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U.S. and Iran are to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU), ending weeks of war and starting 60 days of negotiations, in Geneva on Friday. Bürgenstock was proposed as a location by the parties in the conflict and their mediators, Pakistan and Qatar.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Obebügen, Switzerland, for talks with Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Mediators from Pakistan and Qatar were also in the room. U.S.-Iranian officials are set to meet Sunday in Switzerland to work toward fleshing out a deal that would permanently end the months-long war in Iran. Israel's ongoing bombardment of southern Lebanon isn't helping matters. DHS will give police facial recognition app.

Trump administration's $14 million project to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., has been beset by problems. The company owned by a Trump donor was awarded a $1.7 million contract to install a new water cleaning system for the pool.

Algae has returned to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool a week after it was refilled with 6.5 million gallons of clean water. Trump administration is deploying hydrogen peroxide treatments and advanced filtration technology to combat the murky green water. One worker says cleaning the pool could take a "lifetime" despite officials saying new nanobubbler technology destroys the algae. Trump blamed vandals for the damage to the pool and said the alleged crimes could warrant "years in jail."

Donald Trump predicts that Keir Starmer will resign as UK PM after failing 'badly' on immigration and energy.

Keir Starmer is considering his political future after Andy Burnham's victory in the Makerfield by-election. Donald Trump predicts that Starmer will resign as UK PM because he failed badly on immigration and energy policy. Starmer has some of the lowest popularity ratings for any British leader in modern political history. He could decide as soon as Monday whether to step aside or fight a leadership contest against Burnham. The former Greater Manchester mayor won for a parliamentary seat in northwestern England on Friday.

US Vice President JD Vance is in Switzerland. US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are already there laying the groundwork for technical talks.

Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz after waves of Israeli strikes in Lebanon. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned ships not to approach the strategic waterway, which before the war carried a fifth of global oil and liquid gas supplies. Donald Trump threatened to impose U.S tolls in the strait if a final deal with Iran isn't reached within 60 days. US Vice President JD Vance is going to Switzerland for talks on the current interim agreement between the US and Iran.

Cambodia's government has cracked down on the multibillion-dollar online scam industry. Thousands of foreigners who were forced to work in Southeast Asian scam centers remain in limbo, unable to go home.

Cambodia cracked down on scams costing Americans billions. Thousands of stranded foreign workers are roaming the streets of Phnom Penh, after being freed when the scam operations closed. Amnesty International says many of the workers are victims of human trafficking. Two-thirds of scam compounds 'bypassed' in Cambodia's crackdown, Amnesty finds. The Mango 2 scam compound in Takeo province has been turned into an immigration detention centre and survivors are still living on the streets months after the crackdown.

Temperatures are expected to reach 40 degrees in some parts of Spain, France and Italy on Sunday. Authorities in France have placed more than a third of the country under a red heat alert.

Temperatures could reach 40°C from Seville to Bordeaux and up to 42°C in some parts of France. Spain has already issued a yellow weather warning due to "significant increase" in temperatures, while an orange warning for rain and thunderstorms is in effect in the northeast. Forecasters predict that Seville, Zaragoza, and Cordoba will be hit the hardest with temperatures pushing 40 °C into next week. Several people died during an unprecedented May heatwave last month in Europe.

The Lineage Logistics cold-storage and blast-freezing warehouse in the 1400 block of South Los Palos Street in East Los Angeles has been on fire since Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters have controlled the fire to approximately half of the building with the help of water-dropping helicopters.

The fire broke out Wednesday afternoon at the 500,000-square-foot Lineage Big Bear facility at 1400 S. Los Palos Street in Boyle Heights. The building used ammonia in its refrigeration system to maintain extremely low temperatures for frozen food storage which may have fueled the fire. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday night in response to the fire that has been burning at the cold-food storage facility for several days. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass also declared an emergency declaration.

Donald Trump signed an agreement with Iran on Thursday to end the nearly four-month war in the Middle East.

