Blog•Feb 10, 2026
Ken Kremer Live Interview Fox 35 Orlando Previewing NASA SpaceX Crew 12 Mission to International Space Station and Science Investigations:...
Ken Kremer, Managing Editor of Space UpClose, appeared on Fox 35 Orlando on Feb. 9, 2026 to discuss NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑12 launch to the International Space Station. The pre‑launch briefing revealed the Falcon 9 Crew Dragon Freedom stack will now lift off on Feb. 12 after a weather‑related delay in the ascent abort corridor. The four‑person crew—NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA’s Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos’ Andrey Fedyaev—will embark on an eight‑month science expedition. Kremer highlighted the mission’s research payload and the importance of maintaining continuous ISS operations.
By SpaceUpClose
Blog•Feb 10, 2026
REFLECTIONS ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN AFRICAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
The second African private international law symposium highlighted a surge in judicial engagement with cross‑border disputes across twenty‑six jurisdictions. Participants underscored the lingering influence of colonial legal frameworks and the need for reforms that reflect African economic realities. The symposium...
By Conflict of Laws .net
Blog•Feb 10, 2026
The Current State of RDAP
The IETF‑ratified Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) has entered a rapid growth phase after the mandatory whois sunset on 28 January 2025. Who‑is queries fell 60 % while RDAP queries surged from 7 billion to 65 billion per month, overtaking whois by June 2025. Adoption now...
By APNIC Blog
Blog•Feb 10, 2026
News: YouTube TV, MLB.TV, NFL and More
YouTube TV announced a dedicated sports bundle priced at $65 a month, a 22% discount from its base plan, with a promotional $55 rate for new subscribers during the first year. MLB.TV subscriptions will now be sold through the ESPN...
By Sports Media Watch
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
From Sports To Short Form To AI: Comscore Expands The Measurement Map
Comscore is broadening its measurement portfolio to cover live sports, short‑form video, and AI‑driven consumer apps, addressing the growing fragmentation of media consumption. In a new video series, executives explain how the company now offers a single view of audiences...
By TVREV
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Newcomer ERC, Now Flight Testing, Keeps Germany’s eVTOL Dreams Alive
Germany’s eVTOL sector has faltered, with Lilium and Volocopter bankrupt and Airbus pausing CityAirbus, leaving the country’s air‑taxi ambitions in doubt. This week Munich‑based ERC System completed the maiden flight of Romeo, a full‑scale lift‑plus‑cruise eVTOL weighing over 6,000 lb, making...
By The Air Current
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
💊 Hims & Hers: When the Growth Story Runs Into the Regulator
In this episode Edward Corona dissects the sudden 16% plunge of Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), linking it to a dual blow from GLP‑1 hype‑driven expectations and mounting legal and FDA scrutiny. He explains how lawsuits and regulatory pressure are...
By The Options Oracle (Closing Bell Recap & Premarket)
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
How to Find a Screenwriting Partner
Screenwriters increasingly turn to collaborators to break creative blocks and broaden perspective. Industry experts stress that partnerships should stem from complementary strengths, not a desire to offload work, and require clear ground rules for feedback and revisions. Effective avenues for...
By No Film School
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Paul Thomas Anderson Breaking Down a 'Battle of Algiers' Clip Is Basically a Full Film School Curriculum
Paul Thomas Anderson sat down with TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz to dissect two cinematic touchstones—Gillo Pontecorvo’s *The Battle of Algiers* and John Ford’s *The Searchers*—and explain how they inform his latest film, *One Battle after Another*. He highlighted the guerrilla‑training reputation of *Algiers*...
By No Film School
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
A Couple Teenagers Launched a Media Company that Now Drives 240 Billion Annual Views
The episode explores how teenage founders, led by 25‑year‑old Kit Chilvers, built Pubity Group into a media powerhouse with 170 million followers and an estimated 240 billion annual views, all without external funding. Chilvers explains his early start on Instagram in 2014,...
By Simon Owens’ Media Newsletter
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Take a Look at the First Viltrox L-Mount Lens With This Ultra-Fast, Full-Frame Prime
Viltrox has released its first native L‑mount lens, the AF 16mm f/1.8 FE, marking the brand’s full entry into the Leica‑compatible ecosystem. The ultra‑wide, full‑frame prime features a fast STM autofocus motor, silent aperture ring, all‑metal weather‑sealed construction, and a built‑in...
