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AWS will be a $1T business, Jassy says. But first, it will spend big.
Amazon wants to be the king of AI cloud computing and become the first $1 trillion revenue business. But to do that it will have to continue on its capex spending spree, its CEO said Thursday.
Reddit is moving to “a logged-in-only experience,” CEO says
In the future, you won’t be able to use Reddit without logging in. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman confirmed the impending change in a letter (PDF) to shareholders today about Q3 performance. He said that Reddit is shifting “to a logged-in-only experience," adding: Moving to primarily logged-in will ensure our users have the best Reddit experience possible, and can find the content and communities most relevant to them. It is better for our business because we will have more signals for ads targeting, and being logged-in leads to higher engagement generally.
Map Showing Potential Origins of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001
1 Min Read Map Showing Potential Origins of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001 PIA26802 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Map Showing Potential Origins… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads Map Showing Potential Origins of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001 JPEG (1.22 MB) Description This global map of Mars shows 13 locations that match the mineralogy and chem
The Mean First-Reaction Time on a Thin Filament in a 3-D Domain
We study the mean first-reaction time (MFRT) of a Brownian particle in a bounded three-dimensional domain $Ω$ with a reflecting boundary $\partialΩ$, that contains a thin reactive filament. The filament is a tube of cross-sectional diameter $\varepsilon\ll 1$ around a smooth closed curve $Γ$, and its surface is partially reactive with reactivity $b$. As $\varepsilon\to 0$ the filament reduces to a line source in the outer problem. Its cross-section enters only through a logarithmic reactive capa
Phantom Blade Zero walkthrough: How to complete Whence the Weeping side quest
In Phantom Blade Zero, Whence the Weeping is a late game quest that spans across multiple regions.
Russian drone strike kills 14 on Ukrainian rail platform, 6 die in other attacks
KYIV/DNIPRO, Ukraine, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A Russian drone strike killed at least 14 people on a crowded rail platform in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday, while five died in daytime strikes on two other provincial cities and a late-evening missile strike killed one person in the capital Kyiv,
SK Retains Key CEOs, Overhauling Energy Leadership in 2027 Reshuffle
SK Group has retained the chief executives of its major affiliates to ensure management stability while appointing experienced executives to key positions acro
French Action Film ‘Red Bird’ Lands CIS Deal as D.C. Romance ‘Step Back, Doors Closing’ Bows at Tokyo Market (EXCLUSIVE)
French action film ‘Red Bird’ sells to Kinologistika for CIS as Cappu Films adds D.C. romance ‘Step Back, Doors Closing’ for Tokyo.
Portable phone charger explodes on camera inside California home
Surveillance video captures a portable phone charger bursting into flames inside a California home, as a deadly New York City battery fire and a new recall raise safety concerns. NBC News' Andres Gutierrez reports.
Windows 11 gets right-click menu improvements as PC revenue slides
Microsoft is beginning the rollout of a Windows 11 preview update that finally addresses a persistent power user complaint with the operating system: the right-click menu that obliterated years of muscle memory on command locations and hid others behind an additional click. The timing is notable, as the announcement comes alongside Microsoft's quarterly financial report, which showed a continued decline in the business of selling Windows licenses for new PCs. The preview update, KB5127936, is cumulative for Windows 11 versions 26H2 and 25H2.
Slice of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001
1 Min Read Slice of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001 PIA26801 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Slice of Martian Meteorite… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads Slice of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001 JPEG (2.50 MB) PIA26801 Figure A TIFF (26.10 MB) Description This slice of Teghaza 001, one of the most ancient Martia
I didn't know when I collapsed at work - it was low vitamin D
Doctors are finding vitamin D deficiency is increasingly widespread in the UK, especially in young people. But the symptoms are difficult to spot and can be missed.
Use BetMGM bonus code CBSSPORTS to land $1,500 bonus bets for Panthers vs. Packers, Thursday Night Football
Use the latest MGM promo code CBSSPORTS to get $1,500 in bonus bets if your first bet loses for Panthers vs. Packers on Thursday Night Football
Armenian parliament turns into a boxing ring, third time in a month
Armenia’s parliament descended into fisticuffs after a ruling-party MP mocked the opposition leader’s family.
