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Bipartisan Bill Aims to Streamline US Satellite Regulation
SocialJan 14, 2026

Bipartisan Bill Aims to Streamline US Satellite Regulation

Sens Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Peter Welch (D-VT) have introduced the Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act to update FCC appl process and remove reg barriers and uncertainty that could threaten investments in US cmrcl satellite industry. https://t.co/yyp6hg7qCj https://t.co/WvQMqVbB6e

By Marcia Smith
Non‑coders Can Now Build AI Apps Instantly
SocialJan 14, 2026

Non‑coders Can Now Build AI Apps Instantly

I signed up for @Lovable recently after listening to Lenny’s Podcast with @ElenaVerna and @lennysan. My early experiences as a non-coder building apps has changed my perspective on what’s possible with AI today, and how quickly work will change. You can...

By Paul Roetzer
Project Prometheus Expands VC Bob Nelsen Beyond Healthcare
SocialJan 14, 2026

Project Prometheus Expands VC Bob Nelsen Beyond Healthcare

Secretive Project Prometheus takes VC Bob Nelsen beyond just health care https://t.co/iRuv6MP3bW via @ADeAngelis_bio #JPM26

By Adam Feuerstein
Vibe Coding Enables AI‑Built Apps Without Developers
SocialJan 14, 2026

Vibe Coding Enables AI‑Built Apps Without Developers

I think the hype around “vibe coding” has confused what it really does, and why it’s actually so disruptive. It’s not about “one shotting” Salesforce or Notion. That’s just not possible. You can’t build anything like that in 100 days...

By Jason Lemkin
Trump Re‑nominates NASA Deputy Amid Confirmation Delays
SocialJan 14, 2026

Trump Re‑nominates NASA Deputy Amid Confirmation Delays

President Trump has re-nominated Matt Anderson to be NASA Deputy Administrator amid a long list of resubmitted noms (any nom that doesn't clear the Senate one year must be resubmitted the next). His didn't get far bc of the delay...

By Marcia Smith
Trust Is the Foundation of the AI Era
SocialJan 14, 2026

Trust Is the Foundation of the AI Era

Trusted #AI: Why The Intelligence Era Requires A Foundation Of Trust by @evanahari @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/Q1NiYHEjMa #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #DL https://t.co/AGTNhdSF36

By Ronald van Loon
France Warns of Growing German, Italian Space Budgets
SocialJan 14, 2026

France Warns of Growing German, Italian Space Budgets

French @AssembleeNat committee uses renewal of agreement on @esa's HQ status in Paris to sound the alarm about the challenge of increased German, Italian space spending. @DLR_en @ASI_spazio @defis_eu.https://t.co/6gEhgysKDl https://t.co/igC4Mwy2zM

By Peter B. de Selding
Use VideoDB to Search, Annotate, Edit Massive Video Data
SocialJan 14, 2026

Use VideoDB to Search, Annotate, Edit Massive Video Data

do you know anyone w a shit ton of video data? have them check out @videodb_io to build search on top of it, annotating at scale (eg. for training data), vibe-editing videos from clips, etc.

By Yohei Nakajima
Crew‑11 Undocking Slightly Delayed, Crew All Healthy
SocialJan 14, 2026

Crew‑11 Undocking Slightly Delayed, Crew All Healthy

NASA's Rob Navias says on the NASA webcast that Crew-11's undocking may be delayed a few minutes (was 5:05 pm ET) because of late stowage of cargo on Dragon. Not a problem. All four crew members are feeling "very...

By Marcia Smith
Festo Mimics Nature, Turning Fins Into Flying Robots
SocialJan 14, 2026

Festo Mimics Nature, Turning Fins Into Flying Robots

From Fins to Wings: Festo’s Bio-Inspired Engineering in Motion by @lukas_m_ziegler #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #MI #Innovation https://t.co/yQOrp9jI86

By Ronald van Loon
Ahmad Joins Airbnb to Transform Consumer AI Products
SocialJan 14, 2026

Ahmad Joins Airbnb to Transform Consumer AI Products

Ahmad is a force of nature and helped put Meta on the AI map. Airbnb is a perfect place for him to reshape consumer internet products with AI.

By Amjad Masad
Continuous Offer Testing Drives Sustainable Growth
SocialJan 14, 2026

Continuous Offer Testing Drives Sustainable Growth

How to grow quickly and more profitably? Keep offer testing until you find an absolute winner and then continue testing various iterations and variations of that offer. When you stop testing is when you stop seeing incremental lift and growth.

