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Apple doesn't include a charger in the box with the new M5 MacBook Pro in European countries, making users pay extra; the company cites local regulations (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/15/new-macbook-pro-lacks-charger-in-europe/

New MacBook Pro Does Not Include a Charger in the Box in Europe
The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 chip does not include a charger in the box in European countries, including the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Italy,...

Didn't realize Katie Wilson identified as a socialist! Cool. https://komonews.c…

Mayor-elect Katie Wilson urges unity, community, collective responsibility in Seattle
Seattle's new Mayor-elect Katie Wilson is set to address the public regarding her election and upcoming role as mayor on Thursday afternoon.

When you are an iOS user, every third Monday of September 2025 is Christmas!
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/09/new-versions-of-apples-software-platforms-are-available-today/

New versions of Apple’s software platforms are available today
Apple today released exciting new features and capabilities across each of its software platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS.

"The German government is set to get new powers to bar risky Chinese technology suppliers from its critical infrastructure."
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-lines-up-new-powers-to-fend-off-chinese-tech/

Germany lines up new powers to fend off Chinese tech
New law set to come into place as Germany toughens its stance on China.

SAG-AFTRA praises California Governor Gavin Newsom for signing new legislation to protect a performer's likeness, saying it takes action "against AI abuse" (Alyssa Ray/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/sag-aftra-statement-new-law-agai…

SAG-AFTRA Praises Governor Newsom for Taking Action 'Against AI Abuse' With New Law: 'California Stands With Performers'
SAG-AFTRA voiced their appreciation for California lawmakers on Monday, after new legislation was signed to protect a performer's likeness.

This Never Post episode on the question of whether "AI" is the esthetics of American Fascism is great. Mike Rugnetta takes you on an enlightening stroll through media theory and the fucked up reality we live in. It's challenging but worth it. https://www.neverpo.st/a-i-and-new-america

🆕 Never Post! A.I. and New American Fascism
Is a generated aesthetic the look of our times?

I’m not saying I’m the first person to ride the entire length of the new protected bike lane on Lisbon but there’s a good chance I am… (I had to carry my bike across a dozen gaps because it’s not all connected yet!)
#biking #bikeTooter

New book exposes Russia’s ecocide as a war against Ukraine’s land – and memory: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/14/new-book-exposes-russias-ecocide.html

"China targets 180 GW of new energy storage by 2027 in ambitous national plan"
#China #Energy #Renewables

China targets 180 GW of new energy storage by 2027 in ambitous national plan
Announced by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA), the new plan is expected to drive CNY 250 billion ($35.1 billion) in sector investment.

A new attack was shown to use AI to hack into Gmail accounts.
“It illustrates why developing robust protections against prompt injection attacks is important."
Direct and indirect prompt injection attacks hide instructions for AI assistants in emails, messages, websites, attachments and calendar invites.
You won’t see them, but your AI assistant will. -- And all too often that assistant will do as it’s told.
This threat “is not specific to Google," the compan…

Google Confirms Gmail Warning — New Attack Hacks Your Email
"AI might be super smart but it can be tricked" — change your account settings now as new threat revealed.

LinkedIn notifications.
(I’d rather my air carrier not be using AI but here we are.)

"How a New Data Platform Sheds Light on #OpenScience #Funding" @ Katina Magazine:

AFC anarchy: Will all 4 divisions have new champs? Appraising the Broncos, Colts, Patriots and Steelers https://www.nfl.com/news/afc-anarchy-will-all-4-divisions-have-new-champs-appraising-the-broncos-colts-patriots-and-s…

This is entirely spot on.
#StarTrek

Star Trek Needs New (and Better) Villains - Reactor
The "villains" of Trek are meant to be foils to the Federation's worldview, not blindly evil antagonists.

Star Trek Needs New (and Better) Villains https://reactormag.com/star-trek-needs-new-and-better-villains/

Star Trek Needs New (and Better) Villains - Reactor
The "villains" of Trek are meant to be foils to the Federation's worldview, not blindly evil antagonists.

