A Defense Official Reveals How AI Chatbots Could Be Used for Targeting Decisions
A Pentagon official said the military is experimenting with generative AI chatbots to rank and recommend strike targets, with human operators retaining final authority. The approach would layer large‑language models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, xAI’s Grok, or Anthropic’s Claude onto the existing Maven system that already processes massive sensor data. The AI could accelerate target prioritization, though verification remains essential. The disclosure comes amid heightened scrutiny after a U.S. missile strike hit an Iranian school, prompting questions about AI‑driven decision‑making.
JetBrains Unveils AI Tracing Library for Kotlin and Java
JetBrains announced Tracy, an open‑source AI tracing library for Kotlin and Java, on March 11. The library implements OpenTelemetry Generative AI semantic conventions, enabling developers to capture structured traces of LLM calls, token usage, costs, and execution times. Tracy supports integrations...
Zone & Co Launches ERP Command Interface for Agentic Finance
Zone & Co introduced the Zone Control Center, a command‑interface that embeds finance workflow orchestration directly within ERP systems. The interface sits atop Zoe, the company’s agentic orchestration layer, and initially launches for ZoneCapture procure‑to‑pay customers. By consolidating visibility and...
More Police Are Adopting 'Grappler' Tech To End Car Chases Before They Begin
Police departments across the United States are rapidly adopting the Grappler Police Bumper, a net‑based device that immobilizes fleeing vehicles by wrapping around their rear tires. First prototyped in 2016, the system is now used by roughly 40‑50 agencies, with...
SKILLS 2026 Unveils Top 10 Recommended Legal Tech Vendors
The Strategic Knowledge and Innovation Legal Leaders Summit (SKILLS) released its 2026 top‑10 legal‑tech vendor rankings, based on recommendations from 106 large law firms. DeepJudge retained the #1 spot, followed by Centari, SimplyAgree, Legora, and Harvey, with DraftWise, Syntheia, Definely,...
Instacart’s Partnership with Uber Eats Has Helped with Grocery
Instacart’s 2024 partnership with Uber Eats is delivering a measurable “flywheel” effect, driving more frequent grocery orders. By lowering the minimum basket to $10 and promoting its Instacart+ membership, the company is shifting users from quarterly to weekly activity. The...
Bot’s Not Nice
A recent Wall Street Journal test pitted Claude, Gemini, and OpenAI against each other, revealing each model’s distinct strengths and quirks, especially a tendency toward hedging language that falls short of client‑focused counsel. The article highlights how such vague output...
The First Commercial Space Telescope Just Achieved First Light
Mauve, the world’s first commercial space‑science telescope, recorded its first light on Feb. 9, 2026, capturing a UV spectrum of the star Alkaid. Launched aboard SpaceX’s Transporter‑15 in November 2025, the 5‑inch CubeSat operates in low‑Earth orbit to study stellar flares...
ESA's Mars Orbiters Watch Solar Superstorm Hit the Red Planet
In May 2024 a massive solar superstorm struck both Earth and Mars, producing spectacular aurorae and intense radiation. ESA’s Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter used a rare radio‑occultation technique to record the storm’s impact on Mars, finding electron densities...
Iran Strikes Showcase American AI, Drone and Cyber Advances
U.S. strikes against Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, showcased the Pentagon’s push toward an AI‑first warfighting posture. AI‑enabled planning tools allowed 900 attacks to be planned and executed within a 12‑hour window, while the low‑cost LUCAS one‑way attack drones provided...
Phenom Set to Go After Public Sector HR Software Market
Phenom announced FedRAMP authorization, clearing the path to sell its AI‑driven talent platform to U.S. federal, state and local agencies. The company is positioning its new WorkOps suite and Hypercell operating model to address the $8 billion domestic public‑sector HR market,...
Gumloop Raises $50M From Benchmark to Scale AI Agents
In this episode, host Jaden Schaefer highlights Gumloop, a startup that enables every employee to become an AI‑agent builder, automating routine tasks without needing code. Founded in mid‑2023 by Max Broder Urbass, Gumloop has quickly secured major enterprise customers like...
