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OpenAI News Oct 15 Score 0.9599697726851852

Bringing GPT-Rosalind to academic research labs

Introducing the Rosalind Academic Plan, offering eligible academic labs sponsored access to GPT-Rosalind and tools to advance life sciences research.

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OpenAI News Oct 15 Score 0.9499697726851852

Teaching students to think and learn through questions

Celebrate Teachers’ Day with AI for Educators in Brazilian Portuguese and see how Study Mode can help teachers support active, step-by-step learning.

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Foreign Policy Oct 15 Score 0.8895847967592592

A Tale of Two Elon Musk Fights

Musk and his Starlink internet service face geopolitical pressures in Ukraine and India.

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Simon Willison's Weblog Oct 15 Score 0.8862994379629628

Chirp Pong

Tool: Chirp Pong Another game experiment - I wanted to see if it was feasible to have a two player game on two separate phones running in static HTML where the networking code uses chirps sent via the microphone. It seems to work! Build a two player competitiv

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Foreign Policy Oct 15 Score 0.8854463708333332

Can Ukraine Afford Its Own Defense?

Ukraine has leaned on Europe for support so far, but that may get more complicated in the coming years.

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Schneier on Security Oct 15 Score 0.8806497759259259

Measuring Human Cryptanalysis Effort

Matthew Green has a new site that tries to estimate the number of cryptanalyst-hours that have been spent analyzing different public-key algorithms: Abstract: We estimate how much public cryptanalysis each public-key assumption has received, using the literatu

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Foreign Policy Oct 15 Score 0.8793625745370369

Algeria’s New Bid for Regional Influence

A sharp break with the UAE underscores the North African country’s ambitions to reassert its presence on the international stage after decades on the periphery.

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Quanta Magazine Oct 15 Score 0.8760867879629629

How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?

Evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers explains how fungal networks in soil trade nutrients with plants, help keep carbon underground, and strike bargains without having a brain. The post How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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Simon Willison's Weblog Oct 15 Score 0.8750823083333332

Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO

Anthropic tells investors quarterly revenue up nearly 50% to $16.8bn ahead of IPO The phrase "told investors" appears four times in this FT article, which reports on Anthropic's day of hosting investors on Wednesday. Lots of details in here from " people with

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Wired Oct 16 Score 0.8238169930555557

A Tesla Flying Car? I Don’t Know, Man

The Federal Aviation Administration will likely have thoughts about the Tesla Roadster 2’s ability to leave the ground.

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The Verge Oct 16 Score 0.8207600972222223

The Tesla Roadster flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in under a second

Elon Musk promised a flying car. And the Tesla Roadster did exactly that. Tesla demonstrated its next-generation Roadster at an event in Waco, Texas, where the electric supercar drove upside down, briefly flew, and accelerated to 60mph in under a second. It wa

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Wired Oct 16 Score 0.8206044930555556

The Tesla Roadster 2 Is Here—and It Flies

The automaker unveiled its next luxury sports car at an event in Texas. It has thrusters on it that can send it airborne.

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The Verge Oct 15 Score 0.8171494490740742

Steam can now show game achievements in separate ‘sets’

Valve is introducing a major new feature for Steam achievements called "achievement sets" that lets developers list different groups of achievements for a base game and DLCs. "In games that support sets, you still unlock achievements by playing the game as usu

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The Verge Oct 15 Score 0.8161749120370371

ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now

OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser is gone, but now ChatGPT's Google Chrome extension is getting some upgrades that allow it to use the browser tabs you already have open. With the extension installed, OpenAI says ChatGPT can now view your browser tabs when you ta

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The Verge Oct 15 Score 0.8159675046296297

Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 remaster from sale following disastrous launch

Sega is removing Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition from storefronts following a disastrous launch where users complained about issues like bugs and upscaling that appears to have been done by AI. Complete Edition, a remaster of the 2011 strategy game, lau

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The Verge Oct 15 Score 0.8144105601851852

The tech backlash is now in theaters

Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more critical look at how Silicon Valley is reshaping our reality. Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning frames Mark Zuckerberg as a robo

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BleepingComputer Oct 15 Score 0.8123326574074075

Hackers exploit Collabora RCE flaw to backdoor Nextcloud servers

Threat actors are exploiting a critical command execution flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-110447, in the Collabora Online - Built-in CODE Server app (richdocumentscode) for Nextcloud. [...]

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BleepingComputer Oct 15 Score 0.8113229351851853

Android gets AI defenses against messaging scams, fake calls

Google announced new AI-powered defenses against scam messages and call-forwarding abuse on Android, currently rolling out to eligible devices. [...]

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War on the Rocks Oct 15 Score 0.8074808875

Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks of Hosting U.S. Military Bases?

