News•Feb 23, 2026
The Windows Control Panel Is One Step Closer to Death as Account Rename Option Makes Its Way to Windows 11's...
Microsoft is accelerating the retirement of the legacy Control Panel in Windows 11, moving more settings into the modern Settings app. The user‑account rename function, long housed in Control Panel, now appears in Settings in build 26300.7877, though the feature is still being refined. While Control Panel remains accessible, it hosts only a handful of legacy applets that underpin many Settings functions. Microsoft’s 2026 roadmap promises quality‑of‑life updates to win back users after recent AI‑related criticism.
By Windows Central
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
CIOB Innovation Vice-Chair Mordue Appointed to APS Board
Stefan Mordue, CIOB innovation panel vice‑chair and senior manager at Bentley Systems, has been appointed to the board of the Association for Project Safety (APS). He joins fellow appointee Stewart McArthur, a veteran construction assessor from Bureau Veritas, bringing digital construction...
By BIM+ (Construction Computing)
News•Feb 23, 2026
Automation Alley Expands Industrial 3D Printing Access for SMEs
Automation Alley’s Project DIAMOnD has opened its Digital Transformation Center to companies outside its membership. The DTC now offers fee‑based access to industrial‑grade polymer and metal 3D printing technologies, including powder‑bed fusion, large‑format FFF/MEX, and directed energy deposition. SMEs can...
By 3D Printing Industry – News
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
Fedora Pocketblue Remix Is an Atomic Linux Distro for Mobile Devices (Phones and Tablets)
Fedora Pocketblue Remix is an atomic Linux distribution that brings Fedora to smartphones and tablets. Its atomic update model ensures that package upgrades are either fully applied or rolled back, reducing the risk of a broken system. The remix currently...
By Liliputing
News•Feb 23, 2026
INTERVIEW: Motive’s Nyanya Joof on Driver Monitoring and Safety
Motive introduced the AI Dashcam Plus, an edge‑AI device powered by Qualcomm’s Dragonwing QCS6490 processor that runs over 30 neural models simultaneously. The dashcam fuses stereo vision, audio, telematics, GPS and motion sensors to deliver real‑time risk detection with reduced latency and...
By Autonomous Vehicle International
News•Feb 23, 2026
Energy Department Patched Flaws Enabling Email Impersonation in Critical Minerals System
The U.S. Energy Department patched an identity‑verification flaw in its critical minerals portal that let outsiders register with email addresses mimicking official energy.gov accounts. Security researcher Ronald Lovelace uncovered the issue using subdomain enumeration and reported it through the department’s...
By FCW (GovExec Technology)
News•Feb 23, 2026
Spotify Rolls Out AI-Powered Prompted Playlists to the UK and Other Markets
Spotify is extending its AI‑powered Prompted Playlists to Premium users in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and Sweden after earlier tests in New Zealand, the U.S. and Canada. The feature lets listeners generate custom playlists by typing natural‑language prompts that describe...
By TechCrunch (Main)
News•Feb 23, 2026
Comstock Metals Approved as Authorized Solar Panel Recycler in California
Comstock Metals received approval from California’s Dept. of Toxic Substances Control to operate as a universal waste recycler for solar panels. The authorization adds a drop‑off facility in Kings County, enabling end‑of‑life panels to be collected locally and then shipped...
By Solar Power World
News•Feb 23, 2026
Food Security for the Arctic and Deep Space Takes Next Step in New CSA Opportunity
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a tender to co‑develop a conceptual design for a deployable Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) unit, mandating partnership with an Inuit firm from Nunavut. The 23‑month contract, valued up to $745,000, aims to produce...
By SpaceQ
News•Feb 23, 2026
What the FDA’s Priority Voucher Decision Means for Psychedelic Drug Development
The FDA’s Commissioner’s National Priority Review Voucher (CNPV) pilot compresses review timelines to one‑to‑two months for qualifying drugs, but its criteria favor applications with mature data packages. Compass Pathways’ synthetic psilocybin (COMP360) was listed as eligible yet did not receive...
By GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
How to Achieve Superior BCMA Response Rates without the Liability of Delayed MNTs
Recent analyses of BCMA CAR‑T therapies reveal that superior response rates can be achieved without the historically accepted trade‑off of delayed movement and neurocognitive toxicities (MNTs). Emerging data pinpoint specific construct features—particularly signaling domains and hinge designs—as the primary drivers...
By Biotech Strategy Blog
News•Feb 23, 2026
Samsung’s Galaxy Book 6 Laptops Start at $1,049 in the US, Launch on March 11
Samsung announced the U.S. launch of its Galaxy Book 6 laptop series on March 11, with three models priced from $1,049 to $2,449. The lineup, revealed at CES 2026, features a slimmer design, Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, and an Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU in...
