News•Feb 17, 2026
Magnet Virtual Summit 2026 Kicks Off February 23!
The Magnet Virtual Summit 2026 runs February 23‑26, featuring over 50 leading experts who will discuss AI, mobile forensics, cloud investigations, deepfakes, eDiscovery, and incident response. The event spotlights the new Magnet One platform, promising faster, AI‑enhanced case building, and includes a Hexordia‑powered Capture the Flag competition. Unpacked sessions dive into health‑data extraction, DFIR versus incident response, AI ethics, and mobile evidence preservation. Live Q&A and product demos give attendees actionable insights and a chance to demonstrate investigative ROI to leadership.
By Forensic Focus
News•Feb 17, 2026
Citizen Lab Links Cellebrite to the Hacking of a Kenyan Presidential Candidate’s Phone
Citizen Lab’s forensic analysis uncovered Cellebrite’s phone‑cracking software on Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi’s device, indicating that state authorities used the tool after his arrest. The evidence shows the phone was unlocked without a password, exposing personal photos, messages, and his...
By CyberScoop
News•Feb 17, 2026
Skyeton Upgrades Raybird UAS with Satellite Communications
Skyeton has integrated satellite communications into its Raybird tactical UAV, eliminating data link range constraints and enabling continuous real‑time transmission throughout 28‑plus hour missions. The SATCOM‑enabled Raybird can now operate beyond 2,500 km, supporting deep ISR tasks in contested environments. The...
By Unmanned Systems Technology – News
News•Feb 17, 2026
Katerina Leftheris
Enhanced Genomics announced the appointment of Katerina Leftheris to its board of directors, tapping her extensive medicinal chemistry and machine‑learning drug‑discovery experience. Leftheris most recently served as Chief Scientific Officer at Vilya, a company focused on oral macrocycle therapeutics, and...
By PharmaTimes
News•Feb 17, 2026
TNS Upgrades TNS Data Usage Optimizer with Launch of Interactive Customer Portal
Transaction Network Services (TNS) has upgraded its Data Usage Optimizer (DUO) with an interactive customer portal, giving buy‑side and sell‑side firms direct, on‑demand access to cost‑analysis tools. The portal transforms raw vendor entitlement files into actionable dashboards that pinpoint unused...
By FX News Group — Feed
News•Feb 17, 2026
Tampa International Airport Showcases Three Agentic AI Breakthroughs Ahead of IAR London Breakfast Briefing
Tampa International Airport will unveil three agentic AI breakthroughs at the International Airport Review breakfast briefing in London, developed with Sotereon.ai’s Underwing Overwatch platform. The first solution uses live LiDAR data to automate aircraft turnaround, continuously tracking underwing tasks and...
By International Airport Review
News•Feb 17, 2026
Gboard's Allegedly Got a 'Cursor Mode' In the Oven That's Giving Me Laptop Vibes
A tipster claims Google is developing a “cursor mode” for Gboard that transforms part of the keyboard into a virtual trackpad. Users would activate the mode by holding the space bar, gaining fine‑grained control to slide the cursor for precise...
By Android Central
News•Feb 17, 2026
Hitachi Rail Commissions Digital Interlocking on Norway’s Dovre Line
Hitachi Rail and Bane NOR have commissioned a Hitachi L90‑5 electronic interlocking at the Hove stabling facility on Norway’s Dovre Line near Lillehammer. The system digitises points, signals and level crossings, replacing legacy hardware to improve operational reliability and increase passenger‑service...
By Global Railway Review
News•Feb 17, 2026
The German Digital Healthcare Act (DVG) at Seven Years: Review of the DiGA Ecosystem and Its Impact on European Health...
Seven years after Germany’s Digital Healthcare Act (DVG) introduced the world’s first reimbursement pathway for digital health apps, the DiGA ecosystem has matured from speculative beginnings to a €234 million market serving nearly one million prescriptions. The fast‑track approval process accelerated...
