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Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
Announcement Comes Hours After Trump Blacklists Anthropic OpenAI said late Friday night it reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to deploy its large language models onto military classified networks. The announcement, made by company CEO Sam Altman on social media network X, came hours after President Donald Trump instructed federal agencies to cease using AI developed by OpenAI rival Anthropic. ...
Source: cuinfosecurity.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday in what President Donald Trump said was a massive operation to destroy the country's military capabilities and eliminate the threat of it creating a nuclear weapon. Iran's Foreign Ministry said it would defend its homeland and its Revolutionary Guard said it launched counterattacks, firing drones and missiles at Israel and strikes aimed at U.S. military installations in ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
International calls for mediation are growing as Pakistan and Afghanistan engage in cross-border fighting for a third day , in the most serious flare-up in violence between the neighbours in months that Pakistan says has brought them into "open war". The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged on Saturday for the countries to bring down the temperature and enter talks, warning the violence could ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
In response, some are offering a simple proof point: They need fewer workers to get the job done. The most recent example of a CEO cutting workers en masse while talking up AI's transformative power is Block cofounder and CEO Jack Dorsey. On Thursday, he announced plans to The cheapest way for a CEO to boost a company's stock price — and to signal readiness to capitalize on the AI boom — is to conduct a ...
Source: insider.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Lutnick Could Face House Subpoena After Republican Joins Calls For His Testimony On Epstein Relationship Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is likely to be forced to testify before Congress again about Jeffrey Epstein after a Republican joined Democrats on Friday in calling for him to take questions—as Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over revelations he continued his relationship with Epstein after ...
Source: forbes.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
By Benjamin Mullin and Lauren Hirsch Three years ago, David Zaslav, the chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, had major headaches. The company's movie studio was in third place, despite a blockbuster performance for "Barbie." He was slashing costs and shelving projects, turning his once-warm relationship with Hollywood frosty. Shares hit $13, down from nearly $25 when he took control. One article, in GQ, ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Former United States women's soccer star Megan Rapinoe criticized the U.S. men's hockey team for their reaction to President Donald Trump's phone call in the locker room following their gold medal win over Canada at Milan Cortina, calling the players and president "a clown" over what she said was a "trash" remark about the women's gold medal hockey team. Rapinoe, an outspoken critic of Trump, spoke at ...
Source: nypost.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The changes come on the heels of yet another delay for the Artemis II mission, which aims to send four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the moon. NASA on Friday announced a major overhaul to its Artemis moon program , a "course correction" that will add missions and increase the pace of launches ahead of a targeted lunar landing attempt in 2028. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the changes will increase ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Artificial intelligence is no longer limited to generating insights or supporting analysis. With every passing day, AI systems are being designed to initiate actions, trigger workflows, and influence outcomes with minimal human intervention. This transition to agentic AI represents a significant transformation in how risk is perceived within organizations. It also reveals a governance issue that numerous ...
Source: complianceweek.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer ChatGPT maker OpenAI has received $110 billion in funding from Amazon, SoftBank and Nvidia, putting the technology company's pre-money valuation at $730 billion. Amazon is leading the trio of tech heavyweights in commitments, putting up $50 billion, followed by $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank, said OpenAI co-founder and CEO ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including one targeting transgender youths, Defense ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
There is a word to describe the illegal taking of money or property, followed by a refusal to return the stolen goods. Theft. Now, as a libertarian, I am effectively obligated to remind you here that, yes, all taxation is theft. Roll your eyes if you must, but it's true. The government demands payment, never asks for consent, and backs up its demands with threats of violence. At the most basic level , the ...
Source: reason.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Mamdani wooed the president with much property talk and showed the real 'art of the deal' might have been soft power via Photoshop In the hours after Zohran Mamdani met with Donald Trump for an undisclosed sit-down in the Oval Office on Thursday, a meme quickly circulated on X. It resembled the screengrab of a TikToker who doles out dubious financial advice, but instead had the mayor's picture front and center. On ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Plainclothes Department of Homeland Security agents arrested Columbia University student Elmina "Ellie" Aghayeva in university-owned housing Thursday morning, sparking hours of protests and political intervention followed by the Azerbaijani national's release hours later. The ICE agents "gained entry by ...
