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Destro AI’s secret sauce is getting robots and humans on the same page
"One of the biggest reasons we are winning against robotics companies is because we are not a robotics company."
AI models are sharing sensitive data from tech companies in new 'PixelLeak' screenshots
Privacy-oblivious AI agents leave sensitive data out on the open
Even short-term rises in air pollution are linked to more asthma emergency visits in Singapore
Even relatively small increases in fine-particle air pollution can be followed by more asthma- and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related emergency department visits, according to a nationwide study in Singapore. The increase was most pronounced for asthma, while COPD showed a similar
Three biotech updates, including accusations of theft and and a new lobbying leader
Beam Therapeutics has filed a lawsuit alleging one of its former scientists stole intellectual property and used it to co-found a Chinese company that recently made a deal with prominent VC firms.
College Football QB Power Rankings: Keelon Russell surges ahead of showdown with Kamario Taylor
Sophomore stars at Alabama and Mississippi State are on the rise as the two meet on Saturday
China extends 52-year unbeaten record as Asian Games organisers apologise
Chinese divers were unstoppable as the country's sizeable overall tally of gold medals swelled to 150.
Boeing’s F/A-XX win is ‘major strategic’ victory, Morgan Stanley says
Boeing’s F/A-XX win is ‘major strategic’ victory, Morgan Stanley says
Singer Lola Young says vaping has made breathing feel like a 'chore'
The Messy singer says her lungs feel "battery powered" due to the effects of vaping.
Meta disputes claim that Muse read a user’s private messages without permission
Meta says its Muse AI agent cannot access a user’s Messages without explicit permission, disputing a journalist’s account that the agent read his private messages while the required Mac setting was turned off.
Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates
Cloudflare said Tuesday it plans to issue quantum-proof TLS certificates, making it one of the first authorities to issue such certificates that use a form of cryptography that is widely believed to withstand attacks from quantum computers. The Internet infrastructure provider said it will use an open source platform that issues both classic TLS certificates and a post-quantum equivalent known as Merkle Tree Certificates. The hybrid certificates will be free to both paying and non-paying users.
US clears first 300 MW advanced small nuclear reactor for construction
TVA's NRC permit for the GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 will pave the way for advanced nuclear power in the US.
Which Attention Heads are like the Human Head? Not the Ones that Compute
Brain-AI alignment is often interpreted as a sign that model and brain perform similar computations. Whether the aligned units are causally involved in model computation is rarely checked. On an abstract pattern-completion task (AAABAAA $\rightarrow$ B), we compare LLM attention-head representations with human EEG and test how ablating those heads affects task performance. Alignment and causation dissociate: brain-aligned heads contribute to performance, but their removal is substantially less d
Hot Seat Watch: Which college football coaches have helped -- or hurt -- their job security?
One month into the 2026 season, a few coaches find themselves under intense pressure, while some seats have cooled off considerably
Photos: Kashmir’s 600-year-old Wazwan wedding feast adapts to modern life
Wazwan, a multicourse mutton feast, reflects Kashmiri cultural roots with recipes dating back to the 14th century.
Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin just made the single biggest donation ever to a U.S. university
Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money for a new campus in Miami focused on societal challenges.The Pittsburgh-based private research university said the gift is the largest ever single gift to a U.S. university. Other donations topping the billion-dollar mark include $1.8 billion from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins University in 2018. And Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his
Shane Richie banned from driving after speeding
The EastEnders star is told he cannot get behind the wheel for six months.
DoorDash launches an AI agent you can text to order food
By launching an AI agent for food ordering, DoorDash is looking to gain an edge over rivals Uber Eats and Grubhub.
Apple's Mythical 'HomePad' May Finally Be Nigh
Apple's first smart home hub could arrive in mid-October as well along with an update to the HomePod Mini.
How Thermodynamically Accessible are Quaternary Mixed-Metal Chalcohalides?
Quaternary mixed-metal chalcohalides (MMCHs) are a promising mixed-anion semiconductor family, but their thermodynamic accessibility remains largely unexplored. We combine density functional theory with the Alexandria Materials Database to carry out a rapid and reliable evaluation of the thermodynamic accessibility of 54 M(II)$_2$M(III)Ch$_2$X$_3$ compounds. All evaluated MMCHs are predicted to be thermodynamically unstable, but a considerable fraction of MMCHs lie within computational uncertain
Eli Lilly’s Zepbound combined with amylin drug led to significant weight loss in mid-stage trial
An investigational combination therapy from Eli Lilly led to significant weight loss in a mid-stage study, but high discontinuation rates raise questions about tolerability.
Buying or selling 3-0 NFL teams: Which teams are Super Bowl contenders and which are pretenders?