Since the end of World War II, the United States has maintained hundreds of military installations abroad. While U.S. forces have faced some objections to their presence, many allies and partners have seen U.S. bases and other facilities on their territory as

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BleepingComputer Oct 15 Score 0.8069840462962964

Fake Arch Linux packages push malware with root privileges

A threat actor uploaded malicious packages to the Arch User Repository (AUR) that impersonated two popular helper tools, yay and paru. [...]

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The Guardian — World Oct 15 Score 0.8060398726851853

Nicolás Maduro tells New York court new torture allegations are ‘false’

Rewritten indictment accuses ex-Venezuela president and wife Cilia Flores of leading campaign of torture Nicolás Maduro insisted on Thursday during an appearance in a New York court that torture allegations in a rewritten drug trafficking indictment against th

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Microsoft Research Blog Oct 15 Score 0.804969475

Proof-based general-purpose computing with Magnetar

Zero-knowledge proofs can verify computing results without rerunning workloads or exposing sensitive data. Magnetar helps bring them into the mainstream with support for standard programming languages, major speed gains, and quantum-resistant security. The pos

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BleepingComputer Oct 15 Score 0.8016692314814815

Is AI pentesting as good as a human pentester?

AI pentesting can uncover vulnerabilities missed by human testers, but it also has limitations in consistency, risk assessment, and understanding business context. Intruder compares the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches and explains where AI agents c

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MIT Technology Review Oct 15 Score 0.7985808898148149

The Download: reviving frozen pig kidneys and boosting nuclear power

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Pig kidneys that were “frozen” for a year have been brought back to life Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and store

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Oct 15 Score 0.7983028537037038

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its  Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-21589 Atlassian Multiple Products Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties Vulnerability  This

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Oct 15 Score 0.7983028537037038

Guangzhou Juan IoT Technology EseeCloud

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain control over affected IP cameras. The following versions of Guangzhou Juan IoT Technology EseeCloud are affected: EseeCloud App EseeCloud Firmware CVSS Vendor Eq

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Oct 15 Score 0.7983028537037038

J4Care dcm4che

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to delete stored medical images, disclose patient information, inject forged studies, reassign patient records, overwrite files, and cause a denial-of-service condition.

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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories Oct 15 Score 0.7983028537037038

Thermo Fisher Torrent Suite Software

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read arbitrary files on the Torrent Server. The following versions of Thermo Fisher Torrent Suite Software are affected: Torrent Suite Software CVSS Vendor Equipment v3

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MIT Technology Review Oct 15 Score 0.7949697787037038

How much more can nuclear power plants give?

In this age of rising electricity demand, people are trying to squeeze every last bit of power out of every power plant possible. Over the past few weeks, there’s been big news about nuclear power plants trying to do just that. Constellation, the largest nucle

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MIT Technology Review Oct 15 Score 0.7933031120370371

Six wild ideas for perpetuating your mind

Have you ever thought about what makes you you? Science assures us it has everything to do with the three-pound organ between our ears, with its billions of neurons and trillions of delicate connections. But it’s a lot trickier to explain why we have a sense o

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NBER New Working Papers Oct 16 Score 0.7875000000000001

How Knowledge Crosses Borders: Evidence from Semiconductor Manufacturing -- by Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Réka Juhász, Giulia Lo Forte, Jeff Thurk

We show that cross-border learning is an important feature of modern semiconductor manufacturing and that several important channels – such as knowledge sharing along global supply chains, the movement of engineers within multinational firms, and foreign direc

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GamesIndustry.biz Oct 15 Score 0.761636087962963

An oral history of the Tomb Raider game no one wanted to make

The 30th anniversary of Tomb Raider is this month, and a new book delves into its late-1990s heyday. The Making of Tomb Raider: 1997-2000 by Daryl Baxter covers a difficult development period for the series. Read more

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Liberty Street Economics Oct 15 Score 0.7591358902777778

Revenue per Worker Is Up. Are Firms Getting a Larger Share?

From the Great Recession until 2019, U.S. labor productivity growth disappointed. Nonfarm-business output per hour grew about 1 percent a year from 2010 to 2019, down from 3 percent in the late 1990s. This slowdown was especially pronounced in manufacturing, a

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Quanta Magazine Oct 12 Score 0.7572057694444443

Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence?

