
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 Claude Sonnet 4.5 backbone and 35% on version 1.0 using GPT‑4.1. SETA also bundles a Note‑Taking Toolkit for persistent memory and a structured logging system that simplifies debugging and evaluation across training and benchmark pipelines.
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...

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...
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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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,...

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,...
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...
If everyone starts using GenAI to draft, read, and summarize all their emails then nobody will know what they (or anyone else) originally wrote or said. I’ve been getting emails with people sending short abstracts to lead committees etc and...

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...

1/ 💡While much of the immunology field is fixated on immune reset in B cells and autoimmunity, a quieter version of the same idea is emerging in cardio-immunology. 🫀 Except we are not talking about lymphocytes. This is all about tissue-resident macrophages. And...
Google and Walmart announced a deep AI partnership at the NRF Big Show, enabling shoppers to buy Walmart and Sam’s Club products directly through Google’s Gemini chatbot. The collaboration also introduced the Universal Commerce Protocol, a joint effort with other...

Genentech announced it will move its pharmacy benefit coverage from a major PBM to a privately‑held entity it controls, aiming to capture savings and increase transparency. The shift is projected to generate about $70 million in annual cost reductions for the...

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...
Adobe reported a record $257.8 billion in U.S. online holiday sales in 2025, with mobile commerce exceeding 50% of transactions. AI‑driven traffic to ecommerce sites surged 693% year‑over‑year, yet it still represented a tiny fraction of total visits. Salesforce estimates AI...

A recent comparative genomics study reveals that bursts of retroelement activity have reshaped the genomes of stingless bees, accounting for up to 30% of their DNA content. Researchers identified multiple lineage‑specific retrotransposon families that expanded rapidly within the last few...

Chinese researchers introduced UniCorn, a self‑healing framework that teaches multimodal AI models to recognize and correct mismatches between image understanding and generation, a problem they label “Conduction Aphasia.” The system splits a single model into Proposer, Solver, and Judge agents...

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is set to lift off tonight, marking its first flight since a May 2025 failure that lost the EOS‑09 Earth‑observing satellite. The rocket will carry the EOS‑N1 (Anvesha) military hyperspectral imaging satellite along with 15...
International law enforcement, led by Spain’s National Police, German authorities, and Europol, raided Black Axe cells in Spain, arresting 34 suspects across Seville, Madrid, Málaga and Barcelona. The criminal syndicate, originating in Nigeria with about 30,000 members, is responsible for...

Dan Lohrmann’s January 2026 roundup lists the ten most‑viewed cybersecurity blogs of 2025, featuring stories on state bans of human microchip implants, humanoid robots, AI‑driven human verification, federal employee resilience, government cloud security, AI career impacts, and nation‑state threat assessments. The data...
A continuous vulnerability assessment program (CVAP) shifts security from periodic audits to daily, automated risk management. It begins with clear objectives, scoped asset inventory, and defined roles, then uses both automated scanners and manual testing to uncover weaknesses. Prioritization leverages...

Security Affairs released Malware Newsletter Round 79, curating the latest research on global malware activity. Highlights include the VVS Discord stealer using Pyarmor for obfuscation, a botnet‑fueling broken system, malicious NPM packages delivering NodeCordRAT, and the Astaroth WhatsApp‑based worm targeting Brazil....

Researchers have successfully co‑cultured human embryos with endometrial organoids, creating a 3‑dimensional post‑implantation model that mimics early pregnancy. The study, published in Cell Stem Cell, shows embryos can organize with organoid tissue for several days, offering a new platform for...

Lightricks has open‑sourced its 19‑billion‑parameter LTX‑2 model, which generates synchronized stereo audio and video from a single text prompt. The dual‑stream transformer allocates 14 B parameters to video and 5 B to audio, enabling 4K, 50 fps output up to 20 seconds long. Benchmarks...

