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NASA Announces Crew‑12’s Nine‑Month ISS Mission
SocialJan 12, 2026

NASA Announces Crew‑12’s Nine‑Month ISS Mission

An interesting tidbit from NASA's ISS update today: Crew-12 will stay for NINE months. https://t.co/utvlXiW5Kj https://t.co/QTytbTqczJ

By Marcia Smith
MIT's Cheetah Robot Sets New Standard for Legged Speed
SocialJan 12, 2026

MIT's Cheetah Robot Sets New Standard for Legged Speed

MIT Cheetah: The Agile Quadruped #Robot Redefining High-Performance Legged Locomotion by @IntEngineering #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/dHoPcQuAZk

By Ronald van Loon
Zero‑Click Era Ends Google Discover’s Traffic Reign
SocialJan 12, 2026

Zero‑Click Era Ends Google Discover’s Traffic Reign

The last bastion of traffic-referring platforms was Google Discover. In 2025, it too cut ~20% of referalls to websites thanks to AI summaries, lack of product investment, and users' preferences for in-app consumption. The era of web traffic is nearly gone, replaced...

By Rand Fishkin
Kontigo Pitches Bitcoin Retirement, Promises $205M by 2045
SocialJan 12, 2026

Kontigo Pitches Bitcoin Retirement, Promises $205M by 2045

A fun @kontigo_app nugget that didn’t make the piece: it offers bitcoin, positioned as a retirement investment, and claims users can earn $205 million profit by 2045: https://t.co/fkLnA6CtKM

By Jason Mikula
Biotech Movers Shift Markets on JPM26 Day One
SocialJan 12, 2026

Biotech Movers Shift Markets on JPM26 Day One

On Day 1 of #JPM26, no blockbuster headlines, but biotech newsmakers still move markets https://t.co/3cVFMwFBiI

By Adam Feuerstein
2026: AI Agents Become Teammates, Reshaping Work Processes
SocialJan 12, 2026

2026: AI Agents Become Teammates, Reshaping Work Processes

Every individual AI consultant I talk to (including myself) is massively changing their business approach in 2026. 2023 was about learning the new world. What is prompting. Should we ban this. What is a model. How do they work. Task...

By Allie Miller
Apple’s Gemini Integration Could Generate $4 Trillion, Not Ads
SocialJan 12, 2026

Apple’s Gemini Integration Could Generate $4 Trillion, Not Ads

$4 trillion. Not from ads. From Apple choosing Gemini to live inside every iPhone. https://t.co/7zxA5w16TK @KatherineBlunt @RolfeWinkler @WSJ

By Spiros Margaris
Kontigo and CEO Decline Direct Inquiry
SocialJan 12, 2026

Kontigo and CEO Decline Direct Inquiry

To avoid any doubt or erroneous speculation, I reached out to both Kontigo and its CEO directly on Thu Jan 8. The company declined to engage. https://t.co/wrAcUPo1vp

By Jason Mikula
RVMD CEO Defends Acquisition Amid JPM26 Scrutiny
SocialJan 12, 2026

RVMD CEO Defends Acquisition Amid JPM26 Scrutiny

Reporting from inside the room... With a grin — and tight lips — Revolution Medicines’ $RVMD CEO faces questions about acquisition https://t.co/75ftdUF2Jh #JPM26

By Adam Feuerstein
Great Product Needs Relentless, Years‑long Promotion
SocialJan 12, 2026

Great Product Needs Relentless, Years‑long Promotion

Built a great product? Awesome. Now go tell everyone on the internet every day for the next 5 years. You got this.

By Andrew Gazdecki
Six Key Steps to Close an M&A Deal
SocialJan 12, 2026

Six Key Steps to Close an M&A Deal

What are the basic milestones of a process (M&A or capital raise)? 1. Pre-marketing Complete the marketing materials (information packet and buyer list) and get your house in order. 2. Marketing Reach out to buyers, execute NDAs, and share marketing...

By Michael Lyon
Spaceflight Deforms Brains, Accelerates Disease in Humans
SocialJan 12, 2026

Spaceflight Deforms Brains, Accelerates Disease in Humans

Humans are not well suited for prolonged spaceflight —Brain deformation patterns https://t.co/7CGvKyHUzG —Alteration of molecular networks and accelerated disease https://t.co/S1SyjNGZ61 https://t.co/3RYuwH8PYa

By Eric Topol
Capture Customer Stories Early to Accelerate Deal Closure
SocialJan 12, 2026

Capture Customer Stories Early to Accelerate Deal Closure

I’ve sat in a lot of deal reviews where someone asks, “Do we have a customer story for this?” The answer is usually yes. But the pause that follows tells the real story. Someone remembers a win from months ago....

