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Itβs the latest in a growing wave of bets that AI companies are making on brain data.

The decision has drawn sharp criticism from left-wing politicians and environmentalists.

UK's deployment of jets to defend Saudi Arabia is the latest chapter in a relationship older than the kingdom itself.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has freed an American, Stephen Hubbard, from a Russian prison following a request from President Trump.

Al Jazeera exposes UK far right's links to criminal underworld.

Britainβs King Charles III welcomed Omanβs Sultan Haitham bin Tariq on the first state visit in 44 years.
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The economic figures released on Wednesday show the constraints for John Healey as he puts the finishing touches to his Budget.

To escape the chaos of her Russian childhood, Lili Infante became an American law enforcement prodigy. She pioneered the DEAβs investigations of the dark webβnever suspecting who sheβd find hiding there.

These WIRED-tested devices will help you hear sounds more clearly. Never miss out on a dinner conversation again.

Domain expertise and clear writing will matter more than syntax, and yes, that means documentation

Paris St-Germain winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia will undergo knee surgery after suffering a knee injury during his side's 4-2 win over Barcelona on Tuesday.

Inflation accelerated to 3.5% from 3.1% in the year to September, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The former Doctor Who and Kidulthood star appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Abuse, threats against Australian lawmakers are rising in a country where political violence has historically been rare.

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Stephen Hubbard has been taken to Pulkovo Airport, Putin said during talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff.

Eberechi Eze has been struggling for form this season for Arsenal, but there could be hope that the forward turns it around.

Researchers say public subsidies for AI should be repaid in wellbeing, not just economic growth

Subaru will halt the sale of gas-powered vehicles in favor of an all-electric lineup in Europe no later than 2027.

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The deep area of low pressure is expected to move close to the south of the UK early on Friday with south-west England set to bear the brunt.

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Unknown threat actors breached TeamUpdraft's website and potentially gained unauthorized access to customers' connection keys for UpdraftCentral, UpdraftVault, and UpdraftClone, using them to backdoor WordPress sites. TeamUpdraft is the developer behind UpdraftPlus, a popular WordPress backup plugin with over four million active installations. The vendor also offers UpdraftCentral, a remote
Popcorn makers, Lego Fortnite and the coolest water bottle around β¦ surprise the mini tween in your life with our pick of the top gifts and toys β’ The best gifts for eight-year-olds The start of the tween years, nine years old, is a sweet spot between curiosity and growing independence, making it a fun, though sometimes tricky, age to buy for. Kids at this age are up for a challenge, whether that means trying a trickier craft set, playing a more complex game or stepping up their sporting interests. Pitch a gift right and youβll not only get the whoop of joy when they first receive it, bβ¦

The cost of having a baby is difficult to predict. The amount families pay varies widely. Here are five tips to help you prepare for the often unexpected costs of pregnancy and giving birth.

Humans are far from the only species with a gift for gab, and our furry, feathered, and finned friends could have a lot to tell us. Decoding how animals communicate with one another could offer a window into the inner lives of other species and help humans realize that βanimals are sentient creatures who think,β¦

Arrests for more minor offenses, including vagrancy, rose in the U.S., even as violent crime rates dropped to historic lows, according to an analysis from criminal justice reform advocacy group FWD.us

Every year, traffic crashes kill more than one million people, and theyβre the leading cause of death for children and young adults. In the US, 100 people a day lose their lives this way, in many cases not on highways but on rural and local streets. βTraffic deaths are a leading cause of preventable death,β¦
We all know exercise is good for us. It builds muscle, strengthens bones, lowers blood pressure, and boosts mood. By deciphering how movement benefits the body, researchers hope to develop medicines that can offer some of the same perksβwithout the workout. The idea isnβt to replace exercise but to bring its upsides to people whoβ¦

