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PHP maintainers tell Web devs to prepare themselves for critical security patches

Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.

Oct 20 • 10:12 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com

New Richland Lab Could Transform How Scientists Study Microbes and Boost Regional Jobs

The BriefGroundbreaking held Tuesday: PNNL officially began construction on the M2PC lab, a 30,800-square-foot facility funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science that will study soil microbes to improve crop productivity and develop new biotechnology applications. The facility will be open to researchers from around the nation and the world.Research timelines could shrink dramatically: The facility's automation and AI capabilities could reduce experiments that currently take six months to just 72 hours, allowing scientists to explore more possibilities faster than ever before.New jobs coming to the Tri-Cities: The project is expected to create positions for automation engineers, AI experts, roboticists, technicians, and skilled craftspeople, with the facility opening in 2029.RICHLAND, Wash. — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory broke ground Tuesday on a first-of-its-kind facility that could accelerate scientific discoveries about the microscopic organisms living in soil—organisms that may hold the key to growing more food and developing new energy technologies.The Microbial Molecular Phenotyping Capability, or M2PC, represents a significant investment in automation and artificial intelligence to speed up research that traditionally takes years to complete. The 30,800-square-foot facility will house more than 100 connected automated instruments designed to study microbes at a pace and scale never before possible.Reshaping Agriculture's FutureThe M2PC facility will not put a new tool directly into a farmer's hands tomorrow morning, but it is actively reshaping the commercial pipeline to solve agriculture's biggest headache with biologicals: inconsistent field performance. For years, PNNL researchers have explored how microbes work and how they might help produce useful materials, advance energy technologies, and address challenges involving critical materials and minerals. But those experiments have been limited by what researchers could accomplish by hand."They can be used to provide nutrients to a plant so that the plant would grow more. So, like increasing your crop productivity, for example," said Douglas Mans, PNNL's Associate Laboratory Director for Integrated Discovery Sciences.PNNL's own research shows soil microbes can help plants access nutrients and withstand drought—benefits that could prove crucial as farmers face growing environmental pressures. The M2PC facility will allow scientists to identify and optimize useful microbes faster than ever before, accelerating the development of biological solutions that actually work consistently in the field.What Makes M2PC UniqueThe Microbial Molecular Phenotyping Capability differs from traditional research labs because it operates as a first-of-its-kind, AI-enabled autonomous laboratory designed to shrink experimental timelines from years down to months or weeks. The M2PC lab will connect more than 100 automated instruments to grow microbes, prepare samples, measure their behavior, and link observations to the molecular processes behind them. Artificial intelligence will help analyze results and guide the next experiments, allowing scientists to explore more questions faster.Deb Gracio, PNNL Director, emphasized the transformative potential during Tuesday's groundbreaking ceremony: "Research that has taken years will become possible in months and hopefully in weeks."That acceleration is already being demonstrated. PNNL's smaller automated lab, called the Anaerobic Microbial Phenotyping Platform or AMP2, completed three experimental cycles in just 72 hours—a process that normally would have taken about six months."That normally would have taken us about six months … and we were able to do that in 72 hours," Mans said.The AMP2 laboratory is not being closed or replaced. Instead, the current 1,800-square-foot laboratory serves as an active prototype and precursor for the much larger M2PC facility. AMP2 will continue operating as a separate lab designed to run anaerobic experiments—those conducted in the absence of oxygen—while M2PC will focus on aerobic research.Broader Applications Beyond AgricultureWhile improving crop productivity is one important application, the M2PC facility is designed to support research into multiple areas critical to national priorities. The lab will advance research into biofuels, manufacturing materials, and energy technologies. It will also help researchers understand how microbes respond to environmental changes and how to design biological systems for biotechnology applications.As a flagship component of the Department of Energy's Genesis Mission, M2PC represents a significant investment in using artificial intelligence and automation to accelerate U.S. scientific discovery. Dorothy Koch, Associate Director of the DOE Office of Science Biological and Environmental Research program, highlighted the facility's importance during the groundbreaking."M2PC will accelerate biological discovery and design," Koch said, noting that the facility is expected to conduct a minimum of 500 strain experiments per week, 100 microbiome experiments per week, and take a million measurements per month.Economic Opportunity for the RegionBeyond the scientific breakthroughs, the M2PC project represents significant economic opportunity for the Tri-Cities region. The facility will require hiring automation engineers, AI experts, technicians skilled in operating robotics, and specialized craftspeople to build and maintain the sophisticated equipment."We're anticipating that type of hiring," Mans said when asked about job creation.PNNL has already begun recruiting talent nationally and internationally for positions related to the smaller AMP2 lab, bringing automation engineers from cities like Boston and San Francisco to work in the region. The M2PC facility is expected to accelerate that trend."This capability won't really exist anywhere else in the world," Mans said, suggesting the facility could become a draw for scientific talent seeking to work on cutting-edge biotechnology research.Timeline and Next StepsThe M2PC facility is expected to open in 2029. Between now and then, construction crews will level and prepare the ground, while the building takes shape. Simultaneously, Ginkgo Bio Works, the automation contractor, will build the facility's automation components off-site so they can be installed as the building is completed.In the interim, PNNL researchers and the broader scientific community will begin planning the first experiments to be conducted in the facility, ensuring research is lined up and ready to begin as soon as the doors open.The groundbreaking ceremony included representatives from the Department of Energy, PNNL leadership, and elected officials at the federal, state, and local levels, underscoring the project's significance to the region and the nation's biotechnology future. News The U.S. Department of Energy Secretary tours Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Dan Hanson, Apple Valley News Now News Beyond DNA: Scientists Explore New Frontiers in Biology Research Dan Hanson, Apple Valley News Now News TRIDEC optimistic that Hanford, PNNL will see funding in national budget Robert Desaulniers News Big picture science: monitoring the Yakima River Basin News PNNL research could shape the future of fighting fentanyl ​COPYRIGHT 2026 BY APPLE VALLEY NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.

Oct 20 • 7:44 PM EDT • Science • applevalleynewsnow.com

SpaceX touts possible Tesla merger after profits soar

After a stellar SpaceX earnings announcement, chief executive Elon Musk said the rocket company is considering a merger with Tesla, the electric car company he also helms.

Oct 20 • 7:31 PM EDT • Business • latimes.com

Nancy Wyman remembered as Connecticut political pioneer

"Do you want to tell the story of why there are still millions of people in this country who have insurance?" asked U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy. "That story runs through Nancy Wyman."

Oct 20 • 7:19 PM EDT • Politics • ctinsider.com

Private contractors are set to cash in as millions of Americans lose health care

Implementing Trump’s "big, beautiful" Medicaid cuts will be a windfall for firms like Deloitte.

