How I Coped with 40 Rejections – Farzana Rahman, CEO, Hexarad
Former NHS doctor Farzana Rahman pivoted to entrepreneurship, founding Hexarad, an AI‑powered end‑to‑end radiology platform that delivers diagnoses from CT and MRI scans. After enduring 40 rejections, she secured funding and partnership support from HSBC Innovation Banking, enabling rapid scale‑up. Hexarad aims to alleviate the NHS’s growing demand for timely medical imaging services through faster, AI‑enhanced analysis. The UKTN podcast highlights her journey and the broader role of AI in health‑tech.
Exclusive: Candex Extends Series C To $40M+ To Help Enterprises Easily Onboard Global Vendors
Candex has extended its Series C round to $40 million, bringing total funding above $120 million, with HSBC joining as an investor. The New York fintech acts as a master vendor, allowing large enterprises to pay one‑off or irregular suppliers without separate onboarding,...
GitGuardian Reports an 81% Surge of AI-Service Leaks as 29M Secrets Hit Public GitHub
GitGuardian’s 2026 State of Secrets Sprawl report reveals an 81% year‑over‑year surge in AI‑service credential leaks, pushing total exposed secrets on public GitHub to roughly 29 million. AI‑assisted coding, exemplified by Claude Code, shows a 3.2% leak rate—about twice the platform...
Future Is Training Its AI On Publisher First-Party Data
Future Media unveiled Helix, an AI‑powered audience platform that builds on its first‑party data assets. Helix replaces the legacy Aperture system in the U.S., adding predictive modeling and real‑time audience segmentation for outcome‑based campaigns. Early tests across 20 fashion, retail...
Agentic AI Is Forcing Analytics and Operations to Converge
Investments in data platforms have shifted from siloed warehouses to unified, sovereign foundations as agentic AI collapses analytics, operations, and AI into single workflows. Enterprises now need platforms that govern operational execution, high‑concurrency analytics, and AI reasoning together, rather than...
New Polymer Blend Could Help Store Energy for the Grid and EVs
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have created a polymer blend of polyetherimide (PEI) and PBPDA that yields a dielectric constant of 13.5, roughly four times the energy density of conventional polymer capacitors. The material remains functional up to 250 °C, far...
Designing Clinical Trials to Address Asthma and COPD Flare-Ups
Acute asthma and COPD exacerbations remain a costly, life‑threatening gap despite advances in chronic therapies. Connect Biopharma, led by Barry Quart, is the first biotech targeting these flare‑ups with a biologic that blocks IL‑4Rα, aiming to curb upstream inflammation. The...
SAP Restructuring Sparks Hiring Surge for S/4HANA Talent
🚨 Hiring Signal: SAP SAP is merging Customer Success with Services & Delivery into a new Customer Value organization. Major sales/service reorganizations often trigger voluntary attrition among top performers. This creates demand for: • enterprise account executives • hybrid technical-sales specialists • S/4HANA migration architects Action: If you...
Phishing Emails Target AI Defenses with Unique Obfuscation
Cybercriminals are deploying a new email obfuscation method to bypass NLP‑based phishing filters. The tactic inserts hundreds of line breaks and large blocks of benign graymail or random text after the malicious payload, diluting the malicious signal and inflating email...
How to Stay Motivated to Keep Building
In this brief episode of the MarTech Podcast, host Benjamin Shapiro talks with Chris Golick, founder of Demandbase and current CEO of Channel 99, about what keeps him motivated after a $380 million exit. Golick explains that his drive comes from...
How AI Tutors Improved Learning in Nigeria
A randomized controlled trial in nine public secondary schools in Edo State, Nigeria tested a six‑week after‑school program where students used GPT‑4 under teacher supervision. Participants achieved learning gains of about 0.3 standard deviations in English, equivalent to roughly 1.5...
