News•Feb 3, 2026
DataDome Integrates Bot Protection with Varnish Software’s New Sovereign CDN
Varnish Software launched Varnish CDN, a fully sovereign European content delivery network that keeps all traffic, data, and metadata within EU jurisdiction. DataDome integrated its AI‑powered bot and agent trust management directly into the CDN, delivering real‑time protection against scraping, credential stuffing, and fraud. The combined solution promises ultra‑low latency, zero performance trade‑offs, and compliance with GDPR, NIS2 and the US CLOUD Act. European enterprises can now secure their edge infrastructure without exposing data to non‑European legal claims.
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 3, 2026
H Company's New Holo2 Model Takes the Lead in UI Localization
H Company unveiled the Holo2‑235B‑A22B Preview, its largest UI‑localization model to date, achieving a new state‑of‑the‑art 78.5% accuracy on the Screenspot‑Pro benchmark and 79.0% on OSWorld G. The model is released on Hugging Face as a research preview focused on UI‑element grounding....
By Hugging Face
News•Feb 3, 2026
Mastering Enterprise IAM: Naveen Rudraradhya on Leading Global Identity and Access Transformation
Naveen Rudraradhya, an IAM veteran with an MBA in IT Business Management, led a global identity and access transformation that unified standards across regions while respecting local regulations. He replaced manual request channels with a single, automated portal linking HR...
By TechBullion
News•Feb 3, 2026
Arc’teryx Brings on Tommy Hilfiger Vet as First Chief Brand Officer
Arc’teryx has appointed Avery Baker, a former Tommy Hilfiger chief brand officer, as its first chief brand officer. Baker will oversee global brand strategy, marketing, communications and a new consumer‑experience team, reporting to CEO Stuart Haselden. The move coincides with the...
By Retail Dive
News•Feb 3, 2026
Deno Sandbox
Over the past year Deno Deploy customers have increasingly generated code with large language models that runs instantly, exposing API keys and network access. Deno now offers Sandbox, lightweight Linux microVMs that isolate untrusted code, enforce network‑egress policies, and keep...
By Hacker News
News•Feb 3, 2026
Grok’s Analysis of Whether Mamdani Is Related to Epstein May Be the Single Most Amazing AI Response We’ve Ever Seen
Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok mistakenly identified New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani as Jimmy Kimmel while evaluating a supposed familial link to Jeffrey Epstein, then corrected the error and reported an under‑one‑percent probability of any relation. The exchange, posted...
By Futurism AI
News•Feb 3, 2026
Machines Are Your Content’s New Audience
The episode explores how AI is reshaping content creation and consumption, introducing the new Business‑to‑Agent (B2A) model alongside B2B and B2C. It highlights that while many firms adopt generative AI, legacy workflows and siloed repositories limit impact, leading to wasteful,...
By Forrester Generative AI
News•Feb 3, 2026
UK Asset Management Rules in Focus: What to Expect in 2026
The UK asset‑management regulatory landscape continued evolving in 2025, moving from policy design to concrete implementation. Zeidler Group published a guide outlining the latest FCA supervisory priorities, ESG disclosures, consumer‑duty rules, and governance expectations. It also highlights infrastructure reforms such...
By Fintech Global
News•Feb 3, 2026
Lotus Health Nabs $35M for AI Doctor that Sees Patients for Free
Lotus Health AI announced a $35 million Series A round, co‑led by CRV and Kleiner Perkins, bringing total capital to $41 million. The Boston‑based startup is building a free, 24/7 primary‑care platform that uses large‑language‑model AI to conduct diagnoses, prescribe medication, and refer specialists,...
By TechCrunch Venture Feed
News•Feb 3, 2026
Enterprise AI Strategy: Why Buy Often Beats Build
At the 2025 Central Park AI Forum, leaders debated whether enterprises should buy or build AI solutions, especially for legal and regulatory functions. Speakers highlighted that building tools often fails to deliver long‑term ownership, as maintenance and continuous updates are...
