News•Jan 7, 2026
PNC Head of Data, Automation Ned Carroll Featured Fireside Chat at FinAi Banking Summit
Ned Carroll, PNC's Head of Data and Automation, discussed the bank's evolving data strategy, recent $5 billion acquisition of FirstBank, and the rollout of agentic AI in software development during a fireside chat at the FinAi Banking Summit. He highlighted how AI-driven automation is delivering measurable efficiency gains and how data governance underpins PNC’s growth initiatives. Carroll’s extensive background—from fintech Azimuth to chief data roles at TIAA and Bank of America—provides a strategic lens on integrating advanced technology in large financial institutions.
By Bank Automation News
News•Jan 7, 2026
Automated Lab of the Future May Herald Lower-Cost Therapies
German researchers at TU Berlin’s KIWI‑biolab have built a self‑driving laboratory that uses robotics, AI and bioinformatics to automate the development of new biomolecules. The system runs E. coli cultures in 10‑100 mL bioreactors, validates processes up to 100 L, and relies on...
By GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
News•Jan 7, 2026
CCGT Sector Needs Purpose-Built Quality Management Systems
Researchers argue that traditional quality management systems, built for large‑scale protein drugs, are ill‑suited for cell and gene therapy (CGT) manufacturing. Manual, paper‑based processes have evolved into fragile eQMS platforms that struggle with the lean, modular nature of CGT production....
By GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
News•Jan 7, 2026
Caterpillar Taps Nvidia to Bring AI to Its Construction Equipment
Caterpillar is piloting an AI assistive system called “Cat AI” on its Cat 306 CR Mini Excavator, built on Nvidia’s Jetson Thor platform and showcased at CES. The system answers operator queries, offers safety tips, and schedules services while streaming roughly 2,000 data messages...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Jan 7, 2026
Infrastructure Over Hype: Why Broker Architecture Matters More Than Features in 2026
By 2026 crypto traders have moved beyond flashy token lists and high leverage, judging brokers primarily on the robustness of their underlying architecture. Platforms that separate client funds, log execution paths, and document risk controls now earn credibility, especially in...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 7, 2026
ATDev Develops Reflex to Bring Robotics and AI to Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Development (ATDev) unveiled Reflex, a sub‑5‑lb wearable robot that guides knee rehabilitation through embedded sensors and remote monitoring. The startup has progressed from a university class project to securing venture capital—including a $200,000 SkyDeck check in 2022, a...
By The Robot Report
News•Jan 7, 2026
Behind the Headlines Episode 31: Optimism, Opportunity, Optimization of COGs & Organizational Streamlining
In the Behind the Headlines Episode 31, veteran pharma leader Deborah Dunsire declares a "golden era" for biological sciences, driven by targeted therapies such as GLP‑1s and emerging tools like AI and quantum computing. She stresses the need for fact‑based communication...
By Pharmaceutical Technology
News•Jan 7, 2026
OpenAI Reportedly Testing ChatGPT Ads Soon
OpenAI is quietly piloting advertising within internal ChatGPT models, signaling a shift toward diversified revenue streams. The test follows partnerships with retailers such as Walmart, Instacart, Target and Shopify, and mirrors moves by competitors like Google. Earlier this year, user...
By Mashable AI
News•Jan 7, 2026
Versatile Malware Loader Pkr_mtsi Delivers Diverse Payloads
ReversingLabs identified a Windows packer named pkr_mtsi that serves as a versatile malware loader in large‑scale malvertising and SEO‑poisoning campaigns. First seen in April 2025, it disguises fake installers for popular tools like PuTTY, Rufus and Microsoft Teams, then delivers...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Jan 7, 2026
How the Evidence for Alien Life on K2-18 B Evaporated
In 2023 JWST observations of the sub‑Neptune K2‑18 b appeared to reveal dimethyl sulfide, a gas linked to marine life on Earth, sparking excitement about a possible habitable ocean. A new pre‑print by Welbanks and colleagues re‑analyzes the mid‑infrared MIRI data...
By Universe Today
News•Jan 7, 2026
CES 2026: Entertainment Leaders Talk About AI, Creators, and Innovative Tech
CES 2026 turned its massive stage toward entertainment, featuring more than 25 panels on AI, creator economies, and advertising. The event spotlighted the debut of Tilly Norwood, the first fully AI‑generated actor, reigniting copyright and ethical debates. Industry leaders from...
