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GTA V NPCs Can Now Talk Back In Real Time With AI-Powered NPCTalk Mod, Free Release Coming Next Week
NPCTalk introduces real-time AI conversations for GTA V NPCs, enabling dynamic dialogue and interactions with 1.15-2.2 seconds response times.
CVE-2026-98817 Linux Kernel ASoC probe exceptional condition
A vulnerability was determined in Linux Kernel. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-98817. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.
Breaking news. - Macron vows to hold rioters accountable after French protests
Macron vowed to hold rioters accountable after violent scenes of looting and rioting across France, with unrest deepening political tensions ahead of next year’s presidential election. #EuropeNews
Weight-loss success and obesity need more than jabs: GP Dr Magdalena Simonis explains
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LOOK: Josh Allen channels Brett Favre with unbelievable backhanded touchdown pass
Allen avoided a potential sack and improvised an extraordinary touchdown pass that immediately drew comparisons to a legendary Brett Favre play
Ukraine launches over 1,000 drones at Russia, setting oil facilities ablaze
The air strike, one of Ukraine's largest in the war, comes amid rising tensions between Kyiv and Washington.
Here are the major earnings before the open Monday
Here are the major earnings before the open Monday
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley returns to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway after 16 years
The Angel made her debut in the lingerie spectacular in 2006.
'The GPU never reads the same text twice': Belgian startup Corbenic wants to turn your server's SSD into AI memory, but its 14x speedup owes more to reading less
Galahad promises exact, encrypted KV cache reuse for vLLM, SGLang, and Llama.cpp
Planned UK Data Center Delayed Until 2030s Over Power Grid Delays. Microsoft Pulls Out - Slashdot
July: Nvidia-backed Nscale is building a £2bn data centre at Loughton in Essex, with Microsoft signed up as its anchor tenant. But it can't get the electricity to switch on, reported The Next Web: Nscale's problem is not really Nscale's. It is Britain's. Grid-connection times have become the...
Could staying active before surgery help prevent postoperative delirium?
Staying active before surgery may do more than strengthen the body for recovery—it may protect the brain. Regular physical activity at least seven times a week before cancer surgery was linked to a lower risk of developing postoperative delirium, according to research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY
Cambridge scientist David Sabatini speaks out after courtroom victory: ‘The hardest years of my life’
"The hardest years of my life," is how Cambridge scientist David Sabatini describes the time since his downfall from MIT.
Meet the new Kerrigans: The Castle stage show’s cast revealed
It’s the vibe, 2.0 – the actors bringing Australia’s most beloved fictional family to the stage have been announced.
Auction crowd roars as classic Queenslander’s $1.96 million sale defies slump
The three-bedder in Enoggera sailed past its reserve during weekend auctions in Brisbane.
ClearBridge Select Strategy Q3 2026 Commentary
ClearBridge Select Strategy Q3 2026 Commentary
Betty McGuire, Growing Pains Grandma, Dead At 100 - TVLine
Learn more about the long career of the woman behind Kate Malone.
Anthropic to commit 5% of shares to public benefit fund
Anthropic has separately committed US$200 million to study AI's effects on the labour market.
CVE-2026-104627 Gitea OpenID Association Callback improper authentication
A vulnerability was detected in Gitea up to 28.1.0. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-104627.
Watch AI Will Empower India's Space Missions, Says Minister - Bloomberg
Jitendra Singh, the Indian science & technology minister says that artificial intelligence is a great advantage in empowering India's space missions. …
GTA 6: Can you cheat on someone with a video game character?
Grand Theft Auto VI lets you build and nurture a romantic relationship but some say dates with a fictional character are a step too far.
Champions League Vibe Check: Barcelona, Bayern Munich impress; Manchester United in trouble
Matchday 3's action is headlined by Barcelona's clash with Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal's trip to Bayern Munich
Crisafulli accuses federal government of siege on small business
The premier kicks off a week of public engagements by lambasting Canberra during a business breakfast.
Kettering shopping center adds luxury nail salon, beauty spa to tenant mix
The luxury nail salon and beauty spa will open near Buffalo Wild Wings and Five Below. The brand was established in 2018.
