Xiaomi’s New Robot Hand Can Feel Pressure, Heat, and Even Sweat
Xiaomi unveiled an upgraded CyberOne robotic hand that features full‑palm tactile sensing, artificial sweat‑gland cooling, and a 60 % smaller form factor matching human proportions. The hand can detect pressure, temperature, and slip across an 8200 mm² surface, enabling delicate manipulation such as tightening nuts with a 90.2 % success rate in a 76‑second cycle during three‑hour tests. Xiaomi also boosted durability to 150,000 repetitions and released 61 hours of tactile data and the TacRefineNet framework as open source. These advances aim to close the dexterity gap between robots and humans in industrial settings.
Widespread Microsoft 365 Account Compromise Sought by Iran-Linked Hackers
Iran‑linked threat groups have compromised Microsoft 365 accounts across more than 300 Israeli organizations, 25 firms in the United Arab Emirates, and a limited set of targets in the United States, Saudi Arabia and Europe. The campaign began in early March with...
PQShield Clears Path for ML-KEM Inclusion in Japan’s National Cryptographic Standard
PQShield has completed an external evaluation of the NIST‑approved ML‑KEM algorithm for Japan’s CRYPTREC body, clearing the way for its inclusion on the national Ciphers List. This milestone accelerates the adoption of quantum‑safe encryption across Japanese government, infrastructure, and technology...
Saltzman: Space ‘Baked Into’ Modern Combat Operations
U.S. Space Force chief Gen. Chance Saltzman said the service is now "baked in" to modern combat, supplying missile‑warning, satellite communications and electronic‑warfare capabilities that underpin joint operations from Iran to Venezuela. He highlighted the force’s role in the February...
AI in Fintech News Digest: From Real-Time Payments to a $5 Trillion Agentic Economy
The latest fintech digest highlights Visa’s new platform to curb subscription‑payment failures, Venmo’s rollout in 30 additional countries, and Nium’s $200 million commitment to build a stablecoin network. It also notes the rapid rise of real‑world‑asset (RWA) perpetual contracts driven by...
Key Leaks, Vault Failures, and TEE Attacks: Highlights From RWC 2026
GitGuardian presented at the Real World Cryptography Symposium 2026, revealing that 945,560 private keys have leaked in the wild, compromising 139,767 certificates. The team also demonstrated 27 attacks that break the zero‑knowledge promises of four leading password managers and showcased...
Intel Gives Bullish CPU Outlook With $14.2B Ireland Fab Deal
Intel announced a $14.2 billion buyback of Apollo’s minority stake in the Fab 34 joint venture, ending the 2024 agreement where Apollo paid $11 billion for a 49% share. By regaining full ownership, Intel signals a stronger balance sheet and confidence in its...
Amazon Acquires Swiss Robotics Company RIVR
Amazon has completed the acquisition of Zurich‑based RIVR Technologies, a spin‑out from ETH Zurich that builds four‑legged delivery robots. The robots can navigate complex environments, climb stairs and transport payloads up to 60 kilograms, extending Amazon’s physical AI and last‑mile...
T-Mobile Defends Ads After Verizon Wins Injunction
Verizon obtained a federal preliminary injunction forcing T‑Mobile to pull ads claiming consumers can save over $1,000 annually by switching to its “Better Value” plan. T‑Mobile rejected the ruling, asserting its advertising is accurate and backed by HarrisX market research,...
Rebuilding Revenue at the Source: Why CPQ and Revenue Lifecycle Transformation Should Be on Every CIO’s Agenda
CIOs are being urged to elevate configuration, pricing and quoting (CPQ) from a back‑office function to a strategic revenue engine. Companies face bloated product catalogs, subscription‑based pricing and fragmented data that create manual handoffs, revenue leakage, and slower sales...
