16 Feb 2026, 6:28 am
High-end hotels are increasingly turning to celebrity bakers rather than celebrity bartenders. Claridge’s in London now has its own bakery, as does the Berkeley, both run by famous bakers; elite venues in Dubai, Venice, and elsewhere are doing likewise. “Like a good hotel bar,” Bloomberg reported, “these are usually open to both guests and the local community.” They represent the rise of “little treat culture,” one expert said, in which Gen Z consumers…
16 Feb 2026, 6:28 am
Major US companies accused Chinese tech firms of using AI-powered underhanded tactics to boost their own AI models. “Distillation” techniques allow weaker AIs to train on more sophisticated ones’ outputs; OpenAI told the US Congress that DeepSeek — which shocked the world with its cheap and effective R1 model last year — used unauthorized distillation to boost its models’ capabilities. That could allow DeepSeek to get the benefit of OpenAI’s expensive…
16 Feb 2026, 6:23 am
Cuba cancelled its annual cigar festival, a key driver of tourism and foreign currency, as it grapples with a major energy crisis sparked by a tightening US embargo. Oil imports from Venezuela have ceased since Washington toppled its leader last month, cutting Cuba’s main source of energy. As a result, the island nation has had to shutter parts of its economy, while public services are struggling to operate. The fuel crisis is so grave that in some areas, large nu…
16 Feb 2026, 6:23 am
Recent economic data offered a buoyant picture of the US economy, even if many Americans remain pessimistic. Friday’s inflation report, which indicated that prices were 2.5% higher in January compared to the previous year, suggested it was plausible for inflation to get to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target without inducing a recession, an achievement many economists thought “impossible” a few years ago, The Wall Street Journal reported. Employment remains stro…
16 Feb 2026, 6:20 am
The Pentagon reportedly threatened to end its $200 million contract with Anthropic after the AI firm refused to allow its tools to be used in autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. The US military wants AI labs to let it use their models “for all lawful purposes,” Axios reported, and apparently used Anthropic’s Claude in the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. AI is increasingly used in defense, and major commercial suppliers permit i…
16 Feb 2026, 6:19 am
Evidence mounted that long-running global efforts to block nuclear proliferation were faltering. France has suggested it could anchor a Europe-wide nuclear deterrent, proposals to which Estonia and Latvia have voiced openness, while Poland’s president has called for Warsaw to pursue its own independent capabilities to face down an “aggressive, imperial Russia.” The shift is not just evident in Europe: Satellite imagery analyzed by The New York Times showed tha…
16 Feb 2026, 6:19 am
NASA allowed AI to control its Perseverance rover on Mars for two days. Light takes up to 24 minutes to reach Mars from Earth, and piloting a one-ton remote-control car with a 48-minute signal delay is tricky. Its terrestrial drivers examine images from its cameras, work out the terrain, and program in waypoints for it to follow. The demonstration involved letting AI set the waypoints, identifying hazards such as sand or boulders. It’s a first step towards more au…
16 Feb 2026, 6:18 am
European leaders voiced relief over a reassuring speech by the US secretary of state, but nevertheless warned that the transatlantic relationship had irreparably fractured. Marco Rubio’s address to an annual gathering of security officials in Munich was part of efforts to reset rocky ties between once-close allies, and he repeatedly insisted the US had an “unbreakable link” with Europe. While his remarks were broadly welcomed, European leaders pointed to Ameri…
16 Feb 2026, 6:10 am
India Might Soon Replace Russian Oil With Venezuelan At Scale After All Authored by Andrew Korybko, A new US license is being interpreted as prohibiting Venezuelan energy companies from transactions with China among other countries, which if true, could lead to India purchasing the 642,000 barrels of oil per day that China imported on average last year and thus halving its import of Russian oil. RT drew attention on social media to the Department o…
16 Feb 2026, 6:00 am
Chinese tech giant ByteDance said it was taking steps to "strengthen current safeguards" after Hollywood heavyweights accused its new AI video model of copyright infringement.
