News•Feb 12, 2026
Mediassociates Expands Senior Management Team
Mediassociates announced two senior‑level hires, naming Drew Corry vice president‑strategy and Abby Niziankiewicz vice president‑strategic media investment. Both roles are newly created at the independent media services firm based in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Corry arrives from his AI advisory practice and former senior positions at IPG Mediabrands, bringing expertise to drive the agency’s proprietary PrecisionBrandingAi platform. Niziankiewicz joins from BIC’s Rocketbook division after senior marketing stints at BIC, LEGO and McKesson, where she will steer media investment across paid, earned and owned channels.
By MediaPost
News•Feb 12, 2026
Loudness Control Is Your Ally in Preventing Tune-Out
David Bialik stresses that loudness control is essential for radio streaming to keep listeners from constantly adjusting volume, especially when ads are louder than content. He cites AES standards—TD1008, AES71‑2018, AES77‑2023—recommending –24 LKFS for video streams and –16 to –17 LKFS for...
By Radio World
News•Feb 12, 2026
Chief Science Advisor Urges Canada to Double Down on Quantum as Conservatives Question Advisor Role
Canada’s new Chief Science Advisor, Dr. Mona Nemer, told parliament that the country is among the world’s top five quantum research nations and called for a renewed, amplified investment in quantum technologies. She highlighted quantum’s potential to transform sectors such...
By SpaceQ
News•Feb 12, 2026
China’s Super-App Ecosystem Offers Preview of AI-Driven Hotel Booking Shift
AI‑driven hotel booking systems are reshaping the travel value chain, shifting decision‑making from travelers to algorithms. China’s super‑app ecosystem—exemplified by Xiaohongshu and Douyin—offers a live preview of this transformation, integrating discovery, trust signals, and instant booking within a single platform....
By Hotel News Resource
News•Feb 12, 2026
As U.S. Companies Return to Venezuela's Oilfields — One Canadian Driller Has a Head Start
Canadian oilfield services firm Ensign Energy Services is currently the sole operator of drilling rigs in Venezuela, maintaining two rigs in the Orinoco heavy‑oil region after two decades of continuous presence. A recent Trump administration general licence has opened the...
By Financial Post – Commodities
News•Feb 12, 2026
Meet Boston Named Official Destination Partner for RLCS Major 2026
Meet Boston has signed a partnership to become the official destination partner for the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) 2026 Boston Major. The four‑day event will run Feb. 19‑22 at Boston University’s Agganis Arena, featuring 16 elite teams competing for a...
By The Esports Advocate
News•Feb 12, 2026
ORF Reports January Passenger Volume
Norfolk International Airport (ORF) released its January passenger traffic figures, reporting roughly 1.2 million enplanements—a 3% increase year‑over‑year and about 5% above the five‑year average. The growth was led by a resurgence in leisure travel to Florida and a modest rebound...
By Airport Improvement Magazine
News•Feb 12, 2026
Partnerships Push Innovation in the Aging Tech Space
The 2025 LeadingAge Annual Meeting highlighted the need to involve older adults directly in testing and adopting new care technologies. Louisville’s Thrive Center, partnered with CDW Healthcare and Asbury Communities, provides a functional smart‑home lab where seniors can trial solutions...
By HealthTech Magazine
News•Feb 12, 2026
Best Players for FC 26 That Ball Is Mine Evolution
FC 26 Ultimate Team has introduced the free That Ball is Mine Evolution, usable twice per player and offering both stat and overall boosts along with new playstyles. The evolution caps overall ratings at 86 and playstyle at 10, targeting...
By Destructoid
News•Feb 12, 2026
Pop Star The Weeknd Visits Street Fighter 6 Developers and Is Apparently a Big Fan of One Character in Particular
Pop star The Weeknd stopped by Capcom's Osaka headquarters, meeting the Street Fighter 6 development team and playing a few rounds, notably with his favorite character Chun‑Li. The visit was documented on Capcom’s social channels, showing the singer in a Capcom...
