News•Feb 12, 2026
New Method Can Find Hidden Eggs to Aid in Fertility Treatment
Researchers at AutoIVF introduced OvaReady, a microfluidic device that scans discarded follicular fluid and retrieves eggs missed by traditional microscopy. In a study of 582 patients across four U.S. clinics, the system found additional viable eggs in 316 cases, yielding 582 extra eggs, and one of these led to a live birth. The technology automates egg isolation, potentially boosting embryo yields and improving IVF success rates. FDA approval is pending, with clinics currently using it under research protocols.
By New York Times – Health
Social•Feb 12, 2026
AI Polishes Everyone, Erasing Unique Voices
Something honestly scared me today. I was scrolling LinkedIn and I couldn’t tell who wrote what anymore. • Same tone • Same structure • Same “smart” voice I use LLMs every day. I love them. But here’s the part nobody says out loud: LLMs don’t just help...
By Pascal Bornet
News•Feb 12, 2026
STAT+: European VCs Band Together to Improve the Landscape for Biotech Startups
European venture capital firms have launched the European Life Sciences Coalition, a new alliance aimed at strengthening funding pipelines for biotech startups across the continent. The coalition highlights a stark financing gap: of the 67 EU‑based biotech firms that went...
By STAT (Biotech)
News•Feb 12, 2026
Auto Browse: What Teachers Should Know About Google’s New AI Agent
Google launched Auto Browse, an AI agent built on Gemini that can control Chrome tabs and interact with Gmail and Calendar. The feature is bundled with Google AI Pro ($20 per month) and AI Ultra ($250 per month) subscriptions and aims to automate web...
By Tech & Learning (TechLearning)
News•Feb 12, 2026
Making the Case for Continuous Radon Monitoring in Schools
Radon can accumulate to hazardous levels in school buildings, especially those that are tightly sealed and rely on HVAC systems. Traditional charcoal test kits provide only a single average reading, missing daily fluctuations that affect exposure. Continuous radon monitors (CRMs)...
By Facilities Management Advisor
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Stash Sold for $425M, Far Below $747M Raised
Ouch. Stash selling for $425MM after raising $747MM As a founder who has met a liquidation preference once in a while, this is PTSD. It is a tough hurdle to raise so much and then return the capital. Am sure the team...
By Lex Sokolin
News•Feb 12, 2026
Alpha Unmanned & Parallel Flight Partnership Targets Long-Endurance Heavy-Lift UAV Operations Using Heavy Fuel
Alpha Unmanned Systems and Parallel Flight Technologies have teamed up to convert Parallel Flight’s Firefly Group 3 UAV to heavy‑fuel operation. The effort leverages Parallel Flight’s Parallel Hybrid Electric Multirotor (PHEM) architecture, aiming for long‑endurance, heavy‑lift missions in naval and expeditionary...
By Unmanned Systems Technology – News
Blog•Feb 12, 2026
Next Tech Bubble? China Warns of Robot Overcapacity
The episode examines China's rapid expansion of the humanoid robotics industry, driven by government subsidies and venture capital, and the resulting overcapacity warning from the National Development and Reform Commission. It highlights the high costs, limited real-world demand, and technical...
By China Business Spotlight
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Quantum Software Alliance Launches Site to Accelerate Practical Computing
Quantum software is essential to make quantum technology work. The #QuantumSoftwareAlliance is a network of research institutions focused on making quantum computing practical through software, with an emphasis on co-design, algorithm discovery, verification, benchmarking, and interoperability. The web page is now...
By Jens Eisert
News•Feb 12, 2026
Consultation: The Appointed Representatives Regime
The UK government has opened a consultation to amend the Appointed Representatives (AR) regime, which lets non‑financial firms provide financial services without full authorisation. The move follows an August 2025 policy statement that flagged weak oversight of certain ARs and the...
By HM Treasury – Atom feed
Blog•Feb 12, 2026
PROPTECH-X : Something Big Is Happening – by Matt Shumer (AI Is Building the Next AI)
On February 5 2026 OpenAI and Anthropic launched GPT‑5.3 Codex and Opus 4.6, models that can write, test, and refine complete applications without human intervention. The author, Matt Shumer, reports that these systems exhibit judgment‑like decision‑making and even participated in their own development, marking...
By Proptech-X
News•Feb 12, 2026
Aito Partners with Abu Dhabi Motors to Enter the UAE
Chinese premium EV brand Aito has signed a cooperation agreement with Abu Dhabi Motors to launch its high‑end models in the United Arab Emirates. The partnership gives ADM responsibility for sales, delivery, after‑sales service and brand‑experience centers, while Aito brings...
