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Claude Haiku 5.5 is here: The fastest, most affordable Anthropic model yet
Anthropic has today announced Claude Haiku 5.5. It's the fastest and most affordable Claude model yet, and beats GPT-6 Luna in benchmarks.
Sony ULT Tower 5, Tower 7 and Tower Max Launched in India: Check Price, Specifications And More
Sony has expanded its ULT Power Sound lineup in India with three new party speakers. The range includes the second-generation ULT Tower 5, ULT Tower 7 and flagship ULT Tower Max.
Live - Rubio urges Europe to wake up as EU trade chief begins key China trip
Europe's ties with China, the US and the UK are all being tested at once. EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič is in Beijing with a deadline to rebalance trade relations, Marco Rubio tells Europe to wake up, and London weighs rejoining the EU. In France, students are back on the streets today. #EuropeToday
FDA says its review of abortion pill will continue into next year
The Food and Drug Administration says its ongoing safety review of the nation’s main abortion pill will continue into next year
Sports Bulletin Oct 8: Gambhir Bids Farewell to Agarkar, Laxman Joins Selection Meetings; Bhagat-Patel Named Flag Bearers
Sports Bulletin Oct 8: Gautam Gambhir pays tribute to Ajit Agarkar, VVS Laxman joins selection meetings, and Pramod Bhagat and Bhavina Patel named flag bearers.
The Hormuz bonus: Sailor salaries soar for transits amid Iran war
Reports have emerged that tanker captains are earning $100,000 plus a $50,000 per-trip bonus to transit the strait.
Skydance’s subtle rebrand proves which company has brand power
Atop the Warner Bros. water tower in Burbank, California, a crew of workers added a small line of text below the WB logo on Monday to mark Paramount Skydance’s $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The iconic water tower now says “A Skydance Corporation” below the WB Shield logo—a tiny change many onlookers might not give a second thought to, yet one that signals a megamerger of some of America’s best known media brands and intellectual property. The new
Gaten Matarazzo on life after Stranger Things as he makes West End debut
The actor opens up about finding his way in the West End as he makes his debut in a revival of Rent.
Huawei and Qualcomm agree to cross-license patents covering 5G, AI and computing · TechNode
Huawei and Qualcomm announced a multi-year patent licensing agreement on October 5 covering cross-licenses to their patent portfolios in 5G, computing, AI
Never Look Back: Understanding Persistence in 3D Object Memory from Egocentric Videos
As we move through the world and carry out everyday tasks, we encounter objects that may become relevant only later. We are capable of recalling where we left something or what was inside a container, even without knowing we would need it later. Here, we study how an embodied assistant can build a similar memory from egocentric videos, by observing a person's day-to-day activities. We present Ledger, a persistent 3D object memory that combines object locations, their histories, and contextual de
Could humans live up to 194 years? Scientists find a possible biological limit
DNA mutations that accumulate in cells over a lifetime? A new mathematical study suggests that even in that highly theoretical situation, human longevity could still have a limit.
Structure alone supports efficient visual computation in the Drosophila visual system
Understanding the extent to which measured synaptic wiring determines computation remains a central challenge. Here, we couple the proofread adult Drosophila melanogaster connectome to an anatomically faithful model of its eye. Visual information is inputted in the eye model, then passed to the connectome, and finally read from a Kenyon-cell-centered linear decoder. This creates a connectome-only model in which the anatomical graph and eye geometry are fixed and only scalar synaptic gains and ne
Super Bowl stock report for NFL Week 5: Jaguars enter peak form, Eagles trend toward rebuild
We assess the NFL title race after Week 4 and identify three upcoming games that could reshape the Super Bowl picture
School protests, blockades resume in France despite PM’s promise to act
Dozens of people have been injured in the protests, including students, teachers, and police officers.
