News•Feb 26, 2026
Sierra Space Names Dan Jablonsky CEO
Sierra Space announced that longtime defense executive Dan Jablonsky will assume the role of chief executive officer on March 2, succeeding interim CEO and founder Fatih Ozmen, who will remain board chair. Jablonsky previously led Ursa Major Technologies and Maxar Technologies, bringing deep aerospace and satellite expertise. The move follows a period of leadership turnover and reflects Sierra Space’s strategic shift toward defense‑focused satellite contracts. The company also plans a 60,000‑square‑foot manufacturing facility in Centennial, Colorado, to boost production capacity.
By SpaceNews
News•Feb 26, 2026
Capita Wins £700m Civil Service Payroll Contract
Capita has been named the preferred bidder for a £700 million civil service payroll contract covering more than 250,000 staff across DWP, MoJ, Home Office and DEFRA. The deal is part of the government’s “Synergy” programme, which aims to replace 286...
By Civil Service World (UK)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Almost a Third of UK Businesses Hit by Remote Working-Related Cybersecurity Breaches in the Past Year
Almost a third of UK businesses experienced a remote‑working related cyber breach in the past year, with phishing responsible for 85% of incidents. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025 shows larger firms are most affected, reporting breach rates of 67%...
By Employer News (UK)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Pfizer Advances Beam’s Gene Editor After Pulling Hemophilia Gene Therapy
Pfizer has signed a global gene‑editing partnership with Beam Therapeutics, reviving its genetics ambitions after withdrawing the hemophilia B therapy Beqvez a year earlier. The agreement includes a $300 million upfront payment and up to $1.05 billion in milestones, granting Pfizer exclusive worldwide...
By BioSpace
News•Feb 26, 2026
Google Circle to Search Looks At The Whole Image
Google announced a major upgrade to its Circle to Search feature, enabling the tool to analyze an entire image rather than just the circled portion. Powered by Gemini 3’s multi‑object recognition and visual query fan‑out, the system automatically crops and searches...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Feb 26, 2026
How Embedded BNPL Optimizes Cash Flow for SMBs: Inside the Intuit-Affirm Partnership
Intuit has teamed with Affirm to embed a Buy‑Now‑Pay‑Later (BNPL) option directly into QuickBooks invoices, letting small‑business owners split customer payments while receiving the full amount upfront. The move turns QuickBooks from a bookkeeping tool into an actionable financial operating...
By Tearsheet
News•Feb 26, 2026
Hong Kong Open to Backing Universities Issuing Bonds to Fund Megaproject Campuses
Hong Kong's finance chief Paul Chan signaled openness to allowing local universities to issue tertiary education bonds to fund the Northern Metropolis University Town project. The plan expands the campus area to 100 hectares and includes a third medical school,...
By South China Morning Post — Economy
News•Feb 26, 2026
Google Ads API Version 23.1 Now Available
Google has launched version 23.1 of the Google Ads API, introducing enhancements across account management, campaigns, conversions, incentives, planning, reporting, and a new YouTubeVideoUpload service. The update adds EU political advertising declaration fields, AI‑driven text‑guidelines for Performance Max and Search campaigns,...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Feb 26, 2026
Iran's Araqchi Aims to Reprise Role as Nuclear Dealmaker
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi, a veteran negotiator backed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, is spearheading a fresh push to revive a nuclear deal and avert U.S. military action. He frames Iran’s approach as “bazaar‑style” bargaining—patient, continuous, and strategic—while warning that...
By Al-Monitor – All
News•Feb 26, 2026
Microsoft Updates Bing Webmaster Guidelines (A Bit)
Microsoft has refreshed the Bing Webmaster Guidelines, updating the page design to match the new Bing Webmaster Tools interface. The most notable textual change adds references to Bing’s AI-driven Copilot and grounding API results. While the revisions are largely cosmetic,...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Feb 26, 2026
Estée Lauder to Armani: The Risks and Rewards of Reformulating a Hero Beauty Product
Iconic beauty brands such as Estée Lauder and Armani are reformulating flagship foundations like Double Wear and Luminous Silk to address regulatory changes, ingredient costs, and supply‑chain disruptions. While reformulations can alienate loyal consumers, companies argue that staying static poses...
By Cosmetics Business
News•Feb 26, 2026
Reporting Andrew Arrest, Robot Reporters at Mediahuis and Dom’s Verdict on Prince Harry Trial
The Future of Media Explained podcast examined how journalists disclosed the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor, weighing the public interest against privacy concerns. It revealed Mediahuis’s initiative to deploy AI agents for generating first‑line news stories, signaling a shift toward automated...
