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As Trump Obliterates Climate Efforts, States Try to Fill the Gap
NewsFeb 18, 2026

As Trump Obliterates Climate Efforts, States Try to Fill the Gap

Democratic‑led states are accelerating climate initiatives as the Trump administration moves to roll back federal greenhouse‑gas regulations. Colorado proposes a $2,000 tax credit for new electric vehicles, Virginia is streamlining approvals for large solar farms, and California aims to make...

By The New York Times – Climate
AI Amplifies Bias; Build Software Wisely, Not Endlessly
SocialFeb 18, 2026

AI Amplifies Bias; Build Software Wisely, Not Endlessly

AI is an amplifier of your intellect and values. A mirror of your soul. If you were a confirmation bias person, AI can be catastrophic for you. There’s some way to contort almost any prompt to give you the answer you’re...

By Guillermo Rauch
How Musicians, Marketers Use WhatsApp to Build Fan Communities
BlogFeb 18, 2026

How Musicians, Marketers Use WhatsApp to Build Fan Communities

Direct-to-fan communication is shifting from optional to essential as social‑media algorithms limit reach. WhatsApp, with over 2 billion users, provides 100% message deliverability and a private‑conversation feel that email and SMS can’t match. Artists like Lorde, The Lathums, Dua Lipa and Sahel Sounds...

By Hypebot
Artimus Robotics Is Launching Next-Generation Artificial Muscles and Seeking Partners to Evaluate the Technology in Markets Requiring Dexterous Robotic Manipulation.
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Artimus Robotics Is Launching Next-Generation Artificial Muscles and Seeking Partners to Evaluate the Technology in Markets Requiring Dexterous Robotic Manipulation.

Artimus Robotics unveiled its next‑generation HASEL artificial muscles, delivering more than twice the mechanical output of the prior version. The new actuators are fully encapsulated, improving safety and simplifying integration into robotic systems. Artimus is actively recruiting partners to test...

By RoboticsTomorrow
Addressing the 58% Launch Failure Rate: Accelerating Market Access Through Intelligent Decision-Making
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Addressing the 58% Launch Failure Rate: Accelerating Market Access Through Intelligent Decision-Making

Pharma launches are missing the mark 58% of the time, a failure rate driven by poor market insight and fragmented decision‑making. Accelerating market‑access planning from pre‑Phase 2 and integrating real‑world data can give companies a strategic north star. Purpose‑built AI tools...

By MedCity News
Public S3 Buckets: A Cloud Security Wake‑Up
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Public S3 Buckets: A Cloud Security Wake‑Up

The most exposed lady in the cloud? Lady S3 Bucket. ☂️ If you use AWS, you know the shame. Public access is NOT a vibe. https://youtube.com/shorts/q_T0RC87aRg #DevOps #CloudComputing #Security

By Tatiana (DevOps Pink)
OCC Conditionally Approves Stripe Subsidiary Bridge for Trust Charter
NewsFeb 18, 2026

OCC Conditionally Approves Stripe Subsidiary Bridge for Trust Charter

Stripe’s subsidiary Bridge received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust bank charter. The license would allow Bridge to issue stablecoins, custody digital assets, and manage reserves under OCC oversight. The decision...

By Banking Dive
Does the Motion of DNA Influence Its Activity?
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Does the Motion of DNA Influence Its Activity?

Researchers at the Salk Institute demonstrated that the dynamic three‑dimensional folding of the genome directly influences gene expression and cell identity. By depleting the cohesin‑loader protein NIPBL in human iPSC‑derived neurons and cardiomyocytes, they observed region‑specific unfolding of chromatin loops....

By Phys.org – Biotechnology
Unity Says It Has a New Product That Cooks Up Entire Games Using AI
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Unity Says It Has a New Product That Cooks Up Entire Games Using AI

Unity announced a new AI-powered tool that can generate entire casual games from natural‑language prompts, aiming to eliminate traditional coding. The company will showcase a beta version at the Game Developers Conference in March. Unity frames the technology as a...

