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Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis
The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process.
Flock CEO defends surveillance technology amid national backlash: 'We shouldn't pause progress' | TechCrunch
At TechCrunch Disrupt, Flock CEO Garrett Langley defended his company's surveillance technology despite growing privacy concerns, arguing that its crime-fighting benefits outweigh the risks of abuse.
Photos capture 'space jellyfish'... can you guess what it really is?
The images were taken on Tuesday morning - with the glowing cloud witnessed by masses of sky watchers across multiple states in North America.
Fewer than 800 Scots have received weight loss jabs on NHS, BBC finds
Only five of Scotland's 14 health boards currently offer the treatment specifically for weight loss, it has emerged.
Wallaroos trio return for bumper quadruple header
The Wallaroos will welcome back a seasoned trio against Scotland to kick-off to a rugby quadruple header in Sydney.
Brazil's Senate approves a shorter workweek in major win for Lula ahead of runoff
Brazil’s Senate has approved a constitutional amendment to reduce the maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours without cutting salaries
Randomization Inference for Dynamic Causal Effects in Short Panels with Autoregressive Instruments
I study randomization inference for dynamic causal effects in panels with many units and few periods when treatment is endogenous and an instrument is as good as randomly assigned only through the innovations of a first-order autoregressive assignment mechanism with unknown persistence. The persistence is a nuisance parameter in two senses: it determines which weighted average of heterogeneous causal effects the instrumented local projection estimand measures, and it governs the randomization di
Apple TV thriller series ‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ shares major Season 2 update
Tatiana Maslany leads ‘MPG,’ a show about a newly divorced mother whose search for answers pulls her into a dangerous world of crime.
India and the World in the Age of AI: Bloomberg New Economy Forum Live Q&A
As governments and companies expand AI capabilities, how will India wield its growing influence? Bloomberg journalists answer your questions on October 15, 2026 at 5 p.m. IST.
CVE-2026-110909 Wheels Local Server Verification improper authentication
A vulnerability was found in Wheels up to 4.1.0. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-110909. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Binary-lens amplification of starlight: from magnification flares to quasi-periodic tracking of orbital evolution
Supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHB) are expected at the center of galaxies as a result of galaxy mergers. The dynamics and evolution of SMBHBs shed light on the evolution and formation of galaxies, the gravitational wave background and the nature of gravity. Many methods have been proposed to identify sub-parsec SMBHBs via the detection of gravitational waves or the modulation of the emission from the surrounding gaseous environment. In a previous study, we proposed a new method of identify
Can my health records be used for medical research?
Veterans have launched a class action against the department for ‘mass and routine sharing’ of their medical records over 20 years. How common is this?
"A Gentleman Never Tells": Delonte West Gives Cryptic Response After Question on Relationship With LeBron James' Mother
Since 2010, one of the NBA's more unusual rumors has involved Delonte West and LeBron James’ mother, Gloria.
Texas Democrat James Talarico faces grilling from voters at town hall in tight Senate race
Talarico casts himself as a moderate who would put Texans’ needs over party allegiances amid close contest against Republican Ken Paxton
Chey Taps Michael Dell’s Family Fund in 944 Billion Won Divorce Funding Plan
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has brought in Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Technologies, as an investor to raise the funds needed to pay the court-ordered
NASA Wants to Explore a Giant Moon Hole That Could Shelter Astronauts
The GIMLI mission will investigate whether a giant lunar pit leads to caves that could shield astronauts from radiation and heat.
Leak: images and specs of Samsung's upcoming Android XR smart glasses surface
Eyewear brand Gentle Monster created six designs, while Warby Parker created three. Each design comes in several colors and with different lenses.
