News•Jan 19, 2026
Aibrary Launches the World’s First AI Learning Companion for Personal Growth with Personalized Podcasts, Idea Twin, and Millions of Books
Aibrary unveiled Nova, an AI‑powered learning companion that transforms its library of millions of books into personalized, micro‑learning podcasts and interactive sessions. The platform now offers a Learning Persona assessment, real‑time "For You" audio feeds, and the Idea Twin feature that simulates expert debate to deepen comprehension. Aibrary also introduced the curated "Aibrary 100" list, highlighting the most relevant titles for 2026. Launched three months ago, the service already serves users in 170 countries, positioning itself as the first AI native personal‑growth operating system.
By AiThority
News•Jan 19, 2026
Bet365 Goes Live with TrueLayer's Pay by Bank
Bet365 has integrated TrueLayer’s Pay by Bank technology across its UK and German platforms, making it the recommended checkout option for players. The open‑banking solution enables instant deposits and withdrawals directly from bank accounts, leveraging biometric authentication for added security....
By Finextra
News•Jan 19, 2026
Mastercard Says Embedding Payments Is Key to Commercial Payments Acceptance
Mastercard says the future of commercial payments hinges on embedding payment options directly within corporate workflows. It labels this shift “adaptive commercial acceptance,” where ERP, procure‑to‑pay and vertical SaaS platforms dictate payment methods instead of traditional buyer‑supplier negotiations. The company’s...
By PYMNTS
News•Jan 19, 2026
China And Algeria Strengthen Space Alliance With AlSat-3A Satellite Launch
China launched AlSat-3A, an optical Earth‑observation satellite for Algeria, on 15 January using a Long March‑2C rocket. Built by the China Academy of Space Technology, the spacecraft will deliver civilian imagery for land‑use planning and disaster mitigation. The launch fulfills the...
By Orbital Today
News•Jan 19, 2026
TMT Expands Digital Trust and Safety with Microsoft Publishers
The Media Trust (TMT) announced a partnership to bolster digital trust and safety within Microsoft’s advertising ecosystem. Leveraging TMT’s proprietary AI detection, global infrastructure, and malware‑analysis teams, the collaboration will deliver real‑time threat detection and mitigation for malware, redirects, and...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 19, 2026
Jet Bank and Backbase Partner to Launch Albania’s First Digital-Only Bank
Jet Bank, in partnership with Backbase, is launching Albania's first fully digital‑only bank. Backbase supplies its AI‑powered Banking Platform as a unified engagement layer, integrating core banking, card processing and third‑party services. The collaboration accelerated the project from initial setup...
By Finextra
News•Jan 19, 2026
ExoAnalytic Tools to Power FireSat Wildfire Monitoring Constellation
ExoAnalytic Solutions has been chosen to develop containerized web applications that visualize the orbits and 1,500 km swath coverage of the Earth Fire Alliance’s FireSat wildfire‑monitoring constellation. The tools will provide both public‑facing and secure interfaces, enabling real‑time and predictive track...
By SpaceDaily
News•Jan 19, 2026
Keck Backed Team Advances First Graviton Detector Concept
A team led by Igor Pikovski and Jack Harris, backed by the W. M. Keck Foundation, has moved graviton detection from theory to a concrete laboratory concept. Their approach merges recent gravitational‑wave observations with macroscopic quantum sensors, proposing that a gram‑scale superfluid‑helium resonator can...
By SpaceDaily
News•Jan 19, 2026
Threat Hunting in 2026: Why Proactive Defence Is the Only Way Forward
Threat hunting is shifting from reactive incident response to proactive, pattern‑based defense as attackers repeatedly exploit known vulnerabilities. Experts at Qualys argue that focusing on adversary telemetry—such as weaponization, ransomware links, and dark‑web chatter—enables teams to anticipate exploitation cycles. Automation...
By The Cyber Express
News•Jan 19, 2026
Oligo Appoints Shira Bendkowski as VP of Product
Oligo Security announced Shira Bendkowski as its new Vice President of Product. Bendkowski, formerly VP of Product at Aqua Security and head of product at XM Cyber, will steer Oligo’s product vision for runtime security across applications, cloud, workloads, and...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 19, 2026
Show HN: AskUCP – UCP Protocol Explorer Showing All Products on Shopify
AskUCP, launched on January 11 2026, is a global AI shopping search built on the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). UCP, an open standard co‑created by Google and Shopify, lets applications query product data across e‑commerce platforms without traditional APIs or integrations. At...
