News•Jan 12, 2026
ARM Institute Issues Education and Workforce Development Project Call
The Advanced Robotics in Manufacturing (ARM) Institute has launched an Education & Workforce Development Project Call, inviting members to submit manufacturing training programs for a free endorsement evaluation. The ARM Endorsement, powered by RoboticsCareer.org, highlights the most effective robotics curricula among over 16,700 listed programs. Endorsed programs receive top search placement, SEO support, and visibility to trainees and employers. Graduates can display the badge on job‑seeker profiles, enhancing their appeal to hiring firms.
By The Robot Report
News•Jan 12, 2026
Rethinking OT Security for Project Heavy Shipyards
Hans Quivooij, CISO of Damen Shipyards, explains how the project‑driven, contractor‑heavy nature of modern shipyards expands the OT threat surface and renders traditional perimeter security ineffective. He advocates passive network monitoring and strict segmentation to gain visibility into legacy PLCs...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 12, 2026
How Digital Innovation Is Shaping the Future of Modern Business
Digital innovation is now a strategic imperative, with businesses adopting cloud, automation and collaborative platforms to streamline operations and scale globally. Access to real‑time analytics empowers leaders to make data‑driven choices, reducing uncertainty and optimizing resource allocation. Enhanced digital channels...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 12, 2026
India’s PSLV Rocket Experiences the Second Launch Failure in a Row
India’s ISRO attempted its first 2026 launch using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), but the rocket’s third stage failed again near the end of its burn. The malfunction caused the stage to tumble, aborting engine thrust and resulting in...
By Behind the Black
Social•Jan 12, 2026
AI Agents Will Automate HR’s Strategic Workflows
Thank you for reading my latest article 8 AI Agents Every HR Leader Needs To Know In 2026. Here at LinkedIn and at Forbes I regularly write about management and technology trends. To read my future articles simply join my...
By Bernard Marr
News•Jan 12, 2026
PfSense: Open-Source Firewall and Routing Platform
pfSense Community Edition (CE) is a free, open‑source firewall and routing platform that runs on standard x86 hardware, virtual machines, and select embedded devices. It offers stateful firewalling, IPv4/IPv6 support, VLAN tagging, and multi‑WAN capabilities through an intuitive web interface....
By Help Net Security
Social•Jan 12, 2026
Choosing Build vs Buy AI Agents Impacts Strategy
Build Or Buy AI Agents: Why This Choice Matters More Than You Think #AI agents are moving fast from experimentation to everyday #business use, forcing #leaders to make critical #decisions about how they deploy them. This article explores the real...
By Bernard Marr
Blog•Jan 12, 2026
AMAZON’S TOP 10 THIRD-PARTY SELLERS DECEMBER 2025
The episode reviews SellerSnooper's December 2025 ranking of Amazon's top third‑party sellers, highlighting Renpho Wellness's surge to a $1 billion monthly revenue and a 219.5% growth rate, driven by its connected health products. It notes strong performances from AnkerDirect and Govee...
By EcomCrew
Blog•Jan 12, 2026
China VAT Law 2026 Now in Effect—Cross-Border Sellers Face a 13% Tax Reality
The episode explains the new China VAT Law 2026, which took effect on Jan 1 and tightens definitions of VAT exposure for U.S. e‑commerce sellers using China‑based manufacturing, inventory, or fulfillment. A key change is the 5 million RMB sales threshold that instantly...
By EcomCrew
News•Jan 12, 2026
Publishers Fear AI Search Summaries and Chatbots Mean ‘End of Traffic Era’
Media executives warn that AI-generated search summaries and chatbots could slash web‑referral traffic by up to 43% over the next three years. Google search traffic to news sites has already fallen 33% globally, with AI Overviews now appearing in roughly...
By The Guardian AI
News•Jan 12, 2026
Hub71 Strengthens UAE-Ireland Ties with Venturewave Capital Partnership
Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech hub, has signed a strategic partnership with Ireland’s Venturewave Capital, marking the first Irish venture‑capital partner for the ecosystem. The alliance targets reciprocal growth pathways for startups in both regions, emphasizing impact sectors such as...
By The Fintech Times
News•Jan 12, 2026
What Security Teams Can Learn From Torrent Metadata
A new research paper demonstrates how open‑source intelligence can turn public torrent metadata into actionable threat intelligence. By harvesting file descriptors, tracker‑provided peer lists and enriching over 60,000 IP addresses with geolocation, ISP and VPN indicators, the authors built network...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 12, 2026
72andSunny Will Build a Brand Around Qualcomm’s Compute Power
72andSunny has secured the agency‑of‑record role for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Compute platform, winning a competitive pitch that ends McCann Worldgroup’s eight‑year tenure. The creative firm will craft a global brand campaign that spotlights the chip’s AI‑driven processing power, with the first...
