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Portable phone charger explodes on camera inside California home
AI

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.

Technology

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

Science

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.

Doctors refused a colonoscopy because I was only 30. Now I have cancer
Health

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.

Motor racing-Hamilton says he's still 'all in' for the foreseeable future
Sports

Motor racing-Hamilton says he's still 'all in' for the foreseeable future

MEXICO CITY, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton is not ruling out being still in Formula One for the sport's return to Africa in the 2030s, with the 41-year-old saying on Thursday he still had the reaction times of a driver two decades younger.

World

How Israel choked off Hebron at 10 entrances, as 5,000 forced to flee

Our analysis exposes the heavy humanitarian and economic toll of the military siege suffocating Palestinians in Hebron.

Chiranjeevi Set To Make Netflix Debut With New Talk Show Chiranjeevi’s Megaverse
Business

Chiranjeevi Set To Make Netflix Debut With New Talk Show Chiranjeevi’s Megaverse

Chiranjeevi's Megaverse promises candid conversations, personal anecdotes, and a glimpse of the personality that has made Chiranjeevi a favourite across generations.

Bombshell confession in The Traitors as faithfuls finally turn the screw
Culture

Bombshell confession in The Traitors as faithfuls finally turn the screw

Could the faithfuls finally come good in Thursday's penultimate episode?

AI

Envision's Zheng on China's AI Data Center Buildout

Ricky Zheng, General Manager of AIDC at Envision Group, says the company plans to develop data centres around the world powered by renewable energy, with Latin America, Southern Europe and Africa emerging as ideal locations. He speaks exclusively on "Bloomberg: The China Show". (Source: Bloomberg)

Trump declares robot imports a national security threat
Technology

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
Science

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…

Why Am I Still Tired After Gaining an Hour of Sleep?
Health

Why Am I Still Tired After Gaining an Hour of Sleep?

while “falling back” may provide an additional hour in bed that night, sleep specialists say it does not necessarily translate into waking up refreshed.

Packers' Christian Watson returns against Panthers after chest injury, hospital visit
Sports

Packers' Christian Watson hospitalized with chest injury after posting 100-yard first half

The Packers wide receiver was injured on a 53-yard reception in the first half

World

Bank of Japan says 2% inflation goal reached after decades of deflation

Japanese central bank holds interest rates as expectations mount for December increase

Business

Australia's Q3 PPI rises 1.1% Q/Q; annual producer inflation holds steady at 3.6%

Australia's Q3 PPI rises 1.1% Q/Q; annual producer inflation holds steady at 3.6%

'Ghosts': Rebecca Wisocky Talks Hetty's Sister & Halloween Special
Culture

'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.

AI

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.

Technology

Murata Boosts MLCC Output Investment to Keep Pace With AI Demand

Murata Manufacturing Co. will invest an additional ¥15 billion ($100 million) to expand capacitor production capacity and better meet unprecedented demand from data center operators building AI infrastructure.

Microplastics are raining down on Mount Everest all year round, study shows
Science

Microplastics are raining down on Mount Everest all year round, study shows

Tibetan Plateau is receiving an estimated 56 tons of microplastics annually at altitudes above 4000 metres

I didn't know when I collapsed at work - it was low vitamin D
Health

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.

Holger Rune vs Valentin Vacherot preview, head-to-head, odds, prediction & betting tips | Swiss Indoors Basel
Sports

Holger Rune vs Valentin Vacherot preview, head-to-head, odds, prediction & betting tips | Swiss Indoors Basel

Fixture: Holger Rune vs Valentin Vacherot

World

AI’s real bottleneck is electricity. Who will pay for it?

Big Tech’s nuclear power deals raise urgent questions about who will bear the cost of AI’s growing energy demands.

SK Planet Reports Gifticon Data Breach
Business

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.

Marvel, Hugh Jackman, Kevin Feige & MCU Actors Mourn Patrick Stewart: 'Deeply Saddened'
Culture

Marvel, Hugh Jackman, Kevin Feige & MCU Actors Mourn Patrick Stewart: 'Deeply Saddened'

Patrick Stewart has died at 86. Marvel Studios, Hugh Jackman, and MCU actors pay tribute to the legendary actor.

AI

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.

Technology

Bitcoin Stolen in Binance Hack Is Likely ‘Gone,’ Ballet Says

The Bitcoin stolen in the hack of Binance’s crypto exchange will probably be impossible to recover, according to Bobby Lee, founder of digital-asset hardware wallet company Ballet Global Inc.

New 100-lbf jet engine reaches test milestone in just four months
Science

New 100-lbf jet engine reaches test milestone in just four months

Beehive's Frenzy 6 reached its first successful engine test just four months after US Air Force requirements were finalized.

Health

New Research Explores Why Some People Struggle More with Mental Health After Giving Birth

Perinatal mood disorders can affect birthing parents during pregnancy and after childbirth, but their impact is not evenly distributed across ...

Week 8 TNF Panthers at Packers: Highlights, key plays
Sports

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.

