Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Jumia’s Fiscal Year 25 Revenue Was US$190 Million, a Year-on-Year Increase of 13%
Jumia reported full‑year 2025 revenue of $188.9 million, up 13% year‑over‑year, while GMV reached $818.6 million, a 14% increase. The fourth quarter showed a 34% revenue jump to $61.4 million and a 36% rise in GMV, driven by a 26% surge in active users and strong performance in Nigeria. Operating losses narrowed to $63.2 million, and adjusted EBITDA loss fell modestly. The company projects 27‑32% GMV growth in 2026 and aims for EBITDA breakeven by Q4 2026.
By EcomCrew
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Using LLMs to Enhance Democracy
The paper by Seth Lazar and Lorenzo Manuali evaluates whether large language models (LLMs) can improve democratic deliberation. It examines LLM‑driven summarization, opinion aggregation, and preference prediction, finding mixed outcomes. While AI tools can make political texts more accessible, they...
By GovLab — Digest —
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
From “Emotional Consumption” To “Green Compliance”, What Blue Oceans Does Amazon’s 2026 Trend Report Reveal?
Amazon's 2026 Global Consumer Trends Report identifies two converging forces—emotional consumption and green compliance—reshaping cross‑border e‑commerce. By 2025, 73% of shoppers will factor emotions into buying decisions, while over 60% of European consumers will prioritize environmental standards by 2026, prompting...
By EcomCrew
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
The Day Europe’s Data Stops Flowing
Europe’s digital economy is increasingly dependent on a complex data infrastructure that remains vulnerable to prolonged outages. The authors model how a systemic failure could evolve from brief inconveniences to widespread power loss, overwhelmed emergency services, and financial disruption within...
By GovLab — Digest —
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
DIY Learning Analytics in the AI Era
Learning analytics, once a buzzword in higher education, is being reshaped by generative AI. The Learning Analytics Builders Coalition (LAB‑C), incubated by the 1EdTech Consortium, is creating a peer network that helps colleges—especially resource‑constrained community colleges—build DIY analytics systems. Leaders...
By Work Shift (Open Campus)
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Leading Women CEOs Across Pharma and Biotech: A 2026 Snapshot
2026’s leading women CEOs in pharma and biotech are steering some of the industry’s biggest strategic moves, from multi‑billion‑dollar investments to landmark FDA approvals. The list includes Julie Kim’s upcoming Takeda leadership, Emma Walmsley’s transition at GSK, Reshma Kewalramani’s growth...
By Xtalks – Biotech Blogs
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Center for Regulatory Ingenuity
The FAS Center for Regulatory Ingenuity (CRI) is launching a transpartisan effort to modernize stagnant government institutions, beginning with climate policy. It creates high‑trust brainstorming environments and a "network of networks" to help policymakers update outdated laws for the clean‑technology...
By GovLab — Digest —
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Wayfair Shifting From Online to Offline?
Amazon eclipsed Walmart with $716.9 billion revenue, becoming the U.S.'s top seller, while the furniture sector lagged at 2.3% growth in 2025. Wayfair and TJX Home Goods each captured just over 15% market share, outpacing IKEA’s 7%. Despite a modest 1%...
By EcomCrew
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Simon Fraser University Signs MOUs to Advance Sustainability at Cedar Supercomputing Centre
Simon Fraser University has signed memoranda of understanding with Cerio, Corix and Moment Energy to deepen the sustainability of its Cedar Supercomputing Centre, Canada’s most powerful academic HPC system. The centre already runs on clean hydroelectric power and boasts a...
By HPCwire
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
LLVM Clang 22 Compiler Performance Largely Unchanged Over Clang 21 On AMD Zen 5
The LLVM Clang 22 compiler was benchmarked on an AMD EPYC 9655P Zen 5 server and showed performance largely identical to Clang 21 across a suite of open‑source C/C++ workloads. Tests also confirmed that Clang 22 remains neck‑and‑neck with GCC on the same hardware, with only modest,...
By Phoronix
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Dotinurad (FYU-981)
Dotinurad (FYU‑981), marketed as Urece®, is a URAT1 inhibitor approved for gout and hyperuricemia in Japan and China. The drug was chemically refined from the older uricosuric benzbromarone to retain potency while eliminating rare hepatotoxic events. Crystalys Therapeutics is now...
By Drug Hunter
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
A Review of Efforts to Develop Stem Cell Therapies for Neurodegenerative Conditions
Stem cell therapies for neurodegenerative diseases span unregulated, low‑evidence clinics to proprietary, patent‑protected programs seeking regulatory approval. A new narrative review compiles trial outcomes, highlighting modest benefits—primarily brief inflammation reduction—and significant variability across patients and cell batches. The paper also...
