Major Risk Factor for Rare Early-Onset Dementia Found
Researchers at VIB and the University of Antwerp have identified a repeat expansion in the GOLGA8A gene as a major genetic risk factor for atypical frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin‑positive inclusions (aFTLD‑U). The expansion appears in nearly 60 % of examined cases and shows an odds ratio of 26.7, representing an unusually strong signal for a sporadic disease. Using long‑read sequencing, the team resolved the two‑base CT‑dimer repeat that was previously undetectable with short‑read methods. This discovery provides a biological entry point for earlier diagnosis and potential targeted treatments for this early‑onset dementia.
Fossil Relaunches '90s Cult Favorite Big Tic Watch Design for Spring 2026
Fossil is reviving its iconic Big Tic watch line for Spring 2026, marking the 25th anniversary of the original Y2K‑era design. The rollout includes a limited‑edition Y2K model priced between $170 and $195, a sleek Machine version at $195‑$220, and a World...
I Ran NetAlertX on a Raspberry Pi, and Now I Get Notified the Second a New Device Joins My Network
NetAlertX, installed on a Raspberry Pi, notifies users the moment a new device connects to their home network. Unlike typical router dashboards that require manual checks, the tool pushes real‑time alerts, allowing immediate verification of unfamiliar devices. The Pi’s low‑cost, low‑power...
NASA Clears Its Artemis Moon Rocket for an April Launch with Four Astronauts Following Repairs
NASA announced that the Artemis II Space Launch System rocket has passed its final flight‑readiness review and is slated for a launch as early as April 1, following repairs that sealed hydrogen leaks and corrected a helium‑flow fault. The 322‑foot vehicle will...
DOD Is Finally Leaning Into CMMC 2.0 Requirements for CUI
The Department of Defense has accelerated enforcement of CMMC 2.0 for contracts handling Controlled Unclassified Information, a shift driven by recent White House contracting reforms. Since January, more DoD solicitations explicitly require specific CMMC levels, prompting contractors to prove their data‑security...
Grok 4.20 Trails Gemini and GPT-5.4 by a Wide Margin but Sets a New Record for Not Hallucinating
XAI's latest model, Grok 4.20 Beta, posted a 48 score on the Intelligence Index, trailing Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and GPT‑5.4, which both achieved 57. Despite lower benchmark performance, Grok 4.20 set a new non‑hallucination record, achieving a 78 % accuracy...
Petco Builds Around ‘Integrated Omnichannel’ Experiences
Petco reported FY2025 net sales falling 2.5% to $5.96 billion and comparable sales down 1.6%, after closing 16 stores and ending the year with 1,382 locations. CEO Joel Anderson highlighted a four‑prong, integrated omnichannel strategy to blend digital and physical channels....
Robots that Learn Everyday Tasks Can Free Humans From Repetitive Work
Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) unveiled the RoGeTA robot task AI, a system that learns everyday activities from human demonstrations and executes them through a hierarchical task‑execution framework. The platform combines task‑extraction, virtualized training environments, and step‑by‑step reasoning,...
Machine Learning Is Changing iGaming Software Development
Machine learning and generative AI are rapidly reshaping iGaming software development, with more than half of game studios now integrating AI tools into their pipelines. Developers leverage ML to detect fraud, personalize game recommendations, and fine‑tune mechanics, while generative AI...
Opinion: AI Agents Are Stepping up for Engineering Simulation
Engineering simulation adoption of AI has lagged due to demands for accuracy, transparency, and control. Dr. Steven Lainé argues that agentic AI, when designed as transparent collaborators, can automate repetitive setup tasks and accelerate design exploration. By embedding auditability and...
CRM Software Top of Mind Among Advisers’ Tech Options
Advisory firms now use CRM software at a record 91.08% penetration, up from 86.33% in 2025, with Orion Redtail capturing 42.53% market share. While CRM tools rank highest in perceived value, adoption of cybersecurity platforms (21.69%) and data‑warehouse solutions (3.27%) remains...
Your iPhone Has a Hidden Flight Tracker. Here's How to Use It
Apple’s native Messages app includes a hidden flight‑tracking feature that surfaces real‑time flight information when a correctly formatted airline and flight number appears in a text. Users must have iMessage enabled and use the “Airline FlightNumber” format (e.g., American Airlines...