Strictly 2026: Which couple has been eliminated after Icons Week dance-off?
Dame Sarah Storey has become the third celebrity to leave Strictly after her tango to Shania Twain failed to win over the judges
Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI’s workforce
The filing also says that the “vast majority” of Character.AI employees who were offered jobs at Disney accepted them. However, this is a stalking horse bid, so another company could come forward with a higher offer.
CVE-2026-98514 | Linux Kernel up to 7.3-rc4 nouveau validate_init memory leak
A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel up to 7.3-rc4. This impacts the function validate_init of the component nouveau. Such manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-98514. Local access is required to approach this attac
Upper endoscopy patients who inhale cannabis may need more anesthesia than edible users
Patients who smoke or vape cannabis may need more anesthesia during an upper endoscopy than those who use edibles or do not use cannabis, according to a new study presented at the Anesthesiology 2026 annual meeting.
Inside Chicago's battle against the synthetic drugs flooding the US
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports from Chicago, where communities are battling a new wave of synthetic drugs.
Bazzana hitless as Rays beat Guardians to lead series
Tampa Bay will head back home with a three-games-to-two lead in their American League Championship Series against the Cleveland Guardians.
Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case amid widening regional outbreak
Kenyan health authorities say latest patient was likely exposed to the country's first Ebola case.
Bond market’s big short bet gets wakeup call as AI trade wobbles
This threatens to wrong-foot investors who are heavily positioned for 2026’s bond slump to deepen Read more at The Business Times.
Cindy Crawford 'beyond heartbroken' after death of son Presley at 27
Presley Gerber's death in September is being investigated as a suspected overdose.
Linux KVM guest-host escape rated critical, may represent a new way to attack penguin-powered networking
Party like it’s CVE-2026-99999 – a 9.3-rated nasty called PwnEscape
What to Know About the Obscure Private Trust Looming Over Anthropic’s IPO
The AI company has shared few details on the dynamics of the five-person trust empowered to shape its board and block major moves.
Tiny worm brains reveal surprising sex differences beyond neural wiring
Scientists compared the worms' observed neural activity with previously published maps of synaptic connections, or connectomes.
GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Fewer Heart Complications and Infections After Surgery
GLP-1 medications may reduce complications after surgery, with new research linking their use to fewer cardiovascular events and infections.
NFL Week 6 grades for every team that played so far: Browns, Steelers earn high marks, Colts get 'F'
We're handing out grades for every Week 6 game, and we don't hold back
Iran war live: Tehran says Netanyahu seeks more war; Yemen fighting flares
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks more war before elections.
AI's $9 Trillion Investment Boom Faces Growing Profitability Doubts
Astronomical sums are being poured into the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, but warnings are mounting that history could repeat itself, with massive cap
Gigi Hadid spreads her wings on the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2026 runway
The blond beauty was the very first supermodel the brand confirmed when they announced the LA show.
Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’
Anthropic said that it will commit 5% of its shares to the fund.
A Savannah police officer gave her Flock login to her ICE agent husband
SPD officer Amber Harpe was fired for sharing her Flock access with her ICE agent husband.
AI platform allows real-time conversation between patients and their medical devices
A new AI-driven platform could allow people to interact with their medical devices by sending messages using a smartphone application and receiving feedback in real time. Participants in a proof-of-concept study undergoing monitoring for seizures could ask questions about their brain activity, recei
Not just a phase: Experts urge people to recognise mental health warning signs before it’s too late
From academic pressure and social media to workplace burnout, experts say recognising behavioural changes, challenging misconceptions and listening without judgement are essential to making mental health support more accessible.
Meltdown in LA: What went wrong for Rams as Cardinals earn largest upset of the season
The Rams fall to 2-4 and have a whole host of issues
Kinship and surveillance: The return of Somali piracy
Somalia’s piracy crackdown leaves coastal fishermen struggling to survive.
