A Ukrainian athlete has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics over his insistence on wearing a helmet honoring people killed in his country’s war with Russia. Follow along for live updates The International Olympic Committee said in a statement early Thursday that skeleton racer Vladylsav Heraskevych, the Ukrainian flag bearer, was “not allowed to participate…
WhatsApp says the move aims to push its 90 million users in Russia to a “state-owned surveillance app”. Source link
Westminster, South Bank, London, England. Scott E Barbour | The Image Bank | Getty Images The U.K. economy grew a meager 0.1% in the fourth quarter, according to preliminary figures from the Office for National Statistics on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters expected the economy to have grown 0.2% over the October-December period, following 0.1% growth in the…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attend an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-Hoon | Reuters SoftBank posted a $2.4 billion gain at its Vision Fund in the December quarter as a jump in the value of its OpenAI investment helped offset losses in…
The nationwide Bharat Band (12 February, 2026) is being observed across India, called by more than 10 central trade unions and supported by farmers’ organisations. It is a protest against government policies, including newly introduced laws. The strike, scheduled from early morning 6 AM to evening 6 PM, has already started to affect public life…
Google says its flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Gemini, has been inundated by “commercially motivated” actors who are trying to clone it by repeatedly prompting it, sometimes with thousands of different queries — including one campaign that prompted Gemini more than 100,000 times. In a report published Thursday, Google said it has increasingly come under “distillation…
The country’s deadliest mass shooting, in Nova Scotia, led to the creation of a comprehensive program after 23 people died, including the attacker. Source link
Van Der Beek’s co-star Busy Philipps urged people to support the actor’s family through an online fundraiser. Source link
Shopify on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter results that beat on the top line and gave strong guidance to start the year. The stock closed down 6%. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 48 cents adjusted vs. 51 cents Revenue: $3.67 billion vs. $3.59 billion The Canadian…
Zhang Youxia, widely seen as Xi’s closest military ally, was in January removed from his post. Source link