By KrASIA
Blog•Feb 12, 2026
The First Banking Disruptor?
The episode examines Midland Bank's 1984 decision to eliminate fees for cheques, statements, and standing orders, effectively making personal banking free in the UK. It explores how this bold move reshaped the competitive landscape, prompting other banks to adopt similar...
By Payments:Unpacked
Blog•Feb 12, 2026
AI Self-Governance: It’s a Continuous Process
In July 2024 mySociety published its first AI Framework, establishing a principle of using AI responsibly and only when it is the best tool for the job. To keep the guidance current, the organisation now follows a three‑pronged approach: a...
By mySociety — News/Blog —
Blog•Feb 12, 2026
Software Testing Podcast - Agentic AI Quality Engineering - The Evil Tester Show Episode 030
The Evil Tester Show episode 030 features Dragan Spiridonov discussing his open‑source Agentic QE fleet, a suite of AI‑driven agents and skills that extend Claude Code for quality engineering. The tooling can automate browser interactions via Playwright or Vibium, generate test...
By Evil Tester Blog
News•Feb 12, 2026
Demoboost Closes €2.8M to Turn Product Demos Into Revenue Intelligence
Warsaw‑based Demoboost announced a €2.8 million funding round led by Digital Ocean Ventures and Rafał Brzoska’s family office. The capital will accelerate AI‑driven product demo creation and expand the platform internationally. Demoboost’s solution lets B2B software firms standardise, personalise and share...
By Tech.eu
Blog•Feb 12, 2026
Rethinking Creative Fairness Under the UK’s New Automated Decision-Making Rules
The UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 replaces GDPR Article 22 with Section 80, easing restrictions on fully automated decision‑making (ADM) while defining "meaningful human involvement" and "significant" effects. The new safeguards only trigger when decisions rely on special categories of...
By The IPKat
News•Feb 12, 2026
A Firm Capturing Carbon at NYC High-Rises Tackles Canadian Gas Pipelines
CarbonQuest, a Spokane‑based startup, is expanding its carbon‑capture technology from New York high‑rise boilers to gas‑fired engines that power compressors on Canadian pipelines. The company secured a $4.1 million grant‑backed contract with Tourmaline to install a containerized vacuum pressure swing absorption...
By Canary Media – Buildings
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Run OpenClaw Securely in the Cloud, No Setup
You don't need a Mac Mini to run @OpenClaw. Use https://t.co/jeP0nebHIv instead. With it you can safely run OpenClaw in the cloud. It's always on, so you can finally close your laptop without killing your agent. You can join the OpenClaw revolution...
By Robert Scoble
News•Feb 12, 2026
Relx Reassures as AI Fears Hit Data Stocks
Relx posted FY2025 revenue of £9.59 bn, a 7% increase, with operating profit climbing to £3.03 bn and earnings per share rising to 112.6p. The company also raised its full‑year dividend to 67.5p and completed £1.5 bn of share buybacks. These results arrived...
By City A.M. — Economics
News•Feb 12, 2026
Swedish Lassie Fetches $75 Million to Scale Automated Claims and Prevention-First Pet Care
Swedish pet insurer Lassie secured $75 million in a Series C round led by Balderton Capital and other investors, fueling AI‑driven claims automation and European expansion. The startup’s app blends insurance with preventive care, rewarding healthy pet behavior and processing 60% of...
By ArcticStartup
Blog•Feb 12, 2026
How Much Should You Invest in AEO?
The article cautions marketers against treating AI‑optimized search (AEO) as a blanket replacement for traditional SEO, urging a focus on where AI intersects the customer journey. It explains that top‑of‑funnel research queries are increasingly answered by LLMs, diverting low‑intent traffic,...
By The Future of SEO (Product‑Led SEO)
News•Feb 12, 2026
Economics Has Failed on the Climate Crisis. This Complexity Scientist Has a Mind-Blowing Plan to Fix That
Complexity scientist Doyne Farmer proposes a $100 million global economic simulator that models every firm individually, starting with the energy sector’s 30,000 companies and 160,000 assets. By replacing perfect‑rationality and equilibrium assumptions with simple, adaptive agents, the model promises forecasts that...