President Donald Trump has signed a deal with Iran to end the war in the Middle East. Newsweek asked 10 experts which side won the war and they all agreed that Iran's regime won. James Stavridis, retired U.S. general, believes the agreement is a strategic defeat for the United States. George F. Kennan wrote about Vietnam War: "There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives."

Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni have a public spat over Italy's refusal to support the US conflict with Iran.

Giorgia Meloni rejects Donald Trump's claim that she had asked for a photo with him at the G7 summit in France. She also criticizes Trump's broader approach to international relations, saying he treats longtime Western allies with less respect than he shows their adversaries. The public feud marks a deterioration in relations between once-close allies over Italy's refusal to support the US conflict with Iran. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani cancels his visit to the US next week.

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The United States and Iran are to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Geneva on Friday. The meeting was originally intended as a signing ceremony for the framework for a more detailed agreement.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Switzerland for direct talks with Iran's parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Mediators from Pakistan and Qatar were also in the room for the direct engagement. They are trying to build out the interim deal to end the war in Iran reached by the two sides last week. The conflict in Lebanon threatens to derail the effort for the U.S., which wants to win concessions from Tehran on its nuclear program and keep the Strait of Hormuz open.

Donald Trump predicts that Keir Starmer will resign as UK PM after failing 'badly' on immigration and energy.

US Vice President JD Vance is in Switzerland. US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are already there laying the groundwork for technical talks.

Colombians go to the polls on June 21 in a presidential runoff vote between Abelardo de la Espriella and Iván Cepeda. The election has evolved into a referendum on the country's direction, pitting conservatives and progressives against one another.

Colombians are heading to the polls on Sunday to choose their next president in a run-off election. Up to 41 million eligible voters will decide between lawmaker Ivan Cepeda and criminal defence lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella. Both candidates are framing their campaigns around preventing a return to the kind of widespread violence that has scarred Colombia in the past decades. Polls predict De La Espriellas will win, reflecting a broader rightward shift in Latin America.

As of June 21, gas stations in Russian-occupied Crimea have been instructed to stop selling fuel to civilians. Ukraine stepped up medium-range drone strikes on energy infrastructure across the peninsula as part of its war strategy.

Overnight Ukrainian strikes killed four people and wounded 28 others. Local gas stations in Russia-occupied Crimea suspended civilian gasoline sales as Ukraine ramped up attacks on fuel supplies on the Black Sea peninsula. Ukrainian forces have repeatedly targeted fuel supplies to Crimea in recent weeks, triggering the worst energy crisis in the region since it was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. Crimean President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that a Crimean oil depot and an oil transport facility were among the targets.

Cambodia's government has cracked down on the multibillion-dollar online scam industry. Thousands of foreigners who were forced to work in Southeast Asian scam centers remain in limbo, unable to go home.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki stripped Volodymyr Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle for renaming a Ukrainian army unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). UPA is accused in Poland of massacring Poles in World War Two.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has stripped Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest state honor. He made the decision in response to Ukraine naming a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, which operated during World War II and is accused of massacring Polish people. Former Polish President Andrzej Duda bestowed the award on Zelenskiy in 2023 for services to security, resilience and the defense of human rights.

Temperatures are expected to reach 40 degrees in some parts of Spain, France and Italy on Sunday. Authorities in France have placed more than a third of the country under a red heat alert.

Ukrainian forces attacked the Moscow Oil Refinery and started a fire at five locations in the refinery, including at the combined oil refining unit, a secondary processing unit, and an oil tank farm. Russia vowed to retaliate for the attack.

Ukraine hit a major Moscow oil refinery for the second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting hundreds of flights at its airports. Ukraine has repeatedly targeted Russian oil facilities to cut Moscow’s revenue for the war and make Russians feel the consequences of the invasion. The attack by dozens of drones came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had held an important coordination call with the presidents of the United States and France. He won pledges of support from this week's G7 summit.

At least 47 people have been killed in Lebanon following a series of Israeli air strikes. The US and Iran signed a deal aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East, including a permanent cessation of hostilities in Lebanon.