By Fast Company AI
News•Jan 7, 2026
ChartDetector.ai Highlights Shift Toward Risk Validation as Traders Navigate Volatile Global Markets
ChartDetector.ai reports that traders across crypto, equities, FX and commodities are moving away from pure price‑prediction models toward pre‑trade risk validation. Heightened volatility, tighter cross‑asset correlations and a flood of real‑time data have exposed the limits of traditional chart‑reading for...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 7, 2026
Retail Investing in 2026: How Technology Is Reshaping the Way Beginners Enter the Markets
Retail investing in 2026 has moved from mere access to sophisticated, technology‑driven decision support for beginners. Mobile apps now bundle trading, AI‑powered analytics, education, and risk controls in a single interface, eliminating the old broker‑branch friction. While low‑cost execution and...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 7, 2026
PepsiCo Deploys AI-Powered Digital Twins of Manufacturing Facilities to Test Expansion Plans
PepsiCo has teamed with Nvidia and Siemens to create AI‑driven, physics‑based digital twins of its U.S. manufacturing and warehouse sites using Nvidia Omniverse and Siemens Digital Twin Composer. The virtual replicas let AI agents simulate layout changes, catching up to...
By Retail TouchPoints
News•Jan 7, 2026
Exploring the End of Piecemeal Cybersecurity Solutions
The article argues that piecemeal cybersecurity, built from isolated point solutions, is reaching its limits as digital environments grow more complex. Fragmented tools erode visibility, slow response, and create policy gaps. Organizations are shifting toward unified platforms that centralize data,...
By TechBullion
News•Jan 7, 2026
Microsoft: Classic Outlook Bug Prevents Opening Encrypted Emails
Microsoft is investigating a bug in classic Outlook that blocks recipients from opening emails encrypted with the “Encrypt Only” permission after the Current Channel Version 2511 update (Build 19426.20218). Affected users see a message_v2.rpmsg attachment and a credential prompt instead of the email...
By BleepingComputer
News•Jan 7, 2026
CFPB: U.S. Credit Cards Are Prosperous and Strong
The CFPB’s 2025 credit‑card market report shows a robust U.S. payments landscape, with retail, professional services and food spending leading categories and overall balances rising, especially among subprime and deep‑subprime consumers whose APRs have climbed sharply. Payment behavior has improved,...
By Payments Journal
News•Jan 7, 2026
Supernova Remnant Video From NASA's Chandra Is Decades in Making
NASA's Chandra X‑ray Observatory released a new video tracking Kepler's Supernova Remnant over more than 25 years of observations. The animation captures the remnant's evolution from 2000 to 2025, revealing ejecta speeds ranging from 4 million to 13.8 million miles per hour....
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Jan 7, 2026
The Trade Desk’s Jeff Green Says 2026 Will Be ‘The Best Year Yet’ for the Open Internet
The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green told CES that 2026 will be the strongest year yet for the open internet. He said AI‑driven targeting and new measurement tools will lure brands away from walled‑garden platforms toward premium web inventory. Green...
By Adweek AI
News•Jan 7, 2026
Holiday Ecommerce Sales Near $260 Billion with AI Driving 20% of Transactions
Consumers set a new record for holiday ecommerce, reaching $257.8 billion, a 6.8% year‑over‑year increase. Mobile devices drove 56.4% of online transactions, while aggressive discounts pushed electronics off‑price by 30.9%. Salesforce estimates U.S. online sales at $294 billion, contributing to a $1.29 trillion...
By Retail TouchPoints
News•Jan 7, 2026
The Capabilities CIOs Should Demand From IT Asset Management Software in 2026
Organizational complexity costs average firms 7% of revenue, with software waste accounting for $1 of every $5 spent. IT asset management (ITAM) solutions combat this waste by delivering unified visibility, lifecycle automation, and tight ITSM integration. CIOs should select platforms...
By CIO.com
News•Jan 7, 2026
Target’s New Year’s Resolution: More Wellness (30% More, in Fact)
Target is accelerating its wellness strategy in 2026, boosting its health‑focused product assortment by 30 percent. The retailer launched Target Wellness Week, running through Jan. 10, with deep discounts, personalized Circle 360 offers, and its first in‑store wellness events. New private‑label lines...
By Retail TouchPoints
News•Jan 7, 2026
Stars that Die Off the Beaten Path
Astronomers combined NSF VLA atomic‑hydrogen maps with ALMA molecular‑gas data to forecast where massive stars in the nearby galaxy M33 will explode as supernovae. By overlaying catalogs of red supergiants, Wolf‑Rayet stars and existing supernova remnants, they created the first...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Jan 7, 2026
CRISPR Discovery Could Lead to Single Diagnostic Test for COVID, Flu, RSV
Utah State University researchers have uncovered a novel function of the bacterial immune protein CRISPR‑Cas12a3 that directly targets RNA and cleaves tRNA tails, halting viral protein production without damaging host DNA. Published in Nature, the work shows Cas12a3 can be...
