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Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45 billion compute deal
If the deal goes through, it would be the latest in a long string of giant compute deals Anthropic has struck over the past year.
Russia revives Tu-160 bomber production, upgrades 80% of its systems
Russia is reviving production of the Tu-160M strategic bomber after rebuilding its industrial base, with 80% of onboard systems modernized.
Cane Toads Are Highly Toxic, but Some Animals Have Learned How to Eat This Invasive Species
Learn about the cane toad, its lethal defense strategy, and why it is so detrimental to the environments it invades.
Executive order directs NIH to create women's health division | Contemporary OB/GYN
... conditions it says require further research. What will the NIH Women's Health Division do? Working with the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health ...
Silver’s Motel
Silver’s Motel is a new-wave-meets-old-school cocktail lounge.
Japan launches historic mission to bring back Mars moon samples
Japan has launched a five-year uncrewed mission to collect samples from Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons.
Elizabeth Holmes Didn’t Think She’d Go to Prison. Nathan Fielder Reveals What She Thought Would Save Her
Fielder’s “You Can See Everything” follows the Theranos founder in the 34 days before her prison sentence began. In the days leading up to the start of her prison sentence, Elizabeth Holmes reportedly did not believe she would actually go to prison. This week, in an interview with Wired, Nathan …
Did DWTS’ Carrie Ann Inaba File Complaint About Val Chmerkovskiy? The Truth About His Suspension
Dancing With the Stars pro Val Chmerkovskiy’s one-week suspension was not the result of a purported HR complaint filed by judge Carrie Ann Inaba, E! News has learned.
Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday night that New Yorkers must resist the narrative that an AI takeover is inevitable and demand regulations that protect the public and put power back in their hands.
GraphEvoResearcher: Graph-Aware Training-Free Self-Reflective Reasoning for Cost-Bounded Multi-Hop Question Answering
Multi-hop question answering (QA) requires models to chain intermediate conclusions while remaining cost-aware. Existing training-free self-reflective protocols (generate -> critique -> revise) improve accuracy but operate on a flat token stream: revisions cannot identify which prior step is unreliable, and early stopping cannot exploit structural convergence. We introduce GraphEvoResearcher, a training-free protocol that lifts EvoResearcher's self-reflective meta-reward onto an explicit reasoni
Curiosity Blog, Sols 5036-5042: Watching the Clouds Go By
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 3 min read Curiosity Blog, Sols 5036-5042: Watching the Clouds Go By NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image, a frame from one of this week’s zenith movies, looking directly overhead shortly
HP-GSBS: Accelerating greedy state boundary search with reusable interval statistics
Greedy State Boundary Search (GSBS) identifies transitions between relatively stable neural activity patterns, but repeated candidate evaluation makes large analyses expensive. HP-GSBS is an open-source Python package that reorganizes the search around reusable interval contributions and correlation statistics. Streaming candidate reduction and local refinement further reduce repeated work; CPU, PyTorch CUDA and Triton backends share sequential segmentation decisions. Across seven controlled wor
NFC East makes unwanted history as first division ever to go winless in consecutive weeks
The division is 0-6-2 since Week 5
Fourteen dead in illegal Colombian gold mine collapse
Fourteen dead in illegal Colombian gold mine collapse
Cisco: Don't Throw In The Towel Just Yet (Earnings Preview) (NASDAQ:CSCO)
Cisco Systems, Inc. looks attractive ahead of Q1: 21% revenue and 33% EPS growth guided, by AI networking tailwinds and a low forward P/E—click for this CSCO stock update.
Rita Wilson Says She’s Returning for Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ Revival: ‘I Would Do Anything for Her’
Rita Wilson is teasing plans to reprise her “Girls” role as Marnie Michael’s eccentric mother in Lena Dunham’s much-anticipated revival.
When Flock Comes to Town: Everything You Should Know About This Tech - CNET
Flock cameras and sound detectors are spreading through cities, often followed by outcry and lawsuits. Here's what this technology actually does.
Pennsylvania issues alert on congenital measles—something US hasn't seen for decades
Pennsylvania's health department issued a health alert Monday as cases of measles in pregnancy and, in turn, cases of congenital measles have continued to increase. Before the current outbreak—which continues to rage across the state—congenital measles cases hadn't been seen in decades, the department noted in its advisory. The alert included detailed clinical guidance for managing measles exposures and cases during pregnancy as well as cases in newborns.
