News•Jan 15, 2026
Coxwave Raises $5M in Pre-Series A Funding
Coxwave, a Seoul‑based AI product analytics firm, closed a $5 million pre‑Series A round. The financing was led by L&S Venture Capital and included Hyundai’s venture arms and KDB Capital. CEO Joowon Kim says the capital will boost technical development and broaden the company’s customer base. The round also supports expansion of its AX consulting services and new real‑time AI governance features.
By FinSMEs
News•Jan 15, 2026
ConverSight and Katana Partner to Help Growing Businesses Forecast Demand and Optimize Inventory with AI
ConverSight announced a strategic partnership with Katana Cloud Inventory to embed its AI employee, Athena, into Katana’s real‑time inventory platform. The joint QuickStart AI for Katana offers SMB manufacturers, e‑commerce, wholesale and retail firms three months of free access, delivering...
By AiThority
News•Jan 15, 2026
Key Senate Staffer Is “Begging” NASA to Get on with Commercial Space Stations
Senate staffer Maddy Davis told the Texas Space Coalition that Sen. Ted Cruz is pressing NASA to fast‑track Commercial LEO Destinations (CLDs) so a private space station is operational before the International Space Station retires in 2030. The Senate Commerce...
By Ars Technica (Space)
News•Jan 15, 2026
Seerist Launches AskAnna, a Breakthrough AI-Powered Q&A Tool Transforming Security and Intelligence Workflows
Seerist has launched AskAnna, an AI‑powered natural‑language Q&A tool that taps the company’s proprietary event models and Control Risks’ human‑generated analysis to deliver fully sourced intelligence answers. The platform instantly synthesizes thousands of vetted reports, providing line‑item attribution and transparent...
By AiThority
News•Jan 15, 2026
GrowthPal Raises $2.6m to Accelerate AI-Led M&A Deal Sourcing
GrowthPal announced a $2.6 million funding round led by Ideaspring Capital to fast‑track its AI‑driven M&A sourcing platform and broaden its global footprint. The solution replaces traditional banker networks with AI agents that scan a database of over four million technology...
By Fintech Global
News•Jan 15, 2026
Affirm to Offer BNPL for Rent
Buy‑now‑pay‑later provider Affirm Holdings announced a pilot with fintech platform Esusu to extend its installment loans to renters. The service will let eligible tenants split rent into two interest‑free payments every two weeks, with some qualifying for zero‑APR loans. While...
By Payments Dive
News•Jan 15, 2026
HHS OCR Comments on Its 2026 Priorities
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its 2026 enforcement roadmap, highlighting four priority areas: continuing the HIPAA Privacy Rule Right of Access initiative, expanding the Security Rule Risk Analysis to broader risk management, intensifying hacking and ransomware actions,...
By DataBreaches.net
News•Jan 15, 2026
Standard Chartered Completes First ICC-Swift API Standards Digital Bank Guarantee Transaction
Standard Chartered has completed the first digital bank guarantee transaction using the newly released ICC‑Swift API standards, partnering with Komgo’s Konsole platform. The API‑based workflow automates instruction receipt and guarantee issuance, delivering faster, more transparent service for a global energy...
By Finextra
News•Jan 15, 2026
How to Upgrade Your Clearpath Robots to ROS 2
Clearpath Robotics released detailed guidance for upgrading its robot platforms to ROS 2 Humble and Jazzy. The company provides a compatibility matrix showing which models support each ROS 2 distribution on amd64 and, for some, arm64 architectures, along with firmware‑aware installation images...
By Clearpath Robotics Blog
News•Jan 15, 2026
Monitoring Beer Fermentation at the Single-Cell Level with a Novel Raman Method
Scientists at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology have introduced “process ramanomics,” a single‑cell Raman spectroscopy workflow that monitors beer fermentation in real time. By capturing Raman fingerprints from individual yeast cells, the method accurately predicts 19 extracellular...
By Phys.org – Biotechnology
News•Jan 15, 2026
Frequency Comb Lasers Enable Clearer Observation of Black Holes
A research team led by KAIST professor Jungwon Kim has integrated optical frequency‑comb lasers into radio‑telescope receivers, achieving the world’s first laser‑based reference signal for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). The ultra‑precise comb provides thousands of stable frequencies, allowing exact...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Jan 15, 2026
Satellites Spy Raging Bushfires in Australia | Space Photo of the Day for Jan. 15, 2026
On Jan 9, 2026, a European Copernicus Sentinel‑2 satellite captured a stark image of raging bushfires in Victoria, Australia. The high‑resolution multispectral data reveals extensive burn scars, smoke plumes, and displaced communities, providing precise boundaries for emergency responders. Sentinel‑2’s infrared capabilities enable...