By Kody Nordquist
Top Sales Reps Earn $300K on 100% Commission
SocialJan 14, 2026

Top Sales Reps Earn $300K on 100% Commission

Me: You don't pay sales reps a base salary. How many make good money? CEO: "more than half make $300k/yr" 🤯 First time I've heard of top sales reps takingn 100% commission work. Its working for this founder. LMK if...

By Nathan Latka
Target the Right Accounts: 65% of Success
SocialJan 14, 2026

Target the Right Accounts: 65% of Success

"The 'who' is everything. 65% of your success comes from targeting the right accounts" Kathy Macchi on The Transaction .

By Craig Rosenberg
SaaS Becomes Water: Brand, Not Product, Wins
SocialJan 14, 2026

SaaS Becomes Water: Brand, Not Product, Wins

The 2026 SaaS market will be like the market for selling water. But what’s the difference between Dasani, Evian, and the tap in your kitchen? Brand. Nothing else. “Having a product” is no longer the most challenging part of selling software. Everything...

By Adam Robinson
VCs Flood Robotics, Betting on Next Big Market
SocialJan 14, 2026

VCs Flood Robotics, Betting on Next Big Market

Robot companies gas up. This shows that the rich people see a big new market coming. Yesterday at JPMorgan event happening in San Francisco, lots of VCs said they are making robots a bigger part of their business. Bets are being...

By Robert Scoble
Master AI Search: Strategies to Outrank Google Results
SocialJan 14, 2026

Master AI Search: Strategies to Outrank Google Results

In 15 minutes, Michael King is joining SparkToro Office Hours to present what to do *DIFFERENTLY* to appear in AI tools vs. classic Google results. You should probably be there. I threw in a few samples from his deck as...

By Rand Fishkin
Novo CEO Targets Obesity Drug Acquisition to Boost Leadership
SocialJan 14, 2026

Novo CEO Targets Obesity Drug Acquisition to Boost Leadership

$NVO CEO Mike Doustdar was our guest on this week's live taping of the Readout LOUD. And yes, he spoke fairly plainly about his ambition to acquire another developer of obesity drugs. $5B - $20B doesn't matter, it's more about...

By Adam Feuerstein
Build AI Autonomy Step‑by‑step or Face Outages
SocialJan 14, 2026

Build AI Autonomy Step‑by‑step or Face Outages

This isn’t a “learn AI agents” roadmap. It’s a permission ladder for autonomy. Skills → memory → coordination → control → monetization. Skip steps and you don’t get scale — you get outages. https://t.co/VIRjpY0gmx

By Giuliano Liguori
Stop Overusing ‘Pivot’: Distinguish Real Evidence‑Driven Shifts
SocialJan 14, 2026

Stop Overusing ‘Pivot’: Distinguish Real Evidence‑Driven Shifts

Startup people reach for the word “pivot” when they want a decision to sound intentional. I’ve seen teams use it for everything from a careful course correction to quietly walking away from a plan that stopped holding up. Same word....

By Hiten Shah
Multiple APIs ≠ Multi‑Agent: Use One Agent Wisely
SocialJan 14, 2026

Multiple APIs ≠ Multi‑Agent: Use One Agent Wisely

One model calling 10 APIs is NOT a multi-agent system.❌ This is one of the most common mistakes I see. Tools are capabilities. Agents are decision-makers. If one model decides what to do next and calls multiple tools, you still have one agent, not many. Misunderstanding this...

By Louis Bouchard
Permission‑Based Personalization: AI Must Respect Trust
SocialJan 14, 2026

Permission‑Based Personalization: AI Must Respect Trust

The future of personalization is permission based. AI must serve customer needs, not cross trust boundaries. https://t.co/dpD6MT21TW

By Jim Marous
Don’t Normalize AI Risks: Tackle Boring Work First
SocialJan 14, 2026

Don’t Normalize AI Risks: Tackle Boring Work First

What if the most dangerous moment in innovation isn’t failure…but the moment we decide the failure cost is “acceptable”? Here's the funny thing - that's just Wednesday. We do this for every innovation. This video kicks off a new chapter...

By Robert Rose
AI Set to Automate 70% of Daily Work by 2026
SocialJan 14, 2026

AI Set to Automate 70% of Daily Work by 2026

By 2026, #AI Could #Automate Up to 70% of Everyday Work Tasks by @Khulood_Almani #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML https://t.co/3ogpp8txYd

By Ronald van Loon
Hire Advisors with Real Experience, Not Just Talk
SocialJan 14, 2026

Hire Advisors with Real Experience, Not Just Talk

You would never hire someone full-time who hasn’t done the job. So stop giving consultants and talking heads who’ve never done the work the spotlight or your $$$$$. Experience matters. If you’re going to bring someone in, vet them like...

