News•Feb 26, 2026
DataJoint Launches Agentic AI Control Layer for Scientific Workflows
DataJoint introduced DataJoint Agentic AI, a governed execution layer that brings semi‑autonomous AI to scientific workflows while preserving provenance and reproducibility. The platform captures multimodal research data with rich metadata and full computational lineage, enabling AI agents to validate inputs, trigger processing, and log decisions. By grounding AI in structured, auditable data, DataJoint aims to reduce operational risk for regulated pharma, biotech, and academic labs. The company will showcase the technology at PMWC 2026 and the Lab of the Future USA Congress in March 2026.
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 26, 2026
Why Deep Analysis Is Essential for Influencer Marketing Governance
Influencer marketing budgets are set to surge, with 72% of marketers expecting over a 50% increase in 2026. This rapid expansion brings heightened scrutiny from finance, procurement and leadership, especially around audience authenticity, which 56% cite as their top risk....
By Influencer Marketing Hub
News•Feb 26, 2026
Meta Andromeda Update Explained: How Meta Ads Work Now
Meta’s Andromeda overhaul replaces the legacy ad‑retrieval layer with a unified deep‑learning system, reshaping which ads enter the auction on Facebook and Instagram. The change was driven by exploding creative volume, the rise of Advantage+ automation, and the limits of...
By Influencer Marketing Hub
News•Feb 26, 2026
Government Panel Said to Review Future of Key GM Food Crop
India’s ministerial panel will examine field trials of a genetically modified rapeseed (mustard) variety, a step that could reshape the country’s cautious stance on GM food crops. The review comes as the Supreme Court prepares to revisit a pending case...
By The Economic Times (India) – Economy
News•Feb 26, 2026
STAT+: FDA Rejection Is a Reality Check on Agency Rhetoric
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected a rare‑disease cell therapy that had already secured approval in Europe, despite earlier internal support from the agency. The decision comes under the FDA’s new leadership and has sparked debate over whether the...
By STAT (Biotech)
News•Feb 26, 2026
AI Scare Trade Shatters Two Investing Myths
Bloomberg’s Shuli Ren argues that the AI‑scare trade is reshaping equity valuations, pulling US software stocks lower while South Korea’s Kospi soars 44% this year. The article debunks two entrenched myths: that book value is irrelevant and that aging populations...
By Advisor Perspectives
News•Feb 26, 2026
I Developed an App that Uses Drone Footage to Track Plastic Litter on Beaches
University of Limerick researchers have created a drone‑based system that uses computer‑vision AI to locate plastic litter on beaches and feeds the data into a free mobile app. The platform can identify objects as small as 1 cm from 30 m altitude...
By Robohub
News•Feb 26, 2026
Is AI the End of Lawyers, or the Beginning of Access to Justice?
Generative AI is rapidly entering the legal market, with startups securing billion‑dollar valuations and offering low‑cost, on‑demand advice. While the technology promises to narrow the access‑to‑justice gap for the 93% of low‑income Americans who lack representation, AI “hallucinations” that fabricate...
By Fast Company AI
News•Feb 26, 2026
Bindplane Launches Integrations for VictoriaMetrics to Make It Even Easier to Collect, Process, and Route Opentelemetry
Bindplane announced native destinations for the VictoriaMetrics ecosystem, allowing users to route OpenTelemetry metrics, traces, and logs directly to VictoriaMetrics, VictoriaTraces, and VictoriaLogs. The integration provides vendor‑neutral, OpenTelemetry‑native pipelines that eliminate manual exporter configuration and mitigate collector drift. It also...
By Database Trends & Applications (DBTA)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Clearlake’s Feliciano Tells How to Pick Winners and Losers in AI Disruption
José Feliciano, co‑founder and managing partner of Clearlake Capital, told PE Hub that AI‑driven disruption in public tech and software markets is opening compelling opportunities in the private‑equity space. He explained that as public valuations compress, investors can target companies...
