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Antonio Filosa attends the presentation of the new Fiat 500 Hybrid at the Stellantis FIAT Mirafiori plant in Turin, Italy, on November 25, 2025.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAuto giant Stellantis on Thursday reported its first-ever annual loss after posting substantial charges amid a major strategic shift.The multinational conglomerate, which owns household names including Jeep, Dodge, Fiat, Chrysler and Peugeot, posted a full-year 2025 net loss of 22.3 billion euros ($26.3 billion), compared to full-year profit of 5.5 billion euros a year ago.The net loss was impacted by 25.4 billion euros in write-downs from last year, Stellantis said, as the…

Google just announced that Gemini will soon be able to take care of some multistep tasks on your phone, like ordering food or hailing a car, starting first with the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and the just-announced Samsung Galaxy S26 phones. It all sounds a bit like features Apple announced for Siri way back at the 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference — before Apple delayed those planned features in March 2025 and which still aren’t released.Onstage, Sameer Samat, Google’s president of Android, showed off a demo of how Gemini’s new agentic features would work to help wrangle a pizza dinner…

In a detailed interview with Mundo Deportivo, Eric Garcia spoke about his personal inspirations, tactical versatility and Barcelona’s ambitions this season.The defender gave a calm but confident assessment of where the team stands heading into the decisive months.AdvertisementGarcia began by revealing that he remains in regular contact with club legend Carles Puyol, who continues to guide him.When asked about his role models, he made it clear who shaped his understanding of defending.“Puyol. What I’ve been able to talk to him about, what I saw as a child, what he conveyed. And [Javier] Mascherano too. “They are two people who led by…

Hours after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, the Trump administration was already working to shape the narrative. Official White House accounts flooded social media with clips of burning flags and clashes between locals and federal immigration agents, casting protesters—not the killing—as the story.Among the accounts amplifying that message was Johnny MAGA, a pro-Trump X account with nearly 300,000 followers. “They’re burning the American flag right now in Minneapolis,” the anonymous account claimed, sharing a clip from the White House’s official rapid response feed. “And they really expect you to believe that ICE shot an innocent…

It’s not just Vietnam debating whether to allow waste to flow across borders, notes Janmark. “This is an ongoing discussion in the regulatory circuit,” he says. “But once waste is properly sorted into something we can use, it shouldn’t be classified as waste; it should be considered a raw material.”Spanish recycler Coleo is taking a different tack. It recently established a waste sorting and pre-processing facility in Toulouse, taking advantage of the fact that France is already paying for this process under its extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme. “You get euros for every ton of post-consumer textile waste you process,”…

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA is reportedly in dire shape, according to bipartisan lawmakers and industry leaders who fear that the agency’s ability to perform its core mission has been diminished and left it unprepared for a cybersecurity crisis. News site Cyberscoop’s Tim Starks spoke with sources across Congress, the private cyber industry, and beyond, and what came back reflected a general consensus that CISA has suffered under cuts and layoffs during the Trump administration’s first year. Over that time, CISA has lost around one-third of its staff, which cost it programs, personnel, and expertise, including the agency’s counter-ransomware initiative and…

Imagn Images No. 15 St. John’s suffered a historic 72-40 loss to No. 6 UConn on Wednesday in one of the most lopsided defeats of Rick Pitino’s coaching career. The Red Storm went the final 17:28 without making a field goal and scored their fewest amount of points since 2013. During that stretch, St. John’s missed 24 consecutive field goals and scored just 14 points in the second half after trailing 41-26 at halftime.The Red Storm shot 6 of 36 (16.7%) on 2-point field goals against UConn, which was the worst field goal percentage by a top-15 team in a…

Anthropic on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Vercept, an AI startup with deep roots to some of the biggest names in Seattle’s tech scene. The acquisition marks the latest after Anthropic acquired coding agent engine Bun in December to help scale Claude Code. Vercept had created tools for more complex agentic tasks, including its product Vy, a computer-use agent in the cloud that could operate a remote Apple MacBook. Vercept is one of the many startups working on re-imagining the personal computer for the age of AI agents. As part of the deal, Anthropic is shuttering Vercept’s product on…

People watch performances to welcome the ‘God of Wealth’ during Lunar New Year festivities at Qianmen Street in Beijing, China, on February 21, 2026.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China’s consumer market is recovering — just enough that policymakers likely won’t need to roll out the large-scale stimulus that investors have long hoped for.The nine-day Lunar New Year, which ended Monday, saw a steady rise in spending across the country, from hotel bookings to duty-free shopping. Rail travel hit a record of over 18.7 million passengers in a single day.The better-than-expected data suggest that Beijing’s recent support measures are…

“Valve’s Loot Boxes Pose the Same Dangers as Casino Gambling, Especially forChildren.” That’s the central thrust of a searing new lawsuit against games industry titan Valve filed on Wednesday. The office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James launched its own investigation into the publisher of Dota 2 and the Counter-Strike series and owner of the Steam game marketplace. The suit alleges that Valve’s loot boxes entice users into paying for chances to win expensive items that can be resold, effectively roping them into gambling. The allegation that Valve is promoting gambling is far from new, and has been…