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When Flock Comes to Town: Everything You Should Know About This Tech - CNET
Flock cameras and sound detectors are spreading through cities, often followed by outcry and lawsuits. Here's what this technology actually does.
Pennsylvania issues alert on congenital measles—something US hasn't seen for decades
Pennsylvania's health department issued a health alert Monday as cases of measles in pregnancy and, in turn, cases of congenital measles have continued to increase. Before the current outbreak—which continues to rage across the state—congenital measles cases hadn't been seen in decades, the department noted in its advisory. The alert included detailed clinical guidance for managing measles exposures and cases during pregnancy as well as cases in newborns.
Interfacial origin of magnetic compensation and topological-like Hall effect in crystalline lutetium iron garnet thin films.
Ferrimagnetic oxides such as rare-earth iron garnets (REIG) have emerged as essential components of spin-based devices owing to their high Curie temperatures, low Gilbert damping, and excellent insulating properties. Recently, REIGs have attracted immense interest for hosting robust chiral spin textures that can be potential information carriers in next-generation spintronic devices. Here we investigate the structural, chemical, and magnetic behaviour of single-crystal Lu3Fe5O12 (LuIG) thin film
Lung cancer can grow silently for years, here’s who qualifies for screening
Only 15% of eligible Americans get screened for lung cancer, translating to tens of thousands of preventable deaths every year, doctors warn.
Josef Martinez embraces chance at turning Columbus Crew's season around in U.S. Open Cup final
The final is set for Wednesday night and will air on Paramount+ and CBS Sports Network
US Supreme Court to hear case on race in school admissions
A group of parents claims local admission policy boosts Black and Latino students while constraining Asian applicants.
When Better Opportunities Backfire: Service Worker Responses to Parallel AI Deployment in Customer Acquisition
As AI voice agents get deployed in high-volume contact centers, firms can route low-intent leads to AI and allocate high-intent leads to human workers. Drawing on sequential search theory, we posit that AI-induced task allocation reshapes work, enriching opportunities facing human workers but also raising their reservation value for continuing with the lead in hand, making them less willing to persist. We study the effects of an AI voice-agent deployment at a Chinese online health-insurance brok
Mariah Carey Prevails in Brother’s $20 Million Memoir Lawsuit
"[Mariah] believes the importance of the court’s decision goes well beyond her own interests," the singer's lawyer, John Rosenberg, says.
Baseus’ new security camera has a spotlight that tracks and follows moving targets
Smile for the camera.
iPhone Duo's inner screen costs RM4,749 to repair: Here's why you need Apple Care+
Apple reveals iPhone Duo repair costs in Malaysia with the inner screen costing RM4,749 to fix. Here's how AppleCare+ saves you from massive service bills.
368-ton ex-US Navy vessel showcases autonomous mission control
A 368-ton unmanned vessel handled changing missions and simulated machinery failures autonomously off Long Beach.
Recce topical gel shows strong diabetic foot infection efficacy ahead of Phase III data review | Stockhead
A review of blinded data from Recce’s Phase III trial of its RECCE 327 Gel in diabetic foot infections has indicated strong efficacy.
The Zingara chef who ran away with the circus | The Citizen
Goliath has been cooking professionally for nearly three decades and spent 16 years with Madame Zingara.
How tech geniuses became Hollywood’s favourite monster
From The Social Reckoning to Artificial, today’s on-screen tech bros are more sinister than ever.
Permanent India UNSC seat an 'obvious element' of global governance reform: Polish envoy
Poland's Ambassador to India affirmed support for India's permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. This endorsement aligns with broader reforms in global governance that recognize emerging powers from the Global South. India has been praised for its diplomatic efforts concerning the Ru
Joe Manganiello Reveals Insane Dragon Tattoo Covering Surgery Scars
Joe Manganiello is the man with the dragon tattoo ... as in, he got a gigantic dragon tattoo stretching from his knee to his belly button to cover his scars from his mysterious health battle.
Kaspersky: Even IT Experts Are Vulnerable to Cyber Threats
Think tech workers are safer online? A 2026 Kaspersky study of 7,200 respondents shows cyber incident rates exceed 80% across all major professions.
