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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees

In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.

Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center

A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.

Their Sons Are Dying on Battlefields in Ukraine. They Still Back Russia’s War.

The Russian region of North Ossetia has suffered a heavy toll, yet many accept the Kremlin’s line that the fighting must continue until victory is secured.

Five men arrested in RAF Fairford incident released on police bail

Police are exploring whether proxies or individuals working on behalf of a foreign state are involved.

Watch: RAF Fairford suspects are bailed, what happens now?

The men were all UK nationals in their 20s who live in London and were arrested under the Explosives Act and on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act.

UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban

John Healey said the government is in talks with the US over Donald Trump's threat to stop exports.

Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges in statement after deal is announced

Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell

Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory

• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies

Bringing AI to Autonomous Systems -- From Cognition to Collective Intelligence

arXiv:2609.30291v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The purpose of this article is to highlight the central role of autonomous systems as the ultimate stage in the development of AI, to explain the under

ScopeBench: Do Agents Preserve Engagement Boundaries Under Goal Pressure?

arXiv:2609.30325v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Agents are increasingly deployed with real autonomy in web application and network penetration testing, where a single out-of-scope action can breach a

When Is a Multi-Agent Code Judge Actually Grounded? Two Label-Free Measurements, and a Judge That Declines to Guess

arXiv:2609.30328v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: When one language model judges whether another's code is correct, it does not report the absence of evidence. It returns a confident verdict with reaso

HybridInfer: Thermal-Aware Reinforcement-Learning Tier Routing for On-Device, Edge, and Cloud LLM Inference

arXiv:2609.30270v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: On-device inference with small language models keeps user data local, works offline, and incurs no per-query cost, so the on-device tier is preferred w

When the Preconditioning Exponent Turns Negative: Learning-Rate Coupling and Cross-Environment Generalization

arXiv:2609.30271v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Adaptive optimizers are commonly parameterized by a fixed power of the second-moment estimate. Existing partially adaptive methods study exponents betw

ENAS: An Efficient Hardware-Aware Neural Architecture Search Framework for TinyML on Resource-Constrained Microcontrollers

arXiv:2609.30272v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present \textbf{ENAS}, a hardware-aware Neural Architecture Search (NAS) framework that combines a static feasibility check, a cell-based search spa

As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open

At Ai4, three of the world's most respected AI experts — Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, and Andrew Ng — debated regulation, open source access, and how America can compete as China advances in Asia.

Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs

Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.

Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz

AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional backing from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz.

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Shark’s NeverChange Air Purifier Is Nearly Half Off Right Now

Shark and other top air purifier brands are on discount ahead of Amazon Prime Big Deal Days.

Boox Announces the Picco, Its Smallest E-Reader Ever (2026)

The Boox Picco is a palm-sized e-reader with a 4-inch screen, strong support for different ebook formats, and digital utility tools.

Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers

Meta and other tech giants are pushing through structural changes at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism that outside researchers allege will weaken oversight of an already embattled consor

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比起折痕， iPhone Duo 的交互设计更加令人着迷

一起来看看 Apple 是如何围绕一块会改变形状的屏幕，重新思考人与界面的关系。查看全文

科技爱好者周刊（第 413 期）：再见了，React Native

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。（[通知] 下周五开始的中秋和十一假期，周刊休息。）

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科技爱好者周刊（第 412 期）：禁止 issue，只用 PR

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。

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科技爱好者周刊（第 411 期）：OpenClaw 2.0 是一个缩影

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。

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Trump announces plan for $15 billion steel plant, would be largest in U.S. history

Trump's announcement with Mesabi Metallics comes as Americans' souring views of the economy are poised to shape the upcoming midterm election.

AMD acquiring Fei-Fei Li's World Labs AI firm in deal worth $8.2 billion

AMD previously invested in World Labs before the acquisition, which is the chipmaker's second biggest on record.

