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The killing of Mexican cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes on Sunday sparked a wave of retaliatory violence by armed groups, affecting areas popular with foreign tourists such as Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara. The U.S. State Department on Monday advised that more areas of Mexico had “returned to normal” following the spread of violence, but warned U.S. citizens in Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara and Ciudad Guzmán to continue sheltering in place. Several U.S. airlines suspended flights to the popular resort city of Puerto Vallarta, stranding many tourists who had fled the violence and were desperate to return home. CNN spoke…
Ireland winger James Rowe will miss the remainder of the Six Nations after sustaining a groin injury during last weekend’s win over England.The 33-year-old limped off and was replaced by Leinster teammate Tommy O’Brien in the 18th minute of the 42-21 win over Twickenham. Ireland host Wales in Round 4 of the Championship on Friday 6th March, before Scotland visit Dublin eight days later on the final weekend. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player England rugby union head coach Steve Borthwick explains what went wrong in the Six Nations vs. Ireland New Zealand-born Lowe made 45 appearances…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that the company “cannot in good conscience comply with[the Department of Defense’s]request” to give the military unrestricted access to AI systems. “Antropic understands that military decisions are made by the Department of the Army, not private companies,” Amodei said in a statement. “However, we believe that in limited cases, AI could undermine rather than protect democratic values. And some applications may simply be beyond what today’s technology can safely and reliably implement.” Two such cases are mass surveillance of American citizens and fully autonomous weapons without human involvement. The Department of Defense believes that…
Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang speaks at the 2026 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Tuesday, January 6, 2026. Siemens and NVIDIA announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to develop industrial and physical AI solutions to bring AI-driven innovation to industrial workflows. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images It’s a good day for the artificial intelligence field. New partnerships and earnings reports from AI companies lifted sentiment that had been weighed down by concerns that AI could hurt companies from software to real estate to logistics.The biggest news was Nvidia’s earnings.…
Omer Taha Sechin | Anadolu | Getty Imagesgoogle Thursday saw the launch of Nano Banana 2, an update to the hugely popular artificial intelligence image generator.The company released its first Nano Banana in August, and the service quickly took off. The Nano Banana Pro was launched on the market in November based on the Gemini 3 Pro.Google said in a blog post that Nano Banana 2 has advanced world knowledge and is pulling real-time information from Gemini for more accurate rendering. The company also highlighted the new model’s faster speed, enhanced instruction-following, and more accurate text rendering for “marketing mockups…
Administrators claimed that investigators “made a false report” and that they conducted a missing persons search in the school building to detain the woman.listen to this article | 4 minutesinformationColumbia University in New York came under fire after it announced that US immigration enforcement agents “made false statements” to enter one of the school’s residential buildings to detain students.Federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entered the building around 6:30 a.m. Thursday (13:30 p.m. local time), according to a statement from Columbia University’s acting president Claire Shipman.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”Our understanding at this time…
Defending champions India posted the second-highest overall score in the Men’s T20 World Cup (256-4), defeating Zimbabwe by 72 runs to book a place in the semi-finals.The loss in Chennai almost meant the co-hosts and favorites to be eliminated, who started their Super 8s campaign with a heavy defeat to South Africa at the weekend. However, India bounced back strongly from that poor result to set up a winner-take-all showdown with West Indies for the second qualifying spot from Group 1 in Kolkata on Sunday (1.30pm UK). Score summary – India beat Zimbabwe by 72 runs India 256-4 in 20…
Chen Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAsian tech stocks rose in early trading Thursday as Nvidia’s better-than-expected results allayed concerns that momentum in the artificial intelligence sector is cooling.Shares of South Korean semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix soared in early trading.SK Hynix, a major supplier to Nvidia of high-bandwidth memory used in AI applications, rose more than 2%. Samsung Electronics, Nvidia’s longtime partner, rose about 5%.”Given the explosive growth in data center demand, this is a positive decision for SK Hynix, Samsung and many other Asian supply chain companies,” said Dan Ives, senior equity research analyst…
Nvidia’s strong earnings report revealed that the company is still wearing the crown of AI chips. So why did the stock fall in Thursday trading? According to CNBC’s Jim Cramer, that’s because investors are worried that NVIDIA’s biggest customers won’t be able to keep spending at such a breakneck pace unless AI efforts start to significantly increase profits. Nvidia stock fell about 4% on Thursday to about $188 a share, retreating toward a flat line from the start of the year. “There’s a perception that all we really care about, or should care about, is how much money Amazon, Microsoft…
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos arrives for a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2026.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesNetflix CEO Ted Sarandos arrived at the White House Thursday afternoon for a meeting regarding efforts to acquire part of the company. warner bros discovery — Just before WBD released the following statement: paramount skydanceThe company’s new proposal to acquire the entire company appeared to be an “excellent proposal.”Sarandos is not scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump, who just days ago demanded that Netflix remove former Obama administration official Susan Rice from its board of directors “or…