By Fintech Global
News•Feb 3, 2026
Did We Just See a Black Hole Explode? Physicists Think So—And It Could Explain (Almost) Everything
Physicists at UMass Amherst propose that a quasi‑extremal primordial black hole (PBH) can undergo a runaway Hawking‑radiation explosion, releasing ultra‑high‑energy particles. Their model explains the PeV‑scale neutrino detected by the KM3NeT collaboration in 2023, an event far beyond any known...
By Phys.org - Space News
News•Feb 3, 2026
PayPal Shares Sink Amid Online Branded Checkout Headwinds
PayPal reported a modest 1% Q4 growth in its branded‑checkout payment volume, a sharp deceleration from the prior quarter, and its shares fell 18% on the news. The earnings release also announced a leadership transition, with board chair Enrique Lores...
By PYMNTS
News•Feb 3, 2026
U.S. Bank COO to Retire This Spring
U.S. Bank announced that its chief operations officer, Souheil Badran, will retire this spring after three years in the role. The bank has not yet identified a successor and says it will rely on its robust succession‑planning program, with Badran...
By Banking Dive
News•Feb 3, 2026
Iron Mountain: Data Breach Mostly Limited to Marketing Materials
Iron Mountain disclosed that the recent breach claimed by the Everest extortion gang was confined to a single folder of marketing materials on a public‑facing file‑sharing server. Attackers used a compromised login credential but did not deploy ransomware or access...
By BleepingComputer
News•Feb 3, 2026
Peloton Lays Off 11% of Workforce
Peloton announced it is laying off 11% of its global workforce as part of a broader restructuring effort. The cuts support a $100 million cost‑savings plan aimed at stabilizing the business by the end of fiscal year 2026. The move follows...
By Retail Dive
News•Feb 3, 2026
Advanced Drone Motor: British Designed Propulsion for Demanding UAV Applications
PMW Dynamics has unveiled its Advanced Drone Motor (ADM), a purpose‑engineered propulsion unit aimed at high‑performance UAVs. The motor delivers 2.6 Nm peak torque, 1.1 kW peak power and a compact 90 mm diameter package at 48 V DC. All design, development and manufacturing...
By sUAS News
News•Feb 3, 2026
Merck Bats Away ‘Modest Growth’ Accusations, Touts Broad Pipeline
Merck met its 2025 sales guidance, reporting fourth‑quarter revenue of $16.4 billion, slightly above expectations. The company’s HPV vaccine Gardasil saw a 35% global decline, driven by weak demand in China and Japan. CEO Robert Davis countered modest‑growth criticism by highlighting...
By BioSpace
News•Feb 3, 2026
Revenue-Based Financing Enters Phase Two: How Technology Is Transforming a Hidden Asset Class
Revenue‑based financing (RBF) is moving from a proof‑of‑concept stage to a technology‑driven growth phase. Phase one proved the model using manual underwriting and limited scalability, while major platforms like PayPal and Shopify introduced sales‑linked funding. Phase two replaces static documents...
By TechBullion
News•Feb 3, 2026
Corti Launches Multi-Agent AI Framework for Healthcare
Corti Inc unveiled the Corti Agentic Framework, a production‑grade, multi‑agent AI platform designed for healthcare and life‑science workflows. The framework embeds deterministic rules and guardrails to stop small errors from cascading into larger patient‑safety or financial issues. It offers a...
By SiliconANGLE
News•Feb 3, 2026
Dumb Science: Researchers Claim Jupiter Is 0.0028% Thinner than Previously Measured
Researchers using NASA's Juno spacecraft have refined Jupiter's dimensions, finding the planet’s equatorial radius is about 4 km smaller and its polar flattening 12 km less than previously reported. The new measurements place Jupiter’s mean radius at 71,484 km, a 0.0028% reduction at...
