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Liquid AI unveiled LFM2.5-1.2B‑Thinking, a 1.17 billion‑parameter reasoning model that occupies roughly 900 MB and runs fully on‑device. Designed for structured reasoning, the model emits internal thinking traces, enabling tool use, math, and multi‑step planning without cloud reliance. Benchmarks show it outperforms peer 1 B‑class models on math (MATH 500 ≈ 88) and tool‑use tasks while using fewer parameters. Inference runs at about 239 tokens / s on a desktop CPU and 82 tokens / s on a mobile NPU, staying under 1 GB memory.
The post walks readers through building a semi‑centralized Anemoi‑style multi‑agent system using LangGraph, where a Drafter and a Critic negotiate drafts without a supervising manager. It provides a complete Colab notebook, installs LangGraph and LangChain, defines a typed shared state,...
Fifth Third Bancorp reported record net interest income and strong operating leverage in Q4, driven by aggressive branch expansion and digital upgrades. The bank added 50 new branches in 2025, including its 200th in Florida and 100th in the Carolinas,...
NSFOCUS has been placed in the Star Quadrant of MarketsandMarkets' Global DDoS Protection and Mitigation Security Market Forecast to 2030, marking its entry into the industry’s top tier. The ranking reflects NSFOCUS’s mature technology stack, broad solution portfolio, and expanding...
Next‑generation targeting chimeras (TACs) are moving from research labs to early clinical programs, signaling a new wave of induced‑proximity therapeutics beyond PROTACs. GSK’s $2.2 billion acquisition of Rapt Therapeutics adds a China‑origin allergy platform to its pipeline, highlighting strategic biotech buyouts....
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin discovered that microglial activity in the brain drives infantile amnesia in young mice. By pharmacologically suppressing microglia during a critical post‑natal window, the researchers observed heightened memory retention of a fearful task. Suppressed microglia led...
SpaceX Crew‑11 returned after a long‑duration ISS stay, delivering a suite of experiments that span human health, orbital cleanup, and Earth observation. Astronauts logged over 850 hours of scientific work, including bone‑stem‑cell studies to combat microgravity‑induced bone loss and an...
Bolna, an Indian voice‑orchestration startup, closed a $6.3 million seed round led by General Catalyst, adding Y Combinator and several angel investors. The company now processes over 200,000 calls daily and is on track to surpass $700,000 in annual recurring revenue,...
In the fourth quarter of 2025, biotech megacap companies—those valued at $10 billion or more—delivered a median stock price increase of 10%, adding $138.4 billion in market value. Over the full year, these megacaps posted the strongest performance, with a median gain...
In January 2026 bipartisan Senators introduced S‑11, the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act, extending the 2018 quantum program to 2034. The bill replaces the term "science" with "engineering" and "technology," signaling a shift from research to commercial quantum manufacturing and...
Netflix’s Q4 2025 earnings call revealed that the streaming giant is pivoting from pure growth to a retention‑centric model, using artificial intelligence as core infrastructure. With 325 million paid members and $45.2 billion in revenue, the company views churn reduction as the...
Businesses are abandoning passwords for B2C apps, citing high friction and security risks. Password resets cost about $70 each and cause significant support expenses, while passwordless solutions can boost conversion rates by more than 10%. The CIAM market is expanding,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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%...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
