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Getty Images/CNETNo matter where you hang out online, social media is riddled with scammers looking for targets to swindle or con you out of your cash. But on LinkedIn, it can be especially tricky to weed out wrongdoers because they can be disguised as career opportunities. I’ve had more than a few fake job recruiters contact me — some through LinkedIn, and some, I suspect, by finding me on LinkedIn and then reaching out to me over email.These days, scammers are using AI to write convincing and highly detailed business propositions. Sometimes, they’re very persuasive. But you can keep yourself safer if…

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IoT Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market, today announced that it has selected GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, as winner of the “Smart Appliance Company of the Year” award in the 10th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards program. This prestigious recognition marks the ninth consecutive year GE Appliances has earned this top honor, underscoring the company’s industry-leading achievements in smart and connected home technology. GE Appliances continues to redefine the way people live, cook, clean and interact with…

Image by Author   # Introduction  Learning AI today is not just about understanding machine learning models. It is about knowing how things fit together in practice, from math and fundamentals to building real applications, agents, and production systems. With so much content online, it is easy to feel lost or jump between random tutorials without a clear path. In this article, we will learn about the 10 of the most popular and genuinely useful GitHub repositories for learning AI. These repos cover the full spectrum, including generative AI, large language models, agentic systems, mathematics for ML, computer vision, real-world projects,…

New models and frameworks support simulation, training and deployment, with partners debuting humanoid and industrial robots built on the NVIDIA stack.Featured image courtesy of Caterpillar (top left), LEM Surgical (top right), AGIBOT (bottom left) and Franka Robotics (bottom right). NVIDIA announced new open models, frameworks and AI infrastructure aimed at physical AI, along with robots from partner companies. NVIDIA said the offerings support robot development workflows from training and simulation through deployment, including systems intended to help robots learn and perform a range of tasks. Global industry leaders including Boston Dynamics, Caterpillar, Franka Robotics, Humanoid, LG Electronics and NEURA Robotics are using the NVIDIA robotics…

Snowflake Announces Intent to Acquire Observe to Deliver AI-Powered Observability at Enterprise Scale The acquisition will expand Snowflake’s capabilities in a $50+ billion IT operations management software market1, positioning it to deliver next generation AI-powered observability based on open standards Observe’s leading observability platform will integrate directly into Snowflake, extending the value of the AI Data Cloud to allow enterprises to ingest and retain 100% of their telemetry data at lower cost. By combining Observe’s AI Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with Snowflake’s high-fidelity data, teams can move from reactive monitoring to proactive, automated troubleshooting, resolving production issues up to 10x…

99% of Web3 projects earn no cash. Still, many firms spend large sums on marketing and events each month. This report looks at their survival code and the facts behind the burn.99% of Web3 projects lack cash flow, paying costs with tokens and funds, not sales.Early listings drive high marketing spend and kill the core product edge.Fair P/E of the top 1% proves the rest lack real value.Early TGEs let founders exit regardless of success, fueling a distorted loop.Survival of the 99% stems from a system flaw built on investor loss, not business gains.🇰🇷 한국어로 읽기 →“Survival requires proven revenue.”…

Africa’s telecommunications industry, traditionally anchored in heavy infrastructure and siloed systems, is undergoing a fundamental transformation. With the rapid adoption of digital technologies and the push for agile, scalable operations, telecom-as-a-service (TaaS) is emerging as a compelling model for operators across the continent. A cloud-first, API-driven transformation can deliver agility, new monetization, and operational efficiencies, but to scale beyond urban and enterprise pockets across Africa, coordinated investment is required. Legacy frameworks, such as fiber and edge capacity, will continue to serve as the basis for cloud–API success; otherwise, the model will accelerate major gaps between leading operators and consumer functionality.…

According to a new report published by Allied Market IoT Market Size, Share, Competitive Landscape and Trend Analysis Report, by Component (Solution, Services), by Application (Consumer, Industrial), by Deployment (Cloud, On-Premise): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2024 – 2034, The global IoT market was valued at USD 1,425.58 billion in 2024, and is projected to reach USD 5,372.46 billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 14.1% from 2025 to 2034.The Internet of Things (IoT) market represents a rapidly evolving ecosystem of connected devices, sensors, software, and platforms that enable real-time data collection, analysis, and automation across industries. IoT…

Every day, manufacturing facilities look to turn their factory-of-the-future dreams into reality, said Bob Buttermore, Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer, at Rockwell Automation, who spoke during Automation Fair 2025 in Chicago. “That’s exactly what we’re doing inside of our own operations to enable growth, resilience and margin expansion,” he explained. Building on the successful automation-to-autonomy transformation of its Singapore facility, Rockwell has turned its attention to its manufacturing plant in Twinsburg, Ohio. “We’re expanding and upgrading the facility next summer to get it to the point where Singapore is,” explained Buttermore. “We started this journey about two years…

Sizing Up the Ethics of AI Use The other co-authors of the Health Affairs study are Artem A. Trotsyuk, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in the Stanford University Department of Genetics; Abdoul Jalil Djiberou Mahamadou, PhD, MSc, a postdoctoral fellow the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics; and Danton Char, PhD, MD, a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist, clinical researcher and empirical bioethics researcher in Stanford’s Department of Anesthesia. All are members of the Stanford Healthcare Ethical Assessment Lab for AI, a team working to identify and address ethical issues arising from the use of health-care AI applications. “Drawing on empirical work on AI use and our own ethical assessments…