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Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon, its most advanced AI model
Gemini 4 Argon is Alphabet's most advanced model yet, with major coding, cybersecurity, and complex professional work improvements.
WhatsApp Adds New Parental Controls To Keep Tabs on Teens
WhatsApp has introduced new optional parental controls to have more control over their teens. These settings can be turned off anytime.
Scientists Just Discovered Millions of Ancient ‘Batteries’ Hiding on the Bottom of the Ocean
They could herald an energy revolution—but may come with a big risk.
Red states challenge mail-order abortion shield laws for providers
Three attorneys general in anti-abortion states filed a lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the abortion shield laws of three Democratic-led states that protect physicians who send medication abortion through the mail. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R), along
Dynasty Fantasy football: Updated QB, RB, WR and TE rankings as Justin Herbert slides entering Week 4
Justin Herbert, Marvin Harrison Jr. and Kyle Pitts are among the notable fallers after a wild first month of the season
Israeli attacks across Gaza kill at least eight
Israeli attacks on residential areas across Gaza killed at least eight civilians and wounded others on Wednesday
Your GIC Just Matured: Should You Lock the Money Up Again?
Lower GIC rates make maturity a useful moment to reconsider how much money really needs a guaranteed return.
SCP Foundation Anthology Movie in the Works at Neon, Based on Online Horror Forum
An SCP Foundation anthology movie is in the works at Neon, based on the online horror fourm.
Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation
Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member.
Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves
Amid escalating AI security incidents causing OpenAI to halt training and pause releases, Donald Trump continues to advocate for the AI industry to regulate itself as the best path to combat emerging risks when developing frontier AI. In an agreement Tuesday, two dozen tech firms voluntarily committed to implementing controls recommended by the White House, including undergoing independent safety audits that will test whether firms’ internal controls, monitoring, and detecting are actually working.
NASA Adds New Science Investigations for Moon Base
Artist’s rendering depicting astronauts, habitats, rovers, power systems, and cargo operations supporting sustained human activities at the Moon Base near the lunar South Pole.Credit: NASA NASA selected three new scientific investigations and their payload suites to advance our knowledge of the Moon and help pave the way for building humanity’s first lunar outpost, Moon Base. The suite of science instruments and technologies was selected through NASA’s Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) program and will fly to the lunar surface using the CLPS (Commerci
Three biotech updates, including accusations of theft and and a new lobbying leader
Beam Therapeutics has filed a lawsuit alleging one of its former scientists stole intellectual property and used it to co-found a Chinese company that recently made a deal with prominent VC firms.
Western Kentucky vs. New Mexico State live stream, where to watch, CBS Sports Network channel finder, odds
A full weekend of football on CBS Sports Network kicks off on Thursday night
Hurricane Rachel has formed in the Pacific Ocean
Hurricane Rachel has formed in the Pacific Ocean
This tool tells you how fossil fuel emissions actually translate into heat deaths, coral reef damage, and more
Every new fossil fuel project that comes online will add more climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into our atmosphere. But just reporting how many tonnes (metric tons) of CO2 a new coal or gas facility will produce can still be abstract. What does it really mean, for example, that a single coal mine in Australia will generate an estimated 4.7 billion tonnes of emissions over its lifetime? How will those emissions actually, tangibly impact the world and its inhabitants? A new op
A Beginner’s Guide to Using Handcuffs During Sex
Everything you need to know before somebody’s hands are officially out of commission.
Micron beats on earnings and issues strong guidance as global memory shortage continues
Micron is up over 500% in the past year as the company benefits from soaring AI demand.
Some threatened species may miss out as zoos try to balance conservation efforts with competing pressures
In the largest study of its kind, researchers at Nottingham Trent University analyzed more than 7,200 species across 613 zoos in 72 countries over a 30-year period. The team compared changes in zoo animal holdings with changes in species' conservation status, including extinction risk, international
Star Trails
This long-duration image shows star trails above Earth and the blue lights of fishing boats and the yellow lights of Indonesian cities stretching below the International Space Station as it orbited 258 miles above the Banda Sea on Sept. 20, 2026. Image credit: NASA/Anil Menon
HHS announces new efforts to speed up, expand clinical trials with AI
Federal health officials want to speed up clinical research to compete with countries like China.
Clippers' Brandon Ingram gets in light work before practice
Brandon Ingram, recovering from heel surgery, got in some light shooting and court work ahead of Clippers practice Tuesday in Hawai'i.
French court sentences 13 men over deadliest small-boat crossing to UK
Six people smugglers are found guilty of involuntary homicide after 31 migrants died in the English Channel in 2021.
The way you talk affects career advancement. Here’s how.