By Space.com
News•Jan 15, 2026
CodeBuild Flaw Put AWS Console Supply Chain At Risk
Security researchers at Wiz uncovered a critical misconfiguration in AWS CodeBuild that let unauthenticated attackers inject malicious code into core AWS open‑source repositories, including the widely used AWS SDK for JavaScript. The flaw stemmed from an unanchored regular‑expression filter on...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Jan 15, 2026
Marketplace Briefing: Inside the Marketplace Strategies of Target, Best Buy and Nordstrom
At NRF’s Big Show, executives from Target, Best Buy and Nordstrom detailed how their third‑party marketplaces have evolved into strategic growth engines. After years of investment, each retailer is using the marketplace to broaden product assortments, boost margins and enhance...
By Modern Retail
News•Jan 15, 2026
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 15, 2026
Google rolled out “Personal Intelligence” in the Gemini app, unifying Gmail, Photos, YouTube and Search with a single tap, and announced its upcoming arrival in Google Search AI Mode. The company also clarified that the new Universal Commerce Protocol will...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Jan 15, 2026
Cyber Threat Actors Ramp Up Attacks on Industrial Environments
Cybercriminals and hacktivists sharply increased attacks on industrial control systems in 2025, with vulnerability disclosures nearly doubling to 2,451 across 152 vendors. Siemens was the most affected vendor, reporting 1,175 flaws, while Schneider Electric faced a higher proportion of critical...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Jan 15, 2026
GovDash Raises $30M in Series B Funding
GovDash, a New York‑based AI‑driven ERP for government contractors, closed a $30 million Series B round led by Mucker Capital and BCI. The funding will fuel engineering expansion, customer‑success initiatives, and new offices in New York and Arlington. In 2025 the company posted...
By FinSMEs
News•Jan 15, 2026
Uniqlo to Debut Stores in Miami, Add to Texas Footprint
Uniqlo will launch its first Miami stores this fall while entering Austin and adding a location at Houston’s Galleria, expanding its Texas presence that began in 2024. The new stores will showcase RFID‑enabled self‑checkout, on‑site alterations, RE.UNIQLO donation bins, and...
By Retail TouchPoints
News•Jan 15, 2026
Sprinklr Named Innovative Products Winner in the 2026 BIG Innovation Awards
Sprinklr, the AI‑native Unified Customer Experience Management platform, has been named the Innovative Products winner in the 2026 BIG Innovation Awards. The honor highlights Sprinklr’s AI agents, purpose‑built to automate and optimize marketing, care, research, and commerce workflows. Executives say...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 15, 2026
Olelo Intelligence Raises $1M in Funding
Olelo Intelligence, a Honolulu‑based AI sales‑coaching platform for automotive repair shops, secured $1 million in funding led by Hawaiʻi Angels, which contributed $500 k. The capital will fund operational expansion and further product development. Since the round’s close in fall 2025, Olelo has...
By FinSMEs
News•Jan 15, 2026
Emplifi Partners with Reddit to Fuel Actionable Industry Intelligence and Strategic Execution
Emplifi announced a strategic partnership with Reddit, embedding Reddit’s Enterprise API into its Emplifi Fuel execution engine. The integration delivers real‑time, unfiltered community conversations to the platform’s AI‑powered analytics, turning raw signals into industry‑specific recommendations for retail, CPG, sports and...
By MarTech Series
Blog•Jan 15, 2026
AppGuard Critiques AI Hyped Defenses; Expands Its Insider Release for Its Next-Generation Platform
The episode highlights AppGuard’s critique of AI‑driven detection, arguing that endless AI‑generated alerts cannot keep pace with AI‑enhanced malware that adapts in real time. CEO Fatih Comlekoglu advocates a shift to a default‑deny, controls‑based endpoint strategy that dramatically reduces the attack...
By Security Ledger
News•Jan 15, 2026
Doceree Enters 2026 as the Only Truly Direct Point-of-Care Engagement Platform at Scale
Doceree, the AI‑powered operating system for healthcare marketing, closed 2025 as the largest directly integrated point‑of‑care (POC) engagement platform in the United States, leveraging over 150 native EHR connections including Epic and Oracle Cerner. The company reported a roughly 50%...
By AiThority
News•Jan 15, 2026
Goldman Surges Past Estimates, Despite Apple Card Costs
Goldman Sachs reported fourth‑quarter 2025 earnings that topped Wall Street forecasts, posting $14.01 earnings per share and $4.62 billion net income, well above analyst expectations. Revenue slipped to $13.45 billion, missing estimates, largely because the Platform Solutions unit logged a $1.68 billion loss...
