CT-Like Chest Imaging at the Bedside Sans Radiation?
Engineers at the University of Hong Kong have unveiled SonoMeta, an AI‑assisted ultrasound lens built from metamaterials that can image heart and lung structures up to 10 cm behind the rib cage with CT‑like resolution. Validation shows spatial resolution under 500 µm and a 9.3 dB signal‑to‑noise gain, delivering clear cardiac valve views without radiation. The technology is being tested in multi‑centre trials in Shanghai and Hong Kong and is slated for dual FDA and NMPA approval. The team aims to retrofit existing ultrasound probes, turning bedside scans into a high‑precision diagnostic tool.
Tesla to Solely Build V4 Power Units in the US – as V3 Production Phased Out
Tesla announced that its New York Gigafactory will now exclusively produce V4 power cabinets for Superchargers, ending the seven‑year run of V3 cabinets after 15,000 units. The V4 cabinets enable up to 500 kW at charging stalls and can support 800‑volt...
Project Management Hub Asana Wants to Be Your Go-To for Managing AI
Asana announced the rollout of “AI teammates,” bots that act as collaborative team members within its project‑management platform. The initial launch includes 21 pre‑built agents that can plan product launches, draft marketing briefs, manage IT queues, and even generate web‑content...
These Beats Fit Pro Earbuds Are $70 Off Right Now
Beats has slashed the price of its first‑generation Fit Pro earbuds to $129.99, a 35% discount and the lowest price ever recorded. The true‑wireless model packs active noise cancellation, Apple’s H1 chip, spatial audio, and a wing‑tip fit designed for...
DJI’s “Fantastic Beginner Drone” With 4K Video and Sub-249g Weight Drops to Lowest Ever Price
DJI has reduced the price of its Neo 2 beginner drone to £199, the lowest it has ever been on Amazon. Weighing just 151 g, the drone stays under the 249 g regulatory threshold, allowing more flexible flying permissions. It offers 4K video...
Körber Teams With NVIDIA to Bring AI Simulations to Warehouses
German automation leader Körber has partnered with NVIDIA to embed AI‑driven simulation tools into warehouse operations. Using NVIDIA’s Omniverse platform, the two companies will create digital twins that let users model layouts, workflows, and new automation before physical changes. The...
EU Digital ID Wallet Will Prove Over-18 Status Without Showing Birthdate
The European Commission released a manual detailing how the forthcoming EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet will perform age verification through selective disclosure. Users can prove they meet age thresholds—such as over‑18 for social media—without revealing birthdate or name, using a...
Bhutan’s National ID App Now Handles Your Passport Application
Bhutan’s National Digital Identity (NDI) wallet is now integrated into the passport application process, allowing citizens to log in, scan a QR code, and have their photo, e‑signature, and security‑clearance data auto‑populated. The automation replaces manual document collection and form...
The Missing iMac Special Edition
Stephen Hackett’s 512 Pixels blog post, “The Missing iMac Special Edition,” spotlights a rumored, hard‑to‑find iMac G3 variant that enthusiasts have long chased. The author laments the difficulty of tracking down reliable information, calling the pursuit “cursed.” Alongside the discussion,...
Accessibility in Zoho People: Our Commitment to an Inclusive HR Experience
Zoho People announced that its HR platform now conforms to WCAG 2.2 Level AA, the global benchmark for digital accessibility. The update adds customizable visual settings, auditory screen‑readers, extensive keyboard shortcuts, and support for over 20 languages. By embedding these features, Zoho...
DOGE Canceled Museum Grant for HVAC Systems After ChatGPT Flagged It As DEI
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) canceled a $349,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant intended for HVAC replacement at North Carolina's High Point Museum after feeding the proposal into ChatGPT, which flagged the project as DEI‑related. Plaintiffs allege that...
Beverage Marketer Sees Cost Savings with Agentic Media-Buying Test
PubMatic and Butler/Till executed Geloso Beverage Group’s first fully autonomous, AI‑driven media campaign using the AgenticOS platform. The test cut buy‑side supply‑chain costs by 5.5× while delivering a 98% video‑completion rate and 40% more impressions than planned. Quality metrics were...
Blackline Safety Begins Shipping G8 Wearable as Connected Safety Converges Into Single Devices
Blackline Safety announced that its G8 wearable is now shipping, offering an all‑in‑one solution that merges multi‑gas detection, lone‑worker monitoring, and two‑way radio communication. The device runs on Blackline’s unified connected safety platform, delivering real‑time visibility into worker status and...
World Models Are the Next Giant AI Leap
The Next Giant Leap for AI Is Called World Models World models could represent the next major step in AI — enabling systems to understand environments, predict outcomes and reason about the world more effectively. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eX8VHuUs #AI...
Using Grafana and Steadybit MCP Servers in LLM-Based Reliability Workflows
Observability leader Grafana and chaos‑engineering platform Steadybit have each released Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, enabling seamless LLM‑driven integration. By connecting the two MCP endpoints, SRE teams can ask large language models to combine real‑time dashboards, alerts, and historical incident...