By healthcare.digital
News•Feb 17, 2026
CASE STUDY: L’ERA Tops £140k in TikTok Live Sales as Livestream Shopping Gains Momentum
London jewellery brand L’ERA recorded over £140,000 in TikTok Live sales in 2025, nearly doubling its livestream revenue since launching in August 2023. The founders host four to six weekly livestreams, securing individual orders above £1,400 and using the channel...
By InternetRetailing
News•Feb 17, 2026
Operational Discipline in Streaming Is Now Non-Negotiable
Streaming operators are moving from growth‑focused strategies to strict cost discipline as subscriber acquisition slows and infrastructure expenses rise. Igor Oreper argues that profitability now depends on tightly controlled workflows, AI‑driven automation, and smarter cloud‑native architectures. He highlights concrete levers...
By Streaming Media
News•Feb 17, 2026
Strategic Commissioning Plan for Leicestershire and Northamptonshire ICBs Notes Digital to Transform Population Health, Neighbourhood Health, and Prevention
The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB and Northamptonshire ICB have released a five‑year strategic commissioning plan to 2031 that places digital and data at the core of population health, neighbourhood health and prevention initiatives. A new digital and data strategy...
By HTN – Health Tech Newspaper (UK)
News•Feb 17, 2026
Australia Prepares for Next Batch of ‘Ghost Bat’ Warplane Buddy Drones
Australia is expanding its collaborative combat aircraft program by adding seven more Boeing MQ‑28A Ghost Bat drones, a AUS $754 million investment that brings the fleet toward ten operational units by 2028. The RAAF already operates eight Block 1 aircraft and is testing...
By Defense News – Unmanned
News•Feb 17, 2026
Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Transformative Impact of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is moving from hype to concrete healthcare applications, as highlighted in a new AIAInow session featuring Stanford Medicine and Starkey Hearing. The event showcases AI’s role in diagnostics, where neural networks now exceed human specialists, and the transformation...
By AI Accelerator Institute
News•Feb 17, 2026
Nearshore Hiring Moves Beyond Engineering as US Firms Place Revenue Teams in Latin America
U.S. companies are expanding nearshore hiring beyond software engineering to include sales, customer success, and support teams in Latin America. The customer‑success market is projected to reach $16.5 billion by 2033, while bilingual support job postings have risen 50% year‑over‑year. Talent...
By HR Tech Series
News•Feb 17, 2026
King and Yahoo Games: Filling a Bite-Sized "Appetite" With Candy Crush Crushable
King has launched Candy Crush Crushable, a daily bite‑sized puzzle exclusive to Yahoo Games in the United States, while international players can access it via a dedicated website. The game is designed around a single‑puzzle‑per‑day format that emphasizes clarity, fairness...
By PocketGamer.biz
News•Feb 17, 2026
Haelixa Embeds DNA Authentication Into Products
Haelixa, a Swiss deep‑tech firm, introduced a DNA‑based Authenticity Service that embeds nano‑sized, brand‑unique DNA markers into luxury items such as watches, jewellery and leather accessories. The invisible marker survives resale, repair and returns, and can be verified on‑site with...
By Startups Magazine
News•Feb 17, 2026
Kenya’s Arc Ride Secures $5 Million IFC Commitment for Regional Expansion
Kenyan e‑mobility startup Arc Ride has secured a $5 million equity commitment from the International Finance Corporation to fuel its Series A round and regional rollout. The funding will accelerate the deployment of battery‑swapping stations across East Africa, complementing earlier debt deals...
By TechCabal
News•Feb 17, 2026
Ideastream Goes With Nautel For New Transmitter Needs
Ideastream Public Media has placed an order for four new Nautel transmitters to replace or augment equipment at its three full‑power FM stations and an FM translator in Northeast Ohio. The package includes two GV2‑30ND high‑power units, a GV2‑3.5 medium‑power...
