Blog•Jan 25, 2026
Number of the Day - 20 Million Patients
Intuitive Surgical announced that more than 20 million patients have undergone procedures using its da Vinci surgical system over the past 25 years. The milestone underscores the platform’s longevity and its penetration across a range of specialties worldwide. Since its 2000 launch, the robot has been installed in thousands of hospitals, driving cumulative case volumes. The announcement reflects both clinical adoption and the growing comfort of payers with robotic procedures.
By SurgRob
News•Jan 25, 2026
Rural Areas Have Darker Skies but Fewer Resources for Students Interested in Astronomy – Telescopes in Schools Can Help
Rural communities enjoy some of the darkest night skies in the United States, yet they often lack the STEM resources needed to turn that natural advantage into educational outcomes. The Smithsonian’s STARS program is delivering free telescopes and curriculum kits...
By Space.com
News•Jan 25, 2026
Jan. 25, 2004: Opportunity Lands on Mars
On January 25, 2004 NASA’s Opportunity rover touched down on Mars after a dramatic “six minutes of terror” descent involving parachutes, retrorockets, and an airbag‑cushioned landing. The rover bounced 26 times before settling inside Eagle Crater, an ideal scientific site that allowed...
By Astronomy Magazine
News•Jan 25, 2026
The Fraud Hiding in Email Signups
E‑commerce merchants are increasingly hit by fraud that begins with fake but technically valid email sign‑ups. Fraudsters use these accounts for low‑value card‑testing transactions and to harvest welcome coupons, driving chargebacks and an estimated $89 billion in annual coupon abuse losses....
By Practical Ecommerce
News•Jan 25, 2026
Hadrian Raises Funding for Automated Manufacturing, Bringing Valuation to $1.6B
Hadrian, an AI‑powered factory builder for aerospace and defense, announced a new funding round that lifts its valuation to $1.6 billion. The capital, led by T. Rowe Price and backed by a16z, Founders Fund and other investors, will fund rapid factory expansion,...
By The Robot Report
Blog•Jan 25, 2026
Nike Is Investigating a Possible Data Breach, After WorldLeaks Claims
Nike announced it is probing a potential cyber incident after the WorldLeaks group claimed to have accessed and exfiltrated roughly 1.4 TB of company data. The hacker collective, which evolved from the Hunters International ransomware gang, posted the alleged breach on...
By Security Affairs
News•Jan 25, 2026
Microsoft Investigates Windows 11 Boot Failures After January Updates
Microsoft is investigating Windows 11 boot failures marked by the UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME stop code after the January 2026 Patch Tuesday cumulative update (KB5074109). The problem impacts Windows 11 version 25H2 and all editions of version 24H2 on physical devices, displaying a black crash screen and requiring...
By BleepingComputer
News•Jan 25, 2026
3 Stunning Lunar Craters to Explore During the Half-Lit First Quarter Moon Tonight
Tonight’s first‑quarter moon offers a prime window to view three prominent lunar craters—Eudoxus, Aristoteles and Cassini—each casting dramatic shadows that enhance their topography. Eudoxus (67 km) sits in the northeastern quadrant above Mare Serenitatis, while Aristoteles (87 km) borders the southern edge of...
By Space.com
Social•Jan 25, 2026
Five 2026 Biotech Black Swans Threaten Industry Stability
🧨 5 Potential Black Swan Biotech Events in 2026 Low probability. Massive impact. Worth thinking about. 😲Multiple deaths from incorrect AI health advice One high-profile event could trigger lawsuits, regulation, and an overnight sentiment flip on AI-in-healthcare. 😲Sudden safety, supply, or reimbursement shock...
By BowTiedBiotech
News•Jan 25, 2026
ChatGPT Fails to Spot 92% of Fake Videos Made by OpenAI's Own Sora Tool
Newsguard tested three leading chatbots on 20 AI‑generated videos created by OpenAI’s Sora tool and found that ChatGPT misidentified 92.5% of them as authentic. xAI’s Grok performed slightly worse at 95% error, while Google’s Gemini was the most accurate, correctly...
By THE DECODER
Social•Jan 25, 2026
AI Could Slash Primary Care to $5 Copay
Predictions for the future of AI - the one that catches my attn most is the $5 copay Today; You wake up with a sore throat and grab the first primary care slot you can find. Ten minutes with a rushed clinician...
By BowTiedBiotech
News•Jan 25, 2026
Safeguarding Real-Time Payments: How to Leverage AI Through Back-Office Readiness
Payments firms are racing to meet the FCA's 7 May safeguarding deadline, prompting a sector‑wide audit of control frameworks and risk tolerances. Simultaneously, exploding real‑time payment volumes are exposing the limits of legacy reconciliation and reporting systems. Many organisations still rely...
