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Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois defended teammate Vinicius Junior and congratulated him ahead of the second leg of the Champions League knockout stage against Benfica, saying he “did nothing wrong”.Vinicius claimed he was racially abused by Gianluca Prestiani shortly after scoring the only goal in last week’s first leg in Lisbon.Argentine winger Prestianni has denied the allegations but has been handed a provisional one-match ban by UEFA and will miss Wednesday’s second leg in Madrid.However, he was seen training with the team on the Tuesday following the trip to Spain, with manager Jose Mourinho also taking part in the session,…

Anthropic announced its new Enterprise Agent program on Tuesday. This is our most aggressive effort to date to integrate agent AI into the everyday workplace. Kate Jensen, head of Anthropic’s Americas division, told reporters at a press conference that the new system will ultimately deliver on the promise of agent-based AI. “2025 was supposed to be the year agents transformed their companies, but it turns out the hype was largely premature,” Jensen said. “It’s not the effort that failed; it’s the approach that failed.” The new program allows companies to use a plug-in system to deploy pre-built agents to assist…

Bitcoin fell more than 5% on Tuesday to below $63,000 as investors continued to grapple with escalating tariff tensions and broader geopolitical risks.The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell to $62,964.64 following pressure from investors to move away from risky assets. Bitcoin pared some of its losses and was trading 1.5% lower at $63,290 at 5:58 a.m. ET.“Bitcoin’s decline appears to be more of a classic risk sentiment reset than a crypto-specific shock,” said Christopher Hamilton, head of client investment solutions for Asia Pacific ex-Japan at Invesco.Hamilton added that the sharp decline likely reflected “tactical risk aversion” rather than a structural exit.Stock…

A sign at the Google Midlothian Data Center, Friday, November 14, 2025, in Midlothian, Texas, USA.Jonathan Johnson | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesalphabetGoogle will build its first data center in Minnesota, bringing significant amounts of new renewable energy to the state under contract with utility companies excelthe companies announced on Tuesday. The data center will be located on a 480-acre site on Pine Island, a town of about 4,000 people about 110 miles southeast of Minneapolis. Google has not previously disclosed its role in the project. The facility will be used for artificial intelligence applications as well as Google’s broader cloud…

Referee Craig Pawson initially scored Rayan Cherki’s late goal in Manchester City’s match against Liverpool because he “didn’t see” Erling Haaland’s foul on Dominik Szoboszlai. Man City looked set to have won a dramatic 3-1 in stoppage time when Cherki’s long-range shot went into the unguarded net and Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson drove up the field, but the shot was ruled out after a VAR check. Initially, Szoboszlai fouled Haaland, but the referee took advantage as Haaland raced for the loose ball and the striker fouled the Liverpool midfielder, who rolled into the goal. Pawson scored on the field, but VAR…

You don’t come to TechCrunch Disrupt to sit in the audience. You go for influence. If 2026 is the year of construction, the year of financing, the year of hiring, or the year of scale, this is where the momentum builds. With four days left until super early bird pricing ends on February 27th at 11:59pm PT, it’s your chance to save up to $680 on your pass and secure your spot at the heart of the tech ecosystem. Register here to save. What you get with TechCrunch Disrupt Held from October 13th to 15th at Moscone West, more than…

Europe has struggled over the past four years to come together to meet the challenge of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.The Russian threat and rising tensions with the United States under President Donald Trump have reinforced the suggestion that a single European military is the answer to Europe’s fragmentation, redundancies and duplication in defense efforts. The idea is almost as old as post-World War II European cooperation, but in 2026 it is the subject of intense debate.At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Andrius Kubilius, the European Union’s defense and space commissioner, told CNBC that the EU should consider…

Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, speaks at the 56th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Dennis Bariboos | ReutersAnthropic’s Claude Cowork, which shocked Wall Street last month, is now being unveiled more broadly.The artificial intelligence startup on Tuesday announced a series of connectors and plug-ins for its knowledge worker tools that companies can use to “turbocharge” the capabilities of individual employees.Anthropic launched Claude Cowork as a research arm last month, spooking software stocks as investors grapple with the disruptive potential of AI. The company said Claude Cowork’s new updates mark its transition…

If Warner’s board changes its mind and deems Paramount’s latest offer to be superior, Netflix could revise its bid.listen to this article | 5 minutesinformationWarner Bros. Discovery (WBD) said it is considering a new acquisition offer from Paramount Skydance, but will continue to recommend a competing offer from Netflix to shareholders in the meantime.Warner revealed on Tuesday that it had received a revised offer from Paramount after a seven-day period to renew negotiations with the Skydance-owned company ended on Monday. Paramount, which is run by David Ellison, an ally of President Donald Trump and the son of Oracle co-founder Larry…

Christian Horner does not believe that Max or Jos Verstappen are “in any way responsible” for Red Bull’s departure, but says former colleague Helmut Marko played a key role in the shock sacking.Horner was sacked as Red Bull’s team principal and chief executive officer in July last year, despite enjoying great success running the team since entering F1 in 2005. Breaking his silence on the reasons behind his departure from Netflix’s latest series F1: Drive to Survive, which will be released on Friday, Horner said: “I feel a real sense of loss and hurt. It happened quite suddenly. I didn’t…