By Press Gazette
News•Feb 26, 2026
Beyond the Spreadsheet: Integrating Automated Accounts Payable Systems Into Your ERP
The article explains why companies are moving from spreadsheet‑based accounts payable to automated AP solutions that integrate directly with ERP platforms. It outlines the drawbacks of manual spreadsheets—errors, delays, and weak audit trails—and details how automation delivers real‑time visibility, faster...
By The European Financial Review
News•Feb 26, 2026
Hong Kong Banks’ Collateral Asset Valuations to Continue Declining in 2026: S&P
S&P Global Ratings warns that collateral values backing Hong Kong banks' commercial property loans will keep declining through 2026, reflecting a market that has yet to find a bottom. The Bank of East Asia disclosed a HK$723 million valuation loss in...
By South China Morning Post — Economy
News•Feb 26, 2026
Google Post Recurring Scheduling Coming
Google announced that its Business Profile platform will soon support recurring scheduling for Google Posts, enabling businesses to set a post to repeat on a defined cadence. The feature, revealed by product manager Mike Gnagy during a live workshop, builds...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Feb 26, 2026
Autocalls Expands Platform With Full Omnichannel White-Label AI Voice Capabilities
Autocalls announced a platform upgrade that adds full omnichannel, white‑label AI voice capabilities across phone, WhatsApp and web chat, priced at a flat $0.09 per minute. The all‑inclusive rate bundles premium speech synthesis, language models, recognition and telephony, undercutting typical...
By AiThority » Sales Enablement
News•Feb 26, 2026
WorkWhile Names Simon Khalaf CEO as Company Enters Next Phase of Growth and Expands Into Worker Financial Services
WorkWhile announced Simon Khalaf as its new chief executive officer, while co‑founder Jarah Euston moves to president and COO. The AI‑native staffing platform now supports more than 1.2 million U.S. workers and has posted over 110% growth in the last nine...
By HR Tech Series
News•Feb 26, 2026
Novel Banking Licence in Latvia Could Pave the Way for New Market Entrants
Latvia introduced a new specialised credit institution licence, lowering the initial capital requirement to €1 million and granting deposit‑taking rights and EU‑wide passporting. The amendment to the Credit Institutions Law took effect on 6 January 2026, creating a hybrid category that operates like...
By Finextra
News•Feb 26, 2026
The Citizen-Led Platform Trying to Make Nigeria’s Vote Collation Transparent
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission launched the IReV portal in 2020 to provide real‑time result viewing, but the 2023 presidential election saw delayed uploads and only 94.68% of polling‑unit results posted after two months. In response, citizen‑led platform E Don Kast was...
By TechCabal
News•Feb 26, 2026
How This GV Investor Looks For The Next Stripe And Other ‘Compounding’ Startups In Fintech And AI
Elena Sakach, partner at GV, leverages her fintech background to back growth‑stage, “compounding” startups such as Stripe, Ramp and emerging AI‑driven firms. She emphasizes that successful fintechs build trust‑based relationships, expansion economics, and core infrastructure roles, while AI is reshaping...
By Crunchbase News AI
News•Feb 26, 2026
The Use of GenAI Is Turning Innocent Employees Into Insider Threats: Here’s How to Fix It
Enterprise adoption of generative AI tools is soaring, with nearly one in twenty companies regularly using them and internal data uploads to public models increasing thirty‑fold year‑on‑year. Employees often paste confidential contracts or credentials into tools like ChatGPT, unintentionally turning...
By e27
News•Feb 26, 2026
What’s Next for China’s Yuan Payment System? Adviser Banks on Close Trade Partners
Former ICBC chairman Chen Siqing urged China to embed its Cross‑border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) into bilateral trade frameworks, especially with Belt‑Road and RCEP partners, as geopolitical tensions heighten reliance on non‑US payment networks. He highlighted CIPS’s rapid growth, processing...
By South China Morning Post – Global Economy
News•Feb 26, 2026
Guidance: Using Digital Identities with the Money Laundering Regulations
HM Treasury and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have issued new guidance on using digital identities for Money Laundering Regulations (MLR) compliance. It specifies that only digital verification services listed on the GOV.UK Register and certified under the...
By HM Treasury – Atom feed
News•Feb 26, 2026
How AI Can Build Organizational Agility
Enterprise leaders facing 2026 economic uncertainty are turning to AI to boost organizational agility. Personiv’s 2025 Executive Outlook Pulse Survey shows 76% of public firms and 45% of private firms already use AI, especially in finance functions like payroll and...
By InformationWeek
News•Feb 26, 2026
‘Piloting’ AI Tools Isn’t Cool Anymore
Large U.S. corporations are abandoning the term “pilot” for AI projects, signaling a move from small‑scale tests toward deployments that deliver measurable value. A MIT study that found 95% of AI pilots failed to generate financial impact, combined with a...