By EventHubs
News•Feb 12, 2026
Electricity Prices Rising by Double the Rate of Inflation. Data Center Demand Means No Relief Ahead, Analysts Say
Electricity rates surged 6.9% in 2025, more than double the 2.9% inflation rate, driven largely by AI‑powered data centers. Goldman Sachs warns that data centers will account for 40% of electricity‑demand growth, keeping prices elevated through the decade. Households face...
By CNBC – Energy
News•Feb 12, 2026
How to Make Automation and Process Control Ideas Work
Huffman Engineering, a 40‑year‑old system integrator, delivers end‑to‑end automation for highly regulated sectors by designing, building, and validating UL‑certified panels in‑house. The firm completes roughly 100 full‑scale projects each year, emphasizing custom, full‑process solutions over simple machine integration. By merging...
By Control Design
News•Feb 12, 2026
NIH Will Not Renew Criswell’s Term As NIAMS Director, Adding To Leadership Vacancies
The National Institutes of Health announced it will not renew Linsey Criswell's term as director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Criswell's departure creates another open director position amid a growing list of leadership...
By Inside Health Policy
News•Feb 12, 2026
Crowded Field of Robot-Boat Makers Vies for Navy's Attention
Blue Water Autonomy plans to move its 190‑foot Liberty class autonomous patrol ship from prototype to production this year, joining a rapidly expanding market of unmanned surface vessel (USV) suppliers courting the U.S. Navy. The Navy is still defining how...
By Defense One
News•Feb 12, 2026
Devsisters’ Next-in-Line CookieRun: OvenSmash Opens Pre-Registration on Android
South Korean developer Devsisters has opened pre‑registration on Android for CookieRun: OvenSmash, the franchise’s first real‑time PvP battle action game. The title pits teams of customizable Cookies against each other in three‑minute, 3D‑controlled matches set in the urban fantasy Platter...
By DroidGamers
News•Feb 12, 2026
Fallout Fan Makes Hacking Terminals Into A Mobile Game
A Reddit user has recreated Fallout’s iconic terminal hacking minigame as a standalone mobile and browser game, preserving the original’s letter‑matching mechanics across progressively harder levels. The fan‑made version mirrors the 1:1 feel of Bethesda’s design but suffers from mobile...
By TheGamer
News•Feb 12, 2026
Free Play Days Features Four Free Xbox Games This Weekend
Xbox’s Free Play Days returns this weekend, offering four titles—Lynked: Banner of the Spark, Age of Wonders 4, NHL 26, and Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream—at no cost to Game Pass subscribers. The promotion runs from February 12 to February 15 with no playtime restrictions, allowing...
By TrueAchievements
News•Feb 12, 2026
Songs Are Reaching 1bn Spotify Streams 14x Faster than a Decade Ago, and Other Stats From Chartmetric’s 2025 Year in...
Chartmetric’s 2025 Year in Music report reveals that songs now reach one billion Spotify streams in just 197 days, a 14‑fold speedup from 2015. Hit lifecycles are compressing, with older tracks dominating 2025’s Top 10 while new artists break into the ‘Superstar’...
By Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
News•Feb 12, 2026
Cognibotics Helps Advance Motion Layer for AI-Guided Surgical Robotics in CAISA
Cognibotics is providing the motion‑control layer for the Vinnova‑funded CAISA project, linking AI perception and path‑planning modules in a paediatric heart‑surgery testbed. The collaboration, involving Region Skåne, Lund University and Cobotic, moves into a demonstrator phase using a 350 m² simulated...
By Robotics & Automation News
News•Feb 12, 2026
Panthers Owner Aims to Build Charlotte Into a Destination City
Tepper Sports and Entertainment CEO Kristi Coleman says Charlotte is emerging as a premier entertainment hub, backed by an $800 million renovation of Bank of America Stadium and a new 4,400‑seat music venue with Live Nation. The city’s visitor economy reached...
