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Barcelona have centred their efforts on maintaining their squad in recent years rather than wheeling and dealing, but there is little doubt that as they continue to battle salary limit issues, they are increasingly open for business. Fermin Lopez and Marc Casado were heavily linked with an exit last summer, and the latter is set to be a topic of conversation again.Casado reportedly would have been allowed to leave for around €30m at the end of the transfer window, with West Ham United and Wolves cited as potential destinations. However Casado decided to remain at the club, prioritising another season…

General Catalyst, a Silicon Valley-based venture firm with more than $43 billion in assets under management, has announced it plans to invest $5 billion in India over the next five years, sharply expanding its push into the country’s startup ecosystem less than two years after merging with local venture firm Venture Highway. The commitment, unveiled at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Friday, will target startups across artificial intelligence, healthcare, defense technology, fintech, and consumer technology. The announcement marks a significant increase from the $500 million to $1 billion the firm had previously earmarked for India. India,…

A week ahead of her London Fashion Week show, Pauline Dujancourt is juggling two things at once: the adrenaline of presenting her brand on the runway, and the reality of growing the business behind it.Dujancourt is fresh off delivering a much bigger collection to a bigger selection of retailers. Between FW25 and SS26, the business saw approximately 140% growth in its seasonal turnover (annual turnover is six figures). She landed Net-a-Porter as a stockist for SS26, while Dover Street Market has expanded its range of the brand across global markets including Singapore, LA, Tokyo, London and Paris, after seeing strong…

Toy Fair 2026 just wrapped earlier this week and while I would have liked to spend even more time there, I have my own kids (and all their toys and trinkets) to look after. That said, there were a ton of cool new products on display at the Javits Center in New York City that set the stage for the rest of the year, so here’s a quick look at some of the most interesting releases from the largest toy show in the Western Hemisphere.To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Transformers: The Movie, Hasbro is launching an apology tour to…

Following an incident that led NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to be suspended from his high school coaching duties, the Florida Senate passed a bill that would make his infraction legal. According to Local 10 News, The “Teddy Bridgewater bill” allows high school head coaches to use personal funds to provide financial assistance to their players, so long as they report what they spend.The Florida High School Athletic Association suspended Bridgewater in September for the rest of the 2025-26 school year for providing impermissible benefits to athletes. Bridgewater coached Miami Northwestern High School football in 2024 and was set to lead…

Meta is shutting down the standalone Messenger website, . The website will disappear in April, though web users will still be able to send and receive messages within Facebook.”After messenger.com goes away, you will be automatically redirected to use facebook.com/messages for messaging on a computer,” the help page reads. “You can continue your conversations there or on the Messenger mobile app.”Users will be able to restore their chat history after switching to the app by entering a PIN number. This is the same PIN that was used to initially create a backup on Messenger. It can be reset for those…

People walk near a sign outside of Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA federal grand jury indicted three Silicon Valley engineers on charges of stealing trade secrets from Google and other technology companies and transferring sensitive data to Iran, prosecutors said Thursday.Samaneh Ghandali, 41, her sister Soroor Ghandali, 32, and Mohammadjavad Khosravi, 40 — all residents of San Jose — were arrested Thursday and appeared in a federal district court the same day.The indictment identified the defendants as Iranian nationals. Soroor was in the U.S. on a nonimmigrant student visa. Samaneh…

Usually, when you see a feel-good story about finding a lost dog, you don’t immediately react with fear and revulsion. But that was indeed the case in response to a Super Bowl commercial from Amazon-owned security camera company Ring. There’s now a group offering to dole out a $10,000 bounty to wrest back control of the user data Ring controls.The ad showed off a new feature from Ring called Search Party. It uses a network of Ring cameras to scour a neighborhood for signs of lost dogs. But as the details of a leaked internal Ring email reported by 404…

Eric KarabellFeb 19, 2026, 10:00 AM ETCloseEric Karabell is a senior writer for fantasy baseball, football and basketball at ESPN. Eric is a charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame and author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments”.Multiple AuthorsEach week in the NBA is its own story — full of surprises, both positive and negative — and fantasy basketball managers must decide what to believe and what not to believe moving forward. Perhaps we can help. If any of these thoughts come true … don’t be surprised.Don’t be surprised if … Philadelphia 76ers PG/SG Tyrese Maxey scores the most fantasy…

The new approach sets Meta up to better compete with platforms like Roblox and Fortnite, which also offer user-generated experiences that can be played on your phone. Horizon Worlds originally launched for VR, but “to truly change the game and tap into a much larger market, we’re going all-in on mobile.”“We’re in a strong position to deliver synchronous social games at scale, thanks to our unique ability to connect those games with billions of people on the world’s biggest social networks,” Ryan says. “You saw this strategy start to unfold in 2025, and now, it’s our main focus.”As for VR…