Novel Interfacial Structure Achieves Highly Efficient, Stable Tandem Solar Cells
Lingnan University researchers introduced a novel self‑assembled monolayer (SAM) molecule, CbzBT‑B, that immobilizes ligands to create a localized 2D/3D perovskite heterojunction. This interface engineering reduces defect density, aligns energy levels, and suppresses voltage loss, enabling a perovskite‑organic tandem cell to reach 27.11% power‑conversion efficiency. The device retained over 95% of its initial efficiency after 700 hours of continuous operation and is projected to stay above 90% after 1,800 hours. The results set new performance records for wide‑bandgap tandem solar cells.
High-Power Current Probe Captures Up to 1,000 A with 1.5 MHz of Bandwidth
Teledyne LeCroy unveiled the CP1000, a 1,000‑A RMS current probe with a 1.5 MHz bandwidth, 33‑mm split‑core aperture and contactless AC/DC measurement. The probe combines transformer‑based and Hall‑effect sensing and integrates via ProBus to display amperes and compute watts automatically. Designed for...
How ODISSEE Is Preparing Europe for Exabyte-Scale Scientific Computing
The EU‑funded ODISSEE project, launched in 2025 under Horizon Europe, aims to create data‑centric, exabyte‑scale computing solutions for CERN’s LHCb and the SKA Observatory. A diverse consortium—including CERN, SKAO, CNRS, SURF, EPFL, ETH Zurich, SiPearl, Energy Aware Solutions and NextSilicon—spent...
Turn Claude Into Your Personal AI Operating System (With My MCP)
The AI Blew My Mind (AIBMM) MCP is now live, embedding a library of 22 prompts and Nano Banana image generation directly into Claude’s chat, Cowork, Code, desktop app, and terminal. It streamlines content repurposing, infographic creation, personalized prompting, SOP building,...
Insitu Awarded $8.6 Million Services Contract by Canada Armed Forces to Support Long-Endurance CU-172 (Integrator) UAS Fleet
Insitu, a Boeing subsidiary, secured an $8.6 million CAD (≈$6.4 million USD) firm‑fixed‑price services contract from Canada’s Department of National Defence. The award funds program management, airworthiness support, spares, repairs and future upgrades for the Canadian Armed Forces’ CU‑172 (Integrator) long‑endurance UAV fleet. The...
AI for Advisor Marketing — without Alienating Clients
Advisors are increasingly integrating AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Claude, and OpusClip into their marketing workflows, but recent surveys show consumers still favor human‑crafted messaging. A Canva‑Harris Poll found 87% of consumers prefer ads with a human touch, while a...
Clipper 2.0 Is Still Seeing Hourslong Outages, and a Full Fix Is Months Away
The Bay Area’s Clipper 2.0 fare‑payment upgrade, overseen by Cubic Transportation Systems under a $461 million contract, continues to suffer prolonged outages and glitches. Since its Dec. 10 launch, only about 1.3 million of the roughly 15 million cards have been migrated, and Cubic...
Why Kubernetes Still Needs VM Infrastructure
Kubernetes has not displaced virtual machines as many predicted, with bare‑metal clusters proving costly and complex. Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation now blends a proven VM layer with Kubernetes, emphasizing dynamic GPU allocation for AI workloads. The hybrid model addresses rising...
The Sandbox Solution: Closing the AI Testing Gap
Mike Vizard interviewed Waldemar Hummer, CEO of LocalStack, at KubeCon Europe about high‑fidelity sandbox environments that emulate cloud services for AI‑driven applications. The discussion highlighted how LocalStack’s local emulation layer lets developers test AI agents without provisioning real AWS resources,...
ClassNK Approves Corrosion-Resistant Cable for Offshore Wind Use
ClassNK has granted both a Manufacturing Procedure Approval and a Type Approval for KOBELCO Wire Company's new semi‑parallel wire cable (SPWC), marking the society’s first endorsement of this corrosion‑resistant product. The cable features 7 mm galvanized steel wires coated in polyethylene,...
