February 2026

Lenovo is latest victim of RAM crisis and says ‘there’s no way around’ upcoming price hikes in March

Lenovo has warned its partners about price increases in March for selected products The price increases are a result of the ongoing RAM crisis Lenovo is another company to be hit by the 2026 RAM crisis The RAM crisis is spiraling out of control, with several PC hardware manufacturers, companies and retailers forced to implement

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BTC falls back to $64,000 as IBM becomes latest AI target

The seemingly daily disruption of business models by advances in artificial intelligence continued on Monday, sending stock market averages and crypto prices sharply lower. Today’s victim (in addition to the usual ones) was IBM after Anthropic said that Claude code can automate COBOL modernization. “COBOL [Common Business-Oriented Language] is everywhere,” Anthropic said. “It handles an

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US women’s hockey teams decide on Trump State of the Union invitation

NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles! The U.S. women’s ice hockey team, fresh off a gold medal win over Canada in the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday. “We are sincerely grateful for the invitation to our gold medal-winning

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DOGE Shakes Up Federal Bureaucracy as IRS Loses Thousands of IT Workers Amid Unprecedented Digital Modernization Struggle

US IRS lost about 40% of its IT staff during DOGE’s “restructuring” in 2025 Senior technology leadership fell by almost 80% during upheaval Workforce reductions increased the modernization burden and threatened the timely processing of tax returns The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revealed the extent of disruption it experienced during 2025, with

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Queen Camilla offers ‘grace, dignity’ to Madame Gisèle Pelicot

Queen Camilla offers ‘grace, dignity’ to Madame Gisèle Pelicot Queen Camilla welcomed one of the bravest women in Europe, Madame Gisèle Pelicot, to Clarence House on Monday. Pelicot, the 73-year-old French survivor whose bravery during France’s biggest rape case has resonated around the world. Awarded France’s highest honor, the Legion of Honor, in 2025, she

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Tom Lee’s BitMine (BMNR) Buys 51,162 Ether (ETH) Amid Falling Crypto Prices

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) bought 51,162 ether (ETH) last week, or about $98 million at current prices. The latest purchase lifted the firm’s total holdings above 4.42 million tokens per Feb. 22, bringing 3.66% of the token’s total supply, the company said in its latest Monday update. It also holds 193 bitcoin, 691 million in

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Chinese-developed malware exploits Gemini AI to lock apps, intercept passwords and record device activity across Argentina-targeted Android devices

PromptSpy malware uses Gemini to automate its persistence The malware blocks removal through an AI-driven interface check Gemini interprets screen data and returns actionable gestures Security experts have revealed new findings on PromptSpy, an Android malware whose code contains a predefined prompt and AI configuration that is hard-coded and cannot be changed at runtime. The

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