By Finextra
Blog•Jan 25, 2026
Scientists Directly Visualize the Hidden Spatial Order of Electrons in a Quantum Material
A team led by KAIST professor Yongsoo Yang used liquid‑helium‑cooled 4D‑STEM to directly image charge‑density‑wave (CDW) amplitude in 2H‑NbSe₂ across its phase transition. The nanoscale maps reveal that CDW strength is highly inhomogeneous, with regions of strong order interspersed with...
By Nanowerk
News•Jan 25, 2026
Why You Should Not Miss Graphene Connect 2026
Graphene Connect 2026, a virtual conference hosted on the TechBlick platform, will take place March 11‑12, bringing together industry leaders, researchers, and innovators in graphene and 2D materials. The two‑day program includes deep technical sessions on industrial‑scale production, standards, energy...
By Graphene-Info
News•Jan 25, 2026
XELA Robotics Unlocks Enhanced Automation for Humanoid and Industrial Robots
XELA Robotics showcased its uSkin 3D tactile‑sensing system at CES 2026, demonstrating how full‑hand touch perception can boost manipulation for humanoid and industrial robots. The elastomer‑based sensors capture contact force, object shape, and motion across fingertips, phalanges, and palms, surpassing traditional...
By Robotics & Automation News
News•Jan 25, 2026
Revolutionizing Corynebacterium Diphtheriae Strain Classification
A consortium of microbiologists has introduced a whole‑genome sequencing framework that overhauls the classification of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains. The new system groups isolates into five phylogenetically distinct clades, replacing the legacy serotype scheme that has been in use for decades....
By Bioengineer.org
Blog•Jan 25, 2026
Boundless Creativity And Design Mastery With David “Shingy” Shing – This Week’s Thinking With Mitch Joel Conversation
In this episode Mitch Joel talks with David “Shingy” Shing about the intersection of culture, data, and human behavior in modern branding. Shingy stresses that the most valuable insights come from the quiet signals in a data‑saturated world and urges...
By Six Pixels of Separation
News•Jan 25, 2026
Amazon's Internet-Beaming Satellites Are Bright Enough to Disrupt Astronomical Research, Study Finds
Amazon’s low‑Earth‑orbit “Leo” internet constellation is brighter than the International Astronomical Union’s recommended limit, according to a new arXiv study of nearly 2,000 observations. The satellites have an average apparent magnitude of 6.28, making them invisible to the naked eye...
By Space.com
News•Jan 25, 2026
Cybersecurity’s New Business Case: Fraud
Government CISOs are being urged to reframe cybersecurity discussions around financial fraud and AI‑generated scams rather than traditional technical jargon. Pandemic‑relief programs alone saw over $300 billion in fraudulent payments, while consumer fraud hit $12.5 billion in 2024, underscoring the fiscal stakes....
By Security Boulevard
Blog•Jan 25, 2026
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 81
Security Affairs’ Malware Newsletter Round 81 curates the latest threats and research across the malware landscape. Highlights include the emergence of AI‑generated malware frameworks such as VoidLink, sophisticated evasion tactics like PDFSIDER’s DLL side‑loading, and supply‑chain abuse via a malicious...
By Security Affairs
News•Jan 25, 2026
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Announce AI Partnership Focused on Humanoid Robots
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind unveiled a research partnership at CES 2026 to embed DeepMind's Gemini Robotics foundation models into the Atlas humanoid platform. The collaboration aims to equip Atlas with advanced visual‑language‑action capabilities, enabling it to tackle a broader set...
By Robotics & Automation News
News•Jan 25, 2026
Vibe Coding May Be Behind a 60 Percent Spike in New iOS Apps
Data from Sensor Tower and Wells Fargo Securities shows a 60 percent year‑over‑year jump in new iOS apps in December 2025, with overall 2025 growth of 24 percent. The spike aligns with the rollout of agentic coding tools—AI‑powered platforms that let users create...
By THE DECODER
News•Jan 25, 2026
40 Years After Challenger: Lingering Guilt and Lessons Learned
Forty years after the Challenger explosion, former Morton Thiokol engineers recount how cold‑temperature O‑ring concerns were dismissed, leading to the shuttle’s catastrophic failure. Engineers Roger Boisjoly, Bob Ebeling and others warned NASA that the stiffened O‑rings could cause blow‑by, but Thiokol executives reversed...
By NPR - Space
News•Jan 25, 2026
Neura Robotics Showcases New Humanoid, Quadruped, and AI Platform at CES 2026
Neura Robotics used CES 2026 to unveil its next‑generation humanoid 4NE1, a smaller 4NE1 Mini, and a new quadruped robot, all running on the Neuraverse AI platform. The Neuraverse is positioned as a shared operating layer that lets robots exchange learned skills...
