News•Jan 13, 2026
SoftSnow Becomes Zapier Silver Solution Partner, Expanding AI Automation Services
SoftSnow, an AI consulting firm, announced its new Zapier Silver Solution Partner status, enabling it to embed Zapier’s low‑code automation across 8,000+ apps. The partnership expands SoftSnow’s AI Strategic Transformation methodology with enterprise‑grade security, governance, and scalable workflow design. By leveraging Zapier’s platform, SoftSnow aims to solve the “automation trap” that plagues many enterprises, delivering faster ROI through its AI Opportunity Matrix. Founder Reid Valfer highlighted that the alliance helps clients integrate existing tools rather than adding new, complex solutions.
By AiThority
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Focus on Product-Market Fit, Buyers Come Naturally
“Businesses get bought, not sold.” - A random private equity fund bossman. I sold Robly in 2021, and I didn't go looking for a buyer. Robly was a grind. Only got to $3M ARR. Tiny company in a super-saturated space (didn't have...
By Adam Robinson
News•Jan 13, 2026
A Quarter-Century in Orbit: Science Shaping Life on Earth and Beyond
Over 25 years, the International Space Station has become a unique microgravity laboratory, enabling breakthroughs in protein crystallization, disease research, and space agriculture. Experiments such as Angiex Cancer Therapy and NanoRacks‑PCG have produced higher‑quality crystals that inform targeted cancer drugs,...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Jan 13, 2026
Tasq AI and BLEND Announce Merger to Launch the “Trust Layer” For Global Enterprise AI
Tasq AI and BLEND have merged to form a unified platform that delivers a “trust layer” for enterprise AI, combining Tasq’s proprietary data‑refinery technology with BLEND’s global crowd of millions and 25,000 domain experts. The new entity, operating under the...
By AiThority
News•Jan 13, 2026
The Essential Reading Series: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
The Essential Reading Series curates a diverse collection of books that explore the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) from scientific, cultural, and philosophical angles. Titles range from Carl Sagan’s fictional dramatization in *Contact* to Paul Davies’ analytical works on the...
By New Space Economy
News•Jan 13, 2026
When the Marketing Graph Becomes the Target Map
A Wired investigation uncovered that Google’s ad service hosted audience segments tied to highly sensitive groups, allowing marketers and potential adversaries to target mobile devices linked to government employees and executives. The article warns that modern ad‑tech pipelines collect granular...
By Security Boulevard
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Your Day Job Can Teach 11 Entrepreneurial Lessons
Some of the best founder training happens in your 9 to 5 if you’re curious enough to notice. In episode 815, I share 11 unexpected lessons a day job can teach you about entrepreneurship. Listen here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gfJNG6qV
By Rob Walling
News•Jan 13, 2026
The Path to Solar Weather Forecasts Is Paved with Drops in Cosmic Rays
Researchers from the University of Tokyo and partner agencies have demonstrated a new way to monitor coronal mass ejections by tracking drops in cosmic‑ray intensity, known as Forbush decreases, using instruments not originally designed for science on multiple spacecraft. In...
By Phys.org - Space News
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Formatting Numbers for Fluency Boosts Recall
Does something look off about this phone number? Or does something seem really right? Usually we see the last 7 digits break into a group of 3, followed by a group of 4. But here, they break into a group...
By Nancy Harhut
News•Jan 13, 2026
Blast From the Past: A Rocket History Quiz
Space.com released a rocket‑history quiz that walks readers from ancient gunpowder experiments to today’s reusable launchers. The interactive format highlights milestones such as Tsiolkovsky’s liquid‑propellant theory, Goddard’s 1926 flight, the V‑2 missile, and the Saturn V moon rocket. It also spotlights...
By Space.com
News•Jan 13, 2026
Payments Association Calls for Bank of England to Stop Stifling Stablecoin Progress
The Payments Association released its 2026 manifesto, urging the Bank of England to remove holding limits, improve backing‑asset ratios, and lift the wholesale ban on systemic stablecoins. The 77‑policy blueprint, drafted by over 150 payments experts, targets regulatory bottlenecks that...
By Finextra
News•Jan 13, 2026
The Role of Identity in the PSD3 Era
PSD3, set to enforce in 2026, upgrades the European payments regime from PSD2’s data‑sharing focus to an identity‑centric security model. The directive mandates phishing‑resistant, biometric and behavioral authentication, and shifts authorized push‑payment fraud liability onto payment service providers. Real‑time, risk‑adaptive...
