News•Feb 6, 2026
The Home Depot Debuts Material List Builder AI
The Home Depot has launched Material List Builder AI, a free tool for Pro Xtra members that creates project material lists from voice prompts, emails, texts, or existing documents. The AI automatically suggests products, shows preferred pricing, and checks inventory, allowing pros to order directly from the list. Integrated into the retailer’s Project Planning hub, the feature expands on earlier AI‑driven tools like Blueprint Takeoffs. The rollout underscores Home Depot’s push to embed AI across its Pro ecosystem.
By Retail Dive
News•Feb 6, 2026
Acetylshikonin Eases Gouty Arthritis via Sirtuin1 Boost
Researchers led by Wu, C. demonstrated that acetylshikonin, a plant‑derived molecule, markedly increases SIRT1 expression in gouty arthritis models. The up‑regulation of SIRT1 coincided with significant drops in IL‑1β and TNF‑α levels, curbing joint inflammation. In parallel, the compound boosted...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Feb 6, 2026
Maximizing Your Rental Revenue: Guide to Choose the Channel Manager in 2026
Vacation rental owners are increasingly adopting channel managers to centralize availability, rates, and bookings across multiple OTAs. These SaaS tools eliminate manual calendar updates, prevent overbookings, and enable real‑time dynamic pricing. The article outlines how solution choice varies by portfolio...
By TechBullion
News•Feb 6, 2026
SoftBank Earnings Results Could Clarify $30 Billion OpenAI Funding Rumors
SoftBank’s third‑quarter earnings on Feb. 12 could confirm whether the group will boost its OpenAI investment by an additional $30 billion, raising its stake beyond the 11% it holds after a $22.5 billion infusion. The firm has already committed roughly $40 billion to the...
By PYMNTS
News•Feb 6, 2026
Magnetoconductivity and Quantum Interaction Mechanisms in 2D SiGe Heterostructures
Researchers investigated magnetoconductivity in two‑dimensional p‑Si/SiGe heterostructures at temperatures between 0.3 K and 1.8 K. By applying weak‑localization and electron‑electron interaction frameworks in the diffusive regime, they confirmed theoretical predictions across the measured range. The study also revealed that magnetic‑field‑induced carrier interactions,...
By International Journal of Nanoscience
News•Feb 6, 2026
Under Armour CEO: ‘Most Disruptive’ Phase of Turnaround Is Over
Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank said the most disruptive phase of the company’s turnaround is behind it, as revenue volatility eases and inventory cleans up. The brand posted a 5% year‑over‑year revenue decline to $1.3 billion, with North America sales down...
By Retail Dive
News•Feb 6, 2026
Norway Drone ‘Threat’ Fails to Materialise as Spy Service Finds No Link to Foreign States
Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) concluded that none of the dozens of drone sightings reported in 2025 were linked to foreign intelligence agencies. Investigations revealed that most incidents were misidentified celestial bodies, weather phenomena, or conventional aircraft. The surge in...
By sUAS News
News•Feb 6, 2026
Dive Deposits: CFPB Tamps Down on Complaint Portal
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced new landing‑page language that forces consumers to dispute credit‑report errors directly with Experian, Equifax or TransUnion before filing a complaint. Credit‑reporting issues now make up more than 88% of the agency’s portal submissions,...
By Banking Dive
News•Feb 6, 2026
Amazon’s Q4 Retail Sales Grow Amid Broadening Assortment
Amazon posted a strong fourth‑quarter, with online retail net sales rising 10% to nearly $83 billion and physical‑store revenue up 5% to $5.9 billion. Third‑party seller services grew 11% and subscription revenue jumped 14%, lifting net income to $21.2 billion. CEO Andy Jassy...
By Retail Dive
News•Feb 6, 2026
VINCI Airports’ Nantes Atlantique Commissions New Infrastructure to Decarbonise Ground Operations
VINCI Airports’ Nantes Atlantique Airport has completed a €15 million electrification programme for its airside operations. The upgrade adds twelve powered aircraft stands and one hundred electric charging points for ground support equipment, aiming to cut fuel‑burn emissions by up to...