By Robotics & Automation News
Blog•Jan 25, 2026
Carahsoft Expands Quantum-Resilient Cybersecurity Offerings with Cyber Intell
Carahsoft Technology Corp. has signed a Master Government Aggregator partnership with Cyber Intell Solution to distribute the patented CISEN‑SDN‑PQC quantum‑resistant platform to U.S. federal, state and local agencies. The collaboration leverages the ITES‑SW2 contract (W52P1J‑20‑D‑0042) and additional procurement vehicles to...
By Quantum Zeitgeist
Blog•Jan 25, 2026
Guest Posts Strategy: 12 Tips For AI Overviews
In this episode Reuben Mattinson explains how guest‑posting has shifted from a link‑building tactic to a reputation‑focused strategy in the age of AI Overviews. He outlines twelve actionable tips, emphasizing the need for topical relevance, the end of the “first‑party...
By eCommerce Fastlane
Blog•Jan 25, 2026
What Is Order Placement? How It Works + Best Practices
The episode breaks down the six‑step order placement process—from cart finalization and checkout initiation through payment authorization, inventory verification, order confirmation, and fulfillment—explaining how each stage works behind the scenes. It highlights the key benefits of a smooth checkout, such...
By eCommerce Fastlane
News•Jan 25, 2026
Streptococcus Agalactiae and L-Carnitine in Endometriosis
Researchers have identified a link between the pelvic bacterium Streptococcus agalactiae and heightened severity of endometriosis lesions. In parallel, L‑carnitine supplementation was shown to dampen inflammatory pathways and shrink lesions in pre‑clinical models. Combined antibiotic clearance of S. agalactiae and...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Jan 25, 2026
COVID-19 Policies and Unmet Medical Needs in Nigeria
Nigeria’s COVID-19 response has unintentionally widened gaps in essential health services, leaving millions with unmet medical needs. Stringent lockdowns curtailed outpatient visits, while vaccine distribution lagged behind regional targets. The strain on public hospitals has forced patients to seek costly...
By Bioengineer.org
Social•Jan 25, 2026
Ultimate Clawdbot Report Shows 38k AI Community Interest
THE ULTIMATE CLAWDBOT REPORT Every single important post here on X about @clawdbot. Report and analysis by @blevlabs with the X API. https://t.co/OVwapPLxfq It read 38,000 people in AI community here to learn about Clawdbot and its founder @steipete. This would not be...
By Robert Scoble
Blog•Jan 25, 2026
Technology Innovation Institute Launches Abu Dhabi Centre for Frontier Technologies with WEF
The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) announced a partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to launch the Abu Dhabi Centre for Frontier Technologies, unveiled at Davos 2026. The Centre will join WEF’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) Global...
By Quantum Zeitgeist
Blog•Jan 25, 2026
Pawsey & AIST Launch 4-Year Quantum-Supercomputing Collaboration
Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre and Japan’s AIST have launched a four‑year collaboration, formalised through AIST’s Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum‑AI technology (G‑QuAT), to integrate quantum computers with high‑performance supercomputers. The partnership, running until March 4 2027, aligns...
By Quantum Zeitgeist
News•Jan 25, 2026
Deep Dive: Unwrapping FIS’s Technology Stack and Architecture
FIS is rearchitecting its banking platform into a modular, cloud‑native stack that treats banks as a collection of interoperable services rather than a monolithic core. The architecture layers a universal ledger and orchestration core, componentized product services, risk and program...
By Finextra
Social•Jan 25, 2026
Curated Open‑Source Robotics Projects to Accelerate Innovation
Open Source Robotics A curated collection of high-quality open source robotics projects, tools, and software to propel the robotics community forward. https://lnkd.in/dEhrHz2V —- Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free: scalingdeep.tech
By Ilir Aliu
Social•Jan 25, 2026
ChatGPT Drives Shopify Sales, Adds 4% Fee for Merchants
so chatgpt can help you with buying Shopify products, but the merchant will pay 4% more, which goes to openai (edited an earlier mistake) given current user base, Shopify merchants should be happy to get additional traffic combined w ads, kinda feels...
By Yohei Nakajima
News•Jan 25, 2026
Elariosso Digital Ltd Combines Human Expertise and Smart Processes to Modernize Customer Support Operations
Elariosso Digital Ltd is positioning itself as a modern customer‑support outsourcing partner for e‑commerce, SaaS, fintech and other digital businesses. The firm blends skilled human agents with structured, technology‑driven workflows to deliver 24/7, multichannel assistance. Its model emphasizes clear escalation...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 25, 2026
SmartRay Demonstrates ‘Breakthrough AI-Powered Weld Inspection’ System
SmartRay showcased its AI‑powered JOSY weld inspection system at the EY Innovation Hub in Stuttgart. The system integrates hardware with Tool Path Generation software from Wandelbots and Grid Dynamics, creating a closed‑loop workflow that generates inspection paths directly from CAD...
