News•Feb 19, 2026
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada to Deploy Agility Robotics’ Digit Humanoids
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) has signed an agreement with Agility Robotics to deploy its Digit humanoid robots across its Ontario assembly plants after a successful year‑long pilot. The rollout will add seven additional Digits to load and unload totes from automated tuggers, with the potential for further expansion. Toyota aims to use the robots to reduce repetitive, physically demanding tasks, improve worker safety and boost operational efficiency. The partnership reflects a broader move by Fortune 500 manufacturers toward humanoid robotics in production, logistics and supply‑chain operations.
By The Robot Report
News•Feb 19, 2026
Viridi Replaces New York Municipal Diesel Generator with Battery
Viridi installed a 150‑kWh battery energy storage system at Erie County Sewer District No. 2 in Hamburg, New York, replacing a diesel backup generator. The BESS provides 32‑90 hours of power depending on pump demand, eliminating fuel use and cutting emissions. Real‑time...
By Solar Power World
News•Feb 19, 2026
From Rocks to Row Crops, TerraClear Broadens Its Capabilities with Launch of Fully Autonomous Robot
TerraClear has launched TerraScout, a fully autonomous robot that captures high‑resolution field imagery for rock‑mapping and weed identification across broad‑acre row crops. The machine can map over 1,000 acres per day at speeds up to 15 mph, collecting more than 4 billion...
By AgFunderNews
News•Feb 19, 2026
CTV Should Be Automated – But It Doesn’t Need To Be Programmatic
Upstream, formerly TheViewPoint, launched an automated platform that handles direct‑sold CTV campaigns at the ad‑server level, deliberately avoiding programmatic intermediaries. The solution integrates directly with publishers, bypassing SSPs and DSPs, and is already used by NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Paramount and...
By AdExchanger
News•Feb 19, 2026
35-Year SEO Veteran: Great SEO Is Good GEO — But Not Everyone’s Been Doing Great SEO via @Sejournal, @Theshelleywalsh
In a recent interview, 35‑year SEO veteran Grant Simmons clarified that great SEO and generative‑engine optimization (GEO) are fundamentally the same when executed holistically, emphasizing topical authority and brand consistency. He explained that LLMs evaluate content at the passage level,...
By Search Engine Journal
News•Feb 19, 2026
Epson Robots to Exhibit at DesignCon, APEX and MAX in Early 2026
Epson Robots announced it will exhibit at three major trade shows—DesignCon, APEX Expo, and Manufacturing & Automation eXchange (MAX)—in early 2026. The company will showcase its new T‑Series All‑in‑One SCARA robot, marketed as a cost‑efficient, plug‑and‑play solution, alongside the RC+®...
By RoboticsTomorrow
News•Feb 19, 2026
Webb Maps Uranus's Mysterious Upper Atmosphere
An international team led by Paola Tiranti used JWST’s NIRSpec to produce the first three‑dimensional map of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, extending to 5,000 km above the cloud tops. The observations reveal temperature peaks of about 426 K between 3,000 and 4,000 km and...
By European Space Agency News
News•Feb 19, 2026
Rapidata Emerges to Shorten AI Model Development Cycles From Months to Days with Near Real-Time RLHF
Rapidata, a startup, has built a platform that crowdsources RLHF feedback through mobile app users, turning ad slots into short annotation tasks. By tapping 15‑20 million global users, it can deliver up to 1.5 million annotations per hour, shrinking feedback loops from...
By VentureBeat
News•Feb 19, 2026
Are Target’s Store Investments Enough to Turn Its Experience Around?
Target’s new CEO Michael Fiddelke is prioritizing customer experience by adding store labor hours and launching a universal training program, while cutting about 500 district and supply‑chain roles. The initiative aims to fix in‑store pain points such as low in‑stock...
