News•Feb 26, 2026
Due Diligence Required as More Biofuel Feedstocks Used
NorthStandard released a white paper outlining the rapid uptake of biofuels in commercial shipping, noting a twelve‑fold increase in testing volumes to over 1 million MT between 2021 and 2025. Current 5‑10% bio‑blend usage satisfies the 2022 FuelEU Maritime requirement, but upcoming regulations will push bio content to 30‑40% by 2040 and as high as 80% by 2050. The paper warns that diverse feedstocks—FAME, HVO, CNSL—bring varying quality risks, demanding stronger due‑diligence and certification. It also mandates linking Union Database transaction IDs to bunker delivery notes for safe transfers.
By MarineLink
News•Feb 26, 2026
Join Us on March 5th: The Future of Intelligent Hiring with SmartRecruiters for SAP SuccessFactors
SAP and SmartRecruiters are hosting a live webinar on March 5 to showcase the SmartRecruiters for SAP SuccessFactors solution. The session will demonstrate how the integrated platform can elevate the hiring experience, speed up recruiting cycles, and tie each hire...
By HRTechFeed
News•Feb 26, 2026
FedRamp 20x Opens the Door to Fast Access to Secure Services
FedRAMP 20x redesigns the federal cloud‑security authorization process by eliminating the agency sponsor requirement and introducing a cloud‑native path that can deliver approvals in weeks instead of years. Automation replaces narrative controls with machine‑readable evidence, targeting over 80% validation through continuous‑monitoring...
By FedTech Magazine
News•Feb 26, 2026
SOCOM on the Hunt for ‘Acoustic Rainbow’ Tech for Silencing Drones
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has launched an SBIR solicitation for acoustic rainbow emitters (ARE) to silence tactical drones, aiming to cut acoustic signatures by at least 50%. The devices must weigh no more than 1 kg for Group 1 UAVs and...
By Military Times
News•Feb 26, 2026
Increasing Rice Yields with Gene-Informed Selective Breeding
An international team led by Oxford, Nanjing Agricultural University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified the rice gene OsWRI1a as a key regulator of growth under varying nitrogen levels. Over‑expressing a strong OsWRI1a allele increased root‑to‑shoot ratios and grain...
By GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
Blog•Feb 26, 2026
Microsoft Updates DirectX Shader Compiler With Improved Vulkan Driver Interoperability
Microsoft released DirectX Shader Compiler version 1.9, adding production support for Shader Model 6.9. The update focuses on substantial SPIR‑V backend enhancements, including improved layout, ABI correctness, expanded type‑system support, and more reliable code generation. These changes tighten interoperability with Vulkan...
By Phoronix
News•Feb 26, 2026
Amazon Same-Day Grocery Delivery and Pharmacy Services Comes to Louisville
Amazon has launched same‑day grocery delivery and pharmacy services in Louisville, covering a 55‑mile radius. The rollout adds Louisville to more than 2,300 U.S. cities offering Amazon grocery delivery and moves the company toward its goal of nearly 4,500 cities...
By Supermarket News
News•Feb 26, 2026
Framing the Agentic Advertising Management Protocols (AAMP) Initiative
The IAB Tech Lab unveiled the Agentic Ad Management Protocols (AAMP), an umbrella initiative that consolidates its Agentic Real‑Time Framework, Agentic Audiences, and buyer‑seller SDKs. AAMP is organized around three pillars: a high‑performance execution plane (ARTF), open‑source agentic protocols, and...
By IAB Tech Lab
News•Feb 26, 2026
From ERP Go-Live to Continuous Optimization: A Post-Go-Live Framework by Techbot
Techbot unveiled a three‑phase post‑go‑live framework that moves ERP projects from initial stabilization to performance optimization and ongoing governance. The first 30‑90 days focus on system reliability, data integrity and rapid issue resolution to build user confidence. The second phase...