Ecommerce Trends: Who Are the Top Online Retailers in Health & Beauty?
Hims & Hers Health Inc. posted $2.35 billion in 2025 ecommerce sales, propelling it into the top‑five Health & Beauty online retailers in North America and ranking #68 overall in Digital Commerce 360’s Top 2000. The company’s revenue surged 63.2% year‑over‑year after...
Advantages with Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy
Unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) lumbar discectomy combines endoscopic visualization with separate instrument access, offering wider maneuverability and enhanced ergonomics compared with traditional microdiscectomy. The technique reduces tissue trauma, infection risk, and postoperative pain, often enabling same‑day discharge for eligible patients....
HDT Robotics Deploys Hunter WOLF UGVs for Operational Testing
HDT Robotics has field‑tested its Hunter WOLF unmanned ground vehicle in a series of military training exercises, showcasing the platform’s ability to perform logistics transport, communications relay, casualty evacuation, and mobile power generation. The deployment involved several vehicles equipped with...
Molex Launches Impress Co-Packaged Copper Solutions
Molex has introduced Impress, a co‑packaged copper interconnect that places a compression‑based connector directly on the ASIC substrate. The solution supports data rates up to 224 Gbps PAM‑4 and offers full‑channel isolation, reduced latency, and enhanced signal integrity. Building on the...
New Advanced Tangential Flow Filtration Systems for Efficient Bioprocessing
Intech‑Hanbon has unveiled a new line of advanced tangential flow filtration (TFF) systems aimed at biopharmaceutical, biotech and life‑science manufacturers. The platforms deliver high filtration efficiency, low shear stress and precise pressure control, while supporting a broad spectrum of applications...
Nikon’s New ECLIPSE LV and MA Microscopes
Nikon Metrology unveiled three new ECLIPSE microscopes—the LV150NA LED and LV150N LED upright models and the MA200 LED inverted model. All three replace halogen illumination with a high‑color‑rendering LED, extending lamp life to 50,000 hours. The MA200 integrates the LED into its stand, shaving...
3D-Printing Platform Rapidly Produces Complex Electric Machines
MIT researchers have built a multimaterial extrusion 3‑D printer with four independent extruders that can handle conductive, magnetic and dielectric feedstocks. Using this platform they printed a fully functional linear electric motor in about three hours, employing five different materials...
AutoCAD Users May Have a Ransomware Problem – Here's What They Can Do
Cybercriminals are now disguising ransomware as AutoCAD file types, a tactic uncovered by Veeam’s security team. With AutoCAD commanding roughly 40% of the CAD market, attackers exploit the trusted .dwg and .dwt extensions to bypass naïve file‑type filters. The deception...
Clean Cement Startup Sublime Cuts Jobs After Trump Pulled Funding
Sublime Systems, an MIT‑spun low‑carbon cement startup, announced layoffs affecting roughly two‑thirds of its 90‑person staff after the Trump administration rescinded an $87 million Department of Energy grant. The funding pull forced the company to pause construction of its Holyoke, Massachusetts,...
Turn Your Old Tech Into Cash at the 7 Best Places to Sell It
CNET lists the seven top services for selling used electronics in 2026, highlighting Swappa as the overall leader for value and protection. The guide compares each platform’s payout methods, device eligibility, and turnaround times, from Amazon’s instant e‑gift cards to...
DCE Solar, Axial Bring New Single-Axis Tracker to US Market
DCE Solar has installed the first Tracker Twin single‑axis solar tracker in the United States, a product co‑engineered with Spain’s Axial Structural Solutions. The dual‑row system is manufactured domestically and aims to improve structural stability while reducing the number of...
FluidCloud’s Large Infrastructure Model Targets the Multicloud Networking Gap
FluidCloud, a Pleasanton‑based startup, unveiled its Large Infrastructure Model (LIM), an AI engine that generates, translates, and validates Terraform code for multicloud environments. Unlike typical fine‑tuned LLMs, LIM combines a front‑end language parser with custom foundation models trained on synthetic...
