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McDonald's sued over AI tool that recommends prices to US franchisees
McDonald’s is facing a federal lawsuit that alleges its AI-enhanced pricing tool violates antitrust laws because it shares nonpublic data with competing franchisees
Hydra loses its immortality after cold triggers switch to sexual reproduction
The freshwater polyp Hydra oligactis is essentially immortal and reproduces asexually by cloning itself. Except when it gets too cold: then the animal switches to sexual reproduction, begins to age, and eventually dies. A research team at the University of Innsbruck has now investigated the metaboli
Author Correction: Anodic Pd membrane H2 extraction enhances thermochemical dehydrogenation - Nature
Nature - Author Correction: Anodic Pd membrane H2 extraction enhances thermochemical dehydrogenation
COMPASS 2.0: psychometric representational similarity analysis distinguishes symptom structure from personal signal
Language models can score psychiatric questionnaires from speech, but agreement with self-report may reflect the questionnaire rather than the person. We introduce psychometric representational similarity analysis, a framework for comparing the structure of speech-derived scores, self-report, item wording and theory, and implement it alongside person-level construct scoring in COMPASS 2.0. We show how similarly worded items induce covariance without psychological signal. In pre-registered discov
ENGLAND SQUAD'S NATIONS LEAGUE RATINGS: Who has shone for Three Lions?
KIERAN GILL: England's three-week international break is finally at an end after four games against Spain, the Czech Republic, Croatia and the Czechs again.
Christa Pike lawyers say she is speaking one week after failed execution
The 50-year-old has regained consciousness and is receiving care nearly one week after being sent to the hospital.
78% of U.S. homebuyers now use AI to help buy a home
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. In today’s article, we’re sharing the full results from the Zoodealio-ResiClub Real Estate Agent Survey—Q3 2026. To conduct our real estate agent survey, ResiClub partnered with Zoodealio, a cash-offer platform and iBuyer-management software designed for real estate agents. Among the 208 real estate agents/brokers who took the survey, nearly half (44%) have been real estate a
Eva Marie Saint’s Career In Photos: From ‘On the Waterfront’ And ‘North by Northwest’ To ‘Exodus’
Eva Marie Saint’s career in photos from ‘On the Waterfront’ And ‘North by Northwest’ To ‘Exodus’
Mistral launches open-source Mistral Large 4, details AI roadmap - SiliconANGLE
Mistral launches open-source Mistral Large 4, details AI roadmap - SiliconANGLE
It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane
A low-pressure system in the western Gulf of Mexico should soon become a tropical storm, and based on the latest forecast modeling, it has a decent chance of becoming a hurricane. Normally, a hurricane forming in early October would not be particularly noteworthy.
October 2026 Satellite Puzzler
Earth Observatory 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 Every month, NASA Earth Observatory features a puzzling satellite image.
Deadly lung disease returns to New York as new cases are detected
The state Department of Health is investigating the North Shore Towers complex on Grand Central Parkway after two residents tested positive.
Fantasy football Week 5 TE preview: Trey McBride leads volatile position with seven must-start options
Heath Cummings identifies seven must-start tight ends, with T.J. Hockenson and Mike Gesicki among the top Week 5 streamers
Fans flood Buenos Aires ahead of Messi’s final international match
Thousands of Argentina fans poured into Buenos Aires’ Monumental stadium ahead of Lionel Messi’s final match.
‘Has flat buttocks,’ ‘cusses when scared’: Amazon keeps shockingly specific customer profiles. Here’s how to find yours
Why is Amazon keeping track of the size of shoppers’ butts? That’s the question that brought one Amazon customer to social media, where she shared the discovery that left her “literally speechless.” According to Threads user Megan Montgomery, she “stumbled upon a page of assumptions that Amazon has made,” which included statements based on her shopping habits. That included the details of events she’d hosted (“Prepared for a Bluey-themed 2nd birthday celebration”), products she’d purchase
The biggest bombshells from Michael Douglas’ memoir
The title of Michael Douglas’ new memoir is “One Helluva Ride,” and the 82-year-old “Romancing the Stone” star definitely delivers that for readers. Join Page Six as we break down the b…
Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius after scrapping their first product
The startup crossed over $1 million in anualized revenue within two months of its post-pivot launch.
Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says
Drones sank two cargo ships and damaged a third in the exclusive economic zones of NATO member countries for the first time, killing at least two sailors.
McDonald's Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over AI-Powered Menu Pricing
McDonald's is facing a proposed class action alleging its...
First West Nile Virus Death Reported in DuPage County in 2026
Individuals over the age of 60, and those with medical conditions, such ... Each year from May through October, DuPage County Health Department's ...
Fantasy football Week 5 WR preview: Zay Flowers a cautious start with Lamar Jackson likely out
Lamar's injury lowers the ceiling for Baltimore's breakout star with Huntley under center, plus key Week 5 stats for Metcalf, London and Coleman
CNN, CBS News now under one roof as Paramount-Warner Bros merger closes
The newly combined company is called Skydance and began trading on Wall Street on Tuesday.