ClueFlow: Learning Long-Horizon Search through Attributed Research-State Transitions
Long-horizon search requires agents to acquire relevant evidence and integrate it into an evolving research state. Existing methods maintain research states to guide exploration or assign turn-level progress signals, yet grounding these signals in explicit, attributable state changes remains underexplored. We introduce ClueFlow, which learns long-horizon search from attributed research-state transitions. ClueFlow constructs Source-State-Final attribution chains that connect evidence-acquiring br
Delta CEO Issues a Promise to Customers as Airlines Embrace AI
Ed Bastian says Delta will always keep two pilots in the cockpit. Airlines across the industry are looking at ways to use artificial intelligence to …
‘It was crazy’: heroic barber recalls tackling car attacker of Australian MP
Ricky Jefferies detained the man after he allegedly drove his car into the lawmaker, who lost a leg in the incident.
How tech geniuses became Hollywood’s favourite monster
From The Social Reckoning to Artificial, today’s on-screen tech bros are more sinister than ever.
If we’re going to make the country safer, it starts in the building where Helen and I work
Politicians are regularly asking our community to disagree well, but our own hypocrisy is often on display. We need to collectively look in the mirror and consider how we got here.
Elizabeth Holmes Didn’t Think She’d Go to Prison. Nathan Fielder Reveals What She Thought Would Save Her
Fielder’s “You Can See Everything” follows the Theranos founder in the 34 days before her prison sentence began. In the days leading up to the start of her prison sentence, Elizabeth Holmes reportedly did not believe she would actually go to prison. This week, in an interview with Wired, Nathan …
Richard Riehle, Character Actor in ‘Office Space,’ ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Bridesmaids’ and More, Dies at 78
Richard Riehle, known for his role as Tom Smykowski in "Office Space" and many other character actor parts, died of natural causes Oct. 15. He was 78.
Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says
The idea of embedded evaluators — in which supposedly "neutral" third-party observers are placed inside AI organizations — has been popularized over the last several months, as AI labs grapple with a rash of safety incidents that have spurred concerns over the potential harms of their technology.
GraphEvoResearcher: Graph-Aware Training-Free Self-Reflective Reasoning for Cost-Bounded Multi-Hop Question Answering
Multi-hop question answering (QA) requires models to chain intermediate conclusions while remaining cost-aware. Existing training-free self-reflective protocols (generate -> critique -> revise) improve accuracy but operate on a flat token stream: revisions cannot identify which prior step is unreliable, and early stopping cannot exploit structural convergence. We introduce GraphEvoResearcher, a training-free protocol that lifts EvoResearcher's self-reflective meta-reward onto an explicit reasoni
A Stress-Induced Tetragonal Distortion in K2OsCl6 under Pressure
The structural behaviour of cubic (Fm-3m) K2OsCl6 under compression was investigated to 35.4 GPa using angle-dispersive synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction. Upon increasing pressure, K2OsCl6 undergoes a sequence of structural transformations from the ambient-pressure cubic phase to a tetragonal (P4/mnc) phase above 9.5(3) GPa, followed by a transition to a monoclinic (P21/n) phase beginning at approximately 14.2 GPa. The tetragonal and monoclinic phases coexist over the pressure range 14.2-17.2
Today kicks off day one of the UA/MCAA Mental Health Summit, bringing UA members and ...
They were equipped with the tools to recognize and respond to mental health concerns in the workplace. The training covered topics like anxiety ...
Rays' Freddy Peralta named ALCS MVP after two starts, including Game 6 clincher, one relief appearance
The Rays acquired Peralta from the Mets at the trade deadline and his turnaround has propelled them to the World Series
Fourteen dead in illegal Colombian gold mine collapse
Fourteen dead in illegal Colombian gold mine collapse
Amortized Neural Filtering for Calibrated Posteriors in Statistical Arbitrage
Statistical arbitrage trades on an estimate of the state of a residual spread, and conventional practice discards the uncertainty of that estimate. We keep the uncertainty and use it in the trading decision. A Neural Filter Estimator (NFE) is trained on simulated paths of a mean-reverting process whose innovation law is selected by testing candidates against real residuals; once trained, it returns the posterior over the latent state of every spread in a cross-section in one forward pass. Three
Bay Area reality star Kash pursued fame in controversial, combative baddies culture
Before her death in a street fight, influencer Mackayla Paige tried to build a career through a popular genre of ‘raw,’ ‘unfiltered’ streaming shows that feature women bickering and beating each other up.
