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AMD promises not to abandon Ryzen — but keeps drifting away from gamers and PCs
AMD's data-center business now generates nearly two-thirds of its revenue, while gaming sales are down 40% and the PC segment is losing ground. The company says it remains committed to Ryzen and the consumer market, but its latest results show how much its business is shifting toward AI and server c
Security officer attacked and killed near Sri Lankan Embassy in Jordan's capital
CAIRO (AP) — An assailant attacked and killed a security officer near the Sri Lankan Embassy in Jordan’s capital on Thursday, authorities said. Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said that a member of its forces was assaulted by a sharp object and died, and that an investigation was launched into
AI and Robotics Archives - Interesting Engineering
Coverage here spans industrial robots, cobots, humanoids, drones, and service robots, along with the hardware and software that enable them to operate at scale.
Midwives' union warns over maternity unit plans in Norfolk
The RCM union says possible closures in Norfolk would also affect patients in neighbouring counties.
UTSA vs. Florida Atlantic Thursday CFB picks: Upset loss would end Roadrunners' College Football Playoff hopes
UTSA is in the College Football Playoff hunt but wouldn't be with a loss tonight at FAU in American Conference action
Padel’s Olympic ambition
Padel is the fastest growing racket sport in the world, and is pushing to make its Olympic debut.
Bad memory: Some chip stocks are tumbling despite the broader post-election rally for tech. Here’s why
Tuesday’s blue tsunami didn’t just boost the Democrats’ fortunes. The 2026 midterm results also fueled a surge in the stock market, with all but a few Big Tech stocks seeing notable gains. But memory chip stocks told a different story. Shares in the four major memory chipmakers all saw steep declines. And those declines are continuing today. Here’s what you need to know. The midterm results boosted the markets Yesterday was a stellar day for many of the biggest-name companies traded on
ABC Affiliate Anchor Exits After 20 Years, Replacement Not Yet Announced
ABC 7 Chicago anchor Ravi Baichwal exits after 20 years as the station prepares for a temporary replacement.
A YC startup is putting $1M behind five unsolved materials science problems for AI
Discovered Materials, a months-old YC startup that uses AI to find chip materials, is offering $200,000 for each solution to five open materials science problems.
Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe first drive: Where tech and fun collide
Mercedes-Benz provided flights from San Francisco to Malaga, Spain, and accommodation so Ars could drive the AMG GT 4-Door Coupe. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. The night before I drove the AMG GT 4-Door Coupe, I complained to a group of journalists that automakers don't want to take chances and just build fun, weird cars anymore. About 12 hours later, Mercedes made me eat my words.
Longitudinal and Transverse Thermoelectric Properties in Topological Quantum Materials
Thermoelectric materials can be topologically trivial or non-trivial, enabling reversible interconversion of heat and electricity using a solid-state technology. Incidentally, few of the first experimentally discovered 3D topological materials, namely, Bi, Sb, Sn and Pb-based chalcogenides, were long known as good thermoelectric materials. In these compounds, the heavy atoms that give rise to strong spin-orbit coupling often become essential for band inversion and non-trivial band topology. They
In China, a flood of controversial clinical trials slows to a trickle
Following patient deaths, China restricts investigator-initiated biotech trials, leaving rare disease families and US investors facing an uncertain future.
Week 9 NFL betting promos: Get over $3,000 in bonuses from betting apps, sportsbooks for Jaguars vs. Ravens
Top Week 9 NFL betting apps include DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, bet365, Caesars, Fanatics Sportsbook and Hard Rock Bet
Workers strike across France, hundreds of thousands expected to protest
Demonstrators are demanding an increase in the minimum wage and higher salaries for all workers, among other reforms.
Sector Snapshot: Construction Robotics Funding Soars To $1.6B, Tripling Previous Peak
Companies spanning construction and robotics have raised about $1.6 billion so far this year — more than 4x the $389 million recorded in all of 2025 — according to Crunchbase data. The surge was driven by three companies that raised the majority of the funding.
The Pitt and ER are similar enough for lawsuit to proceed, judge rules
The widow of ER creator Michael Crichton argues The Pitt is effectively a reboot of the 1990s series.
HomePod Mini 2 vs. HomePod Mini: How Apple’s Speaker Compares With Past Models - CNET
The HomePod Mini 2 is here and looks incredibly similar to the first Mini, so I tested how audio, AI and more differ across HomePod generations.
Agility Robotics' Nasdaq debut invites scrutiny of humanoid robot market
Humanoid robots remain unproven at scale and have not yet achieved widespread commercialization, compared with industrial robots that have decades of proven track records in warehouses and factories. That frank acknowledgment is among the risks outlined in a securities filing by Agility Robotics—the first dedicated developer of humanoid robots to become a publicly traded company in the United States. The robotics company, headquartered in Salem, Oregon, previously became the first to achieve full-time commercial deployment of humanoid robots at a customer warehouse in 2024.
Fireballs and a supermoon: SoCal stargazers should brace for a busy month of astronomical events
SoCal stargazers can brace for a November packed with astronomical events, including the Taurids meteor showers and a close encounter between Jupiter and Mars.
