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STAT+: Exit of CDC’s acting director highlights agency’s lack of leader
STAT+: Exit of CDC’s acting director highlights agency’s lack of leader For 28 days last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had a director who had been confirmed by the Senate. But in less time than it took Susan Monarez to get approved, she was fired for not kowtowing to her boss, Robert…
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Can Meme Coins Power a Senate Bid? Virginia’s Mark Moran Says Yes
Can Meme Coins Power a Senate Bid? Virginia’s Mark Moran Says Yes Mark Moran is using a meme coin on Solana to elevate his U.S. Senate bid, rallying degens against a pro-crypto Democrat in Virginia. André Beganski Go to decrypt.co
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Bitcoin Is Down Bad, But Hasn’t Yet Hit Its ‘Ultimate Bear Market Bottom’: Analysts
Bitcoin Is Down Bad, But Hasn’t Yet Hit Its ‘Ultimate Bear Market Bottom’: Analysts Despite its 45% fall since its October peak, Bitcoin has not yet found its bear market bottom, according to a new report from CryptoQuant. Logan Hitchcock Go to decrypt.co
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Your First 90 Days as a Data Scientist
Your First 90 Days as a Data Scientist A practical onboarding checklist for building trust, business fluency, and data intuition The post Your First 90 Days as a Data Scientist appeared first on Towards Data Science. Yu Dong Go to original source
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Feeling ‘AI anxiety’? Here are the risks people fear most
Feeling ‘AI anxiety’? Here are the risks people fear most A patient said to me the other day, half-smiling but clearly unsettled: “I think I’ve got anxiety about AI.” They weren’t having a panic attack or describing clinical anxiety. What they were expressing was a persistent sense of unease that many of us are feeling…
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Atom-thin ferroelectric transistor can store 3,024 polarization states
Atom-thin ferroelectric transistor can store 3,024 polarization states Over the past few decades, electronics engineers have been trying to develop new neuromorphic hardware, systems that mirror the organization of neurons in the human brain. These systems could run artificial intelligence (AI) models, particularly artificial neural networks (ANNs) more reliably and efficiently than existing devices. Go…
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Burned out by smartphones, young people are choosing flip phones, cameras and MP3 players instead
Burned out by smartphones, young people are choosing flip phones, cameras and MP3 players instead Alarm clocks, maps, books, flashlights, watches, radios, MP3 players, Palm Pilots, remote controls, cameras, handheld recorders and other devices have all been gradually absorbed into a single one: the smartphone. Go to techxplore
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Cybersecurity spending may pay off: Study links readiness to stronger returns
Cybersecurity spending may pay off: Study links readiness to stronger returns The infamous Target data breach during the 2013 holiday shopping season, which cost the company more than $200 million in damages, has since been hailed as a landmark case in cybersecurity. Exposure to these threats has only increased as businesses continue to expand their…
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Counter-drone technologies are evolving—but there’s no surefire way to defend against drone attacks
Counter-drone technologies are evolving—but there’s no surefire way to defend against drone attacks When the Federal Aviation Administration closed the airport in El Paso, Texas, and the airspace around it on Feb. 10, 2026, the cause was, ironically, the nearby use of a technology that could be key to keeping airports and airspace open and…
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Publicly Traded Blockchain Lender Figure Confirms Customer Data Breach
Publicly Traded Blockchain Lender Figure Confirms Customer Data Breach Blockchain lender Figure said hackers accessed customer data after an employee was targeted in a social engineering attack. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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Trump Media Files to Launch Truth Social-Branded Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cronos ETFs
Trump Media Files to Launch Truth Social-Branded Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cronos ETFs Truth Social Funds applied for ETFs that would give investors exposure to crypto—one focused on Bitcoin and Ethereum, the other on Cronos. Logan Hitchcock Go to decrypt.co
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Clarity Act Passage Would ‘Comfort’ Markets Amid Bitcoin Volatility: Treasury Secretary Bessent
Clarity Act Passage Would ‘Comfort’ Markets Amid Bitcoin Volatility: Treasury Secretary Bessent U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that the crypto market would be calmed by the passage of the Clarity Act. Logan Hitchcock Go to decrypt.co
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Bitcoin Bounces to $69K, But Charts Are Still Bearish: Analysis
Bitcoin Bounces to $69K, But Charts Are Still Bearish: Analysis Bitcoin’s rebound from $60K lows may be a dead cat bounce, as the daily charts scream caution and prediction markets price in more pain. Jose Antonio Lanz Go to decrypt.co
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Binance France CEO Targeted in Home Invasion Attempt: Report
Binance France CEO Targeted in Home Invasion Attempt: Report The CEO of Binance France was targeted in a recent home invasion attempt, but the executive was unharmed and the criminals were arrested. Logan Hitchcock Go to decrypt.co
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AI in Multiple GPUs: Point-to-Point and Collective Operations
