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Archives for February 2026

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Trump says Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in Truth Social post.

Prime Minister Netanyahu also said there were “many indications” the Ayatollah was dead, according to The New York Times. Later in the evening, the Iranian government confirmed Khamenei’s death. Trump’s post went on to claim that Iranian security forces “no longer want to fight,” though there has been no evidence suggest that yet.

Updated March 1st: Added confirmation from the Iranian government.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Radiohead tells ICE to “go f*ck yourselves” after it used Let Down in a social post.

The band didn’t mince any words in the statement after a choral version of the song was used in a video claiming that “Thousands of American families have been torn apart because of criminal illegal alien violence,” saying:

We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account take it down. It ain’t funny, this song means a lot to us and other people, and you don’t get to appropriate it without a fight.

Also, go fuck yourselves… Radiohead

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
A former Trump advisor calls the fight with Anthropic “attempted corporate murder.”

Dean Ball, who worked as a senior AI policy advisor, said on X that designating Anthropic as a “supply chain risk” or threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act could have a chilling effect on the entire industry. Alan Rozenshtein, a former DOJ official specializing in technology law, told Politico this could be the first step toward partial nationalization of the AI industry.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
The US has attacked Iran and is calling for the overthrow of its government.

Early on Saturday, the US and Israel launched a joint military strike on Iran. President Trump said in a video on Truth Social the goal is to “annihilate” the country’s military. He then directly addressed the Iranian people, saying that the country “will be yours to take.” The Iranian government launched retaliatory strikes on Israel and American bases in the area, including in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait.

You can get all the latest updates from The New York Times, NPR, BBC, and Reuters.

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Hayden Field and Richard Lawler
Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Google Maps could soon be usable in the home of Samsung.

South Korea has long restricted the export of mapping data over national security concerns leaving Google Maps, launched there in 2008, to flounder against local rivals Naver and Kakao. The Transport Ministry said the revision is being made in the interest of promoting tourism.