Europe’s RLV C5 Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle
Europe’s German Aerospace Center is proposing the RLV C5, a heavy‑lift launch vehicle that pairs a winged, reusable first stage with an expendable upper stage. By switching to liquid hydrogen/oxygen propulsion, the C5 can deliver roughly 76 t to orbit while weighing only 1,752 t at liftoff. The design relies on in‑air capture of the booster, avoiding the fuel‑intensive boost‑back burns used by SpaceX’s vertically landing Starship. While thermal protection remains a hurdle for fully reusable systems, the C5’s hybrid approach aims to balance performance with lower development costs.
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Publish Your Data, AI Techniques, and Agentic Engineering Work on Towards Data Science
The New Stack is inviting its readers to publish on Towards Data Science, one of the largest AI‑focused publications. Submissions are free, and accepted pieces receive editorial support, rapid two‑day turnaround, and promotion across TDS’s channels. Authors can earn money...
LLMs, Voice AI, and Instant CX Demand Transform Customer Service
its now time for CX Three things are making this shift irreversible right now: 1. LLMs have crossed the reliability threshold for production-grade deployment 2. Voice AI has matured → the hardest channel is now solvable at scale 3. Enterprise...
How Creating FordDirect Helped Avert a Potential Automaker-Dealer Showdown
In 2000 Ford and its dealer network launched FordDirect, a joint‑venture that bundled digital marketing, website tools, CRM and inventory‑management services for U.S. Ford and Lincoln dealers. The initiative was born from dealer council leaders who feared the internet would...
The Misaligned Organisation
The New York Times recently highlighted "emergent misalignment," noting that a large language model fine‑tuned on poorly written code begins to produce bad medical advice and extremist viewpoints. The author extends this observation to human institutions, arguing that organizations suffering from resource...
Tesla‑xAI Unveils Real‑Time AI That Can Run Companies
Macrohard or Digital Optimus is a joint xAI-Tesla project, coming as part of Tesla’s investment agreement with xAI. Grok is the master conductor/navigator with deep understanding of the world to direct digital Optimus, which is processing and actioning the past...
Claude Code Isn't Going to Replace Data Engineers (Yet)
Rob Moffat tested Claude Code’s ability to generate a full dbt project for UK flood‑monitoring data. Using a concise prompt, the model produced a complete project structure, passed all dbt tests, and even fixed its own build errors. However, the...
Siemens to Help Build AI-Ready Scientific Infrastructure as Part of DOE’s Genesis Mission
Siemens announced a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy to support the Genesis Mission, a federal effort to modernize America’s scientific infrastructure with AI‑driven computing and interoperable digital systems. The partnership leverages Siemens’ expertise in industrial AI,...
How M&S Is Embedding Circular Models with Ebay and Reskinned
Marks & Spencer has launched a dedicated clothing resale platform by partnering with eBay and technology provider Reskinned. The initiative, part of M&S’s “Another Life” circularity program, allows customers to sell pre‑owned garments on eBay while the brand focuses on...
Flywheel and Sodium-Ion Battery Hybrids Target Short Power Spikes on Renewables
Flywheel energy storage is emerging as a fast‑acting complement to batteries for renewable‑rich grids. By converting electricity into kinetic energy, modern flywheels can inject power within milliseconds, smoothing short‑duration spikes that batteries alone struggle to handle. Recent designs, such as...
Biogen Phase Ib Data Positions Salanersen for SMA Treatment Sequencing
Biogen reported Phase Ib data for its antisense oligonucleotide salanersen, showing substantial neurofilament light chain reductions and new motor milestones in children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who had previously received onasemnogene abeparvovec. The study of 24 participants demonstrated a roughly...
