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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
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.
China GDP growth picks up thanks to export boom | CNN Business
China reported better-than-expected Q3 growth on Monday as robust exports of chips and electronics components on the back of a global artificial intelligence boom buoy the world’s second-largest economy, despite sluggish demand at home.
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.
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.
China’s economy grows 4.5 percent in Q3, beating forecasts
GDP growth picks up from Q2 amid AI-driven boom in exports.
Gen Z doesn’t have a feedback problem. We all do
When I started my first company, the only feedback my team ever got from me was praise. I was too scared to be critical. This was in the 2010s, when you couldn’t go a day without seeing a headline about millennials and how we coddled we were. Leaders claimed that they had to walk on eggshells around us, fearing that if they gave the “participation generation” anything but praise, we would quit. As a leader of millennials myself at the time, it felt like there was some truth in that. But it
Monstrous MCU Hero Appears in Thunderbolts* Art & It’s Not Abomination or Red Hulk
Thunderbolts concept art reveals Man-Thing nearly joined Marvel’s superhero team, but concerns about overshadowing Bob led to his exclusion.
Anthropic to commit 5% of shares to public benefit fund
Anthropic has separately committed US$200 million to study AI's effects on the labour market.
Rethinking the design space of Vanilla Pixel Diffusion Transformers
Pixel-space diffusion models have recently re-emerged as a compelling alternative to latent diffusion, avoiding the lossy latent bottleneck and separately trained autoencoder. JiT shows that a vanilla diffusion transformer can generate directly in pixel space by replacing the commonly used velocity prediction ($\boldsymbol{u}$-prediction) with clean image prediction ($\boldsymbol{x_0}$-prediction). In this work, we revisit this choice and introduce MFlow, an adaptive parameterization that learns
Autumn Paints Poland’s Bieszczady Mountains
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Autumn Paints Poland’s… 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 As the air grows cooler and days shorter, brown bears prowl the Carpathian Mountains of southern Poland
Deep LLM layers expose passage-level context in EEG during silent reading
In a previous report we showed that a decoder can recover open-vocabulary word-level information from 19-channel EEG recorded during silent reading, by aligning short EEG windows with hidden-state embeddings of the presented word taken from a large language model (LLM). That analysis contrasted two of the model's 33 layers: the context-free input embedding and one mid-depth layer. Here we ask how EEG-decodable structure is distributed over the full depth of the language model. We trained one dec
Former UFC light heavyweight contender explains the lesson behind Dana White’s alleged Power Slap experiment
The UFC’s decision not to re-sign undefeated bantamweight Farid Basharat has sparked another debate in what the promotion values in its fighters.
The kingmakers who could determine Israel’s election
Israel’s Arab-led and ultra-Orthodox parties face attacks but could hold the balance of power after October 27 vote.
Closing the women’s health gap: Switzerland’s CHF 7 billion opportunity
Coordinated action to close the women’s health gap in Switzerland could improve women’s health and add CHF 7 billion in annual GDP by 2040.
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.
iBase Solution targets AI data center EPC contracts with modular liquid cooling, energy storage expertise
Taiwan-based iBase Solution is expanding from industrial computers (IPCs) and energy storage into liquid-cooled prefabricated modular data centers, targeting AI infrastructure construction and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts. The company aims to leverage its energy storage
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.
Ionic switching between supermagnetic states
Supermagnetic states are typically set during synthesis. Changing and retaining these states requires sustained external stimulus. Without resynthesis or continued stimulus, we show, for the first time, a reversible magneto-ionic switching between superferromagnetic (SFM) and superspin-glass (SSG) states using room-temperature Li-ion transport. We utilize the incomplete lithiation of NiO into nanoscale Ni and Li2O to switch between the states. Lithiation generates a fragmented nano-Ni network th
Distributional signatures of computation: inferring mechanisms from computation time distributions
Computational complexity theory provides a framework for analysing abstract models of computation, whereas computational systems operate as finite physical implementations whose behaviour is shaped by their architecture and physical substrate. In such systems, computational organisation cannot be directly characterised from algorithms or internal representations. Building on the use of reaction time distributions to constrain mechanisms in cognitive science, we introduce an empirical framework f
Christian Yelich's girlfriend Paige Almendariz drops 4-word reaction to the Brewers captain's NLCS victory celebration
Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers punched their tickets to the World Series in dominant fashion, outclassing the reigning champions, the LA Dodgers, in the NLCS by sweeping the series 4-0.
