News•Jan 20, 2026
Anthropic Quietly Fixed Flaws in Its Git MCP Server that Allowed for Remote Code Execution
Anthropic has patched three critical flaws in its Git MCP server that could be chained with the Filesystem MCP server to achieve remote code execution via prompt injection. The vulnerabilities – CVE‑2025‑68145 (path‑validation bypass), CVE‑2025‑68143 (unrestricted git_init), and CVE‑2025‑68144 (git_diff argument injection) – affect default deployments prior to the December 2025 update. Researchers at Cyata demonstrated an attack that creates a malicious Git repository, injects shell scripts via Git filters, and executes them on the host. The fixes were applied in December 2025, and users must upgrade to the version released after 2025‑12‑18.
By The Register
News•Jan 20, 2026
Gaia Data Release Reveals Four Substructures in Open Cluster NGC 752
Chinese astronomers using ESA's Gaia DR3 identified four distinct substructures within the nearby open cluster NGC 752, revealing a dense central core and three progressively looser outer groups. The total stellar mass of the cluster was revised upward to about 332.5 solar...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Jan 20, 2026
James Webb Space Telescope Discovers Young Galaxies Age Rapidly: 'It's Like Seeing 2-Year-Old Children Act Like Teenagers'
Using JWST, Hubble and ALMA, astronomers studied 18 galaxies about 12.5 billion light‑years away, dating to less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The galaxies exhibit surprisingly high metal content, rotating disks, and rapidly feeding supermassive black holes, indicating...
By Space.com
News•Jan 20, 2026
As Microsoft Stuffs Windows With AI, New Update Prevents Users From Turning Off Their PCs
Microsoft’s January 13 security update for Windows 11 23H2 introduced a bug that stopped shutdown and hibernation on Enterprise and IoT editions, trapping devices in endless restart loops. The fault originated in the System Guard Secure Launch security feature and created...
By Futurism AI
News•Jan 20, 2026
AITech Interview with David Norris, Chief Marketing Officer at Boost.AI
David Norris, Chief Marketing Officer at Boost.ai, explains how his two‑decade marketing background shapes the company’s storytelling and trust‑first strategy for conversational AI. He stresses that in regulated sectors—banking, insurance, telecom—AI agents become the literal voice of the brand, making...
By AI-TechPark
Podcast•Jan 20, 2026•26 min
Afshin Yazdian, CEO of Kurv | Episode 459
In this episode, Afshin Yazdian, CEO of Kurv, discusses how his company transformed a legacy payments business into a streamlined, SMB‑focused platform by eliminating friction, offering transparent pricing, and prioritizing human‑centered service. He shares his unconventional journey from law to...
By Leaders in Payments
News•Jan 20, 2026
Rigid‐Flexible Layered Immobilization Enables Precise Confinement and Dynamic Activation of Small Enzymes
A novel rigid‑flexible layered immobilization combines metal‑organic framework (MOF) micropores with hydrogel macropores to stabilize small enzymes (10–50 kDa) while preserving activity. The dual‑pore architecture reduces substrate‑enzyme distance by 34.2% and prevents leakage, enabling 40 consecutive cycles of high conversion for...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Perplexity AI Interview Explains How AI Search Works via @Sejournal, @Martinibuster
Perplexity AI’s interview with Jesse Dwyer reveals that AI‑driven search is becoming highly personalized, delivering different answers to identical queries based on user context. The core technical shift is from whole‑document indexing to sub‑document processing, where millions of granular snippets...
By Search Engine Journal
News•Jan 20, 2026
High‐Sensitivity Self‐Powered X‐Ray Detectors Based on Chiral Bismuth Perovskites
Researchers have introduced a lead‑free, chiral bismuth perovskite single crystal, (R/S‑NEA)4Bi2Cl10, that leverages the bulk photovoltaic effect for self‑powered X‑ray detection. The detector delivers a record sensitivity of 10,200 µC·Gy⁻¹·cm⁻² at 1000 V and operates without external bias, detecting as low as...
