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OpenAI launches always-on AI agents a day after apologizing for a hack by its bots
OpenAI launched a new agent product focused on continuous work just a day after it announced it had refrained from releasing its latest system due to safety concerns.
Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative
Two artists from a Bay Area studio unveiled What Iceberg?, a table-sized installation placed at the public entrance to an OpenAI developer event in San Francisco on Tuesday. According to a description of the piece, the 5-foot-tall sculpture "shows OpenAI's leaders and investors escaping a sinking ship with unimaginable wealth, while everyone else is left to face the cost of AI.” One of the co-creators of the piece, a man in his “late 30s” who gave his name as “Kevin,” said that he and members of the Berkeley-based Odd Friend Studio spent the last five days working to build What Iceberg? out of
Judi Dench celebrated southern Scotland’s golden eagle comeback by naming it GoldenEye; the population has climbed above 50 birds
Dame Judi Dench has joined the celebration of a major golden eagle recovery in southern Scotland after the population climbed above 50 individual birds. The actress named one of five fledglings produced this summer as GoldenEye, while fellow actor Sam Heughan named another as Sassy.
Menopause supplements are no better than 6p multivitamins
Supplements that claim to tackle symptoms of the menopause are overpriced and no more beneficial than a bog-standard multivitamin, researchers have concluded.
NBA nearing ownership choice for new Las Vegas franchise with total costs expected to exceed $12-13 billion
The winning bid for the Las Vegas expansion team is expected to exceed $12 billion
Jack Smith defends investigations into Trump during tense US Senate hearing
Former US special counsel rejects claims that his probes improperly targeted Republicans and conservative groups.
Disney cuts hundreds more jobs for third round of layoffs under new CEO
Hundreds more layoffs just hit Disney, as workers had been anticipating. On Tuesday, Deadline was the first to report that the company’s most recent cuts would impact several hundred employees. A spokesperson for Disney told the outlet that the layoffs primarily impact those in human resources and technology roles. Prior to the announcement, Disney had warned in its August earnings report that cuts were looming: “We remain highly focused on reducing costs across the enterprise
How ‘Harry Potter’ Accidentally Helped Create a Real-Life Owl Crisis
Fans wanted their own Hedwig, but many underestimated the cost and care involved, leaving sanctuaries to deal with the fallout.
Deloitte UK Partner Pay Grows to $1.5 Million on AI Demand
Deloitte’s UK business paid its equity partners an average of about £1.13 million ($1.5 million) last year, up 7% from the year prior as the firm said demand for advice on artificial intelligence drove profit.
Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
Researchers published late-stage clinical trial data today for the latest obesity drug, retatrutide—expected to be the most powerful formula yet—and the results appear in line with high expectations. Patients with obesity on the highest retatrutide dose lost an average of 25 percent of their body weight after 80 weeks, and an average of 30 percent after an extension period to 104 weeks.
Anti-aging holy grail drug extends lifespan by 25% in animals
Scientists are one step closer a 'major biomedical breakthrough' after developing a drug that can prolong the lifespan of some animals by 25 per cent.
Low RSV Vaccine Coverage Leaves Seniors at Risk - Medscape
... medical conditions. Historically, RSV has been seen as a disease ... “For older adults, particularly those with underlying health conditions ...
Oregon unveils 'Origin of Speed' uniforms, two years in the making
The base color of "Night Forest" is Nike's darkest green, while "Green Strike," a debut shade, combines with the volt color to create a look that pops.
Hegseth to announce a 20% cut to generals and admirals
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to call for a 20% cut in the number of generals and admirals across the U.S. military on Wednesday, a Pentagon official told CBS News.
OpenAI’s new dots agent comes with a crew of friendly mascots
OpenAI just announced a new suite of AI agents called “dots,” and they look like something you might find in an animated kids show. Dots were the star among more than 20 announcements made at OpenAI’s fourth annual developer conference, DevDay, which took place on September 29 in San Francisco. According to an official blog post, dots are “remarkably capable, always-on agents” powered by GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI’s latest model, that “get to know what matters to you, are always working on you
Lanterns' Biggest Hal Jordan Change Undermines DC Hero
A big change to Hal Jordan in the penultimate episode of Lanterns shows how utterly indifferent the showrunners are to the classic character.
America.gov gets really weird when you ask it about Minecraft, but it’s not a glitch
For the sake of national security, it's a relief to learn that America.gov is not hallucinating to the point that it's penning lengthy poetry.
Trump's New America.gov Chatbot Seems to Drop Acid When You Tell It to Play Minecraft
We know why.
Mathematician creates new shape with 8 sides, 26 edges, and 3 holes
Meet the genus-3 polyhedron.
Federal lawsuit filed after man with mental health conditions dies of dehydration in the ...