By 9to5Google
News•Feb 23, 2026
Ubicquia Secures $106 Million in Series D Funding
Ubicquia, a provider of intelligent infrastructure solutions, closed a $106 million Series D round. The financing was led by 67 Capital and Marunouchi Innovation Partners, with participation from Hamilton Lane, ClearSky, GMS and strategic partner Sercomm. The capital will accelerate AI development for...
By VC News Daily
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
Karma-Karma-Karma Chameleon
Balancing potency with oral bioavailability remains a core hurdle as drug candidates grow larger and more complex. Researchers now focus on "chameleonicity"—the ability of a molecule to toggle between polar and lipophilic conformations—to reconcile solubility and permeability. The article outlines...
By Drug Hunter
News•Feb 23, 2026
Astronomers Discover Rare Super-Jupiter Orbiting Distant Star
Astronomers using NASA's TESS have identified a rare super‑Jupiter, TIC‑65910228 b, orbiting a bright F‑type star 864 light‑years away. The planet is 1.08 Jupiter radii, 4.78 Jupiter masses, and completes a 180.5‑day orbit at 0.7 AU, making it one of the longest‑period transiting worlds...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Feb 23, 2026
CPU-Only Compute Still Matters To A Lot Of HPC Centers
After three decades of gradual adoption, cloud providers are now offering CPU‑only HPC instances that can compete with on‑premise clusters. Amazon Web Services introduced the HPC8a family, built on AMD’s latest Turin EPYC 9R15 processors and delivering 192 physical cores across...
By The Next Platform
News•Feb 23, 2026
Why Geo-Blocking Is the Essential Next Step for Every Job Board
Job boards are increasingly adopting geo‑blocking to limit traffic to target markets. A recent case study of UK healthcare portal Nurses.co.uk shows that blocking foreign visitors eliminated 82% of global users, raising domestic traffic share to 98%. The move was...
By HRTechFeed
News•Feb 23, 2026
Pure Storage Snaps up 1touch in Data Management Pivot
Pure Storage announced the acquisition of data‑intelligence firm 1Touch and a corporate rebrand to Everpure, signaling a strategic pivot from pure flash hardware to comprehensive data‑management solutions. The deal will embed 1Touch’s orchestration capabilities into Pure’s Enterprise Data Cloud (EDC)...
By ITPro
News•Feb 23, 2026
Belgian Centre for Cybersecurity Reports Significant Phishing Scams
Belgium’s Centre for Cybersecurity recorded a sharp rise in phishing complaints, logging 226 reports in Q4 2025 and 106 in January 2026. Scammers frequently masquerade as police or representatives of telecom and banking firms such as Proximus, Argenta, and Card...
By Identity Week
News•Feb 23, 2026
Imerys Halts British Lithium as Woodsmith Boosted by Anglo and Mitsubishi
French mining group Imerys announced that its British Lithium (IBL) project will be placed into “care and maintenance,” effectively pausing development. The decision comes as the UK seeks to build a domestic battery supply chain, and the move signals a...
By Mining Magazine
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
Pixel Health Introduces One Thread™: An AI-Powered Experience Layer for Unified Patient Access
Pixel Health unveiled One Thread™, an AI‑powered experience layer that sits above existing EMR and technology stacks to unify patient portals, apps, websites, and contact centers. The platform provides a universal patient identity, personalized interactions, and automated workflow coordination while...
By Pixel Health Blog
News•Feb 23, 2026
Protecting VFDs From Overheating: An Easy Way to Calculate Cooling Requirements
Variable frequency drives (VFDs) are gaining rapid adoption due to energy savings, but their compact electronics generate heat that can overheat sealed enclosures. Pfannenberg introduced simple rule‑of‑thumb calculations: 75 BTU/h of active cooling or 4 CFM of passive airflow per horsepower, based...
By FM Link
News•Feb 23, 2026
How Health Systems Are Tackling Behavioral Health Fragmentation
Health systems are confronting fragmented behavioral‑health delivery through multiple tactics, including rapid expansion of telepsychiatry, creation of integrated pediatric health hubs, and the launch of dedicated behavioral‑health urgent‑care sites. In West Virginia, virtual visits now account for just over half...
By Becker’s Hospital Review
News•Feb 23, 2026
Reading the Enemy: How Genome Science Is Reshaping the Fight Against Wheat Stem Rust
Researchers used long‑read DNA sequencing to assemble chromosome‑level genomes of two wheat stem‑rust strains that caused recent outbreaks in Ethiopia and Italy. The study showed these strains are unrelated to the notorious Ug99 lineage and each harbors distinct avirulence‑gene mutations...
By Phys.org – Biotechnology
News•Feb 23, 2026
How to Stop Publishing Content Nobody Cares About and Create Content Your Audience Loves
The article advises founders to stop producing irrelevant content and instead focus on audience‑centric, authentic storytelling. It stresses that understanding who you write for, being genuine about successes and failures, and publishing consistently are essential for building trust, especially among...