AI’s Application Still Clouded by Hype
AI is being promoted across mining for exploration, but most tools deliver modest efficiency gains rather than breakthroughs. EY’s 2026 outlook shows 21% of miners intend to raise AI spending by over 20% despite limited returns due to siloed data...
The 7 Best Portable Monitors for Working and Gaming on the Go
The article reviews seven top portable monitors for work and gaming, ranging from the 15.6‑inch ASUS ZenScreen OLED to the 18.5‑inch VisionOwl model and a dual‑screen stacked option. It highlights key specs such as OLED versus IPS panels, refresh rates...
Can the Hulcan Bros Relight Matches?
Luxury e‑tailer Matches, once valued at $1 billion, was sold by Apax Partners to Frasers Group for just £52 million in 2024. The company’s founders, Ruth and Tom Chapman, built it from a West London boutique into a digital showcase for designers...
Canadian Retail Giant Loblaw Notifies Customers of Data Breach
Lobster Companies Limited, Canada’s largest food and pharmacy retailer, disclosed a breach affecting a non‑critical segment of its IT network. Hackers accessed basic customer information, including names, phone numbers and email addresses, but no financial, health, or password data appears...
Linux 7.0 Cpupower Now Handles Systemd Service Setting EPP, Intel P-State Turbo Boost
Today's merge adds two key power‑management enhancements to the cpupower utility in the upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel. Administrators can now set the ACPI Energy Performance Preference (EPP) directly in the cpupower systemd service file, automating performance‑efficiency tuning. The tool also gains...
Japan Warns Companies Considering Ukraine Support on Potential Leaks by Huawei
Japan’s government cautioned domestic firms that aid Ukraine’s reconstruction about the risk of technology and sensitive data leaks via Huawei‑supplied 5G networks. The warning follows a Ukrainian telecom operator’s 5G trials with Huawei and a failed bid by Japan’s Rakuten...
Local Droplet Etching Yields More Symmetric Quantum Dots for Integrated Photonics
Researchers at Johannes Kepler University and the State University of Campinas have demonstrated a local droplet etching (LDE) technique to fabricate InGaAs quantum dots embedded in AlGaAs with unprecedented symmetry and low surface density. The dots exhibit radiative lifetimes around...
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results and Operational Highlights
Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced FDA approval and U.S. launch of TONMYA, the first new fibromyalgia drug in over 15 years, in August 2025 with commercial availability beginning November 17, 2025. The company reported fourth‑quarter product revenue of $5.4 million and full‑year revenue...
Agents Need Vector Search More than RAG Ever Did
Qdrant, a Berlin‑based open‑source vector search firm, announced a $50 million Series B round and launched platform version 1.17. The update introduces relevance‑feedback queries, delayed fan‑out, and cluster‑wide telemetry to support the high‑throughput demands of autonomous AI agents. It highlights that agents...
Data Breach at NYC Health + Hospitals Partner Exposes Info of 5,086 Patients
A data breach at NADAP, a care‑management partner of NYC Health + Hospitals, exposed protected health information for 5,086 patients. The unauthorized access occurred around Nov. 26, 2025 and was discovered on Jan. 10, 2026, with the health system notified...
Big Take: Pentagon, Anthropic and the Road to AI War (Podcast)
The Pentagon’s recent strike on Iran showcased a firepower surge that dwarfed its 2003 Iraq assault, a boost attributed in part to artificial‑intelligence integration. Hours before the attack, the Defense Department’s partnership with Anthropic ended after the AI firm raised...
FDA to Recommend Additional, Earlier MRI Monitoring for Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease Taking Leqembi (Lecanemab)
The FDA is adding an earlier MRI requirement before the third Leqembi infusion to catch amyloid‑related imaging abnormalities with edema (ARIA‑E) sooner. An analysis of pharmacovigilance data revealed 101 serious ARIA‑E cases, including six deaths, many occurring before the fifth...