16 Feb 2026, 6:00 am
Democrats are asking new questions about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at the FBI’s search of a Georgia voting center after an affidavit showed the federal case relies on widely debunked claims about the 2020 election. The document, unsealed as part of a court challenge earlier this week, credited Kurt Olsen, an ally of……
16 Feb 2026, 6:00 am
Some Senate Republicans are warning that the party is not doing enough to address affordability heading into the midterm elections, with hopes of passing more big-ticket items this year quickly fading away. Legislating has been difficult in this Congress, with fractious Republicans holding only a narrow majority, and is only expected to slow further in……
16 Feb 2026, 6:00 am
A growing number of Olympic athletes competing for the U.S. in this month’s Winter Games are expressing discomfort with representing the U.S. under President Trump’s administration, sparking intense pushback from the president’s supporters and Trump himself. Trump attacked U.S. athlete Hunter Hess directly after Hess said he was conflicted about competing for Team USA given the country’s political climate. “It brings up mixed emotions to repre…
16 Feb 2026, 5:59 am
The DVLA has blocked more than 400 number plate combinations from appearing on British roads ahead of major changes on March 1. The new "26" number plate will adorn new cars next month, although the DVLA has taken action to remove plates that could include offensive statements.Among the prohibited combinations are FU26 KER, AS26 HOL and SC26 TUM, alongside slurs such as TR26 NNY, LE26 ZER and FA26 OTT.The DVLA routinely withholds registrations deemed offensive, prov…
16 Feb 2026, 5:54 am
Logan Paul has made history by selling a rare Pikachu Illustrator card for a record $16.5 million in one of the most hyped auctions in history.
16 Feb 2026, 5:52 am
Keir Starmer’s government is good at burying its wins. Perhaps the best example came last month when Labour confronted Elon Musk over Grok’s sexual deepfakes on X. Critics warned that by tussling with the world’s richest man and a Donald Trump confidant, Starmer had picked a fight he couldn’t possibly win. But it was Musk who blinked first. The Prime Minister derived little credit from this victory (which was drowned out by calls from allies to sack Wes Stre…
16 Feb 2026, 5:46 am
Rheinmetall Chief Executive Officer Armin Papperger said insufficient funding is currently limiting the volume of military aid that could be delivered to Ukraine, stating that additional weapons systems are available if financing is secured, according to remarks made in an interview with the Berlin-based media platform Table Media published Feb. 16. Speaking during the Table.Today […]…
16 Feb 2026, 5:46 am
The incident on Saturday has further fuelled tensions between France's far right and hard left ahead of municipal elections nationwide in March and the 2027 presidential race.
16 Feb 2026, 5:45 am
State pensioners admitted to hospital for extended periods risk losing access to several key benefits after four weeks under existing Government rules that many older claimants remain unaware of.Regulations from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) mean that while the core state pension continues regardless of hospital stay length, additional support payments can be reduced or stopped once a stay exceeds 28 days.Financial specialists at PensionBee confirm both…
16 Feb 2026, 5:43 am
Former US President Barack Obama says he has seen no evidence extra-terrestrials have made contact with Earth.
16 Feb 2026, 5:43 am
A new study found that weight loss from fasting was barely greater than doing nothing, and similar to results from traditional dietary advice.
16 Feb 2026, 5:41 am
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is urging the Bank of England to cut borrowing costs more aggressively, arguing Britain’s economic recovery requires faster monetary policy action.This month’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decision resulted in a narrow five to four split in favour of holding the base rate at 3.75 per cent following six rate cuts since mid 2024.Union leaders argue weak economic growth should take priority over inflation concerns that continue to…
16 Feb 2026, 5:41 am
Fasting regimes deliver results no better than conventional dieting approaches, according to a major Cochrane review examining 22 studies from around the world.The 5:2 diet, which became hugely popular thanks to the late Michael Mosley, was among the methods analysed.People following fasting plans shed roughly three per cent of their body weight on average. That's barely more effective than not dieting at all, and falls well short of the five per cent threshold that…
16 Feb 2026, 5:40 am
Gabriel Drapper, who currently doesn't have health insurance, has his pulse and blood pressure checked at a Remote Area Medical (RAM) mobile dental and medical clinic at Terre Haute South High School on August 02, 2025 in Terre Haute, Indiana (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Over the next five years, nearly $1 billion could be heading to Pennsylvania’s coffers earmarked for rural health investments. The federal dollars are designed to create an opportunity to…
16 Feb 2026, 5:38 am
It's been quite the few days in the Cortina Curling Stadium during a Winter Olympics that has delivered intrigue and excitement both on and off the field of play.