Space Tech Specialist Type One Sees Growing Opportunities in Japan
US venture capital firm Type One Ventures, a specialist in space‑technology investments, announced the opening of a Tokyo office to deepen relationships with Japanese corporates. The move aligns with Japan’s national space agency JAXA committing roughly $6.7 billion to a ten‑year...
Axe Compute Inc. Reports Full-Year 2025 Financial Results
Axe Compute Inc. completed a strategic transformation in 2025, shifting from drug discovery to an AI‑focused GPU compute and digital‑asset treasury business. The company raised $343.5 million through PIPE transactions, establishing a Strategic Compute Reserve of about 6.3 billion ATH tokens and...
Silicon Quantum Chip Executes First Logical Gates, Boosting Scalable Quantum Computing
A team of physicists has performed logical quantum operations on a silicon‑based processor for the first time, using a five‑qubit phosphorus donor cluster and the 4‑2‑2 error‑detecting code. The breakthrough shows that existing semiconductor manufacturing can underpin fault‑tolerant quantum computers,...
Duos Technologies Reports Record 2025 Results, Driving Momentum in AI and Edge Infrastructure
Duos Technologies Group posted record 2025 results, delivering $27 million in revenue—a 270% year‑over‑year increase—and expanding its modular edge data‑center platform. The company raised a total of $110 million in capital, deployed 15 edge pods, and launched a GPU‑as‑a‑Service offering that will...
AI Delivers Enterprise Value — but Not for Everyone
U.S. technology leaders plan to spend about $207 million on AI in the next year, almost twice last year’s forecast, according to KPMG’s survey of 2,000 global executives. More than half expect AI agents to be managed primarily by humans for...
Lipidomics Study Maps Diet to Heart‑Health Risk, Paving Way for Precision Nutrition
Researchers led by Beyene, Wang and Cinel published a landmark lipidomics analysis in Nature Communications that ties distinct lipid profiles to dietary patterns and cardio‑metabolic outcomes, offering a molecular roadmap for precision nutrition.
US Bounty on Iranian Hackers Reissued
The U.S. State Department has reissued a $10 million bounty for information on Iranian threat groups Handala and Parsian Afzar Rayan Borna. The reward follows the FBI’s confirmation that Handala breached Director Kash Patel’s personal email and earlier disclosures of compromised...
Using “Left-Handed” Proteins to Block Alzheimer’s
Kobe University researchers engineered a synthetic right‑handed (D) peptide that binds amyloid‑beta, the disordered protein driving Alzheimer’s plaques, and blocks its aggregation. In mouse brain cell cultures the mirror peptide restored cell viability to 100%, compared with 50% survival when...
Eames House to Be Sold as Custom Prefab Design, First Direct Purchase for Iconic Brand
The Eames Office announced the Eames Pavilion System, a new prefab line that will let anyone order a custom‑built version of the iconic Eames House or related structures. The move turns a mid‑century modern landmark into a purchasable product, signaling...
First‑In‑Human Nuclease‑Free Gene Editing Shows Promise for Methylmalonic Acidemia
Researchers led by Dr. Bedoyan, Dr. Morgan and Dr. Sun completed a phase 1/2 trial that used nuclease‑free homologous recombination to edit the genes of children with methylmalonic acidemia. The therapy lowered toxic metabolite levels and showed durable engraftment without...
My Week With the TikTok-Famous Rolling LG TV
LG’s StanByMe 2 rolling TV lets users wheel a 22‑inch 1080p screen from room to room, doubling as a tablet with a four‑hour battery. The tension‑based stand offers swivel, height, and rotation adjustments, while a matte panel improves visibility in bright...
Lost Signals: New Study Shows How VAERS Buries Vaccine Harm
In this episode, senior fellow Jessica Rose discusses her forthcoming paper on the shortcomings of the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) and proposes a modernization framework. She highlights structural issues such as poor data quality, under‑reporting, lack of...
