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Kate Kallot on Leaving NVIDIA, Sovereign AI and Building Amini | Deep Learning Indaba 2026
“Local context is not something you can learn. It’s something you live.” Amini founder Kate Kallot, a TIME100 AI honouree, on leaving NVIDIA, why sovereignty is about choice, raising money as a solo African woman founder, and competing with Big Tech.
This tiny 45W 10,000mAh power bank just got a rare drop below $32
This LISEN mini power bank is 21% off the RRP on Amazon, packing 10,000mAh and 45W USB-C charging in a travel-friendly size.
Solar Cells Inspected on NASA’s NEO Surveyor
1 Min Read Solar Cells Inspected on NASA’s NEO Surveyor PIA26715 Credits: BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Solar Cells Inspected on… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads Solar Cells Inspected on NASA’s NEO Surveyor JPEG (889.24 KB) Description The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission is inspected by a technicia
GSK sees its return to cancer starting to pay off
A decade ago, GSK was out of oncology. It could soon pick up approval for its sixth cancer drug.
NFL trade rumors: 4 potential landing spots for Maxx Crosby if Raiders decide to sell at deadline
As the Raiders stumble to 3-4 ahead of the Nov. 10 deadline, contenders like the Bears and Bills could pursue the star pass rusher to fuel a playoff push
What Vucic’s defeat means for Serbia’s foreign policy
Those expecting Belgrade to tilt towards the West may need patience while the new government deals with domestic issues.
Scientists say something in the air could be quietly damaging your brain
In the 1980s, an egg sizzling in a frying pan warned us what our brains looked like on drugs. Today, researchers are just starting to uncover what our brains look like on plastics and pollution—and spoiler: it’s also not great. Scientists are continuing to advance research into how our brains are becoming littered with plastic particles. The Washington Post reported last week that several studies published this year are offering new clues about the potential impact that polluted air might hav
Zooey Deschanel Gives Wedding Update 3 Years After Getting Engaged to Jonathan Scott
Zooey Deschanel shares update on her wedding plans with fiancé Jonathan Scott three years after getting engaged.
Anthropic files for blockbuster IPO that could value AI giant at $2 trillion
The company, known for its Claude chatbot, said it plans to list on the Nasdaq exchange under the stock ticker “ANT,” according to an S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Anthrop…
Meet the real-life Scottish surgeon who inspired Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created one of the most beloved fictional detectives of all time in Sherlock Holmes, spawning countless novels, films, TV series, and so forth featuring the sleuth. Far fewer people know about the real-life inspiration for Holmes: a renowned surgeon at Scotland's University of Edinburgh named Joseph Bell, who taught Doyle when the author was still a young medical student.
NEO Surveyor’s Sunshade Gets Inspected
2 Min Read NEO Surveyor’s Sunshade Gets Inspected PIA26780 Credits: BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NEO Surveyor’s Sunshade Gets… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads NEO Surveyor’s Sunshade Gets Inspected JPEG (1.17 MB) Description The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor is mounted on an assembly ring during inspect
House lawmaker probes PBMs for 'punitive' audits of independent pharmacies
A House lawmaker is investigating whether the three largest PMS targeted independent pharmacies withretaliatory audits.
Australia news LIVE: Plibersek asked to reassure young women public life is still safe after Haines attack; Coalition vows to dismantle climate policies in bid to fight inflation
Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond.
Palestinian children crawl under Israeli military gates to get to school
Palestinian children in Jenin have to crawl under Israeli military gates to get to and from school.
Banks Have A Right, And A Duty To Protect Their Reputations
The cost of a bad client well exceeds any near-term gains from that same client.
Billy Corgan on his respect for Olivia Rodrigo: "She's not afraid”
Billy Corgan has shared his admiration for Olivia Rodrigo, praising her songwriting as being “free” and “not afraid”.
SpaceX locks in $40B GPU financing deal with Apollo
The financing gives SpaceX another way to fund its rapidly expanding AI ambitions without relying solely on traditional debt markets.
Worms mate in man's eyes, get plucked out right before larvae burst out
After two months of discomfort, a man in South Korea went to an eye clinic where doctors pulled 11 living, wriggling worms from his eyes. They apparently made the most of their time on the man's peepers; at the time of extraction, many of the female worms were pregnant. The man narrowly avoided having them spew their loads of living larvae directly into his eyes. The man in this case was a 71-year-old crop farmer. He told doctors that for the previous two months he had the sensation of having something stuck in both his eyes, which were also red and blurry.
Tinga’s Tale
Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home This image from NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover, taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument’s left eye, captures a potential contact betwee
Why do people still get polio in some countries and not in others?
Polio can survive only where it finds kids who aren’t protected by a vaccine.
Delaware vs. Western Kentucky live stream, where to watch online, CBS Sports Network channel finder, odds
CBS Sports Network is home to six games in Week 9, beginning on Tuesday night
US court rules daughter of Trump critic James Comey was illegally fired
Maurene Comey had argued that she was fired because her father, former FBI chief James Comey, was target of Trump's ire.