Synthetic public opinion polling: AI personas don't always change their minds like real voters do
A voter surveyed in October may give a different answer by January. An AI persona might not, depending on how it's built.
It's official: Apple set to launch a new OLED MacBook next week, as launch event confirmed
The 28 October date is fixed for a Los Angeles reveal
APOD: 2026 October 20 – An Anticrepuscular Rainbow Fan
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 20 – An… 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. An Anticrepuscular Rainbow Fan Explanation: This is an unusual rainbow. For one thing, the rainbow is not complete, appearing only in a sunlit fan — but that by itself is not very unusual.
HP-GSBS: Accelerating greedy state boundary search with reusable interval statistics
Greedy State Boundary Search (GSBS) identifies transitions between relatively stable neural activity patterns, but repeated candidate evaluation makes large analyses expensive. HP-GSBS is an open-source Python package that reorganizes the search around reusable interval contributions and correlation statistics. Streaming candidate reduction and local refinement further reduce repeated work; CPU, PyTorch CUDA and Triton backends share sequential segmentation decisions. Across seven controlled wor
NFC East makes unwanted history as first division ever to go winless in consecutive weeks
The division is 0-6-2 since Week 5
Angel Reese scores 30 as Dream stun Valkyries to go level in WNBA Finals
Atlanta Dream defeat Golden State Valkyries 79-65 to tie the best-of-seven WNBA Finals at 1-1.
JD Vance declines to endorse Netanyahu for reelection, says he's focusing on midterms
JD Vance declined to endorse Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu for his reelection while emphasizing his focus on American candidates. This decision follows President Donald Trump's endorsement of Netanyahu and comes during rising antisemitism concerns among Jewish Americans. Vance previously camp
Did DWTS’ Carrie Ann Inaba File Complaint About Val Chmerkovskiy? The Truth About His Suspension
Dancing With the Stars pro Val Chmerkovskiy’s one-week suspension was not the result of a purported HR complaint filed by judge Carrie Ann Inaba, E! News has learned.
Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday night that New Yorkers must resist the narrative that an AI takeover is inevitable and demand regulations that protect the public and put power back in their hands.
On the Benefits of Uncertainty Estimation for Species Classification: A Case Study on Optimizing Expert re-Annotation
Automated identification of diatoms from microscopic images is a cornerstone of large-scale freshwater biomonitoring, yet the high diversity of species and strong class imbalance pose significant challenges for reliable classification. In this study, we develop a ResNet-18 baseline for a 759-class diatom dataset and investigate how calibrated confidence estimates support selective classification to reduce expert workload without sacrificing taxonomic integrity. While the initial model exhibits o
US Navy controls MQ-25A refueling drone from over 2,100 miles away
The US Navy established a satellite control link with an MQ-25A refueling drone more than 2,100 miles from a carrier.
Spontaneous brain-wide rotational dynamics constrain cue-evoked behavior
Uncovering low-dimensional representations of brain-wide neural dynamics and their relationship to behavior remains a central challenge. Here, we show that spontaneous brain-wide rotational dynamics constrain cue-evoked behavior and learning. To systematically establish these findings, we developed a dimensionality-reduction technique called Rotational Component Analysis (RCA) that optimizes the detection of low-variance rotational modes even within individual trials. We applied RCA to motor-cor
What's next for the Guardians? Biggest offseason questions about Jose Ramírez, Steven Kwan, more
After losing to the Rays in the ALCS, Cleveland is headed home with major questions about several core players
Japan launches historic mission to bring back Mars moon samples
Japan has launched a five-year uncrewed mission to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons.