By Hacker News
News•Jan 19, 2026
CoreSite Chicago Adds AWS Native 400G Direct Connect for Cloud and AI
CoreSite, an American Tower subsidiary, has launched native 400 Gbps Amazon Web Services Direct Connect at its Chicago data‑center campus, delivering ultra‑high bandwidth and low‑latency connectivity for AI, enterprise and GPU‑optimized workloads. Early adopters, including a cybersecurity firm, are using the...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 19, 2026
PDFSIDER Malware Actively Exploited to Evade Antivirus and EDR Defenses
Researchers have uncovered PDFSIDER, a backdoor malware that exploits DLL side‑loading in the legitimate PDF24 Creator application to evade endpoint detection and response tools. The malicious payload is delivered via spear‑phishing ZIP archives, signed with valid certificates, and replaces the...
By GBHackers On Security
News•Jan 19, 2026
LOTTE Biologics Tightens Global Quality as Syracuse ADC Hub Ramps for 2026
LOTTE Biologics is ramping its Syracuse ADC hub for 2026 while extending a unified global quality culture across its organization. The company emphasizes a proactive contamination‑control strategy that relies on closed, functionally closed and single‑use systems, validated cleaning, and rigorous...
By BioSpace
News•Jan 19, 2026
BOSGAME Launches Next-Generation AI PCs Built on AMD and Intel Platforms
BOSGAME unveiled two AI‑focused mini PCs, the VTA‑439 and VTI‑490, slated for global release in Q1 2026. The VTA‑439 runs on AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 with Radeon 890M graphics, while the VTI‑490 leverages Intel’s Core Ultra X9 388H and an Arc B390 GPU....
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 19, 2026
Report: U.S. Life Sciences Job Market Report Q4 2025
BioSpace’s Q4 2025 U.S. Life Sciences Job Market Report shows early signs that biopharma hiring is stabilizing after a turbulent period. Job postings increased modestly, while layoffs slowed markedly, and hiring sentiment edged higher heading into 2026. The report highlights...
By BioSpace
News•Jan 19, 2026
OpenCog Hyperon and AGI: Beyond Large Language Models
OpenCog Hyperon, an open‑source neural‑symbolic framework from SingularityNET, positions itself as a bridge between narrow large language models and artificial general intelligence. Its core combines probabilistic logic, symbolic reasoning, evolutionary program synthesis, and a metagraph called Atomspace to enable dynamic,...
By Artificial Intelligence News
News•Jan 19, 2026
BCOR Mutations Reveal Target for AML Treatment
A recent study identified mutations in the BCL6 corepressor (BCOR) as a driver in a subset of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. Approximately 12% of newly diagnosed AML cases harbor BCOR alterations, which render the leukemia cells dependent on the...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Jan 19, 2026
Argus: Python-Based Recon Toolkit Aims to Boost Security Intelligence
Argus v2.0, a Python‑based reconnaissance toolkit, launches with 135 specialized modules unified under a professional command‑line interface. The overhaul adds multi‑threaded execution, over 25 CLI commands, and four deployment options—including pip, Docker, script, and direct Python. It integrates major threat‑intelligence...
By GBHackers On Security
News•Jan 19, 2026
WH Smith to Appoint Leo Quinn as Executive Chairman
WH Smith announced that former Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn will assume the role of executive chairman on 7 April, succeeding Annette Court who will step down after the AGM on 2 February. Simon Emeny will act as interim non‑executive chairman...
By The Retail Bulletin
News•Jan 19, 2026
SEON Identity Verification Combines KYC Checks with Real-Time Fraud Intelligence
SEON introduced an AI‑powered Identity Verification solution that combines document validation, biometric liveness detection, proof‑of‑address checks, and optional government database queries within its unified risk platform. The service draws on more than 900 real‑time fraud signals to evaluate both the...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 19, 2026
Worldline and YouLend Launch Cash Advance for European SMBs
Worldline and YouLend have introduced Cash Advance, an embedded financing solution that gives European small‑and‑medium‑sized businesses access to up to €250,000 within 48 hours. The product leverages Worldline’s payments infrastructure and YouLend’s data‑driven underwriting to deliver personalised offers linked to...
By Finextra
News•Jan 19, 2026
SIOS Technology VP of CX Cassius Rhue Shares 2026 IT Predictions
SIOS Technology’s Vice President of Customer Experience, Cassius Rhue, outlined a forward‑looking vision for high‑availability (HA) and disaster‑recovery (DR) solutions through 2026. He predicts HA will evolve from pure uptime guarantees to a strategic pillar for hybrid‑cloud resilience, cybersecurity, AI...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 19, 2026
How Target Is Pioneering Agentic Commerce in Retail
Network International has signed a processing agreement with Saudi Sudanese Bank to expand digital payment services across Sudan. The partnership will provide acquiring, issuing, and fintech solutions, enabling merchants to accept card payments and facilitating cross‑border transactions. By leveraging Network...
