Western media under scrutiny for promoting Israeli narrative rather than standing up for vulnerable journalists in Gaza.
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World
The campaign is led in part by India's "Cockroach" youth movement, which previously forced the education minister to resign.
Pablo Quirno says move is part of government’s strategy to peacefully assert sovereignty over the islandsArgentina’s foreign minister has told an audience that included the British ambassador that his government would st…
Plague is still endemic to Siberia, the location of the first known prehistoric human outbreak.
State media cited investigators who said the network recruited people to ride motorcycles through neighborhoods at night, trapping up to 10 cats a night.
A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said.
Benjamin Davis appealing against dismissal from FAO, after being accused by director general of playing ‘political games’A former senior UN food agency official has alleged he was fired last week for his work highlightin…
Unprecedented protests that began in low-income banlieue are turning ugly, with investigations under way into police brutalityBefore dawn on Tuesday outside the Lycée Sophie-Germain in central Paris, hundreds of teenager…
Polls are showing that Democrats have a clear advantage heading into the midterms, but that doesn't tell the whole story. And, today, a mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. is set to close.
Protesters are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Jason Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner. For a company under intense scrutiny, there were no missteps Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to Sydney to give the company’s f…
Green Party leader Zack Polanski hopes to shake Labour, which has held Holborn since the seat was created in 1983.
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Business
The world's biggest chipmaker now manufactures at scale in Phoenix, as well as Taiwan. China is warning political leaders in Arizona to not get too friendly.
Paramount has faced competing bids and an antitrust hurdle since its earliest attempts to take over WBD. Here's a timeline of key events.
Dozens of people appear to have received a strange message from the clothing and beauty store's app.
President Trump has repeatedly called for Disney's ABC to fire late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, for mocking him. Trump has also routinely denounced ABC's The View, accusing it of being unfair.
The Paramount and Warner Bros. merger has survived court challenges, public protests and regulatory scrutiny. Now, the Hollywood heavyweight, named Skydance, begins operating.
The person was sentenced to 28 months in prison after an investigation found the claims were made up, the insurance trade body, the ABI said.
Euro extends last week’s 1.2% drop amid French debt fears and political uncertainty in EuropeGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.The euro remains und…
Top executive Jason Kwon tells hearing company has added "more precautions" to its training environments.
The threshold at which people start paying the higher income tax rate is also expected to increase.
In the internet age, medium-sized retail hubs are looking for new ways to survive and thrive.
Applications are being denied despite a change to make it easier, Jersey Consumer Council says.
Inhabitants of the Hebrides and Shetland tell of how fuel costs are putting the squeeze on commuting, services, food and moreAs fuel prices reach the highest level in the UK since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Scottish i…
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IT / AI
A rather strong "planetary wave" recently slammed into South America and is making its way toward California. In case you're worried about headlines warning of the supposedly "freak" phenomenon "bringing trouble," it's w…
During Amazon’s October sale, the Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL are discounted by $250 or more. The base model Pixel 11 Pro with 256GB of storage is only $849 (originally $1,099), $50 lower than the usual price for th…
Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days (also known as October Prime Day) is here, serving as a precursor to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There are a ton of good deals, and bundling them all into this package is the easiest way t…
Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event has begun, and it lasts through 3AM ET on Thursday, October 8th. We’ve spun through the company’s huge list of deals to find products that Verge readers will like (and that we personall…
An unsettling Alexa Plus bug has seen some Amazon Echo smart home speakers reduced to saying - and sometimes singing - nothing but "lalala" on repeat for minutes at a time, often in the middle of conversations with users…
Confession: When BougeRV told me about its remote-controlled wagon with animated lighting, I called it in for a laugh, expecting to eviscerate it in a review. It's ridiculous, to be sure. But the DuneRover also proved ve…
Article URL: https://www.vivienhenz.com/common-lisp Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49973598 Points: 203 # Comments: 242
The "old" version of Cowork runs model inference in the cloud, executing tool calls in an Anthropic-provided VM we shipped to your computer. We added the VM for capability, safety, and security reasons - mapping in just …
Google may be expanding its "Call for Me" AI feature beyond business calls so you can use it to send messages to friends and family. Android Authority reports finding a "Gemini Calling" introductory screen in an APK tear…
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Article URL: https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chatgpt-is-adding-real-cartoonists-signatures-to-fake-new-yorker-cartoons/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49971846 Points: 347 # Comments: 254
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Film
Next Generation Collective has teamed with The Kids Mental Health Foundation on an initiative to help young people in entertainment, music and the creator economy navigate growing up in the public eye. The initiative was…
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — “Carmen,” the Portuguese and English-language biopic of iconic Hollywood’s Golden Age Brazilian star Carmen Miranda, will shoot in the second half of 2027 in Brazil and the U.S. Esmir Filho will …
David Brindley is set to land one of the biggest jobs in UK television, overseeing programming at pubcaster Channel 4. He is being lined up to replace Ian Katz, who leaves this month having been the broadcaster’s longest…
UK composer and musician George Fenton, who was known for his original scores for Gandhi and David Attenborough’s The Blue Planet, has died at the age of 76. His family announced in a statement that Fenton had died “unex…
MasterClass is getting into the podcast business. The online learning and streaming platform has launched “Other People’s Business,” its first-ever podcast, hosted by MasterClass founder and CEO David Rogier. The weekly …
EXCLUSIVE: Dogwoof is headed to MIPCOM having secured rights to a pair of buzzy festival titles, Rapinoe and Hanging By a Wire. The London-based producer and distributor picked up international rights to Rapinoe, excludi…
Russell Brand arrived in a London court for a pre-trial hearing earlier this morning as one of the nation’s most high-profile celebrity trials gets ready to begin. Brand was snapped outside Southwark Crown Court around a…
EXCLUSIVE: Iconic Japanese gameshow Action Arena is being taken to international buyers for the first time in its plus-30-year history. NBCUniversal Formats has acquired distribution rights to the hit Tokyo Broadcasting …
Sweet Magnolias was canceled by Netflix after an impressive five-season run. Here's what led to the streamer's decision.
Dubbed the “pre-teen Bridget Jones,” Kate Kirby’s The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks is being given the TV adaptation treatment by Studiocanal. The best-selling novels follow the chaotic and relatable Brook…
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran scripted exec Jason Simms has delved into his toolkit and launched TV’s latest drama house, Fusebox Entertainment. We can reveal the London-based company launches in the run up to MIPCOM with several c…
Polish film and TV luminary Darius Jabloński’s spy thriller “Fortel” and Estonia’s “Stormbird” from multi-awarded Kadri Kousaar (“Magnus,” “Mother”) feature in the lineup of Tallinn’s TV Beats Co-Financing Market, runnin…
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