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Infosys cuts forecast as AI spending shift deepens North America slowdown
BENGALURU, Oct 23 Reuters) - Infosys cut its annual revenue growth forecast on Friday as weakness in its key North American market deepened, underscoring how AI is disrupting the traditional IT services industry.
Crows can evaluate visual info twice as fast as mammals
Much of what we know about how a brain makes decisions comes from studying monkeys watching dots. In a task known as a random-dot-motion task, a cloud of flickering specks drifts weakly in one direction while the subject tries to determine whether—and in which direction— it’s moving.
RS-25 Engine Tests at NASA Stennis
NASA/Danny Nowlin Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21, 2026. The hot fire test lasted for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time RS-25 engines fire during launch of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, with a 111% power level. For each Artemis mission, four RS-25 engines produce up to 2 million pounds of combined thrust to help launch the SLS rocket. Prior to use, all RS-25 engines are proven flightworthy at NASA Stennis.
Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings
From new hires to departures, promotions and transfers, here are the latest comings and goings in the pharmaceutical industry.
Dale Brown dies at 90: LSU's all-time winningest basketball coach led Tigers to two Final Four apperances
Brown spent 25 seasons leading LSU's basketball program and racked up 448 career wins
Former FBI officials charged in connection with Hunter Biden laptop probe
Lawyers for two accused officials say Department of Justice seeking to revive scandal in the run-up to midterm vote.
Bluetooth backlash and nostalgia helped Bose launch wired headphones that keep selling out
Last fall, Raza Haider, president of premium consumer audio at Bose, noticed something peculiar when dropping his daughter off at college: more students were wearing wired headphones than he’d seen in recent years. “Even [my daughter] made a comment like, ‘this is nuts. When I was in high school, we would have made fun of kids who had wired headphones, and now it feels like all the cool kids have them,’” Haider says. There’s a rift from Bluetooth headphones underway that isn’t just anec
Clare Balding shares emotional end-of-life plans after cancer battle
The BBC presenter, 55, realised how short life was after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer
One UI 10 could kill app icons. The world isn't ready
Samsung will reportedly deliver "unprecedented" changes in One UI 10. I believe it could do more harm than good
RFK Jr.’s vaccine injury clinic could damage NIH hospital, board warns
At a recent meeting of the board that oversees the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center Research Hospital, chair Jack Leslie opened with cheerful introductions and gregarious chatter—then diverted from the agenda of the regularly scheduled meeting. He spent the next six minutes delivering a pointed rebuke of Health Secretary Robert F.
NASA, Virginia Launch Power Partnership for Energy Security
3 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is helping to foster long-term energy security in Virginia. NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is partnering with the Virginia Department of Energy to support informed decisions for effective energy generation, delivery and use by providing solar, meteorological, and future weather risk datasets for energy system modeling and planning purposes. Under a new Space Act Agreement announced during a ceremony Friday, the partnership will use NASA expertise in atmospheric sciences to a
Which vitamin D products really WILL give you a boost?
From pills to patches, drops to drink shots, our expert's verdict will help keep you well this winter.
Jesse Legree, nation's leading receiver, announces return to Oregon State for sophomore year
A midseason All-American with 1,040 yards and 14 touchdowns, the breakout freshman delivers a massive statement for the Beavers by bypassing the transfer portal
US consumer sentiment hits a near-record low before midterm elections
Independent voters’ economic anxieties highlight political implications of plummeting US consumer sentiment.
Nvidia Faces up to 45% Shortfall in Planned Data Center Capacity in 2027 - NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)
A Wall Street analyst warns power, turbines and labor shortages could prevent 45% of planned AI data-center capacity from being built.
‘Nobody Wants This’ Creator Erin Foster on Adam Brody’s Support for Palestine: ‘I Disagree With Him, and That’s OK’
"Nobody Wants This" creator Erin Foster has responded to Adam Brody's support for Palestine, saying: "I disagree with him, and that's OK."
Greece enacts social media ban for kids under 15 - Engadget
Greece has passed a social media ban for kids under 15 after after announcing the measure earlier this year.
Intel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs
US chip champion Intel was so confused by the US government ban on foreign-made robots that it requested and received a waiver “out of an abundance of caution.” The tech company wanted to make sure that it could continue using certain robotic vehicles in its US chip fabs. The uncertainty surrounding the Federal Communications Commission ban on certain foreign-made robots was revealed in the agency’s decision to grant Intel’s waiver request.
Could tiny robots replace open-heart surgery?
Robots the size of a pencil tip could travel through the body to deliver medicine to infections inside a beating heart.
Pharmalittle: We're reading about a cancer vaccine, an experimental pancreatic cancer drug, and more
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine reduced the risk of disease recurrence in patients with melanoma by 42% compared to a standard treatment
Should Seahawks trade for Jonathan Taylor? Pros, cons for reigning champions to add Colts superstar
The Colts could fetch a pretty penny for Taylor, but is it worth it for Seattle?
Jerusalem Daily: Israel to ‘lock down’ occupied West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a “full lockdown” of the occupied West Bank following a shooting.