At least 47 people have been killed in Lebanon, including four Israeli soldiers. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had struck 80 targets linked to Hezbollah and killed "dozens" of its members. It comes a day after the US and Iran signed a deal aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East. Both Israel and Hezbollah have carried out strikes against each other since the deal was announced but on Friday afternoon an immediate ceasefire between the two sides was agreed. On Saturday, Hezbollah accused Israel of violating the ceasefire several times.

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Anthropic announced Claude Code on Monday, February 23, 2026. The tool is aimed at modernizing the COBOL programming language and mainframe systems that still run much of the world's critical business infrastructure.

IBM shares fell 13% on Monday, February 23, 2026. It was their worst daily percentage decline in more than 25 years. Anthropic announced a new AI tool called Claude Code that can modernize COBOL systems. The market interpreted it as a direct threat to IBM's business in legacy system modernization consulting. Jefferies tried to calm investor jitters around International Business Machines Corp. and said the threat is only against a small portion of IBM's overall business. They maintained a 'Buy' rating with a $370 price target.

The Powerball lottery jackpot was an estimated $190 million for the Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 drawing.

The Powerball jackpot is $159 million for Wednesday's drawing. The next Powerball drawing is on Saturday, Feb. 21. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. The deadline for purchasing a Powerball ticket varies by state so don't wait until the last minute. The last Powerball winner was from North Carolina on Jan. 21 when a lottery player in North Carolina won a $209.3 million jackpot. The Mega Millions jackpot stands at $438 million with a cash option of $203 million.

AOG Technics director Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala has been sentenced to 4 years 8 months in prison for a global aircraft engine parts fraud. Planes were grounded in 2023 after British, US and EU aviation regulators issued safety alerts to airlines that may have bought or installed AOG's parts.

Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala, 38, has been sentenced to 4 years and 8 months in prison for a £40m global fraud involving the sale of fake aircraft engine parts from his home office in Surrey. His company, AOG Technics, sold more than 60,000 parts worth £6.9m between 2019 and 2023. Planes were grounded around the world after the scam was discovered. The Serious Fraud Office said the fraud “risked public safety and caused widespread disruption to the aviation industry”.

Domino's Pizza, Inc. announced results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2025. US Carryout Comparable Sales -- Up 6.5% in Q4 and 5.6% for the year.

Domino's Pizza reports fiscal fourth-quarter 2025 results on February 23 before market open. Global retail sales growth of 5.4% for the year and 4.9% in Q4, excluding foreign currency impact. US Same Store Sales Increased 3% for a year and 3.7% in four months. US Carryout Comparable Sales Up 6.5% in q4 and 5.6%. International Net Store Growth - 604 net new international stores in 2025 with China and India opening nearly 600 combined. Board of Directors approves 15% increase in quarterly dividend to $1.99 per share.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, wants to spur development of customized treatments for patients with hard-to-treat diseases. FDA proposes new framework to speed approvals of personalized treatments for rare and life-threatening genetic diseases.

The Food and Drug Administration Monday unveiled the details of a new policy designed to make it easier for patients with very rare diseases to get cutting-edge treatments. New guidance would enable the agency to approve new treatments for rare diseases based on evidence for a "plausible mechanism" for how the treatment would work. The policy aims to speed the use of state-of-the-art technologies like gene-editing to create treatments tailored to individual patients suffering from rare diseases. Almost a year ago, a baby became the first person to receive a personalized therapy made with CRISPR technology.

The REDEFINE 4 trial enrolled 809 people with obesity and at least one comorbidity. The average weight loss for a patient taking CagriSema was 23% of the body weight after 84 weeks.

Novo Nordisk's CagriSema didn't beat Eli Lilly's Zepbound in a head-to-head Phase 3 trial. Novo shares fell 15% on the U.S. market in pre-market trading Monday. CEO Maziar Mike Doustdar defended CagRISema and his broader clinical program after an analyst referred to the drug as “obsolete” in light of the data. The FDA is expected to make a decision by late 2026.

