Meta Patent Would Allow AI to Keep Dead Users’ Social Media Accounts Running
Meta (Nasdaq: META) has secured a patent for artificial intelligence technology that would allow a large language model to continue operating a deceased person’s social media account — generating posts, answering direct messages, and simulating audio and video calls — drawing on data the person created while alive. The patent, first filed in 2023 and […]
US Finalizes Critical Minerals Price Floor System, Pushes Allies to Join Anti-China Bloc
The Trump administration has completed a price floor framework for critical minerals and is actively pitching it to allied governments, as Washington accelerates efforts to reduce Western dependence on China’s grip over resources essential to modern defense, technology, and energy infrastructure. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg confirmed on February 18 that […]
China State Media Amplifies Tesla Failure In Unprecedented Musk Rebuke
China’s state media elevating a viral Tesla failure is a high-signal moment because it coincides with a sharp deterioration in Tesla’s China sales trajectory and rising competitive pressure from domestic EV makers. Earlier this month, a 2022 Tesla Model Y reportedly suffered a sudden and complete loss of propulsion on a highway in Zhejiang while […]
IAMGOLD Q4 2025 Profits Surge As Gold Price And Volumes Spike
IAMGOLD (TSX: IMG) delivered a revenue of $1.09 billion in Q4 2025 versus $469.9 million in Q4 2024. The lift pushes gross profit up to $593.6 million versus $130.9 million last year. Net earnings also rose to $406.6 million from $86.2 million a year earlier, translating to $0.70 earnings per share. Adjusted EBITDA came in […]
France Commits to Six New Nuclear Reactors in Sweeping Energy Overhaul
France’s government has published a decade-long energy roadmap that bets heavily on nuclear power while preserving space for renewables, as Paris moves to break its dependence on fossil fuels by 2050. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu unveiled the third Multiannual Energy Programme (PPE3) on February 13, covering 2026 to 2035. The plan targets decarbonised electricity output […]
Meta Secures AI Patent To Simulate Absent Accounts, Even After Death
Meta Platforms was granted US patent for a system that retrains a pretrained language model on a person’s historical social-network activity to generate actions and responses “on behalf of the user,” explicitly including when the user is deceased. The patent’s core claim is behavioral continuity. A social networking system “simulates a user using a language […]
Ottawa Signals Shift on Resource Development, Energy Minister Says
Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson urged Ottawa on Friday to adopt a “Prairie pragmatism” mindset toward Canada’s natural resources, framing closer federal-Alberta cooperation as both an economic imperative and a matter of national unity. Speaking at a Financial Post and Calgary Economic Development event on February 13, Hodgson argued that resource development must now sit […]
Canada, India Near $3 Billion Uranium Deal Ahead of Carney’s Planned March Visit
Canada and India are finalizing a 10-year uranium supply agreement valued at approximately $2.8 billion, with Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to travel to New Delhi in early March to sign a broader package of trade and energy deals, according to India’s High Commissioner to Canada, Dinesh Patnaik. The proposed deal would see Canada supply […]
Niger Signals Orano Thaw With Somair Uranium Handback
Niger’s military government said it will return uranium produced at the Somair mine to Orano, a reversal from last year’s seizure dynamics. On Friday, Niger President Abdourahamane Tiani said on state television that the government would return uranium produced at Somair after Niger seized control of the operation in 2024. The country is planning to […]
Carney Leads EU-CPTPP Talks For A Trump Tariff-Free Economic Alliance
Prime Minister Mark Carney is spearheading discussions to build a bridge between Europe and the Indo-Pacific, aiming to link two major trade blocs through an agreement focused on rules of origin and supply-chain integration. The EU and a 12-nation member CPTPP are opening talks to explore forming one of the largest global economic alliances, with […]