16 Feb 2026, 5:35 am
The EU plans to send the Commissioner for the Mediterranean to the first meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace on Thursday, sources familiar with the matter have confirmed to Euronews, despite concerns over its charter.
16 Feb 2026, 5:35 am
Mercedes-Benz Recalls Nearly 12,000 Electric Vehicles, Says Battery Packs Could Ignite What happens when spending $70,000 to signal virtue with your fancy EV goes wrong? FIRE! Mercedes-Benz USA has announced a recall of 11,895 electric vehicles due to potentially faulty cells in the automobiles’ high-voltage battery packs that could lead to a fire, like what happened in front of a MBZ dealer in Malaysia in 2024 - though that one was in the midd…
16 Feb 2026, 5:33 am
The mother of a 14-year-old who died following an online "blackout" challenge has hailed Sir Keir Starmer's decision to restrict access to social media for children.Speaking to GB News, Ellen Roome opened up about the loss of her son, Jools Sweeney.Hailing the "fantastic" news, Ms Roome said: "It's basically a product that's flawed. We've got children on a harmful product that's feeding them harmful content, keeping them addicted by design of the product. "And actua…
16 Feb 2026, 5:31 am
The United States Air Force has released details of a $145 million contract action to develop and integrate an Air-to-Air Dual Mode weapon based on the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) designed to counter large groups of unmanned aerial systems, according to an official Justification and Approval document published February 13, 2026. The approval […]…
16 Feb 2026, 5:31 am
The Scottish Greens have called on the Scottish Government to evict US military forces from Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Scottish Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay MSP said the party will use a parliamentary debate on Wednesday to push for the US military to be barred from using Prestwick and other publicly-owned airports in Scotland, arguing that the scale of activity represents sustained routine use rather than occasional stop-offs. The Greens said their figures were…
16 Feb 2026, 5:30 am
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Arts funding from the state of Pennsylvania is changing, which could make some artists and arts organizations ineligible for grant funding. The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts is rebranding its granting operation as a new entity called Pennsylvania Creative Industries. The new granting guidelines are in line with a new strategic plan that leans more he…
16 Feb 2026, 5:28 am
Team GB's women curlers deliver their best stuff in the biggest moment as they beat Denmark to keep alive their Winter Olympics semi-final hopes.
16 Feb 2026, 5:26 am
Hideki Sato, nicknamed the “father of Sega hardware,” passed away on February 13. Joining Sega in 1971, he worked on the design of all Sega consoles, including the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast. The news was broken by Japanese game magazine Beep21 over the weekend on its X account in both Japanese and English. According to Japanese news media such as 4Gamer, he was 75.An electrical engineering graduate, Hideki Sato began his career developing machines for amusement…
16 Feb 2026, 5:26 am
TikTok is tracking you, and hitting the delete button won't solve the problem. The video platform is gathering sensitive information about you even when you've never opened the app. It's doing this through a method dubbed tracking pixels – tiny invisible tools embedded on websites across the internet.Over the past week, investigations have shown websites sending TikTok data about cancer diagnoses, fertility concerns, and even mental health crises. Think of them a…
16 Feb 2026, 5:25 am
Agency looks to cut waiting times and curb bot-driven slot reselling as it doubles down on IT overhaul The UK's Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is recruiting a chief digital and information officer, partly to help sort out its bot-ridden practical driving test booking system.……
16 Feb 2026, 5:23 am
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16 Feb 2026, 5:17 am
Peter Steinberger said his next step is to build an AI agent that his mum can use and he believes that OpenAI is the best place to do that.
