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MHS Lift and Movu Robotics Announce Partnership to Advance Next-Generation Warehouse Optimization

MHS Lift has become the first North American integrator to commission a second Movu Robotics Atlas four‑way shuttle system, extending a partnership that began in 2019 with the region’s first deployment. The Atlas solution uses autonomous robots to move pallets...

Blue UAS for First Responders

First responders are increasingly adopting small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for search‑and‑rescue, firefighting, and post‑incident analysis. The Department of Defense’s Blue UAS Cleared List now offers a vetted catalog of compliant drones, simplifying acquisition for public‑safety agencies. The SAVER AEL...

Palladyne AI Awarded U.S. Air Force Contract to Advance Swarming Capabilities for Integrated Cross-Domain Operations

Palladyne AI secured a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop its HANGTIME program, aimed at unifying autonomous systems across space, air, maritime and land. The effort will deploy the company’s patented SwarmOS™ platform to enable drones, ships...

Show HN: Sandbox Agent SDK – Unified API for Automating Coding Agents

The Sandbox Agent SDK introduces a Rust‑based server and TypeScript client that let developers run AI coding agents—Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Amp—inside isolated sandboxes while controlling them over a unified HTTP/SSE API. By normalizing disparate agent interfaces into a single...

‘AI Is There to Support Teachers as an Assistant, Not to Replace Them’: Google VP of Education on How Gemini...

Apera AI Accelerates 4D Vision Deployments with Launch of Apera Vue 9.52 and 4X Faster Apera Forge AI Training

Apera AI unveiled Vue 9.52, adding programmable Autopilot, range‑finding pipelines, and enhanced TCP visualization to streamline 4D Vision robot setup. The release also accelerates its Forge AI training platform, delivering up to four‑fold faster model training in as little as six...

Why One-Size-Fits-All ERP Fails Mid-Market Retailers

Mid‑market retailers facing tighter margins are abandoning legacy, monolithic ERP systems in favor of cloud‑native platforms that promise speed, simplicity, and real‑time control. Traditional on‑premise solutions require extensive customization, long rollouts, and costly maintenance, limiting visibility into inventory and sales....

Abstract Security Partners with Netskope to Bring Real-Time Detection Into Security Data Streams

Abstract Security announced a partnership with cloud‑security leader Netskope to embed real‑time detection directly into Netskope One telemetry streams. The integration streams high‑fidelity Secure Service Edge data into Abstract’s adaptive pipeline, allowing on‑the‑fly enrichment, filtering and routing to SIEMs, data...

Datatruck Raises $12M to Scale AI-Native Operating System for Long-Haul Trucking

Datatruck Inc. announced a $12 million Series A round led by Avenue Growth Partners to accelerate its AI‑native operating system for long‑haul trucking. The platform unifies dispatch, load management, compliance, accounting and driver communication into a single system of record. Embedded AI...

NovaUCD and CeADAR Open Applications for 2026 AI Ecosystem Accelerator Programme

NovaUCD and CeADAR have opened applications for the 2026 AI Ecosystem Accelerator, a six‑month programme aimed at Irish AI‑first start‑ups that have market validation and are seeking to close a funding round in 2026. The accelerator, now in its third...

Apiiro Introduces Guardian Agent to Secure AI-Driven Software Development

Apiiro Ltd. launched Guardian Agent, an AI‑driven application security agent that prevents vulnerable and non‑compliant code generation. The solution continuously monitors software architecture, attack surface, runtime exposure, and policy compliance, rewriting prompts to secure AI coding assistants in real time....

Platform Engineering Brings Multicloud Support to Its Formae Infrastructure-as-Code Platform

Platform Engineering Labs announced a major update to its open‑source formae infrastructure‑as‑code platform, adding beta support for four additional public clouds – Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Microsoft Azure and OVHcloud. The new multicloud capability expands formae beyond its...

AI that Generates Gives Way to AI that Executes? Genpact Prepares for Autonomous Agents in the Enterprise

Genpact’s "Autonomy by Design" research finds enterprises are eager to move from "AI that generates" to "AI that executes," but only 12% feel prepared. Executives anticipate autonomous AI decision‑making in strategic functions within three years, yet integration complexity and workforce...

