Citi and Endowus Expand Partnership with Credit Card Offering
Citi Hong Kong and digital wealth platform Endowus have launched a joint credit‑card promotion, offering eligible Endowus clients a HK$4,000 (≈ $512) cash reward when they obtain a new Citi Prestige Card. The initiative builds on Citi Ventures’ 2023 investment in Endowus and the "Invest with Clarity, Live in Prestige" campaign. Both firms say the partnership blends premium lifestyle benefits with digital investment tools, and they intend to roll the offer out to additional Citi cards and products. The move underscores Citi’s strategy to deepen its fintech collaborations in Hong Kong’s wealth market.
MiningDropper Turns Android Apps Into Multi-Stage Malware Delivery Systems
Researchers at Cyble have identified a surge in Android malware campaigns leveraging a new modular framework called MiningDropper. The platform repurposes the open‑source Lumolight app as a trojanized entry point and uses layered XOR and AES encryption to deliver multi‑stage...
Plug‑and‑Play Robotics Tackle Real‑World Warehouse Chaos
robotics demo are aaaalways flawless. a warehouse? not so much. Everyone deploying knows, that gap has been the open secret of the industry for years: Perfect lighting, perfect items, perfect choreography on stage. Then the truck backs in with a...
Aerodyca – Chimango 650 UAV
Aerodyca unveiled the Chimango 650, a Class I UAV built to NATO STANAG 4703 specifications for reconnaissance, surveillance and tactical support. Its large‑span aerodynamic design and efficient propulsion deliver long endurance and wide‑area coverage in demanding environments. The platform incorporates a robust fuselage,...
Bloomberg Unveils ASKB Roadmap for Clients to Augment Their Investment Process with Agentic AI
Bloomberg announced a 2026 roadmap for its ASKB conversational AI, now in beta, to embed agentic AI across the Terminal’s investment workflow. The plan adds enterprise‑grade integrations with Portfolio & Risk Analytics, Research Management Solutions, alternative‑data feeds and expert‑network content,...
Cala Reports the US FDA Clearance of Cala kIQ Plus System for Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease
Cala Therapeutics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted clearance to its next‑generation wearable neurostimulation device, the Cala kIQ Plus system, for treating action hand tremor in adults with essential tremor (ET) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). The device...
Monolithic 3D Tantalum Pentoxide Nonlinear Photonics
Researchers have demonstrated a monolithic 3‑D integration of tantalum pentoxide (Ta₂O₅) onto lithium‑niobate substrates, enabling wafer‑scale fabrication of low‑loss nonlinear photonic circuits. The approach leverages room‑temperature deposition and modest annealing, preserving underlying devices while delivering high‑Q microresonators for χ³ processes....
Aspire Receives Hong Kong Securities and Asset Management Licences
Aspire’s subsidiary AFT HK Treasury Limited received Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission Type 1, 4 and 9 licences, authorising securities dealing, advisory and asset‑management activities. The approvals clear the path for launching Aspire Yield in Hong Kong, a cash‑optimization product that lets businesses earn...
Understanding AI: Beyond Products, Foundations Matter
Ok these comments on this post are why people need to learn about AI. We're very consumed by the products on the market at the moment and the concept of generative AI that a lot of people do not understand...
Apple Trims Mac Mini, Mac Studio Lineup as AI Demand Spikes
Apple quietly removed its highest‑memory Mac mini (32 GB and 64 GB) and Mac Studio (128 GB and 256 GB) configurations from the US online store, following a recent pull of the 512 GB Mac Studio model. The cuts come amid a broader industry RAM...
Tencent’s HY-World 2.0 Moves AI Beyond Video Into Editable 3D Worlds
Tencent has open‑sourced HY‑World 2.0, a multimodal AI system that creates editable 3D environments from text, images or video. The platform outputs meshes, 3D Gaussian splatting and point clouds that can be exported directly into Unity, Unreal Engine and other graphics...
Loud Budgeting: How Gen Z’s Money Habits Are Changing Ecommerce
Gen Z’s emerging financial habits—loud budgeting and soft saving—are reshaping ecommerce demand. Around 68% of Gen Z adults say they skip social events because of money, while 66% of UK shoppers report cutting impulse buys. These trends, amplified by TikTok...
Expedia Courts Non-Travel Brands With New Adtech Deal
Expedia Group has partnered with ad‑tech platform Magnite to monetize its vast first‑party data set. The deal gives brands and agencies access to roughly 200 petabytes of traveler data for targeting across streaming TV, video, display and audio. Expedia’s travel media...
Robinson Helicopter Company Launches Unmanned Business Unit to Scale Autonomous Aviation & Vertical Lift
Robinson Helicopter Company has created Robinson Unmanned, a dedicated unit that blends its legacy R44 and R66 helicopter platforms with autonomous technology from Rotor Technologies and Sikorsky. The division incorporates Ascent AeroSystems’ coaxial small UAS and adds larger, Group 3‑4 unmanned...
