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AI reveals how a warming climate will intensify NZ's most extreme downpours
The most damaging weather events are the record-breaking "one-in-100-year" disasters communities have usually only seen once.
You Can Still Save $1,200 on the iPhone Duo. Here's When to Expect It If You Preorder Today
The iPhone Duo will officially launch this Friday. Preorder deals are still open, but due to high demand, you may not receive your foldable until next year.
Particle colliders recreate matter that existed microseconds after the Big Bang
Scientists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the Brookhaven National Laboratory generated quark-gluon plasma (QGP) by smashing oxygen nuclei at nearly the speed of light.
Why Elon Musk Wants to Merge SpaceX and Tesla
The CEO and largest shareholder of both companies said a merger would be a “good idea” and that they had formed committees to discuss the possibility.
LeBron James shines in 76ers debut; CBS Sports Midseason All-Americans revealed
Plus why the NFL will not punish the Eagles for their handling of Jalen Hurts' blood clots
'How about that beauty?': Trump targets the ‘Squad’, mocks Ilhan Omar, AOC & Tlaib at Kansas rally
US President Donald Trump took aim at former President Barack Obama and several Democratic lawmakers during a rally in Kansas, delivering sharp criticism of Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), and other prominent Democrats.Speaking at
Why the NFL is painting a giant mural on the end zones of this football field
Jammie Holmes’s Untitled (2024) is a painting that explores the fleeting nature of beauty and success through the depiction of a child emerging from morning glory flowers. As I write this, a giant version of the work, which has been painstakingly hand-painted onto strips of football field turf, is on a plane flying from New York City to Paris. Jammie Holmes, Untitled, 2024 [Image: Courtesy NFL] The turf version of Holmes’s Untitled was commissioned by the NFL for a new initiative called C
Pieces of Halley's Comet Will Light Up the Night Sky Tonight. Here's How to See Them.
The Orionid meteor shower peaks overnight, giving skywatchers a chance to see debris from Halley's Comet burning through Earth's atmosphere.
Building a smarter workflow for short-form video creators
With over 30,000 paying customers, Verba is scaling a profitable AI platform that structures raw video into polished content.
Telehealth Giant Hims Wants to Test Every Dude for Low Testosterone
The company plans to offer testosterone replacement therapy, marking its first foray into prescribing controlled substances.
Scientists Say AI Can Plant False Memories—and It’s Slowly Decaying Your Mind
Study after study shows that humans reliant on AI will misremember past events or even fabricate details completely.
Covid-19: 'Lessons need to be learnt' as care home report published
An inquiry found that Government failings in care settings allowed the spread of Covid.
College football odds, predictions: Texas vs. Ole Miss, Houston vs. Utah lead Week 8 schedule
Brad Crawford and Chris Hummer return with their picks for the week's top games
Pakistani authorities arrest man accused in $126m US postage fraud
Faheem Akram has been charged with several offences including conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Polls in 5 states: Election Commission team in Manipur to review preparedness
The Election Commission has deployed a team of senior officials to Manipur to review preparations for assembly elections expected early next year in five states. Teams have also visited Uttarakhand, with Punjab scheduled for a review on October 28. The commission will conduct further assessments bef
Author Helen Fielding launches award to find the next Bridget Jones's Diary
The Bridget Jones Prize will go to the author of the funniest 1,000-word diary-style piece of writing.
Google SynthID Detector Simplifies Watermark Detection and Expands Support to Other AI Providers
Google DeepMind announced the global availability of SynthID Detector, a tool designed to help identify AI-generated content, including media created using AI tools from SynthID partners such as OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Kakao, with Apple support expected soon.
Xbox Project Helix May Be Waiting On Big Launch Exclusive, As Its Reported Holiday 2028 Date Isn't Tied To Hardware
Xbox Project Helix report suggests a Holiday 2028 launch and high price; leaker Kepler L2 claims no hardware delay
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What I Disbelieve: Quantifying Belief With Negative Ranking Functions
A challenge in exploring the psychology of human uncertainty is its measurement and quantification. Prior work has focused almost exclusively on probability, while the formal theories developed in philosophy are rarely tested. We tested Wolfgang Spohn's ranking theory, a normative account in which belief is graded by ordinal ranks of disbelief that combine by minimization rather than addition, as a descriptive model of human belief. Across six experiments, participants assigned ranks of disbelie
Three reasons why the Brewers can finally win their first World Series title
The Brewers have been the best team in baseball in 2026, and four more wins vs. the Rays will bring home their first championship
Protests as UK approves new gas drilling in North Sea
Climate activists have protested against the UK’s decision to go ahead with new gas drilling in the North Sea.
Netflix’s stock just collapsed to a 2-year low: Is the streaming giant’s ad business in trouble?