By Future Travel Experience
News•Feb 6, 2026
Gen Digital, Equifax Partner to Offer Tools for Managing Finances and Online Security
Gen Digital and Equifax announced an expanded partnership that blends Equifax’s consumer financial and fraud data with Gen’s AI‑driven security platforms, including Norton, Avast, LifeLock and MoneyLion. The integration will enhance identity protection, deliver personalized financial advice, and enrich Equifax’s...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Feb 6, 2026
STAT+: A Sign Biotech Is Back? Four Drugmakers Go Public, Raising Nearly $1 Billion in All
Four biotech firms—Agomab Therapeutics, Eikon Therapeutics, Spyglass Pharma, and Veradermics—went public this week, collectively raising close to $1 billion. A fifth company, Generate Biomedicines, filed IPO paperwork, signaling renewed confidence in public markets. The wave follows a prolonged downturn where only...
By STAT (Biotech)
News•Feb 6, 2026
Vermiculus Provides Real-Time Clearing System For Brazil
Vermiculus has launched its VeriClear real‑time clearing platform on Brazil’s CERC, the country’s largest financial market infrastructure by transaction volume. The cloud‑native, microservice‑based system enables CERC to clear and settle multiple asset classes instantly, including netted and delivery‑versus‑payment trades. Delivered...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Feb 6, 2026
CISA Warns of SmarterMail RCE Flaw Used in Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has flagged a critical remote code execution vulnerability, CVE‑2026‑24423, in SmarterMail versions prior to build 9511. The flaw, exploitable via the ConnectToHub API, is being leveraged in active ransomware campaigns. SmarterTools patched the...
By BleepingComputer
News•Feb 6, 2026
Maturing Heart-Lung Sync Reveals Preterm Infant Health
Researchers have identified cardiopulmonary phase synchronization as a robust biomarker for autonomic nervous system maturation in preterm infants. By applying Hilbert‑transform‑based signal processing to continuous ECG and respiratory waveforms, the study mapped a clear maturational trajectory that correlates with gestational...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Feb 6, 2026
White House’s Online Service for Drug Sales Debuts with Limited Impact on Prices
The White House launched TrumpRx, an online portal selling about 40 prescription drugs from manufacturers such as Pfizer, Eli Lilly, and Novo Nordisk at discounted rates. The platform targets cash‑pay consumers, offering "most‑favored‑nation" pricing that mirrors low overseas prices. While the service...
By BioPharma Dive
News•Feb 6, 2026
Simulation Finds Grass2Gas Biogas Systems May Reduce Dairy Emissions by over 20%
A Penn State-led simulation of the Grass2Gas system—combining year‑round cover crops with anaerobic digestion of manure and biomass—shows an average reduction of more than 20% in the carbon footprint of milk from a typical Pennsylvania dairy. Life‑cycle assessment reveals that...
By Phys.org – Biotechnology
News•Feb 6, 2026
How CDMO Alliances Can Provide End-to-End Service that Reduces Drug Development Time and Costs
Integrated CDMO networks are reshaping drug development by offering end‑to‑end expertise, especially for complex modalities such as antibody‑drug conjugates (ADCs). Partnerships between specialist CDMOs allow small and mid‑size biopharma firms to access high‑potency handling, bioconjugation, and lyophilization capabilities without building...
By Pharmaceutical Technology
News•Feb 6, 2026
Nimoy-Knight Foundation Honors 'Girl Spock' And Her Mission to Become the 1st Openly Autistic Woman in Space
The Nimoy‑Knight Foundation awarded Dr. Jessica Schonhut‑Stasik, known as “Girl Spock,” its Live Long & Prosper Tribute Award. Schonhut‑Stasik, an astrophysicist and neurodiversity advocate, aims to become the first openly autistic woman in space. The award celebrates Leonard Nimoy’s legacy of hope, logic,...
