Las Vegas artist Brent Holmes and chef Natalie Young saddle up for 'The Black Cowboy' experience

The November 5 event at Echo Taste and Sound pairs the latest "Afro-Western" iteration of the artist's Jones Ranch Egypt project with a "chuck wagon" spread of cowboy cuisine.

Podcast: What UNLV basketball needs to do to make the NCAA Tournament

UNLV opens its 2026-27 basketball season 7 p.m. today when it hosts Northern Arizona at the Thomas and Mack Center, the start of Year 2 under coach Josh Pastner.

Supermarket Freezers Across Europe Hit With Another Cyberattack

The refrigerations systems were cranked up to 122 degrees Fahrenheit in at least half a dozen countries.

Trump administration ramps up midterm battles, asks Supreme Court to intervene in California case

U.S. President Donald Trump's Justice Department has shown a willingness to intervene directly in Tuesday's midterm elections, raising fears its law enforcement powers are being used in a partisan manner. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily block California from counting mail-in ballots from 20,000 voters it believes are non-citizens.

Fraud trial underway in New York for Cleveland Guardians pitchers, including star reliever

Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz went on trial Monday on charges that they accepted bribes as they colluded with gamblers who made hundreds of thousands of dollars betting on individual pitches ...

Calm, dry week ahead for Las Vegas Valley before breezier Saturday

The National Weather Service’s weekly outlook forecasts temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal in most areas through the workweek. Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Las Vegas office, said the region is “going to have a calm week ahead of us.”

Flip through East Germany's 1975 mail-order catalog

Enjoy this scan of a 1975 copy of the Konsument catalog, which advertised the offerings of East Germany's state-run retail cooperative. The catalog shows the fashions, tools, housewares, consumer electronics, and other glorious goods made during the grim, oppressive Russian occupation. Read the rest The post Flip through East Germany's 1975 mail-order catalog appeared first on Boing Boing.

Researchers May Have Solved a Puzzling Contradiction in the Ryugu Sample

Samples from the asteroid Ryugu, and from carbonaceous chondrites that have crashed on Earth, present an apparent contradiction. Their fine-grained matrices have widely varied compositions of their clay-like minerals. That suggests that there were widely different aqueous environments in the same parent bodies, which seems unlikely. But new research may have solved that contradiction.

Ex-Angels executive Eric Kay again appeals his conviction in Tyler Skaggs fentanyl death

Former Angels employee Eric Kay, serving 22 years for supplying fentanyl-laced pills that killed pitcher Tyler Skaggs, is asking a federal court to grant a new trial.

Binance Users Pull Billions Off Crypto Exchange After Withdrawals Resume

The FBI has also called on DeFi protocols to block transactions linked to North Korean hackers.

Microsoft's Canada Timezone Troubles Leave Admins Fixing Calendars, Pretending They're In Bogota

Microsoft is scrambling to fix time-zone problems across Outlook, Power Automate, Fabric, SharePoint and other products after parts of Canada stopped observing seasonal clock changes on November 1. "The company has confirmed problems across a chunk of its software estate, leaving some customers facing incorrect times, broken schedules and a collection of workarounds while Redmond catches up," reports The Register. From the report: Outlook users have been left with the most homework. Switching to...

Another cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps Europe, leaving food spoiled

The incident comes after a very similar cyberattack last month that sent fridge temperatures in some French supermarkets way up. While no one has claimed responsibility for either attack, they have heightened ​concerns among European authorities about hybrid threats to infrastructure, especially in the food system.

Thomas Markle ‘moves into care home for dementia patients’

A dementia diagnosis could create legal hurdles for FBI questioning.

Iron gall ink lasts for centuries. Here's how to make it

What is iron gall ink? Only one of the "most important substances in the history of civilization," says Joel Klein, the curator of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences at the Huntington in San Marino, California. That's because the ink, which is dark blue-gray, sinks into the surface of the paper or parchment and won't fade centuries after it's applied. Read the rest The post Iron gall ink lasts for centuries. Here's how to make it appeared first on Boing Boing.

