Cook Medical Launches Interventional MRI Research Initiative
Cook Medical has designated Indiana University as one of its inaugural Interventional MRI (iMRI) Centers of Excellence, part of a five‑year collaboration with the IU Launch Accelerator for Biosciences. The initiative blends device engineering, imaging science, and clinical research to fast‑track MRI‑guided, radiation‑free procedures. A dedicated FAMES‑Cook program will develop MR‑visible, sensor‑integrated tools tailored for the interventional MRI environment. Cook’s VP Pete Polverini says the goal is safer, more precise patient care through rapid innovation.
Google’s “Renewable” Data Center Still Runs on Fossil Fuels
Google continues to lie about being "renewable"—this time by claiming a new data center will be powered by "wind and batteries." Let's do some honest journalism here: Google's data center in Minnesota will be connected to the local grid, powered largely by...
Patreon's CEO Says AI Will Be a 'Bloodbath for the World's Creative People' Unless Tech Companies Pay Up
Patreon CEO Jack Conte warned that AI could devastate independent creators unless tech firms compensate them. He highlighted the lack of licensing infrastructure for creators compared with media companies and called for regulation or a rights‑management model similar to YouTube’s...
Protara Therapeutics, Inc. (TARA) Reports Narrower Loss for Q4
Protara Therapeutics reported a Q4 2025 loss of $0.37 per share, an improvement from the $0.48 loss a year earlier. The narrowing loss reflects higher clinical development spending as the company advances its lead cell‑therapy candidate, TARA-002, into Phase II...
FBI Says Even in an AI-Powered World, Security Basics Still Matter
The FBI warned that AI is speeding up cyberattacks, but the attack lifecycle remains unchanged, meaning traditional defenses still apply. Deputy Assistant Director Jason Bilnoski highlighted that both criminal and nation‑state actors are leveraging AI, yet basic security steps can...
Queensland LNP Calls in Another Big Battery Project as Most Coal Dependent State Hit by Flight of Capital
Queensland’s Liberal‑National Party government has called in Trina Solar’s 200 MW Pleystowe battery project, adding it to a growing list of renewable schemes under state scrutiny. Planning Minister Jarrod Bleijie received 733 submissions raising fire, noise, and agricultural land concerns, prompting...
US and China Pursue Divergent AI Goals, Not Directly Comparable
Commentators like to compare the US and China’s AI development, but the truth is the two countries hold very different AI goals, so a direct comparison misses important details. https://spectrum.ieee.org/us-china-ai
Rationalists Got some AI Predictions Right, Most Missed
Yes. The rationalists thought a lot about AI. AI turned out to be an important thing to think about. A few of the rationalists' thoughts and predictions turned out to be right. But most ended up being sci-fi, because AI...
CDMO Neuland Labs Expects Commercial Production Facility to Be Operational by Summer
Neuland Laboratories announced that the first module of its new commercial peptide manufacturing facility will be operational by summer on its 17‑acre Bonthapally campus in India. The module adds 6,370 L of solid‑phase and liquid‑phase peptide synthesis capacity, ranging from 250 L...
Master GTM Strategies for Hard Market Success
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NUBURU’s Lyocon Completes Proof-of-Concept for Portable Directed-Energy Laser Platform
NUBURU’s subsidiary Lyocon has completed a proof‑of‑concept for a portable directed‑energy laser dazzler aimed at counter‑drone defense. The system employs multi‑wavelength lasers (green, blue, IR) delivering 1‑10 W of power in a rifle‑mounted, modular architecture for rapid field deployment. Early trials...
Current RISC-V CPUs Being Too Slow Causes Headaches For Fedora: ~5x Slower Builds
Fedora’s RISC‑V build pipeline is dramatically slower than traditional architectures, with a Binutils compilation taking roughly five times longer than on x86_64. The slowdown stems from current RISC‑V SoCs lacking sufficient compute power, forcing developers to disable link‑time optimizations (LTO)...
Smarsh Launches AI Enabled Communication Surveillance for Small to Medium Businesses
Smarsh introduced the Noise Reduction Agent, an AI‑driven tool that trims compliance alert volume by up to 60 % for small and mid‑sized financial firms. The solution suppresses low‑risk communications during ingestion, preserving audit‑ready records while cutting thousands of non‑actionable review...
The Rubin Observatory's LSST Will Detect Imminent Impactors Before They Crash Into Earth
The Vera Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is poised to detect one to two meter‑scale near‑Earth objects each year, roughly doubling the current discovery rate for imminent impactors. Simulations of 343 historic fireballs show a median detection...
Procalcitonin Vs. C-Reactive Protein in Neonatal Sepsis
Researchers published a comparative study in Pediatric Research showing that procalcitonin (PCT) rises within 6‑12 hours of infection in very low birth weight infants, while C‑reactive protein (CRP) peaks later at 24‑48 hours. The data reveal that PCT offers higher...