By Space.com
News•Feb 6, 2026
A New American Satellite Constellation Gets FCC Approval
Satellite startup Logos received partial FCC approval for its planned 4,178‑satellite internet constellation, authorizing use of K‑, Q‑ and V‑band frequencies. The network will span seven orbital shells between 870 km and 925 km with inclinations from 28° to 90°. FCC rules...
By Behind the Black
News•Feb 6, 2026
Researchers Uncover Novel CDK12-FOXA1 Pathway Driving Prostate Cancer Progression—Team Led by Professor Jun Pang at Sun Yat-Sen University Reveals New...
Researchers led by Jun Pang at Sun Yat‑Sen University identified a CDK12‑FOXA1 signaling axis that drives prostate cancer progression. CDK12 phosphorylates FOXA1 at serine 234, enhancing its transcriptional potency and up‑regulating MDM2, which in turn degrades the tumor‑suppressor p53. Inhibiting CDK12 with...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Feb 6, 2026
‘People Knew that They Could Come to Us to Figure Out How to Get Things Done.’
In 2025, the federal space workforce shrank by 13%, with 322,000 civil servants leaving, marking the steepest post‑World‑War II decline. The interview with Shawn Phillips, a 27‑year veteran of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Propulsion Division, illustrates this exodus as he...
By SpaceNews
News•Feb 6, 2026
I Spent 5 Years in DevOps – Solutions Engineering Gave Me What I Was Missing
After five years as a DevSecOps engineer at large financial firms, the author left the repetitive, isolated role for a Solutions Engineer position at Infisical. The new role replaces daily ticket queues with varied customer engagements across fintech, aerospace, healthcare,...
By Hacker News
News•Feb 6, 2026
Lowe’s Makes Loyalty Program More Family-Friendly by Adding Kids Component
Lowe’s has unveiled the MyLowe’s Rewards Kids Club, extending its long‑standing Kids Workshops into a digital loyalty experience. The new platform lets families track children’s progress with digital badges and register multiple kids through a single MyLowe’s Rewards account. Free...
By Retail TouchPoints
News•Feb 6, 2026
You Don’t Need Your EMR: Inside the Next Phase of Home-Based Care
Tallio’s AI operating system has replaced the traditional EMR at Caring Seasons Health, slashing admission processing from three‑plus hours to just 68 minutes. The platform automates documentation, cutting overall paperwork time by roughly 75% and delivering near‑perfect clean claim rates....
By Home Health Care News
News•Feb 6, 2026
'Encrypt It Already' Campaign Pushes Big Tech to Prioritize E2E Encryption
The Electronic Frontier Foundation launched the "Encrypt It Already" campaign to pressure large tech firms to deliver on promised end‑to‑end encryption (E2EE) and to enable those features by default. The initiative highlights lagging implementations at companies such as Bluesky, Ring...
By Dark Reading
News•Feb 6, 2026
Is the SaaSpocalypse Nigh? The Era of Paying for Software Seats May Be Ending.
Anthropic’s Cowork plugins, an AI‑agent extension suite, sparked a sharp market sell‑off in legacy SaaS firms, with legal‑tech stocks falling 10‑16%. The reaction validates Satya Nadella’s 2024 warning that SaaS applications could collapse as AI agents absorb business logic. By...
By The New Stack
News•Feb 6, 2026
Clara Renews $150M Credit Line with Goldman Sachs
Mexican fintech Clara has renewed a $150 million credit line with Goldman Sachs, boosting its total debt capacity to over $250 million. The financing will fund expansion of its corporate payment‑solutions suite, targeting mid‑market and large enterprises across Latin America. Clara’s shift from...
By LatamList
News•Feb 6, 2026
A New POS Terminal Emerges While Tap To Pay Figures in a New App
Clip introduced the Clip Total 3 point‑of‑sale terminal, a $899 device that adds order management, inventory catalog, a customer‑facing screen, high‑speed printer and dual cameras for Mexican merchants, especially restaurants. At the same time, Mexico‑based SeoSamba launched a Stripe‑powered POS app...