By Entrepreneur
News•Feb 23, 2026
Brussels’ Privacy Reforms Stumble Out the Gate
The European Commission’s digital‑omnibus package proposes to reshape the GDPR by redefining personal data, allowing pseudonymized information to fall outside strict privacy rules. National governments, led by the Cypriot Council presidency, have pushed back, warning the change could erode core...
By Politico Europe – Technology
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
Demand UK Digital Sovereignty
The Open Rights Group is urging the UK government to adopt a digital sovereignty strategy that reduces reliance on foreign tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Palantir. It argues that over‑dependence creates strategic fragility, citing the Trump‑ordered shutdown...
By Open Rights Group — Blog —
News•Feb 23, 2026
Tech Update: Zywave Unveils 4 New AI Agents; Cytora, Warren Group Partner to Improve Commercial Property Underwriting
Zywave unveiled four AI agents in its Winter 2026 release, already deployed with more than 35 insurance firms. The agents automate prospect identification, lead scoring, research enrichment, and outreach, while new platform features add TurboRater single sign‑on and expanded Benefits CPQ...
By Insurance Journal
News•Feb 23, 2026
Indonesia Restricts Crude Palm Oil Exports Waste
Indonesia confirmed that the ban on exporting crude palm‑oil mill effluent (POME) and used cooking oil (UCO) will remain in place, prioritising domestic energy security and its emerging aviation‑fuel sector. President Prabowo framed palm‑based residues as strategic feedstocks for a...
By Fastmarkets – Insights
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
MIT Engineers 3D Print Fully Functional Electric Motor
MIT engineers have unveiled a multi‑material 3D printer capable of fabricating a fully functional electric linear motor in a single print job. The system integrates four distinct extruders that handle conductive, magnetic, and standard plastic materials, allowing the motor to...
By Fabbaloo
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
Flightradar24 Expands Global Coverage with Aireon Space-Based ADS-B Data
Flightradar24 announced integration of Aireon's space‑based ADS‑B data, extending its tracking beyond the 55,000‑receiver terrestrial network to oceans, polar and remote regions. The satellite feed updates aircraft positions every 15 minutes when out of ground coverage, shown with a blue...
By AvTalk – Aviation Podcast (show site)
News•Feb 23, 2026
Google Spinout Aalyria Achieves $1.3 Billion Valuation in Series B Round
Aalyria, a Google spin‑out focused on space‑based networking, closed a $100 million Series B round that lifts its valuation to $1.3 billion. The funding, led by Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures, will fund a one‑third staff increase and accelerate rollout of its Spacetime...
By SatNews
News•Feb 23, 2026
Nev. Sheriff Unveils ‘AI Brain'
Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill announced two flagship initiatives for 2026: the Meridian project, a 24/7 real‑time counter‑terrorism analysis desk funded by private donations, and the AI‑powered Knowledge Value Network (K.V.N.) that will integrate crime data across the department. He...
By Police1 – Daily News
News•Feb 23, 2026
This Latin American Rival to Amazon Reports Earnings This Week. How to Trade It with Options
MercadoLibre, the dominant e‑commerce and fintech platform in Latin America, will report its Q4 2025 results on Tuesday, with analysts forecasting roughly $28.6 billion in revenue for the full year. The company posted a 39% year‑over‑year revenue jump to $7.41 billion in Q3 2025,...
By CNBC – ETFs
News•Feb 23, 2026
Educate.ie Launches EdPal, a Digital Learning Platform Built for Irish Classrooms
Educate.ie has introduced EdPal, a digital learning platform tailored for Irish post‑primary classrooms. The solution combines lesson delivery, student engagement and assessment, and is pre‑populated with curriculum‑aligned ebooks from Educate.ie’s own catalogue. Developed through direct teacher collaboration, EdPal is being...
By Irish Tech News
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
Smarter ECOs: Inside Easy-Logic’s ASIC Optimization Engine
Easy‑Logic Technology Ltd. has commercialized EasylogicECO, an automated functional Engineering Change Order (ECO) engine that generates minimal logic patches from RTL or specification updates. The tool leverages formal equivalence and optimization algorithms to preserve timing closure, layout integrity, and DFT...
By SemiWiki
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
Applied Launches New Benefits Innovation
Applied Systems unveiled a new Benefits experience within its Applied Epic platform, consolidating benefits workflows, automation, and AI‑driven pre‑fill into a single hub. The upgrade expands last year’s Benefits Overview with full plan‑management, renewal, and enrollment capabilities, making Epic the...
By HRTech Cube
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
Collaboration at Its Core: Launching Spain’s First Fully Integrated Spatial Omics Platform
IRB Barcelona has unveiled Spain’s first fully integrated spatial omics platform, uniting spatial transcriptomics, proteomics, histopathology, advanced microscopy and bioinformatics under one workflow. The facility draws on five core units to deliver an end‑to‑end pipeline from sample preparation through computational...
