News•Jan 11, 2026
Signal Pulse Poll: What's the Mood Going Into JPM?
Endpoints has launched a daily Pulse Poll to capture biopharma sentiment ahead of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference 2024. The survey asks participants to compare current mood with last year, assess the 2026 risk‑reward balance, and identify the most critical success factor for the sector. It also probes whether the recent rally is fundamentals‑ or sentiment‑driven and records attendance intentions. Responses are anonymous, allowing industry insiders to contribute without attending the event.
By Endpoints News
Social•Jan 11, 2026
AI Neck Camera Sparks Privacy and Acceptance Debate
Would you wear an AI camera hanging around your neck? @Looki_ai shows off an AI listening and assisting device. My 12th #CES2026 report. What if the data is all yours? Soon many of us will be wearing cameras on glasses. I would, but...
By Robert Scoble
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Make Prompts Reliable Through Systematic Testing, Not Tricks
If you’re a student or a professional using AI daily, you’ve seen this happen. A prompt works great today. Tomorrow it gives a weird answer. Next week it breaks after a model update 😅 A prompt that works once for one model isn’t reliable. A...
By Louis Bouchard
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Social•Jan 11, 2026
UC Berkeley Robotics Course: RL Foundations & Applications
Advanced Robotics: UC Berkeley This is course is from Peter Abbeel and covers a review on reinforcement learning and continues to applications in robotics. If you work on robotics… this one is worth bookmarking‼️ MDPs: Exact Methods Discretization of Continuous...
By Ilir Aliu
News•Jan 11, 2026
Micron Announces a QLC SSD Just Weeks After Killing Its Beloved Crucial Brand — the 3610 Is a Basic Gen5...
Micron unveiled the 3610, a PCIe Gen5 QLC SSD, at CES 2026, marking its first Gen5 G9 QLC client drive and the first single‑sided M.2 2230 offering up to 4 TB. The drive claims sequential reads up to 11 GB/s and writes up to 9.3 GB/s, with...
By TechRadar
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Master a 6‑Step GTM Strategy to Unlock Growth
I was on a call with a Founder the other day. His growth was stuck. So we got to diagnose the issue. The culprit? They had sent 15,000 emails. And got back zero real responses. They tried blogging. Posting online....
By TK Kader
News•Jan 11, 2026
Royal Astronomical Society Announces 2026 Award Winners
The Royal Astronomical Society unveiled its 2026 award winners at the A&G Highlights Meeting on 9 January. Professor Shrinivas Kulkarni received the Gold Medal in Astronomy for pioneering work in time‑domain and multi‑wavelength transient astrophysics, while Professor Andrew Jackson earned the...
By Orbital Today
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Trust and Iteration: Keys to Successful AI Products
Why most AI products fail: Lessons from 50+ AI deployments at OpenAI, Google & Amazon @Aish_Reganti and @KiritiBadam have built 50+ enterprise AI products across companies like @OpenAI, @Google, @Amazon, and @Databricks. Based on these experiences, they’ve developed a small set...
By Lenny Rachitsky
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Stay Calm: Biotech Fundamentals Outshine JPM26 Hype
Good morning on this Sunday before #JPM26! I wrote a JPM opener newsletter with some advice for all of you: Chill out. The super-sized gathering of the biopharma universe is important, but it’s not going to make or break the...
By Adam Feuerstein
News•Jan 11, 2026
SpaceX Launches NASA’s Pandora Exoplanet Space Telescope
SpaceX successfully launched NASA’s Pandora exoplanet telescope aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, marking the rocket’s fifth first‑stage recovery and a landing on the West Coast. Pandora, a smallsat designed to repeatedly observe 20 known transiting exoplanet host stars, flew alongside...
By Behind the Black
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Choose the Right LLM Type for Each AI Task
8 types of LLMs powering modern AI agents — clearly mapped in one visual. From GPTs and MoE to Reasoning Models (LRM), Vision-Language Models (VLM), Action Models (LAM), and Hierarchical Reasoning (HRM), this shows how agents are no longer “just...
By Giuliano Liguori
News•Jan 11, 2026
NASA Astrophysics, Commercial Satellites Launch on SpaceX Rideshare Mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 "Twilight" rideshare launched on Jan. 11 from Vandenberg, deploying 40 spacecraft into a dusk‑dawn sun‑synchronous orbit. The manifest included three NASA astrophysics cubesats—SPARCS, BlackCAT and Pandora—alongside commercial constellations from Kepler Communications, Spire, Plan‑S, Hawkeye 360, Capella Space, ICEYE and Umbra....