Americans Are Lying to Their Doctors to Get Antibiotics—and That’s Great News for Superbugs

Inappropriate antibiotic use is helping create superbugs, which now kill 50,000 Americans a year.

Divide on Israel Slowly Erodes Democratic Support with Jewish Voters in New York

An ironclad alliance between Jewish New Yorkers and the Democratic Party has been shaken by the divide over Israel’s war with Hamas.

Karl Bushby reunites with mother after 28-year walk around the world

He will meet his 12-year-old granddaughter for the first time.

‘Rings of Power’ Showrunner on Why Season 3 Is Changing Up the Release Strategy

Here's why Prime Video’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series will drop in episode blocks rather than arriving on a week-by-week basis.

Ford Promises Not to Sell Your Driving Data as GM Pays $220 Million to Settle Claims It Did Just That

Ford’s new privacy pledge arrives as automakers face growing scrutiny over how they collect and share drivers' data.

Fridge cyberattack hits supermarkets across Europe

Stores in at least seven European countries reported fridge disruptions.

House Dems demand Haley Stevens' exile as Jeffries reveals deadline on deciding her fate

House Democratic leaders are holding off on deciding whether to punish Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., after she endorsed a Republican in Michigan's Senate race, drawing calls from fellow Democrats for her removal from the party's House caucus.Stevens endorsed former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., over Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, on Nov. 1 just two days before Tuesday's midterm elections.The decision prompted sharp criticism from Democrats, including lawma...

A Right-Wing Think Tank Has a Plan to Prevent Democrats From Being Seated in Congress

The influential Center for Renewing America says that “neo-Marxist progressives and anti-Western Muslims” can’t sincerely swear to protect the Constitution—and shouldn’t be allowed to assume office.

NASA’s Swift Observatory Will Crash Back to Earth This Week. Here’s Where Pieces May Land

"It wouldn't be surprising if at least 100 kilograms [220 pounds] or so survive reentry."

New cancer treatment approach could help immune cells fight tumors longer

Scientists may have found a way to help the body's immune cells fight cancer for longer, potentially making some treatments more effective.Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that temporarily boosting a protein called p53 helped specially prepared immune cells stay stronger and kill more melanoma cells in laboratory experiments.The study, published in Frontiers in Immunology, focused on T cells, which are immune cells that help the body fight disease.NEW CANC...

Ministry alleges thousands of OSAP applications came from single IP address

At two career colleges now under the Ontario government's microscope, more than half of the thousands of student financial aid applications last year came from a single IP address, officials allege in documents filed in court.

A Raspberry Pi Just Got 26% Pricier. You Should Be Worried

An 'unavoidable' Raspberry Pi price hike shows just how bad RAMageddon will be for the little guy.

Gemini could be poking through your emails - here's how to stop it

Gemini can read your emails, summarize them and draft replies. If you'd rather it didn't, here's what Google actually does with your data and how to opt out.

Hackers cooked supermarket freezers in seven European countries

Unknown hackers took over refrigeration controls in supermarkets in seven countries in Europe. This is the second attack. Last month, as many as 700 French supermarkets had to throw out frozen and refrigerated food after a cyberattack caused cooler temperatures to reach 122°F. Read the rest The post Hackers cooked supermarket freezers in seven European countries appeared first on Boing Boing.

Trump worries Alaska voters won't understand the word "incumbent"

Yet another word confuses Grandpa Pudding Brains, so he assumes everyone else is even more idiotic. Explaining his objection to two candidates with nearly the same name appearing on the Alaska ballot, Diaper Don claims "incumbent" is confusing. He shows zero respect for the people who vote for him, but they never seem shake loose from the cult. Read the rest The post Trump worries Alaska voters won't understand the word "incumbent" appeared first on Boing Boing.

