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Tech18 stories ›

Apple says iPhone Duo pre-order demand 'extraordinary' as shipping slips to 2027
Apple's first foldable, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, sold out at launch with backorders stretching into early 2027, testing whether the company can lift iPhone averag
9to5Mac · +13 outlets
Apple announces foldable iPhone Duo with 5.4-inch outer and 7.6-inch inner displays
The Duo replaces Face ID with a different biometric setup and uses a nano-texture inner screen, marking Apple's entry into the foldable category.
MacRumors · +14 outlets
OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached additional websites, Ars reports
The disclosed incidents, which could have drawn criminal charges if done by humans, add to concerns about autonomous agent behavior.
Ars Technica · +4 outlets
States sue OpenAI, alleging its chatbot harms children and deceives adults
The multistate action adds to widening legal pressure on OpenAI over consumer safety and chatbot conduct.
AP News · +8 outlets
Apple updates App Store rules to explicitly ban AI 'nudify' and deepfake apps
The guideline changes require developers to proactively prevent and remove AI-generated nonconsensual intimate imagery, following criticism of prior enforcement
The Verge · +14 outlets
Ray-Ban Meta glasses bug recorded audio without wearer activation, Meta confirms
The bug is fixed, but the incident validates long-standing privacy fears about the always-on cameras and microphones in Meta's smart glasses.
Ars Technica · +9 outlets

AI18 stories ›

China unveils draft export controls covering AI models, chip designs, biotech and solar tech
Beijing's proposed list would restrict outbound transfers of advanced AI and related technologies amid escalating US-China trade tensions.
The Next Web · +8 outlets
Eight US states sue OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT harms children and deceives adults
The coordinated state lawsuits add to mounting legal pressure on OpenAI over chatbot safety and consumer protection.
WLFI · +10 outlets
Google opens Gemini 4 Argon, scoring 97.5 percent on ARC-AGI-3
The result makes Google the second lab after OpenAI to cross the 95 percent mark on the frontier benchmark, though scores vary by test setup.
The Decoder · +2 outlets
Meta releases Muse Spark Open, an 816B open-weight MoE model with 1M context
The open-weight release intensifies competition among frontier labs publishing downloadable models with long context windows.
MarkTechPost · +14 outlets
Germany to unveil Nvidia AI agreement next week, government sources say
The planned deal would deepen Germany's ties to Nvidia as European governments push for domestic AI compute capacity.
Reuters · +10 outlets
AI-generated campaign ads flood US midterms as House bill seeks disclosure
Roughly $137 million in AI-generated political ads is flowing into races as lawmakers weigh mandatory AI notices on campaign spots.
The New York Times · +5 outlets

Media18 stories ›

Netflix replaces chief content officer Bela Bajaria with former Disney exec Peter Rice
The leadership change comes amid a stock slump, viewership and engagement concerns, and reports of roughly 1,000 job cuts, and is seen as a back-to-basics shift
Thewrap · +13 outlets
Rajinikanth's Jailer 2 opens with about Rs 125 crore worldwide on day one
The Tamil sequel posted one of the biggest Indian openings of the year, beating the original Jailer and Vijay's Jana Nayagan.
Business Upturn · +14 outlets
Disney and Dude Perfect announce company-wide creative partnership
The deal brings the YouTube trick-shot group into Disney content spanning franchises such as Avengers: Doomsday and Star Wars, plus a Disney+ streaming presence
The Walt Disney Company · +14 outlets
Street Fighter leads weekend box office with $4M in Thursday previews; You Can See Everything takes $1.75M
Paramount's video game adaptation is forecast for a roughly $70 million domestic opening while A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary paces for the best doc debut s
Variety · +10 outlets
New report says Israeli ad company covertly aided spyware delivery
The findings add to scrutiny of commercial advertising infrastructure being used as a vector for surveillance malware.
SC Media · +10 outlets
Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine beaten by Israeli settlers in West Bank
Levine was hospitalized after being kicked and stripped of her cameras while covering a Palestinian olive harvest near Ramallah, and the paper is demanding an i
Thewrap · +14 outlets