Three of the NFL's five remaining undefeated teams are legit
European Volleyball Confederation clears Russian teams for int’l tournaments
The Council confirmed that this decision applies to CEV organized competitions involving national teams, but specific implementation terms and corresponding organizational mechanisms will be worked out and submitted to the Administrative Council for approval at a later date
OpenAI reveals a slew of launches at its annual conference after shelving a new model over safety concerns
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced a “remarkably capable, always-on” artificial intelligence agent at an appearance Tuesday, a day after the company halted the rollout of a more advanced model over safety concerns.At the company’s annual developer conference, Altman made a slew of product announcements and updates, including OpenAI’s new agents, called Dots. The agents, designed to complete ongoing tasks proactively on behalf of users, are a competitor of Meta’s perso
First Glastonbury 2027 tickets to go on sale
Glastonbury Festival will take place from 23-27 June 2027 at Worthy Farm in Somerset.
Instinct’s new product recommendations are giving some users the ick
Instinct is rolling out human-curated product and travel recommendations, but some users aren’t happy about getting suggestions they never asked for.
9 of the biggest new headphones and earbuds unveiled in September: top releases from Apple, Bose, Nothing, Sonos, Sony and more
In what has been a huge month for headphones and earbuds, we pick just the 9 most-prominent products in the portable audio listening gear space — strap in, there's a lot to get through!
Blood RNA markers may flag lung cancer risk 10 years before diagnosis
Genetic markers in the blood that can signal lung cancer risk up to 10 years before a person is diagnosed have been discovered by University of Hawaiʻi researchers. The set of 31 tiny markers, called small noncoding RNAs, could eventually help identify people at higher risk while cancer remains clin
Travel plans? Here's what to know as measles exposures reach trains and games
Measles is traveling, with outbreaks in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York, and exposures on transportation and in sports. What should you know before getting on a plane or train?
Fantasy football Week 4 Start 'Em & Sit 'Em Quarterbacks: Tyler Shough continues scorching start vs. Falcons
Tyler Shough, Trevor Lawrence and Matthew Stafford are among Jamey Eisenberg's favorite quarterback plays in Week 4
Kiev itself creates humanitarian catastrophe in Alyoshki while blaming Russia — MFA
"Alyoshki is located about three kilometers from Ukrainian positions, which means it is within range of and subject to regular shelling by Ukrainian artillery, MLRS, and drones," Maria Zakharova said
This adorable phone is designed to get kids off screens and into the world
Sam Terris spent his childhood roaming the woods around Walden Pond. Growing up in Concord, Massachusetts, he and his friends would spend hours outdoors, away from their parents. “We were really bored kids, so we had to invent games and activities to keep ourselves stimulated,” he says. “I think that was a really important part of development in my generation.” Terris, a serial entrepreneur who cofounded the plant-based nugget brand Nuggs, recently had a baby. He’
Watch: Pearce Quigley seeks 'Small Prophets' in Apple TV series - UPI.com
"Small Prophets," a comedy-drama series starring Pearce Quigley and "Detectorists" creator Mackenzie Crook, is coming to Apple TV in October.
Instagram is adding an AI ‘assistant’ to tell you how to post
Social media platforms are telling creators what and how to post
Sonos’ Beam Ultra and Ace Ultra Herald a New Era for the Company
The brand’s newest products show it’s fully recovered from its 2024 app debacle.
Machine learning algorithm sets XRP price for October 31, 2026
Although XRP has been consolidating in September, Finbold’s AI Agent expects a breakout above $1.51 by October 31, 2026.
2-Dimensional spectral gating for denoising bioacoustics recordings
Isolating vocalizations from noise in bioacoustics recordings is a prerequisite to many ecological analyses, including species identification, animal communication understanding, and individual or population-level variability studies. However, when recordings are acquired in open environments, vocalizations, noise, or signal-to-noise ratio can vary widely across individuals, species, environment, and recording conditions, making it hard to develop robust and generalizable methods for ecological
Footy Fix: UWCL once again takes center stage as Arsenal, Chelsea, Barcelona and more battle in Europe
Elsewhere, Mathis Albert made history as the youngest goalscorer in USMNT history against Chile
Romania’s political crisis intensifies as Parliament rejects pro-EU PM
Siegfried Muresan's loss of the confidence motion increases the prospect for snap elections.
Analysis:AI borrowers face tough sell in risky corners of US credit market
NEW YORK, Sept 30 : The artificial intelligence boom has arrived in the riskiest corners of US credit markets, where leery lenders are demanding more compensation to fund borrowers whose future earnings remain largely unproven.AI-related issuance by low-rated firms has totaled $88 billion this year,
Lady A singer Charles Kelley reveals blood cancer diagnosis
The Grammy-winning US country music star, 45, says he currently feels "great" and is "hopeful".
Cerebras Systems’ Andrew Feldman on whether AI can keep scaling at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Cerebras Systems CEO and co-founder Andrew Feldman will explore the growing demand for compute, energy, and infrastructure, how Cerebras is approaching those constraints differently, and what comes next if today’s AI hardware reaches its limits.
AI Coding Agents Exposed 13,000 Internal Images, Including Billing Records, on GitHub
Glow found over 13,000 internal images from 300+ organizations exposed in public GitHub repos during AI-assisted code reviews.
Wild crabapples have genetic potential to improve domestic varieties
A bad apple doesn't always ruin the bunch. In fact, it might make the bunch a little stronger. A new study published in Horticulture Research by Ben Mansfeld, an assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, provides apple breeders with a genomic resource t
Laura Hallinan battled with grief - now she's a mental health crusader
In the last ten years, Laura Hallinan's life has changed beyond recognition, mostly due to the fact that four years ago she gave birth to her first child, a girl called Hallie and now has twin boys aged 18 months.