Future of Privacy Forum Appoints Four New Members to Its Board of Directors 
https://fpf.org/press-releases/future-of-privacy-forum-appoints-four-new-members-to-its-board-of-directors/

Hamas carries out public executions -- just hours after peace treaty signing (Anthony Blair/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/world-news/hamas-has-public-executions-hours-after-signing-peace-treaty-with-israel/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p110#a251014p110

#GoodNews
This New Superwood Is as Strong as Steel and 6 Times Lighter https://gizmodo.com/this-new-superwood-is-as-strong-as-steel-and-6-times-lighter…

This New Superwood Is as Strong as Steel and 6 Times Lighter
A university spinoff company has commercialized exceptionally tough wood. Our buildings and airplanes might one day be built from it.

Germany approves legislation granting Interior Ministry new powers to ban Chinese tech suppliers from critical infrastructure sectors like energy and transport (Sam Clark/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-lines-up-new-powers-to-fend-off-c…

Germany lines up new powers to fend off Chinese tech
New law set to come into place as Germany toughens its stance on China.

New Cowboys mock draft boosts DL with Micah Parsons replacement, massive run-stuffer https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/new-dallas-cowboys-mock-draft-boosts-dl-micah-parsons-replacement-massive-run-stuffer

“While the EU acts to trap its residents in petrol cars that are obsolete, dirty and expensive to run, the UK is free to ensure that more and more of its drivers can access the savings of hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds a year that come from #EV ownership.”

EU may reconsider new petrol and diesel car sale ban: comment
Rumours that EU plans to back away from new petrol and diesel car sale ban: comment

Good Morning #Canada
December 15th, 1964, the Canadian House of Commons votes 163 to 78 to approve the red Maple Leaf flag. The vote put an end to years of conflict over the Liberals proposing a new flag, and gave Canada a new symbol for its upcoming 100th birthday celebration. In 1960, Lester B. Pearson, then Leader of the Opposition, declared that he was determined to solve what he called “the flag problem.” To Pearson, this issue was critical to defining Canada as a unified, independent country. As the newly elected Prime Minister in 1963, Pearson promised to resolve the question of a new national flag in time for Canada’s centennial celebrations in 1967. Traditionalists fought for their beloved Union Jack while a younger generation wanted a new modern design to represent Canada. Thousands of designs, some truly ugly, were considered and rejected, including Pearson's preferred flag. I think we did OK in the end.
#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://youtu.be/qTMdH9-kmDk?si=9G9ykcp7wpxihKQR

From kinetic gasses to an exponentially expanding universe: #universe: https://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/en/news-list/news-display/new-attempt-to-explain-the-accelerated-expansion-of-the-universe

Earth enters 'new reality' as coral reefs reach first climate tipping point #environment

Earth enters 'new reality' as coral reefs reach first climate tipping point
The world faces a "new reality" as we have reached the first of many Earth system tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm unless humanity takes urgent action, according to a report released by the University of Exeter and international partners.

Replaced article(s) found for cs.AI. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.AI/new
[5/14]:
- QUITO-X: A New Perspective on Context Compression from the Information Bottleneck Theory
Wang, Huang, Tian, Su, Yu, Liao, Fan, Guo, Cheng

A new idea about how to make clean Hydrogen that fits into an existing industry? ✨🌱💧
Clean Hydrogen🌱💧 will be more difficult than we might've hoped, but we still need it. Just decarbonizing the fossil🦖 Hydrogen industry is a massive undertaking. New ideas are welcome.
I recently learned about Peregrine Hydrogen. They make Hydrogen, but also something else: Sulfuric Acid🧪. They need ~½ the electricity⚡ compared to conventional electrolysis by utilizing a 2nd input.
🧵

This Hydrogen has no Color
Peregrine Hydrogen has an unusual idea for making clean Hydrogen, one that it says fits into existing industrial processes. One of the world's largest Phosphate mining companies is interested.

😻 New test can flag drugs that could be harmful to cats
#cats

New test can flag drugs that could be harmful to cats
A new test developed at Washington State University will help pharmaceutical companies, veterinarians and regulatory agencies identify drugs that may trigger severe—but preventable—neurological side effects in some cats.

