News•Feb 17, 2026
Andrex Account Shifts From FCB London Into McCann
Kimberly‑Clark has transferred the Andrex account from FCB London, which secured the business in 2019, to global agency McCann. The move marks a strategic shift as the consumer‑goods giant looks for fresh creative leadership. McCann will now manage Andrex’s advertising, media planning, and brand activation across the UK. The transition could affect agency revenue and competitive dynamics in the market.
By Campaign UK
News•Feb 17, 2026
Tolion Health AI Forms Scientific Advisory Board with Leading Experts in Alzheimer’s, Brain Health, and Artificial Intelligence
Tolion Health AI announced the creation of a Scientific Advisory Board composed of leading neuroscientists, Alzheimer’s researchers, and AI experts to steer its clinical validation and research strategy. The board follows the launch of Tolion Brain Coach, a free AI‑powered...
By Digital Health Global
News•Feb 17, 2026
Daffodil Health Raises $16.3M for AI Claims Automation
Daffodil Health announced a $16.3 million Series A round, bringing its total capital to $20.9 million. The San Francisco startup uses AI and large‑language models to automate health‑plan administration, focusing on out‑of‑network pricing and payment‑integrity workflows. Funds will accelerate product development and expand...
By MobiHealthNews (HIMSS Media)
News•Feb 17, 2026
Can Treg Cell Therapy Really Target Autoimmunity?
Regulatory T‑cell (Treg) therapies are moving from discovery to clinic, with multiple biotech firms reporting early clinical data. Sonoma Biotherapeutics’ CAR‑Treg candidate SBT‑77‑7101 achieved a 67% reduction in rheumatoid‑arthritis swelling in a Phase 1 trial, while Coya Therapeutics secured IND approval...
By Labiotech.eu
News•Feb 17, 2026
Competitive Generic Therapy Approvals
The FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs has launched a public, bi‑weekly list of all approved abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) that carry a Competitive Generic Therapy (CGT) designation. The list details each product’s reference listed drug, NDA number, applicant, active...
By FDA
News•Feb 17, 2026
URecruits’ Agentic AI Helps Recruiters Cut Admin Tasks and Reduce Candidate Ghosting
uRecruits has launched an Agentic AI platform that automates core recruiting tasks such as job creation, resume parsing, candidate ranking, and interview scheduling. The autonomous agents cut administrative work by up to 60 % and reduce candidate ghosting by 50 %, while...
By HR Tech Series
News•Feb 17, 2026
International News in Brief: Bill Passed on Sharing of Health Information in Singapore; National EHR in Guyana, Spain to Improve...
Singapore passed a Health Information Bill requiring all licensed providers to share key patient data via a national EHR, with cybersecurity safeguards and a 2027 rollout. Guyana launched a national EHR that includes online appointments and imposes hefty fines for...
By HTN – Health Tech Newspaper (UK)
News•Feb 17, 2026
Lung Cancer Rising Among Never-Smokers. Screening For This Group Lags.
Never‑smokers now account for 10‑20% of U.S. lung‑cancer cases, a share that is climbing despite overall declines. Current USPSTF guidelines limit low‑dose CT screening to heavy‑smoking adults, leaving most never‑smokers unscreened. Shira Boehler’s incidental finding on a whole‑body MRI prompted...
By Forbes – Healthcare
News•Feb 17, 2026
As FDA Moves Away From Animal Testing, AI and Organoids Can Shine
The FDA is actively phasing out animal‑testing requirements for certain therapies, a move echoed by the NIH and codified in the pending FDA Modernization Act. This regulatory shift opens the door for artificial intelligence and human‑derived organoid models to become...