AI in Multiple GPUs: Point-to-Point and Collective Operations Learn PyTorch distributed operations for multi GPU AI workloads The post AI in Multiple GPUs: Point-to-Point and Collective Operations appeared first on Towards Data Science. Lorenzo Cesconetto Go to original source
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Energy-hungry AI and air conditioning risk wiping out climate gains made by renewables
Energy-hungry AI and air conditioning risk wiping out climate gains made by renewables The rapid expansion of renewable energy is being used to meet rising electricity demands rather than displacing fossil fuels, according to new research by the University of Sussex. Energy-hungry artificial intelligence data centers and greater use of air conditioning in a fast-heating…
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Research shows companies can gain advantage by prioritizing customer privacy
Research shows companies can gain advantage by prioritizing customer privacy For many companies, customer privacy is often seen as a regulatory burden that limits data use and personalization rather than as a business opportunity. Research by Natalie Chisam at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln reveals companies that handle customer data with transparency, care, and clear communication…
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New research reveals early warning signs behind streaming subscription cancellations
New research reveals early warning signs behind streaming subscription cancellations Even with 1.8 billion video streaming subscriptions worldwide, many services are seeing cancellation rates steadily rise, raising the question of why. An international study, published in the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, explores how platform satisfaction and content satiation—feeling overwhelmed or bored—shapes how worthwhile…
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Midair haptics and levitation may get steadier with predictable ultrasonic airflow
Midair haptics and levitation may get steadier with predictable ultrasonic airflow Acoustic streaming generated by airborne ultrasonic phased arrays plays a critical role in the performance of advanced ultrasonic technologies, including midair haptic feedback, odor delivery, and acoustic levitation. Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a predictive model for acoustic streaming in phased arrays…
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Rule-breaking discovery reveals new way to strengthen metal in extreme conditions
Rule-breaking discovery reveals new way to strengthen metal in extreme conditions There’s a reason why blacksmiths fire metals before hammering them. Heat always softens metal, making it more malleable and easier to reshape. Or does it? In a surprising new study, Northwestern University engineers discovered that, in extreme conditions, heat doesn’t soften pure metals—it strengthens…
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STAT+: In court, AAP argues Kennedy’s HHS made unlawful changes to vaccine policies
STAT+: In court, AAP argues Kennedy’s HHS made unlawful changes to vaccine policies BOSTON — After a full day of oral arguments in a packed courtroom, Boston federal judge Brian E. Murphy did not rule from the bench on a lawsuit from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the professional body representing the country’s pediatricians, against…
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STAT+: FDA rejects rare disease therapy from Disc Medicine, early recipient of commissioner’s voucher
STAT+: FDA rejects rare disease therapy from Disc Medicine, early recipient of commissioner’s voucher WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday rejected bitopertin, a therapy developed by Disc Medicine to treat the rare blood disorder porphyria, which makes patients extremely sensitive to sunlight. It’s the first experimental drug to go through FDA Commissioner…
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Major shakeup underway at HHS as White House braces for midterms
Major shakeup underway at HHS as White House braces for midterms WASHINGTON — Two top health officials are leaving their jobs amid a shakeup at the Department of Health and Human Services aimed at refocusing HHS on politically popular aspects of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda in advance of the midterm elections. Deputy…
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STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings
STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us, and we’ll share it with others. That’s right. Send us your changes, and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is…
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STAT+: Pediatricians confront HHS in vaccine showdown
STAT+: Pediatricians confront HHS in vaccine showdown Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. The FDA’s surprise refusal to even review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine is sending a chill through biotech: Companies are openly wondering whether the regulatory goalposts are shifting…
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US Prosecutors Warn of Crypto-Linked Romance Scams Ahead of Valentine’s Day
US Prosecutors Warn of Crypto-Linked Romance Scams Ahead of Valentine’s Day Many of the cases now intersect with “pig-butchering” schemes, long-form scams blending emotional grooming with fake crypto platforms. Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co
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Bitcoin Signals Turning Point—But No Clear Bottom Yet, Experts Say
Bitcoin Signals Turning Point—But No Clear Bottom Yet, Experts Say Key valuation gauges remain short of the capitulation seen at past cycle lows, as inflation risks keep the pressure on digital assets. Akash Girimath Go to decrypt.co
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CFTC Brings Crypto Heavyweights Onto Advisory Panel Amid Fight Over Market Structure
