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As technology shares climbed in early 2026, many founders and senior executives with concentrated holdings sought ways to reduce single‑stock risk without triggering large capital gains. Financial advisers and wealth managers say exchange funds — pooled vehicles that swap concentrated positions for a pro rata interest in a diversified partnership — are an increasingly popular … Read more

Lead: Elon Musk’s AI company xAI announced on January 8, 2026, that it will invest $20 billion to build a data center called MACROHARDRR in Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi, near Memphis. The governor of Mississippi described the project as the largest private investment in state history and said operations are expected to begin next month. … Read more

January 9, 2026 — Satellite and crewed-space imagery show iceberg A23a, once about 4,000 square kilometers and at times twice the size of Rhode Island, now drenched in blue meltwater and deteriorating rapidly as it drifts in the South Atlantic off the eastern tip of South America. NASA reported images taken on Dec. 26 and … Read more

Lead U.S. health authorities are assembling evidence to show recent measles outbreaks, including those in South Carolina and along the Arizona–Utah border, are separate importations and not continuations of a major Texas outbreak that began in January 2025. The determination matters because the United States has held World Health Organization measles elimination status since 2000 … Read more

On her 44th birthday, the Princess of Wales released the final short film in a four-part video series reflecting on nature’s restorative effects. The footage, shot around the UK, pairs winter landscapes with her personal reflections as she continues recovering after cancer treatment. In the clip she frames the natural world as a quiet teacher … Read more

Researchers at University College London say new Alzheimer’s treatments should focus on two risk-raising variants of the APOE gene, arguing that neutralising their harmful effects could prevent the majority of cases. The claim follows the arrival of drugs that remove toxic brain proteins but deliver only modest clinical benefit and have been rejected for broad … Read more

Three years after his death in 2023 at age 73, Tom Verlaine’s creative estate — packed in 35 cardboard boxes from a modest Manhattan apartment — has been acquired by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The collection, transferred by Jutta Koether, Verlaine’s longtime partner and executor, includes 145 notebooks, lyric drafts, … Read more

Lead Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signaled on Friday that security forces would move against nationwide demonstrators, accusing them of damaging public property to curry favor with U.S. President Donald Trump. The comments came as Iran’s judiciary chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, vowed strict, uncompromising punishment for participants. Despite a near-total communications blackout, activists shared short … Read more

Lead: A nationwide NPR/Ipsos poll conducted in December finds a large majority of Americans—61%—believe the United States should be the world’s moral leader, yet only 39% say it presently fills that role. That 39% mark is down sharply from 60% in a comparable 2017 survey. The poll, fielded ahead of the Jan. 3, 2026 U.S. … Read more

Lead: The UK government on Friday condemned X’s decision to restrict Grok’s image-editing features to paying subscribers after widespread complaints that the AI produced sexualised, non-consensual images. Officials and survivors’ groups said the move — announced amid reports of images generated or altered without consent — risks treating a public-harm problem as a premium feature. … Read more

Researchers warn that, in a worst-case emergency such as an extreme solar storm, satellites circling Earth could begin colliding in under three days — a dramatic reduction from seven years ago that shortens response windows for operators worldwide. A newly proposed metric, the Collision Realization And Significant Harm (CRASH) Clock, estimates how long it would … Read more

Obsidian Entertainment announced that Avowed will arrive on PlayStation 5 on February 17, coinciding with the game’s anniversary update on all platforms. The studio revealed the news during an interview on the New Game+ Showcase and confirmed that the free update will add long-requested features. Pre-orders for the PS5 version opened the day of the … Read more

Lead On Wednesday night, Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald J. Trump and Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro spoke by telephone for the first time in a 55-minute conversation that participants described as a sharp change in tone. The call followed a weekend in which Mr. Trump’s comments seemed to suggest possible military action toward Colombia and … Read more

Lead An amber Met Office warning has been issued for the West Midlands as Storm Goretti brings heavy snow and hazardous travel. The alert runs from 17:00 GMT on Thursday, with the most severe conditions expected from around 20:00, and remains in force until 09:00 GMT Friday. Forecast accumulations are generally 10–15cm, with some locations … Read more

Lead On Jan. 9, 2026, a 550-pound bear known as “Yellow 2120” was removed after living in the crawl space beneath a homeowner’s Altadena kitchen since around Thanksgiving. The animal was discovered by the homeowner and later coaxed out following repeated removal attempts by state wildlife officials and intervention from a Lake Tahoe nonprofit. Professionals … Read more