Interfacial origin of magnetic compensation and topological-like Hall effect in crystalline lutetium iron garnet thin films.
Ferrimagnetic oxides such as rare-earth iron garnets (REIG) have emerged as essential components of spin-based devices owing to their high Curie temperatures, low Gilbert damping, and excellent insulating properties. Recently, REIGs have attracted immense interest for hosting robust chiral spin textures that can be potential information carriers in next-generation spintronic devices. Here we investigate the structural, chemical, and magnetic behaviour of single-crystal Lu3Fe5O12 (LuIG) thin film
Simulating Infant Senses with Age-Tuned Networks
What a newborn sees, hears and feels, and how this changes month by month, has been measured sense by sense, with different methods and in different units. We bring these measurements together for the first two years of life and ask whether small neural networks tuned to a given age can turn them into a quick, inspectable simulation of sensory perception. Each sense's immaturity is written as a fixed, age-indexed filter on the input, and a small prediction network learns behind it over the first
Rays' Freddy Peralta named ALCS MVP after two starts, including Game 6 clincher, one relief appearance
The Rays acquired Peralta from the Mets at the trade deadline and his turnaround has propelled them to the World Series
Angel Reese scores 30 as Dream stun Valkyries to go level in WNBA Finals
Atlanta Dream defeat Golden State Valkyries 79-65 to tie the best-of-seven WNBA Finals at 1-1.
Congressman Sells Nvidia Stock Again: 7 Sales in 2026 Add to Trades Since 2022 - NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)
A member of Congress has been selling Nvidia stock consistently in 2026 and in each year since 2022. Here's a look at the history.
Miley Cyrus Tearfully Details Communicating With Dolly Parton After Her Death
During Miley Cyrus’ Hollywood Bowl residency Oct. 18, the “Flowers” singer detailed how her godmother Dolly Parton continues to communicate with her after the country singer's Aug. 25 death.
Watch Alger’s Crawford: There’s Skittishness in the Market - Bloomberg
Ankur Crawford, a Portfolio Manager at Alger and Former Intel Engineer, said recent market nervousness around AI— including concerns tied to CoreWeave—does not reflect the strength of underlying adoption and infrastructure demand. She described a striking gap between stock performance and on-the-gro
MiniMax launches M3.1 Flash for coding, agentic tasks
MiniMax said Space Bunny, which processed 200T+ tokens anonymously, was an early M3.1 Flash.
OpenAI models hit 97.9% accuracy in tests to modernize old software
OpenAI has reported significant gains in coding across 20 programming languages and migrating legacy software.
Study links antibiotic use with irritable bowel syndrome | CIDRAP - University of Minnesota
“Looking more closely at infections, other health conditions and psychological and family factors could also help clarify what is contributing to the ...
Josef Martinez embraces chance at turning Columbus Crew's season around in U.S. Open Cup final
The final is set for Wednesday night and will air on Paramount+ and CBS Sports Network
Man claims arm broken in violent ICE arrest
Video shows a man screaming in pain as ICE agents pin him down during an arrest in Long Beach, California.
Dividend Stocks or Dividend ETFs: Which Is Better for Beginners?
Compare dividend stocks or dividend ETFs using CNQ and XEI, and see which approach offers beginners a simpler way to start earning investment income.
Richard Riehle, Character Actor in ‘Office Space,’ ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Bridesmaids’ and More, Dies at 78
Richard Riehle, known for his role as Tom Smykowski in "Office Space" and many other character actor parts, died of natural causes Oct. 15. He was 78.
