News•Feb 10, 2026
Matia Raises $21M to Help Enterprises Consolidate Their Data Management Operations
Matia announced a $21 million Series A round, led by Red Dot Capital, bringing its total funding above $31 million. The startup offers a unified DataOps platform on AWS that merges ETL, reverse‑ETL, observability and catalog functions into a single interface. It can replicate data in real time from over 100 sources to warehouses like Snowflake, Databricks and BigQuery, cutting pipeline sync times up to eightfold and reducing total cost of ownership by roughly 78 %. Matia will use the capital to launch an AI‑powered data engineer that automates pipeline creation and anomaly detection.
By SiliconANGLE
News•Feb 10, 2026
Concerns ‘AI Slop’ Used by Sydney University-Based Institute to Lobby for $20m Gambling Education Funding
The University of Sydney’s OurFutures Institute submitted a "Youth Gambling in Australia Evidence Review" to support a $20 million funding request for a school‑based gambling‑prevention program. Senator David Pocock flagged the report as riddled with AI‑generated errors, including 21 broken or...
By The Guardian AI
News•Feb 10, 2026
Versa SASE Platform Now Prevents Sensitive Data From Being Shared With AI
Versa has upgraded its Universal SASE Platform (v23.1.1) with advanced text‑analysis and OCR capabilities that can spot sensitive data hidden in documents and images, cutting false‑positive DLP alerts. The release also embeds a Model Context Protocol server, letting the Verbo...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 10, 2026
NinjaOne Adds IT Asset Management to Close Cost, Risk, and Visibility Gaps
NinjaOne has launched a native IT Asset Management (ITAM) module that is built directly into its existing platform rather than as a separate add‑on. The integrated solution gives IT teams a real‑time, unified view of hardware, software, SaaS and cloud...
By ChannelE2E
News•Feb 10, 2026
In Conversation With: Bloomberg’s Amanda Stent
Amanda Stent, Bloomberg's head of AI strategy, says artificial intelligence is now a core reality for financial services, yet regulatory frameworks lag behind. She emphasizes that responsible AI—transparent attribution, explainability, and robust guardrails—is essential for trust and competitive advantage. Bloomberg...
By UKTN (UK Tech News)
News•Feb 10, 2026
Nebius Agrees to Buy AI Agent Search Company Tavily for $275 Million
Nebius Group NV, the cloud‑computing spin‑off from Yandex, announced a $275 million acquisition of Tavily, a specialist in AI‑agent search technology. Tavily’s software equips autonomous agents with real‑time data retrieval for tasks such as software development and financial trading. The deal...
By Bloomberg – Technology (sitewide)
News•Feb 10, 2026
Most Engagement Data Is Compromised and That’s a Major Security Problem
Most digital engagement metrics are being polluted by bots, synthetic traffic, and identity spoofing, turning them from reliable signals into attack surfaces. Datavault AI is addressing this by building a verification‑first platform that authenticates human actions at the point of...
By HackRead
News•Feb 10, 2026
SquareAI Enters the U.K. and Other Digital Transactions News Briefs From 2/10/26
Square announced the UK launch of SquareAI, a free conversational AI tool that helps merchants interpret sales data and make faster decisions. Blue Payment Agency expanded its services to high‑risk e‑commerce merchants selling restricted items, while Duck Creek Technologies will...
By Digital Transactions
News•Feb 10, 2026
Proptech Startup Smart Bricks Raises $5 Million Pre-Seed Led by A16z
Smart Bricks, a London‑San Francisco proptech, announced a $5 million pre‑seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The AI‑powered platform ingests millions of data points to deliver autonomous valuation, cash‑flow forecasting, and risk modeling for real‑estate deals. It also automates the transaction workflow,...
By TechCrunch Venture Feed
News•Feb 10, 2026
How Payment Gateways for Businesses Can Help You Offer Your Customers More Options
The episode explains how modern payment gateways, especially Authorize.net, enable small and mid‑size businesses to accept a wide array of payment methods—from cards and eChecks to digital wallets and contactless options—through a single, integrated solution that often includes a merchant...