Scientists just designed the world’s most accurate clock
Physicists in Singapore have built an atomic clock so precise that it measures time down to the 19th decimal place. A machine with this level of accuracy could run for hundreds of billions of years—far longer than the entire age of the universe—without gaining or losing a single second. This leaves the world’s reigning timekeeping superpowers in the dust. Until now, the ultimate records belonged to elite laboratories in the U.S. and China, which spent years locked in an intense scientific
Marco Bellocchio’s 'Falcon' Sets Sales, Louis Garrel As John Elkann
Marco Bellocchio’s 'Falcon' Sets Sales & Announces Louis Garrel In Role Of Fiat Boss John Elkann
JPMorgan Private Bank Says AI Set to Drive Strong Earnings
Nataliia Lipikhina, head of EMEA equity strategy at JPMorgan Private Bank, discusses how artificial intelligence continues to underpin global equity markets, particularly the tech sector. "I think the market comes to realization that actually the AI story continues," she tells Bloomberg Television.
October’s Humble Choice line-up is available now - KitGuru
Each month, all those with a Humble Choice subscription are privy to a selection of games for a rela
Constraints on Primordial Oscillatory Features from the Power Spectrum and Bispectrum of Redshift-Space Galaxy Clustering in DESI DR1
We constrain oscillatory features in the primordial power spectrum using the public DESI DR1 galaxy and quasar clustering data. Our analysis is based on a custom pipeline for the redshift-space power spectrum and bispectrum of the six main DESI DR1 tracers, modeled with the Lagrangian effective field theory,which provides a principled resummation of the non-linear damping of the features. We consider oscillations that are linear and logarithmic in wavenumber, and, for the first time, consistentl
Feedback to the primary visual cortex is highly concentrated on the central visual field representation
Retrograde tracer injections in marmoset monkeys revealed a striking feature of neural circuitry in primate visual system: among neurons projecting to the primary visual cortex (striate cortex, V1), the proportion of extrastriate feedback neurons relative to thalamic feedforward neurons decreases markedly with visual field eccentricity. This supports the Central-Peripheral Dichotomy theory, which proposes fundamentally distinct computational specializations --- visual recognition and attentional
NFL Week 5 upset alert: Why these five favorites could easily lose, including the Patriots
After accurately identifying three major upsets last week, we examine five more for Week 5
Malaysia PM says will work on Myanmar’s ASEAN reintegration
Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing in Malaysia for a two-day visit, his first since he became president in April.
Trump wants to rebrand his West Palm Beach golf club into MAGA ‘Camp David’
President Donald Trump wants to turn his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, into an official government golf course for U.S. presidents, operated by his family’s company. Harvey Oyer, a real estate lawyer there, said in a letter to the Palm Beach County commissioners that Trump is offering to “designate” his Trump International Golf Club as a “U.S. Presidential Golf Course.” The course would be “utilized by all past, current, and future United States
How boxing inspired a play about men's mental health
The play explores the difficulty some men have talking about their mental health and the support they can find in each other.
Refactoring The-Internet: Fork, Fix, Farewell to Heroku and hello to Render!
With this blog post, we will be taking Dave Haeffner's The-Internet, https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/, a ten-year old web app test site, fork it, investigate using Google AI how to modernize the server architecture, and port it over to a new home at Render.com. Spoilers: The original version, but
Still not using Pixel VIPs? Here's how to set it up on your Pixel phone right now
Pixel VIPs is much more useful after Google's latest update. Here's how to set it up and keep your closest contacts within easy reach.
Solar Orbiter tracks origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks
The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through an S-shaped kink known as a ‘switchback’ in the solar wind’s magnetic field. By fingerprinting the elusive particles within the switchback, Solar Orbiter has traced its origin back to the Sun’s surface and revealed more about s
'I was blamed for my baby's death now NHS needs to change'
Neil and Katie Russell are working with the hospital where their daughter died on the scheme.
Ravindra Jadeja hilariously reacts to BCCI's selector application after IND vs WI 2026 ODI series
Veteran Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja brought his trademark wit to social media this week, amusing cricket fans with a humorous response to the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) rece
How much does France spend on education compared with the rest of Europe?
Amid student protests, Al Jazeera visualises how French spending stacks up against defence and healthcare.
