News•Feb 19, 2026
Digital Holistic Student Supports Initiative Aims to Improve How Colleges Use Technology to Support Students
The Gates Foundation‑backed Digital Holistic Student Supports initiative unites Achieving the Dream, DataKind, and MDRC to redesign how colleges use technology for student success. Six access‑oriented institutions receive $500,000 grants to co‑create digital roadmaps, unified data systems, and predictive analytics over two years. The project aims to turn fragmented data into proactive, personalized support while strengthening institutional capacity and data maturity. Outcomes will be evaluated and shared to guide broader reform across the higher‑education sector.
By Campus Technology
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Kickstart Your Data Career with Our Free Guide
Aspiring Data Processionals Excel, SQL and PBI are great tools to build projects with. If you're completely confused, start with my Guide 👇🏾 https://tekdlin.com/data-analytics-guide/
By Ebere Oyek (Nelo) — Data | AI | ML
News•Feb 19, 2026
Is It Hypocritical for News Publishers to Complain About Tech Companies’ Platforms — but Still Be on Them?
Academic research by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen argues that news publishers continue to rely on tech platforms despite vocal criticism because audience reach and incremental revenue outweigh the desire for platform independence. The study cites that only about 4 % of traffic...
By Nieman Lab
News•Feb 19, 2026
Tracking the Epidemic – Satellites Watch over the Spread of the Texas Screwworm Outbreak
In early 2026 Texas declared a disaster as the New World screwworm, eradicated in the U.S. since 1966, moved within striking distance of the border, threatening up to $1.8 billion in cattle losses. To counter the risk, satellite‑enabled livestock tags from...
By Orbital Today
News•Feb 19, 2026
Global Payments' Turnaround Gets Off on the Right Foot
Global Payments reported fourth‑quarter net revenue of $2.3 billion, a 6 % year‑over‑year increase, while net income fell to $217.5 million, missing consensus forecasts. The results sparked a 13 % surge in the stock as the company completed its Worldpay acquisition and announced a...
By American Banker
News•Feb 19, 2026
Chronilogix Integrates with Balance for Life to Expand AI-Driven Behavioral Health and Chronic Care Support
Chronilogix announced an integration that embeds its AI‑powered coaching technology into the Balance for Life wellness app. The combined solution delivers on‑demand behavioral health support for depression, anxiety and stress, while also addressing chronic condition management. By offering 24/7 personalized...
By Digital Health Global
News•Feb 19, 2026
Ownwell Raises $50M Series B Round
Ownwell announced a $50 million Series B financing, bringing its total capital to $74 million. The round includes $30 million in equity led by Alpha Edison and Mercato Partners, with participation from Intuit Ventures and other investors, plus $20 million in debt from Western Alliance...
By VC News Daily
News•Feb 19, 2026
AI + Energy: Monster Child of Origin and Facebook – or a Smart, Decentralised Grid?
Luis Gonzalez, chief data and AI officer at Aboitiz Power, argues that the data industry will become the primary driver of the energy transition by using AI to finance and operate renewable assets. He envisions a future where computation is...
By RenewEconomy
News•Feb 19, 2026
SalientMG, Hivekind AI Team Up to Drive Pipeline for Startups
SalientMG announced a strategic partnership with Hivekind AI to combine its B2B go‑to‑market (GTM) advisory services with Hivekind’s pre‑pipeline decision engine. The joint offering promises startups a unified system that aligns ideal customer profile (ICP) definition, account prioritization, and buyer‑group...
By Demand Gen Report
News•Feb 19, 2026
Nature-Inspired Method Forms ZnO Quantum Dots in Solid Crystals at Room Temperature
Researchers at the Polish Academy of Sciences and Warsaw University of Technology have demonstrated a new all‑solid‑state method that converts molecular Zn‑organometallic crystals into zinc oxide quantum dots at room temperature. By exposing the crystals to humid air, water‑induced hydrolysis...
By Phys.org – Nanotechnology
News•Feb 19, 2026
LanzaJet Lands $135M Financing Round
LanzaJet announced a $135 million equity financing round, valuing the company at $650 million pre‑money. The round is co‑led by International Airlines Group (IAG) and Shell, with existing investors such as Groupe ADP, LanzaTech and Mitsui also participating. Proceeds will fund the expansion...
By VC News Daily
News•Feb 19, 2026
Best Intent Data Providers for B2B Teams in 2026
In 2026 the leading B2B intent data strategy has shifted from monolithic platforms to a modular stack that combines first‑party web signals with specialized third‑party providers. HubSpot’s real‑time visitor intelligence paired with Clay’s data‑orchestration forms the core, while G2, Common...