By PaySpace Magazine
News•Jan 19, 2026
Battle SEO® Launches Multi-Location SEO Expansion to Help Franchises Dominate Regional Search Results
Battle SEO has launched a multi‑location SEO expansion aimed at helping franchise brands and multi‑site businesses dominate regional search results. The offering addresses common pain points such as inconsistent city rankings, duplicated location pages, and diluted brand messaging by providing...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 19, 2026
Speed and Transparency: The New CX Imperatives for 2026
Humii’s 2024‑2025 data shows e‑commerce speed is stagnating while shoppers demand clearer timelines. Mismanaged expectations—not slow service—are the primary cause of churn, especially around dispatch, live‑chat, and return authorisations. Young‑fashion retailers outperform the industry with five‑day refunds, whereas segments like...
By Inside Retail Australia
News•Jan 19, 2026
The Right to Be Forgotten: The Emerging Science of Machine Unlearning
Machine unlearning is emerging as a scientific discipline that lets organizations delete specific data points from trained AI models without full retraining. The approach addresses GDPR’s Right to Erasure and growing copyright demands, which treat model outputs as personal or...
By AiThority
News•Jan 19, 2026
Global Tensions Are Pushing Cyber Activity Toward Dangerous Territory
Geopolitical rivalries are increasingly manifesting as cyber operations that target critical infrastructure, disinformation networks, and supply‑chain dependencies. Recent incidents—from the Ukrainian power‑grid outage to a Norwegian dam breach—illustrate how state actors can weaponize digital tools against civilian services. AI‑generated disinformation...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 19, 2026
ParaScript® Named Product Innovation Winner in the 2026 BIG Innovation Awards
ParaScript won the 2026 BIG Innovation Award for Product Innovation with its patented embedded signature verification solution that enables real‑time check fraud detection. The technology embeds an encrypted, invisible signature at issuance, allowing instant verification across ATMs, teller lines, remote...
By AI-TechPark
News•Jan 19, 2026
Rubrik Introduces Security Cloud Sovereign for Data Sovereignty and Regulatory Compliance
Rubrik unveiled Security Cloud Sovereign, a data‑protection platform that keeps all data, metadata, and control planes inside a customer‑chosen jurisdiction. The solution offers immutable safeguards that prevent encryption, deletion, or alteration even if attackers gain elevated access. Integrated threat‑detection analytics...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 19, 2026
Google’s Mueller: Free Subdomain Hosting Makes SEO Harder via @Sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s John Mueller warned that free subdomain hosting services create SEO challenges because they share infrastructure with spam‑filled sites. Even if a publisher follows best practices, the host’s reputation can lower crawl rates and indexation speed. The issue mirrors earlier...
By Search Engine Journal
News•Jan 19, 2026
Outsourcing IT Support: Benefits, Risks, and Smart Next Steps
The episode outlines how fast‑growing SaaS companies can outsource IT support by contracting for clear outcomes, defining precise scopes, and applying zero‑trust controls. It emphasizes data‑driven metrics such as First Contact Resolution, MTTR, and CSAT to justify the move, while...
By Security Boulevard
News•Jan 19, 2026
Freeduhm.com Partnered With AdPlunge To Boost Both Brands Digital Advertising Business
Freeduhm.com, a global digital media and advertising firm, has entered a strategic partnership with AdPlunge.com, a programmatic ad network. The alliance merges Freeduhm’s data‑driven optimization platform with AdPlunge’s extensive publisher network to improve inventory utilization, fill rates and effective CPMs...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 19, 2026
How to Scale Your Shipping Strategy in 2026 to Meet Customer Demand
Australian e‑commerce sales are projected to hit $87 billion in 2026, driving retailers to upgrade shipping, inventory, and returns processes. ShipStation’s 2025 benchmark shows 43% of shoppers now expect two‑day delivery, and 69% would switch brands for better fulfillment options. Integrated...
By Inside Retail Australia
News•Jan 19, 2026
Review: AI Strategy and Security
AI Strategy and Security, authored by Dr. Donnie W. Wendt, is a practical guide for technology leaders and security professionals designing enterprise AI programs. The book maps AI adoption to business objectives, outlines readiness assessments, and defines a comprehensive team...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 19, 2026
Haydale Graphene Industries Announces Change of Name
Haydale Graphene Industries has legally renamed itself Haydale and will trade on AIM under the unchanged ticker HAYD and ISIN. The rebrand drops the explicit graphene reference, suggesting a strategic pivot toward a broader advanced‑materials and clean‑technology portfolio. Management signals...
By Graphene-Info
News•Jan 19, 2026
7 Top Cybersecurity Projects for 2026
The 2026 cybersecurity roadmap highlights seven priority projects for CISOs, ranging from AI‑aware identity and access management to advanced email protection, autonomous code‑vulnerability discovery, and enterprise‑wide zero‑trust adoption. Leaders emphasize extending IAM controls to non‑human agents, leveraging small language models...
