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Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Israel has claimed to have killed Ali Larijani , secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and the commander of the internal Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani, with no confirmation or denial by Iran so far. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz made the claim of Larijani's death on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Iranian state media published a handwritten note by Larijani, though it was not clear whether ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Multi-tenant cloud offering, powered by Dell Technologies and NVIDIA, enables more secure, scalable AI deployment across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Proprietary Cognizant fractional GPU technology built on NVIDIA Multi-Instance GPU helps enterprises operationalize AI faster, reduce costs and support the governance of AI workloads with confidence. announced the launch of Cognizant AI Factory, a ...
Source: aithority.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
The Taliban in Afghanistan claim that a Pakistani military airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul has killed over 400 people and injured 250 others. The attack occurred around 9 p.m. on Monday at a facility located in Kabul's Police District 9, according to Taliban officials. "The Pakistani military regime bombed a 2,000-bed drug rehabilitation hospital called 'Omid.' Large parts of the hospital have ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
From a surprising heatwave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling over the East Coast, chaotic weather put more than half the nation's population in the path of extreme conditions Monday. Airport delays and cancellations piled up in some of the nation's largest airports, with almost 13,000 flights canceled or delayed across the U.S., and many schools closed early in the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
(Feature Impact) Con tanta información disponible, puede resultar difícil entender qué es el colesterol y por qué es importante. Conocer su riesgo personal de desarrollar enfermedad cardíaca y controlar su colesterol desde una etapa temprana mediante hábitos saludables, exámenes regulares y atención informada es clave para la salud del corazón y del ...
Source: tbnweekly.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
A union representing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers has warned that there's going to be a "breaking point," as an increasing number of U.S. airports are becoming strained as the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues. The New York Times : "Our officers are coming to work, but there's going to be a breaking point sooner or later." lines for TSA security checks ...
Source: bradenton.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — At least 23 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in suspected suicide bombings Monday night that targeted Maiduguri city in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the conflict-battered city in recent history. Residents and emergency services earlier told The Associated Press that three explosions were reported in crowded places in ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Security leaders say monitoring agent behavior inside enterprise systems may be the next major challenge for CISOs. AI agents are already operating inside enterprise networks, quietly doing some of the work employees once handled themselves — writing code, drafting emails, retrieving files, and connecting to internal systems. Sometimes they also make costly mistakes. At Meta, an employee asked an AI assistant ...
Source: csoonline.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Companies House, the UK's official company registry, said its WebFiling service is back online after being shut down on Friday to fix a security issue that may have exposed the personal data of millions of firms. An investigation indicates the flaw was likely introduced during an ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Topics More from TechCrunch Amazon Amazon is launching one-hour and three-hour delivery options across many cities in the U.S. as the e-commerce giant looks to compete with instant delivery companies like Instacart, DoorDash and Uber Eats. The e-commerce giant is making more than 90,000 items available via this new delivery system. If an item can be delivered to a user within one or three hours, they'll see a label ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina were the top four teams in the final regular-season Associated Press released Monday, matching the No. 1 seeds in the that begins this week. The No. 1 Huskies were the overall top seed in the NCAA bracket announced Sunday night. The team that was No. 1 in the poll heading into March Madness has won the NCAA championship 17 times out of 43 early March polls dating to 1982, the ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
President Trump has called news coverage of the Iran war "criminal" and "unpatriotic," while his FCC chairman threatens broadcasters' licenses. Support journalism that holds power accountable. Become a HuffPost member today. Already a member? A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
In the battle for Oscar glory, " One Battle After Another " emerged victorious over " Sinners ," with six wins at the 98th annual Academy Awards . Its writer-director, Paul Thomas Anderson, won three of those Oscars, for best adapted screenplay, best director, and best picture. Those wins were expected, as the film was the frontrunner in all three categories. Some critics I know would consider Jessie Buckley's win ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
March 16 (UPI) -- White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has an "excellent" prognosis, President Donald Trump announced Monday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Wiles has "early stage breast cancer" and will be undergoing treatment "immediately." "She has a fantastic medial team, and her prognosis is excellent!" Trump wrote. "During the treatment period, she will be ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Meta is planning to lay off over 20% of its 79,000 employees to balance AI-related spending, according to a Reuters report. The company said its planning capital expenditure of up to $135 billion related to AI this year. So far, Block and Amazon were amongst the firms to announce AI-related job cuts this year. In this article Meta stock was on the up before U.S. markets opened on Thursday following reports the ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
The 98th Academy Awards honored films from 2025, with One Battle After Another winning six Oscars including Best picture and Best director for Paul Thomas Anderson. The 98th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars 2026, recognized achievements in cinema from 2025. "One Battle After Another" received six awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson, and Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is suggesting he may delay his much-anticipated visit to China at the end of the month as he seeks to ramp up the pressure on Beijing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and calm oil prices that have soared during the Iran war. In an interview Sunday with the Financial Times, Trump said China's reliance on oil from the Middle East means it ought to help with a new ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
WTI, the primary U.S. oil benchmark, spiked on Sunday night when the futures market opened, hitting a high of $102.57 per barrel. However, it erased those gains on Monday, closing below $95 per barrel on reports that several countries had agreed to provide naval escorts for oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. Even with that dip, WTI is up nearly 70% this year due to the escalating conflict with Iran. The U.S. is ...
