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Sonos launches Beam Ultra soundbar and Ace Ultra headphones in Malaysia with ChatGPT control, priced from RM2,299
Sonos launches the Beam Ultra soundbar, Ace Ultra headphones and Sonos 27 in Malaysia, featuring ChatGPT control and Dolby Atmos. Pricing starts from RM2,299.
FurE: Efficient Instance-Specific 3D Fur Reconstruction without Animal-Fur Datasets
Realistic and editable animal fur reconstruction from multi-view images is challenging due to fine-scale detail, self-occlusion and obfuscation, and, unlike human hair, the lack of animal-fur datasets. Fur usually covers most of an animal's body, with large inter-species and intra-species variability. We present FurE, an efficient strand-based animal fur reconstruction method that recovers a per-strand, editable groom by optimizing a root-conditioned latent field, decoded into strand geometry vi
Video. Possible 1884 shipwreck emerges from sand after Nantucket storm
Video. A powerful nor’easter has exposed splintered wooden beams on a Nantucket beach, possibly from a 19th-century shipwreck. Experts will inspect the wreckage, which may be linked to the Warren Sawyer, a schooner lost off Nantucket in 1884.
Scrapping pensions triple lock 'morally wrong', says union boss
Andy Burnham wants to outline his ideas for a free-at-the-point-of-use social care system in his first speech to Labour conference as prime minister.
Protect College Sports Act passes Senate: Historic bill takes first step, but uncertainty awaits in House
The bipartisan bill aimed at stabilizing college sports passed its first test with Monday night's Senate vote, but more hurdles must be cleared in the House before it can be signed into law
North Korea accuses US of undermining global nuclear non-proliferation system
The United States is increasing the risks of a new arms race with its actions, North Korea's Foreign Ministry said
How to choose between ChatGPT’s ‘chat’ and ‘work’ modes
In the parlance of tech companies, I’m a “heavy user” of AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude. How much do I use these tools? Let’s put it this way: If ChatGPT goes down for a few hours, my productivity grinds to a halt and I end up standing around aimlessly in my backyard with a La Croix instead of getting anything meaningful done. OpenAI is constantly tweaking the interface for ChatGPT. But a recent change is especially impactful. The company now requires users to select b
Blue Lights: The police drama hitting home in Northern Ireland
As the award winning series returns, it highlights tensions between police and communities in Northern Ireland.
Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort
Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XV’s latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are based in India.
Telescopic Language Models
One deployed language model must often serve many compute budgets, yet serving each budget still means a separate training or compression run per point. We train a Telescopic Language Model (TLM) to be that continuum: a nested-capacity Transformer supervised by stochastic prefix supervision with a full anchor. At every step, one randomly truncated prefix of the capacity axis is trained against the full next-token target, alongside one full-capacity pass, so the trained artifact is a valid langua
OpenAI postpones release of latest AI model over security concerns as the industry faces new safety pressures
The decision comes after the AI giant faced fierce criticism in recent weeks after it was discovered its models broke out of confined restraints …
'Scary £2K matcha addiction left me in a dark room on medication'
Isabella Wilson, 19, says she 'wasted an unbelievable amount of money' on the drink, even finding her own questionable supplier to satisfy her cravings
Phillies vs. Braves NL Wild-Card Game 1 picks: Atlanta appears to have major pitching edge behind Chris Sale
The Phillies have to face Braves ace Chris Sale in Game 1 of their series Tuesday in Atlanta
Thousands of drivers strike in the Philippines over rising fuel prices
Transport workers blame US-Israel war on Iran for rising fuel prices as government offers free rides for commuters.
Asian markets in red on Wall St sell-off and rising yields;RBA hikes
Asian equity markets traded lower on Tuesday, tracking overnight weakness on Wall Street as rising U.S. Treasury yields and sustained high oil prices dented investor sentiment. Market participants are turning their focus to key upcoming U.S. macro
'Is She Pregnant?': Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Body-Shamed After Paris Fashion Week Walk, Told To Try Ozempic
After Katrina Kaif, Aishwarya Rai faced body-shaming after walking the L’Oréal Paris runway with Kendall Jenner and other global stars at Paris Fashion Week.
SPONSORED: Which copy of the file is the real one?
A Register dinner in Soho on 20 October takes on the file infrastructure everyone still runs and nobody chose, off the record.
Vodacom squeezes more 4G and 5G capacity out of cramped sites
Vodacom and Nokia have piloted a compact Massive MIMO antenna that adds 4G and 5G capacity at sites with little room for more equipment.
