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A good budgeting app can make it much easier to see where your money is actually going, and one of our top picks is 50 percent off right now. Monarch Money is running a deal for new users that cuts the price of its annual plan in half. With the code MONARCHVIP, you’ll pay $50 for one year of access instead of the usual $100.We’ve recommended Monarch before for its deep customization options and robust financial planning tools. It supports unlimited account connections, investment tracking and shared budgets, making it a solid option if you want a detailed look at…

Feb 18, 2026, 07:00 AM ETThe NBA trade deadline and All-Star festivities are behind us, with two more months of regular-season basketball still ahead, and several exciting storylines continuing to unfold.Our NBA insiders put together a viewers guide just for you on the biggest questions, most exciting games to watch and award races to keep an eye on.With the postseason picture shaping up in the coming weeks, which team will be the biggest challenger to the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder? Will we see another head-to-head race between Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for the MVP, or will a sleeper…

Cameo, the platform where celebrities sell short, personalized videos, has scored a in a trademark against OpenAI. A California judge has ruled that the AI company’s video generation tool cannot use the term ‘cameo’ or any variation likely to cause confusion. A temporary restraining order in the case was in November of last year.The suit was in response to a feature available within the at launch called ‘Cameo’ that allowed users to add any likeness to videos they generated. Cameo claimed the use of the term in this setting was likely to cause confusion and could dilute their brand. OpenAI…

Walmart CEO John Furner, left, and Target CEO Michael Fiddelke.Walmart (L) | Getty Images (R)When Walmart and Target report holiday earnings this quarter, investors may quickly brush off those results. Instead, they will likely focus more on the two big-box retailers’ futures under new CEOs and the outlook for U.S. consumers in 2026. Both companies had leadership changes this month: Walmart CEO John Furner and Target CEO Michael Fiddelke, both longtime company insiders, took on their roles on Feb. 1.The rival retailers have contended with the same economic challenges. U.S. consumers are still spending, but buying selectively, as inflation and…

Other Smart Rings We’ve TestedWe have tested several other entrants in this category, some good, some bad, and some in between. Here is the lowdown on some of your smart ring alternatives.Photograph: Simon HillLeep Ring 1 for $200: A new British smart ring that is affordable, subscription-free, and offers simplified, accessible stats on your activity, sleep, and stress? Sign me up. The Leep Ring 1 is slim and stylish, with a subtle diagonal indent to help you line up the knobbly internal sensors. It comes with a handy charging case that’s supposedly capable of providing an extra 60 days of…

BasketballFlorida State men’s basketball pulled off a huge comeback on Tuesday, rallying back from 14 points down to Boston College to secure an eight-point win over the Eagles:BaseballNo. 16 Florida State baseball moved to 3-0 on the season with a win over Jacksonville:AdvertisementSoftballNo. 7 FSU softball logged another run-rule win, this time vs. Louisiana:FootballFlorida State newcomer availabilities continued on Tuesday, this time with Desirrio Riles, Devin Carter, Nate Pabst and Mikai Gbayor all taking the podium:All SportsNo. 13/NR Florida State swimming and diving won an ACC title, two bronze medals and set a school record on day three of the…

Tesla is no longer using the term “Autopilot” to describe the self-driving capabilities of its vehicles in California, avoiding a 30-day sales suspension in the state. The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced that Tesla has taken corrective action after finding in December that the EV manufacturer’s marketing was violating state law and misleading customers into thinking its cars would drive autonomously.The DMV’s complaint is connected to written marketing materials for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) features that Tesla started publishing in May 2021, which later led to the EV maker appending “(Supervised)” to its use of “Full Self-Driving…

For 43 days in 2025, 42 million lower-income families, including children and elderly, wondered where their next meals would come from. The nation’s largest anti-hunger program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), was cancelled during the fall’s government shutdown, the first time these benefits have ever been paused since it was implemented 1964.But new SNAP guidelines expand the requirements of who needs to work to prove their eligibility, like veterans, the homeless, and adults ages 54 to 65, who were all previously exempt. Mandatory 20 hours weekly work requirements will also disproportionately impact people who work in fields that have been…

At the top of the hill before her last run in the Milano Cortina women’s freestyle big air final, Eileen Gu, 22, stared intently into the dazzling void. Her task, at its simplest, was this: She needed a strong score to medal, and an exceptional mark for gold. She dropped in.Off the lip, Gu launched into a left-side double cork 1260—a maneuver that slices through space, dragonfly-sharp, and that she’d learned only the week before—reaching back to grab the outside of her right ski and holding it deep into her rotations. She traveled through the air with the ultra-clean, efficient…

AI search startup Perplexity is distancing itself from ads amid fears users won’t trust chatbots with an agenda to upsell. The move highlights an emerging crossroads for the AI industry as the sector’s biggest players hunt for stable sources of income to bankroll massive spending, with giants like OpenAI leaning into ads and others like Anthropic promising to keep them out.“The challenge with ads is that a user would just start doubting everything . . . which is why we don’t see it as a fruitful thing to focus on right now,” said an unnamed executive cited by the FT. Instead, the company will…