By The Guardian – Economics
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Shift From Tech Fixes to Economic Agility with Agentic AI
Most companies don’t have a technology problem. They have an economics problem. That’s why this extract stayed with me. In this conversation with Mike Sutcliff, CEO of Thoughtworks, he names what many leaders feel but rarely challenge. As he says: “𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚...
By Pascal Bornet
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Own Your Brand, Work It, Grow Exponentially
Kevin Hart built a tequila brand in a declining market and grew it 85% in one year. Gran Coramino sold 300,000 cases, passed $200M in retail sales, and became a top 25 tequila worldwide. He joins weekly sales calls, meets distributors, and...
By Ask Dr. Brown
News•Feb 12, 2026
DJI Lands Game-Changing Drone Approval in Brazil
Brazil’s aviation regulator ANAC granted Design Authorization for DJI’s Matrice 3D series and Dock 2, clearing a major regulatory hurdle for beyond‑visual‑line‑of‑sight (BVLOS) operations. The approval validates the system‑level safety architecture, hardware redundancy and software design, allowing enterprises to bypass lengthy certification...
By DroneDJ
News•Feb 12, 2026
Update on the Procurement for Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) Pilot
The UK Treasury announced an update on the Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) pilot, selecting HSBC’s Orion platform as the technology provider and Ashurst LLP for legal services. The competitive tender, launched in October 2025, aims to test distributed‑ledger technology for...
By HM Treasury – Atom feed
News•Feb 12, 2026
Amazon Ads Launches Creative Agent for Professional-Quality Ads
Amazon Ads unveiled Creative Agent, an AI‑driven partner inside Creative Studio that lets UK advertisers generate professional video and display ads via a conversational chat interface. The tool taps Amazon’s retail insights and product data to research audiences, brainstorm concepts,...
By ChannelX (formerly Tamebay)
News•Feb 12, 2026
After Talking to 300 Fintech CxO’s, Here’s What We Missed
A recent Finextra survey of 300 fintech leaders shows AI has moved from experimental pilots to core operations, with 85% of institutions now using it and the AI‑in‑fintech market projected at $30 billion by 2025. Predictive analytics are evolving into an...
By The Finanser
News•Feb 12, 2026
Waymo Joins Together for Safer Roads Coalition
Waymo has become the newest member of the non‑profit Together for Safer Roads (TSR), a coalition that convenes fleet operators, cities and technology firms to improve road safety. The partnership will debut a 2026 Conversation Series that examines autonomy, fleet...
By Traffic Technology Today
News•Feb 12, 2026
Real-World AI & Inference Engines: Redefining Geospatial Analytics| GeoBuiz Summit 2026
At GeoBuiz Summit 2026, Erik Jorgensen, CEO of Vexcel Imaging, introduced Real‑World AI as a Service, a platform that fuses geospatial data, foundation models and inference engines to make the physical environment directly queryable. The keynote highlighted multimodal geospatial embeddings...
By Geospatial World – Smart Infrastructure
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Robots Should Adapt to Humans, Not the Reverse
This is the kind of robotics progress I care about. Toyota introduced Walk Me, a walking wheelchair that climbs stairs and handles rough terrain instead of relying on wheels. The point is independence. Moving through the real world as it is, not as...
By Pascal Bornet
News•Feb 12, 2026
Mailchimp Unlocks Profitable Ecommerce Marketing
Intuit’s Mailchimp unveiled a suite of ecommerce‑focused enhancements that combine unified data, omnichannel campaign tools, and AI‑driven automation. The upgrades include an expanded Shopify integration, a Site Tracking Pixel, broader SMS capabilities, a consolidated performance dashboard, and migration utilities. Mailchimp...
By ChannelX (formerly Tamebay)
Podcast•Feb 12, 2026•1h 6m
Love Was the Hook.
In this episode, hosts Maria Varmazis, Dave Bittner, and Joe Carrigan explore the surge in romance and social‑engineering scams, highlighting high‑profile cases like a €3 million "Dubai Crown Prince" fraud and a handyman‑turned‑boyfriend con that inspired an Amazon Prime documentary. They...
By Hacking Humans
News•Feb 12, 2026
AI Productivity Gains Offset by Rework Costs, Study Finds
Workday’s global study of 3,200 employees reveals that nearly 40% of AI‑driven productivity gains are erased by rework, as staff spend significant time correcting low‑quality outputs. While 77% of workers report faster workflows, roughly 37% of saved time is consumed...
By HRD (Human Capital Magazine) US
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Voice‑First Tools Are Redefining Workspaces and Productivity
Voice is exploding. I talk to Claude Code and other tools almost exclusively in voice and screenshots. Office spaces are changing and will continue to change because of it. I can’t work for long periods at certain places because I...