Oct 20 • 7:13 PM EDT • Health • motherjones.com

Weight loss in middle age can restore cardiovascular health, research suggests

UK study of 6,000 patients shows shedding 5% of body weight may help cut the risk of stroke and heart disease

Oct 20 • 7:01 PM EDT • Health • theguardian.com

14 Organizations Earn CHIME's Highest Digital Health Most Wired Designation for 2026

/PRNewswire/ -- The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), the leading professional organization for digital health leaders, today...

Oct 20 • 6:09 PM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com

TTUHSC School of Nursing Expands Access to Maternal and Child Healthcare in Lubbock

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Nursing celebrated the opening of Grand Expectations Health Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house today.

Oct 20 • 6:03 PM EDT • Health • kcbd.com

WA leaders push back as federal health cuts threaten millions

Washington lawmakers warn that federal health cuts could cost hospitals billions and hike premiums, drawing debate ahead of the midterms.

Oct 20 • 3:39 PM EDT • Health • fox13seattle.com

Alex Anthopoulos Opens Up on Future of Braves' Coaching Staff

The Braves' top baseball executive explained how he is thinking about the coaches who worked under Walt Weiss this year.

Oct 20 • 2:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Reds Executive Has Message as Popular Tour Returns in 2027

The Savannah Bananas are coming back to Great American Ball Park for a third straight summer.

Oct 20 • 2:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Meeting Big Challenges with Big Ideas, Health Centers Pitch ‘Y Combinator-Style’ Solutions for Local Healthcare

With challenges looming like Medicaid cuts, workforce shortages, and resource gaps, health centers across the United States are being asked to do more with less, and it would be easy to picture a g…

Oct 20 • 2:07 PM EDT • Health • directrelief.org

Sundar Pichai: Google’s Frontier Imperative, Compute Scarcity Dilemmas, Future AI Products and Businesses

