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Stravito Introduces Deep Research Agent in AI Assistant to Accelerate Insight-Based Decisions
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Stravito Introduces Deep Research Agent in AI Assistant to Accelerate Insight-Based Decisions

Stravito has upgraded its Insights Intelligence Platform with a Deep Research Agent embedded in its AI Assistant. The new agent autonomously designs multi‑step research workflows, parses full reports—including charts and tables—and cross‑checks sources to deliver citation‑backed answers. It operates solely...

By AiThority
Why DoorDash Isn't Afraid of AI Shopping Agents
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Why DoorDash Isn't Afraid of AI Shopping Agents

DoorDash CEO Tony Xu says AI ordering agents won’t replace delivery apps because DoorDash controls the end‑to‑end experience, from driver dispatch to issue resolution. AI agents may handle search, ordering and payment, but fulfillment and logistics remain platform‑specific. DoorDash posted 32%...

By Restaurant Business
Design Wins When You Redesign the Entire Service
SocialFeb 20, 2026

Design Wins When You Redesign the Entire Service

I once worked with a company that sold frozen ready meals to elderly customers. They wanted better website conversion rates. Straightforward brief, right? We did user research and found the real problems had nothing to do with the website: - Customers were...

By Paul Boag
Preparing for the Agent-Driven Future of B2B Marketing
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Preparing for the Agent-Driven Future of B2B Marketing

Gartner’s 2026 strategic outlook warns that AI will move beyond acceleration to reshape B2B buying, with agents mediating up to 90% of purchase decisions by 2028. Marketing teams must treat AI fluency as a core competency, embedding prompting skills and...

By Heinz Marketing
This Press Release Strategy Actually Earns Media Coverage
NewsFeb 20, 2026

This Press Release Strategy Actually Earns Media Coverage

Press releases alone no longer guarantee coverage, but a data‑driven, journalist‑centric approach can revive their impact. By researching recent relevant stories, citing journalists in the release, and then pitching them directly with tailored messages, practitioners can secure multiple organic features....

By Search Engine Land
Episode 145: Robotics and Automation in Manufacturing - Agata Suwala
PodcastFeb 20, 202626 min

Episode 145: Robotics and Automation in Manufacturing - Agata Suwala

In this episode, Claire interviews Agata Suwala, Technology Manager at the Manufacturing Technology Centre, about how robotics and automation are being used to make manufacturing—especially in aerospace—more sustainable and scalable. Agata explains the latest advances in robotic dexterity, the role...

By Robot Talk
Building a High-Impact Enterprise SEO Team
PodcastFeb 20, 20261 min

Building a High-Impact Enterprise SEO Team

In this 1‑minute 42‑second episode of Voices of Search, host Tyson Stockton chats with Ahrefs expert Patrick Stokes about building a high‑impact enterprise SEO team. They discuss the evolving nature of SEO, the importance of giving back to the community,...

By Voices of Search
AI Becomes Mandatory Backbone of Enterprise Customer Service
SocialFeb 20, 2026

AI Becomes Mandatory Backbone of Enterprise Customer Service

Customer service is where artificial intelligence has officially moved past the hype. @NICEComms recently reported their full-year 2025 financial results, and the numbers point to a clear structural shift in enterprise adoption. Their AI annual recurring revenue grew 66% year over...

By Shashi Bellamkonda
Hackers Breach Contractor Linked to Ukraine’s Central Bank Collectible Coin Store
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Hackers Breach Contractor Linked to Ukraine’s Central Bank Collectible Coin Store

Ukraine’s National Bank temporarily shut down its online collectible‑coin store after a cyberattack compromised customer registration data. Attackers accessed personal details such as names, phone numbers, email and delivery addresses through a contractor that supports the storefront, but no financial...

By The Record by Recorded Future
KYCP Streamlines UK Corporate KYC with Integration
NewsFeb 20, 2026

KYCP Streamlines UK Corporate KYC with Integration

KYCP has launched an embedded integration with Companies House, allowing users to pull official UK corporate data directly within its platform. The Corporate Source Register (CSR) lets compliance teams perform real‑time searches by company name or registration number and import...

By Fintech Global
Why Verifying a Business in Africa Is Harder than Moving Money
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Why Verifying a Business in Africa Is Harder than Moving Money

Cross‑border payments in Africa now settle in seconds, but verifying the counterpart business can take weeks. The delay stems from fragmented, offline national registries and a lack of cross‑border data harmonisation, creating a “registry gap” that hampers the African Continental...