Samsung Biologics Union Backs National Labor Federation
The Samsung Biologics Coexistence Labor Union is strengthening solidarity with the Federation of Korean Trade Unions as it seeks a breakthrough in wage and col
Bombshell confession in The Traitors as faithfuls finally turn the screw
Could the faithfuls finally come good in Thursday's penultimate episode?
Canada to take equity stake in AI firm
Canada is investing up to $1.1 billion in a Toronto-based AI startup, as Washington’s allies work to reduce their technological reliance on the US.
Discovery of Diverse and Realistic Financial Tail-Risk Using Generative Flow Networks
Accurate modeling of rare, high-impact financial events is essential for robust risk management. Sampling-based techniques such as Sequential Markov Chain Monte Carlo (SMCMC) generate diverse scenarios but inefficiently explore high-risk regions, while Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) converges on narrow sets of scenarios, limiting diversity. We present GRID, which uses Generative Flow Networks (GFlowNets) -- samplers that draw objects in proportion to a reward -- to systematically generate div
Many women have never discussed heart health with a clinician, and most report multiple symptoms
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, and the risk rises during the menopause years. But an international study has revealed that only half of women know this. Many have never talked about their heart with a doctor or a nurse, and the majority are living with multiple symptoms.
What to randomize matters: a controlled study of volume, axis and representation in low-data molecular generation
Chemical language models can struggle to generate new molecules when trained on small datasets, where a model may reproduce training examples rather than learn a useful generative distribution. Randomized SMILES augmentation varies atom traversal, whereas Sequential Attachment-based Fragment Embedding (SAFE) also allows the order of fragment blocks to vary. How these distinct sources of representational variation affect low-data molecular generation has not been clearly studied. Here, using 1,00
Packers' Christian Watson hospitalized with chest injury after posting 100-yard first half
The Packers wide receiver was injured on a 53-yard reception after recording six catches for 100 yards
EU force helicopter crash kills four in Bosnia
EUFOR confirms CH-47 Chinook helicopter crash in Bosnia, with four Italian nationals confirmed dead.
Quantile Methods in Large Panels with Fixed Effects
We study quantile regression (QR) and instrumental variable quantile regression (QIV) in static panel data models with additive individual fixed effects. We derive the asymptotic distribution of the fixed effects estimator as both panel dimensions grow large, showing that it has an asymptotic bias of order 1/T, where T is the number of observations per individual. The bias analysis relies on a novel characterization of the profiled score as a weighted sum of induced order statistics (concomitant
'Ghosts': Rebecca Wisocky Talks Hetty's Sister & Halloween Special
Rebecca Wisocky spoke with Deadline about finally finally introducing Hetty's estranged sister Margaret in two-part Halloween special.
The ‘Chinese spy’ suspected of targeting the CEO of the world’s most valuable company
A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Nvidia chief Jensen Huang was suspected of passing intelligence to Beijing. Donald Trump’s reaction is under scrutiny.
Television gains ground in streaming platform era, study shows
A University of Alicante (UA) study of 325 fiction series released in Spain between 2020 and 2024 has concluded that video-on-demand (VOD) platforms have not replaced traditional television. Instead, the two distribution models are developing new ways of collaborating and sharing content.
I Thought the Bestway SaluSpa Hot Tub Would Be More Trouble Than It Was Worth. Four Months Later, I’m Sold.
Easy setup, manageable upkeep, and surprisingly strong bubbles are just a few things that won me over.
Diagnosing parameter unidentifiability in stochastic dynamics with an application to flocking models
Although flocking behaviour has been studied extensively in active matter physics and mathematical biology, methods for assessing parameter estimability remain underdeveloped. For models formulated as stochastic differential equations (SDEs), we develop a Hessian-based diagnostic framework that detects unidentifiable directions and indicates whether, and how, estimation precision can be improved. The framework utilizes the submartingale structure of the loss function's Hessian and tracks its min
Grizzlies vs. Trail Blazers NBA picks: Portland's Ja Morant could get payback in battle of unbeaten teams
We have a matchup of undefeated teams in the NBA on Thursday as Memphis visits Portland and Ja Morant
Binance says $2.54bn in crypto funds frozen amid ‘potential security issue’
Binance founder says world's largest crypto exchange appears to have been hacked.