Trump administration orders ban on DeepSeek in federal agencies - SiliconANGLE
Trump administration orders ban on DeepSeek in federal agencies - SiliconANGLE
On the Benefits of Uncertainty Estimation for Species Classification: A Case Study on Optimizing Expert re-Annotation
Automated identification of diatoms from microscopic images is a cornerstone of large-scale freshwater biomonitoring, yet the high diversity of species and strong class imbalance pose significant challenges for reliable classification. In this study, we develop a ResNet-18 baseline for a 759-class diatom dataset and investigate how calibrated confidence estimates support selective classification to reduce expert workload without sacrificing taxonomic integrity. While the initial model exhibits o
Ferroelastic domain wall driven glassy dynamics and photoresponse in a SrTiO$_3$ (111) two-dimensional electron gas
The (111) orientation of SrTiO$_3$ (STO)-based heterostructures has emerged as a versatile platform for two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs), yet the influence of STO's polar ferroelastic domain-wall (DW) network on charge transport remains largely unexplored. Here we study AlO$_x$/STO (111) interfaces hosting 2DEGs of different carrier densities. In the lower-density 2DEG, low-temperature transport exhibits thermal hysteresis, slow resistance relaxation, cooling-rate dependence, and memory ef
Spokane County Reports First Flu-Related Death of Season
Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) has confirmed the first influenza-related death in Spokane County for the current flu season. The individual, a…
Commanders' Terry McLaurin carted off after knee injury vs. 49ers, ruled out
McLaurin went down while running a route late in the first quarter
Beyond money: Why young Tunisians are considering emigration
For many young Tunisians, the question is no longer simply how to make a living, but where they can build a future.
A LATE-Targeting Experimental Design for Multi-Arm RCTs
We study the design of multi-arm experiments that identify local average treatment effects under imperfect compliance. With three or more arms, conventional randomization fails to identify margin-specific effects even under strong extensions of monotone compliance. A choice-theoretic analysis unifies these extensions and motivates a two-stage design: subjects report a preferred arm and are randomized conditional on it. If treatment is confined to the assigned or reported arm, one-sided noncompli
Mariah Carey's Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed By Judge
Mariah Carey took home the W in her brother's defamation case against her ... because a judge has ruled in her favor.
Tenstorrent CEO on New Funding Round, AI Progress
Tenstorrent CEO Jim Keller discussed the chip startup’s $1.5 billion funding round, which values the company at about $6.2 billion. He said the company is focused on scaling its Galaxy server program and developing AI intellectual property, rather than pursuing a sale. He speaks with Romaine Bostick
ClueFlow: Learning Long-Horizon Search through Attributed Research-State Transitions
Long-horizon search requires agents to acquire relevant evidence and integrate it into an evolving research state. Existing methods maintain research states to guide exploration or assign turn-level progress signals, yet grounding these signals in explicit, attributable state changes remains underexplored. We introduce ClueFlow, which learns long-horizon search from attributed research-state transitions. ClueFlow constructs Source-State-Final attribution chains that connect evidence-acquiring br
Humans have to befriend bots 'or we're toast', Godfather of AI says
Professor Geoffrey Hinton, a British-Canadian computer scientist known for his work on artificial neural networks, issued the stark warning at a festival in Tenerife.
Today kicks off day one of the UA/MCAA Mental Health Summit, bringing UA members and ...
They were equipped with the tools to recognize and respond to mental health concerns in the workplace. The training covered topics like anxiety ...
Why Paris Saint-Germain's clash with Barcelona could be peak Champions League drama
'I think all the ingredients are in place for this to be one of the great games,' PSG midfielder Vitinha said
Four dead as torrential rain batters eastern Spain
Cars swept away, roads submerged and residents isolated in parts of Spain's Mediterranean coast.
Permanent India UNSC seat an 'obvious element' of global governance reform: Polish envoy
Poland's Ambassador to India affirmed support for India's permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. This endorsement aligns with broader reforms in global governance that recognize emerging powers from the Global South. India has been praised for its diplomatic efforts concerning the Ru
The Hunting Wives Season 2 Trailer Release Date Set for Beloved Brittany Snow Show’s Return
The Hunting Wives Season 2 sets trailer release date, ahead of the Netflix drama’s premiere this November.
Big Tech Earnings Could Validate AI, Ives Says
Dan Ives, partner and senior managing director at Yorkville, Ives, and Company, says the upcoming earnings from major technology companies will be an important test of confidence in AI. He also talks about giving investors a chance to invest in private ai companies. (Source: Bloomberg)
PSA: Patch your Plex media server before someone hacks it
Recently fixed vulnerabilities in the Plex Media Server are under active exploitation in attacks that, when successful, install malware, including cryptominers and residential proxy apps, a researcher said. Plex fixed four vulnerabilities at the start of last month. Three weeks later, published CVE designations revealed five vulnerabilities, with one of them carrying a severity rating of 8.6 out of 10. A researcher last week revealed an exploit that chained four of them together to achieve remote code execution of the device running a vulnerable Plex version.
