News•Jan 13, 2026
MassRobotics Opens Applications for 4th Annual Form and Function Robotics Challenge
MassRobotics has opened applications for its fourth annual Form and Function Robotics Challenge, partnering with AMD, Dassault Systèmes, Harmonic Drive, Maeden, Maxon and Mitsubishi Electric. The global competition targets university teams and offers a $10,000 grand prize, $1,000 for second and third place, plus a $1,000 audience‑choice award. Winners will showcase their robots in live demonstrations at the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston on May 27‑28, 2026. Applications are accepted through February 2, 2026.
By MassRobotics Blog
News•Jan 13, 2026
Xsens IMUs Deliver Sub-5 Cm Real-Time Heave Accuracy for Precise Wave Motion Compensation.
Xsens announced a firmware‑based upgrade that adds a Heave measurement capability to its industrial‑grade Sirius and Avior inertial measurement units. The new feature delivers sub‑5 cm vertical displacement accuracy for wave periods up to 29 seconds and about 6 cm for longer 40‑second...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Jan 13, 2026
The 1% Advantage: How Store Layouts Quietly Decide Who Wins in Retail
Retail store layouts can silently erode sales by confusing shoppers, a problem now quantifiable with in‑store analytics. Misplaced product adjacencies can shave up to 30% of traffic, while clear sightlines and logical groupings boost dwell time and basket size. Target’s...
By Retail TouchPoints
News•Jan 13, 2026
How Inviting Consumers to ‘Ask Ralph’ Deepens Their Connection to the Ralph Lauren Brand
Ralph Lauren unveiled "Ask Ralph," an AI‑driven styling assistant now live on the Polo brand’s mobile app, built with Microsoft Azure AI and Copilot Studio. The agent taps real‑time inventory to deliver personalized outfit recommendations that echo the company’s timeless...
By Retail TouchPoints
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Old PR Tactics Are Dead, Credibility Is Alive
Good Thor. I am tired of the "PR is dead" rhetoric. It's never been more important than it has in the past five years. We keep hearing: ❌ “PR is dead.” ❌ “PR is news releases.” ❌ “PR is media...
By Gini Dietrich
News•Jan 13, 2026
Deepgram Raises $130M at $1.3B Valuation and Buys a YC AI Startup
Deepgram announced a $130 million Series C funding round, valuing the voice‑AI company at $1.3 billion. The round was led by AVP and included existing backers plus new strategic investors such as Twilio, SAP and Y Combinator. Deepgram, now cash‑flow positive, plans to expand...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Jan 13, 2026
Speechmatics, Sully.ai Partner to Scale Healthcare AI Infrastructure Globally
Speechmatics and Sully.ai announced a strategic partnership that couples Speechmatics' medical‑grade speech models with Sully's autonomous agent platform, all running on NVIDIA AI infrastructure. The collaboration aims to deliver AI receptionists and clinical scribes that cut administrative burden and generate...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 13, 2026
How to Store Your Crypto Safely in Kuwait: Best Cryptocurrency Wallets Compared
Crypto adoption is accelerating in Kuwait, prompting investors to prioritize secure storage. The article explains how wallets manage public and private keys and contrasts hot wallets, which offer convenience for active trading, with cold wallets that provide offline protection for...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 13, 2026
PowerShell-Driven Multi-Stage Windows Malware Using Text Payloads
Researchers have uncovered the SHADOW#REACTOR campaign, a multi‑stage Windows malware chain that starts with an obfuscated VBS script and escalates through a PowerShell stager, text‑only payloads, and a .NET Reactor‑protected loader. The loader reflectively injects a Remcos RAT payload entirely...
By GBHackers On Security
News•Jan 13, 2026
How to Buy Cryptocurrency in the UAE: Step-by-Step
The guide walks UAE investors through buying cryptocurrency, from choosing a licensed exchange such as Binance, BitOasis or Kraken to completing KYC and funding the account. It explains core concepts like blockchain, the main digital assets and why crypto offers...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 13, 2026
AI Innovations Transform Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
Artificial intelligence platforms are now integrating multimodal imaging, genomics, and clinical data to improve glioma diagnosis and personalize treatment plans. Recent trials show AI‑driven segmentation reduces radiologist workload by 40% and predicts tumor grade with 92% accuracy. Companies such as...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Jan 13, 2026
Common Crypto Trading Mistakes UK Beginners Make and How to Avoid Them
Exolventra targets UK crypto newcomers, offering tools to curb common trading errors rooted in limited knowledge, inadequate research, and emotional bias. The guide stresses mastering fundamentals, studying market cycles, and vetting project teams before allocating capital. It also highlights disciplined...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 13, 2026
How Will Generative AI Secure the Trust of Compliance Teams?