Shares in Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) have fallen to a more than a two-year low after the streaming giant posted its Q3 2026 results yesterday. Despite hitting Wall Street’s projected revenue target of nearly $12.9 billion for the quarter, an update on the company’s increasingly critical ad business dampened investor optimism, sinking the stock with it. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? Yesterday, Netflix announced its results for its third quarter of fiscal 2026. Un
A familiar Valley station welcomes a new anchor amid year of on-air shake-ups
This top-rated South Texas TV station's newest anchor got his start as a sports caller and college football coach.
Illinois’ electric grid is under a lot of stress. What does that mean for consumers?
Major blackouts are unlikely despite high energy demands from data centers. To understand why, Curious City explains how the power grid works.
Foldable phones could be hot – in more ways than one
How foldable phones highlight AI’s growing thermal management challenge
Correcting topographic artifacts in three-dimensional ToF-SIMS: A practical guide from data-only reconstruction to correlative AFM
Three-dimensional time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (3D ToF-SIMS) builds chemical volumes by stacking images acquired between sputter cycles. Standard reconstruction assumes a flat starting surface and a single sputter rate, so samples with topography, or with layers that sputter at different rates, yield distorted interface positions and depth scales. This article is a practical guide to correcting these artifacts. We group the available corrections by the information they need: th
Ebola has spread from Congo to 4 other countries. A look at where things stand
Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active
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Red Lobster baits diners with new $12.99 deal — and yes, it involves shrimp
Deal includes two shrimp flavors, side, signature biscuits and warm brownie sundae
Fiscal-anchor legislation released for comment to protect ‘hard-won gains’
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana used the occasion of the 2026 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to release draft legislation for public comment aimed at integrating a principles-based fiscal anchor as a requirement for future administrations, but without introducing a rigid numerical rul
what we learned: spectator and spectacle
from underground nightclubs to cinematic illusions, we explore how spectacle can transform the way we see, move and experience the world.
Zoom plans AI controls, compliance tools for enterprises
In 2024, a Hong Kong finance worker paid US$25m after a video call with deepfaked executives.
Steve McQueen brings together David Bowie and Nina Simone in Bilbao
Steve McQueen’s exhibition “66–76–26” at Guggenheim Bilbao Museum is a sound sculpture with no image. It is a link between the decades, the emotion of love and understanding, and it also stars David Bowie and Nina Simone. #Art
The world's first spinal cord transplant has been performed in Russia | New Scientist
A surgeon has told New Scientist they have performed a transplant on someone with a complete spinal cord injury using a piece of spinal cord from a brain-dead donor, but researchers have raised concerns
An Open Reliability Atlas of Sensitivity and Failure Modes in the Pulse Physiology Engine
Pulse is an actively maintained open-source adult-physiology simulator, yet its maintainers report no formal sensitivity analysis of its operational inputs. We present the first open reliability atlas across its critical-care envelope: Morris elementary-effects sampling of seven inputs, four severity scenarios, male and female bodies (1,280 simulations). Sensitivity is skewed: three inputs carry a median 93% of each output's total. A four-flag classifier reveals failure modes: two operator-actio
Rays vs. Brewers prediction, odds, time: 2026 World Series Game 1 picks by proven model for Friday, Oct. 23
SportsLine's model simulated Friday's Tampa Bay Rays vs. Milwaukee Brewers World Series Game 1 matchup 10,000 times
'Sheer insanity': Trump's envoy skewered as he fawns over dictator with 'cringe' remarks
President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Peace Missions, Steve Witkoff, prostrated himself before Russia's Vladimir Putin at a summit on Wednesday — despite Putin's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, butcher of civilians, and the lack of any progress in getting him to back off his demands for territoria
BBC layoffs: More jobs slashed, channels cut as British broadcaster faces ‘immediate cost pressures’
Media companies continue to struggle as consumers pivot away from traditional forms of content. The latest example comes from the BBC, which has announced it will cut over 100 jobs. The U.K.-based broadcaster is attempting to save £500 million ($670 million) over the next two years. BBC is primarily funded by a licensing fee, a £180 annual payment that provides viewers with all TV channels, streaming services, and more. It’s designed to keep the BBC “free of advertisements and
Young Audiences Want to Redefine Modern Storytelling, New Study Shows
A new study found that young viewers are often not consulted about what they want to see on screen — even in projects about and for them.
Beware the AI throuple: Is technology manipulating you or your relationship?
Imagine you're involved with someone who knows exactly what captures your attention. They know what makes you laugh, what makes you angry and which topics you like to talk about. They've been paying attention. They've learned what keeps you engaged.
Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in libxml2 (CVE-2026-86140, CVE-2026-86141, CVE-2026-86143, CVE-2026-86144) affect AIX.
