Rubrik Intros Google Workspace Data Protection
Rubrik announced Rubrik Data Protection for Google Workspace, targeting enterprises that rely on Gmail and Google Drive. The solution offers immutable, air‑gapped backups and a point‑and‑click recovery interface that can shrink restoration times from days to minutes. It integrates policy‑driven SLAs to meet strict RPO and RTO goals and is positioned as part of Rubrik’s broader data‑identity‑AI cyber‑resilience platform. The company claims more than 11 million enterprises using Google Workspace can benefit from the new offering.
Ursa Major Test Flies a New Liquid-Fueled Missile Engine for Air Force
Ursa Major announced that its Draper liquid‑fueled rocket engine completed a successful flight on the Air Force Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator on Jan. 27, 2026. The sub‑orbital test reached supersonic speeds, providing the first in‑flight validation of propellant stability and throttling performance....
I Tested the Beginner-Friendly Anycubic Kobra X - a 4-Color 3D Printer That's Surprisingly Good
The Anycubic Kobra X launches at $299, bringing native four‑color FDM printing to the budget segment. It features a 260 mm cubic build volume, a 3.5‑inch touchscreen, and speeds up to 600 mm/s with AI‑assisted first‑layer detection. The open‑frame design keeps the...
Google Tightens Rules on Out-of-Stock Product Pages
Google Merchant Center now mandates that out‑of‑stock product pages display a visibly disabled, grayed‑out buy button instead of removing or keeping it active. The rule also requires a clear availability label—such as “out of stock” or “back order”—that matches the...
Trivy Security Scanner GitHub Actions Breached, 75 Tags Hijacked to Steal CI/CD Secrets
Trivy, a widely used open‑source vulnerability scanner, suffered a second supply‑chain breach when attackers force‑pushed 75 of 76 tags in the official aquasecurity/trivy‑action repository to deliver a malicious payload. The code runs inside GitHub Actions runners, harvesting environment variables, cloud...
'It Has to Go Beyond a Display Company': I Spoke to the CEO of a TV Manufacturer About AI, the...
Displace, a US TV maker, unveiled its Pro TV 2, an OLED set that continues the company’s line of fully wireless, wall‑mountable televisions. The device runs Displace OS, a browser‑based smart‑TV platform designed to act as a home hub and integrates...
AI, Automation, And The Modern Law Firm: How Smart Systems Create Leverage
Sarah Persich, known as “The Automation Lady,” discusses how law firms can leverage AI, video documentation, and system integration to streamline operations and drive growth. She recommends recording process walkthroughs with Loom and using ChatGPT or Claude to instantly create...
FDA Approves Nivolumab Regimen as First-Line Treatment for Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma
The FDA has granted first‑line approval for a nivolumab‑plus‑AVD regimen in patients aged 12 and older with stage III‑IV classical Hodgkin lymphoma. The decision follows the phase 3 SWOG S1826 trial, which showed a 58% progression‑free survival rate and a hazard ratio of...
The University of Texas at El Paso Is Gearing up to Build Drone Tech
The University of Texas at El Paso’s Aerospace Center secured a $2 million congressional grant to expand its unmanned‑air‑system (UAS) capabilities. The funding will upgrade the Tornillo and Fabens test sites with enhanced power, computing, networking, radar, and beyond‑visual‑line‑of‑sight (BVLOS) operations....
Google Business Profile Tests AI-Generated Replies to Reviews
Google is piloting an AI‑generated reply tool within its Google Business Profile platform, initially surfacing in the United States, Brazil and India. The feature suggests response drafts to customer reviews, which businesses can edit or publish directly, though rollout timing...
Ghana Eyes 3D Printing for Its Next Fleet of Vessels
Ghana’s Maritime Authority is evaluating a proposal from Nigerian firm RusselSmith to establish a 3D‑printing plant capable of producing 12‑metre vessels on Ghanaian soil. The initiative aims to replace the aging wooden fleet, cut deforestation, and lower maintenance costs by...