AT&T Rolls Out OneConnect Bundle, Merging Unlimited Mobile with Gigabit Home Internet
AT&T introduced OneConnect, a bundled subscription that combines unlimited mobile service and 1 Gbps home internet for $90, $120 or $225 a month. The plan, limited to new customers and BYOD devices, could pressure rivals as carriers vie for bundled revenue.
Ulta Beauty Launches on TikTok Shop, Pioneering U.S. Social Commerce for Specialty Beauty
Ulta Beauty debuted on TikTok Shop on March 17, becoming the first U.S. specialty beauty retailer to sell directly within the app. The move follows TikTok’s $10 billion U.S. deal and aims to capture the platform’s 71.4 million active social shoppers.
FDA Set to Lift Peptide Compounding Ban After RFK Jr. Push
The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to reverse its 2023 restriction on dozens of experimental peptides, permitting licensed compounding pharmacies to produce them again. The move follows Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s public promise on the Joe Rogan...
Agentic AI Turns One Prompt Into System‑Wide Threat
From Anarchy to Authority: Closing the Governance Gap in Agentic AI “Agentic systems collapse the traditional attack chain in that a single manipulated instruction through prompt injection, tool misuse, or data poisoning can trigger disproportionate impact. Agency enables malicious intent...
Yes, NASA's Launching Artemis 2 Astronauts to the Moon on April Fools' Day. It's Not a Joke.
NASA is set to launch Artemis 2, its first crewed lunar flyby, on April 1, 2024, from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B. The four‑person crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Haines—will spend ten days orbiting the Moon aboard the...
Waiting Longer For Your Package Can Cut Carbon Emissions
Fast, ultra‑quick delivery has become a hallmark of e‑commerce, but the last‑mile—where drivers make multiple stops and race against tight windows—accounts for roughly half of a shipment’s carbon footprint. Studies show that delaying a package by three to four days...
US Law Enforcement Tightens Phone Seizure Rules; Biometrics Offer No Shield
U.S. law‑enforcement agencies are stepping up phone seizures, while recent court rulings keep biometric unlocks vulnerable to warrantless searches. Legal experts warn that the lack of clear statutory guidance leaves both users and tech providers in a legal gray zone.
GenAI Takes Underwriting Into a New Phase
Generative AI is reshaping property‑and‑casualty underwriting by accelerating quote turnaround, automating data‑driven decisions, and embedding capital‑allocation logic directly into the underwriting workflow. Insurers are moving from annual portfolio reviews to monthly or even weekly cycles, using AI to continuously align...
NANOBIOTIX Provides Business Update and Reports Full Year 2025 Financial Results
Nanobiotix posted full‑year 2025 results showing a revenue rebound to roughly $35.5 million and a net loss of $26 million, a 65% YoY improvement. The company secured a non‑dilutive royalty financing of up to $71 million, extending its cash runway to early 2028 with...
NWN Pushes ‘Intelligent Connectivity’ To Power AI Everywhere In The Enterprise
NWN announced its Intelligent Connectivity platform, a next‑gen Network‑as‑a‑Service that fuses HPE Mist Wi‑Fi, its Experience Management Platform and multi‑vendor APIs into a unified operating model. The solution, slated for general availability in the first half of 2026, promises AI‑driven...
Duolingo Co‑Founder Luis Von Ahn Announces He Will Scrap Blockchain Credentialing
Duolingo co‑founder Luis von Ahn told Wired he will discontinue the company’s blockchain‑based credentialing project, opting instead to double down on generative AI. The move affects the platform’s 130 million users and signals a broader industry pivot away from blockchain toward...
How Brands and Agencies Are Operationalizing AI as the Tech Matures
Three years after ChatGPT’s debut, advertisers are moving from questioning AI to deploying it at scale. WPP’s "WPP Open" initiative has centralized AI governance at the holding‑company level, streamlining creative, media and production workflows. Yum Brands has built an "AI...
Ring Launches AI‑Powered App Store for 100M+ Smart‑Home Cameras
Amazon‑owned Ring introduced an AI‑powered app store that leverages its more than 100 million installed cameras. The marketplace, announced at CES, initially offers services for elder care, workforce analytics and rental management, and bans privacy‑invasive features such as facial recognition.