Martha Stewart says she 'really screwed up' after posting homeless Halloween costume

Martha Stewart has issued a second apology after she shared a photo of herself in a Halloween costume widely criticized as mocking people experiencing homelessness.

Poland's in the midst of a constitutional crisis. Here's what's happening

A decade-long dispute in Poland over one of its top courts has come to a head, with the country's prime minister and president at loggerheads, and protests outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw flaring this weekend. Here's why.

DC Judge Tosses Charges Against Former F.B.I. Officials Accused Of Lying About Hunter Biden Laptop

DC Judge Tosses Charges Against Former F.B.I. Officials Accused Of Lying About Hunter Biden Laptop A federal magistrate judge on Monday dismissed the criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of misleading Congress in 2023 about the bureau's work on the Hunter Biden laptop investigation. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said the case against Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides "cannot be described as anything other than weaponization." Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui a...

Democrat Haley Stevens grilled on 11th-hour endorsement of Mike Rogers in tense interview

Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens faced hard questions from her liberal interviewer about her last-minute decision to endorse Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Senate race on Sunday."Your fellow Michigan congresswoman, Debbie Dingell, said that she talked to you at midnight last night and that you told her you were not going to endorse Mike Rogers. If that is true, what changed between then and this morning?" CNN host Anderson Cooper asked.Stevens responded,...

Marvell to Buy Lumentum In $115 Billion Bet On AI Connectivity

Marvell has agreed to acquire optical components maker Lumentum in an all-stock deal with an implied enterprise value of $115 billion. "AI infrastructure is undergoing a fundamental architectural shift toward optical connectivity, creating an opportunity that comes along once in a generation," said Marvell Chairman and CEO Matt Murphy. "The companies that move first and help define this transition will set the standard for decades to come." CNBC reports: Through the acquisition, Marvell said it ...

Anti-Oligarchy Activists Plan to Dox Elon Musk and Hundreds of Billionaire-Linked Homes

The Capytistas, a secretive group claiming more than $1.2 million in backing, started with Elon Musk and Tesla’s board. Members argue that those who buy political power deserve the scrutiny they’ll impose.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleaders show incredible grit in the mud during rain-soaked win

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers came together as a team on Sunday to grind out one of the ugliest wins you'll ever see in the modern NFL. The wind was blowing, and the rain was coming down in buckets.The Bucs offense decided to keep it on the ground and take their chances in the mud rather than airing it out in a downpour. The approach was a successful one. It was also an historic one for the franchise.They set a new franchise single-game rushing record with 324 yards on the ground. Bucky Irving and Ke...

DOJ punches back after Illinois city moves to dismiss lawsuit against 'race-based' reparations program

FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is pushing back after the city of Evanston, Illinois, signaled plans to throw out a federal lawsuit challenging its race-based reparations program.The legal standoff escalated after a federal judge granted the Justice Department’s request to intervene and join the civil rights lawsuit originally brought by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch.Attorney Precious S. Jacobs-Perry, who represents Evanston, indicated the Chicago suburb intends to fil...

Archaeologists Opened a Roman Sarcophagus—and Found Toys Inside

Among the items was a rooster-shaped rattle and two amulets given to Roman children for luck and protection.

No. 1 Florida Gators face No. 14 Miami Hurricanes in top matchup as college basketball tips off

I wouldn't blame you at all if you were unaware that the Men's College Basketball Season started today. It does, and there are a ridiculous number of games on the slate tonight. Most of the games are not impressive a team like Texas taking on Chicago State is not an interesting game. They are going to win by 30 or more, and the spread is 41.5. Spreads and betting do help make the game more exciting, but I have a different game that should be more entertaining anyway. Miami and Florida battle ton...

The weirdest thing about LA's ghost condos is that they run the HOA

Investigative vlogger Yoonj Kim first visited downtown Los Angeles' Metropolis towers, where her investigation found hundreds of condos that have been sitting empty for years. Naturally, she asked: why would the developer want to hold on to them? One answer is the votes. Read the rest The post The weirdest thing about LA's ghost condos is that they run the HOA appeared first on Boing Boing.