By Robotics & Automation News
News•Jan 25, 2026
Uncovering Early Signs of Celiac Disease in Adults
Researchers led by Cohen, Nemet, and Kirzhner conducted a large‑scale retrospective cohort study that identified subtle laboratory and clinical precursors of celiac disease in young adults. Elevated gluten‑specific antibodies and non‑specific symptoms such as fatigue, mood disturbances, and mild gastrointestinal...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Jan 25, 2026
Exploring Immune Cell Dynamics in Aplastic Anaemia
A recent study applied single‑cell RNA sequencing to bone‑marrow samples from aplastic anaemia patients, revealing a complex immune landscape that drives marrow failure. The analysis identified expanded cytotoxic CD8⁺ T cells, a marked reduction in regulatory T cells, and clonal...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Jan 25, 2026
Nowaste Logistics Advances Automation with Cognibotics Robot Picking Cell
Nowaste Logistics, a Swedish third‑party logistics provider, has placed a second order for Cognibotics' robot picking cell after a successful pilot. The cell integrates with Nowaste’s AutoStore system from Swisslog and uses Sics.AI’s vision alongside Cognibotics’ Juliet & Romeo software‑defined motion platform....
By Robotics & Automation News
News•Jan 25, 2026
AKT1 Epigenetics Drive Metabolic Shift in Lipedema
Researchers have uncovered that epigenetic modifications of the AKT1 gene drive a metabolic shift in lipedema‑affected adipose tissue. DNA methylation and histone acetylation patterns increase AKT1 activity, prompting enhanced glycolysis and lipid accumulation. The study links this molecular change to...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Jan 25, 2026
Microsoft Releases Emergency OOB Update to Fix Outlook Freezes
Microsoft issued emergency out‑of‑band (OOB) updates on Saturday to address a critical Outlook freeze affecting PST files stored in cloud services such as OneDrive and Dropbox. The problem, introduced by the January 2026 Patch Tuesday roll‑out, caused Outlook to become...
By BleepingComputer
Social•Jan 25, 2026
New Study Shows Telomeres Reset in First Week
Did you know that we begin life the same age as our parents? Then during the first week of life we undergo a reset. A new study has just mapped how telomeres are also reset during this process https://academic.oup.com/reproduction/article/171/1/xaaf005/8424158
By David Sinclair
Social•Jan 25, 2026
Test, Don't Trust Theories: Real Market Wins
I lost $8k testing a pet product 'experts' said was saturated. It's now doing $40k/month. I spent $12k on a 'blue ocean' product. Dead in 3 weeks. The market doesn't care about theories. Test everything.
By Kamil Sattar
News•Jan 25, 2026
Benchmarking Polygenic Scores with PGS-Hub Platform
The PGS‑hub platform was launched to provide a standardized, open‑source environment for benchmarking polygenic risk scores across diverse cohorts. It aggregates over 200 GWAS summary statistics, offers reproducible pipelines, and integrates cloud‑based compute resources. Early adopters report faster validation cycles...
By Bioengineer.org
Social•Jan 25, 2026
Clawdbot Pushes Back on PR Notes, Acts Like
Clawdbot pushing back on some of Claude’s PR review notes like a good engineering manager. 🫡 https://t.co/F8DmEy9WCe
By Aaron Ng
Social•Jan 25, 2026
Demis Hassabis Calls for Conditional AI Pause Consideration
Whether or not a conditional pause on AI is possible in practice versus just theory, this is a significant statement from @demishassabis that the world should take into account.
By Tristan Harris
News•Jan 25, 2026
Connecting Machines: How eSIMs Are Shaping the Future of Global Robotic Networks
Robotic fleets are transitioning from isolated units to globally networked agents, and reliable cross‑border connectivity is now a prerequisite. International eSIM technology embeds cellular profiles directly in machines, allowing robots to switch carriers without physical SIM changes. Companies such as...
By Robotics & Automation News
Social•Jan 25, 2026
Future OSes: Just Talk to Your Computer
Despite any early rough edges with Clawdbot, this is obviously how operating systems will look in a few years. You just talk to it.
By Aaron Ng
Social•Jan 25, 2026
AI Bot Deploys New Feature While I Walk
Clawdbot now takes an idea, manages codex and claude, debates them on reviews autonomously, and lets me know when it’s done. Amazing. A whole feature deployed while I’m out on a walk. https://t.co/ws3UDQG2S0
By Aaron Ng