By RevPartners (RevOps)
News•Feb 19, 2026
D-Wave Joins Southeastern Quantum Collaborative as an Inaugural Member
D‑Wave Quantum Inc. has joined the newly formed Southeastern Quantum Collaborative (SQC) as an inaugural member alongside the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Davidson Technologies, IBM and Alabama A&M University. The partnership aims to unite academia, industry and government to...
By InsideHPC (Quantum Computing)
News•Feb 19, 2026
Simulations Aim to Prepare Superintendents to Handle Political Controversies
Superintendents are confronting increasingly political challenges, yet most leadership programs overlook this dimension. Harvard’s Initiative on Superintendent as Civic Leader, unveiled at the AASA conference, introduces case studies and upcoming interactive simulations to fill the gap. The simulations, co‑developed with...
By Education Week (Technology section)
Blog•Feb 19, 2026
Eli Lilly Announces Positive Results for Treating Crohn’s Disease with Omvoh
Eli Lilly reported that its biologic Omvoh (mirikizumab) sustained steroid‑free remission for three years in Crohn’s disease patients in the Phase 3 VIVID‑2 open‑label extension study. More than 90% of participants remained in remission, with 80% experiencing relief from bowel urgency. The...
By Pharmaceutical Executive (independent trade outlet)
News•Feb 19, 2026
Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block
Jack Dorsey’s Block announced a rolling layoff that could trim roughly 10% of its 11,000‑person workforce. The cuts are being framed as performance‑based, yet employees report a crumbling culture, heightened anxiety, and a mandatory shift to generative AI tools. Workers...
By WIRED — Business
News•Feb 19, 2026
Another Early Universe Surprise From The JWST: A Jellyfish Galaxy
Astronomers using JWST have identified COSMOS2020‑635829 as a candidate jellyfish galaxy at redshift z = 1.156, roughly 5 billion years after the Big Bang. The galaxy exhibits a unilateral tail of star‑forming knots, indicating ram‑pressure stripping in a proto‑cluster environment. Spectroscopic data reveal extremely...
By Universe Today
News•Feb 19, 2026
From Lab to Gigawatt: CoreWeave’s ARENA and the AI Validation Imperative
CoreWeave launched ARENA, a production‑scale AI lab that lets customers run full AI workloads on GPU clusters mirroring live environments, delivering realistic performance, scaling and cost validation before deployment. The platform bridges the gap where sandbox tests misrepresent production behavior...
By Data Center Frontier
News•Feb 19, 2026
Leidos Seeks to Be the Government's 'Beta Tester' For Artificial Intelligence
Leidos CEO Tom Bell said the firm will act as the government’s beta tester for artificial intelligence, embedding AI across its NorthStar 2030 strategy and digital modernization unit. The company plans to prototype AI tools internally before delivering them to...
By Washington Technology
News•Feb 19, 2026
Dock Health Introduces Its Productivity Platform at Mayo Clinic to Modernize Operational Workflows
Dock Health announced that its productivity platform is now deployed at Mayo Clinic to automate referral and specialty workflows across cardiovascular, e‑consult and contract programs. The solution creates structured, real‑time workflows that trigger when orders enter the EHR, automatically assigning...
By Digital Health Global
News•Feb 19, 2026
Deloitte: Digitally Mature B2B Suppliers Post Faster Sales Growth
Deloitte’s latest study of 530 U.S. B2B buyers and 530 suppliers shows that digitally mature sellers outpace peers, delivering 6.1% average revenue growth versus 2.9% for low‑maturity firms. High‑maturity suppliers exceed annual sales targets by more than twice the margin...
By Digital Commerce 360
News•Feb 19, 2026
Data Centers and Your Power Bill
Tech firms are pouring billions into energy‑intensive data centers as U.S. electricity demand climbs, prompting political scrutiny over rising utility bills. The White House has suggested that these companies finance new power‑plant capacity, while Senators Hawley and Blumenthal introduced legislation...
By The New York Times – Climate
News•Feb 19, 2026
Five Companies Protest Exclusion From NASA’s $60B SEWP VI Competition
NASA’s $60 billion SEWP VI IT contract excluded five vendors, prompting protests filed with the Government Accountability Office. The GAO must issue rulings by May 27, a timeline that could push award announcements past the current SEWP V deadline of April 30. Delays may force...
By Washington Technology
News•Feb 19, 2026
MWC 2026: What We Expect to See at Mobile World Congress This Year
Mobile World Congress returns to Barcelona from March 2‑5, 2026, gathering the mobile industry's biggest players. Samsung, Google, Xiaomi, Honor, Tecno, Qualcomm, MediaTek and many others will showcase new smartphones, wearables and AI‑focused hardware. Highlights include Samsung’s Galaxy S26 hands‑on, Google’s Android 16...