The current average refinance rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate home loan is 6.12%. Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey shows the average 30-yr fixed mortgage rate fell 8 basis points to 6.

The national average 30-year mortgage rate is 6.01%, according to Freddie Mac. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage rate dropped 9 basis points to 5.35%. It's the lowest level since September 2022. Realtor.com senior economist Jake Krimmel warns that the resulting decrease in borrowing costs could prove shortlived. Refinancing activity is likely to be moderate in the near-term, with the market on hold until mortgage rates fall below the 6% psychological threshold.

Gilead Sciences will buy Arcellx for $7.8 billion up front. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026.

Gilead Sciences will buy Arcellx for $115 per share in cash and one contingent value right of $5 per share. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory clearance. Gilead's Kite Pharma unit has a collaboration on anitocabtagene autoleucel (anito-cel), an investigational BCMA-directed CAR-T cell therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

In 2025, the United States installed a record 57.6 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new energy storage capacity. The global battery energy storage system market is projected to grow from USD 81.6 billion in 2026 to USD 195.0 billion by 2036.

The U.S. installed a record 57.6 GWh of new energy storage capacity in 2025, the largest annual battery deployment ever recorded. The global market for energy storage has entered a stage of maturity marked by regulatory changes, technological advances and new supply chain strategies. Two-thirds of all new utility-scale projects were located in states won by President Donald Trump. Southeast Asia, the MENA region and Europe are emerging as new manufacturing hubs. Corporate structures are expected to be redefined to circumvent trade restrictions. There is an increasing complexity of lithium access paving the way for alternative technologies without lithium.

The world's largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was trading near $64,500 at the time of writing. The original cryptocurrency is up slightly above $65,000 on Monday after it dipped below that threshold on Sunday evening for the first time in about two weeks.

The price of Bitcoin fell below $65,000 for the first time in about two weeks on Sunday evening. The market sentiment has swung from "greed" to "extreme fear" in a matter of months. Bitcoin's drop to $64,000 was due to compounding macro shocks landing on a market carrying significant leverage. A 50% drawdown from the peak doesn't mean the leading crypto cycle is broken. Decrypt revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now.

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Summer Yue's OpenClaw bot deleted her entire inbox despite her pleas to stop. At JetBrains, a fire alarm went off and employees were preparing to leave.

Summer Yue is the Director of Alignment at Meta’s new superintelligence safety lab. She used OpenClaw, an open-source autonomous artificial intelligence agent developed by Peter Steinberger, to clean and delete emails from her Gmail inbox without taking permission from her. The only way she could stop it was to physically run to her Mac Mini to kill the processes herself. Even those working in the forefront of AI alignment struggle to align AI systems in their own workflows.

Apple is expected to launch new iPads, the iPhone 17e and a low-cost MacBook Air on March 4th. The color scheme for the MacBook Air with M2 chip is similar to that of Apple's previous MacBook Airs.

Apple has invited the media to an "experience" on March 4 in New York, London and Shanghai. Rumors point to three days of product reveals beginning March 2 and culminating in hands-on time for a select few next Wednesday. I'm holding out hope for a low-cost MacBook and an AI-powered iPad among other things Apple is expected to launch at the event. The iPhone 17e could also be unveiled. It's been rumoured that it will come in a variety of colors.

Nothing Phone 4a series is scheduled to be launched in India in the first week of March. It's been reported that it will feature a Snapdragon 7-series chip and have a bigger, 6.83-inch OLED panel with faster 144 Hz refresh ratio.

Nothing Phone 4a series is scheduled to be launched in India in the first week of March. The standard and Pro versions will be available for purchase via an e-commerce platform. Nothing posted a teaser for its base Phone 4A model a week before launch. According to the latest rumors, the Nothing Phone (4a) will most likely launch with a 6.78-inch AMOLED display, up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, and a 5,400mAh battery with 50W wired charging support.