Source: fool.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Discord user led cops to Grok-generated CSAM of real girls, lawsuit says. A tip from an anonymous Discord user led cops to find what may be the first confirmed Grok-generated child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) that Elon Musk's xAI can't easily dismiss as nonexistent. As recently as January, Musk denied that Grok generated any CSAM during a scandal in which xAI refused to update filters to block the chatbot from ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article A 2024 Panorama episode gave the impression that Trump had encouraged his supporters to storm the Capitol The BBC has warned of a "chilling effect" on "robust reporting on public figures and events" from US President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit. The corporation filed a ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Bovino was demoted in January as head of controversial and deadly immigration crackdown in Minneapolis Gregory Bovino of the US border patrol, who was demoted in late January as the public face of the controversial and deadly immigration crackdown in Minneapolis , says he is retiring at the end of March. Bovino announced his retirement in an interview with Breitbart on Monday, weeks after federal immigration agents ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
E. coli illnesses in Florida, Texas and California of the deadly E. coli form have been linked by investigators to cheese from the Fresno, California, company Raw Farm, the FDA announced Monday morning. But, Raw Farm CEO Mark McAfee says the FDA is "Jumping to misleading and early conclusions without evidence." There have been five people sickened in California, one in Florida and one in Texas from Sept. 1 through ...
Source: bradenton.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 2 minutes As if launching the $600 MacBook Neo to near-universal praise , refreshing the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lineups with M5 and M5 Pro/M5 Max chips , releasing two Studio Displays ( including the XDR model with HDR and 120Hz ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
President Trump has called news coverage of the Iran war "criminal" and "unpatriotic," while his FCC chairman threatens broadcasters' licenses. Support journalism that holds power accountable. Become a HuffPost member today. Already a member? Defendant Kouri Richins, left, accused of poisoning her husband in March 2022, listens to closing arguments in Third District Court, Monday, March 16, 2026, in Park City, ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida gas prices continue to climb at the fastest pace in four years, AAA says. Over the past 12 days, the state average rose 84 cents, adding about $12 to the cost of filling an average-sized gas tank. Sunday's average reached 3.72 dollars per gallon, the highest daily average price since August 2023, AAA said in a news release. Compared to recent benchmarks, Sunday's state average is: 27 ...
Source: mysuncoast.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes Planets orbiting stars beyond the solar system come in all shapes and sizes but mostly fit into a few categories : large and hot gas giants, super-Earths that are slightly larger than our planet, Neptunian planets with gassy atmospheres and rocky cores, and small terrestrial planets made up of silicate or water. New observations of a nearby exoplanet, however, suggest that it cannot be mixed ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
HOUSTON (AP) — An Afghan immigrant whose family said had worked with U.S. forces in his home country died at a Texas hospital after having been detained by immigration authorities, according to officials. Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, died at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on Saturday, a day after having been taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. A cause of death is still ...
Source: military.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
AP Photo/Alex Brandon Support for Israel among Democrats has plummeted by more than 50% since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel's subsequent war against Gaza, according to NBC News. A new NBC News poll found that positive views towards Israel among Democrats dropped from 34% in 2023 to just 13% in 2026. More than four times as many Democrats (57%) reported feeling negative towards Israel, while 30% said ...
Source: mediaite.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
President Trump has called news coverage of the Iran war "criminal" and "unpatriotic," while his FCC chairman threatens broadcasters' licenses. Support journalism that holds power accountable. Become a HuffPost member today. Already a member? President Donald Trump lashed out at the U.S. Supreme Court over its recent ruling , while also criticizing a federal judge who quashed a subpoena brought as part of a ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Mar 16th, 2026 -
NEW YORK — The New York Jets have agreed to a trade that will send quarterback Justin Fields to the Kansas City Chiefs, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Monday. The Jets will receive a sixth-round draft pick in 2027 for Fields and pick up $7 million of his guaranteed $10 million salary for this upcoming season, the person told the AP on condition of anonymity because the teams ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
'It's a tie, I'm not joking' - unusual Oscars moment sees two films share award There was an unusual moment during Sunday night's Oscars ceremony, when two films tied for best short live action film - The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva. "A tie, wow we didn't know that could happen," exclaimed The Singers' director Sam A Davis. This is one of only a handful of times that votes have resulted in a tie in the ...
Source: bbc.com