By Allie Miller
News•Feb 12, 2026
With AI Backlash Building, Marketers Reconsider Their Approach
Marketers are pulling back on AI‑centric messaging as consumer trust erodes. While 82% of ad executives think Gen Z and millennials view AI‑generated ads favorably, only 45% of those consumers actually feel positive, widening a gap since 2024. Studies show AI‑created...
By Digiday
Social•Feb 12, 2026
AI Safety Lead Quits, Warns World Spiraling Apart
My morning headline: Anthropic’s AI safety lead quits, saying the world is drifting into peril as our values and actions keep diverging. Just a casual day in 2026. https://t.co/xHc7rZBTzE
By Data Chaz
Social•Feb 12, 2026
1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics Suffer First Major Cyber Attack
On this day in 1994, the winter Olympics in Lillehammer were hit with a cyber attack. https://t.co/AZfPpQUjAr https://t.co/xox3MFDt75
By Mikko Hypponen
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Proton Rocket Launches Elektro‑L5 Weather Satellite From Baikonur
Proton rocket lifts off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, with the Elektro-L5 weather satellite. DETAILS, UPDATES: https://t.co/XRGzszk0qi https://t.co/3ZESECT8GH
By Anatoly Zak
Podcast•Feb 12, 2026•1 min
Mars to Table
NASA is back for seconds with a new food system design challenge.
By Innovation Now
Social•Feb 12, 2026
China's CO2 Em
NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months * Down in 2025 * Still below Mar 2024 * Clean energy wave a key factor If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so...
By Simon Evans
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Ripple Secures Full EU E‑Money License in Luxembourg
Ripple Granted Full EU Electronic Money License in Luxembourg - Fintech Schweiz Digital Finance News - FintechNewsCH https://t.co/qV8sL92Tof https://t.co/Cczo1Sx4QO
By Oliver Bussmann
News•Feb 12, 2026
Fashion Briefing: At NYFW, Fashion Brands Are Embracing Department Stores — Even the Embattled Saks Global
At New York Fashion Week, leading fashion brands confirmed that wholesale through department stores remains a core growth pillar despite recent turbulence. The high‑profile bankruptcy of Saks Global and declining foot traffic at peers such as Neiman Marcus have heightened...
By Glossy
Social•Feb 12, 2026
Continuous Batching Eliminates Slow AI Chat Bottlenecks
Why Your AI Chat is Slow (Static Batching) ⏳ Static batching means one slow request blocks everyone else for seconds. Here is how Continuous Batching solves the "slowest user" problem #Coding #DevOps #AIModel #Latency https://t.co/CRe945HeYs
By Satya Mallick
News•Feb 12, 2026
College of Policing Accounts ‘Disclaimed’ by Auditor for Second Year in Wake of IT Failure
The National Audit Office refused to endorse the College of Policing’s 2024‑25 accounts for a second consecutive year, citing lingering fallout from a botched migration to the Home Office’s Oracle‑based Metis system. The IT switch triggered inaccurate financial reporting and...
By ComputerWeekly
Blog•Feb 12, 2026
On Misusing Transparent DNS Forwarders For Amplification Attacks
Researchers have identified transparent DNS forwarders as a potent, overlooked vector for reflective amplification attacks. Unlike traditional open resolvers, these forwarders relay queries without rewriting source IPs, allowing attackers to exploit shielded recursive resolvers and bypass rate‑limiting controls. Weekly Internet‑wide...
By APNIC Blog
News•Feb 12, 2026
Why Do Sovereign AI Projects Fail? IBM’s Chief Scientist Ruchir Puri on the Pitfalls Governments Face
At the AI Everything 2026 conference in Cairo, IBM Research chief scientist Ruchir Puri warned that sovereign AI initiatives are tripping over three core organisational flaws: chaotic data, unrealistic expectations, and cultural resistance. He explained that without unified data governance,...
By Indian Express AI
Podcast•Feb 12, 2026•21 min
Market View: Grab’s Profit Pivot, Budget 2026 Bets & The AI Crosscurrents
The episode examines Grab’s turnaround from losses to a US$268 million profit, its US$500 million share buyback, and investor concerns about growth and the US$425 million Stash Financial acquisition. It also breaks down Singapore’s 2026 budget, highlighting AI initiatives, tighter CDC payouts, and...
By Your Money with Michelle Martin (MONEY FM 89.3)