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Financial services: finding the opportunities amid the turbulence - Tech Monitor
Technology is changing the economics of financial services, though not evenly. AI has yet to pay its way and fraud is scaling up, while war in the Middle East has soured the mood among wealth managers. The brighter spots are digital banks and blockchain, both of which are starting to earn their keep
Watch Google’s James Manyika on AI Regulation - Bloomberg
Google executive James Manyika tells Mishal Husain that AI’s risks are real, but neither companies nor governments should be left to manage them alone.
After more than 50 years of pulp-mill pollution, regulators have proposed restoring North Carolina's Roanoke River, including contaminated floodplain habitat damaged by toxic discharges
For more than half a century, pollution from a pulp and paper mill has left its mark on North Carolina’s lower Roanoke River, affecting fish, wetlands and other natural resources. Now, a proposed restoration plan aims to address some of that long-term damage by protecting floodplain habitat, reconne
Strangers say I look 20 years younger than I am... here's how I did it
Susan Beach tried countless skincare products recommended by her sister, but none improved her appearance or confidence.
Best Week 5 college football betting promos: Get almost $3,000 in bonuses from top betting apps, sportsbooks
Top Week 5 college football betting apps include DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, bet365, Caesars, Fanatics and Hard Rock Bet
Ethiopia, Eritrea break ties: Does the conflict risk becoming regional war?
Analysts warn unrest is likely to spill into neighbouring states and could further destabilise war-torn Sudan.
Social media users are gaming the algorithm to protect Cornell’s Jane Doe
Jane Doe. Across social media, people are posting in solidarity with the young woman implicated in a sexual assault case that has horrified the country. The details of the case are chilling: In 2024, seven men, students and members of Cornell University’s Chi Pi fraternity, allegedly drugged and assaulted a 20-year-old woman. In the aftermath, reportedly two of the men were expelled; others had to write an essay as punishment. Two years after the alleged events, the young w
K-pop giants Stray Kids join BTS in boycotting the Grammys
Stray Kids become the second major act to withdraw from the Grammys over the new best Asian Pop award.
Paramount Backer Cardinale Says CEO David Ellison Is the ‘Future’ of Hollywood
The founder of RedBird Capital says the merger with Warner Bros. will be positive for the industry
Meta's smart glasses are officially coming to South Africa
Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses are getting an official South African launch, but Meta’s Muse AI agent will be US-only.
In 1955, Hawaii introduced the rosy wolfsnail to control giant African snails; it instead devastated native tree snails, and 69 years later a species extinct in the wild since 1991 was reintroduced
For more than three decades, the tiny Achatinella fuscobasis (snail) existed only under human care. Then, in a carefully prepared corner of O‘ahu's Ko‘olau Mountains, the rare Hawaiian tree snail finally encountered its natural home again.
Anyone considering Wegovy and Mounjaro issued sleep warning
Dr Roger Henderson explains how side effects and significant weight loss could disrupt sleep
Why 49ers' Brock Purdy vs. Broncos' pass rush is set to be one of NFL's best Week 4 showdowns
Purdy has already made NFL history this season, but he'll be put to the test against Denver's defense
12 minutes of madness: How Flydubai pilot, passengers saved plane midfall
As it plunged 17,000ft in under two minutes, a quick-thinking captain and passengers saved plane from crashing.
Joanna Gaines says she and Chip lost sight of Magnolia’s purpose. 1 decision helped them find it again
Every founder is subject to burnout, even the founders of a massive lifestyle, retail, and media brand. Joanna Gaines, co-founder of Magnolia, launched the brand alongside her husband, Chip, nearly 25 years ago. After gaining prominence for renovating houses on the HGTV show Fixer Upper, the two used their company to transform the city of Waco, Texas. They realized they needed to take a break. On Monday, Gaines discussed how the couple took a three-month hiatus from their business on Hoda
Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake Gold Foil Cover Revealed in New Video
A new video shows off the Zelda Ocarina of Time remake’s limited gold foil cover and gives fans a closer look at its upcoming amiibo.
China Robotaxis Face Losses as Utilization Trails Waymo, BI Says
Chinese robotaxi operators Pony AI and WeRide face sustained operating losses through 2028 as domestic fleet utilization lags Waymo’s rate of more than 58%, Bloomberg Intelligence said.
‘Not a viable strategy’: Starlink Mobile’s carrier-rivaling plans might just be a pipe dream, if AT&T’s CEO is to be believed
Starlink Mobile might not be the game-changing carrier Musk has painted it out to be, according to AT&T's CEO.
Napoleon's coded letter is cracked after 217 years using AI
A mysterious letter written by Napoleon Bonaparte has been decoded for the first time in more than 200 years.
Paris wants to tax sugar but to spare its croissants
Supermarket cakes would face the levy but not traditional bakeries
How to bet on 2026 Week 5 college football: Betting guide, trends, odds, promos, apps, schedule, previews
Our college football betting guide tells you where to bet on CFB Week 5, gives odds, betting trends, schedule, promo offers, and more
Ebola death toll surpasses 4,000 as DR Congo struggles to suppress outbreak
Burning of a Ebola-hit transit camp sends 19,000 fleeing, illustrating the difficulties of controlling epidemic.