By BioSpace
News•Feb 17, 2026
AGVs You Can Trust at MODEX 2026
MasterMover will exhibit its heavy‑duty automated guided vehicles and electric tuggers at MODEX 2026 in Atlanta, highlighting the TOW300 AGV capable of moving up to 44,000 lb across indoor and outdoor environments. The TOW300 combines BlueBotics ANT navigation and SICK safety scanners to...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Feb 17, 2026
HireClix Introduces ‘Welcome Back’ Functionality to Improve Candidate Engagement and Enhance Personalization
HireClix has launched a new "Welcome Back" feature for its HireClix‑powered career sites, using secure local storage to recall a returning candidate’s recent search terms and last‑viewed job. The functionality automatically restores the user’s previous activity, letting candidates resume their...
By HR Tech Series
News•Feb 17, 2026
Knorr Bremse Accelerates AI Transformation Through Strategic AWS Partnership
Knorr Bremse has entered a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services to fast‑track its AI transformation, leveraging AWS cloud and AI services to modernise technology, processes and organisational structures. The collaboration introduces an AI operating model, autonomous industrial solutions and a...
By Global Railway Review
News•Feb 17, 2026
IPO-Bound Kissht's NBFC Arm Gets Crisil Rating Upgrade on Strong Growth
Kissht’s NBFC subsidiary Si Creva Capital Services received a CRISIL rating upgrade, moving its long‑term rating to A‑/Stable and short‑term to A1. The upgrade follows a surge in assets under management, which climbed to Rs 5,533 crore by September 2025, driven by rapid expansion...
By The Economic Times – Markets
News•Feb 17, 2026
OroraTech’s New Exec Plans to Step on the Gas
OroraTech, which grew its satellite constellation from two to over ten in 2025, has hired industry veteran Ignacio Zuleta as chief technology and product officer. Zuleta plans to abandon the company’s previous sequential deployment model and accelerate satellite launches to reach...
By Payload
News•Feb 17, 2026
Microsoft Quietly Increases Rewards Points Price for Xbox Gift Cards
Microsoft has quietly raised the points cost for Xbox gift cards in its Rewards program, roughly a 5.3% increase in the US and UK. The change affects all denominations and varies by region, with users reporting higher point requirements for...
By TrueAchievements
News•Feb 17, 2026
PS6 Report Suggests Next-Gen Consoles Could Still Be a Long Way Off
AI‑driven demand for memory is inflating chip prices, tightening supply for console makers. Sony is reportedly considering pushing the PS6 launch to 2028 or 2029, while Microsoft’s best‑case target for its next‑gen Xbox is 2027 but may also slip. Both...
By TrueAchievements
News•Feb 17, 2026
Galaxy Buds 4 Leak Leaves Little to the Imagination — and I’m Okay with the Safe Upgrades
Samsung’s leaked Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro show a return to a brushed‑metal aesthetic, abandoning the sharp blade design of the Buds 3. Both models keep the stem for improved microphones and pinch controls, but the standard Buds 4 adopt an open‑fit design...
By Android Central
News•Feb 17, 2026
PNE Group Boosts Power Marketing: PNE Reports Successful 2025 for Wattmate Platform
PNE AG’s digital power‑marketing platform Wattmate recorded a strong 2025 debut, marketing 80 wind, solar and battery storage projects totaling roughly 1.1 GW of capacity. The platform tackles growing market complexity by offering project‑specific, cross‑technology marketing and integrates power purchase agreements, system...
By Renewable Energy Industry
News•Feb 17, 2026
Tower and Scintil Announce Availability of First Heterogeneously Integrated DWDM Lasers for AI Infrastructure
Tower Semiconductor and Scintil Photonics announced the world’s first heterogeneously integrated dense‑wavelength‑division‑multiplexing (DWDM) laser sources for AI infrastructure, leveraging Scintil’s SHIP technology on Tower’s high‑volume silicon photonics platform. The LEAD Light module combines monolithic laser sources with silicon photonics to...
