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Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Leslie Jordan's character on Will & Grace had a running joke, whenever he introduced his lover: "This is my business associate, Benji." No one was fooled. Everyone knew exactly what that phrase was doing: softening, sanitizing, shielding a truth obvious to anyone paying attention. Some two decades later, that same euphemism has become the go-to line for ...
Source: rawstory.com
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U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Jimmy Kimmel says he had not expected Donald Trump to take a swipe at him when responding to questions in the White House . The president had been fielding questions in the Oval Office and hit out at Grammy Awards show host Trevor Noah , but also included a jab ...
Source: rawstory.com
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to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Monday, the New York Times reported a bizarre and shocking update to news of an FBI raid last week on a Georgia election office: It turns out that immediately after the federal raid, the FBI officers involved spoke directly with President Donald Trump . To say that this is unusual would be an ...
Source: slate.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
The merger aims to develop orbital data centers that harvest solar power to bypass Earth's energy and cooling constraints. SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI, creating the world's most valuable private company, the spaceflight firm announced on Monday. Musk, CEO of SpaceX, detailed the merger in a memo posted on the company's website. The primary aim is to develop space-based data ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Artemis II mission was due to begin as early as next week and astronauts have spent almost two weeks in quarantine Nasa has postponed its historic mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again, after issues arose during a critical test of its most powerful rocket yet. The US space agency had planned to launch the Artemis II mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as early as next week, but ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump says India will remove trade barriers for American goods and stop buying Russian oil President Donald Trump said the U.S. had reached a trade deal that would see tariffs on Indian goods cut to 18 percent from 25 percent. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
Only five medical evacuees were allowed to leave Gaza, and just 12 Palestinians were allowed to return to the war-torn territory due to delays imposed by Israeli authorities as the Rafah border crossing with Egypt finally reopened. The long-awaited reopening of the territory's southern border crossing with Egypt on Monday was supposed to alleviate more than 18 months of a punishing military siege on Gaza. Instead, ...
Source: aljazeera.com
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This article examines the intricate dynamics of self-healing AI in the realm of cybersecurity. The incorporation of autonomous security features that detect and address vulnerabilities is reshaping the operational landscape of DevSecOps . AI systems are capable of providing real-time assistance, minimizing human intervention while enhancing defenses against advanced cyberthreats. Striking the right balance between ...
Source: securityboulevard.com
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to welcome Colombian President Gustavo Petro to the White House on Tuesday for talks only weeks after threatening military action against the South American country and accusing the leader of pumping cocaine into the United States. U.S. administration officials say the meeting will focus on regional security cooperation and counternarcotics efforts. And Trump on ...
Source: apnews.com
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A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving the lives of his mother and two younger siblings with an hourslong swim after the family was swept out to sea off the Australian coast. Austin Appelbee swam 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) to shore to raise the alarm after he got into difficulties on Friday with his mother Joanne Appelbee, 47, brother Beau, 12, and sister Grace, 8, police said. Naturaliste Marine Rescue commander ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 3rd, 2026 -
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The son of Norway's crown princess pleaded not guilty to rape charges as he went on trial Tuesday for multiple alleged offenses, opening weeks of proceedings in a case that has cast a shadow on the royal family's image. Marius Borg Høiby, 29, is the eldest son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship and the stepson of the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon. ...
Source: apnews.com
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We don't need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts. On November 2, 1988, graduate student Robert Morris released a self-replicating program into the early Internet. Within 24 hours, the Morris worm had infected roughly 10 percent of all connected computers, crashing systems at Harvard, Stanford, NASA, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The worm exploited security flaws ...
Source: arstechnica.com
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Paris, France — French authorities have asked Elon Musk to appear to answer questions as part of a probe into his social media platform X, the Paris prosecutor's office said Monday, as authorities searched X's office in the French capital. "Summons for voluntary interviews on April 20, 2026, in Paris have been sent to Mr. Elon Musk and Ms. Linda Yaccarino, in their capacity as de facto and de jure managers of ...
Source: cbsnews.com
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Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Snowflake announced advancements that make data AI-ready by design, enabling enterprises to rely on data that is continuously available, usable, and governed as AI transitions from experimentation into real-world production systems. With new enhancements to Snowflake Postgres, the ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
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Officials said the policy on the handles, which are common on Tesla's electric vehicles, aims to address safety concerns after fatal EV accidents where they reportedly failed to operate. HONG KONG — China will ban hidden door handles on cars, commonly used on Tesla 's electric vehicles and many other EV models, starting next year. All car doors must include a mechanical release function for handles, except ...
Source: nbcnews.com
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Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! OpenAI has launched the new Codex app for macOS, a dedicated workspace for managing multiple AI coding agents in parallel. The app is designed to help developers reduce repetitive work and focus on higher-level engineering tasks. Codex can write features, fix bugs, answer questions ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
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– The charity founded by , is shutting down following the release of emails showing the depth of her friendship with the late sex offender Sarah's Trust, which focused on improving the lives of women and children, said it will close for the "foreseeable future,'' following the revelations in latest documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Ferguson is the ex-wife of the former Prince due to his ...
