Microsoft Unveils MAI AI Models in Push to Reduce Dependence on OpenAI

Microsoft launched three proprietary artificial intelligence models this week under the MAI brand, taking direct aim at both OpenAI and Google.The move marks the most assertive step yet in...
Inside Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger’s Sweet Family World
Chris Pratt Shares Why His, Katherine Schwarzenegger's Kids Have Never Watched Any MoviesWhen Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger's children do...
Kylie Kelce Reveals Jason Kelce Already Changed Name of Their Puppy
"Wyatt couldn't care less," she added. "And Finny has no f--king clue what's happening." During Kylie’s trip to a...
Jamie Lee Curtis Reveals She’s a Grandma After Daughter Annie Privately Welcomed Her First Baby
Stop Selling Newness, Start Selling Proof
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Boulder Cruz near Santa Cruz, No Aftershocks Reported
Who Won The Masked Singer Season 14? Pop Star Revealed as Galaxy Girl
Why Age of Attraction Star Libby Hasn’t Met Andrew’s Daughters
7 reasons the “move fast” mindset quietly destroys more startups than it builds
Who Is Charlotte Griffiths? Prince Harry Sent Flirty Messages to Glamorous Reporter About ‘Movie Snuggles’ While She Called Him ‘Mr Mischief’
Kyle Cooke Defends Estranged Wife Amanda Batula Amid West Wilson Romance Drama
7 ways the best founders build strategy around cash, not ego

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Entertainment

Inside Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger’s Sweet Family World
Chris Pratt Shares Why His, Katherine Schwarzenegger's Kids Have Never Watched Any MoviesWhen Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger's children do start watching movies, their dad's body of work should at...
Kylie Kelce Reveals Jason Kelce Already Changed Name of Their Puppy
"Wyatt couldn't care less," she added. "And Finny has no f--king clue what's happening." During Kylie’s trip to a local animal shelter—documented in an episode of her new FAFO...
Jamie Lee Curtis Reveals She’s a Grandma After Daughter Annie Privately Welcomed Her First Baby
Jamie Lee Curtis is sharing insight into her new offscreen role. The Oscar winner announced her and husband Christopher Guest are now grandparents after their daughter Annie, 39, and...
Who Won The Masked Singer Season 14? Pop Star Revealed as Galaxy Girl
Galaxy Girl is blasting off with The Masked Singer crown. The mystery celebrity behind the interstellar costume was over the moon after being named the show's newest winner during...
Why Age of Attraction Star Libby Hasn’t Met Andrew’s Daughters
Libby Vodicka & Andrew Wheeler: DatingThough he expressed concerns that he was stopping Libby from living it up in her 20s, she told Andrew, who is 16 years her...
Kyle Cooke Defends Estranged Wife Amanda Batula Amid West Wilson Romance Drama
Amanda Batula Replaced With “New Model” in Campaign After West Wilson Dating NewsKyle Cooke isn’t losing sleep over Amanda Batula’s new romance. One day after estranged wife confirmed she’s...

Leadership

Why Whoop’s valuation tripled to $10B After $575M Funding Round: Breaking Down The Numbers
Whoop, the Boston-based fitness wearable and health subscription company, closed a $575 million Series G funding round at a $10.1 billion valuation, the company announced, in a deal that...
Sanctions scrutiny reshapes offshore vessel strategies for Asian energy service firms
The landscape for Asian offshore energy service firms is undergoing significant change as the global sanctions environment surrounding Russian energy projects becomes more complex and far-reaching. Increasing scrutiny from...
Public Storage Shifts HQ To Texas
Public Storage relocating headquarters from California to Frisco, TexasCompany cites talent access and corporate reorganisationGlendale operations to continue; job transfer numbers undisclosedMove aligns with broader corporate migration to TexasThe...
7 meeting mistakes that instantly signal rookie founder
You can have traction, you can have revenue, and you can even have a decent deck. But if you run meetings poorly, people quietly downgrade you. Investors notice it...
A Full Guide To Practical Funding Methods For Expanding Your Brand
Scaling a brand is an exhilarating phase. You’ve found your product-market fit, the customers are asking for more, and the opportunity is staring you right in the face. But...
Europe’s STOXX 600 hits record high on earnings boost; ECB in focus
Europe’s STOXX 600 hits record high on earnings boost; ECB in focus
Pan-European index is at 626.36 by 0945 GMT, with all major regional benchmarks in the blackPublished Wed, Feb 18, 2026 · 06:11 PMTHE STOXX 600 rose 0.8 per cent...

