NEWS

A global Salesforce outage disrupted access to core services across several countries during Dreamforce, with the company tracing the incident to an internal login service bottleneck.

Jeff Bezos remains Florida's wealthiest resident with an estimated $378 billion fortune, while Elon Musk tops Forbes' national ranking at $908 billion.

An investigation by 404 Media says hundreds of contractors review anonymised ChatGPT conversations for model improvement, raising privacy concerns about default settings and human access to user data.

An Iraqi court sentenced a Najaf butcher to 10 years in prison after he was found with 75 kilograms of pork allegedly being sold to customers as beef.

Owala is releasing five Pokémon-themed FreeSip water bottles exclusively at Target to mark Pokémon's 30th anniversary, with designs featuring several of the franchise's best-known characters.

Elon Musk leads Forbes' wealthiest Americans for a fifth consecutive year with $908 billion, while the combined fortune of the Forbes 400 reaches a record $8 trillion.

Prince William and Catherine are reportedly focusing on royal duties rather than Harry and Meghan's return to the UK, but commentators question whether proximity will make that strategy sustainable.

Samsung co-led a $231 million funding round for Dutch startup Euclyd, seeking exposure to AI inference chips, memory-centric architecture and alternatives to Nvidia's market dominance.

Codan shares climbed 7.5% to $48.94, extending a year-long rally fuelled by record fiscal 2026 results, defence communications demand and renewed growth in Metal Detection.

Sharna Burgess is returning to Dancing with the Stars for Season 35 alongside Tyler Cameron, five years after her last appearance and amid renewed attention on her controversial Season 27 win.

Beach Energy shares gained 3.45% as Brent crude remained above $107 a barrel, offering relief despite weaker production, operational challenges and a 26% year-to-date decline.

James Hardie shares fell 5.08% on the ASX as rising bond yields pressured highly valued growth stocks, while housing concerns and interest-rate uncertainty continued to weigh on sentiment.

Infratil shares gained 5.5% on the ASX as AI-linked stocks rebounded, with rising CDC Data Centres valuations, contracted capacity and strong growth expectations supporting the investment case.

Insomniac Games' Marvel's Wolverine has received a broadly positive but divided critical response, with praise for its combat and voice acting tempered by concerns over pacing, linearity and limited variety.

Dancing with the Stars has launched its 35th season with a two-night premiere, live broadcasts on ABC and Disney+, and next-day streaming on Hulu.

MediaTek has unveiled the Dimensity 9600 Pro, a flagship smartphone processor built on TSMC's enhanced 2nm process, with major performance, efficiency, graphics and on-device AI upgrades.

An Electronic Frontier Foundation analysis found US police officers entered jokes, profanity and gibberish into Flock Safety search records, renewing concerns about oversight of its nationwide surveillance network.

Manchester United's 15-year-old academy forward JJ Gabriel has asked to cancel his contract after a reported breakdown with the club, leaving his immediate future unresolved.

LeBron James has invested in Southern California birria brand Mike's Red Tacos, which is preparing to open its first Pasadena restaurant and expand through hundreds of franchise locations.

Advanced Micro Devices shares rose 3.48% as semiconductor stocks recovered from Monday's AI-driven sell-off, despite continued uncertainty over spending, interest rates and future demand.

Dell Technologies shares rose 4.68% in midmorning trading after a sell-off, as investors focused on record AI server orders, stronger guidance and a $95 billion backlog.

Bitcoin fell to $76,150 as markets priced in a likely Federal Reserve rate rise, while sustained US spot Bitcoin ETF outflows and selling by long-term holders pressured prices.

Forgent Power Solutions reported record fourth-quarter results, with revenue up 94%, bookings soaring 375% and backlog reaching $3 billion as shares gained 10.09%.

Conor Benn says he plans to step back from boxing and spend time with his children after suffering a second-round stoppage loss to WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says savings from 3,300 corporate layoffs will help reduce fares, but the company has provided no targets or timeline for lower prices.

A California surrogate told CBS News she did not know she was carrying a child for Chinese gaming billionaire Xu Bo until journalists linked her pregnancy to leaked documents.

The New Mexico Supreme Court fined lawyer Stephen Aarons $5,000 and held him in contempt after a ChatGPT-assisted murder appeal brief included fabricated witnesses and false police testimony.

Yirsi Esperanza Machado Rivera is accused of entering her neighbour's home, shoving her and throwing a bucket of human waste after alleging an affair with her husband.

A Columbia University study found that combining the p-tau217 blood biomarker with APOE4 genetic testing may estimate when Alzheimer's symptoms will emerge in symptom-free people.