News•Jan 29, 2026
Do You Have Ideas About How to Improve America's Space Program?
The Space Ideation Challenge, launched by U.S. academic and defense leaders, offers a $125,000 prize pool to surface fresh concepts for America’s space program. It arrives as China’s capabilities close the gap with the United States and commercial firms like SpaceX dominate launch and satellite markets. NASA faces pressure to partner with private innovators while retaining talent, and the Space Force struggles to modernize procurement. The contest invites students, industry insiders, and the broader space community to submit white papers that could shape future lunar, Mars, and orbital initiatives.
By Ars Technica (Space)
News•Jan 29, 2026
How Tree Rings Help Scientists Understand Disruptive Extreme Solar Storms
A new study in New Phytologist reveals that tree species record radiocarbon spikes from extreme solar storms—known as Miyake events—differently due to variations in carbon uptake, storage, and allocation. These biological nuances can shift the timing and intensity of the...
By Phys.org - Space News
Blog•Jan 29, 2026
Google Targets IPIDEA in Crackdown on Global Residential Proxy Networks
Google and partners disrupted the IPIDEA residential proxy network, one of the world’s largest, by taking down domains, sharing intelligence, and enforcing Play Protect. The operation removed SDKs embedded in millions of Android, Windows, iOS, and WebOS apps, sharply reducing...
By Security Affairs
News•Jan 29, 2026
Tomorrow.io Announces DeepSky a New AI Satellite Constellation Privatizing Precision Weather
Tomorrow.io unveiled DeepSky, an AI‑native satellite constellation designed to deliver high‑frequency, customized weather and ocean data for enterprise and government users. The company received operational‑grade validation from NOAA, which praised the microwave sounders’ radiometric accuracy and cross‑satellite consistency. DeepSky builds...
By SpaceQ
News•Jan 29, 2026
SAP Tops Estimates but Cloud Backlog Miss Rattles Investors
SAP reported Q4 2025 revenue of $11.6 billion and operating profit of $3.1 billion, beating estimates and delivering a 27% profit surge. Cloud revenue rose 19% to $6.7 billion, pushing the operating margin to 29.2% and free cash flow to $1.2 billion. However, the...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Jan 29, 2026
Polish Satellites Are Working Properly in Orbit
Creotech Instruments announced that the HyperSat platform on Poland’s PIAST constellation is fully operational after successful commissioning of the PIAST‑S1 and PIAST‑S2 satellites. The three‑satellite fleet, launched on SpaceX’s Transporter‑15 mission on 28 November 2025, has received NORAD identifiers and has already...
By Defence24 (Poland)
News•Jan 29, 2026
Toimi Expands SEO Optimization Capabilities Using AI-Powered Analytical Tools
Toimi has launched AI‑powered analytical tools to overhaul its SEO workflow, focusing on content structure, semantic clustering, and search intent analysis. The technology processes massive datasets, enabling strategic planning of site architecture rather than chasing short‑term ranking spikes. AI insights...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 29, 2026
Summit Says FDA Will Decide to Approve Its Cancer Drug by November
Summit Therapeutics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set a target date of November 2024 to render a decision on its flagship cancer immunotherapy. The drug, positioned as a next‑generation immuno‑oncology agent, has completed its pivotal Phase III...
By Endpoints News
News•Jan 29, 2026
GFT and Ozone API Partner to Guide Canadian Institutions Through Open Banking Transition
GFT and Ozone API announced a partnership to deliver an end‑to‑end open‑banking solution for Canadian financial institutions. The collaboration leverages GFT’s 35‑year banking expertise and Ozone’s global open‑API platform, aiming to simplify regulatory compliance, security and data‑consent challenges. With the...
By Finextra
News•Jan 29, 2026
Insurers Betting Big on AI: Accenture
Accenture’s Pulse of Change survey finds 90% of senior insurance executives will increase AI spending in 2026, with 85% viewing AI primarily as a revenue engine. While 34% of insurers are already deploying AI agents across multiple functions, data‑quality issues...
By Artificial Intelligence News
News•Jan 29, 2026
M3ter Announces “M3sh Workflows”
m3ter unveiled m3sh Workflows, a low‑code automation layer that links core CRM and ERP systems—such as Salesforce and NetSuite—to its usage‑based pricing platform. The solution lets software firms process usage data, apply complex rating, and synchronize quote‑to‑cash flows without replacing...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 29, 2026
Aisuru Botnet Sets New Record with 31.4 Tbps DDoS Attack
The Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet launched a hyper‑volumetric DDoS assault that peaked at 31.4 Tbps and 200 million requests per second, eclipsing its own 29.7 Tbps record. Cloudflare detected and automatically mitigated the attack on December 19, 2024, without triggering internal alerts. The campaign primarily hit...