By PaymentsJournal
News•Feb 10, 2026
AI Video Startup Runway Raises $315M at $5.3B Valuation, Eyes More Capable World Models
Runway, the AI video generation startup, closed a $315 million Series E round, lifting its valuation to $5.3 billion. The capital will fund the pre‑training of next‑generation world models and broaden product reach into sectors such as gaming, robotics, and climate science. Runway’s...
By TechCrunch AI
News•Feb 10, 2026
Astellas’ “Strategic Brands” And “Primary Focuses” After XTANDI
Astellas is reshaping its portfolio as XTANDI nears patent expiry, shifting from a single‑product reliance to a set of “strategic brands.” The company is promoting approved assets such as PADCEV, VYLOY, VEOZAH and IZERVAY to smooth revenue across oncology, menopause...
By Labiotech.eu
News•Feb 10, 2026
“Digital Parasite” Warning as Attackers Favor Stealth for Extortion
Picus Security’s Red Report 2026, based on analysis of over 1.1 million malicious files and 15.5 million actions, shows threat actors now favor stealthy persistence and silent data exfiltration for extortion. Process injection remains the top technique for the third consecutive year, accounting...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Feb 10, 2026
Allient Inc. Releases New Whitepaper on Motor Selection for Drone Systems
Allient Inc. has released a new whitepaper, "An Engineering Guide to Motors for Drone Systems," offering detailed guidance on selecting and applying motors for UAVs. The document addresses the rapid growth of drone applications and highlights how motor performance, efficiency,...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Feb 10, 2026
Spire.AI Unveils Knowra, a Domain-Aware Context Intelligent Platform to Solve Complex Enterprise Objectives
Spire.AI announced Knowra, a domain‑aware Contextual AI platform that overlays a knowledge‑graph‑driven intelligence layer onto existing enterprise data and AI stacks. The solution unifies fragmented data, semantics, and business rules to deliver decision‑ready outcomes while preserving governance and explainability. Built...
By AiThority
News•Feb 10, 2026
Advanced Drone Course to Prepare Pilots for Operating on High-Risk Industry Sites
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has launched a free Advanced Industrial Drone Operations Course for experienced pilots, targeting high‑risk sites such as refineries, nuclear facilities, and power infrastructure. Funded by the Swansea Bay City Deal Skills and Talent...
By sUAS News
News•Feb 10, 2026
ANYbotics Achieves ISO 27001 Certification
ANYbotics earned ISO/IEC 27001 certification after a multi‑stage audit, achieving zero non‑conformities on its first attempt. The certification validates the company’s world‑class Information Security Management System and signals maturity in security governance. It directly addresses the compliance concerns of energy and...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Feb 10, 2026
ID Dataweb Achieves SOC 2 Type II Attestation, Strengthening Transparency and Confidence in Security Controls
ID Dataweb announced it has again earned SOC 2 Type II attestation for its platform, confirming that its security, availability and confidentiality controls operate effectively over time. The audit, performed by an independent third party, validates continuous compliance with the AICPA...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 10, 2026
DXC Completes Enterprise-Wide Amazon Quick Deployment and Launches New Practice to Help Accelerate AI Adoption
DXC Technology completed an enterprise‑wide rollout of Amazon Quick, the agentic AI‑powered digital workspace, reaching 115,000 employees in 70 countries. The deployment introduced an AI Advisor used by more than 40,000 engineers, accelerating decision‑making and productivity. DXC also launched the...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 10, 2026
IgniteTech Unveils Adminio™ AI, Transforming Meeting Scheduling Through Intelligent Email Orchestration
IgniteTech introduced Adminio™ AI, a patent‑pending platform that automates meeting scheduling through conversational email assistants. The AI persona operates on the user’s own domain, handling calendar checks, time‑zone conversions, and multi‑party negotiations without booking links. Adminio AI integrates with Microsoft...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 10, 2026
South African Fuel Cell Milestone Signals Momentum for Hydrogen Aviation
A South African‑developed membrane electrode assembly (MEA) has been independently validated inside a commercial aviation‑grade fuel‑cell stack for unmanned aircraft, matching or exceeding the performance of incumbent commercial membranes. The test, conducted in Europe, demonstrates that the technology can operate...