Week 4 NFL score predictions, best picks today: Expert reveals exact scores for every NFL game
SportsLine expert Eric Cohen reveals his score predictions for every game on the Week 4 NFL schedule
What happened on diverted Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv?
Israel's prime minister said one of the pilots stabbed the other and then tried to crash the plane.
OpenAI is accused of taking dangerous cyber risks for ‘private gain’ in lawsuit over rogue AI agents
In what is now one of many known cases, OpenAI’s agents went rogue in July, launching a cyberattack on Hugging Face. Now, the ChatGPT maker is being sued over that incident and the other attacks that have since come to light—such as its not-so-casual hacking of an Australian national healthcare database. Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology (LASST), a self-described public interest nonprofit, has sued OpenAI in San Francisco’s Superior Court. LASST alleges that OpenAI
'Wednesday' Season 3 Wraps Production With a Moody New Jenna Ortega Image
Wednesday Season 3 filming is officially over and with production wrapped, Netflix has debuted a new image of Jenna Ortega.
Restate lands $20M as the need for durable infrastructure increases with AI agents
Instead of building its durable execution engine on top of an external database, the company developed its own storage, replication, and redundancy layers. This architecture allows Restate to be exceptionally fast and lightweight.
Imagine3D-LLM: Teaching MLLMs to Imagine 3D Scenes Before Answering
Reasoning about the 3D world from multi-view images remains a fundamental challenge for Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs). While modern MLLMs handle single-image inputs effectively, they struggle to integrate evidence across viewpoints into a coherent 3D understanding. A growing body of work attempts to close this gap by injecting 3D awareness into MLLMs, either by boosting fine-grained pixel-level cross-view correspondence or by fusing features from 3D geometry foundation models, yet a s
Kidney disease in Nicaragua linked to adolescents and young women, and those without occupational heat exposure
Chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) is an ongoing global health concern and public health challenge. Often described as a silent health threat, it can progress without the classic metabolic symptoms of kidney disease, such as obesity and diabetes. It is typically not diagnosed until it r
Pharmalittle: We're reading about Beam suing over IP theft, a Trump rule on importing meds, and more
Gene-editing company Beam Therapeutics is alleging that one of its scientists stole intellectual property and used it to co-found a Chinese company
Emma Hayes uses U-23 squad to build USWNT depth for 2027 World Cup and beyond
Emma Hayes is leveraging the national training center and U-23 matches to keep young talents like Jaedyn Shaw and Ally Sentnor progressing while building long-term depth
EU ignores risk of nuclear conflict with Russia over Ukraine — Bulgarian PM
Rumen Radev said that Europe had been trying to achieve a conventional victory over the biggest nuclear power by delivering arms to Ukraine
How to Buy Your Business
There’s a new path to running a business, and it doesn’t mean spending years climbing the corporate ladder or starting your own company from scratch. Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA), which involves buying an established, often profitable business, has emerged as a viable wealth-building alternative. The movement is gaining traction, but that doesn’t mean it comes without challenges. This panel of industry experts, business owners, and investors will demystify ETA and break down why so
Danni becomes first contestant to leave Bake Off
Danni from Dorset was the first of 12 contestants to leave 17th series of the Great British Bake Off.
3 days left to exhibit: Turn visibility into your next opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Three days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Book by October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT to showcase your startup to 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders.
Polar’s huge free watch update adds Garmin-style controls and makes your phone less important
Polar’s huge free watch update adds nine new graphs, better battery protection and a shortcut Garmin users will recognise
CMB Injection Bounds on Moduli Fields
Light scalar fields with gravitational strength interactions (moduli) are ubiquitous in string, supergravity, and extra-dimensional models. If produced in the early universe with lifetimes exceeding the epoch of recombination, slowly decaying moduli inject energetic particles into the Standard Model plasma, leaving distinct imprints on the cosmic microwave background (CMB). In this paper we systematically derive CMB injection bounds on light moduli ($10^3\ {\rm eV}\leq m_{\rm{mod}}\leq 10^8\ {\r
'Natural' pill that boosts the same gut hormone as weight-loss jabs
When Emma Hackett stepped on the scales during a health check last September, she was shocked by the number staring back at her.
Notre Dame looks like a CFP contender, but against a weak schedule, what have the Irish proved?
The Irish are off to a dominant 4-0 start, but when will we know how good they truly are?
Garvaghy Road standoff brings Northern Ireland’s old wounds back to surface
Residents block an Orange Order parade in a standoff that has revived tensions, legal disputes and political conflict.
DH-Robotics Debuts 13-DOF Direct-Drive Dexterous Hand at IROS 2026
/PRNewswire/ -- DH-Robotics today debuted the ADH-5-13, a five-finger dexterous hand with 13 independently controllable active degrees of freedom (DOF), at...
Oasis take legal action to stop sale of unheard tapes
The auction house said it was "very disappointed" the lot could no longer be sold.