By ERP News
Blog•Feb 26, 2026
Walmart to Begin Selling Onn Smart TVs Running Google TV for the First Time
Walmart is extending its low‑cost Onn brand into smart‑TV territory by introducing Google TV‑powered models for the first time. A Bluetooth certification filing reveals three series—SGQ, MQP and SQ—offering 55‑, 65‑ and 75‑inch 4K screens. Pricing is expected to stay...
By AFTVnews
Blog•Feb 26, 2026
Control System Cyber Incidents and Network Breaches Are “Apples and Oranges”
Joe Weiss argues that network‑focused breach statistics, such as those in the 2025 Verizon Data Breach Report, do not capture the reality of control‑system cyber incidents. While IT and OT network teams track data loss, ransomware and malicious traffic, control‑system...
By Control Global Blogs
News•Feb 26, 2026
Federal Circuit Upholds Infringement Damages and Validity for Modular Artificial Tree Patent
The Federal Circuit affirmed Willis Electric’s $42.5 million verdict and upheld the validity of claim 15 of its modular artificial‑tree patent. The court rejected Polygroup’s motions, finding the district court correctly admitted the damages expert’s testimony and did not require limiting damages...
By JD Supra – Legal Tech
News•Feb 26, 2026
Why Segmentation Just Became the Top Database Priority for 2026
The 2026 Database Strategies & Contact Acquisition Benchmark Survey shows segmentation has vaulted to the top database priority, with 73% of marketers citing targeted segments as their primary focus. Unlike the 2024 era of retroactive measurement, firms now design databases...
By Demand Gen Report
News•Feb 26, 2026
Wake County Schools Weigh 'Whistleblower' Exception to Phone Policy
North Carolina law requires students to keep phones off during instructional time, but Wake County Schools are debating a "whistleblower" exemption that would let students record incidents such as bullying. The proposal aims to balance the need for safety documentation...
By GovTech — Education (K-12)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Suno Investor Admits She Ditched Spotify for AI Music, Accidentally Undermining the Company's Fair Use Defense
Suno, the AI‑generated music platform, has reached $300 million in annualized revenue and 2 million paying subscribers in under two years. Investor C.C. Gong publicly said she shifted most of her listening from Spotify to Suno, claiming AI music offers a personalized, infinite...
By THE DECODER
News•Feb 26, 2026
How RNA Binding Selectivity Arises From Disordered Regions
RIKEN scientists have shown that an intrinsically disordered region (IDR) of the DEAD‑box helicase DDX3X confers selective binding to specific mRNA structures, a mechanism uncovered using solution NMR spectroscopy. The discovery clarifies how DDX3X distinguishes target transcripts, linking its specificity...
By Phys.org – Biotechnology
News•Feb 26, 2026
Building a Multi-Generational Approach to Insurance Coverage
Insurers are confronting a widening gap between employee expectations and benefits delivery, as satisfaction with coverage fell to 61% in late 2025, down from 66% the year before. Younger workers demand fast, transparent digital interactions, while older staff prefer hands‑on,...
By Employee Benefit News
Podcast•Feb 26, 2026•13 min
How States Can Best Prepare for the Approaching DOJ Accessibility Deadline
In this episode, NACIO policy analyst Kalia Young‑Gibson outlines how states can prepare for the DOJ’s upcoming accessibility compliance deadline on April 24, 2026. She highlights the recent accessibility officer summit, a forthcoming NACIO guide that maps policy through different...
By NASCIO Voices
News•Feb 26, 2026
AWS Bedrock Vs. SageMaker: Choosing the Right GenAI Stack in 2026
By 2026 Amazon Bedrock has evolved into a serverless platform that delivers managed agents, built‑in Retrieval‑Augmented Generation and guardrails, while Amazon SageMaker remains the full‑stack workbench for custom model training, massive‑scale distributed jobs and hardware‑optimized inference. Bedrock now supports fine‑tuning...