By TechCabal
Claude Now Available Directly in PowerPoint for Pro Users
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Claude Now Available Directly in PowerPoint for Pro Users

Anthropic has rolled out its Claude AI add‑in for PowerPoint to Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise subscribers, currently in a beta Research Preview. The integration lets users generate, edit and fully populate presentations from plain‑text prompts, automatically matching the slide...

By THE DECODER
The Banking Revolution: Balancing Convenience and Security in the Digital Era
NewsFeb 20, 2026

The Banking Revolution: Balancing Convenience and Security in the Digital Era

Digital banking has become the cornerstone of modern finance, delivering round‑the‑clock services through mobile apps. Consumers now deposit checks, transfer funds, and invest without stepping into a branch, enjoying lower fees and personalized experiences. At the same time, providers are...

By e27
Interview: Ankur Anand, Group CIO, Nash Squared
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Interview: Ankur Anand, Group CIO, Nash Squared

Ankur Anand, group CIO of Nash Squared, is reshaping the recruiter’s technology agenda to turn data and AI into competitive advantages. He merged day‑to‑day IT operations with a growth‑focused digital strategy, integrating disparate systems to create a single candidate view. Anand...

By ComputerWeekly – DevOps
Hapag-Lloyd, WiseTech Global in Container Visibility Initiative
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Hapag-Lloyd, WiseTech Global in Container Visibility Initiative

WiseTech Global and Hapag-Lloyd have launched a trial that equips the carrier’s more than two million containers with IoT smart devices, delivering real‑time location updates to WiseTech’s CargoWise platforms. The pilot processes millions of data points daily and introduces a...

By FreightWaves
AI Writes Code Faster than We Can Review
SocialFeb 20, 2026

AI Writes Code Faster than We Can Review

▶ Reading unfamiliar code is exhausting. Now imagine that code is coming from an LLM that writes faster than you can think and doesn't take lunch breaks ◀ This 👆 perfectly captures the AI productivity paradox: code is written faster than...

By Tom Johnson
How AI Contextual Governance Enables Business Adaptation
NewsFeb 20, 2026

How AI Contextual Governance Enables Business Adaptation

Artificial intelligence has moved from experimental labs into the operational core of enterprises, demanding a shift from static to dynamic oversight. Traditional governance models, built for predictable software, cannot keep pace with AI systems that learn and evolve. Contextual governance...

By Datafloq
Understanding the Physics at the Anode of Sodium-Ion Batteries
BlogFeb 20, 2026

Understanding the Physics at the Anode of Sodium-Ion Batteries

Researchers used DFT‑MD simulations on supercomputers to investigate sodium‑ion behavior in hard‑carbon anodes for sodium‑ion batteries. They identified that sodium ions quickly transition from 2D adsorption to 3D quasi‑metallic clusters, with an optimal nanopore diameter of about 1.5 nm for stable...

By Nanowerk
How AI Found Better Battery Materials Among 14 Million Possibilities
BlogFeb 20, 2026

How AI Found Better Battery Materials Among 14 Million Possibilities

A collaboration between McGill University, Mila‑Quebec, and Université de Montréal built a closed‑loop system that couples high‑throughput robotic synthesis with multi‑objective Bayesian optimization to explore roughly 14.2 million triple‑doped LiCoPO₄ cathode compositions. Using a set‑transformer surrogate and a multi‑task Gaussian process,...

By Nanowerk
Revealing Remarkable Genomic Architecture in Embryonic Reproductive Cells Prior to Sperm and Egg Development
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Revealing Remarkable Genomic Architecture in Embryonic Reproductive Cells Prior to Sperm and Egg Development

Researchers led by Dr. Tien‑Chi Huang discovered a dramatic three‑dimensional reorganization of genome architecture in mouse and human embryonic germ cells as they enter meiosis. Centromeres relocate from the nuclear interior to the periphery, accompanied by reduced compartmentalization and increased...

By Bioengineer.org
Scaling a Financial Reconciliation Pipeline With Serverless
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Scaling a Financial Reconciliation Pipeline With Serverless

The team built an event‑driven reconciliation pipeline on AWS using Step Functions, Lambda, and DynamoDB. At low volumes it performed well, but processing million‑transaction daily batches exposed two bottlenecks: Lambda’s 15‑minute timeout and hot DynamoDB partition keys. They resolved these...

