Humanoid Takes Seven-Month Path to HMND 01 Alpha
London‑based startup Humanoid delivered its HMND 01 Alpha robot in just seven months, slashing the conventional 18‑24‑month hardware cycle. The company leveraged NVIDIA Isaac Lab, Isaac Sim and a simulation‑first pipeline that can train and deploy new locomotion or manipulation policies within 24 hours. Edge‑compute is handled by NVIDIA Jetson Thor, enabling on‑device vision‑language‑action models and simplifying wiring. With 20,500 pre‑orders and three active pilots, the wheeled and bipedal variants are already in field tests for industrial logistics and R&D applications.
ASND Combo Shows Robust Growth, Heads to Phase 3
$ASND -2.5% Looks approvable (priority review; class precedent). Combo = upside optionality, not the label. COACH Wk-52 open-label Ph2 (n=21) CNP + hGH >AGV: 8.8 (naïve) / 8.42 cm/yr (prior-CNP), >97th pct vs avg-stature >Z-score: +1.02 / +0.86; proportionality/arm-span up; bone age “consistent” >AEs...
InflaRx Stanches Spending With 30% Staff Reduction, Priority Pivot
InflaRx announced a restructuring that will eliminate roughly 30% of its workforce and incur about $7 million in one‑time, largely non‑cash, costs. The company is pulling funding from its COVID‑19 antibody Gohibic and redirecting resources toward izicopan, an oral C5a‑receptor inhibitor...
European Commission Opens Consultation on EU Digital Ecosystems
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on open digital ecosystems, running from 6 January to 3 February 2026, to gather evidence for a forthcoming Communication due in Q1 2026. The call highlights that 70‑90 % of software code in EU digital systems relies...
Data Governance in Banking, Financial and Insurance Industry
The BFSI sector faces mounting regulatory pressure, prompting banks, insurers and financial firms to adopt rigorous data‑governance frameworks. Robust policies, access controls and quality standards protect customer data, reduce fraud risk, and enable faster, more accurate decision‑making. Vendors such as...
Insurity Appoints Jatin Atre President
Insurity, a leading provider of software for property and casualty insurers, has appointed Jatin Atre as its new President. Atre will steer the company’s growth strategy and an AI‑first transformation of its policy, billing, claims and analytics platforms. Under his...
Modernize Your Business Communication for Less with Quo’s All-in-One Phone System
Quo introduces a cloud‑based all‑in‑one phone system aimed at startups and small businesses, offering a 7‑day free trial and a 20% discount on the first three months. The platform unifies calls, texts, and team collaboration without requiring additional hardware, and...
Equifax Inks Deal with Greek Credit Bureau Tiresias
Equifax has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Tiresias, the only credit bureau operating in Greece. The deal positions Equifax as the technology and analytics provider for the bureau, bringing its global data‑science capabilities to the Greek market. Through the...
The Change You Need Is the Change You Make. SaaStr AI Annual 2026 Will Help You Get There.
SaaStr AI Annual 2026 positions itself as the definitive gathering for B2B SaaS leaders confronting the AI wave. The conference promises operator‑led sessions that deliver concrete frameworks for pricing, GTM, and product development, rather than abstract theory. Attendees will join...
Roche Returns to Chinese Biotech MediLink for Another ADC Pact
Roche has entered a second licensing agreement with Chinese biotech MediLink, this time to develop an antibody‑drug conjugate (ADC) that targets the B7‑H3 antigen on solid tumours. The deal builds on a prior partnership focused on earlier‑stage oncology assets and...
Robot Talk Episode 139 – Advanced Robot Hearing, with Christine Evers
Claire interviews Associate Professor Christine Evers of the University of Southampton about her work advancing robot hearing. Evers is embedding insights from human auditory processing into deep‑learning audio models, shifting away from massive internet‑scale networks. Her bio‑inspired approach emphasizes compute...
Build Calm Businesses: Prioritize Health Over Hustle
My first years of building SaaS were hard. I was pushing features, updates, YouTube videos and ads at a high pace - and it showed. I don't anymore... Instead, I made room for: → Daily workout → Eating healthy →...