By Android Central
News•Feb 19, 2026
Defence Sets Lithium Batteries Ablaze to Fast-Charge Sovereign Cell Development
Australian Defence Science and Technology Group is deliberately igniting prototype lithium‑ion cells to understand failure modes and accelerate development of sovereign, fast‑charging batteries. The research targets military‑grade power solutions for radios, drones, armoured vehicles, future aircraft and Attack‑class submarines. By...
By The Mandarin (Australia)
Blog•Feb 19, 2026
Secure the Chips, Absorb the Costs, and Grab More Market Share
Analyst Mark Newman raised Apple’s price target amid rising memory‑chip costs, noting that component inflation could lift iPhone prices by up to 15 %. Despite higher production expenses, Apple’s strong ecosystem and execution are expected to protect earnings. The analyst also...
By Asymco
Blog•Feb 19, 2026
IL-6 as a Measure of Peripheral Inflammation Is More Often Elevated in Cognitively Impaired Individuals
A recent open‑access study of 514 Canadian seniors examined peripheral inflammation using IL‑6 and C‑reactive protein. The analysis revealed that elevated IL‑6 levels were present in 12% of cognitively normal participants but rose sharply to 36‑55% among Alzheimer’s, mixed dementia,...
By Fight Aging!
News•Feb 19, 2026
Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI
Code Metal, a Boston AI startup, closed a $125 million Series B round, lifting its valuation to $1.25 billion. The company’s platform translates legacy defense software from languages such as Python and C++ into modern, hardware‑specific code while generating test harnesses to catch...
By WIRED — Business
Blog•Feb 19, 2026
&Lsquo;No Brainer': Attorneys See Risks of Open Gen AI Systems in Claude Privilege Ruling
A New York federal judge ruled that AI‑generated documents created with Claude are not protected by attorney‑client privilege. The decision highlights that open‑gen AI outputs are treated as ordinary evidence, not confidential communications. Attorneys warn that the ruling exposes firms...
By Legal Tech Monitor
Blog•Feb 19, 2026
&Lsquo;No End in Sight': 5th Circuit Expresses Concern Over AI Hallucinations in Briefs
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit warned that AI‑generated legal briefs can contain hallucinations, after attorney Heather Hersh submitted a brief riddled with inaccuracies. The court imposed a $2,500 sanction for her failure to verify the content...
By Legal Tech Monitor
News•Feb 19, 2026
GXO Closes Out Record-Setting Revenue Year
GXO Logistics reported record revenue of $13.2 billion for 2025, a 13% increase year‑over‑year, with Q4 sales climbing 7.9% to $3.51 billion. Net income fell to $36 million for the full year, while quarterly profit was $43 million, reflecting higher investment in growth initiatives....
By Transport Topics – Technology
News•Feb 19, 2026
Razer Unveils$500 Flagship Gaming Keyboard — Huntsman Signature Edition Built From CNC-Machined Aluminum, Featuring 8,000 Hz Polling and Snap Tap
Razer has introduced the Huntsman Signature Edition, a $499.99 flagship keyboard built with a CNC‑machined aluminum chassis and a PVD‑finished back plate. It retains the Huntsman V3 Pro internals, featuring Razer’s Gen 2 optical switches that deliver an 8,000 Hz polling rate. The...
By Tom's Hardware
Blog•Feb 19, 2026
Homeostatic Third-Party GRC in GRC 7.0 – GRC Orchestrate
GRC is evolving from static third‑party risk management to a homeostatic, ecosystem‑wide approach that treats suppliers, cloud providers and partners as living nodes within an extended enterprise. GRC 7.0 – GRC Orchestrate introduces a digital twin that maps interdependent relationships, objectives and...
By GRC 20/20 – The GRC Pundit Blog
Podcast•Feb 19, 2026•6 min
Hackajob Hits $1M in ARR, New CEO at Employ
The episode covers four major HR tech developments: Employ Inc. appoints serial entrepreneur Jerry Jao as CEO, emphasizing a people‑first approach while accelerating AI innovation; hackajob’s AI recruiting agent Archer hits $1 M ARR in just 90 days by pre‑qualifying candidates...
By RecTech: The Recruiting Technology Podcast
News•Feb 19, 2026
Florida Legislature Advances 'AI Bill of Rights' For K-12
Florida Senate advanced a sweeping AI Bill of Rights, adding education provisions that require schools to notify parents before granting AI tool access and to honor opt‑out requests. The bill defines "AI instructional tools" as a separate regulatory category and...
