News•Feb 7, 2026
What if We Treated the Nvidia GB10 as an Employee: AI Could Remove Reporting Roles Entirely From Businesses with Thousands...
A Serve The Home review demonstrated that Nvidia GB10‑powered AI can fully automate the collection, aggregation, and reporting of performance metrics that traditionally required a dedicated employee. By integrating n8n workflows with local GPT‑OSS models, the system processed 1,000 historic requests with over 99.9% accuracy using the larger 120B model. Two Dell Pro Max machines running the GB10 hardware handled the workload on‑premises, eliminating the need for human intervention. The hardware investment paid for itself within a year, freeing staff for higher‑value tasks.
By TechRadar
News•Feb 7, 2026
Chargebase Launches to Help Merchants Cut Chargebacks and Access Verifi and Ethoca Alerts
Chargebase, a new fintech platform, launched today to help online merchants curb chargebacks and tap into real‑time fraud alerts from Verifi and Ethoca. The service aggregates dispute data, provides predictive analytics, and automates filing, promising faster resolution and lower loss...
By PaySpace Magazine
News•Feb 7, 2026
NBA Star Giannis Antetokounmpo Joins Kalshi as an Investor
NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo announced he has become a shareholder in prediction‑market platform Kalshi, marking the first direct investment by an NBA player in the company. The deal complies with the NBA’s collective‑bargaining agreement, which allows players to hold up...
By TechCrunch Fintech
News•Feb 7, 2026
Mobile Money Services Expected to Surge in Emerging Markets, Report Claims
Juniper Research projects mobile‑money users in emerging markets to reach 2.2 billion by 2030, covering over 53 % of adults. The surge is powered by growing interoperability among platforms and the rise of open APIs that transform simple USSD transfers into full‑service...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Feb 7, 2026
SpaceX IPO Could Drive Investor Interest in Other Space Companies
Investor Kirk Konert said a potential SpaceX IPO this summer could unlock unprecedented capital for the space sector, with the launch expected to raise tens of billions at a valuation above $1.5 trillion. Recent IPOs of Firefly Aerospace and York Space...
By SpaceNews
News•Feb 7, 2026
#ACTRIMS26: Sanofi Unpacks Data From a Failed Phase 3 Tolebrutinib Trial in PPMS
Sanofi disclosed results from its Phase 3 trial of the BTK inhibitor tolebrutinib in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). The study failed to meet its primary endpoint of slowing disability progression, and secondary outcomes showed no meaningful benefit. Safety data...
By Endpoints News
News•Feb 7, 2026
Planetary Parade 2026: How to See Six Planets Align in February Night Sky
On 28 February 2026 six planets—Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—will form a visible arc across the evening sky. Four of the planets are bright enough to see with the naked eye, while the two outer giants require binoculars or a...
By Orbital Today
News•Feb 7, 2026
UK’s Shared Expenses Soar to £1.16B in Past Year : Research
Digital bank bunq reports UK shared‑expense transactions reaching £1.16 billion last year, a 27.2 % increase from the prior period. Food, drink and transport dominate the split‑bill activity, while travel and rent‑utility categories show the highest average transaction values. Seasonal spikes in...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Feb 7, 2026
UK’s Starling Bank Focuses on Global Growth with Software Sales to US Lenders
Starling Bank is shifting its growth strategy by selling its Engine banking software to U.S. lenders, targeting regional banks with $5‑50 billion in assets. The fintech has hired Deloitte and PwC to scout partners and expects its first U.S. client by...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Feb 7, 2026
Revolut Strengthens Internal Group Managing Share Sales Without Wall Street Banks
Revolut is expanding an internal team to run secondary share sales, moving away from reliance on Wall Street banks. A recent in‑house transaction lifted the fintech's valuation from $45 billion to $75 billion, a roughly 67% jump. The company is hiring former...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Feb 7, 2026
A Giant Star Is Changing Before Our Eyes and Astronomers Are Watching in Real Time
Astronomers monitoring the Large Magellanic Cloud’s red supergiant WOH G64 have recorded a rapid decline in visual brightness, a modest temperature rise, and an unprecedented surge in dust ejection over the past decade. High‑resolution imaging in 2024 revealed a fresh dust...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Feb 7, 2026
Encapsulated PbS Quantum Dots Boost Solar Water Splitting without Sacrificial Agents
UNIST researchers have engineered a metal‑encapsulated PbS quantum‑dot photoelectrode that resists corrosion during photoelectrochemical water splitting. The device delivers a record photocurrent density of 18.6 mA cm⁻² in 1 M NaOH and retains roughly 90 % of its initial output after 24 hours of continuous...