Europol Leads Global Crackdown on Black Axe Cybercrime Gang, 34 Arrested
Europol coordinated a multi‑national operation that led to the arrest of 34 members of the Black Axe cyber‑crime gang across Spain and Germany. Spanish police detained suspects in Seville, Madrid, Málaga and Barcelona, while German authorities assisted in the raids....
AirNexis Gets $200M to Test China-Derived COPD Drug
AirNexis, a Palo Alto biotech, announced a $200 million financing round to launch clinical testing of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) therapy derived from Chinese research. The capital, sourced from a mix of U.S. and Chinese investors, will fund Phase 2/3...
'Knitted' Satellite Launching to Monitor Earth's Surface with Radar
The UK‑based CarbSAR satellite is set to launch this Sunday, featuring a revolutionary mesh radar antenna woven from tungsten wire coated in gold. The antenna is produced on a standard industrial knitting machine that has been adapted for aerospace use....
Cellares and City of Hope Sign Deal to Automate Solid Tumor CAR T Cell Therapy Manufacturing
Biotech firm Cellares and cancer research center City of Hope have entered a partnership to evaluate Cellares’ automated Cell Shuttle manufacturing platform and Cell Q quality‑control system for City of Hope’s investigational CARpool IL13RA2‑EGFR CAR‑T therapy targeting glioblastoma multiforme. The...
Global AI Compute Hits 15 Million H100 Equivalents, Epoch AI Finds
Epoch AI’s new database shows global AI compute capacity has topped 15 million Nvidia H100 equivalents, a milestone that underscores rapid scaling of machine‑learning workloads. The analysis reveals Nvidia’s latest B300 chip now accounts for the bulk of the company’s AI...
Minimax Stock Doubles on Hong Kong Debut
Chinese AI startup Minimax saw its shares double on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange debut, closing up 109% at HK$345. The IPO generated roughly $620 million, with backing from Alibaba and Tencent. Minimax, which powers chatbots and video‑generation models, reported $53.4 million...
Trump’s Transportation Secretary Duffy & FAA Administrator Bedford Announce Two New Designated Sites for Testing Drones and Other Unmanned Aircraft...
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford announced two new unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test sites in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, the first additions in nearly a decade....
Fog Ransomware Targets U.S. Organizations via Compromised VPN Credentials
Arctic Wolf Labs identified a new ransomware variant called Fog targeting U.S. organizations, primarily in education (80%) and recreation (20%) sectors. The attackers gained entry through compromised VPN credentials from two vendors and quickly escalated privileges using pass‑the‑hash, PsExec, and credential‑stuffing...
Illumina Launches Scalable Software for Connected Multiomic Analysis
Illumina unveiled Connected Multiomics, a cloud‑based platform that consolidates genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenetics and other assay data into a single, scalable workspace. The solution leverages AI tools such as PrimateAI and PromoterAI to filter background mutations and highlight biologically relevant...
How To Prepare Your Blog For The New Year: The Definitive Guide
The article outlines an 18‑step roadmap for readying a blog for the new year, covering technical clean‑up, content revitalization, and revenue‑generation tactics. It advises decluttering plugins and UI, fixing broken links, and updating underperforming posts to boost SEO and user...
Maren-Go Autonomy Engineer
Maren‑go Solutions Corp, based in Vancouver, WA, is hiring an Autonomy Engineer to own critical functions of its autonomous airfield operating system. The role will define operational design domains, build testing pipelines, and lead field validation for defense‑grade robotics deployments....
World Economic Forum: Deepfake Face-Swapping Tools Are Creating Critical Security Risks
The World Economic Forum’s Cybercrime Atlas report warns that advanced deep‑fake face‑swapping tools are now capable of bypassing know‑your‑customer (KYC) and remote verification processes. Researchers examined 17 commercial face‑swap applications and eight camera‑injection tools, finding that low‑latency, high‑fidelity swaps can...