Seeing the Brain in a Different Light
Researchers at Kyushu University have introduced SeeDB‑Live, an isotonic optical‑clearing medium based on bovine serum albumin that renders brain tissue transparent while preserving normal neuronal function. The solution, refined after screening nearly 100 compounds, enables three‑fold brighter fluorescence imaging in...
Study Finds That AI Is Organizations’ Top Cybersecurity Fear
More than half of surveyed organizations now rank generative AI as their top cybersecurity threat, overtaking stolen credentials. AI‑driven attacks such as deepfakes and hyper‑personalized phishing are proliferating, with phishing emails appearing every 19 seconds in 2025. Nearly 40% of...
US War Department CTO Says Anthropic's AI Models "Pollute" The Supply Chain with Built-In Ethics
U.S. Department of Defense CTO Emil Michael classified Anthropic’s Claude models as a supply‑chain risk, arguing that the company’s built‑in ethics “pollute” the AI supply chain. He said the models’ constitution‑based policy preferences could deliver ineffective weapons and protection to...
Meta Is Testing Clickable Links in Instagram Captions for Verified Subscribers
Meta is piloting clickable links within Instagram post captions for users subscribed to Meta Verified. The test allows up to ten links per month and currently appears only on the mobile app, not the desktop site. Creators have long requested...
Electronic Registration and Listing Compliance Program
The FDA’s Electronic Registration and Listing Compliance Program (eDRLS) safeguards the accuracy of drug registration and listing data that underpin inspections, electronic prescribing, and reimbursement systems. While automated validation rules catch many errors, the program also employs manual surveillance to...
Conn. Lawmakers Propose Easing Electric School Bus Deadlines
Connecticut lawmakers have introduced a bill that eases the state’s zero‑emission school‑bus deadlines, moving the 100% target to 90% by July 1 2040 and keeping an all‑alternative‑fuel requirement for July 1 2035. Distressed municipalities would need only 50% zero‑emission buses by 2035, reaching full...
Brain Atlas Maps Epigenetic Changes Associated with Aging in Mice
Scientists at the Salk Institute released the most comprehensive single‑cell atlas of epigenetic aging in the mouse brain, profiling over 200,000 cells across eight regions and 36 cell types with methylation, chromatin conformation, and spatial transcriptomics. The map uncovers cell‑type...
Use This Simple Calculation to Understand Solar Generator Capacity and Runtime Before You Buy
The article explains how solar generator capacity, expressed in watt‑hours, determines how long a unit can power devices. It introduces a simple formula—total watt‑hours divided by the device’s watt draw—to estimate runtime before purchase. Real‑world performance often falls short of...
Smart App Control Was Windows 11's Worst Restriction, and Microsoft Just Quietly Fixed It
Smart App Control (SAC) debuted in Windows 11 22H2 as a cloud‑backed gatekeeper, checking signatures and reputation before apps run. The feature quickly became the OS's most restrictive security layer, blocking trusted programs without clear overrides. Microsoft addressed the core flaw...
Cisco Grows High-End Optical Support for AI Clusters
Cisco unveiled a suite of high‑end optical solutions aimed at powering distributed AI workloads, including the Open Transport 3000 multi‑rail line system and an upgraded NCS 1014 chassis with a 12.8 Tbps, 800 GE line card. The new hardware delivers up to 3.2 Tbps...
Deepfakes Force Enterprises to Rethink Cybersecurity
Enterprises face rising deepfake threats as generative AI matures, prompting a shift from simple detection tools to layered security strategies. Current detection systems achieve only about 80% accuracy and lack explainability, limiting legal and public trust. Vendors such as GetReal...
Instacart Partners with Fareway to Expand Online Grocery Pickup Options
Instacart announced a partnership with Midwest grocer Fareway to roll out online ordering and curbside pickup across the chain’s more than 140 locations. The collaboration leverages Instacart’s Storefront Pro platform, allowing customers to shop via Fareway’s website or the Instacart...
University of Sheffield to Lead £12.5m UK Centre for Heterogeneous Integrated MicroElectronic and Semiconductor Systems
The University of Sheffield has been appointed to lead the £12.5 million CHIMES 2 centre, a national hub focused on heterogeneous integration of micro‑electronic and semiconductor systems. The initiative brings together ten leading UK universities and the STFC to develop methods for...