By Phys.org – Nanotechnology
News•Feb 7, 2026
Exposure to Grilled Lamb‐Borne Carbon Quantum Dots Induces Intrahepatic Cholestasis by Activating the Intestinal Microbial‐Derived Lipopolysaccharide‐TLR4 Pathway
Researchers discovered that carbon quantum dots (CQDs) released from grilled lamb accumulate in mice after nine weeks of oral exposure at 25 mg kg⁻¹, damaging liver and intestinal barriers. The CQDs elevate gut‑derived lipopolysaccharide, triggering the intestinal LPS‑TLR4‑MyD88 signaling cascade and hepatic...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Advanced Photoporation: Micro‐Nanostructures for Size‐Specific Highly Efficient Biomolecular Delivery
Photoporation is emerging as a versatile, non‑viral platform for intracellular delivery, and a new review proposes a size‑centric framework that categorises strategies by cargo dimensions rather than by laser or material type. The authors analyse how micro‑ and nanostructured substrates...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Biocompatible Glue‐Enabled Drug Localization and Mechanical Reinforcement of Lyophilized Microneedle Systems
The Lyophilized Microneedle System with Biocompatible Glue (LMS‑BG) integrates a porous, drug‑loaded microneedle tip with a biodegradable ethanol‑based glue to create a mechanically robust, ultra‑fast dissolving transdermal platform. In tests using lidocaine, the system dissolved 11‑times faster than conventional dissolving...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Cu–O–In Bridge Engineering in Cu2O/In2O3 Nanowires for Efficient CO2‐to‐CO Electroreduction
Researchers have engineered a Cu2O/In2O3 heterointerface within three‑dimensional copper foam nanowires, creating Cu–O–In bridges that precisely tune the d‑band centers of Cu and In sites. This electronic modulation boosts CO2‑to‑CO electroreduction, achieving over 90% Faradaic efficiency across a wide potential...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Microstructure‐Interface Modulation Boosts Sodium Storage Capacity and Stability of Hard Carbon
The researchers applied a synergistic microstructure‑interface modulation to resin‑derived hard carbon, introducing carbonyl groups for reversible Na⁺ adsorption and using carboxyl/phenolic hydroxyl groups to anchor Zn²⁺ ions that template a hierarchical pore network. Expanded interlayer spacing further speeds Na⁺ intercalation,...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Bioinspired and Engineered Ion‐Selective Membranes Toward High‐Flux and High‐Selectivity Energy Devices
The review examines recent advances in ion‑selective membranes that aim to break the longstanding permeability‑selectivity trade‑off. By drawing inspiration from biological ion channels, researchers are engineering nanofluidic architectures, hybrid polymer‑nanomaterial composites, and AI‑assisted design tools to boost both ion flux...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Optimizing HostGuest Interaction Sites in Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Benchmark One‐Step Ethylene Purification
Researchers introduced three conformational isomeric Fe3‑based metal‑organic frameworks (SNNU‑705‑α/β/γ) that strategically combine open metal sites, aromatic rings, and amino Lewis basic sites to preferentially adsorb acetylene and ethane while weakly binding ethylene. This host‑guest interaction design enables a benchmark one‑step...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Synthesis of Zirconium Boron‐Oxo Clusters With Tunable Third‐Order Nonlinear Optical Response
Researchers have developed a modular synthesis route for zirconium boron‑oxo clusters (Zr‑BOCs) using in‑situ condensation of boron sources with dioxime ligands under pyrazole‑thermal conditions. The resulting planar Zr₂B₈O₁₀ cores feature d‑p‑π delocalization, and systematic ligand exchange with aromatic acids tunes...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Self‐Lubricating Nanofiber/Hollow Microsphere All‐Ceramic Architecture for Robust Flexible Thermal Insulation
Researchers have created an all‑inorganic SiO2 composite membrane by electrospinning nanofibers embedded with hollow silica microspheres. The resulting self‑lubricating 3D architecture delivers an ultralow thermal conductivity of 31.39 mW m⁻¹ K⁻¹ while maintaining exceptional flexibility, surviving over 100 000 bending cycles at 99 % strain....