By Behind the Black
News•Feb 3, 2026
QVC Introduces New Beauty, Wellness Products
QVC announced the addition of several new beauty and wellness brands, including K18, Make Time Wellness, Karma and Medicine Mama, and will launch dedicated live‑shopping shows to showcase these products. The move aligns QVC with competitors such as Ulta, Walmart...
By Retail Dive
News•Feb 3, 2026
French Healthtech MyC Secures €10M to Digitise Medical Operations for Complex Worksites
French health‑tech startup MyC has closed a €10 million funding round led by Hi Inov, with participation from IXO, Elaia and OSS Ventures. The company offers a cloud‑based platform that centralises occupational health, first‑line medical care and regulatory reporting for complex, multi‑site...
By Tech.eu
News•Feb 3, 2026
How AML Reform Is Reshaping Financial Crime Strategy
Australia’s AML and counter‑terrorism financing reforms will take effect on 31 March 2026 for existing entities and July 2026 for a new tranche of roughly 80,000 businesses, including real‑estate agents and lawyers. The amendment Act shifts supervision from checklist compliance to outcomes‑based, demanding...
By Fintech Global
News•Feb 3, 2026
Synthpop Raises $15M in Series A Funding
Synthpop, a Cambridge, MA‑based developer of agentic AI for healthcare operations, announced a $15 million Series A round. The financing was led by Ansa Capital and included Defy.vc, Peterson Ventures, Storm Ventures, and Bruce Broussard. In addition, Marco DeMeireles, co‑founder and managing...
By FinSMEs
News•Feb 3, 2026
SQL Injection Flaw Affects 40,000 WordPress Sites
A SQL injection vulnerability (CVE‑2025‑67987) was found in the Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) WordPress plugin affecting versions up to 10.3.1. The flaw allowed any logged‑in user with Subscriber‑level access to inject arbitrary SQL via the `_is_linking_` REST API parameter,...
By Infosecurity Magazine
News•Feb 3, 2026
China Startup AccurEdit Raises $75M for Gene Editing Therapies
AccurEdit, a Chinese biotech startup, closed a $75 million Series B round to accelerate its CRISPR‑based gene‑editing therapies. The funding, led by Hillhouse Capital and Sequoia China, will finance IND‑enabling studies and scale GMP manufacturing. Early preclinical data show over 90 percent editing...
By Endpoints News
News•Feb 3, 2026
Payments Canada to Focus on Enhanced Governance with New Chief Legal and Policy Appointment
Payments Canada announced Lisa Ford as its new Chief Legal and Policy Officer, effective February 17, 2026, to strengthen governance and integrate legal, compliance, and policy functions. Ford, a 2023 Women in Payments Thought Leadership Award winner, has shaped key legislation and...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Feb 3, 2026
Clutch Play: Advance Auto Parts Shifts New Loyalty Program Into Gear
Advance Auto Parts has introduced a three‑tier Advance Rewards loyalty program, replacing its Speed Perks scheme. The free‑to‑join tiers—1st Gear, 2nd Gear and Top Gear—award five to ten points per dollar and allow members to stack up to $100 in...
By Retail TouchPoints
News•Feb 3, 2026
Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) Aims to Enhance Governance Standards
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has introduced a new General Code of Conduct aimed at decision‑makers across the financial sector. The code outlines five core principles—integrity, informed decision‑making, accountability, compliance, and fairness—to raise governance standards and ethical behavior. It...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Feb 3, 2026
European Central Bank (ECB) Releases Insights on Euro Area’s Economic Outlook
The ECB’s latest SAFE survey shows tightening credit conditions for euro‑area firms, with 12% reporting higher loan rates and 14% facing stricter collateral requirements. Despite the financing squeeze, external funding demand rose modestly and digital payments surged 7.7% to 77.7 billion...