By Retail Dive
News•Feb 19, 2026
How Automation Addresses Industry’s Worker Shortage While Improving Safety and Job Satisfaction
Manufacturers are turning to collaborative robots and machine‑tending automation to combat a persistent labor shortage. By moving workers from repetitive, ergonomically‑dangerous tasks—such as single‑cell welding or CNC loading—to supervisory roles across multiple cells, firms boost productivity and job satisfaction. Safety‑driven...
By Automation World
News•Feb 19, 2026
Kong and Solace Partner to Unify API and Real-Time Data and Event Streaming
Kong Inc. and real‑time data specialist Solace have joined Kong’s Premium Technology Partner Program to deliver a unified, governed data fabric. The partnership merges Kong’s API and AI gateway capabilities with Solace’s high‑performance event streaming, enabling a single control plane...
By Database Trends & Applications (DBTA)
News•Feb 19, 2026
How Medplum Secured Their Healthcare Platform with Docker Hardened Images (DHI)
Medplum, an open‑source headless EHR serving over 20 million patients, migrated its production containers to Docker Hardened Images (DHI) with just 54 lines of code changes across five files. The switch replaced custom hardening scripts with Docker’s secure‑by‑default base images, eliminating...
By Docker – Blog
News•Feb 19, 2026
Feb. 19, 1994: Clementine Enters Lunar Orbit
Clementine was launched in January 1994 on a 22‑month, under‑$80 million development cycle and became the United States' first spacecraft to orbit the Moon in over two decades. During its 71‑day lunar phase the probe transmitted 1.6 million images, mapped the entire...
By Astronomy Magazine
News•Feb 19, 2026
AI Turns Weather Data Into Sales
Retailers have long known weather drives sales, but few have turned forecasts into actionable insight. New AI platforms now ingest long‑range weather data and feed it directly into ecommerce functions such as demand planning, pricing, personalization, fulfillment and ad activation....
By Practical Ecommerce
News•Feb 19, 2026
CTrader Admin 9.9 Released with Email Tracking and New Workspace App
Spotware Systems released cTrader Admin 9.9, the latest broker‑focused upgrade to its cTrader operational suite. The version adds email tracking in session reports, a new Workspace Settings app that consolidates export, chat and notification preferences, and a collapsible main menu that...
By FX News Group — Feed
News•Feb 19, 2026
Neste & World Fuel Services to Expand Availability of SAF
Neste and World Fuel Services have signed a five‑year extension to broaden the supply of Neste‑produced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) across more than 100 airports in the UK and Europe. The agreement aligns World Fuel’s extensive distribution network with Neste’s...
By Airport Industry-News
News•Feb 19, 2026
US Navy to Deploy UAVs with Standard Munitions in Long-Range Strikes
The U.S. Navy’s Runway Independent Maritime & Expeditionary Strike (RIMES) program is seeking unmanned aerial vehicles capable of launching standard 1,000‑lb class munitions from ships or austere shore sites. The Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit has issued a solicitation,...
By Shephard Media
News•Feb 19, 2026
How AI Upgrades Enterprise Treasury Management
Enterprises are shifting treasury management from error‑prone spreadsheets to AI‑driven automated pipelines. Infosys’ Ashish Kumar and IBS FinTech CEO CM Grover highlight that real‑time data integration with ERP, trading platforms, and banks is essential for AI to add value....
By Artificial Intelligence News
News•Feb 19, 2026
GameChange Solar Launches GeniusShip Logistics Aide
GameChange Solar introduced GeniusShip, a logistics platform that tags every delivery with a unique QR code, delivering component‑level data to site teams. The system provides real‑time calculations of installation zones, automatically adjusting to on‑site constraints. By improving material visibility and...
By Solar Power World
News•Feb 19, 2026
Serviceplan Group Partners with Luma AI to Deploy AI for Creative Across Global Ops
Serviceplan Group announced a strategic partnership with Luma AI to embed generative‑AI tools across its global creative operations. The collaboration introduces a "House of AI" digital twin that mirrors the agency’s entire marketing‑communication value chain, covering strategy, development, production and delivery....
