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The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch
Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name "dot.com," which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page.
Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
Broadcasters should be ordered to stop running Trump commercials that appear to violate US laws, consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said today in a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission.
NASA Awards Orbital Safety Analysis Support Services Contract
NASA has awarded a contract to Omitron Inc. for the acquisition of orbital safety analysis services, which provide for critical protection of NASA spaceflight assets and astronaut lives. This indefinite-delivery contract is valued at approximately $23.5 million over a five-year period of performance and entails conjunction assessment screening services for all NASA uncrewed spacecraft, support of human spaceflight activities, and orbital safety analysis support to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce. The work will take place at Omitron’s locatio
'The story is always the same': NC officials confront broken involuntary commitment system
These are just a few of the many issues within a larger, more complex mental health system that this committee was formed to address. A mandate for ...
Dana White's Contender Series start time: Where to watch, live stream Week 8 and the full fight card
Ten more fighters make the walk to the Octagon in pursuit of a UFC contract on Tuesday night
Iraq begins high-stakes security balancing act as US troops withdraw
Iraq marks national 'Sovereignty Days' as US troops depart, but must navigate risks of new security landscape.
Who Gets Your TFSA When You Die? Check the Name on Your Account
The name attached to your TFSA could determine how smoothly the account passes to your family after death.
Game of Thrones Movie Aegon’s Conquest Gets Release Date, Director in Huge Update
Westeros is heading to theaters as the first Game of Thrones movie locks in its director and official release date.
America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch
For the sake of national security, it's a relief to learn that America.gov is not hallucinating to the point that it's penning lengthy poetry.
AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia
Chipmaker AMD and world models company World Labs announced that AMD will acquire the AI company by the end of the year, pending regulatory approval. The transaction is valued at $8.2 billion. In 2024, computer vision scientist Fei-Fei Li founded World Labs with fellow researchers Justin Johnson, Christoph Lassner, and Ben Mildenhall, with $230 million in funding, some of which came from AMD. The company began working on new world models, which are AI models that aim to provide a useful, predictive simulation of the physical world.
NASA Opens 2027 Human Lander Challenge for Lunar Communications
3 Min Read NASA Opens 2027 Human Lander Challenge for Lunar Communications NASA’s 2027 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help address one of the most critical needs for sustained lunar exploration: reliable communications. As NASA prepares for long-term human presence on the Moon through the Artemis and Moon Base programs, communications systems will be just as important as spacecraft and rockets.
Pharmalittle: We're reading about Novo licensing a Chinese obesity pill, Merck pulling an antibiotic, and more
Novo has agreed to pay up to $2.6 billion to license an experimental, weekly weight loss pill from China’s Hengrui Pharma
Bruins vs. Rangers odds, prediction, time: 2026 NHL Opening Night best bets from proven model
SportsLine's model reveals its Boston Bruins vs. New York Rangers picks for their Opening Night matchup on Tuesday
Man City CEO: Premier League verdict based on ‘conspiracy theory’
Man City says it will appeal after an independent commission convicted it of breaking Premier League financial rules.
Meta’s new AI agent gave a stranger a user’s home address. Then he showed up
Another day, another AI agent gone rogue. Over the weekend, what seemed like a pretty typical Facebook Marketplace transaction took a very bizarre turn when Matt Robb, a Toronto-based tech video creator, let Muse handle his communications. Several hours later, Robb learned that, unbeknownst to him, Meta’s new AI agent had accepted a lowball offer for a keyboard and arranged a time for the buyer to come pick up the item—even though Robb wasn’t home at the time. “A guy just showed up a
Gisele Pelicot rape case to be told in London play
Thirty actors will take part in the documentary-style performance based on documents from the trial.
CVE-2026-79538 | metatool-ai MetaMCP up to 2.4.22 MCP Inspector Proxy Endpoint server.ts createTransport code injection
A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in metatool-ai MetaMCP up to 2.4.22. Affected by this issue is the function createTransport of the file routers/mcp-proxy/server.ts of the component MCP Inspector Proxy Endpoint. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is trad
Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative
Two artists from a Bay Area studio unveiled What Iceberg?, a table-sized installation placed at the public entrance to an OpenAI developer event in San Francisco on Tuesday. According to a description of the piece, the 5-foot-tall sculpture "shows OpenAI's leaders and investors escaping a sinking ship with unimaginable wealth, while everyone else is left to face the cost of AI.” One of the co-creators of the piece, a man in his “late 30s” who gave his name as “Kevin,” said that he and members of the Berkeley-based Odd Friend Studio spent the last five days working to build What Iceberg? out of
NASA Adds Blue Origin New Glenn 9×4 to Launch Services Contract
Credit: NASA In accordance with a contract on-ramp clause, NASA has added Blue Origin’s New Glenn 9×4 launch service to the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract. The New Glenn 9×4 launch service will be available to NASA’s Launch Services Program Office to use for future missions. The NLS II contracts are multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with an ordering period through June 2030, and an overall period of performance through December 2032.