The Hidden Cost of Fragmented Tax Data in Private Capital
FATCA and CRS filings seem on track, yet private‑capital firms wrestle with fragmented investor tax data. Records are siloed across onboarding tools, fund administrators, internal databases and external providers, forcing compliance teams into repetitive reconciliation work. Legacy, manually‑driven infrastructures amplify...
Nickel-Rich Rocks Discovered by Perseverance Hint at Complex Chemistry on Early Mars
Perseverance’s instruments detected unusually high nickel concentrations—up to 1.1 % by weight—in 32 sedimentary rocks within Neretva Vallis, the ancient river channel feeding Jezero crater. The nickel is tightly associated with iron‑sulfide minerals and sulfate phases such as jarosite and akaganeite,...
Another Energy Crisis Is Here. This Time, the Way Out Is Different.
Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have created the largest oil supply shock in IEA history, affecting roughly one‑fifth of global oil, LNG and fertilizer flows. The shock quickly translates into higher fuel and food prices, weaker currencies and tighter...
You Can Now Get a 1-Year Standalone Subscription to Adobe Firefly for Just $99
Adobe has launched a standalone Firefly Standard subscription priced at $99 for one year. The plan grants users access to a suite of generative AI models from Adobe, Google, OpenAI, Runway and others, plus 2,000 monthly generative credits for creating...
5 AWS AI Controls Every Security Team Should Have
AWS now offers organization‑wide controls that let security teams govern AI workloads beyond the application layer. Five key mechanisms—MCP server access blocks, Bedrock policy guardrails, model‑specific SCP denies, service‑wide SCP disables, and long‑term Bedrock API‑key restrictions—can be applied uniformly across...
Drone Piloted in Spain Monitors a Hochtief Bridge Project in Germany
Skyports Drone Services is remotely piloting a "drone‑in‑a‑box" system from its Madrid centre to conduct weekly BVLOS inspections of Hochtief’s Rheinbrücke Leverkusen bridge project north of Cologne. The flights generate 2D and 3D survey outputs via DroneDeploy, replacing infrequent, manually‑operated...
Joint Offering Combines CrowdStrike's Falcon with HCLTech's AI Force
CrowdStrike and HCLTech have deepened their alliance by launching a continuous threat exposure management service that merges CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform with HCLTech’s VERITY framework and AI Force. The solution delivers real‑time visibility, AI‑driven insights, and automated remediation across endpoints, cloud, identity,...
Microsoft Deploys yet Another Emergency Patch for Windows 11 — but at Least the Fix for the Broken March Update...
Microsoft issued an emergency patch for Windows 11 to address critical failures introduced by the March 2024 cumulative update. The patch restores login functionality, resolves file‑system corruption, and stabilizes system performance. Microsoft rolled out the fix within 48 hours, marking a...
Being Specific About Being General: Vaccines Edition
Emerging platforms are converging on a universal influenza vaccine, aiming to replace strain‑specific shots that require yearly reformulation. Companies such as Versatope are leveraging engineered bacterial outer‑membrane vesicles to deliver precise antigens, while NIH’s FluMos‑v2 expands hemagglutinin coverage to six...
New York Brokerage Public Pitches Stock-Trading AI Agents
Public, a New York‑based brokerage founded in 2019, announced AI‑driven agents that automate trading strategies for self‑directed investors. The agents can monitor markets and execute recurring trades, from generating $5,000 a month in covered‑call income to same‑day options tied to...
Editorial: Facts Are in Crisis. What Are We Going to Do?
The editorial warns that facts are in crisis as generative‑AI tools enable the fabrication of scientific data and journalism faces a surge of fraudulent sources. Expensive, high‑tech research makes independent replication difficult, while trusted data repositories are disappearing. Publishers are...
Food Industry Moves Toward Transparency with Smarter Barcodes
SmartLabel, the QR‑code based product‑labeling platform, now covers over 106,000 SKUs from more than 1,000 brands, delivering 22 million consumer interactions a year with an average 90‑second page view. The initiative follows GS1’s Sunrise 2027 project, which aims to add 2‑D barcodes...