By American Banker Technology
News•Jan 15, 2026
Feedzai and Matrix USA Launch Global Partnership to Modernize Financial-Crime Prevention with AI-Native Defenses
Feedzai, the AI-native risk‑operations platform, has partnered with Matrix USA to create a global Center of Excellence that accelerates AI‑driven fraud and anti‑money‑laundering (AML) deployments for banks. The collaboration blends Feedzai’s real‑time detection engine with Matrix USA’s advisory and integration...
By AiThority
News•Jan 15, 2026
KH Brokers and LaunchVector: A Transparent Comparison for E-Commerce Investors
KH Brokers and LaunchVector dominate the e‑commerce acquisition niche with contrasting business models. KH Brokers acts as a brokerage, delivering a high‑volume, vetted deal pipeline that has facilitated over $14 million in Flippa transactions and offers 100 % ownership at modest profit...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 15, 2026
What Does a Blue USB Port Mean? I Learned the Truth Behind All the Colors, and It's Wild
USB ports use a standardized color scheme to signal their generation and data‑transfer capabilities. Blue indicates USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (up to 5 Gbps), while teal, red, orange, yellow, black and white denote other speeds and power features. The colors help users match...
By ZDNet Robotics
News•Jan 15, 2026
Saying Goodbye to Windows Hello for Business: Five User Experience Pitfalls that Make Business Leaders Go for Best-in-Breed Solutions
The article highlights five user‑experience pitfalls of Windows Hello for Business that cause employees to abandon biometric authentication. Environmental variables—lighting, glasses, hats, facial hair, and device positioning—lead to frequent failures, prompting users to fall back on PINs or passwords. This...
By Security Boulevard
News•Jan 15, 2026
Slips Raises $3.5M in Series Seed Funding
Los Angeles‑based peer‑to‑peer betting platform Slips raised $3.5 M in a Series Seed round led by Las Olas Capital and Sunset Bay Capital, with participation from Andrew Schwartzberg and other strategic investors. The funding will be used to upgrade the technology...
By FinSMEs
News•Jan 15, 2026
R Systems Launches GCC Copilot to Power the Next Generation of Global Capability Centers Following Three-Fold Increase in Demand
R Systems unveiled GCC Copilot, an AI‑assisted service that helps mid‑market and large enterprises launch, scale, and optimize Global Capability Centers with accelerated speed. The platform promises operational readiness within 90 days and up to 30% cost reduction through AI‑driven...
By AiThority
News•Jan 15, 2026
Ancient Type II Supernova Discovered From Universe's First Billion Years
Astronomers using JWST have confirmed SN Eos, a Type II supernova at redshift 5.133, making it the most distant spectroscopically verified supernova ever observed. The explosion occurred when the universe was about one billion years old, shortly after reionization, and the host galaxy...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Jan 15, 2026
EBay Makes International Shipping Easier for German Sellers
eBay has introduced SpeedPAK in Germany, a logistics service that provides customs‑cleared shipping with duties prepaid, simplifying cross‑border sales for German merchants. The offering, built with logistics partner Orange Connex, integrates directly into eBay’s platform, allowing sellers to purchase labels...
By Ecommerce News Europe
News•Jan 15, 2026
Spotify Raises Its Subscription Prices in the U.S. Again
Spotify announced a third U.S. Premium price increase, raising the monthly fee from $11.99 to $12.99 effective February. The hike follows similar adjustments in 2023 and 2024 and mirrors recent price changes in the UK, Switzerland, Estonia, and Latvia. Spotify...
By TechCrunch Apps
News•Jan 15, 2026
45% of Peak Returns Were Paid For: Why Retailers Are Redrawing the Lines
During the 2025 peak season, 45% of returns were paid for, rising to 69% among smaller retailers, according to ZigZag data. The cost of processing these returns hit roughly £1.5 billion, with each return consuming 20%‑65% of the item’s value. Retailers...
By InternetRetailing
News•Jan 15, 2026
TrustPoint Demonstrates Non-GPS Navigation for LEO Satellites
TrustPoint, a Virginia startup, demonstrated that its low‑Earth‑orbit ground station, LEONS, can uplink precise time and tracking signals to a satellite, proving a GPS‑independent navigation capability. The compact node, roughly the size of a microwave oven, generated its own timing...
By SpaceNews
Social•Jan 15, 2026
US Must Shift to Robotic Labs to Stay Competitive
This is happening because scientific research in the US is done by hand at the lab bench. China is very good at having lots of skilled, manual labor. We need to move our paradigm for doing science off the lab...
By Jason Kelly
News•Jan 15, 2026
Cadent Appoints Chief People Officer and SVP of Marketing to Accelerate Next Phase of Growth
Cadent announced two senior executive appointments: Kim Tingler as Chief People Officer and Daniella Krieger as Senior Vice President of Marketing. Tingler brings over 15 years of HR leadership in media and technology, while Krieger adds 17 years of brand...