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has little patience for doubts about Google’s willingness or capacity to compete at the frontier of AI. His company’s latest Gemini 4 Argon model — long-promised and recently delivered — beats OpenAI and Anthropic’s latest public models on coding, math, science, and knowledge-work benchmarks and has placed Google’s AI back among the world’s best. Amid chatter that Google was fine with good-enough lightweight ‘Flash’ models, Pichai pushed back hard against any suggestion that company is limiting its research ambitions. “We won’t do it any other way,” he told me in a Big Technology Podcast interview recorded this week at Google’s Mountain View headquarters. Pursuing cutting-edge research is costly for Google, requiring compute and chips that otherwise could be sold at a high markup by its cloud business. But Pichai said allocating resources to frontier AI development is “ground zero” for Google. “Our cloud business is at any given moment in time forgoing short-term revenues because we are making compute trade-offs to support frontier AI development,” Pichai told me. In our conversation, we discussed Argon (which Pichai says processed three times as many tokens as Gemini 3 in the 72 hours after launch), AI’s role in developing better models, the AI interface of the future, competition with OpenAI, Google’s partnerships with Anthropic and Apple, data centers in space, and the nature of his optimism. You can read the full conversation, lightly edited for length and clarity, below, or listen to it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice. Alex Kantrowitz: Google is back at the frontier with Gemini 4 Argon, which beats OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s public models on benchmarks spanning coding, math, science, and knowledge work. The conventional wisdom was that Google had given up on the frontier to focus on fast, good-enough models for its products. That was wrong? Sundar Pichai: Very wrong. Look, we are so committed to being at the frontier. It’s in our DNA. We won’t do it any other way. We’ve been thinking about the AI frontier for well over a decade now. The frontier is very dynamic. It’s very competitive. It’s very exciting. I couldn’t be more pleased with how Argon has come together. We took our time with it. We made sure we tested it safely and deployed it carefully. We took a bit longer than our other models, given its capabilities. Across the board, be it for agentic work, knowledge work, coding, creative tasks, Argon is one of the really good frontier models. The first 72 hours since we launched, it’s almost up to 25 trillion tokens used, which is about three times what Gemini 3.0 had in the first 72 hours. And we are capacity constrained as we are serving it. Excited, but there are always areas….. You know, the frontier is very dynamic, and you have to keep evolving the models. There are areas which we can see we need to improve as well. We’ll be at work on all of that as well. Which areas? On any given model, Argon would be across the board better at everything if you just look even two months back. But the space is so evolving. Even on coding, for example, there are pockets where we know we need to do better, and there’s clear feedback. We’ll make it better. The argument for standard models is that they’re already good enough to build great products, with the frontier valuable only for certain tasks. Meta built Muse with good models rather than the best, and Google could put standard models into Maps, Gmail, and Search. Why isn’t that sufficient? It’s definitely not how I have thought about it at all. We are deeply committed to driving the state of the art and actually pushing where this technology can go, all the way from transformers. That’s a journey we’ve been on. You will see us continue to do that. When you’re at the frontier, you get an earlier look into the emerging capabilities, earlier than others, which helps you better prepare for the future. We are fortunate to have a wide set of opportunities across consumer and enterprise. Some of our cloud customers, for sure, want the model at the frontier. The frontier models will be better at developing the next set of models in an era of recursive self-improvement. I would argue it matters there. Internally, we have definitely seen a steep point of inflection by deploying Argon to our developers. It definitely tackles problems which our previous models could not do. Being at the frontier puts you at the innovation frontier and helps you drive that as well. There is room for models of all sizes and capabilities. That’s why we did Flash, Flash-Lite, etc. I agree with you that you can develop very good product experiences with not necessarily the most frontier model, because they tend to be slower and more expensive too. But we care about the Pareto frontier, and we’re committed to doing all of that. You said developing frontier models gives you a look at what’s coming. What do you see on the horizon? What makes this moment so exciting is you build something which you think is a culmination of months of work, and you put it out. You already see clear headroom ahead. We’ve all been working on these agentic, long-horizon capabilities, but clearly the frontier is going to have multiple of these agents working together to do things. That’s an example of an exciting paradigm underway. It’s also clear to me that users, both in consumer and enterprise, will have access to some multi-agent framework for them, working all the time doing things. It feels like a moment of infinite possibilities. Sergey Brin said one of Argon’s core innovations was relying more on the model to help develop the model. Yet incidents involving OpenAI’s bots breaking containment and Google’s bots accessing a site they shouldn’t have suggest these systems still aren’t perfectly aligned. Isn’t there reasonable cause for concern about accelerating toward recursive self-improvement? There are three parts to your question. Let’s first talk about RSI itself. You’re right, Sergey mentioned RSI being a critical contributor as we are developing Argon. But to be very clear, today, in a continuum, we are pretty far from the end state of RSI or something like that. The right way to describe it is you have RSI loops along with AI researchers in various aspects of model development. You almost have agents helping AI researchers in some automated way work together to build these models. It’s good to at least understand where we are today, and it’s super exciting. I expect that continuum to keep making progress as we go into next year. The second question is around safety. Security comes from defense in depth. You’re talking about alignment, obviously. We all are doing a lot of work to make sure the models are as aligned as possible. But it’s an active area of research, and there are clear gaps. That’s not the only thing we rely on. You have the work you do on alignment, but beyond that, we put a lot of effort into real-time monitoring as these models are working. Making sure you have good telemetry into what’s happening so that you can intervene in real time if you see unexpected behaviors. How you do that, the architecture with which you do that, how you make sure it’s all sandboxed and isolated in a way that it can continue doing its job during real-time monitoring — these are all areas of investment. Obviously, when we deploy these models, giving customers, enterprises, control, both with real-time monitoring, but their ability to decide where they deploy, what type of data which models ever have access to, etc. All that work is very, very important, and we are doing a lot of that. As an industry, we need to constantly up our game and take the time to do all this stuff, including dedicating the compute required to make sure you can safely deploy these models. The third part is: Is it all enough? This is why there are a lot of conversations in the industry, and I think it’s reasonable to be worried. The right way to approach something you worry about is early on thinking about what more we can do. As an industry, you’re definitely seeing increased levels of work on alignment, testing for safety, etc., as we deploy these models. The next step would be developing better standards so there are cross-industry standards of how we do these things, including the ability to evaluate using independent evaluators. If you look at areas like financial controls, we have accounting standards, we have independent auditors. Those are all the next natural steps for us as an industry to work toward, and regulation will end up playing a role as we go through all of that as well. Google pursues both language models and world models, while some other AI companies like OpenAI have focused more heavily on LLMs as the path to AGI. Why is world-model research important to you? As humans, you obviously perceive the world around you, and you’re taking all those inputs. Making sure these models are able to understand the laws of physics, simulate the world in high fidelity. All that, I think, are key enabling blocks for intelligence. We are working across all possible applications of this. Take an area like robotics. It’s not an accident: If you look at embodied reasoning benchmarks, Argon is state of the art. That all comes from our experience building world models. Inherently, I would expect there will be architectures which will converge all of this in the future. But for us, we view this as, today, this jagged frontier that is intelligence. We want to be at the frontier of all the possible approaches, and that will help us both drive better research, better insights, and develop a much better AGI model, is how we think about it. Some people argue Google should focus on selling its computing resources rather than using them for AI research. Cloud wants to sell compute at a high markup, while researchers need a very big computer to build the best models. How do you balance those demands? Ground zero for us is making sure we are investing in the compute that’s needed to be at the AI frontier. In 2015, I set the company to be AI-first. AI is that key horizontal ingredient across everything we do, all the way from Search to Cloud to Waymo. That is ground zero for us, making sure both for research and developing the models that we have enough compute needed. Beyond that, we have these independent businesses which each have their own long-range plans. They’re using those long-range plans to project forward, and we plan for compute for all of them. The cloud team, they have a business and they have a projection and they have demand signals. They have committed contracts. With that help, we can plan on a long-term compute trajectory for them. We’re fortunate to have this wide set of opportunities. There’s no company in the world which isn’t making trade-offs at any given moment in time. But the first principles we operate on is making sure we have enough compute to invest in the frontier, and that’s non-negotiable, and everything else works on top. Remember, we are building our own compute, our own data centers. There are long lead times. The compute we have today is a function of decisions I made in 2024. Even if you think back to a year from today, last year the agentic coding takeoff hadn’t happened. Today, obviously, when you sit and look at anything, everyone is short—not just us, other companies—and everyone wishes you had two times what you had planned for. That comes with the territory. At any given moment in time, we are planning for what we would need two to three years out in the future. You’re going to find some decisions you make may look suboptimal two years out, depending on where the state of the art is. I don’t spend too much time thinking about it. The way I think about compute allocation is making sure Google DeepMind, both for research and frontier model development, is cutting edge in terms of compute access. After that, we plan for all our businesses. It’s great we can provide our compute to other people too, like we have done. It allows us to scale that up, get real tests for it in the widest application set possible, test it in the real world, and make sure we are at the cutting edge of technology at every layer of our AI stack as well. Ben Horowitz relayed on a podcast that Andy Jassy had said compute was sold out until 2028. Are you seeing the same thing? If today a customer is coming out and asking us for compute in ’27, that is incredibly difficult to do. Even last year we went out and leased some short-term compute to accommodate some customers and help them out. But yes, we are all dealing with similar timelines. Every major technology shift seems to involve overbuilding, from railroads to fiber. Do you think that’s happening here? It depends on the time frames you’re looking at. This level of build, if I take a long enough time frame, it makes complete sense to me. We are at early stages of the most consequential technology ever, and this is not like fiber. It’s not dark. We are using it. We are capacity constrained on a daily basis. The applications, the underlying technology is improving rapidly. But running a company, the way I work through the moment is you look at your demand signals. You look at your committed revenue opportunities that you’re getting in the form of contracts. You balance that with the underlying technical capability, or internally you balance how we are using it internally, the model trajectories. Based on all that, you take a disciplined approach—a confident, aggressive, but disciplined approach—to plan out compute. But when you talk about the broader economy as a whole, you’re having people operate with various levels of risk. I focus on what I can control as a company and plan through it. If your question is, can there be an overbuild? Yes, because you can have some constrained components. Remember, what matters is a set of everything you need to build out that compute. Memory, electricity, electricians…. Land. Like 2,000 components or more. You could get constrained at some point. There could be things which cause bottlenecks, and then you could have overbuilds. There could be external shocks to the economy. There are macro risks. All that is possible at any given time. But am I confident that the compute we are planning