CFTC Brings Crypto Heavyweights Onto Advisory Panel Amid Fight Over Market Structure The CFTC has brought in leading crypto executives to its advisory panel as lawmakers weigh how new rules should govern digital-asset markets. Sebastian Sinclair Go to decrypt.co
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Crypto Flows to Suspected Human Trafficking Services Jump 85% in 2025: Chainalysis
Crypto Flows to Suspected Human Trafficking Services Jump 85% in 2025: Chainalysis Suspected trafficking-related crypto flows reached hundreds of millions, Chainalysis reported, with one CSAM site topping $530,000. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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Microsoft AI Chief Sets Two-Year Timeline for AI to Automate Most White Collar Jobs
Microsoft AI Chief Sets Two-Year Timeline for AI to Automate Most White Collar Jobs The prediction sharpens a debate inside boardrooms over how fast AI could upend high-paid office work and whether companies are prepared. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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Amortised and provably-robust simulation-based inference
Amortised and provably-robust simulation-based inference arXiv:2602.11325v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Complex simulator-based models are now routinely used to perform inference across the sciences and engineering, but existing inference methods are often unable to account for outliers and other extreme values in data which occur due to faulty measurement instruments or human error. In this paper,…
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The Cost of Learning under Multiple Change Points
The Cost of Learning under Multiple Change Points arXiv:2602.11406v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We consider an online learning problem in environments with multiple change points. In contrast to the single change point problem that is widely studied using classical “high confidence” detection schemes, the multiple change point environment presents new learning-theoretic and algorithmic challenges. Specifically,…
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Provable Offline Reinforcement Learning for Structured Cyclic MDPs
Provable Offline Reinforcement Learning for Structured Cyclic MDPs arXiv:2602.11679v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce a novel cyclic Markov decision process (MDP) framework for multi-step decision problems with heterogeneous stage-specific dynamics, transitions, and discount factors across the cycle. In this setting, offline learning is challenging: optimizing a policy at any stage shifts the state distributions…
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Estimation of instrument and noise parameters for inverse problem based on prior diffusion model
Estimation of instrument and noise parameters for inverse problem based on prior diffusion model arXiv:2602.11711v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This article addresses the issue of estimating observation parameters (response and error parameters) in inverse problems. The focus is on cases where regularization is introduced in a Bayesian framework and the prior is modeled by a…
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PAC-Bayesian Generalization Guarantees for Fairness on Stochastic and Deterministic Classifiers
PAC-Bayesian Generalization Guarantees for Fairness on Stochastic and Deterministic Classifiers arXiv:2602.11722v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Classical PAC generalization bounds on the prediction risk of a classifier are insufficient to provide theoretical guarantees on fairness when the goal is to learn models balancing predictive risk and fairness constraints. We propose a PAC-Bayesian framework for deriving generalization…
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How to Leverage Explainable AI for Better Business Decisions
How to Leverage Explainable AI for Better Business Decisions Moving beyond the black box to turn complex model outputs into actionable organizational strategies. The post How to Leverage Explainable AI for Better Business Decisions appeared first on Towards Data Science. Rodrigo Almeida Go to original source
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AI in Multiple GPUs: Understanding the Host and Device Paradigm
AI in Multiple GPUs: Understanding the Host and Device Paradigm Learn how CPU and GPUs interact in the host-device paradigm The post AI in Multiple GPUs: Understanding the Host and Device Paradigm appeared first on Towards Data Science. Lorenzo Cesconetto Go to original source
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VersaONE Adds AI-Ready Edge Infrastructure, Enhanced Data Protection, and AI-Powered Operations
VersaONE Adds AI-Ready Edge Infrastructure, Enhanced Data Protection, and AI-Powered Operations Versa, a global leader in unified security and networking, is updating the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform with AI-driven capabilities spanning infrastructure, data protection, and operations. Go to dbta
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Cloudera Enables Faster, Accurate AI and Analytics with Unified Data Access Capabilities
Cloudera Enables Faster, Accurate AI and Analytics with Unified Data Access Capabilities Cloudera,?the only company bringing AI to data anywhere, is expanding Cloudera AI Inference and Cloudera Data Warehouse with Trino to on-premises environments, enabling customers to harness advanced AI and analytics directly from within their data centers. Go to dbta
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The End of Jobs as We Know Them (And Why That?s Not a Bad Thing)
The End of Jobs as We Know Them (And Why That?s Not a Bad Thing) For decades, every major technological breakthrough has sparked fear about job loss. From steam engines to computers, new tools were once seen as threats to human work. But each wave of innovation brought transformation, not extinction. Work did not disappear?it…
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What Makes a Great DBA in 2026?