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Dynamically Reprograms Mitochondrial Respiration to Augment Cuproptosis in Cancer Therapy
Researchers engineered a copper‑coordinated polymer that transports lactate oxidase into cancer cells, converting intracellular lactate to pyruvate. This metabolic shift elevates mitochondrial respiration, sensitizing tumors to copper‑driven cuproptosis. Simultaneously, copper triggers DLAT oligomerization and a Fenton‑like reaction, inducing ferroptosis. In...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Biomimetic, Hierarchical‐Porous Composite Aerogel Fiber with Spectral Selectivity and Water Microchannels for Synergistic Radiative‐Evaporative Passive Cooling Textile
Researchers have created structure‑engineered aerogel fibers (SAFs) that replicate desert animal hair, using a double‑diffusion wet‑spinning process and hollow glass microspheres. The fibers exhibit 96.1% emissivity in the atmospheric window and 92.3% solar reflectivity, while their 93.9% internal porosity enables...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
A Metal‐Free Phthalocyanine Additive for Defect Passivation and Processing Tolerance in High‐Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
Researchers have introduced CG-0, a fully substituted, metal‑free phthalocyanine, as a highly soluble additive for wide‑bandgap perovskite solar cells. The additive simultaneously promotes defect passivation, controlled crystallization, and remarkable processing tolerance, allowing ultra‑high doping levels up to 1.75 mM. Devices incorporating...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Asymmetric Metal Oxide Electrodes for High‐Efficiency Evaporation‐Induced Energy Harvesting
Researchers have built an evaporation‑driven energy generator using a montmorillonite clay membrane and surface‑modified graphitic carbon electrodes coated with TiO₂ and Co₃O₄ nanowires. Replacing traditional copper contacts with these metal‑oxide electrodes boosted power output by roughly 8,000 times. The device...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
NBD Integrated and Vitamin B6‐Driven Charge‐Reversible Peptide‐Based Nanocarriers for Targeted Therapeutic Delivery
Researchers have engineered a phenylalanine‑tryptophan dipeptide nanocarrier functionalized with the fluorescent probe NBD and a vitamin B6‑derived pH‑responsive unit. The self‑assembled nanospheres load doxorubicin with high efficiency and undergo charge reversal at mildly acidic pH, triggering rapid drug release and nuclear...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Dual Therapeutic Effects of Ultra‐Small Platinum‐Selenium Nanoparticles on Oxalate‐Induced Acute Kidney Injury
Researchers synthesized ultra‑small platinum‑selenium (Pt‑Se) nanoparticles that effectively halt calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystal nucleation and growth, reducing crystal‑cell interactions and oxidative damage. In vitro assays demonstrated strong inhibition of CaOx crystallization, while a hyperoxaluria mouse model showed markedly lower renal...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Fluorescently Labeled Gradient Hydrogels Reveal Matrix‐Dependent Cell Responses to Substrate Stiffness
Researchers introduced a thermophoresis-based method to fabricate fluorescently labeled stiffness gradient hydrogels, enabling contactless stiffness mapping via standard microscopy. The technique leverages fluorescein isothiocyanate labeling, where fluorescence intensity reflects polymer concentration and thus stiffness. Experiments with gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) and...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Synthesis of Atomically Dispersed Nickel Confined in Hierarchical MFI Zeolite
Researchers have developed a ligand‑protected in situ synthesis that embeds atomically dispersed nickel within hierarchical MFI zeolite. The tri‑functional template, combining quaternary ammonium heads and metal‑coordinated porphyrins, directs mesoporous architecture while suppressing nickel aggregation. The resulting catalyst displays uniformly distributed...
