
In this episode, Mathilde Collin discusses the launch of KORA, the first public benchmark for AI child safety, explaining how her background in tech and concern for youth mental health drove the initiative. She outlines the early challenges of defining safety criteria and aligning LLM judgments with human experts, and shares early impact as labs begin to prioritize child safety metrics. Key findings from the benchmark reveal that educational integrity is a major blind spot, with 76% of cheating‑related responses inadequate, and that models avoiding anthropomorphic behavior are significantly safer for children. Collin envisions KORA guiding industry standards and empowering parents and edtech companies to make safer AI choices over the next decade.
Nema Health announced that its intensive cognitive processing therapy (ICPT) achieved a reported 99% cure rate for post‑traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within a month, according to a new study. The findings were presented by CEO and psychiatrist Sofia Noori, who...

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy is modeling AI‑intelligentized seabed mines that could hide in the Paracel Islands’ acoustic shadow zones, creating a persistent anti‑access/area‑denial (A2/AD) field. The concept builds on an estimated 50,000‑100,000 existing Chinese naval mines, adding adaptive target...

Vinod Muthukrishnan, Cisco’s VP of Webex Customer Experience, explains how AI is evolving from a simple tool to a collaborative teammate that handles routine tasks and enriches human interactions. By leveraging AI-driven analytics, brands can anticipate issues, personalize engagements, and...
In this episode Maisha Rachmat walks listeners through the revamped Printify Premium subscription, highlighting its new focus on helping sellers choose profitable products faster and boost margins. The plan now costs $39 monthly (still $299 annually) and adds free access...

The RavaBIM 2026 seminar examined Finland’s shift from PDF‑based permitting to mandatory BIM/IFC submissions, highlighting both regulatory progress and lingering gaps in standards and technical capacity. Panelists stressed that regional disparities, especially among smaller municipalities and modest design firms, demand focused...

MSI’s RTX 5090 Lightning Z has a 2500 W XOC BIOS leak, far exceeding the card’s typical 600 W TDP and even the model’s advertised 1000 W extreme profile. The BIOS is designed for liquid‑nitrogen record attempts and disables safety mechanisms, making it unsuitable for...

Australian startup Cercle offers a free‑to‑use reusable coffee cup network for offices, cafés and large venues, eliminating the need for customers to bring their own cups. Users take a cup, drink, and return it to smart drop pods that are...

Congress renewed the Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher (RPD PRV) program, extending it to September 30 2029 and eliminating the dual sunset dates. The FDA released its Rare Disease Innovation Hub’s 2026 Strategic Agenda, allocating $1 million in funding and outlining plans...
The episode breaks down Amazon’s 2026 product image policy, which now allows the platform to replace seller photos—including brand‑registered listings—if they don’t meet stricter standards. It outlines the exact technical requirements (white background, 1600+ px, 85‑100% product fill, etc.), the red‑flags...

Researchers have demonstrated strong coupling of electrically tunable dipolar excitons in a gated bilayer MoS₂ device integrated with a one‑dimensional photonic crystal. The hybrid system creates composite polariton quasiparticles, with three distinct polariton branches observed as the applied electric field...

A first‑principles screening of 128 out‑of‑plane ordered double‑transition‑metal MXenes identified 32 compounds that are mechanically, dynamically and thermodynamically stable and predicted to be superconductors. Transition temperatures range from 0.1 K to a record 52 K, with Mo₂ScN₂O₂ delivering the highest T₍c₎ and...
Artificial intelligence has surged up the ranks of elite forecasting tournaments, moving from obscurity in 2024 to challenging top human forecasters. These contests span geopolitics, economics, and pop culture, measuring pure predictive skill rather than domain expertise. Simultaneously, AI is...
The DShanPi‑A1 AI Education SBC is built around Rockchip’s RK3576 octa‑core Cortex‑A72/A53 SoC and can be configured with up to 8 GB RAM and 64 GB eMMC storage. It offers HDMI 2.1 video output, a mini‑HDMI input, dual Gigabit Ethernet, MIPI DSI/CSI interfaces,...