Chile's Codelco fires eight amid probe into over-reported output
Chile's State-owned miner Codelco said on Thursday it had dismissed eight people, including executives, amid its investigation into over-reported copper production during 2024 and 2025. The people include managers at its Chuquicamata, Ministro Hales and Salvador divisions, as well as professionals f
Why Yellowstone Star Neal McDonough Refuses To Watch The Taylor Sheridan Series - TVLine
Why doesn't Yellowstone star Neal McDonough watch the Taylor Sheridan drama? The Malcolm Beck actor says he finds revisiting his own performances difficult.
You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work
David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.
Pentagon IG refuses to investigate Starlink/Starshield slowdown in Ukraine
The Pentagon inspector general's office declined a request from US senators to investigate restrictions recently imposed on the Ukraine military's use of SpaceX's satellite network. Ukraine, which uses SpaceX's Starlink service and the military version known as Starshield, said earlier this month that military drones lost satellite connectivity when traveling above 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour).
Multiscale evaluation of the elastic response of polycrystalline NiAl using molecular statics, EBSD-based finite element and analytical homogenization methods
The presented work proposes a multiscale framework for the numerical and analytical determination of the elastic constants of the intermetallic nickel aluminide (NiAl) at the microscopic scale. Molecular dynamics (MD) calculations have been employed to evaluate the stiffness tensors of a single NiAl monocrystalline body with cubic Pm$\bar{3}$m symmetry. The atomistic results were transferred to the upper scale as an input to micromechanical models. Here, finite element modeling (FEM) and analyti
Is 'ferritin face' a real thing - and can you really spot low iron from looks?
Videos in which people claim to spot the signs of low iron have attracted millions of views online.
Nico Iamaleava signals UCLA return in 2027: What it could mean for Bruins QB room as Ty Dieffenbach impresses
Rehabbing an ACL tear inside a Big Ten program lets the former five-star recruit avoid a rushed pre-draft process
Trump administration bolsters bid to block Alaska Senate certification
ROCK HILL, South Carolina, Oct 29 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration filed a revised lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block Alaska's election results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan narrowly loses and, according to a person familiar with the matter, issued more than 40 subpoenas
Debiasing Functionals of Conditional Distributions
Many economic parameters depend on estimated conditional distributions. We construct locally robust moments for these parameters by representing their first-step derivative and centering the representer conditionally on the covariates. We develop complementary conditional-measure and CDF linearizations, and derive corrections for control functions, counterfactual functionals, conditional rank-rank regression, and transformations of conditional $L$-functionals. Under the CDF linearization, a Ries
Archaeologists Just Discovered a 4,000-Year-Old Dog Paw Print Preserved in Ancient Brick
chaeologists in Türkiye uncovered an ancient mudbrick bearing a dog's paw print, preserving a small moment from the Bronze Age.
As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces it’s shifting to a logged-in experience
As AI transforms how people find information online, Reddit is rethinking its open-web roots to protect its audience and business.
Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads
Google parent Alphabet reported its Q3 financial results on Wednesday afternoon, showing a healthy rise in revenue for the months of July to September. But the company's stock price has taken a beating, marking one of the largest post-earnings drops in its history. It comes down to several troubling aspects of the new report, including an admission by the company that AI search isn't earning as much as organic search, and despite that, Google expects to spend even more on AI next year. The company took in almost $128 billion in Q3 2026, earning more than $26 billion in net income.
The coupled evolution of nuclear star clusters and intermediate-mass black holes in a dwarf-galaxy merger
Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) and intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are expected to coexist in low-mass galaxies and might together facilitate the coalescence and growth of IMBHs. We simulate an equal-mass, gas-rich dwarf-galaxy merger in which each progenitor hosts a $10^3\,\rm M_\odot$ IMBH embedded in a $10^6\,\rm M_\odot$ NSC to study their co-evolution. The simulation model combines the multiphase interstellar medium and fully sampled initial stellar mass function of GRIFFIN at $4\,\rm M
Testosterone 'may not ease brain fog in menopausal women after all'
Social media is flooded with claims the hormone can treat symptoms - with women even posing as men to obtain prescriptions online.
Inter and AC Milan unveil plans for new 71,500-seat Generali Stadium to replace iconic San Siro
The stadium is expected to be ready for the 2031-2032 season and will replace the iconic San Siro
Trump administration renews bid to block Alaska election results
The updated lawsuit cites a new report that Democratic operatives recruited a competitor to confuse voters.