Lonza Expands Agreement to Manufacture Gene Therapy for Transfusion-Dependent Beta-Thalassemia
Lonza has broadened its agreement with Genetix Biotherapeutics to increase manufacturing capacity for ZYNTEGLO, the sole FDA‑approved gene therapy for transfusion‑dependent beta‑thalassemia. Production will continue at Lonza’s Houston, Texas, dedicated cell‑and‑gene therapy site, with provisions to scale up for future...
Artemis Launch Revives Apollo’s Global Awe
I came across this @life magazine back-issue. Hundreds of thousands came to nasakennedy to watch the launch live, with hundreds of millions (like me) tuned in on TV. Makes me wonder where the naysayers think the gigantic Saturn V rockets...
Seven Ways to Skin KRAS: Emerging Approaches to Watch Out For
The article surveys seven early‑stage programmes tackling KRAS, each proposing a distinct therapeutic angle. While many firms still chase the classic model of deeper, longer, or more selective pathway blockade, these initiatives span elegant biochemical tricks to counterintuitive concepts that...
TruScore Launches AI Capabilities for Its 360 Feedback Platform to Accelerate Leader Development
TruScore has added three AI‑powered features—AI Feedback Insights, AI Executive Summaries, and AI Comment Summaries—to its 360‑degree feedback platform. The tools automatically analyze quantitative scores and open‑ended comments, delivering concise themes, strengths, blind‑spot alerts, and development priorities. Built on a...
7 AI Roleplay Prompts to Secure a 15% Supplier Discount
A mid-sized Oregon permaculture business used an AI role‑play sandbox to rehearse supplier negotiations and secured a 14.5% discount on bulk inputs. The approach relied on seven tailored prompts that simulated a tough negotiator, forcing the owner to practice under...
ZendBusiness Powers Faster Cross-Border Payments for Africa’s Global Trade
ZendWallet has launched Zend Business, a platform that merges international payments and internal operations for African companies. At its core is ZendFX, a stablecoin‑based engine that moves funds in USDT and USDC across more than 140 countries, supporting transactions from...
Canada’s RTR Enters Resilience, Security Testing
Payments Canada’s February update shows the real‑time rail (RTR) system moving into Q1 2026 with a strong emphasis on resilience, security and anti‑fraud testing. The organization has completed system integration testing in Q4 2025 and is now deepening user acceptance testing while...
Softlink Global Partners with ISTE
Softlink Global has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) to embed practical logistics technology into technical curricula across India. The deal introduces Softlink’s LogiLEARN, LogiSKILL and LogiXPERT platforms, giving students and faculty hands‑on...
E-Stops, Safety Controllers and Sensors Require Planning and Coordination
The article stresses that emergency stops, safety controllers, and sensors must be designed with coordinated planning rather than ad‑hoc additions. Dual‑channel redundancy and low‑voltage signaling ensure a single failure triggers a safe halt, while over‑specifying safety can provoke workarounds that...
Keeping Your Salesforce Org Healthy with the Right Support Solution
Salesforce has announced a strategic pivot from annual order value (AOV) to net new annual order value (NNAOV), emphasizing revenue growth from existing customers rather than new bookings. The shift signals that support teams will be incentivized to prioritize customer...
Modius and Bridgepointe Partner to Enhance Enterprise Infrastructure Management
Modius Inc., a DCIM specialist, has signed a strategic reseller agreement with Bridgepointe Technologies, enabling the advisory firm’s IT strategists to offer Modius’ OpenData platform. The collaboration delivers real‑time operational intelligence and predictive analytics through a single‑pane‑of‑glass interface for AI...
AI Frees Developers for Coding, Boosts Junior Learning
AI isn’t just automating tasks. It’s reshaping how people spend their time at work. Developers using AI tools are spending less time on project management and administrative work and more on actual coding. The biggest boost is among junior developers, suggesting that...
SaaS Giants Trade at Sky‑high EV/Sales Multiples
15 Most expensive SaaS stocks by Forward EV/Sales $PLTR — Palantir — 51x $NET — Cloudflare — 26x $APP — AppLovin — 21x $CRWD — CrowdStrike — 18x $FICO — Fair Isaac — 15x $AXON — Axon Enterprise — 13x $SHOP — Shopify — 12x $DDOG —...