What Makes a Great DBA in 2026? The role of the database administrator (DBA) has never been static. From the early days of punch cards and mainframes to today’s cloud-native, AI-assisted environments, DBAs have always had to evolve. But as we step into 2026, the definition of a “great DBA” is shifting in ways that…
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Striking the Right Balance Between Automation and Manual Processes in IT
Striking the Right Balance Between Automation and Manual Processes in IT As agentic AI continues to expand across the IT landscape, many processes are being automated. However, some processes are still better managed by humans than by machines. Rather than thinking of applying AI wherever possible and over-automating, leaders should think about the most beneficial…
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Turning down the heat: Researcher identifies better way to remove heat from AI data centers
Turning down the heat: Researcher identifies better way to remove heat from AI data centers A University of Houston professor has taken on the global challenge of reducing the staggering amount of heat generated in artificial intelligence data centers. Hadi Ghasemi, J. Willard Gibbs Distinguished Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, has found that thin…
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Unlocking the full potential of sodium- and potassium-ion batteries
Unlocking the full potential of sodium- and potassium-ion batteries As the world is moving toward more sustainable energy solutions, the emergence of next-generation batteries is a crucial and indispensable milestone. One such next-generation battery is the lithium-ion battery (LIB), which is currently dominating the energy solutions sector. Go to techxplore
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Fast 3D imaging system developed for gas leak detection
Fast 3D imaging system developed for gas leak detection Recently, a research team from the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed a fast, multi-platform compatible detection network that can “see” gas leaks in three dimensions. Go to techxplore
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A key barrier in protonic ceramics may be fading, and hydrogen tech could benefit
A key barrier in protonic ceramics may be fading, and hydrogen tech could benefit A newly developed ceramic material shows record-high proton conductivity at intermediate temperatures while remaining chemically stable, report researchers from Japan. Efficient hydrogen-to-electricity conversion is critical for hydrogen-based clean energy technologies, but few materials combine chemical stability with efficient proton conductivity. Thanks…
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A microfluidic chip monitors gases using integrated, motionless pumps
A microfluidic chip monitors gases using integrated, motionless pumps A new microscale gas chromatography system integrates all fluidic components into a single chip for the first time. The design leverages three Knudsen pumps that move gas molecules using heat differentials to eliminate the need for valves, according to a new University of Michigan Engineering study…
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Palo Alto completes CyberArk acquisition
Palo Alto completes CyberArk acquisition Palo Alto Networks has completed its acquisition of identity security and access management company CyberArk in an effort to provide the security solutions needed for the AI era. With the acquisition, Palo Alto is establishing identity security as a core pillar of its platform strategy. Under the terms of the…
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STAT+: Trump administration is urged to use a federal law to authorize generic versions of GLP-1 drugs
STAT+: Trump administration is urged to use a federal law to authorize generic versions of GLP-1 drugs Public Citizen petitioned the Trump administration to use a federal law to authorize generic competitors for GLP-1 drugs for treating obesity and diabetes, arguing that prices are “unjustifiably high” for too many Americans. In arguing its case, the…
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STAT+: FDA’s rejection of Moderna threatens to stifle broader vaccine industry
STAT+: FDA’s rejection of Moderna threatens to stifle broader vaccine industry The Food and Drug Administration’s refusal to review Moderna’s flu vaccine this month has renewed fears that Trump administration policies could paralyze the vaccine industry, dissuading companies from developing new shots in the U.S. and leaving the country flat-footed in the event of future…
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STAT+: The messaging war over Medicaid cuts
STAT+: The messaging war over Medicaid cuts You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Dr. Oz seems to have invited Jeffrey Epstein to a Valentine’s Day party in 2016, about eight…
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STAT+: NIH redefines ‘clinical trials,’ dividing researchers
STAT+: NIH redefines ‘clinical trials,’ dividing researchers In a long-debated move, the National Institutes of Health will no longer characterize basic experimental studies involving humans as clinical trials, a step that was cheered by many researchers, but is also raising transparency concerns because the work will no longer have to be registered with — or…