By Semiconductor Today
News•Feb 17, 2026
Affirm Partnerships Target Growth
Affirm is rapidly expanding its buy‑now‑pay‑later (BNPL) footprint by striking partnerships with Intuit, Expedia, a tenant‑services firm, and payment processor Fiserv. The strategy targets new verticals such as travel, tax preparation, rent payments, and debit‑card users, aiming to broaden consumer...
By Payments Dive
News•Feb 17, 2026
AI Needs Its Own Risk Class: Lockton Re
Lockton Re, together with Lockton International and Armilla AI, released a report urging insurers to treat artificial intelligence as a distinct risk class. The study maps AI‑related exposures across cyber, errors‑and‑omissions, casualty, D&O and employment lines, exposing coverage silences and...
By Carrier Management
News•Feb 17, 2026
“Omnichannel Planning Has Become a Living System.”: Yaron Tomchin, CEO, Mobupps
Mobupps CEO Yaron Tomchin says omnichannel planning has evolved into a living, AI‑driven system. He highlights fragmentation across mobile, web, CTV and emerging formats, and the need to shift from channel‑centric to outcome‑centric management. New ad‑tech advances enable near‑real‑time feedback...
By ExchangeWire
News•Feb 17, 2026
NSW Announces Extra Tender for More Firmed Renewables Capacity to Fill Looming Coal Gap
New South Wales announced an additional firmed generation tender to address projected capacity shortfalls as coal plants retire. The state already completed six LTESA and REZ tenders, with Tender 6 delivering a landmark 300 MW battery project. Tender 7, launched in October, seeks...
By RenewEconomy
News•Feb 17, 2026
The Death of Page One: AI Storefronts Rewrite Retail Strategy
AI‑driven storefronts are replacing traditional search results with a narrow set of algorithmically ranked product recommendations. Retailers now face a paradigm shift where page‑one SEO is obsolete, and product visibility hinges on metadata and AI governance. The article argues that...
By E-Commerce Times
News•Feb 17, 2026
Applications Now Being Accepted for 15th Anniversary Top Solar Contractors List
Solar Power World has opened applications for its 15th anniversary Top Solar Contractors List, with submissions accepted through May 22, 2026. The ranking will be based on kilowatt capacity installed in 2025 across utility, commercial, community, and residential markets, and will also...
By Solar Power World
News•Feb 17, 2026
Cogent Biosciences Reports Recent Business Highlights and Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results
Cogent Biosciences announced that its lead drug bezuclastinib is on track for multiple FDA submissions in 2026, including NDAs for non‑advanced systemic mastocytosis (Non‑AdvSM), advanced SM (AdvSM) and second‑line GIST. The company reported $901 million in cash, sufficient to fund operations...
By GlobeNewswire – Earnings Releases
News•Feb 17, 2026
Over-Privileged AI Drives 4.5 Times Higher Incident Rates
Teleport’s 2026 State of AI in Enterprise Infrastructure Security report reveals that AI workloads with excessive access rights suffer a 4.5‑times higher incident rate than those governed by least‑privilege controls. Seventy percent of surveyed security leaders say AI systems enjoy...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Feb 17, 2026
Talking Transports: AI’s Demand for Power Is Good for Transports
AI’s expanding power appetite is quietly reshaping freight demand, especially for transport providers serving the oil‑and‑gas sector. Pinch Transport’s flatbed less‑than‑truckload network moves pipe, tanks and heavy equipment across U.S. and Canadian basins, with volumes tied to crude‑price cycles rather...
By Bloomberg — Business
News•Feb 17, 2026
River Deltas Are Sinking Faster than the Sea Is Rising
New research using a decade of Copernicus Sentinel‑1 radar data shows that many of the world’s major river deltas are sinking faster than global sea‑level rise. More than half of the 40 deltas examined are subsiding at rates above 3 mm...
By European Space Agency News
News•Feb 17, 2026
Records Tumble as Nine Wind and Solar Projects, 1 GW of Batteries Join Grid in Just Three Months
Australia set new renewable records in Q4 2025, adding 2.1 GW of wind and solar capacity and 1 GW of battery storage. The Clean Energy Council reports that renewables supplied 51% of NEM electricity and peaked at 77% during January heatwaves. By...