By Finextra
News•Jan 13, 2026
DXC Strengthens Alliance with SAP as a RISE with SAP Validated Partner
DXC Technology has been confirmed as a RISE with SAP Validated Partner, joining a select group recognized for deep SAP expertise and proven cloud migration experience. The firm boasts the industry’s largest SAP Business AI consulting team—2,200 specialists across 37...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 13, 2026
The Essential Reading Series: Elon Musk
The Essential Reading Series compiles ten recent books that chronicle Elon Musk’s rise from a South African youth to the architect of Tesla, SpaceX, and multiple disruptive ventures. The titles range from Walter Isaacson’s comprehensive biography to niche studies of...
By New Space Economy
News•Jan 13, 2026
Avalon GloboCare Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Stockholders’ Equity Requirement, Launches Marketing for Automated Generative AI Video Platform
Avalon GloboCare Corp. announced it has regained compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum stockholders’ equity requirement, cancelling a pending hearing and keeping its shares listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The company highlighted its strengthened financial position and renewed focus on long‑term...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 13, 2026
F5 NGINXaaS for Google Cloud Protects Cloud-Native Applications
F5 has introduced F5 NGINXaaS for Google Cloud, a managed, cloud‑native application delivery‑as‑a‑service that unifies load balancing, security and observability. Developed with Google Cloud, the service is available through the Marketplace and targets containerized, AI‑enabled workloads. It offers programmable traffic...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 13, 2026
OneDrive Backup Just Got a Massive Change for the Better - How It Works Now
Microsoft’s Windows 11 25H2 update automatically enables OneDrive Backup on fresh installations, moving Documents, Pictures and Desktop folders into the OneDrive directory while keeping local copies. The change is silent during the out‑of‑box experience, offering cloud sync without explicit user consent....
By ZDNet
News•Jan 13, 2026
FirstComm Launches AscendOne, A Unified UC + CC + AI Platform Transforming Business Communications
FirstComm unveiled AscendOne, a unified communications platform that combines voice, messaging, video meetings, contact‑center functions and AI‑driven productivity tools into a single cloud solution. The platform runs on Intermedia Intelligent Communications’ AI‑enhanced infrastructure, offering 99.999% uptime and 24/7 U.S. support....
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 13, 2026
Bright Supernova Offers New View of Black Hole Birth
Astronomers observed supernova SN 2022esa, a type Ic‑CSM event, capturing the collapse of a massive Wolf‑Rayet star that formed a black hole. The team combined rapid Seimei and deep Subaru data to track its evolution, revealing a one‑month stable brightness plateau...
By SpaceDaily
News•Jan 13, 2026
Ancient Impact May Explain Moons Contrasting Sides
Scientists have long debated why the Moon’s near side is covered by dark volcanic maria while the far side remains a rugged highland. New research using Chang’e 6 far‑side samples reveals an enrichment of heavy potassium isotopes, a fingerprint of a...
By SpaceDaily
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Customer Research Sells; Product Research Builds
I'm noticing confusion in b2b around customer research - we think we're doing customer research ( ✅ ) but in reality it's usually just product research 🙈 (to improve the product) Product research asks: "How do we improve our features?"...
By Anna Furmanov
News•Jan 13, 2026
PH-1 Test Flight Advances Chinese Reusable Suborbital Spacecraft Plans
Chinese commercial aerospace firm CAS Space successfully flew its PH-1 suborbital vehicle, marking the first reusable test flight in the nation’s push toward low‑cost microgravity research and space tourism. The flight demonstrated autonomous navigation, thermal protection and a controlled splash‑down,...
By SpaceDaily
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Make Your Customer the Hero, Not Your Pitch
You should never try to make yourself, your company, or your product look too good in your presentations. This is a classic mistake. Because you are not the hero. Your company is not the hero. Your product is not the...
By Nancy Duarte
News•Jan 13, 2026
12 Important Considerations When Deciding on Your Company’s Fiscal Year
Choosing a fiscal year is a strategic decision that shapes budgeting, tax planning, and investor communication. Companies can align the period with industry standards, revenue cycles, or seasonal peaks to improve reporting relevance. Legal and regulatory requirements, especially for multinational...
By TechBullion
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Build Business Pipelines Like Making Genuine Friendships
The process of building pipeline and winning new business is very similar to making a new friend. You typically don't just cold call someone in your neighborhood and ask if they want to get beers. But, if you're motivated, you...
By Matt Heinz
News•Jan 13, 2026
Google Takes Agentic Retail Into Chat
Google unveiled a universal commerce protocol (UCP) to streamline AI‑driven shopping, partnering with retailers like Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Lowe’s. The open‑source standard, backed by about 20 major payment firms including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Stripe, creates a common language...
