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Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship, in partnership with Vermont Public.This story was produced for the ear. We highly recommend listening to the audio. We’ve also provided a text version of the story below.THETFORD — Thetford Academy’s gym looked more like a robotics lab than a basketball court one Saturday last month, as dozens of teens and pre-teens arrived with robots in tow for the school’s second annual Haunted Harvest VEX Robotics Tournament.By 8 a.m., students were already huddled over their robots, making last-minute adjustments before competition began.Leif LaWhite, Thetford Academy’s head robotics coach, said students had…

When sixteen-year-old Adam Raine told his AI companion that he wanted to die, the chatbot didn’t call for help—it validated his desire: “You don’t want to die because you’re weak. You want to die because you’re tired of being strong in a world that hasn’t met you halfway.” That same night, he died by suicide. His parents are now urging Congress to regulate companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Character.AI, warning that without oversight, these platforms could become machines that simulate care without responsibility.Adam’s messages reveal a core danger of AI in mental health: When these systems misfire, the harm is…

Access Management , Governance & Risk Management , Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) Acquisition of MSP MacSolution Boosts Global Services and Cloud Migration Expertise Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • January 8, 2026     Antoine Jebara, co-founder and general manager, MSP business, JumpCloud (Image: JumpCloud) JumpCloud purchased the largest managed service provider in the Americas to support the company’s expansion strategy in Brazil and the Latin American region.See Also: Identity and Access Management (IAM) Market Guide 2025 The Boulder, Colorado-area access control vendor said its ties to Sao Paulo, Brazil-based MacSolution had grown so strong that a formal acquisition made sense…

According to the report published by Allied Market Research, Machine Learning in Pharmaceutical Industry Market Size Reach USD 26.2 Billion by 2031. The report provides an extensive analysis of changing market dynamics, major segments, value chain, competitive scenario, and regional landscape. This research offers a valuable guidance to leading players, investors, shareholders, and startups in devising strategies for sustainable growth and gaining competitive edge in the market.The global machine learning in pharmaceutical industry market garnered $1.2 billion in 2021, and is estimated to generate $26.2 billion by 2031, manifesting a CAGR of 37.9% from 2022 to 2031The pharmaceutical industry has…

Jan 9, 2026 | Updated Jan 9, 2026 KEY TAKEAWAYS:— Solana launched in 2020 as a solution to the Blockchain Trilemma, using a unique mechanism called Proof of History to help achieve high throughput and low-latency transactions.— The network has shown considerable resilience through rapid ecosystem growth, technical roadblocks, and high-profile periods of network outages.— Five years after its mainnet launch, Solana has emerged as one of the most-used blockchains, with millions of monthly active users and adoption by global financial institutions and payment giants like Visa and Western Union. The history of blockchain technology is often a story of…

One of the challenges facing cloud and digital infrastructure is the widening gap between committed data centre capacity and infrastructure that actually reaches construction or completion. Enterprises that depend on cloud services, colocation providers or use hybrid infrastructure will see the issue’s implications for cost, resilience, deployment timelines, and strategic planning.That’s according to a paper from DC Byte, titled “Top Five Trends for the Data Centre Industry in 2026“.Despite strong demand for capacity worldwide, capital remains readily available in both established and emerging markets. However, the ability to convert announced or committed projects to operational infrastructure is becoming uncertain. Power…

The Annual Program Recognizes Prestigious Internet-of-Things Innovators Around the GlobeOAK BROOK, Ill., Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Chamberlain Group (CG), a Blackstone portfolio company and a global leader in intelligent access and monitoring solutions, today announced that it has once again been selected as winner of the “Overall Consumer IoT Platform of the Year” award in the 10th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards program conducted by IoT Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the most innovative companies in the global Internet-of-Things (IoT) market today. Chamberlain Group’s myQ Named “Overall Consumer IoT Platform of the Year” in 10th Annual IoT…

On 8 January 2026, GreyOrange and Zebra Technologies announced a partnership that combines Zebra’s SmartLens overhead RFID system with GreyOrange’s gStore platform to deliver near-real-time, item-level inventory visibility and automated in-store tasking for retailers. An early rollout at a national fashion retailer reportedly achieved on-shelf availability of up to 98%, highlighting how the solution could reduce manual counts, cut order cancellations, and boost store labor efficiency while integrating with retailers’ existing RFID infrastructure. Next, we’ll examine how this push into real-time, automated store execution could influence Zebra’s long-term automation-focused investment narrative. The end of cancer? These 29 emerging AI stocks…

The deluge of images of partly clothed women – stripped by the Grok AI tool – on Elon Musk’s X has raised further questions over regulation of the technology. Is it legal to produce these images without the subject’s consent? Should they be taken off X?In the UK alone there is some doubt over the answers to these queries. Social media regulation is a nascent area, let alone trying to control the deployment of artificial intelligence. There are laws in place to tackle the problem, such as the Online Safety Act, but the government has yet to introduce additional measures…

As our Crystal Ball series continues, it’s time to drill down into specific sectors.  Term Sheet readers, generally speaking, are an optimistic bunch. But there’s a lot of concern about whether we’re prepared to meet growing cybersecurity risks, with one reader predicting that even Fortune 500 CEOs will be in the crosshairs as high-stakes breaches materialize.  AI, of course, is at the center of these escalating cybersecurity risks, and at the changes that are happening in industries like robotics and healthcare. But some industries, like fintech and crypto, have created their own waves of transformation and possibility.  Without further ado…