A Stress-Induced Tetragonal Distortion in K2OsCl6 under Pressure
The structural behaviour of cubic (Fm-3m) K2OsCl6 under compression was investigated to 35.4 GPa using angle-dispersive synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction. Upon increasing pressure, K2OsCl6 undergoes a sequence of structural transformations from the ambient-pressure cubic phase to a tetragonal (P4/mnc) phase above 9.5(3) GPa, followed by a transition to a monoclinic (P21/n) phase beginning at approximately 14.2 GPa. The tetragonal and monoclinic phases coexist over the pressure range 14.2-17.2
Lung cancer can grow silently for years, here’s who qualifies for screening
Only 15% of eligible Americans get screened for lung cancer, translating to tens of thousands of preventable deaths every year, doctors warn.
What's next for the Guardians? Biggest offseason questions about Jose Ramírez, Steven Kwan, more
After losing to the Rays in the ALCS, Cleveland is headed home with major questions about several core players
PSG vs Barcelona: UEFA Champions League – Yamal, Torres, predictions, teams
Lamine Yamal faces ex-teammate Ferran Torres as in-form Barcelona take on holders PSG in a spicy encounter in Paris.
Amortized Neural Filtering for Calibrated Posteriors in Statistical Arbitrage
Statistical arbitrage trades on an estimate of the state of a residual spread, and conventional practice discards the uncertainty of that estimate. We keep the uncertainty and use it in the trading decision. A Neural Filter Estimator (NFE) is trained on simulated paths of a mean-reverting process whose innovation law is selected by testing candidates against real residuals; once trained, it returns the posterior over the latent state of every spread in a cross-section in one forward pass. Three
Bay Area reality star Kash pursued fame in controversial, combative baddies culture
Before her death in a street fight, influencer Mackayla Paige tried to build a career through a popular genre of ‘raw,’ ‘unfiltered’ streaming shows that feature women bickering and beating each other up.
Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says
The idea of embedded evaluators — in which supposedly "neutral" third-party observers are placed inside AI organizations — has been popularized over the last several months, as AI labs grapple with a rash of safety incidents that have spurred concerns over the potential harms of their technology.
China confirms third-generation nuclear sub missile launch tests
China reveals its third-generation nuclear submarines have successfully launched a submarine-based strategic missile, marking a major step in its naval nuclear deterrent.
Amazon backs plan for 12 nuclear reactors at former US coal site
Amazon and its partners are evaluating a 960-MW nuclear plant at a former coal power station in Indiana.
Spontaneous brain-wide rotational dynamics constrain cue-evoked behavior
Uncovering low-dimensional representations of brain-wide neural dynamics and their relationship to behavior remains a central challenge. Here, we show that spontaneous brain-wide rotational dynamics constrain cue-evoked behavior and learning. To systematically establish these findings, we developed a dimensionality-reduction technique called Rotational Component Analysis (RCA) that optimizes the detection of low-variance rotational modes even within individual trials. We applied RCA to motor-cor
"Hire Tony Dungy as team president": Jason Whitlock scoffs at "girlboss" Carlie Irsay-Gordon after Colts fire GM Chris Ballard
Carlie Irsay-Gordon and the Indianapolis Colts decided to part ways with general manager Chris Ballard after 10 seasons on Monday.
‘Deliberate’ car ramming of Australian MP an isolated incident, police say
A 43-year-old man accused of deliberately hitting Helen Haines outside her office is in police custody.
When Better Opportunities Backfire: Service Worker Responses to Parallel AI Deployment in Customer Acquisition
As AI voice agents get deployed in high-volume contact centers, firms can route low-intent leads to AI and allocate high-intent leads to human workers. Drawing on sequential search theory, we posit that AI-induced task allocation reshapes work, enriching opportunities facing human workers but also raising their reservation value for continuing with the lead in hand, making them less willing to persist. We study the effects of an AI voice-agent deployment at a Chinese online health-insurance brok
Joe Manganiello Reveals Insane Dragon Tattoo Covering Surgery Scars
Joe Manganiello is the man with the dragon tattoo ... as in, he got a gigantic dragon tattoo stretching from his knee to his belly button to cover his scars from his mysterious health battle.