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Motorola is finally catching up with Android 17 updates – is your phone next on the list?
Motorola's Hello UI gets fresh updates along with Google goodness
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Tinnitus answer may be found in our blood
For the 14% of us living with tinnitus, the persistent ringing inside our heads is impossible for anybody else to hear. Or measure. A new study suggests a blood test for an inner-ear protein could provide a sign of the condition that anybody can detect and then act on.
European health systems were built for acute care, not prevention, says Lilly CEO
Forcing modern preventive measures through old systems is costly and inefficient, said Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks at Milan diabetes conference
2026 NFL QB Power Rankings: Brock Purdy holds off Patrick Mahomes for No. 1 entering Week 5
Purdy retains the top spot after his historic start, while Maye climbs 10 places and Herbert remains buried near the bottom
South Korea signals military exemption cuts for athletes after Asian Games
South Korea signals cuts to military exemptions for gold medallists after backlash over athletes' Asian Games comments.
Ownership and Non-Neutral Technological Change: Evidence from China's State-Owned Enterprise Privatization
I estimate firm-level capital-, labor-, and material-augmenting productivity for Chinese manufacturing, 1998--2008, and the effect of state-owned enterprise (SOE) privatization on each. Results show technological change is strongly biased toward capital and labor. Private firms operate above SOEs on capital and labor, but below on materials. Privatization raises labor-augmenting productivity right after the transition, a front-loaded gain that fades on the full panel but persists among 1998 incu
Xbox bets on Gears of War in battle of gaming giants
Unlike other flagship titles, E-Day will only be available on Xbox at a time of rising console costs.
Google’s new SynthID website can identify AI-generated media
Google on Tuesday launched a new site that lets anyone verify whether a piece of media, be it an image, a video, or an audio clip, is generated using AI.
Building Rome from a Single Image
Single-image scene generation aims to produce a complete 3D scene mesh from a single image, including surfaces the camera did not observe. While pretrained 3D object generators encode a strong shape prior, they are mainly designed for isolated objects in a fixed canonical volume and focus mostly on indoor scenes, since diverse 3D data for outdoor scenes are quite limited. In this work, we present a method that redesigns such an object-centric generator, e.g., Trellis 2, to work on both indoor an
Scientists Dismissed a Theory of Consciousness for 40 Years. New Evidence Suggests They Spoke Too Soon.
The quantum theory of consciousness long seemed like a radical idea, but growing evidence is making some neuroscientists take a second look.
Neural Petri flows for chemical reactions
Petri nets have been used to describe chemical processes such as reactions.They map well to chemistry: Places are the bonds between atoms and the free valence of each atom, a token is a unit of bond order, a transition forms or breaks a bond, the conserved quantities are the valence budgets of the atoms, and the enabling rule is the valence rule. These semantics are not guaranteed by learned models of reactions or neural networks that are built on Petri nets that use the net as a scaffold for me
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Why Paramount-Warner merger has sparked fears about press freedom
Chairman's family ties to Trump and Israel raise questions over editorial independence at CNN and CBS.
Germany's transport minister throws support behind Tesla's FSD
Germany's transport minister throws support behind Tesla's FSD
Gavin and Stacey creators Jones and Corden reveal cast of new show
Ruth Jones and James Corden's new show also stars X-Men's James McAvoy and Harry Potter's Jim Broadbent.
Get hands-on: The full lineup of interactive roundtables at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
From Nvidia and Chime to Obvious Ventures and Anthropic, explore the entire roundtable agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register now to save up to $100 on your pass and get a second pass at 50% off.
One UI 9.5 Is Coming; It Just Appeared in a Surprising Way
One UI 9.5 is coming, as the very first build has been spotted. Don't expect it to drop anytime soon, though.