By Private Equity International
News•Feb 26, 2026
When Google Is No Longer A Verb: Search Becoming Infrastructure via @Sejournal, @DuaneForrester
The article argues that traditional keyword‑based search is being eclipsed by AI‑driven personal agents that handle the entire decision‑making workflow. As conversational interfaces reach massive scale, users shift from typing queries to delegating outcomes, turning the search loop into a...
By Search Engine Journal
News•Feb 26, 2026
Freestar Introduces pubOS, a Unified Publisher Operating System Built to Replace Fragmented Solutions and Navigate the AI Age
Freestar launched pubOS, a unified Publisher Operating System that replaces fragmented ad‑tech stacks with a single, integrated platform. The solution combines Freestar’s proprietary monetization tools—including a custom Prebid wrapper and AI‑driven yield engine—with a marketplace of identity, compliance, and analytics...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 26, 2026
Heineken Recruits New Chief to Build ‘Digital Backbone’
Heineken has named Romain Apert, former Mars Petcare CIO, as its new chief data and technology officer, effective May. Apert succeeds Ronald den Elzen, who is stepping down after a 31‑year tenure that saw the launch of a “best‑connected brewer”...
By DecisionMarketing
News•Feb 26, 2026
Boca Bearings Has Expanded Its Automation Bearing Inventory, Adding New Options for Linear Motion, Industrial Automation, and Robotics Applications
Boca Bearings has broadened its automation bearing portfolio, adding linear bearings in chrome, ceramic‑hybrid and full‑ceramic ZrO₂, plus expanded cam yoke, cam follower, 9900, 7500 DLG and 7600 DLG series. The off‑the‑shelf inventory is designed for quick access and same‑day...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Feb 26, 2026
Changingtek Robotics Launches the World's First Adaptive "X2" Left-Right Dexterous Hand
Changingtek Robotics unveiled the X2, the world’s first adaptive left‑right dexterous hand, featuring a tendon‑driven system that can reconfigure between left and right orientations autonomously. The hand offers five independently controlled fingers, delivering up to 50 N grip force per hand...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Feb 26, 2026
Genicom to Unveil Next-Generation UV Curing Rate Measurement Solution for Smart Factories at AFPE 2026
Genicom will debut its GSE‑CRM01‑S UV curing rate measurement system at AFPE 2026 in Shanghai. The solution promises up to 60 % cost efficiency over conventional meters and delivers real‑time data at 10 Hz. Designed for smart‑factory integration, it supports RS‑232 communication and...
By Manufacturing Tomorrow
News•Feb 26, 2026
Women Regulators Network Launches Leadership Council
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), in partnership with Financial Innovation for Impact (Fii), has launched a Leadership Council for its Women Regulators Network (WRN). The council, co‑chaired by the UAE Central Bank’s Fatma Abdulla Al Jabri and Bahamas Securities...
By Fintech Global
News•Feb 26, 2026
Emerson Announces OPTIMIZE 26 Conference for AspenTech Users
Emerson announced OPTIMIZE™ 26, a four‑day conference for AspenTech users in Houston from May 11‑14, 2026. The event expects 1,300 participants representing more than 50 nations and will spotlight industrial AI, data management, and advanced optimization tools. A new Innovation Zone will...
By Manufacturing Tomorrow
News•Feb 26, 2026
Decision Criteria for Technology Commercialization of Medical Devices in 2026
The article updates the classic six‑factor framework for medical‑device commercialization, highlighting that Technological Feasibility, Market Size, and Reimbursement Potential remain top‑ranked but now demand AI integration, digital‑health ecosystem compatibility, and early payer engagement. Regulatory pathways have shifted dramatically with the...
By MedTech Intelligence
News•Feb 26, 2026
UK Supermarkets Show Progress on Packaging Sustainability – but There’s Still Room to Improve
Research by Aura shows 53% of packaging used by the UK’s nine biggest supermarkets scores green for recyclability under Defra’s RAM, while 37% falls into amber or red categories. The methodology will feed into eco‑modulated EPR fees that begin in...