BambooHR Announced the Launch of New Services Offerings
BambooHR unveiled BambooHR Services, a new portfolio that adds HR consulting, technical services, and managed payroll to its existing people‑intelligence platform. The offerings are designed to help fast‑growing companies tackle increasing payroll, compliance and operational complexity. Dedicated consultants will provide...
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This High School Student Invented a Filter That Eliminates 96 Percent of Microplastics From Drinking Water
Virginia high‑school senior Mia Heller invented a compact water filter that uses magnetic ferrofluid to capture microplastics. Laboratory tests showed the device eliminates 95.5% of microplastic particles while reclaiming 87% of the ferrofluid for reuse. The membrane‑free system, about the...
Flow Batteries' Role in the AI Boom
US data‑center construction spending surged to $28.3 billion in 2024, tripling over the prior three years and intensifying power‑grid strain. While lithium‑ion batteries dominate current storage, their fire risk fuels community opposition, especially near dense populations. Flow batteries emerge as a...
Higher-Dose Semaglutide Approved Under New FDA Accelerated Review Process
The FDA granted accelerated approval to Wegovy HD, a 7.2 mg weekly semaglutide injection, marking the fourth product cleared under the National Priority Voucher pilot. Phase 3 STEP UP data showed a mean 20.7% weight loss, with nearly one‑third of participants shedding 25% or...
Fake ‘Trusted Sender’ Labels Misused in New Apple Mail Phishing Scheme
A new phishing campaign embeds counterfeit “trusted sender” banners directly into email bodies, tricking recipients into believing messages are verified by Apple Mail. Apple’s mail client does not generate such labels, so the banners are pure HTML graphics that appear...
ICAR–IVRI Achieves Breakthrough in Sahiwal Breeding Using Advanced Reproductive Technologies
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s Veterinary Research Institute (ICAR‑IVRI) has produced the first indigenous Sahiwal calves using ultrasound‑guided ovum pick‑up, in‑vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer (OPU‑IVF‑ET). Within five days in February‑March 2026, five healthy calves were born from a...
Early Amazon Deals on Radar Detectors—Get a Head Start on Spring Discounts
Amazon’s upcoming Big Spring Sale, scheduled for March 25‑31, is already featuring early discounts on popular radar detectors. Prices for models such as the Escort MAX 360c, Uniden R3 Extreme, and Watutu RAD1000 have been cut by 7‑40%, offering significant savings...
Battery Energy Storage Systems Are Transforming Facility Resilience
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are evolving from idle backup assets into active tools that cut electricity costs and boost facility resilience. By charging during low‑price periods and discharging at peak demand, BESS enables daily peak‑shaving and supports microgrid configurations...
Early Use of Tirzepatide After Heart Attack or Stroke Linked to Key Cardiovascular Benefits
A real‑world propensity‑matched study of 1,666 non‑diabetic patients found that initiating tirzepatide within 14 days of an acute myocardial infarction or ischemic stroke cut the risk of emergency‑room visits, hospitalizations, acute kidney injury, repeat stroke and heart‑failure admission over two...
FBI Takes Down Leak Sites Tied to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security
The FBI seized four domains that Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security used to host stolen data, linking the operation to the state‑run “Handala” group. Handala leveraged Microsoft Intune’s wipe function to destroy data on more than 200,000 Stryker devices,...
How to Monitor LLMs in Production with Grafana Cloud,OpenLIT, and OpenTelemetry
Grafana Cloud now offers AI Observability, a unified platform for monitoring large language model (LLM) workloads in production. By integrating the OpenLIT SDK and OpenTelemetry, developers can automatically capture traces, metrics, and logs for multiple model providers, vector databases, and...
NASA Wants to Know How the Launch Industry's Chic New Rocket Fuel Explodes
NASA and the U.S. Space Force are conducting controlled detonations of methane‑liquid‑oxygen (methalox) propellants to quantify their explosive potential. Tests at Eglin Air Force Base began with C‑4 baselines, progressed to unmixed methane and LOX, and will scale to 20,000‑pound...