By Campaign Middle East
News•Feb 19, 2026
Moonwatt Targets ‘Same Disruption String Inverters Had in Solar’ with Distributed Sodium-Ion BESS Architecture
Moonwatt, a Netherlands‑based startup, announced its first distributed sodium‑ion battery energy storage system (BESS) at Cleantech Park Arnhem, backed by a €1.15 million grant. The company’s modular, string‑based architecture mirrors the disruptive impact of solar string inverters, promising scalable double‑digit to...
By Energy Storage News
News•Feb 19, 2026
When Is Windows 10 End of Life? How to Extend Support
Microsoft will cease mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14 2025, forcing enterprises to choose between upgrading to Windows 11, purchasing Extended Security Updates (ESU), or retiring legacy hardware. ESU offers up to three years of security patches but excludes new features and...
By TechTarget SearchERP
News•Feb 19, 2026
Harrods Collaborates with Regional Creatives for GCC Ramadan Campaign
Harrods has launched a Ramadan and Eid campaign running from 20 January to 20 March, aimed at luxury‑focused customers in the UK and GCC markets. The initiative partners with Dubai‑based studio Bigsea.tv, photographer Mazen Abusrour, art director Serge Asaad and local stylists to blend...
By Campaign Middle East
News•Feb 19, 2026
Talon PV Secures German Wafer Supply for American-Made Solar Cells
U.S. solar‑cell maker Talon PV has signed a long‑term supply agreement with German wafer producer NexWafe. The deal provides approximately 7 GW of NexWafe’s EpiNex silicon wafers through 2032 to fuel Talon’s planned 4.8‑GW TOPCon manufacturing facility in Baytown, Texas. The...
By Solar Power World
News•Feb 19, 2026
4 Ways a Technology-Enabled Medical Center Can Improve Your Weight Loss Journey
Obesity affects over 42% of U.S. adults, prompting a surge in weight‑loss solutions. Technology‑enabled medical centers combine clinical expertise with digital tools to deliver data‑driven, personalized programs. By continuously monitoring biomarkers, body composition and activity, they adapt nutrition and exercise...
By Healthcare Guys
News•Feb 19, 2026
Small But Mighty Lab Device Could Transform NASA Research
NASA has delivered a cellphone‑sized microplate reader to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew‑12, marking the first use of off‑the‑shelf lab equipment in low‑Earth orbit. The device will perform in‑situ biochemical assays, starting with interleukin‑6 measurements for the MABL‑B...
By NASA News (Breaking)
News•Feb 19, 2026
Nanodevice Produces Continuous Electricity From Evaporation
Researchers at EPFL’s Laboratory of Nanoscience for Energy Technology have unveiled a silicon‑nanopillar device that generates continuous electricity from evaporating saltwater. By deliberately coupling heat and sunlight, the system drives ion migration and electron excitation, producing a stable 1 V output...
By Phys.org – Nanotechnology
News•Feb 19, 2026
Autotech Ventures Bets Big on Hard-to-Copy Logistics Startups
Autotech Ventures, a $600 million industrial‑focused VC, is targeting logistics startups that are hard to replicate, leveraging its deep network of global manufacturers and carriers. The firm highlighted investments in GenLogs, a data‑rich freight intelligence platform, and Augment, an end‑to‑end AI...
By FreightWaves
News•Feb 19, 2026
US Chamber Fighting For Licensing, ITAR Reform in 2026
The US Chamber of Commerce’s Space Leadership Council secured a key win in its first year by helping embed spaceports in the One Big Beautiful Bill, unlocking municipal‑bond financing and contributing to a $10 billion NASA budget increase. The council also...
By Payload
News•Feb 19, 2026
Why Some Companies Grow Rapidly While Others Stall
A global survey of over 500 senior revenue leaders shows that while 72 % of companies grew year‑over‑year, only 29 % achieved rapid, double‑digit growth. Smaller firms outperformed larger ones, but the key differentiator is functional alignment across marketing, sales, product and...