Lifestyle

Stop Selling Newness, Start Selling Proof
New gets headlines, but proof gets customers. As a founder and marketer, I’ve learned that most buyers don’t want to be first. They want to feel safe, smart, and...
7 reasons the “move fast” mindset quietly destroys more startups than it builds
If you’ve spent any time in founder circles, you’ve probably felt the pressure to move faster. Ship faster. Hire faster. Pivot faster. It sounds like ambition, and sometimes it...
7 ways the best founders build strategy around cash, not ego
If you’ve been building for any amount of time, you’ve felt the tension between what looks impressive and what actually keeps your company alive. The flashy hire. The big...
7 ways founders can feel uncertain without losing momentum
Uncertainty is not a phase you graduate out of as a founder. It is the background noise of the entire journey. One day you are confident in your roadmap,...
7 things early-stage investors instantly recognize that most founders miss
There is a moment in almost every early-stage pitch where the founder thinks it went well, and the investor quietly decides it did not. It is rarely about your...
Data Beats Hype In Ecommerce Decisions
I’m Erik Huberman, and I believe bold decisions should start with hard data, not headlines. The ecommerce market has been noisy. Hot takes fly. Predictions swing by the day....

Money

JAY GOLDBERG: Time to open up domestic economy is now
Breadcrumb Trail LinksMoneyNewsOpinionColumnistsPublished Feb 01, 2026  •  Last updated 2 hours ago  •  3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you...
ESMAIL and MOIR: Canada’s health-care system costs patients in many ways
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsOpinionColumnistsHealth-care costs for the average Canadian family have grown 1.6 times faster than the cost of housing, 2.2 times faster than the cost of food, and 1.6...
Calgary Sun Letters to the Editor, Jan. 26: ‘The problem with Smith’
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsOpinionLettersPublished Jan 26, 2026  •  Last updated 58 minutes ago  •  5 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you...
Calgary Sun Letters to the Editor, Jan. 24, 2026: ‘Trump’s insult’
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsOpinionLettersPublished Jan 24, 2026  •  Last updated 3 hours ago  •  2 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you...
Letters to the Editor, Jan. 23, 2026: ‘Crowds spoiling allure of Banff’
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsOpinionLettersPublished Jan 23, 2026  •  Last updated 17 hours ago  •  2 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you...
HILL: Smith government should focus on what it can control — spending
Article contentNext month, amid weak oil prices and uncertainty fuelled by recent developments in Venezuela, which could depress prices further, the Smith government will table its 2026 budget. Albertans...

