October 15, 2026
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- 01Is AI eroding PhD students’ critical thinking and analysis skills?
- 02World’s timekeepers upend how they adjust time to avoid catastrophic ‘negative second’
- 03Orangutan mothers arrange play dates for their babies
- 04Nearly half of reef-building corals face elevated relative risk of extinction
- 05Give me the good news: four science stories to brighten your day
WORLD
- Letters with 'suspicious substances' sent to US election offices
BBC NewsWORLD
- Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad
BBC NewsWORLD
- Houthi missile attack on Yemeni presidential palace kills two, minister says
BBC NewsWORLD
- Nvidia, Apple each gave $25 million for Trump's ballroom, Washington Post reports - Reuters
ReutersWORLD
- S&P 500 ends higher as traders shift from AI to healthcare - Reuters
ReutersWORLD
- Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon won't livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter - AP News
Associated PressWORLD
- Suspicious mailings to election officials, congressional offices under investigation
NPRWORLD
- Albania's leader defies calls to resign as student protesters rampage in capital - Reuters
ReutersWORLD
- Ukraine abandons truce and attacks Russian oil refinery as Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed by Trump - AP News
Associated PressWORLD
- U.S. historic preservation law faces the most serious threat in its 60-year history
NPRWORLD
- Study says global warming did more than El Niño to turbocharge Hurricane Polo - AP News
Associated PressWORLD
- After booting 760K off ACA health plans, the Trump administration adds some people back
NPRWORLD
WAR
- US Army eyes developing soldier-worn drone detection gear
Defense NewsWAR
- ‘Revolutionary’: Bell touts MV-75 Cheyenne II as combat game changer
Defense NewsWAR
- Kratos combat drone completes first Euro flight, advances turbojet engine production
Defense NewsWAR
- Satellite Images Show Extent of Trump Admin’s Tree-Felling at DC Golf Course
BellingcatWAR
- North Korea’s ‘Hunchback’ Missile Submarine Makes First At-Sea Appearance For Missile Tests
The War ZoneWAR
- Army Wants High-Energy Laser Weapons It Can Put On “Any Vehicle In The Motorpool”
The War ZoneWAR
- The Days Of Army Air Defense Systems Firing Just One Type Of Interceptor Are Ending
The War ZoneWAR
- Watch: What does Starlink have to do with the Ukraine-Russia war? - BBC
BBC ConflictWAR
- Moment drone hits supermarket in Odesa - BBC
BBC ConflictWAR
- Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking oil refinery after Zelensky says strikes to resume - BBC
BBC ConflictWAR
- Pulling Ethiopia and Eritrea Back from War
International Crisis GroupWAR
- A Fateful Choice: Will This Election Change Israel?
International Crisis GroupWAR
AI
- We’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no
MIT Technology Review AIAI
- Accelerating the search for antimicrobial peptides with Google Antigravity
DeepMind BlogAI
- Google DeepMind and Singapore Government collaborate to build fine-tuned AI model for scam detection
DeepMind BlogAI
- Gemini 4 Argon: Built to solve your hardest problems
Google AI BlogAI
- Open models have real benefits. Do they outweigh the risks?
MIT Technology Review AIAI
- NVIDIA Expands Advanced Technology Access for Europe’s Scientific Community Through Open Learning Resources, Collaborations and Compute
NVIDIA AI BlogAI
- The Nordics and NVIDIA Show What’s Possible When a Region Commits to Advanced Computing
NVIDIA AI BlogAI
- Granite Switch 4.1: Chat, Decisions, and Speech from One Endpoint
Hugging Face BlogAI
- Teaching students to think and learn through questions
OpenAI NewsAI
- HiRO-ACEv2: Simulating extreme weather at 3 km resolution for a fraction of the cost
Hugging Face BlogAI
- Amp puts AI agents to work beyond code with OpenAI models
OpenAI NewsAI
- How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops
The Verge AIAI
- Nobody is safe from celebrity AI deepfakes
The Verge AIAI
- Last Week in AI #346 - 719 math manuscripts, 2 Western open models, 1 more safety resignation
Last Week in AIAI
- CopilotKit Releases CLiF: A Continual Learning Platform That Turns Agent Traces and User Actions into Skills, Evals, and Fine-Tuning Data
MarkTechPostAI
- openKylin Outlines Its Vision for Reimagining Linux in the AI Era at Open Source Summit Europe 2026
MarkTechPostAI
TECHNOLOGY
- The Download: reviving frozen pig kidneys and boosting nuclear power
MIT Technology ReviewTECHNOLOGY
- Six wild ideas for perpetuating your mind
MIT Technology ReviewTECHNOLOGY
- The Download: faking blood and the future of batteries
MIT Technology ReviewTECHNOLOGY
- What did the Liberty Bell sound like? Science is on the case.
