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Big Tech earnings a test of the AI boom amid market turmoil
Oct 27 (Reuters) - Wall Street expects Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet to report this week faster growth in their cloud businesses, but a turbulent market selloff and concerns over rising costs of AI financing are tempering optimism.
DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model promising more realistic physics and humans
Last year, Google DeepMind sent gaming stocks tumbling with the reveal of its Genie 3 world model. Since then, world models have become a major focus of AI labs around the world, but Google isn't resting on its laurels. Researchers have been hard at work on an updated model that improves on Genie 3 in almost every way. And if you pay Google enough money, you might actually get to use Genie 4 before too long. It's easy to look at the output of Genie 4 and see a video game, which is why Genie 3 caused so much consternation in the gaming industry.
NASA Invites Media to Crew Completion of Yearlong Mars Simulation
Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) Mission 2 crew members (from left) Ross Elder, Matthew Montgomery, Ellen Ellis, and James Spicer, pose for a photo on Oct. 8, 2025.Credit: NASA The four volunteers who lived and worked in a simulated NASA Mars mission for more than a year will exit their habitat on Saturday, Oct. 31, after 378 days of isolation in a facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
A theory of noisy linear recurrent neural network learning dynamics
Biological neural networks are noisy: their dynamics involve difficult-to-predict fluctuations which are likely due not just to chaos, but also to a variety of low-level biophysical processes. Despite the omnipresence of intrinsic noise, its theoretical consequences are incompletely understood, especially in the context of learning. For example, does noise meaningfully shape representation learning, or is it better viewed as a nuisance factor whose presence or absence changes little about what s
Fantasy football rankings, projections, lineups, sleepers for Week 8 from proven model
SportsLine's model reveals its Week 8 Fantasy football projections, PPR rankings, start-sit advice for sites like CBS Sports, ESPN and Yahoo
US’s RFK Jr claims Arabs ‘don’t produce science’: Why he’s very, very wrong
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has claimed Arabs have not made contributions to math, science or literature.
U.S. Officials Tour NABEP's Venezuelan Oil Fields: "Both of our countries are winning"
/PRNewswire/ -- U.S. State Department officials, including Chargé d'Affaires John M. Barrett, visited the oil fields of North American Blue Energy Partners...
Conan Exiles - Official Enhanced Update Console Announcement Trailer
Don't miss the Enhanced Update Console Announcement Trailer for Conan Exiles, the hit action open-world survival game developed by Funcom. Players will soon gain access to the upcoming update that brings Unreal Engine 5 implementation, improved terrain, enhanced water simulation, and more visual upg
Anduril and Qualcomm to build laptops in the US for government use
Anduril and Qualcomm have unveiled BlueChip, a US-made laptop line for government and defence, with orders opening in 2027 and a Snapdragon X chip inside.
Google's Android Registered App Stores program launches Dec. 1, applications now open
Running an app ecosystem has gotten a lot more complex for Google in the wake of its loss in the Epic Games antitrust case. While those in the US have access to app stores inside Google Play by order of the court, international users will have Google's voluntary Registered App Stores program. Google has announced that stores wishing to be part of that program are now free to apply, and support will roll out to some Android devices later this year. App stores accepted into the program will enjoy preferential treatment on the Android platform.
NASA’s Neo Surveyor Sunshade
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems A technician inspects the large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission in this image released on Oct. 26, 2026.
Dynamic heart rate variability for classification of arrhythmia burden
Purpose: Heart rate variability (HRV) may provide information beyond heart rate (HR) for identifying arrhythmia burden, but the value of temporal HRV variation remains unclear. This study developed a dynamic HRV measure quantifying the interquartile range of window-level root mean square of successive RR-interval differences (IQRRMSSD) and evaluated its utility in classifying total abnormal-beat and premature ventricular contraction (PVC) burden compared with the conventional RR-based HRV measur
Dave Richard's Week 8 Trade Chart and rest of season rankings: Bucky Irving, Joe Burrow continue to surge
Why wait to win? Use the trade chart to make post-draft deals and improve your team with assigned values to help you navigate your league's trade market
The WhatsApp ‘general’ behind Lula’s election comeback in Brazil
Andre Janones built a WhatsApp army of nearly 11 million subscribers. Did it help Lula win?