What AI leaves out of the answer still counts
There’s a contradiction emerging in how publishers get paid when AI uses their content. The licensing deals that OpenAI, Meta, Amazon, and others have been signing these past few years appear to be slowing down, at least for the publishers still waiting on one. Publishers are speaking about this openly. Digiday hosted a London town hall recently, and one publishing executive said discussions with AI companies have slowed down. Also, Katya Gorchinskaya, a Ukrainian journalist and media c
Ethan Klein's Wife Hila Claims He's Been Having an Affair for 6 Months
"H3 Podcast" host Ethan Klein has been cheating on his wife, Hila Klein, for six months ... at least according to her ... they've separated, and now their show is on indefinite hiatus.
Jensen Huang pushes AI in energy-rich Kazakhstan, shrugs off bubble fears
Nvidia CEO calls for the Central Asian nation to transform its ‘energy into intelligence’, as he continues global ‘sovereign AI’ crusade.
Your YouTube Muscle Memory Is About to Break: Subscriptions Is Leaving the Bottom Bar
YouTube is moving Subscriptions out of the bottom bar and into the top of Home as Subs, alongside new Live and Music feeds on mobile.
Bradford Council fund to help businesses switch to green vehicles
Council leader Stephen Place says it will help businesses counter the rising cost of fuel.
A novel mRNA cancer vaccine helps cut the chances of melanoma tumor recurrence in major study
A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is significantly reducing the chances that melanoma patients' tumors come back, according to results of a major study released Thursday by drugmakers Moderna and Merck.
Giants RB Cam Skattebo says he 'got taught a lesson' after surprise benching
After being effectively benched and watching New York release Najee Harris days later, Skattebo acknowledged his situation
Aston Villa vs Manchester City: Premier League – teams, prediction, lineups
Man City are the only team with a perfect Premier League record, but face a Villa side determined to climb the table.
Barclays becomes the latest company to trim its workforce for AI efficiency
The cost of building out the infrastructure needed to satisfy booming demand for artificial intelligence is changing the way major companies allocate resources. That can mean an end to some jobs once done by humans. Yet in many cases it means repurposing money once spent on workers so that more capital can be devoted to boosting AI capabilities. Just how much money is being spent on AI is a hot topic as fears of a bubble in the sector grow, but the potential impact on workers in some sectors is
The Real-Life Love Story Behind Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ Is Actually So Sweet
You mean to say someone experienced this love in real life?!
The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max was exciting until I found out about the price
RAMageddon sucks folks. Over the past few weeks I’ve been using the Oppo Find X10 Pro Max, a phone I’ve...
Everybody panic: A Valve developer said "HLX" in public
Gamers still hoping against hope for a true follow-up to Half-Life 2 (after so, so many years) may remember last year's flurry of speculation that Half-Life 3 was finally nearing completion.
Body temperature may drive the higher risk of autoimmune conditions in women | New Scientist
Autoimmune conditions are much more common in women than men, which could partly be due to the fluctuating body temperatures that occur during the menstrual cycle and menopause
Four ways to help your body adjust to the autumn time change
Changing the time on a clock does not instantly reset our body’s internal system. But these strategies can help.
NFL Week 7 picks and score predictions: Chiefs edge Seahawks, Bengals over Ravens
Here's your weekly dose of John Breech's NFL picks
Israel locks down occupied West Bank after Hebron shooting
Israel has imposed a lockdown across the occupied West Bank after a shooting near Hebron killed two Israeli soldiers.
Why pet owners are struggling to afford veterinary care
One day in 2024, Justin Laudadio found his cat, Chicken, writhing on the floor of his home in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, apparently in the midst of a seizure. Laudadio put Chicken in a carrier and raced to a veterinary hospital, preemptively grieving the whole way. The veterinarians were able to stabilize Chicken, a brown tabby who was about 12 years old and diabetic, during a three-day hospital stay. Though he was diagnosed with acromegaly, a hormonal disorder caused by a benign pituitary g
MSG Duped Staffers With Email Offering Free Knicks Championship Ring In Phishing Test
Madison Square Garden employees who were surprised to see an email in their inbox offering a free New York Knicks championship ring were perhaps even more shocked to find out it was all a ruse ... part of a surprise security test to see if staffers would fall for a phishing scam.
From Toast to Bessemer: Who founders will hear from at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the realities of finding customers, building teams, sharpening a pitch, developing founder leadership, and scaling companies both inside and outside traditional startup hubs.
Knicks sent employees fake offer of championship rings in phishing test: Report
The New York Knicks organization sent employees a phishing email promising free championship rings in a test of its staff's ability to detect scams, The New York Times reported yesterday. “Congratulations, your Employee Championship Ring is here,” the email sent in late September said, instructing employees to click a link to make a selection from two ring designs. Madison Square Garden employees who clicked that link "were forced to attend a mandatory cybersecurity class to help satisfy some of [owner James] Dolan’s growing cybersecurity concerns," the report said, citing team sources.