Bruce Momjian: New Presentation

Bruce Momjian delivered a talk at Prague PostgreSQL Developer Day titled “What’s Missing in Postgres?” highlighting that most gaps in the open‑source database are performance‑related rather than functional. He fielded audience questions that ranged from the role of extensions to...

ThriveCart Introduces Installment Payments

ThriveCart has launched ThrivePay Installments, a new payment option that splits purchases into 3, 6 or 12‑month installments using customers’ existing credit‑card limits while paying merchants upfront. The service taps the roughly $4.1 trillion of pre‑authorized credit in the U.S., aiming...

Movitz to Bring Global Verification of Payee to EU Banks with JPMorgan Kinexys

JPMorgan Chase has entered a partnership with Movitz Payments to launch the Kinexys Link solution across European banks. The service provides a single‑network connection for global payee verification, extending coverage to more than 70 countries. By integrating this platform, European...

Options Technology Introduces Quantum Computing Into Market Infrastructure Behind FX and CFDs

Options Technology has launched what it calls the first commercially accessible quantum computing node in New York City, linking it to its low‑latency global infrastructure. The service lets clients offload specific, high‑value workloads—such as large‑scale portfolio optimization and derivatives risk...

Purple Launches ‘Engage’: The All-in-One CRM and Email Platform to Help Venues Turn Visitors Into Regulars

Purple has unveiled Engage, an all‑in‑one CRM and email marketing platform that turns venue Wi‑Fi connections into a compliant customer database. The solution bundles data collection, segmentation and automated email campaigns in a hardware‑agnostic interface designed for small cafés to...

New Ecommerce Tools: January 28, 2026

A wave of AI‑enhanced ecommerce solutions launched this week, ranging from Yolando’s competitive‑intelligence platform and Voxelo’s video‑to‑3D content studio to DiversiFi’s AI billing suite for 3PLs. PayPal’s acquisition of Cymbio adds agentic commerce capabilities, while Yottaa, Lightspeed, and Commercetools introduce...

AI for Wealth Management Firm Zocks Lands $45 Million Investtment

Zocks, a privacy‑first artificial‑intelligence platform for wealth‑management advisors, announced a $45 million Series B round. The round was co‑led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and QED Investors, with participation from Illuminate Financial and existing backers such as Motive Partners, Expanse Venture Partners, Entrée...

Kipu Health Survey: AI Becomes Essential in Behavioral Health

A new Kipu Health survey shows AI moving from experiment to expectation in behavioral health. Adoption jumped 59% year‑over‑year, with 27% of organizations using AI in 2025 and many planning further rollout. Clinicians report that AI frees up to three...

Airbus Taps Skynopy for Pléiades Neo Ground Stations

Airbus Defence and Space announced a partnership with European startup Skynopy to integrate its software‑defined ground‑station technology into the Pléiades Neo Earth‑observation constellation. The collaboration targets reduced latency between image capture and upload to Airbus’ OneAtlas platform. Skynopy’s approach centralises...

Figure AI Shows Robot that Really Puts Its Hip Into Dishwasher Duty

Figure AI unveiled Helix 02, a humanoid robot governed by a single neural network that controls its legs, torso, arms, and fingers in real time. In a four‑minute kitchen demo, the robot completed 61 autonomous actions, including loading and unloading a...

Kddi Selects the Digital Vending Machine® From Bango to Power Content Offering for Povo2.0 Pre-Paid Subscribers

KDDI, one of Japan’s largest telcos, has partnered with Bango to integrate the Digital Vending Machine (DVM) platform into its povo2.0 prepaid service. The DVM will let KDDI instantly bundle leading streaming subscriptions with mobile plans, giving prepaid customers a...

GoTo Resolve Tool’s Background Activities Compared to Ransomware Tactics

Point Wild’s Lat61 Threat Intelligence team has identified the GoTo Resolve remote‑administration tool, specifically the HEURRemoteAdmin.GoToResolve.gen component, as a Potentially Unwanted Application that can install silently and maintain a hidden, persistent presence on Windows machines. The tool bundles a hidden “32000~”...

