Iran has temporarily closed parts of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints, as tensions with the United States escalate. Iranian state and semi-official media reported live-fire naval drills in the narrow waterway, with missiles launched from inside Iran and along its coast reportedly striking targets in the strait.The closure,...

India focused on practical applications of AI to solve population-scale challenges: Vaishnaw IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday (February 18, 2026) said India is focused on practical applications of AI, including enterprise productivity, and solutions for population-scale challenges such as healthcare, agriculture, and climate change. Speaking at a research symposium at the AI Impact Summit,...

1 min readFeb 18, 2026 09:27 AM IST YouTube said on Tuesday it has resolved an issue that briefly affected access to the video-sharing platform, after outage-tracking ⁠website Downdetector ​reported widespread global disruptions. YouTube said that an issue with its recommendation system had prevented ​videos ​from appearing across ⁠YouTube surfaces. “The issue with our recommendations...