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Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying
The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO.
Trump admin sues Utah to save Kalshi from the state's total ban on gambling
The Trump administration is trying to stop Utah from enforcing its gambling ban against Kalshi, making Utah the 10th state sued by the US government agency that regulates prediction markets. Utah, which prohibits gambling, sued Kalshi in a state court last week. Utah's lawsuit seeks an order prohibiting Kalshi from offering bets on sports, elections, politics, and other events. “Kalshi runs an online casino in Utah and calls it a prediction market. That violates Utah law,” Utah Attorney General Derek Brown, a Republican, said last week.
The evolution happening in AI architecture
As AI systems and their needs evolve, so too is the infrastructure and architecture supporting the technology. Calix CEO Michael Weening and Chief Product Officer Shane Eleniak spoke with CNBC's Jon Fortt at the 2026 CNBC Technology Executive Council Summit in New York City on October 28, 2026 about
What's gone up even faster than gas or rent? The cost of caregiving
A new study from AARP shows caregivers' out-of-pocket costs rose about 60% in the last five years.
Sam Houston fires coach Phil Longo after less than two seasons
A 3-17 record across two seasons and an offense that ranked last in Conference USA proved to be Longo's undoing with the Bearkats
Rwanda’s milk bars
Rwanda’s milk bars
This map shows you which NYC restaurants are owned by private equity
For many consumers, “private equity” has become a four-letter word. Private equity firms have acquired the unpopular reputation of purchasing food establishments that then notoriously decline in quality, as new owners cut costs in search of new avenues to profit. They’ve also been criticized for displacing mom-and-pop shops in the process. But beyond stereotypical signs of private equity-backing—sudden spikes in new franchise locations and sleek, minimalist branding, to name a few—consu
Government minister calls for review of 'unacceptable' BBC Scotland channel closure
The BBC announced the dedicated Scotland channel would move online as part of measures to make savings of £500m.
SAP swaps costly AI models for cheaper alternatives, targets over €2 billion in gains
Oct 28 (Reuters) - SAP, whose software is used by many of the world's largest companies, is replacing some expensive artificial-intelligence models powering its products with cheaper alternatives, a move it expects will generate more than €2 billion in efficiency gains over the next two years.
Some users aren't going to like this Discord change
Some of your Discord conversations have the capability to end up Google Search as part of Discord's new change to discoverable conversations on the
Hawaii turns abandoned fishing nets into electricity to power over 300 homes while fighting ocean pollution and protecting marine wildlife
Abandoned fishing nets that once threatened marine life around Hawaii are being turned into electricity through a programme established in 2002. The Hawaii Nets to Energy Program collects discarded nets from fishermen and local removal groups before processing them for combustion at Honolulu’s H-Pow
GLP-1s could cause beer sales to take a hit, report says
Options Heineken advised its customers to pursue are half-pints, low- and no-alcohol options, according to the publication.
Lewis Uvwo commits to Providence: Five-star center picks to Friars over Kentucky, Baylor
Considered the best center in the 2027 recruiting cycle, Uvwo is the first major high school recruiting win for Bryan Hodgson at Providence
What are the implications of Israel’s elections?
No clear winner in Israel's first election since the October 7 attacks and genocidal war in Gaza.
Hippo partners with Greenlight Re to link early-stage insurance investment with Spinnaker carrier capacity
/PRNewswire/ -- Hippo Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HIPO) ("Hippo") today announced a strategic partnership with the Innovations segment of Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd....
Crazy Jhenny, October 29, 2026
Crazy Jhenny, October 29, 2026
Wiz’s CTO on PHP2Shell and the coming ‘vulnpocalypse’
The PHP scare may have faded from your feed, but the cleanup is far from over. Last week, two critical bugs in the open source language behind roughly 70% of websites left organizations scrambling to fix their systems, with some taking sites offline until the vulnerabilities could be patched. According to researchers who found the […]
Touchscreen MacBook Pro hands-on: OLED looks great on a Mac
LOS ANGELES—For about five minutes on an extremely crowded showroom floor, I got to take pictures of the new MacBook Pro and test out some of its new features. First impressions: It's not as much of a departure from the previous design as I expected, but the outstanding OLED display steals the show regardless. The first thing I noticed was that it's lighter. My daily driver is a 14-inch MacBook Pro (M1 Max), and it's a bit weighty for a 14-incher. Picking up the new model, I could immediately tell it was lighter.
How does anger affect whether people vote?
New research digs into how anger might motivate political activism and, ultimately, influence who turns out to vote.
Lilly's triple-G drug beats Ozempic in head-to-head study
Eli Lilly announced that its investigational drug retatrutide was more effective at lowering blood sugar and cutting weight than Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic in a large diabetes study.