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STAT+: A change at the top of Sanofi
STAT+: A change at the top of Sanofi Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Vinay Prasad is tightening the screws at the FDA, overruling staff and signaling a tougher stance on vaccines and gene therapies — which, as Adam Feuerstein…
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US Banks Urge Regulator to Slow Crypto-Linked Charters Amid Rule Overhaul
US Banks Urge Regulator to Slow Crypto-Linked Charters Amid Rule Overhaul The warning comes as crypto firms push for deeper access to the U.S. banking system, heightening tensions over unresolved regulatory gaps. Vismaya V Go to decrypt.co
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What to Expect for Bitcoin and Crypto Ahead of This Week’s Inflation Data
What to Expect for Bitcoin and Crypto Ahead of This Week’s Inflation Data Investors are focused on January’s CPI release after stronger-than-expected jobs data forced a repricing of rate expectations. Akash Girimath Go to decrypt.co
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Thailand’s SEC Clears Path for Crypto-Linked Derivatives
Thailand’s SEC Clears Path for Crypto-Linked Derivatives Thailand will allow digital assets to back regulated derivatives, deepening crypto’s role in its capital markets. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co
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Coinbase Launches Wallet for AI Agents With Built-In Guardrails
Coinbase Launches Wallet for AI Agents With Built-In Guardrails The company says its sandboxed, self-custodial design keeps private keys isolated as the autonomous bot boom continues. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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AI’s Builders Are Sending Warning Signals—Some Are Walking Away
AI’s Builders Are Sending Warning Signals—Some Are Walking Away Senior researchers are leaving Elon Musk’s xAI as Anthropic discloses new safety findings and AI insiders issue unusually blunt warnings. Jose Antonio Lanz Go to decrypt.co
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When LLMs get significantly worse: A statistical approach to detect model degradations
When LLMs get significantly worse: A statistical approach to detect model degradations arXiv:2602.10144v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Minimizing the inference cost and latency of foundation models has become a crucial area of research. Optimization approaches include theoretically lossless methods and others without accuracy guarantees like quantization. In all of these cases it is crucial to…
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Dissecting Performative Prediction: A Comprehensive Survey
Dissecting Performative Prediction: A Comprehensive Survey arXiv:2602.10176v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The field of performative prediction had its beginnings in 2020 with the seminal paper “Performative Prediction” by Perdomo et al., which established a novel machine learning setup where the deployment of a predictive model causes a distribution shift in the environment, which in turn…
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Power-SMC: Low-Latency Sequence-Level Power Sampling for Training-Free LLM Reasoning
Power-SMC: Low-Latency Sequence-Level Power Sampling for Training-Free LLM Reasoning arXiv:2602.10273v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Many recent reasoning gains in large language models can be explained as distribution sharpening: biasing generation toward high-likelihood trajectories already supported by the pretrained model, rather than modifying its weights. A natural formalization is the sequence-level power distribution $pi_alpha(ymid x)propto p_theta(ymid…
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Causal Effect Estimation with Learned Instrument Representations
Causal Effect Estimation with Learned Instrument Representations arXiv:2602.10370v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Instrumental variable (IV) methods mitigate bias from unobserved confounding in observational causal inference but rely on the availability of a valid instrument, which can often be difficult or infeasible to identify in practice. In this paper, we propose a representation learning approach that…
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Generalized Robust Adaptive-Bandwidth Multi-View Manifold Learning in High Dimensions with Noise
Generalized Robust Adaptive-Bandwidth Multi-View Manifold Learning in High Dimensions with Noise arXiv:2602.10530v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multiview datasets are common in scientific and engineering applications, yet existing fusion methods offer limited theoretical guarantees, particularly in the presence of heterogeneous and high-dimensional noise. We propose Generalized Robust Adaptive-Bandwidth Multiview Diffusion Maps (GRAB-MDM), a new kernel-based diffusion…
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Building an AI Agent to Detect and Handle Anomalies in Time-Series Data
