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The Thermo Scientific™ Orbitrap Exploris™ EFOX mass detector provides a breakthrough solution for environmental and food safety laboratories, delivering high-resolution analytical capabilities to simplify workflows and enhance PFAS detection without the complexity and cost associated with traditional systems. Environmental and food safety laboratories around the world are facing a rapidly changing situation. Every year, new PFAS variants, pesticide degradants, and industrial chemicals emerge, expanding the world of organic xenobiotics that silently enter food, soil, and water. For analysts on the bench, this complexity is not abstract. As they arrive one sample at a time, there is tremendous pressure to work…
January 7, 2026Ravi LakshmananNetwork security/vulnerabilities A newly discovered critical security flaw in legacy D-Link DSL gateway routers is being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0625 (CVSS score: 9.3), involves a case of command injection into the ‘dnscfg.cgi’ endpoint due to improper sanitization of user-specified DNS configuration parameters. “An unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands, potentially resulting in remote code execution,” VulnCheck said in its advisory. “Affected endpoints are also associated with an unauthorized DNS change (“DNSChanger”) behavior documented by D-Link, which reported an active exploitation campaign targeting firmware variants of…
If there’s one thing the keynote speakers at CES 2026 have in common, it’s that AI is reshaping technology at a speed and scale unlike any previous technological revolution. On Tuesday’s live recording of the All-In podcast, co-host Jason Calakanis interviewed Bob Sternfels, global managing partner at McKinsey & Company, and Hemant Taneja, CEO of General Catalyst. Their discussion focused on how AI will transform investment strategies and the workforce. “The world has completely changed,” Taneja said of the unprecedented growth of AI companies. He noted that it took Stripe about 12 years to reach a valuation of $100 billion,…
Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI assistant platform Manus has understandably been embroiled in a regulatory tug-of-war, but it’s not the fault of U.S. regulators. Despite previous concerns about Benchmark’s investment in Manus, both companies appear confident the deal is legal. However, Chinese regulators are reportedly less optimistic, according to the Financial Times. When Benchmark led a funding round for Manas earlier this year, the investment immediately sparked controversy. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn complained about the company’s dealings with Company X, and the investment prompted an investigation by the U.S. Treasury into new rules restricting U.S. investment in Chinese AI…
A Reddit user claiming to be a whistleblower from a food delivery app has been exposed as fake. This user wrote a viral post claiming that the company he works for is exploiting drivers and users. “You always suspect that algorithms are being rigged against you, but the reality is far more depressing than conspiracy theories,” the alleged whistleblower wrote. He claimed that he had come to the library drunk to use the public Wi-Fi and was typing this long article about how companies exploit loopholes in the law to steal drivers’ tips and wages with impunity. Unfortunately, these claims…
Astronomers have discovered an unexpectedly hot cluster of galaxies in the early universe, casting doubt on theories of galaxy evolution.This scorching galaxy cluster existed just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, burning up much earlier and hotter than current models of cluster formation would predict. The findings suggest that predicted patterns of cluster growth may need to be reconsidered, the researchers reported in the journal Nature on January 5th.A galaxy cluster is a collection of dark matter and hundreds to thousands of galaxies, all held together by gravity. These galaxies are separated by a mixture of gases known as…
Mobileye made its name and money by supplying automakers with millions of computer vision chips designed to support vehicle safety features and advanced driver-assistance systems. The publicly traded subsidiary of Intel has since expanded its self-driving efforts through its chips and software. Now, co-founder and president Amnon Shashua is moving the company into what he calls Mobileye 3.0. That means robotics and big acquisitions. The Israeli company announced Tuesday during CES in Las Vegas that it has reached a deal to acquire Mentee Robotics, a startup co-founded by Shashua, for $900 million in 2022. Under the agreement, Mobileye will acquire…
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI (which also owns X), which created the Grok chatbot, announced it has raised $20 billion in a Series E funding round. The company said in a blog post that its investors include Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, and other companies including Nvidia and Cisco as “strategic investors.” xAI has not disclosed whether these investments will be made in the form of equity or debt. According to xAI, X and Grok have approximately 600 million monthly active users and will use the new funding to continue expanding its data centers and Grok model. However,…
Sen. Steve Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced a bill Monday that would ban the sale and manufacture of toys with AI chatbot functionality for children under 18 for four years. The aim is to give safety regulators time to develop regulations to protect children from “dangerous interactions with AI.” “Chatbots and other AI tools may become an essential part of our lives in the future, but given the risks they pose, we need to take bold action to protect our children,” Sen. Padilla said in a statement. “Our safety regulations for this type of technology are still in their infancy and need…
CES 2026 is packed with tech giants unveiling their latest innovations, but the real excitement comes from discovering the unexpected and quirky gadgets that will make you wonder, “Who thought of this?” We’re here to spotlight the wildest products we’ve spotted so far at CES 2026, from a touch-sensitive AI-powered panda to Razer’s holographic animated assistant to weirdness that’ll make you do a double-take. An AI anime companion watching over you from your desk Originally introduced last year as an esports AI coach, Razer’s Project AVA has evolved into something new: a 5.5-inch animated holographic desk companion that can help…