By Radio & TV Business Report (RBR+TVBR)
News•Feb 17, 2026
How to Evaluate Prospective Diagnostic Laboratory Partners for Your Patient Support Program
The pharmaceutical industry now invests over $5 billion annually in patient support programs (PSPs), which boost adherence by roughly 30 % and lower overall healthcare costs. Diagnostic laboratory testing is a cornerstone of these programs, delivering timely data that guides dosing, monitors...
By BioPharma Dive
News•Feb 17, 2026
The Missing Layer in Smart Waste Systems: Resident Engagement
The Senate passed the bipartisan STEWARD Act to expand recycling infrastructure and modernize data collection. While the legislation improves physical assets, it overlooks the human element that ultimately determines curb‑side success. Residents often face confusing, localized rules, leading to contamination...
By Smart Cities Dive
News•Feb 17, 2026
4 Steps to Building Your Own Fintech
UK platforms Klipboard, Access Group, and Epos Now illustrate a four‑stage roadmap for building embedded finance. They begin by validating assumptions and launching embedded payments, then evolve payments into a core, cross‑functional capability. Next, they add complementary financial products such as...
By Payments Dive
News•Feb 17, 2026
How Drones Can Improve Your Next Facility Construction Project
Construction firms are rapidly adopting drones, with industry spending reaching $4.8 billion in 2024 and projected to hit $6.2 billion by 2030. Autonomous aircraft provide continuous site surveillance, reducing the need for hazardous manual inspections and helping prevent the over‑1,000 fatalities recorded...
By Facilities Management Advisor
News•Feb 17, 2026
The New Forces Shaping for Financial Trust
Banks must protect trust while delivering real‑time digital services, prompting CIOs to balance speed, innovation, and regulatory risk. Tata Communications identified four forces—Simplification, Network as a strategic asset, AI readiness, and Precedent‑free leadership (SNAP)—that now shape technology agendas in financial...
By Banking Dive
News•Feb 17, 2026
Selecting the Optimal Cell Therapy Manufacturing Platform
Developers of cell and gene therapies must choose between fully integrated turnkey platforms and modular, multi‑device systems. Integrated solutions deliver rapid time‑to‑value and simplified workflows, ideal for low‑volume autologous products, but they restrict reagent flexibility and scale. Modular platforms provide...
By BioPharma Dive
News•Feb 17, 2026
The Forces Rewiring Modern Manufacturing
Manufacturing is undergoing a digital overhaul where connectivity, data and automation dictate factory efficiency, product consistency, and uptime. Unplanned downtime now averages $260,000 per hour, contributing to roughly $1.5 trillion in global losses each year. Tata Communications frames the CIO agenda...
By Manufacturing Dive
News•Feb 17, 2026
The Myth of ‘Always On’: Confronting Data Center SPOFs
Recent incidents—a 2021 Texas freeze and a 2021 OVH fire in Strasbourg—highlight hidden single points of failure in data centers. The freeze delayed fuel deliveries, exposing over‑reliance on on‑site fuel, while the fire demonstrated how passive cooling designs can unintentionally...
By Data Center Knowledge
News•Feb 17, 2026
JPLoft Advances Business Transformation Through Generative AI Development Services
JPLoft, a global software development firm, is expanding its generative AI development services to help enterprises move from experimental pilots to production‑grade, outcome‑driven solutions. The company emphasizes data‑centric design, cloud‑native engineering, and customized large‑language‑model fine‑tuning to address real‑world challenges such...
By AiThority
News•Feb 17, 2026
Piero Cipollone: The Digital Euro - Strengthening Europe's Payments Ecosystem
In a speech in Nicosia, ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone presented the digital euro as a cornerstone for Europe’s payment autonomy, security and competitiveness. He emphasized the ECB’s readiness to issue retail central‑bank digital money while maintaining wholesale settlement...
By BIS — Press Releases
News•Feb 17, 2026
New US Senate Proposed Legislation “Will Speed FAA Certification of US eVTOLs”
A bipartisan group of nine U.S. senators will introduce the Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act to streamline the FAA's type‑certification process for advanced air mobility aircraft, including eVTOLs. The bill mandates transparent timelines, updated delegation guidance for novel technologies,...
