New Evidence That An Ancient Martian Ocean Covered Half The Planet
Scientists have identified scarp‑fronted deposits in southeast Coprates Chasma that function as ancient river deltas emptying into a standing body of water. High‑resolution images from CTX, HiRISE, and CaSSIS, combined with new DEMs, reveal a uniform high‑water mark across Valles Marineris. The deposits date to the Late Hesperian–Early Amazonian, roughly 3.5‑3 billion years ago, suggesting the deepest, largest Martian ocean ever recorded. This shoreline evidence strengthens the case for a planet‑wide northern ocean that once covered half of Mars.
FortiOS Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution Without Login
Fortinet disclosed a heap‑based buffer overflow in the cw_acd daemon of FortiOS and FortiSwitchManager that allows unauthenticated remote code execution. The flaw can be triggered via crafted network requests, especially on exposed fabric interfaces, and affects versions from 6.4.17 up...
Hirth Engines and ePropelled Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance High‑Efficiency Propulsion Systems
Hirth Engines and ePropelled have announced a strategic partnership to create hybrid propulsion systems that blend Hirth’s two‑stroke engines with ePropelled’s intelligent electric power‑management technology. The collaboration targets UAVs, advanced air‑mobility, defence, and specialized mobility markets, promising higher fuel efficiency,...
Enthusiasts Used Their Home Computers to Search for ET—Scientists Are Homing in on 100 Signals They Found
After 21 years of volunteer computing, SETI@home has completed analysis of its 12 billion detections, narrowing them to roughly one million candidates and ultimately 100 promising signals. These 100 targets are now being observed with China’s Five‑hundred‑meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST)...
Man to Plead Guilty to Hacking US Supreme Court Filing System
Nicholas Moore, a 24‑year‑old from Springfield, Tennessee, is set to plead guilty to unauthorized access of the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic filing system on 25 separate days between August and October 2023. Prosecutors allege he obtained information from a protected...
FDA Asks Lilly, Novo to Remove Suicide Warnings From GLP-1 Labels
The FDA has asked Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to remove suicide‑related warnings from the labels of their GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs. The warning, added in 2022 after isolated case reports, is being reconsidered following a thorough review of post‑marketing data. The agency...
Cross River Selected as Initial Banking Partner for Visa’s Stablecoin Settlement Pilot
Cross River Bank has been chosen as the inaugural banking partner for Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot, which will settle Visa card transactions using Circle’s USDC on the Solana blockchain. Partnering with technology provider Highnote, the program moves stablecoin settlement from...
Roblox’s AI-Powered Age Verification Is a Complete Mess
Roblox launched an AI‑powered age verification system to restrict chat, but the technology misclassifies children as adults and vice versa, sparking chaos among users. Age‑verified accounts are already being sold on eBay for as little as $4, exposing a new...
Windows 11 KB5074109 & KB5073455 Cumulative Updates Released
Microsoft released the Windows 11 KB5074109 and KB5073455 cumulative updates for 25H2/24H2 and 23H2, delivering the January 2026 Patch Tuesday security patches. The updates raise build numbers to 26200.7623 (or 26100.7462) and 226x1.6050, and they address a range of vulnerabilities, driver compatibility,...
Massachusetts Bill May Pass Credit Card Surcharges to Consumers
Massachusetts is poised to overturn its ban on credit‑card surcharges, allowing merchants to add fees up to their actual processing cost while requiring clear disclosure and receipt printing. The change aims to benefit both merchants and consumers by increasing price...
LSEG Debuts Trade Surveillance to Help Spot Financial Crime
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) unveiled Trade Surveillance, a new analytics platform designed to detect market abuse and financial crime. The service leverages LSEG’s proprietary technology to process billions of trade and order messages across its venues each day. It...
PC Sales Set for a 2026 Downturn as Memory Demand Hits Other Devices
Analysts at Omdia warn that global PC shipments could contract in 2026 despite a 9.2% year‑over‑year rise in 2025, as memory component costs surge. Mainstream DDR memory prices jumped about 70% in 2025 and are expected to climb another 50%...
