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BioSpace’s December hiring report shows a 10 % month‑over‑month drop in active job postings and a 16 % year‑on‑year decline versus December 2024, reflecting typical holiday‑season slowdown. A noticeable surge in postings during the first week of January signals that hiring momentum is picking up as 2026 begins. Based on posting volume, the top twelve biopharma employers actively recruiting are AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Takeda, Regeneron, Amgen, Legend Biotech, Novo Nordisk, Insmed, Daiichi Sankyo, BioMarin, GenScript and Resilience. Additional firms such as Lundbeck, CSL and Jazz Pharmaceuticals also have open roles.
Recorded Future’s Insikt Group uncovered a credential‑harvesting campaign by the Russian‑state backed BlueDelta group throughout 2025. The actors deployed phishing emails with legitimate‑looking PDFs to lure victims into fake Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Google, and Sophos VPN login portals, using...
Qualytics announced a technology partnership with Databricks to embed its automated data‑quality platform directly into the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. The integration runs natively on the lakehouse, generating up to 95% of quality rules automatically and delivering row‑level anomaly detection...
AI adoption in operations‑heavy sectors such as construction often stalls when success is measured by isolated accuracy metrics rather than workflow impact. The article argues that enterprises should judge AI by time saved, predictability of failures, rapid error correction, risk...
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has designated a maximum‑severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) OneView as actively exploited. Identified as CVE‑2025‑37164, the flaw permits unauthenticated code‑injection attacks that lead to remote code execution on any OneView...
Stablecoins have become a core layer for cross‑border payments, on‑chain treasuries, and programmable finance, but their competitive edge now hinges on onboarding speed. The first fiat‑to‑stablecoin conversion experience determines whether users adopt the technology or abandon it before any benefit...
At CES 2026, PaXini demonstrated its end‑to‑end tactile infrastructure for embodied AI, featuring the humanoid robot TORA‑ONE making ice cream autonomously. The company highlighted a full‑body 6‑axis force/torque sensing ecosystem, the PX‑6AX‑GEN3 sensor with <0.5% FS repeatability, and the DexH13...
NinjaOne has been positioned as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools, underscoring its cloud‑native, unified platform. The company highlights AI‑driven autonomous patch management, new FedRAMP, GovRAMP and Texas‑RAMP authorizations, and a customer base exceeding...
Mobvoi announced the TicNote ecosystem at CES 2026, launching TicNote, TicNote Pods, and TicNote Watch alongside the AI‑native TicNote Cloud platform powered by Shadow Agent 2.0. The cloud service transforms spoken conversations into structured project files and living assets that...
Gigabyte announced a shift toward human‑centered, on‑device AI that will define its product line through 2026. The company highlighted GiMATE, an AI assistant embedded in gaming laptops, and new hardware‑software features such as X3D Turbo Mode 2.0 and the GPU...
Vannadium introduced Leap, a platform that delivers real‑time, on‑chain data storage and streaming with blockchain‑grade integrity. The solution moves beyond hash references, allowing video, documents, and logs to be stored directly on the ledger with full provenance and permission controls....
Ahrefs has expanded its Brand Radar product to track brand mentions on YouTube, TikTok, and Reddit, adding video and community monitoring to its existing AI‑driven visibility suite. The beta features scan video titles, descriptions and transcripts, and capture Reddit snippets...
MUFG Bank has officially integrated Private AI’s data‑anonymization platform into its OCEAN big‑data environment. The solution automatically detects and redacts personally identifiable information across emails, call‑center logs, PDFs and other unstructured sources in real time, all within an on‑premises, closed...
Cactus Communications has earned the ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for its Artificial Intelligence Management System, making it one of the first companies worldwide to meet the new AI governance standard. The certification spans all Cactus brands, including the Paperpal AI writing...
In December 2025 scammers hijacked PayPal’s subscription feature to generate authentic‑looking notification emails from service@paypal.com, inserting fake purchase details and a phone number to lure victims into callback scams. The abuse relied on a paused subscription triggering a legitimate “payment no...
StackRox is an open‑source Kubernetes security platform that unifies build‑time image scanning, configuration analysis, and runtime telemetry. It ingests data from container images, Kubernetes APIs, and live cluster activity to drive policy checks covering vulnerabilities, privilege escalation, and network exposure....