By sUAS News
News•Feb 10, 2026
Indiqube Posts Rs 390 Cr Revenue in Q3 FY26; Losses Rise 21%
Indiqube, a managed workspace solutions provider, reported Q3 FY26 revenue of Rs 390 crore, a 45.5% year‑on‑year increase, bringing total income to Rs 411 crore including non‑operating revenue. Total expenses rose 39% to Rs 434 crore, driven by higher employee...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 10, 2026
North Africa Rises on Deals as MENA AI Funding Hits $858 Million
AI venture capital in the Middle East and North Africa surged to $858 million in 2025, representing 22% of total regional VC and 29% of all deals. The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia dominated funding, absorbing 87% of AI capital,...
By TechCabal
News•Feb 10, 2026
AI Talent Mobility and the Institutional Logic of EB-1A and NIW
AI’s rapid development cycles and cross‑border collaborations are reshaping how talent moves, but U.S. immigration categories—EB‑1A (extraordinary ability) and EB‑2 NIW (national interest waiver)—still rely on stable, publicly verifiable records. The article argues that the core tension lies between AI’s...
By AI Time Journal
News•Feb 10, 2026
Coveo Announces Hosted MCP Server to Expand Enterprise AI and Agentic Partner Ecosystem
Coveo unveiled its Hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, a secure interoperability layer that links the company’s AI‑Relevance platform to leading large‑language models such as ChatGPT Enterprise and Anthropic’s Claude. The MCP Server lets AI agents query Coveo’s unified content...
By AiThority
News•Feb 10, 2026
The HR–IT Debate in the Age of AI: Cooperation or Consolidation?
AI is reshaping the relationship between HR and IT, prompting record collaboration and even the creation of a new C‑suite title, chief productivity officer, that combines people and technology oversight. Leaders argue that merging the functions can speed decisions and...
By Human Resource Executive
News•Feb 10, 2026
Should I Optimize My Content Differently For Each Platform? – Ask An SEO via @Sejournal, @Rollerblader
The article stresses that content must be optimized differently for each platform—LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok, Pinterest, and traditional search engines—because they impose distinct metadata limits, audience demographics, and algorithmic signals. It advises customizing titles, descriptions, and images to fit pixel or...
By Search Engine Journal
News•Feb 10, 2026
Simplyblock Provides Postgres Git-Style Branching
Simplyblock has launched Vela, a self‑hostable platform that provides instant, Git‑style branching for PostgreSQL databases without copying data. The solution leverages copy‑on‑write on local NVMe storage and deep Kubernetes integration to deliver high‑performance, low‑latency environments. Vela targets AI workloads that...
By Blocks & Files
News•Feb 10, 2026
Simplyblock Provides Postgres Git-Style Branching
Simplyblock unveiled Vela, a platform that delivers instant PostgreSQL branches using copy‑on‑write technology on its high‑performance block storage. The solution eliminates traditional snapshot‑restore cycles, offering developers rapid, cost‑effective cloning without data duplication. Vela is cloud‑agnostic, Kubernetes‑native, and supports NVMe/TCP and...
By Blocks & Files
News•Feb 10, 2026
Former Sugar Refinery Near Caen, France, Could Become AI Data Center
A former 33‑hectare sugar refinery near Caen is slated for acquisition by Brown Fields, which plans to transform the derelict site into an AI data center. The project, estimated at €15‑€20 million, benefits from an existing 220 kV power line and a...