The article evaluates quantum technology as an emerging alternative asset, emphasizing public‑market exposure over private‑equity deals. It notes that pure‑play quantum stocks such as D‑Wave, Rigetti, IonQ and Quantum Computing Inc. exhibit high volatility and limited near‑term cash flows, while...
Spirit Airlines is preparing to launch its Free Spirit Debit Mastercard, a new debit‑card offering that promises a modest welcome bonus and a suite of loyalty perks. The card carries a $6.99 monthly fee and awards 200 Free Spirit points...

Researchers at ETH Zürich have introduced a neural‑based selected configuration (NQS‑SC) method that outperforms the traditional NQS‑VMC approach for electronic structure calculations. In benchmark tests on molecules with strong static correlation, NQS‑SC reduced ground‑state energies by an average of 0.027 Hartree...

Researchers have unveiled a hybrid quantum platform that pairs polar molecules with neutral‑atom Rydberg ancillae to achieve fast, high‑fidelity entanglement. By exploiting a resonant dipole‑dipole exchange between molecular rotations and atomic Rydberg transitions, the scheme delivers a controlled‑phase gate operating...
Epic Systems, which commands over 35% of the U.S. hospital IT market, is extending its AI capabilities into the payer space through a stack that relies heavily on Microsoft Azure and OpenAI. The article warns that this architectural dependency creates...
WorkTech founders often chase a broad Total Addressable Market, resulting in vague messaging and weak traction. The article likens this to a wide‑angle camera lens that scatters light, urging startups to narrow their focus on a specific wedge segment. By...
The episode introduces TESSAN's new Universal Travel Adapter 21W, a compact 5‑in‑1 device that combines a universal AC outlet with two USB‑C and two USB‑A ports, delivering up to 21 W of fast charging for up to five devices simultaneously. It...
Hai Robotics, the Shenzhen‑based developer of automated case‑handling robots, announced its filing for a primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company posted 1.36 billion yuan (approximately $188.9 million) in revenue for 2024, underscoring rapid growth. It now commands more...
eBay announced the appointment of Michelle Warvel as Vice President of AI Transformation, signaling a strategic push to accelerate its agentic AI capabilities. The marketplace is simultaneously launching a hiring campaign for specialized AI design and research roles while tightening...

Two open‑source RISC‑V projects—ETH Zürich’s Ara vector processor and China’s XiangShan scalar core—demonstrate opposite strategies for scaling performance. Ara implements the RISC‑V Vector Extension with explicit parallelism and no speculation, relying on software‑managed locality and a shallow memory hierarchy. XiangShan...
Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University engineered a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation that delivers therapeutic mRNA directly to spermatocytes in mice. By injecting mRNA encoding the wild‑type Msh5 gene, they transiently restored meiosis in mice with a genetic block, achieving...
The Bank of England is spearheading a sovereign payment system to challenge Visa and Mastercard’s dominance in the UK. A dedicated industry group will receive detailed infrastructure blueprints next year, outlining the technical and regulatory framework. The initiative aims to...

Aircraft jet engines are increasingly being repurposed to generate power for AI data centers, creating a new demand stream beyond aviation. Simultaneously, the industry faces a shortage of new engines and spare parts due to reliability issues with Pratt &...

Swiss startup Xcert AI has built an artificial‑intelligence assistant aimed at easing aerospace certification and compliance paperwork. The platform does not claim to replace human experts; instead it augments them, delivering expert‑level output in roughly half of the cases tested....
Scientists at LMU and NTU have directly observed polaron formation in polar semiconductor BiOI nanoplatelets using time‑resolved photoemission electron microscopy. The ultrafast measurements captured a 160‑femtosecond formation time during which the electron’s effective mass doubled and its energy decreased, confirming...
1EdTech Labs will host a live webinar on Feb. 26, 2026 to examine how learning context differs from raw data and how AI systems interpret it. The session builds on insights from a Microsoft‑hosted BETT UK event and proposes treating context...

Law librarians hosted a tabling event to introduce students to emerging legal AI tools such as Lexis Protégé and Westlaw Deep Research, encountering both enthusiasm and skepticism. They used live demonstrations, clear disclaimers about court and academic rules, and a neutral...
In this episode Julian Samarjiev of Convertibles shares five data‑backed Shopify personalization tactics that consistently add $6K‑$50K per month in incremental revenue for eight‑figure stores. He explains how matching offers to traffic source, placing social proof at checkout, using need‑based...