By Digital Transactions
News•Feb 6, 2026
Oil and Gas Robotics Deployment Expands as Global Market Heads Toward $205 Billion in 2030, Says GlobalData
Robotics in oil and gas is entering a rapid expansion phase, propelled by AI and cloud computing that enable autonomous decision‑making and navigation. GlobalData projects the overall robotics market to climb from $90.2 billion in 2024 to $205.5 billion by 2030, with...
By Robotics & Automation News
News•Feb 6, 2026
Agents in the Enterprise: Salesforce and DeepL See Productivity Move the Needle as Use Cases Grow for AI
2026 is seeing AI agents transition from pilot projects to core enterprise functions, with Salesforce and DeepL showcasing rapid, productivity‑focused deployments. Salesforce’s “Hallie” agent now handles 70% of Heathrow’s passenger queries, while DeepL reports 2,000 customers using agents for report...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Feb 6, 2026
Fractal Raises Rs 1,248 Cr From Anchor Investors Ahead of IPO
Fractal Analytics secured Rs 1,248 cr from anchor investors at the top of its IPO price band, valuing the Bengaluru‑based AI firm at roughly $1.6 bn. The company trimmed its offering size by 42% to Rs 2,834 cr, splitting the issue between a fresh issue...
By Entrackr
News•Feb 6, 2026
Fintech Company Alkami Is Reportedly Considering Strategic Sale with Adviser
Alkami Technology Inc., a cloud‑based digital banking platform provider, has launched a strategic review that could culminate in a sale. The move follows activist investor Jana Partners’ pressure after Alkami’s stock fell roughly 40% in 2025 despite solid revenue growth...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Feb 6, 2026
Saks Global Brings Back Neiman Marcus Exec to Oversee Marketing, E-Commerce
Luxury retailer Saks Global has appointed Cheryl Han as its new Chief Marketing & Digital Officer, a role that consolidates marketing strategy and e‑commerce oversight. Han, a former Neiman Marcus executive, previously held senior digital positions at both Neiman Marcus...
By Retail Dive
News•Feb 6, 2026
Join an Exclusive Webinar About Satellite Imagery and AI
In this episode, host Dr. Oleg Demidov interviews Luke Fischer, CEO of SkyFi, to explore the $3.8 trillion market built around satellite imagery and AI. They discuss how Earth‑observation data has fallen from $20,000 per image to $20 per insight, shifting...
By Space Ambition
News•Feb 6, 2026
Valentine’s: How UK Retailers Can Cope with Gift-Giving Returns
UK retailers face a £1.05 billion post‑Christmas returns surge, exposing deep reverse‑logistics gaps. Fashion items, especially clothing (39%) and footwear (37%), lead the returns wave, with footwear nearly doubling year‑on‑year. Consumers overwhelmingly prefer human interaction for returns (81%) despite a push...
By ChannelX (formerly Tamebay)
News•Feb 6, 2026
Sam Altman Predicts AI Agents Will Integrate Any Service They Want, with or without Official APIs
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned that every company is effectively becoming an API provider as generative AI agents learn to write code that accesses services, even without official endpoints. He predicts a platform shift where AI agents bypass traditional user...
By THE DECODER
News•Feb 6, 2026
American Express Flexible Payment Option Supports Small Business Cashflow
American Express has launched a Flexible Payment Option for new Business Platinum and Gold cardmembers, providing an instant line of credit that lets businesses repay their statement balance in full or over time with interest. Cardholders retain up to 54...
By ChannelX (formerly Tamebay)
News•Feb 6, 2026
UK Government Proposes 30% Budget Cut to Astronomy and Physics Research: 'It's Pretty Disastrous'
The UK government has announced a 30% reduction in funding for astronomy, particle and nuclear physics through the Science and Technology Facilities Council. The cuts arrive after a previous 15% reduction and follow a decline in the UK’s contribution to...
By Space.com
News•Feb 6, 2026
What Happens when Waymo Runs Into a Tornado? Or an Elephant?
