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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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