Pope greeted by crowds in first major appearance since lung cancer surgery
Pope Leo pledges a gradual return to duties in an address to the Catholic faithful in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Retired pilot helps historical society buy Neil Armstrong's boyhood home for tours
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ken Schreiber was 9 when Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon in 1969 — a moment he would never forget. Like Armstrong, he too became a military fighter pilot.
Betty McGuire, Growing Pains Grandma, Dead At 100 - TVLine
Learn more about the long career of the woman behind Kate Malone.
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.
Razer Barracuda V2 Pro arrives in Malaysia with hybrid noise cancelling and 70 hour battery life
Razer has launched the Barracuda V2 Pro wireless headset in Malaysia. Priced at RM969, it packs hybrid noise cancelling and up to 70 hours of battery life.
BBC visits Indonesia's wildfire ground blanketed by toxic haze
The BBC is in central Kalimantan, where a toxic haze fuelled by wildfires is choking millions of residents.
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.
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
Lula and Bolsonaro spar in Brazil’s fiery first presidential run-off debate
Brazil's president and his opponent lob a barrage of attacks on each other in debate a week before the October 25 vote.
Yes Bank Sees No Immediate Need For Capital Raise After Supreme Court's AT1 Bond Ruling
Yes Bank estimates that reinstating Rs 8,415 crore of additional tier-1 bonds would reduce its common equity tier-1 ratio to around 11.4% on a pro forma basis. The private lender says it has other capital-management options and does not need to raise funds immediately.
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.
Anthropic commits 5% of its stock to a new 'public benefit' fund
Anthropic says it is committing 5% of its shares to a new “public benefit” fund, with the amount potentially increasing as its shares grow in value
Bad Diagnosis: Analyzing Consent and Data Collection Practices of Mobile Medical Apps
Mobile health (mHealth) apps collect personally-identifiable information while handling uniquely sensitive medical data, ranging from mental health records to real-time glucose or heart rate monitoring -- yet they remain poorly understood at scale. We present the first comprehensive analysis of consent and data collection practices across 10,000+ mHealth apps on the Google Play Store, combining static analysis and privacy policy examination. We develop a rigorous operational definition to distin
Revisiting the Mass and Scale Dependence of the "Lensing is Low" Effect with DECADE
Galaxy-galaxy lensing (GGL) is a critical probe of cosmology and galaxy formation. However, predicted GGL amplitudes tend to be $\sim 20-40\%$ higher than observations, primarily on small scales, a tension called the lensing-is-low problem. If not resolved through astrophysics or measurement systematics, this discrepancy may indicate a tension in our cosmological standard model. J. U. Lange et al. (2021), using foreground galaxies from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) and lensi
Kenya’s Ebola cases hit 8, with no community transmission yet
Ebola cases in Kenya rose to eight on Sunday after another person tested positive while in quarantine, having been identified as a contact of the first patient
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.
Russian PM to take part in SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting in Tajikistan
The heads of government will discuss issues related to the development of trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation
Market Efficiency in a Changing Asset Population: Mobility, Entry, and Survival over Cryptocurrency's Full History
Weak-form efficiency implies symmetry restrictions on the Markov chain governing movement across the cryptocurrency capitalisation distribution. We test them on the full listed population: 8,970 assets, 690 weekly cross-sections, 2013 to 2026, with entry, exit and survival observed rather than inferred. Symmetry is rejected in every era, but the asymmetry falls by seventy percent, and what converged is entry-driven compositional churn rather than coins' own valuations. The bottom decile earns 27
Tiger Shroff Firing: ‘Gangsters Want To Terrorise Bollywood’ Says AICWA; Warns Of Return To Underworld Era
The All Indian Cine Workers Association reacted to the Tiger Shroff firing incident, demanding action against gangsters and better security for Bollywood celebrities.
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.