Cholesterol, blood pressure can be silent killers. European Commission is after them
The European Commission is urging EU countries to step up cardiovascular health checks, as it launches the bloc’s first EU Screening Week. The …
An integrated geometric quantification and shape analysis framework for axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients
Quantitative characterization of lymph node morphology is important for assessing axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer. However, surfaces reconstructed from computed tomography (CT) segmentation may contain geometric and topological defects that compromise subsequent analysis, while conventional shape descriptors predominantly characterize global morphology. To address these issues, we developed an integrated framework combining topology-aware surface processing with multi-resolution
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Czech Republic vs England: Prediction, kick-off time, team news, TV
Both teams keen to bounce back from defeat in their Nations League openers
Germany, EU play no role in negotiations on Ukraine — Russian envoy in Vienna
According to Mikhail Ulyanov, German foreign minister Johann Wadephul requested a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and only repeated standard Western narratives
Anthropic warns of AI's 'existential risks to humanity' ahead of IPO
The startup behind the Claude tool said its AI models could manipulate, blackmail and exhibit other 'self-preserving behaviours'.
Who Is Leaving & Coming to Days of Our Lives This Week (September 28-October 2)?
Fans curious to know who is leaving and joining the Days of Our Lives cast this week can get their answers right here.
OpenAI holds off on releasing new model over safety concerns, saying it "didn't quite meet the bar"
OpenAI said it has chosen not to release its new GPT-6.1 Astra model due to concerns about safety, as industry leaders warn of the risks posed by ever-more-powerful AI technology.
PDMD: Projected Distribution Matching Distillation for Video Diffusion Models
Modern video diffusion models require tens of denoising evaluations over long spatiotemporal token sequences. Distribution Matching Distillation (DMD) reduces the number of function evaluations (NFE) to just a few. However, DMD samples can degrade during training, exhibiting progressive oversaturation and artifacts. We trace this instability to critic errors, which enter successive student updates and accumulate over time. We introduce Projected Distribution Matching Distillation (PDMD) to filte
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Amyloidosis symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - Nebraska Medicine
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Best teams for Pokemon GO Mega Color Cup: Great League Edition
The Pokemon GO Mega Color Cup will be hosting a Great League edition for players, so all Pokemon will have a maximum CP cap of 1500.
UNGA 81: Five key takeaways from general debate
The 81st United Nations General Assembly ends with AI, Palestine and wars dominating speeches.
How to crush a ‘stepping stone’ job you know you won’t keep
In today’s work landscape, job-hopping has evolved from professional taboo to professional tactic. You could be looking for faster growth or better pay elsewhere, taking “stepping stone” jobs along the way to that goal. Perhaps these roles lay the path to a dream gig, or help you bide time during a personal transition or an industry shift. The downside? Viewing a position as a temporary layover introduces a dangerous career trap: mental disengagement. Stanford Medicine’s occupationa
Rajkummar Rao’s Shahid Finally Gets OTT Release 13 Years Later, Apurva Asrani Asks ‘Why Now?’
Rajkummar Rao's National Award-winning film Shahid is now streaming on Prime Video after 13 years. Writer-editor Apurva Asrani questioned the delay in its OTT release.
Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity
In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity.
Bose just launched cheap ANC earbuds with an unexpected audio perk (hint: it begins with W and rhymes with 'tires')
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APOD: 2026 September 29 – Sh2-188: The Shrimp Nebula
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 29 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Sh2-188: The Shrimp Nebula Explanation: What causes the swirl in the Shrimp Nebula? Its high speed is likely.
Answers to Ten Questions About Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones - SEGM.org
... health effects of such use has taken place. ... GI/GD youth are at increased risk of suicidality, although roughly at the same rate as youth with other ...
Bafana's Pitso calls for Egyptian support against Eritrea | The Citizen
'We hope Egyptian supporters come to our match and support us,' said the Bafana head coach.
‘A false problem’: Italy’s Muslims question Meloni’s burqa ban
As the prime minister attempts to stave off a far-right challenger, a small minority of Muslims are being targeted.
Stamford Land wins $1.9m claim against UOB over rights issue after bank found grossly negligent
Stamford Land wins $1.9m claim as UOB found grossly negligent over non-compliant advice on excess shares allocation in 2021 rights issue. Read more at straitstimes.com.
I paid £30,000 for an 'influencer' degree. Here's why
Content creation degrees aim to help people make money from social media, but are they worth the money?
OpenAI cancels its next AI model because it couldn’t be trusted to play by the rules
OpenAI has called off the launch of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal tests showed the model sometimes misled users and acted without their permission.
MBSB Bank now lets you transfer money overseas in 20 currencies, powered by Wise
MBSB Bank has expanded its Wise powered GET remittance service on MJourney to 20 foreign currencies following a 250% in transfer volume.
GAIA meets LZ: a high velocity tail-tale sign for dark matter
The interpretation of high-energy nuclear recoils in direct-detection experiments can depend sensitively on the high-velocity tail of the galactic dark matter (DM) distribution. The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment has recently reported an event, LZ230616, with nuclear recoil energy 248 $\pm$ 23 (stat) $\pm$ 23 (sys) keV, while the Gaia mission has provided an unprecedented view of the kinematics and mass distribution of the Milky Way. We bring these two probes together to investigate the inelastic DM
One in eight cancers are likely caused by an infection worldwide – new study
Four viruses and one bacteria were responsible for 12% of the world’s cancer cases in 2024. Does this mean they’re preventable?