Measurement Biggest Barrier to DOOH Investment, Azerion Finds; It’s Partly a Perception Problem
Azerian’s February‑March 2026 study of 128 UK media planners reveals that while 68% have increased out‑of‑home (OOH) usage and 93% consider it vital to omnichannel strategies, 58% view measurement and attribution uncertainty as the primary barrier to further investment. The...
$4.5m ARR, $0 Raised: Tom Hunt on Building Fame (Getting to Aha!)
In this episode, Tom Hunt, founder and CEO of the B2B podcast agency Fame, shares his entrepreneurial journey from studying chemistry and working in management consulting to launching 25 ventures, with Fame emerging as the sole success—now generating over $4 million...
Testing FRRouting Pull Requests with Netlab
The article outlines a straightforward workflow for testing FRRouting pull requests using the netlab automation framework. By cloning the FRR repository, checking out a PR branch, and building the FRR Docker image, users can configure netlab to launch a lab...
Bettermove Introduces Chain-Mending Service to Tackle Failed Transactions
Bettermove has unveiled a chain‑mending service that steps in when a buyer withdraws, purchasing the property to keep the transaction chain moving. The offering targets estate agents, landlords and sellers, aiming to reduce the roughly 25% failure rate of UK...
The Space Force’s 170-Page Bet on Distributed Architecture — and What It Means for Commercial Space
The U.S. Space Force unveiled two 170‑page strategy papers—Future Operating Environment 2040 and Objective Force 2040—calling for a fundamental redesign of the service. The documents declare that uncontested dominance in space has ended, naming China and Russia as the primary...
How To Make Merch For YouTube: A Creator’s Guide
YouTube creators can start selling merchandise at any subscriber count by using print‑on‑demand services like Printify. A lean launch—one shirt, one hoodie, and a mug or sticker—lets creators test designs without inventory risk. With a $10 production cost and $14...
Designing Finance for Scale: Why Charts of Accounts and Dimensions Matter More Than ERP Features
ERP implementations often run smoothly at launch, but scaling problems emerge years later when the underlying financial architecture—chart of accounts, dimensions, and entity hierarchy—cannot keep pace with growth. The article argues that these structural choices, made before or during go‑live,...
China’s Leaders Alarmed by AI‑driven Job Losses
Superb piece from my #CarnegieAsia teammate @mattsheehan88 on why Chinese leaders and AI policymakers are becoming increasingly concerned about impacts on employment. "Over the past two years, worries about AI displacing workers and leading to structural unemployment have shot up...
Microsoft Counters MacBook Neo with Free Game Pass and Office Bundle on Windows Laptops
Microsoft has launched a limited‑time promotion that bundles a free year of Microsoft 365 Premium, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and a custom Xbox controller with eligible Windows laptops purchased before July 31. The move directly counters Apple’s newly priced MacBook Neo, which undercuts the traditional entry‑level Windows...
5 Things Ecommerce Owners Need To Get Right Now
In this episode, the Hammersley Brothers outline five immediate priorities for e‑commerce owners, starting with pre‑building weather‑triggered campaigns to capitalize on unexpected climate events. They stress the importance of a year‑ahead event calendar—covering holidays, sales periods, and macro events like...
Aliste Technologies Raises Rs 30 Cr in Pre-Series A Led by Big Global JSC
Aliste Technologies, an Indian energy‑management and IoT startup, announced a Rs 30 crore ($3.2 million) pre‑Series A financing round led by Big Global JSC, with participation from YourNest VC and HBeon Labs. The capital, a mix of equity and debt, will be deployed...
Jensen Huang Explains Why Nvidia Invests in Tons of Companies, Instead of Trying to Pick Winners
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang explained on the "Dwarkesh" podcast that the chipmaker prefers to fund a broad array of emerging tech firms rather than try to pick a few winners. He cites the company's own humble origins—once one of 60...
Hard Truths For Retail Media At The IAB Connected Commerce Summit
At the IAB’s 2026 Connected Commerce Summit, industry leaders warned that retail media is at a crossroads, noting the market cannot sustain hundreds of undifferentiated commerce media networks. The new IAB report stresses that future growth will come from tapping...
Smart Glasses vs Regular Glasses: Which One Makes More Sense to Buy Today?
Smart glasses have moved beyond novelty, offering hands‑free photo, audio, and AI features, but they still require daily charging and cost $150 or more. Regular prescription glasses remain inexpensive, typically $10‑$50, require no power, and provide precise vision correction. Battery...
Nothing Launches the Ultimate Android-to-Mac Transfer App, Quietly Takes It Down Hours Later
Nothing announced Warp, a cross‑platform file‑sharing app that let Android phones transfer files, links, and clipboard content to macOS, Windows, or Linux devices. The app appeared in the Android share menu and relied on a Chrome extension and Google Drive...
How AI Agents Are Reshaping ERP in the “SaaSpocalypse” Era
The article argues that the “SaaSpocalypse” hype oversimplifies AI’s impact on enterprise software, distinguishing between lightweight workflow tools and core ERP systems that hold deep data and compliance functions. Autonomous AI agents are already taking over repetitive, UI‑heavy tasks such...
Omar Oakes: What Is Your Content Actually Worth when the AI Crawlers Come for It?
