News•Feb 25, 2026
Middle East UAV Market Underscored by $17bn in Unsigned Deals
The Middle East UAV market still has about $17 billion in pending contracts, according to Shephard Defence Insight. Saudi Arabia leads the pipeline, eyeing MQ‑9B and Gambit systems, while other regional programs remain unawarded. Recent trade shows in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh highlighted strong interest but did not close any deals. The unsigned value underscores a substantial growth opportunity for UAV manufacturers.
By Shephard Media
News•Feb 25, 2026
Molecules Found in Martian Rock Hint at Ancient Life – New Study
A new study of carbon‑based molecules in the Martian sedimentary rock Cumberland, analyzed by NASA’s Curiosity rover, reveals long‑chain alkanes such as decane, undecane and dodencane. The researchers argue that the high concentrations of these complex organics cannot be fully...
By New Space Economy
News•Feb 25, 2026
Survey: Despite AI Tools, Freight Professionals Make Even More Decisions per Day
The Deep Current survey of 600 freight decision‑makers shows decision density rising despite AI adoption, with 74 % making over 50 operational choices daily and half exceeding 100. System fragmentation forces professionals to juggle five or more disconnected platforms, leading to...
By DC Velocity
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
February Global Regulatory Brief: Digital Finance
Recent regulatory developments across major economies highlight growing scrutiny of AI, cybersecurity, and operational resilience in finance. In the UK, the Treasury Committee criticised the FCA and BoE for a reactive stance, urging AI‑specific guidance and stress testing by 2026....
By Tech Disruptors
News•Feb 25, 2026
H&M Pilots Dyehouse Water Recycling With Viridis
H&M Group partnered with Vancouver‑based Viridis Research to pilot an electrochemical oxidation system in Dhaka textile mills, treating wastewater from dye baths, equalization tanks, conventional treatment output and reverse‑osmosis reject streams. The trial achieved 99.56‑99.94% color removal and demonstrated the...
By Sourcing Journal
News•Feb 25, 2026
Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much
Tech CEOs, including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, are baffled by a growing public backlash against AI, despite years of hype and massive investment. A 2025 Pew Research poll shows 60 % of Americans demand more personal control over...
By Futurism AI
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
The Art (And Science) Of Measurement with Extreme Reach’s Sherman Li
Extreme Reach (XR) operates as a full‑stack ad‑operations hub, handling everything from payroll and asset management to multi‑platform delivery. The company recently announced a digital integration with Nielsen One, allowing advertisers to attach audience measurement data directly to each ad....
By TVREV
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Spark, Lakehouse & AI: A Deep Conversation with Bart Konieczny
In a recent Data Engineering Central podcast, Bart Konieczny discussed the evolving synergy between Apache Spark, lakehouse architectures, and artificial intelligence. He highlighted Spark's latest performance enhancements, including Catalyst optimizer refinements and native GPU acceleration. Konieczny explained how lakehouses bridge...
By Confessions of a Data Guy
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
New Global Report: Executive Insights on AI Strategy, Risks, and Readiness
A new global report by the ERM Initiative and AICPA & CIMA surveyed 1,735 executives across eight regions and industries, revealing stark gaps in AI talent, technology, and governance readiness. While 73% of early‑adopter firms report strategic advantage from AI, only about...
By NC State ERM Initiative – Resource Center/Blog
News•Feb 25, 2026
If the Bot Lies, Who Pays?
A federal court in Georgia dismissed Mark Walters’ defamation lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the complaint lacked the required fault element. The ruling underscores that AI systems themselves cannot be liable for defamation because they lack intent and legal personhood. Liability...
By Talkers
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
An Agentic Formal Verifier. Innovation in Verification
Infineon’s recent paper introduces Saarthi, an autonomous AI formal verification engineer that leverages multi‑agent LLM frameworks to generate, prove, and analyze RTL properties. The system creates English‑language verification plans, refines SystemVerilog assertions, and runs Cadence’s Jasper model‑checker in an iterative...
By SemiWiki
News•Feb 25, 2026
PorterShed Launches Virtual Accelerator Programme with MyBertie.AI, Supported by the Western Development Commission
PorterShed has launched a six‑week virtual accelerator, “Get PSSF Ready with PorterShed x Bertie,” to help West Irish tech founders craft competitive applications for Enterprise Ireland’s Pre‑Seed Start Fund. The pilot, beginning 23 March, pairs PorterShed’s mentorship and launch track with...
By Irish Tech News
News•Feb 25, 2026
Bullhorn GRID Report: Staffing Firms Using AI See Stronger Growth, Faster Placements
Bullhorn’s 16th annual GRID report, based on a survey of nearly 2,300 recruitment professionals worldwide, finds that staffing firms that adopt artificial intelligence experience markedly stronger revenue growth and faster candidate placements. Top‑performing agencies are four times more likely to...