By Kyle Lacy
Launch Now, Iterate Later: Perfection Isn’t Required
SocialJan 14, 2026

Launch Now, Iterate Later: Perfection Isn’t Required

Stop waiting for your startup’s product to be perfect because it never will be and that's okay so launch, get feedback, improve.

By Andrew Gazdecki
Low SIRT1 and Cholesterol Link Depression; NAD⁺ May Help
SocialJan 14, 2026

Low SIRT1 and Cholesterol Link Depression; NAD⁺ May Help

New mouse study shows cortisol, inflammation, and low SIRT1 activity all lead to depression caused by reduced neuronal cholesterol. Could statins exacerbate? And since SIRT1 is NAD⁺-dependent, could NAD⁺ boosting help treat depression?

By David Sinclair
Simulate Multi‑Robot Sync to Eliminate Integration Errors
SocialJan 14, 2026

Simulate Multi‑Robot Sync to Eliminate Integration Errors

Synchronized robots, tested in 3D, to boost uptime and cut integration errors: This setup uses RobotStudio to simulate dual-robot coordination with precise axis timing and collision checks. Every move is validated in a digital twin before going live. - Full...

By Ilir Aliu
Stablecoins Emerging as Default for Cross‑Border Payouts
SocialJan 14, 2026

Stablecoins Emerging as Default for Cross‑Border Payouts

Global payouts are becoming default stablecoins Especially for cross-border. Here's a practical guide to evaluating when and how to use stablecoins for this use case

By Simon Taylor
8 AI Agent Trends Shaping Business by 2026
SocialJan 14, 2026

8 AI Agent Trends Shaping Business by 2026

The 8 Biggest AI Agent Trends for 2026 That Everyone Must Be Ready For AI agents are evolving fast — these 8 trends show how agent based AI will grow and influence business, work and everyday life by 2026. Read...

By Bernard Marr
Decade‑Old Myths Still Fuel JPM Healthcare Talk
SocialJan 14, 2026

Decade‑Old Myths Still Fuel JPM Healthcare Talk

A dozen years old, but curious how many of these little lies are still told around the #JPM26 conference.... "Top 10 Little White Lies Told At The JP Morgan Healthcare Conference" https://t.co/0er4Beffn3

By Bruce Booth
Computer Vision Enables Accurate Real‑Time Object Counting
SocialJan 14, 2026

Computer Vision Enables Accurate Real‑Time Object Counting

Seeing Is Counting: Object Counting Powered by Computer Vision by @Ultralytics #Innovation #EmergingTech #TechForGood https://t.co/ZsIsqh5MrO

By Ronald van Loon
Long‑horizon AI Could Reshape Cities, but Threatens Democracy
SocialJan 14, 2026

Long‑horizon AI Could Reshape Cities, but Threatens Democracy

AI for memory shaped cities: when long horizon AI starts designing urban life. Our cities soon will be planned out using AI. @IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week.   Long horizon AI uses historical data and simulated futures to guide...

By Robert Scoble
Superhuman Adds Saifr AI for Compliant Finance Email
SocialJan 14, 2026

Superhuman Adds Saifr AI for Compliant Finance Email

Superhuman to Integrate Saifr's AI Agents to Support Scalable Compliant Enterprise Communication in Financial Services Perfect pairing: Superhuman's email productivity meets Saifr's compliance-native AI (Fidelity Labs origin). Financial services firms need AI that doesn't just write emails - needs to understand...

By Efi Pylarinou
Injectable Magnetoelectric Antenna Named IEEE APS Top Article
SocialJan 14, 2026

Injectable Magnetoelectric Antenna Named IEEE APS Top Article

Thrilled to share that our latest work on injectable #magnetoelectric #antenna is highlighted by IEEE APS as one of the 25 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 published in 2025 , reflecting the advances and ideas that shaped the past year.

By Deblina Sarkar
AI Must Boost Revenue or It Doesn’t Count
SocialJan 14, 2026

AI Must Boost Revenue or It Doesn’t Count

If your AI feature, your AI product, your AI team, your AI copilot didn’t materially boost revenue … 👎 It doesn’t count Try again

By Jason Lemkin
Robots Accelerate Solar Panel Installation, Boost Safety
SocialJan 14, 2026

Robots Accelerate Solar Panel Installation, Boost Safety

#Robots Take Over Solar Panel Installation for Faster, Safer Deployment by @lukas_m_ziegler #Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #MI #ML #Tech #Innovation https://t.co/dVZ12660S3

By Ronald van Loon
AI Boosts Individual Impact, Shrinks Collective Research Breadth
SocialJan 14, 2026

AI Boosts Individual Impact, Shrinks Collective Research Breadth

How has AI impacted science? Analysis of >41m papers. A paradox: Expansion of individual's impact but contraction in breadth of topics researched collectively https://t.co/npovh0eSL8 https://t.co/iMY3cEd9LE https://t.co/iErtpnuJQR

By Eric Topol
Real User Feedback Cuts Illusory Product Busywork
SocialJan 14, 2026

Real User Feedback Cuts Illusory Product Busywork

Most product work feels busy because it hasn’t touched reality yet. Real feedback compresses time. Internal activity stretches it. The longer you delay contact with users, the more convincing the fake progress becomes.