By Container Journal
Environment Agency Plans Drone-Fleet Upgrade to Combat Waste Crime
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Environment Agency Plans Drone-Fleet Upgrade to Combat Waste Crime

The Environment Agency (EA) is boosting its waste‑crime enforcement with a £5 million budget increase, expanding its fleet of 33 drones and fitting several with lidar laser‑mapping technology. Since July last year the agency logged 272 drone flight hours, using the...

By PublicTechnology.net (UK)
How ShipBob Helps Brands Reduce Shipping Costs
BlogFeb 20, 2026

How ShipBob Helps Brands Reduce Shipping Costs

The episode explains how ShipBob helps ecommerce brands cut shipping costs by looking beyond label rates to the full fulfillment spend. It highlights four key tactics: distributed inventory placement that lowers zone rates, an all‑in transparent pricing model that eliminates...

By eCommerce Fastlane
Build vs Buy: Why Pricing Strategy Choices Matter More in 2026
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Build vs Buy: Why Pricing Strategy Choices Matter More in 2026

The article argues that the classic build‑vs‑buy debate in pricing modernization has shifted from technical feasibility to strategic resource allocation. Cloud platforms and open‑source tools now let banks prototype pricing engines in months, but maintaining custom systems diverts scarce engineering...

By Fintech Global
Ericsson Set for MWC26; Meta Mega-Deal; Vodafone Dutch Sale
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Ericsson Set for MWC26; Meta Mega-Deal; Vodafone Dutch Sale

Meta Platforms signed a multiyear, multibillion‑dollar agreement with Nvidia to install millions of AI processors for both training and inference, including confidential‑computing GPUs for WhatsApp. Vodafone Group sold its 50% stake in Dutch joint venture VodafoneZiggo to Liberty Global for...

By Mobile World Live
Modern Mill Evolves Its Composite ACRE Into New Construction Applications
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Modern Mill Evolves Its Composite ACRE Into New Construction Applications

Modern Mill’s ACRE composite, launched in 2020, blends 50 % up‑cycled rice hulls with PVC resin to create wood‑like profiles for siding, decking, trim and other non‑structural applications. The material cuts, feels and stains like wood while offering water resistance, rot...

By JEC Composites
EU Commission’s First Interoperability Report and Roadmap to a Seamless Digital EU
NewsFeb 20, 2026

EU Commission’s First Interoperability Report and Roadmap to a Seamless Digital EU

The European Commission released its inaugural Annual Interoperability Report, reviewing the first year of the Interoperable Europe Act that took effect in April 2024. The document highlights the creation of the Interoperable Europe Board, Community, and an enhanced portal that...

By Identity Week
Optimization of AI, Automation, and Digital Twins for the AEC Industry | GeoBuiz Summit 2026
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Optimization of AI, Automation, and Digital Twins for the AEC Industry | GeoBuiz Summit 2026

At GeoBuiz Summit 2026, Bentley Systems’ Chief Platform Officer Patrick Cozzi outlined how AI, automation and digital twins are reshaping infrastructure engineering. He highlighted AI‑assisted design, reality capture and full‑lifecycle twins as tools to combat aging assets, talent gaps and...

By Geospatial World – Smart Infrastructure
The QuickShot II Joystick Review – 80s Clicks and Waggles Lovingly Recreated
NewsFeb 20, 2026

The QuickShot II Joystick Review – 80s Clicks and Waggles Lovingly Recreated

The QuickShot II joystick has been resurrected as an almost exact replica of the 1980s original, preserving its iconic dimensions, suction‑cup base, and clicky fire buttons. Modern updates include USB connectivity, programmable fire buttons, six additional base buttons, and microswitches for...

By The Guardian – Games
Optimising Cross-Border Payments for Seamless APAC Expansion
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Optimising Cross-Border Payments for Seamless APAC Expansion

APAC’s rapid digital growth is hampered by fragmented cross‑border payment ecosystems. Companies expanding from hubs like Singapore face higher merchant discount rates, FX volatility, and regulatory bottlenecks when transactions are processed through non‑local acquirers. Payment orchestration emerges as a unifying...