By HRTechFeed
News•Feb 25, 2026
TV Media Buyers Want Outcomes – So Nielsen Is Introducing More Advanced Audiences
Nielsen announced the addition of more than 200 advanced audience segments to its Nielsen ONE cross‑platform dashboard, drawing on Scarborough’s extensive U.S. consumer surveys. The new segments span demographics, purchase behavior and lifestyle categories, and are intended to improve TV...
By AdExchanger
News•Feb 25, 2026
This High-Density Hydro Storage System Ditches the Water
UK‑based RheEnergise has demonstrated a water‑free pumped‑storage system that uses a proprietary High‑Density Fluid, 2.5 times denser than water, to generate 500 kW in a pilot plant. The closed‑loop design replaces traditional reservoirs with a concrete lower tank and an 80‑metre...
By IEEE Spectrum – Energy
News•Feb 25, 2026
Millions Are Overdue For Colon Cancer Screening
The death of 48‑year‑old actor James Van Der Beek underscores a surge in colorectal cancer among adults under 50, prompting the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to lower the screening start age to 45 in 2021. A 2024 report estimates that roughly...
By Forbes – Healthcare
News•Feb 25, 2026
Y Combinator Grad and AI Insurance Brokerage Harper Raises $47M
Harper, an AI‑native insurance brokerage founded by Y Combinator alumnus Dakotah Rice, announced a $46.8 million Series A and seed round led by Emergence Capital. Launched in 2024, the platform automates underwriting, routing, and document collection, enabling it to process over 1,000 policies...
By TechCrunch Venture Feed
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Arm & Linaro Launch New "CoreCollective" Consortium - With Backing From AMD & Others
Arm and Linaro have unveiled the CoreCollective consortium, an open‑source‑focused alliance aimed at accelerating the Arm software ecosystem. The group is financially backed by Arm and invites any vendor to join for free. Founding members include AMD, Ampere, Canonical, Google,...
By Phoronix
News•Feb 25, 2026
Jira’s Latest Update Allows AI Agents and Humans to Work Side by Side
Atlassian introduced “Agents in Jira,” allowing AI agents to be assigned, tracked, and managed alongside human users within the Jira dashboard. The feature, now in open beta, lets teams assign tickets to AI, set deadlines, and monitor progress with the...
By TechCrunch Enterprise
News•Feb 25, 2026
Ads Decoded Episode 3 Explores How Google Is Reimagining Search Ads Experiences in a Way that Delivers Value for Both...
Google’s Ads Decoded episode 3 reveals how the company redesigns Search ad experiences to benefit both users and advertisers. The discussion, led by Ginny Marvin, Ads UI Product Manager Abby Butler, and Search Ads UX Lead Adam Bullock, details the...
By Google Analytics Blog
News•Feb 25, 2026
Male Infertility Care to Shift Treatment Burden From Women
Infertility has long been framed as a women's issue, yet about half of cases stem from male factors. New treatments such as Igyxos' IGX12 monoclonal antibody, which enhances follicle‑stimulating hormone activity, aim to improve sperm production and reduce the physical...
By Labiotech.eu
News•Feb 25, 2026
Entrinsik to Showcase Informer at Several Conferences Spring 2026
Entrinsik announced a spring 2026 roadshow, speaking and exhibiting at Accelerate, Ellucian Live, and MultiValue World. Scott Allen will lead a session on data‑driven agency growth at Accelerate, while the company will demo Informer AI Assistants for campus‑wide personalization at...
By Database Trends & Applications (DBTA)
News•Feb 25, 2026
The Future of Astronomy Is Both on Earth and in Space
The American Astronomical Society’s presidents rebut a recent call to move astronomy entirely off Earth, arguing that ground‑based observatories remain indispensable. They note that space telescopes, while transformative, are expensive, mission‑specific and unserviceable after launch. In contrast, terrestrial facilities can...
By SpaceNews
News•Feb 25, 2026
Kore Enhances Integrate with Features that Manage and Transform Data
KoreTech unveiled a suite of updates to its Kore Integrate platform, adding new connectors for Canals.ai, Blue Yonder WMS, LeadSmart CRM, FieldPulse and Housecall Pro. The release also upgrades security protocols and promises support for Microsoft SQL Server 2025. Kore Integrate already...
By Database Trends & Applications (DBTA)
News•Feb 25, 2026
Why 'Call This Number' TOAD Emails Beat Gateways
Researchers at StrongestLayer analyzed about 5,000 phishing emails that evaded secure email gateways between December 2025 and early 2026. They found that telephone‑oriented attack delivery (TOAD), which consists solely of a phone number, represented roughly 28 % of all bypasses and...