Twelve arrested for impaired driving by Gatineau police in 76-hour period
The highest blood-alcohol concentration among these cases was nearly three times the legal limit, police said.
Dueling rallies thrust deep-red Lone Star town into the center of the political universe
Dueling rallies in Lubbock put the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico on full display as Trump joined the Republican side.
Halloween hasn’t happened yet, but Americans are already obsessed with this Christmas trend
The year’s spookiest holiday is just around the corner, but some users on social media are already swapping pumpkins for Christmas trees. Christmas cookies are taking over social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram, with users readying for the holiday season almost a month early. Since Oct. 18, festive cookies, brownies, and pastry recipe videos have drawn around 43.1 million views across platforms, with over 784 creators offering their own recipes or recreations. Google searches for h
The Cat and the Hatchet Poster Previews Bizarre Dr. Seuss-Inspired Horror Movie
The Cat and the Hatchet poster teases a bizarre Dr. Seuss-inspired horror short premiering on October 31, 2026.
The ‘Vulnpocalypse’ is coming for the internet’s aging code, says Wiz’s CTO
The PHP scare may have faded from your feed, but the cleanup is far from over. Last week, two critical bugs in the open source language behind roughly 70% of websites left organizations scrambling to fix their systems, with some taking sites offline until the vulnerabilities could be patched. According to researchers who found the […]
Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model that you can't use
It's almost like Google's got something to prove after taking a break from releasing new frontier AI models earlier this year. Just two weeks after rolling out Gemini 4 Argon, Google has announced Gemini 4 Carbon. This isn't the Flash model equivalent we've been waiting for but, rather, is an improvement on Argon, and like that model, Google is working on a staged release that could take a while. Stop me if you've heard this one before: Google says its latest AI model reaches a new threshold in coding, agentic tasks, and scientific analysis.
Common chemicals may alter how breast tissue develops
"If these results are validated by additional studies, they could change how we think about cancer prevention."
Welsh hospital warns patients and staff to not drink tap water
The issue has been ongoing since Monday evening
Marnus fails in possible last Test chance
Marnus Labuschagne is dismissed for a five-ball duck as he desperately clings to his place in the Test team.
Why some MAGA supporters are sticking with Trump — and others are not
Given the war and affordability crisis, it seems likely Trump’s ’golden wall’ of MAGA diehards won’t be enough to stave off significant midterm losses
How FDA scientists opposed the Trump administration’s push for easier access to peptides
A plan to give Americans easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was opposed by most Food and Drug Administration scientific staff members, who had limited input in drafting the policy, according to six people familiar with the policy’s development. The document, which covers certain injectable peptides popular within the wellness industry, recently underwent regulatory review at the White House, typically the final step before publicati
Jennifer Lopez & Robert Zemeckis’ It Ends With Us-Like Feud Reports Denied By Netflix
Netflix and key creative partners have officially addressed rumors surrounding production friction on a massive new film project.
AI giants' funding ambitions test Wall Street's appetite for risk
Oct 28 (Reuters) - The heavyweights of the AI industry are facing a reckoning on Wall Street, reflecting concerns over who will bear the cost of the artificial intelligence buildout that has fueled much of this year's stock market gains.
Apple charges $14,549 for a fully specced touchscreen MacBook Pro
Apple now offers a $7,000 upgrade to 16TB of storage.
NASA University Challenge Ignites Trajectory of Drone Entrepreneur
4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Four co-founders of AG3 Labs –from left Matt Atkinson, Gavin Gardner, Ryan Atkinson, and Gryson Gardner – show off the military training drones their company builds at a U.S. Army event at Camp Grayling in Michigan. As a student, Gavin was on a Michigan State team twice selected for participation in NASA’s University Student Research Challenge.
Are you an organ donor? Here are some rule changes you may want to know
Transplant teams can talk to families about organ donation before they've decided whether to continue life-sustaining medical care for loved ones. Until now, that has been forbidden.
Cod Army! Minnows swear they pulled off greatest upset
Little Fleetwood Town and their fans have woken up, still pinching themselves following one of the biggest upsets in League Cup annals in England.
US envoy reads anti-Castro book during Cuban FM’s UN address
US envoy reads anti-Castro book during Cuban FM’s UN address
Heritage Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results
/PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRTG) ("Heritage" or the "Company"), a super-regional property and casualty insurance holding company,...
Lanterns HBO Max Show Has More Special Effects Than DCU Fans Realize, Watch Video
HBO Max's Lanterns has more special effects than fans have previously expected, a new behind-the-scenes video reveals.
The Xreal Aura smartglasses are now on sale for a discounted launch price - Engadget
The new wearable is the first of its kind to run on the Android XR platform.
