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• ADWEEK has announced its 2026 Tech Stack Awards, focusing on marketing technology that delivers proven revenue impact within the advertising and media sectors. • The awards highlight the critical need for marketers to effectively act on data, rather than simply collecting it, to drive business growth. • A primary focus of this year's recognition is the fundamental structural shift in search being powered by AI-driven discovery.

Pop and rock legend tells Sunday Times of drinking problem and ill health after final Genesis tour in 2021Phil Collins has said that he suffered life-threatening alcoholism in recent years.Speaking to the Sunday Times, the pop and rock legend, 75, said that his drinking began after he stopped taking Antabuse, a drug that causes illness if alcohol is consumed, which he had been using since an earlier period of alcoholism. Continue reading...

• Scientists flew aircraft into "fire clouds" (pyrocumulonimbus) to gather critical data on how these massive smoke-driven clouds form and their overall impact on the global climate. • In other positive developments, Finland utilized a sand battery to reduce carbon emissions, and food banks successfully converted food waste into millions of meals. • These efforts matter as they provide essential insights into wildfire behavior and offer scalable solutions for energy efficiency and food security.

• Economist Levious Chaukura has warned that a surge of counterfeit products flooding Zimbabwe's informal market poses a direct threat to the national economy. • The influx of fake goods is stifling the growth of locally produced products and undermining domestic industries. • Chaukura emphasizes that this issue extends beyond economic crime, endangering consumer safety, national development, and existing jobs.

One Nation leader’s ‘how can you tell me there are good Muslims?’ remarks were the subject of complaints, but police say the matter has now been finalisedThe Australian federal police has determined One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s comments about Muslim Australians “do not meet the threshold” of breaching hate laws.The AFP said it received several complaints about Hanson’s remarks to Sky News on 16 February. Continue reading...

• SK Hynix is experiencing a significant stock sell-off despite reporting a record 557% boost in corporate profits. • The decline dragged South Korea's benchmark KOSPI down approximately 8%, while rival Samsung Electronics shares also fell by about 8%. • This trend has triggered a broader decline in Asian chip stocks, including a 13% drop for Japan's Kioxia and losses for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

• The FOMC voted to keep interest rates steady during its July meeting, although three members advocated for a rate hike. • Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and other members evaluated several economic pressures, including stubborn inflation, job market patterns, and the impact of the Iran War. • Warsh reaffirmed the central bank's commitment to its 2% inflation goal and the dual mandate of maintaining low inflation alongside a healthy labor market.