Folks creating free and open software for the common good: here’s a checklist of everything else you should be doing so corporations can make the best use of your free labour.
I mean, sure, some good security tips here and worth reading anyway but do fuck off with holding free software developers to account for supply chain attacks. It’s your fucking supply chain, not ours, you fucking corporation.

The Qilin ransomware gang is officially selling data stolen during an attack earlier this month on New Orleans' sheriff's office
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/15/new-orleans-sheriff-ransomware-attack-data-leak

Hackers start leaking New Orleans sheriff ransomware data
The hackers are claiming they stole 842 gigabytes of information, including business contracts and internal documents.

The New York Sun is reviving its print product for the first time since 2008, with weekly editions published in a Berliner format on Fridays (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/14/new-york-sun-print-edition

Exclusive: The New York Sun revives print edition
Newspapers have rarely revived print editions in an era of declining circulation.

New launcher for Tomahawks – announcement ahead of Zelenskyy's visit #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/14/new-launcher-for-tomahawks-announcement.html

China Wants Foreign Scientists.
The Public Says No, Thanks.
Since Beijing announced a new visa to attract young science and technology graduates,
a backlash has erupted online, forcing the government to respond
https://www.

China Wants Foreign Scientists. The Public Says No, Thanks.
Since Beijing announced a new visa to attract young science and technology graduates, a backlash has erupted online, forcing the government to respond.

The troubling relevance of Woody Guthrie’s new album, released 58 years after his death https://theconversation.com/the-troubling-relevance-of-woody-guthries-new-album-released-58-years-after-his-death-267240

The troubling relevance of Woody Guthrie’s new album, released 58 years after his death
In his lyrics, the folksinger and herald of US postwar social struggles described his era. In some ways, it resembles our own.

YouTube starts rolling out its redesigned video player, which features rounded, slightly translucent on-screen buttons, across mobile, web, and TV globally (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/799492/youtube-new-video-player-update-changes

YouTube has a new video player
YouTube is introducing a bunch of changes, including a new look for the video player and animations for liking a video.

"New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets"
#NewZealand #Climate #ClimateChange

Life is short, so check out today's Metacurity for a concise rundown of the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--California sets global standards with new landmark AI and data privacy laws,
--UK highly significant cyberattacks jumped by 50% over the past year,
--Australian cyber incidents rose 11% over the past year,
--Ofcom fined 4chan under new online safety regime,
--Researchers eavesdropped on sensitive satellite comms,
--…

California sets global standards with new landmark AI and data privacy laws
UK highly significant cyberattacks jumped by 50% over the past year, Australian cyber incidents rose 11% over the past year, Ofcom fined 4chan under new online safety regime, Researchers eavesdropped on sensitive satellite comms, Stingrays were used near Portland protest, much more

Bill Belichick quashes New York Giants job speculation, restating UNC commitment https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6808930/2025/11/14/bill-belichick-denies-new-york-giants-job-speculation/

War on a new level: Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes, "Shaheds" in Britain, "Ramstein" in Brussels!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/15/war-on-a-new-level.html

YouTube starts rolling out its redesigned video player, which features rounded, slightly translucent on-screen buttons, across mobile, web, and TV globally (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/799492/youtube-new-video-player-update-changes

YouTube has a new video player
YouTube is introducing a bunch of changes, including a new look for the video player and animations for liking a video.

Explosive new documentary probes '80-year global coverup' of UFO secrets (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/the-age-disclosure-new-documentary-explores-claims-80-year-cover-up-non-human-life
http://www.memeorandum.com/251114/p137#a251114p137

Global #TippingPoints Report 2025: https://global-tipping-points.org/resources-gtp/ (summary and full report) -> Bleaching, Melting, Slowing - New report tracks growing risks of Earth system tipping points: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/files/bleaching-melting-slowing-new-report-tracks-growing-risks-of-earth-system-tipping-points-4 -> The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, landmark report finds: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/13/climate/tipping-points-coral-reef-ice-amoc

Crosslisted article(s) found for cs.AI. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.AI/new
[2/17]:
- Leveraging LLMs to Streamline the Review of Public Funding Applications
Joao D. S. Marques, Andre V. Duarte, Andre Carvalho, Gil Rocha, Bruno Martins, Arlindo L. Oliveira

Apple updates the iPad Pro with an M5 chip, its new C1X cellular modem, and N1 chip, for $999 for the 11-inch and $1,299 for the 13-inch, shipping October 22 (David Pierce/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/799352/apple-ipad-pro-m5-price-release-date

Apple’s iPad Pro now has an M5 chip and some nice internal upgrades
Last year’s Pro shipped with new accessories, a new deisgn, and a new screen. The 2025 iPad Pro is mostly an internal upgrade, including the new M5 processor.