Modeling and Understanding Neural Weights of Humanoid Policies with Diffusion
Recent advances in robot learning have driven rapid progress in humanoid control, enabling increasingly agile behaviors in the real world. However, humanoid control networks are typically obtained through conventional training procedures, while comparatively little attention has been given to directly modeling the distribution of their learned weights and generating functional networks in weight space. In this work, we investigate whether high-performing humanoid control networks can be generati
'In the medium term, AI will force states to fundamentally rethink their tax systems'
COLUMN. As artificial intelligence replaces large numbers of jobs, it will erode government tax revenues that rely heavily on taxing labor, Le Monde's Marie Charrel argues in her column.
Health Check: Another day, another ASX biotech CEO departs | Stockhead
The list of departing ASX biotech CEOs continues to swell, with Medical Developments chief Brent MacGregor signing off today.
Tshwane water tankers spending spark clash over mafia claims | The Citizen
Brink submits request for urgent forensic investigation into R777 million spent on water tankers during 2024-25 financial year.
North Korea tests two submarine-launched missiles, state media reports
The tests showcase North Korea's war deterrent capabilities in the region, KCNA says.
Samsung Leads CXMT by Up to Seven Years in DRAM Technology
An analysis suggests that Samsung Electronics holds a lead of up to seven years over China’s Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) in DRAM process technology, ba
Critics Vindicate ‘Artificial’ After Messy Amazon MGM Breakup (and the Studios vs. Talent Wars Around AI Are Just Beginning)
Luca Guadagnino's "Artificial" was supposed to stink. It doesn't. Amazon MGM's AI problem just got bigger.
Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots.’ Its website says different
Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology.
Representation Conditioning for Generation
Representation-alignment methods effectively accelerate the diffusion transformer training. REPA, for example, uses a pretrained vision encoder to supervise an intermediate layer through an MLP projection head which is discarded after training. It aims to import semantics from the vision encoder to the diffusion backbone. While this objective is achieved at early layers by back-propagating the alignment loss, there is no guarantee that later layers, supervised by the velocity prediction loss alo
Landau quantization of $C_3$ high-fold fermions in honeycomb lattices
We present the theory of the Landau levels of $C_3$ high-fold fermions in honeycomb lattices. These fermions arise as a generalization of the tight-binding model in a honeycomb lattice with one orbital per site, known to describe graphene, to a family of models with several orbitals per site transforming according to representations of $C_3$, relevant for triangulene two-dimensional crystals. The models are defined by the number of orbitals $n_a$ and $n_b$ at the $a$ and $b$ sites of the unit ce
Contraceptive coil 'helped uncover my ovarian cancer'
Caroline Bailey was diagnosed after suffering with "a stabbing pain in the middle of my abdomen".
Fantasy football Week 6 Start 'Em & Sit 'Em: Jordan Love builds on breakout Week 5
With four teams on a bye and stars like Justin Jefferson and Jahmyr Gibbs unavailable, here are the start, sit and sleeper calls to navigate the toughest lineup decisions of the season
Albanian Ministry of Justice on fire as education protesters riot
Hundreds of students joined anti-government protests in Tirana, demanding education reforms.
Auction-based allocation of routes in capacity-constrained networks
We study the route-set allocation problem between end nodes in capacity-constrained flow networks with transfer costs. We introduce an origin--destination (OD) bidding language, in which a participant bids for bounded conic combinations of inlet--outlet--quantity licences and the mechanism performs the routing through a network-flow optimising winner-determination problem. We then study payment rules for the OD mechanism. Under a restricted model with openly and uniformly priced sources and bidd
Beerfest 2: Jay Chandrasekhar Explains What Needs to Happen for Potfest Movie to Be Made
Jay Chandrasekhar recently explained what needs to happen for Beerfest 2, aka Potfest movie, to be finally made.
Epic Games Somehow Gets Even Worse On AI Than Tim Sweeney’s Anti-Disclosure Take
There have certainly been some bad takes on both sides of the AI in video games argument. In one corner, we have the never-AI-ers who reflexively claim that any use of any type of AI in any game is…
Salman Khan Recalls Multiple Health Struggles After Sultan; Says, ‘No Matter How Old You Are…’
Salman Khan opened up about his health struggles on Koffee With Karan season 9, while discussing how he keeps himself fit at the age of 61. The revelation was made after the filmmaker recalled the actor’s characters that went shirtless and set a benchmark in Bollywood.
