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Lead On Feb 16, 2026, Google pushed security updates for Chrome after confirming an actively exploited zero-day tracked as CVE-2026-2441. The bug is a use-after-free vulnerability in CSS with a CVSS score of 8.8 and was reported by researcher Shaheen Fazim on Feb 11, 2026. Google acknowledged an exploit exists in the wild but has … Read more

Lead Annabelle Singer, an associate professor and biomedical engineer at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, is testing whether patterned sensory stimulation can slow Alzheimer s progression. In Atlanta labs she uses goggles and headphones that deliver 40 Hz flicker and synchronized clicks to probe neural rhythms tied to memory. Early preclinical work and … Read more

Lead: On Sunday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, medals were decided across nine events in a packed schedule that included alpine skiing, skeleton, biathlon and speed skating. U.S. athletes pushed for podiums while established champions and new record-setters left their mark on the Games. Mikaela Shiffrin entered the women’s giant slalom seeking her … Read more

Lead: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Budapest on Monday to meet Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as officials prepared to sign a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. The signing follows Rubio’s stop in Slovakia and a recent White House meeting between Orbán and President Donald Trump in November. Hungary has signaled willingness to support construction … Read more

Amazon is offering the Apple Watch Series 11 (GPS, 42mm) for $299 — down from its $399 list price — as part of its Presidents’ Day promotions. The discount, equal to roughly 25% off, is available through Amazon’s sales event and may be time-limited. Creative Bloq reviewers who tested this exact model for a month … Read more

The Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami emerged as a decisive force in Bangladesh’s first national election since the 2024 student-led upheaval, winning 68 of the 297 parliamentary seats and reshaping a political landscape long dominated by two dynastic parties. The vote, held in mid-February 2026 and reported on Feb. 15, 2026, delivered a clear parliamentary majority to … Read more

Lead: India opened a five-day artificial intelligence summit in New Delhi this week, convening 20 heads of state and government alongside senior technology executives to discuss the expanding global role of AI. The India AI Impact Summit—the first edition staged in the Global South—aims to balance questions of safety, economic opportunity and governance as AI … Read more

Last week (mid-February 2026) several prominent AI safety researchers resigned from leading labs, warning that companies prioritising revenue were sidelining safeguards and accelerating risky product rollouts. The departures — reported at OpenAI and Anthropic among others — have renewed concern that commercial incentives are reshaping system design and deployment choices. Industry moves such as hiring … Read more

Lead: As the United States approaches the 2026 midterm elections, scholars and civic observers are increasingly warning that democratic norms are under strain. In February 2026, analysts from research institutes and universities described steps by the federal government and related political actors that, they say, fit patterns of “electoral autocracy” or competitive authoritarianism. Specific incidents … Read more

At least eight people were killed and two others suffered minor burns after a large explosion tore through a fireworks shop in a village in Donghai County, Jiangsu province, on Sunday afternoon. Local authorities said the blast followed a resident igniting pyrotechnics too close to the store, and emergency, fire and health teams were dispatched … Read more

Lead: On Monday, a rare Pikachu Illustrator trading card owned by Logan Paul sold at Goldin Auctions for $16.492 million, with a diamond-encrusted necklace included and a promise of hand delivery to the buyer. The 42-day auction closed after 97 bids and hours of extended bidding; a Guinness World Records official subsequently confirmed it as … Read more

Lead In “Dear Henry,” the sixth episode of Industry season 4, characters act on impulses that reshape their paths: Eric Tao (Ken Leung) walks away, Harper Stern (Myha’la) escalates a public campaign against Tender, and Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella) races to staunch a corporate hemorrhage. The episode stages a series of confrontations—from a high-stakes conference … Read more

UN investigators say more than 6,000 people were killed during a late-October offensive by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on el-Fasher in North Darfur. The U.N. Human Rights Office reported that the RSF and allied Arab militias overran the city after an 18‑month siege and carried out mass killings, sexual violence and abductions over a … Read more

Five European countries and the UK say traces of epibatidine, a rare neurotoxin associated with South American poison dart frogs, were detected in samples from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and were highly likely to have caused his death in a Siberian penal colony two years ago. The UK Foreign Office and allied governments said … Read more

Lead At the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas urged Europe to take a lead role in its own defense while continuing to rely on NATO’s trans‑Atlantic framework. She warned that Russia presents a strategic threat beyond the Donbas, citing cyberattacks, satellite disruption, undersea‑cable sabotage, energy coercion and a nuclear … Read more