By DZone – DevOps & CI/CD
News•Feb 26, 2026
To Jumpstart Centers of Influence Referrals, Think Outside the CPA
Financial advisors are urged to broaden referral networks beyond traditional CPAs and lawyers, embracing strategic alliances with diverse centers of influence. Mike Byrnes suggests using happy clients for warm introductions and targeting non‑traditional partners such as yacht dealers, realtors, clergy,...
By Financial Planning (Arizent)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Space Data Meets Ground Troops: The Calian-ADGA Training Partnership
Calian Group and ADGA Group have signed a three‑year partnership to create advanced land‑training simulators for the Canadian Army, embedding full C5ISRT networks into synthetic battlefields. Both firms bring deep satellite communications and secure simulation expertise, ensuring virtual environments mirror...
By SpaceQ
News•Feb 26, 2026
Telestream Unveils Production-Ready AI Capabilities Across Its Product Portfolio
Telestream unveiled a suite of production‑ready AI features across its Vantage, Vantage Cloud, EDC, Stanza and Qualify platforms. The rollout adds AI Caption with support for 128 languages, AI Qualify for automated lip‑sync and subtitle validation, AI Speech for real‑time...
By TV Tech (TVTechnology)
News•Feb 26, 2026
BlackSky’s Growth Contracts in 2025 for Second Year
BlackSky reported full‑year 2025 revenue of $106.6 million, a modest 4.4% increase year‑over‑year, marking a second consecutive slowdown after 8% growth in 2024 and 45% in 2023. The company’s net loss widened to $70.3 million, but its backlog jumped 32% to $345 million,...
By Via Satellite
News•Feb 26, 2026
Fundamentals of Position Feedback
Automation has shifted from simple limit switches to dynamic position‑feedback devices such as encoders and LVDTs, delivering continuous data across varying speeds. Encoders dominate motion‑to‑electrical conversion, with absolute models preserving position after power loss and incremental models tracking relative movement....
By Control Design
News•Feb 26, 2026
ACV Auctions Expands AI Tools as Q4 Revenue Rises
ACV Auctions reported Q4 2025 revenue of $184 million, a 15% year‑over‑year increase, and full‑year revenue of $760 million, up 19% from 2024. The company narrowed its quarterly net loss to $20 million, improving by 23% versus the prior year, while selling 192,757...
By Digital Commerce 360
News•Feb 26, 2026
DriveWealth to Integrate Kalshi’s Event Contracts Into Its Brokerage Platform
DriveWealth is integrating Kalshi’s regulated prediction‑market event contracts into its brokerage‑as‑a‑service platform, allowing fintech clients to offer these contracts alongside stocks and ETFs. Kalshi processes more than $100 billion in annualized volume and sees the partnership as a way to broaden...
By Finovate
News•Feb 26, 2026
Nanochannel Method Makes Ion Membranes Twice as Strong for Clean Energy
University of Queensland researchers have introduced a nanoconfinement polymerisation technique that creates ultra‑thin ion‑exchange membranes with roughly double the tensile strength of conventional films. The method forces polymer chains to align within nanoscale channels, yielding dense, flexible membranes that can...
By Phys.org – Nanotechnology
News•Feb 26, 2026
Project44 Launches AI Agent to Automate Freight Procurement
Project44 has introduced an AI Freight Procurement Agent within its Intelligent Transportation Management System to automate carrier selection, rate benchmarking, and negotiations across multiple modes. The agent replaces periodic bid cycles with continuous, AI‑driven sourcing using live market data, and...
By FreightWaves
News•Feb 26, 2026
Coco Robotics Launches New Autonomous Robots for Urban Deliveries
Coco Robotics unveiled Coco 2, its next‑generation autonomous delivery robot that moves beyond sidewalks into bike lanes and permitted roadways. The new platform halves delivery times and triples uptime, thanks to upgraded edge‑computing hardware and a dataset of millions of...
By The AI Insider
News•Feb 26, 2026
Xanadu and Lockheed Martin Launch Joint Research Initiative for Quantum Machine Learning
Xanadu and Lockheed Martin have announced a joint research initiative to advance quantum machine learning, concentrating on generative modeling with photonic hardware. The collaboration will explore Fourier‑based operations that are infeasible for classical computers, aiming to create quantum primitives that excel...