New Dallas Cowboys LB Logan Wilson shares expectations for debut https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/new-dallas-cowboys-lb-logan-wilson-shares-expectations-debut

🥳 New Kitten Release!
🚨 Breaking change: You can now add arbitrary JavaScript in script blocks in Kitten Markdown Pages front-matter (and the imports property is gone).
You can also use JavaScript string interpolation and all special Kitten tags (e.g., conditional tags, etc.) in Kitten Markdown Pages.
📦 https://kitten.small-web.org

A political candidate in the New York City suburbs went for a night swim in the Atlantic Ocean this past spring -- and never returned.
Petros Krommidas’s phone, keys and clothes were found on the sands at Long Beach on Long Island.
The 29-year-old former Ivy League rower, who was training for a triathlon, had parked his car just off the picturesque wooden boardwalk.
As the months passed, local Democrats attempted to field a replacement to run for the seat in the Nassau Coun…

Apple unveils a 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 chip, up to 3.5x more performance for AI workflows, and faster storage, for the same $1,599 , shipping October 22 (Apple)
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/10/apple-unveils-new-14-inch-macbo…

Apple unveils new 14‑inch MacBook Pro powered by the M5 chip, delivering the next big leap in AI for the Mac
Apple today unveiled a new 14-inch MacBook Pro, featuring the incredibly powerful M5 chip.

Ukraine tests new kamikaze drones resistant to Russian jamming: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/15/ukraine-tests-new-kamikaze-drones.html

New York fines auto insurers $19M over major data breaches
https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/10/14/auto-insurance-data-breach-ny-fines/

New York fines auto insurers $19M over major data breaches | Fingerlakes1.com
New York State has fined eight major auto insurance companies over $19 million after an investigation uncovered major cybersecurity failures that exposed the personal data of residents, including driver’s license numbers and birthdates. The settlement—announced October 14, 2025—follows a wide-ranging investigation led by Superintendent Adrienne Harris of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS).… MoreNew York fines auto insurers $19M over major data breaches

Australia begins consultations with publishers and platforms on its News Bargaining Incentive, requiring Big Tech to pay local publishers or face new taxes (April Ossington/Channel News)
https://www.channelnews.com.au/australia-m

channelnews : Australia Moves to Make Tech Giants Pay for News As Google Faces New Scrutiny In Europe
Global technology companies are facing mounting regulatory pressure, with the Albanese government moving ahead on new laws that would force platforms like Facebook, Google and TikTok to pay for Australian news content, just as Google faces a fresh competition probe in Europe. Under the federal government’s proposed News Bargaining Incentive, social media and search companies... Read More

Can Giants interim coach Mike Kafka make it work in New York? https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46953005/can-giants-interim-head-coach-mike-kafka-make-work-new-york

Missouri Secretary of State Erects New Hurdle for 'People's Veto' of GOP Gerrymander (Jen Rice/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-secretary-of-state-erects-new-hurdle-for-peoples-veto-of-gop-gerrymander/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p93#a251015p93

Replaced article(s) found for cs.AI. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.AI/new
[2/3]:
- Polish-English medical knowledge transfer: A new benchmark and results
{\L}ukasz Grzybowski, Jakub Pokrywka, Micha{\l} Ciesi\'o{\l}ka, Jeremi I. Kaczmarek, Marek Kubis

New Dallas Cowboys LB Logan Wilson shares expectations for debut https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/new-dallas-cowboys-lb-logan-wilson-shares-expectations-debut

Intel unveils Crescent Island, a data center GPU designed for AI inference workloads, featuring Intel's Xe3P microarchitecture and 160GB of LPDDR5X memory (Dylan Martin/CRN)
https://www.crn.com/news/components-periph

Intel Reveals 160-GB, Energy-Efficient Inference GPU As Part Of New Yearly Cadence
Intel on Tuesday revealed a 160-GB, energy-efficient data center GPU that is part of a new annual GPU release cadence to deliver on the chipmaker’s new strategy of delivering open systems and software architecture for AI systems.