ClearBank Founder Andrew Smith Is Building "the Home of UK Sports Finance" With New Banking Venture Sporta

Former ClearBank founder Andrew Smith is launching Sporta, a dedicated banking platform for UK sports organisations. The venture aims to address chronic financial pressure on clubs—only 20% finish the year with a surplus—by offering AI‑native banking, loans and sponsorship tools....

Social Channel Insights In Search Console: What It Means For Social & Search via @Sejournal, @Rio_seo

Google is piloting Social Channel Insights within Search Console, adding metrics that show a website’s social reach, referral traffic, and the search queries that lead users to social posts. The feature appears only for sites where Google can associate official...

Cal.com Broken Access Controls Lead to Account Takeover and Data Exposure

Cal.com, an open‑source scheduling platform, patched critical broken‑access‑control vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to hijack accounts and expose booking data. The flaws included an authentication bypass in the organization signup flow that let attackers take over any user by using an...

NK Cell Insights Into Ankylosing Spondylitis Severity

Recent immunological research reveals that natural killer (NK) cells play a pivotal role in the severity of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The study found a proportional increase in peripheral NK cell frequency and activation markers correlating with higher Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis...

The Secret to Successful AI Outcomes? It’s Data, Says Hitachi Vantara CTO Jason Hardy

Hitachi Vantara CTO Jason Hardy says data quality is the single most critical factor for successful AI outcomes, emphasizing robust data governance and context‑aware accuracy thresholds. He warns that many enterprises launch AI pilots without clear goals, leading to wasted...

Hackers Hijack Exposed LLM Endpoints in Bizarre Bazaar Operation

Researchers at Pillar Security uncovered a large‑scale cyber‑crime operation dubbed “Bizarre Bazaar” that hijacks exposed LLM endpoints. Over 40 days they logged 35,000 attack sessions, showing attackers exploit misconfigured AI APIs to mine cryptocurrency, resell access, exfiltrate data, and pivot...

Multiwavelength Analysis Finds No Radio Pulsations From Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsar

Researchers conducted a multi‑wavelength campaign on the accreting millisecond X‑ray pulsar MAXI J1957+032, covering its 2022 and 2025 outbursts and quiescent intervals. Timing analysis revealed a 3.19 ms spin period, ~1.01 h orbital period, a spin‑down rate of –0.0573 pHz s⁻¹ and a dipolar magnetic...

J&J’s Darzalex Faspro Notches Another Multiple Myeloma Indication, Pushing Into Frontline

The FDA approved Johnson & Johnson’s Darzalex Faspro as part of a four‑drug regimen for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients who cannot undergo stem cell transplantation. This is the drug’s twelfth overall and fifth frontline indication. Phase III CEPHEUS data showed 52.3%...

Decart's Lucy 2.0 Transforms Live Video in Real Time Using Text Prompts

Decart unveiled Lucy 2.0, a real‑time video transformation model that operates at 30 fps in 1080p with near‑zero latency. Users can swap characters, insert products, alter clothing, or completely change environments using simple text prompts and reference images while the stream runs....

IXCells and Rosebud Biosciences Partner on Organoid-Based Rare Disease Models

iXCells Biotechnologies is integrating Rosebud Biosciences’ AI‑driven organoid platform with its iPSC‑based iPSCore system to deliver scalable, three‑dimensional human tissue models. The partnership combines iXCells’ modular stem‑cell production with Rosebud’s reproducible organoid generation and characterization capabilities. Together they aim to...

The Gen Z/Boomer Sales Conflict - Can AI Be a Generational Equalizer?

A new Clari‑Salesloft study of 2,000 U.S. sales leaders reveals a $56 billion productivity loss driven by generational conflict between Baby Boomers and Gen Z reps. Boomers cling to relationship‑first, in‑person selling, while Gen Z adopts digital‑first, AI‑heavy tactics, creating friction in communication,...

Advanced Therapies Week 2026: ‘Solving for Science’ and Weathering Global Complexity

Advanced Therapies Week 2026 in San Diego will spotlight the accelerating yet turbulent landscape of cell and gene therapies. New FDA guidance, including the plausible‑mechanism pathway, promises faster approvals, while recent U.S. cuts to mRNA projects and a wave of...