By BioTechniques (independent journal site)
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
High Costs and Few Benefits From California’s Proposed Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit
California’s 2026 budget proposes a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) tax credit that lets diesel excise taxpayers offset liability by selling SAF. The credit, capped at $2 per gallon, could shave 10‑20 % or more from the state’s diesel tax base, potentially...
By Energy Institute Blog (UC Berkeley, Energy at Haas)
News•Feb 23, 2026
Getting Started with Gemini and CircleCI
Google’s Gemini AI coding assistant can generate functions, debug, and accelerate development, but its output may contain bugs or security gaps. Integrating Gemini with CircleCI’s continuous‑integration platform provides an automated safety net that validates code on every push. The tutorial...
By CircleCI – Blog
News•Feb 23, 2026
Shai-Hulud-Like Worm Targets Developers via Npm and AI Tools
Security researchers have uncovered a supply‑chain worm, dubbed SANDWORM_MODE, spreading through at least 19 malicious npm packages that employ typosquatting. The malware not only steals developer and CI credentials but also injects rogue servers into AI coding assistants such as...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Feb 23, 2026
China Tests S2000 Grid-Connected High-Altitude Wind Turbine
Chinese startup Lin Yi Yuan Chuan Energy Technology successfully tested its S2000 airborne wind power system, a megawatt‑class platform that ascended to roughly 2,000 meters and fed electricity into the local grid. The maiden grid test produced 385 kWh, marking the first...
By CompositesWorld
News•Feb 23, 2026
SGLT2s Linked to Lower Cardiorenal, Hepatic Risks in Type 2 Diabetes
A Taiwanese retrospective cohort of 24,259 adults with type 2 diabetes and liver cirrhosis found that initiating sodium‑glucose cotransporter‑2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) markedly reduced the risk of end‑stage kidney disease, acute kidney injury, major adverse cardiovascular events, all‑cause mortality, and hepatic decompensation...
By AJMC (The American Journal of Managed Care)
Podcast•Feb 23, 2026•59 min
Leading in the Age of Generative AI and Exponential Technology: A Conversation with Andrea Bonime-Blanc
In this episode, Michael Keegan talks with Andrea Bonime‑Blanc, author of *Governing Pandora*, about the unprecedented convergence of generative AI and other exponential technologies and what it means for leadership and governance. Bonime‑Blanc explains her "exponential governance mindset," a five‑part...
By The Business of Government Hour
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
Modernising Case Management Systems: What Every Law Firm Needs to Know in 2026
Law firms are confronting sluggish, legacy case management systems that erode margins and impede AI adoption. A February 26 webinar hosted by LIMA’s product head Ollie Potts will outline why CMS optimisation has become a profitability and data‑strategy priority. Attendees...
By Legal IT Insider
Blog•Feb 23, 2026
Aveva Buys First Green Jet Fuel Certificates Five Years Early
Aveva announced it has completed its first major purchase of sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFcs) five years ahead of its World Economic Forum First Movers Coalition commitment. The certificates were bought from British Airways, which sources the fuel from renewable...
By Control Global Blogs
News•Feb 23, 2026
On the Move: French/West/Vaughan Signs Sykes
French/West/Vaughan announced the hiring of Drew Sykes as Vice President of Social Media and Influencer Marketing, bringing experience from Ignite Social Media and North Carolina State University. Cyber‑security firm Axonius named Meghan Marks as Chief Marketing Officer, leveraging her track...
By O’Dwyer’s PR
News•Feb 23, 2026
Exolaunch Integrates Five Satellites in Isar’s Spectrum Rocket
Exolaunch has completed integration of five university CubeSat payloads for Isar Aerospace’s second launch attempt, slated for 19 March 2026 from Norway’s Andoya spaceport. The payloads—CyBEEsat, TRISAT‑S, STS1, Platform 6 6UXL and FramSat1—represent student projects from Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Bulgaria and Norway. Isar’s first...
By Behind the Black
News•Feb 23, 2026
What Retailers Need to Know About AI-Powered Pricing
Retailers are embracing electronic shelf labels that enable AI‑driven dynamic pricing, allowing prices to adjust in real time based on material costs, competitor rates, inventory and demand signals. Machine‑learning models replace static price cycles, delivering 2‑4 % margin gains and reducing...
By Grocery Dive
News•Feb 23, 2026
What UGC Content Moderation Means for Brands and Marketers
User‑generated content (UGC) is reshaping modern marketing by leveraging authentic consumer voices across platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and review sites. Brands that showcase real experiences see higher engagement, expanded reach, and improved SEO, as search engines favor fresh, user‑authored material....
By Influencer Marketing Hub