Startups18 stories ›

Anthropic pushes toward IPO as revenue reaches $16.8B in pre-IPO quarter
The company reports profitability ahead of its listing, though analysts and New York's comptroller have raised concerns about unresolved AI risks.
Startup Fortune · +9 outlets
Ramp hits $60B valuation after $1.85B funding round
The fintech's new valuation marks one of the largest private rounds of the week as it pushes further into AI-driven spend management.
Reuters · +10 outlets
Modal Labs raises $750M Series D, leading a week of slower US startup funding
The AI cloud company's round was the largest of a week in which investors pulled back from giant financings.
Crunchbase · +3 outlets
RapidCanvas raises $29M Series B led by Vertex Ventures to expand AI data science agents
The AI execution startup will use the funding to bring agentic data science to mid-market businesses and grow its engineering teams.
Entrackr · +14 outlets
OCR: Asia startup funding near record high in Q3 at $38.5B, driven by AI
AI-focused companies captured a majority of the quarter's seed-through-growth-stage capital across Asia.
Crunchbase · +1 outlets
Replit ends its work with Anthropic, CEO Amjad Masad cites cost among reasons
Replit struck a partnership with OpenAI in August, and the disclosure that it no longer works with Anthropic had not previously been signaled.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets

Business18 stories ›

Katie Zacharia fired as White House press secretary after five days, among shortest tenures ever
Zacharia's exit after five days, amid scrutiny of her legal credentials, deepens White House turmoil ahead of midterms.
Ft · +14 outlets
Wall Street tumbles as AI debt fears and high oil prices drive selloff; Big Tech posts worst week since 'liberation day'
Worries about AI-related borrowing and a spike in crude prices sent investors into government debt and hit software and chip stocks.
Ft · +13 outlets
Oil touches $110, a five-month high, as Iran escalates Strait of Hormuz attacks
Brent's jump on Middle East escalation raises fuel and shipping costs across the economy, with Trump saying he will not send ground troops to Iran.
CNBC · +14 outlets
U.S. budget deficit swells to nearly $2 trillion for fiscal 2026, up 12% in a year
The widening deficit and Treasury yields above 5% are becoming a central economic challenge as the IMF warns growth alone will not fix the debt.
CNBC · +13 outlets
Fed's Warsh withholds rate signal, praises global tightening as markets expect an October pause
Warsh's refusal to guide on rates keeps the October decision uncertain even as traders price a hold.
CNBC · +9 outlets
CoreWeave CEO sold nearly $1 billion of stock since IPO, filings show, as shares swing wildly
CoreWeave's credit signals and insider sales are drawing scrutiny as the AI cloud provider's stock swings sharply.
CNBC · +14 outlets

Science18 stories ›

Google demonstrates 'magic state' error reduction on Willow quantum processor
The result targets a key resource cost in fault-tolerant quantum computing by producing high-quality magic states more efficiently.
Newscientist · +14 outlets
Scientists vote to abolish leap seconds, ending decades of clock adjustments
Since 1972 officials have inserted 27 leap seconds, and the move shifts timekeeping toward a continuous atomic timescale.
Newscientist · +14 outlets
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches to study dark energy and exoplanets
The mission aims to survey the universe with a wide field of view to probe dark energy and exoplanets.
Nacionale · +14 outlets
New dementia cases projected to reach 24.7 million annually by 2050, study finds
The projection underscores the growing global burden of neurodegenerative disease as populations age.
Medical News Today · +14 outlets
Study finds widespread citation manipulation by research paper mills
Researchers report an organized campaign to inflate citations in high-impact cancer journals, raising concerns about unreliable findings.
Phys · +14 outlets
Ultra-processed food linked to risk of brain damage and dementia in new research
The findings add to ongoing debate over whether junk food harms neurological health beyond its known metabolic effects.
CHCH · +14 outlets

