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Tony Anderson | Digital Vision | Getty ImagesThe average tax refund so far this season is up 10.6% compared to about the same time in 2025, according to the latest IRS filing data.The average refund for individual filers as of Feb. 27 was $3,742, up from $3,382 about a year ago, the IRS reported Friday. The average is down from $3,804 reported last week. Average refunds spike around mid-February when the data includes payments that claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit, typically known as the Earned Income Tax Credit or Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC), according to…

Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that she is stepping down from leading OpenAI’s robotics team in response to OpenAI’s controversial agreement with the Department of Defense. “This was not an easy decision,” Kalinowski said in a social media post. “AI plays an important role in national security, but surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight or lethal autonomy without human permission deserves full consideration.” Kalinowski, who previously led the augmented reality glasses construction team at Meta, joined OpenAI in November 2024. In today’s announcement, she emphasized that this decision was about “principles, not people” and said she has “deep respect”…

Zane Wack, an experienced hiker who runs, swims and competes in triathlons, nearly collapsed from altitude sickness while hiking with his father, Ryan Wack, on California’s Mount Whitney in June 2025. “He started experiencing some hallucinations,” Ryan told SFGATE of the 14-year-old boy. “He knew he was hallucinating. He said he saw things that looked like snowmen and Kermit the Frog.” Ryan managed to stop the boy from falling off the cliff multiple times as he made his way down the trail. “He was in an altered mental state, but we don’t know what caused it. We don’t know yet,”…

President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet meeting with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the White House on December 2, 2025 in Washington.brian snyder reuterPresident Donald Trump met with CEOs of major defense industry companies at the White House on Friday afternoon, as the war with Iran concluded its first full week.”We discussed production and production schedules,” Trump said in a social media post after the meeting. “We agreed to quadruple production of ‘elite’ weapons, with the goal of reaching the highest levels of volume as quickly as possible.”President Trump did not explain what he meant by “sophisticated weapons.” This…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a roundtable discussion on college sports at the White House on March 6, 2026 in Washington, DC. Nathan Howard | ReutersPresident Donald Trump vowed Friday to issue an executive order to “fix” the “chaos” in college sports caused by NIL payments to football, basketball and other athletes, as well as legal settlements that allow universities to pay players directly.President Trump said he fully expects such an order would be challenged in court, but added that he hopes a judge will support the purpose of the order.”We’re going to get sued, we’re going to go…

The Food and Drug Administration logo prior to a press conference at Health and Human Services Headquarters in Washington, April 22, 2025.Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty ImagesA key official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which oversees vaccines and biotech treatments, is leaving the agency following several decisions that have raised concerns within the industry.Vinay Prasad, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, will retire from the FDA at the end of April, an FDA spokesperson confirmed Friday. This is his second resignation. He briefly stepped down in July following backlash over regulatory decisions and returned…

OpenAI has postponed the release of “Adult Mode,” a ChatGPT feature that allows verified adult users access to erotica and other adult content. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first announced the feature in October, writing, “In December, we plan to more fully roll out age restrictions and allow even more things, including verified adult erotica, as part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle.” The launch has already been delayed once, from December, when Altman reportedly sent an internal memo declaring a “code red” and asking teams to focus on ChatGPT’s core experience, to the first quarter of this year.…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday offered his usual strategy for next week on Wall Street, but acknowledged the difficulty of looking ahead as war breaks out in the Middle East and oil supplies are disrupted.”But obviously we don’t know how long the war will last. Oil has a mind of its own. As long as oil prices are rising, any other asset class could be on quicksand,” he said. “When oil goes up, stocks go down. This is it.” Cramer’s comments came after a volatile week on Wall Street ended with further declines in major U.S. stock averages. For the…

Over the past week, Israel has waged a ferocious offensive across Lebanon, targeting the militant group Hezbollah, from Tripoli in the far north to villages along Lebanon’s southern border. The Israeli military has announced hundreds of attacks targeting Hezbollah strongholds. Lebanese authorities say the attack has killed at least 217 people, injured nearly 700 more and displaced hundreds of thousands. At least 12 Israeli soldiers were injured in the new fighting, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. More strikes are likely to occur in the coming days as evacuation orders are issued for large areas of the country, including south…

India are on the verge of winning their first of three T20 World Cup finals against New Zealand, with the hopes of 1.4 billion fans behind them.listen to this article | 2 minutesinformationPublished March 7, 2026March 7, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareplus 2 googleAdd Al Jazeera to GoogleinformationThe best way to deal with pressure is to embrace it, India captain Suryakumar Yadav has reminded his teammates ahead of Sunday’s Twenty20 World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium.India will be aiming to become the first team to retain the T20 World Cup title, winning it on home…