The week’s security roundup highlighted a critical proof‑of‑concept for an unauthenticated remote‑code execution flaw in Trend Micro Apex Central (CVE‑2025‑69258) and a newly disclosed exploit of HPE OneView (CVE‑2025‑37164). The UK government unveiled a £210 million Cyber Action Plan to harden public‑service...
Technology is rapidly reshaping regulatory compliance by embedding automation, artificial intelligence, and blockchain into core risk‑management processes. These tools streamline monitoring, improve data accuracy, and enable real‑time adjustments to complex legal requirements. The article highlights the growing relevance of cybersecurity...

Chinese AI leaders acknowledge the United States remains ahead in compute power and chip access, limiting near‑term chances of overtaking OpenAI or Anthropic. Executives at the AGI Next Summit cited export controls and a two‑order‑of‑magnitude gap in infrastructure as primary...
Robots that plan by imagining the future. Large Video Planner (LVP-14B) from MIT is a robot foundation model built on video generation instead of vision-language-action. Instead of predicting actions directly, it generates a short video of how a human hand...

Google removed AI Overviews for liver‑function‑test queries after a Guardian investigation exposed inaccurate normal‑range numbers that ignored age, sex, ethnicity and clinical context. The faulty snippets could mislead patients into believing serious liver disease was absent, prompting delayed medical care....
At CES 2026, Japanese startup 3DC unveiled Graphene MesoSponge (GMS), a 3‑dimensional graphene nanomaterial designed to accelerate fast‑charging and boost power output in batteries. The porous, atom‑thin network creates internal electron pathways that lower resistance and eliminate the need for extra...
Maalexi, an Abu Dhabi‑based agri‑trade fintech, is launching MAATEX, the world’s first agricultural asset token exchange built on the Avalanche blockchain. The platform will issue Maalexi Agri Tokens (MATs) that represent insured, audited and legally owned commodities, enabling instant cross‑border...
Dark pool decentralized exchanges (DEXs) offer private order execution, shielding trade intent from public order books and reducing front‑running, slippage, and MEV exposure. By settling trades in stablecoins, platforms like quote.trade provide predictable pricing, lower volatility risk, and easier profit‑loss...
I’ve had several discussions this week with executives who are still struggling to define and act on clear AI Strategies for their businesses. This is not from a lack of trying. And, it’s certainly not from a lack of experience,...
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...

Free tutorial: bulk RNAseq analysis from fastq to GSEA analysis (watch the full playlist) https://t.co/v0UHRSqJ63 https://t.co/LtdxPNYG5Y

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

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

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...
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.

True Sovereign AI ≠ “we host it locally”. It’s control over: • Data • Model architecture • Compute • Inference • Data centers • Value creation Miss one layer → no real sovereignty. #SovereignAI #AIInfrastructure #Geopolitics #AIStrategy https://t.co/gnsSF6dd1I
“Bullshit” — The New Way Health Giants Hide Billions" https://t.co/6PcmoY1pmh This PBM GPO investigative story makes my blood boil... these intermediaries are why the list-to-net spread for many drugs is over 50% in the US... siphoning off dollars at the expense of...

When The Bubble Bursts: Tips For Businesses Considering #AI by Larry Bradley @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/rbwQ66SL6Q #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML https://t.co/NDMSLRRt2a
A #Robot snake for rescue missions by @lukas_m_ziegler #MachineLearning #Robotics #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology #TechForGood https://t.co/EqkASnEqPH
Phantom MK-1: Foundation’s New Humanoid #Robot Aimed at Factories and High-Risk Environments by @IntEngineering #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/Je3O6f2zLI
Sports Store Uses #AI #Robots to Model Clothes in Real Motion by @MrLaalpotato #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/my69zqyT5j
Evolving #Robot Hand: A Versatile Adaptive Gripper for Manufacturing, Education, and Research via @ZappyZappy7 #AI #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #ML https://t.co/e4sMEZNIiU