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First waves hit Japan
as US widens tsunami warnings
after magnitude-8.8 earthquake off Russia – live updates
Hazardous waves from strong 8.8 quake are possible on the coast of Russia, Hawaii, Alaska and some Pacific islands after earthquake struck off Kamchatka
Full report: Tsunami warning for Japan and the Pacific after powerful earthquake off Russia

Stable Cinemetrics : Structured Taxonomy and Evaluation for Professional Video Generation
Agneet Chatterjee, Rahim Entezari, Maksym Zhuravinskyi, Maksim Lapin, Reshinth Adithyan, Amit Raj, Chitta Baral, Yezhou Yang, Varun Jampani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26555

Stable Cinemetrics : Structured Taxonomy and Evaluation for Professional Video Generation
Recent advances in video generation have enabled high-fidelity video synthesis from user provided prompts. However, existing models and benchmarks fail to capture the complexity and requirements of professional video generation. Towards that goal, we introduce Stable Cinemetrics, a structured evaluation framework that formalizes filmmaking controls into four disentangled, hierarchical taxonomies: Setup, Event, Lighting, and Camera. Together, these taxonomies define 76 fine-grained control nodes…

How live sports betting has exploded in popularity in the US, accounting for more than half of the money wagered on FanDuel and DraftKings in recent quarters (Jenny Vrentas/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/busin…

In-Game Sports Betting Is Growing. So Are the Concerns.
In-game betting is predicted to grow to more than $14 billion by the end of the decade. It’s a huge part of the sports gambling industry. Public health officials worry that it could be increasing the risks for gamblers.

Apple reports third quarter results (Apple)
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250731999776/en/
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Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Results (Amazon)
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250730548163/en/
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NetBlocks: Afghanistan is experiencing a "total internet blackout" as the Taliban imposes a telecom shutdown; an official says it will last until further notice (Anbarasan Ethirajan/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxqdy5nrlqo

Afghanistan hit by internet blackout as Taliban cuts fibre optic cables
Phone and internet connections are down nationwide after the Taliban cut fibre-optic connections to prevent "immorality".

NYC-based Carbyne, which offers cloud-based tools for emergency services, raised $100M from AT&T Ventures, Axon Enterprises, Cox Enterprises, and others (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/skhy4rdvgg

Carbyne raises $100 million to modernize emergency call infrastructure
With deployment in 23 U.S. states, the company is reshaping the way dispatchers respond to crisis situations.

OpenAI launches Sora 2, which it says may be the "GPT‑3.5 moment for video" with the ability to follow intricate instructions spanning multiple shots (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/sora-2