By A1 Retail Magazine (UK)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Ransomware Payment Rate Drops to Record Low as Attacks Surge
Chainalysis reports ransomware victims paid only 28% of demanded sums in 2025, the lowest rate on record despite a 50% surge in attacks. Total on‑chain ransomware payments are near $820 million and could exceed $900 million as attribution improves. While the number...
By BleepingComputer
News•Feb 26, 2026
Salesforce Launches Telco-Specific AI Agents to Improve Sales and Customer Retention
Salesforce unveiled Agentforce for Communications, a suite of telco‑specific AI agents designed to automate routine tasks and boost customer engagement. The solution targets a telecom sector facing slowing revenue growth—forecast at 2.9% by 2029—and high churn rates up to 40%....
By SiliconANGLE (sitewide)
News•Feb 26, 2026
10 Lessons L&D Leaders Learned While Scaling Learning Programs
Learning and Development leaders discovered that scaling programs is far more complex than simply adding courses or users. They found that relevance, automation, and personalization outweigh sheer content volume, and that technology must be paired with clear processes and governance....
By eLearning Industry — Learning & Development
News•Feb 26, 2026
Confluent Intelligence Adds Streaming Agents Into the Mix to Enable Agent-to-Agent Collaboration
Confluent Intelligence has introduced Streaming Agents, built on Google’s Agent2Agent protocol, to enable AI agents to share real‑time context and collaborate across platforms. The preview feature connects data sources such as BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake and LangChain to third‑party systems like...
By SiliconANGLE (sitewide)
News•Feb 26, 2026
We’re Expanding Beta Access to Text Guidelines for All Advertisers Globally in AI Max.
Google is rolling out beta access to text guidelines for all advertisers worldwide within its AI Max platform, covering both Search and Performance Max campaigns. The feature now supports every language and industry vertical, letting marketers define prohibited terms or...
By Google Analytics Blog
News•Feb 26, 2026
Samsara Releases Latest-Generation Asset Tag and New Asset Tag XS
Samsara unveiled a next‑generation Bluetooth asset tag and a smaller Asset Tag XS, expanding its IoT tracking portfolio for fleet equipment managers. The tags run on an enhanced Samsara Network that now incorporates Hubble’s 90 million‑device consumer smartphone mesh, boosting indoor...
By FreightWaves
News•Feb 26, 2026
Versa Launches Sovereign SASE-As-A-Service As ‘Something New’ In Partners’ Toolkits
Versa has introduced the world’s first sovereign SASE‑as‑a‑Service, extending its earlier sovereign SASE model to a fully managed, in‑country offering. The service provides local control, management, and storage to satisfy data‑residency regulations such as the U.S. CLOUD Act. Versa reports...
By CRN (US)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Trace Raises $3M to Solve the AI Agent Adoption Problem in Enterprise
Trace, a Boston-based workflow orchestration startup, announced a $3 million seed round led by Y Combinator and several venture firms. The company builds a knowledge graph from enterprise tools such as email, Slack and Airtable to give AI agents the contextual...
By TechCrunch Enterprise
News•Feb 26, 2026
Google Opens 'Text Guidelines' To More Advertisers
Google is expanding its AI‑driven "text guidelines" feature to all AI Max and Performance Max advertisers in a global beta. The tool lets brands specify terms or concepts to include or exclude, ensuring AI‑generated headlines and descriptions stay on‑brand, tone‑appropriate,...
By MediaPost
News•Feb 26, 2026
ACI Revenue up 13% and Other Digital Transactions News Briefs From 2/26/26
ACI Worldwide reported fourth‑quarter revenue of $253.2 million, a 13% year‑over‑year increase, pushing full‑year 2025 revenue just above $1 billion. NCR Voyix posted a 6% Q4 revenue rise to $720 million but saw full‑year revenue dip 4.6%, while turning a $201 million loss into...