Microsoft January 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes 3 Zero-Days, 114 Flaws
Microsoft released its January 2026 Patch Tuesday update, addressing 114 security flaws across Windows and related services. The bundle includes eight critical vulnerabilities—six remote code execution and two elevation‑of‑privilege bugs—plus one actively exploited information‑disclosure flaw in Desktop Window Manager. Two publicly...
HHS Ousts Vaccine Injury Panel Members as Reshaping Takes Hold
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services removed several members from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program’s advisory committee, signaling a significant reshaping of the panel. The ousted members were appointed during the previous administration and faced criticism for their...
Charles River Laboratories Acquires PathoQuest and K.F. (Cambodia)
Charles River Laboratories exercised its option to buy the remaining 79% of PathoQuest for roughly $60 million, completing its 2018 investment. The Paris‑based firm brings next‑generation sequencing (NGS) capabilities that accelerate in‑vitro GMP and non‑GMP biologics testing while supporting alternative methods...
“2026 Is the Year We Expect to See the AI PC Crossover” - AMD Head Tells Us Why This Will...
AMD predicts 2026 will be the breakout year for AI‑enabled PCs, expecting them to sell more units than traditional PCs. At CES, Jason Banta highlighted the accelerating adoption of mini PCs as a practical entry point for AI workloads, noting...
Trump Backs Durbin-Marshall Swipe Fee Bill
President Donald Trump publicly urged Congress to pass the Credit Card Competition Act, a bipartisan bill championed by Sens. Dick Durbin and Roger Marshall that would curb swipe‑fee monopolies. The legislation would require large banks to give merchants a choice...
NASA Unveils Artemis 2 Launch Windows: What We Know
NASA announced three launch windows for Artemis 2, the first crewed deep‑space flight since Apollo, with the earliest opportunity on Feb 6, 2026. The mission will carry four astronauts on a ten‑day lunar flyby, testing Orion, the Space Launch System, and critical...
Trump Administration Appears to Have Ended Its US Trade Probe Into Pharma
The U.S. Department of Commerce has reportedly concluded its Section 232 investigation into pharmaceutical imports, effectively ending the Trump administration’s trade probe. The decision means no new tariffs will be levied on foreign‑made medicines, averting a potential price shock for...
Adaptive Motion System Helps Robots Achieve Human-Like Dexterity with Minimal Data
Researchers at Keio University have introduced an adaptive motion reproduction system that uses Gaussian process regression to translate human grasping motions to robots with minimal training data. The model learns the relationship between object stiffness and required force/position commands, achieving...
4 Core Principles for Scaling Your API Engineering Practice
Enterprises are rapidly expanding API portfolios from dozens to thousands, exposing gaps in traditional, ad‑hoc development practices. The New Stack outlines four core principles—treat every artifact as code, maintain a single source of truth, automate all repeatable tasks, and delegate...
Op-Ed: Mars Sample Return May Be Canceled, But the Legal Questions It Leaves Behind Continue
NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission has been cancelled, leaving ten sealed sample tubes on the Martian surface. Under Article VIII of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, the United States retains jurisdiction and control over those objects, even without a retrieval...
What Is a DNS Attack? Understanding the Risks and Threats
The Domain Name System (DNS) remains a critical yet vulnerable internet backbone, with 88% of organizations reporting at least one DNS attack in 2023. Attacks such as hijacking, cache poisoning, and DDoS floods can redirect users, cause service outages, and...
TAC to the Future: Where Induced Proximity Is Pointing in 2026
The targeting chimera (TAC) platform is shifting from early‑stage proof‑of‑concept to broader industry adoption as 2026 approaches. Companies are deploying next‑generation E3 ligases, cell‑surface degrader formats, and non‑proteolytic proximity mechanisms to expand target space beyond intracellular proteins. These advances promise...
Make AI a Force for Good in Schools
Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering K‑12 classrooms, but many AI‑powered edtech tools lack research backing and risk widening inequities. The Advanced Education Research and Development Fund, together with the Alliance for Learning Innovation and Education First, released *Proof Before Hype*...