Australian insurer Prosura confirmed a cyber incident on Jan 3, 2026 after detecting unauthorized access to internal systems. The breach led the company to temporarily disable its self‑service portal, halting online policy purchases, claims and account management. Fraudulent phishing emails were sent...
A vulnerability in the TLP power‑profiles daemon (version 1.9.0) lets local users bypass Polkit authentication and tamper with system power settings. The flaw stems from using Polkit’s deprecated “unix‑process” subject, creating a PID race condition that grants elevated control without admin...
In a Help Net Security video, Living Security CEO Ashley Rose explains that AI’s integration into everyday workflows expands the definition of insider risk to include autonomous agents and automated processes. She notes that most risky actions stem from broken...
ownCloud issued an urgent advisory urging users to enable Multi‑Factor Authentication after a credential‑theft incident reported by Hudson Rock. Threat actors stole passwords via infostealer malware such as RedLine, Lumma and Vidar and accessed accounts lacking MFA. The breach did not...
Strategic outsourcing through CROs and CDMOs is reshaping biopharma pipelines, linking discovery, formulation, and early‑phase manufacturing into seamless workflows. By tapping external expertise, companies can accelerate complex modalities such as cell and gene therapies, RNA medicines, and next‑generation biologics. Integrated...
Dogecoin’s active community and fast transaction times keep demand strong, but traditional proof‑of‑work mining remains hardware‑intensive. Fleet Mining introduces an AI‑driven cloud mining platform that lets users mine DOGE without owning equipment. New registrants receive a $15‑$100 bonus and can...
The GoBruteforcer botnet is actively compromising more than 50,000 internet‑facing Linux servers by brute‑forcing credentials for FTP, MySQL, PostgreSQL and phpMyAdmin services. Researchers note that AI‑generated deployment examples and legacy stacks like XAMPP have proliferated weak default passwords, expanding the...
Researchers at a Texas university demonstrated that popular noise‑based voice‑protection tools can be stripped away, restoring speaker identity and enabling cloned voices to pass verification. They introduced VocalBridge, a diffusion‑based system that removes protective noise while preserving natural speech characteristics....
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Email remains the most exploited business communication channel, now serving as the entry point for coordinated disinformation attacks that blend text, voice and video. A recent $150 million funding round for Sublime Security highlights enterprise urgency, while Valimail’s 2025 report shows...
Canada’s commercial astronaut program has progressed from Guy Laliberté’s 2009 tourist flight to Mark Pathy’s research‑focused Axiom Mission 1, Jesse Williams’ suborbital New Shepard experience, and the upcoming bio‑astronautics flight of Dr. Shawna Pandya. Each mission reflects a shift from pure tourism...
Databricks unveiled the Instructed Retriever, a new architecture that claims up to a 70% boost over traditional Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) on complex, instruction‑heavy enterprise question‑answering tasks. The improvement stems from propagating full system specifications—user instructions, metadata schemas, and examples—through every...
Starfighters Space announced a successful supersonic flight test using its F‑104 platform under GE Aerospace’s ATLAS program, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The aircraft carried an advanced propulsion test vehicle three times at Kennedy Space Center, demonstrating solid‑fuel...
Huntress researchers uncovered a sophisticated campaign that leverages a zero‑day toolkit, MAESTRO, to exploit three critical VMware ESXi vulnerabilities disclosed in VMSA‑2025‑0004. The attack chain begins with stolen Domain Admin credentials used to compromise a SonicWall VPN, followed by lateral...
Physik Instrumente (PI) unveiled a suite of next‑generation precision motion‑control and nanopositioning solutions aimed at high‑tech manufacturing. The offerings target fast‑focusing, photonics array alignment, laser processing, semiconductor testing, and high‑resolution microscopy. PI emphasizes scalability for silicon photonics chip production, AI‑driven...
KeyBank agreed to pay $7.77 million to settle allegations it sought forgiveness for fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loans. The settlement covers nearly $6 million in SBA loans that a Conshohocken branch manager, Tommy Hawkins, allegedly secured by inflating payroll and employee numbers....
SpaceX scrubbed the early‑afternoon Falcon 9 launch of the Starlink 6‑96 mission on Jan. 8, pushing the next attempt to Jan. 9. The delay was attributed to late arrival of the payload fairings containing 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites. The booster, tail‑number B1069,...