Apple announces touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED display
LOS ANGELES—Apple today announced and gave a first glimpse of its first major MacBook Pro redesign in more than five years. As rumored, it includes an OLED display and, for the first time on macOS, a touchscreen—a change Apple has long debated. (Former CEO Steve Jobs famously was opposed.) Apple's demonstration video showed users interacting with applications by reaching up to touch the screen, including file dragging and multi-touch gestures like pinch-to-zoom.
Artemis III SLS Core Stage Joins Boosters at Kennedy
The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is lifted from the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026.NASA/Sean Cannon The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is lifted from the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026.
Smoke from LA fires exposed millions of people to high levels of toxic heavy metals, study says
During the peak of the 2025 Los Angeles fires, approximately 7 million residents were exposed to airborne lead concentrations over 24 hours that exceeded 80 times the normal background level, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal ...
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UN votes to condemn embargo of Cuba despite US lobbying push
US points to increase in abstentions in General Assembly as evidence that push to isolate Cuba is slowly succeeding.
McDonald’s or Starbucks? Fast food chain’s new 2026 holiday menu includes seasonal drinks, meal deals
It’s not even Halloween, but McDonald’s is just days away from dropping its new holiday menu. And this year, it includes a number of seasonal beverages, just like Starbucks’ popular annual holiday offerings. McDonald’s is putting its host of festive drinks on the menu on Tuesday, November 3—as well as a new $8 meal deal, arriving one day before. Here’s what to know. McDonald’s 2026 holiday menu comes with five new drinks On Tuesday, the fast-food
Sam Fender pre-sale moved after 'bot attack'
Fender says a "sophisticated" attack affected a website selling tickets for his Newcastle shows.
As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps
A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.
iPad mini OLED Hands-On: A Delectable Cupcake of a Tablet
Apple's new tiny tablet is better than it ever was, and you can thank that pretty screen.
Dengue comes back even in vaccinated people — new clues
Researchers help to answer a question dogging the development of improved vaccines against the mosquito-borne disease.
Pharmalittle: We're reading about 340B battles, new results for a Lilly weight loss drug, and more
Missouri attorney general warned Eli Lilly to discontinue requiring hospitals to provide claims data to receive discounted medicines under 340B program
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Israel’s Parties Gird for Wrangling to Form a Government, With No Clear Path
Votes are still being counted, but it appears that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition nor the opposition alliance headed by Gadi Eisenkot will have a majority.
New 9Line Pinpoint Service Alerts Security to Cellphone 911 Caller Locations
/PRNewswire/ -- 9Line, a St. Louis technology company, today launched 9Line Pinpoint, which detects the location of 911 calls placed from cellphones inside a...
Did Dolores Huerta Have Children? Meet the Late Activist’s Family
Huerta is survived by her children, and her family confirmed her death in October 2026.
Prediction market bets set the tone for Anthropic's much-awaited IPO
Oct 28 (Reuters) - Prediction markets are seeing massive trades for Anthropic contracts after the AI giant's IPO filing, even as retail stock traders await the official opening bell likely next month.
The last, best hope for space tourism just rolled onto a runway in Arizona
The private space tourism era looked so very promising five years ago. Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic had begun flying customers—real people with zero space experience—on suborbital missions. And at about the same time, private citizens were going to orbit for days at a time aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon. But that was then. Consider the state of play today: It has been 10 months since Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft flew its last mission in January. The program was subsequently "paused," but let's be real. Blue Origin has moved on.
370,000 tons of CO₂ to be captured using innovative purification tech
Veolia has been awarded a significant contract by Kanadevia Inova AG to design and supply two CO₂ purification and dehydration units to be installed at Encyclis’ energy-from-waste facility near Ellesmere Port.
Dr Amir Khan's five things to tell your GP without embarrassment
"Guys, here are things that people don't tell me as their GP because they think I might judge them or be disappointed in them. Well, let me take that worry off your plate - I'm never disappointed. I never judge."
Lane Kiffin shocked over kickoff time vs. Alabama, says SEC doesn't want LSU to win this year
LSU got a rare afternoon game against Alabama in Death Valley
What’s next for Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro after election defeat?
The far-right ally of US President Donald Trump has fled to Miami with his wife and children.
Google’s AI Mode won’t say Biden won the 2020 election in the U.S. But abroad, it’s a different story
Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, a fact that Google Search’s built-in AI feature seemingly won’t tell you in the U.S. Ask the tool, officially called AI Mode, “Who won the 2020 United States election?” and it responds, “To review the official results and certified breakdowns of the 2020 United States presidential election, you can consult the official document provided by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).” A similar message appears when asking, “Was the 2020 United States
Paul Anthony Kelly Has an Important Message for Motorcyclists After Previous Accident
Love Story actor Paul Anthony Kelly shares an important advice for motorcyclists while talking about his tattoos