for, we will have uses for it given enough time? Absolutely, yes. I was in the room when you said AI would be as profound as fire and electricity. If you believe that, shouldn’t you give researchers the biggest possible computer, even at the expense of today’s cloud profits? We’re all doing some form of that. Our cloud business is at any given moment in time forgoing short-term revenues because we are making compute trade-offs to support frontier AI development. What you’re seeing is true already. But you want to be thoughtful. Even our AI researchers have some constraints, which are also good. That’s what inspires creativity. That’s what helps you come up with a more efficient algorithmic breakthrough, maybe to use less memory. What we are committed to is to invest what’s needed to stay at the frontier. OpenAI President Greg Brockman told me a few months ago that the ideal AI product might have no interface at all—just as natural as conversation. What do you think the interface looks like in the age of AI? Computing historically has been humans adapting to computing. With AI, it’ll be the other way around. The technology will adapt seamlessly to how humans live and go about their day-to-day life. You want to be able to speak to that AI when you want to. It has context. It can be persistently running somewhere, give you continuity. You’re not dealing with a lot of complexity. It’s natural. All that makes sense to me. That doesn’t mean it won’t have any interface, however. Nowadays, even on my phone, Gemini voice models are so good. I can just press the microphone button. I can just ramble. That’s why we call it Rambler. I can ramble. It intelligently corrects with my personal context. Even my friends’ names, weird names, it gets it right, even if it first guesses it wrong. It’s amazing. I’m not going in, backspacing, editing once I finish saying it. It’s remarkable how good it’s gotten. But there are going to be moments you will need an interface. You may want to entertain yourself. You may want to watch a video. You may ask your AI to create something, and you want to watch it, consume it. The way I think about it is, you want it to be as seamless and as natural as possible, and that you are not doing the hard work adapting to whatever the interface is. The technology is adapting to how you’re working at any given moment in time. When I asked Sam Altman about competition from Google, he argued that OpenAI was building AI-native products and implied Google was bolting AI onto existing ones. Do you accept that framing, and can a “bolt-on” compete with an AI-native product? First of all, it’s a very dynamic moment. We are all pushing each other. OpenAI has pushed us as a company too. This is not just we are doing something to them. Far from it. Yes, Google went into its own version of a code red too. In the AI moment, all of us have to respond with varying levels of urgency at any given moment in time. We are constantly building new products as well. Gemini was built from the ground up as a product—the Gemini app I’m talking about. Or tomorrow, as all of us are adapting to agents, are you bolting agents onto ChatGPT, or are they building it natively? How would you think about that? You can always put these questions back. I don’t think of it that way. I think of it as you want to build world-class product experiences that are AI-native and they are winning. Some of it is adapting products, some of it is rethinking new experiences. They will all be part of how you approach this moment. How do you expect to make money from these AI interfaces? If an agent recommends a product and I buy it, should it take a cut of the sale, even if that’s disclosed? I’m going to put enterprise aside. Consumers are going to increasingly value this technology. Take software developers today. Developers are willing to pay for these coding models because it really helps make them more productive. Nobody would want to code the way they were coding three years ago, or even the same time last year. When you’re delivering value, there’s value to be had. I’ve never seen examples where consumer products really scale to billions of users, where people are using it intensely, and haven’t had monetization to go along with it. If you’re providing value to people, there is inherent value to be had. The nature of it may change. You’re asking a scenario in which agents are doing stuff for you. At the end of the day, you will have commercial needs. The agents need to fulfill those commercial needs. The providers on the other side are going to see value in that. There’s going to be some mechanism by which it gets fleshed out. That’s what an efficient system does. But what matters is that you’re building those world-class consumer experiences. I promised myself one product feature request: Can you make Gemini-powered search in Gmail as good as searching Gmail through ChatGPT? What’s going on here? One of the exciting things we announced recently is the unified Gemini agent for enterprise, and we’re bringing that to consumers. These are persistent agents which run 24/7 in the cloud. We’re spinning up a micro VM effectively for every query, and from the runtime, the harness, the model—it’s all a headless service. It’ll work everywhere, and it has your context with you. You can address this agent whether you’re in Workspace, in Search, in Gemini. Agents are going to drive this unification from a customer experience, which people are looking for. When you have a broad product portfolio and you’re moving forward fast, there are always areas where you’re moving forward faster than some other areas. That’s valid feedback. But we are putting a lot of time and effort into making sure, as we build out our agentic experience, that unification and that capability works well across all these services. People have asked where Google’s equivalent of Muse or Dots is. Do you anticipate creating a new product to compete with them? Our goal with Gemini is to be a personal, proactive, and powerful assistant. That’s what we are working toward. You saw us describe the early versions of it at Google I/O this year with Spark. Effectively, already, if you open the Gemini app as a Pro or an Ultra user, you see Chat and Task, and they start giving you that agentic experience. With Argon now, that capability is dramatically accelerated. What we announced recently in our enterprise event, we are bringing that to consumers as well. Soon in Gemini, you will be able to ask something, and it’s a continuum. You don’t need to think about whether you’re asking a chat or an agentic task. It’ll just automatically do the right thing, and it can work persistently in the background securely and get things done for you. Already, empirically, when I look at what’s coming into Gemini in our app, last year you would have tagged them and most of them would have been chats. But a steadily growing percentage is already agentic tasks in Gemini. Yes, we are going to bring personal agents to our consumers. It’ll work in the Gemini app. It’ll work in Google Search. It’ll work in Gmail. You can address it, call it, etc. We want to make sure we’re getting it right. It’ll be powered by Argon, and we are very excited to bring it to our users. Google has invested and committed tens of billions of dollars to Anthropic. What do you see in Dario Amodei that makes you want such a deep investment and partnership? Very early on, when we looked at the founding team of Anthropic, it was very clear to us this was a world-class team which was involved in some of the earliest GPT models. We were quickly able to assess that they would be at the frontier. We’ve always tried to identify and partner with companies which would be at the cutting edge of technology. We’ve done that with SpaceX. We’ve done that with Anthropic. That’s what we saw, and we had a chance to partner. Is your partnership with Apple to license Gemini for Siri expanding, contracting, or standing still? For both us and Apple, that partnership was about translating the capabilities of AI into better experiences for users. I thought Apple has done a phenomenal job of incorporating—they customize these models and build it into Siri—and it’s been great to see the reception. We are committed to doing more. You’re going to do more with them? There’s nothing specific to comment, but it’s a partnership. It’s working well. What have you learned so far about the feasibility of data centers in space? It’s a very exciting project. Projects like this remind me—I still recall that moment in the desert for the DARPA Grand Challenge, watching the Stanley car compete in it, which ended up being the basis for Waymo. With all these technologies, you’re at a moment in time where it looks a bit like sci-fi, but 10 to 20 years down the line, it’s actually working in a meaningful way. I feel the same in space. We’ve always believed in betting big on these technologies. Quantum has been a great example of it. We’re probably 10 years into the journey. Waymo, we are almost 20 years into the journey. Space, we are two to three years into the journey. It’s clear to me that it’s an approach which will make a lot of sense in the future. Being in sub-synchronous orbits with 24/7 access to the most abundant form of energy we have access to will make a lot of sense for this exponential increase in compute that we are going to need. Having said that, this is a challenging project. The team has disciplined milestones. It was a super exciting milestone to send the TPUs up to space. Sometime, as we are speaking, we are expecting a “hello world” moment from them. I look forward to seeing that happen, and we’ll continue investing here too. You previously said 25% of the code written within Google was written by AI. What’s the number today? That number in our world today is meaningless in the sense that every part of what we now touch is influenced by AI deeply. What we are tracking with Argon, for example, it’s been a point of inflection. People are using Argon to really go tackle complex projects, including projects which affect millions of lines of code. In the four weeks since we have launched Argon, we have seen a 30% increase in CLs, and more importantly, almost a similar increase—a one-third decrease in rollbacks. People are writing code more productively and better code with it. We are tracking it with newer metrics now. How are you dealing with opposition to data centers? If you can’t build in the U.S. the way you want to, where else do you go? We’re very committed to building our data centers very responsibly. When I look at our largest data centers in some of the communities where we have been the longest, I visit them, I talk to people. There are people who come and tell us their kids have gone to college because of our investments in these communities, and we’ve grown in those communities. To me, this is about doing it right. Engaging with the communities early, doing it transparently. We are committed to making sure we are bringing incremental power, and we cover 100% of the cost of our power needs for these projects. It’s understanding the impact on neighborhoods and making sure you’re working thoroughly to address them. Done rightly, you can continue making progress. But we are constantly taking feedback into account. I do worry not everyone operates the same way. People have been surprised by data centers showing up in their backyard. Those are all important. As an industry, we should continue to do better. But part of the reason, in a 20-year time frame, we are thinking about things like data centers in space is making sure we are able to put these data centers where maybe the trade-offs will be different. What unproven area of AI is Google working hardest to crack? Is it continual learning—getting models to keep updating after release—or something else? There are multiple parallel paths. You saw with Argon we have a million output tokens. With our Gemini models early on, we had a one-million context window on the input side. These are all examples of breakthroughs we are constantly working on. How do you think about synthetic data? How do you think about continual learning? How do you think about more efficient architectures? We do dedicate a meaningful percentage of our compute to these research bets too. It always goes hand in hand, including our world models. Those are all bets we are placing. Sometimes, as part of these bets, there are ideas that emerge which just make their way into the mainline models. Maybe we don’t fully talk about it, but we have multiple steps in these areas. Working in technology requires optimism that building something will improve the world, but those bets can leave real consequences when they fail. I recently returned to a town in El Salvador where enthusiasm for Bitcoin had given way to unfinished construction and something resembling a ghost town. How do you maintain the optimism you spoke about in your Stanford commencement address while accounting for those risks? I genuinely have a deep conviction that improving technology and improving access to technology makes people’s lives better. It’s been my personal experience in my life, out of which comes that deep conviction, optimism. But with that, I’ve always felt humanity’s journey is always about working hard to harness that technology to make it work well for society. The optimism is not an optimism that you just build whatever you want, whenever. You work hard to make sure you’re building technology in the service of humanity, to make the human condition better. That’s got to be the defining goal as we are approaching it. With that framework, I’m very, very optimistic. We are in very early stages of the kind of progress that we are going to see on many areas. We’re all talking about areas like healthcare. A lot of the progress is ahead. The ability to make things in a fundamentally cheaper way on many things where things have been getting expensive for a long, long time, discovering new materials, etc., which really bend the curve—it’s tough to step today and understand the impact of all that, but they’re going to be very profound. I’m very optimistic, but we have to be rightfully concerned about all the ways this technology can go wrong. Sundar, I know you don’t do many of these. Thank you. Thanks, Alex. Appreciate it.