Small Distortions, Big Polarization: Tetragonal BaTiO3 Nanoparticles for High-Performance Piezoelectric Nanogenerators
Lead-free ferroelectric BaTiO3 (BTO) nanoparticles with stabilized tetragonal distortion were synthesized via a ligand-assisted sol-gel method to serve as the active piezoelectric phase in high-performance hybrid piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) operating with triboelectric synergy. XRD, Raman spectroscopy, and Pair Distribution Function (PDF) analysis confirmed pseudo-cubic tetragonal BTO nanoparticle, annealed at 900°C (BTO-900, ~54nm) and well-defined tetragonal BTO annealed at 1200°C (BT
Sliding-scale Insulin Does Not Control Steroid-induced Hyperglycemia in a Non-diabetic Patient, No Matter How You Tune It
Sliding-scale correction insulin is the standard hospital response to high blood glucose. Its constants were derived in people who secrete no insulin, yet it is routinely ordered for patients whose own secretion is intact. We represent the correction rule as a proportional controller with a deadband, sampled four-hourly, acting on a glucose model built from published physiology, including pancreatic feedback. We derive the sensitivity of glucose to exogenous insulin, evaluate it in 4,995 virtual
Predicting the full 14-team NFL playoff bracket heading into Week 5: Jaguars, Vikings both make surprise runs
All 208 remaining regular-season games and 13 playoff games were simulated to determine the postseason field and crown a Super Bowl LXI champion
Henri Kagan, Kenso Soai win chemistry Nobel for ‘mirror image’ breakthrough
Scientists honoured for solving mystery of asymmetric molecules that has helped in manufacture of pharmaceuticals.
‘Dungeons & Dragons’ creative teams join union as concerns mount over pay discrepancies and ‘forced AI use’
The creative workers behind Dungeons and Dragons, Magic: The Gatherings, Duel Masters, and other games have come together to unionize. On Tuesday, the workers informed their employer Wizards of the Coast, a publisher of card and role-playing games, that they planned to unionize. They have joined a union called United Wizards of the Coast, which was first started by Magic: The Gathering workers and laborers in April, and is represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA), a labor
Movie review: 'The Beast' celebrates Samuel L. Jackson's glory - UPI.com
"The Beast," in theaters Friday, capitalizes on Samuel L. Jackson's legendary movie career and screen persona, including his profanity.
Ray Dalio says we’re nearing point where AI bubble may burst
The technology is a ‘classic bubble’ that begins to pop as rates climb, warns billionaire Read more at The Business Times.
Garmin Approach S72 Puts Swing Metrics and a Speaker on a Titanium Golf Watch
The Garmin Approach S72 golf smartwatch tracks your swing from the wrist and takes calls, starting at $799.99 from October 9 in the US.
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US leads Europe in new drug launches as China gains ground in clinical trials
Investment, clinical trials and patient access are increasingly becoming the real test of Europe’s competitiveness, warn Gastein Health Forum experts
Will Yankees come back in ALDS Game 3? Expert predictions as Bombers try to stave off elimination vs. Rays
After going down 2-0 in the ALDS, the Yankees will try to beat Nick Martinez and the Rays on Wednesday night back in New York
Okinawa governor urges Japan action after US Marine arrested over killing
Growing anger after US Marine Devin Jacob Ballard was arrested on suspicion of strangling Anna Yagi, 39.
Memory loss is not always the first sign of dementia. Doctors say to watch for these 8 eating changes
Over six million people in the U.S. live with dementia. By 2050, that number is expected to double. Yet, even so, the signs of cognitive decline can be difficult to spot. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, Majid Fotuhi, an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University, told Inc. It typically begins by attacking the brain’s memory center. As a result, short-term memory loss, repeating questions, and getting lost in familiar places tend to be the earliest signs of deme
HBO Max And Paramount Plus' Fate Under Skydance Officially Confirmed - TVLine
Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery could see the launch of a new megastreamer, as well as layoffs, price hikes, and more reliance on AI.