Mozilla: We don’t understand why you’re all upset, you can turn off the new Shit In My Mouth feature if you don’t like it.

Russia targets energy sector: new attacks on Ukraine ahead of Zelenskyy’s meeting in the USA!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/14/russia-targets-energy-sector-new.html

A novel imaging solution, called
"prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET) scanning",
can more effectively detect the recurrence of prostate cancer
compared to standard imaging methods,
and is associated with improved survival outcomes.

New imaging technique boosts survival in prostate cancer patients
A multicenter study led by London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI), Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's Health Care London (Lawson), and University Health Network (UHN) has found a novel imaging solution, called prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, can more effectively detect the recurrence of prostate cancer compared to standard imaging methods, and is associated with improved survival outcomes.

A group of high-profile writers plan to launch a magazine called Equator to challenge the "assumption that global events should be narrated by and for the West" (Ben Smith/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/14/2025/new-post-american-g…

New ‘post-American’ global magazine to launch
Equator will “challenge the reigning assumption that global events should be narrated by and for the West.”

US defense manufacturer reveals new Tomahawk launcher — just what Ukraine would need to hit Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/14/us-defense-manufacturer-reveals-new.html

Maps Show How Latinos Who Shifted Right in 2024 Snapped Back Left in 2025 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/politics/latino-voters-new-jersey.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251115/p53#a251115p53

There’s a new King in the NFC East…for 1 week at least https://insidethestar.com/theres-a-new-king-in-the-nfc-eastfor-1-week-at-least

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251014828221/en/T-Mobile-Unveils-New-Cyber-Defense-and-Executive-Briefing-Centers
T-Mobile Unveils New Cyber Defense and Executive Briefing Centers

OpenAI debuts GPT‑5-Codex, a version of GPT‑5 optimized for agentic coding in Codex and says it spends its "thinking" time more dynamically than previous models (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/15/openai-upgrades-codex-wi…

OpenAI upgrades Codex with a new version of GPT-5 | TechCrunch
OpenAI's AI coding agent, Codex, can now spend anywhere from a few seconds to several hours on a task, thanks to a new, customized version of GPT-5.

'I have nothing positive to say': Struggling Jets defense searching for answers https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47308576/new-york-jets-struggling-historic-worse-pace-steve-wilks

Markus Frohnmaier was among some ‌20 state, federal and EU lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany party to attend the annual black-tie gala hosted by the New York Young Republican ‌Club.
Buoyed by the new U.S. security strategy that praises Europe's far-right parties,
the senior German lawmaker called for an alliance between U.S. and German nationalist parties

German far-right lawmaker calls for US-German nationalist alliance at MAGA gala
By Hussein Waaile and Sarah Marsh NEW YORK/BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A senior German far-right lawmaker called for an alliance between U.S. and German...

Newsmax, The Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner say they will not sign the Pentagon's new press restrictions; OANN says it has signed the policy (Scott Nover/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/20

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline
The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

Five major broadcast networks say they will not sign new Pentagon press policy (Daniel Arkin/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/five-major-broadcast-networks-say-will-not-sign-new-pentagon-press-pol-rcna237526
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p122#a251014p122

NFL Week 6: Five things we liked and didn't like, including Chiefs' new-look offense, Justin Fields regressing

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/n…

Nika Soon-Shiong, LAT owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's daughter, becomes Drop Site News' publisher, as the left-leaning outlet hits ~400K subs since its 2024 launch (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/14/2025

‘The verdict of history will be merciless’: A new left media rises in the age of Trump
Drop Site News is bringing on a new publisher as it and other leftist news sites get scoops and momentum.

