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Enterprise voice AI tools provider Deepgram acquires Daily, which has raised $62M and develops open-source voice AI framework Pipecat, for an undisclosed sum (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/deepgram-ac…

Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure | TechCrunch
Deepgram said that it is committed to keep Pipecat open source.

Over the past few years, astrophysicists have transformed our understanding of the interstellar medium.
Using newly developed maps stretching thousands of light-years across our galaxy,
they’ve discovered that it’s not the quiet, steady backdrop that researchers thought.
Instead, much of the ISM appears to be unstable
— a finding that directly contradicts the leading theoretical models taught in textbooks.
The surprise finding could help resolve a long-unansw…

A New Map of ‘Empty’ Space Challenges a Tranquil Picture of the Galaxy | Quanta Magazine
For decades, astronomers treated the interstellar medium as a static backdrop to the goings-on of the universe. Now, a wave of 3D mapping is bringing the interstellar medium’s dynamic nature into focus.

This is one of the dumbest court decisions I've read about in a long time. #shabbat #selfdefense

Federal Judge Lets Orthodox Synagogue Members in Silver Spring Carry Inside, but Not on the Shabbat Walk to Get There - USA Carry
Trusted concealed carry news, firearm laws, training tips, and self-defense education for responsible gun owners across America.

Insurance software maker Guidewire agrees to acquire Hyperexponential, which makes AI-powered insurance underwriting and pricing software, for $1.7B in cash (Anzar Mehraj/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/g

What's going on at #Proton? I used to rock their VPN when living in Vietnam. #security going rogue. #AI
Yen set up an email address for employees to contact if they come across anything blocking…

Manifestos, Fear, and ‘Loser Thinking’: Inside Proton’s AI Reckoning
Proton CEO Andy Yen projects a calm persona and rails against Big Tech and critiques AI. Internally, he is pushing engineers to build Proton with AI, even when they have security concerns.

Bengals' Samaje Perine, Dolphins' Ollie Gordon among NFL Week 8 anytime TD best bets

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bengals-samaje-perine-dolp…

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI across multiple crawlers (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1023763/openai-google-microsoft-ai-scr…

The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping
OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft are planning to adopt a new standard that will allow websites to apply their AI training preferences across multiple AI companies, instead of setting them individually.

I have spent most of the time since Labor Day out across the country,
campaigning, knocking on doors, speaking at rallies ahead of the midterms.
I’ve been in upstate New York and eastern Pennsylvania, in northern Montana and the Central Valley of California, on the Kansas-Missouri line and southern Maine, in eastern Iowa and south-central Michigan, in Austin and in Dallas.
And I’ve been online more nights than not, helping with phone banks into every part of America.

I Knocked on Hundreds of Doors Ahead of the Midterms. Here’s What I Learned
After knocking on several hundreds doors across America ahead of the 2026 midterms, I came away with four basic reminders on where we are as a nation.

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI across multiple crawlers (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1023763/openai-google-microsoft-ai-scr…

The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping
OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft are planning to adopt a new standard that will allow websites to apply their AI training preferences across multiple AI companies, instead of setting them individually.

Pete Hegseth has always assumed that experts are idiots,
believed he’s the smartest guy around,
and as a result ignores them and ends up breaking stuff (and failing in the process).
The entire Trump administration’s motto mirrors Mark Zuckerberg’s adage to
“move fast, break things,”
in this case literally.
Hegseth’s aggression, recklessness and blatant disregard for expertise is nothing new.
When he served as a 1st Lieutenant in Iraq in 2005-2006, …

Move fast, break things
The failures of Trump 2.0, encapsulated in a broken globe.