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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.
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.
NASA to Conduct NCAA Flyover, Engage Fans at University of Alabama
NASA’s Freedom 250 F-5 team, including NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, performs a flyover during the national anthem at an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers at Huntington Bank Field, Sept. 27, 2026, in Cleveland.NASA/Jordan Cochran As part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, NASA will conduct a flyover at the University of Alabama vs. Texas A&M football game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Saturday, Oct. 24.
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.
Giants plan to start QB J.J. McCarthy over Jameis Winston vs. Texans, per report
The former Vikings quarterback is in line to make his first start for New York
Real Madrid vs RB Leipzig LIVE: Champions League
Follow updates, with team news, from our live text commentary stream coverage as Mbappe and Bellingham headline.
Pizza Hut store closures update: List of doomed locations grows in 2026 as the brand charts a Yum-free future
Pizza Hut restaurant closures have continued apace in the United States this year. According to a newly amended franchise disclosure document (FDD)—the first since Pizza Hut separated from fast food giant Yum Brands in early September—the Texas-based pizza chain has closed 275 U.S. restaurants so far in 2026. This number reflects U.S. store closures through August 18, 2026. It’s more than double the number that Pizza Hut disclosed six months ago. Pizza Hut’s original franc
Belfast comedian criticised for rape 'joke' about assault victim
Vittorio Angelone referred to content creator Rebecca Goodwin in a remark about rape.
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.
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.
Science on the Space Station with NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins
NASA/Anil Menon NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Jessica Watkins works inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox on Oct. 9, 2026, safely mixing living cell samples with a bioink and then filling a special cartridge with the cell‑ink mixture. The advanced research operations were part of the InSPA‑Auxilium Bioprinter‑Cell Printing investigation, which explores 3D bioprinting cartilage tissue in microgravity of higher quality than that produced on Earth.
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.
Maryland coaching candidates: Jake Dickert, Billy Napier among options to replace Mike Locksley
Some familiar names top the list of potential head coaching candidates at Maryland
Catalonia’s new far right: How anti-Muslim sentiment is reshaping politics
The rise of Catalan Alliance is causing alarm among Muslims ahead of Spain's snap election in November.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Former NFL security committee member details how league operates amid civil unrest in Paris before Week 7 game
Amy Trask, the former CEO of the Oakland Raiders, served on the NFL's security committee
Canada wants to expand its LNG business. Critics raise red flags
As Canada’s LNG exports grow, critics raise concerns over human rights abuses linked to major corporate investors.
This critical household budget item could shape how Americans vote in the upcoming midterms
Like so many Americans, Jenny Escolastico has watched wearily as the cost of living has risen, straining her household budget. But as a mother of two children under 5, she faces added pressure that could shape how she votes in November: childcare costs.Escolastico’s household outside Allentown, Pennsylvania, is relying solely on her husband’s income. She’s staying home with her children, at least in part because she simply can’t afford to work.“What I would be spend
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.
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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
Foldable phones could be hot – in more ways than one
How foldable phones highlight AI’s growing thermal management challenge
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
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
New Mexico State vs. Sam Houston odds, prediction: Week 8 college football Wednesday picks by proven model
SportsLine's model has locked in its best bets for Wednesday's college football matchup between New Mexico State Aggies vs. Sam Houston Bearkats
What’s behind protests in Portugal?
What's behind protests in Portugal?
Is it better to be urban and mobile or rooted in one place? The answer may be shifting
In 2017, British journalist David Goodhart offered an enlightening read of Western politics. In The Road to Somewhere, he split our societies into two broad groups. The “Anywheres,” about a quarter of the population, were university-educated, urban and mobile. Their identity relied on degrees and successful careers. The “Somewheres,” more numerous, were less educated. They had strong roots in one place and believed in nation and family. For Goodhart, being an Anywhere mea
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.
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.
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
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.
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
NBA player props, odds, picks, lines: Stephen Curry part of best bets for Wednesday
We'll highlight some of our favorite player props for Wednesday's NBA games with help from the SportsLine Projection Model
Bayern Munich vs Arsenal LIVE: Champions League
Follow updates on the league-phase clash, including the build-up, analysis and live text commentary of the game.
The UN’s latest climate change report is spotlighting the U.S., and not for a good reason
Losing more ground in the fight against climate change, humanity is heading for a hotter world than experts projected last year — and the United States is a big reason for that, a new United Nations report says.If all the countries do what they promise to reduce heat-trapping emissions, Earth will likely still warm another 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius) above current temperatures, according to Wednesday’s update of climate calculations by the United Nations Environment Progra
Don't Stop Believin' - High school musical Glee set for reboot
Ryan Murphy's popular musical comedy-drama is set to return on Hulu and Disney+ after a decade away.
AI promises productivity, but for managers, it’s mostly a headache for now
More than 50% of managers say they're finding it harder to evaluate employees' work after adopting AI, according to a new survey.
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
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.
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.
Everything we learned from the Yankees' end-of-season press conferences: Brian Cashman's extension and more
Two weeks after their playoff elimination, Yankees executives faced questions about Aaron Boone's job, Aaron Judge's comments and the salary cap
Trump says AI data centres should pay ‘dividends’ in pre-midterm shift
US president has continued to support data centres in advance of midterms, despite growing opposition from Republicans.
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
Glastonbury coach tickets oversold in admin error
Bookings will automatically be converted into a general admission ticket and coach fare refunded.
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.
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
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.
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.
Victor Wembanyama on his dismal opening night performance vs. OKC: 'This is not the sport I like right here'
Wembanyama went 1 for 13 from the field and said he needs to 'think less'
Russia to send first diesel tanker to the US amid Trump deal
Russia will send on Thursday its first diesel tanker to the US to an undisclosed port.
AI chatbots struggle to understand cultural context, a new study finds
AI models often struggle to understand cultures around the world, and are reluctant to admit when they don’t know something. That’s what researchers at Canadian AI lab Cohere found when they tested whether chatbots could do more than simply speak a culture’s language. To determine whether models possessed deeper cultural knowledge, they presented them with a series of unique cultural riddles. Here’s one of them: “What’s the German 9/11?” Out of 28 AI models, only one knew th
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.
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.
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
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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
Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich prediction, time, odds: 2026-27 UEFA Champions League picks from top expert
Martin Green has locked in his soccer best bets for Wednesday's UEFA Champions League match featuring Bayern Munich vs. Arsenal on Paramount+
What are Italy’s new measures against violent protests?
The government has unveiled a new offence of 'violent participation in public demonstrations', among other measures.
The new, handmade Apple Music logo leans into the science of sound
Apple Music just unveiled a rebrand that’s literally made out of sound. [Image: Apple] The new brand—which includes a new wordmark, a custom sonic logo, and a rippling visual language—was created through a partnership between the team at Apple Music, the bespoke design agency TBWA\Media Arts Lab (MAL), the music producer Fred again.., and his collaborator Nest Acoustics. It will begin appearing across Apple Music’s original content and event programming this week, and will later roll out t
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.