By WSJ – Technology: What’s News
News•Feb 26, 2026
Chile Moves to Fast-Track New Lithium Deals
Chile’s mining ministry is set to file five new lithium contracts in March, just days before President Gabriel Boric departs office, as part of a push to accelerate the 2023 national lithium strategy. The contracts target the Salar de Ascotán,...
By MINING.com
News•Feb 26, 2026
US Airforwarders Warn New Tariffs Will Create Disruption
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a temporary 10% global tariff under Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act, to be applied for 150 days after a Supreme Court decision nullified the prior regime. The Airforwarders Association (AfA) warned the measure will...
By Air Cargo News
News•Feb 26, 2026
Fairfax Times the Cycle with a Bet on a Manager Intent on Scaling Its Credit Business
Fairfax Financial is timing the market cycle by investing in Kennedy Wilson’s credit platform as the real‑estate firm prepares for privatization. Kennedy Wilson has steadily expanded its real‑estate debt capabilities while maintaining a global equity presence. The move reflects Fairfax’s...
By Private Debt Investor
News•Feb 26, 2026
Policy Paper: Public Service Pensions Increase: 2026
The UK government released a policy paper on 26 February 2026 outlining the public service pension increase for the coming year. Pensions that have been in payment for a full year will rise by 3.8 % starting 6 April 2026, matching the September‑to‑September CPI rise....
By HM Treasury – Atom feed
News•Feb 26, 2026
Rootly | SRE Vs. DevOps: What Are the Differences?
The article contrasts Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) with DevOps, highlighting how both bridge the historic gap between development and operations but take distinct approaches. SRE, popularized by Google, centers on engineering‑driven reliability and treats systems as software, while DevOps emphasizes...
By Rootly – Blog
News•Feb 26, 2026
NationGraph Raises $18M to Expand AI Public Sector Platform
NationGraph announced an $18 million Series A round, led by Menlo Ventures, to scale its AI‑native platform that helps companies navigate the fragmented U.S. government procurement market. The solution aggregates data from roughly 110,000 state, local and education agencies across four million...
By Ventureburn
News•Feb 26, 2026
Ukrainian Steel, Agricultural Sectors in the Fight for Market Share Despite Non-Stop War
Ukraine’s agriculture and steel sectors remain economic pillars despite war‑driven disruptions, contributing roughly 7‑8% and 5.7‑7.2% of GDP respectively. Grain exports have fallen to their lowest level since the invasion, while sunflower crushing is 9% below last year and 26%...
By Fastmarkets – Insights
News•Feb 26, 2026
China Lithium Prices Surge as Zimbabwe Suspends Raw Mineral Exports
China’s lithium carbonate futures surged after Zimbabwe suspended all raw mineral and lithium concentrate exports. The Guangzhou Futures Exchange contract jumped 6.07% to 178,020 yuan, having peaked above 9% earlier in the session. Zimbabwe, the continent’s top lithium producer, shipped...
By Copperbelt Katanga Mining
News•Feb 26, 2026
Ghana to Channel Artisanal Gold Into Formal Trade to Boost Revenue
Ghana announced an artisanal and small‑scale mining (ASM) gold formalisation programme that will channel roughly 127 metric tons of gold per year into official trade. The Ghana Gold Board, via the newly created GoldBod, will purchase a minimum of 2.45 tons weekly,...
By Copperbelt Katanga Mining
News•Feb 26, 2026
Unrest Continues at Intermarché Belgium
Intermarché Belgium’s 2022 acquisition of the Mestdagh franchise doubled its store count but triggered operational chaos, leading to multiple bankruptcies and legal disputes. Independent shopkeepers report tens of millions of euros in debt as the group allegedly shifts invoices onto...
By Retail Detail (EU)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Tshisekedi Prioritises Gold Sector Reform to Boost State Revenue
President Félix Tshisekedi announced a comprehensive reform of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's gold sector, targeting the massive revenue loss from smuggling and informal trade. The plan, presented at a Council of Ministers meeting on 20 February 2026, seeks...
By Copperbelt Katanga Mining
News•Feb 26, 2026
Retrofits Vs. Rebuilds: Approaches to Adapting Legacy Data Centers for AI
The AI boom is driving demand for massive compute capacity, prompting operators to consider both new purpose‑built AI data centers and upgrades to existing facilities. Retrofitting legacy data centers can be faster, cheaper, and more sustainable, but only if power,...