By No Film School
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Lyca Mobile Pitches 40GB Plan For $18/Month Among Other Offers
Lyca Mobile announced two aggressive prepaid promos for February, highlighted by a 40 GB high‑speed plan priced at $18 per month for nine months. The $18 plan offers unlimited talk and text, 15 GB hotspot, international calling to 100 countries (first 10...
By BestMVNO
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Don’t Wait, Get These Major Firmware Updates Installed for These Aputure Lighting Fixtures
Aputure has rolled out a batch of firmware updates covering its entire STORM, NOVA II, and NOVA 9° lighting families. The updates introduce major features such as improved NFC performance, new manual fan control modes, HSIC+ coarse/fine adjustments, and enhanced...
By No Film School
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Summer 2026 Travel Outlook Signals Airfare Deals
In this episode, Peter Greenberg reviews Cirium's analytics on summer 2026 travel, revealing a sharp decline in advance bookings for trans‑Atlantic flights—up to a 36% drop on routes like Frankfurt‑U.S. and 26% from Barcelona to the U.S. The reduced demand...
By Peter Greenberg Worldwide (blog)
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
PLA Navy’s J-15 Reportedly Seen Carrying YJ-15 Anti-Ship Missile for the First Time
China’s supersonic YJ‑15 anti‑ship cruise missile was reportedly photographed mounted on a J‑15T carrier‑borne fighter, marking its first confirmed air‑launched deployment. The missile, unveiled at the September 3, 2025 parade, is believed to exceed Mach 5 and reach 1,200‑1,800 km, extending the PLAN’s standoff...
By The Aviationist
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Maine: Preliminary 2026 Open Enrollment Data Shows Rising Affordability Challenges for Mainers' Health Coverage
Maine’s state‑run CoverME.gov marketplace reported its lowest enrollment since launch, with 58,523 consumers signing up in 2026 – a 9.5% drop from the previous year. New customer registrations fell 24%, while the share of enrollees receiving Advance Premium Tax Credits...
By ACA Signups
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Peak Profits, Structural Risk Shifts
The episode reviews 2025’s record earnings for property‑and‑casualty insurers, noting that profitability has become a political and strategic lever rather than a pure financial metric. It highlights how secondary perils like Winter Storm Fern are shifting from reinsured losses to...
By P&C Insurance Executive Intelligence (The Intelligence Council)
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Air Canada Suspends Service to Cuba Amid Fuel Shortage
Air Canada announced the suspension of all flights to Cuba after the island nation ran out of aviation fuel. The airline will operate empty southbound trips to bring roughly 3,000 stranded Canadians home, and may tanker extra fuel for return...
By AirlineGeeks
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Social-First Publisher LADbible Group Touts Growth in Direct US Sales as Web Traffic Dwindles
LADbible Group reported a 7% rise in total revenue to £92.2 million, driven by a 29% jump in U.S. direct sales, which now represent £18.6 million of its earnings. Direct revenue grew to 54% of the mix, up from 51% a year...
By A Media Operator
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Particle Accelerators: From Magnets to Medical Breakthroughs Brought to You by Rare Earths
Particle accelerators have become essential tools in science, industry, and medicine, and rare earth elements are the hidden enablers that make modern machines smaller, more efficient, and precise. High‑field permanent magnets built from neodymium, praseodymium and heavy REEs such as...
By Rare Earth Exchanges (REEx) – News/Insights
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
The NFL Told You Why It Booked Bad Bunny
The episode examines the NFL’s decision to book Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show, highlighting the backlash from conservative figures who framed the Spanish‑language performance as un‑American. It explains that the league’s motive was purely commercial: tapping into...
By The Present Age
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
North American Oil Data Deck (February 2026)
The February 2026 North American Oil Data Deck reveals that petroleum liquids output hit a record 31.4 million barrels per day, driven by a surge in Canadian production that more than compensated for flat U.S. and Mexican output. Meanwhile, continental...
By Commodity Context
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
British Airways Helicopters: A Pioneering Chapter in UK Rotary Aviation
British Airways Helicopters, originally formed as BEA Helicopters in 1964, operated scheduled passenger routes such as the iconic Penzance‑Isles of Scilly service and provided extensive offshore support for the burgeoning North Sea oil industry. Its fleet progressed from Sikorsky S‑61s...
By UK Aviation News
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
REDUX Imagine if Everybody in a Business Served Customers or Fielded Customer Enquiries
Adrian Swinscoe proposes a radical thought experiment: every employee, including senior leaders, should periodically serve customers directly. The idea stems from OneReach research highlighting employee experience and walking in the customer’s shoes as top service improvements. Real‑world examples, such as...