By devbasu
Sweden Fast-Tracks ISR with $141M Satellite Purchase
SocialJan 12, 2026

Sweden Fast-Tracks ISR with $141M Satellite Purchase

Swedish military purchases 10 radar and optical satellites in contracts w/ @iceye and @planet valued at combined $141M, accelerating previous schedule for ISR capability. 'Time is of the essence,' Defense Minister @PlJonson says. https://t.co/GqJcGEVX5I https://t.co/hKC4J60M0T

By Peter B. de Selding
Build AI Apps Without Coding: Free 5‑Minute Guide
SocialJan 12, 2026

Build AI Apps Without Coding: Free 5‑Minute Guide

🔥 NEW: I just dropped my free Claude Code in 5 Minutes quick start, a beginner’s guide for non-technical business professionals who want to actually build things with AI. Whether you have followed me for 1 month or for 10...

By Allie Miller
Thinking in Public Drives Alignment, Not Just Polished Performance
SocialJan 12, 2026

Thinking in Public Drives Alignment, Not Just Polished Performance

Building in public became a performance once everything was edited. Thinking in public is what building in public looked like before polish took over. Building in public used to create shared context. Now it often creates admiration. Thinking in public...

By Hiten Shah
ISS Change‑of‑Command Ceremony Begins Soon – Watch Live
SocialJan 12, 2026

ISS Change‑of‑Command Ceremony Begins Soon – Watch Live

The ISS Change-of-Command ceremony should start in a few minutes at 2:35 pm ET. Watch on NASA's YouTube channel: https://t.co/oJhxxboDKW

By Marcia Smith
Prioritizing Safety in Mobile Robot Crowd Navigation
SocialJan 12, 2026

Prioritizing Safety in Mobile Robot Crowd Navigation

Safety First: Tackling Crowd Navigation in Mobile #Robotics by @lukas_m_ziegler #AI #Robot #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence https://t.co/OJIzBr8jOw

By Ronald van Loon
Systems, Not AI Tools, Drive Real Productivity Gains
SocialJan 12, 2026

Systems, Not AI Tools, Drive Real Productivity Gains

AI doesn’t 10x productivity. Systems do. More tools = more friction Fewer workflows = less leverage LLM + automation + memory → that’s the real stack Tools are replaceable. Process isn’t. https://t.co/3VmsSYFEza

By Giuliano Liguori
Industrial City Becomes Southern California’s Surprising AI Hub
SocialJan 12, 2026

Industrial City Becomes Southern California’s Surprising AI Hub

Southern California's unlikely #AI mecca is this very industrial city by Sadie Harley @TechXplore_com Learn more: https://t.co/dXGDkNgEyZ #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #DL https://t.co/eMYodk3IuT

By Ronald van Loon
Swamp Dog Completes 5‑mile Autonomous Base Patrol
SocialJan 12, 2026

Swamp Dog Completes 5‑mile Autonomous Base Patrol

Swamp Dog. 5 miles autonomous base perimeter patrol at Tyndall USAF via @WevolverApp #Robotics #Innovation #Technology #EmergingTech https://t.co/b9bLZ0dMb7

By Ronald van Loon
No Excitement, Wrong Product—Learned After $1M Loss
SocialJan 12, 2026

No Excitement, Wrong Product—Learned After $1M Loss

If you don’t see the excitement in people’s eyes, you’re building the wrong product… (spent $1M, wasted 1 year, been there, done that (NEVER AGAIN)) https://t.co/aL0rguGFxJ

By Adam Robinson
Balancing Agency and Control Drives Enterprise AI Success
SocialJan 12, 2026

Balancing Agency and Control Drives Enterprise AI Success

My biggest takeaways from Aishwarya Naresh Reganti and Kiriti Badam on building successful enterprise AI products: 1. AI products differ from traditional software in two fundamental ways: they’re non-deterministic, and you need to constantly trade off agency vs. control. Traditional...

By Lenny Rachitsky
Longevity Clinics Cashing in on Pseudoscience Boom
SocialJan 12, 2026

Longevity Clinics Cashing in on Pseudoscience Boom

The big business of longevity pseudoscience and marketing https://t.co/2Os0Q2frQl by @TrishaThadani "The boom in consumer demand has inspired as many as 800 longevity clinics to spring up around the country,... These clinics often charge as much as tens of thousands of...

