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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
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Category Breakdown: 🌍Geopolitics: 5 articles 🕵️Espionage: 2 articles 👁️Surveillance Technology & Privacy: 3 articles 🔒Cybersecurity: 5 articles 🤖Artificial Intelligence: 5 articles 📰Other: 5 articles Articles ranked by recency, relevance, and source authority | | Some sources unavailable: Dark Reading, 404 Media |
Trump: Ocasio-Cortez at Munich conference ‘not a good look’
President Trump on Monday slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for what she said at the Munich Security Conference in Germany after the New York lawmaker was asked a series of questions on f...
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5 takeaways from a tense Munich Security Conference
Strained ties between the U.S. and Europe took center stage at the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, as President Trump forces both sides of the transatlantic alliance to face the consequen...
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Rethinking the Role of the Marine Corps in National Security
Jerry McAbee, RCD The role of the Marine Corps in national security is too important to be determined solely by the Congress, Department of War, or Navy Secretariat.
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As conditions worsen in Ukraine, refugees struggle to return
As Ukraine prepares to enter the fifth year of the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February, UN monitors say harm to civilians has "demonstrably worsened", while energy attacks and freezing temperat...
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Iran FM, IAEA chief meet in Geneva ahead of new round of indirect talks with US
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi have met in the Swiss city of Geneva.
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The Kremlin Files: Russian Double Agents and Operational Games
THE KREMLIN FILES / COLUMN — There are similarities among intelligence agencies worldwide. All professional services rely on tradecraft to recruit and manage assets. They all operate within bureaucrat...
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Analysis: Israeli domestic intelligence agency in crisis as deputy director steps down
IN THE CONCLUDING WEEKS of 2025, the Israel Intelligence Agency (ISA), which serves as its primary internal security and counterintelligence service, experienced two rapturous events that shook the or...
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Apple Tests End-to-End Encrypted RCS Messaging in iOS 26.4 Developer Beta
Apple on Monday released a new developer beta of iOS and iPadOS with support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Rich Communications Services (RCS) messages.
The feature is currently available for tes...
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Iran’s Digital Surveillance Machine Is Almost Complete
After more than 15 years of draconian measures, culminating in an ongoing internet shutdown, the Iranian regime seems to be staggering toward its digital surveillance endgame.
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Vulnerabilities in Password Managers Allow Hackers to View and Change Passwords
Security researchers have challenged end-to-end encryption claims from popular commercial password managers
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Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the longtime civil rights activist, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, had died at the age of 84, his family said.
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Ocasio-Cortez’s Munich appearance draws mixed response from Democrats
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) appearance at the Munich Security Conference has drawn a mixed response from members of her own party, underscoring a potential vulnerability of hers amid spec...
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Epstein files end business, political careers across globe
The latest round of the Epstein files has effectively ended the careers of some of the world's most powerful figures, from captains of industry to prominent attorneys.Why it matters: The revelations a...
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Unreleased Meta product didn't protect kids from exploitation, tests found
Meta's internal testing found its chatbots fail to protect minors from sexual exploitation nearly 70% of the time, documents presented in a New Mexico trial Monday show. Why it matters: Meta is under ...
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Exploit available for new Chrome zero-day vulnerability, says Google
Threat actors now have the ability to exploit a new zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome browser, Google has advised IT administrators.
The warning comes after Google released a patch for Chrome to pl...
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| 🤖Artificial Intelligence | 5 |
Could Bill Gates and political tussles overshadow AI safety debate in Delhi?
As global tech leaders meet Delhi, India hopes to level the playing field for countries outside the US and China.
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The Promptware Kill Chain
Attacks against modern generative artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) pose a real threat. Yet discussions around these attacks and their potential defenses are dangerously myopic...
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OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
Peter Steinberger, the Austrian software developer who vibe coded the popular OpenClaw autonomous AI agent, has joined OpenAI. “My next mission is to build an agent that even my mum can use. That’ll n...
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After all the hype, some AI experts don’t think OpenClaw is all that exciting
"From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel," one expert told TechCrunch.
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The AI Fix #85: ChatGPT gets ads, pets get AI therapists, and everyone’s wrong about LLMs
In episode 85 of The AI Fix, Graham discovers that Silicon Valley has the solution to your pet's mental health crisis, and Mark explains why AI godfather Yann LeCun thinks the entire AI industry is wr...
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Trump’s New Arms Rules Will Hit Southeast Asia
An “America First” export strategy complicates efforts to obtain U.S.-made weapons.
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Kenyan authorities used Israeli tech to crack activist’s phone, report claims
Citizen Lab report suggests Cellebrite software was used to break into Boniface Mwangi’s phone while he was under arrestWhen Boniface Mwangi, the prominent Kenyan pro-democracy activist who plans to r...
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Did That Bald Head Get Your Attention? One Start-Up Hopes So.
Billboards that wouldn’t make sense to people outside the tech industry have become common in the Bay Area. One company took the microtargeting game to another level.
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Kristi Noem's use of Coast Guard resources for deportations raises tension in the military branch
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s relationship with U.S.
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Megan Oldham takes gold in women's big air
Megan Oldham takes gold in women's big air
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OSINT INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Daily Strategic Intelligence Report
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This newsletter aggregates intelligence from 44 vetted sources.
Generated: 2026-02-17 at 11:43:00 UTC
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