Generative AI is rapidly moving from pilot projects to production in financial services, but compliance teams remain skeptical due to explainability, auditability, and accountability concerns. Industry leaders stress that trust hinges on visible reasoning, complete audit trails, and human‑in‑the‑loop controls....
By Fintech Global
News•Jan 13, 2026
CrowdStrike and Nord Security Partner to Redefine SMB Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike and Nord Security announced a strategic partnership to bring AI‑native Falcon protection to small and midsize businesses. The collaboration bundles Falcon Go and Falcon Enterprise with NordLayer’s secure access platform, simplifying purchase and deployment for SMBs. A joint offering with Pax8...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 13, 2026
Understanding Brokerage Charges with an Easy-to-Use Calculator
Brokerage charges are the various fees levied by brokers, exchanges, and regulators on each trade, including brokerage fees, exchange transaction charges, DP fees, STT, SEBI turnover, IPFT, stamp duty, and GST. Because multiple components apply at different rates, investors often...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 13, 2026
7 Free Google AI Tools that Rival Paid Alternatives
Google has rolled out a suite of free generative‑AI tools that rival costly paid services, covering video summarization, web‑app creation, workflow automation, presentation design, brand‑focused content, image synthesis, and multi‑speaker audio. All tools run on Google’s Gemini model and are...
By Indian Express AI
News•Jan 13, 2026
Lung Cancer Trial to Proceed After FDA Releases Hold on Merck, Daiichi’s ADC
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has lifted the partial clinical hold on Merck and Daiichi Sankyo’s antibody‑drug conjugate ifinatamab deruxtecan (I‑DXd) in the Phase III IDeate‑Lung02 trial for relapsed small‑cell lung cancer. The companies can now resume enrollment and data...
By BioSpace
News•Jan 13, 2026
Digital Bank OakNorth Extends £4 Million Revolving Credit Line to Verso Wealth Management
OakNorth has granted Verso Wealth Management a £4 million revolving credit facility to fund its aggressive acquisition strategy of independent financial adviser firms across the UK. The digital‑first lender, which has deployed $18 billion in financing, offers flexible, covenant‑light capital that preserves...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Jan 13, 2026
Anthropic's Claude Cowork Was Built in Under Two Weeks Using Claude Code to Write the Code
Anthropic unveiled Claude Cowork, an AI‑powered collaboration app built in roughly one and a half weeks. The majority of its code was generated by Claude Code, the company’s own code‑generation model, according to inventor Boris Cherny. Product manager Felix Rieseberg said the sprint‑and‑a‑half effort...
By THE DECODER
News•Jan 13, 2026
Tuya Smart Launches Aura, an AI Companion Robot Designed for Pets
Tuya Smart introduced Aura, an AI‑powered pet companion robot, at CES 2026, extending its AI cloud and physical AI roadmap. The device blends autonomous navigation, computer vision, sound recognition and generative AI to monitor behavior, infer emotional states and interact through...
By The AI Insider
News•Jan 13, 2026
Search Marketing’s Insight Gap: When Automation Replaces Understanding via @Sejournal, @Coreydmorris
Search marketing has rapidly adopted automation—from AI‑generated content to automated bidding—boosting efficiency and scale. However, leaders now face an "insights gap" where performance shifts are visible but their causes remain unclear, eroding confidence in decision‑making. The article argues the problem...
By Search Engine Journal
News•Jan 13, 2026
Acronis Launches Archival Storage to Give MSPs Long-Term, Compliant Data Retention
Acronis International launched Archival Storage, a compliance‑focused, long‑term data retention service aimed at managed service providers (MSPs) and their SMB customers. The solution uses AWS S3‑compatible object storage, offering millisecond retrieval, 11×9 durability and 99.5% availability, while eliminating egress and...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Jan 13, 2026
Marea Takes Drug for Acromegaly to Phase 2
Marea Therapeutics announced that its experimental drug for acromegaly has entered Phase 2 clinical testing. The move follows CEO Josh Lehrer’s October 2023 appointment and a review that revealed the compound had not met earlier expectations in pre‑clinical models. The Phase 2...
By Endpoints News
News•Jan 13, 2026
Slackbot Is an AI Agent Now
Salesforce has launched a generative‑AI version of Slackbot, now positioned as an autonomous AI agent for Business+ and Enterprise+ customers. The new Slackbot can retrieve data, draft emails, schedule meetings, and interact with external tools such as Microsoft Teams and...
By TechCrunch Enterprise
News•Jan 13, 2026
Noah and Nala Launch Instant Stablecoin Settlement Network
Noah and NALA announced a strategic partnership to create an instant stablecoin settlement network for cross‑border payments. The platform lets global businesses collect USD and pay out local currency in minutes, targeting the estimated $850 bn liquidity gap in Africa and...
