World in a Pulse
Briflio distills the day's signals into one calm feed — a personalized mix of the top stories across every topic, with context, not noise.
The first vibe-coded gun is here
Cody Wilson says his AI model can generate new gun designs for 3D printing. We saw him fire the first one.
Rocket Report: FAA eyes more Starbase traffic; India's Skyroot snares US customer
Welcome to Edition 9.15 of the Rocket Report! The launch I'm most looking forward to in the next few weeks is that of Japan's Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission. MMX is one of the marquee space science missions launching this year, and it's set to leave Earth as soon as Monday (US time) aboard a Japanese H3 rocket. The spacecraft will visit Phobos and Deimos, the two asteroid-like moons of Mars, deploying a rover and collecting specimens for return to Earth in 2031.
Queensland has acquired parts of three huge cattle properties covering almost 396,000 hectares; the deal protects 174 wetlands on one station and habitat for threatened birds across northern Australia
Queensland has secured major portions of three vast cattle properties across Cape York and the Gulf of Carpentaria, adding almost 396,000 hectares to the state’s protected area network. The Queensland Government says in a press release that the acquisitions cover 137,000 hectares of Kendall River St
Ultra-processed foods that won't give you bowel cancer, study finds
Researchers found processed meats such as hot dogs and deli meats were linked to an eight per cent higher risk of developing the disease.
NBA's five biggest starting lineup questions: Three guards for Spurs? Morant-Lillard backcourt in Portland?
Teams around the NBA have plenty of roster questions to address before Opening Night
Ethiopia announces instalment of interim government in Tigray
After military pushed back TPLF uprising, PM Abiy Ahmed promises free elections within six months.
Date Lady syrup is having a breakout year: Retail deals with Erewhon and Sprouts are just the beginning
Many consumers are blissfully unaware of the work that it takes to get a product on the shelves of their favorite local market. Colleen Sundlie, founder of Date Lady, sure does. The brand’s Original Date Syrup, Chocolate Spread, and Sweet Chili Sauce made their debut at upscale grocery chain Erewhon in September, while an exclusive 11-ounce bottle of Chocolate Syrup hit Sprouts Farmers Market shelves earlier this month.Selling products at Erewhon and Sprouts is part of a new era of
Rodrigo, Roan and Byrne star in music video
Popstars Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan face off on a fictional game show hosted by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne in a new music video.
Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles
Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands' marks and passing off dupes, known as "superfakes," as genuine items. A startup called Veritas wants to tackle the problem with its own chip that verifies goods.
Tesla turns to 50-year-old stunt technology as it tries to Roadster again
Nine years after first trying to resurrect the Roadster, Tesla is apparently trying again. CEO Elon Musk might have relocated its HQ to Texas, but yet again he has returned to California’s showbiz industry to hawk his wares; last time it was a Hollywood back lot for the remote-controlled Cybercab demo, last night it was decades-old stunt technology to make a show car do tricks in the air. The new Roadster, we’re told, will be unlike anything else, although the angular, wedge-shaped styling owes more than a little to Giorgetto Giugiaro’s original Lotus Esprit—Musk is known to own a James Bond p
100 WWI Shipwrecks Are Being Eaten By The Sea. Scientists Figured Out How to Save Them.
Zinc and aluminum rods absorb corrosion so Gallipoli’s war graves can survive decades more.
Pope pictured for first time since surgery and cancer diagnosis
The pontiff was diagnosed with lung cancer after having surgery at Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Tuesday.
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Can Russia help ease tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Russia has close ties with the Taliban and is courting Islamabad, but analysts say its leverage remains uncertain.
New Industry Report: Franchise Demand Is Normalizing, but Advertising Engagement Is Surging
/PRNewswire/ -- Franchise ownership interest in the United States is returning to historic levels following an exceptional surge earlier this year, and new...
Kriti Sanon approaches Delhi High Court for personality rights protection, court asks for compilation of judgments and raises questions over IP Division’s jurisdiction as similar celebrity cases increase
Actor Kriti Sanon has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of her personality rights. During a hearing on Friday, the court asked her counsel to submit a detailed compilation of judgments and research on the scope of such rights and whether the High Court’s Intellectual Property Divisi
Jev is Vercel’s fastest-adopted AI model ever
The data comes from the Vercel's AI gateway, a unified API service similar to OpenRouter.
Accenture employees will only be able to spend $29 on Claude per month after some ended up splashing out thousands of dollars
More companies are limiting Claude and external AI
AI Experts Already Doomsday Prepping for When AI Takes Out the Entire Financial System
AI hacking sprees and a recent mass cyberattack on supermarkets has experts fearing that financial systems may be next on the chopping block.
Covid vaccine compensation scheme set for overhaul after Inquiry criticism
Ministers promise to reform the scheme that provides financial support for those injured or bereaved by vaccines in the UK.