ESkimming Attacks Surge with Evolving Tactics and Ongoing Recovery Challenges

Source Defense’s year‑long study of 550 e‑commerce sites shows e‑skimming remains a chronic problem, with 18 % of sites still infected after twelve months. Over half of the persistent infections (57 %) have evolved into new script variants, indicating attackers adapt once...

CD81’s Role in Immune Response and Myeloma Prognosis

Recent studies identify CD81, a tetraspanin protein, as a key regulator of immune cell function in multiple myeloma. Patients exhibit reduced CD81 on T cells, impairing anti‑tumor responses, while higher overall CD81 levels correlate with improved survival and therapy response....

Cardiff Craters Amid Executive Exits, Mixed Mid-Stage Data

Cardiff Oncology announced the departure of its CEO and CFO while releasing mixed Phase II data for its PLK1 inhibitor onvansertib. In the CRDF‑004 trial, the 30 mg dose combined with FOLFIRI + bevacizumab achieved a 72.2% objective response rate and a 62% reduction...

Slovakian Man Pleads Guilty to Operating Darknet Marketplace

A Slovakian national, Alan Bill, pleaded guilty to operating the Kingdom Market darknet platform, which sold drugs, forged IDs, stolen data and cyber‑crime tools from March 2021 to December 2023. The marketplace listed about 42,000 illicit items and processed payments in privacy‑focused cryptocurrencies....

Boehringer Drug Scores in Rare Kidney Disease FSGS

Boehringer Ingelheim’s TRPC6 inhibitor apecotrep, originally a COVID‑19 candidate, achieved a 40% reduction in proteinuria versus placebo in a phase 2 trial for primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). The study, published in The Lancet, provides the first efficacy signal for a...

Biopharma Sentiment Index | Q1 2026

The Biopharma Sentiment Index (BPSI) jumped to 90 in Q1 2026, up from 78 in the prior quarter, marking the strongest sentiment shift in four years. All ten core measures improved, driven chiefly by a surge in dealmaking and better access...

Innovaccer and Snowflake to Drive Enterprise AI Adoption Across Healthcare

Innovaccer and Snowflake announced a deep integration of Innovaccer’s Gravity platform with Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud and Cortex AI services. The partnership lets healthcare payers, providers, and life‑science firms run production‑ready AI workflows across clinical, revenue‑cycle, and patient‑engagement domains. Gravity...

No More Unexpected Tax Bills, Business Owners Are Using Gelt Tax Software

In 2023 the IRS levied over 14.2 million estimated‑tax penalties, amounting to $7 billion, catching many founders off guard with surprise bills. The problem stems from a reactive, annual‑only tax approach that ignores the IRS’s pay‑as‑you‑go requirement. Gelt, an AI‑native tax firm,...

Laser-Activated Nanodroplets Enable Photo-Activated Ultrasound Imaging

Researchers introduced photo‑activated ultrasound localization imaging (PAULI), using laser‑activated nanodroplets that vaporize into microbubbles for ultrasound detection. The method delivers micrometer‑scale spatial resolution and high contrast‑to‑noise ratios, surpassing traditional ultrasound. Activation is tunable via laser wavelength and pulse settings, allowing...

Google Search - Add Splash Of Color With Color Picker

Google is experimenting with a new color‑picker feature that lets users add a custom hue to the top of the Search results page. An icon above the results bar opens a palette where users can choose any shade, effectively personalizing...

Hydroxychloroquine Fails to Improve COVID-19 Blood Biomarkers

A recent clinical trial found that hydroxychloroquine does not improve key blood biomarkers in COVID-19 patients. The study measured inflammatory markers, cytokine levels, and viral load among hospitalized individuals with moderate disease severity. No statistically significant changes were observed compared...

Manage the Emerging Costs of Agentic Commerce by Taking a Cue From Drop Shipping Strategy

The episode examines the emerging costs of "agentic commerce"—shopping experiences that happen inside answer engines like ChatGPT—highlighting OpenAI’s 4% fee for Shopify merchants and the resulting 7%+ transaction cost when using native checkout. It draws parallels to early drop‑shipping, urging...