Early Deals on CarPlay Upgrades at Amazon's Big Spring Sale
Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, running March 25‑31, features early discounts on a variety of plug‑and‑play Apple CarPlay screens for pre‑touchscreen vehicles. Discounts range from 14 % to 41 % and include models with dash cams, backup cameras, and built‑in streaming apps. The sale...
MacStories Weekly: Issue 505
MacStories Weekly Issue 505 spotlights three notable tech releases. Anthropic’s Claude Code now supports Telegram and Discord, extending AI chat capabilities to popular messaging platforms. Comet launches the first agentic browser for iOS, promising autonomous web navigation on mobile. Claude Dispatch is introduced...
A New Modular Wall System From CO Adaptive Seeks to Make Passive House Retrofits Faster, Cheaper, and More Accessible
CO Adaptive unveiled “The Block,” a modular wall system built from salvaged lumber to deliver Passive‑House‑level performance. The prefabricated, interior‑mounted panels create an airtight thermal envelope without altering historic façades, cutting retrofit time and expense. A prototype installed on Governors...
California?s Streaming Loudness Law: Time for Ad Tech to Rethink Audio Control
California’s SB 576 now obliges streaming ads to match the perceived volume of surrounding content, shifting compliance responsibility to the platforms that deliver the ads. The rule exposes a split in ad‑tech workflows: client‑side insertion (CSAI) offers little control over audio,...
AI Summaries Circumvent CNN Paywall, Exposing Vulnerability
CNN has a paywall protecting its stories. Search for the headline on Google, and the AI summary gives you the whole story. Seems like a problem.
AI Shockwave to Come in Trade Secret Disputes
Artificial intelligence is reshaping trade secret litigation by threatening the core secrecy requirement and enabling rapid reverse‑engineering of confidential information. Courts will face new challenges proving a trade secret exists when AI prompts and outputs can leak proprietary data. Discovery...
Brands Turn Bad Reviews Into Bold Engagement
Brands are in their bold era, using negative customer reviews as part of their campaigns and/or responding to critics online From Dove to Yahoo and Crocs to Burger King, leaning into criticism ✅ Signals confidence and self-awareness ✅ Lets audiences know you’re...
AI Model Giants Should Pay a Levy to Operate in Europe, Says Mistral Boss
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch is urging Europe to impose a revenue‑based levy on AI model providers that sell services within the bloc. The proposed tax, ranging from one to five percent of European revenues, would be funneled into a central...
Intelligent AI Partners with Guidewire to Integrate High-Resolution Property Risk and Rebuilt Data
Intelligent AI has teamed up with Guidewire to embed its high‑resolution property risk and COPE (Construction, Occupancy, Protection, Exposure) rebuild cost data directly into the Guidewire InsuranceSuite platform. The integration delivers precise replacement‑cost estimates, enriched property attributes and peril‑specific risk...
Orange Business Extends Live Intelligence and Adds AI Protections
Orange Business introduced Live Intelligence Studio, expanding its Live Intelligence platform to let developers build and govern autonomous AI agents with advanced LangChain‑based tools. The suite adds branded calling, deep‑fake detection, AI‑augmented customer care and agentic telephony, all hosted on...
L'Or?al Drives Brand Awareness and Employee Engagement on Social Media with Sprinklr Advocacy
L'Oréal launched a global employee advocacy program powered by Sprinklr Advocacy, turning staff into brand ambassadors. Within 18 months the initiative generated over 33 million organic impressions and delivered a four‑fold return on investment. The pilot began in 2024 with 900...
Dayforce Expands Partner Ecosystem with Emburse and Docusign
Dayforce announced expanded partnerships with Emburse and DocuSign, embedding expense‑management and digital‑agreement capabilities directly into its HCM platform. The certified integrations promise secure data exchange, a unified buying experience, and reduced implementation risk for HR, finance and operations leaders. By...
