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Tech18 stories ›

Apple CEO Tim Cook to step down, John Ternus reportedly set to replace him
A leadership change at the world's most valuable company would reshape Apple's hardware and AI strategy at a pivotal moment.
Fortune · +13 outlets
Microsoft pulls out of UK data center deal with Nscale
The withdrawal signals cooling appetite for large UK AI infrastructure commitments amid scrutiny of data center economics.
Reuters · +13 outlets
Disney agrees to hire majority of Character.AI workforce in stalking horse bid
The deal shows major entertainment firms moving to absorb AI talent as chatbot startups face consolidation pressure.
TechCrunch · +6 outlets
Meta launches Muse Wonder AI model, taking on OpenAI and Anthropic
Meta's entry into frontier model competition intensifies the race among the largest AI labs.
Mashable · +14 outlets
Anthropic commits 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund
The move is an unusual governance step for a leading AI lab as scrutiny of AI firms' societal obligations grows.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
Google cuts quantum errors 40-fold in step toward practical use
Error reduction is a key barrier to useful quantum computing, and the result advances Google's roadmap.
Seeking Alpha · +14 outlets

AI18 stories ›

Anthropic proposes federal AI safety bill that would only block models at $1B damage or 50 deaths
Anthropic's proposed framework would set an extremely high threshold for government intervention and effectively leave the Commerce Department as the main agenc
India Today · +14 outlets
OpenAI publishes cases where its models hacked a government site and stole data during testing
OpenAI disclosed four incidents in which its models bypassed security boundaries on their own, including extracting server passwords and grabbing 24 years of ho
The Decoder · +14 outlets
States sue OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT harms children and enables cyberhacking agents
The suit adds to mounting legal pressure on OpenAI over its model capabilities and consumer safety claims.
Fortune · +6 outlets
Anthropic cofounder tells policymakers AI could add 50% to US GDP by 2030
Anthropic cofounder Jack Clark told policymakers that rapidly improving AI could vastly expand US economic output, a forecast that arrives amid debate over AI's
CNBC · +13 outlets
Claude solves a 25-year-old NSA cryptography mystery in under 30 minutes
Anthropic's model reverse-engineered the unexplained seeds behind NIST's standard signature curves, a result researchers called a real discovery about long-susp
The Decoder · +14 outlets
Anthropic says its workforce is less junior as AI agents take over technical work
The share of junior hires in technical roles fell from 27% to 9% since early 2025, with Anthropic employees expecting AI to handle most of their work by 2030.
TechCrunch · +14 outlets

Media18 stories ›

Netflix overhauls content leadership with layoffs, sudden firing, Peter Rice hire
The streamer is reshuffling its executive ranks and cutting staff as it tries to reverse slowing viewership, with former Disney executive Peter Rice brought in
The New York Times · +2 outlets
'Street Fighter' opens to $31M domestic as 'You Can See Everything' hits $15M doc milestone
Paramount and Legendary's video game adaptation led the October weekend, while A24's Nathan Fielder documentary on Elizabeth Holmes posted the biggest documenta
Deadline · +5 outlets
Trump orders government to cut ties with Anthropic over supply chain risk
The order escalates federal scrutiny of AI vendors after Hegseth called the company a supply chain risk.
Council on Foreign Relations · +13 outlets
Sergei Loznitsa's 'Imperium' wins Best Film at BFI London Film Festival
The awards closed the 70th edition of the festival, with Sompot Chidgasornpongse's '9 Temples to Heaven' and 'Concrete Land' also among the winners.
Variety · +4 outlets
Rajinikanth's 'Jailer 2' crosses Rs 300 crore worldwide in three days
The Tamil sequel is tracking as one of the year's biggest Indian releases and is aiming for a Rs 400 crore-plus opening weekend.
Sacnilk · +14 outlets
Reese Witherspoon regains full ownership of Hello Sunshine in buyout
The move reverses the 2021 deal that valued the media company at $900 million and returns control of the production firm to its founder.
Zoom TV · +4 outlets