These costly recruiter and résumé writer scams are targeting executives
A recruiter reaches out. They tell you you’re a good candidate for a senior role or board seat. The opportunity is plausible, but edging into the too-good-to-be-true zone. That’s exactly what happened over a year ago to an operations executive who contacted me. I’m an executive and board résumé writer. They wrote: “I want to confirm you’re the person I’ve been communicating with about the résumé for [X Hospital]. Could you please verify?” I replied: “No, we have not communicated.”
'I won Gladiators - now I'd love to become one'
Josh McDonald won the third season of the hit TV programme, which aired earlier this year.
‘I saved over the last five days $3,105’: Zendesk CEO on Meta’s Muse
Zendesk CEO Tom Eggemeier told TNW the company will end the year with about $400m of AI revenue, up from about zero two years ago.
Decoupling Exploration from Optimization in RLVR
Modern language models undergo reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) on top of already-trained checkpoints. A key promise of RLVR is the discovery of new reasoning strategies. In principle, a model can sample novel ideas absent from its prior training data. In practice, however, augmenting RLVR with strong novelty incentives has seen limited success and can degrade model quality. Because verifiable rewards supervise only a narrow slice of the model's knowledge and behavior, such
Magnetic Order from First-Principles Linear Response
The magnetic order of a material is usually predicted by comparing the energies of trial spin configurations, a strategy that cannot reach orders outside the chosen set and rapidly becomes intractable as the number of magnetic sites grows. We show that the order can instead be identified directly from the paramagnetic state: the leading eigenmodes of its self-consistent magnetization response, obtained with spin--orbit coupling at arbitrary wavevector within the primitive cell, determine both th
Gloucestershire actor Simon Pegg opens up on diagnosis after 'suspicion'
The Mission Impossible star said 'it confirmed a lot of stuff that I’d been wrestling with'
Eels appoint new chief executive on same day they announce Spencer Leniu deal
Parramatta have settled on a replacement for long-term boss Jim Sarantinos as they officially announce the signing of the Roosters’ premiership star.
UK police charge Royal Navy member accused of working with foreign power
Police say the incident is not connected to ongoing investigations at the RAF Fairford airbase.
Big Tech is cutewashing its AI agents
First came the buttholes. Then the sparkles and gradients. Now, the next Big Tech AI branding trend has arrived. As the biggest artificial intelligence players introduce new agent capabilities, they’re all converging around the same visual shorthand: cute little guys. On August 11, SpaceXAI (Elon Musk’s AI-focused mashup company) launched GrokBot, a series of AI agents designed to work on tasks autonomously, even when the user’s computer is closed. They’re represented by shapes with gia
Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship.
Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia | TechCrunch
The startup pays people to record everyday tasks.
Tetris3D: 3D Scene Generation With Objects That Fit Together
We propose Tetris3D, a generative framework for single-image 3D scene reconstruction that recovers objects which are physically and geometrically coherent as a scene. Existing methods often generate objects independently or couple them implicitly, providing limited guidance for ensuring fine-grained spatial compatibility between neighboring objects that interact with one another. To address this, we explicitly condition the generation of each object on the geometry of surrounding objects and the
The most interesting mathematical discoveries in OpenAI's 722 new papers | New Scientist
OpenAI has released hundreds of papers claiming to make progress on the biggest open problems in mathematics – here are some with the most potential
Biotech companies are struggling to navigate Trump’s new tariffs
Smaller biotech firms are trying to figure out how to win exemptions from Trump's import taxes.
’Tis the season for (AI) shortcuts: Inside Coles and Woolies’ fight over Christmas
Australia’s two biggest supermarkets were in agreement on when to hold their Christmas launches this year, but a new battleground has emerged.
Photos: Protests erupt after 87-year-old evicted woman dies in Madrid
Nationwide outrage grows after the death of woman whose eviction sparked protests and political tensions.
Wall Street is handing more decisions to AI. What could go wrong?
At 10:08 a.m. on April 7, 2025, U.S. stocks were deep in the red. Then what looked like good news arrived: A claim began circulating on X that Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, had said President Donald Trump was considering a 90-day pause on tariffs for every country except China. Market-focused accounts quickly amplified it. CNBC repeated the unconfirmed claim on air, and Reuters subsequently published a report citing CNBC. Stocks took off almost immedia
Actor Simon Pegg reveals ADHD diagnosis: 'It's just who I am'
The Shaun of the Dead and Mission: Impossible films star had previously put symptoms down to "character fault".