U.S. federal investigators to provide update after Florida plane crash that killed 9

One annoying problem with the iPhone Messages app has an easy fix

Apple's iMessage app offers a lot of useful features and several default apps included in its latest update. However, they may be in an order you dislike.

Asus ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro Review: Welcome to Wi-Fi 8

The first Wi-Fi 8 router has arrived. This quad-band gaming beast from Asus is fabulously fast and feature-packed.

On theCUBE Pod: Stock market gets the jitters and Anthropic files IPO

The hubbub at the New York Stock Exchange was audible on theCUBE Pod last Friday, with concerns rising over the artificial intelligence bubble. Several tech companies, including Intel Corp., Alphabet

Video shows George Pickens wasting no time leaving the field after Cowboys brutal loss to Cardinals

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens could not get off the field fast enough after his team blew a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter to lose to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.The Cowboys grabbed hold of a 24-10 lead on the second play of the fourth quarter before being outscored 20-6 over the remaining 14 minutes and change inside Jerry's World. The Cardinals officially pulled off the stunning comeback with a 42-yard field goal with just under three minutes remaining in overtime to ste...

Sedona residents spent Sunday waiting on their roofs for helicopters

Historic flooding has struck Sedona, Arizona, for the second time in two weeks. Residents unable to evacuate fast enough spent part of Sunday standing on their roofs waiting for helicopters. Some with their pets. Oak Creek moved through neighborhoods fast enough to trap residents above the water, and state rescue crews flew them out one rooftop at a time. Read the rest The post Sedona residents spent Sunday waiting on their roofs for helicopters appeared first on Boing Boing.

Trump lawyers ask Supreme Court to set aside 20,000 California ballots

The appeal by the Trump administration comes days ahead of the midterm election, and after federal judges have rejected the bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots.

Elon Musk Needs to Save Money on Grok, Days After Saying AI Makes Saving Money Pointless

The billionaire told a disgruntled customer that Grok Bot costs have become unsustainable.

France Votes To Tax Big Tech By The Gigabyte - And Someone Just Bent The Barrel Back

France Votes To Tax Big Tech By The Gigabyte - And Someone Just Bent The Barrel Back France's National Assembly voted on Friday to tax the internet by the gigabyte. An amendment to the 2027 budget would charge every company that sends data to French internet subscribers €0.055 per gigabyte, and its Socialist authors expect it to raise €10 billion a year.But by Sunday, someone had turned the tax on the party that wrote it. An internet user put a 44MB PDF from the Socialist Party's we...

42AI comes out of stealth with $62.5M and a world model that can 'predict human behavior'

Here's a question straight out of sci-fi: What if AI could predict what you were going to do before you decided to, even in a completely new situation?

Bears vs. Seahawks tonight as Caleb Williams faces one of the best defenses in football

This was one of the strangest weeks of football I can remember. That doesn't mean there were no upsets or that there were otherworldly performances from players. It was just a strange day of football, with a team winning without completing a pass and another team losing two quarterbacks on a total of four drives. Will the weirdness continue tonight, or will the Bears and Seahawks have a fun and exciting game tonight?The Chicago Bears are one of the more exciting teams in football. They are 5-2 f...

Anthropic grows revenue twelvefold but posts $23 billion loss

Anthropic swings back to an operating loss ahead of its blockbuster IPO. The article Anthropic grows revenue twelvefold but posts $23 billion loss appeared first on The Decoder.

Mechanical, Technicals, And An Election

Mechanical, Technicals, And An Election Submitted by Peter Tchir, Academy SecuritiesAnother hectic week! This market is not getting any easier to manage.I want to refocus attention on a subject that continues to come up in conversations and that we tried to address in last week’s report: Stocks and Credit: Cheap but Getting Cheaper? Energy: Not So Much? That subject is why energy prices are still high, if, according to reporting, as much oil is getting out of the Middle East as it w...