The politicians still making the case for data centers this election season
Data centers might be the boogeyman of the 2026 election. As anxiety about the impact of AI on the economy—and of hyperscaler facilities on local communities—ramps up, politicians on both sides of the aisle have distanced themselves from the industry. But not everyone. Even as Americans express growing discomfort with data centers, some politicians are still making the case for these massive AI projects, arguing that they represent a promising economic opportunity or are necessary to ensure A
Trump Defends White House Renovations After Obama Cheesecake Factory Joke
President Trump isn't taking Barack Obama's criticism of his White House makeover lying down ... firing back at his predecessor and claiming the place was a total mess when he moved back in.
Google’s Genie 4 world model adds audio, more realistic worlds, and real-time steering
Genie 4 can maintain a consistent scene for up to two minutes, double Genie 3's limit, and offers better physics and more humanlike characters.
From cheap tool to premium subscription: When a beloved app's price skyrockets
How much are you willing to pay to keep using your favorite app? Maybe you’ve used it for years. Perhaps it performs a function so essential and specific that you couldn’t imagine what you’d do without it. But when the developer announces an extraordinary price hike, you’re forced to consider how much you really value that app. Earlier this year, Evernote, a note-taking app, changed its subscription tiers, forcing some users to go from paying $130 per year to $250.
5 tips for a safer Halloween
While a few spooky surprises are part of the fun of Halloween, a little preparation can help families avoid real-life scares.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread
Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has topped 10,000 confirmed cases as authorities race to slow the spread across Africa
Week 8 NFL picks, best bets from proven model: This 5-leg parlay returns nearly 25-1
After 10,000 simulations, SportsLine's model reveals its top Week 8 NFL parlay
Harry Kane: How the ‘runt of the litter’ conquered a historic Ballon d’Or
Once mocked for being the most famous player never to win a trophy, Kane now has the most prestigious individual honour.
ACELA TRUCK COMPANY EXPANDS SEVERE-SERVICE TRUCK CHASSIS LINE WITH NEW FORD AND RAM 4X4 TRUCK PLATFORMS
/PRNewswire/ -- Acela Truck Company is expanding its severe-service chassis portfolio with new Class 3-5 Ford F-Series and Ram 4x4 platforms equipped with its...
Noah Wyle Crowned PEOPLE's 2026 Sexiest Man Alive
Noah Wyle was "incredulous" when he first heard he was PEOPLE's 2026 Sexiest Man Alive -- but that's only because he never believed for a minute that he'd win the title!
Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean?
TechCrunch spoke to the MIT computer scientist charged with explaining OpenAI's latest mind-bending discovery.
Ford simplifies using your EV as a home battery with the $30K Fathom
This morning, Ford revealed that buyers of the forthcoming Fathom—the company's sub-$30,000 electric pickup truck due next year—will get more than just a truck. Until now, vehicle-to-home technology—like the setup Ford developed for the now-discontinued F-150 Lightning—takes DC power from the electric vehicle and runs it through an inverter built into the wallbox to turn it into AC the house can use. But with the Fathom, that inverter is built into the truck from the start.
US method identifies radioactivity from 100-feet above in seconds
The aircraft with an aerial detector traced the radionuclide's identity, activity, and location nearly 100 feet above the source.
FDA offers new details on quicker approval pathway for personalized gene therapies
Rare disease advocates applauded the FDA's move to speed access to treatments.
Hornets to retire the jersey of Muggsy Bogues, the shortest player in NBA history
The No. 1 of the 5-foot-3 Bogues will be headed to the rafters in Charlotte on Feb. 11, 2027
Qatar’s Emir and Putin call for diplomacy amid US-Iran conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met in Moscow.