Supreme Court Justice Alito will not participate in big climate change case next week

Environmental groups had called for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from the case involving ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy.

I Was Wrong, But Newmont Is Still A Buy

JPC: Preferred Income, Hold Until Conditions Improve

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S&P 500's Newest Member Is Monday's Biggest Loser

Bloom Energy, which joined the index on Sept. 21, was among the biggest S&P 500 stock losers in Monday's session.

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Dow Jones Futures: Trump Sparks Stock Market Losses; Elon Musk-Led SpaceX, Tesla In Focus

Dow Jones Futures: Trump rejected Iran's proposal, sending the stock market lower. Elon Musk-led SpaceX and Tesla fell sharply.

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IonQ Stock Gets BofA's Buy Call In Quantum Computing Race

IonQ stock rose on Monday after Bank of America started coverage of the quantum computing company with a buy rating.

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📰 The Economist

One of AI's most influential researchers is joining AMD in an $8 billion deal

AMD is betting big on "world models" that could power robots, factories, and other physical AI systems. It's acquiring Fei-Fei Li's World Labs.

Apple AirPods 5 review: 4 reasons they're worth it

I've tested every AirPods model since 2016, and the AirPods 5 impress with four key upgrades, including stronger noise cancellation and tighter bass.

Palmer Luckey says AI won’t save founders from the hardest part of their jobs

The Anduril founder said AI can automate technical work, but founders will remain on the hook for legal issues, people, and key business decisions.

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Peoples Bancorp Inc.

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Peoples Bancorp Inc.

Federal Reserve Board requests public comment on two proposals related to establishing a regulatory framework for Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act

Federal Reserve Board requests public comment on two proposals related to establishing a regulatory framework for Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Sandy Spring Bank

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of Sandy Spring Bank

Cloudflare 推出智能体开发栈生命周期，以取代传统 SDLC

超越相关性：面向企业个性化场景的治理优先架构

AKS通过新的NAP指南使节点中断更加可预测

豪掷35亿发可转债扩产酵母蛋白，安琪酵母冲刺新增长曲线

产能翻倍扩张，抢跑替代蛋白新赛道。

两份仲裁裁决与一场知情权强执：康辰、泰凌的密盖息交易从对赌走向对垒

昔日共同完成9亿级重磅产品收购的交易伙伴，如今陷入一方申请民事强制执行、一方手握仲裁裁决待追偿的对峙局面。

连城数控起诉晶盛机电，中国光伏企业在美国打起了内战！原因竟是特斯拉的30亿元订单？

连城数控诉晶盛机电侵专利，涉特斯拉订单博弈。

Import AI 474: Platonic mindspace; TPUs in space; Zhipu starts an outer RSI loop

Where do you exceed the capabilities of an LLM?

Import AI 473: The US's superintelligence strategy; human brain in a mouse skull; and machine hermeneutics

Is the wall AI is hitting in the room with us right now?

Import AI 472: DeepMind's cheating math agents; populist AI policies; and Forethought theorizes a nightwatchman

Plus, a machine hermeneutics story

AI Weekly Issue #533: Meta tested human callers behind its AI phone agent

The AI story of September 22–28 was not simply that agents became more capable. It was that their hidden handoffs became visible: a supposedly automated call could reach a contractor, a supposedly pri

AI Weekly Issue #531: AI labs shipped agents before agreeing how to report failures

The AI story of September 14–20 was not one spectacular model launch. It was the machinery around agents becoming visible: people reading private chats, models writing instructions into their own memo

AI Weekly Issue #530: Applied AI This Week

Companies are giving AI specific jobs: checking security cameras, helping farmers understand their records, searching satellite images, and preparing sales quotes. This edition explains how those tool

Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation

The new financing is expected to more than triples the AI infrastructure startup's valuation from just four months ago.

AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion

The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist.

Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents

Shopify is expanding WebMCP support to checkout, allowing browser-based AI agents to update order details and complete purchases with a buyer’s authorization.