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A Century of Hair Samples Proves Leaded Gas Ban Worked (science.slashdot.org)
2026-2-3 Ban

SpaceX Acquires xAI in $1.25 Trillion All-Stock Deal (slashdot.org)
2026-2-3 SpaceX

A look at WhatsApp's E2E encryption and whether it protects from metadata and chat backup leaks, after a lawsuit alleges Meta can read users' private data (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
2026-2-3 WhatsApp

Reinvigorating Australia's Naval Reserve (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-2-3 Australia

Despite US offer, no “stable peace” with China (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-2-3 China

If assumptions hold, SpaceX-xAI could own a full stack of capabilities, from launch to orbital bandwidth to frontier AI models, and offer AI on demand anywhere (arstechnica.com)
2026-2-3 AI SpaceX

Leaked email: as part of the xAI-SpaceX deal, xAI shares will be converted into 0.1433 shares of SpaceX stock, and employees will have the option to cash out (www.wsj.com)
2026-2-3 SpaceX

In a memo to employees, xAI said both companies will maintain their separate branding and the joint venture is continuing to prepare for a possible IPO in 2026 (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-2-3 IPO

New START expiration: views from ASPI analysts (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-2-3

Crunchyroll is raising its US prices by $2 per month; the cheapest tier gets its first price increase since 2019 and now offers offline downloads on one device (www.polygon.com)
2026-2-3

The SpaceX-xAI merger further intermingles Musk's companies, creates the most valuable private company in the world, and provides a financial lifeline to xAI (www.nytimes.com)
2026-2-3 SpaceX

Leica Camera's Owners Weigh $1.2 Billion Sale of Controlling Stake (slashdot.org)
2026-2-3

Trump unveils a $12B critical minerals stockpile, called Project Vault, to minimize reliance on China, with participation from 12+ companies, including Google (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-3 Trump China Google

Managing, but never eliminating, security threats (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-2-3

Adobe plans to discontinue its 2D animation software Animate on March 1; enterprise customers can receive support until March 2029, and others until March 2027 (techcrunch.com)
2026-2-3 Adobe

Oracle says the Nvidia-OpenAI deal has “zero impact” on its financial relationship with OpenAI and it is “highly confident in OpenAI's ability to raise funds” (x.com)
2026-2-3 Oracle Nvidia

Source: SpaceX acquired xAI for $250B; the announcement about the acquisition focuses on SpaceX's plans to launch data centers into space (www.theinformation.com)
2026-2-3 SpaceX

Feds Skipping Infosec Industry's Biggest Conference This Year (news.slashdot.org)
2026-2-3

Dramatic moment Sir Elton John's pilot has to take emergency action when 'huge' bird of prey divebombs private jet during take-off (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3

Iranian shopkeeper, 26, who was set to be executed for protesting has been released after weeks in a hellhole prison (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3 Iran

Trump threatens Iran with 'BIGGER' retaliation than his daring Venezuela raid that removed Maduro from power... as he tells the world to 'see what happens' (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3 Trump Iran Venezuela

Buddhist monks are 'caught with stash of porn, sex toys, penis pump and an escort list' in police raid at Thai temple (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3 Thailand

Australian skier, 22, is killed in freak chair-lift accident when her backpack gets caught leaving her 'suspended' mid-air at Japanese resort (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3 Australia Japan

The US cities Putin can vaporise in 18 minutes by flying nukes over Greenland - as Trump attempts to claim the territory: Interactive graphic shows level of devastation facing each location (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3 Trump Putin

Paedophile Jeffrey Epstein describes himself as a 'tier one' sexual predator and is asked whether he 'is the Devil himself' in newly-revealed video interview (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3 Interview

Norway's Crown Princess is forced to apologise after she met and exchanged dozens of emails with Jeffrey Epstein after finding out about his paedophilia (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3 Norway

Man, 24, sparks evacuation at French hospital after doctors find 8ins-long live WW1 artillery shell in his rectum (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3 France

China puts four more scam mafia kingpins to death as Beijing cracks down on another crime family duping thousands around the world into fake romances and crypto cons (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3 China

Cristiano Ronaldo 'goes on strike, refusing to play' for his Saudi club in row over his team's lack of spending… even though they pay him £488,000 PER DAY! (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3

Epstein files suggest the paedophile arranged multiple meetings with Putin while intelligence sources believed he was running 'the world's largest honeytrap operation' on behalf of the KGB (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-2-3 Putin Intelligence

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