By Adrian Swinscoe
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
This Week in the “DMCA Eating Copyright Law”: Cordova V. Huneault (Guest Blog Post)
The Northern District of California allowed a DMCA §1201(a) claim to survive a motion to dismiss in Cordova v. Huneault, finding that YouTube’s rolling‑cipher encryption qualifies as an access‑control measure. The court emphasized that the public‑viewable nature of the videos does...
By Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
DOE Launches Initiatives to Produce Uranium Fuel
The U.S. Department of Energy is reviving uranium recovery at the Savannah River Site’s H‑Canyon plant to down‑blend highly enriched uranium into roughly 19 metric tons of high‑assay low‑enriched uranium (HALEU) for advanced reactors. A parallel $19 million grant program funds...
By Neutron Bytes
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Blog•Feb 9, 2026
The Downlink [Feb 08, 25] Space Money: The Space Force Budget And A New Leader
The U.S. Congress approved and President Donald Trump signed the Space Force’s FY 2026 budget of $26 billion. The allocation marks a modest increase over the previous year and underscores continued investment in space‑based defense capabilities. At the same time, the Space...
By Defense & Aerospace Report
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
The EU Is Under Pressure To Suspend Contentious Airline Deal With Qatar After Key Official Accepted Free Business Class Flights
European aviation unions and watchdogs are urging the EU to suspend its 2019 Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement with Qatar after evidence surfaced that senior Commission transport official Henrik Hololei accepted complimentary business‑class flights from Qatar Airways during negotiations. The deal...
By Paddleyourownkanoo
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Air France Expands Service to U.S.
Air France announced a summer‑time expansion of its New York service, adding up to six daily flights between Paris and JFK and a second daily frequency to Newark from June through October. The carrier will tap its Delta joint‑venture partner for...
By AirlineGeeks
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
The Misleading Chart That Killed the ACA Subsidies
The episode dissects a misleading chart promoted by the Paragon Health Institute that Senate Majority Leader John Thune used to argue against extending ACA subsidies, claiming Obamacare premiums have skyrocketed. Health policy experts, including Brookings senior fellow Matthew Fiedler, explain that the...
By HEALTH CARE un-covered
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
The New Wage Rule and the $100K Proclamation Will Shape the 2026 H‑1B Cap Season
USCIS opened the FY 2027 H‑1B cap registration window for March 4‑19, 2026, requiring online registration and a $215 fee per entry. The season will be dominated by a new wage‑weighted lottery that assigns multiple entries to higher wage levels (Level II‑IV) versus a...
By Employment Law Worldview
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Interview with RFA CEO Indulis Kalnins
In this interview, Rocket Factory Augsburg CEO Prof. Dr. Indulis Kalnins reflects on his first nine months leading a young, international team and outlines the company’s focus on completing the Helix engine development, finalizing the RFA ONE first stage, and preparing the...
By Europe in Space (Substack)
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Free Webinar: Venezuela’s Oil Industry
In this free webinar, host Doug Garber brings together oil market veteran Paul Sankey and AlphaSense researcher Xavier Smith to dissect the current state of Venezuela’s oil sector. They explore the country’s production potential, the political and operational barriers that...
By The Crude Chronicles
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
APFA Board Issues No Confidence Vote in American CEO
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) voted unanimously to express no confidence in American Airlines CEO Robert Isom, marking the first such measure against an American Airlines chief. The union, representing 28,000 flight attendants, cited weak fourth‑quarter earnings, operational...
By AirlineGeeks
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
ESA Is Preparing to Announce Aeolus-2 Prime Contractor
The European Space Agency has cleared a €70 million award to launch Phase B2 of its Aeolus‑2 weather satellite programme and is set to announce the prime contractor. Aeolus‑2 will consist of two 2.5‑tonne satellites equipped with a Doppler wind lidar, delivering...
By European Spaceflight
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Guest Post: Public Debt Confidentiality — Separating Fact From Fiction
The new brief co‑authored by NDI, OGP and Transparency International exposes how confidentiality clauses in sovereign loan contracts conceal billions of dollars of public debt. It cites cases such as Mozambique’s $2 billion hidden debt and Senegal’s recent audit, showing that...
By Global Anticorruption Blog
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of February 9, 2026
The weekly roundup spotlights five must‑read CX pieces, each illustrating how customer experience is evolving from a nicety to a profit engine. Claire Cunningham argues CX must generate revenue, while Sean Albertson warns that listening programs often stop at data...
