News•Jan 21, 2026
FTC Announces Appeal in Meta Antitrust Case
The Federal Trade Commission announced it will appeal the November district‑court ruling that rejected its antitrust case against Meta. The lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleges that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp were intended to neutralize competition and should result in divestiture. The appeal pushes the litigation into its fifth year, even as rivals like TikTok have eroded Meta’s dominance in digital advertising. Meta’s spokesperson called the decision correct and reaffirmed the company’s focus on innovation.
By Social Media Today
News•Jan 21, 2026
New AI Tool Removes Bottleneck in Animal Movement Analysis
Researchers at the University of St Andrews have released PoseR, an AI plug‑in that automatically reads animal movement from video and generates human‑readable behavior descriptions. The tool leverages graph neural networks to model animal shapes, dramatically reducing the time required for...
By Phys.org – Biotechnology
News•Jan 21, 2026
Revealing Hidden Pathways in Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures
Researchers led by Denis Karaiskaj used multidimensional electronic spectroscopy to uncover previously hidden energy transfer pathways in hybrid plasmonic nanostructures. The technique captured the rapid shift from coherent to incoherent excitations with femtosecond temporal resolution. Results demonstrate that these nanostructures...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 21, 2026
Nanosculpted 3D Helices of a Magnetic Weyl Semimetal with Switchable Non-Reciprocal Electron Transport
Researchers at RIKEN have used focused ion beam sculpting to fabricate three‑dimensional helical nanostructures from the magnetic Weyl semimetal Co₃Sn₂S₂. The helices display switchable non‑reciprocal electron transport, with current‑induced magnetisation reversal approaching 100 %. Harmonic resistance measurements reveal a quadratic current...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 21, 2026
Ultrafast Transition From Coherent to Incoherent Polariton Nonlinearities in a Hybrid 1L-WS2/Plasmon Structure
Researchers employed 10‑fs two‑dimensional electronic spectroscopy to probe a hybrid monolayer WS₂ on a silver nanoslit array. The exciton‑plasmon strong coupling produced a 20‑fold increase in optical nonlinearity relative to uncoupled WS₂. Coherent Rabi oscillations with a ~64 fs period were...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 21, 2026
Engineered Mucus-Tethering Bispecific Nanobodies Enhance Mucosal Immunity Against Respiratory Pathogens
Researchers engineered bispecific nanobodies that tether to airway mucus, creating a localized barrier against respiratory viruses. In mouse models, the mucus‑anchored nanobodies dramatically lowered H1N1 influenza titers in nasal passages, trachea and lungs. In a hamster cohousing experiment, a single...
By Nature Nanotechnology
News•Jan 21, 2026
NRF 2026: Innovations Showcase
At NRF 2026 in New York, a wave of retail startups announced they are building next‑generation AI commerce platforms. The firms highlighted advanced machine‑learning models for personalization, inventory optimization, and automated checkout. Miya Knights of Retail Technology Publisher noted that...
By Retail Technology (Magazine)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Data Destruction: Why Secure ITAD and Certified Partners Matter More Than Ever
Data destruction is now a strategic imperative, requiring more than simple file deletion. Certified IT asset disposition (ITAD) vendors, especially those with R2v3, Appendix B, and Appendix C credentials, guarantee logical sanitization, physical destruction, and secure refurbishment. These certifications provide...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 20, 2026
Reducing Environmental Impact: Carbon Pricing and VAT Reform
A new Nature Food study by Plinke, Sureth and Kalkuhl shows that applying carbon pricing or reforming value‑added tax (VAT) on food could markedly lower Europe’s food‑related greenhouse‑gas emissions. Quantitative analysis predicts higher prices on carbon‑intensive items will curb demand...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Jan 20, 2026
WOW Index Shows In-Store Experience Slipping in 2026
Léger’s 2026 WOW Index reveals a measurable decline in in‑store experience across Ontario and Western Canada, driven by higher prices, longer checkout waits, stockouts and fewer staff interactions. The study surveyed over 18,000 shoppers, evaluating 264 retailers in 34 sectors....
By Retail Insider Canada
News•Jan 20, 2026
NASA’s Day of Remembrance Honors Fallen Heroes of Exploration
NASA will observe its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, honoring the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia. The ceremony begins at Arlington National Cemetery with a wreath‑laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, followed by...
By NASA - News Releases
News•Jan 20, 2026
The Quiet Economics of Device Protection, and the Company That Defined It
STM Goods, a founder‑led accessories firm, has spent more than 26 years supplying rugged cases to schools and enterprises worldwide. While the consumer electronics market tops $1.2 trillion, the niche of device protection fuels cost‑saving decisions in education and corporate IT...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 20, 2026
Amazon Adds More Payment Options to Latest Smart Shopping Cart
Amazon is rolling out the next‑generation Dash Cart to dozens of Whole Foods stores across the United States by year‑end. The new cart adds credit‑card, mobile‑payment and Amazon‑linked payment options, expanding beyond its original Amazon‑only model. It also features a...
