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Morgan Stanley filed paperwork for a Bitcoin trust and a Solana trust that would hold the respective cryptocurrencies and be sponsored by Morgan Stanley Investment Management; the Solana product would allocate a portion of assets for staking.

AIG said Eric Andersen will join as president and CEO‑elect on Feb. 16 and will become CEO after June 1, while Peter Zaffino will step down as chief executive midyear and move to the role of executive chair.

Wegmans says it collects facial recognition and other biometric data in a small number of stores for security, and a New York county legislator has requested a substantive written response within 30 days.

Sophie Turner told The Direct she was pleased with how Sansa Stark's story ended and said many of her former co-stars were not; she added she would need to see a script before considering a return.

Iowa won 67-58 at Northwestern to move to 13-2 (4-0 Big Ten), despite committing 20 turnovers; Ava Heiden led Iowa with 23 points and Journey Houston provided bench help.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett criticized the Supreme Court after it kept Texas' new congressional maps in place; those maps are expected to add up to five GOP House seats. Undetermined at this time.

Buckley won the Critics Choice best actress award for Hamnet, and the film opens in UK and Irish cinemas on 9 January 2026.

Tesla's EV sales declined and BYD overtook it, while investors remain focused on the company's autonomy, AI and robotics promises despite limited detailed disclosure.

State health officials report a surge in flu cases linked to three recent pediatric deaths and say many hospital units are operating near or above 90% capacity.

A poll of nearly 20,000 people finds most British voters say Brexit has hurt the economy, reduced control over national affairs, and not improved border control, while many European respondents say they would welcome the UK rejoining the EU.

Embark Studios says multiple companies have contacted the studio about adapting Arc Raiders for television or film, and while the studio has a team of writers it does not yet have anyone working on a TV or movie adaptation.

Thailand recorded 32.9 million foreign arrivals in 2025, a 7.2% decline from 2024, and officials attribute the fall to several reported incidents and natural events.

Winchester Coroner's Court reported the couple died from carbon monoxide poisoning, and they leave four children.

Adaptive Power in iOS 26 uses on-device intelligence to make selective performance adjustments to help save battery; it is on by default for iPhone 17 models and iPhone Air and is available to other iPhones that support Apple Intelligence.

The article says US fiscal pressures make higher taxes likely, and it argues that current proposals—tariffs, wealth levies and abrupt surtaxes—are creating economic distortions rather than raising revenue efficiently.

MIT Sloan Management Review columnists Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean identify five AI trends for 2026: an expected deflation of the AI bubble with economic effects, growth of internal "AI factories," a shift to enterprise-level generative AI, continued but overhyped progress toward agentic AI, and ongoing debate about who should manage data and AI.

IBM and The All England Lawn Tennis Club announced a multi-year renewal of their 36-year technology partnership to continue AI, cloud and digital work for Wimbledon, and the article reports a 16% year‑on‑year increase in fan engagement across platforms in 2025.

A man filed a civil lawsuit accusing Donnie McClurkin of years of sexual abuse; McClurkin's lawyer says the allegations are categorically false.

Around 600 tourists are stranded on Yemen's Socotra after the UAE withdrew troops amid a public rift with Saudi Arabia, and the island's main airport is closed while control shifts.

Nvidia has released Alpamayo, an open-source 10-billion-parameter vision-language-action model, and the company has announced partnerships with firms such as Uber and Lucid. The move could broaden access to advanced self-driving technology that has so far relied in part on large fleets of real-world driving data.

Secure 2.0 requires Roth-only catch-up contributions this year for certain higher-income workers in workplace plans, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act raised the SALT deduction cap to $40,000.

Justin Jefferson publicly backed second-year quarterback J.J. McCarthy throughout a difficult season and said he plans to work with McCarthy in the offseason; Jefferson finished the year with 84 catches for 1,048 yards and two touchdowns.

Opposition leaders and observers say Maria Corina Machado would win a free, fair Venezuelan election by a large margin; however, Maduro's allies remain in control and Delcy Rodríguez has been sworn in as interim president.

Harvard researcher Ashley Whillans reports that couples who spend money on time-saving services often report higher relationship satisfaction; therapists caution that outsourcing chores does not by itself resolve deeper communication or fairness problems.

Michael Fay of Massapequa founded the With Purpose Foundation after a cancer diagnosis to encourage local acts of kindness and support research; the foundation has provided a beach wheelchair to a 14-year-old and helped collect more than 400 backpacks for a community center.

Thailand's Health Ministry has drafted rules to restrict cannabis sales to licensed medical facilities, herbal shops, pharmacies and traditional practitioners, and the draft is under legal review; officials say patients who rely on medical cannabis will not be affected.

The Safe Haven Baby Box at Lubbock Fire Rescue Station No. 9 was used for the first time when a mother surrendered an infant; firefighters reached the baby in under a minute and EMS took over care.

A British Heart Foundation analysis reports working-age adults in England consume about 8.4g of salt per day, which the study says equates to roughly 155 packets of ready-salted crisps a week and exceeds the UK guideline of 6g daily.

Forecasters say a heatwave will push temperatures up to 45C across southeastern Australia, raising extreme bushfire risk and increasing strain on energy networks.

Officials said Le Constellation in Crans‑Montana had no fire alarm and had not been inspected for five years; owners are under criminal investigation and the municipality will commission external inspections.