By e27
Bloomberg Reports: Quantum Startup Pasqal Seeks €200 Million to Fuel Growth
BlogFeb 20, 2026

Bloomberg Reports: Quantum Startup Pasqal Seeks €200 Million to Fuel Growth

French quantum computing startup Pasqal announced it is in talks to raise €200 million, valuing the company at over $1 billion pre‑money. The round, led by undisclosed investors, would fund the expansion of its neutral‑atom quantum processors and full‑stack hardware‑software platform. Co‑founder...

By Quantum Zeitgeist
NASA Moves Forward with Artemis II Tanking Test that Could Set up Moonshot Mission
NewsFeb 20, 2026

NASA Moves Forward with Artemis II Tanking Test that Could Set up Moonshot Mission

NASA will begin a 700,000‑gallon cryogenic propellant load on the Space Launch System at Kennedy Space Center as part of a second wet‑dress rehearsal for Artemis II. The test follows a February 2 leak of liquid hydrogen that forced a pause in...

By Phys.org - Space News
ZADNA Probe Exposes Costly Executive Spend Amid Cash Decline
NewsFeb 20, 2026

ZADNA Probe Exposes Costly Executive Spend Amid Cash Decline

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies commissioned an investigation into ZADNA’s credit‑card spending, uncovering over R1 million in expenses for travel, entertainment and luxury vehicle rentals during the 2024/25 fiscal year. The report identified policy gaps, weak oversight and excessive...

By ITWeb (South Africa) – Public Sector
Single-Atom Catalyst Produces Hydrogen and Oxygen Simultaneously, Slashing Costs
BlogFeb 20, 2026

Single-Atom Catalyst Produces Hydrogen and Oxygen Simultaneously, Slashing Costs

Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) scientists have engineered a single‑atom iridium catalyst anchored on a manganese‑nickel‑phytate layered double hydroxide that catalyzes both the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) on a single electrode. The design...

By Nanowerk
Birmingham Airport Publishes New Sustainability Strategy
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Birmingham Airport Publishes New Sustainability Strategy

Birmingham Airport (BHX) has unveiled its 2026‑2030 sustainability strategy, organized around ten strategic themes that align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The plan builds on a 30% reduction in direct emissions achieved since 2019 and reinforces the airport’s...

By Airport Industry-News
ETV Rolls Out 5G Broadcast in Serbia with Rohde & Schwarz
NewsFeb 20, 2026

ETV Rolls Out 5G Broadcast in Serbia with Rohde & Schwarz

Serbia’s public broadcaster ETV has chosen German firm Rohde & Schwarz to install the country’s first 5G Broadcast transmitter at its Avala site, complementing four new TH1 4.5 kW DVB‑T2 transmitters. The upgrade, part of a long‑standing partnership dating back to 2012, aims...

By Broadband TV News
Delhi Discom Showcases Its 'Digital Twin of Power Distribution Network' At AI Summit
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Delhi Discom Showcases Its 'Digital Twin of Power Distribution Network' At AI Summit

Delhi’s BSES Rajdhani Power Limited unveiled a Digital Twin of its power distribution network at the AI Impact Summit 2026. The AI‑driven platform creates a real‑time, map‑like view of the Janakpuri grid by fusing SCADA, GIS, IoT sensors, SAP and...

By ET EnergyWorld (The Economic Times)
WATCH: Space as the Backbone of Integrated Defense
NewsFeb 20, 2026

WATCH: Space as the Backbone of Integrated Defense

The U.S. Space Force is accelerating its integrated‑defense agenda across multiple fronts. Boeing opened a dedicated production line for electro‑optical infrared sensors to bolster missile‑warning capabilities, while the service is streamlining the transition of battle‑management tools from labs to operators....

By Air & Space Forces Magazine
Levetiracetam Reduces Amyloid-Β Production in the Brain
BlogFeb 20, 2026

Levetiracetam Reduces Amyloid-Β Production in the Brain

Researchers report that the FDA‑approved antiepileptic levetiracetam reduces amyloid‑β42 production in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. The drug redirects amyloid precursor protein processing toward the non‑amyloidogenic pathway by modifying synaptic vesicle cycling and increasing surface APP expression. Mass‑spectrometry and electrophysiology...

By Fight Aging!
Minions – Stripe's Coding Agents Part 2
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Minions – Stripe's Coding Agents Part 2

Stripe’s minions are unattended LLM‑driven coding agents that now generate over 1,300 pull requests each week, all created without human‑written code. The system runs on Stripe’s pre‑warmed devboxes—standardized EC2 instances that spin up in about ten seconds—providing isolated, parallel environments...

