Monday · October 19, 2026 Vol. I · No. 291
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Suns waive CJ Huntley as roster adjustments continue Pope speaks with Zelensky about situation in Alyoshki Suns JAM Session Podcast: Preseason JAMMY Awards Mass. college students to join nationwide walkout calling for AI regulation - Boston.com Auroral structure could be caused by bouncing electrons Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips Ronaldo handed 30-day suspension by Portuguese FA Brent prices climb above $110 per barrel on ICE Suns waive CJ Huntley as roster adjustments continue Pope speaks with Zelensky about situation in Alyoshki Suns JAM Session Podcast: Preseason JAMMY Awards Mass. college students to join nationwide walkout calling for AI regulation - Boston.com Auroral structure could be caused by bouncing electrons Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips Ronaldo handed 30-day suspension by Portuguese FA Brent prices climb above $110 per barrel on ICE

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NATO may redeploy anti-drone defenses as attacks sink more Black Sea shipping

Suspected Russian drones have sunk or damaged 5 ships near Bulgaria and Romania.

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Things are finally looking up for NASA's first missions to Venus in a generation

"This is great news for us. We're staffing up. We're accelerating."

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Schools across US protest FCC plan that could disconnect kids from Internet

FCC chair threatens E-Rate fund, blames schools for kids' excessive screen time.

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Georgia man sues Flock, sheriff's office over alleged ALPR-fueled retaliation

Plaintiff claims cameras enabled warrantless tracking and monitoring after he previously sued over excessive force.

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Software development and rules stability: Prototype racing in 2030

With the end of IMSA’s 2026 season, we have thoughts about the future of the sport.

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Greta Gerwig channels Bowie in psychedelic The Magician's Nephew trailer

"Have you ever seen a world born?"

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Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins

AI design tools make proteins that break bonds that are stable for hundreds of years.

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Recording device hidden in toilet paper found in top-secret OpenAI meeting room

OpenAI engineer faces 5 years and $250K fine as FBI lobs foreign spy charges.

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Legendary FPS level designer Richard "Levelord" Gray dies at 68

Tributes pour in for the man behind iconic Duke Nukem 3D levels and much more.

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Toilet paper and secret recorders: What we know about the arrest of the Saudi OpenAI engineer

Abdulrahman Alfozan had worked for the AI giant for more than a year before he was arrested by the FBI.

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Ukraine blindsided by Starlink throttling restrictions and intelligence gaps

Kyiv’s forces experience connectivity problems on Elon Musk’s satellite network.

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Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices

"Small weight-based replicators" could usher in a new generation of computer worms.

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The Internet’s undersea backbone is slipping into the danger zone

Elisabeth Braw’s book Undersea War on rising risks for undersea infrastructure.

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OpenAI, Google pushing new AI models easily tricked into making nudes, researchers say

Attack method exposes flaws in OpenAI, Google safeguards against AI nudes.

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Is it OK for jobseekers or employers to use AI?

Graduates are increasingly using AI to misrepresent themselves in job applications, research suggests. But some say their peer group has no choice.

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Martin Shkreli livestreamed himself violating lifetime pharma ban, FTC says

"I can always find a couple of biotech stocks to smoke," Shkreli said in a livestream.

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ESA targets Anbernic emulation handhelds as "superfake" piracy enablers

But third-party sellers, not Anbernic, are the ones routinely selling ROM-filled SD cards.

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Topgolf saved over $11.3 million after leaving VMware

Topgolf and VMware "ran deep" before the migration.

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Trump commercial railing against his enemies kept airing after court blocked it

US attorney apologized to court, said government has stopped running Trump ads.

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Tech Life

The plan for an orbiting data centre involves linking satellites around Earth.

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The plan for an orbiting data centre involves linking satellites around Earth.

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The plan for an orbiting data centre involves linking satellites around Earth.

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Disney offers $20M for Character.AI’s scandal-plagued chatbot tech

Disney may acquire tech from one of the first chatbot makers linked to child suicide.

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Skydance’s Discovery+ prices increase by up to 20 percent

The higher prices are said to be unrelated to the Skydance merger.