How small teams move the needle faster
Independent agencies are claiming a growing share of the industry’s recognition. This year, Rethink was named Ad Age’s 2026 Agency of the Year and won both Independent Agency and Independent Network of the Year at Cannes Lions. Last year, eight of the 11 winners of Adweek’s 2025 Agency of the Year were independent. This reflects a broader shift. Large agencies still produce great work, but size no longer directly correlates with capability. Independent teams can compete at the hig
Watch: Celebrity Traitors series two kicks off with a wild curveball
The BBC's Noor Nanji on the gameshow's new twist and a traitor's shocking admission.
OpenAI AI agents allegedly tried to cover their tracks after Australian govt website access
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 2 — Artificial intelligence agents developed by OpenAI tried to erase traces of their activity after gaining unauthorized access to government websites,...
TCL is right to question Samsung’s use of the term “Mini LED”
What makes a display a Mini LED display? It's a question that sounds like it should have a simple answer. But it's now at the center of a lawsuit between two of the biggest names in TVs, with TCL accusing its longtime competitor Samsung of falsely advertising budget LCD-LED TVs as Mini LED sets. TCL may have a point. Samsung's M-series TVs, which range from $300 for a 43-inch model to $2,300 for a 100-inch model, do raise some legitimate questions about what should qualify as Mini LED.
Q&A: How can marketers use AI effectively—without losing human judgment?
As marketers increasingly turn to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create content and improve the efficiency of their workflows, a new study by a Penn State researcher and collaborators proposes an approach to deploying AI-generated marketing content at scale while reducing the need for costly
Thousands flee Congo Ebola-hit camp, stoking concerns about disease spread | Reuters
Two health officials with knowledge of the ... People shield from sun as heat health alert and drought weather conditions continue in London.
Will Brinson's NFL Week 4 best bets: Odds, player props, anytime touchdown scorers from expert on Sunday games
Back live underdogs, ride Derrick Henry in a revenge spot, and target value on Brock Bowers and Puka Nacua to find the end zone
Trump vs Europe as US presses for release of emergency diesel stocks
Europe's leaders are mulling proposals to respond to Trump's diesel demands.
U.S. unemployment ticks up to 4.2% as Labor Department releases disappointing job numbers for September
U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy.Hiring dropped from a revised 133,000 in August, the Labor Department reported. The unemployment rate rose to a still-low 4.2% from 4.1% in August.Economists had expected September payrolls to come in at 90,000.Labor Depar
Olivia Dean accused of copying Bill Withers' Just The Two of Us
The star's record label is sued over similarities between her song I've Seen It and Withers' classic.
Real-Time Retail Intelligence: Building E-Commerce Recommendations with Lakebase and AI Search on Databricks
Learn how to architect a production-grade recommendation and ranking system on Databricks — from real-time clickstream ingestion with Zerobus, to multi-stage ML scoring with Model Serving, to sub-50ms personalized responses powered by Lakebase and AI Search.
Bitget `not expecting to recover a lot' from $388 million hack, CEO tells CNBC
Bitget has frozen a tiny fraction of the $387.5 million stolen in last week’s hack, and restored much of its protection fund.
Video. Latest news bulletin | October 2nd, 2026 – Morning
Video. Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this October 2nd, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
What Denmark and Britain have in common: football, beer and betting
How football sold us beer and betting.
Texas Tech vs. Colorado prediction, odds: Week 5 college football picks by proven model
The SportsLine Projection Model has revealed its best bets for the Big 12 matchup between Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes and the Texas Tech Red Raiders
Protests shutter hundreds of French schools as violence flares
Education minister declares students 'in danger' as hundreds of injuries reported across the country.
Expanded pasta recall impacts Walmart’s Bettergoods brand as Listeria contamination fears spread
Last month, a recall was initiated for select lots of a pasta product sold at Walmart stores nationwide. The recall stemmed from concerns that the product could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause serious infection and even death. Now, the Walmart pasta recall has expanded. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? On October 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a recall notice about a pasta product. The product was mad
Hay Fever review: Richard E. Grant brings chaos to more than just Celebrity Traitors in perfectly ludicrous play
So unhinged, so much fun.
S.F. House candidates spar over their housing records, AI regulation in Chronicle-KQED debate
Both candidates vying to represent San Francisco in Congress called for a renewed focus on eradicating sexual misconduct in politics in the wake of …
How to watch Mayday for free – stream viral Flydubai episode of the air disasters TV show from anywhere
Mayday is going viral again in the wake of the FlyDubai air incident
Gen Z are shunning the pub...in favour of chicken shops, data reveals
An analysis by Meaningful Vision has revealed that chicken shops saw an 8.9 per cent rise in footfall during the first six months of 2026. In contrast, the researchers found that footfall at pubs has fallen.
Patients who eat sugar while taking antibiotics face complications
The occasional indulgence in a sweet treat can be harmless, but researchers are now urging caution over eating sugar while on certain antibiotics.