By Dark Reading
Podcast•Feb 25, 2026•40 min
EP 721: 3 New NotebookLM Updates You Can’t Miss: Editable Slides, Mobile Updates and More
In this episode Jordan dives into three major NotebookLM updates: enhanced mobile capabilities that let users edit infographics, slide decks, and generate full‑screen video overviews on their phones; a new conversational studio generation workflow that lets users iteratively chat with...
By Everyday AI
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
BRYTER Offers Vibe Coding, Returns to Its Roots
Bryter, originally a no‑code workflow platform for lawyers, has launched a general‑release of “vibe coding,” a conversational AI‑driven approach that lets users build applications by describing logic in natural language. The feature blends Bryter’s no‑code roots with generative AI, enabling...
By Artificial Lawyer
News•Feb 25, 2026
Industry Leaders Present India–UK/Europe Green Corridor Vision to President Murmu
Senior industry leaders from India, the UK and Europe briefed President Droupadi Murmu on a proposed India‑UK/Europe green corridor aimed at accelerating industrial decarbonisation and sustainable trade. The roadmap, led by Rajashree Birla, outlines technology transfer, catalytic capital flows and...
By ET EnergyWorld (The Economic Times)
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Illumina Constellation Becomes TruePath Genome
Illumina has rebranded its Constellation mapped‑read system as TruePath Genome and launched it commercially at $395 per genome. The technology performs on‑flowcell tagmentation of high‑molecular‑weight DNA, using DRAGEN to infer proximity and generate haplotype blocks on NovaSeq X 10B flowcells. TruePath Genome claims...
By Omics! Omics!
News•Feb 25, 2026
Exclusive: Charter Space Launches an Insurance Brokerage
Charter Space has launched the Charter Interplanetary Risk Corporation (CIRC), a nationally licensed brokerage dedicated to providing insurance for space missions and related commercial risks. Building on its mission‑management software and data‑driven risk analytics, CIRC will place policies ranging from...
By Payload
News•Feb 25, 2026
How the OCC Is Handling Its Charter Application Workload
Bank charter applications surged in 2025, with 18 new OCC filings—equal to the total received in the previous four years combined. OCC chief Jonathan Gould frames the spike as a return to normal, emphasizing that new bank formation signals system...
By Banking Dive
News•Feb 25, 2026
Datamaran Launches Regulatory Monitoring Solution to Help Companies Navigate ESG Complexity
Datamaran, a leader in AI‑powered risk tools, unveiled a standalone Regulatory Monitoring solution that aggregates global ESG and sustainability regulations. The platform blends machine‑learning analysis with expert‑curated intelligence, delivering personalized alerts and visual dashboards for sustainability, legal, and compliance teams....
By AiThority
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
SpaceX Targets 150Mbps per User for Upgraded Starlink Direct-to-Cell
SpaceX announced it aims for peak download speeds of 150 Mbps per user on its next‑generation Starlink Direct‑to‑Cell service. The current satellite‑to‑phone offering, delivered with T‑Mobile under the T‑Satellite brand, tops out at roughly 4 Mbps and is limited to texting and...
By Teslarati
News•Feb 25, 2026
Scality RING Becomes Back-End Object Store for WEKA NeuralMesh
Scality and WEKA announced that Scality RING will serve as the back‑end object store for WEKA’s NeuralMesh high‑performance AI file system. The partnership leverages NeuralMesh’s SSD‑based front‑end with RING’s cost‑efficient, disk‑based object tier, delivering up to ten times faster performance than...
By Blocks & Files
News•Feb 25, 2026
Reading Your Data Tea Leaves: What Your Metrics Are Really Trying to Tell You
Retailers are pouring millions into data pipelines, yet most use the insights merely to streamline operations—faster email sends, quicker inventory moves, and real‑time dashboards. The article argues that this productivity focus creates generic experiences that annoy customers. By shifting from...
By Retail TouchPoints
News•Feb 25, 2026
SYOS Aerospace Develops Frontline-Proven Multi-Domain Autonomy Solutions
SYOS Aerospace announced that frontline feedback is accelerating upgrades to its uncrewed maritime, ground and aerial platforms, enabling rapid development cycles. The firm has produced over 140 uncrewed surface vessels in the past year and is expanding production for NATO...
By Defence Blog
News•Feb 25, 2026
Cherry Bekaert Strengthens AI Security and Compliance Offerings Through Enkrypt AI Alliance
Cherry Bekaert announced a strategic alliance with Enkrypt AI, integrating the firm’s risk and compliance expertise with Enkrypt’s automated AI security platform. The partnership delivers real‑time guardrails, testing, validation, and continuous monitoring to help clients meet emerging standards such as...
