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The AI buildout has become the defining capital-spending story of this decade, with hyperscalers scaling data centers, chip supply chains expanding, and power and cooling projects breaking ground across regions. Yet the Federal Reserve’s January meeting minutes quietly flagged a problem regulators can’t simply model away: a meaningful slice of this boom is being financed in “opaque private markets” that “warranted monitoring.” That line reads less like a footnote and more like a structural blind spot in the most crowded investment narrative of the cycle.​ What the Fed actually said In its financial-stability discussion, the minutes noted “elevated equity market…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The finishers in the Olympic women’s team sprint cross-country race in Tesero on Wednesday did not just include humans, but a dog too.As the last few athletes wrapped up their race, a dog wandered onto the course and sprinted across the finish line with them, much to the delight of the crowd. The dog initially took in the scene as it entered the course and only took off toward the finish line once it noticed the racers.The dog’s name is Nazgul, and his owners are related to an event official, according to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Eight skiers that went missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California have been found dead and one is still missing, authorities said Wednesday.  A sign is covered in snow during a storm on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 in Truckee Calif. (AP Photos/Brooke Hess-Homeier) (AP Photos/Brooke Hess-Homeier)Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said during a news conference that authorities have told the families the mission has moved from rescue to recovery.This story is breaking. Please check back for updates. 

The British Columbia First Nation that announced the discovery of 215 potential unmarked graves at a former residential school in 2021, catapulting the issue into public discourse, says there may never be consensus on what to do with the site. A statement from the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation says possible future outcomes for the Kamloops Indian Residential School property include excavation or preserving its orchard as a sacred site, “a place of memory and healing.”The nation says its investigation is ongoing, with the findings so far pointing to several areas of focus, with “signatures that resemble burials” identified in…

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Russia of deliberately stalling peace talks that ended abruptly after two days.

NEW DELHI: India’s Yotta Data Services will spend over US$2 billion on Nvidia’s latest chips to set up an artificial intelligence computing hub as it prepares to float its shares, it said on Wednesday (Feb 18), delivering a boost to the country’s fledgling AI drive.Yotta is aiming to raise up to US$1.2 billion from investors to fund its expansion ahead of an initial public offering, potentially due to happen as soon as this year, CEO Sunil Gupta told Reuters on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.He would not provide further details of the capital-raising plans.INDIA’S…

NewsFeedA man handed Mark Zuckerberg a stack of papers and said “you’ve been served with a summons and complaint” while the billionaire Meta CEO entered a Los Angeles courthouse. Zuckerberg was appearing for a case alleging his social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children.Published On 18 Feb 202618 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With November’s elections less than nine months away, Democrats finally have a major candidate to take on Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte as she seeks a second term steering swing-state New Hampshire.Cinde Warmington, a former member of New Hampshire’s elected Executive Council, on Wednesday officially launched her second straight campaign for governor.Republicans have controlled the governor’s office in the crucial northern New England battleground for nearly a decade — first under former Gov. Chris Sununu and now under Ayotte, who succeeded Sununu 13 months ago — and Democrats are aiming to finally win…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man who tackled a shooter during a deadly shooting at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, said his first instinct was to tell his wife to run before he “went for the gun.” Michael Black, who was in the bleachers supporting a friend’s son, said in an interview with WCVB 5 that he initially mistook the first two shots for balloons popping before realizing the sound was gunfire.”I heard another popping and recognized it was not a balloon,” Black recalled.He told the ABC affiliate that he instructed his wife…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 18, 2026 12:51 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Quebec man who drowned his two children in October 2022 has told a jury he has no memory of the day they died. Kamaljit Arora is testifying in his own defence for a second day at his murder trial in Laval, Que., a suburb north of Montreal.He says he consumed fentanyl on the day of the killings and has no recollection about drowning his 13-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son in their Laval home. Get breaking National news For…