Media executives are confronting a new dilemma: how much their content is worth to AI firms that harvest it for massive language models. Le Monde has signed licensing deals with OpenAI, Perplexity and Meta, while Wikipedia’s editors voted to ban...
Autonomous Times
Airport World reports rapid expansion of autonomous ground vehicles across four major hubs. Singapore Changi Airport has moved two driverless tractors into live baggage service after 5,000 trial trips and plans a 24‑vehicle fleet by 2027, later adding cargo tow...
As RFPs Shrink, Multicultural Publishers Fight For Dollars With First-Party Data
Multicultural publishers are seeing RFP volumes shrink and referral traffic dry up, pressuring them to prove scale for advertisers. To counteract the reach gap, firms like Q Digital and AURN are adopting AdGrid’s Audience Accelerator, a first‑party data platform that...
Who Is Winning the Scam Game?
In this episode of Hacking Humans, hosts Dave Bittner, Joe Kerrigan, and Maria Vermazis dissect two major scam narratives: an international gold‑scam ring that lured U.S. victims into buying $800,000 worth of physical gold, culminating in the arrest of a...
How Ukraine Turned DIY Drones Into a Powerful War Force — and What Europe Can Learn
Ukraine has transformed a pre‑war niche of about seven drone firms into a 500‑strong industry that produced over 2.2 million FPV combat drones in 2024 and aims for 4‑4.5 million in 2025. The cheap $400‑$800 machines now account for more than 60%...
The Drone Workflow That Scales: Turning Flight Data Into Better Products
The drone sector is racing toward faster product cycles, and the decisive factor is how quickly companies can turn raw flight data into actionable insight. Foxglove offers a unified workflow—record, ingest, process, visualize, collaborate, repeat—that stitches together video, sensor streams,...
Weighing the Value: When to Pay for AI Tools
Should you pay for these AI tools?
LinkedIn Video Secured $100k Brand Deal—Post More
I video on LinkedIn landed me a $100k brand deal. I should really be posting more there.
VinoBuzz Launches AI Wine Marketplace in Hong Kong
VinoBuzz, Hong Kong's first AI‑driven wine marketplace, announced an angel round that values the startup at US$10 million. In just two weeks of beta, it attracted over 1,000 registered users and aggregated more than 4,000 unique wine SKUs. The platform leverages...
Industry Builds the Case Around Architecture Options for Orbital Data Centers
Developers are pushing orbital data centers as launch costs fall and demand for resilient, solar‑powered compute grows. Companies such as LEOcloud (now Voyager Technologies), Starcloud, Sophia Space and Lonestar Data Holdings outline use cases ranging from secure immutable storage to...
Optimizing Nursing Home Menus in Norway From a Sustainability and Nutritional Perspective
A Norwegian study used the AI‑driven tool EvoMeal to re‑arrange dinner menus in 24 nursing homes without altering recipes. The optimized menus aligned more closely with national dietary guidelines and cut carbon emissions by 36‑42% and water use by 29‑36%...
Funding, Not Technology, Drives AI Leadership
Building AI models may be easier than many think. But according to @a16z 's Martin Casado, the real constraint is not technology, it is access to capital, especially the “cheap money” that has fueled rapid scaling. The implication is important. AI may...
Robot Executes Flawless Backflip, Showcasing Advanced Robotics
This #Robot Just Nailed a Seamless Webster Backflip by @XRoboHub #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation https://t.co/otevQWzzuZ
DIY Solar, EV, Battery
Sustainability guru Prof @PeterNewmanCUSP @CurtinUni on ABC Life Matters speaks about do-it-yourself, solar-led, EV-charged, home-battery powered, money-saving opportunities We need more It needs to be faster https://t.co/zz2A7TnPm3 No one will be elected saying no net zero
Integrating Real-World Medicine Into Tech Research
Bridging medical realities in the study of #Technology and health by Peter Dizikes @MIT Learn more: https://t.co/qzEpeeKwKP #MedTech #HealthTech #Tech #TechForGood https://t.co/09sslPIJAJ
Meta's AI Falls Short on WhatsApp Voice Transcription
I don't know what is happening with Meta's AI efforts, but they certainly need to deploy a better model for WhatsApp voice note transcription.
Breakdown of AI Chatbot Costs for Organizations
Understanding the cost of AI chatbots is essential for organizations considering their implementation. This guide explores various expenses associated with different chatbot options. https://t.co/44r408SLRG
Aged Polystyrene Microplastics Speed Worm Aging via Ferroptosis
Photoaged Polystyrene Microplastics Accelerate Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans via Ferroptosis-Linked Insulin Signaling Pathway https://t.co/gGPlKDdgW1 https://t.co/NZ31ToOTp2
AI Demands Rethinking Purpose, Not Just Apps or Prompts
“𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘀… 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘀.” This MIT lecture quietly does something most AI content never does. It forces you to stop thinking about tools for a minute and ask a much harder question: what is https://t.co/csETmeQqrD
AgileX Launches Autonomous Robots Designed for Real-World Chaos
AgileX #Robotics Unveils #Autonomous Machines Built for Real-World Chaos by @AgilexRobotics #AI #Robots #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/4MAnVqqOD5