25-year-old woman died within a month after catching flu
She was rushed to hospital and placed in intensive care where her condition rapidly deteriorated
The Six Pack: Picks for Miami vs. Notre Dame, Alabama vs. LSU and Tom Fornelli's Week 10 lock
Trust The Process in a Week 10 full of monster matchups
3,000 tarantulas hidden inside luggage seized at Peruvian airport
In a peculiar failed smuggling attempt, 3,000 tarantulas were seized at a Peruvian airport.
How Norway flipped Trump’s name-calling into destination marketing
After President Donald Trump called Norway a “shithouse country,” its tourism agency turned the insult into a marketing opportunity to promote its designer bathrooms. Trump criticized Norway at a rally in Michigan on October 25 because he didn’t receive the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Disparaging the Nordic nation with a term he’s previously used for Haiti, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen, Trump said he didn’t want immigrants
La Bola Negra review: This fiercely ambitious historical drama is one of the great LGBTQ+ films of our time
This film from Spanish co-directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi explores a triptych of time-hopping tales.
Zero Trust Agent Systems that Pass Audits and Still Ship
Advait Patel shares a playbook for securing AI agent systems in production. He discusses moving defense boundaries from the prompt to the tool layer, enforcing scoped workload identities, and mitigating prompt injection via tool outputs. He explains how to structure audit-ready observability and imp
2026 iPad mini review: Maximizing the mini
The iPad mini has long felt like a niche product. It has earned a reputation as a quality tablet for people who want something small, comfortable, and portable, but its small screen and comparatively limited processing power have restricted its appeal, making it best suited to watching media or playing games. With the 2026 version, the iPad mini is more competitive than ever. Its chip is current, its speakers are better, and, most impressively, it trades its 8.3-inch IPS screen for an 8.5-inch OLED that can hold its own against other premium tablets.
Hubble Learns Galactic History From Stars
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Dialysis may not be the default treatment for older kidney patients
Dialysis should not necessarily be regarded as the default option for older people with kidney failure, the first randomized study of its kind in the world, led by the University of Bristol, has found.
It wouldn't shock me if ... NFL Week 9: Chargers fire Mike McDaniel, another QB change in Arizona
Is it finally over for Mike McDaniel in Los Angeles?
Cristiano Ronaldo announces international retirement
Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football.
Apple’s Music Hall signals a bigger strategic plan
Why would Apple launch a concert venue? This is the question I’ve been asking myself since it inaugurated its Apple Music Hall, nestled underneath its U.K. headquarters at London’s Battersea Power Station, in late September. Not just any performance space, this intimate 600-person, 48-speaker hall features Apple’s Spatial Audio technology, which uses Dolby Atmos and dynamic head tracking to turn flat stereo sound into a three-dimensional, 360-degree experience. To my eye, the Music Hall i
Why Avatar: Seven Havens Won’t Release New Episodes This Week
Curious about why Avatar: Seven Havens won’t release new episodes this week? Here’s everything you need to know.
Agility is the first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market. Are you buying?
Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly-traded pure-play humanoid robotics company.
Longer Estrogen Exposure Linked to Less Blood Vessel Damage in Women's Brains Later in Life
The brain is directly influenced by hormone changes, and scientists suspect this could explain why women are generally more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.
Iranians hold anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rallies across the country | Africanews
Iranians held anti-U.S. and anti-Israel rallies across the country on Wednesday, marking the National Day of Fighting Global Arrogance and denouncing what they call U.S.-Israeli hegemony.
Cell-type-specific modularity in E/I networks shapes dynamical regimes and computational capabilities
Structural modularity is a ubiquitous feature of brain networks that shapes neural dynamics and information processing. Yet excitatory and inhibitory populations can differ in their modular organization, and it remains unclear how this asymmetry affects network dynamics and computation. Here, using dynamical mean-field theory and simulations of networks performing complex temporal tasks, we show that independently tuning excitatory and inhibitory modularity controls the dynamical regimes of bala
NFL Week 9 upset alert: Texans allow Chargers their first win, Vikings overtake Josh Allen's Bills
Plus, Denver is a road favorite that could be due for a letdown
What can Democrats do in Congress under President Trump?
What can the Democratic party actually change when it comes to Donald Trump’s decisions, policies and presidency?
Samsung Leads Q3 DRAM Revenue Amid SK hynix Closing In
Driven by expanded investments in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and rising memory prices, the global DRAM market size has grown nearly fivefold in
Married at First Sight UK cancelled after BBC revealed rape allegations
Channel 4 will reinvest the show's budget in "distinctive new programming" and said sorry again to the women involved.
Under pressure: it's time to get realistic about ransomware and resilience
Most ransomware victims are attacked more than once, Semperis's 2026 report finds. Why realistic crisis exercises and identity recovery matter.
BGMI Air Gets December 10 Launch Date, Aims To Bring Battlegrounds Mobile India To Budget Phones
Krafton confirms BGMI Air India launch date as December 10, with the lightweight mobile game crossing 14 million Google Play Store pre-registrations.
