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Feb 3 : A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Elon Musk's bid to dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that claimed he waited too long to disclose his purchases of Twitter shares in 2022. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington, D.C., said none of Musk's arguments warranted a dismissal, including his claim that the SEC overreached in order to punish him for criticizing the agency. Lawyers for Musk did not immediately respond to requests for comment. An SEC spokesperson declined to comment. The SEC sued Musk in January 2025, saying his 11-day delay in revealing his initial 5 per cent Twitter stake in late March and early April 2022 let him buy more than $500 million of shares at artificially low prices. It wants Musk to repay the $150 million he allegedly saved at the expense of unsuspecting investors, plus a civil fine. Musk has called the delay inadvertent. He also said the SEC case amounted to "selective enforcement" of federal securities laws, designed to target him for criticism of "government overreach” that is protected speech under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment. Musk also called a $150 million payout an excessive fine that violates the Constitution's Eighth

Gone is the vision of a two-story Bobby Jones Golf Course clubhouse with wraparound veranda offering a panoramic view of the course and, farther in the distance, the adjacent nature park. Gone is the second-floor restaurant sized to accommodate special and private events with the cart barn below. In addition, gone is $544,211 the city already paid Jon F. Swift Construction to design all that as the blueprints are shelved, perhaps applied to another project for another client in another location. That figure does not include $126,071 added for two on-course bathroom structures and golf cart storage for a total of $670,282.  And also gone, at least for one meeting of the Sarasota City Commission, is the traditionally collegial atmosphere at the dais.  At its Feb. 2 meeting, a divided commission voted 3-2 to scrap plans for a two-story, $11.5 million clubhouse at Bobby Jones and to instruct Swift Construction to embark on designing a one-story design with separate cart barn at a not-to-exceed cost of $7.2 million. The cost to, quite literally,  » Read More

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Open in app. Sign up. Sign in · Medium Logo · Write · Search. Sign up. Sign in ... Isaac Ruiz — Peoria Complex Clubhouse Manager; Martin Nelson — Peoria ...  » Read More

Whether you’re a META stockholder or just a casual Facebook user, get ready to get pumped, because Facebook is making a major change that’s going to make everyone’s lives so much easier: Facebook has announced that instead of flagging all the misinformation, they’re just going to start flagging the actual information.  So much yes! Talk about improving efficiency.  Despite significantly reducing their threshold for what can be considered misinformation after Trump’s reelection in 2024, Facebook still has its hands full with attempting to control the misinformation and blatant propaganda that frequently circulates on its site. From foreign bot farms to AI deepfakes, a tipping point has been reached where the vast majority of posts circulating Facebook are dubious, misleading, and downright harmful. But a simple tweak to their misinformation policy is about to make the lives of Facebook’s fact checkers and users alike so much easier, as Facebook will now operate on the presumption that every post you see is bullshit unless it’s specifically denoted as not being such.  “From now on, if you see something on Facebook,  » Read More

Crime Updated: Feb. 03, 2026, 10:30 p.m. Published: Feb. 03, 2026, 10:27 p.m. AKRON, Ohio — A 17-year-old male who agreed to the sale of a hoodie through Facebook Marketplace ended up being robbed at gunpoint by several masked suspects, police say. According to Akron police, the robbery was reported at 9:38 p.m. Monday on the 300 block of East South Street in the South Akron neighborhood. The teen male tells police he was sitting in his vehicle in order to meet a buyer for his hoodie. Police say three to four masked suspects approached the vehicle, with one armed with a firearm. They robbed the teen of his cellphone, money and also the hoodie. The suspects ran from the area, but police were able to track victim’s cellphone and found it on the 800 block of Beardsley Street, just blocks away from where the robbery occurred. Officers searched the area but the suspects were not found and no arrests have been made.  » Read More

Google has rolled out a fresh visual update to its YouTube TV application on Android devices, introducing a modernized set of icons that bring the streaming service’s interface in line with recent design evolutions seen across other YouTube products. This change, which arrived in early February 2026 through app version 10.05.0, focuses on refreshing the graphical elements throughout the platform to create a more consistent and contemporary user experience. The transformation primarily affects the icons used in key navigation areas. In the bottom navigation bar, the symbols representing Library, Home, and Live now feature significantly thicker outlines, giving them a bolder and more prominent appearance on screens. Similarly, the Cast and Search icons positioned in the app bar at the top have received the same treatment, adopting the heavier line weights that enhance visibility and tap targets. These adjustments extend beyond just the main navigation, with refreshed icons appearing across various sections of the app, including program detail pages, the Account area, bottom sheets that slide up for additional options, and the Settings menu, according to 9to5Google. During video playback, controls have also been updated to match the new aesthetic. The play button, along with next and previous track indicators

Michelle Ehrhardt Michelle Ehrhardt Associate Tech Editor Experience Michelle is Lifehacker's Associate Tech Editor, and has been reviewing games, laptops, phones, and more for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and holds a master's degree from NYU. Read Full Bio February 3, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Credit: Irada Zaitova / Shutterstock.com Key Takeaways YouTube background play has broken in mobile browsers including Samsung Internet, Vivaldi, and Microsoft Edge. Google confirms that it disabled the feature on purpose, as background play is intended only for YouTube Premium subscribers. Some users are still able to access free background play through alternate methods, but it's unclear how long that will last. Table of Contents For Christmas, I got my husband and myself YouTube Premium, and as much as I hate paying for yet another streaming service, it's pretty dang nice. There's ad-blocking, sure, but there are also other bonuses, like additional playback speed options and audio that continues to play in the background when you lock your phone. However, some users have developed hacks to get a few of these features without a subscription, believing they should be

The arrival of Munetaka Murakami leads to a big clubhouse change originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Not many people had the Chicago White Sox being aggressive this offseason on their bingo cards, but here we are. After years of not doing much, the club made a few splashes that excited the fanbase. Advertisement They struck deals wth pitchers Jordan Hicks, Anthony Kay, and Sean Newcomb while also signing reliever Seranthony Domnguez to potentially be the team's newest closer. They also traded away Luis Robert Jr. for Ronald Acuna Jr.'s brother, Luisangel Acuna. However, the biggest splash came when the team locked in Munetaka Murakami on a two-year, $34 million deal. He is expected to cover first base for the White Sox and should be a large part of their offense. But the question always remains with international players coming to the big leagues. Will the game at this level be too much?  » Read More

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