By Shep Hyken – Customer Service Blog
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
MAX 8-200’s Fuel Burn Surprise, Backed by New Data
Recent Skailark data confirms that Boeing’s 737 MAX 8‑200 variant burns fuel per seat at a rate comparable to the Airbus A321neo, validating earlier US DOT findings that were based on a single operator. The new dataset expands coverage beyond Allegiant, incorporating...
By AirInsight
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Checking In On FEPA
The Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), enacted in 2023, criminalizes foreign officials who demand bribes from U.S. companies, aiming to fill a perceived gap in the FCPA’s demand‑side coverage. Thirteen members of Congress recently sent a letter to Attorney General...
By FCPA Professor
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
NFC Forum Publishes Its Latest Technology Roadmap
The NFC Forum released its 2026 technology roadmap, outlining six priority initiatives to evolve NFC standards. Key focus areas include boosting data rates up to eight times, launching a comprehensive security profile, and enhancing wireless power specifications. The roadmap also...
By RFID Journal
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Guest Post: Low-Float IPOs and Pump-And-Dump Risk
Recent securities class actions against Charming Medical, PomDoctor, China Liberal Education Holdings, and Picard Medical illustrate a growing litigation focus on low‑float IPOs and social‑media‑driven pump‑and‑dump schemes. Plaintiffs allege that thin public floats, concentrated insider ownership, and inadequate IPO disclosures...
By The D&O Diary
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Delaware Leads Q4 Captive Formations, but Global Numbers Decrease
The fourth quarter of 2025 saw a net decline in the global captive insurance market, with 85 new licences issued against 139 revocations, resulting in a loss of 54 active captives. Delaware remained the top U.S. domicile, adding 14 new...
By Captive Intelligence
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
DISCO Launches Scaled Agentic AI Tool for Large Discovery and Fact Investigation Matters
DISCO unveiled a scaled agentic AI extension to its Cecilia Q&A platform, targeting massive e‑discovery projects with millions of documents and terabytes of data. The enhancement introduces an autonomous multi‑step reasoning engine that can independently break down complex legal queries...
By LawSites (LawNext) by Bob Ambrogi
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Press Release: Air Cambodia Selects AirFi for Wireless Streaming IFE
Air Cambodia has partnered with AirFi to roll out a wireless streaming inflight entertainment (IFE) system across its Airbus A320 and ATR 72 fleet, launching on February 1. The browser‑based platform lets passengers use their own devices to stream movies,...
By Runway Girl Network
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Delaware Supreme Court’s Earnout Decision Reinforces Primacy of Contract and Illustrates the Limits of the Implied Covenant
The Delaware Supreme Court issued an en banc opinion in Johnson & Johnson v. Fortis Advisors, affirming and partially reversing a Chancery ruling that awarded former Auris Health shareholders over $1 billion in an earnout dispute. The decision is the first...
By Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
The Former Head of NSA on the Future of U.S. Cybersecurity
Retired Gen. Paul Nakasone, former NSA director and U.S. Cyber Command commander, discussed his doctrine of persistent engagement, its role in safeguarding recent U.S. elections, and the evolving cyber threat landscape. He highlighted the need for broader public‑private partnerships, a...
By The Cipher Brief
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Regulating Big Weed
Legalization has driven daily marijuana use from about 6 million in 2012 to roughly 18 million today, now exceeding daily alcohol consumption. Health consequences—including cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, psychotic episodes, and impaired driving—have risen sharply alongside use. The New York Times editorial proposes...
By Simple Justice
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Nat Pieper Tackles the Tall Task of Fixing American’s Revenue Problems
American Airlines hired former oneworld CEO Nat Pieper as chief commercial officer to reverse a deep revenue slump. Pieper, with a background in finance, alliances and fleet strategy at Northwest, Delta and Alaska, faces the challenge of making the carrier...
By Cranky Flier
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
Cardiff Airport in Court over £205m Welsh Government Subsidy
Cardiff Airport faces a tribunal over a £205.2 million subsidy granted by the Welsh Labour Government in April 2025. Bristol Airport has filed the case, alleging the aid breaches competition law and unfairly diverts airlines and passengers. The subsidy, equivalent to...
By UK Aviation News
Blog•Feb 9, 2026
How Voice-First AI Can Fix Restaurant Schedule Headaches
Restaurant managers view scheduling as a constant, high‑pressure burden rather than a routine task. Traditional scheduling platforms assume desk‑bound, uninterrupted work, forcing managers to juggle complex dashboards while the floor is active. This mismatch creates mental overload, delayed adjustments, and...
By Modern Restaurant Management