Oct 20 • 1:47 PM EDT • Technology • bigtechnology.com

New Family Business Alliance leader looks to expand footprint

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Oct 20 • 1:30 PM EDT • Business • crainsgrandrapids.com

Three Tigers Hitters Detroit Should Move on From This Offseason

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Oct 20 • 12:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Zurich names North America energy leaders

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Oct 20 • 12:48 PM EDT • Business • businessinsurance.com

Opinion: Chicago can’t cut its way out of this budget crisis. There’s another option.

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Oct 20 • 12:18 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com

Workplace illness prevention: New guide for health and safety committees

The University of Connecticut calls joint committees “one of the most effective tools” for preventing work-related illnesses.

Oct 20 • 12:11 PM EDT • Health • safetyandhealthmagazine.com

The non-gamer CEO racing to save Microsoft’s Xbox

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Oct 20 • 12:10 PM EDT • Technology • fortune.com

Arizona Small Business Seizures

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Oct 20 • 11:49 AM EDT • Business • ij.org

Scientists Found a Possible Shortcut to Nuclear Fusion. But There's a Catch Hidden in Reactor Walls

Heating fusion fuel before increasing its density could make ignition easier.

Oct 20 • 11:39 AM EDT • Science • zmescience.com

Giants Cut Ties with Former Steelers RB Najee Harris

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Oct 20 • 11:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

New Tampa Bay business networking group launches

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Oct 20 • 10:49 AM EDT • Business • stpetecatalyst.com

Exodus Chiropractic celebrates 15 years in business

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Oct 20 • 10:49 AM EDT • Business • williamsonherald.com

Smoak Power Laboratory honors family’s multi-generational electrical e

Louisiana Tech University's College of Engineering and Science recently celebrated the opening of the Smoak Power Laboratory with a ribbon-cutting ceremony recognizing the generosity of three electric

Oct 20 • 10:47 AM EDT • Science • latech.edu

Altour Unveils AI Platform

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Oct 20 • 10:44 AM EDT • Business • businesstravelexecutive.com

Advito Adds New Service To Help Organizations Prepare Emissions Data

Tool is said to provide an independent assessment of processes and methodologies

Oct 20 • 10:37 AM EDT • Business • businesstravelexecutive.com

TAMS Names Joel Hanson as Executive Director

Executive previously led global innovation business development for CWT

Oct 20 • 10:32 AM EDT • Business • businesstravelexecutive.com

Walmart has a new bundle for Plus and Sam's Club

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Oct 20 • 10:29 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Voices: Jamey Taylor, Chief Information Officer, Dragonfly Health

This article is sponsored by Dragonfly Health. As hospice and post-acute care organizations look to reduce complexity across care delivery, technology is

Oct 20 • 10:19 AM EDT • Health • hospicenews.com

Republic Business Credit Provides $15 Million Factoring Facility to Temporary Staffing Agency

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Oct 20 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com

The problem(s) with the White House’s new women’s health initiative

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Oct 20 • 9:11 AM EDT • Health • ms.now

SRS names former Allianz exec to alternative risk role

Strategic Risk Solutions said Tuesday it has appointed former Allianz Commercial executive Chris Terry as managing director and head of alternative risk transfer and risk strategy, effective April 19…

Oct 20 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsurance.com

KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Fall 2026 Update on Vaccine Views

The latest KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust finds about half of parents mistakenly believe spacing out vaccines is healthier for children, while confidence in many long-standing childhood vaccines is high across partisans. These findings take on new relevance following President Trump's recent executive order calling for changes in U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations, including splitting the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine—currently given as a single combined shot—into three separate vaccines across multiple visits.