By Fight Aging!
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Agencies Want AI Governance. No Carrier Has Shown Up
Independent insurance agencies are rapidly embracing artificial intelligence, with two‑thirds planning to increase usage over the next year. Yet only 13% have a formal AI governance policy, and 55% lack any written guidance. No major carrier has introduced a dedicated...
By P&C Insurance Executive Intelligence (The Intelligence Council)
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Direct-to-Business Legal AI Startup Inhouse Announces $5M in Seed Funding
Inhouse, a direct‑to‑business legal AI startup, announced a $5 million seed financing round. The capital will be deployed to strengthen its agentic AI platform that blends machine learning with on‑demand human lawyers. By focusing on small and midsize enterprises, Inhouse aims...
By Legal Tech Monitor
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Cloud Software Provider Intapp Launches Multi-Industry Agentic AI Platform
Intapp announced Celeste, a multi‑industry agentic AI platform that embeds autonomous agents into its cloud software suite. The launch follows recent strategic partnerships with Anthropic and Harvey, giving Celeste access to large‑language models and domain‑specific legal AI. Celeste is positioned...
By Legal Tech Monitor
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
NetDocuments Announces 7 New Pre-Built ndMax Apps
NetDocuments introduced seven new pre‑built ndMax applications designed to automate key legal workflows. The suite covers discovery response generation, contract analysis and review, and assistance with USPTO office‑action replies. By leveraging the low‑code ndMax platform, these apps can be deployed...
By Legal Tech Monitor
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Altius Announced the Launch of Alti™
Altius launched Alti, an AI‑driven life‑quality companion aimed at employers and health systems. The platform claims 96% of users feel better, with stress, anxiety and depression dropping 48% and chronic‑disease risk falling 40%. For organizations, Alti reportedly lifts productivity by...
By HRTech Cube
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
The End of the Magic Wand: Why 2026 Demands Resilience Prompting
Law firms have moved beyond chasing the perfect prompt and now face a deeper challenge: generative AI reasoning systems can produce fluent, persuasive answers that are subtly incorrect. The article argues that lawyers must treat every AI output as a...
By DennisKennedy.Blog
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
E-Commerce Without Borders: The MT Strategy Behind the Fastest-Growing DTC Brands
The article outlines a verified hybrid translation framework that blends AI output with human post‑editing to power DTC e‑commerce expansion. It argues that naïve single‑model AI translation hampers conversion, especially in high‑touch markets like Japan, South Korea, and China. By...
By eCommerce Fastlane
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of No Half-RIN and Higher RVOs on Projected Biomass-Based Diesel Production and Feedstock Use...
The EPA is expected to drop the controversial half‑RIN rule and raise biomass‑based diesel renewable volume obligations (RVOs) to 5.25 billion gallons in 2026 and 5.61 billion gallons in 2027, roughly a 20% increase over the June proposal. Using an average equivalence...
By Farmdoc daily
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
How Cognitive Insight Fuels Smarter eCommerce Growth
The article argues that Shopify founders’ cognitive self‑awareness, not just AI tools, is the key growth lever in today’s data‑rich eCommerce environment. It outlines five cognitive traits—analytical reasoning, pattern recognition, rapid problem‑solving, logical decision‑making, and adaptability—that consistently separate high‑growth operators...
By eCommerce Fastlane
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Caspia Technologies Unveils A Breakthrough in RTL Security Verification Paving the Way for Agentic Silicon Security
Caspia Technologies announced the general availability of CODAx V2026.1, an AI‑enhanced RTL security analyzer that checks over 150 insecure coding practices against more than 1,000 hardware vulnerability references. The tool can scan half‑million lines of RTL in under an hour,...
By SemiWiki
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: FDA Approves Braftovi
The FDA has approved Braftovi for patients with BRAF V600E‑mutant metastatic colorectal cancer, expanding targeted options in a genetically defined subset. The clearance underscores the momentum of biomarker‑driven oncology and combination‑therapy strategies. In parallel, Novo Nordisk announced a $2 billion partnership with Vivtex...
By Pharmaceutical Executive (independent trade outlet)
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Willmott Dixon Showcases New University Residence in Fortnite
Willmott Dixon has partnered with University of Staffordshire students to recreate its new student residence on a Fortnite island, letting prospective occupants explore the development virtually via island code 7421‑1052‑8692. The real‑world village will deliver 700 rooms, a refurbished Clarice Cliff Court...