By Adweek AI
News•Jan 12, 2026
Zepo Intelligence Secures $15M to Safeguard Workspaces From AI Risks
Zepo Intelligence announced a $15 million seed round led by Kibo Ventures, eCAPITAL and TIN Capital. The startup tackles the surge in AI‑driven social engineering, which the World Economic Forum says has risen 1,200 % since ChatGPT’s debut. Zepo’s platform simulates deepfake,...
By Tech.eu
News•Jan 12, 2026
AI Answering Services: The Smarter Way to Never Miss a Call in 2025
AI answering services use natural language processing, voice recognition, and machine learning to field inbound calls, book appointments, route callers, and sound human. They deliver 24/7 availability, cutting staffing costs and boosting lead capture by 30‑50% for small businesses. Platforms...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 12, 2026
My Next New Book: “Intelligent Bank”
“Intelligent Bank” argues that banking is entering a third technological revolution, moving beyond the mainframe and digital eras to an intelligence era driven by AI‑powered insight and delegated decision‑making. The author contends that while digital transformation delivered apps, APIs and...
By The Finanser
News•Jan 12, 2026
EU’s Chat Control Could Put Government Monitoring Inside Robots
EU’s proposed Chat Control regulation, originally targeting online child sexual abuse, now extends to robots that facilitate interpersonal communication. By defining any interactive service as a communication service, the law obliges robot providers to conduct risk assessments and potentially embed...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 12, 2026
PepeEmpire Review 2026: Ethereum Layer 2 Built for Ease
PepeEmpire positions itself as an Ethereum Layer 2 built around ease of use rather than raw speed. The platform promises fast, cheap transactions while hiding the complex steps that typically burden users, such as network switches, bridging delays, and repetitive approvals....
By TechBullion
News•Jan 12, 2026
Do You Need a Specialist eCommerce Accountant?
E‑commerce businesses now generate enterprise‑grade data streams that overwhelm traditional bookkeeping, which assumes a one‑to‑one invoice‑payment relationship. Multi‑channel payouts bundle thousands of orders, fees, refunds and tax obligations into single deposits, obscuring SKU‑level profitability and creating reconciliation nightmares. A specialist...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 12, 2026
Brazil’s Oldest Perfumery Is Making a Play for US Fragrance Consumers. And No, It’s Not Sol De Janeiro
Brazilian heritage brand Granado, founded in 1870, is accelerating its U.S. expansion after posting 12% revenue growth in 2025 and 95% year‑over‑year sales growth in the United States. The company opened its first New York store in January 2024 and...
By Glossy
News•Jan 12, 2026
Dublin Regtech Fenergo Assists SMBC America with Digital Onboarding
Fenergo has secured two high‑profile partnerships, deploying its client lifecycle management platform for SMBC Americas and development bank FMO. SMBC will use the solution to automate KYC, reuse verified data across entities, and speed up onboarding as part of a...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Jan 12, 2026
To Broaden Access to CAR Ts, Mitigate Their Side Effects
The FDA has removed the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) requirement for approved CAR‑T therapies, reflecting confidence in real‑world safety data. Yet only about 30% of eligible patients receive CAR‑T because severe toxicities—cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and immune effector...
By BioSpace
News•Jan 12, 2026
Asos Tests the Return of Topshop and Topman Stores in the US
Parent company ASOS revived Topshop and Topman in the United States with a 17‑day pop‑up in New York’s SoHo district. The activation showcased curated selections from the brands alongside ASOS’s premium lines, providing a physical touchpoint for U.S. shoppers after...
By Glossy
News•Jan 12, 2026
Operational Radio Telescopes of the World
The article surveys the world’s operational radio telescopes, from giant single‑dish instruments like China’s FAST to interferometric arrays such as the US Very Large Array and Europe’s LOFAR. It explains how large collecting areas and cryogenic receivers enable detection of...
By New Space Economy
News•Jan 12, 2026
The Global Network of Operational Optical Telescopes
An international network of optical telescopes, ranging from 4‑meter workhorses to 10‑meter giants, underpins modern astrophysics. Key facilities cluster on Mauna Kea in Hawaii and the Atacama Desert in Chile, leveraging high altitude and dry air for superior seeing. The next...