By Harvard Business Review
News•Feb 19, 2026
Burgenland Launches Largest Austrian Wind Farm
Burgenland inaugurated Austria’s largest wind farm in Neusiedl/Weiden, installing 23 turbines that deliver 122 MW of capacity. The site will produce roughly 251 GWh of electricity each year—enough for about 70,000 households—and lock in a 10‑cent‑per‑kWh price for two decades. The project...
By reNEWS
News•Feb 19, 2026
ProEnergy Supply, OpenSolar Partner on Distributor Inventory Platform
ProEnergy Supply (PES) has launched an AI‑driven transactional gateway that integrates directly with OpenSolar’s new Shop platform, allowing solar designers to purchase equipment in real time. The solution connects live inventory to distributors’ ERP systems, reaching over 28,000 active solar...
By Solar Power World
News•Feb 19, 2026
Meta Pours $65 Million Into State Elections to Back AI-Friendly Politicians
Meta is committing $65 million to influence state elections across the United States, establishing four Super PACs that target both Republican and Democratic candidates. The spending begins in Texas, where Meta is building three AI data centers, and in Illinois, supporting...
By THE DECODER
News•Feb 19, 2026
WhatsApp Is Banned in Russia
On February 12, 2026, the Kremlin announced a full ban on Meta’s WhatsApp, citing the app’s failure to comply with Russian data‑access laws. The ban blocks the service for its more than 100 million Russian users, representing over two‑thirds of the...
By Defence24 (Poland)
News•Feb 19, 2026
IMO NZF Would Send Stable Demand Signal for Zero-Emission Fuels
A new UCL Shipping and Oceans Research Group report evaluates three IMO Net Zero Framework (NZF) scenarios and finds that only the framework "as‑is" delivers a credible, stable demand signal for scalable zero‑emission fuels. The analysis warns that removing the...
By Seatrade Maritime
News•Feb 19, 2026
Klarna Delivers $1bn Quarter but Shareholder Returns Take Beating
Klarna posted a record fourth‑quarter revenue of just under $1 billion, a 38% year‑on‑year rise, while gross merchandise volume hit $38.7 billion, up 32%. Active customers grew to 118 million, and the firm continued its push to become a full‑service bank. Despite the...
By City A.M. — Economics
News•Feb 19, 2026
NVIDIA Adds Cosmos Policy to Its World Foundation Models
NVIDIA introduced Cosmos Policy, a post‑trained robot control policy built on its Cosmos Predict‑2 world foundation model. By encoding actions, future states and reward signals as latent video frames, the single diffusion‑based model achieves state‑of‑the‑art results on the LIBERO and...
By The Robot Report
News•Feb 19, 2026
Treg Pioneer Bluestone Joins Vie Ventures as It Builds Autoimmune Portfolio
Vie Ventures has hired immunology veteran Jeff Bluestone to strengthen its autoimmune‑focused venture portfolio. Bluestone, founder of the Immune Tolerance Network and former CEO of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, previously co‑founded Sonoma Biotherapeutics and created Tzield teplizumab, the...
By BioCentury
News•Feb 19, 2026
Nothing Is the only Brand Taking the Counterfeit Tech Problem Seriously
Nothing has publicly tackled the surge of counterfeit tech in India, revealing a joint effort with CMF and local authorities that recently seized more than 1,100 fake items. The company showcased counterfeit earbuds, phones and accessories that closely mimic official...
By Android Central
News•Feb 19, 2026
The Download: Autonomous Narco Submarines, and Virtue Signaling Chatbots
MIT Technology Review’s daily newsletter highlights three major tech stories: uncrewed narco‑submarines equipped with off‑the‑shelf components like Starlink and autopilots could revolutionize Colombia’s cocaine smuggling by increasing payloads and eliminating human risk; Google DeepMind is urging rigorous evaluation of large...