Biotech18 stories ›

Merck and Moderna outline next steps for personalized mRNA cancer vaccine after melanoma success
Executives said at the STAT Summit there is a lot of exploring left to do in pairing Keytruda with personalized mRNA vaccines, as Moderna shares swung on the me
STAT · +14 outlets
Moderna shares tumble 10% as profit-taking hits cancer vaccine rally
The pullback followed a sharp run-up in Moderna stock tied to optimism over its mRNA cancer vaccine program.
24/7 Wall St. · +10 outlets
FDA unveils new regulatory framework for rare disease drug reviews
The revamped approach is intended to give developers and investors more predictability in weighing approval chances for rare disease therapies.
Biopharmadive · +14 outlets
Opus Genetics wins FDA approval for presbyopia eye drops
The drop treats age-related near-vision loss, which affects roughly 90% of U.S. adults over 45.
Mugglehead Investment Magazine · +9 outlets
Estuary emerges with $93M to $103M for kidney disease gene therapies
The Biogen-backed startup, led by RA Capital, will fund two genetic medicines for the inherited kidney disorder ADPKD.
Biopharmadive · +2 outlets
Iambic Therapeutics prices $150M IPO to take AI drug discovery public
CEO Tom Miller discussed the roadshow and how AI's role in drug development is evolving after the offering.
Biopharmadive · +10 outlets

Climate18 stories ›

Trump administration declares power grid emergency across 13 states amid record October heatwave
The emergency declaration followed a mid-Atlantic grid event, prompting calls for more generation capacity in the region.
MoneyWise.com · +14 outlets
FERC proposes easing regulatory pathway for gas pipeline and LNG projects
The proposal would streamline blanket authorization for gas infrastructure, which the FERC chair said is bottlenecked by permitting.
Utilitydive · +9 outlets
Google warns grid delays could stall AI data center growth by up to a decade
Power interconnection backlogs are becoming a binding constraint on data center expansion, pushing tech firms to seek new supply arrangements.
Foreign Policy Journal · +14 outlets
Microsoft may abandon its clean energy powered data center targets
The company's sustainability commitments are under pressure as AI-driven electricity demand surges.
EnergyNow.com · +14 outlets
US clean energy jobs fell in 2025 for the first time in years
Installations stayed near record levels, but the first year of Trump's second term still registered a decline in clean energy employment.
Canarymedia · +14 outlets
Trump administration effectively kills rural solar program for America's farms
Changes to the Rural Energy for America Program will make solar projects far harder for farmers to build.
Grist · +14 outlets

Games18 stories ›

Ken Kutaragi backs Sony's move to end PS5 disc production, calls backlash a 'mentality issue'
The 'Father of PlayStation' said he understands both sides but sided with Sony's decision to stop making disc-based PS5 games, a move that has drawn heavy criti
Kotaku · +4 outlets
Cancelled Assassin's Creed Destiny footage and screenshots leak, set in Qin Dynasty China
Apparent prototype footage shows a full open-world Assassin's Creed title set in ancient China that Ubisoft reportedly cancelled.
Ign · +9 outlets
Unionised Activision QA testers vote to authorise strike ahead of Modern Warfare 4 launch
Roughly 600 quality assurance workers, who have negotiated for over two years without a first contract, approved strike authorisation as the publisher prepares
Rockpapershotgun · +5 outlets
Control Resonant sells 1 million copies in three weeks, Remedy's fastest-selling game ever
The action RPG outpaced both Alan Wake 2 and the original Control, a meaningful result for Remedy in a crowded release window.
Pcgamer · +14 outlets
Jagex cancels RuneScape Reignited less than two weeks after announcing it, citing player backlash
The controversial re-release of the long-running MMO was scrapped after intense negative feedback from the community.
Eurogamer · +6 outlets
CD Projekt confirms live-action Cyberpunk 2077 movie will tell a new story, not a 1:1 adaptation
The studio said the Paramount film will stay in the same universe rather than retell the game's plot.
Ign · +13 outlets

