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Wall Street strategies to play the software sell-off — Businessinsider

Wall Street strategies to play the software sell-off

Tech stocks were slammed this week as new fears of AI disruption swept Wall Street, dragging the broader market after a software-led sell-off. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was down 2% for the week, despite Friday's comeback, while the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF fell more than 12%. Some

Why Trump’s Calls to ‘Nationalize’ Voting Have Raised Midterm Fears — NYT > U.S. > Politics

Why Trump’s Calls to ‘Nationalize’ Voting Have Raised Midterm Fears

President Trump has escalated calls to "nationalize" or "take over" the administration of elections, a stance that conflicts with the Constitution’s allocation of election authority to the states and has alarmed election officials across the political spectrum. White House spokespeople say he is referring to

GOG boss refuses absolute stance on AI after banner controversy — Pcgamer

GOG boss refuses absolute stance on AI after banner controversy

A dispute erupted in January after forum users noticed a sale banner that appeared to be AI generated. Forum member KosmicznaPluskwa, whose avatar indicates they are a senior graphics designer and member of the GOG team, confirmed the banner "is fully AI" but declined to provide further detail,

Stop waiting for Winds of Winter. Read Dying of the Light. — Polygon

Stop waiting for Winds of Winter. Read Dying of the Light.

The premiere of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms reignited the familiar question of whether George R.R. Martin will finish The Winds of Winter. Instead of replaying that cycle, try one of his pre-Game of Thrones novels: they’re self-contained and complete. My pick is his 1977 debut, Dying

Lessons for America From Asia — NYT > Education

Lessons for America From Asia

Taiwan has transformed from a martial-law dictatorship into a vibrant democracy, ranking above the United States on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s democracy index and by Freedom House measures. It is also a wealthy technological hub: robots serve in restaurants, citizens enjoy higher per capita income than Japan, and Taiwan

Expert says Nancy Guthrie’s abduction may be linked to daughter Savannah — Pagesix

Expert says Nancy Guthrie’s abduction may be linked to daughter Savannah

Tracy Walder, a former CIA member and FBI special agent, said, 'I am not convinced it's fully about money. Her salary is for the most part public, but there are other people who make more money than she does.' Nancy Guthrie remains missing six days after

Portugal votes in storm-hit runoff as rivals seek to block far right — World news | The Guardian

Portugal votes in storm-hit runoff as rivals seek to block far right

Portuguese voters will return to the polls on Sunday for the final round of a presidential election that has been marked by a push to keep the far-right candidate at bay and overshadowed by deadly storms. The moderate leftwing candidate António José Seguro won the first round on 18 January

Get 7 sci-fi FPS games including Prey, Doom Eternal and Black Mesa for $20 — Pcgamer

Get 7 sci-fi FPS games including Prey, Doom Eternal and Black Mesa for $20

Humble's Sci-fi Shooters 2.0 packages seven first-person shooters into two tiers, offering a mix of modern hits and classic remasters. Paying the minimum $14 (£12.51) unlocks four games: Doom Eternal, Prey: Digital Deluxe Edition, Black Mesa, and the roguelite Battle Shapers. Black Mesa, Crowbar Collective'

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Zombies interactive maps — Polygon

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Zombies interactive maps

Horror and chaos await in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Zombies maps, with the newest release being Astra Malorum, which features the return of some beloved characters in space. The map plays out in a planetarium that has been transported inside an asteroid floating around Saturn'

Skeletor will embody toxic masculinity in Masters of the Universe — Gamesradar

Skeletor will embody toxic masculinity in Masters of the Universe

The Masters of the Universe trailer packed a lot to take in, and it looked deliberately fun. Nicolas Galitzine captured both Prince Adam and his musclebound alter-ego He-Man, with a touch of Dolph Lundgren in the mix. Jared Leto takes on Eternia’s bony-faced nemesis, Skeletor. Director Travis Knight described

Drugs, Magic, Guns and Anubis in Jackal — Kotaku

Drugs, Magic, Guns and Anubis in Jackal

A maze of hotel rooms opens up, and all I have are sunglasses and my fists. I slide into a door, slam a thug to the floor, grab his bat and throw it at another enemy, then execute both in a few seconds. Later I walk past the carnage to

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live — Football | The Guardian

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live

Tottenham, in their second-choice yellow, kicked off toward the Stretford End and the match began with end-to-end intent. Bruno Fernandes fed Mbeumo inside 30 seconds and the striker lashed over; that early rush set the tone. United dominated possession but Spurs carved the clearest openings — Simons’ pass found Gallagher and

CFTC Expands Crypto Collateral Pilot to Include National Trust Bank Stablecoins — Beincrypto

