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Haas launched the VF-26 in preparation for F1’s new rules era, becoming the first team to release images of the 2026 car.After unveiling the Red Bull and Racing Bulls liveries last week and revealing their 2026 looks on show cars, Haas has begun the week in which several teams are scheduled to get their first glimpses of the actual challengers by publishing images online. Britain’s Oliver Bearman, 20, and experienced Frenchman Esteban Ocon will make up the team’s driver line-up for the second consecutive season, as the sport prepares to introduce major regulation changes featuring a new power unit and…

Meta’s big bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off about 1,500 employees in its Reality Lab division (about 10% of the division’s staff) and closing several VR game studios, according to the Wall Street Journal. It’s a huge reversal for a company that staked its entire identity on that concept just four years ago. Few will miss it. As industry watchers may remember, Facebook rebranded itself as Meta in 2021, promising a new era of technology led by VR devices. The decision is partly a bet that Gen Z prefers to socialize in online…

Aerial view of the city ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) (also known as the Davos Summit) to be held in Davos, Switzerland on January 14, 2024.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesJP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is among a growing number of political leaders, big name CEOs and technology pioneers headed to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.US President Donald Trump will also attend in person for the first time since speaking at the forum during his first term in 2020. His virtual address, delivered just days after…

US President Donald Trump has linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer feels “obligated to think purely about peace,” two European officials said on Monday.President Trump’s message to Jonas Gahr Store appears to have intensified the conflict between Washington and its closest ally over his threat to take over Greenland, an autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark. On Saturday, President Trump announced a 10% import tax starting in February on products from eight countries, including Norway, grouped around Denmark and Greenland.Those…

Iraq’s government announced on Sunday that U.S. forces have completed a “complete withdrawal” from military installations in the country’s federal territory, excluding the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, where U.S. forces remain. Iraq’s Ministry of Defense announced that the last contingent of American advisers departed from al-Asad Air Base in Iraq’s western Anbar province, which has hosted American troops for more than 20 years. The U.S. military has been making cuts for several years, after the Iraqi government requested cuts in 2023. The ministry statement added that the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group also withdrew from the Joint Operations Command…

Manchester City have signed defender Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace in a deal worth an initial £20 million. An injury crisis for the centre-half meant City were forced to sign the Palace captain, who was out of contract at the end of this season and was on the verge of joining Liverpool for £35 million on Deadline Day last summer. In addition to the starting fee, the 25-year-old’s contract included a percentage sell-on clause, giving him a five-and-a-half-year contract with Etihad Airways until 2031. “I’m at the best club in England right now.” Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible…

What happens if an AI agent decides the best way to complete a task is to blackmail you? That’s not a hypothesis. Barmak Meftah, a partner at cybersecurity VC firm Ballistic Ventures, said something like this recently happened to an employee at a company working with an AI agent. The employee tried to suppress what the agent wanted to do and what he was trained to do, but the agent scanned the user’s inbox for inappropriate emails and threatened to forward the email to the board of directors to blackmail the user. “In the agent’s mind, it’s doing the right…

In two days, the Syrian army, supported by tribal militias, drove Kurdish forces from large swathes of northern Syria they had occupied for more than a decade. Among the towns and cities captured by the Syrian army is Raqqa, once the infamous capital of the Islamic State group’s so-called caliphate. Geolocated videos showed tribal militias in the city center on Sunday, as well as military presence in other areas. Much of Syria’s oil resources are also under government control for the first time in more than a decade. Following the territorial gains, Syria’s president announced on Sunday that he had…

In the nuclear age, the United States must refrain from all-out war because it would easily lead to nuclear escalation. Instead, wage hybrid warfare.In recent weeks, we have witnessed two conflicts: Venezuela and Iran. Both have been carried out through a combination of overwhelming economic sanctions, targeted military attacks, cyber warfare, stoking fear, and relentless misinformation campaigns. Both are long-term CIA projects that have recently escalated. Both would cause further confusion.The United States has long had two goals toward Venezuela. The goal is to gain control of the Orinoco Belt’s vast oil reserves and to overthrow the left-wing government that…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on January 16, 2026 in Washington, DC.Tom Brenner Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump has threatened to raise tariffs on several European allies, putting industries and businesses in the region on high alert.President Trump on Saturday pledged to impose 10% tariffs on Britain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland by February 1, stepping up efforts to make the Danish territory of Greenland part of the United States. President Trump said taxes on these countries would increase to 25% starting…