By Phys.org – Biotechnology
News•Jan 7, 2026
Four Baby Planets Show How Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes Form
An international team led by UCLA scientists has directly observed four young “baby” planets in the 20‑million‑year‑old V1298 Tau system as they contract and shed their primordial atmospheres. Using a decade‑long series of transit observations from ground‑based and space telescopes, the...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Jan 7, 2026
Ghost Tap Malware Fuels Surge in Remote NFC Payment Fraud
Group‑IB uncovered a new Android malware family, dubbed Ghost Tap, that enables criminals to perform unauthorized tap‑to‑pay transactions by remotely relaying NFC card data. Over 54 malicious APKs, disguised as legitimate finance apps, are sold on Chinese‑language Telegram channels where...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Jan 7, 2026
How Non-Payments Became Big Business at Visa and Mastercard
Visa and Mastercard are rapidly expanding value‑added services to offset slowing card‑payment growth and mounting regulatory pressure. Mastercard posted $3.4 billion in VAS net revenue, a 25% year‑over‑year rise, while Visa’s VAS reached $17.5 billion, up 9% YoY. Both networks are forging...
By American Banker Technology
News•Jan 7, 2026
Optimism for AI-Powered Productivity: Deloitte
Deloitte’s UK CFO Survey shows 96% of finance chiefs plan to boost technology spending over the next five years, with AI at the forefront of productivity strategies. Optimism for AI has jumped to 59% of CFOs, up from 39% a...
By Artificial Intelligence News
News•Jan 7, 2026
Registration Is Open for the March 2026 MarTech Conference
Registration is now open for the free, virtual MarTech Conference on March 4, 2026. The day‑long event will feature six live panel discussions covering data silos, cookieless identity, funnel collapse, context‑aware experiences, workflow redesign, and AI‑driven online visibility. A new...
By MarTech
News•Jan 7, 2026
Fragmentation and Consolidation (Part 2) – Getting Ahead of the Curve
The space sector is transitioning from a fragmented, novelty‑driven phase to a consolidation era where reliability and risk mitigation dominate. Customers no longer ask which component performs best; they demand proven delivery, stable interfaces, and support. Suppliers must shift their...
By SpaceQ
News•Jan 7, 2026
The Loudest Voices in Security Often Have the Least to Lose
The article argues that the most vocal cybersecurity commentators often lack accountability, leading to hype over substance. It illustrates five harmful personas—panic inducer, hype rider, Chicken Little, pessimist, and dismisser—who prioritize fear, trends, or dismissal instead of evidence‑based solutions. By...
By SecurityWeek
News•Jan 7, 2026
Terran Orbital Appoints Michael Vishion as Vice President of Program Management
Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin company, announced Michael Vishion as vice president of program management. Vishion brings more than 25 years of aerospace and defense experience, including leadership of multi‑site portfolios worth $200‑$350 million. He will report to CEO Peter...
By SpaceNews
News•Jan 7, 2026
How Agentic AI Will Lure Shoppers
Nick Campbell, chief product officer at Xplor Pay, discussed the rise of agentic commerce – AI‑driven buying agents that can search, select and pay for goods. The market is forecast to reach $1.7 trillion in sales by 2030, with major players...
By Payments Dive
News•Jan 7, 2026
Microsoft Scraps Exchange Online Spam Clamp After Customers Cry Foul
Microsoft has abandoned its planned 2,000‑per‑day external recipient limit for Exchange Online after strong customer pushback. The original 2024 policy aimed to curb spam and compromised accounts by capping outbound emails for new tenants, with a phased rollout to existing...
By The Register
News•Jan 7, 2026
A Red Moon, a Blue Moon, a Supermoon and More: Your Guide to the Southern Sky in 2026
The 2026 southern‑hemisphere sky will feature a total lunar eclipse on 3 March, a rare blue moon on 31 May, and a supermoon on 24 December. Planetary highlights include a tight Mercury‑Mars‑Saturn grouping in April, a Venus‑Jupiter close approach in June, and a...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Jan 7, 2026
Fiserv’s Clover Adopts Biometrics
Fiserv announced that its Clover point‑of‑sale platform will soon support biometric payments, allowing customers to authorize purchases with facial or palm scans. The feature, built in partnership with fintech firm Wink, will debut at the National Retail Federation conference and...
By Payments Dive
News•Jan 7, 2026
Restricting Industrial Loan Charters Would Be Bad for the Economy
Industrial banks, regulated and FDIC‑insured, provide crucial credit to small businesses, gig workers, and underserved Main Street enterprises. Since their creation in 1987, only one has failed, and capital ratios are roughly 50 % above industry averages, indicating strong safety. Proponents...
By American Banker Technology
News•Jan 7, 2026
'It's a Good Idea': Jensen Huang Hints that Nvidia Could Consider Bringing Back Older Graphics Cards to Solve GPU Pricing...