By SpaceNews
News•Jan 11, 2026
"It's a Scam": French AI Envoy on X Making Grok Chatbot Pay-to-Perve
French AI ambassador Clara Chappaz called X’s decision to place Grok’s public image‑generation behind a paywall a “scam,” condemning the move as profiteering from illegal deep‑fake sexual content. Malaysia and Indonesia have already suspended Grok, while France, the UK, Australia and...
By France 24 AI
News•Jan 11, 2026
A New AI Tool Could Dramatically Speed up the Discovery of Life-Saving Medicines
Researchers at Tsinghua University introduced DrugCLIP, an AI framework that can virtually screen millions of compounds against thousands of protein targets in hours, a speedup of up to ten million times over traditional docking methods. The system converts both molecules...
By Phys.org – Biotechnology
News•Jan 11, 2026
Consumer Brief Highlights the Growing Importance of Analytical Research in Online Cryptocurrency Activity
Online cryptocurrency activity is expanding rapidly, increasing the need for clear analysis of complex blockchain transactions. Justice Trace positions itself as a neutral cyber‑trace investigation platform that reconstructs on‑chain activity without participating in trading or providing financial advice. The brief...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 11, 2026
NDSS 2025 – EMIRIS: Eavesdropping On Iris Information Via Electromagnetic Side Channel
Researchers at Shandong University presented EMIRIS at NDSS 2025, demonstrating that electromagnetic emissions from near‑infrared iris sensors can be captured and used to reconstruct iris patterns. By reverse‑engineering the sensor’s data transmission format and applying a diffusion‑based inverse‑problem solver, the...
By Security Boulevard
News•Jan 11, 2026
A Coding Guide to Demonstrate Targeted Data Poisoning Attacks in Deep Learning by Label Flipping on CIFAR-10 with PyTorch
The MarkTechPost tutorial walks readers through a targeted data‑poisoning experiment that flips a portion of CIFAR‑10 labels from a chosen class to a malicious class using PyTorch. By constructing parallel clean and poisoned training pipelines with a lightweight ResNet‑18, the...
By MarkTechPost
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Give Real Reasons, Not Fake Scarcity, to Motivate
You need a better reason for someone to act rather than a “better” CTA. • Scarcity is fake. • Urgency is overused. Be clear, specific, and honest. People aren’t dumb, they’re just overloaded with garbage. Stand out by not insulting...
By Kody Nordquist
Social•Jan 11, 2026
GenAI Platforms Fail to Cite Sources, Raising Ethical Concerns
Dear Leaders and experts in fields relating to “Artificial Intelligence” (all types and tools including specifics of how human data is used as the origin or basis for any system design and use) and “Ethics” (meaning formal philosophy, law, policy...
By John C. Havens
News•Jan 11, 2026
Sender: The Affordable Email and SMS Platform Built for Growth
Sender is an email and SMS marketing platform that offers a free‑forever plan with full‑feature access, positioning itself as a low‑cost alternative to legacy ESPs. The service claims a 99.98% inbox placement rate thanks to dedicated sending infrastructure and continuous...
By Martech Zone Interviews
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Hire Salespeople Who Are Motivated by Money
Never hire anyone in sales that doesn't care about money You'll see
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Shopify Launches Open Universal Commerce Protocol for Agents
Shopify is building the foundation for agentic commerce. Universal Commerce Protocol, which we co-developed with Google, is now live. UCP will make it faster for agents and retailers to integrate. It’s open by default, so platforms and agents can use UCP to...
By Tobi Lutke
News•Jan 11, 2026
California Bans Data Broker Reselling Health Data of Millions
California's Privacy Protection Agency fined data‑broker Datamasters $45,000 and barred it from selling Californians' personal health information after it failed to register under the California Delete Act. The agency also ordered the firm to delete millions of records by the...
By BleepingComputer
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Sell to Executives, Not Middle Managers, Cut Churn
I was recently chatting with Dan Pfister (author of Million Dollar Winback) about the real reasons SaaS companies lose customers. He shared a story of how one SaaS company dropped churn from 18% to 3% by changing who they sold...