By BIM+ (Construction Computing)
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Accreditation Places OryxAlign on Tier-One Assurance Platform
OryxAlign has secured the BuildingConfidence Gold accreditation from Achilles, a tier‑one supplier assurance platform used by major construction contractors. The Gold status, awarded in January, applies across the company’s UK operations and signals compliance with rigorous governance, compliance, and operational...
By BIM+ (Construction Computing)
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Valuation Differences Halt EQT’s Oxford Biomedica Takeover Push
EQT presented two cash offers and an unlisted‑share alternative to Oxford Biomedica, but the biotech’s board deemed each proposal undervalued and declined further talks. The earlier strategic interest had pushed Oxford Biomedica’s stock to its highest level since 2022, yet...
By Private Equity Insights (Substack)
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Indeavor Backfill Automates Fair, Fast Shift Coverage
Indeavor launched Backfill, an automated shift‑vacancy module that integrates with its Operate platform. The solution instantly calls qualified workers, logs responses, and creates compliant assignments, eliminating manual outreach. By applying pre‑configured rules, it speeds coverage, improves fairness, and reduces overtime...
By HRTech Cube
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
AI: Mind the Rhetoric–Reality Gap
Bloomberg Intelligence surveyed 100 senior CIOs and CTOs at leading asset managers and found a stark gap between AI hype and actual spend. While AI dominates boardroom discussions, roughly 70% of firms allocate less than 10% of operating expenses to...
By Tech Disruptors
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
From Market Meltdown to Strategic Realignment: Harvey and LexisNexis Chart Diverging Paths with Anthropic
Anthropic’s new legal plugin sparked market concern as a potential disruptor, prompting divergent responses from two legal‑tech players. Harvey announced a direct integration with Anthropic’s Claude model, allowing enterprise users to invoke Harvey’s legal workflows inside Claude threads. LexisNexis, meanwhile,...
By Legal Tech Monitor
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
AI Survey 2026: The Rise of Agentic AI Adoption in ITSM
The 2026 AI Survey targets the rapid rise of Agentic AI within IT service management, launching just four months after the 2025 edition to capture fast‑moving adoption trends. Agentic AI is defined across low, mid, and high autonomy levels, emphasizing...
By ITSM.tools
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
How to Evaluate a Salesforce-Connected Partner Portal Before It Breaks Your CRM
Partner portals marketed as "seamlessly integrated" with Salesforce often rely on shallow field‑mapping, leading to data drift, sync failures, and constant admin overhead. A mirroring integration replicates the Salesforce schema and IDs, keeping Salesforce as the single source of truth...
By Salesforce Ben
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Numina Group Launches Batchbot 2.0 with Upgraded Software
Numina Group unveiled Batchbot 2.0, a modular warehouse automation platform that fuses its Real‑time Distribution Software (RDS‑WES) with KUKA’s fifth‑generation AI‑infused autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and a voice‑guided picking suite. The system claims to eliminate more than 20 minutes of...
By Mobile Robot Guide
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Printable Enzyme Ink Powers Next-Generation Wearable Biosensors
Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have created a water‑based enzyme ink that allows screen‑printing of both anode and cathode layers of enzymatic biofuel cells in a single step. The printed lactate/oxygen biofuel cell delivered a peak power density of...
By Nanowerk
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Boron Nitride Nanosheets Create Ceramic that Is Both Tough and Radar-Invisible
Researchers at Nanchang Hangkong University have created a dual‑phase silicon carbide ceramic reinforced with multilayer boron nitride nanosheets, delivering a 94.5% increase in flexural strength to 477 MPa and a 50% boost in fracture toughness. The composite, called DS@4MBNS, also achieves...
By Nanowerk
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
60 Million Reasons to Pay Attention: The Investment Thesis Behind Chamber Cardio’s Series A
Chamber Cardio announced a $60 million Series A round in February 2026, led by Frist Cressey Ventures and backed by General Catalyst, Optum Ventures, Healthworx and other investors. The startup offers a two‑sided platform that connects payers with cardiology practices, embedding workflow‑native AI...
By Thoughts on Healthcare Markets & Tech
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Cangrade Launches Free Job Description Decoder
Cangrade has launched a free AI‑powered Job Description Decoder that analyzes any posting to surface the soft skills most predictive of success. The tool delivers a report highlighting five prioritized competencies and ten tailored behavioral interview questions. By moving beyond...
By HRTech Cube
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Designing the Future: AI-Driven Multi-Die Innovation in the Era of Agentic Engineering
At the 2026 Chiplet Summit, Synopsys unveiled an AI‑driven, agentic approach to multi‑die design that promises to automate and accelerate the entire workflow. The semiconductor industry is shifting toward heterogeneous chiplet architectures and 3‑D stacking, creating unprecedented design complexity. AI...