By Futurism AI
New 4‑Week “Classy Vibing with AI” Workshop Launch
SocialFeb 18, 2026

New 4‑Week “Classy Vibing with AI” Workshop Launch

It’s not often I launch a new online workshop. Later today is the debut of Classy Vibing with AI! Each of the four weeks features an instructional video and optional assignment. Here’s a 30-second teaser from the first video: https://youtu.be/PXZeHLDLCSg

By Tony Vincent
AI Agents Let You Build Vision Apps without Coding
SocialFeb 18, 2026

AI Agents Let You Build Vision Apps without Coding

🚀 Building a Computer Vision app - without writing a single line of code. In this walkthrough, we used an AI coding agent to create a real-time face detection application that can blur or pixelate faces on a live video feed....

By Satya Mallick
AI Will Make Medical Scan Reports Twice as Easy for Patients to Understand – Study
BlogFeb 18, 2026

AI Will Make Medical Scan Reports Twice as Easy for Patients to Understand – Study

A systematic review of 38 studies covering more than 12,000 radiology reports found that AI tools like ChatGPT can rewrite scan findings in language understandable to 11‑13‑year‑old readers. Patients rated the AI‑simplified reports almost twice as easy to comprehend, while...

By Health Tech World
STAT+: The FDA’s Moderna Pirouette Is One More Sign of Chaos at the Agency
NewsFeb 18, 2026

STAT+: The FDA’s Moderna Pirouette Is One More Sign of Chaos at the Agency

The FDA initially issued a refuse‑to‑file letter for Moderna’s mRNA influenza vaccine, then reversed course within a week and agreed to review the product. The agency will now consider two separate pathways: full approval for adults 50‑64 and accelerated approval...

By STAT (Biotech)
Is It Smarter to Have a Dumb Home? ‘We’ve Seen Clients Unable to Flush Toilets’
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Is It Smarter to Have a Dumb Home? ‘We’ve Seen Clients Unable to Flush Toilets’

Smart‑home devices are increasingly causing reliability headaches, from doorbells that only ping phones to locks that fail during power cuts. Australian electricians report that 15‑20% of their service calls now involve smart‑tech malfunctions, and consumers face subscription fees, discontinued products,...

By The Guardian
Innovation in Ophthalmology: How Biotechs Are Reshaping the Treatment of Eye Diseases
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Innovation in Ophthalmology: How Biotechs Are Reshaping the Treatment of Eye Diseases

Vision loss remains a leading disability, prompting biotech firms to shift from symptom‑management to disease‑modifying therapies. Gene‑replacement approaches using AAV vectors dominate the inherited retinal disease pipeline, highlighted by Luxturna’s success and multiple late‑stage candidates such as Beacon’s laru‑zova and...

By Labiotech.eu
Canva Gets to $4B in Revenue as LLM Referral Traffic Rises
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Canva Gets to $4B in Revenue as LLM Referral Traffic Rises

Canva closed 2025 with a 20% jump in monthly active users, reaching over 265 million, and pushed its annual recurring revenue to $4 billion. The platform’s AI‑driven tools, including a mini‑app creator used by more than 10 million users, helped double its B2B...

By TechCrunch Apps
Why GPS III, and What Comes After It, Still Falls Short in Modern War
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Why GPS III, and What Comes After It, Still Falls Short in Modern War

The United States is completing its GPS III constellation, the most extensive PNT upgrade in a decade, delivering higher accuracy, stronger signals and improved anti‑jam features. Analysts argue that while GPS III and the upcoming GPS IIIF add incremental resilience, they do not...

By SpaceNews
Video Wednesday
BlogFeb 18, 2026

Video Wednesday

On November 20, 2020, Verb and Johnson & Johnson unveiled OTTAVA, a six‑armed robotic platform designed for minimally invasive surgery. The system integrates AI‑driven vision, haptic feedback, and modular tooling to automate complex suturing and tissue manipulation. Early trials report a 30%...

By SurgRob
What Should I Talk To My Manager About?
NewsFeb 18, 2026

What Should I Talk To My Manager About?

Most B2B sales managers assume they are coaching, yet reps feel unsupported, creating a communication gap. The article proposes a structured cadence of distinct coaching calls—development, strategy, pipeline, deal, win/loss, and account planning—to give managers a clear framework. Each call...

By Membrain Blog
The MSP Agentic AI Execution Gap in Service Delivery
BlogFeb 18, 2026

The MSP Agentic AI Execution Gap in Service Delivery

A recent Omdia white paper reveals that while 70% of managed service providers (MSPs) say they use agentic AI, only 10% have deployed it in core IT service desk or security functions. The majority are stuck in internal experiments, whereas...