What to do if your smart home devices keep disconnecting from Wi-Fi

Smart home devices usually won't work properly when they lose Wi-Fi signal, so it's frustrating when they keep disconnecting. Here's why it might be happening.

Union boss stuns with major Republican endorsement as election nears

The leader of one of the nation’s oldest and largest unions stunned political observers by issuing a surprise endorsement for a Senate Republican stalwart over the weekend.Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien, who famously nearly came to blows with now-Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin during a Senate hearing before ultimately becoming acquaintances, issued a ringing endorsement of Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., signaling a major break from national union sentiment that has tended ...

Fanatics Sportsbook Promo Code FOXNEWS350: Bet $20, Get $350 on Any Opening Day CBB Game

The wait is over. College basketball’s opening day starts before noon and doesn’t let up until late Monday night, with a full mid-major marathon in the morning and a ranked SEC-ACC showdown in primetime. Fanatics Sportsbook is offering new users promo code FOXNEWS350 to bet $20 and get $350 in FanCash on any opening day game.The Field of 68 is reviving the all-day opening marathon, the same idea ESPN ran for nine years before shelving it in 2017. Sixteen mid-major programs play eight games back ...

Key Events This Week: Midterms, Jobs, Earnings, Central Banks And More

Key Events This Week: Midterms, Jobs, Earnings, Central Banks And More Welcome to the first business day of November, and as DB's Jim Reid writes in his Morning Reid note, the week ahead is a big one in the US and with it for global markets, with tomorrow’s midterm elections and Friday’s October jobs report the obvious highlights, alongside the ISM surveys and Wednesday’s Treasury quarterly refunding announcement. Elsewhere, central-bank decisions are due in Australia tomorrow, Swed...

Talarico campaigns alongside Democrat who called ICE 'new KKK' and demanded its abolition

James Talarico, a U.S. Senate candidate in Texas, briefly praised Frederick Haynes III, a Democratic congressional candidate who compared President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement efforts to the KKK, at a get-out-the-vote event on Thursday as part of his Clear Eyes Full Hearts tour."Give it up for your next congressman, Dr. Freddy Haynes. Thank you, Dr. Haynes, for those kind words and for your service to this community," Talarico said, following an introduction and speech from Haynes.Alt...

Nagoshi Studio, from the creator of the Yakuza series, officially shuts down

It's unclear what will happen to the studio's work on Gang of Dragon.

Betr Promo Code FOXNEWS Unlocks $200 Plus 4x Free Sweat-Free Picks for CBB Opening Day

Monday is the first full day of the college basketball season, and the board is packed from late morning to late night. Betr is offering new users promo code FOXNEWS to unlock $200 in bonuses plus four sweat-free picks for opening day.Nobody knows exactly what these teams look like yet, and that includes the people setting the lines. Rosters have turned over through the transfer portal, freshmen are playing their first college minutes and rotations are still getting sorted out. Player props on o...

Kid Rock Tells Bill Maher What He Thinks Of El-Sayed - Compares To 'Pieces Of Sh*t' 9/11 Hijackers

Kid Rock Tells Bill Maher What He Thinks Of El-Sayed - Compares To 'Pieces Of Sh*t' 9/11 Hijackers Kid Rock used a Friday night appearance on Bill Maher's HBO show to go after Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in Michigan's Senate race, comparing a candidate he called "well-spoken, even a good-looking guy" to the hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Center just days before Tuesday's election. Kid Rock just TORE APART Abdul El-Sayed's backstory right to Bill Maher's fa...