Source: news4jax.com
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Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! Mozilla will add a set of controls in Firefox that let users manage and block GenAI features in the desktop browser. The controls will be included in Firefox version 148 on February 24, 2026. "We believe choice is more important than ever as AI becomes a part of people's browsing ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal, though perhaps temporary, setback. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington granted a request to pause the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians while a lawsuit challenging it ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Moltbook, an AI-only social network launched on January 28 by entrepreneur Matt Schlicht, reached more than 1.5 million registered users in less than a week. The Reddit-style platform allows artificial intelligence agents to post, debate, and interact while humans observe only. By 8 p.m. on February 1, it had generated 62,499 posts, over 2.3 million comments, and 13,780 communities called "submolts," according to ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
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Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Winter is far from over, according to Punxsutawney Phil, who saw his shadow early Monday morning in western Pennsylvania. The famed groundhog emerged from his burrow at Gobbler's Knob shortly after 7:20 a.m., prompting his handlers to announce a prediction of six more weeks of winter. President of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle, Tom Hunkel, read from Phil's scroll that ...
Source: cleveland.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
– Every Homeland Security officer on the ground in Minneapolis, including those from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be immediately issued body-worn cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday, in the latest fallout after the shooting deaths of at the hands of federal agents. Noem said the body-worn camera program is being expanded nationwide as funding becomes available. "We will rapidly acquire and ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Bad Bunny thanked his mother and praised his homeland, Puerto Rico, while Billie Eilish criticised ICE at an electric 2026 Grammy Awards Reading Time: 2 minutes Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, for his critically acclaimed Debí Tirar Más Fotos , closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time a Spanish-language album has ...
Source: scmp.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
DALLAS — Democrat Taylor Rehmet may never get the chance to cast a vote from his new seat in the Texas state Senate. But merely affixing his name to a seat that hasn't had Democratic representation in decades set off alarms throughout Texas and U.S. politics. His victory in a deep-red Tarrant County-based legislative district is largely symbolic, with Rehmet winning when the Legislature is out of session. But ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Met police assessing reports of alleged misconduct in public office after government information apparently shared Peter Mandelson is facing a possible police investigation into his alleged leak of market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein at the height of the financial crisis. New disclosures from the Epstein files appear to show Mandelson sent a string of emails to the late sex offender containing ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Move from Claudia Sheinbaum comes after Trump signed an order threatening tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba Mexico 's president Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged to send humanitarian aid this week to Cuba and said Mexico was "exploring all diplomatic avenues to be able to send fuel to the Cuban people," despite efforts from Washington to cut off oil to the Caribbean nation. Donald Trump last week signed an ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
For months, the federal government has faltered in its attempt to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the bipartisan bill signed by President Donald Trump that mandated the full release of the Justice Department's enormous trove of documents and media related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein . The Trump administration blew past the congressionally mandated deadline and is staggering its Epstein ...
Source: nymag.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
A shirtless Justin Bieber, only in his underwear and socks, strolled onto the Grammys stage Sunday with a purple guitar strapped around his neck. The audience erupted in cheers the second Bieber's soulful vocals filled Crypto.com Arena. The pop star took the Grammys stage for the first time in four years. Bieber gave an early performance during the 68th Grammy Awards with a stripped-down rendition of his ...
Source: latimes.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The Bureau of Labor Statistics will not be releasing the January jobs report as scheduled Friday due to the partial government shutdown, The decision comes ahead of a busy week for economic data that would have culminated with the nonfarm payrolls release. The US Department of Labor headquarters building is seen at dusk on June 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will not be releasing the ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. . I f you're one of the millions of people who use a white noise machine at night, there's a good chance it doesn't actually produce true white noise. Instead, many of these sleep aids produce pink noise, a broadband sound that filters out the higher frequencies many people find annoying or distracting. Pink noise, previous studies have shown, can deepen sleep , but ...
Source: nautil.us
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
You are not logged into your account. You have a registered email address and password on pressherald.com, but we are unable to locate a paid subscription attached to these credentials. Please Thank you for your support of local journalism! The seven victims of a marine tragedy that has devastated a storied Massachusetts fishing town included a fifth-generation fisherman, a young federal fisheries observer on her ...
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Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Ukraine hails 'real results' after Musk restricts Russian Starlink use Elon Musk's efforts to stop Russia from using Starlink satellites for drone attacks have "delivered real results", a Ukrainian official said. Praising the SpaceX founder as "a true champion of freedom and a true friend of the Ukrainian people", defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Musk had swiftly responded when he was told Russian drones with ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Washington — A federal appeals court judge dismissed a judicial misconduct complaint that the Justice Department filed against U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, whom President Trump has denounced over his handling of a legal battle involving the Alien Enemies Act and the administration's swift removals of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador. In a December decision , Judge Jeffrey Sutton, the chief judge of ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez have been identified in a report as the immigration agents who fired on Alex Pretti Two federal immigration agents involved in the shooting of protester Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
A federal judge on Monday ruled that an offshore wind project aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes can resume construction, the fifth such project put back on track after the Trump administration halted them in December. In clearing the way for Sunrise Wind to proceed, Judge Royce Lamberth found that the government had not shown that offshore wind is such an imminent national security risk that it must halt in ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
The disappearance of the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie over the weekend is being investigated as a crime based on what authorities saw at her home, an Arizona sheriff said Monday. Speaking during a news conference, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said there are signs at the home indicating Nancy Guthrie did not leave on her own. "I need this community to step up and start giving us some ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 -
A Virginia man having an affair with the family's Brazilian au pair was found guilty Monday of murdering his wife and another man that prosecutors say was lured to the house as a fall guy. Brendan Banfield , a former IRS law enforcement officer, told police he came across Joseph Ryan attacking his wife, Christine Banfield, with a knife on the morning of Feb. 24, 2023. He shot Ryan and then Juliana ...
Source: cbsnews.com