Building an AI Agent to Detect and Handle Anomalies in Time-Series Data Combining statistical detection with agentic decision-making The post Building an AI Agent to Detect and Handle Anomalies in Time-Series Data appeared first on Towards Data Science. MADHURA RAUT Go to original source
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Not All RecSys Problems Are Created Equal
Not All RecSys Problems Are Created Equal How baseline strength, churn, and subjectivity determine complexity The post Not All RecSys Problems Are Created Equal appeared first on Towards Data Science. Diogo Leitão Go to original source
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6 essential big data best practices for businesses
6 essential big data best practices for businesses These best practices can help data leaders create an effective big data strategy that meets an organization’s analytics needs and delivers valuable business benefits. Go to techtarget
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Call center vs. contact center: What’s the difference?
Call center vs. contact center: What’s the difference? Call centers focus on voice support, while contact centers manage customer interactions across channels using shared data, automation and AI to shape modern CX strategies. Go to techtarget
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8 contact center challenges and how to address them
8 contact center challenges and how to address them Modern contact centers face persistent challenges around customer expectations, staffing and data access. Addressing them requires more than incremental operational fixes. Go to techtarget
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Portnox Expands Universal Zero Trust Platform to Enable Context-Aware Access Controls to Cloud, On-Premises, and Console-Based Applications
Portnox Expands Universal Zero Trust Platform to Enable Context-Aware Access Controls to Cloud, On-Premises, and Console-Based Applications Portnox, a leader in passwordless, universal zero trust, is expanding its Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution, extending credential-free access beyond web and on-premises applications to include enterprise console-based applications. Go to dbta
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Trellix SecondSight Strengthens Cyber Resilience by Exposing Advanced Threats
Trellix SecondSight Strengthens Cyber Resilience by Exposing Advanced Threats Trellix, the company delivering the future of AI-powered cybersecurity, is introducing Trellix SecondSight, a threat hunting service designed to proactively identify low-noise advanced threats often undetected, reducing organizational risk for Trellix customers. Go to dbta
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Get the Rundown on Data Engineering Trends for 2026 with Informatica, lakeFS, and Aerospike
Get the Rundown on Data Engineering Trends for 2026 with Informatica, lakeFS, and Aerospike In 2026, data engineering isn’t just about managing data?it’s about?building intelligent systems?that power business strategy. Companies are moving beyond batch warehouses to?real-time, cloud-native ecosystems?that deliver insights instantly. Go to dbta
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Dimethyl ether production process could significantly advance the hydrogen economy
Dimethyl ether production process could significantly advance the hydrogen economy To ensure energy security and achieve its climate protection goals, Germany will import large quantities of hydrogen in the future. Dimethyl ether (DME) is an environmentally friendly, non-toxic, efficient, and economically attractive gas that shows great promise as an energy source for hydrogen and its…
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Data from a Swedish rail switch may reduce train delays in cold climates
Data from a Swedish rail switch may reduce train delays in cold climates Rail commuters in cold climates like Sweden’s are all too familiar with winter train delays and cancellations. The culprit is usually rail switches that freeze up or clog with snow even though they’re heated. A new study offers a more affordable and…
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An assistive robot learns to set and clear the table by observing humans
An assistive robot learns to set and clear the table by observing humans Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a new methodology for a robot to learn how to move its arms autonomously by combining a type of observational learning with intercommunication between its limbs. This work represents a further step…
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New drones provide first-person thrill to Olympic coverage
New drones provide first-person thrill to Olympic coverage Whether chasing skiers as they fly down the mountain or tracking the luge as it tears around bends, new drone-mounted cameras are offering Winter Olympics viewers a wild ride. Go to techxplore
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AI learns to perform analog layout design
AI learns to perform analog layout design Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have developed an artificial intelligence approach that addresses a key bottleneck in analog semiconductor layout design, a process that has traditionally depended heavily on engineers’ experience. The work was recently published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Circuits and…