By PYMNTS
News•Jan 20, 2026
Coherent and Quside Demonstrate Scalable, Verifiable Quantum Entropy for Data Security
Coherent Corp. and Quside have demonstrated a mass‑manufacturable quantum entropy source using Coherent’s 6‑inch VCSEL line combined with Quside’s QRNG technology. The system generates true, verifiable randomness by measuring VCSEL phase fluctuations and includes real‑time entropy monitoring to detect tampering....
By Quantum Computing Report
News•Jan 20, 2026
Congress Advances PRV Reauthorization, NIH Funding, Multi-Cancer Detection Coverage
Congress is moving a bipartisan spending package that would reauthorize pediatric priority review vouchers, safeguard NIH funding, and extend Medicare coverage to multi‑cancer early‑detection tests. The House Appropriations Committee released a bill to fund the government through September and avoid...
By BioCentury
News•Jan 20, 2026
Lululemon Pauses Online Sales of New Workout Line ‘Get Low’ After Complaints
Lululemon Athletica has temporarily halted online sales of its new “Get Low” workout leggings after customers reported the fabric becoming see‑through during bends and squats. The collection remains on shelves in North American stores while the company investigates the feedback...
By Total Retail
News•Jan 20, 2026
Lightwave Logic and QPICs Partner to Accelerate Photonic Quantum Chip Development
Lightwave Logic and QPICs have signed an MOU to embed Lightwave Logic’s high‑stability electro‑optic polymers into photonic integrated circuits for quantum computing and sensing. The partnership will produce Process Design Kits that let customers design silicon‑based quantum chips without major...
By Quantum Computing Report
News•Jan 20, 2026
Everest Ransomware Claims McDonalds India Breach Involving Customer Data
Everest ransomware announced a breach of McDonald’s India, claiming to have stolen 861 GB of customer and internal data. The leaked material reportedly contains financial reports, ERP migration files, investor contact lists, and store‑level employee details. HackRead published screenshots to substantiate...
By HackRead
News•Jan 20, 2026
Scaling Financial Outreach Without Burning Agent Hours
Financial service call centers are turning to AI‑enhanced auto‑dialers to lift outbound connection rates and curb agent idle time. Predictive dialing can run six to ten parallel lines per agent, while AI‑powered answering‑machine detection (AMD) identifies live contacts with 97%...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 20, 2026
Brazen Scheme Combines Fraud, Visiting Customers' Homes
Barnegat Township Police warned New Jersey residents of a hybrid fraud scheme that combines phone spoofing with a physical courier pickup to steal debit cards. Criminals pose as bank fraud agents, claim unauthorized out‑of‑state activity, and arrange a courier to...
By American Banker Technology
News•Jan 20, 2026
Elon Musk Says Tesla’s Restarted Dojo3 Will Be for ‘Space-Based AI Compute’
Elon Musk announced Tesla will restart development of its third‑generation AI chip, Dojo 3, repurposing it for “space‑based AI compute.” The revival follows a shutdown earlier this year that saw the Dojo team disband and many engineers join rival startup DensityAI....
By TechCrunch AI
News•Jan 20, 2026
SunRISE SmallSats Ace Tests, Moving Closer to Launch
NASA’s SunRISE mission has completed a full suite of thermal‑vacuum, electromagnetic compatibility and vibration tests at Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory, confirming that all six toaster‑oven‑size SmallSats are flight‑ready. Each satellite was loaded with propellant to match launch mass...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Jan 20, 2026
Defense Appropriations Bill for 2026 Funds Space Force at $26 Billion, Presses Pentagon on Golden Dome
Congress approved a FY 2026 defense appropriations bill that allocates $26 billion to the U.S. Space Force, matching the administration’s request, and adds roughly $13.8 billion in mandatory funding, bringing total resources close to $40 billion—almost double the level five years ago. The legislation...
By SpaceNews
News•Jan 20, 2026
NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Retires
NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams retired Dec. 27, 2025 after a 27‑year career marked by three ISS missions and record‑setting flight time. She logged 608 days in space, the second‑longest cumulative duration for a NASA astronaut, and completed nine spacewalks...
By NASA News (Breaking)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Casavogue Pays the Taxes This January
Casavogue has launched a limited‑time “We Pay the Taxes” promotion, covering sales tax on all furniture purchases and pairing it with a 12‑month interest‑free financing option. The offer focuses on high‑end sectional sofas, positioning them as the centerpiece of a...