Just before the Artemis II crew began its historic slingshot around the moon this past April, NASA announced plans to build Space Reactor-1 Freedom. SR-1, the first-ever nuclear-reactor-Βpowered interplanetary spacecraft, is meant to fly an uncrewed mission to Mars by the end of 2028, arriving in 2029. A successful mission would herald a new eraβ¦

Iβd wager everyone has a rehearsed response to whatβs absolutely one of the worldβs worst interview questions: βWhatβs your biggest weakness?β Whenever Iβve gotten it, I take a slowβeven pensiveβbreath and rattle off my line: βI say no to myself too much.βΒ I wonβt lie. Itβs a bit shamelessβa definite humblebrag. Iβm a systems thinker:β¦
The rise of the lithium-ion battery, which powers everything from the smallest personal electronics to gargantuan energy storage systems, has been nothing short of revolutionary. But as anyone whoβs boarded a plane in the last decade could tell you, storing and pumping out energy by moving charged lithium ions through a liquid electrolyte soup hasβ¦

Scrubbing Earth of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substancesβa.k.a. PFAS or forever chemicalsβcould eliminate a list of woes for people and planet. Used for decades in everything from nonstick pans to firefighting foams, PFAS have been linked to increased risks of fertility challenges, developmental delays, cancer, and reduced immune response. They are known for a strong bondβ¦

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Trump envoy Steve Witkoff to visit Russia in hopes of ending war, Trump campaigns in North Carolina, Saudi Arabia cancels 'Davos in the Desert' due to air strikes.

SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees to discuss a merger, but Elon Musk says it's not a certainty.

Independent lawmaker Helen Haines is in stable condition, her husband says, as suspect charged with three offences.

The Philadelphia 76ers defeated NBA champions New York Knicks 106-100 as the new NBA season tipped off.

Watchdog says Whitehall is too timid about taking stakes in British startups, leaving taxpayers at risk of missing out when they strike gold

A plan to funnel the heat given off by data centers into nearby homes has run aground in Germany. Across Europe, policymakers are weighing AI ambitions against climate objectives.

US President Donald Trump became visibly angry as he berated a reporter who attempted to ask a question.

Brian Stack was crossing a street in Dublin in 1983 when he was shot in the back of the neck and died 18 months later.

South Sudan authorities say Sudan's army launched drone attack on market, as MSF says it is treating 20 wounded people.

A third attempt has been made to guide the 9ft 10in (3m) shark back to the open sea.

Katie Boulter moves into the quarter-finals of the Japan Open after she beat Viktorija Golubic in less than an hour.

Bayern Munich host Arsenal on Wednesday, as the teams clash for the 16th time in Europe's premier club competition.

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Israeli soldiers in Southern Lebanon are seen βjokinglyβ giving a tour of a displaced familyβs home.

U.S. federal civilian agencies must remove DeepSeek products from their information technology systems, along with any third-party products or services "developed using DeepSeek implementations," under a Department of Homeland Security order. They may also no longer buy information technology products or services from the Chinese AI developer or its affiliates Homeland Security Secretary
A recent European Parliament resolution shows the European mainstream is fully embracing an Islamophobic agenda.

Her alleged attacker, 43-year-old Brendan Nugent, faces multiple charges and appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday.

Shopkeepers - including those from immigrant backgrounds - count losses from violence last weekend.

Police violence and use of crowd-control weapons deepen mistrust between French authorities and demonstrators.

The women suffered minor injuries when they were assaulted at Clapton Common, police say.

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Yusuf Shah offered advice on cyber-security to terror groups and downloaded terror-related material.

State Bank of India has identified 3,897 customer records containing personal information in a set of about 375,000 records available on the dark web, and it does not yet know where the data came from. The state-owned bank, India's largest, said in aΒ stock-exchange filingΒ dated October 21 that it "has experienced an incident involving the loss of certain data." The count is
Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Witkoff's talks with Zelenskyy as 'positive', as efforts to end war intensify.