Oct 20 • 8:30 AM EDT • Health • kff.org

Hanan Al Kuwari: Executive, Minister, Diplomat - And A Middle-Power Mediator?

The State of Qatar has nominated former minister of public health Dr Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari for Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Entering a competitive contest alongside six other candidates as the WHO faces financial instability, workforce restructuring, and geopolitical fragmentation, her campaign positions her as a pragmatic, delivery-focused nominee.

Oct 20 • 8:15 AM EDT • Health • healthpolicy-watch.news

AI is Changing Science: Here’s What Journalists Need to Know

Researchers are rapidly adopting AI for everything from data analysis to planning and executing entire research studies. Journalists will need to keep up. That means learning the basic principles, strengths, and weaknesses of the diverse technologies labeled as “AI”—and how to tell when using AI in science is actually noteworthy. Luckily for science reporters, knowing your beat well can help you cut through the hype.

Oct 20 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • theopennotebook.com

$6.4 Million Grant to Bolster Maternal, Child Health

(10/20/26) The Center for Child Well-Being will expand psychiatry access, resources and workforce development.

Oct 20 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • medicine.missouri.edu

Woman Indicted In Alleged $612,000 Theft Scheme From Great Mills Business

GREAT MILLS, Md. — An Odenton woman has been indicted on six theft charges after prosecutors alleged she stole approximately $612,758.92 from a Great Mills business through unauthorized payments and credit card transactions spanning several years. Heather Lynne Payton, 50, was indicted by a St. Mary’s County grand jury on September 28, 2026, in connection […]

Oct 20 • 7:39 AM EDT • Business • thebaynet.com

'We used to go to the climate conferences together. We are not anymore': ESA official Simonetta Cheli tells us how the political landscape for Earth observation is changing

Live Science sat down with the European Space Agency's Simonetta Cheli to discuss the importance of Earth observation, how NASA budget cuts have changed the picture, and how the proliferation of private satellites could hinder our ability to view the planet.

Oct 20 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • livescience.com

Betterworks Named an Inc. Power Partner for Second Consecutive Year

Betterworks, a leading enterprise performance management platform, has been named a 2026 Inc. Power Partner Awards winner, recognizing the company among the ...

Oct 20 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • businesswire.com

Uzbekistan's $12bn business drive gathers pace during Rubio visit

The package covers railways, critical minerals, finance and technology, with major US firms involved. Uzbek President Mirziyoyev outlined measures to attract investors, while business executives told Euronews that commercial activity is growing.

Oct 20 • 6:17 AM EDT • Business • euronews.com

Names in the News: People shaping the future of Lake Area business

Sowela appoints vice chancellors Sowela Technical Community College is pleased to announce the promotion of two distinguished members of its leadership team, Allison Dering and Dr. David LaFargue, from executive […]

Oct 20 • 6:08 AM EDT • Business • americanpress.com

New coalition aims to keep Virginians covered as Medicaid rules tighten

Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources Marvin Figueroa on Monday announced the Virginia United Coalition, formalizing a partnership that builds on a series of roundtable meetings with him and Gov. Abigail Spanberger throughout the summer, as well as an executive order she signed.

Oct 20 • 5:20 AM EDT • Health • virginiamercury.com

Baptist to add 40 beds, PAM Health to build new rehab hospital

Baptist and PAM Health are partnering to add 40 acute care beds and build a new 60-bed rehabilitation hospital to meet growing regional demand.

Oct 20 • 5:04 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com

Beyond the textbook: Bringing real science into the classroom

Forget baking soda volcanoes! Some high school students are getting hands-on experience with real genomic research. We talk with educators about how partnerships with working scientists are bringing cutting-edge science into the classroom.

Oct 20 • 3:15 AM EDT • Science • ctpublic.org

UK unemployment rate falls in pre-budget boost, but firms keep cutting vacancies

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Oct 20 • 2:17 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com

Volkswagen bet on Xpeng to save its China business. It’s not going to plan

By Ju-min Park and Christina Amann BEIJING/BERLIN, Oct 20 (Reuters) - When Volkswagen turned to EV maker Xpeng in 2023 to help fix its flailing Chinese business, executives touted the partnership as a shortcut to developing cars tailored for China at t...

Oct 20 • 1:01 AM EDT • Business • wtvbam.com

Exclusive | Sea’s CEO Says Financial Services Arm Could Go Public

Chief Executive Forrest Li said going public could give Monee the resources and the room to go further and faster.

Oct 20 • 12:13 AM EDT • Business • wsj.com

China’s new 0.1-nanometre electron microscope ready to challenge US and Japan

Model marks shift from R&D to commercialisation and aligns with country’s effort to cut reliance on imported tech.

Oct 20 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • scmp.com

Texas Health Fort Worth Earns Commitment to Quality Award for Second Consecutive Year

FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Oct. 16, 2026 – Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth has once again earned the American Heart Association’s Commitment to Qu

Oct 19 • 11:53 PM EDT • Health • fortworthbusiness.com

Lakers Depth Chart For Final Roster After Dalton Knecht Release

T he news of the Los Angeles Lakers releasing Dalton Knecht confirms the final roster entering the NBA regular season. Bronny James and Jaden Hardy survived the cut and will make the roster to keep their jobs. Knecht was not expected to get strong playing time, but he removes a player who could give the […] The post Lakers Depth Chart For Final Roster After Dalton Knecht Release appeared first on HEAVY.

Oct 19 • 10:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Maui Health appoints Wade Ebersole as Chief Executive Officer

Maui Health announced today the appointment of Wade Ebersole as Chief Executive Officer, effective Oct. 25, 2026. Ebersole has served as interim CEO since May 3, 2026, and was previously Maui Health’s Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Oct 19 • 10:00 PM EDT • Health • mauinow.com

Trump’s Push for Deals With Russia Powers His Frustration With Ukraine

The series of recent steps by the president that seem to favor Vladimir Putin reflect his intensifying desire to normalize the relationship with Moscow even if it means further undercutting Ukraine.