By Hacker News
Andhra Pradesh Secures ₹8,175 Crore Battery Gigafactory, Boosting Clean Energy Ambitions
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Andhra Pradesh Secures ₹8,175 Crore Battery Gigafactory, Boosting Clean Energy Ambitions

Waaree Energies announced a ₹8,175 crore investment to build India’s largest lithium‑ion battery gigafactory in Andhra Pradesh. The greenfield plant will have a 16 GWh annual capacity, covering cell production, battery packs and large‑scale energy storage systems, and is projected to generate...

By ET EnergyWorld (The Economic Times)
Turning Equity Into Clarity: How HR Can Explain Stock Options The Right Way
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Turning Equity Into Clarity: How HR Can Explain Stock Options The Right Way

HR teams that demystify stock options improve candidate confidence and close offers faster. The article outlines a repeatable process that starts with simple definitions of grant, strike price and vesting, then visualizes vesting schedules as timelines rather than percentages. It...

By Onrec
Coherent Emitters Unlock Brighter, Correlated Light Sources
BlogFeb 20, 2026

Coherent Emitters Unlock Brighter, Correlated Light Sources

Researchers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong have demonstrated squeezed superradiant lasing in a quantum many‑body system by coupling a cavity to interacting spin‑½ emitters modeled with the Lipkin‑Meshkov‑Glick Hamiltonian. Their analysis shows that spin‑squeezing generated through coherent all‑to‑all...

By Quantum Zeitgeist
Why Top VC Quit for Government Tech Revolution
SocialFeb 20, 2026

Why Top VC Quit for Government Tech Revolution

Sat down with @skupor, Director of OPM and former a16z managing partner, about why he left a comfy VC job to work in Gov and what he's building with @USTechForce. (00:00) His wife's reaction to leaving a16z (04:00) How this Trump admin...

By Nathan Lands
Apple: Anchoring Austin’s AI Ecosystem
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Apple: Anchoring Austin’s AI Ecosystem

Apple is cementing its role as an anchor of Austin’s burgeoning AI ecosystem by extending its full‑stack, privacy‑first AI capabilities across silicon, operating systems, and developer tools. The company’s vertical leverage encourages local startups to design on‑device, edge‑native solutions that...

By AI Accelerator Institute
Aging Is Often Overlooked in Mouse Models of Age-Related Conditions
BlogFeb 20, 2026

Aging Is Often Overlooked in Mouse Models of Age-Related Conditions

Researchers increasingly rely on rapid, toxic mouse models that sideline the natural aging process, even though age is the chief risk factor for many diseases. In Parkinson's disease research, most pre‑clinical studies still use young rodents, obscuring how biological aging...

By Fight Aging!
How Moody's Can Be an AI-Enabler, but Remain Resilient to AI Disruption Itself. CEO Robert Fauber Lays Out the Data
NewsFeb 20, 2026

How Moody's Can Be an AI-Enabler, but Remain Resilient to AI Disruption Itself. CEO Robert Fauber Lays Out the Data

Moody’s CEO Robert Fauber argues that a massive, proprietary data estate is the cornerstone of AI adoption for regulated financial institutions. The firm is unifying its data, models, ratings and research into a trusted context layer that makes raw information...

By Diginomica
Attractions.io Helps Operators Analyse & Act on Guest Feedback with AI Tool GX Pulse
NewsFeb 20, 2026

Attractions.io Helps Operators Analyse & Act on Guest Feedback with AI Tool GX Pulse

Attractions.io’s AI‑driven GX Pulse platform captured second place in blooloop’s Guest Journey Innovation Awards. The tool consolidates scattered guest reviews into a journey map, applies language models to extract themes, sentiment and a proprietary GX Score. By turning thousands of...

By Blooloop — Theme Parks
Nobody Gets Sued but the Doctor: The Legal Vacuum at the Center of the AI Physician Revolution
BlogFeb 20, 2026

Nobody Gets Sued but the Doctor: The Legal Vacuum at the Center of the AI Physician Revolution

The episode examines the legal vacuum surrounding AI‑assisted clinical decision‑making, highlighting that while the FDA has cleared over 1,300 AI medical devices, adoption remains low and physicians bear virtually all malpractice liability. Data shows a rapid rise in AI use...

By Thoughts on Healthcare Markets & Tech