YouTube went down — everything you need to know about the major outage YouTube experienced a major outage that took both the app and the website offline for users everywhere. Tom’s Guide · Feb 18
Former SpaceX employee puts faith in Tesla’s tech. Then he narrowly avoids driving into a lake Clearly, Elon still has some work to do. We Got This Covered · Feb 18
Mourinho accused of gaslighting for response to Vinícius’ allegation of racism The anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out has accused José Mourinho of gaslighting for his response to Vinícius Júnior’s allegation of racist abuse The Guardian - UK · Feb 18
One of College Basketball’s Most Exciting Broadcasters Will Make His NBA Debut Next Week John Fanta, NBC’s lead voice for college basketball, will lend his voice to NBC Sports/Peacock for next week’s Trail Blazers-Timberwolves game. Sports Illustrated · Feb 18
Stephen Colbert brings the receipts over CBS spat and literally trashes network’s lawyers Late night host attacks corporation’s statement on his withdrawn interview with Senate candidate James Talarico as ‘crap’ and expresses bafflement over its unwillingness to stand up for itself against political pressure The Independent UK · Feb 18
Nancy Mace demands CIA release all files on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell South Carolina Republican writes to agency’s director asking to see ‘any and all’ documents it may hold on the billionaire pedophile amid speculation about his possible links to the intelligence sector The Independent UK · Feb 18
PlayStation isn’t the only one getting perks — Marathon promises Xbox and Steam perks too Marathon will not restrict cosmetic perks to PlayStation players, as Bungie confirms weapon charms are also planned for Xbox and Steam ahead of the game’s March 2026 launch. Windows Central · Feb 18
Seven ex-Reform councillors join Rupert Lowe’s new rival party Members of the new political party Restore Britain will form a group at Kent County Council The Independent UK · Feb 18
Why Mark Cuban Thinks Investing In Companies That Rely On Amazon Is Risky Mark Cuban posted on X, "When I look at investing in companies, if you have any level of dependency on Amazon, it's a negative." Here's why it's risky. GOBankingRates · Feb 18
Ireland watchdog opens probe into sexual AI imagery from Grok chatbot Ireland’s data protection watchdog has launched a probe into Elon Musk’s social media platform X over AI chatbot Grok’s generation of sexualised deepfake images, the latest step of an international backlash against the tool. Radio France Internationale · Feb 18
Scoop: Democrats eye forced vote to censure GOP Rep. Randy Fine over anti-Muslim post A censure vote "could likely happen," one senior House progressive told Axios. Axios · Feb 17
Chris Hemsworth Just Dropped A Big Post-Avengers: Doomsday Thor Spoiler That Will Excite Fans Of The Character This is great to hear. Cinemablend · Feb 17
Mewgenics sells 1 million copies in just 1 week, far more than its creators expected: 'We both got a bit blindsided by this' The first patch is in the works, but co-creator Tyler Glaiel says we shouldn't expect any major changes. PC Gamer · Feb 17
Peru’s president ousted in ‘express impeachment’ after just four months Interim president José Jerí voted out by country’s congress amid scandal concerning secretive meetings The Guardian - UK · Feb 17
Tom’s Guide · Feb 17 Pinterest was down — here's what happened during the outage Pinterest users reported issues with the popular pinning service, with many saying their boards weren't loading properly and they were missing content.
The Guardian - US · Feb 17 Palantir moves headquarters to Miami amid tech’s growing retreat to Florida Data analytics firm moves from Denver after about six years and joins host of businesses relocating to south Florida
The Times of India · Feb 17 “She wants to destroy”: Graham Allen claims Charlie Kirk feared Candace Owens as Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA dispute explodes Graham Allen and Candace Owens are in a public dispute over claims involving Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA. Owens questioned Erika Kirk’s past actions, and Allen defended Charlie Kirk’s widow. The fight expanded with podcast clips, X posts, and strong accusations. Allen claimed Charlie Kirk feared Owens, while Owens…
Sports Illustrated · Feb 17 Mark Cuban Makes Passionate Argument for Why NBA Should 'Embrace' Tanking 'The NBA should worry more about fan experience than tanking,' Cuban wrote on X on Tuesday.
Newslaundry · Feb 17 ‘Precautionary step’ or ‘fascist clampdown’? Confrontation with YouTuber leads to a protest ban at DU On February 17, Delhi University issued an order banning any protests on campus for the next one month. This came after a confrontation between YouTuber Ruchi Tiwari and All India Students Association (AISA) members on February 13, resulting in cross FIRs being registered at Maurice Nagar police station.
The Independent UK · Feb 17 EU privacy investigation targets Musk's Grok chatbot over sexualized deepfake images X faces a new EU privacy investigation after its Grok chatbot generated nonconsensual deepfake images on the platform
PC Gamer · Feb 17 'We don't have the capacity to support more than 2 colors right now' is the bizarre excuse X is using to explain why its dimmed theme was just thrown in the bin I don't have the mental capacity to understand any of this nonsense.
Whats Hot · Feb 17 French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron Meet Bollywood Legends in Mumbai French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday for a diplomatic visit to India, which will continue until February 19. The delegation began their visit by paying a solemn tribute to the victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks before engaging in cultural and…
Evening Standard · Feb 17 America’s Next Top Model star says Tyra Banks ‘not sorry’ for behaviour on show The 43-year-old became the first winner of the hit reality TV series America’s Next Top Model.
Euronews · Feb 17 Belgium summons US ambassador in dispute over antisemitism accusations In a lengthy post on X, US ambassador to Belgium Bill White accused the country of antisemitic prosecution of Jewish Belgians. Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot called the accusation "dangerous disinformation".
TechRadar · Feb 17 The Grok backlash intensifies – new EU probe investigates whether millions of ‘potentially harmful’ deepfake images broke data privacy laws Elon Musk and X now have another investigation to contend with, from the Data Protection Commission in Ireland.