By Data Center Dynamics
News•Feb 10, 2026
AI in Recruitment: A Practical Guide for Hiring Teams
AI is rapidly reshaping recruitment by automating screening, scheduling, and candidate communication. SHRM research shows 85% of employers using AI report time savings and efficiency gains, while the State of Hiring 2025 report highlights that 41.2% of candidates abandon applications,...
By Recruitee Blog
News•Feb 10, 2026
Lidl Germany Lets Shoppers Pay by SEPA Bank Transfer — A Quiet Break From Visa & Mastercard Dominance
Lidl Germany has introduced SEPA bank‑transfer as a checkout option, allowing shoppers to pay directly from their bank accounts. The move sidesteps traditional Visa and Mastercard processing, which dominate European retail payments. By leveraging the Euro‑area’s low‑cost SEPA network, Lidl...
By PaySpace Magazine
News•Feb 10, 2026
UK Finance Shares Insights on Banking Sector Opportunities in 2026
UK Finance warns that 2026 will be a turning point for British banks as new prudential standards, the motor‑finance redress scheme and cross‑border restrictions reshape the sector. Basel 3.1 and Small Domestic Deposit Takers rules take effect on 1 January 2027, while the...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Feb 10, 2026
Jumia’s Q4 2025 Revenue Jumps 34% to $61.4 Million
Jumia reported Q4 2025 revenue of $61.4 million, a 34% year‑over‑year rise driven by a booming marketplace segment. Gross profit jumped 43% and operating loss narrowed to $10.6 million, reflecting stronger margins and tighter cost control. The company’s GMV climbed 36% to $279.5 million,...
By Techpoint Africa
News•Feb 10, 2026
Google Search Ranking Volatility Gets Heated Again February 10th
On February 10, 2026, the SEO community observed fresh Google Search ranking volatility, distinct from the February 5 Discover core update. Multiple third‑party tracking platforms—including Semrush, Sistrix, and Mozcast—showed simultaneous spikes, echoing earlier volatility periods in January and December 2025. Analysts...
By Search Engine Roundtable
News•Feb 10, 2026
Microsoft Announces New Mobile-Style Windows Security Controls
Microsoft announced that Windows 11 will adopt smartphone‑style permission prompts, requiring user consent before apps can access files, cameras, microphones or install software. The rollout introduces a Baseline Security Mode that enforces runtime integrity by allowing only signed code to run,...
By BleepingComputer
News•Feb 10, 2026
UK to Invest Nearly £1M In In-Orbit Manufacturing
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is allocating nearly £1 million to three start‑ups to develop in‑orbit manufacturing capabilities. Space Forge will receive £300,000 to grow semiconductor crystals, OrbiSky £295,000 for ZBLAN optical‑fiber production, and BioOrbit £250,000 to test space‑grown pharmaceuticals. The...
By Payload
News•Feb 10, 2026
ON24 Celebrates 2025 Winners of the Digital Engagement Excellence Awards
ON24 announced the 2025 Digital Engagement Excellence Awards, honoring firms such as Fortinet, Salesforce, and Travel Media Group for outstanding virtual event performance. Winners leveraged the ON24 Intelligent Engagement Platform to drive revenue, accelerate AI adoption, and scale personalized experiences....
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 10, 2026
Abundant Element Alloy Enables Rare Earth Free Cryogenic Cooling
Researchers from Japan's National Institute for Materials Science and KOSEN Oshima College have created a copper‑iron‑aluminum oxide regenerator (CuFe0.98Al0.02O2) that cools to 4 K without rare‑earth metals or liquid helium. The material exploits magnetic frustration to deliver specific‑heat performance comparable to...
By SpaceDaily
News•Feb 10, 2026
EUMETSAT Extends Role in DestinE Digital Twin Infrastructure
The EUMETSAT Council confirmed the agency will stay a core partner in the European Commission’s Destination Earth (DestinE) programme as it moves into Phase Three later this year. EUMETSAT delivered the fully operational DestinE Data Lake at the end of Phase Two,...