Trump Says He Called the CEO of Google to Rename the Atlantic Ocean
President Donald Trump claims he called Google CEO Sundar Pichai about renaming the entire Atlantic Ocean.
GP says she was forced out of job after raising concerns about gender treatment
The doctor says she faced a brutal investigation after she passed on complaints brought to her by other doctors.
Lamar Jackson says he's 'heading in the right direction' for potential return vs. Bengals
Baltimore's offense could be back at full strength soon as Jackson progresses toward a possible return against Cincinnati
Yamal, Mbappe in El Clasico spotlight as 40 cameras dedicated to coverage
The coverage includes ultra-high-definition filming, slow-motion replays, and individual player tracking techniques.
First Pillsbury and Trader Joe’s. Now another food brand is recalling products over glass concerns
Nobody wants a side of broken glass with their dinner. Unfortunately, that’s the concern behind the latest food recall, and it’s not the first time this year shoppers have been warned about glass potentially lurking in their food. Colorado-based Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets has recalled Natural Grocers Brand mung beans after customers complained about finding glass fragments in the product. It joins the likes of Pillsbury and Trader Joe’s, both of which recalled product
Babydoll singer becomes first Welsh artist to top UK singles chart in 15 years
Jamie Miller is the first Welsh artist since 2011 to earn a UK Number 1 single - after Sian Evans' feature on DJ Fresh's Louder.
AI-discovered bugs may soon trigger fresh disruptions, cyber experts say
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Advances in artificial intelligence have uncovered a stream of new software vulnerabilities that are almost certain to trigger more disruption along the lines of the outages that percolated across global government websites this week, according to seven cybersecurity p
The reactor meant to showcase nuclear’s comeback keeps hitting problems
US regulators have issued a warning to a nuclear project critical to Donald Trump’s efforts to revive the industry, after a contractor fell into a reactor cavity and a bundle of fuel rods nearly tipped over during refueling. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission told Holtec International, a company racing to reopen a shuttered reactor at the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan, to address a “chilled work environment” that has made staff hesitant to raise safety concerns without fear of retaliation. The warning has prompted concerns among critics that financial and political pressures to r
Treasure Is Finally Rising From the ‘Holy Grail of Shipwrecks.’ Someone May Have Gotten There First.
There’s a lot of lost loot at stake.
AI drug firm Pathos raises $237 million, pushing valuation to $3 billion
AI drug firm Pathos raises $237 million, a deal that brings together a big Tempus dataset, AI analysis from Pathos, and drug development from BMS.
Petr Yan hopes to serve as motivation after incredible career comeback story: 'Keep moving forward'
Yan was counted out by many after a dramatic losing skid, but he silenced those doubters after regaining his bantamweight title last December
Bayern coach Kompany taken to hospital after collapsing during training
The Belgian had been nursing a virus in recent days and had missed some of his team's training sessions.
Your AI story has an expiration date
A biotech or SaaS company wants to be seen as an AI company. A health company wants to be seen as a tech company. Some have earned the label. Many are chasing a valuation multiple, knowing capital flows to whoever carries the tag. We’ve seen this script before. During the dot-com boom, adding “.com” to a corporate name could trigger a speculative surge. A decade later, companies rushed to rebrand around blockchain. I run a communications firm. Narrative can change how people see a
Stew Just Dropped a Major Hint About Where He and Jax Stand After That ‘Love Is Blind’ Ghosting
Apparently, their “relationship has continued”...
We Were Never Asked to Write Code. We Were Asked to Solve Problems.
We Were Never Asked to Write Code. We Were Asked to Solve Problems.
neugierig.org: Tech Notes
The state of tinkering in a world of slop.
Ceramic cell doubles clean hydrogen output with no extra electricity
Scientists have developed a ceramic electrolyzer that doubles clean hydrogen output from steam without increasing electricity consumption.
Tango builds on Revolution Medicines' pancreatic cancer success
As the ESMO conference kicks off, Tango's pancreatic cancer combination shows striking promise and detailed data on Moderna and Merck's cancer vaccine is released early.
Tyrrell Hatton, Ian Poulter among latest group of players to announce departure from LIV Golf 2.0
The deadline for players to commit to LIV Golf 2.0 is Oct. 25
Trump administration sues to block possible Democratic win in Alaska
President Donald Trump took credit for the action amid growing concerns the US government could meddle in midterm races.
Healthcare AI is moving at warp speed
It’s 2 a.m. in the ER, and a physician is asking the hospital’s new AI assistant to summarize a patient’s chart. The cursor spins for minutes while the AI tool waits on the decades-old database underneath to answer, something it was never designed to do. The electronic health record (EHR) system is too old and was not built to keep up with AI’s demands. It’s like asking a 50-year-old runner to sprint with a 25-year-old; a pulled muscle or torn ligament is coming. Hospitals e
Boosie Badazz's Son Ivy Ray Hatch Arrested For Battery, Drug Possession, Armed Robbery
Boosie Badazz's son, Ivy Ray Hatch, is in the crosshairs of law enforcement in Louisiana ... we're told he was arrested for a slew of serious crimes, including drug possession, armed robbery, and battery.