Better Cotton Funds On-Farm Data-Collecting Project
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is launching a $200,000 on‑farm data‑collection effort in partnership with the Soil Health Institute and ag‑tech provider Growers Guide. The program will analyze soil, plant tissue and sap samples across the Southeast and other Cotton Belt...
Summit Holdings Launches MSP-As-A-Service Platform To Help MSPs Scale Faster
Summit Holdings announced the launch of MSP‑as‑a‑Service (MSPaaS), a platform built on its recent acquisition of NOCDOC, a 24×7 NOC/SOC provider. The service delivers a U.S.–based operational backbone—monitoring, security, and support—while allowing partner MSPs to retain branding and sales control....
AI Policy in Developing Countries
Umar Saif argues that data availability and political economy, not technology, are the primary bottlenecks for AI adoption in developing countries. Pakistan exemplifies a "data desert" where bureaucratic silos impede useful AI applications such as crop‑yield forecasting, education, and health...
Rapid7 Boosts Profitability, Simplification In Refreshed Partner Program
Rapid7 unveiled a refreshed partner program that lifts margins on deal registration and co‑sell, introduces an invitation‑only Platinum tier, and streamlines co‑sell structures. The new tier delivers higher rebates, custom demand‑generation, and early product road‑map access for top partners. Simplification...
Cihan Duezguen, CEO & Co-Founder of Green Banana | Episode 475
In this episode, Cihan Duezguen, CEO and Co‑Founder of Green Banana, explains how a neutral, agnostic payment orchestration layer can solve the complexities of BNPL across borders by offering a single API that connects multiple providers while remaining invisible to...
‘We Finally Have the Tools to Harness and Scale Law Firm Knowledge’
A Global Legal Post webinar highlighted how generative AI is unlocking firm‑wide knowledge for legal drafting, allowing even small practices to create sophisticated templates without large knowledge‑management teams. Panelists from Gleiss Lutz, Hengeler Mueller and Pérez‑Llorca explained that AI now drafts complex...
Baird Boosts Micron Forecast on AI-Driven DRAM Surge
Thoughts? What do you think? Micron estimates raised by Baird on surging DRAM pricing and AI demand
Best Influencer Database Software in 2026
Influencer database software has become essential as brands scale creator programs, with 59.4% of marketers planning to raise influencer budgets in 2026. These platforms turn manual scouting into searchable, filterable datasets that include demographics, engagement, and cross‑platform reach. The article...
An AI Image Generator for Non-English Speakers
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have unveiled NeoBabel, an open‑source text‑to‑image model that generates pictures directly from prompts in six languages—English, French, Dutch, Chinese, Hindi and Persian. By training on a newly expanded 124 million image‑label dataset and using multilingual...
China AI Boom Peaks; Baidu Leads Profitably
The AI craze in China has peaked - Minimax briefly surpassed Baidu in market cap and is about the same now. Zhipu - very close. What is interesting is that Baidu is actually profitable and has $18B + in revenue....
Advanced Generative AI Course for Engineers – Interview Kickstart Launches New Program Focused on LLM Applications, Prompt Engineering, and Real-World...
Interview Kickstart has unveiled an Advanced Generative AI Course aimed at engineers, data scientists, and AI practitioners. The program dives deep into large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval‑augmented generation, and model evaluation, emphasizing hands‑on project work over theory. Instruction is...
Consistency Still Wins in Evolving Social Media Landscape
Back in 2013, I wrote an article for the Online Marketing Institute entitled “Social Media: It’s Not Easy, But It’s Simple.” The core concept was timeless: brands must be ready to send the right message to the right people, in...
AI‑Sequenced Chatbot Boosts Learning by 6‑9 Months
Interesting paper showing that Bjork’s desirable difficulty works. Tight integration of AI chatbot with ‘intelligent task sequencing’ delivers 'right material at exactly the right level matching the individual’s needs. In other words, AI tutors work better when they do...