Google HQ refused 54,000-signature petition, campaigners say
Campaigners oppose the development of a large data centre on a wildlife site at Thurrock.
Ideas: I Was Lucky to Be Alive. But I Missed Being Pretty.
A pump-up girl faces her own mortality.
NFL Week 9 picks: Our experts face off on Jaguars at Ravens, Bengals vs. Falcons and more
CBS Sports writers Jordan Dajani and Jared Dubin predict this weekend's top games
Police bodycam captures moments before deadly Russian strike in Ukraine
Bodycam footage released by Ukraine’s National Police shows people rushing into an underground shelter.
Bluesky was right all along and will accept your apology any time
Bluesky is a niche Twitter-clone frequently accused of being an echo chamber for progressives. After the blue tsunami of this week’s midterms, however, its inhabitants don’t seem to be echoing themselves so much as the vast majority of American voters. The sheer scale of Democrats’ victory is staggering. They won control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress, flipping Senate seats in seven states Trump carried in 2024—including Republican stronghold Texas, which now also has a Democratic gove
Cheek of the Week: Which K-Pop Hottie Is Baring Her Booty?!
Can you score this week's Cheek of the Week?!
Postman added itself to Claude Code and Codex without asking
An update to the Postman desktop app installed plugins into Claude Code and OpenAI Codex without asking, and users report entries in Cursor and the GitHub Copilot CLI as well. A startup hook pushed the agents toward Postman's tools for API work. Postman says it is reverting the change. Here are the
Discord is ditching Electron and its new app uses less RAM
Discord is moving its apps fully over to the Rust programming language.
Cristiano Ronaldo announces retirement from international football
"To the Portuguese people, the day has come for me to hand back the No. 7 shirt of our national team,” the 41-year-old Ronaldo said in a long video message on social media.
PINR-ESI: Physics-Informed Self-Supervised Implicit Neural Representation Framework for EEG Extended-Source Imaging
EEG extended-source imaging aims to localize active cortical regions and characterize their spatial extent, yet supervised inverse networks typically depend on synthetic EEG-source pairs and may be sensitive to synthetic-to-real mismatch. We propose a physics-informed self-supervised implicit neural representation (INR) framework for spatial source reconstruction without paired source labels or simulation-based supervised pretraining. The lead field matrix encodes the source-to-sensor volume-con
2024 WNBA Re-Draft: Caitlin Clark still goes No. 1, but how high does Angel Reese climb?
The 2024 draft class has had a huge role in the WNBA's transformation, so we're re-drafting the class after three full seasons
Four people, including a child, killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Gaza officials say more than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the so-called 'ceasefire' took effect.
South Korea Posts Record Current Account Surplus, Surpassing $60B in Sept.
In September, South Korea’s current account surplus surpassed $60 billion for the first time in history, driven by strong exports centered on semiconductors. A
Garth Brooks announces 10 Irish concerts for 2027
US country star Garth Brooks is returning to Ireland and will play 10 dates here in 2027.
Box taps Nvidia’s Nemotron for new agent-first content retrieval system
The system can supposedly answer queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used.
Motorola's new Signature 27 has it all if you can stomach the $1,600 price tag
Motorola is patching a hole in its US lineup with a non-folding flagship phone, but the pricing puts this device dangerously close to the company's expensive tablet-style foldable. The long-rumored Motorola Signature 27 is real, featuring top-of-the-line specs, a super-bright OLED screen, and a ton of cameras. But all this high-end hardware won't come cheap in the age of AI.
After 22 years in space, NASA’s 3,200-pound Swift space telescope crashes back to Earth over Indonesia after failed $30 million rescue mission; agency estimates 1-in-2,100 risk of debris harming someone
NASA’s 3,200-pound Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has plunged back to Earth after nearly 22 years in orbit, bringing an end to a mission that transformed scientists’ understanding of some of the universe’s most powerful explosions. The space telescope re-entered Earth's atmosphere over northern Suma
What the midterms could mean for the future of health AI
The midterms highlighted the negative sentiment around AI across the U.S. How will those attitudes trickle down to legislating AI use in health care?
Miami loses Malachi Toney to high ankle sprain; Week 9 NFL picks and latest NBA Power Rankings
Plus, it's a wild ride on the midseason QB carousel around the NFL
Indonesia rushes thousands of troops to Jakarta amid wiretap scandal
Indonesia is deploying thousands of troops in Jakarta amid an alleged wiretapping scandal targeting the president.
Stop climbing the wrong career mountain
In November 2015, I booked a suite in a midtown Manhattan hotel and spent the night pacing, rehearsing my presentation in an empty room. The next morning I would host the first breakfast workshop for my new wealth advisory firm. I had left a prominent position as a director of wealth management at Morgan Stanley to build a company based on a radically different idea of wealth. My guests included a senior partner at a private equity firm managing more than $10 billion and the head of a major f
MGM’s Most Underrated 4-Part Horror Show Is Dominating on Netflix Now
MGM’s hit horror series From climbs Netflix’s Top 10 charts as viewers discover its first three seasons on the streaming platform.