Wednesday, February 18, 2026
February 18, 2026
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A failure in YouTube's recommendation engine rendered the platform's homepage, app, and TV service effectively nonfunctional for two hours on Tuesday evening, exposing the fragility of algorithmic content discovery at scale.
About 100 employees of the Writers Guild of America West launched an unfair labor practice strike Tuesday, alleging surveillance, retaliation, and bad-faith bargaining — weeks before the guild sits down with Hollywood studios for a new contract.
The streamer will broadcast its first live MMA event on May 16 at the Intuit Dome, headlined by former UFC champion Ronda Rousey and women's MMA pioneer Gina Carano — five years after Carano's firing from The Mandalorian.
The CNN anchor opted not to renew his CBS News contract, citing family priorities — a departure that marks the first major on-air change under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