Five Hacks Every Fitness Watch User Should Know
Lifehacker outlines five practical hacks that let fitness‑watch owners squeeze more performance out of their devices. It suggests wearing the sensor on the upper arm for cleaner heart‑rate data, swapping the noisy current‑pace readout for lap‑pace averages, and programming hot‑keys...
AI Assistant Vellum Answers Calls and Handles Tasks
🚨 I've been using an AI that literally picks up my phone calls for me. Not a chatbot. Not another browser tab. An actual personal assistant that lives on my computer and gets shit done. It's called Vellum. Here's what it did for me...
Deepfakes Cost Companies Millions; Traditional Security Fails
Deepfakes aren’t sci-fi. They’re real threats. Cheap, convincing fakes fooled even experts: a 2024 UK finance team lost $25M to AI-generated leaders. Traditional security can’t verify if video or images are real. https://t.co/CpIymYGaON
HIMSS Survey: 60% of Health Systems Can’t Protect Unmanaged Medical Devices
A new HIMSS‑Elisity survey reveals that 62% of health systems cannot secure unpatchable or agentless IoMT devices, while 56% struggle with basic inventory visibility. The same respondents cite microsegmentation as the preferred defense, yet 40% fear it will disrupt clinical...
Emerging KRAS Combo Therapies Show Promising Progress
The KRAS niche has been a deluge of new selective and pan/multi inhibitors. Now there are combos to watch out for – we may be making progress. Here are insights on 7 of them: https://t.co/F9HmM8A4ud https://t.co/IqWw6n2m3k
Academy Must Tackle AI Cheating; Join Forum with Dr. Gallant
How might the academy best address the AI cheating problem? Tomorrow from 2-3 ET the Future Trends Forum is delighted to host Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant, author of _The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI_ (University...
Many Agents, One Team: Scaling Modernization on Azure
Microsoft unveiled a new suite of AI‑driven agents that automate end‑to‑end application and infrastructure modernization on Azure. The Azure Copilot migration agent and GitHub Copilot modernization agent entered public preview, enabling continuous discovery, assessment, planning, code transformation, and deployment. By...
GLP‑1 Drug Linked to Longer Survival in Brain Metastases
Another potential GLP-1 drug benefit seen in people with diabetes and brain metastases for improved survival; a retrospective study that needs further assessment but intriguing https://t.co/nZm3xEYQMH https://t.co/V76S7o1MJb
Blog Content Fuels $4M ARR Without Sales or Ads
Joel Griffith's first big customers didn't come from sales or ads. They came from blog posts. One user brought Browserless with them to their next company. Then the next one. At nearly $4M ARR, content still drives almost all their inbound. https://t.co/rqTYeCejSm
AI Podcast Start-Up Rebel Audio Comes Out of Stealth Mode, Taps Mark Burnett as Adviser (EXCLUSIVE)
Rebel Audio, a Nashville‑based AI podcasting start‑up, has emerged from stealth mode with a $3.8 million seed round and the addition of TV legend Mark Burnett as its first adviser. The company unveiled an invitation‑only beta of its AI‑driven platform at SXSW,...
AI Ordering Soon, Delivery Costs Still Unchanged
Ordering thru ChatGPT, Gemini or other AI tools isn't reality yet, but it will be soon. These are increasingly replacing search engines as a means to discovery, and ordering will be linked soon enough. Can AI help bring down delivery costs?...
AI Agents Will Redefine Web, Ending Traditional Search
Marie Haynes shares her take on five key revelations from Google's Liz Reid, from #AI agents reshaping the web to the end of traditional Search as we know it https://t.co/wji4AmQ0cA via @marie_haynes, @sejournal
The Latest Author Protest Against AI
Around 10,000 UK authors have jointly released an empty volume titled *Don’t Steal This Book* to protest the use of their works in training AI systems. The book, containing only a roster of contributors, will be distributed at the London...