Your next chance at a promotion may come down to how you talk. A working paper from Harvard Business School argues that workers’ careers are often influenced by their speech patterns—not because those patterns are associated with merit, but because managers are inclined to think workers who communicate similarly have better social skills. Drawing on decades of labor-market data and audio recordings, researchers found that workers whose communication style matched a workplace’s norm w
Watch: Miley Cyrus finds 'Different Religion' in new music video - UPI.com
Miley Cyrus released a music video for her song "Different Religion" featuring rock band Model/Actriz. The video co-stars Charlie Knepper.
OpenAI’s Jev clone could help the frontier lab stop its swarming agents
OpenAI's "Decisions API" is a Jev clone that confirms the importance of fast, cheap intelligence.
PacketStream Review: Pros & Cons, Features, Ratings, Pricing, and more
Budget-friendly and bare-bones P2P residential proxy network
12 Unhinged Facts About Great Tits That Will Absolutely Shock You
Did we mention cities are changing great tits?
Joint Statement by UN human rights experts on the International Day of Older Persons 2026
Age discrimination affects access to work, health services, social protection, housing, justice, digital technologies and public life. The effects of ...
John Harbaugh explains Odell Beckham Jr. release: 'It just wasn't working for us'
Beckham played just 20 offensive snaps and failed to record a catch during his three-game return to New York
How does Trump’s White House AI accord work?
Trump announces voluntary pact on AI, urging companies to self-police amid growing calls for strict safety regulations.
How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 9/30/2026
Most U.S. stocks fell Wednesday as Wall Street contended with the downside of a U.S. economy that keeps powering through its many challenges
Tyler Perry’s Movie Empire Expands With New Thriller Conditioned, Release Date Window Revealed
Popular filmmaker Tyler Perry is expanding his reach in Hollywood with the announcement of a new studio and its first thriller.
AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B
The $300 million employee tender was co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price.
Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com
Soon, Reddit won’t let people use Old.Reddit.com unless they have used the site while logged in within the previous six months. In July, Reddit started requiring that users be logged in to access Old Reddit. This new requirement is an effort to reduce Reddit’s biggest source of scraping and automated traffic, the company says. Today, the social media platform announced additional upcoming restrictions on Old Reddit.
NASA Awards Contract to Develop 5G Communications for Moon
Credit: NASA NASA has awarded Modulate Space Corporation a contract to develop key elements of a 5G communications system for use on the lunar surface with built-in Wi-Fi 6, for NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. This accelerated effort is organized into two primary work areas that together will develop a scalable, standards-based communications capability designed to support future Moon Base surface operations. The 5G System and Lunar Surface Communications Evaluation and Radio Propagation Measurements contract is a firm-fixed-price contract with a value of approximately $38 m
Pharmalittle: We're reading about Beam suing over IP theft, a Trump rule on importing meds, and more
Gene-editing company Beam Therapeutics is alleging that one of its scientists stole intellectual property and used it to co-found a Chinese company
How Ben Rice and Cam Schlittler, two Yankees stars with Boston roots, became Red Sox killers
Schlittler tossed 6 ⅓ shutout innings in Game 1 and Rice went 4 for 5 with two home runs in a blowout win
Senate reaches bipartisan deal on permitting bill to speed approvals of new energy projects
Senators from both parties are saying they have reached a bipartisan deal on legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects that now face yearslong delays as lawmakers seek to meet growing demand for elec...
Job hopping often hurts workers—except in this case
Job hopping has always been a tricky proposition: If you switch jobs too often, it can be a red flag to prospective employers. But if you strike the right balance, it can actually boost your earnings potential and advance your career. In the aftermath of the pandemic, as the job market swung in their favor, many workers—especially younger ones—seemed to shed the stigma associated with job hopping and embrace its potential. The tide has since turned, as the job market has entered a period of
Sussexes condemn 'reckless intrusion' after photographer spotted near Archie and Lilibet's school
One of two men seen outside the UK school attended by the children is understood to be an international press photographer.
Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots
Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.
RFK Jr. thinks AI will free us from the "tyranny" of medical facts, expertise
At a Make America Healthy Again event Tuesday, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy opened a "fireside chat" with Vice President JD Vance on the topic of artificial intelligence.
Skip the 12-Volt Car Port. There’s a Faster Way to Charge Your Power Station.
Let us tell you about what an alternator charger can do.
Why is your doctor paying more attention to your blood pressure? - UCHealth
This high pressure can damage blood vessels and lead to other health problems. What are the blood pressure guidelines? The guidelines for blood ...
Kazakhstan vs Moldova Prediction and Betting Tips | October 2nd 2026
Kazakhstan will invite Moldova to the Astana Arena in the group stage of the UEFA Nations League on Friday.