An overlooked immune cell offers a way to treat deadliest lung cancers
An overlooked population of immune cells could offer a new way to attack one of the deadliest forms of lung cancer.
Predicting Unseen Scientific Interactions: Conditional Flow Models Hallucinate Non-Additive Effects
Conditional generative models are increasingly used for scientific prediction beyond the direct training support. Yet scientific questions often concern whether one intervention changes the effect of another. Such interactions can be of primary interest while explaining little of the total variation, allowing models to appear accurate overall without recovering the relevant scientific effect. It remains unclear how these models learn interactions and when these successfully extrapolate to unseen
NFL Week 6 injury report: Broncos' Patrick Surtain, Talanoa Hufanga ruled out
Lamar Jackson, Caleb Williams and Michael Penix Jr. could be back under center this week, while the Eagles hope to regain Saquon Barkley
Trump plays Muslim Brotherhood card against Senate candidate El-Sayed
President Donald Trump says Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Jakarta bans lobster larvae exports for good
The government has permanently banned exports of lobster larvae and established a task force to crack down on smuggling, seeking to develop a domestic lobster farming industry and capture more economic value from the country's marine resources.
Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew To Release In 2027: Revisiting Her Journey From Lady Bird To Barbie
From the coming-of-age drama Lady Bird to the global blockbuster Barbie, explore four notable films directed by Greta Gerwig before her upcoming Narnia adaptation.
Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt
Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post—whether it involves AI-generated misinformation, hate speech, or a damaging rumor—can quickly snowball into a much larger public controversy. Gudea, a company that tracks how stories and rumors spread online that describes itself as the “storm tracker for the internet,” […]
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2026: Best Deals on Samsung Products
Samsung Galaxy A56 5G is listed at Rs. 31,999 in the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2026, compared with its original price of Rs. 49,999.
Exchange Interactions and Magnon Spectra in bcc Fe(001) Thin Films: A Computational Study
We combined density functional theory with atomistic spin dynamics to understand how surfaces influence magnon dispersion. For this purpose, we investigate thin layers of body-centered cubic iron and compare them with the bulk material. We present how the broken symmetry affects exchange interactions and magnon behavior. Our results reveal enhanced magnetic moments and exchange interactions for surface atoms compared to bulk Fe. The increase in exchange interaction integrals is mostly visible fo
EEG Correlates of Verbal and Perceptual Reasoning
Identifying the neural underpinnings of intelligence is one of the major goals of modern intelligence research. However, few imaging studies explore the high extremes of intelligence, and most use only a single composite IQ score. This study used quantitative EEG recordings to investigate correlations between the EEG variables of individual alpha peak frequency, relative power, and coherence, and scores on verbal and perceptual reasoning tests in participants with IQs from the low-average to exc
SHOCKING UPSET: Big Setback For Jon Moxley Just Days Before AEW WrestleDream
Jon Moxley suffered a major setback just days before a huge match at AEW WrestleDream 2026 PPV.
OpenAI bugging suspect allegedly booked one-way trip to Saudi Arabia
Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan was due to fly to Saudi Arabia on October 12, US prosecutors say in court filing.
Which Text Matters: Handling Model Uncertainty in Text-as-Data Regressions, with an Application to Central Bank Communication
Social scientists routinely convert text into covariates like topic shares, ideal points or sentiment scores, and insert them into statistical models of interest. This two-step design is convenient, but it is rarely guided by theory: little tells the analyst which text-based covariates to construct or include. Each approach embodies contestable measurement choices, and competing operationalizations of the same construct can support different conclusions, so a single research question gives rise
Machine Gun Kelly Calls Tweet About Him ‘Fumbling’ Ex-Fiancée Megan Fox ‘Faker Than a Pair of Tits’
A social media post began circulating, purporting to be Machine Gun Kelly lamenting his breakup with Meagan Fox, but he says it's fake.