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Sophos acquires Arco Cyber
Sophos acquires Arco Cyber Cybersecurity company Sophos has acquired UK-based cybersecurity assurance company Arco Cyber to help build out its AI-enhanced cybersecurity governance capabilities. Arco Cyber aims to help organisations improve their security posture while meeting compliance obligations. The acquisition forms part of Sophos’s strategy of helping organisations improve their cybersecurity posture and governance through…
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RCE vulnerability discovered in Microsoft Power BI
RCE vulnerability discovered in Microsoft Power BI The Missing Link has announced that Microsoft has credited the company’s Application Security Manager, Jack Misiura, for identifying and responsibly disclosing CVE-2026-21229, a Power BI Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. In Microsoft’s advisory (released 10 February 2026), the issue is described as improper input validation that could allow…
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STAT+: Merck is urged by patient groups to ensure widespread access to an HIV prevention pill being tested
STAT+: Merck is urged by patient groups to ensure widespread access to an HIV prevention pill being tested In a preemptive move, more than 170 patient advocacy groups from 30 countries are urging Merck to create a global access strategy for an HIV prevention pill, which is still being studied in clinical trials. A key,…
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STAT+: As Republicans face attacks for cutting Medicaid funding, Dr. Oz blames states with big cities
STAT+: As Republicans face attacks for cutting Medicaid funding, Dr. Oz blames states with big cities The Trump administration is reframing the steep Medicaid cuts in Republicans’ tax bill to pit states with large urban centers against those with large rural populations. Last year, Republicans passed Trump’s signature legislative accomplishment, a bill that partially offset…
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STAT+: Trump officials push for skimpier coverage in ACA marketplaces
STAT+: Trump officials push for skimpier coverage in ACA marketplaces Trump health officials are proposing changes that would water down the options for people who buy their own health insurance through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. The proposals, released this week and which would go into effect in 2027, prioritize making ACA premiums as low as…
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Students, faculty mystified as NSF turns back applications for prestigious fellowship program
Students, faculty mystified as NSF turns back applications for prestigious fellowship program When Kulindu Vithanachchi’s phone lit up with an update from the National Science Foundation about his application for a high-profile early-career fellowship, he couldn’t wait to open the message, hopeful for big news. But not this news. Vithanachchi, a University of Arizona undergraduate…
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WHO director-general calls plans for U.S.-funded vaccine trial ‘unethical’
WHO director-general calls plans for U.S.-funded vaccine trial ‘unethical’ The director-general of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that a U.S.-funded study of the hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau would be “unethical” if it proceeds as planned. “Of course, a sovereign country can decide whatever they want, but as far as WHO’s position is concerned,…
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Bithumb’s Bitcoin Blunder Puts Burden on Users as Legal Case Favors Civil Recovery
Bithumb’s Bitcoin Blunder Puts Burden on Users as Legal Case Favors Civil Recovery Legal experts say civil claims offer Bithumb the clearest route to recovering Bitcoin mistakenly distributed in a $43 billion error. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co
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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Sees AI Driving a Prolonged CapEx Boom—Here’s Why
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Sees AI Driving a Prolonged CapEx Boom—Here’s Why ARK says Massive AI CapEx from Google and Amazon is just the beginning, with recent breakthroughs signaling a years-long investment wave. Akash Girimath Go to decrypt.co
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OpenAI Adds Custom ChatGPT to Pentagon Platform as Expert Warns of Risks
OpenAI Adds Custom ChatGPT to Pentagon Platform as Expert Warns of Risks The Defense Department will use a custom version of ChatGPT for unclassified work, even as technology advocates warn about human error. Jason Nelson Go to decrypt.co
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Citadel Securities Teams Up With LayerZero on New Blockchain Push
Citadel Securities Teams Up With LayerZero on New Blockchain Push The new permissionless chain aims to fix scale and coordination limits that have kept other institutional efforts constrained. Vince Dioquino Go to decrypt.co