Let AI handle your PDFs with PDNob Pro for $44.97

TL;DR: Use AI to easily edit and convert PDFs with a lifetime subscription to PDNob Pro PDF Editor for $44.97, regularly $349.95. Working with PDFs can be cumbersome — but with the PDNob Pro PDF Editor, AI features make creating, editing, and processing PDFs faster and more efficient. Read the rest The post Let AI handle your PDFs with PDNob Pro for $44.97 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Supermarket Freezers Across Europe Hit By Second Suspected Cyberattack

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Supermarket chains in Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg have said the temperatures of their refrigerators and freezers in dozens of stores rose overnight, prompting fears of a cyber-attack similar to one that caused millions of euros of food losses in France. Sweden's Coop chain told the daily Aftonbladet on Monday that six of its stores had been affected, while ICA said it was "aware that a limited number of stores were affected by an incident...

Support New AI Frameworks Faster Using NVIDIA Workload Map

NVIDIA DSX AI Factory Platform brings together technologies to help the ecosystem design, build, and operate more efficient AI factories, including open source,...

Underdog Promo Code FOXNEWS: Play $10, Get $50 on Opening Day of College Basketball

This is not a drill. College basketball is back! Notre Dame and Villanova got things started early in Rome on Sunday, but Monday is the real opening day, with games tipping off before lunch and running deep into the night. Underdog is offering new users promo code FOXNEWS to play $10 and get $50 in bonus entries.The best game on the board is Florida against Miami at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Florida opens the season as one of the top teams in the country, and Miami comes in ranked, which makes this a ...

Samsung’s Smart Glasses Face an Uphill Battle

It could launch its smart glasses as soon as mid-December—which would be relatively poor timing.

Judge Throws Out Charges Against Former F.B.I. Officials

The magistrate judge, Zia M. Faruqui, said the case was a rushed, political prosecution ordered by the White House intended to affect the upcoming midterm elections.

Copilot killed in fiery Florida Learjet crash identified as 20-year-old who learned to fly before driving

The copilot aboard a private jet that crashed into a South Florida neighborhood Sunday, killing all nine people on board, has been identified as a 20-year-old aspiring airline pilot who earned her wings before getting her driver's license, according to a report.Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras' mother and stepfather confirmed to the New York Post that she was the copilot aboard the Learjet 60 that plummeted into a residential area in Palm Beach County while traveling from Texas to the Bahamas.Filguei...

Google's Ocarina of Time Easter egg is a link to a past when Search wasn't horrible

Turn the clock back to 1998, when the internet was a little more functional.

DOJ appeals to Supreme Court to reverse block on segregating 20K California ballots

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block lower-court rulings that denied its request to segregate more than 20,000 California mail-in ballots cast by people it says are likely not U.S. citizens.The DOJ argues the limited injunction would preserve the ballots while their eligibility is investigated, without canceling any votes. California and the federal government dispute whether the ballots are unlawful."Once illegally cast ballots are counted and commingled with lawf...

A profile of OpenAI VP Charles Porch, an ex-Instagram executive who is rehabilitating AI's image across Hollywood and the media, including via celebrity dinners

Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine: A profile of OpenAI VP Charles Porch, an ex-Instagram executive who is rehabilitating AI's image across Hollywood and the media, including via celebrity dinners —

Is There Anything Left in the Dream of Cold Fusion?

Cold fusion: Now there’s an idea I hadn’t thought about in a while. It came back onto my radar in spring 2026. I had written an article on how scientists tend to be risk averse, and Huw Price, a philosopher at Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, responded to it on Bluesky, citing a paper he’d recently co-authored on attitudes toward cold fusion. He thinks scientists have been overly… Source

Mayor gets upset in council meeting, charges at local resident

Alarming footage shows a New Jersey mayor charging at a local resident during a "heated" council meeting. The chaotic incident was streamed live as council members told Pemberton Township Mayor Matthew Bianchin to stop; Bianchini was ultimately physically removed from the room, yelling threats ("I am getting you – I am fu**ing get you!") Read the rest The post Mayor gets upset in council meeting, charges at local resident appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Lindsay Clancy Returns To Court As Defense, Prosecutors Discuss 2nd Trial Date

Lindsay Clancy Returns To Court As Defense, Prosecutors Discuss 2nd Trial Date Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times,Lindsay Clancy is scheduled to appear in court again on Nov. 2 as her attorneys and prosecutors convene to discuss possible dates for a new trial, and finish presenting motions left pending from a September hearing.Clancy was very nearly acquitted for the January 2023 murder of her three young children. According to jurors who participated in the trial, the v...