By Small (Wiley)
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News•Jan 20, 2026
Apache Airflow Flaws Expose Sensitive Workflow Data to Potential Attackers
Apache Airflow released version 3.1.6 to fix two credential‑exposure flaws (CVE‑2025‑68675 and CVE‑2025‑68438). The first flaw logged proxy URLs with embedded usernames and passwords, while the second allowed unmasked API keys and tokens in the Rendered Templates UI. Both issues affect...
By GBHackers On Security
News•Jan 20, 2026
Enriching Triboelectric Signal Waveform Characteristics Based on Complex Interface Structure for Monitoring Device Operating Status
Researchers have created a PDMS‑encapsulated honeycomb nickel sheet that forms a complex polymer‑metal interface, enriching triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) signal waveforms. The closed‑sandwich architecture delivers detailed vibration signatures and achieves roughly 95% recognition accuracy. Frequency monitoring errors remain under 4% across...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Micro Case Studies: The Feud over Interest Rate Caps and the Murky Future of Agentic Commerce
President Trump’s proposal to cap credit‑card interest rates at 10% for one year sent bank and issuer stocks tumbling, prompting fintech CEOs to publicly back the idea. Fintechs such as Bilt and Affirm are rolling out capped‑rate cards and new...
By Tearsheet
Blog•Jan 20, 2026
Entanglement Distillation Reliability Function Achieves Exact Finite Blocklength Results
Researchers Lin, Li, and Fang have precisely characterised the reliability function of entanglement distillation, delivering exact finite‑blocklength results. By linking performance to the regularized quantum Hoeffding divergence, they provide a concrete optimal protocol when the initial state is known and...
By Quantum Zeitgeist
News•Jan 20, 2026
Google AI Mode Fan-Out Prompts To Narrow Your Query
Google is extending its AI Mode shopping experience with a "query fan‑out" feature that asks users clarifying questions to narrow product results. The system runs multiple simultaneous searches based on the user’s input, then surfaces the most relevant items in a...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Jan 20, 2026
Goodfood Reports Q1 2026 Results with Net Sales Dropping to $28 Million, Gross Profit Falling to $12 Million
Goodfood Market Corp. posted Q1 2026 results showing a 21% drop in net sales to $28 million and a 15% decline in gross profit to $12 million, resulting in a $3 million net loss. Despite lower revenue, the company achieved a 42.3% gross...
By Retail Insider Canada
News•Jan 20, 2026
In Situ Growth of 2D Perovskite Nanocrystals to Induce Β–Phase of PVDF for Piezoelectric Nanogenerators with Ultra‐High Output Voltage
Researchers have demonstrated flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) by in‑situ growing 2D perovskite nanocrystals (PEA2MA2Pb3Br10) within a PVDF matrix. The nanocomposite achieves an 86.35 % β‑phase content and a piezoelectric coefficient (d33*) of 35.16 pm/V, delivering a peak output voltage of 66.54 V—over seven...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Endace Pushes Packet Capture Into Real-Time Security Workflows
Endace released OSm 7.3, a major update that dramatically speeds packet‑capture search and adds a Vault REST API for automated forensic data access. The new search engine delivers up to 50‑fold performance gains, cutting typical query times from nearly a minute...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 20, 2026
Triboelectric Wearable Devices for Wound Healing: Materials, Mechanisms, and Innovative Designs
A new review outlines triboelectric wearable devices—primarily triboelectric nanogenerators—as self‑powered platforms for wound healing. It details core design elements, including triboelectric and electrode materials, and structural strategies that enable electrical stimulation without external power. The paper explains multi‑scale mechanisms such...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Morphology‐Regulated Structural Dynamics and Stress Mitigation Enable Stable Chloride Storage for Bismuth Oxychloride Cathodes
Researchers introduced a pH‑tailored hydrothermal route to produce bismuth oxychloride nanoplates (BiOCl‑N) that serve as high‑performance cathodes for chloride‑ion batteries. The nanoplates feature a high surface area, mesoporous framework, and a low Cl⁻ diffusion barrier, which together accelerate ion transport...