By MIT Technology Review
News•Feb 19, 2026
Giggle Raises Funding to Expand Flexible Staffing Platform
Budapest‑based Giggle, a mobile‑first staffing platform for blue‑collar shift work, has closed an undisclosed funding round led by OXO Labs and Catalyst NXT Ventures. The capital will fund Giggle’s entry into Romania and accelerate growth across its existing Central and...
By Tech.eu
News•Feb 19, 2026
Accenture Ties Promotions to AI Tool Usage While some Employees Call the Tools "Broken Slop Generators"
Accenture has begun monitoring weekly logins to its generative AI tools and tying usage data to promotion decisions for senior staff. Employees must demonstrate regular AI adoption to be considered for leadership roles, while staff in 12 European countries and...
By THE DECODER
News•Feb 19, 2026
How Build-A-Bear’s Sharon Price John Made the CMO to CEO Jump Flawlessly
Sharon Price John, former CMO, has become President and CEO of Build‑A‑Bear, steering the 30‑year‑old retailer into an IP‑driven, multi‑vertical business. Under her leadership, digital commerce now accounts for 40% of sales and the brand is expanding globally. In a...
By Adweek
News•Feb 19, 2026
The End of ‘Good Enough’ Data: Advertising’s Shift Toward Defensible Performance
The advertising industry is moving away from a "good enough" data mindset toward defensible performance, where outcomes must be explainable and resilient. Accountability now begins with identity verification, not downstream reporting, as identity decay and fraudulent signals erode model reliability....
By AdExchanger
News•Feb 19, 2026
Agentic Finance Platform Stacks Raises £17m
Fintech startup Stacks announced a £17 million ($23 million) Series A round, led by Lightspeed Ventures and joined by EQT Ventures, General Catalyst and S16VC. The company, which emerged from stealth after an £8.9 million seed, offers an AI‑ready data layer that consolidates fragmented...
By UKTN (UK Tech News)
News•Feb 19, 2026
Google's Air Gapped Cloud Gets "Public-Like" Networking
Google Cloud has unveiled a new networking layer that gives its air‑gapped, confidential computing environments public‑like connectivity. The feature leverages zero‑trust VPC Service Controls to keep workloads isolated while allowing them to communicate with external services as if they were...
By The Stack (TheStack.technology)
News•Feb 19, 2026
Exclusive: Plaid CTO Talks AI Strategy, New Foundational Model to Power Next Phase of ‘Intelligent Finance’
Plaid announced a new transactional foundational AI model, built in‑house from its de‑identified financial data, to power what it calls “intelligent finance.” CTO Will Robinson said the model moves Plaid beyond open‑finance connectivity toward smarter, personalized transaction insights and tighter...
By This Week in Fintech
News•Feb 19, 2026
Why Do Budgets Overspend Even With A Target ROAS or CPA? – Ask A PPC via @Sejournal, @Navahf
Budgets on auction‑based platforms are averaged over roughly 30.4 days, not enforced as strict daily caps. When a target ROAS or CPA is applied, the algorithm treats these as optimization signals and may spend beyond the nominal daily limit to...
By Search Engine Journal
News•Feb 19, 2026
LPM-5140276 Shows Enhanced Antitumor Efficacy in Combination with RMC-4550
Researchers reported that the novel KRAS G12D inhibitor LPM-5140276 markedly improves antitumor activity when paired with the SHP2 inhibitor RMC-4550. The combination demonstrated synergistic tumor regression in preclinical models of pancreatic and colorectal cancers harboring KRAS G12D mutations. Data suggest enhanced pathway...
By BioWorld (Citeline) – Featured Feeds
News•Feb 19, 2026
Industrial Control System Vulnerabilities Hit Record Highs
Forescout’s 2026 report shows industrial control system (ICS) advisories surpassed 500 in 2025, the highest level since tracking began. The 2,155 CVEs tied to those advisories pushed average CVSS scores above 8.0, reflecting increasingly critical flaws. Manufacturing and energy assets...
By Infosecurity Magazine