Alzheimer’s Blood Markers Also Flag Certain Amyloidosis Types
The blood neuromarkers p-tau181 and p-tau217 that can predict and diagnose Alzheimer's disease are also abnormal in certain types of amyloidosis, indicating both some non-specificity and potential help in diagnosis of these conditions https://t.co/jodvMY6TNK
Autonomous AI Agents Raise Serious Accountability Questions
🔺 Autonomous AI Agents Have an Ethics Problem AI-powered digital assistants can do many complex tasks on their own. But who takes responsibility when they cause harm? https://t.co/rzxqYZmNlh https://t.co/Mi9nk3oVwx
The FDA Approves Leucovorin for Rare Genetic Condition and Not for Autism
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved leucovorin, a synthetic vitamin B9, solely for cerebral folate deficiency, a rare genetic disorder. Earlier this year, President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. promoted the drug as an autism cure, prompting a surge in...
AI Code Generation Risks Demand Full‑Lifecycle Security
AI code generation is fast, but is it secure? "Vibe Coding" is creating a massive surface area for malicious injections. We need to move beyond just "testing" to protecting the entire dev lifecycle. Read more on the AVOA briefing: 🔗 https://t.co/6PIC4o7OmO #AppSec #DevSecOps...
Rebel Audio Debuts Invite-Only AI Podcast App, Adds Mark Burnett
AI Podcast Start-Up Rebel Audio Launches App With Invite-Only Access, Taps Mark Burnett as Adviser (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/C0nR4IG3VQ
Airbus and B2Space Team Up for Advanced Stratospheric Missions
Airbus and Spanish HAPS specialist B2Space have signed a strategic partnership to develop end‑to‑end stratospheric missions. B2Space will design, launch and operate high‑altitude balloon platforms, while Airbus will provide payloads, sensors and data‑management capabilities. The collaboration targets applications such as...
AI's Money Future Hinges on Narrative, Not Tech
Stripe's advantage: developer trust Coinbase's advantage: regulatory clarity Ethereum's advantage: decentralization The race to become robot money infrastructure isn't about technology It's about which narrative AI companies buy into first
App or Website: The Routing Rules Every Marketer Needs
Marketers must decide whether to route users to an app or a mobile website, balancing higher long‑term LTV of app users against immediate conversion friction. The article proposes a framework using LTV differentials and current web ARPDAU to determine when...
Tembo Is an Innovative New Instrument Designed to Demystify Electronic Music-Making
Tembo, a new step sequencer from Musical Beings, replaces the typical digital grid with magnetic wooden counters on a board‑game‑style layout. The tactile interface lets users build basslines and beats by moving physical pieces, while built‑in mic, line‑in, MIDI out, effects...
Windracers ULTRA to Be Deployed in Greenland for Glacier Surveying
Windracers ULTRA will be deployed in June 2026 as part of the GIANT programme to collect climate data in northwest Greenland. The heavy‑lift drone can carry over 150 kg and fly up to 2,000 km, enabling autonomous mapping of floating ice‑shelf bases...
NFMT East 2026: How Building Operations Help Organizations’ Strategic Goals
The NFMT East 2026 conference highlighted how facilities managers are leveraging AI and other smart‑building technologies to meet strategic objectives. At the opening keynote, Hornets Sports & Entertainment detailed its $240 million Spectrum Center renovation, which combined new seating, LED upgrades,...
Don’t Switch ERP Just Because Vendor Discontinues It
Many organizations can't answer why they need new ERP software. The worst reason? Vendor discontinuation. A massive price tag, chaos, and heartache demand a stronger rationale for ERP implementation. #ERPSolutions #BusinessStrategy https://t.co/490Xb2xy9n