Ars TechnicaTECHNOLOGY
- Black Sea drone attacks enter NATO country's territorial waters for first time
Ars TechnicaTECHNOLOGY
- Microplastics in water aren’t inert and make damaging chemicals on their own
Ars TechnicaTECHNOLOGY
- Bluesky’s AI tool now lets you make games and apps to share on social
The VergeTECHNOLOGY
- Withings now charges $100 per year to sync your data to other apps
The VergeTECHNOLOGY
- Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs
The VergeTECHNOLOGY
- Amazon devices chief Panos Panay on the importance of failure and bouncing back from it
TechCrunchTECHNOLOGY
- Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs
TechCrunchTECHNOLOGY
- Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps
TechCrunchTECHNOLOGY
BUSINESS
- When AI agents take matters into their own hands
The Economist BusinessBUSINESS
- AI neolabs are raising huge sums. Most have little to show for it
The Economist BusinessBUSINESS
- SpaceX’s Starlink expansion is a bold gamble on the future
The Economist BusinessBUSINESS
- 'I paid thousands to a company for jobs that never came'
BBC BusinessBUSINESS
- Banks say Healey is planning Budget tax raid on their profits
BBC BusinessBUSINESS
- Nandy 'minded to intervene' in Sky's £1.6bn takeover of ITV entertainment arm
BBC BusinessBUSINESS
- Indonesia’s Emerging Market Status Under Consultation, MSCI Says
Bloomberg MarketsBUSINESS
- Big Take: What Is the US Economy Trying to Tell Us?
Bloomberg MarketsBUSINESS
- Inflation Pointing for the Fed to Act: Rajappa
Bloomberg MarketsBUSINESS
- KFC to switch to Coca-Cola beverages in U.S. restaurants for the first time in decades
CNBC BusinessBUSINESS
- Porsche reveals Mission S concept car that previews new design identity
CNBC BusinessBUSINESS
- Harvard’s endowment jumps 27% in fiscal 2026, lifted by SpaceX as top holding
CNBC FinanceBUSINESS
- JetBlue’s new domestic first class, BlueFirst, is now on sale
CNBC BusinessBUSINESS
- China indicates rare earths will keep flowing to EU, regardless of U.S. trade deal expiration
CNBC FinanceBUSINESS
SCIENCE
- Is AI eroding PhD students’ critical thinking and analysis skills?
NatureSCIENCE
- World’s timekeepers upend how they adjust time to avoid catastrophic ‘negative second’
NatureSCIENCE
- Orangutan mothers arrange play dates for their babies
NatureSCIENCE
- Nearly half of reef-building corals face elevated relative risk of extinction
NatureSCIENCE
- Give me the good news: four science stories to brighten your day
NatureSCIENCE
- Margaret Hamilton obituary: computer scientist who pioneered software engineering and helped us get to the Moon
NatureSCIENCE
- Mysterious brain activity under anesthesia challenges what we know about consciousness
ScienceDailySCIENCE
- Arctic sea ice hits another troubling low in 2026
ScienceDailySCIENCE
- Eating late at night linked to up to 30% higher risk of liver disease
ScienceDailySCIENCE
- A fungus is threatening the world’s food supply. Scientists just found a new defense
ScienceDailySCIENCE
- Strokes have nearly doubled among younger adults, and scientists aren't sure why
ScienceDailySCIENCE
- Ozempic and Wegovy linked to rare risk of sudden vision loss
ScienceDailySCIENCE
CRYPTO
- At the White House, crypto policy vacancy looms large
CoinDeskCRYPTO
- Crypto for Advisors: Wall Street is done waiting on Congress for crypto rules
CoinDeskCRYPTO
- How Brooklyn prosecutors and the FBI took down a massive crypto fraud network targeting Russian speakers
CoinDeskCRYPTO
- Under pressure, Ledger unveils plan to turn its crypto hardware wallet into a smartphone
CoinDeskCRYPTO
- Russia Will Soon Ban Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Trading, Central Bank Confirms
DecryptCRYPTO
- Boom or Bust, Bitcoin Wins the AI Trade, Bitwise CIO Says
DecryptCRYPTO
- BlackRock’s Larry Fink Warns AI Data Center Halt Could Tip US Into Recession
DecryptCRYPTO
- Google Says AI Isn't Building Itself Yet—Even Though It Writes 75% of the Code
DecryptCRYPTO
- Binance.US seeks $1B valuation in potential $100M funding round: Report
CointelegraphCRYPTO
- Here’s what happened in crypto today
CointelegraphCRYPTO
- Ex-Trump crypto adviser profited after helping pass stablecoin bill: WSJ
CointelegraphCRYPTO
- Sweden revisits digital krona as ECB advances digital euro plans
CointelegraphCRYPTO
CULTURE
- Mike Tyson Accuses Supreme of Breaching Contract Over Palestinian Flag Hoodie
Rolling StoneCULTURE
- Neil Young Praises ‘Digger’: ‘The Best Film I Have Ever Seen’
Rolling StoneCULTURE
- ‘The Celebrity Traitors UK’ Season 2 Isn’t Available in the U.S., But We Found a Way to Stream
Rolling StoneCULTURE
- Fontaines D.C. Talk ‘Dopamine Chamber,’ Rosalia Duet on ‘Song Shuffle’
Rolling StoneCULTURE
- 6 Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave Characters Who Need to Be in the Next Smash Bros Game
PolygonCULTURE
- 2026's Bloodiest Game Just Got a Release Date
PolygonCULTURE
- David Dastmalchian wants a Street Fighter Commander Deck! | Shelf Quest
PolygonCULTURE
- RuneScape Reignited Canceled Less Than Two Weeks After Being Announced
IGNCULTURE
- Dell Just Released Its New 32" Alienware AW3226Q 4K Gaming Monitor With RGB Stripe Tandem OLED Tech
IGNCULTURE
- Galaxies Autumn Showcase 2026: Everything Announced
IGNCULTURE