The family of Tommy Ricke, who had known mental health conditions, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against multiple parties following ...
Bruins vs. Rangers odds, prediction, time: 2026 NHL Opening Night best bets from proven model
SportsLine's model reveals its Boston Bruins vs. New York Rangers picks for their Opening Night matchup on Tuesday
UN extends mandate of Gang Suppression Force in Haiti for six months
Security force members deployed to Haiti have struggled to make progress against criminal groups as violence continues.
Opec+ likely to stick with plan for steady quotas, delegates say
Nations will probably ratify their existing roadmap to keep targets unchanged in November Read more at The Business Times.
Ringo Starr, David Byrne, Joan Baez Donate Unqiue Items for Housing Works Auction
Ringo Starr, David Byrne, Joan Baez, Richard Hell and more have donated items for the "Turn It Up!" auction benefitting Housing Works.
The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch
Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name "dot.com," which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page.
The AI industry wants models to assist in legal battles, but will they help? - Engadget
AI companies have quickly readied tools to assist in the research legal cases after some lawyers were fined for using filings filled with fake case citations.
Seven-year hydrophone record maps Arctic sounds 500 meters below ice
Seven years of underwater recordings are giving scientists a clearer picture of what 'normal' sounds like beneath the Arctic.
'The story is always the same': NC officials confront broken involuntary commitment system
These are just a few of the many issues within a larger, more complex mental health system that this committee was formed to address. A mandate for ...
Squarely on hot seat, Maryland's Locksley set for Nebraska
In his weekly availability Tuesday, Maryland coach Mike Locksley, who was already in the hot-seat discussion before the season began, told reporters his "focus has been on getting us ready to play up at Lincoln," referring to Saturday's date vs. Nebraska.
Iraq begins high-stakes security balancing act as US troops withdraw
Iraq marks national 'Sovereignty Days' as US troops depart, but must navigate risks of new security landscape.
‘ChatGPT for the win’: Parents are using AI to skip out on children’s school photo day
With a new school year underway, kids everywhere are saying “cheese” for school picture day—but some penny-pinching parents are cutting photographers out of the equation. In their place, those parents are employing artificial intelligence to generate picture day-style images of their children. Others are getting their kids’ pictures taken as normal, but avoiding paying for the final images by using AI agents to erase watermarks from the proofs. Both methods may be cheaper than she
“BBC Dad” Shares Photos of "Very Grown Up" Kids 9 Years After They Crashed Viral Interview
Nearly 10 years after professor Robert Kelly went viral when his kids crashed his live interview on the BBC, he shared pictures of his “very grown-up” kids.
CVE-2026-79538 | metatool-ai MetaMCP up to 2.4.22 MCP Inspector Proxy Endpoint server.ts createTransport code injection
A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in metatool-ai MetaMCP up to 2.4.22. Affected by this issue is the function createTransport of the file routers/mcp-proxy/server.ts of the component MCP Inspector Proxy Endpoint. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is trad
El Niño's Dreaded 'Kelvin Wave' Is About to Hit California
This signature of El Niño could raise sea levels by up to a foot.
NASA Features Exploration, Science at International Space Conference
Caption: Broadway performers are seen as they sing during the opening ceremony of the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Oct. 21, 2019 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington.Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA will participate in the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye, from Monday, Oct. 5, to Friday, Oct.
I Ate Raspberries Every Day for a Week—and I Noticed Two Big Changes In How I Felt
These little morsels are one of the healthiest foods you can eat.
Inside Don Mattingly's Jhoan Duran decision that backfired in Phillies' Wild Card Series Game 1 loss
The Phillies closer entered at the start of the seventh inning and allowed a game-winning three-run home run in the eighth
AI bosses pledge to self-regulate
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said tech executives who gathered at the White House to discuss regulating AI had s...
Who Gets Your TFSA When You Die? Check the Name on Your Account
The name attached to your TFSA could determine how smoothly the account passes to your family after death.
Game of Thrones Movie Aegon’s Conquest Gets Release Date, Director in Huge Update
Westeros is heading to theaters as the first Game of Thrones movie locks in its director and official release date.
Mozilla deploys a new-look Firefox across desktop and mobile - Engadget
The redesigned browser brings back compact mode and adds a theme picker.
AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia
Chipmaker AMD and world models company World Labs announced that AMD will acquire the AI company by the end of the year, pending regulatory approval. The transaction is valued at $8.2 billion. In 2024, computer vision scientist Fei-Fei Li founded World Labs with fellow researchers Justin Johnson, Christoph Lassner, and Ben Mildenhall, with $230 million in funding, some of which came from AMD. The company began working on new world models, which are AI models that aim to provide a useful, predictive simulation of the physical world.