By Front Office Sports
News•Feb 12, 2026
YouTube Is Now Available on Apple Vision Pro
Google has released an official YouTube app for Apple’s Vision Pro headset, ending reliance on Safari or third‑party workarounds. The app, available through the VisionOS App Store, supports subscriptions, playlists, watch history, and all video formats including 360°, VR180, and...
By Cord Cutters News
News•Feb 12, 2026
All FC 26 Knockout Royalty Team 1 Players and Release Countdown
EA Sports has confirmed the Knockout Royalty promotion for FIFA 26 Ultimate Team, releasing a leaked roster of 26 active stars and legends alongside four still‑secret Heroes. The promo will drop on Friday, Feb 13, 2026, immediately after the Future Stars campaign...
By Destructoid
News•Feb 12, 2026
Peter Molyneux Loved The New Fable Trailer, But Says The World Looks Too Clean
Playground Games is developing the first mainline Fable entry since Lionhead’s 2016 closure, using Unreal Engine 4 and Forza Tech. The new trailer earned praise from series co‑founder Peter Molyneux, who said he will be among the first to play the game...
By TheGamer
News•Feb 12, 2026
Alrajhi Medicine Replaces Legacy Systems with Oracle Cloud ERP and EHR
Alrajhi Medicine, a Saudi private healthcare network, has chosen Oracle to replace its legacy clinical and enterprise systems with Oracle Health Foundation electronic health record (EHR) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. The unified cloud platform will integrate patient records, finance,...
By ERP Today
News•Feb 12, 2026
Sky: Children of the Light Kicks Off 2026’s Days of Fortune: Year of the Horse
Sky: Children of the Light launches its 2026 Days of Fortune: Year of the Horse event from February 13 to February 26. Players start by helping Spirits clear debris, earning Event Tickets that unlock a carousel on February 16, which...
By DroidGamers
News•Feb 12, 2026
A Tale of Two Lists: Top New and Existing Podcasts of Q4
The episode examines Edison Research’s latest podcast metrics, contrasting the Top Ten New Podcasts of 2025 with the broader Top 50 Podcasts of Q4, which includes stalwarts like The Joe Rogan Experience and Crime Junkie. The hosts highlight that none of...
By RAIN News
News•Feb 12, 2026
What Parts To Upgrade First In Ride 6
Ride 6’s garage lets players fine‑tune their bikes for quick‑mode races and multiplayer. The guide recommends upgrading the exhaust first, followed by tires, brake kits, camshaft, piston, and carburetor, while rims are a low‑priority add‑on. An exhaust from Yoshimura or SC...
By TheGamer
News•Feb 12, 2026
Blumhouse Games Tells Crisol Reviewer To Play The Game More
Blumhouse Games, the publishing arm of horror studio Blumhouse Productions, pushed back against a negative YouTube review of its new survival‑horror title Crisol: Theater of Idols. The reviewer, DSPGaming, based his criticism on just three and a half hours of gameplay,...
By TheGamer
News•Feb 12, 2026
Medical Emergencies Can Lead to Debt and Bankruptcy — Even for Insured Americans
A new Health Affairs study of nearly 13,000 trauma patients shows that even insured Americans face sharp rises in medical debt and bankruptcy after serious injuries. Within 18 months, the share of patients with debt in collections grew 5.2 percentage...
By CNBC – Personal Finance
News•Feb 12, 2026
Calian Group Expands Defence and Space Footprint in Record First Quarter
Calian Group posted a record Q1 2026 revenue of $208 million, up 12% year‑over‑year, driven by recent acquisitions and organic defence growth. The company secured $171 million of new contracts, including a November 2025 deal to build four Ka/Q/V‑band RF gateway stations for a...
By SpaceQ
News•Feb 12, 2026
Private 5G Networks: Solving the Space and Power Problem
Samsung introduced a ‘Network in a Server’ (NIS) solution that consolidates private 5G core, RAN, transport and AI functions onto a single COTS server. By virtualising these network elements on an AMD EPYC 8000 platform with GPU support, the architecture...