By Hiten Shah
Invisible Immune Deficits Make Low‑risk Infections Deadly
SocialJan 14, 2026

Invisible Immune Deficits Make Low‑risk Infections Deadly

Why do so many apparently healthy people die or get severely ill from infections that would be considered low risk? For one, we don't have any way of assessing a person's immune system function in the clinic https://t.co/CshtAxDep9 https://t.co/uk5nDnyjnr

By Eric Topol
CGM‑based AI Outperforms HbA1c in Predicting Diabetes, Heart
SocialJan 14, 2026

CGM‑based AI Outperforms HbA1c in Predicting Diabetes, Heart

Continuous glucose monitoring sensor data, with a foundation model, predicts risk of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular outcomes better than HbA1c New @Nature @segal_eran @WeizmannScience @GLutsker "66% of incident diabetes cases and 69% of cardiovascular deaths occurred in the top risk...

By Eric Topol
Leadership Fails when You Suppress It, Not Talent
SocialJan 14, 2026

Leadership Fails when You Suppress It, Not Talent

There are no leaders on my team." That's not an observation. It's a confession. What you're really saying is one of two things: 1. I'm not creating the conditions for leadership to emerge 2. I don't have a method for...

By Lincoln Murphy
Weakened Vaccine Policy Threatens Kids, Monitoring Becomes Opaque
SocialJan 14, 2026

Weakened Vaccine Policy Threatens Kids, Monitoring Becomes Opaque

Dismantling US vaccination policy will lead to more vaccine-preventable disease in kids. But how easy will it be to monitor the impact of the erosion of vaccine coverage? New data collection rule changes raise serious concerns about how visible results...

By Helen Branswell
Spaceflight Triggers Temporary Epigenetic Aging, Then Reversal
SocialJan 14, 2026

Spaceflight Triggers Temporary Epigenetic Aging, Then Reversal

Space could be a testing ground for age reversal elonmusk. In 4 astronauts, epigenetic age of blood cells rose ~2 yrs by day 7 of orbit & returned to normal (or even younger) upon return 🚀 🌎 mason_lab @davefurman onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.70360

By David Sinclair
More Data, More Noise: Focus on Strategic Insights
SocialJan 14, 2026

More Data, More Noise: Focus on Strategic Insights

The AI insight problem that nobody's talking about 😳 We added AI to our customer research process. Suddenly, everything is labeled an "insight" 🤯 🫣 🫠 Customer mentioned pricing twice? Insight. Someone used the word "integration" in feedback? Insight. Pattern...

By Anna Furmanov
Undervalued $TENX Holds Promising 2026 Catalyst
SocialJan 14, 2026

Undervalued $TENX Holds Promising 2026 Catalyst

I’ve gotten a lot of messages asking about my BioPick selection for this year, $TENX. I’ve responded to a few but don’t have the time to respond to everyone. I actually considered making $TENX an official “pitch”, but I don’t...

By Adam May
AISDR Fails Without Strategy, Training, and Tailored Messaging
SocialJan 14, 2026

AISDR Fails Without Strategy, Training, and Tailored Messaging

Seven reasons why your AISDR pilot may have failed: 1️⃣ The playbooks and workflows were never developed and tested to begin with Technology is only as good as the strategy and processes built to enable it. Your AISDR tool isn't...

By Matt Heinz
Trusted Event Partner Lets Teams Focus on Story
SocialJan 14, 2026

Trusted Event Partner Lets Teams Focus on Story

It’s officially event season again. And guess what? Conferences, RKOs, tradeshows... they are super hard. The planning, the logistics, the on-site craziness... the swag... 💙 Great experiences are super hard to produce and reproduce and reproduce I get asked fairly...

By Kyle Lacy
Influencer Partnerships Triple Effectiveness of B2B Research
SocialJan 14, 2026

Influencer Partnerships Triple Effectiveness of B2B Research

What's the connection between B2B influence, research and thought leadership? 74% of B2B marketers who frequently collaborate with influencers say their research-based content is very effective, versus only 29% of everyone else. That's a finding from our newest research report,...

By Lee Odden