By RenewEconomy
News•Feb 17, 2026
How Mars' Toxic Soil Actually Makes Stronger Bricks
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science and the University of Florida found that adding Martian perchlorates to a regolith simulant, together with the bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii and natural guar gum, produces bricks with compressive strength more than double that...
By Universe Today
News•Feb 17, 2026
S45 Introduces AI-Based Platform for IPO Execution
S45 has launched India’s first AI‑enabled investment‑banking platform to streamline IPO execution. The system replaces manual spreadsheets with real‑time demand analytics, eligibility checks, and regulatory tracking. In a pilot covering 26 listings, the platform helped raise Rs 1,120.8 crore and achieved an...
By The Economic Times – Markets
News•Feb 17, 2026
EToro Reports $868M Net Contribution for 2025, Funded Accounts Rise to 3.8 Million
eToro posted its first full‑year results as a public company, reporting a net contribution of $868 million, a 10% increase year over year, and GAAP net income of $216 million. Growth was driven by expanded stock, derivatives and ISA offerings, while crypto...
By Finance Magnates Fintech
News•Feb 17, 2026
Affirm’s Move to Become a Bank Signals a Reconfiguration for the BaaS Industry and Beyond
Fintech lender Affirm announced plans to obtain a U.S. banking charter, a move that could reshape the banking‑as‑a‑service (BaaS) landscape. The filing comes as charter applications have surged, with 21 submissions in the first eight months of 2025—more than double...
By Tearsheet
News•Feb 17, 2026
SmartLoader Attack Uses Trojanized Oura MCP Server to Deploy StealC Infostealer
Researchers have uncovered a new SmartLoader campaign that distributes a trojanized Oura Health Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to install the StealC infostealer. The malicious server is hosted in fabricated GitHub repositories and submitted to the MCP Market registry, exploiting...
By The Hacker News
News•Feb 17, 2026
Google Ads Recommendations Doc About The Results Tab
Google has added a Results tab to the Google Ads Recommendations help page, letting advertisers see the actual performance impact after applying bid or budget suggestions. The system evaluates campaign data a week after a recommendation is implemented and contrasts...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Feb 17, 2026
Tragedy: American Express May Have Closed United Airlines Travel Bank “Loophole”
American Express appears to have ended a long‑standing loophole that let Platinum cardholders claim the $200 annual airline credit by purchasing United Airlines Travel Bank credits. The change, effective around February 6, 2026, reclassifies these purchases as ticket‑related, making them ineligible for...
By Live and Let’s Fly
News•Feb 17, 2026
Surgical & Assistive Robotics: Redefining Human Capability
Robotic platforms once confined to operating rooms are now entering rehabilitation, driven by sensor integration and real‑time data processing. Analysts project the global medical robotics market to exceed $30 billion by 2030, with assistive devices gaining a larger share. ATDev’s founders...
By Medical Design Briefs
News•Feb 17, 2026
Will AI Eat Your Revtech Stack?
The episode examines how AI is reshaping revenue technology (revtech) stacks, contrasting two dominant narratives: AI as a replacement that could shrink seat‑based pricing, and AI as an augmentor that boosts productivity without major headcount cuts. It highlights that AI’s...
By Forrester Blogs
News•Feb 17, 2026
Nanoengineers Realize an On-Chip Excitonic Hyperlens
Nanoengineers have demonstrated the first on‑chip excitonic hyperlens, a compact device that uses exciton‑polariton resonances to achieve negative refraction and sub‑diffraction imaging. The hyperlens is fabricated on a silicon photonic platform and operates at visible wavelengths, delivering resolution up to...