Summary Vulnerabilities in libxml2 could cause stack-based buffer overflow CVE-2026-86140, A NULL pointer dereference CVE-2026-86141, An integer overflow CVE-2026-86143, denial-of-service CVE-2026-86144. AIX uses libxml2 as part of its XML parsing functions. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2026-8614
One in four people with depression may suffer from this new type
‘Circadian depression’ is linked to disruption of a person body’s internal clock
Nigeria identifies travel-related Ebola case
Nigeria has confirmed an imported Ebola case tied to the ongoing outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, becoming the fifth country to identify a related infection, health officials said.
Man Utd fear £74m star is ruled out for four months - what are their options?
Manchester United fear Benjamin Sesko could be sidelined until February due to a shin injury that has plagued him for six months.
Macron says Trump spread rumours about protests
Macron says Trump spread rumours about protests
Westgold reaches stable two-million tonnes a year mine rate at Beta Hunt
ASX- and TSX-listed Westgold Resources has removed legacy mine infrastructure constraints to establish a platform that supports a sustained two-million-tonne-a-year mining rate at the Beta Hunt underground mine at Kambalda. Beta Hunt achieved a record annualised mining rate of two-million tonnes a y
COD: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ players are spawning in the middle of a road and being flattened before they can do anything
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's DMZ mode doesn't appear to have spawn protection, meaning if you spawn in front of a car, you're done for.
loupe
Loupe Loupe is an iOS and iPadOS app that gives you a hands-on tour of the device fingerprinting surface. It reads real values from public iOS APIs, the same ones any third-party app can call, and shows them to you raw. The point is simple: see what your iPhone quietly exposes, and why each reading
AEON: Unifying Video and 3D World Models
Current world models for explicit world simulation typically follow two distinct pathways: (1) video generative models (e.g., Sora), which simulate realistic appearances but fail to preserve 3D consistency; and (2) 3D generative models (e.g., Marble), which generate geometrically consistent scenes but often yield static, less realistic observations. We present AEON, a unified framework that bridges video-based and 3D-based world models and combines the benefits of both. The key insight of AEON l
NASA’s CASALS Instrument Bridges Gaps in 3D Maps of Earth’s Surface
Explore This Section Overview Technology Programs Technology Highlights Workshops and Events Publications From orbit, today’s space-based laser instruments measure Earth’s forests and terrain one narrow line at a time. Between those lines are enormous gaps that include millions of acres of land scientists never directly measure. NASA’s CASALS instrument will blend machine learning with an ultra-compact lidar instrument to adaptively ‘sweep’ large swaths of Earth’s surface.
Christina Applegate says she was wrongly diagnosed with MS
Christina Applegate thought she was living with multiple sclerosis (MS) for five years, until recently discovering she had been given a wrong diagnosis.
Timberwolves vs. Heat NBA odds: Can Giannis Antetokounmpo be a winner in Miami debut, outdueling LaMelo Ball?
LaMelo Ball and the Timberwolves open the season at Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Heat
Iran’s enriched uranium re-emerges as point of contention in US talks
Iran's nuclear enrichment has emerged as a major point of contention amid diplomatic push to end the war.
ArcBest: The Margin Fix Is Working, But Pricing Has To Carry The Next Leg (NASDAQ:ARCB)
ArcBest (ARCB) is rated hold, leaning buy, after significant margin improvements and cost reductions, but needs to demonstrate sustainable pricing power.
Woman told Russell Brand he 'treated her like an animal', court hears
The comedian and actor is on trial for charges including rape and sexual assault, which he denies.
CVE-2026-110982 AI Engine Plugin authorization
A security flaw has been discovered in AI Engine Plugin up to 3.8.5 on WordPress. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-110982. You should upgrade the affected component.
SolarRenderer: Few-Step Generative Reference Rendering
Game engines and coding agents can specify the layout, motion, and camera of a scene, yet turning such coarse structure into realistic video requires a renderer that follows the structure and completes the appearance it leaves open. Existing renderers are tied to the representation of one engine, need tens of denoising steps or a costly distillation of their own, and learn from conditions that are not aligned with their target videos. We present SolarRenderer, a structure-conditioned video rende
A 1,200-Year-Old Hairless Dog Mummy Was So Well Preserved That Archaeologists Thought It Was Recent
A startling date reveals the strange, complicated lives of dogs in an empire before the Incas.
Africa CDC calls Ebola crisis summit as Nigeria records first case
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has invited health ministers to an “extraordinary virtual meeting” as Ebola spreads across the continent
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France’s Macron says protesters won’t be allowed to ‘cause chaos’
French president criticises comments by 'foreign leaders' trying to exploit disorder for their own political agenda.
Greater improvements required to strengthen infrastructure management, delivery – IMF finds
Ahead of the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on October 21, the National Treasury has solemnly reflected on multinational organisation the International Monetary Fund's (IMF’s) assessment of South Africa’s public investment management with i
Next-gen Xbox release window may have been revealed – alongside a potentially hefty price tag
It’s all about the money, money, money.