The Fitbit Edge lacks a useful contactless feature

It's handy, but most people likely won't miss it.

One brutal Minecraft night scared 50 AI agents into inventing chicken handoff protocols, a Fertilizer Officer, and fishing shifts

In experiments by Y Combinator Labs and Olam Labs, OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol model showed two very different sides. When 50 agents were tasked with peaceful civilization-building in Minecraft, they froze u

Tracing the online networks behind AI-generated nude images

As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to a close this week, one University of Florida researcher is examining the roots of nudification apps, online platforms that use AI to turn images of clothe

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Iceland Is War-Gaming an Ocean Current Collapse

One Icelandic minister said the country is now “reviewing scenarios” and “practicing responses” in case a critical Atlantic current system stops cycling warm water north.

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Sources detail Anthropic's compute deal spree: 3.5GW+ of expected capacity in 2026, diversifying beyond Nvidia's AI chips to Amazon, Google, and AMD, and more (New York Times)

New York Times: Sources detail Anthropic's compute deal spree: 3.5GW+ of expected capacity in 2026, diversifying beyond Nvidia's AI chips to Amazon, Google, and AMD, and more Illustration by Mark Ha

Showdowns

Showdowns This week is shaping up as a series of showdowns. In the United States we have the midterm elections where prediction markets favor the Democrats overwhelmingly to take control of the House and, less assuredly, to also net control of the Senate.Dem sweep odds, from BofA's Michael Hartnett (citing Polymarket) pic.twitter.com/6wQQO4RR6G— zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 1, 2026 Flowing on from the midterms we see heightened risk that President Trump will make good on his hint...

Mamdani, Hasan Piker among radical left-wing voices erupting over Haley Stevens' endorsement switch

Prominent Democrats and left-wing voices nationwide exploded with fury after Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in the final stretch of that state's U.S. Senate race in Michigan over the weekend.In her video posted to social media on Sunday after attending church service with Rogers, Stevens noted how El-Sayed told her to "stay away" from his campaign and slammed him for embracing radical steamer Hasan Piker who was among those criticizing the endorsement stunt."Working...

Build vs Buy AI Companion, ESP32 vs Meta Muse Charm

Build vs buy AI companion gear, ESP32 Claude Tamagotchi versus Meta's Muse Charm, with full bill of materials and per-interaction API cost math.

Here’s How the Trump Administration Is Trying to Undermine the Election

So far, Department of Justice–led efforts to sow chaos, even as Americans are already voting, have fallen flat.

The Trump Administration Is Wreaking Havoc on the Electoral System Before the Midterms

So far, Department of Justice-led efforts to sow chaos, even as Americans are already voting, have fallen flat.

Anthropic Files Updated Its S1: Committed Spend Jumps To $900BN, Only Google Has More

Anthropic Files Updated Its S1: Committed Spend Jumps To $900BN, Only Google Has More We covered Anthropic's S-1 filing in full here last week.Now we get the update, and it's a lot less rosy...UPDATE (Nov 2): Q3 Is In, And The Operating Profit Lasted One QuarterThe blank has been filled in. Anthropic just filed Amendment No. 1 to its S-1, adding the third quarter, and the line in the prospectus summary that read "to $ for the three months ended September 30, 2026" now reads $17.0 bi...

Omen AI adds liquid know-how in $16 million Aquatic Labs acquisition

Two startups tackling the data center water problem are joining forces in a $16 million deal.