Real Estate

Microsoft Unveils MAI AI Models in Push to Reduce Dependence on OpenAI
Microsoft launched three proprietary artificial intelligence models this week under the MAI brand, taking direct aim at both OpenAI and Google.The move marks the most assertive step yet in...
4.6 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Boulder Cruz near Santa Cruz, No Aftershocks Reported
A magnitude ​4.6 earthquake ‌struck the ​Brookdale ​region in California ⁠on ​Thursday, ​the United States Geological ​Survey (USGS) ​said, with its epicentre located ‌at ⁠a depth of ​9 ​km...
Who Is Charlotte Griffiths? Prince Harry Sent Flirty Messages to Glamorous Reporter About ‘Movie Snuggles’ While She Called Him ‘Mr Mischief’
Prince Harry sent a series of playful and flirtatious messages to a journalist on Facebook, joking that he could outdrink her and reminiscing about their "movie snuggles," according to...
Who Is Shelly Kittleson? Chilling Video Captures Moment American Journalist Reporting on Middle East Is Kidnapped by Armed Men in Baghdad
An American journalist known for regularly reporting on the Middle East has reportedly been kidnapped in Baghdad. Disturbing surveillance footage is said to show armed men forcing her into...
Tyler Robinson Didn’t Kill Charlie Kirk? Bullet Used to Kill Conservative Commentator Doesn’t Match Rifle Used by Assassin, Court Filings Claim
The bullet that killed conservative commentator Charlie Kirk does not match the rifle allegedly used by the suspect, Tyler Robinson, a bombshell new court filing claims. Robinson, 22, has...
China Sanctions Keiji Furuya Japan PM Takaichi Ally Over Taiwan Relations
China sanctions Japanese lawmaker Keiji Furuya over Taiwan tiesBeijing bars entry and freezes assets citing Taiwan engagementMove targets ally of Prime Minister Sanae TakaichiAction reflects rising China-Japan tensions over...

Technology

Contributor: Investigate the AI campaigns flooding public agencies with fake comments
California built its tradition of open government — including for citizen boards that set the rules for such functions as automotive repair and security guard licensing — precisely to...
A $17-million bet brought ChatGPT to CSU campuses. A year later, AI distrust leaves many divided
California State University’s controversial $17-million deal to provide ChatGPT to every one of its campuses has been met with mixed results, with wide but uneven use across the system,...
Apple at 50: How a garage startup became a $3.5-trillion titan
Fifty years ago, Steve Wozniak knew he built a great personal computer, but the young engineer couldn’t convince his employer, Hewlett-Packard, to buy into the big idea. “Five times...
How the landmark verdict against Meta and YouTube could hit their businesses
A Los Angeles jury dealt a blow to social media giants Meta and YouTube this week when it found that the platforms were negligent for designing addictive features that...
L.A. social media addiction verdict set to unleash more lawsuits — and force changes
Two of America’s largest tech companies suffered stunning defeats in court this week, sustaining early jolts in what could prove to be a seismic shift in how social media...
California bill would require parent bloggers to delete content of minors on social media
As the daughter of a social media influencer, Caymi Barrett said she navigates life within a digital footprint she wished never existed. “Everything my mom posted is still on...

Special Edition

Jessica O'Neill
Top 10 Entrepreneurs Making Waves to Watch in 2024’s Business World
In a world driven by innovation and audacity, Forbes 40Under40 stands as a testament to the transformative power of youthful entrepreneurship. These dynamic visionaries are not just redefining success; they...
German, Dutch central banks post big losses, warn of more
German, Dutch central banks post big losses, warn of more
THE German and Dutch central banks on Friday (Feb 23) posted multi-billion euro losses for 2023 and predicted more financial pain ahead, suggesting that they are unlikely to pay...
Maritime players ink 5 MOUs for digital innovation, collaboration in sector
Maritime players ink 5 MOUs for digital innovation, collaboration in sector
A TOTAL of five memoranda of understanding (MOUs) were inked on Friday (Feb 23) by different players of the local maritime industry for the further digitalisation of the sector. ...
Basel watchdog urges banks to get on with implementing rules
Basel watchdog urges banks to get on with implementing rules
LOBBYING by banks to water down agreed capital rules simply diverts them and their regulators from dealing with the day-to-day and emerging risks they face, a global banking watchdog...
Is the ringgit bottoming?
Is the ringgit bottoming?
THE Malaysian ringgit has slumped against the US dollar to a level not seen since the Asian financial crisis - a quarter of a century ago. Against the Sing...
Digital media upstart Vice laying off ‘several hundred’ staff: CEO
Digital media upstart Vice laying off ‘several hundred’ staff: CEO
VICE, the dynamic, fast-growing digital media company that gained a wide following with young readers, said on Thursday it will no longer publish on its flagship website and is...