Exercise may reshape your gut microbiome to support recovery - News-Medical
The high and growing prevalence of non-communicable diseases, including metabolic, cardiovascular, oncological, and neurodegenerative disorders, ...
Nick Saban says players, coaches in 'different markets,' compares 'student scholarships' to 'professor pay'
The six-time national champion coach has plenty to say about salary caps for college football coaches, athletes
US consumer confidence hits its lowest level since 2014 ahead of midterms
Rising goods and fuel costs are cited as key factors in the sharp drop in consumer confidence.
‘ChatGPT for the win’: Parents are using AI to skip out on children’s school photo day
With a new school year underway, kids everywhere are saying cheese for school picture day—but some penny-pinching parents are cutting photographers out of the equation. In their place, those parents are employing artificial intelligence to generate picture day-style images of their children. Others are getting their kids’ pictures taken as normal, but avoiding paying for the final images by having AI agents erase watermarks from the proofs. Both methods may be cheaper than shelling out for pr
Trump’s New AI Website Confirms He Lost the 2020 Presidential Election
Donald Trump has routinely claimed that he won the 2020 election. But the new AI-powered website America.gov, which Trump unveiled on Tuesday to great fanfare, says otherwise.
Mozilla deploys a new-look Firefox across desktop and mobile - Engadget
The redesigned browser brings back compact mode and adds a theme picker.
Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
Researchers published late-stage clinical trial data today for the latest obesity drug, retatrutide—expected to be the most powerful formula yet—and the results appear in line with high expectations. Patients with obesity on the highest retatrutide dose lost an average of 25 percent of their body weight after 80 weeks, and an average of 30 percent after an extension period to 104 weeks.
NASA Features Exploration, Science at International Space Conference
Caption: Broadway performers are seen as they sing during the opening ceremony of the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Oct. 21, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington.Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA will participate in the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye, from Monday, Oct. 5, to Friday, Oct.
When Picky Eating is Actually a Psychiatric Disorder | National Geographic
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Yamal stars as Spain thrash Croatia
Lamine Yamal scores twice and assists another as Spain beat Croatia 4-1 in UEFA Nations League Group A3
‘My rogue AI agent texted my ex’: The new meme that lets you pass the blame for your worst behavior
It seems that every other day a new frontier model has made its way somewhere it shouldn’t—so much so that it’s now a meme. In recent months, OpenAI’s agents have managed to hack software company Hugging Face, a German website, and coding website RubyGems. Anthropic’s agents have also had their fair share of “cybersecurity incidents,” with four recorded incidents of agents accessing third-party systems without authorizations. And Google’s Gemini
Supreme Court lets Trump resume deportations to countries migrants have no ties to
The decision marked the third time the high court has allowed the Trump administration to temporarily enforce the policy. The court has also agreed to hear full oral arguments on the legality of the policy in December
OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model
OpenAI is building out the pieces of an alternative to the traditional app store model, turning ChatGPT into a place where software can be discovered and used by people and AI agents alike.
OpenAI wants $500 a month for ChatGPT now, and the $200 plan is paying for it
OpenAI’s new $500-per-month ChatGPT Pro tier unlocks its fastest AI processing, while the existing $200 plan is preparing to lose half of several major usage allowances.
Finding Alien Life on Enceladus Might Be Easier Than We Thought (If It Actually Exists)
Two studies suggest Saturn's icy moon could support an ancient form of metabolism.
Burnham vows to end existing pension triple lock in 2030 to help fund care
The PM was at times emotional during his conference speech in which he outlined his long-term plan for the UK.
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Venezuelan man shot by ICE officer in Texas is charged with assault
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez has disputed the government's account of what led to his shooting during a DoorDash delivery.
DPM Metals Inc. (DPM:CA) Presents at Mining Forum Americas 2026 - Slideshow (TSX:DPM:CA) 2026-09-29
2026-09-29. The following slide deck was published by DPM Metals Inc.
Charlie & Martin Sheen To Star In Comedy Series ‘Happy Jack’ For AMC
Charlie Sheen and his father Martin Sheen are back playing father and son for the first time in over a decade.
OpenAI repotedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
The new round is anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut.