By Phys.org – Nanotechnology
News•Feb 17, 2026
MeitY, IVCA Mobilise ₹500 Cr VC Commitments For AI Startups
At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, MeitY and the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA) announced a collective ₹500 crore VC commitment from 16 member funds to accelerate Indian AI startups. Sixteen investors, including Accel, Antler and Prosus, pledged...
By Inc42
News•Feb 17, 2026
TCS, Wipro to HCL Tech: Why Are Experts Bullish on IT Stocks After AI Summit 2026, Infosys Collaboration with Anthropic?
Indian IT giants TCS, Wipro and HCL Tech are gaining investor confidence after the AI Summit 2026 highlighted the sector’s rapid AI adoption. Infosys announced a strategic partnership with Anthropic to embed large‑language models into its service portfolio, signaling a...
By Mint (LiveMint) – Markets
News•Feb 17, 2026
Energy Transition Delivers Fresh Growth for BHP, but Decarbonisation Stays on the Back-Burner
BHP’s half‑year report highlighted renewable energy and battery projects, yet mentioned decarbonisation fewer times. Copper revenue now accounts for 51% of underlying EBITDA, driven by soaring copper and iron‑ore prices. The miner projects data‑centre copper demand could reach 3 million tonnes...
By RenewEconomy
News•Feb 17, 2026
With the Rise of AI Generated Grievances- How Should HR Professionals Respond?
HR teams now confront an influx of AI‑crafted grievance letters, which appear polished but often lack substantive detail. These documents tend to be overly legalistic, repetitive, and sometimes embed inaccurate case references, complicating investigations and prolonging resolution. Experts advise returning...
By Employer News (UK)
News•Feb 17, 2026
Sequential Optimization of Multivariate Metal–Organic Framework Based Biocatalysis
The study introduces a sequential Latin hypercube sampling‑coupled Bayesian optimization (LHS‑BO) workflow that simultaneously designs multivariate zirconium‑based enzyme‑@‑MOF (E‑MOF) biocomposites and tunes the downstream glucose oxidase–horseradish peroxidase (GOx‑HRP) cascade. Optimized E‑MOFs ZG67 and ZH16 deliver encapsulation efficiencies above 90%, retain...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 17, 2026
Checkmarx Enhances IDE-Native Agentic Application Security in Kiro
Checkmarx announced that its AI‑driven Developer Assist tool is now embedded directly within the AWS Kiro integrated development environment. The integration scans source code and dependencies in real time, surfacing security findings inside the IDE and synchronizing them with the...
By SD Times
News•Feb 17, 2026
Dual Wielding in I&I: A Pivotal Year Ahead
The article argues that the next breakthrough in immunology and inflammation (I&I) therapeutics will come from multi‑drug and multi‑target strategies rather than single‑target antibodies, which have hit an efficacy ceiling. It traces the evolution from early blockbuster biologics like Humira...
By LifeSciVC
News•Feb 17, 2026
IT Execs Seek to Tame Application Sprawl Without Stifling Innovation Through Shared Governance
In a healthsystemCIO webinar, senior IT leaders from RWJBarnabas Health, Ardent Health Services, and the University of Maryland Medical System discussed how to manage the flood of application requests while fostering innovation. They emphasized establishing a single, standardized intake point,...
By healthsystemCIO
News•Feb 17, 2026
From First-Mover To Full-Stack Partner
Safe Harbor Financial, led by new CEO Terry Mendez, is transitioning from a niche cannabis‑banking pioneer to a full‑stack solutions partner for the industry. The fintech has already moved tens of billions of dollars through regulated cannabis channels and now...
By Chief Executive
News•Feb 17, 2026
National Retail Solutions Attains BBB Accreditation, A+ Rating
National Retail Solutions (NRS) has earned Better Business Bureau accreditation with the top‑tier A+ rating. The accolade follows a company‑wide initiative to improve customer service and streamline merchant issue resolution. NRS, a subsidiary of IDT Corporation, provides integrated POS and...
By Retail Customer Experience