By Small (Wiley)
Blog•Jan 20, 2026
Defect Engineered MoS2 Films Boost Solar CO2 Conversion
Researchers at National Taiwan University have introduced a capped vapor‑liquid‑solid (VLS) method to synthesize wafer‑scale ultrathin Mo₁₋ₓVₓS₂ alloy films with engineered sulfur vacancies. The vanadium‑sulfur‑vacancy (V‑S‑vac) pairs act as highly active sites, boosting solar‑driven CO₂‑to‑CO conversion rates to roughly five...
By Nanowerk
News•Jan 20, 2026
Google Search Team Does Not Endorse LLMs.txt Files
Google’s Search team clarified it does not endorse the LLMs.txt files appearing on some Google properties. The files were introduced through a recent CMS update and added to developer documentation, but the Search team later removed them while other product...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Jan 20, 2026
Au LSPR Effect Enhanced R‐CeO2/G‐C3N4 S‐scheme Heterojunction for Accelerating CO2 Photoreduction Performance
Researchers engineered a ternary photocatalyst that couples oxygen‑vacancy‑rich CeO₂ with graphitic carbon nitride (g‑C₃N₄) and plasmonic Au nanoparticles. The Au‑induced localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) creates an S‑scheme heterojunction, dramatically improving charge separation and lowering the energy barrier for the...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Synergistically Enhance the Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties of Fiber Batteries by Designing Aramid Fiber Skeletons
Researchers have introduced an aramid‑fiber reinforced skeleton for fiber lithium‑ion batteries (FLIBs) that separates charge transport from structural support. The composite achieves a tensile strength of 800 MPa and a modulus of 35 GPa, far surpassing traditional metal‑wire scaffolds. Energy density climbs...
By Small (Wiley)
Social•Jan 20, 2026
CRVS Shows Promise Yet Remains Early, Uncertain
Lots of haters on $CRVS and yes the way they’ve disclosed data over time is a little iffy but 🤷🏻♂️. Active drug. New data looks solid. They ought to be able to fund the P2. They’ve got...
By Adam May
News•Jan 20, 2026
MXene 3D‐AJP: Three‐Dimensional Well‐Oriented Freeform Networks of 2D MXene Nanosheets via Aerosol‐Based 3D Printing
Researchers have unveiled an additive‑free aerosol jet 3D printing method that builds self‑supporting, high‑aspect‑ratio architectures from Ti₃C₂Tx MXene nanosheets. The technique exploits rapid droplet evaporation and real‑time ink thickening to create freestanding 3D geometries without binders. Demonstrated 3D microsupercapacitors exhibit...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
High‐Temperature Afterglow Color Tuning via Förster Resonance Energy Transfer
Researchers have developed a low‑temperature processed boric acid matrix that embeds triphenylboronic acid (TPBA) to produce persistent luminescence at high temperatures. The hybrid material exhibits a phosphorescence lifetime of up to 2.56 seconds at 460 K, overcoming typical thermal quenching. By introducing...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
An Impressive Spotify Audiobook Upgrade Could Be on the Way, and as a Non-Reader, I’m Dying to Give It a...
Spotify is piloting a new feature called Page Match that lets users scan a page of a physical book with their phone camera and jump to the corresponding point in the audiobook. The tool relies on optical character recognition to...
By TechRadar
News•Jan 20, 2026
Concurrently Suppressing Side Reaction and Freezing in Flexible Zinc–Air Batteries with a Robust Eutectogel Electrolyte
Researchers introduced a deep eutectic solvent‑based eutectogel electrolyte using formamide, which dramatically improves ionic conductivity and mechanical stability for flexible zinc‑air batteries (FZABs). The formamide’s –CONH2 groups bind water, limiting free‑water side reactions such as hydrogen evolution and zinc corrosion...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Electrocatalytic Valorization of PET Hydrolysates Into High‐Value Chemicals Coupled With Renewable Energy Generation
Researchers have devised a full‑molecule valorization route for PET waste by converting PET‑derived benzene‑1,4‑dicarboxylate into a bifunctional Pt/Ni‑BDC electrocatalyst. The catalyst delivers a record 378.8 mA cm⁻² ethylene glycol oxidation at 1.0 V vs. RHE with 90% selectivity toward glycolic acid while cutting...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Poll: More Advertisers To Add Microsoft Advertising To Marketing Mix?