Learning to Correct Geometry in Generated Videos
Generated videos often lose geometric consistency under camera motion: structures warp under viewpoint change, parallax becomes inconsistent, and smooth camera movement may collapse into shot-like transitions. We argue that this failure is largely a data problem. In web-scale video corpora, most visible motion comes from dynamic objects captured by static or weakly moving cameras, leaving only sparse supervision for viewpoint-induced appearance changes. To address this, we propose Video Geometry
APOD: 2026 October 19 – Treble Clef: Unusual X-ray Hot Radio Source
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 19 –… 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. Treble Clef: Unusual X-ray Hot Radio Source Explanation: Explanation : What is Treble Clef?
Companies exploiting welfare system by using residents as 'cash cows,' BBC finds
Agents try to attract people on housing benefit by using social media videos that offer free rooms and holidays.
Player Ratings: Real Madrid 4–1 Sevilla
Your best source for quality Real Madrid news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective.
US President Donald Trump endorses Netanyahu for Israeli election
US President Donald Trump endorses Netanyahu for Israeli election
Taming your browser’s 100+ open tabs is the easy way to speed up your PC
You opened three tabs for a project right when you got to your desk, then opened five more while muted in your first meeting, followed by 14 Reddit articles you’ll definitely read later. Add these to the hundred other tabs you left open yesterday, and by midafternoon your computer fan sounds like a jet taking off. Modern web pages aren’t simple static documents anymore. Every open tab is effectively a mini-application running JavaScript, auto-refreshing ad scripts, and caching
Obama calls Trump admin’s Ilhan Omar investigation ‘appalling', accuses officials of intimidation
Barack Obama warned that the investigation into Ilhan Omar could normalize political intimidation and encourage future presidents to target opponents
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.
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
ENFR: Evidence Networks with Flow-Matched References for Amortized Simulation-Based Model Inference
The evidence, $\mathcal{Z} = p(x | \mathcal{M})$, of a data-generating model $\mathcal{M}$ is a powerful tool in Bayesian frameworks: it enables model inference, model misspecification tests, and goodness-of-fit assessment as an alternative to standard discrepancy statistics, e.g. $χ^2$. While versatile, the evidence is notoriously difficult to compute, even when the likelihood is available. In both likelihood-based and simulation-based inference, estimating $\mathcal{Z}$ provides an immediate s
NHS leaders say maternity care organisation is 'not fit for purpose'
The NHS Alliance said "difficult decisions" lie ahead and some maternity services may have to be consolidated.
“I want Natalia Silva next” - Jasmine Jasudavicius calls for title shot after UFC Edmonton upset
Jasmine Jasudavicius wants the belt and the rematch, and she wants both in Toronto.
Daily Horoscope: October 19, 2026
An inventive Aquarius Moon makes bright ideas come easily, so capture the wildest ones while they still feel fresh.
Input-output analysis with a sphere packing approach
Input-output analysis with linear programming is widely used in the planning of national economies. However, linear programming attains its optimum at a vertex of the feasible set, and a small deviation of the optimal plan in some direction violates a constraint. So far, little attention has been paid to finding sets of production plans which guarantee both the supply-demand balance of an economy and a given level of its gross domestic product (GDP), and the sphere packing approach cannot be app
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.
'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...
Cyberattack on French supermarkets tells us more about food security than AI safety
Experts know little about the motives of the hackers who remotely turned up the temperature on French supermarket refrigerators. Their methods, however, are far from science fiction.
EEG Lempel-Ziv Complexity vis-à-vis Autocorrelation Function
Measures of signal complexity have become increasingly popular in electroencephalography (EEG), where they are often interpreted as indicators of neural information processing, dynamical richness, or conscious state. In contrast, classical measures of temporal dependence, such as the autocorrelation function (ACF), remain more directly linked to known physiological mechanisms and are easier to interpret. The present work revisits, for the EEG practicioner, the relation between normalized Lempel-
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
Mbappe scores two, Guler one, as Real Madrid find form before El Clasico
Real Madrid beat Sevilla 4-1 a day after Barcelona thrashed Real Betis 5-2 as the Spanish giants prepare for El Clasico.
Online Conditional Vine Copulas: Forecasting Electricity Demand
We propose an online multivariate distributional forecasting model in which we condition the parameters of a vine copula on covariates. An online algorithm updates the parameters sequentially using only the most recent observations. Existing approaches require full batch re-estimation using all available data at each update step, which makes them computationally slow in large-scale forecasting applications and less suitable for settings in which dependence structures change over time. Simulation
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.