CFTC Expands Crypto Collateral Pilot to Include National Trust Bank Stablecoins

On Feb. 6, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission expanded its digital asset collateral framework and explicitly authorized futures commission merchants to accept stablecoins issued by national trust banks as margin. The revision, detailed in Staff Letter 25-40, corrects December guidance that inadvertently excluded those banks and created a two-tiered

Trump Reverts to Diplomacy With Iran, but the Road Is Narrow — NYT > World > Europe

Trump Reverts to Diplomacy With Iran, but the Road Is Narrow

Even with President Trump’s “beautiful armada” off its shores, Iran has again turned to a familiar tactic: prolonging negotiations over its nuclear program. Talks in Oman did not end in acrimony or airstrikes and are expected to continue, but the rapid buildup of American forces and Israeli concern about

Josephine: Sundance Winner Positions Channing Tatum for Awards — Collider

Josephine: Sundance Winner Positions Channing Tatum for Awards

Beth de Araújo’s Josephine took both the Grand Jury Prize Dramatic and the Audience Award Dramatic at Sundance, an achievement last pulled off by Minari and CODA. Loosely based on an event from de Araújo’s childhood, the film follows eight-year-old Josephine (Mason Reeves), who witnesses the rape of

Billy Crudup: ‘My celebrity crush? I got to marry her’ — Lifestyle | The Guardian

Billy Crudup: ‘My celebrity crush? I got to marry her’

Born in New York state, Billy Crudup, 57, made his film debut in Sleepers in 1996. His subsequent movies include Almost Famous, Big Fish, Mission: Impossible III, Spotlight, Alien: Covenant and most recently Jay Kelly. On TV he has a long-running role in The Morning Show, for which he has

Enzo Fernandez: coach gives me freedom as I add goals and seek more trophies — Goal

Enzo Fernandez: coach gives me freedom as I add goals and seek more trophies

Enzo Fernandez said he has enjoyed adding goals and assists this season, with the coach giving him freedom to express himself in the last few metres of the pitch. He explained the team has a gameplan for each match and that the freedom in the final third lets him get

I'm 81 and still love going to the gym — Businessinsider

I'm 81 and still love going to the gym

When my family moved to Oregon from Southern California in 1974 for my husband's new job, I missed the sunshine and pools I'd enjoyed in California. When the community college where I taught offered free memberships at a new gym, I signed up expecting exercise and

Should you buy a refurbished MacBook in 2026? — Latest news

Should you buy a refurbished MacBook in 2026?

Refurbished tech used to feel like a gamble, but the market has changed. I bought a $750 MacBook Pro M1 from 2021 through Back Market and used it as my main laptop for a few weeks. It wasn’t a perfectly seamless experience, but buying brand-new tech rarely is either.

Is Saturday Night Live on Tonight, February 7, 2026? — Nbc

Is Saturday Night Live on Tonight, February 7, 2026?

It's Legendary February on NBC and Peacock, and Saturday Night Live helped usher in the month with a standout Season 51 episode. You can watch SNL Saturdays at 11:30/10:30c on NBC and the next day on Peacock. On January 31 SNL celebrated its 1,000th

What Bad Bunny brings to the Super Bowl — Culture | The Guardian

What Bad Bunny brings to the Super Bowl

A few days after Christmas 2022, Bad Bunny turned the roof of a Gulf Oil station in San Juan into an impromptu stage, performing with Arcángel and closing with El Apagón, a protest anthem about displacement and the rolling blackouts that have afflicted Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria. The show

Today stars rally around Savannah Guthrie after her mother's abduction — Pagesix

Today stars rally around Savannah Guthrie after her mother's abduction

Savannah Guthrie, 54, has been living in a nightmare after her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, was abducted from her Arizona home and has been missing for six days. Rather than anchoring at Studio 1A in New York, Guthrie is staying at her sister Annie’s home in Tucson as the family

Prince of Persia creator reacts to Sands of Time remake cancellation — Pcgamer

Prince of Persia creator reacts to Sands of Time remake cancellation

Ubisoft has cancelled the long-awaited remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, reportedly in the latter half of January. The project, alleged to have been nearly complete, was killed amid a round of layoffs and restructuring that prompted calls for a "massive international strike" by multiple

The friendslop race to make the next Peak — Polygon

The friendslop race to make the next Peak

End-of-year retrospectives called 2025 the year of the friendslop game, but recent announcements suggest the era of cheap, comedic, and crude multiplayer titles is only getting started. Indie developers are rushing to cash in, and some projects are blowing up before they're officially announced — We Are So Cooked,

Ames Atmospheric Science Branch advances understanding of Earth’s atmosphere — NASA Science

Ames Atmospheric Science Branch advances understanding of Earth’s atmosphere

The Atmospheric Science Branch at Ames Research Center conducts research to advance understanding of the structure, composition, and dynamic behavior of Earth’s atmosphere and how these processes affect climate, air quality, agricultural water use and production, and life on our planet. The branch supports NASA missions through scientific analysis,