Resemble AI Unveils Deepfake Detection Tools Amid Synthetic Media Surge
Resemble AI released a deepfake threat report and two free detection tools—a Chrome extension that scans images, video and audio, and an X bot that lets users verify suspicious posts without leaving the platform. The company also added enterprise features...
48 Hours: The Window Between Infostealer Infection and Dark Web Sale
Whiteintel researchers mapped the full infostealer lifecycle and found that stolen corporate credentials appear on dark‑web marketplaces within 48 hours of infection, often much sooner. The five‑stage process—infection, harvest, packaging, marketplace listing, and exploitation—compresses credential theft into a window far...
A 27-Year-Old Just Raised $450 Million to Bet that AI’s Future Runs on Nuclear Power
Valar Atomics, a California startup founded by 27‑year‑old Isaiah Taylor, announced a $450 million financing round that values the company at $2 billion. The capital mix includes $340 million in equity and $110 million in debt, following a $130 million Series A five months earlier. Valar’s...
New York’s Frontier AI Law Gets a California Makeover – With Some Key Differences
New York’s amended Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act, signed on March 27, 2026, aligns closely with California’s Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA) by adopting the same frontier‑AI framework and transparency‑report requirements. The law revises key definitions,...
Prompt Injection in LinkedIn Bio Actually Delivered Recipe
My silly prompt injection in my LinkedIn bio asking for crème brûlée recipe actually worked
Halcyon Days for HYCU as the Pair Link up on Ransomware Pitch
HYCU is embedding Halcyon’s ransomware‑detection software into its R‑Shield platform, creating a unified solution for ransomware detection, prevention, and recovery. The enhanced offering protects workloads across virtual machines, data warehouses, finance apps, storage buckets, and git repositories in hybrid and...
'Everything You Want in Headphones at This Level': I Tested JBL's New Over-Ears and if You're All About that Bass,...
JBL launched the Live 780NC over‑ear headphones in the US on March 12, 2026, pricing them at $249.95. The model packs adaptive ANC, Bluetooth 6.0, multipoint and Auracast support, and a personalized EQ system via the JBL app. Battery life is a standout, offering...
AI Will Replace Tableau and PowerBI with Instant Dashboards
AI is about to kill Tableau and PowerBI. Every dashboard can now be created in seconds with these Free Agents:
AI Prompts Slash Teachers' Time-Consuming Formatting Tasks
📋 I polled teachers on their most time-consuming tasks. 🏆 Formatting and document prep was near the top of every list. ✨ Today's NEW blog post: 12 AI prompts to handle that for you. https://t.co/yYaO02BSIB
Data Centers Must Have a Community Benefits Spec: NY Build Panel
TeraWulf bought a Kentucky brownfield site to launch a multibillion‑dollar data center, leveraging 480 MW of power and low‑latency links to Midwest markets. At New York Build 2026, panelists warned that public sentiment now eclipses technical risk for such megaprojects. Developers are being urged...
Hormuz Closure Threatens Helium, Driving up Chip Prices
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is choking off about a third of the world’s global supply of helium. Helium is a critical input in semiconductor manufacturing used to cool chipmaking tools. LESS HELIUM = FEWER CHIPS = MORE EXPENSIVE CHIPS....
South Australia’s Power Demand to Hit 50 TWh by 2040
Green steel, data centres and hydrogen push South Australia’s electricity demand toward 50TWh by 2040 #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/CtFApHKWU6
Amgen, Zai Lab Team up on DLL3; Janux Gets $35M Milestone Payment
Amgen and China‑based Zai Lab have announced a Phase 1b clinical study that combines Amgen’s T‑cell engager Imdelltra with Zai Lab’s experimental antibody‑drug conjugate zocilurtatug pelitecan, targeting the DLL3 protein in aggressive neuroendocrine cancers. The trial will evaluate safety and early...