By New Space Economy
News•Jan 12, 2026
How DoorDash Scaled without a Costly ERP Overhaul
DoorDash grew from a 2013 startup to a global local‑commerce leader while retaining its original Oracle NetSuite system. The company avoided a multi‑million‑dollar ERP migration, instead leveraging NetSuite’s cloud‑based scalability to support IPO, acquisitions, and expansion into grocery, convenience and...
By VentureBeat
Podcast•Jan 12, 2026•1 min
Laser Beam Power
In this brief episode, researchers from Purdue University discuss their innovative project to harness laser beams for power generation by directing them at a lightweight, origami-inspired sail. They explain how the sail's foldable design maximizes surface area while remaining compact...
By Innovation Now
Blog•Jan 12, 2026
Amazon Updates FBM Refund Rules Effective January 26, 2026
The episode explains Amazon's new FBM refund policy effective January 26, 2026, which extends the refund issuance window from 2 business days to 4 calendar days to give sellers more time for inspection. It highlights that missed deadlines trigger automatic...
By EcomCrew
News•Jan 12, 2026
Enhanced Tumor Immunotherapy via Targeted Nanoparticles
Researchers have unveiled a targeted nanoparticle platform that dramatically enhances tumor immunotherapy efficacy. The system directs checkpoint‑inhibitor antibodies and cytokines straight to the tumor microenvironment, achieving up to a 300% increase in immune cell infiltration and a 45% reduction in...
By Bioengineer.org
Social•Jan 12, 2026
Choosing the Right ML Model Drives Business Value
10 of the most popular Machine Learning models — summarized in one visual. From fundamentals like Linear & Logistic Regression to classics such as Decision Trees, Random Forests, SVM, and KNN, and extending to Clustering (K-Means), Dimensionality Reduction (PCA), and...
By Giuliano Liguori
Blog•Jan 12, 2026
Agentic: Shopify and Google’s UCP Will Democratize Commerce
Shopify’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) equips AI agents with a deterministic decision‑making framework that selects merchants based on structural constraints rather than ad spend. The protocol, reinforced by Google Gemini and ChatGPT integrations, turns clean data, clear policies, and reliable...
By 2PM Newsletter
News•Jan 12, 2026
Malaysia’s Anti-Graft Chief Warns of Crowdfunding Abuse as NGOs Face Probe
Malaysia’s anti‑corruption chief, Azam Baki, warned that the absence of dedicated crowdfunding legislation has enabled abuse of public donations, prompting investigations into three prominent NGOs. He cited cases where money raised for mosque construction was redirected to family members, highlighting...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Jan 12, 2026
FinTech Australia Welcomes Productivity Commission’s Call for Universal Open Banking
FinTech Australia welcomed the Productivity Commission’s final inquiry report on data and digital technology, which estimates the Consumer Data Right (CDR) could add up to $10 billion to Australia’s GDP each year. The report rejects a de‑minimis exemption for small banks,...
By The Fintech Times
News•Jan 12, 2026
Eikon, a High-Profile Startup Led by Merck Vets, Seeks an IPO
Eikon Therapeutics, a biotech founded in 2019 by former Merck executives, has raised more than $1 billion and announced plans for an initial public offering. The company’s pipeline includes four clinical candidates, with its lead asset EIK1001 advancing in a Phase 2/3...
By BioPharma Dive
News•Jan 12, 2026
Hackers Accessed University of Hawaii Cancer Center Patient Data; They Weren’t Immediately Notified
Hackers infiltrated the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center’s servers in August, exfiltrating participants' Social Security numbers and other personal data. The university delayed reporting the ransomware attack to the state legislature until December, missing the statutory 20‑day notification window. UH...
By SecurityWeek
News•Jan 12, 2026
Anthropic Pushes Into Healthcare to Help Patients Understand Their Medical Records
Anthropic unveiled Claude for Healthcare, letting U.S. Pro and Max subscribers upload medical records and fitness data for personalized AI assistance. The feature expands the earlier Claude for Life Sciences tool, aiming to translate test results, summarize histories, and generate...
By SiliconANGLE
Social•Jan 12, 2026
China Deploys First Humanoid Robot Traffic Cop
Meet China's newest robot traffic cop 👮👮♀️ https://t.co/3VkzE2W9J3 via @YouTube #Traffic #trafficop #cop #humanoidtech #humanoid #robot #Robotics #AI #TechRevolution #TechInnovation @SpirosMargaris @PawlowskiMario @mvollmer1 @gvalan @ipfconline1 @LaurentAlaus @Shi4Tech @Fisher85M @kalydeoo @Ym78200 @Nicochan33 @chboursin @3itcom @Fabriziobustama @sallyeaves @helene_wpli @ahier @rwang0 @EvanKirstel @RLDI_Lamy @Analytics_699...