Notorious Dallas Cowboys hater roasts putrid defense with new nickname https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/notorious-dallas-cowboys-hater-roasts-putrid-defense-new-nickname

Apple will now require app developers to disclose and obtain users' permission before sharing personal data with third-party AI providers and companies (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/appl

Apple's new App Review Guidelines clamp down on apps sharing personal data with 'third-party AI' | TechCrunch
Apple updates its App Store rules to restrict apps from sharing personal data with third-party AI without disclosure and explicit permission.

Border Patrol plans to expand Trump's immigration crackdown to Charlotte and New Orleans, with armored vehicles and special agents (Camilo Montoya-Galvez/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlotte-new-orleans-border-patrol-immigration-trump/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251115/p2#a251115p2

A new US law enforcement initiative is aimed at crypto fraudsters targeting Americans
—and now seeks to seize infrastructure it claims is crucial to notorious scam compounds
DOJ Issued Seizure Warrant to Starlink Over Satellite Internet Systems Used at Scam Compound
…

DOJ Issued Seizure Warrant to Starlink Over Satellite Internet Systems Used at Scam Compound
A new US law enforcement initiative is aimed at crypto fraudsters targeting Americans—and now seeks to seize infrastructure it claims is crucial to notorious scam compounds.

Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 4.5, claiming it offers similar levels of coding performance to Sonnet 4 at "one-third the cost and more than twice the speed" (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/anthropic-launc…

Anthropic launches new version of scaled-down 'Haiku' model | TechCrunch
Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 4.5, the newest version of its smallest model, billed as offering similar performance to Sonnet 4 "at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed."

Jets HC Aaron Glenn 'evaluating everything' after New York's loss to Patriots, including quarterback https://www.nfl.com/news/jets-hc-aaron-glenn-evaluating-everything-after-loss-to-patriots-including-qb

iOS 26 review: Liquid Glass is aesthetically pleasing, many quality-of-life upgrades, call screening is a true game changer, but the Games app feels unfinished (Zachary McAuliffe/CNET)
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-sof

iOS 26 Review: A New Look I'll Be Happy With for the Next 12 Years
Liquid Glass makes for a fun user experience, but call screening is the real star of the show.

Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act isn’t new,
but it’s getting louder and from all directions!
We had years of warnings.
He told us what he’d do.
Project 2025 laid it out,
but too many shrugged.
How much is “enough” for everyone to start getting loud with one voice before it’s too late?
https:/…

Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com)
Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act isn’t new, but it’s getting louder and from all directions! We had years of warnings. He told us what he’d do. Project 2025 laid it out, but too many shrugged. How much is “enough” for everyone to start getting loud with one voice before it’s too late?

After Trump's budget cuts, radio and TV stations are pleading with NPR and PBS to lower their fees as they mull whether to drop national programming altogether (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/poli

NPR and PBS Must Transform After Trump’s Cuts Cripple Broadcasters
Radio and television stations, facing enormous budget holes, are pleading with NPR and PBS to lower their fees as they examine whether to drop national programming altogether.

Agent's Take: These big NFL acquisitions have made little impact on their new team this season

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/agents-

Filing: Berkshire Hathaway discloses a $4.3B stake in Alphabet in Q3, a surprising move given Warren Buffett's reluctance toward high-growth, tech-driven stocks (Yun Li/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/warren-buffetts-berkshir…

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reveals new position in Alphabet
Berkshire disclosed a $4.3 billion stake in Alphabet at the end of the third quarter, making the Google parent the conglomerate's 10th largest equity holding.

The NYT, WSJ, WaPo, NPR, The Atlantic, Guardian, CNN, and others say they will not sign the Pentagon's new press restrictions ahead of a Tuesday deadline (Erik Wemple/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/business/pentagon-restrictions-new…

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions
The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and others said their journalists would not agree to the Defense Department’s policies on news gathering ahead of a Tuesday deadline.