One Genomics, CiRA Partner to Advance Precision Genome Engineering
One Genomics, an AI‑driven genomics firm co‑founded by Harvard professor George Church, announced a strategic research partnership with Kyoto University’s CiRA Foundation. The collaboration will combine One Genomics’ proprietary high‑precision, fine‑tunable CRISPR design platform—featuring its patented “Safeguard” system—with CiRA’s world‑leading...
Speculation Builds About a Deal for Revolution Medicines
Speculation is mounting that Revolution Medicines, a mid‑stage biotech focused on precision oncology, is in advanced talks with one or more large pharmaceutical companies. Media outlets report that the discussions could lead to a takeover or strategic partnership, though no...
Enliven’s Phase 1 Leukemia Pill Data Look Competitive with Novartis and Terns
Enliven Therapeutics announced Phase 1 results for its oral leukemia candidate, showing response rates and safety comparable to leading therapies from Novartis and Terns. The data revealed a 45% overall remission rate and manageable adverse events across 30 patients. The...
Illinois Man Charged in Snapchat Hacking Investigation
Illinois resident Kyle Svara was indicted in Boston federal court for phishing Snapchat access codes from roughly 570 women, accessing at least 59 accounts, and stealing nude images. He allegedly sold or traded the illicit content on internet forums. The...
Palo Alto Crosswalk Signals Had Default Passwords
Last year Palo Alto’s pedestrian‑crossing signals were compromised after attackers exploited unchanged factory passwords. The city never replaced the default credentials, allowing remote access to the traffic‑control hardware. The breach highlighted a glaring oversight in the municipality’s IoT security posture....
Viking Gets Commercial Chief While Other Obesity Biotechs Sell; Novo's Uli Stilz Steps Down
Viking Therapeutics announced the appointment of Neil Aubuchon as its chief commercial officer, signaling a push to accelerate commercialization of its obesity and MASH drug candidates. The move comes as the company’s shareholders grow impatient for a strategic partner or...
Episode 139: Advanced Robot Hearing - Christine Evers
In this episode, Claire Asher talks with Associate Professor Christine Evers about how robots can interpret their environment using sound, focusing on bio‑inspired machine listening that mirrors human auditory processing. Evers explains her work on integrating auditory neuroscience insights into...
Grok’s Undressing Scandal + Claude Code Capers + Casey Busts a Reddit Hoax
The episode examines three major AI controversies: the "Grok" scandal where a language model was allegedly used to target and marginalize women in political discourse, the "Claude" code generation issues that raised concerns about intellectual property and model reliability, and...
Orbitype.com Launches Orbitype Intelligence
Orbitype announced the launch of Orbitype Intelligence, a chat‑based orchestration layer embedded in its Agentic Cloud OS. The platform lets organizations build and run complete AI agent environments using natural language, eliminating the need for fragmented workflow, database, and vector‑search...
Evernorth and Doppler Finance Collaborate to Power Institutional XRP Infrastructure
Evernorth, the publicly traded XRP treasury backed by Ripple and SBI Holdings, has formed a strategic partnership with Doppler Finance, a leading XRPfi infrastructure provider. The two firms will explore institutional‑grade liquidity deployment and treasury‑management frameworks on the XRP Ledger....
Pudu Robotics Launches PUDU T150 to Broaden Access to Light-Payload Industrial Automation
Pudu Robotics unveiled the PUDU T150, a 150 kg‑payload industrial delivery robot aimed at light‑load, high‑frequency logistics in factories and warehouses. The robot emphasizes rapid, plug‑and‑play deployment, requiring no site modifications and completing mapping in under ten minutes. Equipped with VSLAM...
Market Unconvinced: KYRS Needs Functional Data
$KYRS +1% Nice science, market not convinced. KB407 shows delivery + CFTR protein in bronchoscopic biopsies, but no sweat chloride/NPD/FEV1. End of day, PD != clinical translation. Also a crowded CF GTx race = priced in. $FDMT 4D-710 (ppFEV1/LCI signals),...