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Robinhood’s Ethereum Layer-2 Network Enters Public Testnet Phase
Robinhood’s Ethereum Layer-2 Network Enters Public Testnet Phase Robinhood said developers will begin experimenting with applications on its Ethereum layer-2 network, while providing key technical feedback. André Beganski Go to decrypt.co
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Persistent Entropy as a Detector of Phase Transitions
Persistent Entropy as a Detector of Phase Transitions arXiv:2602.09058v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Persistent entropy (PE) is an information-theoretic summary statistic of persistence barcodes that has been widely used to detect regime changes in complex systems. Despite its empirical success, a general theoretical understanding of when and why persistent entropy reliably detects phase transitions has…
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Minimum Distance Summaries for Robust Neural Posterior Estimation
Minimum Distance Summaries for Robust Neural Posterior Estimation arXiv:2602.09161v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Simulation-based inference (SBI) enables amortized Bayesian inference by first training a neural posterior estimator (NPE) on prior-simulator pairs, typically through low-dimensional summary statistics, which can then be cheaply reused for fast inference by querying it on new test observations. Because NPE is…
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Quantifying Epistemic Uncertainty in Diffusion Models
Quantifying Epistemic Uncertainty in Diffusion Models arXiv:2602.09170v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: To ensure high quality outputs, it is important to quantify the epistemic uncertainty of diffusion models.Existing methods are often unreliable because they mix epistemic and aleatoric uncertainty. We introduce a method based on Fisher information that explicitly isolates epistemic variance, producing more reliable plausibility…
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Mutual Information Collapse Explains Disentanglement Failure in $beta$-VAEs
Mutual Information Collapse Explains Disentanglement Failure in $beta$-VAEs arXiv:2602.09277v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The $beta$-VAE is a foundational framework for unsupervised disentanglement, using $beta$ to regulate the trade-off between latent factorization and reconstruction fidelity. Empirically, however, disentanglement performance exhibits a pervasive non-monotonic trend: benchmarks such as MIG and SAP typically peak at intermediate $beta$ and…
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The Critical Horizon: Inspection Design Principles for Multi-Stage Operations and Deep Reasoning
The Critical Horizon: Inspection Design Principles for Multi-Stage Operations and Deep Reasoning arXiv:2602.09394v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Manufacturing lines, service journeys, supply chains, and AI reasoning chains share a common challenge: attributing a terminal outcome to the intermediate stage that caused it. We establish an information-theoretic barrier to this credit assignment problem: the signal connecting…
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How to Model The Expected Value of Marketing Campaigns
How to Model The Expected Value of Marketing Campaigns The approach that takes companies to the next level of data maturity The post How to Model The Expected Value of Marketing Campaigns appeared first on Towards Data Science. Rodrigo Almeida Go to original source
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Implementing the Snake Game in Python
Implementing the Snake Game in Python An easy step-by-step guide to building the snake game from scratch The post Implementing the Snake Game in Python appeared first on Towards Data Science. Mahnoor Javed Go to original source
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How to Personalize Claude Code
How to Personalize Claude Code Learn how to get more out of Claude code by giving it access to more information. The post How to Personalize Claude Code appeared first on Towards Data Science. Eivind Kjosbakken Go to original source
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What executives look for in a data quality platform
What executives look for in a data quality platform Data quality strategy now functions as a governance and risk discipline, with executives weighing metrics, ROI accountability and data trust as indicators of enterprise reliability. Go to techtarget
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Qlik launches agentic experience to fuel AI-powered analysis
Qlik launches agentic experience to fuel AI-powered analysis The vendor’s latest capabilities, including an insight-generating agent and an MCP server, show that it is evolving to keep pace with current trends in data and analytics. Go to techtarget
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Precisely StreetPro Discover Makes Street Data AI-Ready
Precisely StreetPro Discover Makes Street Data AI-Ready Precisely, a global leader in data integrity, is launching?StreetPro Discover, a new dataset designed to help organizations unlock the value of street data for conversational AI systems. Go to dbta