Oct 19 • 8:33 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Colts’ GM Firing Could Have Eagles Watching Closely

The Indianapolis Colts made a big move at the top of the week, as they are cutting ties with their GM, Chris Ballard. The 57-year-old executive leaves his position after serving as the front office leader since 2017. The Colts make that move after a 2-4 start to the season. The NFL will watch closely […] The post Colts’ GM Firing Could Have Eagles Watching Closely appeared first on HEAVY.

Oct 19 • 8:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Scientists discover a surprising link between vitamin C and cancer survival

A surprising clinical trial suggests that taking vitamin C daily could improve survival in people with precancerous blood disorders and early-stage blood cancers. Patients receiving the supplement had fewer adverse events and showed a promising survival advantage, raising hopes that a common vitamin could help protect against leukemia-related complications.

Oct 19 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com

Pearlington residents, business owners push for bridge replacement plan

The Pearlington bridge closed more than four years ago, cutting off a direct route between Pearlington and Louisiana.

Oct 19 • 7:43 PM EDT • Business • wlox.com

Humboldt County leaders warn HR 1 cuts could hit health care, education by 2027

Concerns are growing in Humboldt County about how HR 1, a sweeping federal law passed in July and sometimes referred to as the “big beautiful bill,” could affec

Oct 19 • 7:20 PM EDT • Health • krcrtv.com

Syracuse Football: Halloween Game Time Finalized

The Orange host SMU on Oct. 31, marking the second consecutive home game on the holiday.

Oct 19 • 6:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Meet the researchers leaving the US because of Trump's funding cuts and politicization of science

Many American scientists are being recruited by foreign universities holding out offers of stable funding and academic freedom. It began last year after the Trump administration began making seismic changes

Oct 19 • 6:29 PM EDT • Science • starbeacon.com

Brentwood business owner admits failing to pay employee taxes to IRS, prosecutors say

A Brentwood business owner pleaded guilty to failing to pay federal taxes tied to his employees' wages, a case prosecutors say involved nearly a decade of unpai

Oct 19 • 6:24 PM EDT • Business • fox17.com

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited Stock 12‑Month Price Target Cut to $6.14, Implies 48% Upside

Explore more price target data and ratings for Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited on the Forecasts tab, and track all previous and future analyst recommendations for Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited in the dedicated News Flow.Select reference data provided by FactSet. Copyright © 2026 FactS…

Oct 19 • 6:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • tradingview.com

Advancing Women's Health to Improve Outcomes in All Phases of Life

The Executive Order (“EO”) makes it federal policy to prioritize turning women’s health research into better clinical care at every life stage, and it directs HHS, through NIH, to set up a new Women’s Health Division within 90 days. In coordination with the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health, the Division will focus on, among other things, understudied women’s health conditions, greater inclusion of women and girls in clinical trials and grant recipients’ adherence to NIH's policy on sex as a biological variable. The EO also creates a White House Women’s Health Task Force, co-chaired by the Secretary of HHS and the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff and composed of officials from other departments and agencies.

Oct 19 • 6:13 PM EDT • Health • akingump.com

Executive order directs NIH to create women's health division

SWHR, ACOG, and WFRC called for sustained funding after a new women’s health executive order.

Oct 19 • 5:55 PM EDT • Health • contemporaryobgyn.net

President Trump signs executive order aimed at improving women's health. How could it impact you?

President Trump signed an executive order creating a women's health task force and a division at the National Institutes of Health to advance research, diagnostics, and treatments for women's health issues.

Oct 19 • 5:36 PM EDT • Health • gulfcoastnewsnow.com

President Trump signs executive order aimed at improving women's health. How could it impact you?

President Trump signed an executive order creating a women's health task force and a division at the National Institutes of Health to advance research, diagnostics, and treatments for women's health issues.

Oct 19 • 5:36 PM EDT • Health • wbaltv.com

Raiders cut OL Evan Neal from the practice squad

The Raiders cut offensive lineman Evan Neal from their practice squad on Monday, the team announced.

Oct 19 • 5:31 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsports.com

What’s in Trump’s new women’s health executive order?

Executive order also creates task force and new division in National Institutes of Health

Oct 19 • 5:13 PM EDT • Health • deseret.com

Lakers Make Final Roster Cut Before Beginning of Season

The Los Angeles Lakers waived forward Dalton Knecht on Monday, reducing the size of their roster to 15 just before their Monday deadline. The post Lakers Make Final Roster Cut Before Beginning of Season appeared first on LA Sports Report.

Oct 19 • 5:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

First Lady announces NIH Women's Health Division

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announce an executive order establishing a new Women's Health Division at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a White House Women's Health Task Force, followed by an impromptu Q&A session with White House reporters on the South Lawn.

Oct 19 • 5:06 PM EDT • Health • fox5atlanta.com

'There's No One Person That Has This Whole Thing in Their Head' — GTA 6 Devs Had Freedom to Add Cool Features Just Like RDR2's Horse Balls

Rockstar Games gave the GTA 6 developers so much freedom to add cool details that not even the studio's top executives are aware of everything in the game.

Oct 19 • 5:06 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com

Newsweek names Encompass Health America's Most Awarded Leader in Inpatient Rehabilitation for seventh consecutive year

/PRNewswire/ -- Encompass Health today announced it has been named America's Most Awarded Leader in Inpatient Rehabilitation by Newsweek for the seventh...

Oct 19 • 4:30 PM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com

Trump signs order launching women’s health division at NIH, White House

First Lady Melania Trump has championed the executive action as a 'transformative moment' for US women's health.

Oct 19 • 4:29 PM EDT • Health • aljazeera.com

Judge grills Trump administration over plans to overhaul Washington golf course

A federal judge hearing testimony about President Donald Trump’s plans to redevelop a Washington golf course is expressing deep skepticism over the government’s claim that the recent mass cutting of

Oct 19 • 3:37 PM EDT • Politics • lancasteronline.com

Netflix film chief Dan Lin is out as streamer shuffles executive ranks

Netflix's film chief Dan Lin has left the company after the streamer conducted massive layoffs.

Oct 19 • 1:36 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

Executive order calls for creation of NIH Women’s Health Division

An executive order issued by the White House today directs the Department of Health and Human Services, through the National Institutes of Health, to establish a Women’s Health Division. The new division will focus on conditions that uniquely or disproportionately affect women.

Oct 19 • 12:05 PM EDT • Health • aha.org

Prosecutors: Saudi government supported ex-OpenAI employee

Abdulrahman Alfozan had been in contact as recently as October 5 with a member of the Saudi Royal Family, prosecutors said.

Oct 19 • 11:56 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

President Trump Signs Historic Executive Order to Advance Women’s Health, Championed by First Lady Melania Trump

President Donald J. Trump, with the leadership and support of First Lady Melania Trump, signed an executive order, Advancing Women’s Health to Improve Outcomes in All Phases of Life.