Researchers Urge Unified Approach to Sustainable Agriculture Innovation and Policy Reform
Researchers at the University of Bonn’s PhenoRob Cluster argue that Europe’s agriculture must shift from isolated fixes to a unified, vision‑led innovation system. Their paper in Agricultural Systems outlines how coordinated technology, business models, and policy reforms can make farming...
Why Egnyte Keeps Hiring Junior Engineers Despite the Rise of AI Coding Tools
Egnyte, a $1.5 billion cloud content governance firm, has deployed AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor, Augment and Gemini CLI across its 350‑plus developer workforce. Despite the automation hype, the company continues hiring junior engineers, using AI to accelerate onboarding, code...
Fincite Makes Cios Platform Available via Microsoft Azure Marketplace
fincite has added its cios digital wealth‑management platform to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, allowing financial institutions and advisors to provision the SaaS solution directly from Azure. The marketplace listing streamlines deployment on the same cloud infrastructure used for other enterprise...
Commvault Launches Unified Data Vault – Giving Cloud Developers an Easy and Unified Way to Bring Resilience to S3 Data
Commvault introduced Cloud Unified Data Vault, a cloud‑native service that adds Commvault‑managed, S3‑compatible endpoints to protect data written via the S3 protocol. The solution delivers air‑gapped, immutable protection—encryption, deduplication, and policy‑driven retention—without requiring agents or custom scripts. It targets developers...
Why Are Disaster Recovery Services Essential for SMBs?
Disaster recovery services are becoming essential for small and medium-sized businesses as they face heightened risks from cyberattacks, hardware failures, and natural events. Unlike large enterprises, SMBs often lack redundant infrastructure and deep IT resources, making downtime an existential threat....
After Goldman, JPMorgan Discloses Law Firm Data Breach
JPMorgan Chase disclosed to the Maine Attorney General that a data breach at law firm Fried Frank exposed personal information of 659 investors in a private‑equity fund. The breach involved unauthorized copying of files containing names, contact details, account numbers,...
How Legal Engineering Is Reshaping Regulatory Analysis
Norm Ai is pioneering legal engineering by merging former attorneys with AI to automate regulatory analysis. Its proprietary LEAP platform provides a no‑code environment where legal engineers build dynamic AI agents that interpret statutes and explain decisions step‑by‑step. Over 30...
China Claims It Has Launched and Landed a New Suborbital Reusable Spacecraft
China’s state‑owned CAS Space announced that its PH‑1 suborbital reusable spacecraft completed a test flight on Jan. 13, reaching roughly 120 km altitude and crossing the Kármán line. After re‑entry, the capsule deployed a parachute at about 10 km and landed at a...
Always-On Retail: How MVNOs Are Solving the Multi-Location Connectivity Challenge
Retailers face costly network outages, with Gartner estimating $5,600 lost per minute, and 81% experiencing POS downtime annually. Traditional wired broadband can take weeks to install, delaying store openings and offering limited redundancy. Full‑service Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) like...
How Global Regulators Are Reshaping Market Access
Regulators in Europe and Australia are tightening market‑access rules, demanding clearer entry routes, supervisory oversight, and structured reporting. Zeidler Group highlights shifts in Italy, France and Australia, where firms must choose appropriate regulatory pathways, adhere to new transparency mandates, and...
MIT Just Solved AI’s Memory Problem (And It’s Brilliantly Simple)
MIT researchers introduced the Recursive Language Model (RLM), a novel approach that treats large texts as a searchable environment rather than feeding them directly into a neural network. By querying only relevant chunks, RLMs can process inputs up to 100...
1Password Launches Unified Access as a One-Stop Shop for Managing Company Credentials – Say Goodbye to Shadow IT and SaaS...
1Password announced Unified Access, a new feature in its Extended Access Management suite that combines the Enterprise Password Manager and SaaS Manager. The solution lets IT discover, control and audit both SSO and non‑SSO credentials from a single dashboard, reducing...