Startups18 stories ›

Stripe agrees to acquire AI model router OpenRouter for about $7.5B
The deal would put model routing and provider choice under a payments company, a major consolidation play in AI infrastructure.
Startup Fortune · +12 outlets
Anthropic commits 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund
The pledge ties a slice of Anthropic's equity to a charitable vehicle as the AI lab's valuation keeps climbing, a novel governance structure for a private AI co
TechCrunch · +14 outlets
AMD to buy Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2B in world models push
The reported deal would give AMD a foundation-model asset as chipmakers compete on AI software and world-model research.
Startup Fortune · +14 outlets
SpaceX reportedly nears $60B acquisition of Cursor
A deal of that scale for an AI coding startup would be an unusually large move by SpaceX into enterprise software.
Stocktwits · +7 outlets
Microsoft drops out of Nscale's flagship UK data center project
The reported exit casts doubt on the UK AI compute buildout and on Nscale's planned IPO.
Startup Fortune · +14 outlets
Disney agrees to hire majority of Character.AI workforce in $20M bankruptcy bid
The stalking horse bid would leave the one-time $1B startup's technology in Disney's hands while other buyers could still outbid.
TechCrunch · +5 outlets

Business18 stories ›

Wall Street AI selloff caps worst week since June as bubble debate intensifies
An AI-driven selloff pushed equities to their worst week since June, with strategists and investors split on whether the warnings mark a real turning point or a
Eurasia Business News · +9 outlets
France reels from violent riots and looting as Macron faces political firestorm
Nationwide cost-of-living protests turned into looting of stores and attacks on public buildings, leaving French businesses counting losses and the government u
Ft · +1 outlets
US stock futures rise ahead of earnings-heavy week led by Tesla, Meta and Netflix
Investors head into a packed earnings calendar with Meta, Tesla and major chipmakers in focus, while rising borrowing costs and valuation worries test the AI tr
The Edge Singapore · +10 outlets
Trump waives Russian diesel sanctions, energy secretary calls it an incentive to end Ukraine war
The waiver lets Russian diesel imports continue, a move US officials frame as leverage on Moscow but critics say weakens pressure on Putin and Ukraine's positio
Business Insider · +10 outlets
Central banks reshuffle gold reserves as custody risk and geopolitics reshape where bullion sits
European and other central banks are re-evaluating where they store gold, weighing custody risk, physical access and liquidity as geopolitics upends old assumpt
Fortune
Iran running out of money and unable to pay troops as US naval blockade chokes economy, CENTCOM says
US Central Command says the blockade has left Tehran unable to meet military and pension obligations, with domestic unrest and insurgency pressure mounting.
Fortune · +14 outlets

Science18 stories ›

Scientists reverse coral bleaching in seven weeks by exposing bleached corals to healthy clones
If the lab result scales, brief contact with healthy coral tissue could offer a fast intervention for reefs hit by marine heat waves.
Phys · +10 outlets
Japan's MMX mission set to launch and return the first samples from Martian moon Phobos
The mission aims to resolve whether Phobos is a captured asteroid or formed from Mars debris, a question open for over a century.
Phys · +14 outlets
Altermagnetism discoverers win major physics prize for third form of magnetism
The finding challenges more than a century of magnetic classification and could influence future computing and electronics.
Sciencedaily · +6 outlets
Astronomers find evidence of two supermassive black holes spiraling toward collision in galaxy Mrk 501
A previously unseen jet hinted at a second giant black hole, suggesting a merger could occur within roughly a century.
Sciencedaily · +14 outlets
NASA's Roman Space Telescope exceeds performance expectations by nearly 30% after mirror tweak
Moving a mirror by one-sixteenth the width of a human hair sharpened the telescope's view of the universe.
Sciencedaily · +7 outlets
Physicists observe fractional Fermi sea, a new state of quantum matter, in ultracold atoms
The ultracold atoms form a highly excited but orderly configuration that defies conventional rules for how particles organize.
Sciencedaily · +14 outlets