By MarTech Series
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News•Jan 15, 2026
Top 10 Payroll Software In Qatar [2026 Updated]
The 2026 update lists the top ten payroll software options for businesses operating in Qatar, highlighting features such as WPS file generation, attendance integration, and employee self‑service. It outlines seven key criteria for selecting a solution, including compliance with Qatar’s...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 15, 2026
New Metadata.io Report Finds AI Fluency Is Driving up to 3x Higher Pay and Faster Career Advancement in GTM
Metadata.io and VPofMarketing.com released a report showing AI fluency is reshaping B2B marketing careers. While 40% of firms cut marketing headcount, AI‑fluent GTM professionals earn up to three times higher salaries and advance faster. The study finds a single AI‑savvy...
By MarTech Series
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Design Strategies to Minimize Error Probability in Mechanisms
💡 If you were asked, as a mechanism designer, to minimize the probability of error in this design using any type of mechanical or electrical equipment, what design would you suggest? #design #solution #engineering #mechanism
By Amir Sanatkar
News•Jan 15, 2026
Calabrio Launches Omni Agent Intelligence to Unify Quality and Performance Across the Human and AI Agents, No Matter How the...
Calabrio announced Omni Agent Intelligence, a vendor‑agnostic layer built into Calabrio ONE that consolidates quality and performance data for both human and AI agents. The solution works across CCaaS, CRM, ITSM and AI platforms, delivering a single dashboard for sentiment,...
By MarTech Series
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Thread AI Secures Series A to Power Enterprise AI
New Job 2026, part X No, not for me, *for you*! Thread AI is based out of NYC and has built the platform the help companies and public sector actually use AI. Two amazing founders - Mayada Gonimah and Angela...
By Hunter Walk
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Apply NMF to Single‑Cell RNA‑seq with Our Tutorial
Non-negative matrix factorization is a commonly used technique in genomics data analysis. Read my tutorial on how you can use it for single-cell RNAseq data https://t.co/2SA1JdLfkT https://t.co/6kI1gcqyOe
By Ming Tang
News•Jan 15, 2026
Report: Massive Amounts of Sensitive Data Being Shared with GenAI Tools
A Harmonic Security report analyzing 22.4 million prompts across six generative AI tools reveals an exponential rise in sensitive data exposure, with 71% of incidents tied to ChatGPT. Approximately 579,000 prompts (2.6%) contained company‑sensitive information, especially code, legal discourse, and M&A...
By Security Boulevard
Social•Jan 15, 2026
Twitter Transformed My Bioinformatics Career and Keeps Me Current
Bioinformatics is a fast-moving field, how to stay current? 👇 The answers are different in different times. I read Stephen's post around 2012 and I hopped on Twitter; followed a bunch of bioinformaticians, Journals and professors. It changed my career trajectory. https://t.co/QYV5vKFQgP
By Ming Tang
Social•Jan 15, 2026
AI Explains Single‑cell Clustering, Not Just Runs It
1/ I've analyzed dozens of single-cell datasets. I still google "Seurat clustering parameters" every single time. Last week I tried something different. I asked Claude Code to explain my clustering results instead of just generating them. https://t.co/AMQpheqhYC
By Ming Tang
News•Jan 15, 2026
Mastercard, Visa, Revolut Lose UK Court Fight as Judge Backs Cap on Cross-Border Card Fees
A London High Court judge affirmed the UK Payment Systems Regulator’s authority to set a cap on cross‑border interchange fees, delivering a legal defeat to Mastercard, Visa and fintech Revolut. The ruling clears the path for the regulator to design...
By Finance Magnates Fintech
Social•Jan 15, 2026
He Jiankui Returns, Society Still Unready for Embryo Editing
The reckless human embryo genome editor, He Jiankui, known as China's Dr. Frankenstein, is back at it. "People were not yet ready to accept what I was doing." We're still not. https://t.co/UYIwWj0qf1
By Eric Topol
News•Jan 15, 2026
J&J Builds Case for Earlier Tecvayli Use in Multiple Myeloma
Johnson & Johnson reported that Tecvayli (teclistamab) monotherapy cut overall survival risk by 40% in the MajesTEC‑9 trial for patients who had received one to three prior lines of therapy. The same study showed a 71% reduction in progression‑free survival...
By pharmaphorum
News•Jan 15, 2026
Promptware Kill Chain – Five-Step Kill Chain Model For Analyzing Cyberthreats
The Promptware Kill Chain introduces a five‑step framework that treats malicious prompts and poisoned content as a distinct class of AI malware. It maps the lifecycle of attacks on large language model applications from initial access through privilege escalation, persistence,...
By GBHackers On Security