAXA launch and Mission Space's upcoming payload with Rogue Space. Guest Patrick O'Neill, Public...
Google's Gemini Enables End‑to‑End Business Creation Loop
google will complete the first full business creation to product market fit feedback closed loop use gemini to ideate and scope ideas use gemini to build the product/service use google ads to market the service
Open‑Source SaaS? Use O'Saasy License for Free Self‑Hosting
The O'Saasy License is a great fit for folks who want to build a SaaS business, but run the project as open source, and allow anyone to self-host for free. If that's you, here's a dedicated site to grab a...