We Analyzed 8,566 Keywords Across 14 SaaS Domains to Measure Reddit’s Impact on B2B Search… Here’s What We Found
A recent analysis of 8,566 keywords across 14 SaaS domains shows Reddit now frequently outranks B2B vendors in organic search. Reddit appears in the top three positions for 40‑45% of keywords and beats every competitor on more than half of...
Stanford Researchers Release OpenJarvis: A Local-First Framework for Building On-Device Personal AI Agents with Tools, Memory, and Learning
Stanford’s Scaling Intelligence Lab released OpenJarvis, an open‑source framework for building personal AI agents that run entirely on a user’s device. The platform introduces a five‑primitives architecture—Intelligence, Engine, Agents, Tools & Memory, and Learning—to modularize model selection, inference runtime, agent behavior, tool...
Vercel Fuels Notion’s Rise in the Agent Era
Vercel now powers the Notion agent platform. Not only are they a great company and product I use daily, I think they're going to be one of the big winners of the agent era. The main 'runtime' of an agent is English...
Connected 594: Vibing at 50 / Warranted But Not Sexy / The Relay Account Has Signed In
Connected 594, the latest episode of the Relay FM podcast, dives into Apple’s 50‑year milestone while reviewing the newly announced MacBook Neo laptops. Hosts Stephen and Federico share hands‑on impressions, noting the device’s sleek design but questioning its price point....
Two Paths to Power Data Center Demand
Two contrasting megaprojects aim to meet soaring data‑center power needs: a $33 billion, 9.2 GW natural‑gas plant in Ohio and a 300 MW iron‑air battery system in Minnesota. The Ohio venture, backed by Japan and SB Energy, carries a staggering $3,586/kW price tag and...
Spectrum Expands Partnership with RingCentral
Spectrum and RingCentral announced an expanded partnership that introduces the Unified Customer Experience (UCX) platform for Spectrum Business customers. The bundle combines RingCentral’s AI‑driven RingCX contact‑center suite and the AI Conversation Expert (ACE) with Spectrum’s managed network and onboarding services....
AI Legal Research Startup Descrybe Launches ‘Legal Reasoning’ Tool; Says It Outperforms ChatGPT, Claude, And Gemini On Bar Exam Benchmark
Descrybe introduced DescrybeLM, a purpose‑built legal‑reasoning AI that achieved a perfect 200‑out‑of‑200 score on the NCBE multiple‑choice bar exam benchmark. In contrast, leading general‑purpose models—ChatGPT 5.2, Claude Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3 Pro—missed 13‑23 questions, scoring between 88.5% and 93.5% accuracy. The study highlighted that...
AI Tracks Peer Help, Boosting Gratitude Bonuses at Google
Inside @google, we have a system for sending small bonuses to peers that helped us out. It's used often, and builds a culture of gratitude. We added an AI tool that scans your chats, emails, whatever and generates a report that...
Iran MOIS Colludes With Criminals to Boost Cyberattacks
Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) is now openly partnering with cyber‑criminal groups, embedding tools like the Rhadamanthys infostealer into its APT operations. The strategy, highlighted by Check Point research, shows MOIS‑run groups such as Void Manticore and MuddyWater buying...
Agentic Browsers Unnecessary; Chrome Extensions Win
ok ive seen enough evidence to call it: dedicated agentic browsers were a mistake. you can do everything u need to do as a chrome extension. Claude Cowork et al have shown the way. excited for our @felixrieseberg pod to tell the...
24/7 Collateralized Funding Essential for Fast Payments
The payments system will only be as accessible as the discount window. We should be able to fund exchange money 24/7 with the ability to draw upon overnight funds that has collateral pledged. Otherwise, liquidity risk elevates with the speed...
Responsible AI Starts with Zero‑Trust Data Governance
RT You can't have responsible AI without responsible data. Classify AI data, extend zero trust, encrypt in use, and spell out non-negotiable governance policies from day one. #AISecurity #DataGovernance @Star_CIO https://t.co/aiB5P99ido
Run AI Inference on Offline GKE Clusters
Sure you're running your Kubernetes cluster in a cloud for all sorts of reasons, but what if you want it without any internet access? Can it still do stuff? This post shows how you can still do AI inference on a...