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have unveiled the first central‑nervous‑system‑targeted gene therapy designed to relieve chronic pain by modulating cortical opioid circuits. Using an AI‑driven mouse model, they identified a persistent affective pain signature that morphine reverses, then engineered...
Urs Bolt and PhD candidate Liam Reeve discuss why WealthTech is crucial for Southeast Asia, highlighting that despite a slowdown in startup funding in 2025, technology is outpacing legacy financial institutions. They explain how digital wealth management platforms can bridge...
Robert Zimmerman published an op‑ed on PJ Media urging President Trump and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to remove the crew from the upcoming Artemis II mission. He cites the Orion capsule’s heat‑shield damage during its 2022 re‑entry as a clear safety...
MiroMind unveiled MiroThinker 1.5, a 30‑billion‑parameter model that delivers performance on par with trillion‑parameter rivals while costing roughly one‑twentieth as much per inference. The model introduces a "scientist mode" that forces verifiable research loops, dramatically cutting hallucinations and providing audit...
Epicor announced a phased sunset of its on‑premise ERP suites—Kinetic, Prophet 21 and BisTrack—with final releases slated between 2026 and 2028 and active support ending by 2029. The company will shift all new functionality, AI agents and platform enhancements to Epicor...
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao‑backed YZi Labs has accused CEA Industries of deploying a poison‑pill shareholder‑rights plan to block investor influence. YZi, a major stakeholder, lodged regulatory filings to expand the board, reverse recent bylaw changes, and rally an investor coalition....
Lindy is an agentic AI platform that automates the entire marketing lifecycle, linking research, analysis, and creative production. It deploys specialized AI agents—research, analysis, trend, and creative—that share context to generate campaign briefs, assets, and execution‑ready deliverables. Early adopters like...
India's space agency ISRO announced that its Dust Experiment (DEX) instrument successfully logged orbital debris impacts from 1 January to 9 February 2024. The 140‑degree wide‑view detector, mounted on the PSLV‑C58 XPoSat mission, recorded a hit roughly every thousand seconds while skimming the...
Veeam disclosed four vulnerabilities in its Backup & Replication suite that let users with Backup Admin, Backup Operator or Tape Operator roles execute remote code or write files as root. The most severe flaw, CVE‑2025‑59470, carries a CVSS score of...
Alumis announced Phase III results for its oral TYK2 inhibitor envudeucitinib in moderate‑to‑severe plaque psoriasis. The trial met its primary endpoint, with 71% of patients achieving PASI‑90 at week 16, outperforming the active comparator and matching or exceeding data from...
FreshBooks announced a strategic partnership with Kick, embedding the latter’s automated bookkeeping engine into its small‑business management platform. The integration automatically categorizes, reconciles and keeps transaction records tax‑ready, extending FreshBooks’ existing invoicing, payments, accounting and payroll tools. Targeted at U.S....
Physicists at TU Wien have created a one‑dimensional ultracold rubidium gas that transports mass and energy without any measurable resistance. By confining thousands of atoms to a single line with magnetic and optical fields, they observed that collisions merely exchange...
Biotech M&A in 2025 saw a surge in mega‑transactions, with deals exceeding $1 billion accounting for more than half of all takeouts. The total value of these large deals topped $10 billion, marking the strongest year for billion‑dollar biotech acquisitions in the...
PayPal has launched the Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement programme, giving merchants a cross‑merchant view of real shopper behaviour and ad performance. Leveraging its network of over 430 million consumer accounts and tens of millions of merchants, the platform maps the...
Stripe has announced a partnership with Crypto.com to enable merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments directly through Stripe’s checkout platform. The integration allows Crypto.com users to spend their digital assets at online stores without first converting them to fiat. The solution...
A new study demonstrates that the same genetic factors shaping adolescent brain development also predispose individuals to pathological procrastination in adulthood. Using twin data, high‑resolution MRI and normative modeling, researchers identified overlapping neurogenetic signatures in cortical and subcortical regions linked...
Ford announced that its AI‑powered voice assistant will launch on mobile apps later this year and expand to in‑car use by 2027, while a hands‑free Level‑3 autonomous driving feature is slated for 2028 on the upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle platform....
The UK Retail Innovation Council has unveiled its 2026 agenda, outlining the strategic priorities its Executive Committee will tackle in early 2026. The roadmap emphasizes AI‑driven personalization, sustainable sourcing, and deeper omnichannel integration. It also flags supply‑chain resilience, real‑time data...