By Wes Bush
News•Jan 11, 2026
Meet SETA: Open Source Training Reinforcement Learning Environments for Terminal Agents with 400 Tasks and CAMEL Toolkit
Researchers from CAMEL AI, Eigent AI and partners released SETA, an open‑source stack that couples a terminal‑focused toolkit with 400 synthetic reinforcement‑learning tasks. The framework delivers state‑of‑the‑art results on the Terminal Bench benchmark, hitting 46.5% accuracy on version 2.0 with a...
By MarkTechPost
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Companies Prioritize Efficiency Over Growth, AI Leads Shift
Hiring slowdowns aren’t isolated right now. Many companies are holding headcount flat, protecting capital, and waiting for more clarity before expanding teams. Attrition is also unusually low, which tells you something about uncertainty in the market. 👉 Efficiency, not expansion, is the current...
By Eric Siu
News•Jan 11, 2026
“Motivational Brake” Could Point to Schizophrenia and Depression Treatments
Researchers at Kyoto University identified a ventral striatum‑to‑ventral pallidum (VS‑VP) circuit that functions as a "motivation brake" suppressing action initiation under stressful conditions. Using chemogenetic inhibition in macaque monkeys, they showed that silencing this pathway restored willingness to start tasks...
By GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Framing Your Words Determines Whether Customers Buy
Sometimes it’s not what you say, but how you say it. Or, as a brain scientist would would say, how you frame it. The words you choose can make the difference between someone liking your product or not. Someone agreeing...
By Nancy Harhut
News•Jan 11, 2026
'A Completely New Manufacturing Frontier': Space Forge Fires up 1st Commercial Semiconductor Factory in Space
Space Forge announced the first plasma generation aboard its ForgeStar‑1 satellite, marking the inaugural commercial in‑orbit semiconductor factory. The miniature furnace produced plasma at 1,000 °C, proving that gas‑phase crystal growth can be achieved in low‑Earth orbit. The company plans to...
By Space.com
News•Jan 11, 2026
Google Announces a New Protocol to Facilitate Commerce Using AI Agents
Google unveiled the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard that lets AI agents handle end‑to‑end shopping experiences. Developed with retailers such as Shopify, Walmart and Target, UCP streamlines discovery, checkout and post‑purchase support across platforms. The protocol will power...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Jan 11, 2026
AI Agents and the Data Lake (W/ Lauren Anderson)
In this episode, Tristan Handy talks with Lauren Anderson, head of Okta's enterprise data platform, about how identity underpins the emerging challenges of AI agents and open data lakes. Lauren explains the need for central governance and a shared semantic...
By dbt Roundup (Transform) – Newsletter
News•Jan 11, 2026
Private and Public Biotechs Go on $4.9B Funding Spree Ahead of JPM
In the first full week of January, biotech companies collectively raised about $4.9 billion, marking a rapid funding surge ahead of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Private‑stage firms attracted roughly $3.2 billion, while publicly listed biotechs secured around $1.7 billion through secondary offerings...
By Endpoints News
Blog•Jan 11, 2026
Flickstop
Surgerii Robotics announced a $100 million financing round to accelerate the global deployment of its purpose‑built single‑port surgical robot. The capital infusion, led by leading healthcare venture firms, will fund regulatory approvals, manufacturing scale‑up, and market entry across North America, Europe,...
By SurgRob
News•Jan 11, 2026
Liquid Cooling vs Air Cooling: The Five Key Differences for Data Centers
Data centers now consume about 1.5% of global electricity, and AI‑driven workloads are set to double demand by 2030. Traditional air‑cooling struggles with rising power density, prompting a shift toward liquid cooling, which can remove heat up to 3,000 times...
By TechRadar
News•Jan 11, 2026
Biotech's 2026 Outlook: Six Questions for the Year Ahead
The 2026 biotech outlook hinges on six pivotal questions that will shape the industry’s trajectory. After a turbulent 2025 marked by regulatory shifts, financing volatility, and rapid scientific advances, stakeholders are reassessing strategies. Key themes include FDA reform, capital availability,...
By Endpoints News
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Checklist to Spot Viable Cytokine Bispecifics Amid Hype
The Next Generation of Multi-Functional I&I Therapeutics | Ep. 903 How to Pick Winners From a Crowded Cytokine War Bispecifics are everywhere, China biotech is running every combo possible including the ones you have not thought of yet. Trispecifics are next, and...
