Archive for February, 2026
SpaceX Acquires xAI in $1.25 Trillion Merger
February 3rd, 2026Via: Reuters: Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX has acquired his artificial-intelligence startup xAI in a record-setting deal that unifies Musk’s AI and space ambitions by combining the rocket-and-satellite company with the maker of the Grok ?chatbot. The deal, first reported by Reuters last week, represents one of the most ambitious tie-ups in the […]
Vaccine mRNA, Plasmid DNA, and Spike Protein Can Persist in Humans More Than 3.5 Years After COVID-19 Vaccination
February 2nd, 2026Via: Focal Points: For years, the public was told that mRNA vaccine materials would degrade within days to weeks — rapidly broken down, biologically transient, and incapable of long-term persistence. That assumption shaped regulatory assurances, public messaging, and safety expectations worldwide. Billions across the globe received these injections based on the claim that the genetic […]
Finally, Some Possibly Good News About Firefox: AI Off Switch
February 2nd, 2026With the growing hostility toward AI slop creeping into everything, Mozilla might see an opportunity here to claw back some market share after years of steady decline. With Firefox, however, one must always be waiting for the other shoe to drop… Via: Mozilla: AI is changing the web, and people want very different things from […]
Notepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users
February 2nd, 2026Microsoft bad. Think outside the box. Turns out, there’s always another box. Via: The Hacker News: The maintainer of Notepad++ has revealed that state-sponsored attackers hijacked the utility’s update mechanism to redirect update traffic to malicious servers instead. “The attack involved [an] infrastructure-level compromise that allowed malicious actors to intercept and redirect update traffic destined […]
Minneapolis Teachers Union Chief Admits Elected Officials in Anti-ICE Signal Chats
February 2nd, 2026Via: Fox: The head of the Minneapolis teachers union said in a recent interview that elected officials are involved in anti-ICE agitation in the city. “The notion that people that are actively engaged in ICE watch, in being vigilant in protecting our neighbors, in Signal chat groups, running plates, in their cars doing patrols — […]
Ed Dowd: Never Seen Risk Like This Before in My Career
February 2nd, 2026Via: USA Watchdog: Dowd says, “This is a big call, and what is going to happen does not happen that often. We will try to call the bottom in the future, but right now, I have never seen risk like this before in my career. This has been unfolding. . .. I have not been […]
