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The Pentagon is looking for cheap commercial satellites that can maintain surveillance on other satellites in orbit, including close-range inspections.

YouTube said on Tuesday it has resolved an issue that briefly affected access to the video-sharing platform, after outage-tracking website Downdetector reported widespread global disruptions. YouTube said that an issue with its recommendation system had prevented videos from appearing across YouTube surfaces. “The issue with our recommendations system has been resolved, and all of our platforms (YouTube.com, the YouTube app, YouTube Music, Kids, and TV) are back to normal,” YouTube said in an update. At its peak, there were more than 320,000 user reports of YouTube issues in the US, according to Downdetector. Downdetector’s numbers are based on user-submitted reports. The actual number of affected users may vary. YouTube also faced outages in countries including India, Britain, Australia, and Mexico, according to DownDetector. YouTube reached more than 2.5 billion viewers globally by the start of 2025, with its music and premium tier subscribers hitting 100 million, according to market tracker Statista. Users...

Arthur Hayes warns Bitcoin's divergence from a flat Nasdaq signals an AI-driven credit crisis, but experts say the timeline is overstretched.

Two more ETF issuers have filed prospectuses for six US election prediction market ETFs, allowing investors to gain exposure to election outcomes. Exchange-traded fund issuers Bitwise and GraniteShares have filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch funds tied to event contracts on the outcome of US elections. Bitwise filed a prospectus on Tuesday for a new lineup of ETFs branded PredictionShares, comprising six prediction-market-style ETFs listed on NYSE Arca. The first two funds will pay out if either a Democrat or a Republican wins the US presidential election in November 2028. The next two will pay out if either Democrats or Republicans win the Senate in November 2026, and the final two if either party wins the House. Read more

Политический и военный блоки на мирных переговорах в Женеве, состоявшихся 17 февраля, завершили свою работу

• PM Shehbaz arrives in Washington today to attend Trump-led moot • Summit to focus on Gaza ceasefire, $5bn US pledge and board’s institutional design • Muslim states wary of combat role, seek viable pathway to Palestinian statehood WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrives here on Wedne­sday (today) to attend the global summit of the Boa­rd of Peace (BoP) hosted by US President Donald Trump, stepping into a forum that seeks to go beyond Gaza in restoring global peace and stability. The summit’s immediate focus is expected to be threefold: consolidating a ceasefire in Gaza, mobilising financial pledges for the BoP — with Washin­gton announcing an initial commitment of $5 billion — and finalising the contours of a proposed global forum that Trump hopes can achieve what the United Nations could not. Participants are also likely to discuss the proposed International Stab­ilisation Force (ISF), tas­k­ed with securing reconstruction zones and supporting a post-conflict governance arrangement in Gaza. For P...

США и Украина решили, что за любое соглашение по завершению войны украинский народ будет голосовать на референдуме.

Constantin Brâncuși a fost un om înaintea vremurilor sale, un artist care a revoluționat ideea de artă modernă. Tocmai de aceea, lucrările sale au stârnit, mai ales în perioada interbelică numeroase controverse testând limitele acceptate ale expresiei artistice. S-a judecat inclusiv cu Guvernul SUA.

The ZORA token gained 6.2% to $0.022 over the last 24 hours as Zora announced its new attention markets product. Decentralized SocialFi platform Zora has launched its new attention markets platform on Solana, allowing traders to speculate on which buzzwords, hashtags, trends and topics will go viral online. “Trade what’s trending. Take positions on any topic, idea, meme, or moment before it breaks,” Zora’s newly launched platform states.  One of Zora’s founders, Jacob Horne, said on Tuesday that it costs 1 Solana (SOL), currently $85, to deploy a “Trend,” aimed at disincentivizing spam. Trends have no creator rewards. Read more

Amid a surge in homicides since the start of the year, Police Commissioner Danny Levy made an unusual statement this week, claiming that various factors are hampering the force's ability to tackle violence in Arab society. His assertions, however, are at odds with the facts

Pilots from the SIGNUM battalion disrupted a Russian military advance on the Lyman front using night-time FPV drones.

Talkshowpresentator en komiek Stephen Colbert zegt dat de advocaten van zijn zender CBS hem verboden hebben om een interview uit te zenden met een Democratische politicus uit Texas. Colbert besloot het interview toch te doen, en zette het op het YouTube-kanaal van zijn programma The Late Show.

Neacordarea primei de carieră didactică este cea mai nouă nemulțumire a dascălilor din învățământul preuniversitar. Un lider județean a început corespondența cu instituțiile europene pentru a afla de ce dascălii nu primesc cei 1.500 lei.

French tourists reportedly chased them into the restroom, forced the door open, and demanded they turn over the contents of their pockets.

The Berlin Film Festival is considered the most political of its peers, Venice and Cannes, and prides itself on showing cinema from underrepresented communities and young talent.

Într-un climat educațional în care dificultățile emoționale ale copiilor devin o preocupare constantă, cercetări recente încep să evidențieze soluții relativ simple.

Yuriy Ignat, head of the communications department of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has denied reports by a French outlet claiming that foreign pilots are involved in protecting Ukraine’s airspace.

De Amerikaanse ambassadeur in België, Bill White, moest dinsdag op het ministerie verschijnen nadat hij kritiek had geuit op een strafrechtelijk onderzoek naar mogelijke illegale joodse besnijdenissen in Antwerpen. White had in een bericht op X het stopzetten van het onderzoek geëist.