Best Google Pixel 11 Deals: Save Hundreds on Google's Latest Flagship Phones - CNET
Trade-in offers, carrier promos and retailer discounts can help lower the cost of the Pixel 11 lineup.
AUKUS' nuclear-powered attack submarines' designs to be shaped by US firm
The latest contract is intended to help transfer specialized nuclear-submarine design knowledge, improve technical coordination and strengthen the industrial capabilities required to build and sustain advanced submarines.
New tool targets rare-earths' shortages to boost electric motor manufacturing
Called Motor Decide, the tool is designed to help industries evaluate electric motor technologies and make informed decisions under uncertain market conditions.
Feasibility of a Patient-Specific Digital Twin for Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Trajectory Planning
Catheter obstruction is the commonest cause of shunt failure; freehand insertion at Keen's point leaves the tip free in cerebrospinal fluid in only one case in ten. We built a digital twin that reconstructs skull, scalp, ear and ventricles from preoperative CT by deterministic geometry, searches every entry around Keen's point for the perpendicular trajectory with the longest intraventricular length under safety constraints, and returns the plan as two ruler measurements from the ear and two dep
Streamer Lavlune, aka "FoidElf," banned from Kick after video of her allegedly abusing her dog goes viral
Streamer Lavlune, also known as "FoidElf," has been banned from Kick after a video went viral in which she allegedly abused her pet.
Argentina’s Milei backs Trump for US midterms, calls vote crucial for West
The US President's ally says conservatives “cannot give an inch” in Latin America as he accepts an award in Washington.
Rupee Extends Rally For Fifth Straight Day, Gains 25 Paise At Open Today
The rupee opens at 94.92 against the dollar, compared with the previous close of 95.17.
Zach Bryan Announces 2027 Stadium Tour Dates, John Fogerty, Ryan Bingham, More to Support
Zach Bryan has announced his 2027 stadium tour dates for North America and Australia — John Fogerty, Ryan Bingham and others support.
Meet the five companies competing in the Startup Battlefield finals at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
It’s time to unveil the five companies that will be competing in the Startup Battlefield finals.
Can Learning to Answer Spatial Questions Improve Novel-View Generation?
Generating novel views from limited observations requires preserving both the appearance and spatial structure of a scene. Although recent approaches exploit fine-grained geometric cues, they do not explicitly model high-level semantic and spatial properties such as object identity, attributes, and inter-object relationships. In this work, we investigate whether 3D language understanding can provide complementary supervision for novel-view generation. We introduce Ask4NV, built on a pretrained u
New chip gyroscope measures rotation as slow as 37 degrees per hour
US researchers develop an optical gyroscope that detects rotation as slow as 37 degrees per hour.
Neuroscientist reveals how accurate your sleep tracker actually is
Given the growing popularity of sleep trackers, it's worth asking whether a sensor on your wrist or finger can really tell you how your brain was sleeping last night.
UCL talking points, MD2: Who's to blame for Man United mess? Chaos bad for Madrid?
Which players and clubs shined in the Champions League? Gab Marcotti, Tom Hamilton and Sam Marsden weigh in on all the moments that mattered from Matchday 2.
Justice Department threatens California with legal action over claim of noncitizens on voter rolls
The Justice Department is threatening California with possible legal action over what it says are noncitizens believed to have received mail ballots for next month’s midterm elections
Eurozone lender flags AI in rate deliberations
The European Central Bank (ECB) must weigh how the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is tightening financing conditions, chief economist Philip Lane says.
Florida Drug Dealer Gets 33 Years After Customer’s Fatal Overdose: 'Hope Ur OK Bro'
The Florida dealer also sold $7,000 in cocaine to an undercover cop while bragging about his history of supplying the victim.