UniQure Secures FDA Type A Meeting
$QURE +13% uniQure Announces Type A Meeting Scheduled with FDA 🍿 uniQure Announces Type A Meeting Scheduled with FDA https://t.co/iqZkaNYD7Z https://t.co/lRcR6vgV0D
Online Sales Grow 19% During Christmas in Portugal
Online shopping in Portugal surged during the 2025 Christmas period, with ecommerce transactions up 19% and total online spend rising about 14% compared with the same window in 2024. E‑commerce accounted for 18% of all sales transactions and 21% of...
U.S. Becomes Outlier in Global Vaccine Schedules
Fact check: When it comes to vaccine schedules, the U.S. is now the outlier STAT analysis shows top officials have put the country out of step with peer nations By @HelenBranswell https://t.co/t8ZmqatU1U
Flu Vaccine Shields Heart: Prevents Heart Attacks
Remember: Influenza causes myocardial infarction, heart attacks. One of the best ways to protect your heart health is to keep up with your flu vaccine. Link to @nejm article here and attached. https://t.co/yeHUdEClyf
XRAT Malware Targets Windows Users via Fake Adult Game
AhnLab Security Intelligence Center uncovered a campaign that disguises the open‑source xRAT (QuasarRAT) remote‑access trojan as a fake adult game on Korean web‑hard services. The ZIP archive contains a Game.exe launcher that first runs a legitimate game stub, then copies...
Baby KJ Scientist Launches Aurora Therapeutics for Personalized CRISPR
Key scientist from Baby KJ team launches startup to scale personalized CRISPR medicines Aurora Therapeutics is one of several efforts vying for space in the growing field Great writing from @Jasonmmast and @ADeAngelis_bio https://t.co/kbDJxY6Sq5
Skild Brain Teams with Jetson Thor for Advanced Robotics
Skild Brain Pairs With Jetson Thor to Power Next-Gen #Robotics Intelligence by @CyberRobooo #Robot #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/ILWSljBb7c
Rivvit Appoints Bret Bange as Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer
Rivvit, the AI‑driven data management platform for asset managers, announced Bret Bange as its new Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer. Bange brings over 25 years of experience in fintech, data services, and technology, most recently as CRO of Delta Data....
INSM Beats Q4 Forecast, 2025 Revenue Exceeds Expectations
$INSM pre-announces Q4 Brinspuri sales of $144.6M. Consensus $67M, per Visible Alpha. Total '25 revenue $606.4 vs consensus $523M 2026 Arikayce revenue forecast $450-470M vs consensus $488M https://t.co/LhY6SRoTY3
VALYGO ($VYO): Where Structure, Early Timing, and Opportunity Align
VALYGO (VYO) is launching an early‑access phase that prices the token roughly 50 % below its anticipated live market level. The project has already executed a permanent on‑chain burn of 1,000,000 VYO, reinforcing a fixed‑supply, founder‑locked token model. Built as a...
Samsung Warns of TV Price Hikes as AI Eats All the Chips
Samsung warned that ongoing memory‑chip shortages could force price hikes on its new TVs, especially entry‑level and mid‑range models. The shortage is driven by AI’s massive demand for high‑bandwidth DRAM and DDR5, which has diverted capacity from consumer‑grade memory. Samsung,...
Florida Community Bank Sanibel Captiva Partners with Jack Henry
SanCap Bank, a Florida community lender with over $1 billion in assets, has selected Jack Henry to modernize its core processing platform. The partnership will automate workflows, streamline operations, and preserve seamless integrations with third‑party providers. SanCap plans to open a...
Baby KJ Scientist Launches Startup to Scale Personalized CRISPR Therapies
Key scientist from Baby KJ team launches startup to scale personalized CRISPR medicines https://t.co/7RY4SKrx9Y via @Jasonmmast @ADeAngelis_bio
Retro Biosciences Starts a Safety Trial for an Autophagy Promoter
Retro Biosciences has initiated a Phase 1 safety trial of its small‑molecule autophagy promoter RTR242 in healthy volunteers in Australia. The drug is designed to restore lysosomal acidity, thereby enhancing cellular waste‑clearance mechanisms that decline with age. The study is randomized,...