Vale's profit falls 53% in Q3 on lower iron-ore prices, higher costs
Brazilian miner Vale reported on Thursday a 53% decline in its third-quarter net profit from a year earlier, hit by lower iron ore prices and higher costs, including freight. Vale, one of the largest iron ore producers in the world, posted a $1.26-billion net profit for the July-September quarter, b
Sir Patrick Stewart: Actor who moved effortlessly between Star Trek and Shakespeare
The English actor began his career on stage before finding fame as the captain of the USS Enterprise.
Rivian expands joint venture with VW to include AI assistant
Rivian doesn't disclose if the value of its $5.8 billion joint venture will expand as a result.
Trump declares robot imports a national security threat
President Donald Trump has declared the imports of foreign-made factory robots to be a national security threat—ordering new US negotiations with trading partners while holding out the possibility of imposing new tariffs on such robot imports in the future. Issued on October 28, Trump’s presidential proclamation represents heightened government scrutiny of foreign-made industrial robots that could complicate the manufacturing operations of major US corporations that rely on such robots.
Wheel-less tent trailer airs into 12-person camp castle with bathroom
The hitch-mounted tent is a concept we've seen show up a number of times over the past decade, most notably and recently in a version developed by global car accessories giant Thule. Australian startup MyGlamper aims to grow the concept to all-out group camping size. In fact, it considers its…
Biggest fibre boost could be scraps in your bin, experts say
Chomping on vegtable skins, seeds and stalks could give us vital fibre, say food scientists.
Holger Rune vs Valentin Vacherot preview, head-to-head, odds, prediction & betting tips | Swiss Indoors Basel
Fixture: Holger Rune vs Valentin Vacherot
Ethiopia border clashes leave families hungry and homeless in Kenya
Fighting over disputed land and water in Ethiopia’s Moyale border region has driven thousands of people into Kenya.
SK Planet Reports Gifticon Data Breach
SK Planet said it detected signs of abnormal external access to its service system at around 6:40 p.m. on Oct. 28 and immediately completed blocking measures.
Florida Cop Allegedly Stole a Dead Man's Identity and Lived in His House for Years
A Florida officer allegedly took over a dead man's home, spent $214,000 renovating it, and sued after being forced to leave.
These 4 Unique Computers Just Earned A Spot On Time's Best Inventions Of 2026 List - BGR
Time Magazine is highlighting some of its picks for best tech devices of 2026, and these four unique computers managed to earn a place in the spotlight.
Faraway tectonic forces may have accelerated the Gulf of California rifting
When the Baja California peninsula broke from mainland Mexico nearly 12 million years ago, it gave rise to the Gulf of California. New research suggests that this process of continental rifting was greatly accelerated due to tectonic forces on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.
Autonomous Quantum Measurement with Agentic AI
Quantum materials exhibit diverse electronic and functional phenomena, but their characterization requires extensive experimental expertise, iterative decision-making and accumulated laboratory knowledge that is difficult to document and transfer. Here we introduce Quantum Agent (QUANTA), an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) framework for autonomous quantum-materials characterization. Using a widely adopted Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) as an experimental platform, QUANTA combin
Doctors refused a colonoscopy because I was only 30. Now I have cancer
When I woke up from the colonoscopy, my gastrointestinal doctor told me they had found something in my colon. The diagnosis sent me reeling.
Week 8 TNF Panthers at Packers: Highlights, key plays
Check out the biggest touchdowns and highlights as the Packers host the Panthers at Lambeau Field.
Starbucks Q4 revenue falls 4.5 pct, net income surges 408.8 pct
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. coffee giant Starbucks reported Thursday that its revenue fell 4.5 percent year on year to 9.14 billion U.S. dollars in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, while net income surged 408.8 percent, partly reflecting a sharp decline in restructuring and impairment
Right Numbers, Wrong Questions: Evaluating LLMs on Underspecified Financial Queries
Financial assistants answer questions that sound factual but depend on what the user leaves unsaid: what a data figure measures, which product variant is meant, and the investor's situation and the rules that apply. An assistant that ignores these can still answer with a real number from its data, one that answers a different question. We call this frame collapse. We study it in Indian mutual funds, where product variants and tax rules are formally defined, so the correct answer can be computed
Sir Ian McKellen pays tribute to ‘heart on his sleeve’ Patrick Stewart
Tributes have poured in for Sir Patrick Stewart who died on Thursday - originally from Mirfield in Yorkshire, who made a name on stage before being catapulted to fame on Star Trek and X-Men