16 Feb 2026, 5:14 am
Austrian ski jumper Daniel Tschofenig is disqualified from the men's large hill individual event for wearing oversized boots.
16 Feb 2026, 5:14 am
The software doesn't show what files it's working on Anthropic has updated Claude Code, its AI coding tool, changing the progress output to hide the names of files the tool was reading, writing, or editing. However, developers have pushed back, stating that they need to see which files are accessed.……
16 Feb 2026, 5:08 am
GB News star Ellie Costello has shared heartening photographs from her honeymoon trip to the Maldives and Kenya. Ellie, who embarked on the romantic getaway with her husband Jared, showed GB News viewers photos from her safari visit and beach trips. Discussing the trip, the GB News Breakfast host said: "We saw the big five, and it was amazing. Oh, and we went to see a Masai Mara tribe. "And this was me with the tribe, and they did a big dance for us. "And they were…
16 Feb 2026, 5:05 am
The accused Bondi Beach gunman has faced court for the first time, two months after he and his father allegedly carried out Australia's worst mass shooting in almost 30 years.Naveed Akram, 24, appeared in a Sydney court for about five minutes via video link from prison on Monday. He faces 59 charges relating to the Bondi Beach shooting, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist attack. Naveed and his father, Sajid, allegedly attacked a Hanukkah…
16 Feb 2026, 5:03 am
Former President Barack Obama issued a clarification about his stance on the existence of extraterrestrial life Sunday, one day after the release of a podcast episode in which he said aliens are real. In an interview with left-wing podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama replied “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them,” when asked if aliens existed. The former president took to Instagram soon after to clarify that, while he thinks its more likely than not that ext…
16 Feb 2026, 5:00 am
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Most of us probably aren’t landing triple axels on the ice, racing over 30 miles in cross-country skiing or dropping into a halfpipe on a snowboard atop a mountain in the Italian Alps like the elite athletes competing in the Winter Olympics this month. But with all the focus on the winter games, some folks might be inspired to pick up some skates, ski…
16 Feb 2026, 5:00 am
"EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert," in theaters Friday, highlights the King of Rock n' Roll's sense of humor on stage and behind the scenes.
16 Feb 2026, 5:00 am
'No Prospect' Of European Governments Preventing Civil War, Warns British Army Colonel Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Major unrest looms as political leaders kick the can down the road on immigration and integration failures, according to a seasoned military expert. Retired Colonel Richard Kemp, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, has issued a stark warning about the trajectory of social cohesion in Europe and Britain.
16 Feb 2026, 4:52 am
Online sales of South Korean products in overseas markets rose for the third consecutive year to a record high in 2025, government data showed Monday.
16 Feb 2026, 4:50 am
As artificial intelligence evolves at a blistering pace, world leaders and thousands of other delegates will discuss how to handle the technology at the AI Impact Summit, which opens Monday in New Delhi.
