In today’s newsletter: When a passenger plane plunges 17,000ft amid claims of terrorism, hijacking and geopolitical intrigue, Guardian journalists have to try and separate fact from fiction in real timeGood morning. Shoc…
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World
The diplomatic fallout comes as Ethiopian forces battle rebel fighters across northern region.
Redundancy process suggests home of Gavin and Stacey and Fleabag could go online-only again in £500m cuts pushThe BBC has started a redundancy process in its TV and streaming division, heightening staff fears that Matt B…
Swiss glaciers have lost more than 5 percent of their ice, threatening the country’s alpine economy.
Rescuers recovered eight more bodies on Thursday from the area of an avalanche that swept through a mountain camp.
Riot police in Chile’s capital deployed tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of students.
Balad party leader Sami Abu Shehadeh has withdrawn from the October 27 Knesset election.
Eritrea has severed diplomatic ties with Ethiopia after Addis Ababa closed its embassy in Asmara
Iran calls on Iraq to remove flight curbs after US sanctions, in a move that has strained bilateral ties.
Fortnite and Minecraft also told to 'lift their game' by online safety regulator.
NSW police allege the men, aged 18, 19 and 20, broke into homes in Arncliffe and Bankstown this week before assaulting the women aged 31 and 32Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news e…
The FAO official said he was told his contract would not be renewed over an alleged breach of impartiality on Gaza.
02
Business
Fuel prices have been steadily rising since the US-Iran war began in February.
Most of the betting industry is urging the chancellor not to double slot machine duty to raise up to £460m more a yearGambling industry kingpins are fuming about reports that the chancellor, John Healey, is considering i…
The government says sitting together can currently cost a parent and child up to £104 on a return journey.
Four astronauts pulled up at International Space Station after eight-hour express flight led by Jessica WatkinsFour astronauts pulled up at the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday after launching on an eight-ho…
If a chatbot prompt like ‘find Australian medicine statistics’ results in a website breach, the responsibility does not lie with a piece of codeThe recent panic about a breach of Medicare computer security by an “AI agen…
The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.
A growing number of people are opting out of these schemes due to cost-of-living pressures.
Cuban exiles in Florida are increasingly hopeful that regime change in Cuba is now on the horizon.
The craft beer market is saturated and tastes are changing. Brewers are coming with innovative ways to attract customers.
Several self-inflicted mistakes have cost the biggest sportswear brand on the planet in recent years.
The work group comprises Boeing's largest white-collar union.
Shares of toymaker Mattel rose Thursday after the Wall Street Journal reported that Authentic Brands Group had expressed interest in buying the toy maker.
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IT / AI
Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1097401/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49928121 Points: 210 # Comments: 137
Apple's rumored push into smart home tech could include a smart home security camera that only gives users text event descriptions instead of video footage. Mark Gurman said in the first episode of the Power On podcast t…
A physical model show that iron dust and sulfuric acid create the right properties.
With Crew-13, Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a mission into space.
It has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.
The court acknowledges AI search comes with consequences, but it's not an antitrust issue.
Guided Vision is launching in Gemini Live on compatible Android devices today to use AI to give real-time audio descriptions of anything you point your phone's camera at. By sharing your camera in Gemini Live, you can ha…
Article URL: https://earendil.com/posts/pi-1-0/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49926069 Points: 305 # Comments: 109
Related: Pi 1.0 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49926069 - Oct 2026 (184 comments) Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49925969 Points: 287 # Comments: 35
Android Central, a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing. Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Centra…
Autonomous vehicle designers have to worry about riders getting frisky in public.
04
Film
The slow rolling piano echo through the hall like a rhapsody from the deep. The sound is rich, lustrous, bottom-heavy, grand. And that voice! Winter sings in a low baritone (and occasionally a high one) of astonishing po…
Ben Affleck plays a Brentwood businessman running for Los Angeles mayor in the new thriller “Animals.” The Oscar winner, who directed and co-wrote the film, is also a longtime political activist who has supported the pre…
Throughout his decades-long film career, Tom Cruise's characters have often been some sort of savior. But is that once again the case in Digger?
Ken Urker, the partner of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and father of their child, was found dead Thursday in Raceland, Louisiana. He was 34. Captain Brennan Matherne of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Department said in a stateme…
After unloading his AI firm on Netflix earlier this year, Ben Affleck is showing off the tech in action with his latest project. The 2x Oscar winner recently revealed that he “did use” artificial intelligence “for lots o…
Pakistan has selected Mo Naqvi’s nonfiction action thriller Hanging By a Wire as its official entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards, the first time the country has chosen a documentary for that distinct…
When you enter RM x SFMOMA: Between You and Me, it’s almost impossible not to think about the person whose name appears everywhere. RM (short for Rap Monster) is, after all, one of the most recognizable musicians in the …
After spinning his last web in Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage wants to see the MCU bring better storytelling back to the superhero genre. The Oscar winner compared the MCU’s current slate of projects to “a well-funded and glo…
Although Facebook has played a big role in recent U.S. politics, Aaron Sorkin didn’t want to make The Social Reckoning a political statement. The Oscar winner noted that although he “was never asked” to omit Trump from h…
Big Brother USA wrapped another season on CBS, and host Julie Chen Moonves announced the network had renewed the competition series for two more seasons. After announcing the winner of Season 28, Moonves confirmed the re…
Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s documentary thriller “Hanging by a Wire” has been selected as Pakistan’s submission for the international feature film Oscar at the 99th Academy Awards, marking the first time a documentary has repre…
Donna Langley, chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment, is not a fan of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery combining. “I think it is bad. I think it’s bad for everything,” she said bluntly, addressing the feature film m…
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