A reported Labour proposal would restrict automatic Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) to pupils with severe needs and move decisions and much of the funding for other support to schools from the 2029 academic year.
Michael Zelniker's eight-part series The Struggle for Mother Water was selected for the Berlinale Series Market and documents how billions lack reliable access to safe drinking water.
Microsoft and other hyperscalers are stepping up investment in quantum computing, and Microsoft says machines with commercial value could be operating in data centers by 2029.
Goleta's City Council voted 4-1 to adopt an urgency ordinance that immediately prevents University Mobile Home Park from converting to all-ages and adds a citywide senior mobile home park overlay; the ordinance will expire in 45 days unless extended.
ViiV Healthcare reported that final 48-week data from the LATITUDE phase III trial showed its long-acting injectable, Cabenuva (cabotegravir + rilpivirine), maintained viral load suppression better than daily oral therapy in people with past adherence challenges; the results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
City of Melbourne and Macedonia Community Development Corporation held a ribbon-cutting for a new affordable home on Reverend Nathaniel L. Harris Street; the home is the ninth completed by Macedonia in South Brevard since 2008 and used federal HOME program construction funds.
The Princess Bride was voted first in the Center for the Arts of Greater Lapeer's Viewer's Choice Movie Contest; a community screening is scheduled for Feb. 28 at the PIX Theatre.
Satellite images from the Suomi NPP VIIRS instrument captured auroral ribbons over Iceland and parts of eastern Canada on Feb. 16 during a G1 geomagnetic storm that later reached G2, and NASA sounding rockets earlier in February collected data intended for 3D reconstructions of auroral electrical currents.
Vietnamese carriers disclosed several large Boeing-related orders and service contracts worth tens of billions of dollars, while Communist Party chief To Lam is in Washington seeking a trade deal with President Donald Trump.
OpenAI is partnering with the Tata Group and Tata Consultancy Services to develop AI technologies in India, including a TCS-built 100 megawatt data center that may be expanded to 1 gigawatt, and to provide AI training and enterprise ChatGPT access to Tata employees and Indian youth.
