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Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency

The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.

National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

Judge Blocks Border Wall Construction in Big Bend in Texas

The ruling dealt a setback to the Trump administration’s plans for hundreds of miles of barriers that have drawn local opposition.

Widdecombe suspect charged with planning terror act against Farage

Counter terror police say the further charge comes after a "hugely intensive and complex investigation".

G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel after Trump export ban threat

The coordinated release is aimed at heading off further price spikes and avoiding a ban on US diesel exports.

Watch: Why has UK diesel price hit an all time high?

Diesel has now hit an average of £2 a litre in the UK, the RAC motoring group says, with petrol prices also rising.

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

Heavy-Tailed Memory Traces in Long-Horizon Language Agents

arXiv:2610.00010v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Long-horizon language agents increasingly rely on external memory as a frozen world model, yet current memory systems are usually judged only by task s

When Do Causal World Models Help Modular LLM Agents

arXiv:2610.00012v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: LLM agents increasingly act through modular systems, such as order, payment, inventory, and shipment services, where actions in one module change which

From Proposal to Verified Effect: Praxa, an Evidence-Bound Harness for Governed AI Agent Execution

arXiv:2610.00015v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large-language-model agents can propose and execute actions, but proposal, authority, dispatch, verified external effect, and serving promotion are dif

Reverse Item Response Theory for Sparsity-Robust Ranking in Fragmented Cancer Drug-Response Matrices

arXiv:2610.00002v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce reverse Item Response Theory (IRT) to pharmacogenomic drug-response analysis by treating cancer types as latent "subjects" with resistance

How Far is Adam from Natural Gradient Descent?

arXiv:2610.00004v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Adam is the standard optimizer in deep learning, yet its geometric relationship to natural gradient descent (NGD) contains unresolved questions. We stu

FourierQK: Filter Shape, Admissibility and the Leakage-Coverage Law

arXiv:2610.00009v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Frequency-collapse attention [Zeris, 2026e] achieves large gains over standard dot-product attention by replacing the Q/K dot product with a bandpass-f

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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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

This Shoe Company’s Instagram Ad With a Frat Is Pissing People Off

A collaborative Instagram post between footwear line HEYDUDE and a University of Florida frat is sparking backlash due to sexual cyberharassment allegations against two former members.

The NHL Is Releasing Its Own ‘Hot’ Fanfic. Romance Lovers Hate It

The league is releasing romance-style audio stories to promote games. Critics say it’s cheap pandering that doesn’t address toxic masculinity in the sport.

本周看什么 | 最近值得一看的 8 部作品

📅本周新预告《泥面人》终极预告9月24日，DC新片《泥面人》发布了终极预告，将于10月23日在北美上映。詹姆斯·瓦特金斯执导，汤姆·里斯·哈里斯主演，隆重介绍哥谭市的新面孔，一位意外毁容的演员在注射了 ...查看全文

从玩家的世界掠过：Bungie 的「列车」如何驶向终焉

Bungie 究竟是在和时间赛跑，还是在和自己赛跑？查看全文

经典任务管理软件的现代重构：新版 2Do 详解

完全重构的 2Do 是我的心目中最佳的任务管理工具。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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Ford fends off Hyundai to retain No. 3 U.S. sales position in third quarter

Ford on Friday reported a year-over-year sales decline of 6.6% during the third quarter to 507,395 light-duty vehicles.

Men are losing ground in the labor market. Here's why

Women outnumbered men in the workforce for eight straight months as of September, according to one analysis.

FAA says Boeing 737 Max software glitch not a flight-safety issue

The FAA on Monday said it was reviewing the software glitch, which could affect procedures during certain landings.

SES S.A.: The Sell-Off Looks Excessive As The C-Band Catalyst Remains Intact

Berkshire Hathaway: The Abel Era Needs More Than Continuity

Accelevation Holdings: A Cautious Take, But An Interesting Name

Stock Market Shifts To Higher Gear After Soft Jobs Report; Tesla Does This, Fed Minutes Due

The stock market, including the Dow Jones index, rallied on a soft U.S. jobs report. Tesla and Teradyne shine. The Fed minutes are due.

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Hitting The Bull's-Eye On HOOD Stock: Why One Miss Doesn't Mean Giving Up

Our first arrow might have missed but consistency won the day when we hit our target.

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Dow Jones Futures: Nasdaq Hits High As Nvidia, SpaceX, Bloom Energy Flash Buy Signals. What To Do Now.

The Nasdaq is at highs with Nvidia, SpaceX, Bloom Energy in buy areas. But much of the market remains weak. Here's what to do.

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📰 The Economist

New dog checklist, according to veterinarians and trainers

Our new dog checklist covers the essentials for puppies and rescue dogs, with advice from veterinarians, a trainer, and an animal behaviorist.

The 6 best new movies and TV shows streaming this weekend

"East of Eden" and "Marshals" are among the best new movies and TV shows streaming this weekend.

Inez review: We tested 9 styles to see if these heels are really worth the price

Inez is known for stylish shoes designed with comfort in mind. Here are our favorite styles and why we love them so much.

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Fleur Capital Corporation

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Fleur Capital Corporation

Federal Reserve Board announces it will extend, until November 4, the comment period on its proposal to modernize Regulation O

Federal Reserve Board announces it will extend, until November 4, the comment period on its proposal to modernize Regulation O

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Ontario Bancorporation, Inc.

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Ontario Bancorporation, Inc.

Andrew Kelley 专访：他为何创建 Zig、禁止 AI 贡献以及将 Zig 从 GitHub 移出

Graphify：整合代码库上下文，优化基于代理的软件工程

别再给 Agent 一个“毛坯房”了：构建 Agent 拎包入住的开发环境实践｜QCon上海

大宗商品的权力博弈：谁在影响全球铜、石油和粮食价格？

他们不制定价格，但价格的形成，绕不开他们的资源、物流与交易。

新势力9月洗牌：小鹏小米上4万，鸿蒙理想回落

新车越上越多，销量没有普涨。

11部电影扎堆国庆，黎叔、王长田争锋，谁在闷声发大财？

国庆档影片背后，资本暗流涌动。

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

Sean Parker is rebuilding Stability AI around music

Sean Parker, who once taught the music industry what asking for forgiveness looks like, is now back with the labels' blessing and money.

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Your next opportunity could be one conversation away. Get your Expo+ Pass for just $75. Limited to the first 100 qualifying people.

Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents

Apple says it will add new controls around macOS’s Full Disk Access permission, warning that increasingly capable AI agents make broad access to users’ files, messages, mail, and browsing history risk