Oct 19 • 11:52 AM EDT • Health • hhs.gov

Trump to create new NIH division, task force for women's health

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order alongside first lady Melania Trump on Monday ​creating a task force and a National Institutes of Health division focused on women's health, the White House said.

Oct 19 • 11:45 AM EDT • Health • ksl.com

Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks Keeps Science Green at ECOS

Chief Executive Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks maintains a keen focus on sustainable manufacturing at ECOS, the company her father founded 60 years ago, building upon his initial idea to create non-toxic alternatives for cleaning. Van Vlahakis, a chemist, founded the manufacturer of green cleaning products at a time when no one was paying attention to ingredients. “He […]

Oct 19 • 11:39 AM EDT • Science • ocbj.com

This Week: Politics 101, 20th Street Bikeway, Muni Trivia

Here is a list of events this week. Monday/Tonight! SF Politics 101 with Joel Engardio. Learn how local politics shaped San Francisco. Monday/tonight, October 19, 5:30-6:45 p.m. SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street, S.F. Wednesday 20th Street Protected Bikeway Ribbon Cutting. The Oakland Department of Transportation, city officials, Bike East Bay and other community partners will celebrate the completion of the 19th Street BART to Lake Merritt Urban Greenway. Wednesday, October 21, 1:30 p.m. 400 Thomas L Berkley Way, Oakland. Thursday 2026 Silver SPUR Awards. This SPUR event brings together elected officials and business, civic, and philanthropic leaders to celebrate four individuals and their contributions. Thursday, October 22, 4-7:30 p.m. Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA, 700 Howard Street, S.F. Get tickets here. Friday Woman and Non-Binary Morning Ride. Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition for a socially distanced bike ride for women and nonbinary cyclists. Friday, October 23, 7:15-8:45 a.m. McLaren Lodge, 501 Stanyan Street, S.F. Friday Muni Trivia Night. Bring your friends or come solo and make some new ones. Friday, October 23, 7:30 p.m. Standard Deviant Brewing, Pier 70, suite 195, 1070 Maryland Street, S.F. RSVP here. Saturday Fifth Annual Firefighter Family Ride. Join SFFD, SF Safe Routes to School, and the SF Bicycle Coalition for a fun, low-stress bike ride through one of the city’s most beautiful routes. Saturday, October 24, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Panhandle Park Blacktop (Fell & Ashbury) to JFK Promenade (Whale’s Tail). Sunday Canvas for No on Prop G. Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition to canvas for No on ‘G’ to save Sunset Dunes Park. Sunday, October 25, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Marina Blvd & Laguna Street, S.F. Got an event we should know about? Drop us a line.

Oct 19 • 11:38 AM EDT • Politics • sf.streetsblog.org

Louisiana ranks 9th nationally for business competitiveness for second consecutive year

Louisiana is once again ranked among the nation's top 10 states for business competitiveness. The publication ...

Oct 19 • 11:32 AM EDT • Business • louisianaradionetwork.com

Early Black Friday Deals Already Live on Square Enix Games, Slashing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and More Down to Brand-New All-Time Lows at Amazon and Best Buy

Amazon and Best Buy have both dropped early Black Friday sales on select Square Enix games that features big price cuts on Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and loads more.

Oct 19 • 11:31 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com

Donald Trump signs executive order creating NIH task force as Melania unveils 'new standard for women's health in America'

Oct 19 • 11:31 AM EDT • Health • nypost.com

Axa XL names former Everest exec to E&S casualty role

Axa XL on Monday named former Everest Insurance executive Erin Bouren underwriting manager for E&S casualty in the Western U.S.

Oct 19 • 10:46 AM EDT • Business • businessinsurance.com

800 Guests, 40 Countries: Chongqing Forum to Unveil Top 10 Science and Tech Foresights

The 2026 World Science and Technology Development Forum will be held in Chongqing from October 21 to 23, bringing together about 800 guests from nearly 40 countries and regions, including leading experts, international science and technology organization heads, and high-tech executives, to discuss “Co-evolution: Shaping a New Ecosystem for Future Industries.”

Oct 19 • 10:42 AM EDT • Science • ichongqing.info

CT axe throwing business closes up shop. One customer: ‘we had some amazing date nights here!’

A Connecticut axe throwing business has permanently closed its doors, according to a post on their Facebook page.

Oct 19 • 10:22 AM EDT • Business • courant.com

Trump will sign an order aimed at boosting women’s health research, a plan backed by the first lady

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order aimed at bolstering federal research on women's health , a move pushed by first lady

Oct 19 • 10:21 AM EDT • Health • wtop.com

Trump will sign an order aimed at boosting women's health research, a plan backed by the first lady

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order aimed at bolstering federal research on women's health, a move pushed by first lady Melania Trump.

Oct 19 • 10:18 AM EDT • Health • newsday.com

Trump will sign an order aimed at boosting women's health research, a plan backed by the first lady

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order aimed at bolstering federal research on women’s health, a move pushed by first lady Melania Trump.

Oct 19 • 10:17 AM EDT • Health • news4jax.com

Trump will sign an order aimed at boosting women's health research, a plan backed by the first lady

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order aimed at bolstering federal research on women's health, a move pushed by first lady Melania Trump, the

Oct 19 • 10:17 AM EDT • Health • 2news.com

CT Business Blend: Oct. 19, 2026

Hartford Business Journal’s Greg Bordonaro and WTIC’s Brian Shactman explore the people, companies and trends shaping Connecticut’s business scene every Monday at 8:30 a.m. on WTIC 1080 AM.

Oct 19 • 10:13 AM EDT • Business • hartfordbusiness.com

Trump to sign executive order expanding women’s health initiatives

The order will create a new NIH division and White House task force focused on women’s health.

Oct 19 • 10:12 AM EDT • Health • newsnationnow.com

Trump Says Renovations on Disputed DC Golf Course Will Begin Immediately

A federal judge has ordered tree cutting halted at the city course as she considers a lawsuit over the legality of the administration’s plans.

Oct 19 • 10:09 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Finding Hope and Peace Amid Political Division

By Dr. Michelle Connor HarrisExecutive DirectorSt. Raphael CounselingLast night I was talking with my 23-year-old son about this article on “hope and peace amid political burnout.” His response was, “If you want to talk about hope and peace, look at Zohran Mamdani.” I sighed internally and tried, probably unsuccessfully, to control my tendency to roll my eyes at the mention of the mayor of New York. Not because of the mayor or his policies, but more because of the way these discussions go with m

Oct 19 • 10:00 AM EDT • Politics • denvercatholic.org