By ITSM.tools
UK Sets Out Vision for Open, Interoperable Connected Vehicle Services
NewsFeb 18, 2026

UK Sets Out Vision for Open, Interoperable Connected Vehicle Services

The UK Department for Transport introduced a Connected Vehicle Services (CVS) Framework to establish an open, interoperable ecosystem for vehicle‑infrastructure data. The non‑prescriptive model defines a national baseline of services, guiding local authority investments, standards and policy without mandating specific...

By Traffic Technology Today
E-Con Systems Launches DepthVista Helix 3D CW iToF Camera for Robotics and Industrial Automation
NewsFeb 18, 2026

E-Con Systems Launches DepthVista Helix 3D CW iToF Camera for Robotics and Industrial Automation

e-con Systems has introduced the DepthVista Helix 3D Continuous‑Wave iToF camera, targeting industrial robotics and automation. The device leverages a 1.2 MP onsemi Hyperlux ID AF0130 sensor to deliver depth, confidence, and IR‑grayscale streams at 60 fps with less than 1 % deviation...

By RoboticsTomorrow
From Pilot Purgatory to Productive Failure: Fixing AI's Broken Learning Loop
NewsFeb 18, 2026

From Pilot Purgatory to Productive Failure: Fixing AI's Broken Learning Loop

AI pilots frequently stall between proof‑of‑concept and production, often due to outdated quarterly KPIs, governance vacuums, and slow feedback loops. Executives argue that linear metrics clash with AI’s dynamic nature, causing drift and delayed corrective action. To close the gap,...

By InformationWeek
Universal Music Strikes Deal with Superfan Platform EVEN to Power D2C Sales for Artists Worldwide
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Universal Music Strikes Deal with Superfan Platform EVEN to Power D2C Sales for Artists Worldwide

Universal Music Group has signed a multi‑year agreement with superfan platform EVEN, making the service the primary direct‑to‑fan (D2C) hub for its labels and artists. EVEN will provide turnkey tools for early‑access music, exclusive content, and merchandise sales, leveraging UMG’s...

By Music Business Worldwide (MBW)
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NewsFeb 18, 2026

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Rösler UK has installed a Universal Robots collaborative robot equipped with a Cambrian Robotics vision system at its Knowsley Customer Experience Centre. The cobot autonomously loads and unloads a variety of aluminium and steel components for mass‑finishing and shot‑blasting machines,...

By RoboticsTomorrow
WingtraRAY Earns C6 Mark for Advanced EU Flights
NewsFeb 18, 2026

WingtraRAY Earns C6 Mark for Advanced EU Flights

Swiss drone maker Wingtra announced that its WingtraRAY mapping platform has secured both C3 and C6 certifications under the EASA framework, issued by TÜV Rheinland. The C6 mark, tied to specific‑category standardized risk scenarios, unlocks beyond‑visual‑line‑of‑sight (BVLOS) operations when the...

By DroneDJ
Livi Partners with CloudFit to Bridge Healthcare and Holistic Wellbeing Through AI-Powered Preventative Health Platform
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Livi Partners with CloudFit to Bridge Healthcare and Holistic Wellbeing Through AI-Powered Preventative Health Platform

Livi, Europe’s leading digital‑first healthcare provider, has partnered with AI‑driven holistic platform CloudFit to launch an integrated preventative health solution. The collaboration lets Livi GPs refer patients to CloudFit’s fitness, nutrition and lifestyle coaching, creating a continuous care loop between...

By Health Tech Digital (UK)
Did You Hear That? Smart Glasses, AI Voice Recorders and Workplace Recordings
BlogFeb 18, 2026

Did You Hear That? Smart Glasses, AI Voice Recorders and Workplace Recordings

Employers now face a wave of discreet recording tools—from Ray‑Ban Meta smart glasses to AI‑powered voice recorders like Plaud and auto‑joining meeting bots that generate searchable transcripts. Connecticut’s one‑party consent rule for in‑person conversations and stricter electronic‑monitoring statutes mean many...