By CSO Online
News•Jan 19, 2026
The Race to Build the DeepSeek of Europe Is On
European governments are pouring hundreds of millions of euros into AI programs to reduce reliance on U.S. tech giants, while labs across the continent chase a "DeepSeek of Europe" breakthrough. The push emphasizes open‑source model development, hoping collaborative research can...
By WIRED AI
News•Jan 19, 2026
Wildix Positions AI as the Catalyst Moving the UC&C Channel Beyond Resale at 2026 Summit
At its 2026 virtual summit, Wildix emphasized AI as the catalyst moving its channel‑only model from simple resale toward advisory services that design, govern and optimize unified communications workflows. The company showcased the Wilma AI layer in live customer deployments...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 19, 2026
Alorica Named Innovative Organization Winner in the 2026 BIG Innovation Awards
Alorica Inc. has been named an Innovative Organization winner in the 2026 BIG Innovation Awards, recognizing its ability to scale artificial intelligence across enterprise customer‑experience operations. The award highlights Alorica IQ, the company’s AI innovation engine, and evoAI, its conversational‑AI...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 19, 2026
CompuChild Expands Its Suite of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Classes for Children
CompuChild, a STEM‑certified after‑school franchise, announced the expansion of its artificial intelligence and machine learning curriculum for elementary and middle‑school students. The new suite includes four courses—AI and ML for Young Innovators, AI Game Creator, Video Game Design with ML,...
By AiThority
News•Jan 19, 2026
Seela Launches an All-in-One AI Creative Platform for Image Generation and Multi-Model AI Comparison
Seela has launched an all‑in‑one AI creative platform that combines text‑to‑image, image‑to‑image, and a multi‑model chatbot comparison workspace. The platform lets users submit a single prompt and receive side‑by‑side answers from LLMs such as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and DeepSeek, while...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 19, 2026
Genesco Announces Strategic Transformation of IT Operations
Genesco, the owner of Schuh, announced a strategic overhaul of its IT operating model to boost speed, scalability and AI‑enabled innovation. The transformation is designed to align technology capabilities with the retailer’s new business model and support long‑term growth. Genesco...
By The Retail Bulletin
News•Jan 19, 2026
Researchers Hijack Hacker Domain Using Name Server Delegation
Infoblox researchers exploited a DNS misconfiguration called lame nameserver delegation to seize control of abandoned hacker domains. Within hours they intercepted over 57 million push‑notification logs from roughly 120 misconfigured domains, capturing traffic at 30 MB per second. The data exposed a...
By GBHackers On Security
News•Jan 19, 2026
Bytebase: Open-Source Database DevOps Tool
Bytebase is an open‑source DevOps platform that streamlines database schema and data changes through a structured change‑request workflow. It lets teams submit SQL changes, run automated reviews, and track executions across development, staging, and production environments. The tool includes built‑in...
By Help Net Security
News•Jan 19, 2026
GA-ASI Makes Another Autonomous Aerial Intercept in Company-Funded Demo with MQ-20 Avenger(r)
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA‑ASI) demonstrated its MQ‑20 Avenger executing a fully autonomous aerial intercept using government‑reference autonomy software. The jet employed an Anduril infrared search‑and‑track sensor to locate, track, and compute a simulated kill‑shot against a manned aggressor without...
By sUAS News
News•Jan 19, 2026
Represent Appoints Former Adidas Executive as Brand President for North America
Represent, the Manchester‑based men’s fashion label, has hired Jim Anfuso as its brand president for North America. Anfuso, who previously led commerce at Complex NTWRK and launched the Adidas Yeezy line, also held senior roles at Fox Racing and American Eagle....
By The Retail Bulletin
News•Jan 19, 2026
Threat Actors Abuse Browser Extensions to Deliver Fake Warning Messages
Huntress researchers uncovered a malicious Chrome extension, NexShield, that masquerades as the legitimate uBlock Origin Lite ad blocker. The extension installs a delayed denial‑of‑service loop, then displays a fake crash warning that tricks users into running a PowerShell command which...
By GBHackers On Security
News•Jan 19, 2026
Billionaire Fight Night: Insults Fly as Musk Takes on Ryanair
Elon Musk and Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary have turned a technical debate over Starlink satellite Wi‑Fi into a public feud, trading barbs on social media. Ryanair estimates the equipment would increase fuel burn by about 2%, costing roughly $250 million annually,...
By Orbital Today
News•Jan 19, 2026
How Pattern Beauty’s CEO Sets up Brand Strategy to Win in a Multi-Channel World
At the NRF conference, Pattern Beauty co‑CEO Christiane Pendarvis detailed the brand’s rapid multi‑channel expansion, launching its DTC site and adding Ulta within ten days before partnering with Target, Sephora, Nordstrom, Amazon and Macy’s. She explained that each retailer is...
By Inside Retail Australia