By Quantum Computing Report
News•Feb 26, 2026
ARUP Creates Innovation Central Laboratory
ARUP Laboratories has unveiled the Innovation Central Laboratory, a dedicated hub for co‑development with pharmaceutical and biotech partners. The facility is designed to validate technologies and move next‑generation diagnostics from concept through to commercial readiness. It will host projects ranging...
By CAP Today
Blog•Feb 26, 2026
Amid Boston’s Life Sciences Boom, an Unusual Alliance Orchestrates Technician Training
Boston’s life‑sciences sector is adding thousands of well‑paying technician positions that often don’t require a four‑year degree. To address the fragmented training ecosystem, the city funded the Life Sciences Career Alliance with $4.7 million, appointing Year Up United as the coordinating...
By Work Shift (Open Campus)
News•Feb 26, 2026
IonQ Deploys Romania’s National Quantum Communication Infrastructure (RoNaQCI)
IonQ has rolled out Romania’s National Quantum Communication Infrastructure (RoNaQCI), creating a 1,500‑kilometer quantum‑key‑distribution (QKD) network that links six major cities. The system comprises 36 quantum‑secured links, accounting for more than 20% of Europe’s terrestrial quantum communications capacity. Leveraging wavelength‑division...
By Quantum Computing Report
News•Feb 26, 2026
Vast and Axiom Awarded New Private Missions to ISS, Continue Work on Commercial Space Stations
NASA has awarded Private Astronaut Missions to Vast Space and Axiom Space for 2027, extending crewed flights to the International Space Station while both firms develop their own commercial stations. Vast will fly its first 14‑day ISS mission and launch...
By NASASpaceflight.com
News•Feb 26, 2026
Drug Trials Snapshots: KOMZIFTI
The FDA approved KOMZIFTI (ziftomenib) on November 13 2025 as an oral 600 mg capsule for adult patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) harboring an NPM1 mutation. Approval rests on the single‑arm KO‑MEN‑001 trial, which enrolled 112 participants across seven...
By FDA
Blog•Feb 26, 2026
Web to Print Storefronts for Shopify: Build a Customization Channel That Scales
Shopify merchants can add a web‑to‑print storefront to let customers design and purchase customized printed goods, automating file preparation and production routing. The solution typically requires a SaaS platform like PrintXpand, integration with Shopify, and configurable SKUs, with implementation taking...
By eCommerce Fastlane
News•Feb 26, 2026
Ditch Apple’s Walled Garden — This Subscription-Free Digital Frame Is $20 Off and Works with OneDrive, Dropbox, and Offline
The Pix‑Star LUX digital photo frame is now $20 cheaper, dropping to $139 on Amazon. It offers native syncing with OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Photos, Flickr and can receive images via email, USB or SD card. Unlike many competitors, the frame’s...
By Windows Central
News•Feb 26, 2026
How China Is Betting Cheap AI Will Get the World Hooked on Its Tech
China is accelerating a strategy to flood the market with low‑cost AI tools, aiming to make its platforms indispensable worldwide. ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0, a text‑to‑video generator, exemplifies this push, while Chinese labs have been accused of harvesting OpenAI‑Claude responses through...
By The Conversation – Business + Economy (US)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Real-Time Radiation Tracking: Canada’s Newest Contribution to the Moon Race
The Canadian Space Agency has earmarked $5.5 million for Ontario‑based Bubble Technology Industries to develop the Canadian Active Neutron Spectrometer (CANS). The device will provide real‑time neutron radiation measurements for Artemis missions, addressing a major health hazard for astronauts beyond Earth’s...
By SpaceQ
Blog•Feb 26, 2026
Pawsey Expands High-Memory Resources on Setonix for Data-Intensive Workloads
Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre has doubled the high‑memory CPU nodes on its Setonix system from eight to sixteen, each equipped with dual 64‑core AMD EPYC 7763 processors and 1 TB of shared RAM. The expansion responds to a user‑survey‑identified demand for...