At CES 2026 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hinted that the company could resurrect older GeForce GPUs or retrofit them with the latest AI‑driven DLSS technology to alleviate current supply constraints and soaring prices. He described the idea as "good" but warned...
By TechRadar
News•Jan 7, 2026
Space Force Moves to Standardize Satellites with ‘Handle 2.0’ Contract
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Falcon ExoDynamics a $3.3 million contract to develop Handle 2.0, an upgraded modular interface that links satellite buses and payloads. The effort builds on the original Handle prototype demonstrated on the 2022 Slingshot 1 mission and aims...
By SpaceNews
News•Jan 7, 2026
How to Eliminate IT Blind Spots in the Modern, AI-Driven Enterprise
Enterprises that rely heavily on AI and multi‑cloud environments are confronting new security blind spots that stem from dynamic agent behavior, data‑poisoning, and mis‑configurations. Experts advise CSOs to shift from reactive defenses to unified visibility that normalizes telemetry across AI...
By CSO Online
News•Jan 7, 2026
Mundial Media Inks Exclusive U.S. Publisher Partnership with Grupo Reforma
Mundial Media has secured an exclusive U.S. digital advertising partnership with Grupo Reforma, bringing the Mexican publisher’s premium titles—Reforma, El Norte and Mural—into its AI‑driven, privacy‑first platform. The deal gives U.S. brands access to high‑engagement Spanish‑language and bicultural audiences through...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 7, 2026
Elon Musk’s 10,000 Starship Annual Production Target: Demand Drivers and Infrastructure Imperatives
Elon Musk has set a target of producing 10,000 Starships per year, a rate that translates to roughly 27 launches each day. The ambition hinges on three primary demand drivers: massive cargo shipments for Mars colonization, ultra‑fast point‑to‑point Earth transport,...
By New Space Economy
News•Jan 7, 2026
HawkSoft and Sonant Announce Voice AI Integration for Independent Insurance Agencies
Insurance agency management platform HawkSoft has partnered with Sonant to embed its voice AI directly into the HawkSoft system. The integration enables 24/7 call logging, automatic task creation, and note transcription without leaving the AMS. Sonant’s insurance‑specific AI understands P&C...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 7, 2026
StackAdapt’s 2026 Programmatic Advertising Report Finds Top Marketers Are 4X More Likely to Consolidate Tech and Use AI to Drive...
StackAdapt’s 2026 State of Programmatic Advertising report shows marketers who consolidate tech and adopt AI outperform peers. Survey of 484 senior marketers and data from over 6,000 advertisers reveals top performers are four times more likely to unify platforms. While...
By MarTech Series
News•Jan 7, 2026
5 FDA Decisions to Watch in the First Quarter of 2026
Eli Lilly’s oral GLP‑1 candidate orforglipron received a national‑priority voucher, accelerating its FDA review and threatening Novo Nordisk’s recent oral Wegovy launch. Disc Medicine’s repurposed schizophrenia drug bitopertin is on the brink of approval for the rare disease erythropoietic protoporphyria,...
By BioPharma Dive
News•Jan 7, 2026
Cloudfy Launches Enterprise V5: Modular, API-First, and Ready for the AI-Driven Future of B2B Commerce
Cloudfy has unveiled Enterprise v5, a next‑generation B2B eCommerce platform built on a modular, API‑first architecture. The solution offers pre‑built functional modules and a headless API layer for rapid integration with ERP, CMS and custom front‑ends. It introduces an open...
By AiThority
News•Jan 7, 2026
Universal Robots and Robotiq Showcase Next-Generation Palletizing Solution at CES 2026 in Collaboration with Siemens
Universal Robots, Robotiq and Siemens unveiled a next‑generation palletizing solution at CES 2026, pairing the UR20 collaborative robot with Robotiq's PAL Ready cell and Siemens' new Digital Twin Composer software. The system demonstrates real‑time photorealistic digital‑twin visualization alongside live hardware, using...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Jan 7, 2026
Inside the Agentic Operating System Code and Theory Is Teasing at CES
Marketers are rapidly adopting AI, yet most have not re‑engineered workflows to capture its full value. At CES, Code and Theory unveiled The Machine, an agentic AI operating system that embeds automation and intelligence into existing marketing stacks instead of...
By Adweek AI
News•Jan 7, 2026
MagicLab Made Its Debut at CES, Accelerating Global Development
MagicLab made its first appearance at CES, unveiling three flagship robots: the full‑size humanoid Gen1, the high‑dynamic biped Z1, and the head‑tail coordinated quadruped MagicDog. Gen1 demonstrated multi‑unit collaboration in a home‑appliance plant, featuring 42 active degrees of freedom and...
By RoboticsTomorrow