By BleepingComputer
Social•Jan 29, 2026
Stop DIY Taxes—Automate with Anrok for Scale
4 signs you should not be going it alone, tax-wise: 1. You are not, in fact, an accountant. 2. You crossed the $1M annual sales mark and your tax filings went from 2 --> 40, overnight. 3. You did not know that your...
By Ari Murray
Social•Jan 29, 2026
SNY Drops Alphamedix, Opening Window for CATX
Looks like $SNY discontinued Alphamedix/ SAR447873, licensed in Sep 2024 from Radiomedix & Orano Med, h/t B Riley. @ByMadeleineA covered it at #Esmo25 and flagged dysphagia & renal tox. https://t.co/6L2O0c5cOA Good news for $CATX?
By Jacob Plieth
News•Jan 29, 2026
Digital Friction Is Quietly Crippling UK Productivity, and AI Could Be the Turning Point
Digital friction is eroding productivity across UK businesses, with 46% reporting revenue loss and 55% facing project delays. Frequent connectivity glitches, software crashes, and authentication failures force employees into workarounds, increasing security risks and turnover costs. The article highlights AI‑driven...
By TechRadar
Social•Jan 29, 2026
Introverts Can Thrive in Content Strategy Too
If your content strategy depends on being an extrovert, it’s a bad strategy. Quiet people sell too.
By Rachel Pedersen
Social•Jan 29, 2026
Apple's iPhone Privacy Shield Lacks U.S. Carrier Support
Apple’s new iPhone security feature limits cell networks from collecting precise location data, but appears to have very limited support in the U.S. at the moment. Here’s to hoping all the big carriers get on board too. https://t.co/tCJT63yJO3 https://t.co/PK9jhIlU18
By Runa Sandvik
News•Jan 29, 2026
Pipe17 Customers and Their AI Agents Are Now onX-Enabled
Pipe17 announced that every customer now accesses the Order Network eXchange (onX), an open standard built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for sharing order, inventory, and fulfillment data. The onX specification, governed by the Commerce Operations Foundation—a body co‑founded...
By AiThority
News•Jan 29, 2026
Virtue AI AgentSuite Enables Enterprises to Test and Secure AI Agents
Virtue AI has launched AgentSuite, a multi‑layer security and compliance platform designed for enterprise AI agents. The solution lets organizations test agents, enforce real‑time guardrails, and control tool access while providing full audit trails. IBM research shows 79% of enterprises...
By Help Net Security
Blog•Jan 29, 2026
Autonomous Quantum Error Correction Achieves Passive Stability in Two Dimensions
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have demonstrated autonomous quantum error correction in two spatial dimensions using a quantum cellular automaton. The scheme operates via a time‑independent, translation‑invariant Lindbladian, establishing a noise threshold below which logical errors decay as the...
By Quantum Zeitgeist
News•Jan 29, 2026
Biotech’s Next Chapter: Asset-Centric Deals and Shifting Alpha at JPM 2026
Biotech is emerging from a multi‑year slump into a new cycle driven by late‑stage, asset‑centric deals, as highlighted at JPM 2026. While headline megadeals were scarce, rumors around Revolution Medicines and Abivax and announced transactions such as Eli Lilly‑Ventyx and GSK‑RAPT underscored...
By BioSpace
News•Jan 29, 2026
Employment Fraud & Hiring Risk: When Access Becomes Risk
The episode explores how employment fraud transforms hiring into a security risk, highlighting that in today’s remote, AI‑driven workforce, malicious actors can fabricate identities and gain trusted access before any internal controls engage. It explains that static background checks are...
By Security Boulevard
News•Jan 29, 2026
EU Import of Cheap Parcels Rises 26%
EU imports of low‑cost ecommerce parcels jumped 26% last year, reaching 5.8 billion items valued under €150 each—roughly one parcel per citizen per month. The surge is driven largely by Chinese platforms such as AliExpress, Shein and Temu, whose growth has...
By Ecommerce News Europe
News•Jan 29, 2026
Atos Named Best-in-Class for IT/OT Cybersecurity by PAC France
Atos has been named Best‑in‑Class for IT/OT Cybersecurity Services in France for 2025 by PAC Innovation Radar. The award highlights Atos’ extensive portfolio, including auditing, consulting, field operations, and managed services, backed by dedicated OT Security Operations Centers and a...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 29, 2026
You’re Not Paranoid: Lawyers ARE Coming to Get You.