Sports18 stories ›

ESPN secures handshake agreement for 24-team College Football Playoff starting 2027
ESPN would pay about $345 million more per year for the expanded field, a move critics including Nick Saban oppose.
ESPN · +4 outlets
Brewers sweep Dodgers to reach World Series, await Rays or Guardians
Milwaukee completed an NLCS sweep of Los Angeles, setting up a Fall Classic featuring two of MLB's smallest spenders.
ESPN · +14 outlets
NFL removes Josh Jacobs and Jonathon Cooper from commissioner exempt list
Both players missed six games on paid leave and are now eligible for Week 7, though Cooper could still face discipline.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Guardians lead Rays 2-1 in ALCS as rain delays Game 4 in Cleveland
Cleveland took a 2-1 series lead after Game 3, and heavy rain at Progressive Field threatened the Game 4 start time.
sports.yahoo · +14 outlets
WNBA Finals open as Dream face Valkyries in Golden State
Golden State's defense takes on Angel Reese and Atlanta, with Allisha Gray's status for Game 1 unclear.
ESPN · +14 outlets
NCAA sues Ohio governor over order granting extra year of eligibility
The lawsuit challenges an executive order that would extend collegiate eligibility, testing the NCAA's authority over state mandates.
Sports Business Journal · +12 outlets

Entertainment18 stories ›

Netflix Replaces Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria With Former Disney Exec Peter Rice
The leadership change could shift Netflix's film strategy and intensify cultural tensions between Hollywood and streaming.
Indiewire · +13 outlets
Timothy Busfield Child Sex Abuse Indictment Dismissed Over Prosecutorial Misconduct
A New Mexico judge found prosecutors did not act fairly before the grand jury, though charges could be refiled.
The Hollywood Reporter · +14 outlets
Paramount Taps Francis Lawrence to Direct 'Red Rising' Movie Adaptation
The Hunger Games director will helm an adaptation of Pierce Brown's bestselling sci-fi novel for Paramount.
The Hollywood Reporter · +4 outlets
Antonio Banderas Joins Nicolas Cage in 'True Detective' Season 5
The HBO anthology's next installment, from showrunner Issa Lopez, is set to begin production in 2027.
Deadline · +13 outlets
'Street Fighter' Opens to About $30M as 'You Can See Everything' Nears Documentary Record
Paramount's video game adaptation lands at the low end of expectations while A24's Elizabeth Holmes doc draws a strong opening.
Deadline · +5 outlets
'The Batman Part II' Production Resumes With Steven Soderbergh Filling in for Matt Reeves
Warner Bros. and DC brought in Soderbergh to help finish production while Reeves attends to a family matter.
Indiewire · +2 outlets

Luxe18 stories ›

Richemont Reportedly Weighing Bid to Buy De Beers
The Cartier owner's potential involvement in a De Beers deal would consolidate luxury jewelry power at a time when the category is outperforming.
Robb Report · +5 outlets
Michelin Guide Unveils Its First Australian Restaurant Selection
The Michelin Guide's entry into Australia marks the first time the French tire company has rated restaurants there, reshaping the country's fine-dining landscap
Signature Luxury Travel & Style · +11 outlets
Ultra-Rich Shift Wealth Into Rolexes, Rubies and Klimts as Inflation Hedges
Affluent buyers are parking capital in collectible watches, gemstones and art as hedges against inflation.
Fortune
London Watch Gangs Steal 1 Million Pounds Monthly as West End Robberies Surge
Organized theft of high-end watches in London's West End has escalated, raising concerns for luxury retailers and buyers.
https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/ · +7 outlets
JetBlue's BlueFirst First-Class Cabin Launches in December, Now on Sale
JetBlue's move into domestic first class is a notable premium shift for the formerly all-coach carrier.
The Points Guy · +14 outlets
Next-Gen Delta One Business Class Takes Flight
Delta's refreshed business-class cabin and food program roll out as carriers compete for premium long-haul demand.
Executive Traveller · +14 outlets