By Urban Air Mobility News
News•Feb 17, 2026
Texas Poised to Become Global Leader in Booming Data Center Market
JLL’s Year-End 2025 North America Data Center Report shows vacancy at a record‑low 1% for the second year, underscoring hyper‑driven demand from AI and hyperscalers. Texas now hosts 6.5 GW of construction and is projected to eclipse Virginia as the world’s...
By Facilities Management Advisor
News•Feb 17, 2026
Hawaii: Three New Electric Transit Trams to Join HNL Shuttle Service
The Hawaii Department of Transportation is adding three MotoEV electric trams to the Wiki Wiki Shuttle at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, beginning 15 February. The new units will run between gates C and G and Terminals 1 and 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,...
By Airport Industry-News
News•Feb 17, 2026
Did Somebody Say VCCP? Agency Takes Away Just Eat
Just Eat Takeaway.com has appointed VCCP to run its global creative account after a four‑way internal pitch, ending McCann’s tenure since 2018. VCCP won by showcasing an integrated model that blends creative, media, production and AI to translate audience insight...
By DecisionMarketing
News•Feb 17, 2026
Case Study: University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Optimising Clinical Pathways Through Digital
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire partnered with Isla Health to digitise and re‑engineer clinical pathways across 15 specialties, eliminating manual bottlenecks. The overhaul slashed paediatric epilepsy processing from three days to ten minutes and cut pain‑management referral times from eight days...
By HTN – Health Tech Newspaper (UK)
News•Feb 17, 2026
CStone Secures FDA Clearance to Begin CS2009 Phase II Trial
CStone Pharmaceuticals has secured FDA clearance for its investigational new drug application, allowing the launch of a Phase II trial of CS2009, a trispecific antibody that simultaneously targets PD‑1, VEGFA and CTLA‑4. The global study uses a parallel, multi‑cohort expansion design...
By Hospital Management
News•Feb 17, 2026
5 Ways to Achieve Rapid IT Incident Resolution
Rapid IT incident resolution is essential for digital availability, as downtime erodes revenue, brand trust, security posture, and compliance. The article outlines five strategic practices—unified dashboards, automation, clear escalation procedures, robust documentation, and business‑driven incident prioritization—each tied to measurable KPIs....
By TechTarget SearchERP
News•Feb 17, 2026
Emirates NBD Leads $31 Million Round in Real Estate Investment Platform Stake
Stake, a fractional real‑estate investment platform, closed a $31 million financing round led by Emirates NBD, bringing its total capital to $58 million. The raise backs Stake’s rapid expansion beyond Saudi Arabia into the United States and supports its regulated offering in the Kingdom....
By Finextra
News•Feb 17, 2026
ExCellThera Secures German NUB Status 1 Listing for Zemcelpro
ExCellThera and its subsidiary Cordex Biologics have secured a Status 1 listing under Germany’s NUB programme for their cell therapy Zemcelpro (dorocubicel). The therapy, which received conditional marketing authorisation from the European Commission, targets adults with haematological malignancies lacking suitable donor...
By Hospital Management
News•Feb 17, 2026
STAT+: As China’s Drug Industry Races Ahead, Its GLP-1 Race Is Accelerating Too
China’s pharmaceutical sector is rapidly expanding, now generating its own GLP‑1 drugs alongside imported treatments. Novo Nordisk reported a 5% decline in Ozempic sales in China last year, the first dip since its 2021 launch, while sales grew elsewhere. The...
By STAT (Biotech)
News•Feb 17, 2026
Cintoo Embraces Ricoh-Native 360 Data
Cintoo has launched a new 360 Edition that natively ingests Ricoh 360° video and merges it with 3D scans, BIM and CAD models in a single cloud‑based environment. The platform offers unlimited automatic camera‑path processing, manual alignment tools, and Gaussian‑splat visualisation for...