ClaimShield Pushes Safety‑compliance Tools for Small Trucking Carriers
ClaimShield announced a new suite of safety and compliance services aimed at the more than 90% of U.S. trucking carriers that operate fewer than 20 trucks. The company says the tools will help these fragmented operators meet uniform regulatory expectations...
Will AI Cut the Average 18-Month Acquisition Timeline?
Federal acquisition still averages an 18‑month cycle, a strategic vulnerability as adversaries iterate faster. New AI agent swarms can ingest FAR updates, cross‑reference CPARS, and map vendor capacity in milliseconds, rewriting the data‑centric layer of procurement. AI already compresses market...
Low Placebo Response Skews Psychedelic Depression Trial Results
I was interviewed about a study of GH001, vaporized 5-MeO-DMT, for treatment-resistant depression. I commented that, while promising and encouraging, the thing that popped out to me was the almost complete lack of placebo response in the placebo group. Even...
Supply Chain Attacks Threaten Trust, Server Checks Essential
Just had to check my servers to be sure, as I was working on stuff around this time frame, looks like all is ok. Supply chain attacks like this are becoming more of an issue, eroding the trust model. https://t.co/fOTLJCgCrH
Airbnb Launches Private Car Pick‑Up Service in 125 Cities
Airbnb has rolled out a private‑car pickup option in 125 cities worldwide, partnering with Welcome Pickups to let travelers book airport and station transfers directly in the app. The move deepens Airbnb’s Services suite and is aimed at generating up...
Samsung Unveils 13‑inch Color E‑paper for Low‑power Signage
Samsung launches 13-inch color e-paper display using digital ink, enabling low-power signage updates across workplaces, retail and hospitality. https://t.co/3hJ9exkrbH
AI Excels Everywhere Except Writing and Interviewing
Starting to appreciate AI’s so-called “jagged frontier.” It’s obviously really powerful for coding, accounting, graphic design, economics, trip planning, reviewing legal documents, DIY projects marketing, advertising, etc. Yet somehow still terrible at writing and interviewing.
Tesla’s Robotaxis Use Remote Human Drivers, Sparking FSD Safety Criticism
Tesla confirmed that remote operators can assume direct control of its robotaxis, moving them at up to 10 mph in rare cases. Lawmakers and analysts say the admission undermines confidence in Full Self‑Driving and could trigger new oversight.
Apple’s 50th: Celebrating the 1996 Anniversary Macintosh
Apple turns 50 In my opinion this is the most beautiful computer they ever made, the 1996 20th Anniversary Macintosh https://t.co/mEETde9jSd
AI's Potential Stalls as Imagination Lags Behind
Leveraging AI is mostly a failure of imagination more than capability. And that gap is widening.
Changemaker Defends Healthcare's Evolving Cyber Frontline
Samantha Jacques, senior leader at McLaren Health Care, is spearheading a public‑private partnership through the Health Sector Coordinating Council to safeguard connected clinical environments. Her team delivers unified guidance that addresses the rising tide of cyber threats targeting hospitals and...
Shanghai AI Labs Launches QuantumBit AGI Innovation Hub
Big....Shanghai AI Labs launched the "AGI4S Mount Everest Project" to build China's scientific and intelligent innovation hub – QuantumBit. https://t.co/qi0ntDOXo7
Australian Solar Thermal Tech Fuels Brazil Hybrid Hydro
“Proud moment:” Australian solar thermal pioneer powers up hybrid hydro system in Brazil #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/70duyF3bqr https://t.co/YCoa453IaC
A 25‑Year‑Old Book Predicted Modern Neurosymbolic AI
Read the book that anticipated neurosymbolic AI (which afaik underlies everything from AlphaGeometry to Claude Code) 25 years ago.
Non‑tech Creator Builds Victorian‑style L
Extremely impressive and inspiring writeup. Someone with no technical background talking about building an LLM that talks like something out of a Victorian-era novel for less than $500.