Azilen Technologies Becomes Merge Service Partner to Accelerate HRTech and HRIS Integrations
Azilen Technologies has been named an official Merge Service Partner, linking its HR integration expertise with Merge’s unified API platform. The collaboration will help HRTech SaaS providers design, launch, and scale HRIS integrations across North America and Europe more quickly....
New Base Customers Module: Built-In CRM for B2B Sales
Base has launched a new Customers module that embeds a lightweight B2B‑focused CRM directly into its platform. The tool automatically creates company records from VAT numbers and consolidates every order under a single customer ID, regardless of sales channel. Users...
Chinese AI Labs Fall Behind as NVIDIA Compute Access Gap Widens
Chinese AI laboratories are falling behind their U.S. counterparts because they lack access to NVIDIA’s latest compute modules such as the Gro 3 LPU and VR Rubin NVL72. The new hardware delivers up to 35‑times lower token cost and 50‑times...
AI in the Hands of Clinicians: A Look at the Digital Stethoscope
AI‑augmented digital stethoscopes such as the Eko CORE 500 are bringing machine‑learning diagnostics to the bedside. The device records heart sounds, a three‑lead ECG and runs cloud‑based algorithms that flag atrial fibrillation, murmurs and reduced left‑ventricular ejection fraction, with studies reporting...
EWS Pairs with Citi to Offer Paze
Early Warning Services (EWS) has teamed up with Citibank to bring its Paze digital wallet to Citi credit‑card holders, marking the first partnership with a non‑owner bank. The rollout is slated for the coming weeks, expanding Paze’s reach beyond the...
OK28: How ElevenLabs Is Scaling Outbound From 5% to 46% With Human SDRs
ElevenLabs’ GTM leader Jonathan Chemouny revealed how his small, distributed SDR team lifted outbound contribution from 5% to 46% of the company’s pipeline within a year. The team operates without formal titles, stand‑ups, or traditional activity metrics, relying on async...
FranklinWH Battery Accepted in New York and Washington VPPs
FranklinWH announced its residential battery system is now approved for virtual power plant (VPP) programs in New York and Washington. In New York, participants can receive up to $3,000 upfront and earn about $200 annually by allowing utilities to draw power during...
Gifthealth Launches Off-the-Shelf Solution for Most Favored Nation Pricing
Gifthealth unveiled an off‑the‑shelf platform that enables manufacturers to offer Most Favored Nation (MFN) pricing through direct‑to‑patient (DTP) programs. The solution leverages Gifthealth’s position as the nation’s largest DTP partner, handling over 90% of U.S. DTP volume and supporting more...
Turquoise Health Secures $40M Series C, Boosting Price Transparency
Congrats to @TurquoiseHC on their $40M Series C, led by @oakhcft — ~$100M raised in total. Turquoise is the healthcare price transparency platform trusted by 300+ of the largest health systems, insurers, life sci co's, and employers as...
Super Funds Ignored AI Risks, Need Immediate Action
A Silicon Valley Wake-Up Call for Big Super Funds: AI Demands Urgent Focus and Capability Building Now Question: If super funds managing hundreds of billions need "10x more attention" on AI AFTER Silicon Valley trip, what were they doing before? Risk:...
Can Bristol Myers Squibb’s Pipeline Strategy Offset a Major Patent Cliff?
Bristol Myers Squibb faces a major patent cliff as flagship drugs like Revlimid, Pomalyst, Opdivo and Eliquis lose exclusivity, threatening its revenue base. To counteract the decline, the company is reshaping its pipeline through internal R&D and high‑profile acquisitions, emphasizing...
Part I: Outcomes From the IEEE–ITU Sustainable Climate Symposium
The IEEE‑ITU Sustainable Climate Symposium in Geneva highlighted how artificial intelligence can make telecommunications networks more energy‑efficient and climate‑resilient. Participants from standards bodies, UN agencies, industry, and academia discussed AI‑driven optimization, circular‑economy models, and the need for robust governance frameworks....
Riksbank Turns up Pressure on Banks over Instant Payments
Sweden’s central bank, the Riksbank, has warned banks to roll out broader instant domestic payment services within a year or face possible legislation. The regulator set a March 2027 deadline for banks to launch or present credible plans for real‑time...
Business Insurance Health Introduces Six Open Access Benefits Modeling Tools for Small and Mid-Size Employers
Boston‑based Business Insurance Health launched the Benefits Intelligence Platform, a suite of six open‑access tools that let small and mid‑size employers model health‑benefits costs, ROI, and funding options without broker assistance. The tools include a Business Valuation Tool, Benefits ROI...
Top 5 Things CISOs Need to Do Today to Secure AI Agents
Agentic AI is reshaping enterprises by giving autonomous software agents the ability to write code, move data, and execute transactions without human oversight. Traditional AI security relies on prompt filtering and output monitoring, which only constrain behavior after access is...
The “Third Way” For Digital Health Engagement
Kris Narayan argues that today’s health‑tech landscape is split between EMR giants that protect clinical data within the office and consumer‑focused AI tools that demand medical expertise to use. Both approaches fail to engage patients during the daily "micro‑moments" after...