By Payments Dive
News•Jan 13, 2026
BNP Paribas Launches Unified Asset Management Platform for European Markets
BNP Paribas has launched a unified asset‑management platform that merges AXA Investment Managers, BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management and BNP Paribas Asset Management. The combined entity now oversees more than €1.6 trillion in assets, including a €1 trillion liquid‑assets franchise and a €300 billion alternatives...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Jan 13, 2026
Understanding the Layers of AI Observability in the Age of LLMs
AI observability extends classic logging, metrics, and tracing into the probabilistic world of large language models. By breaking an LLM‑driven workflow into traces and nested spans, teams can monitor each step—from input handling to final decision—just like traditional production software....
By MarkTechPost
News•Jan 13, 2026
Sofa Club Hires Paul Brennan as Managing Director
Sofa Club has appointed former Marc Jacobs executive Paul Brennan as its managing director. Brennan, who previously held senior roles at Yoox Net‑A‑Porter, Browns, John Lewis and most recently JW Anderson, will lead the brand’s UK expansion. The hire aligns...
By The Retail Bulletin
News•Jan 13, 2026
Boostr and Passendo Announce Strategic Partnership to Unify Ad Management for Publishers’ High-Value Email Inventory
Boostr, a unified ad‑management platform, has partnered with Passendo, an email‑ad serving specialist, to bring newsletter inventory into a single workflow. The integration links Boostr’s OMS and CRM tools with Passendo’s dedicated email server, creating a consolidated view of display,...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 13, 2026
What Sanofi’s Multiple Sclerosis Troubles Could Mean for the Space
Sanofi’s BTK inhibitor tolebrutinib failed pivotal late‑stage trials in both relapsing and primary progressive multiple sclerosis, prompting the FDA to reject its approval over liver toxicity concerns. The setback highlights the challenges of BTK‑targeted therapies, even as competitors like Roche’s...
By BioPharma Dive
News•Jan 13, 2026
Altcoin Season: Understanding the Cycles, Signals, Opportunities, and Risks Behind Crypto’s Most Profitable Phase
Altcoin season describes a market phase where alternative cryptocurrencies outpace Bitcoin in price growth, volume, and attention. It typically follows a strong Bitcoin rally, prompting investors to rotate capital into higher‑risk tokens as Bitcoin dominance falls. The cycle unfolds in...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 13, 2026
Widespread Magecart Campaign Targets Users of All Major Credit Cards
Silent Push researchers have uncovered a global Magecart campaign that has been skimming credit‑card data from all major networks since 2022. The attackers host malicious JavaScript on innocuous domains such as cdn‑cookie.com and erase the code when a WordPress admin bar...
By HackRead
News•Jan 13, 2026
Zip Launches Enterprise Transformation Office, Tapping Former Fortune 500 CPOs to Guide Procurement Leaders Through AI-Era Change
Zip has unveiled an Enterprise Transformation Office (ETO) staffed by former Fortune 500 chief procurement officers to help customers modernize procurement with AI. The team, led by former Discover senior director Jason Moore, includes veterans from UnitedHealth Group, MGM Resorts,...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 13, 2026
AI Models Don't Have a Unified "Self" - and That's Not a Bug
Anthropic researcher Josh Batson argues that language models like Claude do not maintain a unified internal representation of facts. Experiments show the model uses separate mechanisms to retrieve knowledge and to verify statements, leading to contradictory answers. This internal fragmentation...
By THE DECODER
News•Jan 13, 2026
Pipeline360 Launches Ads360, Redefining B2B Advertising as a Measurable Demand Engine
Pipeline360 unveiled Ads360, an AI‑driven B2B advertising platform that ties media spend directly to demand and pipeline outcomes. The solution combines audience intelligence, cross‑channel activation and full‑funnel measurement into a fully managed service. Powered by the Navi360 engine, Ads360 delivers...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 13, 2026
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience in a Shifting Market
Pharma companies are curbing investment amid pricing pressure and growth anxiety, creating a self‑fulfilling slowdown. To protect against supply disruptions, firms are auditing entire supply chains, adding second and third sources, and holding safety stock, which ties up cash. Geographic...
By Pharmaceutical Technology
News•Jan 13, 2026
Scientists Realize a Three-Qubit Quantum Register in a Silicon Photonic Chip
UC Berkeley researchers have realized a three‑qubit quantum register on a silicon photonic chip using atomic‑scale T‑centers. The device achieves coherent control and entanglement with nuclear‑spin coherence times up to roughly 100 ms. The register is integrated via ion implantation, rapid...