Alibaba Wants to Be a Global Ticketing Player — Starting with Malaysia Tour Stop for Chinese Rap Superstar GAI
Alibaba’s live‑entertainment arm, through its ticketing platform MAISEAT, landed its first primary ticketing contract outside China for Chinese rap star GAI’s concert in Kuala Lumpur. The presale tickets sold out within days, underscoring strong demand for cross‑border events. MAISEAT, part...
If You Miss GPU-Z on Linux Check Out the New GPU-T
GPU‑T is a new Linux utility that mirrors the simplicity of Windows‑only GPU‑Z, offering detailed graphics card information through a modern .NET‑based interface. It currently supports AMD Radeon GPUs, reading data from sysfs, graphics APIs, and a custom JSON hardware...
OpenAI Reportedly Ditches Its "Side Quests" Strategy to Focus on Coding Tools and Business Customers
OpenAI is abandoning its "side quests" approach, consolidating resources around two core pillars: coding tools and business‑focused AI solutions. The shift follows internal criticism that a flood of products—Sora, Atlas, hardware devices, and more—stretched compute and talent thin, leading to...
Trump Officials Weigh New Plan to Stop Offshore Wind Farms
The Trump administration is drafting settlement agreements that would pay TotalEnergies nearly $928 million to cancel two offshore wind leases off New York and North Carolina. In exchange, the French firm would abandon the Attentive Energy and Carolina Long Bay projects and shift...
Amazon Adds 1-Hour and 3-Hour Delivery Options in the US
Amazon announced nationwide one‑hour and three‑hour delivery options, initially covering more than 90,000 SKUs. Prime members pay $9.99 for a one‑hour slot and $4.99 for three‑hour delivery, while non‑Prime customers face $19.99 and $14.99 respectively. The service launches in hundreds...
AI Standardisation Speeds Up
Since SMPTE launched its AI Taskforce in 2020, AI adoption in broadcast has accelerated dramatically, prompting an updated Engineering Report in 2024 that highlights emerging standards. The report recommends standardising on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) frameworks,...
Why Adland's Women Are the AI Explorers We Need Right Now
The advertising industry is witnessing a rapid surge in generative AI tools, yet women’s adoption lags sharply behind that of men. Charlotte Bunyan highlights this gender gap, noting that fewer women are experimenting with AI-driven creative workflows. The article argues...
Who’s Whispering in Your Chatbot’s Ear?
Liberal democracies are increasingly ceding control of AI infrastructure to a handful of private firms, creating a centralized, unaccountable power base. The article argues that algorithmic systems are inherently value‑laden, yet regulators have failed to demand transparency or oversight. This...
Inclusion in AI Answers Is Becoming a Discovery Advantage
Generative AI assistants are reshaping product discovery by delivering synthesized answers that embed brand mentions, creating a new visibility layer beyond traditional search rankings. Similarweb’s 2026 AI Brand Visibility Index shows that a small group of brands dominate AI mentions...
Sign up to Sell on eBay Live – New Categories
eBay has reopened its eBay Live seller program, adding new categories such as fashion, electronics, toys, and more. Existing interested sellers must re‑register even if they previously signed up. The platform targets creators with streaming or social‑media experience who can...
TrafficGuard Appoints Head of AI to Battle Rising Fraud
TrafficGuard has appointed Scott Thomson, a former Google, Adobe and Telstra AI leader, as Head of AI to strengthen its fight against sophisticated agentic bots. The move comes as autonomous bots that mimic human behavior are reshaping the digital ad...
Emerging Battery Storage Market in Poland: Goldbeck Solar Constructs 8-MW BESS in Przeworsk
Goldbeck Solar Polska has secured financing for an 8‑MW/16‑MWh battery energy storage system in Przeworsk, Poland, marking one of the country's first standalone BESS projects. Construction is slated to begin in Q2 2026 with grid connection and commissioning targeted for early...