A LATE-Targeting Experimental Design for Multi-Arm RCTs
We study the design of multi-arm experiments that identify local average treatment effects under imperfect compliance. With three or more arms, conventional randomization fails to identify margin-specific effects even under strong extensions of monotone compliance. A choice-theoretic analysis unifies these extensions and motivates a two-stage design: subjects report a preferred arm and are randomized conditional on it. If treatment is confined to the assigned or reported arm, one-sided noncompli
Mariah Carey's Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed By Judge
Mariah Carey took home the W in her brother's defamation case against her ... because a judge has ruled in her favor.
Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45 billion compute deal
If the deal goes through, it would be the latest in a long string of giant compute deals Anthropic has struck over the past year.
China confirms third-generation nuclear sub missile launch tests
China reveals its third-generation nuclear submarines have successfully launched a submarine-based strategic missile, marking a major step in its naval nuclear deterrent.
The Human Fingerprint on Earth’s Water Cycle
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory The Human Fingerprint on… 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 Measurements from NASA’s GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) and GRACE-FO (GRACE Follow-On) m
Simulating Infant Senses with Age-Tuned Networks
What a newborn sees, hears and feels, and how this changes month by month, has been measured sense by sense, with different methods and in different units. We bring these measurements together for the first two years of life and ask whether small neural networks tuned to a given age can turn them into a quick, inspectable simulation of sensory perception. Each sense's immaturity is written as a fixed, age-indexed filter on the input, and a small prediction network learns behind it over the first
Helen Haines is the best of us. What happened is a watershed for all of us
Politicians are regularly asking our community to disagree well, but our own hypocrisy is often on display. We need to collectively look in the mirror and consider how we got here.
‘Deliberate’ car ramming of Australian MP an isolated incident, police say
A 43-year-old man accused of deliberately hitting Helen Haines outside her office is in police custody.
Hazer Group Limited (HZRGF) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcript
Hazer Group Limited (HZRGF) Q1 2027 Earnings Call October 19, 2026 8:30 PM EDTCompany ParticipantsGlenn Corrie - MD, CEO & Executive DirectorTom...
Rita Wilson Says She’s Returning for Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ Revival: ‘I Would Do Anything for Her’
Rita Wilson is teasing plans to reprise her “Girls” role as Marnie Michael’s eccentric mother in Lena Dunham’s much-anticipated revival.
Trump administration orders ban on DeepSeek in federal agencies - SiliconANGLE
Trump administration orders ban on DeepSeek in federal agencies - SiliconANGLE
MiniMax launches M3.1 Flash for coding, agentic tasks
MiniMax said Space Bunny, which processed 200T+ tokens anonymously, was an early M3.1 Flash.
Ferroelastic domain wall driven glassy dynamics and photoresponse in a SrTiO$_3$ (111) two-dimensional electron gas
The (111) orientation of SrTiO$_3$ (STO)-based heterostructures has emerged as a versatile platform for two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs), yet the influence of STO's polar ferroelastic domain-wall (DW) network on charge transport remains largely unexplored. Here we study AlO$_x$/STO (111) interfaces hosting 2DEGs of different carrier densities. In the lower-density 2DEG, low-temperature transport exhibits thermal hysteresis, slow resistance relaxation, cooling-rate dependence, and memory ef
Thailand, Cambodia seek to calm escalating dispute over US$300 billion seabed
Both sides agreed to use a naval hotline and exercise restraint to ease maritime tensions after holding mediation talks at The Hague.
Commanders' Terry McLaurin carted off after knee injury vs. 49ers, ruled out
McLaurin went down while running a route late in the first quarter
One Michigan team makes SI's all-time top 25. It's not the Wolverines
The ranking leaves Michigan, college football's all-time leader in victories, without a team among SI's top 25.
Why pharma giant Roche is putting German investments on hold
Germany’s bid to revive its struggling economy faces a fresh setback as a major pharmaceutical player raises concerns over the country’s business climate.
The Hunting Wives Season 2 Trailer Release Date Set for Beloved Brittany Snow Show’s Return
The Hunting Wives Season 2 sets trailer release date, ahead of the Netflix drama’s premiere this November.