February 2026 – Page 66

Crypto.com Obtains OCC Approval for Federally Regulated Crypto Custodian Bank

Crypto.com said it received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to create a national trust bank, paving the way for the expansion of its federally supervised custody services. Foris Dax National Trust Bank, doing business as Crypto.com National Trust Bank, would operate as a limited purpose national trust […]

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Sam Altman says ChatGPT’s water consumption claims are ‘completely false’ – but admits AI power consumption is a concern

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Sam Altman Dismisses ChatGPT’s Water Consumption Claims as ‘Totally False’ Experts warn that scaling AI infrastructure comes with huge costs and increasing pressure on power, cooling and resources. The real issue is not efficiency: it is whether AI can be developed at this scale without serious environmental impact. Speaking at an event hosted by The

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Racial slurs at BAFTAs prompt host Alan Cumming to issue on-air apology

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Racial slurs at BAFTAs prompt host Alan Cumming to issue on-air apology The evening of the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards sparked controversy after John Davidson, an advocate for Tourette syndrome. Davidson shouted unintentional profanities and a racial slur during the live broadcast. The racist slur prompted Alan Cumming to issue an on-air apology. During the

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Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today after alleged DDoS attack

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Archive.today blacklisted, 695,000 Wikipedia links likely to be affected Website has been linked to a DDoS attack targeting a blogger Wikipedia claims that Archive.today also altered the site’s content, making it unreliable Wikipedia has blacklisted Archive.today and more than 695,000 links will be removed from around 400,000 English-language pages after Archive.today was used to facilitate

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Trump-linked USD1 stablecoin falters as WLFI says it’s under ‘coordinated attack’

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$1, World Liberty Financial’s US dollar stablecoin – a crypto protocol with close ties to President Donald Trump’s family – slipped from its $1 peg on Monday amid what the project’s developers described as a “coordinated attack” on the protocol. The token fell to $0.994 during the day, about 0.6% from its expected footing of

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Princess Beatrice receives baby news in charming announcement: her husband reacts with heart

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Lovely royal family member Princess Beatrice received delightful news about a new baby amid a family crisis. The 37-year-old stylist made the princess smile as she announced her first pregnancy, revealing she would become a single mother at 43. “Just the two of us,” she wrote in an emotional message. Olivia Buckingham, the Hong Kong-born

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Four Indian-sponsored terrorists killed in DI Khan IBO: ISPR

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Four terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban group were neutralized during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa state, the Army’s media wing said on Monday. According to a press release by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces conducted the IBO based on the reported presence of terrorists belonging to the

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Bitcoin Treasury Company ProCap (BRR) Buys Back $350,000 in Stock

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ProCap Financial (BRR), which bills itself as the first publicly traded agent financing company, has launched its share buyback program aimed at reducing the discount between its share price and net asset value (NAV). The company said it purchased 148,241 BRR shares on the open market on February 20. This implies a purchase price of

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NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Tuesday, February 24 (Game #723)

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Want a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Monday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Monday, February 23 (Game

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I promise we will not overthrow the government if relations with Imran improve (Abbas)

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Demands formation of joint parliamentary committee to address issues related to meeting with imprisoned PTI founder The MWM leader called for the immediate implementation of the agreement. Photo: Express Leader of Opposition in Senate Allama Raja Nasir Abbas on Monday demanded the formation of a joint parliamentary committee to take up issues related to the

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