By BowTiedBiotech
Social•Jan 11, 2026
AI Agents Outperform Mediocre Hires, Replacing Mid‑Pack Workers
"If I had 2 more great humans, I'd hire them tomorrow. If they were truly great. But a Pretty Good AI agent is better than ... hiring a human that isn't great. We don't need placeholder hires anymore. AI Agents...
By Jason Lemkin
News•Jan 11, 2026
Mitochondrial Dysfunction Drives Peripheral Hypersensitivity in Migraine
A recent preclinical study links mitochondrial dysfunction to peripheral hypersensitivity, a key driver of migraine attacks. Researchers demonstrated that impaired mitochondrial energy production in trigeminal sensory neurons heightens neuronal excitability and amplifies pain signaling. Using genetically modified mouse models, the...
By Bioengineer.org
Social•Jan 11, 2026
System Design, Not Tools, Drives Lasting AI ROI
AI tools aren’t the edge. System design is. Chatbots = interface Automation = leverage Knowledge = memory Data + workflows = ROI Tools are replaceable. Capabilities aren’t. https://t.co/wpNCwkjyBo
By Giuliano Liguori
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Strategy Beats Volume: 6‑Step GTM Wins 2026
I spoke to a founder who sent 15,000 cold emails. The result? Near zero responses. He fired his marketer. Hired an expensive agency. Still zero results. The problem wasn't the execution. It was the STRATEGY. Here is the 6-step GTM framework that works...
By TK Kader
News•Jan 11, 2026
Mirador Raises $250M, with Plans to Become an Immunology Powerhouse
Mirador Therapeutics announced a $250 million Series B financing round, led by top venture capital firms. The capital will accelerate its precision‑medicine platform aimed at immune‑mediated diseases. Mirador plans to broaden its R&D pipeline, establish new manufacturing capacity, and recruit leading...
By Endpoints News
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Biotech Funding Hits Record Levels in January
Biotech capital markets are clearly open for business: $2.6B in public FOPO so far in January, the most ever pre-JPM conference. Private VC financings of over >$2B in the same period. Investors clearly have cash to put to work......
By Bruce Booth
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Walmart Hedges AI, Retailers Must Join Chatbot Commerce
Walmart is hedging its AI bets. Gemini from Google, ChatGPT from OpenAI. When consumers start shopping through chatbots, retailers can’t afford to be absent. Link: https://t.co/fjexyHFvSa
By Spiros Margaris
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Meningococcal Vaccine No Longer Universal Despite Deadly Risk
#Meningococcal disease has been rare. But when it occurs, it is devastating. High death rate. Survivors often lose limbs, as this person did. There's no way to accurately assess who is at risk. And yet meningococcal vaxes are no longer...
By Helen Branswell
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Stablecoin Firms Must Tighten AML and Sanctions Controls Now
Incredible work by @mikulaja @kontigo_app was at best a naive puppet for sanctions violations At worst a knowing participant. The whole stablecoin industry is on notice Get your AML and Sanctions controls buttoned up or there will be blowback It's when not...
By Simon Taylor
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Free Tutorial: From FASTQ to GSEA in Bulk RNA‑seq
Free tutorial: bulk RNAseq analysis from fastq to GSEA analysis (watch the full playlist) https://t.co/v0UHRSqJ63 https://t.co/LtdxPNYG5Y
By Ming Tang
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Narrow Your Niche: Key to Startup Success
Most startups don't fail because they build bad products. They fail because they try to serve everyone. One of the biggest lessons for us this past year at Univid was narrowing down the niche harder - not expanding it. https://t.co/RlCp4pBsvI
By Jonathan Rintala
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Resumes Boast AI Bioinformatics, but Real Expertise Missing
Looking at bioinformaticians’ profiles these days, you'd think everyone has decades of experience in cutting-edge single-cell and AI-driven bioinformatics. But something’s missing… 👇 https://t.co/yvmvcwXWyr
By Ming Tang
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Y Combinator, Coinbase Fund Venezuelan Sanctions‑evasion App
Fintech Biz Weekly just dropped: Y Combinator & Coinbase invested in a Venezuelan sanctions evasion app linked to the Maduro regime, including, rumors say, the son of Nícolas Maduro: @kontigo_app The story is a LONG one. You know where...
By Jason Mikula
Social•Jan 11, 2026
Build for Forever, Sell Tomorrow: Leverage Through Systems
Build your startup like you’re going to run it forever but prepare it so you could sell it tomorrow. > Organized books > Standardized operations > Product that works without you That’s how you create real leverage with buyers.
By Andrew Gazdecki