By Small (Wiley)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Pulsar Timing Hints at a Nearby Dark Matter 'Sub-Halo'
A team led by Sukanya Chakrabarti reported in Physical Review Letters that timing measurements of a nearby pulsar binary and solitary pulsars show a subtle acceleration inconsistent with known masses. The distortion implies an invisible object of roughly tens of...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Feb 7, 2026
'A Second Set of Eyes': AI-Supported Breast Cancer Screening Spots More Cancers Earlier, Landmark Trial Finds
A prospective, population‑based MASAI trial in Sweden screened over 100,000 women using a commercially available AI system alongside radiologists. The AI‑assisted workflow identified more clinically relevant breast cancers and cut interval‑cancer rates without raising false‑positive alerts. Radiologists read AI‑flagged cases...
By Live Science AI
News•Feb 7, 2026
Space Force Awards $54.5 Million Contract to Starfish Space for GEO Servicing Vehicle
The U.S. Space Force awarded Starfish Space a $54.5 million contract to build and operate its Otter space‑tug for geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) missions. The five‑year contract, with two optional extension years, covers manufacturing, testing, launch and on‑orbit commissioning of a...
By SpaceNews
News•Feb 7, 2026
The Reviews Are in on Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show, and May We Just Say: “Yikes”
Darren Aronofsky released “On This Day … 1776,” an AI‑generated historical series that has been panned for ugly, anachronistic visuals and disjointed storytelling. Critics from The Guardian and The Hollywood Reporter called it “ugly as sin” and a “meaningless montage,”...
By Futurism AI
News•Feb 7, 2026
Hong Kong Plans to Revive Privacy Law Requiring Firms to Report Data Breaches
Hong Kong’s privacy commissioner announced plans to revive mandatory data‑breach reporting after a 2024 pause over business‑environment concerns. The government will consult lawmakers this year on amendments to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, introducing phased implementation and penalties for non‑compliance....
By DataBreaches.net
News•Feb 7, 2026
TerraPay Enters Creator Economy with MilX Partnership to Power Global Payouts
TerraPay has launched a cross‑border payout solution for digital creators through a partnership with MilX, the YouTube‑focused financial service. The integrated platform enables creators to receive earnings instantly in local currencies across more than 70 markets, supporting bank accounts, digital...
By The Fintech Times
News•Feb 7, 2026
Robots that Keep Moving when Flipped? Sea Star Tube Feet Offer a Blueprint
Researchers at USC’s Kanso Bioinspired Motion Lab have uncovered how sea stars achieve locomotion using decentralized control of hundreds of tube feet. By attaching a 3D‑printed backpack and measuring individual foot responses, they showed each tube foot adjusts adhesion via...
By Tech Xplore Robotics
News•Feb 7, 2026
Butterfly Emerges From Chrysalis in Zero Gravity
Chinese astronauts on the Tiangong space station successfully hatched a butterfly from a chrysalis in zero‑gravity, using a self‑sustaining 14.2‑liter capsule that lacked radiation shielding or human oversight. The insect navigated the chamber, fluttered its wings and rested on leaves...
By Futurism Space
News•Feb 7, 2026
Feb. 7, 1984: First Untethered Spacewalk
On February 7, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless II performed the first untethered spacewalk, drifting away from the Space Shuttle Challenger using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). He reached a maximum distance of 320 feet (98 meters) and stayed outside for 1 hour 22 minutes, testing the nitrogen‑propelled...
By Astronomy Magazine
News•Feb 7, 2026
What Is A Paper Shredder Used For
Paper shredders are pivotal in waste paper recovery, converting documents into recyclable fiber while ensuring information security. Modern equipment ranges from entry‑level strip‑cut units that preserve up to 98% fiber to industrial cross‑cut and micro‑cut machines that meet P‑5 to...