By HPCwire
News•Feb 26, 2026
Army Orders $186 Million in Switchblade Kamikaze Drones, Tank Killers
The U.S. Army has placed a $186 million delivery order with AeroVironment for two Switchblade loitering‑munition variants: the 600 Block 2 and the 300 Block 2. The 600 Block 2 brings advanced AI‑driven target detection and can operate from sea platforms, while the 300 Block 2 is equipped with...
By Military Times
News•Feb 26, 2026
Army Orders $186 Million in Switchblade Kamikaze Drones, Tank Killers
The U.S. Army has placed a $186 million delivery order with AeroVironment for its Switchblade loitering‑munition family, covering the 600 Block 2 and 300 Block 2 variants. The Switchblade 600 Block 2, co‑developed with SOCOM, features AI‑driven target detection and can operate from sea‑based platforms....
By Defense News – Unmanned
News•Feb 26, 2026
This Biomaterial Becomes Stronger when Wet
Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia have created a nickel‑linked chitosan material that becomes stronger when wet, achieving nearly a 50 % increase in tensile strength. By incorporating small amounts of nickel ions, the polymer forms water‑bridged networks that...
By Chemical & Engineering News (ACS)
News•Feb 26, 2026
More States Are Tightening Their Gift Card Regulations
In 2025, 22 U.S. states introduced legislation aimed at curbing gift‑card fraud, a sharp rise from eight states the previous year. While many bills increase criminal penalties, several also impose new duties on merchants, such as conspicuous fraud warnings and...
By PaymentsJournal
News•Feb 26, 2026
Debunking 7 Common Applicant Tracking System Myths
The article dismantles seven persistent myths surrounding applicant tracking systems, clarifying that AI supports rather than replaces human recruiters, and that ATS tools are valuable for organizations of any size. It explains that applications remain searchable, outreach can be personalized...
By Lever Blog
News•Feb 26, 2026
Pipeline Velocity: How to Measure and Improve It
Pipeline velocity measures how fast qualified opportunities turn into revenue, using the formula (Opportunities × Average Deal Size × Win Rate) ÷ Sales Cycle Length. The guide explains why traditional coverage ratios can mask slow‑moving pipelines and how velocity serves as a leading indicator...
By Outreach
News•Feb 26, 2026
Augmentum Fintech Accepts £186m Cash Takeover Offer
Augmentum Fintech has agreed to a £185.7 million cash takeover by Norwegian buyout firm Verdane, representing a 27 % premium at 111 pence per share. The board unanimously recommended the offer, targeting completion in the second quarter. Augmentum’s portfolio includes 27 fintechs such...
By Finextra
Blog•Feb 26, 2026
Attabotics Gets a New Life at LaFayette Systems
Attabotics, the Canadian robotics firm behind a patented cubic goods‑to‑person storage system, filed for bankruptcy in 2025 and was acquired by Danville‑based LaFayette Systems in September. The deal keeps Attabotics' engineering, business, and manufacturing operations in Calgary, with key legacy...
By Mobile Robot Guide
News•Feb 26, 2026
Podcast: ADP’s Usman Khan on How Big Companies Use Investment to Enhance Product Lines
In a recent podcast, Usman "Oz" Khan, senior vice president of ADP Ventures, explained how the unit operates as both an incubation lab and a venture‑investment arm to surface emerging workplace technologies. ADP Ventures runs recurring ideation cycles that align...
By HRTechFeed
Blog•Feb 26, 2026
Lenovo Legion Go Fold Concept Is a Portable Gaming PC with a Foldable Display
Lenovo unveiled a Legion Go Fold concept at Mobile World Congress, featuring a foldable pOLED screen that measures 7.7 inches when closed and expands to 11.6 inches unfolded. The device runs on an Intel Core Ultra 7 258V processor with 32 GB LPDDR5x memory and integrated Arc 140V...
By Liliputing