Bumble Is the Latest Dating App to Add an AI Assistant
Bumble announced an AI‑driven dating assistant called Bee during its Q4 earnings, aiming to match users based on values, relationship goals, and lifestyle rather than simple swipes. The assistant conducts an onboarding chat, generates compatibility summaries, and notifies users of...
AI Coding Bootcamp Starts April 15
SaasRise is launching an eight‑week online AI Coding Bootcamp on April 15, 2026, aimed at engineers, product managers, and tech leaders. The program teaches an AI‑first, agentic engineering workflow using Claude Code and other leading tools. Participants will build, refactor,...
NASA's Tiny Spacecraft Sends First Exoplanet Images
NASA's SPARCS CubeSat has returned its first ultraviolet images, proving the spacecraft’s camera and detectors work in orbit. The one‑year mission will continuously monitor far‑UV and near‑UV emissions from about 20 low‑mass stars, whose frequent flares influence the habitability of...
Substation Virtualization: Preparing Automation for Future Grids
Utilities are turning to substation virtualization and centralized protection to meet a projected 40 % rise in electricity demand and higher renewable penetration by 2030. By decoupling software from hardware, virtualized substations act like app‑based platforms, enabling faster commissioning and scalable...
March Madness Is Making DOOH a More Responsive Channel
March Madness concentrates fan attention across screens, venues and streets, creating a prime moment for advertisers. Digital out‑of‑home (DOOH) is shifting from pre‑planned, static placements to real‑time, programmatic delivery powered by AI and contextual triggers. Brands can now sync creative...
3D-Printed Server Rack Mounts Cost Me $2 in Filament and Replaced $40 Brackets From Amazon
A home‑lab enthusiast replaced $40 Amazon rack brackets with 3D‑printed alternatives that cost roughly $2 in filament. The printed parts matched the required dimensions, held the lightweight equipment securely, and were produced in under two hours. While metal brackets remain...
STAT+: Cancer Cells Can ‘Barf’ Proteins Onto Their Cell Surface. That May Create New Targets for Immunotherapies
Researchers at UCSF discovered the Src kinase, traditionally an intracellular signaling protein, displayed on the outer membrane of malignant cells. The finding, published in Science, showed surface Src was absent from healthy donor tissue, suggesting a tumor‑specific marker. This unexpected...
The 8 Best Laser Levels for Tiling and Mounting Projects
The article reviews eight laser levels ideal for tiling, mounting, and other precision layout tasks, highlighting models from Bosch, DeWalt, Skil, Huepar, and others. It compares green versus red beams, cross‑line versus 360‑degree coverage, and features such as magnetic bases,...
Rio Tinto Produces Low-Carbon Aluminum Rod in Partnership with Prysmian
Rio Tinto and Prysmian have completed an industrial trial producing low‑carbon aluminum rod by blending hydro‑powered metal from the Alma smelter in Quebec with aluminum made using Rio Tinto’s ELYSIS technology, which eliminates direct CO₂ emissions. The trial is part...
From Resolutions to Outcomes: Evolving How Fin Delivers Value
Intercom’s Fin AI agent is shifting its pricing model from pure resolution‑based fees to an outcome‑based structure. The change reflects Fin’s growing ability to handle complex, multi‑step support tasks that often involve human hand‑offs. Fin now serves over 7,000 teams...
Addressing Planning and Forecasting Challenges in Business Central
A webinar on March 25, 2026 will tackle planning and forecasting hurdles in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, highlighting the platform’s native demand‑forecasting limits and complex vendor‑driven purchasing workflows. Attendees will see how to interpret supply‑demand data, adjust forecasting parameters, and leverage popular...
Discovery As Truth-Seeking: Win Hard Without Playing Hide-The-Ball
The on‑demand InfoTrack webinar, presented by attorney Drew Levine, teaches litigators how to balance broad discovery rights with privacy concerns. It covers proportionality, managing electronically stored information, and differences between state and federal discovery rules. The tutorial emphasizes practical, results‑focused...
AI Chatbots Are Making People All Think the Same, Study Says
A new opinion paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences warns that large language models like ChatGPT are eroding the diversity of human thought. The authors cite rapid adoption—one‑third of Americans and two‑thirds of teens using chatbots—and a surge to 78%...