My Daily Digest

Friday  ·  02 October 2026
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World

Reform UK-run council boycotts reporter after row over potholes
NEWWorld news | The Guardian/Just now

Derbyshire county council accused of ‘worst kind of double speak’ as it denied banning local democracy journalist but said his inquiries will be ignored Rows over potholes and a viral story about a garden gate have led t…

Sea off Thai island turns green
NEWAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera/1h ago

The water off Thailand's Ko Lan island has turned a vibrant shade of green thanks to a plankton bloom.

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Business

Why is diesel more expensive than regular gas?
NPR Topics: Business/3h ago

Diesel hasn't always been more expensive than other gasoline. Then in 2004, a switch happened due to air quality standards, demand, and taxes. In this week's Indicator newsletter, we dig into diesel prices, what kind of …

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IT / AI

Tesla’s recovery hits a speed bump
NEWThe Verge/Just now

Tesla sold fewer vehicles in the third quarter than it did a year ago, when consumers rushed to cash in on expiring federal tax credits for electric vehicle purchases. But the company still beat estimates from Wall Stree…

The Pocket Advance nearly perfects my favorite Nintendo handheld
NEWThe Verge/1h ago

Although I count the original Game Boy as one of my first tech obsessions, I still consider Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance to be my favorite console of all time thanks to its more comfortable horizontal design (for my big h…

AI hallucinations are making entitled customers even worse
The Verge/2h ago

Madison, a server in New York City, greets every table by asking about each diner's allergies. Lately, there have been some close calls. "Sometimes people will tell me they have a shellfish allergy, and I'll come back, a…

AI music maker Suno now generates spoken words
The Verge/4h ago

Suno is branching out from the world of AI music, launching a new feature that generates spoken voices based on scripts or prompted descriptions. Speech is now available in public beta across Suno's web and mobile platfo…

Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason
Artificial intelligence – MIT Technology Review/6h ago

On an afternoon in Seoul in March 2016, I watched a program I helped build put a stone on the fifth line of a Go board in what looked like a gift to its human opponent. Move 37 in game two of the five-game match looked s…

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Film

BRAVO Film Festival To Pause For 2026
NEWDeadline/Just now

The organizers behind the BRAVO Film Festival, the popular LA-based event focused on Brazilian cinema, have canceled the 2026 edition of the festival. Organizers said the event will not take place due to circumstances be…

Paramount-WBD Will Now Be Called Skydance, David Ellison Reveals
NEWDeadline/Just now

After the expected close of their merger, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will together be known as Skydance. CEO David Ellison revealed the new name Friday in a post on X. The $110 billion merger is projected to be…

New Name of Paramount-Warner Bros. Unveiled: Skydance
NEWVariety/Just now

The soon-to-merge Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery officially has a name: It’s simply going to be “Skydance,” according to chairman and CEO David Ellison. In the end, Ellison picked the name of his original film producti…

Versant, Verizon Strike Multi-Year Distribution Deal
NEWVariety/Just now

Versant and Verizon have come to terms on a renewal of the companies’ distribution agreement, a move that means the media company, in its first year since being spun off from Comcast, has renewed all such deals expiring …

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