Sexual abuse lawsuit against former NC State trainer grows to 31 plaintiffs
Of the former athletes, all but two are listed as “John Doe” to preserve their anonymity
Month: February 2026
SpaceX acquires xAI; sources say the combined company is expected to price shares at ~$527 each in a potential IPO and would have a valuation of $1.25T (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
SpaceX acquires xAI; sources say the combined company is expected to price shares at ~$527 each in a potential IPO and would have a valuation of $1.25T — Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired xAI, in a deal that encompasses the…
Sources: OpenAI is unsatisfied with some of Nvidia’s AI chips used for inference and has sought alternatives since last year, including from Cerebras and Groq (Reuters)
Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI is unsatisfied with some of Nvidia’s AI chips used for inference and has sought alternatives since last year, including from Cerebras and Groq — OpenAI is unsatisfied with some of Nvidia’s latest artificial …
RFK Jr announces $100m in grants to address homelessness and substance use
Kennedy’s pilot program to offer funding for long-term recovery after Trump signed order related to addictionRobert F Kennedy Jr announced on Monday $100m in new grants for a pilot program aimed at addressing homelessness and substance use recovery in …
MoltBot Skills exploited to distribute 400+ malware packages in days
Over 400 malicious OpenClaw packages were uploaded in days, using MoltBot skills to spread password-stealing malware. Researchers uncovered a large malware campaign abusing AI skills for Claude Code and Moltbot users. Between late January and early February 2026, more than 400 malicious skills were published on ClawHub and GitHub, posing as crypto trading tools. OpenClaw […]
Populist conservative Laura Fernández wins Costa Rica’s presidential election – NPR
Populist conservative Laura Fernández wins Costa Rica’s presidential election NPRLaura Fernández Wins Costa Rican Presidency The New York TimesRight-wing populist Laura Fernández claims victory in Costa Rica’s elections. Here’s wh…
Populist conservative Laura Fernández wins Costa Rica’s presidential election
Candidate Laura Fernández won a resounding victory, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation’s politics started by her predecessor.
Neil Gaiman claims sexual assault allegations are result of ‘smear campaign’
Author says accusations ‘spread and amplified’ by people more interested in ‘outrage and getting clicks’Neil Gaiman has said that multiple sexual assault allegations against him are “simply untrue” and claimed to be the victim of a “smear campaign”, in…
The Campaign Behind Trump’s Nigeria Strikes
A yearslong effort to convince the Trump administration that Christians are persecuted in the West African nation has shifted U.S. policy.
As FBI files reveal fake passport, secret recordings and links to the KGB and Putin – was Jeffrey Epstein a Russian SPY?
WHEN the FBI crowbarred their way into Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan lair, they found a locked safe containing a fake passport. Bearing Epstein’s photograph, the Austrian papers were in the name of Marius Robert Fortelni, with entry stamps to the U…