By Crowdfund Insider
News•Feb 3, 2026
Launch HN: Modelence (YC S25) – App Builder with TypeScript / MongoDB Framework
Modelence, a Y Combinator S25 startup, released an open‑source full‑stack framework built on TypeScript and MongoDB to streamline AI‑driven app development. The platform bundles authentication, database, cron jobs and observability, letting both AI agents and human developers focus on product logic....
By Hacker News
News•Feb 3, 2026
Anthropic’s Launch of AI Legal Tool Hits Shares in European Data Companies
Anthropic unveiled an AI‑powered legal‑automation plugin that can review contracts, triage NDAs, and streamline compliance workflows. The announcement sent European data‑centric stocks tumbling, with Relx down 14%, Pearson 4%, Sage 5.5% and Wolters Kluwer 10.5%. The broader market reacted sharply, pulling...
By The Guardian AI
News•Feb 3, 2026
Introducing the Agentic Customer Platform
HubSpot unveils the Agentic Customer Platform, a unified system that embeds business context into AI agents to bridge the gap between AI output and real‑world results. The platform layers a Smart CRM that aggregates structured records, unstructured communications, and industry...
By HubSpot Marketing Blog
News•Feb 3, 2026
AI Models Spot Deepfake Images, but People Catch Fake Videos
Researchers compared humans and AI in spotting synthetic media, finding AI excels at detecting deepfake images while humans outperform machines on deepfake videos. In tests, AI models achieved up to 97% accuracy on static faces, whereas participants identified only about...
By Science News AI
News•Feb 3, 2026
Penguin Solutions Announces CEO Transition
Penguin Solutions announced that President and CEO Mark Adams will retire after a five‑year tenure, remaining as an advisor for nine months. The board appointed technology veteran Kash Shaikh as the new President and CEO, effective February 2, 2026. Shaikh...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 3, 2026
Behind the Headlines Episode 32: AI’s Power, NVIDIA & Lilly, Revolution Medicine
In the latest Behind the Headlines episode, NVIDIA and Eli Lilly announced a $1 billion, five‑year AI co‑innovation lab aimed at fusing wet‑lab experiments with continuous‑learning computational models. Panelists highlighted AI’s growing role in lowering drug‑development costs and accelerating clinical‑trial timelines, moving...
By Pharmaceutical Technology
News•Feb 3, 2026
Warning of Kidney Cell Damage From High Exposure to Nanoplastics
Flinders University researchers have demonstrated that high concentrations of nanoplastics can damage kidney cells, altering shape, survival and regulatory functions. The laboratory study exposed renal cells to polystyrene, PMMA and polyethylene particles of varying sizes, finding toxicity depends on both...
By Phys.org – Nanotechnology
News•Feb 3, 2026
Artemis 2 Launch Pushed to March Launch Window
NASA concluded its Artemis 2 wet‑dress rehearsal early after encountering multiple technical setbacks, including a liquid hydrogen leak and a valve that required retorquing. The countdown was automatically aborted when leak rates spiked, and cold‑weather conditions further complicated camera operations. As...
By SpaceQ
News•Feb 3, 2026
Kong Introduces MCP Registry in Kong Konnect
Kong Inc. announced the Kong MCP Registry, an enterprise directory within the Kong Konnect Catalog that registers, discovers, and governs Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and AI‑native tools. The registry extends Kong’s API Catalog, linking MCP servers to underlying APIs...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 3, 2026
The Year of the AI Agents? More Outages? Here’s What Lies Ahead for IT Teams in 2026
The 2025 wave of high‑profile outages highlighted an over‑reliance on a few hyperscalers and exposed lingering legacy technical debt. In 2026, AI agents are poised to take over routine monitoring and remediation, enabling self‑healing infrastructure. Organizations will adopt chaos‑engineering drills...
