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Just days after showing off the Galaxy S26, Samsung is finally rolling out the ability for users to unlock their home with a tap of their phone or by simply approaching their door. The new feature, called Digital Home Key, will live inside Samsung Wallet and is powered by the Aliro smart home standard.

Samsung first teased its Digital Home Key feature in 2024 and said the feature would be


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Apple has promised a “big week” for the company, which includes an in-person event for press and creators on March 4. But it didn’t exactly wait until Wednesday to get things started. The news started on Monday with the announcements of the iPhone 17e and M4-powered iPad Air.

We’ll be updating this roundup throughout the week as we learn exactly what Apple has in store for everyone (though we have


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Mobile World Congress 2026 opened its doors today in Barcelona, Spain, but some of the biggest announcements from the mobile-focused show were already made over the weekend.

To make sure you don't miss the best new smartphones, laptops, concepts, and accessories, we're rounding up all the most newsworthy gadgets that have debuted so far at MWC 2026. And if you want to stay on top of all



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The AWS (Amazon Web Services) logo appears on a smartphone screen in the Apple app store in this photo illustration in Ontario, Canada, on February 26, 2026.
An AWS data center was hit by "objects" that sparked a fire on Sunday, bringing down connectivity.
  • Amazon Web Services had a power outage at one of its facilities in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday.
  • Amazon said it could take at least a day to bring the data center back online.
  • The fire was caused by "objects" that impacted the facility at

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Neil Sedaka.
  • Actors Eric Dane, Robert Duvall, and James Van Der Beek died in 2026.
  • So did "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, and pop icon Neil Sedaka.
  • Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson also died.

Below, we look back at those we lost in 2026, listed in alphabetical order.

Scott Adams, 68
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Scott Adams.

Adams based the character in his


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The Shah of Iran with his third wife, Empress Farah Diba, and their son Crown Prince Reza.
  • From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah.
  • On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.
  • The government was replaced with an Islamic republic, which continues to this day.

For almost 40 years, Iran was ruled by the Shah, who led the country through a




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The author's son invited his best friends for dinner.
  • My son wanted to invite his four best friends for dinner at his favorite restaurant.
  • I had parents drop off his friends at the restaurant, and my husband drove everyone home at the end.
  • I watched them have fun and chat about things they wouldn't have if more parents were around.

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Anthropic has made switching to its Claude AI chatbot easier than ever. The company announced a new memory import tool that can extract all of a competing AI chatbot's memories and context of you into a text prompt that can be fed into Claude.

With Anthropic's prompt, you can then copy and paste the output into Claude's memories, and the AI chatbot will pick up where you left off with another AI



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As an interior designer, I think Ikea has some great finds, but there are some things I wouldn't be likely to buy there.
  • I'm an interior designer, and there are some things I'd buy and a few items I'd skip at Ikea.
  • I like Ikea's aesthetically pleasing photo frames, simple dressers, and outdoor decking.
  • The store's selection of outdoor paper lanterns, bedding, and mirrors doesn't impress

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Ken Griffin's Citadel was up in February, according to a person close to the firm.
  • Big-name funds such as Citadel, ExodusPoint, and more notched gains last month.
  • It was another big month for Asia-based funds, including $6 billion Dymon Asia.
  • Hedge funds were largely positive last month despite the S&P 500 index recording a loss in February.

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A missile launches from a US warship during operations against Iran.
The US military did not say where or how the casualties occurred.
  • The top US general gave the play-by-play of the first days of Operation Epic Fury.
  • The US and Israel launched a massive strike on Iran and expect fighting to continue.
  • Thousands of personnel, weapons, and assets have been used across warfare domains.

The top US general shared details of the first days of America's


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