By TechBullion
News•Feb 7, 2026
From Disinformation to Espionage – Russia’s Hybrid Actions Against Poland
Russia has intensified a hybrid campaign against Poland, combining espionage, large‑scale cyber attacks, sabotage, and disinformation. Recent intelligence uncovered Russian spies inside the Ministry of National Defence and daily cyber assaults reaching up to 3,000 incidents. Moscow’s political elites have...
By Defence24 (Poland)
News•Feb 7, 2026
Software Engineering Is Back
Since December 2025, AI‑driven coding agents have enabled end‑to‑end automated programming, allowing developers to generate production‑ready code without manual typing. The author argues this shift eliminates the need for heavyweight frameworks and boilerplate, returning engineers to pure architectural work. By...
By Hacker News
News•Feb 7, 2026
Man Wakes Up Homeless, Realizes He Fell Into AI Psychosis That Destroyed His Entire Life
Adam Thomas became homeless after an obsessive reliance on AI chatbots, a condition experts label "AI psychosis." Over four months he quit his funeral director job, spent his savings, and lived in a desert van following AI prompts. Similar cases...
By Futurism AI
News•Feb 7, 2026
A Simple Text File Beats Complex Skill Systems for AI Coding Agents
Vercel compared two methods for keeping AI coding agents current with Next.js updates: a Skill system that retrieves documentation on demand and a simple AGENTS.md markdown file that embeds a compressed documentation index. The Skill approach failed to trigger in...
By THE DECODER
News•Feb 7, 2026
Grapherry Expands Battery-Related Partnerships to Evaluate Its Graphene in Anode Materials
Grapherry, a Chicago‑based clean‑tech materials firm, is widening collaborations with battery manufacturers to test its waste‑derived graphene in anode applications. The partnerships will evaluate the material’s electrical conductivity, rate capability, cycling stability and manufacturability at scale. Grapherry’s patented continuous process...
By Graphene-Info
News•Feb 7, 2026
POLARIS Wins BAAINBw Contract To Develop A Reusable Hypersonic Vehicle
German aerospace startup POLARIS has secured a contract from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In‑Service Support (BAAINBw) to develop, manufacture and operate a two‑stage, horizontal‑take‑off reusable hypersonic vehicle. The vehicle, called HYTEV, will integrate twin turbofans,...
By Orbital Today
News•Feb 7, 2026
Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Exposed Real Humans’ Data
Security firm Wiz uncovered a critical vulnerability in Moltbook, an AI‑coded social network for AI agents, where a mishandled private key in JavaScript exposed thousands of email addresses and millions of API credentials. The flaw enabled complete account impersonation and...
By WIRED AI
News•Feb 7, 2026
China Launches Reusable Spaceplane on Fourth Secretive Orbital Mission
China launched its experimental reusable spaceplane for the fourth time on Feb. 7 using a Long March 2F T rocket from Jiuquan. The mission, shrouded in secrecy, will conduct technological verification and likely repeat satellite releases and rendezvous operations seen in earlier flights....
By SpaceNews
News•Feb 7, 2026
Japan's Lower House Election Becomes a Testing Ground for Generative AI Misinformation
Japan’s lower‑house election has become a testing ground for generative‑AI misinformation, with fake videos and fabricated news spreading rapidly on YouTube and TikTok. A survey cited by the Japan Times found 51.5 percent of respondents believed the fake content to be...
By THE DECODER
News•Feb 7, 2026
Riyadh Air and Mastercard Partner to Redefine Global Travel Experience Through Multiple Touchpoints
Riyadh Air and Mastercard have forged a strategic partnership to build a fully integrated, digitally native travel and payments ecosystem. The alliance will introduce co‑branded credit and prepaid cards, a virtual card program for travel‑trade settlements, and a joint centre...
By Future Travel Experience
News•Feb 7, 2026
Payments Platform BridgePay Confirms Ransomware Attack Behind Outage
BridgePay Network Solutions confirmed a ransomware attack knocked its payment gateway offline, triggering a nationwide outage across core APIs, virtual terminals, and hosted pages. The breach began early Friday, prompting the company to involve the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and...
By BleepingComputer