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QF3: Fast Flow RL with Filtered Q-Gradients
Flow policies have become a standard policy class for learning robot behaviors from demonstrations, but reinforcement learning is still critical for improving pre-trained flow policies or learning them from scratch through interaction. We introduce QF3 (Fast Flow RL with Filtered Q-Gradients), an online off-policy RL algorithm that trains a flow policy with flow matching plus the critic's action gradient, backpropagated through a one-step prediction of the flow's output. To keep updates where th
Mitigating prior-volume effects in galaxy clustering by adopting Mpc over Mpc/h units
We investigate prior-volume effects in Bayesian analyses of galaxy clustering based on state-of-the-art models, such as the EFT and the VDG$_\infty$ model. We show that these effects are largely driven by imposing priors on the model parameters defined in ${\rm Mpc}/h$ units, thereby introducing a spurious correlation with the Hubble parameter $h$, and that they can be strongly mitigated by adopting a more physically motivated formulation in ${\rm Mpc}$ units. We test this approach using a set o
Justice Department targets drugmakers in new directive on combating white-collar fraud
The Justice Department issued a new directive for combating fraud that noted the agency will pursue violations of a federal law that tightly regulates the pharmaceutical industry.
Guardians vs. White Sox prediction, odds, time: 2026 MLB ALDS Game 3 picks for Wednesday, Oct. 7 by model
SportsLine's model simulated Cleveland Guardians vs. Chicago White Sox 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for Wednesday's AL Division Series Game 3 matchup
Yes, Zionism is racism
And there is nothing radical about declaring it. It is a fact of history.
Scalable Nonparametric Demand Estimation in Differentiated Product Markets
The answers to many economic questions depend on the slope and curvature of demand. Estimating demand for differentiated products entails a trade-off between flexibility and scalability. Existing nonparametric approaches face a curse of dimensionality in the number of products. I develop a scalable nonparametric approach using market-level data that overcomes this curse through economically motivated restrictions embedded in many standard models. Simulations and an application to the U.S. beer m
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The best new TV shows and movies to stream in October 2026 | Stuff
All the best films and series coming to streaming services this month
World Models' Last Exam in Physics
Video world models can produce visually convincing yet physically inconsistent sequences, raising concerns about their reliability for prediction and planning in embodied AI systems. Existing evaluations often rely on model-based judgments or reference videos, while direct physical tests largely focus on mechanics. We introduce World Models' Last Exam in Physics, a measurement-based benchmark for evaluating physical consistency in video world models. The benchmark comprises 40 controlled tasks s
Children in improved homes face lower hospitalization risk, analysis finds
Children living in houses improved through the Healthy Homes Initiative were found to be 30% less likely to be hospitalized in the following five years, according to research led by the University of Otago, Wellington—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke.
Baby 'scarred for life' after putting hand into gravy put in front of her at pub
The rest of the gravy spilled onto her leg when she pulled her hand out
Yankees vs. Rays odds, line, prediction: 2026 MLB ALDS Game 3 picks for Wednesday, Oct. 7 from proven model
SportsLine's model simulated Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for Wednesday's AL Division Series Game 3 matchup
Saudi Arabia beat UAE 2-0 to end 22-year wait for Arabian Gulf Cup crown
Goals from Hammam Al-Hammami and Firas al-Buraikan give the hosts their fourth Arabian Gulf Cup trophy.
From CNN to HBO Max, here’s what’s now included in the $81 billion Skydance mega merger
Skydance-owned Paramount on Tuesday closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, ushering in a new Hollywood giant.Skydance Corp. emerges from one of the biggest mergers ever — $111 billion including debt — in the media and entertainment industry.Here is a list of notable films, shows and franchises in the new Skydance portfolio, followed by its major studios, networks and other businesses. Titles and catalogs Superheroes and comics: DC’s “Batman,” “Su
5 Years Ago Today: CBS Premiered One Of Its Biggest Comedies - TVLine
American remakes of British sitcoms don't always go down well, but the CBS version of "Ghosts" became an instant hit when it debuted back in October 2021.