By Retail Insider Canada
News•Jan 20, 2026
OpenAI Search Crawler Passes 55% Coverage In Hostinger Study via @Sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Hostinger’s analysis of 66 billion bot requests shows a sharp divergence between AI crawlers. Training bots such as OpenAI’s GPTBot saw coverage plunge from 84% to 12% as sites increasingly block them. In contrast, assistant bots that power AI search, like...
By Search Engine Journal
News•Jan 20, 2026
Datwyler Collabs with Stevanato and LTS to Advance Home-Based Biologics
Datwyler, LTS Device Technologies, and Stevanato Group announced a strategic partnership to create an integrated platform for self‑administered large‑volume subcutaneous biologics. The solution combines Stevanato’s EZ‑fill® 10‑20 mL cartridges, Datwyler’s NeoFlex™ spray‑coated plungers, and LTS’s Sorrel wearable injector, targeting doses up...
By Pharmaceutical Technology
News•Jan 20, 2026
The Challenges of Soft Delete
Soft delete is common, but using an "archived_at" flag often bloats tables, complicates queries, and slows maintenance. The article outlines why retained rows rarely get read and how they inflate backups. It then evaluates four PostgreSQL‑centric alternatives: application‑level archiving to...
By Hacker News
News•Jan 20, 2026
OQ Technology Links up with UK IoT Company Eseye
OQ Technology announced a partnership with UK IoT specialist Eseye to fuse its low‑Earth‑orbit (LEO) satellite constellation with Eseye’s AnyNet Connectivity Hub. The collaboration leverages 3GPP Release 17 multi‑RAT standards, allowing a single SIM to roam seamlessly between terrestrial 5G networks...
By Via Satellite
News•Jan 20, 2026
Why Serve Robotics Is Acquiring a Hospital Assistant Robot Company
Serve Robotics announced a $29 million acquisition of Diligent Robotics, the creator of Moxi hospital assistant robots. Diligent, founded in 2017, has raised over $75 million, including a $25 million round in 2023. The deal marks Serve’s first move beyond its sidewalk food‑delivery...
By TechCrunch Robotics
News•Jan 20, 2026
56% of Companies Have Seen Zero Financial Return From AI Investments, PwC Survey Says
PwC’s Global CEO Survey of 4,454 executives across 95 countries reveals that 56% of companies have seen no financial benefit—neither higher revenue nor lower costs—from AI investments over the past year. Only 12% reported achieving both revenue growth and cost...
By Slashdot
News•Jan 20, 2026
New NASA Artemis Payloads To Study Moon’s Terrain, Radiation, History
NASA announced the selection of three new lunar science investigations under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program for the Artemis campaign, with deliveries slated for no earlier than 2028. The payloads—EMILIA-3D, LISTER and SELINE—will generate three‑dimensional thermal maps, measure...
By NASA - News Releases
News•Jan 20, 2026
Space Foundation to Host Innovate Space: Finance Forum in Partnership With Texas Space Commission
Space Foundation announced the Innovate Space: Finance Forum, an executive‑level conference slated for Feb. 18‑19, 2026 at the JW Marriott Dallas Arts District. Partnering with the Texas Space Commission, the event will gather senior leaders from finance, government, and the space sector...
By SpaceNews
News•Jan 20, 2026
BrightInsight Secures $13M Funding Round
BrightInsight announced a $13 million financing round backed by Eclipse, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, Mayo Clinic and New Leaf Venture Partners. The capital will accelerate its AI‑enabled medication persistence and adherence solutions and scale the Patient App built with Sanofi and...
By VC News Daily
News•Jan 20, 2026
Integrating Enzoic Alerts Into Microsoft Sentinel with Azure Logic Apps
Enzoic’s real‑time breach alerts can now be piped into Microsoft Sentinel using Azure Logic Apps, turning each webhook into a Sentinel incident. The guide walks through provisioning a Log Analytics workspace, creating a consumption‑based Logic App, parsing Enzoic’s JSON payload,...
By Security Boulevard
News•Jan 20, 2026
Ukraine Expands SAR Collaboration With Iceye
Finnish satellite firm Iceye announced on Jan. 19 an expanded agreement with Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence, granting broader access to its high‑resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. The deal builds on Iceye’s 2022 transfer of a dedicated SAR satellite and its...
By Via Satellite
News•Jan 20, 2026
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser Says Rate Cap Would Restrict Access to Credit
Citigroup Chair and CEO Jane Fraser told CNBC she does not expect Congress to back President Trump’s proposed 10% cap on credit‑card interest rates. Fraser argued that a hard cap would shrink credit availability for lower‑income consumers, contrary to the...
By PYMNTS
News•Jan 20, 2026
Nasal Passage Cell Response to Common Cold Virus Determines Sickness Severity
Yale researchers used an air‑liquid interface organoid of human nasal epithelium to show that a rapid interferon (IFN) response limits rhinovirus infection to less than 2% of cells, while blocking IFN triggers widespread viral replication. The study also identified a...
By GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
News•Jan 20, 2026
Asia-Pacific Operator Signs $11M Order for Gilat SkyEdge Platform
Gilat Satellite Networks secured an $11 million contract with an unnamed Asia‑Pacific satellite operator for its SkyEdge platform. The platform will be used on very high throughput satellites (VHTS) to provide advanced mobility services and support multiple applications. Deployments are slated...
By Via Satellite
News•Jan 20, 2026
Detecting Drought Stress in Trees From the Air
Researchers at Switzerland’s WSL used drone‑borne multispectral cameras to map drought stress across seven native tree species during the hot summer of 2023. By measuring photoprotective pigment signals and canopy greenness, they identified species‑specific responses, such as rapid oak recovery...
By Phys.org – Biotechnology
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News•Jan 20, 2026
SaasRise Enterprise Mastermind Call Recap Jan 20, 2026
The SaasRise Enterprise Mastermind call highlighted four critical growth levers for high‑ACV SaaS firms. It recommended starting with retargeting ads and LinkedIn sponsored messages, then scaling AI‑personalized cold outreach to improve lead response rates. The discussion also covered AI‑driven coding...
By SaasRise
News•Jan 20, 2026
UStrive Security Lapse Exposed Personal Data of Its Users, Including Children
UStrive, a nonprofit mentoring platform for students, fixed a security lapse that let any logged‑in user view personal data of others, including children. The flaw stemmed from a vulnerable Amazon‑hosted GraphQL endpoint, exposing at least 238,000 records containing names, emails,...
By TechCrunch (Cybersecurity)
News•Jan 20, 2026
It Started with a Cat: How 100 Years of Quantum Weirdness Powers Today's Tech
A new perspective piece in Science by Dr. Marlan Scully chronicles a century of quantum mechanics, tracing its evolution from Schrödinger’s cat paradox to the technologies that define modern life. He highlights how quantum coherence gave rise to lasers, entanglement...
By Phys.org (Quantum Physics News)
News•Jan 20, 2026
BlackSky Reports Gen-3 Pilot Customers Signing Renewal Deals
BlackSky announced multiple expansion contracts for its Gen‑3 satellite program, converting early‑access pilots in the Americas, Asia and Europe into renewal deals. The Gen‑3 fleet, launched from early 2025, delivers 35‑centimeter imagery with sub‑hourly collection speeds, a capability critical for...
By Via Satellite
News•Jan 20, 2026
Dealmaker 2025 Recap: $500 Million Raised
Dealmaker, a tech‑enabled broker‑dealer, reported processing over $500 million in capital for 2025, equating to roughly $57,000 raised each hour. The firm’s Reg A offerings surged 157% year‑over‑year, with the three largest rounds—Newsmax $75 million, Pacaso $72.5 million, and Mode Mobile $53.5 million—driving the bulk...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Jan 20, 2026
GrowthRise Mastermind Recap Jan 20, 2026
The GrowthRise Mastermind on Jan 20 2026 covered AI‑driven content creation, LinkedIn message ads, trade‑show marketing, and email list hygiene. Participants learned to use AI as a brainstorming aid, apply structured markup for SEO, and leverage tools like Canva, ChatGPT, and Gemini....
By GrowthRise
News•Jan 20, 2026
Introducing Mend.io’s AI Security Maturity Survey + Compliance Checklist Available Today
Mend.io launched an interactive AI Security Maturity Survey and a companion Compliance Checklist to help organizations assess and document AI risk. The tools map to OWASP AIMA, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001 and the upcoming EU AI Act, delivering a personalized...
By Security Boulevard
News•Jan 20, 2026
Record Number of Canadian Payloads Set for Launch in 2026
SpaceQ reports a record 39 Canadian payloads slated for launch in 2026, marking a sharp rise from the 63 launched over the past five years. The roster includes 11 organizations, almost entirely commercial small‑satellite missions, with only one non‑commercial payload....
By SpaceQ
News•Jan 20, 2026
Dealing With Frustrated Customers? AI Can Help Your Teams Stay Ready
Enterprise retailers hit by summer import‑threshold shifts faced sudden tariffs, shipment delays, and a flood of frustrated customer inquiries. The operational disruption exposed gaps in agents’ readiness, leading to miscommunication and reputational risk. ReflexAI proposes AI‑driven simulation platforms that let...
By Total Retail
News•Jan 20, 2026
Airlock Digital Announces Independent TEI Study Quantifying Measurable ROI & Security Impact
Airlock Digital released an independent Total Economic Impact study by Forrester Consulting showing a 224% return on investment and a $3.8 million net present value over three years for its allow‑listing solution. The research reports more than a 25% reduction in...
By HackRead