By SpaceDaily
News•Feb 10, 2026
Climate Change Speeds up Destruction of Key Greenhouse Gas
Scientists at UC Irvine have found that climate change is speeding up the atmospheric destruction of nitrous oxide (N₂O), a potent greenhouse gas and ozone‑depleting substance. Satellite data from NASA’s Microwave Limb Sounder show the gas’s mean lifetime has fallen...
By SpaceDaily
News•Feb 10, 2026
TSMC Approves US$44.96 Billion Budget Amid AI Boom
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) approved a US$44.96 billion capital budget to expand advanced, mature and specialty technology capacity, upgrade packaging, and build new fabs. The plan includes upgrading its Kumamoto plant to 3‑nanometer production to meet surging AI demand. The...
By Focus Taiwan (CNA) – English News
News•Feb 10, 2026
Fermi Data Help Refine Orbital Parameters of a Gamma-Ray Binary
Using 16 years of Fermi LAT data, Chinese astronomers precisely measured the orbit of the gamma‑ray binary PSR J2032+4127. The orbital period is 19,111.5 days (≈52.3 years) with an extreme eccentricity of 0.98 and a separation of about 25.3 AU. Two small spin‑glitches were identified,...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Feb 10, 2026
Liquidity as a Real-Time Operating System: Kyriba on the Future of Treasury
Treasury leaders are shifting from isolated point solutions to a single, real‑time operating system that unifies cash, debt, investments and risk across dozens of banks and multiple ERP platforms. Kyriba’s Tom Callway argues that the missing piece is a connectivity...
By ERP Today
News•Feb 10, 2026
UK Space Agency Launches Programme to Boost Industry Skills
The UK Space Agency has unveiled the Skills for Space internship programme, offering 50 paid eight‑week placements for undergraduates and further‑education students across the country. The scheme aims to address a widening talent gap, as a recent Space Skills Survey...
By UKTN (UK Tech News)
News•Feb 10, 2026
Did the Viking Missions Discover Life on Mars 50 Years Ago? These Scientists Think So
In 1976 NASA’s Viking landers returned positive signals from three life‑detection experiments, but the onboard GC‑MS failed to find organic molecules, leading the team to declare Mars lifeless. Recent analysis by Ben Benner and colleagues argues that the GC‑MS actually detected...
By Space.com
News•Feb 10, 2026
New ‘ZeroDayRAT’ Spyware Kit Enables Total Compromise of iOS, Android Devices
ZeroDayRAT, a commercial mobile spyware kit, provides full remote control of iOS and Android devices. Available through Telegram, the toolkit includes live camera streaming, keylogging, GPS tracking, and modules for bank credential harvesting and clipboard‑based crypto theft. Researchers at iVerify...
By SecurityWeek
News•Feb 10, 2026
QuEra 2026 Survey: 62% of Organizations Face Classical Limits as Production Deployment Stalls
QuEra Computing released the first part of its 2026 Quantum Readiness Survey, revealing a pronounced "quantum execution gap" between experimentation and production. While 62% of surveyed firms report hitting moderate to critical classical computing limits, only 13% have moved quantum...
By Quantum Computing Report
News•Feb 10, 2026
How Small Business Owners Learn to Separate Financial Confidence From Financial Noise
Small business owners often mistake persuasive financial messaging for genuine confidence, leading to decisions based on borrowed reassurance. Over time, they learn to differentiate surface‑level certainty from deep structural understanding, focusing on how obligations interact with revenue and risk. The...
By TechBullion
News•Feb 10, 2026
Ark Data Centres' Campus Extension Approved by Local Authorities in Wiltshire, UK
Ark Data Centres received conditional approval to build an 18‑meter‑tall, 27,350 sqm data centre on Westwell Roads in Corsham, Wiltshire, after an 18‑month planning saga. The new facility will be the seventh Ark campus at the Spring Park site, joining five existing...
By Data Center Dynamics