By Finextra
News•Jan 13, 2026
Salesforce Rolls Out New Slackbot AI Agent as It Battles Microsoft and Google in Workplace AI
Salesforce launched a rebuilt Slackbot AI agent for Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, powered by Anthropic’s Claude large language model and integrated with Salesforce records, Google Drive, calendars, and Slack history. Internally, 80,000 employees adopted it rapidly, achieving 96% satisfaction and...
By VentureBeat
News•Jan 13, 2026
Can You Afford the Total Cost of Free Java?
Running Java on a free, unsupported JVM carries hidden risks as exploit timelines have accelerated dramatically. In 2023, attackers began leveraging newly disclosed Java flaws within five days, and some incidents occurred in under an hour. Without commercial support, organizations...
By Security Boulevard
News•Jan 13, 2026
Slack’s Automated Bot Is Getting an Upgrade Into an AI Workplace Helper
Slack is revamping its native Slackbot into an AI‑powered workplace assistant for paid customers. The new bot can summarize discussions, retrieve data from integrated apps, draft reports and Canvas documents, and schedule meetings via plain‑language prompts. Leveraging retrieval‑augmented generation, it...
By Fast Company AI
Podcast•Jan 13, 2026•19 min
36 | 2026 Software M&A Outlook: Valuations, Buyers, and What’s Changed
In this episode, Vista Point Advisors’ managing directors Mike Lyon and Jeff Koons dissect the 2025 software M&A landscape and project key shifts for 2026, focusing on buyer behavior, deal structures, and valuation trends—especially in vertical SaaS. They highlight that strategic...
By The Path to Exit
News•Jan 13, 2026
"Slackbot Isn’t Just Another Copilot or AI Assistant - It’s the Front Door to the Agentic Enterprise" - Salesforce's New...
Salesforce has made Slackbot, its AI‑powered conversational assistant, generally available to Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, expanding the Dreamforce 2025 preview into a production feature. Slackbot links Slack conversations with Salesforce records and third‑party apps such as Google Drive, enabling it...
By TechRadar
News•Jan 13, 2026
Why Sakana AI’s Big Win Is a Big Deal for the Future of Enterprise Agents
Japanese startup Sakana AI’s coding agent ALE‑Agent captured first place in the AtCoder Heuristic Contest, outpacing more than 800 human competitors. The four‑hour run leveraged inference‑time scaling, generating, testing, and iterating hundreds of solutions. By introducing a "Virtual Power" concept,...
By VentureBeat
News•Jan 13, 2026
BodySnatcher (CVE-2025-12420): A Broken Authentication and Agentic Hijacking Vulnerability in ServiceNow
ServiceNow’s Virtual Agent API and Now Assist AI Agents contain a critical broken‑authentication flaw (CVE‑2025‑12420) that lets unauthenticated attackers impersonate any user using only an email address. The vulnerability exploits a static provider secret and email‑only auto‑linking to bypass MFA...
By Security Boulevard
News•Jan 13, 2026
HoneyTrap: Outsmarting Jailbreak Attacks on Large Language Models
Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, UIUC and Zhejiang University introduced HoneyTrap, a deceptive‑defense framework that counters multi‑turn jailbreak attacks on large language models. The system employs four specialized defensive agents to mislead attackers, prolong interactions, and drain computational resources...
By GBHackers On Security
News•Jan 13, 2026
JPMorgan's Profit Dips as It Preps for Apple Card Portfolio
JPMorgan reported fourth‑quarter net income of $13 billion, but earnings per share fell to $4.63, missing forecasts after a one‑time $2.2 billion credit‑loss provision tied to its expanding credit‑card business. The bank will replace Goldman Sachs as the platform for Apple’s $20 billion...
By American Banker Technology
News•Jan 13, 2026
Survey Shows Insurers Lagging on Compliance Screening
A LSEG Risk Intelligence survey reveals insurers lag behind peers in compliance screening, with 75% reporting data‑update delays and 80% citing inflexible tools. Manual remediation workloads affect 81% of firms, while high false‑positive rates persist at 75%. Despite these hurdles,...
By Finextra
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Publish Faster, Overthinking Kills LinkedIn Growth
I overthought my first 100 posts. Edited them to death. Spent hours on each one. Waited for the "perfect" moment to publish. Most of them flopped anyway. Then I started posting faster. Rougher drafts. Less editing. Just hit publish and...
By Justin Welsh
News•Jan 13, 2026
IAltA Acquires BridgeFT
iAltA Holdings announced the acquisition of BridgeFT, a cloud‑native, API‑first wealth infrastructure firm. BridgeFT’s WealthTech API unifies client and portfolio data, eliminating the need for multiple bespoke integrations. The deal gives iAltA a ready‑made data‑layer to simplify technology stacks, cut...