Medical Malpractice and AI: Jurors React Differently Depending on How Radiologists Utilize the Technology
A mock‑trial study published in Nature Health examined how jurors assign liability when radiologists use AI in interpreting CT scans. When AI flagged a brain bleed and the radiologist reviewed the image only once, 75% of jurors held the radiologist...
Zions' Revamped Tech Leadership Team Eyes AI, Stablecoins
Zions Bancorp has restructured its technology leadership after longtime CTO Jennifer Smith departed, assigning CIO Margaret Mayer and chief transformation officer Ken Collins to jointly run the enterprise technology unit. The bank completed a decade‑long core systems modernization in 2024,...
Finally, A Solution to the Driver Shortage: Humanoid Robots
Autonomous vehicle adoption has lagged behind the growing driver shortage in logistics. Osmosis.AI unveiled a proof‑of‑concept where its AI platform, trained on proprietary data, was transferred to a humanoid robot that successfully navigated a company parking lot. The demonstration suggests...
March 2026 Satellite Puzzler
NASA’s Earth Observatory has launched its March 2026 Satellite Puzzler, a monthly challenge that presents a cryptic satellite image for the public to identify. The image shows green terrain interspersed with brown, uneven oval formations and invites participants to pinpoint...
Unreasonable Labs Emerges From Stealth with AI Platform for Scientific Discovery
Unreasonable Labs announced its launch from stealth and closed a $13.5 million Series A round led by Playground Global, with participation from AIX Ventures, E14 Fund, and MS&AD Ventures. The Cambridge‑based startup, founded by a former Google DeepMind senior scientist and an...
Agents that Run While I Sleep
Developers are using Claude‑powered agents to generate code autonomously, but lack reliable verification. Traditional code reviews are overwhelmed as agents produce dozens of pull requests weekly, prompting a need for automated testing. The author proposes a TDD‑style workflow: write precise...
Computational Modeling of Failure at the Fabric Weave Level in Reentry Parachute Energy Modulators
NASA researchers developed a high‑fidelity computational model of re‑entry parachute energy modulators (EM) at the fabric‑weave level using LS‑DYNA. The model represents each Kevlar and nylon thread as solid elements and includes a Python script that replicates the unit stitch...
Mercer Faces Second Class-Action Lawsuit After ShinyHunters Cyberattack
Mercer Advisors is facing a second class‑action lawsuit after a ShinyHunters cyberattack exposed roughly 5.7 million client records, including names, contact details and partial Social Security numbers. The complaint alleges Mercer refused to pay the hackers’ ransom, prompting the group to...
Whistleblower Claims Ex-DOGE Member Says He Took Social Security Data to New Job
A whistleblower alleges that a former employee of the Social Security Administration’s DOGE Service accessed two highly sensitive agency databases and intended to transfer the data to a private‑sector employer. The SSA Office of Inspector General has opened an investigation...
Your Vision Drives Product; AI and Users Handle Execution
AI writes your code. Users write your roadmap. The only thing you need to write yourself is the vision.
AI-Enabled Quantum Refinement Cracks the Code of Difficult-to-Map Proteins
A new tool called AI‑enabled Quantum Refinement (AQuaRef) merges quantum‑mechanical calculations with machine‑learning to refine protein structures. Developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Carnegie Mellon, it is integrated into the Phenix software suite used worldwide. In tests on 71...
Unlocking Existing Grid Capacity With Dynamic Line Rating
Dynamic line rating (DLR) replaces static worst‑case assumptions with real‑time sensor data and fine‑scale weather forecasts, letting operators gauge the actual thermal capacity of transmission lines moment‑by‑moment. Case studies across Europe, the United States and Asia report capacity gains of...
Texas Instruments Unveils Two New Microcontroller Units to Support Edge AI Applications
Texas Instruments announced two new microcontroller units, the MSPM0G5187 and AM13Ex, equipped with its TinyEngine neural processing unit for Edge AI workloads. The integrated NPU promises up to 90‑times lower latency and more than 120‑times lower energy per inference compared...
Toilet Camera Could Detect Colon Cancer Early
Put a camera on your toilet? I have two of these. The freakiest product of my life. But once you get over that you have a camera aimed at your poop it might save your life. My best friend died at...
UAE E-Invoicing Mandate: What ERP and Finance Teams Need to Know Before 2027
The UAE will roll out a national e‑invoicing system, moving from paper and PDF invoices to structured digital records reported to the Federal Tax Authority. A phased schedule starts with a pilot in July 2026, mandatory compliance for firms with revenue...
(PR) Advantech and Qualcomm Launch SKY-641E3 Server Powered by Qualcomm Dragonwing
Advantech and Qualcomm announced the SKY-641E3 4U edge server, integrating Qualcomm’s Dragonwing Cloud AI 100 Ultra accelerator. The platform supports up to twelve single‑slot AI cards and ten PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, delivering 870 TOPS of INT8 inference per card. Designed for industrial reliability,...