NCAA sues Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine over executive order on fifth-year players
The 41-page complaint challenges the Ohio governor's legal ability to restore eligibility to fifth-year athletes
How Israeli firm’s ‘zero-click’ malware attack poses global security risk
A new ‘zero-click’ hack uses ads to target victims without any action needed on their part.
1 in 3 Americans Have Passed Off Store Bought Frozen Pasta as Homemade, National Survey Finds
/PRNewswire/ -- That pasta dinner getting rave reviews around the table? There's a one-in-three chance it came from the freezer. According to Rosina Food...
Kristi Noem’s husband Bryon seeks spousal support in divorce filing
Bryon and Kristi Noem’s three children are all adults, meaning child support is not part of the proceedings
I outsourced my life to AI agents for two weeks. It went…weirdly.
We all want to offload our most tedious tasks. But what might we lose in the process?
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Depression treatment during pregnancy may benefit babies' brain development, randomized trial finds
Treating depression during pregnancy influences infant brain development and early emotional function, according to new research published in Nature Communications.
Is Milton Friedman to blame for America’s health care woes?
Health policy experts John McDonough and Stuart Butler debate where the U.S. medical system went wrong — and how to fix it.
The Anxiety Rankings: Let's make the whole thing out of Anxiety Bowls
Week 7 features plenty of games pitting anxious fanbases against each other, including Florida-Texas, Michigan-Penn State, Nebraska-Oregon, Arkansas-Vanderbilt and Virginia-SMU
India call up Bhuvneshwar for West Indies T20 finale with doubt over Singh
Bhuvneshwar Kumar added to India squad for fifth and final T20 of series with West Indies, as Arshdeep Singh a doubt.
Can you be good at stuff you don’t like doing?
According to the internet, Confucius said, “Choose a job you love, [and] you will never have to work a day in your life.” He even created a great infographic on this, except it’s just one of those memorable fake internet quotes. That said, the notion that we are better off aligning our careers with our interests is remarkably prevalent, as is advice on “following your passions” or optimizing your career for your intrinsic motivation. To be sure, there are many reasons to adhere to this princi
‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ star Ben Barnes marries ‘American Idol’ alum Aubrey Cleland
'In a world of 8 billion people, it is extraordinary to find someone who feels like your person,' Ben Barnes wrote while announcing the news
Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy
Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg says he's OK with using AI in filmmaking, provided it's used "to enhance what you're doing."
Super Scam Me documentary shows what it takes to catch a romance scammer
If you got a DM from an unverified Jon Bon Jovi account after commenting on one of his official Instagram posts, what would it take to make you believe it was really the rock star hoping to connect? And at what point when he starts asking you to send money—like lose-your-house kind of money—would you snap out of the fantasy and stop draining your bank account? In a documentary premiering Saturday—Super Scam Me—investigative journalist Mariana van Zeller goes deep into this toxic love-bombing terrain.
NASA’s Hubble Spies Spiral’s Edge
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Palestinians, US journalist attacked in West Bank pogrom: What we know
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and severely beat Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine.
Meta and Apple agree on at least one thing: Open-weight AI is cool
Meta released a new version of its Muse Spark LLM on Thursday. As its name indicates, the big news about Muse Spark Open is that it’s an open-weight model. Rather than being offered solely as a cloud service, it’s publicly available for anyone to run on their own hardware. With 816 billion total parameters and a 1-million-token context window, it’s the U.S.’s most capable open-weight model, according to Meta. As I wrote in a recent feature, Meta’s AI story dates all the way back to the foundi
Dungeons and Dragons - D&D Beyond Adds Highly-Requested Feature
Dungeons and Dragons players and DMs can personalize their adventures with custom tokens and stickers on D&D Beyond starting now.
China’s AI infrastructure boom fuels earnings surge for local chip firms
GPU designer MetaX, listed in Shanghai and may soon list in Hong Kong, says it turned a profit in the first nine months thanks to more orders.
Polymarket saw $600 million in election trades after the elections were over
Prediction market boosters often tout the platforms as barometers of public opinion, or even “truth machines” offering a clearer picture of where things are headed than polling or other data. In 2024, for example, Kalshi beat many pollsters in forecasting the outcome of the US presidential race. But their trading activity can also tell more perplexing stories. Two global election markets on Polymarket’s offshore platform, for instance, generated over $600 million in trading volume, far more than most political markets typically attract.
Factory-built modules could speed up 10MW data center construction
Brightray is planning a 10MW AI data center in Indiana, targeting delivery within one year using prefabricated modules.
Treating depression during pregnancy may benefit baby’s brain development – new research
Therapy during pregnancy for those who need it may have advantages for the next generation.
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Qatar announces ‘massive’ solar plant project in Lebanon
Sheikh Mohammed also discussed Israeli 'violations' in Lebanese territory with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.