Oil rockets as all lies, all of the time fails
War headlines today. All lies. All of the time. Last week closed out with Brent futures breaking free to $110. The curve jumped meaningfully as well. In a twist, the immediate physical market cratered. Some pretty weird arbitrage stuff is going on here. Diesel also jumped higher. Hormuz transits hav
Kristin Cavallari says she learned a painful $250K lesson involving her father at 22
Kristin Cavallari revealed on her podcast how two six-figure loans to her father Dennis Cavallari were never repaid, leaving her $250,000 in the hole.
Exclusive: NVIDIA's Vera Team Says Chiplet Designs Sacrificed Single-Threaded Performance For Core Counts, And Agentic AI Is Now Forcing A Reversal
NVIDIA's Vera team argues chiplet layouts leave little room for focusing on per-core speed, a trade-off that Vera's design is meant to break.
CVE-2026-98819 | Linux Kernel up to 6.12.112/6.18.55/7.2.9/7.3-rc5 btintel input validation
A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.112/6.18.55/7.2.9/7.3-rc5 and classified as very critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component btintel. The manipulation leads to improper input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-98819. The attack
Plastic waste to become adsorbent for atmospheric water harvesting
Using a new method, discarded plastic packaging materials, old CDs, and even LEGO bricks can be transformed into materials that capture significant amounts of moisture from the air.
Prolapse is common after pregnancy and later in life. Here’s what to look out for
Pelvic organ prolapse may develop and worsen after pregnancy and childbirth, around menopause or because of lifestyle and genetic factors.
Player Ratings: Real Madrid 4–1 Sevilla
Your best source for quality Real Madrid news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.
Flight from Israel makes emergency landing in Bulgaria after bomb threat
Crew of Austrian Airlines flight OS82 decides to land in Sofia after receiving bomb threat, Bulgarian authorities say.
Super Bowl favorite Rams' latest loss has Sean McVay searching for ways 'not to beat ourselves'
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — After congratulating the Arizona Cardinals, Sean McVay explained in one sentence why the Los Angeles Rams lost 18-16 on Sunday.
What Will Oscar Voters Think of That Wacky Elizabeth Holmes Documentary?
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s “You Can See Everything” is a fall sensation, but it faces hurdles on the way to awards attention
What is Apple's Image Playground app for and how do you use it? - Engadget
Apple's image generation tool got some noteworthy updates this fall.
Anthropic gives outside AI watchdog “employee-like” access
Anthropic has granted external evaluators “employee-like access” to assess the risks of its models, following through on a commitment to increase safeguards over concerns the technology could run catastrophically out of control. METR, a nonprofit that has worked with leading labs including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta, now has a team embedded in the Claude maker’s office with access to its hardware and internal systems. A greater role for third-party evaluators is among the main concrete steps the labs have proposed in response to rising concern about the dangers more capable AI systems
In 2023, California scientists moved 246 endangered black abalone to a protected coastline; three years later, site counts rose from 54 to 302, density hit 1 per sq metre and juveniles appeared
In 2023, scientists relocated 246 endangered black abalone to a protected coastal site in California to help restore a population devastated by disease. Three years later, surveys recorded 302 individuals, compared with 54 before the intervention, while the density in high-quality habitat reached on
TV showman Robert Chua spells out his vision for his vast collection of Chinese antiquities
One of Hong Kong’s most influential television broadcasters is also one of the city’s most enthusiastic collectors. PostMag goes on a tour of Robert Chua’s ‘home museum’ to find out how he plans to turn a lifetime of accumulated objects into his next production.
Aaron Rodgers calls for NFL to examine Buccaneers' field over player-safety concerns
Rodgers threw the game-winning touchdown in overtime before calling attention to a field on which he had previously suffered two injuries
Meet the new Kerrigans: The Castle stage show’s cast revealed
It’s the vibe, 2.0 – the actors bringing Australia’s most beloved fictional family to the stage have been announced.
Microsoft Pulls Out of UK Data Center Deal Over Power Delays
The construction of data centers, a critical driver of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure expansion, has hit a major obstacle: limited access to elect
5 Celebrities You Forgot Guest-Starred On The Simpsons - TVLine
Over nearly 40 years, "The Simpsons" has seen so many big name celebrity guest stars appear that there are a few special guests you may have forgotten about.