A mathematical mechanism enables AI models to process language at scale, undergirding the current AI revolution. Our columnist asks: Why is attention the key? The post Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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Econbrowser Oct 15 Score 0.7415919810185185

The Cost of Living and Wages

Here are several price indicators for consumers: Figure 1: CPI – all urban (black), CPI wage earners and clerical workers (purple), chained CPI (light green), CPI ex-shelter (blue), AIER Everyday Price Index (red), all in logs 2025M01=0. Source: BLS, AIER, ad

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NASA News Oct 15 Score 0.736584562037037

NASA to Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’ Moons in Upcoming Mission

NASA is playing an important role in JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission, to advance our understanding of Mars’ moons and build on the agency’s long history of exploring the Red Planet. The mission aims to charac

Science sciencenasaspace
GitHub Blog Oct 15 Score 0.7360652064814814

The next developer interface is ambient intelligence

AI, agents, voice, and physical controls are shifting software development from operating tools to expressing intent—and helping developers stay focused on building. The post The next developer interface is ambient intelligence appeared first on The GitHub Blo

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New Scientist Oct 15 Score 0.7349695018518518

Why a high school in Virginia is getting a quantum computer

Starting in January, students attending Skyview High School in Virginia will learn about the building blocks and principles underlying quantum computers by working with one directly

Science scienceresearchsociety
New Scientist Oct 15 Score 0.7333028351851851

Towering glacial ice cliffs may collapse in fits and starts

We still don't know for sure how the ice cliffs looming over the sea at the leading edge of some glaciers will behave as the climate warms, but satellite data offers some clues

Science scienceresearchsociety
New Scientist Oct 15 Score 0.7333028351851851

Google showcases way to fix quantum computer errors more efficiently

Error-proofing the most important operations performed on a quantum computer has so far required lots of resources, but a new experiment shows a more efficient way to make the devices reliable

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NASA News Oct 15 Score 0.733285487962963

NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño

A phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that emerges roughly every two to seven years marked by warmer-than-normal wate

Science sciencenasaspace
NASA News Oct 15 Score 0.7324697472222222

Power Up: Roll Out Solar Arrays Boost Space Station Power Supply

From the International Space Station’s unique position 250 miles above Earth, the Sun is a vital source of energy. Solar power supports the station’s life support systems, daily activities, and hundreds of research investigations that improve life on Earth and

Science sciencenasaspace
New Scientist Oct 15 Score 0.7316361685185185

Probiotic cuts risk of respiratory infections in formula-fed babies

Babies who are formula fed are more prone to infections, but the addition of a probiotic supplement containing sugars from breast milk slashed the risk of such infants catching respiratory viruses

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NASA News Oct 15 Score 0.7311410435185185

NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Over Texas Farmland

A NASA Dynamic Aviation A200 aircraft will conduct low-flying research flights over farmland near Transit, Texas, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Monday, Nov. 9. These flights will measure gaseous and particulate emissions from animal feeding operations. Agric

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NASA News Oct 15 Score 0.7303345620370371

NASA Welcomes All Ages, Experience Levels for Space Apps Challenge

Registration is open for the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge, a two-day global event on Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15, where teams work to create solutions inspired by NASA’s most ambitious exploration goals and making use of the agency’s free and open

Science sciencenasaspace
Martin Fowler Oct 15 Score 0.7256634361111111

When Software Meets Hardware

When software meets hardware, engineering principles remain largely the same, but the sensible defaults often change. Kuldeep Singh describes our experience modernizing a large IoT fleet of battery-powered sensors. Our familiar principles remained important; w

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The Economist — Finance & Economics Oct 12 Score 0.7232775773148148

A Nobel prize for how to keep economies on even keel

Two “New Keynesians”, Robert Hall and Michael Woodford, win the highest honour in economics

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InfoQ Oct 15 Score 0.7225523175925926

Optimizing Software Workflow: Exploring Fundamental Impacts in Technology

Software only has value when shipped; faster release cadence matters. Development, deployment, and operations require different thinking, metrics, and investments. There are four impacts in tech: product success, compute capacity, engineering capacity, and str

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InfoQ Oct 15 Score 0.7183023175925926

Article: Server-Side DPoP and Token Exchange in Spring Security 7

Spring Authorization Server now lives inside Spring Security 7 under the same Maven coordinates, so the upgrade is a version bump. This server-side guide covers enabling DPoP and RFC 8693 Token Exchange, explains why 7.1 apps can silently stop enforcing DPoP u

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MarketWatch Top Stories Oct 16 Score 0.7103024842592591

Tesla finally delivers on its promise to create a flying car

Tesla’s demonstration of a levitating Roadster sports car was “an engineering flex with no commercial value beyond embarrassing traditional car makers.”

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Google Cloud Blog Oct 16 Score 0.709413111111111

GKE CPU 起動ブースト: オーバープロビジョニングなしでアプリの起動を高速化

※この投稿は米国時間 2026 年 10 月 3 日に、Google Cloud blog に 投稿 されたものの抄訳です。 トラフィックの急増に対応してマイクロサービスを起動する場合でも、新しいソフトウェア リリースをデプロイする場合でも、アプリケーション レプリカをスケールアップする場合でも、Google Kubernetes Engine（GKE）で実行されるアプリケーションの高速で応答性の高いユーザー エクスペリエンスを維持するには、 Pod の起動時間 が重要です しかし、プラットフォーム エンジニアと開

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Lobsters Oct 15 Score 0.6997533504629628

About time

No more leap seconds . Sorry, about the title, but I couldn‘t resist. Comments

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