16 Feb 2026, 4:49 am
A top-secret United States government body called the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a special notice outlining new research priorities for its forthcoming Fleetwood program, an initiative aimed at developing advanced catalytic technologies to convert biomass waste into carbon-based chemicals for resilient global manufacturing supply chains. The notice, published February 13, 2026, […]…
16 Feb 2026, 4:48 am
Novak Djokovic has revealed he already identifies as Greek following his family's relocation from Belgrade to Athens last year.The 24-time Grand Slam champion departed Serbia with his wife Jelena and their children Stefan and Tara, settling in the Mediterranean nation where he has reportedly become a member of a local tennis club.When questioned whether he considers himself a Greek man, the 38-year-old responded: "I do, I do."I still need to learn Greek. I'm not ver…
16 Feb 2026, 4:48 am
Residents of the picturesque Hertfordshire market town of Tring are mounting fierce resistance against proposals for a substantial new housing development on Green Belt land.The Marshcroft Farm scheme, put forward by developer Harrow Estates, would see approximately 1,400 homes constructed on a 300-acre site adjacent to the Chilterns National Landscape.Dacorum Borough Council is expected to reach a decision on the contentious plans in mid-March.The development has a…
16 Feb 2026, 4:48 am
Almost 37,000 first‑time buyers were dragged into paying stamp duty in 2024/25, with over 13,000 hit by charges of at least £5,000. These figures come as recent Government threshold adjustments are expected to push more aspiring homeowners into paying the duty.The data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), obtained by Plum, shows those entering the property market faced an average tax bill of £4,073.The statistics indicate roughly one-in-four transactions claiming…
16 Feb 2026, 4:48 am
The U.S. military has stated that "no [other] country will have access to the F35's software codes" and has indicated that all software upgrades will be done in the U.S, which has led to concerns about how much control countries have over their own planes. When Dutch State Secretary for Defence Gijs Tuinman was asked about what happens when the US stops supporting the NATO planes on BNR Nieuwsradio, he dismissed the question by answering that "you can jailbreak an F…
16 Feb 2026, 4:36 am
An Amazon delivery driver became trapped in the Thames Estuary after following directions from his satnav.The driver, whose identity is unknown, was forced to abandon his van in rising waters on a walking path known as The Broomway in Essex, dubbed “the deadliest path in Britain”.The vehicle was travelling towards Foulness Island, four miles from Southend, which is mostly closed to the public because the Ministry of Defence uses it for weapons testing.The driver…
16 Feb 2026, 4:33 am
Japan's economy grew ever so slightly during the fourth quarter of 2025, government data showed Monday, narrowly avoiding a second straight quarter of contraction.
16 Feb 2026, 4:31 am
Great concept, shame about the details Opinion If you've ever flipped over a power brick, you'll be familiar with the hieroglyphics of type approval. It's become less crazy over the years as things have got smaller and signage requirements softened, but at its peak tens of logos and acronyms of testing labs and national approvals covered the backside of PSUs in surrealist graffiti.……
16 Feb 2026, 4:29 am
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall was quizzed this morning on the Today Programme about Labour Together commissioning covert research on two journalists to undermine their coverage of the organisation. At the time now-Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons was running the think tank. Asked if Simons’ position was ‘tenable’, Kendall said: “He has welcomed the investigation, rightly……
16 Feb 2026, 4:29 am
OpenAI has hired the Austrian creator of OpenClaw, an artificial intelligence tool able to execute real-world tasks, the US startup's head Sam Altman said on Sunday.
16 Feb 2026, 4:28 am
What are you doing this week? Feel free to share! Keep in mind it’s OK to do nothing at all, too.
16 Feb 2026, 4:26 am
Figure skating stars Olivia Smart and Jean-Luc Baker have announced their engagement following a romantic Valentine's Day proposal in Milan, Italy.The pair, who spent years as rivals on the ice, are now set to unite off the rink after Baker popped the question on Saturday.Spanish skater Smart and the former Team USA Olympic ice dancer revealed the happy news to fans via Instagram, where well-wishers quickly flooded the comments with congratulations.After competing a…
16 Feb 2026, 4:24 am
Several weak weather systems will pass through this week, meaning more clouds than sun and plenty of days in the 40s.
16 Feb 2026, 4:22 am
A new artificial intelligence video generator from Beijing-based ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is drawing the ire of Hollywood organizations that say Seedance 2.0 "blatantly" violates copyright and uses the likeness of actors and others without permission.
16 Feb 2026, 4:22 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led the inauguration ceremony for a street in Pyongyang constructed for the families of soldiers killed while dispatched to aid Russia, state-run media reported.
16 Feb 2026, 4:22 am
Months after Ukraine was rocked by a major corruption investigation into the state nuclear power company Energoatom, former energy minister Herman Halushchenko was officially charged after being detained while attempting to leave the country.
16 Feb 2026, 4:18 am
The think tank paid a company at least £30,000 to investigate the origins of a story about undeclared donations.
16 Feb 2026, 4:16 am
Italy will attend Donald Trump's new Board of Peace only as an observer due to constitutional limitations, as Premier Giorgia Meloni faces harsh criticism at home.