Your Accessibility Strategy Is Missing a Product Manager
Software teams still treat accessibility as technical debt, resulting in widespread non‑compliance—only 54% of firms meet WCAG 2.2 and 95% of home pages contain errors. The article proposes an Accessibility Product Manager who owns accessibility from strategy through delivery, turning it...
U.S. Bancorp Aims to Grow Capital Markets Business With BTIG Acquisition
U.S. Bancorp announced a $725 million acquisition of BTIG, a boutique investment‑banking firm, with an additional earn‑out of up to $275 million tied to performance targets. The deal, slated to close in the second quarter of 2026, expands U.S. Bancorp’s capital‑markets footprint...
Planview Appoints Matt Zilli as Chief Executive Officer
Planview announced Matt Zilli as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Razat Gaurav who will join the board. Zilli, previously Planview’s President of Field Operations, brings experience as former Clarizen CEO and a key architect of Marketo’s growth to a...
Ramp Adds Developer Tools to Platform With AI Coding Assistant
Ramp introduced Ramp Inspect, an AI‑powered coding assistant integrated into its spend‑management platform. The cloud‑hosted tool writes, tests, and visually verifies code, offering instant virtual‑machine environments without local setup. Ramp open‑sourced the Inspect blueprint, enabling other firms to build similar...
The B2B SaaS Growth System That Scales From $3M → $30M+ ARR
The post outlines a repeatable B2B SaaS growth system that moves companies from $3 M to $30 M+ ARR by creating omnipresent brand exposure. It starts with a single ABM list that feeds ads, outbound, and LinkedIn, then adds a weekly high‑quality...
VantAI Gets $80M and New Name; Dynavax Discloses It Had Pre-Sanofi Suitor
VantAI, a Roivant‑incubated AI drug‑discovery startup, closed an $80 million seed round and announced a rebrand to Proxima. The funding, led by existing backers, is intended to accelerate its proprietary AI platform for early‑stage therapeutics. The round underscores growing investor appetite...
Gulmohar Capital Partners Unveils GRCS Trust with $30m
Gulmohar Capital Partners has launched the GRCS Trust, a permanent‑capital platform backed by $30 million to acquire and scale software firms in the governance, risk, compliance and security (GRC) space. The trust will pursue a long‑term buy‑and‑build strategy, targeting lower‑mid‑market companies...
Who’s Afraid of OpenAI?
OpenAI’s accelerating pace of model development is prompting businesses to reconsider direct competition. Companies are weighing whether to build in‑house AI, partner with OpenAI, or adopt alternative strategies. The debate intensifies as OpenAI’s products become more embedded in enterprise workflows,...
BNY Surges Past Wall Street's Expectations
Bank of New York Mellon posted a record fourth‑quarter revenue of $5.18 billion, up 7% year over year, and net income of $1.47 billion, a 27% increase. Earnings per share came in at $2.02, beating analysts’ $1.90 consensus by 12 cents. The...
ElevenLabs CEO Says the Voice AI Startup Crossed $330 Million ARR Last Year
ElevenLabs reported $330 million in annual recurring revenue, reaching that milestone in just three years after launching its first product in 2023. The company accelerated from $100 million ARR in 20 months to $200 million in 10 months, and hit $330 million in the...
The Essential Reading Series: Satellites
The Essential Reading Series: Satellites curates a dozen titles that trace the evolution of satellite technology from Cold‑War origins to modern commercial and strategic uses. It covers GPS’s transformation into a backbone for logistics, finance and smartphones, the pioneering Corona...
Beginner Crypto Guide: How Digital Money Fits Into Personal Finance Basics
The article serves as a beginner’s guide to incorporating cryptocurrency into personal‑finance plans, outlining budgeting, investment tactics, and security measures. It recommends starting with fractional purchases, diversifying across major coins, and using dollar‑cost averaging to mitigate volatility. Readers are urged...
Private Securities Secondaries Topped $110 Billion in 2025 – Report
Private securities secondaries surged to $110 billion in 2025, eclipsing the $89 billion recorded in 2024, according to HarbourVest Partners. The growth reflects heightened investor demand for liquidity and the increasing prominence of GP‑led transactions within private market portfolios. Technological advances are...