Quantum computing is already here
Every generation inherits problems it didn’t create, alongside tools it didn’t build. Ours are significant: diseases like cancer that we still can’t reliably cure, managing financial portfolios with countless variables in today’s financial markets, or trusting communications about our most sensitive information without having to worry whether security safeguards will hold. For most of my career, I’ve watched brilliant people attack these complex problems with computer
Corden, Jones reunite for their new series The Choir
Gavin & Stacey creators James Corden and Ruth Jones will reunite for their new comedy drama series The Choir.
Hark releases an AI personal assistant with a focus on privacy
The AI lab's personal assistant is an operating system from the future designed to compete with Muse, Dots, and Instinct.
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT outputs by default—but only in the EU
OpenAI will begin automatically watermarking text generated with ChatGPT in the European Union, the company has announced. It will also offer the watermarking feature in other regions, but it will be off by default outside of the EU. The move in Europe is driven by a need to comply with the EU AI Act, which took effect in August. It requires marking content produced by AI models in a way that another tool can detect. Unfortunately, there is still no completely effective and reliable way to do that.
Lunar Grounding Challenge
2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Artist’s rendering of the lunar South Pole region. Glowing points of light scattered across the lunar surface represent surface assets supporting sustained human and robotic operations near the South Pole.NASA As an astronaut traverses the lunar South Pole, tribocharging from walking on the lunar surface and plasma charging from the ambient plasma generate electric charge on the spacesuit. This problem is severely compounded when entering lunar shadows and Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs).
NeuroCBIR: A Fast and Accurate Image Retrieval System for Whole-Brain and Region-Specific MRI
Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) in neuroimaging enables the identification of structurally similar brain scans, supporting diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment planning; however, existing methods are often limited to small datasets, single brain regions, or coarse class labels, thereby restricting their clinical utility and generalizability. Here, we present NeuroCBIR, a framework for fast and flexible retrieval of both whole-brain and region-specific 3D T1w MRI scans. A total of 103 cortica
NFL sets penalty record through Week 4 as tensions flare between teams, officials
Coaches, players and officials have not seen eye to eye during a flag-happy start to the season
Houthis, Saudi-led forces claim victories as Yemen fighting rages on
Saudi Arabia’s Jazan and Najran airports were attacked as Saudi-led gov’t forces launched air strikes on the Houthis.
Who names the driverless car?
Picture the near future, which is closer than it looks. You open an app and a car arrives with no driver and a non-useful steering wheel. The ride to the airport that costs $70 today will cost $20. Before long, you may not own a car at all. And with that, the brand of the car sent to pick you up will mean almost nothing. You did not buy the car. You summoned a service. So what, exactly, are you choosing? That is the question the entire driverless industry needs to answer. How do you build a b
Bingone - Official Announcement Trailer | Out of Bounds Showcase 2026
Here's your look at the Bingone announcement trailer for the upcoming bingo-inspired roguelike. Bingone is a sticker-building experience where you bend the rules of bingo, uncover powerful stickers that reshape your strategy, and unleash wild, high-energy combo chains. Bingone will be available on P
Voice-Commanded Drone Swarm Debuts in Boxer Combat Vehicle: 100 Systems, Six Months
Voice-controlled drone swarm AI: Rheinmetall and Australian defense startup Breaker announce a teaming agreement at Land Forces 2026, integrating Breaker’s Avalon platform into the Boxer CRV in six months. A single crew member can command up to 100 autonomous systems by voice with existing
Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services
Attackers hijacked three top-level domains and used their control to mint counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large organizations, Google said Tuesday. The attackers launched a series of attacks on the .gh, .sl, and .as country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and then modified authoritative DNS records for selected domains within those namespaces.
Scientists Find a New Way to Produce Hydrogen From Water Using Light
This could point toward simpler, cheaper ways to make clean hydrogen.
New York declares state of emergency over rapid spread of measles
New York has declared a state of emergency over the spread of highly infectious - and deadly - measles.
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Spain’s Merino nets twice to avoid Croatia shock and maintain perfect start
Mikel Merino turns game for Spain in Croatia to maintain their 100 percent group-stage record in UEFA Nations League.
Skydance Announces Board, Adding Ynon Kreiz, Laurene Powell Jobs and Bobby Kotick as Directors and Tony Blair as Advisor
/PRNewswire/ -- Skydance Corporation (NYSE: SKYD) ("Skydance") today announced the director and advisor designees for the newly combined company, formed...
Eva Marie Saint Dead: 'On The Waterfront' Oscar Winner Was 102
Eva Marie Saint died October 6 at 102. The Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor who graced some of the most beloved and revered Hollywood films of the mid-20th century
AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO
Nvidia-backed Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation ahead of a planned 2027 IPO, led by Coatue and Blackstone.
HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ "will unify into a single service”
After months of industry and customer speculation, Paramount Skydance has shed some light on the future of the HBO Max and Paramount+ streaming services. Paramount Skydance completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) today, ending a monthslong saga that began when Netflix last year announced its own plans to buy WBD. Netflix scrapped those plans in February.
NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Spacecraft Departure
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft rests at its capture point on April 13, 2026, 12 meters from the International Space Station, as the Canadarm2 robotic arm prepares to grapple the resupply ship.
CDC 'closely monitoring' possible plague outbreak in Russia
Officials at the CDC said they were working alongside other departments to 'assess developments' as more information becomes available.
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Harry Kane equals England record, scores twice in 3-0 win over Czechia
England's Harry Kane makes record-equalling 125th appearance and has a hand in all three goals in Nations League win.
Coworkers say they distrust each other more than ever
Amid widespread upheaval in the global economy, workplace relationships may be suffering. In the latest edition of its annual “Trust at Work” survey, public relations giant Edelman found that workers’ trust in their colleagues has fallen to its lowest point in the survey’s history, dropping from 82% in August 2024 to 73% in August 2026. And trust in direct managers fell from 79% to 72%, while trust in CEOs fell from 70% to 66%—both also record lows. The report, whi
Skydance Shares Fall In New York Stock Exchange Debut As Investors Fret Over Debt
Shares in Skydance, the new corporate parent of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, fell 3% Tuesday in their New York Stock Exchange debut.
The next hurdle for AI agents: getting websites to let them in
Personal AI agents promise to shop, book flights, and make reservations for you. But deliberate blocks and anti-bot defenses are getting in the way, leaving consumers caught in the middle. A new standard aims to help.
Googlebook "Better Together" phone features don't work with Samsung at launch
Googlebooks are Google's latest attempt to carve out a piece of the premium laptop market, and tight integration with Android phones is a key part of that effort. Now that Googlebooks are available, we're learning of some frustrating limitations of that plan. For now, Googlebooks will only play nicely with your phone if you have a Pixel. When Google announced the launch window for Googlebooks, it said the laptops were "engineered to work with your Android phone right out of the box." But as with many things Google, the truth is more convoluted.
Tigray drone strikes continue as life resumes in Mekelle | Africanews
Government-allied forces say they are using drones against Tigray fighters, while markets and local transport are slowly returning to the streets of the regional capital.
IPF Changed My Life. This Is How I Advocate for Myself
How one woman with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis takes an active role in her health journey.
Brewers vs. Padres NLDS Game 3 parlay, picks: Home cooking should save San Diego's season for one more game
San Diego's season is on the line Tuesday against Milwaukee as the NLDS shifts to Petco Park
Tokyo protests US military presence after Okinawa killing
Protesters rallied outside the US Embassy in Tokyo after a US Marine was arrested for the killing of a 39-year-old woman
RES Launches EcoSite IQ to Accelerate Environmental Project Identification
/PRNewswire/ -- RES (Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC), the nation's largest dedicated provider of nature-based solutions, today announced the launch of...
‘Artificial’ Movie: Release date, Cast & More on the Andrew Garfield Film About Sam Altman
What was once going to be distributed by Amazon MGM before its $50 billion deal with OpenAI, NEON acquired ‘Artificial,’ which depicts OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as well as other controversi…
How AI decision models could change content moderation
On Tuesday, Musubi announced a lightweight decision model made for real-time moderation called PolicyLM-1.7B, released with open weights.
Which eggplant farming practices pay off?
Fabrice Diangoné Bi Tra, a doctoral student in the 100 Ph.D.s for Africa program of the UM6P-EPFL Excellence in Africa initiative, has published a new study in Agriculture.
Researchers plan robot swarms to assemble and build structures
University of Stuttgart secures €4 million (approx. $9 million) to develop autonomous construction robots for timber buildings.
DuPage County reports first human West Nile virus death of 2026
DuPage County, Illinois, on Tuesday announced its first West Nile Virus death of 2026.
Girlfriend of unlikely NFL hero goes viral for 'peeing pants'
After making the biggest catch of his young NFL career, the girlfriend of a New England Patriots wide receiver couldn't control herself during the celebrations.
US arrests suspect in connection with Tumbler Ridge school shooting
The suspect, from the western state of Washington, allegedly gave money and advice to the attacker over the internet.
ARTEMIS PILOT VICTOR GLOVER VISITS HEARTLAND HUB SUPPLYING THE SPACE ECOSYSTEM
/PRNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Victor J. Glover Jr., who piloted the historic Artemis II mission around the moon, will deliver the keynote...
Hayden Panettiere’s ex-fiancé claims actress’ jewelry was pawned after her death, demands investigation
Wladimir Klitschko’s latest filing comes as he seeks to become guardian of his and Panettiere’s daughter Kaya’s estate.