By Digital Transactions
News•Feb 26, 2026
ServiceNow Resolves 90% of Its Own IT Requests Autonomously. Now It Wants to Do the Same for Any Enterprise
ServiceNow reports that it resolves 90% of its own employee IT requests autonomously, delivering solutions up to 99% faster than human agents. The company unveiled an Autonomous Workforce framework, the EmployeeWorks product, and a "role automation" architecture to extend this...
By VentureBeat
News•Feb 26, 2026
Google Expands AI Max Text Guidelines Globally
Google has opened beta access to AI Max text guidelines for all advertisers worldwide, covering Search and Performance Max campaigns. The new feature supports every language and industry vertical, letting marketers steer AI‑generated ad copy with plain‑language instructions. Brands can...
By Search Engine Land
News•Feb 26, 2026
Figma Partners with OpenAI to Bake in Support for Codex
Figma announced a deep integration with OpenAI’s Codex, allowing designers and engineers to move fluidly between visual design and code within a single workflow. The partnership follows a similar deal with Anthropic’s Claude Code and leverages Figma’s Model Context Protocol...
By TechCrunch Apps
News•Feb 26, 2026
Textron System’ Damocles™ Loitering Munition Selected For U.S. Army Low Altitude Stalking & Strike Ordnance (LASSO) Contract
Textron Systems won a U.S. Army prototype contract to field its Damocles™ loitering munition under the Low Altitude Stalking & Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program. The system integrates a vertical take‑off and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft with a GEN2 Explosively Formed...
By sUAS News
News•Feb 26, 2026
Irish Startup Manna Becomes the Engine for Uber’s European Aerial Ambitions
Uber Technologies has teamed up with Irish drone startup Manna to launch Europe’s first aerial food‑delivery pilot in Ireland, integrating Manna’s autonomous quadcopter system with the Uber Eats platform. The drones can transport up to 4 kg, travel 50 mph and deliver...
By sUAS News
News•Feb 26, 2026
How to Create an Effective Instagram Sales Funnel
Instagram is evolving from a visual showcase into a platform‑native sales engine, replacing traditional landing‑page funnels with content‑driven conversations. Brands move prospects from Reels‑based discovery through interactive Stories and comments into direct‑message (DM) dialogues that close sales without leaving the...
By Influencer Marketing Hub
News•Feb 26, 2026
Eni Approves Project to Enable Biofuel Production at Pavia Refinery
Eni SpA has approved a final investment decision to convert units at its Pavia refinery into a biorefinery capable of processing up to 550,000 metric tons of waste‑derived feedstock per year. The project, which repurposes the Hydrocracker (HDC2) with Ecofining™...
By Rigzone
News•Feb 26, 2026
Sinch Expands Its Platform With Agentic Conversations for AI-Powered Customer Engagement
Sinch unveiled Agentic Conversations, a suite that lets enterprises deploy AI agents across messaging, voice and email channels at scale. The platform offers an open, secure infrastructure that integrates with existing enterprise systems and supports both Sinch‑built and third‑party agents....
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 26, 2026
Valant Expands AI-Powered Clinical Notes for Behavioral Care
Valant announced expanded AI Notes Assist, an AI‑driven documentation tool that now supports more than 100 behavioral health note templates, including SOAP, DAP, BIRP and custom formats. Integrated directly into Valant’s secure EHR, the solution generates structured notes from in‑person,...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 26, 2026
Latino-Founded Applevel Reports $40M Valuation, Integrating WhatsApp Into GoHighLevel CRM and OpenAI
Latino‑founded startup Applevel announced a $40 million valuation after scaling its platform that syncs WhatsApp conversations into the GoHighLevel CRM and adds OpenAI‑driven response automation. The solution now serves over 4,500 active users in more than 36 countries and has recruited...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 26, 2026
Atara Climbs Amid Report of FDA Inconsistency Leading to Cell Therapy’s Rejection
Atara Biotherapeutics’ stock jumped 20% after STAT reported that internal FDA inconsistencies may have driven the rejection of its EBV‑positive PTLD cell therapy, Ebvallo. The FDA denied the U.S. application citing insufficient evidence of effectiveness, yet former reviewers said data...
