Texas identified 2,724 potential noncitizens who were registered to vote in the state after conducting citizenship verifications last October.
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Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
Following those verifications, the NRA issued its test-use approval early Wednesday afternoon, clearing the way for TEPCO to begin withdrawing control rods and initiating the nuclear reaction later in the day, Reuters reported.
In cryptography, when people are trying to avoid revealing their secrets, proofs are not always so simple—but a new result significantly closes this gap.
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Peter Hall,
Scientific American,
11 Feb. 2026
By reapproaching the foundational technology of zero-knowledge proofs at first principles, Pellegrino says that his company’s new blockchain can manage 2 million transactions per second at a fraction of a cent per transaction, whereas Solana’s previous max is 100,000.
Senate Minority Leader Lori Berman said that was reason enough to reject the confirmations.
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Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
Fox said the delay was due to a number of factors, including classification complexities, the 43-day government shutdown beginning in October and Senate confirmations at ODNI.
The plan to significantly expand on-site validations comes as federal officials threaten to cut off Medicaid funding amid accusations of significant, widespread fraud in programs administered by the agency.
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Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2026
Until field-trial data and third-party validations appear, that question is open.
The agency argued in court filings that the expert’s report about the photographs was not definitive, that Turner’s conviction was not based solely on the tip, and that the eyewitness identifications remain intact.
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Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
26 Jan. 2026
The zoo team plans to teach volunteers how to use the app and make basic tree identifications and tree assessments.
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Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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