By Employment Law (US) – Dan Schwartz
Global Leaders, Executives Exposed in Data Leak
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Global Leaders, Executives Exposed in Data Leak

At the Abu Dhabi Finance Week summit, an unsecured cloud server exposed the passports and national ID cards of more than 700 attendees, including former British Prime Minister David Cameron, hedge‑fund billionaire Alan Howard, and former White House communications director...

By Security Magazine (Cybersecurity)
IEA’s Net‑Zero Work Supports Energy Security and Stability
SocialFeb 18, 2026

IEA’s Net‑Zero Work Supports Energy Security and Stability

Net zero & climate analysis are fully compatible with the IEA’s mission of promoting energy security, economic stability & cooperation among member states @AzizSapphire @SecretaryWright is right that IEA went too far but wrong saying that net zero was all it...

By Art Berman Blog
Analyze Global Data with One BigQuery Query
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Analyze Global Data with One BigQuery Query

You've got data spread across geographies. What happens when you want to bring that data together? Usually ETL jobs or other mechanisms. We just launched @googlecloud BigQuery global queries. Do multi-location analysis with a single query: https://t.co/F3p2mn5SjZ

By Richard Seroter
Wabash Unveils AI-Powered TrailerHawk to Combat Cargo Theft
NewsFeb 18, 2026

Wabash Unveils AI-Powered TrailerHawk to Combat Cargo Theft

Wabash introduced TrailerHawk, an AI‑driven trailer system that combines computer vision, facial recognition, and digital seals to create an end‑to‑end chain of custody for freight. The solution issues real‑time alerts, geofenced lock controls, and automatically documents loading activities, integrating directly...

By FleetOwner
10 Free Bioinformatics Tools to Save Time & Money
SocialFeb 18, 2026

10 Free Bioinformatics Tools to Save Time & Money

🧵 10 free bioinformatics tools you should know in 2026. These will save you time, money, and headaches. https://t.co/t8amdLE4MX

By Ming Tang
Legacy Banks' Failures Fuel $1.3T Debt Fintech Surge
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Legacy Banks' Failures Fuel $1.3T Debt Fintech Surge

$1.3 trillion in credit card debt. An all-time high. One unicorn CEO says his fintech wouldn’t even exist if traditional banks had served customers better. When legacy systems fail to manage risk, transparency and affordability, disruption isn’t optional. It’s inevitable. https://t.co/b072MMXcSy @fortunemagazine...

By Spiros Margaris
UK Trial Shows Potential of Hydrogen Powered Ground Handling Equipment
NewsFeb 18, 2026

UK Trial Shows Potential of Hydrogen Powered Ground Handling Equipment

A successful trial at Exeter Airport demonstrated that hydrogen‑powered ground handling equipment—including a hydrogen internal‑combustion tug, a fuel‑cell baggage tractor and a hybrid hydrogen‑diesel GPU—can be safely integrated into live airport operations. The Zero Carbon Turn project, backed by the...

By Airport World
Cross‑team Context Fuels Smarter Autonomous Marketing
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Cross‑team Context Fuels Smarter Autonomous Marketing

imagine if your marketing dept knew exactly what your dev team has been working on that’s what @layers enables in an agentic world, with their code-aware autonomous marketing the take-away pattern is to use context from department A to help department B...

By Yohei Nakajima
Angolan Journalist Targeted with Predator Spyware, Study Shows
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Angolan Journalist Targeted with Predator Spyware, Study Shows

A new investigation from @AmnestyTech found that a journalist in Angola was targeted with Predator spyware in 2024. We also know that @citizenlab found links to Predator infrastructure in Angola in 2023, and links to FinFisher infrastructure in 2015. https://t.co/N2TIUdGKkn

By Runa Sandvik
SimpleDocs Launches ‘Contract Intelligence Layer,’ Putting Policy, Precedent and Market Data Inside Microsoft Word
BlogFeb 18, 2026

SimpleDocs Launches ‘Contract Intelligence Layer,’ Putting Policy, Precedent and Market Data Inside Microsoft Word

SimpleDocs unveiled its Contract Intelligence Layer, a Microsoft Word add‑in that fuses internal policy playbooks, precedent data, and Law Insider’s market standards into a single interface. The feature lets lawyers benchmark clause changes against an organization’s historical agreements and global contract...