OpenAI’s new GPT-6.1 Sol gets surprisingly close to Astra at a fraction of the cost
OpenAI has launched GPT-6.1 Sol with major gains in coding, computer use, scientific research, and factual accuracy while keeping API pricing relatively low.
Mathematician creates new shape with 8 sides, 26 edges, and 3 holes
Meet the genus-3 polyhedron.
Low RSV Vaccine Coverage Leaves Seniors at Risk - Medscape
... medical conditions. Historically, RSV has been seen as a disease ... “For older adults, particularly those with underlying health conditions ...
NBA nearing ownership choice for new Las Vegas franchise with total costs expected to exceed $12-13 billion
The winning bid for the Las Vegas expansion team is expected to exceed $12 billion
UN extends mandate of Gang Suppression Force in Haiti for six months
Security force members deployed to Haiti have struggled to make progress against criminal groups as violence continues.
OpenAI’s new dots agent comes with a crew of friendly mascots
OpenAI just announced a new suite of AI agents called “dots,” and they look like something you might find in an animated kids show. Dots were the star among more than 20 announcements made at OpenAI’s fourth annual developer conference, DevDay, which took place on September 29 in San Francisco. According to an official blog post, dots are “remarkably capable, always-on agents” powered by GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s latest model, that “get to know what matters to you, are always working on you
Ringo Starr, David Byrne, Joan Baez Donate Unqiue Items for Housing Works Auction
Ringo Starr, David Byrne, Joan Baez, Richard Hell and more have donated items for the "Turn It Up!" auction benefitting Housing Works.
OpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT’s own office suite
OpenAI's newly announced suite of office features puts it into more direct competition with more traditional software companies.
Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack
Last week, when Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the world that an OpenAI agent had accessed "non-public files" from his country's Medicare statistics portal during testing, his description of the incident was a little light on details.
The AirPods 5 Finally Make ANC Standard for a Slightly Lower Price
ANC comes standard on Apple’s slightly boosted basic earbuds.
Federal lawsuit filed after man with mental health conditions dies of dehydration in the ...
The family of Tommy Ricke, who had known mental health conditions, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against multiple parties following ...
Red Sox vs. Yankees AL Wild-Card Game 1 picks: Aaron Judge not available, but Cam Schlittler should be enough
Aaron Judge is not on the Yankees' Wild Card roster as ace Cam Schlitter starts Game 1 vs. the Red Sox
‘Netanyahu targets Qatar to deflect from Gaza war crimes’
In an interview with British broadcaster Piers Morgan, Qatar’s prime minister accused Israeli’s Netanyahu of war crimes
Disney cuts hundreds more jobs for third round of layoffs under new CEO
Hundreds more layoffs just hit Disney, as workers had been anticipating. On Tuesday, Deadline was the first to report that the company’s most recent cuts would impact several hundred employees. A spokesperson for Disney told the outlet that the layoffs primarily impact those in human resources and technology roles. Prior to the announcement, Disney had warned in its August earnings report that cuts were looming: “We remain highly focused on reducing costs across the enterprise
Lanterns' Biggest Hal Jordan Change Undermines DC Hero
A big change to Hal Jordan in the penultimate episode of Lanterns shows how utterly indifferent the showrunners are to the classic character.
Here’s why OpenAI is absent from Nvidia’s industry-wide effort to end rogue AI agents
OpenAI isn't a public supporter of Nvidia's Open Agent Safety Platform, but it is privately working with Nvidia, TechCrunch has learned.
El Niño's Dreaded 'Kelvin Wave' Is About to Hit California
This signature of El Niño could raise sea levels by up to a foot.
NASA Sets Crew-13 Launch, Docking Coverage
The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station pose together for an official crew portrait. From left are Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronauts Luke Delaney and Jessica Watkins, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk.Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage will stream through a variety of platforms.
I Ate Raspberries Every Day for a Week—and I Noticed Two Big Changes In How I Felt
These little morsels are one of the healthiest foods you can eat.
Inside Don Mattingly's Jhoan Duran decision that backfired in Phillies' Wild Card Series Game 1 loss
The Phillies closer entered at the start of the seventh inning and allowed a game-winning three-run home run in the eighth
US Supreme Court allows Trump to continue third-country deportations
The high court grants an emergency petition ahead of expected arguments in the case, slated for December.
SSR Mining Inc. (SSRM:CA) Presents at Mining Forum Americas 2026 - Slideshow (TSX:SSRM:CA) 2026-09-29
2026-09-29. The following slide deck was published by SSR Mining Inc.
Close-up look at Turner's '£50m' Rome painting on show in the city
Turner’s early 19th century painting - Rome, from Mount Aventine - will be on display in the Italian capital for the first time ahead of an auction in London in December.