Source: theweek.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The week of September 8, 2022. That was the last time in which FreddieMac , the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, had the average 30-year mortgage interest rate listed under 6%. Until this week. On Thursday, the average mortgage rate for a 30-year term, according to the corporation, dropped to 5.98%, its lowest level since it sat at 5.89% in the summer of 2022. And while mortgage interest rates , overall, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries rubbishes claims of Chinese interference and accuses President Donald Trump of 'intending to steal' the midterms have reacted angrily to reports that a group of MAGA activists has been circulating a 17-page draft executive order laying out ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The U.S. government said it would do better to communicate between agencies after the military reportedly used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone in Texas on Thursday. Some Democratic members of Congress, including the ranking members of the House Homeland Security and Transportation committees, called the incident another example of "incompetence." It comes two weeks after CBP used a ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
( The Hill ) – When the Department of Justice released more than 3 million pages of documents relating to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein on Jan. 30, the sheer volume of the material was dizzying. It always seemed plausible that important elements of the release would take time to emerge as reporters and researchers dug into the massive trawl. This is exactly what has happened. Major news ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
( The Hill ) — New polling released on Friday reveals that more Americans say they sympathize with Palestinians than they do with Israelis, a new statistic coming several months after Israel and Hamas struck a deal to pause their devastating war in the Gaza Strip. Gallup found that 41 percent of Americans sympathize with the Palestinians compared to the 36 percent who say they sympathize with the Israelis. ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Ancient hookups weren't as random as we thought. We now know that humans and Neanderthals interbred several times across thousands of years. Most people of non-African descent carry around 2% Neanderthal DNA as a testament to those ancient love affairs. But a new study adds a surprising pattern. It turns out those prehistoric hookups weren't as random as we thought. According to a provocative study published in ...
Source: zmescience.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The Department of Homeland Security's policy of arresting and detaining refugees that were lawfully admitted to the US is flatly contradicted by the statute the administration says gives it such authority, a federal judge said Friday. Citing the promise to refugees upon admission to the US that they would be allowed to live in peace and achieve the American dream, Judge John R. Tunheim of the District of Minnesota ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The UN nuclear watchdog stressed on Friday the "utmost urgency" of its request to verify all nuclear material in Iran, according to a confidential report seen by AFP. Two new reports are to be discussed at an International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors' meeting next week, as the United States threatens strikes on Iran and presses its biggest military build-up in the Middle East in decades. On ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
NEW YORK — Target will stop selling its entire assortment of cereal with certified synthetic colors by the end of May. The move, announced Friday, underscores the acknowledgment that American consumers and the U.S. government under President Donald Trump are paying attention to what goes into packaged foods. The Minneapolis-based discounter said it had been phasing out synthetic colors in cereals for several ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Riot police use teargas to disperse people gathering around wreckage of plane loaded with money from central bank At least 20 people have died and dozens have been injured after a military cargo plane carrying banknotes crashed while landing near Bolivia's capital on Friday, damaging about a dozen vehicles on a highway and scattering bills on the ground, an official has said. Footage from local media showed people ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Federal judge denies injunction against $400M White House expansion project funded entirely by private donors A federal judge on Thursday denied a legal challenge to President Donald Trump 's White House ballroom project, clearing the way for construction on the estimated $400 million expansion to proceed. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon denied the injunction sought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Google's new default model for generating images, Nano Banana 2 offers faster speeds, better text rendering, and higher resolutions than its predecessor. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Last year Google made a big splash in the world of AI-powered image creation with its Nano Banana model . Now the next generation has debuted. And it promises a host of ...
Source: zdnet.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
News , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons US federal judge rules IRS violated federal law by disclosing thousands of taxpayers' confidential information to ICE A US federal district judge on Thursday ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) violated the Internal Revenue Code by inappropriately handing thousands of taxpayers' confidential information over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): [T]he ...
Source: jurist.org
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible at same time in curved line across sky Six planets will parade across the sky this weekend in a rare celestial spectacle, experts have said. For the next few days, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible at the same time in the night sky – although binoculars or a telescope will be needed to spot the latter ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The government on Friday decided to allow global tech giant Google to transfer government-supplied high-precision map data of South Korea to its overseas facilities, contingent on supplementary measures to address security concerns. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which oversees national mapping policy, made the decision after holding a meeting with officials from foreign, defense and other ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Madhu Gottumukkala is departing as the interim leader of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), with current agency executive director for cybersecurity Nick Andersen stepping in as the agency's acting director. A senior official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – the parent agency of CISA – confirmed the leadership changes to MeriTalk. "Madhu Gottumukkala has done a ...
Source: meritalk.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — In the moments after Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a Buffalo doughnut shop, surveillance video recorded Nurul Amin Shah Alam stepping gingerly through the empty parking lot in his county-issued jail booties. He pulls up his hood against the cold as he walks past a drive-thru window, then paces away into the night. Five nights later, the nearly blind refugee from Myanmar was ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Met arrests man on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage after slogans including 'Zionist war criminal' sprayed A 38-year-old man has been arrested after the statue of Winston Churchill outside the Houses of Parliament was defaced with graffiti calling the former prime minister a "Zionist war criminal". The Metropolitan police said the man was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism. The announcement came hours after Cuba said its soldiers killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-registered speed boat that had entered Cuban waters and opened fire on the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com