Panel says record did not show respondent targeted Microsoft’s DATAVERSE mark Microsoft’s attempt to take control of Dataverse.com has hit a wall. In a recent WIPO decision, the tech giant failed to convince a three-member panel that the domain was registered […]
HubSpot is doubling down on creator-led media, and this time it’s buying one of the internet’s most recognizable founder storytelling platforms. The CRM giant’s media arm has acquired Starter Story, the bootstrapped entrepreneurship brand built by Pat Walls, marking HubSpot’s latest […]
Sherpas has closed a $3.2 million seed round, stepping into the spotlight at a moment when wealth management firms are under pressure to rethink how they deliver advice. The round was led by 1248, the family office of Mariner Wealth […]
OpenAI is preparing for a scale of spending that would have sounded unrealistic just a few years ago. The ChatGPT maker is targeting roughly $600 billion in total compute spending through 2030, according to Reuters. The aggressive build-out comes as the […]
For decades, AI has learned from pixels, text, and clicks. Teaching machines where things are in the physical world has been a different story. After quietly operating for 9 years, ZaiNar is stepping into the public eye with a claim […]
Vacant apartments are costing property owners an estimated $500 billion in lost value. Grotto AI believes the fix isn’t more automation. It’s better human conversations. The New York-based AI startup announced a $10 million seed round led by ICONIQ, the […]
It’s Thursday, February 19, 2026, and here are the top tech stories making waves today. AI is no longer just a software story. It’s a powerful story. A grid story. A regulatory story. And increasingly, a geopolitical story. Over the past […]
The battle over who controls frontier AI just moved inside the Pentagon. Anthropic’s $200 million defense contract is under review after talks with the Department of Defense stalled over how its models can be used. A Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to […]
Enterprise networks don’t fail quietly. When outages hit telecom carriers, cloud providers, or healthcare systems, costs can run into the millions per hour. That pressure is fueling a new wave of AI infrastructure startups promising to detect issues before they […]
The chip giant expands its IndiaAI push through venture partnerships, sovereign AI support, and infrastructure collaborations as billions pour into the country’s AI ecosystem. India’s AI ambitions just gained a powerful ally. NVIDIA is deepening its footprint in India, teaming up […]
The entry-level job market is tight. Hiring has slowed. Headlines warn of fewer openings and cautious employers. For students graduating in 2026, the question feels urgent: Which degrees actually lead to jobs? New data from the National Association of Colleges […]
Online casinos are booming in popularity as many more people discover the excitement of classic games such as blackjack, poker, roulette, slots, and more. Smartphones and faster broadband speeds have put a casino in everybody’s pocket, allowing gamers access to […]
On January 17, NameBio reported that Prism.app had sold for $120,000. Ten days later, the domain began redirecting to prism.openai.com. Now, OpenAI has officially launched Prism, a free AI workspace built for scientific writing and collaboration, powered by GPT-5.2. The timing […]
From Submarines to HOA Software Ben Currin didn’t plan to build software for homeowners’ associations. He trained as a nuclear engineer. He served as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy. His early career revolved around reactor systems and national […]
AI agents can write code, draft legal briefs, triage support tickets, and coordinate workflows. Ask them what happened three sessions ago, and things fall apart. Memory is emerging as one of the weakest links in autonomous systems. Agents lose context, […]
Healthcare eats nearly one out of every five dollars in the U.S. economy. A staggering share of that money never touches a doctor, nurse, or patient. It gets absorbed by paperwork, repricing vendors, audit layers, and a maze of middlemen […]
Starting a hardware business feels alive. You build tangible solutions to everyday problems, and seeing your concept come to life brings joy unlike anything else. Still, beyond the rush of sketching prototypes or first builds, one key truth tends to […]
A founder spends six months building a product. The interface is clean. The onboarding feels intuitive. The feature set is carefully considered. Every edge case has been anticipated. Every pixel is aligned. When launch day finally arrives, there is a […]
NVIDIA just made every voice AI API a commodity with the launch of the new conversational AI model, PersonaPlex-7B. The open-source full-duplex model collapses ASR, LLM, and TTS into a single 7B system—shifting voice AI margins from APIs to GPUs. […]
It’s Monday, February 16, 2026, and here are the top tech stories dominating the news. Today’s digest captures a global snapshot of where leverage is shifting—from silicon and memory to regulation, security, energy systems, and the Moon. AI is no […]