Six Flags reveals major roller coaster safety overhaul after rider’s death
Six Flags is adding seat belts to some of its roller coasters following the death of a rider earlier this month. The new safety changes to rides across the country comes after an Oct. 12 incident in Georgia where a 42-year-old rider named Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was apparently ejected from their seat on the Goliath roller coaster, resulting in their death. Four other riders were also reportedly injured. “We are reinforcing safety precautions at our parks and taking additional measures, inc
Unnamed celebrity accused of 'inappropriate sexual activities', court hears
The man is asking the High Court to prevent two news organisations from publishing the allegations.
The New iMac Doesn't Have an OLED Display—but It's Much More Powerful
Still no OLED in this generation, but the iMac gets a two-generation upgrade to Apple's M6 chip.
Warner Bros. drops final trailer for Dune: Part Three
The end of the year is fast approaching and with it, the pre-Christmas release of Dune: Part Three, the final installment in Denis Villeneuve's acclaimed adaptation of sci-fi author Frank Herbert's novel(s). Warner Bros. gave us a broody and haunting extended teaser in March and a July trailer jam-packed with tantalizing hints of what to expect, along with plenty of Easter eggs to delight avid book fans.
China Zorrilla: World’s largest electric ferry starts commercial runs
The world’s largest battery-electric ship begins service on the Argentina–Uruguay route with a 40 MWh-plus battery system.
A possible treatment for brain-eating amoebas, found in the sea
Brain-eating amoebas are hard to treat and nearly always fatal. But researchers have isolated a compound that could help stop the disease.
Best horse racing betting sites: Where to bet on 2026 horse racing
Discover the best horse racing betting sites for the 2026 Breeders' Cup, plus how to bet on horse racing online, bet types, and expert tips.
Trump says he’ll respect US midterm results if elections are ‘honest’
US President Donald Trump says he will respect the results of the November 3 midterm elections if they are ‘honest’.
Skydance issues 5-day RTO mandate, announces employee buyout program
Skydance, the megastudio formed via the recent merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), is ordering workers back to the office full time and offering voluntary buyouts to certain employees. Paramount-Skydance already had a five-day in-office workweek, but WBD still required only three days. “We believe in-person collaboration is vital to our culture and to the success of our business,” wrote chairman and CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz in a memo to staff on Monday. “Es
Aloft - Official PlayStation 5 (PS5) Announcement Trailer
Explore the floating islands of Aloft and learn more about its world in this trailer for the co-op sandbox survival game. Soar the skies in Aloft, set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave
Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies
Disruptive has made headlines in recent years for pouring money into companies like chip startup Groq and the AI voice-generation startup ElevenLabs.
Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software
Protein design tools may be getting increasingly sophisticated, but you still need a sophisticated understanding of protein structure for them to work. This can include knowing enzyme mechanisms down to the positions of specific amino acids, as well as the water molecules that also occupy the area where catalysis takes place.
Third harmonic generation in the transition metal trichalcogenides
The transition metal trichalcogenides (TMTs) are an interesting class of layered 2D materials that have strong anisotropic electrical and optical properties. We report on the polarization-dependent nonlinear optical response of exfoliated crystals at the third harmonic using non-resonant excitation with a 1560 nm femtosecond laser. All members of the TMT crystal family explored (ZrS3, HfS3, TiS3, and NbS3) display large anisotropy in their polarized third harmonic generation signal, with anisotr
RFK Jr. goes for broke in Iowa
Kennedy on the campaign trail for MAHA, and new rules loom for U.S. investments in Chinese biotech.
Today's top games to watch, best bets, odds: Brewers at Rays World Series Game 4, Blazers at Lakers and more
Find best bets and props for the biggest games in sports on Tuesday from the SportsLine Projection Model and top CBS Sports experts
Russia jails IT worker for 13 years for donating money to Ukraine
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance shared Ukraine donation data with Russian authorities resulting in his conviction.
Filevine Launches LOIS Voice Agents to Scale Front Desk and Intake Operations
/PRNewswire/ -- Filevine today introduced LOIS Voice Agents, AI agents that answer a law firm's inbound calls, conduct triage and intake by using the firm's...