16 Feb 2026, 4:15 am
It was another bitterly disappointing day for Welsh rugby…
16 Feb 2026, 4:10 am
The storms have so far killed three people across France and Spain and left dozens injured in the extreme weather-related accidents.
16 Feb 2026, 4:07 am
TikTok owner ByteDance is allegedly in "advanced talks" to sell Mobile Legends developer Moonton Technology to Savvy Games Group for between $6 billion and $7 billion. Read more…
16 Feb 2026, 4:04 am
Did you know the EU has its own mutual defence clause? Your reporter did not. But suddenly, it is the hottest topic in Europe.
16 Feb 2026, 4:00 am
Looks just like the real deal in a dark cabinet. (Credit: Big Clive, YouTube) These days, you can get fakes, bootlegs, and similar for just about anything. While a fake handbag isn’t such a big deal, in the case of a DIN-rail power supply, you’d better make sure that you got the real deal. Case in point, the fake ‘Mean Well’ DIN-rail PSU that [Big Clive] got his mitts on for a detailed analysis and teardown. Even without taking a PSU apart there are often cl…
16 Feb 2026, 4:00 am
We really are living in the Time Machine, says Steven Tucker, arguing the West has become the docile Eloi – trained to submit, excuse and appease – while the Morlocks seize ground and power. The post Morlocks vs Eloi: How HG Wells Accidentally Predicted the West’s Growing Submission in the Face of Radical Islam appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
16 Feb 2026, 4:00 am
A new study is freaking out over 3,100 "surging" glaciers, claiming they're even worse than shrinking. But Paul Homewood says calm down: from Glacier Bay to the Alps, glaciers have always advanced and retreated. The post Glacier Scaremongering appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
16 Feb 2026, 3:58 am
For years, the EPSO exam was a cornerstone of the Brussels career circuit and a key entry point into the EU administration. Then, it disappeared.
16 Feb 2026, 3:58 am
Upmarket flats being built as part of an ultra-modern block in Florence have sparked a planning row after a “gloomy shadow” was erected over the rest of the embankment. The “ugly” building is considered out of place in the Italian city, sparking a police investigation. Even the city’s nobility has intervened, breaking cover to stop any further developments from spoiling the Florence skyline that has changed little in hundreds of years.The Black Cube – of…
16 Feb 2026, 3:58 am
North Korea opens a Pyongyang housing district for families of soldiers killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, as Kim Jong Un vows to honour “martyrs”.
16 Feb 2026, 3:54 am
Hi all, it seems I discovered a previously unknown relationship between the Collatz conjecture and the (signed) Fibonacci numbers. I would be super grateful for any feedback. Thank you! Comments…
16 Feb 2026, 3:53 am
Rugby Special's Chris Ashton and John Barclay look at how France had "free rein" in their big win over Wales and ask if anyone can stop them retaining their Six Nations title?
16 Feb 2026, 3:50 am
Japan’s premium VoD sector reached a significant milestone in 2025, expanding 15 per cent year-on-year to reach $7.2 billion (€6.07bn) in total revenue. The market is increasingly defined by layered monetisation strategies, including the expansion of ad-supported tiers and a strategic shift toward deeper local content, live events and sports, according to the Japan Online […]…
16 Feb 2026, 3:46 am
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16 Feb 2026, 3:46 am
Britain’s most significant tax administration overhaul in three decades will take effect on April 6, yet close to half of those affected remain unaware of the changes.Making Tax Digital for income tax will require nearly 900,000 higher-earning landlords and sole traders to adopt authorised software to maintain digital records and submit quarterly updates to HMRC.The programme, first announced more than 10 years ago, requires anyone earning above £50,000 from self…
16 Feb 2026, 3:45 am
From city hopping in the Nordics to beach escapes along the Adriatic coast, these are the multi-destination trips you should book in 2026.