By Telecoms Tech News
News•Feb 12, 2026
Anna’s Archive Ignores Court Order and Starts Making Stolen Spotify Files Available to Torrent
Anna’s Archive, a piracy activist group, has begun seeding roughly 2.8 million Spotify tracks—about 6 TB of audio—via its torrent index, despite a New York court injunction and a $13 trillion lawsuit filed by Spotify and major labels. The leak follows a massive...
By Complete Music Update (CMU)
News•Feb 12, 2026
LatAm Live 2026
LatAm Live 2026, a new IQ report, maps the rapid expansion of Latin America’s live‑music ecosystem. Executives from festivals, venues, and touring agencies highlight how the region is becoming the opening act for the global festival calendar, driven by massive venues...
By IQ Magazine
News•Feb 12, 2026
FOKUS Enter CS with International Lineup Coached by Kuben
German esports organization FOKUS announced its entry into Counter‑Strike by fielding a brand‑new international roster assembled by former Virtus.pro and ENCE coach Jakub “kuben” Gurczyński. The five‑player line‑up features Swedish IGL Erik “ztr” Gustafsson, Romanian “volt”, Bulgarian AWPer Georgi “Jorko”...
By HLTV.org (CS)
News•Feb 12, 2026
IEA Lowers 2026 Oil Demand Forecast on Economic Uncertainty, Higher Prices
The International Energy Agency (IEA) lowered its 2026 global oil demand growth forecast to 850,000 barrels per day, down from a previous estimate amid heightened economic uncertainty and rising crude prices. Demand gains will come entirely from non‑OECD economies, with...
By Oil & Gas Journal – General Interest
News•Feb 12, 2026
Italy's Pay Transparency Decree: A Turning Point for Equal Pay
On 5 February 2026 Italy’s Council of Ministers approved a draft legislative decree to transpose the EU Pay‑Transparency Directive (2023/970) into national law, with a June 7 2026 deadline for full implementation. The decree anchors equal‑pay assessments to the classifications set out in national...
By Littler – Insights/News
News•Feb 12, 2026
Voice Actor Kenichi Suzumura on a Break for Health Reasons
Veteran voice actor Kenichi Suzumura, famed for roles such as Zack Fair and Shinn Asuka, announced on February 12, 2026 that he will pause his work due to an adjustment disorder diagnosis. His agency Intention said the break is indefinite...
By Siliconera
News•Feb 12, 2026
Senate Questions Health Care Firm for Profiting Off Program Meant for Poor
The Senate Health Committee has subpoenaed Apexus, a for‑profit Texas firm that administers the federal 340B drug‑price program, to explain its earnings and business practices. Apexus reportedly generated $227 million in revenue in 2022 with profit margins above 80 percent, despite the...
By New York Times – Health
News•Feb 12, 2026
Seres to Lay Off Staff, Pause Top Program in Latest Reboot
Seres Therapeutics, a cash‑strapped microbiome drug developer, will cut about 30 % of its workforce and suspend its lead program SER‑155, which targets graft‑versus‑host disease. The company will redirect resources toward earlier‑stage immunology candidates such as SER‑603, aiming to extend its...
By BioPharma Dive
News•Feb 12, 2026
Student Loan Complaints Hit Record High, CFPB Finds — but the Watchdog Agency Omits Details
Federal student‑loan borrowers filed a record 18,400 complaints to the CFPB for the year ending June 2025, a 36% increase over the prior year. The agency’s 21‑page report, released in January, omitted the detailed breakdown of complaint types, servicers involved, and...
By CNBC – Personal Finance
News•Feb 12, 2026
ShipShaper Is a Chill Boat Builder with a Demo You Can Use to Make Sleek Sloops or Beastly Barges
ShipShaper is a sandbox ship‑building demo from Tomas Sala, the creator of The Falconeer and Bulwark. The tool lets players pull, push, and drag hull sections to craft anything from modest fishing boats to massive ironclads, without grids or preset...