By Amitav Bhattacharjee
Social•Jan 12, 2026
AR‑Powered Headset Lets Soldiers See Enemies Through Walls
What if you could see enemies through walls -- in real life? Wall hacks are now real :-) This is the US military's new headset called Eagle Eye from Palmer Luckey's company Anduril. It fuses night vision, thermal, and AR...
By Bilawal Sidhu
News•Jan 12, 2026
Treasury Fraud Probe Seeks Info From Minnesota Money Transmitters
U.S. Treasury, through FinCEN, launched a probe into alleged benefits fraud in Minnesota, focusing on money transmitters in Hennepin and Ramsey counties. A Geographic Targeting Order now requires reporting of cross‑border transfers of $3,000 or more. Officials say the scheme...
By PYMNTS
Social•Jan 12, 2026
Institutions Enable Cartoonish Fintech Villains, Exposing Market Weakness
When there’s a structural weakness in a market that allows companies to grow by violating the law or taking excessive risks, there’s always at least one cartoonishly-bad example that highlights that weakness in a maximally absurd way. In BaaS, that was...
By Alex Johnson
Social•Jan 12, 2026
Document Your Identity, Work, and Goals for Success
Two hours from now, you could have a problem solved AND a workout in. Here's the unlock: For the same reason we all create and maintain https://t.co/6lkRloGo1l files, I need you to stop prompting Claude Code cold (say that 5 times...
By Allie Miller
News•Jan 12, 2026
Motional Puts AI at Center of Robotaxi Reboot as It Targets 2026 for Driverless Service
Motional, the Hyundai‑Aptiv joint venture, has rebooted its robotaxi program with an AI‑first architecture and aims to launch a fully driverless service in Las Vegas by the end of 2026. After missing earlier milestones, losing Aptiv’s backing and slashing its workforce...
By TechCrunch AI
Social•Jan 12, 2026
AI Giants Race Into Healthcare Sector
A few days ago it was @OpenAI, now @Anthropic. The others soon. The push into healthcare https://t.co/5jVJVJ39MH
By Eric Topol
Social•Jan 12, 2026
Robot Dog Collects Data in US Chip Factories
Robot Dog Deployed for #Data Collection in U.S. Semiconductor Production by @TXInstruments #AI #Robotics #Technology #Engineering #Innovation https://t.co/wYgIfCiEe4
By Ronald van Loon
News•Jan 12, 2026
NRF 2026: Retail's Big Show Puts Agentic AI Centre Stage
The NRF 2026 Retail’s Big Show highlighted agentic AI as the year’s headline technology, with major retailers and solution providers unveiling tools that can autonomously make decisions on pricing, inventory and customer engagement. Demonstrations ranged from AI‑driven demand forecasting engines...
By Retail Technology (Magazine)
Social•Jan 12, 2026
Digital Trust Determines AI Economy Winners and Losers
Why #Digital Trust Will Decide The Winners And Losers Of The #AI Economy by Senthil Muthu @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/w8TR8mfwpT #DigitalTransformation #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/m45SCg2XFT
By Ronald van Loon
News•Jan 11, 2026
Emergent: Ship Real Applications Faster With AI Builders
Emergent is an agentic AI platform that lets users build, deploy, and scale full‑stack web and mobile applications through natural‑language conversations. By automating design, coding, backend setup, and hosting, it compresses development cycles from weeks to minutes while delivering production‑grade...
By Martech Zone Interviews
Social•Jan 12, 2026
AI Projects Fail Without Proper Context—Here’s the Fix
The Context Crisis: Why #AI Projects Are Failing And How To Fix It by @faisalsaeed0 @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/7M98oA4M48 #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML https://t.co/I88G8X6TBt
By Ronald van Loon
Social•Jan 12, 2026
Your AI Strategy Deadline: SaaStr AI
If you're a VP of Sales, CRO, CMO, or Head of Product at a B2B company and you haven't figured out your AI strategy yet... May 12-14 is your deadline. SaaStr AI 2026. SF Bay. Come with questions. Leave with...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Jan 12, 2026
Heart Scarring, Not Training, Drives Arrhythmias in Veteran Athletes
Occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in endurance male athletes age 50+ correlated with prior heart scarring (myocardial fibrosis), not exercise patterns https://t.co/CTWLLEZVSI https://t.co/fqVhTkV7BN
By Eric Topol