A LinkedIn poll of over 200 advertisers asked whether Microsoft Advertising will be part of their 2026 marketing mix. Results show 42% already include it, 36% plan to add it, and 23% will not. The poll’s respondents are likely skewed...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Jan 20, 2026
Self‐Driven Interfacial Assembly of MIL‐68 MOFs on Group‐III Nitride Nanorod Arrays for Constructing Efficient Photoanodes
Researchers introduced a surface‑cluster‑assisted, self‑driven method to grow MIL‑68 metal‑organic framework layers directly on InN and GaN nanorod arrays. The resulting heterojunctions exhibit dramatically reduced interfacial resistance and a direct Z‑scheme charge‑transfer pathway. InN/MIL‑68 delivers a record photocurrent density of...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
A Sensitive Thermoelectric Respiratory Sensor Using a Hollow‐Square Structure of Cubic Silicon Carbide‐Based Heterojunction
Researchers have unveiled a self‑powered respiratory sensor built on a hollow‑square cubic silicon carbide (3C‑SiC)/silicon heterojunction. By engineering thermal transport through the heterojunction, the device generates a thermal voltage about 3.5 times higher than conventional solid‑state designs. The sensor demonstrates...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
ABBYY Launches Vantage 3.0 Directly Integrating with Generative AI and Offering Advanced Compliance and Privacy Capabilities
ABBYY introduced Vantage 3.0, a Document AI platform that directly integrates large language models (LLMs) and runs on a modernized tech stack. The release adds a real‑time analytics dashboard, built‑in compliance and redaction tools, and pre‑engineered Azure OpenAI prompts for...
By MarTech Series
Blog•Jan 20, 2026
A Self-Assembling Shortcut to Better Organic Solar Cells
Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have engineered a donor‑acceptor‑donor molecule, TISQ, that self‑assembles into built‑in p/n junctions essential for organic thin‑film solar cells. Depending on solvent polarity, TISQ forms nanoparticle‑like J‑type aggregates or fibrous H‑type aggregates, each exhibiting distinct charge‑transport behavior....
By Nanowerk
News•Jan 20, 2026
Regulating Cu Atom Dispersity on Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon for Boosting Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction in Strongly Acidic Media
Researchers engineered a copper‑based electrocatalyst on nitrogen‑doped carbon by adjusting pyrolysis temperature, creating a hybrid of Cu single atoms and nanoparticles. This dual‑site architecture enables a two‑step relay mechanism that dramatically improves nitrate‑to‑ammonia conversion in strongly acidic media. The catalyst...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Nativex Announces Strategic Partnership with Netflix to Bring Premium Streaming Inventory to Advertisers
Nativex announced a strategic partnership with Netflix to sell ad inventory on the streaming platform’s ad‑supported tier. The deal gives Nativex clients access to Netflix’s premium pre‑roll, mid‑roll, Pause Ads and QR‑enabled formats, backed by first‑party audience data. Netflix’s ad‑supported...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 20, 2026
Dehydration‐Assisted Rapid Modulated Synthesis of Monodisperse Covalent Organic Framework Single Crystals With Tunable Sizes
Researchers introduced a dehydration‑assisted modulated method that rapidly produces imine‑linked three‑dimensional COF single crystals. By replacing 1,4‑dioxane with benzonitrile and controlling water content, crystal sizes can be tuned from 213 nm to 44.3 µm within just one to three hours. The approach...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
In‐Built Reactive Polymer as Versatile Electrolyte to Shield the Bi‐Electrode Surfaces for Practical Li‐Metal Batteries
Researchers have introduced an in‑situ formed polymer electrolyte, PTGI, that simultaneously creates protective interphases on both the lithium metal anode and high‑voltage cathode. The material’s narrow orbital energy gap and strong electrode affinity trigger a sacrificial reaction that outpaces solvent...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
UST Acquires Tailwind
UST, a leading AI and technology transformation firm, announced the acquisition of Texas‑based fintech Tailwind Business Ventures. The deal merges Tailwind's digital lending and payment solutions with UST's AI services, creating a broader suite of financial technology offerings. It also...