By SemiWiki
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
The End of the Magic Wand: Why 2026 Demands Resilience Prompting
Law firms have shifted from chasing a perfect AI prompt to recognizing that modern reasoning models can produce fluent but subtly incorrect answers. The article introduces "Resilience Prompting," a workflow mindset that assumes every AI output may be wrong and...
By Legal Tech Monitor
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
A Remedy for Medicine Procurement: How Brazil Is Improving Decision-Making in a $75 Billion Market Using Open Data and AI
Brazil spends roughly US$75 billion annually on medicines through its universal health system, but fragmented procurement across 5,000 municipalities creates price volatility and opaque documentation. A coalition of government agencies and civil‑society groups launched the Medicamentos Transparentes platform, which consolidates purchase...
By Open Contracting Partnership — Latest News/Blog —
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Richard Gibbens Is New CEO of Intermountain MLS
Intermountain MLS announced Richard Gibbens as its new chief executive officer. Gibbens comes from Bluegrass REALTORS®, where he drove strategic modernization, strengthened broker collaboration, and expanded data and technology capabilities. His appointment signals a push to sharpen operational focus and...
By Vendor Alley
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Payscale 2026 Report Flags Shift in Pay Strategies
Payscale’s 17th annual Compensation Best Practices Report declares 2026 the “Year of Strategic Alignment,” as executives push compensation to the core of talent strategy. The study highlights a widening AI pay gap, with 55% of firms offering no premium for...
By HRTech Cube
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Empathy’s Workplace Benefits Report Reveals Most Urgent Life-Event Benefit
Empathy’s 2026 Workplace Benefits Report finds current benefit programs fall short during major life events, with bereavement support emerging as the most urgent gap. While 80% of employers plan modest budget increases, 84% intend to expand bereavement offerings and 95%...
By HRTech Cube
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
The Platform That Broke Your SEO Strategy Is Now an AI Shopping Engine
Reddit announced a test of an AI‑powered product carousel that appears in its internal search results, surfacing items discussed in community threads and supplemented by partner product feeds. The feature, currently limited to U.S. users and consumer‑electronics queries, turns Reddit...
By eCommerce Fastlane
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Brainomix Raises £18.8m for AI Stroke and Lung Tools
Brainomix announced a £18.8 million Series C extension, adding £4.8 million to accelerate its AI‑driven imaging platforms. The capital will fund rapid US deployment of Brainomix 360 Stroke, which automates acute stroke assessment, and E‑Lung, a CT‑based tool for fibrosing lung disease. The company, already...
By Health Tech World
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Beyond Vitals Spot Checks: Sibel Health and LookDeep Health Combine Wearable Monitoring with Real-Time Bedside AI
Sibel Health and LookDeep Health announced a strategic partnership that merges Sibel’s FDA‑cleared ANNE® One wearable, which continuously captures clinical‑grade vitals, with LookDeep’s aimee™ bedside AI that adds real‑time visual and audio context. The combined platform targets emergency departments, general...
By HealthTech HotSpot
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Light-Based System Recalls Past Data Without Training
Researchers led by Çağın Ekici have built a programmable linear‑optical quantum reservoir that leverages measurement‑conditioned feedback to process time‑series data without training internal weights. The system uses a reconfigurable interferometer mesh where only a subset of phases is updated each...
By Quantum Zeitgeist
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Fragments: February 25
Laura Tacho’s recent study shows 92.6% of developers rely on AI assistants, claiming roughly four saved hours per week and that AI now writes about 27% of code autonomously. The data also suggests AI can halve onboarding time, yet averages...
By Martin Fowler
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Emerging Key Trends in Hematologic Malignancies
The article argues that the next wave of hematologic‑malignancy therapies will be shaped by early‑stage signals emerging from conference hallways rather than headline‑grabbing late‑phase trial data. It identifies five nascent trends—advanced immunotherapies, precision genomics, micro‑environment targeting, novel biomarker platforms, and...
By Biotech Strategy Blog
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Draftwise Launches AI-Driven Playbook Studio
Draftwise unveiled Playbook Studio, an AI‑driven tool that scans a firm’s contracts and deal history to generate a customized, deployable playbook in roughly five minutes. The solution reportedly slashes NDA drafting and review time from an hour to two minutes...
By Artificial Lawyer
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Holiday Email Marketing Guide: Tips + Real-World Examples
The guide outlines a data‑driven holiday email marketing strategy as online sales surge to $296.7 billion, emphasizing early planning, personalization, and creative content. It highlights the channel’s strong ROI—$10 to $36 for every dollar spent—and warns of inbox fatigue as two‑thirds...
By eCommerce Fastlane