Skilled Workers Fuel AI That May Replace Them
Many highly skilled workers have been quietly training the very AI systems that may reshape their jobs. That comes with a trade-off: the knowledge they share today can become tomorrow’s automation. The real question for the next generation of professionals may be...
AppZen Completes Workday Integration for AI-Powered Expense Audit
AppZen has completed a Workday Design Approved Integration, adding its AI‑driven Expense Audit app to the Workday Marketplace. The integration creates a bi‑directional, near‑real‑time link between Workday Expenses and AppZen’s Mastermind AI platform, enabling autonomous compliance checks and fraud detection....
MarkApp Joins IAB MENA
MarkApp has joined IAB MENA, reinforcing its commitment to transparent, standards‑driven digital advertising in the Middle East and North Africa. IAB MENA is a leading industry body that shapes programmatic standards, best practices, and education across the region. MarkApp brings...
British Business Bank Promises £50m for SuperSeed’s Physical AI Fund
The British Business Bank has pledged up to £50 million as a cornerstone commitment to SuperSeed Fund III, a seed‑stage vehicle focused on B2B AI and SaaS firms building physical AI for manufacturing, energy, construction and autonomous systems. The investment, made...
Samsung Galaxy Wide Fold 8: The Secret Flagship That’s Outshining the Standard Fold
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Wide Fold 8, a premium trifolding flagship that expands screen real estate while retaining pocket‑friendly dimensions. Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the device promises faster multitasking, superior gaming performance, and next‑gen 5G/Wi‑Fi 7 connectivity. A 4,800 mAh battery and 120 Hz...
AI Deepfakes Threaten Hiring: Detecting Candidate Fraud
Interviewing a Ghost: When AI, Deepfakes, and Fake Identities Enter the Hiring Process AI is transforming hiring—but it’s also enabling a new wave of candidate fraud. In this episode of The Jim Stroud Podcast, Jim speaks with Maryam Mahdaviani, founder...
AI Inference Costs Dwarf Training Budgets, Know Your Per‑call Price
Together AI raised at $7.5B. For running models, not building them. Most companies budget for AI training. The real costs compound at inference, every single day. One question: do you know what each AI call actually costs you? https://t.co/j9ebCEWWmV
UBER, NVDA “Launch” Likely Just Safety Driver Level 2
"The headline “launch” by $UBER and $NVDA may simply mean a safety driver behind the wheel of a Level 2 car in the first half of next year."
Nuvo AI Deploys Top AI Agents for $1T Freight Market
Nuvo AI just launched the most powerful system of AI agents for the $1T+ North America truckload freight market.
AI Overpromises: Claude Can't Deliver All in 30 Minutes
Claude, you'll be done with implementing ALL of these improvements in like 30 minutes, including full test coverage and security analysis. You know it. I know it. Which, as Claude shows pre-AI estimates, is WILD. https://t.co/aB2o472961
FAA Adopts Part 450 for Commercial Space Launches
The FAA has transitioned to the new Part 450 licenses for commercial space launch/reentry. https://t.co/HjK7RLvyJQ
CytomX CRC Data Demand Double‑Take, Not Clear Verdict
Some clinical updates tell you exactly what they are. Others ask to be read twice. CytomX’s latest CRC data belong firmly in the second category. Is the die cast? https://t.co/dfdPxx4zXs https://t.co/y9QAoahMut
Co‑varying Residues in MSAs Predict Protein Contact Points
A great read: What we can learn from evolving proteins "A signal hidden in Mulitple Sequence Alignments (MSAs): amino acid positions that tend to co-vary in the MSA tend to interact with each other in the folded structure, often via direct...
Subagents Highlight Durable Patterns in Agentic Engineering
I've enjoyed the ongoing look at "agentic engineering patterns" by @simonw. It can feel like nothing is settled in this space, but there's durability to many of these (https://t.co/TaHWvSyKbZ). His latest one is on subagents ... https://t.co/CpjxjDc1wN
Lumen’s Crucial Follow‑Up to Pro‑Human AI Critique
Lumen with an important follow up post to the critique of the Pro-Human AI Declaration
Testing Offers Can Add $80K Monthly Revenue
You've never tested your offer. → Same "20% off" since day one. → A 20% AOV lift + 10% CVR lift moves a $100K/month account to $330K. → That's $80K+ a month. From the offer. NOT the ads. 5 offer types...
Deploying Robots Without Failure Protocols Risks Chaos
Robot “goes rogue” in a restaurant. That’s not the story. The story is this: We’re deploying robots into human spaces without clear failure protocols. Shutdown. Training. Accountability. That’s governance. #RoboticsSafety #AIGovernance https://t.co/xRipns0kSR
Externalize AI Decision Context to Preserve Insight
NEW POST Conversations with AI are ephemeral, decisions made early lose attention as the conversation continues, and disappear entirely with a new session. @techygarg explains how to externalize the decision context into a living document. https://t.co/sZ58ZGWYEQ
No‑Code AI Powers 2025’s Top Machine Learning Trends
How could you use no-code AI to boost your projects? Top 10 Machine Learning Trends to Watch in 2025 https://t.co/e65AsSHtq4 #AI #MachineLearning #IoT #WMC26 #5G