DARPA Expands Quantum Benchmarking Initiative with New Stage A Call for Participants
DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) has launched a new Stage A Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Topic (QBIT), inviting organizations not yet funded to submit system concepts for utility‑scale quantum computing. The solicitation targets distinct, untested architectures and offers a six‑month evaluation period,...
The Cooler Master MasterFrame 360 Panorama Is Not An Aquarium …
Cooler Master’s MasterFrame 360 Panorama is a mid‑tower case built around wrap‑around tempered glass, turning the interior into a showcase. The chassis routes cooling to the top and bottom, supporting up to six 120 mm fans or large 360 mm radiators, while eliminating...
The Small Prompt Adjustment I Made That Reduced My AI's Hallucinations By 70%
The post reveals a set of prompt tweaks that slash AI hallucinations by roughly 70 %, dramatically cutting fact‑checking effort. By adding an Uncertainty Gate, a Source Request Filter, and a Contradiction Check, the author forces the model to flag low‑confidence...
Google Enables Custom AI Agents on Pentagon Portal
GOOGLE $GOOGL DEEPENS PENTAGON AI PUSH Google is rolling out a feature that lets civilian and military personnel build custom AI agents for unclassified work on GenAI .mil, the Pentagon’s enterprise AI portal - CNBC
Princeton Deploys Massive Ground‑Source Heat Pump, Showcasing Campus Innovation
Universities provide an interesting testbed for adopting innovative technologies. Here is Princeton using what appears to be a very large ground source heat pump with 2,000 (!) boreholes. https://t.co/SowKV9ivJe
AI Enhances Student Literacy While Setting Tech Boundaries
🎙️ Curious how AI can boost student reading and writing skills? 📚 I’m excited to partner with @beacon_college to share real-world examples of setting tech boundaries. 👉 Catch the episode: https://t.co/ZbOq7sKoAU https://t.co/AcCyjzUtwC
Spot 5.1 Transforms Robot Dog Into AI Security Inspector
Spot 5.1 Upgrade Turns Boston Dynamics’ #Robot Dog Into an #AI-Powered Security and Inspection Beast by @BostonDynamics #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/PajvbqFswT
Do Large Language Models Truly Grasp Real-World Reality?
Can large language models figure out the real world? How deeply predictive AI systems understand their subject matter? https://t.co/E2bwsorCLs #MWC26 #AI @mitsmr https://t.co/8pHSQk3ehp
Benchmarks Overstate AI Progress Despite Ongoing Improvements
AI is amazing and constantly improving. And there's reason to believe that the benchmarks exaggerate progress in various ways. Another example today.
Agentforce CCaaS Unifies AI, CRM, Voice, ITSM
Welcome Agentforce CCaaS: AI, CRM, Voice, ITSM, Field Service for unified success. 🚀 #Agentforce https://t.co/Y4Jvbi47LQ
AI May Have Diminished Traditional Thought Leadership
Well, if it has, then pat AI on the back. Has AI Ended Thought Leadership? https://t.co/PFuqs9E5SO
Exploring AI's Role in Future Job Landscape
Want to talk about AI, how we deal with job loss and how we'll proper by letting Agents work for us. Come to learn. Come to discuss. Come to share. https://t.co/233P58SCGb
FSD and Starlink Could Spark US Suburban Reversal
@elonmusk believes FSD + Starlink may reverse urbanization in America. This is a plausible possibility... The US has <50 people per sq km.
Claude Ignores Jokes, Sticks to Original Question
When you try to slide in a joke while 'conversing' with Claude only to have it respond w a one line answer to the original question https://t.co/rScgPSE3oT
Custom AI Apps Inflate Costs, SaaS Still Wins
CIOs: Thinking of ditching your SaaS stack to build custom AI apps? Don't fall for the trap. The operational overhead of "AI-first" everything is a hidden budget killer. 💸 Find out where the real value lies: https://t.co/Se537FlJwE #CIO #Cloud #AI #EnSW
No Coding Experience, Built ZoomInfo App in 2 Hours
I've NEVER coded before, I've never pushed a line of code at ZoomInfo, but this morning in 2 hours I used ZoomInfo's Enterprise API to build an Enrichment Application… https://t.co/OFo9s1n8ob
State Collapse Boosts Lebanon's Solar Surge, Free EV Driving
One data point: the collapse of the state in Lebanon favored localism. It now has the highest solar penetration (even >> since 2023, 34% of total energy). Totally unregulated. You can use an electric car and drive for free...
AI Unlocks Treatments for Previously Incurable Diseases
These diseases were thought to be incurable. Now AI is unlocking new treatments https://t.co/DyXpQQZKf2 https://t.co/rywFdtqS8Q
Reddit Leads BOFU Queries, Becomes Enterprise Dark Funnel
Reddit absolutely dominates BOFU queries... And it's become the dark funnel for enterprise queries: https://t.co/kBPhUYd3Um https://t.co/pQ7EVmaGLD