By BioSpace
News•Feb 26, 2026
Boehringer Bets up to $500m on Sitryx Immunology Programme
Boehringer Ingelheim announced a potential $500 million investment in UK biotech Sitryx to obtain global rights to an undisclosed small‑molecule immunology programme. The partnership covers upfront fees, milestones and royalties, giving Boehringer full responsibility for research, clinical development and commercialization. Sitryx’s...
By pharmaphorum
News•Feb 26, 2026
Phishing‑Led Agent Tesla Campaign Uses Process Hollowing and Anti‑Analysis to Evade Detection
Agent Tesla’s newest campaign leverages a multi‑stage, fileless delivery chain that begins with a phishing email containing a RAR‑packed JSE loader. The loader fetches an AES‑encrypted PowerShell script, which executes entirely in memory and uses process hollowing to inject malicious...
By GBHackers On Security
News•Feb 26, 2026
Korean Air and Skyports Sign MoU to Advance Air Mobility Tech Integration
Korean Air and Skyports Infrastructure have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a unified technology platform for eVTOL operations. The partnership will merge Skyports' Vertiport Automation System with Korean Air's Air Control & Routing Orchestrated Skyway System, creating an...
By Commercial UAV News (if feed accessible)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Kubernetes WG Serving Concludes Following Successful Advancement of AI Inference Support
The Kubernetes Working Group (WG) Serving has been disbanded after successfully establishing the platform as a preferred orchestrator for AI inference workloads. The group’s workstreams gathered requirements from model servers, hardware vendors, and inference providers, leading to the adoption of...
By CNCF Blog
News•Feb 26, 2026
IAB Unveils 2026 NewFronts, Marking a Defining Moment for Streaming, CTV, and AI-Powered Video
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced the 2026 NewFronts event, scheduled for March 23‑26 in New York, spotlighting AI‑driven video, streaming, and CTV innovations. The four‑day conference will feature live and virtual sessions from tech giants like Google, Meta, and...
By IAB
News•Feb 26, 2026
UK’s First Online Fintech Platform Launched to Help SMEs Manage Debt and Avoid Borrowing Pitfalls
Leeds‑based fintech Debeo has launched what it calls the UK’s first purpose‑built online platform to help small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs) understand and manage their debt. The service aggregates loans, overdrafts and asset‑finance agreements into a single, real‑time view, enabling...
By The Fintech Times
News•Feb 26, 2026
Post-Conference Highlights | 2026 ViVE | Feb 22–25 | Los Angeles, CA
ViVE 2026 in Los Angeles marked a decisive shift from digital ambition to operational accountability across the health ecosystem. Leaders emphasized that AI adoption now hinges on governance, measurable ROI, and clinician trust, while interoperability is being treated as core...
By PharmaShots
News•Feb 26, 2026
VAST Data Unveils Polaris for Global AI Data Control
VAST Data introduced Polaris, a global control plane for AI data infrastructure, at VAST Forward 2026. Polaris unifies provisioning, lifecycle management, and orchestration of VAST clusters across public cloud, neocloud, and on‑premises environments, turning distributed deployments into a single operational...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 26, 2026
INTERTRAFFIC: Blickfeld to Demo Lidar Traffic Management Solutions
Munich‑based Blickfeld will showcase its 3D lidar sensors and traffic perception software at Intertraffic Amsterdam in March 2026. The technology creates detailed, privacy‑safe maps of vehicle positions, speeds and classifications, enabling operators to monitor flows and spot incidents such as...
By Traffic Technology Today