By Finextra
News•Jan 13, 2026
CallTrackingMetrics Rebrands to CTM
CallTrackingMetrics has rebranded as CTM, signaling its transition from a call‑analytics vendor to an AI‑driven communications intelligence platform. The new identity comes with a refreshed visual brand, website, and a suite of enterprise‑grade features launched in Q4, including Adobe Analytics...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 13, 2026
Armenia Probes Alleged Sale of 8 Million Government Records on Hacker Forum
Armenian authorities have launched a probe after a hacker identified as dk0m claimed to be selling eight million government records on a dark‑web forum. The data allegedly originates from a state notification system that distributes legal and administrative notices. Officials...
By DataBreaches.net
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Revolut Poised to Dominate Stablecoin Market by 2025
Revolut processed $1.2B in stablecoins last month. That's on track to beat $10.5B in stablecoin transfers in 2025. 87% growth. 30-40% of transactions are a few hundred dollars. - That's rent. - That's freelancer payments. - That's family sending money home. It's a massively changing...
By Simon Taylor
News•Jan 13, 2026
Massive Cyberattack on Polish Power System in December Failed, Minister Says
Poland’s power grid endured its biggest cyberattack in years during the last week of December, according to Energy Minister Milosz Motyka. The operation attempted to sever communication links between renewable energy installations and distribution operators, but was ultimately thwarted with...
By DataBreaches.net
News•Jan 13, 2026
Noction Adds Automatic Anomaly Detection to IRP v4.3 for Faster DDoS Mitigation
Noction launched Intelligent Routing Platform (IRP) v4.3, adding Automatic Anomaly Detection (AAD) that spots abnormal traffic and triggers edge‑level DDoS mitigation. The system can automatically apply BGP FlowSpec filters or blackhole traffic, with optional operator review. IRP v4.3 also upgrades Commit Control...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 13, 2026
Lords Committee Warns on Private Credit Risks to UK Stability
The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee reports that private‑market assets under management have surged from under $4 trillion in 2008 to roughly $16 trillion today, with about $185 billion in the UK. While private credit has delivered strong returns and funded...
By Fintech Global
Social•Jan 13, 2026
AstraZeneca Launches First TROP2 NMR‑guided Phase 3 NSCLC Trial
👀 Real precision medicine from $AZN $DSNKY TROPION-Lung17 TROP2 Biomarker Directed Phase 3 Trial of DATROWAY® Initiated in Patients with Previously Treated Advanced Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer “…TROPION-Lung17 is the first phase 3 clinical trial to prospectively enroll patients with tumors...
By BowTiedBiotech
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Chime Embeds AI in Code and Daily Operations
30% of Chime's code is AI-generated. 90% of staff use AI weekly. Not a chatbot—an operating partner. Consumer Fintech Chime Leverages AI To Enhance Financial Services https://t.co/Zjuf9maKNd https://t.co/KVIwQiJI2X
By Efi Pylarinou
News•Jan 13, 2026
Android Banking Malware deVixor Actively Targeting Users with Ransomware Capabilities.
Android banking trojan deVixor, active since October 2025, is distributing through counterfeit automotive‑sale websites targeting Iranian users. The malware harvests SMS OTPs, banking credentials, and cryptocurrency exchange data, and can remotely lock devices with a ransomware command demanding 50 TRX. Its...
By GBHackers On Security
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Pazdur Warns Politics and Chaos Harming FDA Effectiveness
From our STAT #JPM26 event last night: Pazdur warns that politics, ‘chaos’ are damaging FDA Veteran drug regulator, who left the agency last month, says industry hasn’t fully realized extent of the issues https://t.co/ewSxWBoKGl via @elaineywchen
By Adam Feuerstein
Social•Jan 13, 2026
BeamTx Unveils 2026 Roadmap and FDA Wins
1/@BeamTx’s #JPM26 excellent presentation emphasised its strategic priorities & future milestones for 2026. Here’s my🧵👇which elaborates on BEAM’s current pipeline, the regulatory breakthroughs that $BEAM has managed to negotiate with the FDA & its corporate status $XBI #JPM2026 https://t.co/kK7Q1YVjOV
By Yair Einhorn
News•Jan 13, 2026
Q4 2025 Malware Trends: Telegram Backdoor, Banking Trojans Surge, Joker Returns to Google Play
Doctor Web’s Q4 2025 mobile‑malware report reveals a modified Telegram X app delivering the Android.Backdoor.Baohuo.1.origin backdoor, compromising roughly 58,000 Android devices across phones, tablets, smart TVs and in‑car systems. The same period saw a 65% surge in Android banking trojans and the re‑appearance...
By HackRead
Social•Jan 13, 2026
Systems, Not Prompts, Save Hours in Workflows
Prompts don’t save hours. Systems do. Most “power prompts” = summarize, transform, decide, explain, recall Stop collecting prompts. Start building workflows. https://t.co/FzOZBFU9pH
By Giuliano Liguori