By LawSites (LawNext) by Bob Ambrogi
FDA's Moderna U‑turn Highlights Agency Chaos
SocialFeb 18, 2026

FDA's Moderna U‑turn Highlights Agency Chaos

The FDA’s Moderna $MRNA pirouette is one more sign of chaos at the agency https://t.co/zThJqhT2BS via @matthewherper

By Adam Feuerstein
Tech Alone Won’t Drive AI; Practices Must Evolve
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Tech Alone Won’t Drive AI; Practices Must Evolve

RT I compare this genAI moment to early web and cloud eras—when transformation only happened after we changed practices (agile, DevOps, design thinking), not just technology. Same story, new stakes. #CIO #AI #DigitalTransformation @Star_CIO https://t.co/xfrVmpSIJN

By Isaac Sacolick
TikTok Shop Halts Plan to End Independent Shipping for U.S. Sellers After Backlash
NewsFeb 18, 2026

TikTok Shop Halts Plan to End Independent Shipping for U.S. Sellers After Backlash

TikTok Shop has scrapped its planned deadline to end seller‑fulfilled shipping for U.S. merchants, keeping the existing independent‑shipping model in place for now. The reversal follows a wave of backlash from brands that warned the shift would raise fulfillment costs,...

By Modern Retail
Large Grain Growth Threatens Composite Pressure Vessel Integrity
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Large Grain Growth Threatens Composite Pressure Vessel Integrity

TB 26-02 Effects of Large Grain Size in Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel https://t.co/aXGp4DhjaE The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) performed an assessment to characterize the effects of abnormal grain growth (AGG) within a metallic liner of a composite overwr…

By Stage Zero Studio
EU Parliament Bans AI Chatbots over US Data Security Concerns
SocialFeb 18, 2026

EU Parliament Bans AI Chatbots over US Data Security Concerns

The European Parliament banned AI chatbots like Claude and Copilot from lawmakers' devices, citing cybersecurity risks from cloud data uploads to US firms https://t.co/KCPJ57Qqs1 #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews https://t.co/uigKl4zdY7

By Tim Hughes
Anthropic to Spend $80B on Cloud Partners by 2029
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Anthropic to Spend $80B on Cloud Partners by 2029

Anthropic expects to pay Amazon, Google, and Microsoft at least $80B through 2029 to run Claude on their cloud servers; cloud providers get a cut of Anthropic's AI sales revenue https://t.co/cMedWWo2tz #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews https://t.co/sDR7IGPcsA

By Tim Hughes
FDA Relents, Agrees to Review Moderna's mRNA Flu Vaccine
SocialFeb 18, 2026

FDA Relents, Agrees to Review Moderna's mRNA Flu Vaccine

#FDA backs down on #Moderna: The agency had refused to review the company's licensure application for an mRNA flu vaccine, but after significant pushback has relented. https://t.co/omo7bEBQGW

By Helen Branswell
Starship's 25 Launches/Year Heralds Orbital Industrialization
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Starship's 25 Launches/Year Heralds Orbital Industrialization

Starship targeting 25 launches/year in 2026-2027. Each launch = 100-150 tons to orbit. Do the math: 2,500+ tons/year of payload capacity. That's not space exploration. That's orbital industrialization. Go @elonmusk.

By Peter H. Diamandis
Researcher Traces Death Threats to Snowflake Hack Suspect
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Researcher Traces Death Threats to Snowflake Hack Suspect

When hacker named "Waifu" and "Judische" made death threats against security researcher Allison Nixon, she had no idea why he targeted her. So she set out to unmask him. The quest led her to Connor Moucka, a 25-yr-old behind infamous...

By Kim Zetter
Critical Minerals and Energy Drive Global Economic Competitiveness
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Critical Minerals and Energy Drive Global Economic Competitiveness

Very good meeting with 🇺🇸 US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy & Business Affairs @CalebOrr__ We discussed developments in global energy markets, the importance of critical minerals for energy & economic security and energy’s role in boosting competitiveness https://t.co/Z4YDq3jEJG

By Fatih Birol
Eightfold AI Bias Lawsuit Likely Just the Tip
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Eightfold AI Bias Lawsuit Likely Just the Tip

Eightfold #AIbias suit: Just the ‘tip of the iceberg’? @HR_Exec https://t.co/stdZRYvq2H #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator

By Dave Millner