Comstar LLC, an ambulance billing vendor, suffered a March 2022 ransomware attack that exposed the protected health information of roughly 585,621 individuals. Federal regulators settled for $75,000, while Connecticut and Massachusetts AGs imposed a combined $515,000 penalty and a detailed...
By DataBreaches.net
Social•Jan 29, 2026
Anti‑vax Groups Target State Vaccine Mandates After CDC List
#CDC sets the list of vaccinations recommended for all kids. But decisions about which inoculations kids require for school entry are made at the state level. Anti-vax forces are shifting their focus there @danielpayne.bsky.social & @isabellacueto.bsky.social report. https://t.co/9VPajcWzdI
By Helen Branswell
News•Jan 29, 2026
The Backroom: Saks Global and the Bankruptcy that Everyone Saw Coming
Saks Global filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Jan. 14, 2026, barely two years after its $2.7 billion acquisition of Neiman Marcus. The deal left the luxury retailer unable to meet vendor payments, triggering inventory shortages that crippleed sales during the critical holiday season. Observers...
By Retail Dive
Social•Jan 29, 2026
SpaceX Pushes Starlink 17‑19 Launch to 9:53 A.m. PST
SpaceX adjusted the T-0 liftoff time for the Starlink 17-19 mission. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is now scheduled for 9:53:20 a.m. PST (12:53:20 p.m. EST / 1753:20 UTC). Read more: https://t.co/Gr4Hp5pOSh
By Spaceflight Now
News•Jan 29, 2026
Summit Launches New Data, Analytics, and AI Services Portfolio to Strengthen Data Foundations and Accelerate AI Impact
Summit, a Salesforce Summit‑tier consulting partner, unveiled a unified Data, Analytics, and AI Services portfolio aimed at strengthening data foundations and accelerating AI impact across the Salesforce ecosystem. The nine‑service offering combines strategic advisory, data health checks, governance, integration, analytics,...
By MarTech Series
Social•Jan 29, 2026
Vaccines Strain Pediatric Practices, Not Boost Doctor Profits
People who oppose #vaccines often claim that doctors push them because they're paid to by Pharma or that vaccine administration is a big revenue source for doctors. The reality: Delivering vaccine puts an economic strain on many pediatric practices. https://t.co/cyJj1M2SPB
By Helen Branswell
News•Jan 29, 2026
Druva Threat Watch Offers Continuous Threat Monitoring of Backup Data
Druva launches Threat Watch, a zero‑touch, cloud‑native solution that continuously scans backup snapshots for dormant threats and indicators of compromise. The service runs inside Druva’s Data Security Cloud, eliminating the need for extra hardware or agents and delivering near‑real‑time detection...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 29, 2026
Type 2 Diabetes and Liver Disease in Tanzania: Insights
A Tanzanian cohort study found that 30% of patients with type 2 diabetes exhibit metabolic dysfunction‑associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Obesity, high‑calorie diets and physical inactivity emerged as the strongest predictors, while hypertension and dyslipidemia frequently co‑occurred. The research highlights a...
By Bioengineer.org
Social•Jan 29, 2026
Apple’s iPhone Voice-to-Text Still Mishears “How AI”
I just used voice-to-text on my iPhone for a text message in which i spoke, “how AI.” My iPhone typed “Howie.” I feel like that about sums up Apple’s current AI capabilities on the iPhone.
By Paul Roetzer
Social•Jan 29, 2026
Understanding Login vs Interactive Shells in Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is more about biology and code. It's shells and sessions, exports and environments. Ever been confused by “login shell” vs “interactive shell”? This thread is for you. 🧵 https://t.co/DfB8BEztiD
By Ming Tang
News•Jan 29, 2026
The Best ChatGPT Settings to Get Answers That Fit Your Needs
ChatGPT now sees over 5.6 billion monthly visits, making its configuration a critical productivity lever. The platform offers a suite of settings—personalization, memory, tone, model choice, security, and app integrations—that shape how the AI responds and protects user data. Adjusting these...
By Just AI News
News•Jan 29, 2026
How Exante’s Human Touch and Cutting Edge Tech Are Changing the Face of Finance
EXANTE has launched Omni Screener, a multi‑asset discovery tool embedded in its proprietary platform, allowing professional clients to filter over 1.4 million instruments in seconds. The feature bridges data‑intensive screening with the firm’s hallmark human relationship managers, ensuring insights translate into...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 29, 2026
Behind-the-Scenes Look at Artemis II Astronauts' Training for Flight Around the Moon
NASA is gearing up for Artemis II, its first crewed lunar flyby in over half a century. The four‑person crew—three Americans and a Canadian—will spend about ten days orbiting the Moon aboard the Orion capsule. Astronauts are undergoing intensive training that...