Apple's AI Gap Shows in Subpar Keyboard Experience
The inability of Apple to build its own AI models will show up in more places. The keyboard is another. @typelessdotcom (or one of the competitors, like @WisprFlow or @usemonologue) is way way way better.
Only Paying Users' Churn Signals a SaaS Platform's Death
When people say that a certain SaaS platform is dead, I wouldn’t trust them unless they are a frequent user of it (or at least someone who pays for it). When paid users leave the platform and stay off for...
VPPs Accelerate Data Center Connections, Slash Bills 20%
Virtual Power Plants can help data centers get connected faster while giving consumers a 20% discount on their electricity bill. VPPs are anchored by batteries, EV charging, and smart water heaters. Fastest way to meet load growth. @EnergyEmpirePod https://t.co/Duchh2r3Fr
Omada Simplifies Cardiometabolic Care in the GLP‑1 Era
The GLP-1 era demands smart decisions on access, cost, and outcomes—now. At Omada, we're simplifying cardiometabolic care for a new era with over a decade of between-visit care innovation guiding us. Learn more: https://t.co/7r5KAZbx7f https://t.co/k7Sc7JloKZ
US KC-135 Crash in Iraq Not Caused by Hostile Fire
Can’t wait for the AI slop videos and images to inundate this app about this 3…2…1…
Autoresearch Cuts Liquid Parse Speed by 53%
OK, well. I ran /autoresearch on the the liquid codebase. 53% faster combined parse+render time, 61% fewer object allocations. This is probably somewhat overfit, but there are absolutely amazing ideas in this. https://t.co/dpEJw7NpL4
Fluent Language ≠ Proof of Intelligence, Past Bias Repeats
"Just as the absence of spoken language was wrongly taken as evidence of absent intelligence in the past, the presence of fluent language output is now being wrongly taken as evidence of present intelligence. It’s a similar error, inverted" @mmitchell_ai...
AI Super‑Connector Parker Links You Directly to Top Jobs
Parker from Perfectly is your AI career super-connector on iMessage and WhatsApp. It connects you to the right people at top companies and brings opportunities to you — no more applying everywhere. Congrats on the launch, @victorluo00, @GaryLuo1994 & @WeymanX15075! https://t.co/H99WlmPPZa
Multi-Physics Design Must Shift Upstream in Workflow
Had fun moderating a very interesting multi-die/multi-physics panel at @Synopsys Converge yesterday with four esteemed expert speakers: Shankar Krishnamoorthy, Asad Khamisy, Raja Swaminathan and Aveek Sarkar. All agreed multi-physics design needs to move upstream in the workflow. https://t.co/Ee6bVVmGLf
Night‑time Body Pod Merges AI Hardware and Software
Exactly. We converge SW + HW since day one. The Pod runs ML on your body throughout the night. Physical AI is already here
SAP BTP Enables Seamless Cloud Migration with Clean Core
SAP's BTP platform streamlines cloud migrations by offering tools for data quality, master data management, and analytics. It supports a 'clean core' approach, enabling organizations to differentiate with custom processes without complex upgrades. #SAP #CloudMigration #BTP https://t.co/94wouRrLLt
Plaud NotePin: AI Wearable Boosts Meeting & Lecture Notes
I review the Plaud NotePin Wearable AI Note Taker device and find that there's a lot to like with this smart little gizmo. It's particularly helpful for meetings and lectures, as I demonstrate in this detailed video: https://t.co/Q45YtD8M9E #ai #aiWearable...
Regional AI Transformations Unveiled at MWC2026
#AI at #MWC2026: How leaders are transforming, region by region. (McKinsey) #MWC26 #MWC #JVGpost https://t.co/q6azSptnUD https://t.co/gXtGMSqk67