The Dell 14 Plus Is a Copilot+ PC. Here's What That Actually Means - CNET
From live translation to smarter video calls, a Copilot+ PC’s on-board AI hardware can make a practical difference in your workday.
Monte Carlo added to Venice Simplon-Orient-Express itinerary for 2027
The iconic train will follow the French Riviera from Paris before reaching Monaco, with the new overnight journey becoming a permanent fixture and fares starting at a cool €4,870 per person.
Interface Doping Mechanism of p-Type Conductivity in Mist-CVD-Grown LiGa5O8 Thin Films
LiGa5O8 is an ultrawide-bandgap oxide semiconductor that has recently been experimentally demonstrated to exhibit p-type conductivity; however, the origin of the observed p-type transport remains poorly understood. In this work, we investigate the origin of p-type conductivity by systematically comparing the electrical, compositional, and structural properties of mist chemical vapor deposition (mist-CVD) grown LiGa5O8 thin films exhibiting either p-type conductivity or insulating behavior under
How CMS plans to fix a major flaw in the 340B drug discount program
“A small, well-intended discount for safety net hospitals became a large institutional subsidy with expensive unintended consequences,” writes an HHS leader.
Cowboys vs. Buccaneers preview: Can Tampa Bay slow down CeeDee Lamb and high-powered Dallas offense?
Dallas brings a historically efficient scoring attack into Thursday night against an 0-4 Tampa Bay squad turning to rookie quarterback Jalon Daniels
Bosnia’s political future looks increasingly like its past
Three nationalist parties are poised to dominate again, deepening fears of division and paralysis.
He helped build Alexa. Now Rohit Prasad is taking over Boston Dynamics
Rohit Prasad, who led Amazon’s artificial general intelligence division and helped build and scale Alexa, has been tapped as the new CEO of Boston Dynamics. The appointment, announced earlier this week, puts Prasad at the forefront of the increasingly competitive humanoid robotics field. Hyundai Motor Group, which owns Boston Dynamics, announced earlier this year that it plans to build a factory capable of producing 30,000 robots per year by 2028. “Boston Dynamics is uniquely positioned to
BBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and Yours
The corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts.
AI chatbots endorse existing climate-related policies twice as often as new proposals
A new study of multiple large language models (LLMs) found that when users asked chatbots for advice, the chatbots were more likely to make suggestions that favor the status quo over alternatives. The tendency of artificial intelligence to default to more common advice could be bad news for the clim
Report Suggests OpenAI Has Clawed Tons of Market Share Back From Anthropic in 2026
Maybe OpenAI's pivot to productivity has worked.
OpenAI said it solved 300+ complicated math problems, mathematicians are livid
The field of mathematics was already riled up about AI. All this complicated math and no one was left sobbing at the kitchen table. This week, OpenAI …
Do Generative Priors Align with Human Naturalness Perception?
Visual generative models are trained to capture the probability distributions of natural images, yet whether their native priors reflect the regularities governing human perception of image naturalness remains an open question. Here, we probe these priors through native prediction errors across 25 open image and video generators. Because raw single-image losses are dominated by scene content and visual complexity, we evaluate directional loss differences using content-preserving, paired relation
Dao Noodle
Artful strands that cut through a noisy noodle scene.
Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kramatorsk kills at least 12 people
Eighteen people were wounded in the Russian attack on city in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, local authorities say.
How AI is simplifying race day and speeding development at NASCAR
NASCAR fans today can do more to follow a live race than simply watch it on TV. Official NASCAR apps make live data, including telemetry feeds from race cars and behind-the-scenes driver audio communications, available to premium subscribers as races take place. Getting all of that to work during races historically required a lot of careful human labor. If someone failed to toggle the right setting, for instance, driver audio feeds could stay mute, disappointing fans. And across NASCAR’s thre
Slow Horses and EastEnders favourites star in first-look images for new "feel-good" chocolate empire drama
Period drama The Cadburys will air in 2027.