By Data Center Knowledge
News•Feb 26, 2026
Retrofits Vs. Rebuilds: Approaches to Adapting Legacy Data Centers for AI
The surge in AI workloads is prompting data‑center operators to consider retrofitting legacy facilities rather than constructing purpose‑built AI campuses. Retrofitting can accelerate deployment, lower capital outlay, and improve sustainability, but it hinges on upgrading power delivery, cooling capacity, rack...
By Data Center Knowledge
News•Feb 26, 2026
CTV Is Defining the Future of Streaming Ads
Connected TVs now reach over 85% of U.S. households, with roughly 60% of Gen Z streaming on them, and have surpassed cable as the primary source of video consumption in 2025. Advertisers are shifting focus to CTV because it gathers the...
By Streaming Media
News•Feb 26, 2026
Lessons Learned From an 11-Month-Old Workers’ Comp Law
New York enacted a sweeping workers’ compensation amendment in December 2024 that allowed any employee to claim compensation for “extraordinary work‑related stress,” but the law was repealed less than a year later due to vague definitions and fear of claim...
By Risk & Insurance
News•Feb 26, 2026
Trump’s Secret Weapon in the Rare Earth War
China’s decades‑long dominance of rare‑earth processing is being challenged as the United States and allies pour over $8.5 billion into reshaping the supply chain. REAlloys Inc. has become the only North‑American company that can convert rare‑earth concentrates into metals and alloys,...
By OilPrice.com – Main
News•Feb 26, 2026
Financial Statements of the ECB for 2025
The European Central Bank posted a €1.3 billion loss for 2025, a sharp improvement from the €7.9 billion deficit recorded in 2024. The turnaround stems mainly from a dramatic reduction in net interest expense as liability remuneration rates fell and TARGET balances...
By European Central Bank – Press
News•Feb 26, 2026
Speaker Spotlight: Chris Noffze, Director of Direct Franchising and Operations, Gong Cha
Chris Noffze, director of direct franchising and operations for Gong cha Americas, will speak at the Restaurant Franchising & Innovation Summit in San Diego (March 16‑18). In his role, he guides franchisees through onboarding, store openings, and ongoing operations to ensure...
By Fast Casual
News•Feb 26, 2026
Cockerill’s 20-Bagger: Why Discovery Gives Endeavour Edge
Endeavour Mining, under new CEO Ian Cockerill, has emerged from a turbulent 2024 marked by a CEO exit and operational setbacks. The company hit a turning point by pouring first gold at the Lafigué mine in Côte d’Ivoire and completing...
By Miningmx
News•Feb 26, 2026
What Will the Fed’s “Warsh Era” Bring?
Kevin Warsh’s nomination to replace Jerome Powell places a deeply divided Federal Reserve at a crossroads. Warsh argues the institution needs a revamped analytical framework and a “balance‑sheet theory” rather than a singular focus on rate cuts. He suggests structural...
By Project Syndicate — Economics
News•Feb 26, 2026
Banks – and Google – Open to Gemini-Powered Exfil via Public API Keys, Researchers Say
Security firm Truffle Security revealed that publicly exposed Google API keys can be upgraded to full‑access Gemini credentials, enabling data exfiltration from any organization using them. A November scan uncovered 2,863 such keys, affecting major banks, security vendors, and even...
By The Stack (TheStack.technology)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Science Shows Well-Being Drives Performance. It’s No Longer Even a Debate
Recent research confirms that employee well‑being is a measurable driver of performance, echoing Gallup’s 2015 warning that CEOs often ignore HR culture. Only about one‑in‑four American workers feel their employer genuinely cares, a figure unchanged since pre‑pandemic lows. The author’s...
By Fast Company — Leadership
News•Feb 26, 2026
ElastixAI Launches FPGA Platform for GenAI Inference
ElastixAI, backed by $18 million in seed funding, has emerged from stealth to launch a software platform that transforms off‑the‑shelf FPGA servers into high‑efficiency GenAI inference engines. The company argues that GPUs, designed for compute‑heavy training, are poorly suited to the...
By Engineering.com
News•Feb 26, 2026
Chelsea Citizen Banks Campaign Wins and Local Goodwill, but yet to Turn Profit
The Chelsea Citizen, a hyper‑local news site launched a year ago in London’s affluent Chelsea and Kensington borough, has leveraged campaigning journalism to influence council decisions and attract high‑profile support. Notable victories include halting a proposed 29‑storey Battersea tower and...
By Press Gazette
News•Feb 26, 2026
Tencent Set to Buy Stake in Block Blast Maker Hungry Studio
Tencent is in talks to acquire a small equity stake in Hungry Studio, the Hong‑Kong developer behind the hyper‑popular mobile title Block Blast. The game now boasts 70 million daily active users and 300 million monthly users, up from 40 million DAU a...
By Mobilegamer.biz