AI Discovery Demands Content Ecosystems Over Traditional SEO
I had the chance to chat with @iPullRank a few weeks back and we had a deep conversation on the state of AI and SEO... Mike's take was clear: If you think AEO and GEO are just "SEO with a...
Measuring AI Factories' Value Essential for Agentic Enterprise
As we transition to the agentic enterprise. Stil work to be done to fully model the value of intelligence manufacturing plants (AI Factories). https://t.co/HbYZCQFhhC
New ‘Quirks’ Could Make States’ Privacy Laws Impossible to Follow, Experts Worry
Federal efforts to create a unified data‑privacy framework stalled as the American Privacy Rights Act failed to pass, leaving roughly 20 state laws in force. Experts warn that emerging state‑level quirks—such as Virginia’s notice‑consent model, Maryland’s data‑minimization focus, and New...
Rapid Model Turnover Turns Training Compute Into OPEX
OH: "if you have 40-60 days before the next model eclipses, training compute is opex, not capex"
AI Agents Set to Spark ChatGPT‑Era Robotics Revolution
Nvidia Robotics Chief: AI Agents Will Bring About ChatGPT Moment for Robotics In fact, a single agent could be responsible for coordinating a whole fleet of robots, dividing up a goal into specific tasks and assigning them to individual robots... https://t.co/hCz4HTp1t1
ARC-AGI-3 Launch Next Week After Year-Long Team Triumph
The ARC-AGI-3 launch is next week. Incredible work by the team over the past year.
Deep Secrets of Agent‑Based D&R Sell Out Fast
One of my #RSAC presentation is a sponsored session ... and yes, this is the one that sold out :-) Because it is about the deep secrets of how we use agents for D&R. We should probably make a...
Boost AI Idea Diversity with Random Start/End Priming
This is a cool, practical technique for increasing AI idea diversity by adding random priming phrases & bits of end words Similar prompts produce similar ideas, but since LLMs attend more to the start & end of inputs, this approach pushes...
AI Agent Lets Clinicians Document without Sacrificing Patient Care
In hectic settings like emergency departments, clinicians shouldn’t have to choose between caring for patients and keeping up with documentation. @OracleHealth Clinical AI Agent is designed for the realities of emergency and inpatient care. https://t.co/P3gcSvXwCJ
Turn Products Into Subscriptions, Not One‑Off Sales
Quip sold 50M+ products by turning a toothbrush into a subscription. Refills every 3 months on autopilot. Millions of subscribers locked in. Meanwhile you're fighting for one-off sales with no recurring revenue. That's the gap.
Impressed by @J__ross's Standout Twitter Banner Ad
I don't usually just straight up advertise on Twitter but this banner ad @j__ross made is so good ha https://t.co/q7P88moByI
AI Enhances Cancer Care Through Better Patient Communication
How can AI improve cancer care? Not just through drug discovery or protein folding. But by improving how we communicate with patients and support shared decision-making. Because at its core, cancer care is still a human endeavor. More below 👇 https://t.co/iHZvHmjW20
CIOs' AI Surge Hinges on Robust Guardrails
CIOs are suddenly seeing a notable uptick in autonomous AI, spurred by the success of OpenClaw and enterprise-grade equivalents like Claude Cowork https://t.co/YD9kQe78Ve My take: It’ll all come down to how good the guardrails and oversight are.
Elastic Read Pools Simplify Scaling in Cloud SQL
I like these new autoscaled read pools for @googlecloud SQL. You might scale your relational database through read replicas, and now you've got an elastic pool that exposes a single read endpoint so your code doesn't have to change. https://t.co/e1YDOUEGRr https://t.co/pq2gEqxcfJ
Dozens of Drones Swarm Bomber Base in Multiple Waves
Re-upping this because apparently there were multiple waves of more than a dozen drones over one of our bomber bases last week. 😬