By Finextra
News•Jan 20, 2026
The Forward-Deployed Engineer: Why Talent, Not Technology, Is the True Bottleneck for Enterprise AI
Enterprises are hitting an integration wall as AI models, while impressive in sandbox demos, remain non‑deterministic and risky for production. The bottleneck is not the technology but the scarcity of forward‑deployed engineers (FDEs) who can translate AI capabilities into reliable...
By CIO.com
News•Jan 20, 2026
AI Supercharges Attacks in Cybercrime's New 'Fifth Wave'
Group‑IB warns that cybercrime has entered a fifth wave powered by weaponized AI, accelerating attacks with generative tools. Dark‑web marketplaces now sell synthetic identity kits and deep‑fake‑as‑a‑service for as little as $5, while AI‑enhanced phishing kits automate victim targeting and...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Jan 20, 2026
Questex’s StreamTV Europe Builds Major Momentum as Europe’s Streaming Industry Converges in Lisbon, Uniting Streaming Leaders Across the Full Ecosystem
Questex’s StreamTV Europe, slated for April 13‑15 in Lisbon, is positioning itself as the premier gathering for Europe’s streaming ecosystem. The three‑day forum will host CTV operating systems, platform providers, content owners, ad‑tech firms and infrastructure partners, offering an end‑to‑end...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 20, 2026
Horizon Quantum and Alice & Bob Partner to Streamline Fault-Tolerant Software Development
Horizon Quantum Computing and Alice & Bob have forged a strategic partnership to embed Alice & Bob’s cat‑qubit emulators into Horizon’s Triple Alpha development environment. The integration lets developers prototype quantum error‑correction protocols on a virtual representation of the cat‑qubit architecture, which claims...
By Quantum Computing Report
News•Jan 20, 2026
Synechron Releases Suite of AI Agents
Synechron unveiled Synechron Agentic, a portfolio of production‑ready AI agents designed for complex, regulated workflows in banking, financial services, wealth management, payments and insurance. The agents promise accelerated operations, transparent outcomes and built‑in compliance, while integrating seamlessly with enterprise platforms...
By Finextra
News•Jan 20, 2026
Google AI Mode Shows Product Inventory & Pricing In Light Font Color
Google AI Mode now displays product inventory and pricing in a much lighter font color, setting it apart from the standard Google Search interface. The change was first identified by Brodie Clark, who posted screenshots on X and SERP Alerts....
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Jan 20, 2026
Intrinsically Chiral Excimers: Water‐Compatible Trityl‐Based Nanoparticles as Tailored Dual Emitters of Circularly Polarized Luminescence in the Vis or NIR Regions
Researchers have created metal‑free organic nanoparticles (ONPs) from a brominated trityl radical that emit circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) in both visible and near‑infrared (NIR) regions. By adjusting the ratio of radical enantiomers within the particles, the system produces two distinct...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Wise Posts Strong Quarter
Wise reported a robust quarter, serving nearly 11 million active customers globally. The fintech expanded its user base, indicating continued demand for cross‑border payments and multi‑currency services. Revenue and transaction volumes grew, reinforcing its position as a leading digital money‑transfer...
By Finextra
Social•Jan 20, 2026
Out‑of‑the‑Money ABVX Calls Hint at Genuine Deal
I know (and understand why) there’s a lot of speculation around the credibility of the La Lettre articles on $ABVX M&A. I have no idea whether the reporting is legit. Could it be made up BS as part of some...
By Adam May
News•Jan 20, 2026
HD Hyundai and Palantir Expand Group-Wide Strategic Partnership
HD Hyundai and Palantir have deepened their alliance, extending the Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) across the entire HD Hyundai conglomerate. The partnership, which started in 2021 with HD Hyundai Oilbank, has already produced measurable gains in refinery optimization,...
By The AI Insider
News•Jan 20, 2026
Santander's Getnet Lays Out Agentic Commerce Strategy
Santander-owned fintech Getnet unveiled its agentic commerce strategy, targeting AI‑driven autonomous agents that can initiate, manage and pay for purchases. Deloitte estimates that by 2030, agentic AI could influence up to 30% of e‑commerce value, roughly $17.5 trillion in GMV. Getnet...
By Finextra