16 Feb 2026, 3:45 am
Allowing publishers to opt out of AI Overviews without affecting search is a “huge engineering project”, a Google boss told publishers last week. [Wednesday 11th] Sulina Connal, Google’s managing director leading news and books partnerships in Europe, also set out how the tech giant is responding to publisher feedback and said it is planning to do “more focused deals” following its first AI-related news provider payments announced in December. The Fi…
16 Feb 2026, 3:44 am
Canada's emphatic 10-2 demolition of France at the Milan Winter Olympics was overshadowed by a violent altercation that saw both Tom Wilson and Pierre Crinon thrown out of the match on Sunday.Wilson, who plays as an enforcer for the Washington Capitals in the NHL, traded punches with his French opponent during the third period of what proved to be Canada's most dominant display of the tournament so far.Both players now face automatic suspensions for the next game, w…
16 Feb 2026, 3:41 am
Dutch skater Femke Kok set an Olympic record in the women's 500 meters on Sunday and won the Netherlands' first gold medal in the distance in the process.
16 Feb 2026, 3:37 am
Norway won the men's 4x7.5km cross-country relay in Italy on Sunday, netting Johannes Klaebo a winter Olympic record ninth medal.
16 Feb 2026, 3:34 am
Installing Linux on a MacBook Air "turned out to be a very underwhelming experience," according to the tech news site MakeUseOf: The thing about Apple silicon Macs is that it's not as simple as downloading an AArch64 ISO of your favorite distro and installing it. Yes, the M-series chips are ARM-based, but that doesn't automatically make the whole system compatible in the same way most traditional x86 PCs are. Pretty much everything in modern MacBooks is custom. Th…
16 Feb 2026, 3:31 am
Douglas's books were formative to my thinking as a Jungian and as a feminist within the field. Equally, she has helped keep me oriented amid the political catastrophes of recent years. She framed the way patriarchy functions as a psychological system as much as a social one, mutilating parts of all of us, regardless of gender, ruining our capacity for intimacy on an epidemic scale. I find myself coming back to the seams of her work again and again, pulling my needle…
16 Feb 2026, 3:30 am
Rachel Reeves' car tax hike could see some drivers paying almost four times as much as others under the new road charging plans, with rural electric vehicle owners hit hardest. Fresh analysis warned how motorists living in parts of the countryside may face annual bills of more than £150, while drivers in London would pay just £33 under the proposed pay-per-mile system.The Chancellor unveiled the new 3p-per-mile road tax in her Autumn Budget, arguing it is needed t…
16 Feb 2026, 3:29 am
A train has been derailed near Goppenstein in the canton of Valais in Switzerland following an avalanche.The incident occurred around 7am local time, with an evacuation of the train, which had approximately 80 passengers on board, now underway.Police issued an update at 9.05am confirming 30 passengers had been evacuated from the train so far."Train derailment, presumably with injured persons, operation underway, further information to follow," a Valais cantonal poli…
16 Feb 2026, 3:25 am
Mill Media is set to expand to Leeds on the condition that it hits 500 paying subscribers for the new, unnamed title. “If we can get 500 people to pledge to support us, then we will launch the title,” said Daniel Timms, head of commercial at Mill Media. Users are offered the option to sign up for a month or a year, and will not be charged until the title is launched. “We think any sustainable future for local journalism is via paid subscriptions. We w…
16 Feb 2026, 3:18 am
Rasmussen Global CEO Fabrice Pothier tells Euronews that Rubio's talk of an "intertwined destiny" for the US and Europe was not an “olive branch".
16 Feb 2026, 3:17 am
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has urged journalists to move on from questions surrounding Lewis Hamilton's race engineer situation ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season.The plea came after the seven-time world champion expressed concerns during last week's Bahrain test that bringing in a new engineer partway through the campaign could harm his title prospects."Please stop with this story!" Vasseur snapped when faced with another query on the matter.Hamilton had p…
16 Feb 2026, 3:17 am
US Conservative lawmakers called for a federal investigation into Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show... And they should have kept quiet. An investigation by the Federal Communications Commission has proved that the Puerto Rican superstar’s show did not violate any rules.