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Location : The M4 westbound at junction J17 . Lane Closures : Lane three is closed. Reason : Road traffic collision. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 04:15 and 04:30 on 14 February 2026. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 04:15 and 04:30 on 14 February 2026. Lanes Closed : There is one of three lanes closed. Source link

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev onboard, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is the twelfth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Meir, Hathaway, Adenot, and Fedyaev launched at 5:15 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex…

AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their own, others through “restructuring” — while OpenAI is facing its own shakeups, from the disbanding of its mission alignment team to the firing of a policy exec who opposed its “adult mode” feature.  Watch as TechCrunch’s Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into the week’s biggest deals and departures, from billion-dollar bets on fusion and robotics to the tech exodus reshaping AI companies.  Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.  Source link

Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent is now handling roughly a third of its customer support issues in North America, and it’s preparing to roll out the feature globally. If successful, the company believes that in a year’s time, more than 30% of its total customer support tickets will be handled by AI voice and chat in all the languages where it also employs a human customer service agent. “We think this is going to be massive because not only does this reduce the cost base of Airbnb customer service, but the quality of service is going to be a…

In the US, new startups are challenging the traditional model of space exploration and aviation. With the skies and orbits around Earth once reserved for government agencies and legacy contractors, nimble, tech-driven companies are completely changing the narrative. Space is not just a place for astronauts, but a thriving, commercial market for private companies to make money and provide services used on Earth. In fact, projections show the global space economy could exceed $1 trillion by 2030 thanks to space tourism and in-orbit infrastructure.   US Aerospace Innovations Shaping The Industry   The US aerospace landscape has changed significantly, with…

Friday 13 February 2026 9:02 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, chaired on Friday at the Royal Palace in Casablanca the presentation and launch ceremony of the project to build a landing gear production factory for Safran in Nouaceur, a project that reinforces Morocco as a destination of choice and a true integrated industrial actor at the heart of the global economy. This press release features multimedia.…

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Your elected representatives agreed an increase on a majority voteStock image of Belfast City Hall(Image: Belfast Live)Belfast Council has agreed to raise its rates by 4.48 percent for the coming tax year, above the rate of inflation.At the February full monthly meeting of Belfast City Council, held on Monday (February 3), elected representatives on a majority vote agreed an increase in the district rate of 4.48 per cent for 2026/27. As of December 2025, the UK annual inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Prices Index, was 3.4 percent.It means there will be a non-domestic rate of 34.2388 percent and a…

Boots, on North Street, Brighton, has launched the service as a trial initially across 17 stores nationwide, offering treatments such as Mounjaro and Wegovy on the high street for the first time. Customers will be offered an in-person consultation with a pharmacist in a private consultation room, where their health and medical history will be assessed to see if they are eligible for treatment. Weight loss medication has until now been largely only available through online prescriptions. GPs in England are also allowed to prescribe Mounjaro on the NHS, but only to severely obese people who also suffer from a…

Figure Technology, a blockchain-based lending company, confirmed it experienced a data breach. On Friday, Figure spokesperson Alethea Jadick told TechCrunch in a statement that the breach originated when an employee was tricked with a social engineering attack that allowed the hackers to steal “a limited number of files.” The statement said the company is “with partners and those impacted,” and offering free credit monitoring “to all individuals who receive a notice.” Figure’s spokesperson did not respond to a series of specific questions about the breach.  The hacking group ShinyHunters took responsibility for the hack on its official dark web leak…