Trump Says Those Reporting Voter Fraud Could Get $1 Million
The Trump administration sued preemptively to overturn results of Alaska’s pivotal Senate race if the Republican candidate loses.
Johnny Depp’s Ebenezer Hates Halloween Even More Than Christmas in New Video
Johnny Depp's Ebenezer reveals an even greater hatred for Halloween than Christmas in a new video teasing the actor's upcoming holiday role.
Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals its strategy for keeping enterprise customers hooked
Anthropic’s S-1 shows more than half of its $100,000-plus customers now use both the Claude Platform and a first-party app, a cross-selling playbook reminiscent of Amazon that’s making enterprise customers stickier.
Google Health Connect May Soon Support Multiple User Profiles on Android Devices
Google is reportedly working on adding multiple user profile support on its Health Connect application for Android.
NASA SEES Interns Tackle Real-World Challenges in Lunar Exploration
Explore This Section Science Science Activation NASA SEES Interns Tackle… Overview Resources Opportunities Citizen Science Highlights About Science Activation 4 min read NASA SEES Interns Tackle Real-World Challenges in Lunar Exploration The Matrix Team developed a sophisticated interactive dashboard for the IM-3 mission that allows users to vary engine, spacecraft, and orbital parameters to investigate the effect on propellant margins and landing zone availability. The NASA STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Enhancement in Earth Science (S
Mental health accommodations at work — what employers can ask, expect and change
An employee requests remote work as an accommodation for a mental health condition. Another relies on an approved schedule adjustment to manage ...
WNBA Finals' Game 6 scheduling debacle is an embarrassing end to a historic season
What could be the deciding game of the best-of-seven series will now be played as a midweek matinee
Former FBI director James Comey hit with third set of charges under Trump
Comey, who was fired during Trump's first term, has been accused of unlawfully divulging national security information
Wendy’s store closures: Franchisee could close another 60 locations in Chapter 11 bankruptcy
One of Wendy’s biggest franchisees is moving to potentially close as many as 60 restaurants, adding to the dozens of stores that it has already closed this year. The move comes after the franchisee, Meritage Hospitality Group, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan on September 17, 2026. At the time of its September bankruptcy filing, Meritage operated 314 Wendy’s locations. Michigan-based Meritage is seek
Clayface’s James Gunn Gives Fans a Great Reason to Go See New DCU Movie Today
James Gunn just gave DC fans a reason to watch Clayface, praising Tom Rhys Harries’ haunting performance on the comic villain’s anniversary.
Anthropic’s IPO filing lays out a plan to ‘revolutionize every area of human endeavor’ with AI
The company said it plans to list on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker ‘ANT.’
Apple reveals updated iPad mini with a bigger OLED screen for $700
The iPhone Duo may be a bit of a risk right now, but there's a new mid-size Apple touchscreen device that might do the job. Starting at $699, the 8th-gen iPad mini price has gone up, but there are some big changes. Apple says the refreshed 8th-gen iPad mini marks the most significant update ever for its petite tablet, featuring an OLED screen and the A20 Pro chip that we first saw in the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo. The new iPad mini has roughly the same footprint as the 2024 release, but the display is slightly larger thanks to a 24 percent reduction in bezel thickness.
A Cancer Vaccine Custom-Made from Each Patient’s Own Tumor Reduced Melanoma Recurrence Risk by 42 Percent
A custom-made vaccine helps the immune system hunt down cancer cells left behind after surgery.
If Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts can get dangerous blood clots, so can you – here’s how some states are trying to reduce the risk
In the US, up to 900,000 people are affected by severe blood clots each year, and over 60,000 die from it annually.
Robert Griffin III would '100% be interested' in filling Baylor's head coaching vacancy
Could Baylor's former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback be a serious candidate to replace the fired Dave Aranda?
Africa food security under threat due to Iran war, trade officials warn
The war on Iran is driving up fuel and fertiliser costs across Africa, threatening food security, trade officials say.
NBA partners with Kalshi and Polymarket as official prediction markets
The NBA has struck deals that will make Kalshi and Polymarket the league’s preferred prediction markets, along with an agreement with a federal agency tasked with regulating those exchanges. Those agreements, announced Monday, are intended to provide “significant integrity protections for NBA-related markets,” including limitations on what can be offered on those exchanges, transparency when it comes to suspicious patterns by site users, and banning league and team personnel from making trade
Macklemore begins Free Palestine tour after Ed Sheeran fallout
Proceeds from the tour, which begins in Dublin next month, will go to organisations supporting Palestinians, he says.
Apple adds more Siri AI tools in its 27.2 system updates, out today - Engadget
Apple has rolled out software updates for all its platforms today.
Apple releases iOS and macOS 27.2 with new Siri AI features, new Music logo
Today, Apple rolled out the 27.2 updates for its operating systems, including iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS, and so on. Let's start with iOS 27.2. This update is heavily focused on Siri AI. It adds a memory feature to Siri, so it can "recall your past conversations" and reference them when chatting with you.