Police say parents to face charges after a Michigan toddler displayed a gun at daycare
Police say the parents of a Detroit-area toddler who pulled a loaded pistol out of his backpack at a daycare will face charges
Mayor Mamdani just hired a bunch of ‘grocery store nerds’ to design NYC’s city-owned markets
A consortium of designers, branding professionals, and grocery experts have been named to design a visual identity for New York City’s municipal grocery stores. Their goal? To make something that looks authentically New York. New York City’s Economic Development Corp. (NYCEDC) said Tuesday it had selected four firms—Gander, Librarie, Noble Signs, and Seven Roots—to brand the city’s five forthcoming grocery stores, one for each borough. Gander, the strategic branding firm
’24 Jump Street,’ Hugh Jackman’s ‘Treasure Island’ Remake Get Holiday 2027 Release Dates
'24 Jump Street' and Ridley Scott's 'Treasure Island' have receieved holiday 2027 release dates.
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now supports direct querying of Apache Iceberg and Parquet data in your data lake | Amazon Web Services
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now lets you directly query Apache Iceberg and Parquet data stored in your data lake alongside live operational data—no ETL pipelines required. Powered by DuckDB embedded within Aurora, this capability enables single queries that join transactional and historical data using
Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet
Google promised Gemini 3.5 Pro in June, but it spent the summer trotting out smaller Flash models. Now, Google is ready to take on the frontier again with Gemini 4 Argon. The company claims this new AI offers industry-leading performance in coding, knowledge work, and cybersecurity, but you aren't allowed to use it yet. While most of us will have to wait to test Gemini 4, Google says engineers inside the company are already using the new model extensively. Argon reportedly used "fleet-wide telemetry data" to help Google save 300 TiB of memory across its data centers.
NASA, International Partners Advance Work on Space Crops
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Rapid weight loss on popular drugs could ‘starve’ the brain, expert warns
Dr. Tommy Wood warns GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy can shrink brain tissue when caloric restriction cuts off vital energy the brain needs.
Phil Mickelson spent time at treatment facility for family trauma and addiction earlier this year
Mickelson played in just one LIV Golf event as he sought treatment
Displaced by war, young Sudanese turn to entrepeneurship to survive
Displaced by war and shut out of formal jobs, young Sudanese are turning to art, small businesses, and entrepeneurship.
Think You Know Your TFSA? These Questions Could Surprise You
The TFSA looks simple until withdrawals, investment losses, and contribution-room rules start creating expensive surprises.
Dame Esther Rantzen: That's Life! presenter, Childline founder and campaigner for assisted dying
The star presented That's Life! for two decades and set up two national helplines, including Childline.
Amazon’s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos ‘almost constantly’
Your Amazon delivery could come with an unwanted photo op.
The Disney protests were a wake-up call about the risks of streaming mergers
There was a call to boycott Disney last fall. The owner of the ABC network had taken Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air over comments Kimmel made about responses to Charlie Kirk's murder, sending free speech proponents into a frenzy. Those free speech proponents include me, who, as a reporter, has clear stakes in protecting that right. Although I was on board with halting support for a company I felt had acted wrongfully, truly boycotting Disney proved harder than I expected. Disney's ubiquity Canceling Disney+ was simple but threw a hefty wrench into my evening routine.
Nazi Germany Was Much Farther From a Working Nuclear Reactor (and a Nuclear Weapon) Than Heisenberg Claimed
Nazi Germany needed about twice as much uranium to make its final reactor work.
U.S. poised to boot legal immigrants from Medicaid, including refugees and sex-trafficking victims
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status, including refugees and sex-trafficking victims, are at risk of losing government health coverage starting Oct. 1.
76ers guard Tyrese Maxey: 'I want to be judged by winning'
Coming off a career year, Tyrese Maxey said he doesn't want to be judged by how he does individually but by how the 76ers do as a team this year.
US judge rules Wisconsin mosque leader Salah Sarsour can be deported
Sarsour’s lawyers say the decision threatens free speech protections and plan to fight the ruling.
America.gov fails MAGA: Trump’s beloved AI chatbot is giving very anti-Trump answers
When President Donald Trump unveiled the government’s new AI chatbot on Tuesday, he couldn’t stop singing its praises. In his speech, Trump said that America.gov is “one of the most revolutionary product launches of all time.” “It’s not just simply a website, it’s a restoration of America’s founding promise, and it’s a reinvention of your government for the 21st century and beyond,” he continued. In fewer words, Trump thinks his administration’s new invention is “damn
Barbershop: Prime Video TV Show Sets Official Release Date, Gets First Look Images
Barbershop TV show sets its release date and teases the upcoming comedy series with new first-look images.