By Eric Topol
Eutelsat Orders 340 Satellites for 2026 OneWeb Upgrade
SocialJan 12, 2026

Eutelsat Orders 340 Satellites for 2026 OneWeb Upgrade

.@Eutelsat continues $2.6B #OneWeb constellation refurbishment program with 340-sat order to @AirbusSpace; launches start in 2026 to prepare for future @defis_eu #Iris2 secure constellation; hosted payloads an option. https://t.co/Pg4n3xlTtn https://t.co/uzxgPbtE83

By Peter B. de Selding
Tensor's Robocar Delivers Full Level‑4 Autonomy for Personal Use
SocialJan 12, 2026

Tensor's Robocar Delivers Full Level‑4 Autonomy for Personal Use

Meet Tensor’s Robocar — Full Level 4 Autonomy, Designed for You, Not Robotaxi by @TensorAuto #Automotive #Transport #EV #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/fssYGEaqRR

By Ronald van Loon
Mitochondrial Transfer Fuels Cancer Spread, Impairs Immunity
SocialJan 12, 2026

Mitochondrial Transfer Fuels Cancer Spread, Impairs Immunity

The double whammy of mitochondrial transfer from immune cells to cancer cells, reducing immune cel function and powering tumor spread through lymph nodes @Cell_Metabolism https://t.co/q3ZcRObLAc https://t.co/eUAPrxSxlh

By Eric Topol
Board Pressure Fuels Unsustainable Product Overreach
SocialJan 12, 2026

Board Pressure Fuels Unsustainable Product Overreach

The Second Act Stumble Steve had a way of making growth sound inevitable. He’d done it once already—tripled revenue from $7 million to $21 million in 12 short months—and the board wanted another lap around the track. Another 3×. Another...

By Mark Roberge
Psychology Beats Tactics: Top Hard Sales Skills
SocialJan 12, 2026

Psychology Beats Tactics: Top Hard Sales Skills

The 3 Hardest Skills to Teach in Sales (From 2,000+ Hours of Coaching) 👇 After two decades in the trenches and thousands of hours coaching sales professionals, I’ve realized that the "mechanics" of sales are (with the right coaching) easy....

By Marcus Sheridan
Post‑crisis “Diligence” Masks Underlying Process Gaps
SocialJan 12, 2026

Post‑crisis “Diligence” Masks Underlying Process Gaps

I keep seeing the same thing after teams realize something important too late. The impact shows up in how work gets done. Extra checks get added before meetings. People start keeping private notes. Someone is asked to manually watch competitors....

By Hiten Shah
Banks Must Evolve for Stablecoins, Says Production Team
SocialJan 12, 2026

Banks Must Evolve for Stablecoins, Says Production Team

This show was insanely good. A way to think about how banks need to adapt to stablecoins. From a team who's in production.

By Simon Taylor
Vitalik Claims L2 Solves Ethereum's Trilemma—Debate Continues
SocialJan 12, 2026

Vitalik Claims L2 Solves Ethereum's Trilemma—Debate Continues

Ethereum's blockchain trilemma solved: Vitalik Buterin Buterin declares trilemma solved through L2 architecture. Question remains: Is this true solution or elegant workaround? Ethereum sacrificed monolithic design for modular stack - different problem, different answer https://t.co/Noow6uOsfy

By Efi Pylarinou
AI Maturity Declines While Innovation Rises, Widening Gap
SocialJan 12, 2026

AI Maturity Declines While Innovation Rises, Widening Gap

Most companies think they are advancing with AI, but the data says the opposite. I spoke with Hartmut Mueller, Chief Transformation Officer at @ServiceNow, and AI maturity has dropped by 9 percentage points, even as innovation accelerates. That gap is becoming the...

By Ronald van Loon
ABVX's P2b Data Boosts Valuation, Delay Sale
SocialJan 12, 2026

ABVX's P2b Data Boosts Valuation, Delay Sale

A few serious/non-memey words on $ABVX for the first time in a while. Nobody knows how much of this M&A rumor smoke coming out of France is real. A deal, if any, could be happening soon, or it could take...

By Adam May
Founders’ Retention Payments Can Outshine VC Liquidation Preferences
SocialJan 12, 2026

Founders’ Retention Payments Can Outshine VC Liquidation Preferences

Yes, VCs often have a “liquidation preference” But there is also a “founder preference”. It’s called retention payments, which can often be eight figures on top of any return from common. And are often structured in a way to...

By Jason Lemkin
AI Accelerates Competition: Stay Ahead or Become Irrelevant
SocialJan 12, 2026

AI Accelerates Competition: Stay Ahead or Become Irrelevant

Old rules: Around Year 5, the Competition Catches You in Whatever Made You Special Around Year 10, you have an Existential Threat. The tech world has changed so much, what you started with is sort of irrelevant. Today, with AI, often happens...

By Jason Lemkin
Refresh Your Messaging Annually to Match Rapid Market Shifts
SocialJan 12, 2026

Refresh Your Messaging Annually to Match Rapid Market Shifts

It's natural to stay in the mindset that things are today like they were last year or 2 years ago. But of course, they're not. The world changes very fast. The amount of new well-funded startups entering a space every...