NASA Opens 2027 Human Lander Challenge for Lunar Communications
3 Min Read NASA Opens 2027 Human Lander Challenge for Lunar Communications NASA’s 2027 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help address one of the most critical needs for sustained lunar exploration: reliable communications. As NASA prepares for long-term human presence on the Moon through the Artemis and Moon Base programs, communications systems will be just as important as spacecraft and rockets.
When Picky Eating is Actually a Psychiatric Disorder | National Geographic
People who have certain medical conditions also seem to be at higher risk for ARFID. ... HEALTH CONDITIONS · HEALTHY EATING · MENTAL HEALTH. You May ...
Red Sox vs. Yankees AL Wild-Card Game 1 picks: Aaron Judge not available, but Cam Schlittler should be enough
Aaron Judge is not on the Yankees' Wild Card roster as ace Cam Schlitter starts Game 1 vs. the Red Sox
Pete Hegseth to double Pentagon cuts to US generals and admirals
Pete Hegseth will announce a fresh round of cuts to US military generals and admirals. The move deepens his Pentagon overhaul and has triggered sharp congressional concern over command strain.
SSR Mining Inc. (SSRM:CA) Presents at Mining Forum Americas 2026 - Slideshow (TSX:SSRM:CA) 2026-09-29
2026-09-29. The following slide deck was published by SSR Mining Inc.
Young Guns 3: Kiefer Sutherland Gives Best Update Yet for Western Movie Sequel
Kiefer Sutherland has revealed the best piece of information that fans could have hoped for about the Young Guns franchise.
OpenAI repotedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
The new round is anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut.
OpenAI’s new GPT-6.1 Sol gets surprisingly close to Astra at a fraction of the cost
OpenAI has launched GPT-6.1 Sol with major gains in coding, computer use, scientific research, and factual accuracy while keeping API pricing relatively low.
NASA Awards Orbital Safety Analysis Support Services Contract
NASA has awarded a contract to Omitron Inc. for the acquisition of orbital safety analysis services, which provide for critical protection of NASA spaceflight assets and astronaut lives. This indefinite-delivery contract is valued at approximately $23.5 million over a five-year period of performance and entails conjunction assessment screening services for all NASA uncrewed spacecraft, support of human spaceflight activities, and orbital safety analysis support to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce. The work will take place at Omitron’s locatio
New York prosecutors reopen investigation into alleged rape at Cornell University
An investigation into an alleged gang rape in 2024 at Cornell University has been reopened after the woman who reported the assault sued the school and others. At the time, no criminal charges were filed, though Cornell said it investigated and took disciplinary action, including suspensions and exp
Chris Holtmann, DePaul agree to contract extension
DePaul coach Chris Holtmann has agreed to a contract extension that runs through the 2030-31 season.
Man City CEO: Premier League verdict based on ‘conspiracy theory’
Man City says it will appeal after an independent commission convicted it of breaking Premier League financial rules.
‘My rogue AI agent texted my ex’: The new meme that lets you pass the blame for your worst behavior
It seems that every other day a new frontier model has made its way somewhere it shouldn’t—so much so that it’s now a meme. In recent months, OpenAI’s agents have managed to hack software company Hugging Face, a German website, and coding website RubyGems. Anthropic’s agents have also had their fair share of “cybersecurity incidents,” with four recorded incidents of agents accessing third-party systems without authorizations. And Google’s Gemini
Supreme Court lets Trump resume deportations to countries migrants have no ties to
The decision marked the third time the high court has allowed the Trump administration to temporarily enforce the policy. The court has also agreed to hear full oral arguments on the legality of the policy in December
OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model
OpenAI is building out the pieces of an alternative to the traditional app store model, turning ChatGPT into a place where software can be discovered and used by people and AI agents alike.
Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
Broadcasters should be ordered to stop running Trump commercials that appear to violate US laws, consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said today in a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission.
Finding Alien Life on Enceladus Might Be Easier Than We Thought (If It Actually Exists)
Two studies suggest Saturn's icy moon could support an ancient form of metabolism.
Exercise may reshape your gut microbiome to support recovery - News-Medical
The high and growing prevalence of non-communicable diseases, including metabolic, cardiovascular, oncological, and neurodegenerative disorders, ...
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Venezuelan man shot by ICE officer in Texas is charged with assault
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez has disputed the government's account of what led to his shooting during a DoorDash delivery.
DPM Metals Inc. (DPM:CA) Presents at Mining Forum Americas 2026 - Slideshow (TSX:DPM:CA) 2026-09-29
2026-09-29. The following slide deck was published by DPM Metals Inc.
Charlie & Martin Sheen To Star In Comedy Series ‘Happy Jack’ For AMC
Charlie Sheen and his father Martin Sheen are back playing father and son for the first time in over a decade.