Retail Media X Europe 2026: Why Retailers Need to Be in the Room This May
Retail Media X Europe will convene over 750 senior executives, brands, agencies, and tech innovators in London on 14 May 2026 to discuss the fast‑growing European retail media market, projected to reach £25 billion by 2026. The conference features three tracks—scaling networks,...
Xbox PC App Update Lets You Add Any Game or App to Your Library
Microsoft’s March 2026 Xbox PC app update introduces a new Library feature that lets users add any installed game or application to the My Games or My Apps tabs for quick launching. The functionality is currently available to Xbox Insiders participating...
THG Fulfil Launches on Shopify App Store
THG Fulfil has launched a native, zero‑code app on the Shopify App Store, enabling fast‑scaling and medium‑enterprise brands to connect directly to its global logistics network. The integration offers end‑to‑end fulfillment, inventory management, and courier coordination across 195 countries without...
Vienna Becomes Russian Hub Targeting NATO Communications
“It’s one of our main concerns about Russian activity here. We know they have been targeting Nato government and military communications with what they’ve got,” said one senior European diplomat based in Vienna. “Vienna has really taken on a lot...
Android Switch Introduces Desktop Onboarding Preview
First look: What to expect when setting up an Android desktop PC New onboarding screens in Android Switch reveal some of the early messages desktop users could expect ✅ Details and screenshot - https://t.co/7S9a81hEKJ https://t.co/p3DUmfoXdJ
What's Missing Between LLMs and AGI - Vishal Misra & Martin Casado
In this episode, Martin Casado interviews Vishal Misra, a Columbia professor who has built a mathematical model of how large language models (LLMs) operate, treating them as massive sparse matrices that update token probabilities via Bayesian-like inference. Misra explains his...
AI's Real Impact Lies in Pricing, Forecasting, Operations
If your AI strategy is drafting emails faster and summarizing meetings, you’re thinking too small. Real value appears when AI touches pricing, forecasting and operations. Anything else is relying on the luck. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. https://t.co/1VaXofchlk #AIStrategy https://t.co/6MsnjSYyT7
Amazon Launches 1‑3‑hour Delivery, Fueling Ultrafast Shipping Trend
Amazon rolls out 1-hour, 3-hour delivery as ultrafast shipping trend grows in the U.S. https://t.co/EFa2clCW92
R1: China-to-U.S. NewCo Planning Global Testing of New CKD Mechanism
The article outlines BioCentury’s cookie policy, detailing categories of cookies used on its website. Strictly necessary cookies are always active and enable authentication, registration, and core navigation. Functional, marketing, advertising, and analytics cookies provide personalization, targeted promotions, ad tracking, and...
From AI Dependency to Unexpected Disruption
For months, I did 90% of my AI work in ChatGPT. I had dozens of custom GPTs. Hundreds of hours invested. It felt like a finely calibrated machine. Then everything changed. 01/12
R1 Secures $78M to Advance Kidney Drug Development
R1 starts up with $78M, aiming for a better kidney drug https://t.co/PQQjX47ODM by @gwendolynawu #biotecjh #startups
Spotify Previews Smart‑glass App with Lyrics Overlay
Spotify is getting ready for its debut on smart glasses Beta version of the app hints at “Now Playing” and “Lyrics” displayed on the screen ✅ Details - https://t.co/z4MUbWFgnH #Spotify #Music #XR https://t.co/BTOKGy6C3A
Google Plans Colorful Gradient Redesign for Circle to Search
Google might be getting ready to give Circle to Search a colorful makeover The current white outline may be replaced with a colorful gradient trail ✅ Details and demo video - https://t.co/Ld1m9FGkYN https://t.co/ggMcgkQ7hc
New Drug Could Eradicate Sleeping Sickness, Says NPR
Sleeping sickness could be wiped out with this new drug: my comments @NPR @NPRGlobalHealth https://t.co/T0mAeX8P0A