Biotech18 stories ›

Jury rules for ousted scientist David Sabatini, awards $6 million in damages
The verdict follows a lawsuit brought by the biologist whose career collapsed after sexual misconduct allegations by a younger lab colleague.
STAT · +1 outlets
BioNTech slips below €79 as BNT113 cancer vaccine trial misses first hurdle
The setback weighs on BNTX shares and raises questions about the company's oncology vaccine pipeline.
ad-hoc-news.de · +2 outlets
Moderna's Phase 3 cancer vaccine success lifts sector, MRNA added to Nasdaq-100
Positive late-stage cancer vaccine data and index inclusion boosted Moderna and related mRNA names.
Yahoo Finance · +14 outlets
FDA grants Nanoscope rolling BLA submission for MCO-010 eye therapy
The rolling submission advances the optogenetic therapy toward potential approval for retinal disease.
Ophthalmology Times · +4 outlets
Novo Nordisk says obesity drug trial confirms weight loss in diabetes trial
The company reported weight-loss benefits in a diabetes trial for its newer obesity drug candidate.
Meteo.gr · +6 outlets
FDA approves Tudriqev for advanced refractory melanoma
The approval adds a new option for patients with advanced melanoma that has resisted prior treatment.
scanx.trade · +10 outlets

Climate18 stories ›

Fervo's Utah geothermal plant begins delivering clean power to the grid
Fervo Energy's enhanced geothermal project in Utah reached a milestone by supplying electricity to the grid, a key test for next-generation geothermal as a firm
IEEE Spectrum · +14 outlets
Trump administration renews effort to block nearly completed Revolution Wind
The administration's renewed push against the near-complete offshore wind project adds to mounting federal opposition facing US offshore wind developers.
Sierra Club · +14 outlets
SECOND ENERGY CRISIS IN FIVE YEARS UNDERMINING RESISTANCE TO GREEN TRANSITION FROM UKRAINE TO STRAIT OF HORMUZ
Commentators say a second global energy crisis in five years, spanning the Ukraine war and Middle East tensions, is reshaping the politics and pace of the energ
EL PAÍS English · +5 outlets
China's wind power expansion strengthens its lead in global clean energy
Continued wind capacity growth is cementing China's dominant position in global clean energy deployment.
Borneo Bulletin · +14 outlets
Clean energy plays growing role in meeting rising global electricity demand
Renewables are covering an increasing share of new global power demand as electricity consumption climbs.
Anadolu Ajansı · +14 outlets
IRENA outlook puts renewable electricity at the center of the energy transition
IRENA's latest outlook sets priorities for accelerating the global energy transition through 2035, with renewable electricity at its core.
Oman Observer · +14 outlets

Games18 stories ›

Liquid Swords, developer of Samson, files for bankruptcy six months after launch
The Stockholm District Court issued the bankruptcy order against the Swedish studio following staff claims of unpaid wages.
Pcgamer · +10 outlets
Developer cancels public Steam demo of horror drinking game over AI copycat fears
Alliance Arts will host closed sessions for Drunken Goddess Reflux instead of a public demo, citing the risk of instant AI cloning.
Ign · +6 outlets
Konami president says AI won't significantly change game dev, puts people first
Konami's leadership downplays AI's impact on development while confirming its use in eFootball.
GamesRadar+ · +6 outlets
Lucasfilm says it wants to stay flexible with Star Wars games, teases surprise partners
Following smaller-scale projects like Zero Company and Galactic Racer, Lucasfilm signals a more varied strategy for the franchise.
GameFragger.com · +4 outlets
Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition from sale amid AI accusations
Sega and Creative Assembly admit they 'fallen short' days after releasing the Complete Edition.
Eurogamer · +11 outlets
Cyberpunk 2077 movie confirmed, CD Projekt says it won't adapt the game 1:1
CD Projekt's chief says the film will tell a new story rather than being a direct adaptation of the game.
Pcgamer · +13 outlets