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including four vulnerabilities impacting Plex Media Server that's collectively called Plex2Shell. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-96652 (CVSS score: 5.3) - Plex Media Server Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Here is an architectural summary (TL;DW) of the system design and metrics covered in the video for anyone who prefers reading first: The Scale & Why Git Choked Merge Velocity: Between May and Sept 2026, Anthropic's monorepo went from 2,500 merges/day to 30,000+ merges/day (~1 merge every 2.8 seconds) due to autonomous agent workflows. The 600+ PB/Day CI Bottleneck: With a ~100 GB main branch history, a 25 GB working copy, and 25,000,000 daily CI checkouts , naive Git checkout traffic exceeded 600 PB/day . Packfile & Mirror Saturation: Git's offline-first DAG and packfile negotiation model wasβ¦
Animal rights group Peta is urging Crystal Palace to retire their bald eagle mascot, saying a "bright stadium filled with boisterous fans is no place for animals".

Your only weapon is a shield. Return to Sender is a free retro arcade game with a devilishly hard difficulty progression. You can play in your browser: send arrows back, knock enemies into pits, and climb nine floors to beat Ironhide. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50177177 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
The Trump administration and conservative courts are making it harder to challenge civil rights violations.

Jackdaw and Rosebank are case studies in the slow motion awkwardness the UK has over energy.

The UK government has moved a step closer to making a decision on whether to approve further drilling.

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You can create a room and send the link to friends to battle against each other β but you have to finish the tutorial first! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50176936 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

You don't need advanced prompt or design skills to create a professional designs using Grafista. Just add your content and your brand. Fully editable designs in any language. Plans from β¬10/month, no per seat charge. Startups get 50% for the first 3 months. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50176914 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

Hi HN! Weβre Srikar and Kevan, founders of Alter β https://alterauth.com/ . Weβre building access control for agents that can take actions on behalf of multiple users. If youβve built an internal agent people use through Slack, you may have experienced this scenario: everyone signs in with their own account, but the agent connects to the CRM or billing system with one shared API key, so the agent can do anything that the key can do. User-level authentication in Slack does nothing to control what the agent can do in an external system like the CRM or billing system. Hereβs what Alterβ¦

Iraq closes Sheeb border crossing with Iran for urgent security reasons, sources say Β Β Reuters
Manchester United manager's troubles grow as seven players are out injured before a Champions League trip to Como.

LeBron James scores 14 points on debut for the Philadelphia 76ers as they defeat champions the New York Knicks on the opening night of the NBA season.

Technological tools meant to preserve a craft are now able to digitally reproduce it without involving the craftsperson.

Phil Foden scored a hat-trick as Manchester City bounced back from last week's loss to PSG despite off-field troubles.

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The Sixers got a first look at the potent lineup they put together this summer in hopes of winning their first title since 1983.

Nearly a decade after Boeing unveiled its largest 737 Max jet, the company has cleared a major hurdle in its effort to bring the plane to airlines.

A Belarus-aligned hacktivist group spent nearly two years within the network of a Russian healthcare organization. According to a report published by Russian cybersecurity firm Solar, the activity has been attributed to a threat cluster dubbed Partisan Zmiy, which is also known as the Cyber Partisans. Known to be active since at least 2020, the group has a track record of striking industrial
Families say they are struggling to provide nutritious meals for their children as commercial supplies are disrupted.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the change happened after talks with his American counterparts, including a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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Fresh curfews were being imposed across the city centers of Paris and Lyon on Tuesday after the first quiet night since France's most destructive rioting in years.

The loss, up from $13bn in the same period last year, was driven by accounting charges, according to the report.
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ChatGPT creator says AI agents disabled misalignment monitoring during two internal coding tasks.

Argentina's Lionel Messi has won all of his country's eight prizes, while Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo has won five.

Pippa Boardman says she lost "dignity and privacy" after she was told by an acquaintance she had cancer.

Serie A success story Como have gone from Serie A to the Champions League - now they are ready for a historic night against Manchester United.