"Made Up Waves is Insane": NBA World Reacts to Brandin Podziemski's New Hairstyle at NBA Media Day
Brandin Podziemski debuted a new look at NBA Media Day on Monday. Known for his curly hair and loud personality, Podziemski showed off a new hairstyle that quickly caught the NBA world's attention.
Fighting in Ethiopia intensifies: What’s the latest?
Capture of key town could pave the way for federal forces to push towards Tigray's capital, Mekelle.
Why even the smartest people on the planet can think really dumb things
Not too long ago, I listened to tech investor Jason Calacanis on a podcast. He confidently made a number of strange assertions, including that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could easily be resolved with some land swaps and that the U.S. government had no business regulating mergers and acquisitions because it can’t predict the future. Nobody with deep expertise in Eastern Europe or antitrust law would make either claim so casually, but there he was, confidently asserting simple solution
Madrid Audiovisual Cluster Dives Deeper into New Business Models, AI and Emerging Technologies at Iberseries & Platino Industria
The Madrid Audiovisual Cluster has put together a two-day industry networking and knowledge-sharing program at the Iberseries & Platino Industria.
Atlassian CEO on AI teams: why uniform goals destroy ROI
Atlassian's Mike Cannon-Brookes explains why AI affects teams differently, and why visual software still matters even as AI agents take on more work.
Espionage boosted East Germany's economic output by 7.4%
East Germany's espionage activities in the West boosted the country's economic output by 7.4%. Value added in manufacturing alone increased by 22.3% through industrial espionage, equivalent to 20.2 billion East German marks or approximately 4.1 billion euros at 2020 prices.
The invasive species that may run rampant as sea levels rise
Study says estuaries are particularly vulnerable to alien species
NeuronDiscover: Agent-in-Twin for Mechanistic Discovery in Neuronal Microenvironments with World Action Models
Mechanistic discovery in neuronal microenvironments requires interventions and measurements that separate competing explanations of solute transport and neuronal response. Predictive accuracy cannot settle the question: a real mechanistic change and an error in the computational twin leave the same signature in sparse observations. We formalize this twin confounding and reason over a joint mechanism--discrepancy belief, designing experiments that separate the two. NeuronDiscover is an Agent-in-T
‘Working till 67, hoping for the best’
Three shifts one week, 10 the next. At 59, Antony is approaching retirement the way most Australians do: on instinct, and afraid.
US-Iran talks continue, but ‘deal unlikely’ before midterm elections
The US and Iran are talking through mediators, but there are major differences over what a deal should look like.
Long Hours, Changing Postures: Sihoo to Showcase Next-Generation Ergonomic Office Chairs at ORGATEC 2026
COLOGNE, Germany, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —
Drishyam 3: Want Free Pav Bhaji? Here’s How You Can Get It While Watching Ajay Devgn’s Film
Pav Bhaji has a special place in the Drishyam universe starring Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Shriya Saran.
Solidigm weighs US IPO as AI storage demand lifts valuation
SK Hynix's US-based NAND flash and solid-state drive (SSD) subsidiary, Solidigm, is considering a US initial public offering as early as 2027, with reports indicating a potential valuation of up to US$150 billion and a fundraising target of about US$15 billion. The move comes as AI data centers driv
Kuaishou’s Kling unveils new model ahead of potential IPO
Kling 4.0 can generate video clips of up to 30 seconds. Kling reportedly raised US$2.8 billion in July at a valuation of about US$18 billion.
Second prosecutor resigns from Trump's 2020 election 'grand conspiracy' Justice Department probe
A second high profile prosecutor in Trump’s grand conspiracy Justice Department probe into whether former government officials conspired against him …
Tiny fighter: Louisiana newborn defies odds with rare medical conditions - WDSU
Savannah said doctors told her during a 20-week pregnancy scan there were some serious medical conditions they found in her baby. Advertisement.
‘Shouldn’t be mentioned in the same sentence’: Knights No.7 feeling weight of Joey’s jersey
Roosters discard Sandon Smith was brought to Newcastle as back-up for $14 million man Dylan Brown. Now he can become the Knights ′ first premiership-winning halfback since Andrew Johns.
Kiev fears Russian army to 'wipe out' what remains of Ukraine’s energy sector this winter
Kiev must agree to a peace deal before winter sets in, Ukrainian lawmaker Dmitry Razumkov stated
ASX 200 slips as RBA boosts interest rates to 15-year highs
The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is back in the red following another RBA interest rate hike. Here’s what you need to know.
Saved by the Bell star Dennis Haskin dies aged 75
Saved By The Bell actor Dennis Haskins, who played school principal Richard Belding in the hit US sitcom, has died aged 75.