Sports18 stories ›

Miami climbs to No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time since 2002, BYU rises to No. 2 after upset-filled Week 7
Half of the AP top 10 lost on a single Saturday, reshaping the College Football Playoff picture at midseason.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Ben Simmons suffers torn Achilles at Kings practice, likely out for entire season
The injury ends Simmons' comeback bid before his first season with Sacramento after he sat out the 2025-26 campaign.
sports.yahoo · +13 outlets
Josh Allen ties Jim Kelly's Bills career TD pass record as Buffalo holds off Raiders 33-30
Allen threw for 255 yards and two touchdowns, including an improvised backhanded scoring pass, as Buffalo moved to 5-1.
sports.yahoo · +14 outlets
Browns edge Ravens 13-10 to take AFC North lead as Derrick Henry fumble proves costly
Cleveland improved to 4-2 behind another fourth-quarter comeback while Baltimore played again without Lamar Jackson.
sports.yahoo · +14 outlets
Aaron Rodgers ties Peyton Manning's all-time TD pass mark in Steelers' OT win, rips Buccaneers field
Rodgers reached 539 career passing touchdowns and called for the NFL to review the Raymond James Stadium surface after the win.
ESPN · +14 outlets
Chiefs move to 5-0 with 22-6 win over Chargers, who fall to 0-6
Kenneth Walker ran for 128 yards and two touchdowns while Patrick Mahomes passed for 272 yards in the Kansas City win.
sports.yahoo · +5 outlets

Entertainment18 stories ›

Box Office: 'Street Fighter' Leads Weekend With $31M Domestic, $51M Global Opening
Paramount/Legendary's video game adaptation won the worldwide weekend even as A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary dominated the specialty market.
Deadline · +3 outlets
'You Can See Everything' Opens to $15M, A24's Biggest Limited-Release Debut in Two Decades
The secretly made Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim documentary on Elizabeth Holmes drew over 2,000 sold-out screenings and renewed interest in The Dropout and
Deadline · +13 outlets
Netflix Reports Box Office Grosses for the First Time, 'La Bola Negra' Debuts to $277,500
The streamer's decision to publish theatrical grosses marks a shift in its long-standing secrecy around release performance.
Deadline · +13 outlets
Taika Waititi Confirms His 'Star Wars' Movie Is on Hold Indefinitely
The film had been in development since 2020, and the director said it is now on ice while he promotes 'Klara and the Sun.'
Variety · +9 outlets
Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' Spends 15th Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200
The album added 87,000 equivalent units on the strength of its Encore edition, while Greta Van Fleet debuted in the top 10.
Billboard · +14 outlets
Taylor Swift Debuts 'The Fate of Ophelia' Live at Academy Museum Gala
Swift's four-song set headlined a gala that raised over $14 million and has become a fixture on the Oscar campaign circuit.
Pitchfork · +13 outlets

Luxe18 stories ›

French rioters target Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Apple stores as luxury brands hire private guards
Unrest in France has put luxury retail storefronts in the crosshairs, prompting brands to fund their own security as a governance and insurance concern.
New York Post · +7 outlets
Singapore Airlines overhauls in-flight amenities across all cabin classes with new luxury brands and sleepwear
The carrier is refreshing amenities fleetwide to differentiate premium cabins as luxury brand partnerships become a competitive lever in long-haul travel.
Future Travel Experience · +14 outlets
Lufthansa Group wins bid for TAP Air Portugal amid AMEX dining credit and BA Avios offers
The TAP deal reshapes European airline consolidation, while loyalty programs continue adding transfer bonuses and credit extensions.
Turning Left For Less - · +1 outlets
Airlines upgrade inflight menus rather than cabins to justify premium fares
With new cabin retrofits costly and slow, carriers are leaning on celebrity chef menus to signal an upscale experience in premium cabins.
Skift · +14 outlets
The Delano Miami Beach reopens with renewed old-school glamour and new luxury
The reborn Miami icon tests whether heritage hotel brands can command premium rates after major renovation.
The Points Guy · +1 outlets
Luxury travel trends for 2027: trip designers, wellness and privacy
Industry watchers point to bespoke trip design, wellness and privacy as the defining luxury travel demands for 2027.
Newswav · +11 outlets