Brazil election: many scientists relieved as Lula wins surprise victory
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03446-9Scientific organizations in Brazil had rallied around the incumbent president, who defied expectations to defeat his opponent in a run-off.
Two strategies show similar protection against infant RSV
Kaiser Permanente study supports guidelines that offer option of maternal vaccine or vaccination of newborns.
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‘Deflections’: Abdul El-Sayed responds to Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks
The Democratic candidate for the US Senate has been the subject of Islamophobic attacks from Trump.
These 2 ASX financial shares are predicted to rise more than 40%
Shares in MA Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MAF) and Hub24 Ltd (ASX: HUB) are tipped to turn around, after a period of underperformance.
Busted's James Bourne says 'hero' brother saved his life with kidney donation
The guitarist says doctors had given him "a few years left to live", but is now recovering well.
Anthropic Relies On Claude To Build Claude. That’s An Advantage And A Risk.
More than 90 percent of Anthropic’s code was written by its own AI tool Claude in September, the company disclosed in its S-1 filing on Monday. The AI giant is increasingly using its own AI models to research, design and develop subsequent versions of its models— a process it calls “closing the …
Some iPhone Duo screens are already failing
The iPhone Duo launched last week, offering anyone willing to spend $2,000 a chance to experience Apple's first foldable phone. For some early buyers, the morning after isn't going great. Despite the company's big talk about its "precision-engineered" hinge, some devices appear to have a hardware flaw that destroys the device's impressive internal display within hours (or minutes) of use. The Internet is currently overflowing with images of busted iPhone Duos, all sporting almost identical damage. The OLED is marred by several bright lines originating just below the midpoint of the display.
NASA’s Perseverance Offers Clues to Protect Crews From Mars Dust
6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This 360-degree panorama from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover shows Neretva Vallis, the dusty, long-dried river channel that cuts through the western rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater.NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS Over 1,645 Martian days, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover measured the fine and ultrafine Martian dust particles found clinging to samples of spacesuit materials that are carried aboard the rover, including some that are small enough to penetrate the lungs and enter the bloodstream.
Israel's health panel weighs new treatments as annual budget increase stagnates
Israel's health basket committee is set to decide on how to use a $211 million addition to its budget. At a press conference marking the committee's convening, Health Minister Haim Katz said, 'I know that however much we give, it's never enough'
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What will Lula’s fourth term mean for Brazil?
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wins a fourth term as Bolsonaro disputes the result. Can he deliver on his promises of change?
Why Marissa Mayer’s AI parenting anecdote received such a strong reaction on social media
Many people use AI for routine tasks like drafting emails or answering quick questions. But former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer used it for something that social media users aren’t necessarily thrilled about. In a New York Times interview published over the weekend, Mayer revealed that when tasked with coming up with three bullet points to summarize what made her 10-year-old daughter special, she asked AI for help. “It came back and was, like, your daughter is empathetic, creative,
Obsession Director Curry Barker Gives Intriguing Update on New Anything But Ghosts Horror Movie
Obsession director Curry Barker gave an intriguing update about his upcoming horror movie, Anything But Ghosts.
Anthropic officially files for its public debut
Anthropic has officially filed for an IPO, revealing soaring revenue, mounting losses, major enterprise adoption, and an unusual governance structure designed to preserve founder control and its AI safety mission.
HP’s Omen 35L Gaming PC Brings RTX 5070 Graphics for $600 Less, but Only for Today - CNET
Upgrade your gaming setup with an Intel Core i7 processor, RTX 5070 graphics and 1TB of SSD storage for $1,850.
Mentoring a lab colleague? Share your ‘CV of failures’ with them
Nature, Published online: 26 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03410-7Melanie Stefan became a ‘poster child of failure’ after writing an article about it. Now she urges senior colleagues to be more open about career setbacks.
Nigeria Ebola patient flown to Switzerland, Congo health worker killed as 4 countries deal with outbreak
Officials on opposite sides of the African continent are trying to determine how a woman diagnosed with Ebola in Nigeria's capital last week contracted the deadly virus without having visited the Democratic Republic of Congo — the epicentre of one of the worst human outbreaks of the virus in history
More than a championship hangover: Four reasons behind Knicks' troubling 0-3 start
The Knicks are just the third defending champ this century to drop their opening three games
Huge explosion at a weapons depot in Syria
Huge explosion at a weapons depot in Syria
Entrepreneurship might be the key to a longer life
If you thought entrepreneurship was too stressful a path to venture down, you might want to reassess. A new study found that there may be a surprising benefit to starting a business: longevity. The study, titled “Do Entrepreneurs Live Longer?,” comes from researchers at the School of Business at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey and was published in the Journal of Business on October 22. For the research, associate professor Cristiano Bellavitis and his collabora
Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov, dies aged 90
He played the eager Russian crewman in the original Star Trek series and later appeared in Babylon 5.