Fatherland: Official trailer
World

Fatherland: Official trailer

Sandra Huller in Fatherland. The film that navigates a 'stained' German history

Business

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

Patrick Stewart’s final on-screen appearance after his death will be in 'Avengers: Doomsday'
Culture

Patrick Stewart’s final on-screen appearance after his death will be in 'Avengers: Doomsday'

Patrick Stewart died two months before 'Avengers: Doomsday', which will introduce the X-Men to the MCU in a major way when it premieres on December 18

These 4 Unique Computers Just Earned A Spot On Time's Best Inventions Of 2026 List - BGR
AI

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.

Reddit is moving to “a logged-in-only experience,” CEO says
Technology

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.

APOD: 2026 October 30 – Haunting the Cepheus Flare
Science

APOD: 2026 October 30 – Haunting the Cepheus Flare

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 30 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Haunting the Cepheus Flare Explanation: Spooky shapes seem to haunt this dusty expanse, drifting through the night in the royal constellation Cepheus.

Health

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

Inter and AC Milan unveil plans for new 71,500-seat Generali Stadium to replace iconic San Siro
Sports

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

World

UK denies entry to Swedish academic due to speak at Palestine event

Home Office cancels Andreas Malm's planned travel to the UK, saying his presence 'not conducive to the public good'.

SK Retains Key CEOs, Overhauling Energy Leadership in 2027 Reshuffle
Business

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

Sir Ian McKellen pays tribute to ‘heart on his sleeve’ Patrick Stewart
Culture

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

The ‘Chinese spy’ suspected of targeting the CEO of the world’s most valuable company
AI

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.

Pentagon IG refuses to investigate Starlink/Starshield slowdown in Ukraine
Technology

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).

Vega Island Frozen in Fright
Science

Vega Island Frozen in Fright

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Vega Island Frozen in Fright Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Next Generation EO Kids Mission: Biomes About About Us Subscribe 🛜 RSS Contact Us Search   March 22, 2025 October 10, 2026 Part of a

Health

AI tool developed at MU could find clues in the gut that signal certain health conditions

The tool helps researchers identify bacteria driving differences, potentially opening ways to identify signals of a disease.

Phantom Blade Zero walkthrough: How to complete Whence the Weeping side quest
Sports

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.

World

Britain must sanction Israel, not just its settlers

Israeli forces detained our parliamentary delegation and barred us from the West Bank. The violence is state policy.

Business

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
Culture

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.

Canada to take equity stake in AI firm
AI

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.

Technology

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.

Cleopatra’s eye makeup secret? Ancient Egyptians used lead-based kohl that may have boosted the body’s immune defences and helped fight eye infections
Science

Cleopatra’s eye makeup secret? Ancient Egyptians used lead-based kohl that may have boosted the body’s immune defences and helped fight eye infections

Make-up as an art never began simply to enhance the appearance but to draw courage from what was not mere beauty, but power and protection. Mistaken for mere garb, its long expanse across myriad empires and dynasties has symbolized unyielding power, stretched in strokes of black kohl and rosy rouge,

Testosterone 'may not ease brain fog in menopausal women after all'
Health

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.

Soccer-Everton beat Newcastle to set up League Cup quarter-final with Fleetwood
Sports

Soccer-Everton beat Newcastle to set up League Cup quarter-final with Fleetwood

LIVERPOOL, England, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Everton advanced to the League Cup quarter-finals with a 3-1 victory over Newcastle United on Thursday, setting up a clash against fourth-tier side Fleetwood Town.

World

US midterms: 4 days to go – What the polls say as Trump cancels two rallies

Trump cancels Kansas and Iowa rallies, opting for telephone events across nearly 20 states over the weekend.

Platinum-catalysed hydrogen mobility receiving strong backing, says WPIC
Business

Platinum-catalysed hydrogen mobility receiving strong backing, says WPIC

Industry leaders have combined forces to assert their commitment to hydrogen mobility solutions for heavy-duty transport in Europe, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) reports. This outcome points to shared conviction that hydrogen is an important complement to battery electric vehicles in

Why Yellowstone Star Neal McDonough Refuses To Watch The Taylor Sheridan Series - TVLine
Culture

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.

Gemini's latest integration can tell you if you're getting faster, one run at a time
AI

Gemini's latest integration can tell you if you're getting faster, one run at a time

Strava subscribers can now connect their accounts to Google Gemini for personalized fitness and training insights.

Technology

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.
Science

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.

'My low Vitamin D levels hit me like a truck'
Health

'My low Vitamin D levels hit me like a truck'

Saskia Reeves-Priestley didn't know she had a Vitamin D deficiency until she suddenly collapsed at work.

Motor racing-Perez says Cadillac deal will be his last Formula One contract
Sports

Motor racing-Perez says Cadillac deal will be his last Formula One contract

MEXICO CITY, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Sergio Perez said on Thursday that his newly announced contract extension with Cadillac will be his last in Formula One, as the Mexican prepares to mark his 300th Grand Prix start in front of his home fans this weekend.

World

Survivors of Spain’s worst train crashes urge action after latest disaster

As people suffering post-traumatic stress watch history repeat itself, experts call for investment in safety.

Samsung Biologics Union Backs National Labor Federation
Business

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

‘It’s wrong’: Nancy Pelosi criticizes Zohran Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed over Israel comments
Culture

‘It’s wrong’: Nancy Pelosi criticizes Zohran Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed over Israel comments

Nancy Pelosi said Zohran Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed did not represent congressional Democrats amid a debate over antisemitism within the party