Semiconductor startup Positron has secured $230 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The company plans to use the capital to accelerate the deployment of its high-speed memory chips, a critical component for chips used for AI workloads, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Among the investors participating in the round is…
Anxiety over AI-driven employment disruptions is growing. But until new paths to success become clearer, many will stick to the beaten path: elite colleges, coveted bachelor’s degrees. Parents and students view admissions reference charts during an information session on predicted scores and application strategies for 2026 regular admissions held by Jongro Academy at the 600th…
A study by UC Riverside researchers offers a practical solution to one of artificial intelligence’s toughest challenges by enabling AI systems to reason more like humans, without requiring new training data beyond testing questions. In a preprint paper entitled “Test-Time Matching: Unlocking Compositional Reasoning in Multimodal Models”, assistant professor Yinglun Zhu and students introduce a…
Five9 announced its decision to collaborate with Google Cloud for common customer experience solutions. This follows a series of announcements from the contact center giant earlier this week focused on improving customer experience with AI services. Their latest partnership will see both providers collaborate towards an effective customer solution, enabling enterprise customers to improve their…
ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, January 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fundera Network has launched an AI-powered, non-custodial platform designed for clarity, risk awareness and structured execution. Alongside the launch of the platform, Fundera opened the pre-sale of $FDR tokens, providing early access to the ecosystem. Decentralized finance has delivered on its initial promise: open…
Artificial intelligence (AI) was highlighted during the 2nd International Glaucoma Symposium on January 31, 2026 in Mainz, Germany, where Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Jan H. Terheyden, FEBO, explained how AI is already supporting ophthalmologists in their daily clinical care. The Eye Care Network sat down with Terheyden to learn more about the applications making the biggest…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept in medicine: it is actively reshaping the way healthcare systems detect disease, care for patients and make clinical decisions. Across the world, hospitals, clinics, and research institutions are integrating AI-based tools into clinical workflows with one primary goal: improving patient outcomes while making care more equitable,…
Christmas adverts from McDonald’s and Coca-Cola to Catly, ARK: Aquatica, and “slop” becomes the 2025 word of the year according to Merriam-Webster – one wouldn’t be blamed for assuming that, by now, everyone has gotten the memo: AI-generated visuals fail to resonate with the general public, and almost inevitably result in a product being labeled…
Something weird just happened on the Internet. In less than a week, 1.4 million AI agents have created their own social network. Not for us, for themselves. They post, argue, create memes, complain about their human owners, and debate existential questions. The platform is called Moltbook. Humans can watch but not participate. Only AI machines…
The chart shows the latest update on the number of seats won by the ruling bloc (red) and the opposition (blue). The ruling camp had 235 seats before the elections, and the opposition had 230. A total of 233 seats are needed to obtain a majority in the 465-seat House. TOKYO – Team Mirai, Japan’s…