Wild Card Series MVPs: Picking the most impactful player from each of MLB's first-round playoff matchups
MLB doesn't officially hand out hardware for Wild Card Series (or LDS) MVPs, so we're taking matters into our own hands
Wolf encounter: A photographer on what humans have lost
How a brush with the wild can expose what modern life no longer asks of us.
Your CRM was built backwards
When I led global customer success at HubSpot, the customer base grew from roughly 70,000 to more than 220,000 in just four years. Growth at that scale stress-tests every assumption you make about your customer. At that point, the data required to understand a single customer sat in product logs, billing systems, support queues, and the notes a customer service representative typed based on memory. All that data created a record, but not an understanding. AI agents are closing the gap. The
Producer Nitu Joshi Honoured With Rashtriya Harit Gaurav Puraskar For Environmental And Social Work
While Nitu Joshi is now increasingly known for her social initiatives, she has spent more than two decades working in the film, television and entertainment industry.
Meta deleted 20 years of one woman’s ‘digital memories’ as her appeals fall on AI’s deaf ears — ‘It feels like I’ve lost everything in a metaphorical fire’
A woman lost 20 years of memories after Meta permanently closed her account and blocked any appeal.
Designing for people who are colour blind - TetraLogical
Colour blindness can get overlooked in accessible design, but it can have a significant impact on how people access the web, making it harder to notice important information, distinguish interactive elements, or understand data that relies on colour alone.
I am a top drone pilot in the Ukrainian Army – this is what it is really like | New Scientist
Kratos is the call sign of one of the leading drone pilots in Ukraine. As part of the Aquila regiment, 3rd Army Corps, he has taken down almost 1000 enemy drones
Inferring Multi-Timescale Neural Dynamics with Switching Linear Dynamical Systems
Neural activity often exhibits multiple timescales that can vary with behavioral states and task conditions. Identifying these timescales from neural recordings is important for better understanding neural computation and function. However, traditional approaches based on autocorrelation fitting are difficult to scale to high-dimensional population recordings and can become unreliable when neural dynamics change with behavior. State-space models have been a powerful framework for modeling high-d
Pittsburgh vs. Virginia Tech odds, picks, parlay: Winner would become serious ACC title game threat
Pitt and Virginia Tech, both unbeaten, meet in an ACC matchup that could provide a ticket to the AP Top 25
Can India’s ‘cockroach’ movement oust Modi’s election chief?
India's youth protests return to streets, eyeing PM Modi's prized bureaucrat who oversees the world's biggest elections.
The archer’s paradox: Why trying harder makes you perform worse
At 18, one of us—Juan Carlos—arrived at the Spanish indoor archery championship expecting to win. He was shooting better than he ever had. But he was an outsider in the Spanish archery community and was training with unorthodox methods at the time. He and his coach, who came from handball and gymnastics, had been the subject of much criticism. So he competed to prove a point. From the first arrow he tried to achieve perfection. When he didn’t, it rattled him. By the halfway mark he was thinki
'Celebrity Traitors' Ratings: Ep 1 Watched By Record 9 Million Viewers
'Celebrity Traitors' returned Thursday with record ratings of nearly 9 million viewers to the BBC, with Richard E. Grant and Maya Jama joining cast.
AI is going rogue. Who should be held responsible?
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy.
IO drops first free DLC for 007 First Light - KitGuru
Back in May, the long-awaited 007 First Light was finally released, proving to be both a commercial
Consulting might not be dying in the age of AI
Accenture reported surprising revenue growth as it helps clients implement AI. It looks like AI chatbots that can answer questions by synthesizing …
RipplePLM: Structural and Property Decoupling for Protein Mutation Effect Generation
Protein mutation effect generation asks a model to describe the functional consequence of a point mutation in natural language. Existing protein-to-text systems typically encode mutation information into undifferentiated representations, overlooking the organization of mutation-induced evidence across structural and biochemical factors. We propose RipplePLM, a mutation-aware generation framework centered on Direct-Distal Cross-Attention (DDCA). By constructing a residue-level Mutation Perturbati
Caitlin Clark, Fever question free-throw disparity vs. Aces after season ends in chippy Game 3 loss
The Aces shot 15 more free throws than the Fever in an 11-point playoff win on Thursday night
Man City lodge appeal after guilty finding in financial breach scandal
The Abu Dhabi-controlled club has protested its innocence throughout the long-running case, which dates back to 2018.
Nike layoffs loom as its stock price hits punishing new lows
Shares of Nike Inc. are tumbling to fresh lows Friday morning after disappointing first quarter results and layoff plans. The athletics company reported $11.21 billion in revenue, down 4% year over year. Its revenue failed to meet Wall Street’s expectation of $11.32 billion, according to consensus estimates cited by CNBC. Nike did beat the predicted 43 cents earnings per share, reaching 48 cents earnings per share. As of this writing, Nike stock (NYSE: NKE) was down more than 8%
The Watcher season 2 gets new update from cast member nearly 4 years after last episode
"I'm angling for it."