By AEC Magazine
News•Feb 17, 2026
Royal Navy Sees Hybrid Shift as Central to Future Force Mix
Britain’s Royal Navy is accelerating a transition to a ‘hybrid fleet’ that blends crewed warships with uncrewed and autonomous systems, a core element of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review. First Sea Lord Gen. Sir Gwyn Jenkins said the priority is...
By Naval News
News•Feb 17, 2026
Silverpush and Epitaph Release Attention Study with Lumen Research to Prove Performance of YouTube and Context
Silverpush and agency Epitaph released the first attention study for YouTube ads, partnering with Lumen Research. Analyzing over 60 million impressions across more than 30 campaigns, the study found contextual video ads delivered via Silverpush generated 37% higher attention per mille,...
By Streaming Media
News•Feb 17, 2026
Aptean Unveils Aptean Intelligence as a Service
Aptean, a global provider of industry‑specific enterprise software, announced Aptean Intelligence as a Service (AIaaS), a managed AI‑agent offering built on its AppCentral 2.0 platform. The service delivers custom, industry‑trained AI agents that embed into existing workflows, handling everything from...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 17, 2026
Guatemala PEG-5 Tender Draws 51 Bidders for 4.7 GW of Capacity
Guatemala’s Generation Expansion Plan 5 (PEG‑5) tender attracted 51 bidders submitting nearly 4.7 GW of capacity, more than three times the 1.4 GW the government sought. About 2 GW of the offers are solar, including hybrid projects with storage, while roughly 700 MW are natural‑gas‑fired...
By pv magazine
News•Feb 17, 2026
Mondrian Picks FundGuard to Update Investment Ledger
Mondrian, a European asset manager, has selected FundGuard’s cloud‑based investment ledger to replace its legacy accounting system. The new platform will provide real‑time transaction processing, automated regulatory reporting, and seamless integration with tokenisation workflows. Migration includes historic data transfer and...
By Funds Europe – ETFs
News•Feb 17, 2026
Danish Fintech Pluto Secures New Funding From Seed Capital and Unicorn Founders to Scale Commission-Free Investing Across Europe
Copenhagen‑based fintech Pluto announced a €5 million funding round led by Seed Capital and a syndicate of ten Danish unicorn founders, including executives from Pleo, Synthesia and Zendesk, with footballer Thomas Delaney also participating. The capital will fuel the launch of “Pluto...
By ArcticStartup
News•Feb 17, 2026
Finavia Launches 2026–2028 Sustainability Programme to Strengthen Value Creation
Finavia unveiled its 2026‑2028 sustainability programme, expanding its climate, nature, people and governance framework to cut emissions across the entire aviation value chain. Seventeen of its twenty airports have already achieved net‑zero operational emissions, and the new plan intensifies work...
By International Airport Review
News•Feb 17, 2026
Future Leverages High Visibility on ChatGPT by Offering GEO as a Service
Future Media has launched Future Optic, a generative AI optimisation (GEO) service that packages LLM visibility as a commercial offering across its portfolio. The move builds on research showing Future’s TechRadar is the most cited domain on ChatGPT, and a...
By Press Gazette
News•Feb 17, 2026
Velera’s Chuck Fagan: ‘Speed to Member Impact’ Is the Only KPI That Matters for Credit Unions
Chuck Fagan, CEO of Velera, told PYMNTS that credit unions must make "speed to member impact" their primary KPI, measuring how quickly they deliver solutions from concept to market. He warned that the term "credit" alienates millennials and Gen Z,...
By PYMNTS
News•Feb 17, 2026
Digest: Disney Takes On Bytedance Over AI Video App; Alliance of Independent Agencies Launches Middle East Chapter
ByteDance announced tighter safeguards for its AI video generator Seedance after Disney served a cease‑and‑desist alleging unauthorized use of Marvel and Star Wars characters. The move follows a surge of hyper‑realistic clips that raised copyright concerns across Hollywood. Meanwhile, the...
By ExchangeWire