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India AI summit descends into chaos amid long queues and Modi lockdown Narendra Modi

India AI summit descends into chaos amid long queues and Modi lockdown

India’s flagship artificial intelligence summit was overshadowed by chaos on its opening day amid long queues in unseasonal heat, traffic congestions, and sudden security sweeps ahead of prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit. Thousands of people on Monday attended the summit at the 123-acre Bharat Mandapam complex in the capital Delhi.…
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February 18, 2026
Tech billionaires fly in for Delhi AI expo as Modi jostles to lead in south Narendra Modi

Tech billionaires fly in for Delhi AI expo as Modi jostles to lead in south

Silicon Valley tech billionaires will land in Delhi this week for an AI summit hosted by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, where leaders of the global south will wrestle for control over the fast-developing technology. During the week-long AI Impact Summit, attended by thousands of tech executives, government officials and…
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February 18, 2026
‘Tug of war’: Democrats push Trump to release New York City tunnel funds New York City

‘Tug of war’: Democrats push Trump to release New York City tunnel funds

New York has confirmed that the federal government released another $77m for new tunnels and bridges connecting the state to its neighbour New Jersey, amid a feud with United States President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul appeared at a construction site alongside union leaders to push…
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February 18, 2026
Texas Alleges ‘Habitual Non-Compliance’ of Wastewater Rules at Dow Chemical Complex  Water Pollution

Texas Alleges ‘Habitual Non-Compliance’ of Wastewater Rules at Dow Chemical Complex 

The Texas Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon against Dow Chemical Co., North America’s largest chemical manufacturer, describing hundreds of water pollution violations from its industrial complex on the rural Gulf Coast in Seadrift.  While the state’s 46-page lawsuit followed a 60-day notice of intent to sue filed…
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February 18, 2026
Wolfenstein 3 Can’t Pull Its Punches Like Youngblood Virtual Reality

Wolfenstein 3 Can’t Pull Its Punches Like Youngblood

Wolfenstein: Youngblood was one sour batch of sauerkraut. Marinated in a noxious and ill-fitting live-service-adjacent brine, this troubled spin-off (and the mediocre virtual reality title it launched alongside) left a bad taste that has lingered for almost seven years. Developer MachineGames’ adventures with another famous Nazi-killer and increasingly longer AAA…
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February 18, 2026
Senate Democrats Say Trump’s EPA Curries Corporate Favor By Weakening Air Pollution Standards Air Pollution

Senate Democrats Say Trump’s EPA Curries Corporate Favor By Weakening Air Pollution Standards

Senate Democrats have launched an investigation into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision in January to disregard human health impacts when calculating the costs and benefits of regulating the harmful air pollutants ozone and PM2.5. Led by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., the Democrats last week sent a letter to EPA…
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February 18, 2026
Cold-Water Geysers Powered by CO2 Bubbles Could Support the Search for Life on Icy Moons Bubble

Cold-Water Geysers Powered by CO2 Bubbles Could Support the Search for Life on Icy Moons

Here on Earth, cold-water geysers may share a thing or two in common with eruptions on ocean worlds found in the outer Solar System. The search for life beyond Earth has led scientists to icy moons that are thought to harbor subsurface oceans, where plumes of carbon dioxide-rich material may…
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February 18, 2026