Why we couldn’t look away from Zuck’s Guinness wince
Mark Zuckerberg took a sip of Guinness the other day, and the internet noticed. Specifically, a clip from the Meta founder’s appearance on a podcast called The Cheeky Pint—which involves talking tech over a beer with host (and Stripe cofounder) John Collison—caught his notably unenthusiastic facial expression in response to the Irish stout. He looks, as one observer put it, as if he has just “accidentally swallowed the little paper cup of fluoride at the dentist’s office.” Safe to say Mar
Reality star Charlotte Crosby discusses miscarriage
Charlotte Crosby has revealed she has suffered a silent miscarriage just five months after another pregnancy loss.
CoreWeave Faces Funding Risks as Costs Rise
CoreWeave has been become embroiled in a tug of war between investors who see rising bond yields as a rally-killer for the AI trade and those who think rising demand for computing power justifies the enthusiasm. Bloomberg's Neil Campling reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Googlebook review: Android on a laptop is still Android
Android was designed for phones, but that hasn't stopped Google from trying to adapt the OS and its apps to larger machines over the years. Googlebooks are just the latest attempt after tablets, Chromebooks, and foldables induced little change in how people interact with Android software.
I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen
3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen As the supercooled propellant flowed into the core stage, and NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket roared to life, Allison Mjoen and her family watched with awe and pride. Mjoen, NASA’s operations manager for the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems program, helped shape the systems and ground operations that will one day send humans back to the Moon.
Anyone taking ramipril warned of 'deadly' side effect
People taking ramipril have been urged to pay attention to a side-effect that 'could be deadly'
Joe Lacob predicted a Valkyries title within five years. Here's how they reached the WNBA Finals in just two
Lacob made a bold proclamation when introducing the WNBA's newest franchise, and things have come together even faster than he envisioned
Spain punished by FIFA for Islamophobic chants during Egypt friendly
Spain sanctioned by FIFA after incidents at Espanyol's stadium in Barcelona, which staged the friendly with Egypt.
Tech layoffs 2026 update: Job losses pile up at Netflix, HubSpot, Flock Safety, and others in October
October has brought another wave of layoffs across the tech industry. HubSpot, Netflix, Flock, Airtable, and Amazon have all announced cuts in recent days, affecting thousands of employees. The reasons seem to vary, from AI-focused restructuring and post-acquisition overhauls to coping with public backlash and pandemic-era overhiring. But the overall pattern is still the same: tech companies are trimming their headcounts. HubSpot Inc. The platform known for helping companies manage
Daisy Edgar Jones, Sense and Sensibility Cast Detail the Biggest—and Best—Changes From the Book
The cast of Sense and Sensibility—including Daisy Edgar-Jones and Frank Dillane—spoke to some of the biggest changes the film makes from the book in an exclusive interview with E! News.
Replit’s CEO says the future of work is the ‘self-driving company’
Replit CEO Amjad Masad envisions a future of “self-driving companies,” where AI agents handle day-to-day tasks and people focus on higher-level decisions.
The Surface Laptop Ultra delivers on most of Microsoft's promises
Over the past week, the laptop Microsoft sent me has been summarizing books and movies, generating images from my imagination, and running a 70-billion-parameter AI model that would be a stretch to fit on most laptops. It also played AAA games at a speed and fidelity I would have thought impossible on an ARM system just a year ago. Microsoft wants to sell you one computer for all of your needs, and for once that doesn't feel like total marketing fluff.
Winter sea ice loss may be underestimated, ancient clues from a warmer Arctic suggest
Future Arctic winter sea ice is likely to shrink by around 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) more than previously thought, after researchers used clues from a warm period 6,000 years ago to improve the reliability of climate models.
Russian man linked to deadly London hospitals hack arrested
The 28-year-old detained by German police is accused of being part of the cyber-crime gang that hacked blood-test firm Synnovis in 2024.
Alabama vs. Tennessee CFB odds, parlay: Home team has dominated series, Tide try to avoid back-to-back losses
No. 6 Alabama at No. 14 Tennessee is one of four AP Top-15 matchups on a spectacular college football Saturday
Qatar FM calls for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon
Qatar’s prime minister and minister of foreign affairs has reaffirmed his country’s support for Lebanon.
Want an easier week? Try this 30-minute Sunday routine
Below, Ben Meer shares five key insights from his new book, How to Be Good at Life: Simple Systems to Achieve More and Stress Less. Ben is the creator of System Sunday, a weekly newsletter on productivity and life design read by more than 250,000 people. He is an executive coach to founders and CEOs, and previously worked as a management consultant at Ernst & Young. What’s the Big Idea? We tend to assume that when something in our life isn’t working, the answer is to try harder
Sex was 'huge preoccupation for Russell Brand', former flatmate tells trial
The 51-year-old faces three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault, all of which he denies.