Feb 19, 2026, 10:10 PM ET MILAN — Alysa Liu never set out to be an Olympic gold medalist. When she returned to figure skating after a two-year hiatus, she wanted to show the world what she could do, her creativity and her art, and who she was as a person. Anything beyond that was…
President Trump said Thursday that he will direct the Defense Department and other agencies to release to the public their files about UFOs and “alien and extraterrestrial life.” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will direct the Secretary of War and other relevant departments and agencies… Source link
Kelvn | Istock | Getty Images Shares of Japanese drugmaker Sumitomo Pharma fell over 12% Friday on what appeared to be profit-taking, a day after the government endorsed the company’s iPS cell-based therapy for Parkinson’s and heart disease. The decision is a milestone in Japan’s years-long effort to cultivate a homegrown sector focused on cutting-edge…
Ryan S. clarkeFeb 18, 2026, 06:50 pm ET to close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. multiple authors Two of the first three quarterfinal games of the 2026 Olympic men’s hockey tournament went to overtime, so should hockey fans be surprised if the same thing happened in the game between the United…
Eight skiers trapped in an avalanche Tuesday near Lake Tahoe have been found dead, according to the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office. One person is still missing, and six others were rescued. Source link
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia is in discussions to invest up to $30 billion in OpenAI as part of a funding round that could value the artificial intelligence startup at…
Tim BontempsFebruary 19, 2026, 07:00 am ET to close Tim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com covering the league and how it’s impacting him on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and their MVP straw poll. You can find Tim with Brian Windhorst and Tim McMahon The Hoop Collective podcast….
After 13 years of the Bentonville, Ark., company outpacing its competitors, Amazon is set to overtake Walmart as the world’s top company based on their respective sales in 2025. Walmart on Thursday reported its annual revenue of $713.2 billion in the most recent fiscal year, while Amazon generated revenue of $716.9 billion, according to the…
Aerial view of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower and modern skyscrapers in Tokyo on a sunny day. Yongyuan | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday, after all three major Wall Street indexes declined overnight pressured by a drop in private credit stocks and Iran-U.S. tensions. Prospects of a strike on Iran have…
google on thursday Issued The latest version of Gemini Pro, its powerful LLM. The model, 3.1, is currently available as a preview and will be released generally soon, the company said. Google’s new model could be one of the most powerful LLMs ever. Onlookers have noted that the Gemini 3.1 Pro appears to be a…