By AiThority
News•Feb 25, 2026
Division of Applied Regulatory Science
The Division of Applied Regulatory Science (DARS) operates within the FDA’s Office of Clinical Pharmacology and the Office of Translational Sciences. Its mandate is to translate emerging scientific advances into the agency’s regulatory framework, tackling complex questions that hinder drug...
By FDA
News•Feb 25, 2026
South Korea Considers Updates to Data and Cyber Laws
South Korea is preparing amendments to its Network Act and Personal Information Protection Act after a wave of high‑profile data breaches in telecommunications, retail and finance. The revisions aim to tighten data protection, reinforce security governance, and boost the effectiveness...
By DataBreaches.net
News•Feb 25, 2026
Progressive Robotics Launches AnyStack: A Turnkey Solution for Mixed Palletizing in Modern Logistics
Progressive Robotics unveiled AnyStack, a turnkey robotic palletizing system that combines an industrial arm, AI‑driven vision, and intelligent stacking software into a single, ready‑to‑deploy cell. The solution dynamically identifies cases, calculates optimal stacking sequences, and builds stable mixed‑SKU pallets even...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Feb 25, 2026
FIPP Announces a Trio of AI-Related Actions for Its Members
FIPP has launched three AI‑focused initiatives to help its publishing members navigate the rapid rise of generative AI. An AI Working Group, led by Elsa Esparbé and Tim Bulley, will craft a strategic framework to protect IP and audiences. The federation also...
By FIPP
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
February Global Regulatory Brief: Risk, Capital, and Financial Stability
The February 2026 regulatory brief highlights four major initiatives: the RBI proposes a broader credit‑derivatives framework adding total‑return swaps and index products; MAS seeks tighter liquidity‑risk‑management rules for Singapore fund managers; the ECB releases 17 recommendations to simplify EU banking...
By Tech Disruptors
News•Feb 25, 2026
FHFA VantageScore Savings Sized up, FICO Expands in Mortgage
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) plans to adopt VantageScore 4.0 alongside FICO’s 10T score as part of a mandated modernization effort. A Deep Future Analytics study projects that competitive use of VantageScore could cut mortgage credit‑score fees by more than...
By National Mortgage News
News•Feb 25, 2026
AI’s Big Payoff Is Coordination, Not Automation
AI’s most powerful economic effect is lowering the cost of translating disparate data and workflows, not merely automating prediction or creation. By extracting structure from unstructured sources, AI creates a shared, real‑time view that lets teams coordinate without agreeing on...
By Harvard Business Review
News•Feb 25, 2026
World-Class Cybersecurity for UK Law Firms and Why It’s More Important than Ever
UK law firms are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, with 60% of attacks now stemming from credential compromise. Legacy on‑premise systems and fragmented security tools leave firms vulnerable, while modern SaaS platforms like OneAdvanced offer continuous patching, real‑time monitoring, and built‑in...
By Legal Futures (UK)
News•Feb 25, 2026
Crossplane & AI: The Case for API-First Infrastructure
AI‑assisted development has moved the primary bottleneck from writing code to the myriad tasks that follow a git push, such as provisioning, policy enforcement, and drift remediation. Most existing platforms keep the desired state in Git while the actual state...
By Crossplane Blog
News•Feb 25, 2026
Foster’s Ad Calls on All ‘T*ssers, B*llends and D**kheads
Heineken UK’s Foster’s brand launched the "Love You Cans" campaign, letting men personalize cans with cheeky nicknames like "t*ssers" and "b*llends" to spark reconnection with friends. The initiative is grounded in research showing 61% of British men find reaching out...
By DecisionMarketing
News•Feb 25, 2026
SiMa.ai and STIGA S.p.A. Partner for AI-Powered Autonomous Robotic Lawn Mowers
STIGA S.p.A. has partnered with SiMa Technologies to embed SiMa.ai’s low‑power Physical AI ML‑SoC into its next‑generation robotic lawn mowers for both consumer and commercial use. The integration enables ultra‑low‑latency, edge‑based decision‑making while reducing power draw, resulting in lighter, more...
By The AI Insider
News•Feb 25, 2026
How Algorithms and Drones Are Replacing Ukraine’s Infantry
Four years into the Ukraine‑Russia war, Kyiv’s ground forces have dwindled to as low as 30‑60% of authorized strength, prompting a rapid shift toward a machine‑centric defense. The Ukrainian military now relies on dense networks of drones, ground robots and...
By DefenseWorld/DW
News•Feb 25, 2026
Mediterranean Yachting Gets Greener with the Arrival of Fully Electric Silent Grace in 2026, Everything You Need to Know
MYSEA announced the Silent Grace, a fully electric 62‑foot catamaran slated for Mediterranean charter service in summer 2026. Powered by solar panels and high‑capacity batteries, the yacht delivers zero‑emission, noise‑free cruising while offering three decks of luxury space. Its wellness‑focused...
By Travel And Tour World