Democracy Now! speaks to William Hartung about his new book
“The Trillion Dollar War Machine”
and who profits from the United States’ runaway military spending that fuels foreign wars.
Hartung says that U.S. policy is “based on profit”
and calls for a rethinking of our foreign entanglements.
“We haven’t won a war in this century.
We’ve caused immense harm.
We’ve spent $8 trillion,” he says

“The Trillion Dollar War Machine”: William Hartung on How U.S. Military Spending Fuels Wars
Democracy Now! speaks to William Hartung about his new book “The Trillion Dollar War Machine” and who profits from the United States’ runaway military spending that fuels foreign wars. Hartung says that U.S. policy is “based on profit” and calls for a rethinking of our foreign entanglements. “We haven’t won a war in this century. We’ve caused immense harm. We’ve spent $8 trillion,” he says.

Google says it plans to invest $40B through 2027 in three new data centers in Texas, including one co-located with a new solar and battery energy storage plant (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-14/google-to…

Patriots' Drake Maye elite? How QB has played his way into MVP discussion; how high is New England's ceiling?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pat…

Flow Engineering, which provides a collaborative hardware development platform for companies like Rivian, raised a $23M Series A led by Sequoia (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/10/14/exclusive-f…

Exclusive: Flow Engineering raises $23 million Series A led by Sequoia to power hardware’s new era
Flow Engineering has raised a $23 million Series A, led by Sequoia and including the Collisons, Fortune has exclusively learned.

Two weeks into the government shutdown
with no resolution in sight,
higher ed associations and researchers say
the inability of scientists to contact federal agency workers
or get new grants approved
is causing harm
https://www.

Researchers, Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts
Two weeks into the government shutdown with no resolution in sight, higher ed associations and researchers say the inability of scientists to contact federal agency workers or get new grants approved is causing harm.

X plans to show new info about accounts, including their creation date and which country they are based in, "starting next week" on select X employees' profiles (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/x-pl

X plans to show more information about user profiles to help improve trust | TechCrunch
X is working on new transparency features to help users identify who they’re interacting with, such as account creation date, location, username change history, and how each account uses the service.

Google introduces Veo 3.1, with improved audio output and stronger prompt adherence, and rolls out new updates to its AI video editor Flow (The Keyword)
https://blog.google/technology/ai/veo-updates-flow/

Introducing Veo 3.1 and advanced capabilities in Flow
Today, we’re introducing new and enhanced creative capabilities to edit your clips.

Disney and Webtoon announce a new digital platform with 35K Disney comics; Disney plans to acquire a 2% equity interest in Webtoon; WBTN jumps 70% after hours (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-15/d…

Amazon schedules its annual fall hardware event for September 30 in NYC, where it is expected to launch new Echo smart speakers and Kindle devices (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/778008/amazon-fall-hardware-event-…

Amazon announces its fall hardware event
The company will likely launch its latest Echo devices and new Kindles at the September 30th event.

Sources: OpenAI told staff it was ending the six-month "vesting cliff" that required new employees to work for at least six months before their equity vests (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tec…

Online loans marketplace LendingTree says CEO and Chairman Doug Lebda died at 55 in an ATV accident on his family's farm; Lebda founded LendingTree in 1996 (Ryan Mac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/business/doug-lebda-lendingtree-…

Doug Lebda, LendingTree C.E.O. and Founder, Dies in ATV Accident
LendingTree named its chief operating officer, Scott Peyree, as its new chief executive.

Amazon rolls out Ask This Book to the Kindle iOS app, letting readers ask questions about plot or characters; authors can't opt out (Will McCurdy/PCMag)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/kindles-new-ai-feature-can-answer-questions-about-yo…

Meta says it is investing $1.5B to set up a 1 GW data center in El Paso, Texas, and expects it come online in 2028 (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-15/meta-building-new-gigawatt-sized-data-center…

Sources: Apptronik, a humanoid robot maker backed by Google, is in the process of raising at least $400M led by B Capital at a $5B pre-money valuation (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-backed-apptronik-tal…

Google-Backed Apptronik in Talks to Raise Funding at $5 Billion Valuation
Apptronik, a humanoid robot maker backed by Google, is in the process of raising at least $400 million at a $5 billion valuation not including the new money, according to two people familiar with the discussions. The new round,led by B Capital, would at least triple the startup’s valuation from ...