By Phys.org (Quantum Physics News)
News•Jan 13, 2026
Multiply Labs to Bring “Physical AI” Robotics Technology to Advanced Biomanufacturing With NVIDIA
Multiply Labs announced a partnership with NVIDIA to embed the latter’s Isaac Sim, GR00T foundation models, and perception tools into its robotic biomanufacturing platform. The collaboration creates high‑fidelity digital twins, AI‑driven manipulation skills, and perception pipelines that accelerate development of...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Jan 13, 2026
Winston Pierce Invest: Where Cutting-Edge AI Meets Real-World Trading Precision
Montreal‑based Winston Pierce Invest has positioned AI at the core of its brokerage, using proprietary deep‑learning models to power high‑frequency trading in equities, forex, and crypto arbitrage. The system scans global markets in real time, executing trades within milliseconds and...
By TechBullion
Blog•Jan 13, 2026
Addgene’s Expanding Collection of Research Tools for Industry Scientists
Addgene, celebrating two decades of plasmid distribution, now offers nearly 10,000 unique research tools to industry scientists. The collection spans fluorescent protein plasmids, AI‑generated CRISPR editors, enzyme‑producing vectors, viral‑vector kits, and extensive antibody libraries. New filters on the Addgene website...
By Addgene Blog
Social•Jan 13, 2026
No Recent H
There hasn't been a report of a dairy herd infected with #H5N1 #birdflu in the past 30 days. Does that mean there've been no infected herds? Or no reported herds? 🤷♀️ Since the virus was first discovered to have moved into...
By Helen Branswell
News•Jan 13, 2026
Apple Creator Studio
Apple introduced Apple Creator Studio, a subscription bundle that unites Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, MainStage and AI‑enhanced features for Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and future Freeform. The suite launches on Jan 28, 2026, priced at $12.99 per...
By Hacker News
News•Jan 13, 2026
How to Build a Multi-Turn Crescendo Red-Teaming Pipeline to Evaluate and Stress-Test LLM Safety Using Garak
The tutorial demonstrates building a multi‑turn crescendo‑style red‑team pipeline with Garak to stress‑test large language model safety. It adds a lightweight custom detector for system‑prompt leakage and an iterative probe that escalates benign prompts toward sensitive extraction across several turns....
By MarkTechPost
Social•Jan 13, 2026
First 1:1 Project Delivers Best Sales Call Ever
My client pitched using his new ownable idea for the first time. Best sales call he’s EVER had. (And he runs a $1M+ agency) This is the first 1:1 client project work I’ve done in 7 years. And I’ve gotta say, after...
By Katelyn Bourgoin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
New Delivery Breakthroughs Expand Genome Editing Beyond Blood, Liver, Eye
Genome editing for treatment of diseases has been constrained to blood, liver and eye targets due to delivery obstacles. But that's about to change. a @NatureBiotech review https://t.co/NJHiMlHMVY https://t.co/pFDftgEWRX
By Eric Topol
News•Jan 13, 2026
Sosandar Boosted by Surge in Ecommerce Sales
Sosandar’s revenue rose 10% to £13.4 million in Q3, driven by a strong ecommerce surge. Online sales jumped 27% thanks to higher site traffic, better conversion rates, and larger order volumes. Brick‑and‑mortar stores also outperformed the prior year. CEOs say the...
By The Retail Bulletin
Social•Jan 13, 2026
New Platform Gives Industrial Robots Real‑World Vision
Visual Object Intelligence Platform: Empowering Industrial #Robots to See, Understand, and Handle the Real World via @ZappyZappy7 #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/chGNhjh2gr
By Ronald van Loon
News•Jan 13, 2026
Spaceflight Causes Astronauts' Brains to Shift, Stretch and Compress in Microgravity
A new study published in PNAS reveals that microgravity reshapes astronauts’ brains. Imaging of crew members before and after flight shows the brain shifts upward, stretches, and experiences compression of certain regions. The changes include enlarged ventricles and altered tissue...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Jan 13, 2026
Upstream Partners with Škoda to Strengthen Connected Vehicle Cybersecurity
Upstream Security announced a strategic partnership with Škoda Auto to deploy its unified cybersecurity platform across the automaker’s connected‑vehicle, digital services and supply‑chain ecosystem. The solution consolidates threat intelligence, risk signals and compliance data into a single workspace, improving visibility,...
By SiliconANGLE