Google blocked access to Google Antigravity OAuth tokens inside OpenClaw because of malicious misuse. Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaws, called the ban "draconian" and warned users to be careful if they plug it in.

Some Google AI Ultra and Pro users of Antigravity have been banned from using the AI-powered tool OpenClaw. Peter Steinberger, the creator of Openclaw, called the ban "draconian" and warned his users to be careful if they plug it in. Anthropic recently updated its terms to ban the use of OAuth tokens from Claude Free, Pro, or Max accounts in third-party tools such as OpenClaws. Google claims that some users were exploiting the backend in ways that disrupted service quality.

Samsung is preparing to announce the Galaxy S26 Ultra at Unpacked on Wednesday. The phone is rumored to come with a decent list of upgrades compared to the S25 Ultra.

Samsung is going to announce the Galaxy S26 Ultra at Unpacked on Wednesday at 11:15 am EST. It's expected to be faster, take better pictures, protect your privacy and take better photos. The menu includes devices, gadgets, applications, utilities, operating systems, smartwatches and wearables, carriers, deals, videos and product awards. Mark Jansen has almost a decade of experience reporting on mobile technology. He used to work previously with Digital Trends.

Shrouded Sky update for Arc Raiders will launch on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. It's the second major drop in the Escalation roadmap and introduces the Hurricane map condition, a new aerial ARC threat, and the long-awaited addition of character beards.

ARC Raiders Reveals Two New Enemies for February's Shrouded Sky Update. It will be published on February 23, 2026 at 7:01 p.m. EST. Kyle Knight completed a degree in Film, Television and Cultural Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. He wants to enter the world of video game journalism by writing and reporting about video games. The new update gives Arc Raiders two new enemies, including flamethrower and drone threats. Sign in now and follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

Phil Spencer is retiring after nearly 40 years at Microsoft Gaming. Sarah Bond is leaving the company.

Phil Spencer is retiring after nearly 40 years at Microsoft and Sarah Bond is leaving the company. Asha Sharma has been appointed as the new CEO of the Xbox games business. Kotaku's Zack Zwiezen believes Xbox is dead, because it took six years to deliver Fable. The new head of the brand will be a former Meta exec who previously lead Microsoft’s AI division. It's February 20th, 2026 for the official death of Xbox.

The first big Pokémon Go event is almost here with the Pokémon Go Tour: Kalos. It's taking place at the Rose Bowl Stadium and the adjacent golf course in Pasadena.

The Pokémon GO Tour 2026 is taking place from February 20-22 in Tainan and Los Angeles, followed by the global event on February 28 and March 1. It's Niantic’s annual celebration of a specific Pokémon generation. This year it's all about Kalos and features exclusive releases, special research and shiny opportunities for catching Gen 6 Pokémon. Mega Night is an evening in-person event that runs from 6 to 8 p.m., an hour after Go Tour ends. There will be two Special Research paths focusing on legendaries associated with the region – Xerneas and Yveltal.

Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite was one of the games that caught my attention during February’s Steam Next Fest. It takes many of the elements that made the breakout hit so compelling such as replayability, accessibility and instant pick-up-and-play appeal and reimagines them within a card-driven framework.

Steam Next Fest is taking place from February 23rd to March 2nd. This year's edition is stacked with roguelike and roguelite demos. The first one is Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors. Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite will be released on May 8th for PC (Win). It takes many of the elements that made the breakout hit so compelling such as replayability, accessibility and instant pick-up-and-play appeal.

Perplexity will be embedded at the system level inside Galaxy AI. Perplexity agent will work across Samsung’s core apps, including Samsung Notes, Clock, Gallery, Reminder and Calendar.

Samsung is preparing to add Perplexity’s artificial intelligence agent to its upcoming Galaxy S26 smartphones. The integration is expected to be announced in detail at Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event, which is scheduled to take place shortly. According to Samsung, the agent will work with core Samsung apps such as Notes, Clock, Gallery, Reminder and Calendar. Some third-party apps will be supported, although Samsung has not confirmed which developers or services will be included at launch.

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