Anime Licensing Platform AniBiz Gets $6 Million Investment From Japan’s TBS Group, Toei Animation and TV Tokyo Holdings
Nakama, the start-up behind anime licensing platform AniBiz.com, raised $6 million in funding from TBS Group, Toei Animation and TV Tokyo Holdings.
Privacy group files complaints against Scale AI over alleged worker surveillance
Oct 27 (Reuters) - European digital privacy advocacy group noyb filed five complaints against Scale AI in France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria on Tuesday, alleging it illegally monitored freelance workers who produce training data for AI models.
US Army backs WWII-era mine’s tungsten exploration after 11-year gap
The US Army is committing up to $40 million to explore Idaho tungsten deposits as Perpetua Resources works to develop a domestic supply.
US Air Force moves 1,000-mile range hypersonic missile into production
After years of testing setbacks and uncertainty, the US Air Force is advancing production of its long-range hypersonic missile.
On the stability of learning
Learning algorithms are usually analyzed under the assumption that informative gradients are continuously available. But this is not always true---learning signals in biological neural networks, for example, may be sparse, local, and only intermittently available at any given synapse. In this work, we show that if gradient information is noisy and only intermittently available, learning may be unstable. In particular, even if average learning dynamics converge to the correct optimum, variance in
FanDuel Racing promo code: Get $25 racing bonus for Breeders' Cup online betting
The latest FanDuel Racing offer code gives new users a $50 racing bonus after your first $10+ wager for 2026 Breeders' Cup online betting.
Rain brings temporary relief as Southeast Asia battles fires and toxic haze
Rain has offered brief relief from wildfires in Indonesia, but underground peat fires continue to burn
UPS just revealed a $92.6 billion surprise, and it’s bad news for one of its biggest customers
UPS is breaking up with Amazon – and so far it’s paying off. The delivery company issued its Q3 results on Tuesday, beating expectations and showing that scaling back its business schlepping packages for a major competitor was a smart gamble that could put its financials back on track. “We’re driving more premium growth, improving revenue quality and mix, and creating greater operating leverage through a more efficient network,” CEO Carol Tomé said in the earnings call. “All of this is str
Russell Brand told police he never had non-consensual sex, court hears
His trial hears statements he gave to police between 2023 and 2025, denying allegations against him.
Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
Rohit Patel is departing Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. His startup, Ndoc, aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite.
The Super Mouse puts a touchscreen macro pad under your hand
It’s a bird, it’s a plane — no, it’s a mouse with a touchscreen.
Information-theoretic entropy imaging of quantum matter
Phase transitions can generate intricate spatial organization invisible to spatially averaged probes, yet quantitative measures of this organization remain limited. Here we develop "entropy imaging," an information-theoretic technique that harnesses lossless compression to quantify spatial complexity, predictability, and order in quantum materials. Using this approach, emergent spatial textures can be imaged and converted into an experimentally-accessible observable: the computable information d
Ebola cases top 10,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo, as countries race to stop spread
The fast-moving Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached 10,000 confirmed cases, government data showed Tuesday, as health authorities race to slow the spread of the disease in multiple African countries.
Davion Mitchell lays bare the problem of Bam Adebayo's fit with Giannis Antetokounmpo on new-look Heat
It's been a struggle for Adebayo to find space to operate next to Antetokounmpo as Miami is off to an 0-4 start
Israel election results live: Exit polls soon as Netanyahu faces tight race
High turnout in vote widely described as the most consequential in Israel's history.
Former DOGE staffers say they just hacked Anthropic in less than 12 hours
A cybersecurity firm run by former members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says it has broken into internal data and messaging systems at Anthropic. Perhaps even more surprising, though, is its claim that it did so in less than 12 hours. The startup is called Cathedral, and it classifies itself as an AI-driven cybersecurity firm with a focus on military applications. In July, Cathedral closed a $160 million funding round that valued the company at $1.4 billion,
Trump Accused of Brutally Raping Former Miss Switzerland at Plaza Hotel in 1993, He Denies
President Trump brutally raped a former Miss Switzerland beauty pageant contestant at New York's Plaza Hotel in 1993 ... at least according to the accuser's account to Congress ... but Trump says it's all BS.