Mindoo has secured €5 million in Seed funding to scale its platform for AI agentic workflows in healthcare. The funding round was led by 6DC and Syndicate One. The company is already deployed in hospitals in Belgium and Germany.
NASA has lost contact with the MAVEN spacecraft orbiting Mars. The probe, which is critical for relaying rover data, appears to be spinning and may have changed its orbit.
The creator of Linux himself, Linus Torvalds, uses Fedora with GNOME. This simple fact highlights a core Linux truth: the “best” distro is the one that works for you, not the one with the most bragging rights.
Google is discontinuing its Dark Web Report, a tool that scanned for user data on criminal marketplaces. The service stops monitoring on January 14, 2026, and all collected data will be deleted by February 16. The company says it’s focusing on more “actionable” security tools instead.
Google is killing its Dark Web Report monitoring tool, which scans for stolen personal info. New breach detection stops Jan. 15, 2026, with a full shutdown on Feb. 16, 2026. All user data will be permanently deleted.
A new UK startup is launching with a bold claim: its patented dew point cooling technology can reduce cooling energy consumption in data centers by around 90%. The tech, spun out of the University of Hull after 15 years of R&D, is now seeking pre-seed funding.
Fraud-fighting startup Verisoul just landed an $8.8 million Series A round led by High Alpha. The company claims to stop AI bots and fake users with a holistic platform, but the arms race against AI fraud is just heating up.
Google is testing a new feature that turns your earbuds into a real-time interpreter. It’s a step toward sci-fi dreams, but with real-world limits. The feature supports 70 languages and is expanding to iOS in 2026.
NVIDIA is seeing huge demand in China for its last-gen H200 AI GPUs after the US lifted a sales ban. However, the company must pay 25% of each sale to the US government, potentially forcing a price hike. Chinese authorities still need to finalize approval for the chips next week.
It’s a big week for developer tools and media libraries. Visual Studio Code’s November 2025 update brings a major terminal upgrade, while Amazon makes a surprise move for Kindle book owners. Meanwhile, Plex is testing a new framework for custom metadata providers set to roll out in January.