By TechRadar
News•Feb 3, 2026
Aya Data Closes $900K Seed Round to Scale AI Products for African Markets
Aya Data secured a $900,000 seed round led by 54Collective, bringing its total financing to $1.15 million. The funding will accelerate AyaGrow, an AI‑driven precision‑agriculture platform, and AyaSpeech, a speech‑to‑speech system for African languages. Founded in 2021, the company already supplies...
By The AI Insider
News•Feb 3, 2026
IPR40: Stabilus Presents Custom-Made Electromechanical Drives
Stabilus has launched a “Customized to Order” program for its IPR40 electromechanical spindle drives, allowing customers to specify connections, forces, stroke lengths and speeds. The IPR40 offers compact, IP67‑rated units with 12 V or 24 V options and can be paired with...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Feb 3, 2026
Daiichi Ends Work on an ADC; Layoffs at GSK's R&D Unit
Daiichi Sankyo announced it is terminating development of its antibody‑drug conjugate (ADC) program aimed at solid‑tumor indications, citing strategic reprioritisation and cost considerations. The cancellation eliminates an estimated $200 million of projected R&D spend. Meanwhile, GlaxoSmithKline disclosed a reduction of roughly...
By Endpoints News
News•Feb 3, 2026
'Sponge City' Construction Fuels Major Gains in Urban Biodiversity, Study Reveals
A new study published in Cell Reports Sustainability shows that China’s Sponge City Program (SCP) has boosted urban plant richness by more than 50 percent in the Wuxi demonstration zone. Between 2020 and 2023, 1,973 green‑infrastructure installations such as rain...
By Phys.org – Biotechnology
News•Feb 3, 2026
Levi’s Launches Immersive Pop-Up Experience Ahead of the Super Bowl
Levi Strauss & Co. is debuting an immersive "Home Turf" pop‑up in San Francisco from Feb 3‑5, timed with the Super Bowl at nearby Levi’s Stadium. The three‑day event blends live music, a Jordan Brand sneaker collaboration, and workshops tied to the...
By Retail Dive
News•Feb 3, 2026
Magnetically Controlled Battery-Free Multifunctional Smart E-Pill
Researchers have unveiled a magnetically controlled, battery‑free smart e‑pill that operates via external magnetic fields, eliminating the need for onboard power sources. The ultra‑thin, flexible device houses sensors for pH, temperature and pressure while also supporting on‑demand drug release. By...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Feb 3, 2026
Revolutionizing Kidney Transplant Monitoring with Non-Invasive Biomarkers
A new review in Current Transplant Reports outlines how non‑invasive biomarkers are reshaping kidney transplant monitoring. It highlights circulating cell‑free DNA, urine microRNAs, and protein markers as early indicators of rejection and graft injury, potentially replacing invasive biopsies. The authors...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Feb 3, 2026
Enclaive Secures €4.1m to Scale Confidential Computing Across Multi-Cloud
Berlin‑based enclaive closed a €4.1 million seed round led by Join Capital and the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund to accelerate its Multi‑Cloud Platform (eMCP). The funding will boost sales, marketing, product functionality and international expansion. eMCP lets organisations run workloads in...
By Fintech Global
News•Feb 3, 2026
Samsung Shipping Fast and Small PCIe Gen5 Bus 4TB Mini-Gumstick Drive
Samsung has begun shipping a 4 TB PM9E1 M.2 2242 SSD that targets space‑constrained AI workstations such as Nvidia DGX Spark. The drive uses Samsung’s 236‑layer Gen 8 V‑NAND, dual‑sided DRAM, and a 5 nm Presto controller, delivering up to 2 million random read IOPS, 2.64 million...
By Blocks & Files
News•Feb 3, 2026
AI as the Key to Overcoming Retail’s Next Challenge: Achieving Operational Excellence
UK retailers are confronting shrinking footfall, rising costs and a leaner workforce, with roughly 97,000 jobs cut this year. Artificial intelligence offers a way to streamline back‑office processes and free staff for higher‑value, customer‑facing activities. AI can automate routine admin...
By TechRadar