February 2026 Review and Outlook Executive Summary U.S. equities deliver mixed headline performance amid significant internal rotationMarket leadership broadens as equal‑weight, mid‑cap, and value exposures outperformMarket breadth improves with seven of 11 large cap sectors within 0.5% of their respective 52-week highsMega‑cap growth and AI‑adjacent software weigh on...

US Coast Guard spots overturned vessel near Saipan during search for missing ship A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point flies over an overturned vessel offshore Saipan, Saturday, April 18, 2026, while searching for a missing...

Convicted spyware chief hints that Greece’s government was behind dozens of phone hacks The founder of spyware maker Intellexa has said he is planning to appeal a conviction handed down by a Greek court on charges that he and three other executives illegally obtained personal data as part of a mass-wiretapping campaign in the country. The spying scandal, sometimes referred to as “Greek...

Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper raises $47M Dakotah Rice is stepping back into the founder’s seat. On Wednesday, he announced that his new company, the AI-native insurance brokerage Harper, has raised $46.8M million in a combined Series A and seed round. Previously, he founded the investment company Poolit, which closed in 2023. He spoke openly to TechCrunch about the...

Anthropic releases Sonnet 4.6 In Brief Posted: 10:00 AM PST · February 17, 2026 Image Credits:Anthropic Anthropic has released a new version of its mid-size Sonnet model, keeping pace with the company’s four-month update cycle. In a post announcing the new model, Anthropic emphasized improvements in coding, instruction-following, and...