Judge tosses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about Hunter Biden investigation

A federal judge dismissed the case against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden investigation, delivering a blistering rebuke of the prosecution Monday and accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing the justice system.U.S. District Judge Zia Faruqui dismissed the case against former FBI officials Floris and Benavides from the bench after spending roughly an hour sharply criticizing the government's handling of the prosecution. "What has transpired he...

Shorts Beware? China's Plunge Protection Team Stabilizes Stocks With $15 Billion Swap Rescue Plan

Shorts Beware? China's Plunge Protection Team Stabilizes Stocks With $15 Billion Swap Rescue Plan China's version of the Plunge Protection Team is coming out swinging Monday morning, after the central bank announced earlier today that it would inject a new round of a $15 billion swap facility to rescue stocks from a vicious bear market. After markets closed, the People's Bank of China said it would hold a one-year swap auction Tuesday, with 31 brokerages and funds applying for quota...

Trans-Neptunian planet candidate hailed as "enormous new dwarf"

2026 ED138 is a large trans-Neptunian object, or as the BBC has it, an "enormous new dwarf" planet lurking in the outer regions of the solar system. Discovered by Matthew Holman, it's the first such body discovered using data captured by the Vera C. Read the rest The post Trans-Neptunian planet candidate hailed as "enormous new dwarf" appeared first on Boing Boing.

S-1 update: Anthropic reports Q3 revenue up 12x YoY to nearly $17B, a $23.3B net loss, up from $12.1B in Q3 2025, and operating expenses up 292% YoY to $17.5B

Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: S-1 update: Anthropic reports Q3 revenue up 12x YoY to nearly $17B, a $23.3B net loss, up from $12.1B in Q3 2025, and operating expenses up 292% YoY to $17.5B Anthropi

S-1: Anthropic reports Q3 revenue up 12x YoY to nearly $17B, a net loss of $23.3B, up from $12.1B in Q3 2025, and operating expenses up 292% to $17.5B

Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: S-1: Anthropic reports Q3 revenue up 12x YoY to nearly $17B, a net loss of $23.3B, up from $12.1B in Q3 2025, and operating expenses up 292% to $17.5B Anthropic PBC re

Why it's important to use a microSD Express card with your Nintendo Switch 2

The Switch 2 has expandable storage that you should take advantage of. But you can't use the same cards that worked with your original Switch.

Christa Pike's execution doctor says misplaced IV sent lethal drugs into her arms instead of veins

The doctor who participated in Christa Pike's failed execution in Tennessee says an improperly placed IV sent lethal drugs into the tissue of her arms instead of her bloodstream and acknowledged the execution team should have stopped when the death row inmate complained of pain.Dr. Mark Fowler, who served as the physician during Pike's Sept. 30 execution attempt, offered a rare firsthand account of what went wrong in an interview with New York Magazine published Friday.Pike, 50, survived after r...

Navigating the Invisible Hazard: How Deep Recurrent Reinforcement Learning and POMDPs Automate Orbital Collision Avoidance Under Sensor Uncertainty

Author(s): Aarush Mahajan Originally published on Towards AI. Navigating the Invisible Hazard: How Deep Recurrent Reinforcement Learning and POMDPs Automate Orbital Collision Avoidance Under Sensor Un

What Is the Best GPU to Rent for LLMs in 2026? (RTX 5090 to H100)

Author(s): Anubhav Originally published on Towards AI. RTX 5090s rent for under $1 an hour while H100s cost nearly 50% more than in December. Which card fits which open model, RunPod vs Vast.ai vs Lam

The Elephant-Goldfish Model: Why the AI That Knows Least Reviews Best

Author(s): Udaykiran Estari Originally published on Towards AI. What Google’s open-source EGM plugin is, how its fresh-context reviewers check a design before any code exists, and why that differs fro

Robot platform combines AI and rapid imaging to improve perovskite solar cell fabrication

Solar cells generate electricity by absorbing sunlight in a thin layer of perovskite, a light-absorbing material. This layer is made with a liquid solution that dries and crystallizes into a solid fil