Lilly's Obesity Drug Cleared, Heats up Novo Rivalry
Eli Lilly’s obesity pill approved by FDA, setting up fierce competition with Novo Nordisk https://t.co/8TyrKyyNYP
Ramp Launches AI-Powered Fax Receipt Submission Service
Excited 🫠 to announce our newest product: the Ramp Fax Agent. You can now submit receipts and memos for your transactions entirely through your fax machine. AI-powered. Enterprise-grade. Autonomous. We built Ramp to meet customers where they are. For some of you,...
DNA Testing Can Help Right Racial Imbalance in Breast Cancer
Routine genomic testing with Agendia’s MammaPrint and BluePrint can narrow the long‑standing survival gap between Black and white women with early‑stage, hormone‑receptor‑positive breast cancer. In a study of more than 1,000 matched patients, Black women were twice as likely to...
1‑Bit Model Cuts Size 14×, Matches Top LLMs
This is a very exciting result, but it’s not evidence we’re overbuilding. The hyperscalers know that software and model improvements are driving a lower cost per token. But we’re also very early in the demand curve for tokens.
Future Tech Beyond Phones Unveiled with MediaTek
Spending the day with @MediaTek to learn more about what’s coming and I have the feeling we’ll spend little time talking phones https://t.co/Uj9JOH2TLl
Ambience Healthcare Launches Chart Chat for Nursing with Cleveland Clinic Pilot
Ambience Healthcare has introduced Chart Chat for Nursing, an EHR‑integrated conversational AI that lets inpatient nurses retrieve patient information with plain‑language queries. The tool debuted in a pilot with Cleveland Clinic, the first health system to test the technology after a...
New Transcriptome Browser Streamlines BLAST DB Creation
Another feature adding to my terminal plasmid editor is a transcriptome browser. Helps you quickly build blast databases from a heap of transcripts in a single fasta file. Gonna add HMM/Pfam detection and Pfam search. I really love this current...
March Core Update Appears to Influence Rankings
GSC has updated as far as March 30 and now I am starting to see some movement that looks like core update impact. Still far too early to investigate or make any conclusions. But yes, it does look like the March...
Aspect Aerospace Raises $2.4M To Develop Single-Board Satellites for Space-Based Environmental Monitoring
Aspect Aerospace announced two financing milestones: a $1.9 million Direct‑to‑Phase II SBIR award from the U.S. Space Force and a $500 000 pre‑seed investment from its incubator SOSV, totaling $2.4 million. The company’s Single‑Board Satellite (SBS) platform packs up to 100 miniature satellites onto...
NASA Shares Live Artemis II Updates Alongside Livestream
In addition to the livestream, NASA is also posting live Artemis II updates here: https://t.co/9gcpALfGtC
Moon Mission Could Help Humanity Rediscover Earth
Science is transcendent -- true to nature in another galaxy on other side of the observable Universe. Humanity could use some of that transcendence here on Earth...by leaving Earth to go to the Moon. "58 Years After ‘Earthrise,’ NASA’s New...
AI Shifts Firm: Seniors Rise, Juniors Fall
Deeply misunderstood. Within firm behavior has shifted dramatically due to AI/LLM implementation. Senior employee value up, junior employee value negative. No fire, no hire… for now.
Thomson Reuters Ruling Set to Shape All AI Lawsuits
"the pending appeals in thomson reuters and ongoing litigation in other cases may significantly shape the legal landscape.” 👀 - what gets decided in thomson reuters v. ross will apply to all other AI cases (all 90+ of them right now)
Microsoft's Xbox PC Remote Tools Accelerate Game Testing
Microsoft has launched new Xbox PC Remote Tools that are designed for developers to deploy, test, and debug PC games to remote Windows devices. Devs don’t need to use the GDK with these tools and they should help speed up...
US Modules Launches Texas Solar Panel Assembly Plant
US Modules opens solar panel assembly plant in east-central Texas #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/5vjljqcFwu