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Ukraine’s Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates

A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.

What Is Starshield, SpaceX’s Military-Grade Satellite Internet Service Ukraine Relies On?

For years, Ukraine’s armed forces have relied on satellite communication services developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Recent restrictions have hampered its war effort.

Burnham Pledges to Back Zelensky as Trump’s Ukraine Support Wavers

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with Britain’s prime minister, has said Ukraine received no warning of Russian attacks, but President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”

Musk says any limits on Ukraine's Starlink access down to US, not his firm

Ukraine says Starlink access has improved but it is still facing speed limits which are disrupting its battlefield "missions".

We are behind you and that will not change, PM tells Zelensky

The Ukrainian president visited London in an effort to bolster support among European allies following a row with Donald Trump.

Russell Brand was a 'sexual predator', prosecution alleges as rape trial begins

The actor and comedian has pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.

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

Google DeepMind and Singapore Government collaborate to build fine-tuned AI model for scam detection

Learn how Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore uses lightweight on-device Gemma models to intercept conversational scams in private chats with zero cloud data egress.

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Artificiality's First Exam: An LLM-Referenced C-test for Supraintelligence

arXiv:2610.14005v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Under the accelerated pace of AI development, any benchmark whose difficulty is calibrated with humans or current AI systems becomes circular, or satur

The Silent Failures in Agentic Data Science

arXiv:2610.14115v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models have significantly lowered the barrier to writing code. Naturally, this has also led to the development of data science agents th

ClawLoop: Self-Improving Agents via Harness-Native Training Loop

arXiv:2610.14118v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) has driven their deployment toward general-purpose harness environments, where LLM-based agents o

MDN-VJEPA: Multimodal Probabilistic Joint-Embedding World Models

arXiv:2610.13956v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Joint-Embedding Predictive Architectures (JEPAs) learn world models by predicting future representations rather than reconstructing observations. Varia

LACRM: LLM-Guided Mining of Directed Advertiser Competition Relationships in E-Commerce Advertising

arXiv:2610.13959v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In e-commerce advertising, ad platforms typically fail to model the externalities among advertisers when making optimization decisions: an advertiser's

MRFlow: Mechanism-Structured Residual Flow Matching for Virtual Cell Perturbation Prediction

arXiv:2610.13966v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Predicting cellular responses to chemical and genetic perturbations is a central test for AI virtual cells, yet many single-cell models reduce each con

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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Trump Aides Admit the House Is a Lost Cause

With the midterm elections just a few weeks away, the White House knows it has to go all in on Senate races—while virtually forfeiting the House.

AI Came for Math. Now It’s Chasing the Rest of Science

AI may soon be the default way to solve theoretical problems in economics, high-energy physics, and other fields, MIT researchers tell WIRED.

Earth’s Condition Is ‘Serious and Getting Worse’ as Climate Change Intensifies

Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.

认知心理学背后的播客剪辑技巧

为什么剪辑时会时常出现爆音？为什么有些地方剪辑后意思接得上，听起来却觉得别扭？为什么有些地方稍微动一下就会不自然？查看全文

带给摄影师更多自由：Austin Mann 评 iPhone 18 Pro 影像体验

这些新技术将如何让我们的照片和视频更好？查看全文

家中、这里、那里——Sonos Play 体验

本文是少数派联合Sonos发起的SonosPlay众测活动「最佳体验官」奖项获奖文章，奖品为免费保留两台送测的SonosPlay。你可以从众测话题页看到其他参与者的作品。目前，Sonos众测活动第二期 ...查看全文

科技爱好者周刊（第 414 期）：Jev 决策模型有什么用

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容，周五发布。

本杂志开源，欢迎投稿。另有

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。）

本杂志开源，欢迎投稿。另有

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。

本杂志开源，欢迎投稿。另有

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Container ship sinks in Strait of Hormuz as Iran steps up attacks

Iran has escalated its strikes on commercial ships transiting Hormuz in recent weeks, as it tries to choke off a rebound in crude oil exports.

OpenAI bugging suspect booked one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia with family before arrest

"Like countless Americans, Mr. Alfozan came to this country years ago as a young person with a dream," his criminal defense lawyer said Wednesday.

Dell stock plunges 11%, leading data center sell-off as fears mount about 'enterprise AI timing'

Barclays downgraded Dell, HPE, and NetApp on concerns that enterprise AI adoption is lagging.

Dow Jones Futures: Dell, AMD, CoreWeave Lead Market Sell-Off On AI Fears; Taiwan Semiconductor Due

The stock market tested key levels on Fed and AI fears. Dell, AMD, CoreWeave were big losers. Taiwan Semiconductor earnings loom.

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These Stocks Break Out As Investors Play Defense. But Watch This.

Consumer defensive giants and minnows shone after a hot inflation report spurred a sell-off.

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IBD Live Q&A Summary, Stock Lists, Transcript For Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026

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Where to watch UFC: Live stream MMA from anywhere

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has a new broadcast home in the US. We'll show you where to watch UFC around the world.

Ex-OpenAI employee accused of planting a recording device booked a one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia

Federal prosecutors previously asked a judge to seal their case against Abdulrahman Alfozan due to fears he might flee the US.

Best products to protect furniture from cat scratching

The best ways to protect furniture from your cat's scratching include couch protectors, plastic guards, and scratching posts.

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026

Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026

Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families

Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families

Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity related to money laundering

Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity rel

企业真正需要的，不是更聪明的 Agent ？

Spring 近期新闻：Boot、Framework、Data、Security 和 Integration 的第二个里程碑版本

千问办公杀入电商经营！3万开店成本压至几百元，一个Agent接管多平台生意

片仔癀五年四换帅，提价驱动失效，业绩失速

这纸公告距离上一轮高管更替不过两个多月。7月底，原总经理黄进明因达到法定退休年龄离任；9月22日，公司敲定施艺雄接任该岗位。而2021年以来，公司董事长岗位已四度出现变动。

今年双11，告别算数题？

终于不用再为满减凑单了

全家桶被大佬0元平替，Adobe霸道不起来了

投资者更焦虑了。

Import AI 476: Creativity and RSI; worse-than-China open weight models; AI goes to space

Will we give robots the moon?

Import AI 475: Swarm scaling; Google DeepMind watermarks biology; and the AI science economy

Who chooses what AI gets to do?

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

Where do you exceed the capabilities of an LLM?

AI Weekly Issue #537: AI models may soon copy themselves onto smart fridges, Anthropic says

This issue is built from the links the AI experts we follow shared most since our last issue on October 8, minus the stories we already sent you in the Daily Espresso. The most shared: Anthropic's war

AI Weekly Issue #536: Top AI models failed a test of inventing new AI research

This issue is built from the links the AI experts we follow shared over the past three days. Most of them look ahead: whether AI can do AI research on its own, who gets a say in governing it, how it i

AI Weekly Issue #535: AI got too expensive, so companies are moving to cheaper models

This Applied AI edition looks at what organizations actually did with AI over the past three weeks. Three patterns stand out: companies switching models to control cost, large deployments that are now

Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots’ — its website says different

Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology.

YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms

The label will appear on the player page and include songs entirely generated by AI or partially, such as AI involved in composition and vocals.

Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence

Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.

Google DeepMind and Singapore Government collaborate to build fine-tuned AI model for scam detection

Learn how Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore uses lightweight on-device Gemma models to intercept conversational scams in private chats with zero cloud data egress.

Developing Gemini 4 Argon responsibly and safely

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