By Peep Laja
Innovators Need a Different Marketing Playbook Than the Masses
SocialJan 12, 2026

Innovators Need a Different Marketing Playbook Than the Masses

There's a lot to be learned about new product marketing through how people discover new music. Everyone knows people, and maybe you are one, who likes to find bands others aren't listening to yet, to be at the edge of...

By Liam Moroney
Five Hook Formulas That Capture Audiences Instantly
SocialJan 12, 2026

Five Hook Formulas That Capture Audiences Instantly

Most presenters lose their audience before the first slide even appears. After studying hundreds of presentation openings, here are five that consistently work: 1. Start with a “Did you know…” Shock them with a fascinating fact or unexpected insight. Curiosity...

By Nancy Duarte
EUMETSAT Secures $1B for EPS‑Sterna
SocialJan 12, 2026

EUMETSAT Secures $1B for EPS‑Sterna

Now it's final: @eumetsat, with backing of 29 0f 30 member states, commits to $1B EPS-Sterna constellation of small polar-orbit sats to study microwave measurements of atmosphere. 1st batch of 6 sats to launch 2029. @esa @OHBSweden @AACClydeSpace.https://t.co/NWVbtoKesN https://t.co/DxOS9wChrr

By Peter B. de Selding
Scalability, Not Ambition, Is Marketing’s New Bottleneck
SocialJan 12, 2026

Scalability, Not Ambition, Is Marketing’s New Bottleneck

The results are in from the Adapt or Die: 2026 Resilient Marketer Survey that I collaborated on with the team at MoEngage . One pattern is already clear: the challenge for most B2C marketing teams is no longer experimentation or...

By Scott Brinker
Six Essential Bioinformatics Workflow Tools Simplify Analysis
SocialJan 12, 2026

Six Essential Bioinformatics Workflow Tools Simplify Analysis

6 links on workflow to make your life easier 🧵 Bioinformatics analysis involves a lot of steps, 6 links on workflow to make your life easier: 1. over hundreds of workflow tools and engines https://t.co/R29TTEYSMB

By Ming Tang
10 Proven AI Uses to Boost Your Business
SocialJan 12, 2026

10 Proven AI Uses to Boost Your Business

It's been an incredible challenge to keep myself from splitting my focus yet again. I've been asked over and over to teach how I use AI in my business. But that would have me shift focus from Sales, Marketing, and...

By A. Lee Judge
Google's AI Kills Clicks, Threatens Loan Ad Revenue
SocialJan 12, 2026

Google's AI Kills Clicks, Threatens Loan Ad Revenue

Google didn't just add AI to search; it changed how borrowers find lenders in the first place. But if no one is clicking on search results anymore, what happens to the ad model that funded your funnel? On a new episode of...

By Alex Johnson
Turn Testimonials Into a Real‑Time Sales Flywheel
SocialJan 12, 2026

Turn Testimonials Into a Real‑Time Sales Flywheel

Most SaaS companies waste their best testimonials. - They collect a few quotes - They bury them on a landing page - They forget about them and call it a day And then, as a result: Proof that never gets...

By devbasu
Insmed Rides Lung Drug Success, Eyes Next Growth
SocialJan 12, 2026

Insmed Rides Lung Drug Success, Eyes Next Growth

Insmed $INSM basks in the success of its lung disease drug — and prepares for what’s next. I chatted Sunday with CEO Will Lewis before watching the Patriots beat the Chargers. #JPM26 https://t.co/l56Y7Xw5fS

By Adam Feuerstein
AI Rebuilt My RNA‑seq Pipeline in Minutes
SocialJan 12, 2026

AI Rebuilt My RNA‑seq Pipeline in Minutes

1/ I wasted hours debugging an RNA-seq pipeline. The next day, I rebuilt it in 45 minutes using Claude Code.

By Ming Tang
Boston Dynamics Unveils 24-DoF Exoskeleton Lifting 200 Lb
SocialJan 12, 2026

Boston Dynamics Unveils 24-DoF Exoskeleton Lifting 200 Lb

Boston Dynamics Exoskeleton: 24-DoF #Robotic Arms with 200-Pound Lifting Power via @Rainmaker1973 #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Engineering https://t.co/lfaeghTJXj

By Ronald van Loon
Gold‑backed Tokens Eye Payments, Not Just Savings
SocialJan 12, 2026

Gold‑backed Tokens Eye Payments, Not Just Savings

Tether Scudo: Unit of account, Tether Gold, everyday payments Tether Gold evolving into payment infrastructure via Scudo. Moving beyond store of value to transactional medium. Question: Can gold-backed tokens achieve payment velocity or remain savings vehicles? https://t.co/DPfqwx7vmA

By Efi Pylarinou