By Rock Paper Shotgun
News•Feb 12, 2026
Paléo Festival Scores Green Energy First for Switzerland
Switzerland’s Paléo Festival Nyon has become the first outdoor music event in the country to operate its own solar farm. The 470‑square‑metre installation, featuring 261 photovoltaic panels, will generate roughly 100,000 kWh per year—covering at least half of the festival’s electricity...
By IQ Magazine
News•Feb 12, 2026
Globecast, Synamedia to Help Distribute Emirates FA Cup to Broadcasters
Globecast and Synamedia have launched a cloud‑based workflow that lets broadcasters receive Emirates FA Cup matches via IP or satellite for the first time. The solution combines Synamedia’s Quortex Link SaaS platform with Globecast’s managed services, covering Western Europe, the...
By The Desk
News•Feb 12, 2026
New AI Approach Weighs Data ‘Temperature’ to Improve Prediction Accuracy
Penn State researchers unveiled ZENN, a zentropy‑embedded neural network that fuses thermodynamic entropy and a data "temperature" parameter to weigh heterogeneous inputs. By separating signal energy from intrinsic noise, ZENN achieves markedly higher prediction fidelity, demonstrated by a 90% accuracy...
By Bio-IT World
News•Feb 12, 2026
SCOTUSblog Founder Tom Goldstein Denies Tax Fraud Charges in Jury Trial Testimony
Tom Goldstein, co‑founder of SCOTUSblog and veteran appellate lawyer, testified in his federal white‑collar criminal trial in Maryland. He acknowledged mistakes in tax filings but denied the criminal tax‑fraud allegations brought by prosecutors, who say he failed to report $2.7 million...
By ABA Journal
News•Feb 12, 2026
'She Makes Me Laugh': Seniors Are Building Deep Bonds With This Friendly AI Robot
Intuition Robotics’ ElliQ, a voice‑activated AI companion, is forging genuine relationships with seniors living alone, delivering up to 30 daily conversations. In New York, users who kept the robot for a month reported a 95% drop in loneliness, with many describing...
By Entrepreneur
News•Feb 12, 2026
Anterior Secures $40M to Expand AI Deployments in Health Plans
Anterior, a clinician‑led AI platform for health insurers, closed a $40 million financing round, raising its total capital to $64 million with investors including NEA and Sequoia. The company differentiates itself through a “Forward Deployed Clinician” model that embeds medical professionals alongside...
By HIT Consultant
News•Feb 12, 2026
Deadmau5 Says New Laws Needed to “Stop Idiots From Abusing AI” After Appearing in Deepfake Promo Video
Deadmau5 publicly condemned an AI‑generated deepfake video that falsely showed him endorsing another DJ. He described the clip as “scary as fuck” and called for new laws to protect personal likenesses. The episode spotlights the pending NO FAKES Act, which...
By Complete Music Update (CMU)
News•Feb 12, 2026
LiveOne Says Artificial Intelligence Helped Company Cut 250 Jobs
LiveOne reported that artificial‑intelligence tools enabled it to slash its staff from 350 to 88, eliminating more than 250 jobs in fiscal Q3 2026. The company’s revenue dropped 31% year‑over‑year to $20.26 million, but its net loss narrowed to $1.95 million from...
By The Desk
News•Feb 12, 2026
Epomaker G84 HE Gaming Keyboard Review: Magnetic Switches on a Budget, Kinda
The Epomaker G84 HE brings Hall‑effect magnetic switches to a budget‑friendly price point of about £80/$85. Its switches allow users to tweak actuation height and enable rapid‑trigger modes typically reserved for premium keyboards. The board offers versatile connectivity—Bluetooth, USB‑C, and 2.4 GHz...
By Rock Paper Shotgun