The article advocates a case‑driven, tool‑agnostic approach to mobile and cloud forensics, emphasizing that no single platform can address every device type, operating‑system version, or legal requirement. It outlines how forensic tool selection should be based on device characteristics, data...
The episode explains how Shopify merchants can leverage AI avatars to produce scalable, high‑quality product videos that boost conversion rates by up to 80% while cutting production costs to roughly 10% of traditional methods. It outlines five high‑impact use cases—product...
FOXO4‑DRI, a peptide that blocks the FOXO4‑p53 interaction, continues to be explored as a senolytic therapy. Recent preclinical work shows that injecting the peptide into aged and progeroid mice reduces endothelial cell senescence and improves aortic function. Companies such as...
In this episode Steve Hutt explains why e‑commerce CFOs often conflate cash flow— a backward‑looking snapshot of money in and out—with liquidity, the real‑time ability to meet unexpected obligations. He outlines a three‑layer framework—real‑time liquidity dashboards, rolling 13‑week cash‑flow forecasts,...

Ayaneo unveiled the Pocket Play, a smartphone that slides its 6.8‑inch OLED screen upward to reveal an integrated d‑pad, face buttons and touch‑pad zones, reviving the sliding‑phone form factor. Powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 9300 and featuring UFS 4.0 storage, a 5,000 mAh battery...

Voting has closed and fifteen legal‑tech startups were selected as finalists for the 2026 Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago. The finalists will compete in an opening‑night pitch, with the winner receiving a marketing prize package, while all receive...
Researchers have engineered ferroelectric quantum dots that embed internal electric fields, enabling efficient charge separation under dim illumination. By coating cadmium‑selenide dots with a ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride polymer, they created a floating‑gate phototransistor that stores light‑induced charges as a persistent...

The South African legal market is shifting from traditional lockstep firms to a gig‑economy model, propelled by AI agents and alternative legal service providers. Lawyers are moving to merit‑based pay and using platforms like Umbiie.com to serve international clients, while...

Apple is slated to host a March 4, 2026 event that could unveil a new entry‑level MacBook priced below $1,000, alongside refreshed MacBook Air and Pro models powered by M5‑series chips. The budget MacBook is expected to feature a sub‑13‑inch aluminum display, a...

Researchers engineered mice lacking growth hormone receptors specifically in adipose tissue (Ad‑GHRKO) and observed striking brain benefits in aged males. Compared with control mice, the Ad‑GHRKO group showed increased neuronal activity, reduced neuroinflammation, lower tau phosphorylation, and fewer senescence markers....

Feature stores have moved from niche tools to core infrastructure for operational machine‑learning, providing a single source of truth for features used in both training and online inference. The concept was coined by Uber in 2017 and commercialized by Tecton...
Neal Bawa characterizes 2026 as a “muddle year” for multifamily, with rent growth flatlining and concessions climbing above one‑third of units. A three‑year supply binge left roughly 25% of new deliveries unabsorbed, pressuring especially Class A assets. Capital remains abundant, yet...
Researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam built an 80‑compound, three‑dimensional fragment library and screened it against the histamine H1 receptor. Only one fragment (1a) showed activity, but iterative optimization yielded the low‑nanomolar antagonist VUF26691 with picomolar cellular potency. The campaign required...
Researchers at EPFL have coated silicon‑nitride nanopores with lipid‑bilayer lubricants, creating a thin hydration layer that dramatically reduces ion friction. This "hydration lubrication" enables ions to slip through the nanofluidic channels at unprecedented speeds while preserving selectivity. In tests mimicking...
The UK government plans to embed Henry VIII powers in the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill, enabling a rapid ban on social media for under‑16s via statutory instrument. Simultaneously, it will broaden mandatory age‑verification for social media, VPNs and AI chatbots,...

South African law firms face steep financial and reputational losses from IT downtime, with a single hour costing an average R360,000 for a 20‑person practice and up to R6.5 million for larger firms. The article distinguishes disaster recovery (DR) from simple...
Spotify announced it is building a proprietary music‑generation AI platform that can produce remixes, covers, and other derivative works. The company has provided no details on the recordings or datasets used to train the models, leaving open the possibility that...

The article clarifies the growing confusion between fan burner accounts and click farms in music streaming. Fan burners are human‑run secondary profiles that amplify organic buzz, while click farms are large‑scale operations that artificially inflate streams. Apple reported disabling roughly...