Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft plan about US$650 billion in capital spending this year, largely tied to AI investments. Bloomberg reports those estimates would roughly match or exceed their budgets for the past three years and could be a 10-year high for single-company capital spending.
NASA delayed Artemis II by at least a month after a hydrogen leak was found during fueling; the leak came from a quick-disconnect connector and officials plan another wet dress rehearsal before agreeing to a launch date.
More than 900 Google employees signed a petition asking Google to end contracts with ICE and CBP and to be transparent about how those agencies use its services.
Amazon forecast a sharp rise in capital spending tied largely to AI infrastructure, and shares moved lower after the company's capex outlook exceeded analysts' expectations.
A dataset provides daily lake-wide algal bloom indices (extent, intensity, severity) for Lake of the Woods during the June–October monitoring season, derived from ESA MERIS (2002–2012) and ESA OLCI (2016–present) satellite sensors.
Unemployment rates in Kelowna and Kamloops fell in January after declines in the local labour force, with Kamloops at 4.8% and Kelowna at 6.8%.
Hillary Clinton asked House Oversight Committee chair Rep. James Comer to hold the Clintons' testimony on Jeffrey Epstein in public after she and Bill Clinton agreed to testify on Feb. 26–27; Comer said depositions are recorded and suggested a hearing could follow.
Russian and U.S. negotiators met in Abu Dhabi and said new nuclear arms control talks should begin quickly after the New START treaty expired, leaving no formal limits on the two largest arsenals.
Halifax expects a 10.9% rise in average urban residential property tax bills for 2026-27, and councillors are reviewing cuts and new revenue options including paid Saturday parking and higher parking fees as part of the budget process.
Prime Video's Young Sherlock follows a 19-year-old Sherlock at Oxford, played by Hero Fiennes Tiffin, and the show's latest trailer has James Moriarty delivering a famous Holmes line — a change the article describes as rewriting Arthur Conan Doyle's canon.