By GovTech — Education (K-12)
News•Feb 19, 2026
Transistor-Like MXene Membranes Enhance Ion Separation
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have demonstrated that MXene membranes can be electrically gated like transistors, allowing real‑time control of ion transport. By applying a voltage across the membrane, they can switch ion flow on or off and even...
By Phys.org – Nanotechnology
News•Feb 19, 2026
North Carolina District Interested in Online Learning Platform; Arizona System to Buy Supplemental English Language Development Resources
A North Carolina school district has issued a request for proposals to acquire an online learning platform, while an Arizona district is seeking supplemental English language development (ELD) resources. Simultaneously, a Virginia district is soliciting a school utilization study to...
By Education Week — Market Brief (industry)
Social•Feb 19, 2026
New ADE Paradigm Signals 2026 Coding Revolution
this might be the single best timed called shot in the history of AIE. I now think about this talk almost ~daily and have direct line of sight to the nonstop onslaught of new post-IDE form factors for agentic engineering. @RealGeneKim...
By Swyx (Shawn Wang)
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Coopetition: Partner with Rivals to Grow the Pie
Helping competitors sounds wrong. Many businesses guard every move, yet rivals who share leads, split costs, and collaborate often win more deals. Coopetition drives shared R&D, opens new markets, and creates referrals when demand spikes. You keep your edge while growing the pie. Who...
By Ask Dr. Brown
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Examining Vaccine Development Amid America's Science‑Anti‑Science Divide
Many thanks to Freedom Together Foundation medical research consortium for hosting my remarks this week @RockefellerUniv discussing our vaccine development program and my work on the history of medical science vs anti-science in America https://t.co/etbLqiezEA
By Peter Hotez
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Europe's Energy Storage GWh Investments Surge This Week
Gigawatt-hours of investments, tolls, optimisation and platform financing across Europe this week #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/ypYzZ8xa8y
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 19, 2026
NASA Admits Starliner Missteps, Reclassifies Mishap, Vows Leadership Overhaul
News conf upshot: NASA acknowledges poor decision making thruout Starliner prog and esp while crew was on orbit. Now correctly classified as Type A mishap. NASA still committed to Starliner, but will be leadership and other changes at NASA. Rpt...
By Marcia Smith
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Two Red Flags? Shift Leads to Nurture Pipeline
Founders: Pipeline qualification red flags: 🚩 Problem impact is 'hard to measure' 🚩 Multiple unnamed stakeholders 🚩 DIY solution currently in place 🚩 No urgency indicators in conversation 🚩 Budget is 'being determined' Two red flags = move them to nurture.
By Pete Kazanjy
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Turn IT From Gatekeeper to ROI Enabler
If your business units are bypassing IT to build their own AI "solutions," you don’t have a shadow IT problem—you have a value delivery problem. Stop being the "No" department and start being the "ROI" department. Watch @mkrigsman, @tcrawford, and @nyike:...
By Tim Crawford
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Starliner Crew Flight Test Findings Detailed in 312‑page Report
Here's the full, 312-page report of findings from the Program Investigation Team regarding the Starliner crew flight test. https://t.co/rd3RyEQ4YZ
By Eric Berger
Social•Feb 19, 2026
NASA Demands Root‑Cause Fix Before Starliner Returns
Some incredible transparency from @NASAAdmin @rookisaacman regarding the Starliner crew fiasco. It will not fly again until the ROOT CAUSE is addressed, not just bandaided. I don’t see how this is can be worth it to Boeing anymore TBH. They...
By Tim Dodd
Social•Feb 19, 2026
A Decade of Solar Growth Celebrated by SEIA President
Solar Energy Industries Association president reflects on decade of progress #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/tbHnPi0r3A https://t.co/0nNhikDzH0
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Soft Robotics and Assistive Tech: Merging for Societal Benefit
A new Science #Robotics Focus article discusses how soft robotics and assistive technologies are intertwined and explores how innovations in these fields could benefit society at large. https://t.co/2CVjJj480Z https://t.co/xaUpYivsJg
By Science Robotics
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Sovereign Stacks: Balancing Scale, Regulation, and Control
#CIOChat Q3: Data residency, sovereignty mandates, and geopolitical risk are rapidly reshaping architectural decisions right now. Are we entering a “sovereign stack” era? How are you balancing hyperscaler scale with regulatory exposure and enterprise control? https://t.co/VK5lLC7gA0
By Dion Hinchcliffe
Social•Feb 19, 2026
Real‑World Data Powers Autonomous Vehicles, Says Nexar CEO
Nexar CEO Zach Greenberger joins Alex, Kirsten and Ed to explain why AVs need real world data, how Nexar built one of the world’s largest driving datasets, the Uber Labs announcement, and much, much more. Also, the hosts critique each other’s...
By Alex Roy