By CBS News Space
Social•Jan 29, 2026
Posting Too Much? It's a Burnout Warning
If you’re posting 10 times a day but you feel fried, it’s not a flex. It’s a warning.
By Rachel Pedersen
News•Jan 29, 2026
Top Retail Store Billing Software Features That Every Business Needs
Retail store billing software is evolving from simple receipt printers to comprehensive platforms that synchronize sales, inventory, and accounting in real time. Integrated solutions like BUSY automatically adjust stock levels, post revenue to ledgers, and calculate taxes, eliminating manual reconciliation....
By TechBullion
News•Jan 29, 2026
Social Media Marketing Outlook 2026: What to Expect in the Year Ahead
The 2026 Social Media Marketing Outlook predicts short‑form video will cement its role as the primary brand engagement tool, while platforms like Reddit face growing user resistance to advertising. Algorithmic shifts are expected to heighten tension between creators and networks,...
By Social Media Today
Social•Jan 29, 2026
2026 Still Stuck Using Outdated Microdeposit Verification
Literally insane anyone still needs to do microdeposits for bank account verification in our year of the lord 2026 https://t.co/jubY3sc9qB
By Jason Mikula
News•Jan 29, 2026
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RobotLAB unveiled RobotDepot™, the first certified pre‑owned marketplace for commercial service robots, offering refurbished cleaning, delivery and customer‑service units at lower prices. Every robot is inspected, tested, upgraded and validated through a multi‑point certification process before shipment. Purchases include professional...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Jan 29, 2026
Mesh Security Raises $12 Million Series A
Mesh Security announced a $12 million Series A round led by Lobby Capital, with participation from S Ventures and Bright Pixel Capital. The Palo Alto‑based startup claims to deliver the world’s first Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture (CSMA) platform, an execution layer that unifies...
By VC News Daily
News•Jan 29, 2026
Is Platelet-to-Neutrophil Ratio Key for Sickle Cell Care?
A recent multicenter study proposes the platelet‑to‑neutrophil ratio (PNR) as a novel biomarker for managing sickle cell disease. Researchers found that patients with elevated PNR experienced more frequent vaso‑occlusive crises and higher hospitalization rates. The ratio, derived from a routine...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Jan 29, 2026
TrueLayer and Stripe Tap Into Finnish E-Commerce with Kustom Checkout Deal
TrueLayer and Stripe have extended their Pay by Bank service to Finland by embedding it in Kustom’s checkout platform. The rollout instantly equips more than 24,000 Kustom merchants with a direct‑bank payment option that eliminates card details. Finland’s high online‑banking...
By The Fintech Times
News•Jan 29, 2026
Lorikeet Launches Coach: An Analytics Agent to Perk up AI Customer Support
San Francisco‑based Lorikeet has launched Coach, a self‑service analytics agent now generally available to diagnose AI‑driven customer support tickets. Coach combines thematic analysis and a ticket quality score to pinpoint failing topics, sentiment shifts, and configuration issues across both AI...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Jan 29, 2026
Legion Intelligence Introduces Centurion
Legion Intelligence unveiled Centurion, a field‑deployable edge AI platform that combines hardware, software, and sustainment into a single system. Designed for Denied, Degraded, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments, Centurion can operate offline, form a mesh of nodes, and synchronize with...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 29, 2026
How to Find Great Writers (and Other Content Marketing Struggles)
The article outlines a practical framework for locating and retaining great content writers amid a crowded marketplace flooded with AI tools and low‑cost freelancers. It stresses evaluating fundamentals such as grammar, readability, and audience focus, and prioritizing writers skilled in...
By Search Engine Land
News•Jan 29, 2026
A Massive Clump of Dark Matter May Lurk in the Milky Way
Scientists have identified a massive dark‑matter clump roughly ten million times the Sun’s mass located about a kiloparsec (3,260 light‑years) from Earth. The discovery emerged from precise timing measurements of a pair of nearby pulsars, whose pulse‑rate shifts indicated an...
By ScienceNews - Space
News•Jan 29, 2026
Starbucks Canada Rolls Out Tiered Rewards Program
Starbucks Canada launched a revamped Starbucks Rewards program on March 10, introducing three tiers—Green, Gold, and Reserve—to deliver faster, more personalized benefits. The redesign, driven by extensive member feedback, adds features such as a 60‑Star $2‑off redemption, non‑expiring Stars for higher...
By Retail Insider Canada