Waymo has launched a new "World Model" built on Google’s Genie 3 AI, enabling the creation of hyper‑realistic 3D driving simulations from simple text or image prompts. The platform can generate extreme edge cases—tornadoes, flooded streets, rogue elephants—and run them at...
By The Verge
News•Feb 6, 2026
Rootly | Behind the Mind of a Future Thinking Reliability Expert
Prolific’s senior delivery lead Hannah Hammonds overhauled the company’s incident management by migrating from incident.io to Rootly, a platform offering highly configurable workflows and AI‑assisted SRE capabilities. The new system automates root‑cause analysis, integrates tightly with Slack, and provides audit‑ready...
By Rootly – Blog
News•Feb 6, 2026
CMS’ Roadmap for Switching to FHIR-Based Digital Quality Measures
CMS announced a roadmap to transition its quality measurement programs from eCQMs to FHIR‑based digital quality measures (dQMs). The agency released draft dQM packages covering 17 inpatient, 4 outpatient, and 49 clinician measures and opened a public comment period through...
By Healthcare Innovation
News•Feb 6, 2026
Russia Launches Classified Nine Satellites
Russia successfully placed nine classified military satellites into orbit using a Soyuz‑2 rocket launched from the Plesetsk spaceport. The Fregat upper stage first released a primary payload at roughly 330 km before maneuvering to about 500 km to deploy the remaining eight...
By Behind the Black
News•Feb 6, 2026
Fraud Prevention Is a Latency Game
Fraud prevention hinges on ultra‑low latency, with most digital transactions allotted only 50‑100 milliseconds to authenticate, fetch data, and score a model. Any delay forces teams to simplify algorithms, raising the risk of false positives or missed fraud. Multi‑stage architectures mitigate...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 6, 2026
Global Chip Sales To Top $1 Trillion In 2026: How It Could Hit Your Wallet And Tech Plans This Year
Global semiconductor sales are set to top $1 trillion in 2026 after a 25.6% jump to $792 billion in 2025. The surge is driven primarily by advanced AI chips, which grew nearly 40% to $302 billion, and memory chips, up 35% to $223 billion....
By Finance Monthly
News•Feb 6, 2026
Beyond Connectivity and ISO 20022 Compliance: How to Reduce TCO and Unlock Value
In‑house Swift connectivity imposes heavy operational and financial burdens due to infrastructure upkeep, specialist staffing, and ongoing compliance. Shifting Swift to an external service bureau reduces technology overhead, eliminates round‑the‑clock support, and lowers total cost of ownership. Consolidating Swift and...
By Finextra
News•Feb 6, 2026
China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Broke Into Norwegian Companies
The Norwegian Police Security Service has confirmed that the Chinese‑backed hacking group Salt Typhoon breached several Norwegian companies, exploiting vulnerable network devices to conduct espionage. This marks Norway as the latest nation to publicly acknowledge a Salt Typhoon intrusion. The group, described...
By TechCrunch (Cybersecurity)
News•Feb 6, 2026
Epic’s Infection Prevention Module Needs More TLC Than Others, KLAS Finds
The February 2026 KLAS report reveals that Epic’s infection prevention module, Buggy, lags behind all other Epic inpatient products with an overall performance score of 80.6, and shows a stark divide between IT (91.4) and infection preventionist (73.9) satisfaction. Key...
By healthsystemCIO
News•Feb 6, 2026
Wix Hails New Era of Web Design in Super Bowl Return
Wix returned to the Super Bowl after a seven‑year break to unveil a hybrid AI‑drag‑and‑drop website editor. The 30‑second ad, “The New Way to Create,” shows a woman building a handmade‑furniture site using simple prompts, emphasizing AI as a creative...
By Adweek AI
News•Feb 6, 2026
Hovione’s Strategy for Complexity, Speed, and Regional Supply Chains
Marcio Temtem, Hovione’s VP of Strategic Business Management, highlighted three industry shifts: growing small‑molecule complexity, faster development cycles driven by AI, and the regionalization of supply chains. Hovione counters these pressures with its amorphous solid dispersion platform, continuous flow and...
By Pharmaceutical Technology