Venture Firm Behind Chip Startup Groq Targets $10 Billion Megafund
Winning bets on hot AI startups are vaulting a little-known Dallas firm into a small group of firms raising gigantic funds.
ChatGPT for Teens Is Not Safe for Kids, Report Says
OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens — which the company rolled out in August as the default way for kids ages 13 to 17 use its popular chatbot — is too risky for children, according to a new report from Common Sense Media.
Halo Mass Function Constraints on Early Galaxy and AGN Populations in the JWST Era
The discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of massive galaxies and luminous active galactic nuclei (AGN) at high redshift provides an increasingly sensitive test of the connection between cosmological structure formation and the astrophysical processes that make dark matter halos observable. We develop a framework connecting the linear matter power spectrum to the mass variance, peak height, halo mass function (HMF), cumulative halo abundance, and observable galaxy and AGN population
ER visits from people born outside the U.S. dropped after ICE raids
A new study found that visits by people born outside of the U.S. to three LA emergency rooms dropped precipitously after ICE raids increased last year.
Jacksonville State vs. Kennesaw State prediction, odds, time: Week 6 CFB Wednesday picks by proven model
SportsLine's model revealed its best bets for the Wednesday Conference USA matchup featuring the Jacksonville State Gamecocks vs. Kennesaw State Owls
Coco Gauff says online racist abuse was ‘draining’ after China Open exit
Coco Gauff admits the racism she suffered during China Open exhausted her after US tennis star missed out on quarters.
Measuring Gift Card Program Incrementality via Causal Data Fusion
Businesses regularly offer gift card programs to drive customer spending and increase engagement. A central question is how much incremental revenue these programs generate, and which channels drive it most efficiently. Measuring the incremental revenue associated with a gift card program is a challenging problem in causal inference, requiring a firm to infer how much each customer would have spent if they never received a gift card. Observational data on past customer purchasing behavior reveal
Jimmy Kimmel Turns Donald Trump’s Controversy Back Against Him, Threatens To Report Him
Jimmy Kimmel turned Donald Trump’s remarks about Los Angeles and San Diego into a joke about media outrage and political hypocrisy.
Insight Partners leads Stuut's $52.5M Series B for AI order-to-cash
Businesses have $16 trillion stuck in unpaid invoices. Stuut, backed by a16z and Microsoft's M12, raises a $52.5M Series B to go after it.
Best Turntable 2026: Great vinyl spinners tested and ranked
For those looking for the best turntable to start a collection or replace an old player, this list covers all budgets and experience levels
NASA sent 10 million cinnamon basil seeds into orbit aboard Endeavour in 2007; the project brought space-flown seeds into classrooms and helped nearly 1 million students test plant-growing designs
could humans one day grow plants on the Moon?
Language-model ratings of depression reflect the rater more than the patient
Depression has no diagnostic blood test. Language models promise tireless, consistent assessment, but can accurate raters disagree about individuals? We pre-registered 880 language-model raters, crossing 11 open models with prompting and scoring choices, and applied them to 189 interviews against the eight-item Patient Health Questionnaire. Model choice explained 30.0% of summed-symptom score variance, stable participant differences 10.5%. Two randomly drawn raters with area under the receiver o
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Millions of Pakistanis get government fuel relief but some miss out
Pakistan has subsidised petrol for millions, but some economists caution that those most needing help are left out.
The internet is building an AI cinematic universe out of Sam Altman and Dario Amodei
In the real world, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are industry rivals, often butting heads about philosophical divides and competition. But on X, the tech billionaires dance beside one another in music videos and even star on HBO-like dramas together. In the latest bizarre trend to hit social media, people are using the same technology that Altman and Amodei create to poke fun at the duo and dramatize their differences. In one example, Amodei is sporting a blue ca
Travis Barker Shares Photos From Hospital With Kourtney Kardashian, Alabama Barker by His Side
Travis Barker shared photos of himself in a hospital bed, where he was kept company by wife Kourtney Kardashian as well as his daughter Alabama Barker.