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Trump shuffles key federal panel ahead of vote on his arch

Four Trump political appointees were added to the National Capital Planning Commission, which could approve the president’s project on Nov. 5.

Oct 21 • 1:32 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Googlebook deserves a little patience: why early launch quirks don’t define its future

If you have been following our Googlebook coverage of late, you know I have been wrestling with two competing realities around the fledgling, current state of Googlebook. Earlier this week, I aired...

Oct 21 • 12:20 PM EDT • Technology • chromeunboxed.com

Quinten Timber Reflects On Difficult Week With Crystal Palace

Quinten Timber has reflected on the two defeats to Lyon and Brighton, and has apologised to the fans for the display of the team.

Oct 21 • 11:32 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Special Olympics Chief Health Officer Dr. Dimitri Christakis Elected into the National Academy of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting on 19 October 2026. Among them was Special Olympics Chief Health Officer, Dr. Dimitri Christakis. One of the highest honors in the field, Dr. Christakis's election reflects both his work advancing health for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities at Special Olympics and his expertise in child development, particularly related to digital media and its effects on children’s social, emotional, and cognitive health.

Oct 21 • 10:40 AM EDT • Health • specialolympics.org

Ethan Hawke and Tommy Lee Jones have some thoughts on remaking Hollywood classics

Oct 21 • 10:19 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Week 7 fantasy football Top 150 Flex rankings

Four more NFL teams go on bye this week, so fantasy teams' depth will be tested. Check our Week 7 Flex rankings to help make the tough lineup calls.

Oct 21 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Fleury Michon buys UK business Allplants

Allplants was acquired out of administration last year by the founders of Deliciously Ella, which was sold to Hero Group in 2024.

Oct 21 • 9:48 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com

N.P. native Danielian talks new book ‘Paperboys & Bicycle Thieves’

When it comes to reflecting on one’s childhood, a wide range of memories can come to mind. They usually center on pivotal moments of growth, memorable interactions, and crazy, extraordinary

Oct 21 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • valleybreeze.com

John Turturro on Hollywood, Oscars and getting better with age

Stealing the spotlight in his latest movie, ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.’ the quintessential indie actor reflects on a career spent following his instincts.

Oct 21 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

From Trauma to Hope: Supporting Mental Health in Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine continues, access to mental health care remains critical for people living with the psychological effects of the conflict, including the healthcare workers serving affected co…

Oct 21 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • directrelief.org

Ramstad: With DFL nearing trifecta, business hopes Klobuchar keeps excesses in check

A moderate governor will have to rein in the big-spending DFLers in the House and Senate.

Oct 21 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • startribune.com

Replication is necessary even if scientists do everything right

“Committing a Type 1 error does not reflect poorly on the quality of the science done,” writes Mark Louie F. Ramos

Oct 21 • 4:30 AM EDT • Science • statnews.com

“We were told…”: Why Dortmund stars fled before showering

After their narrow 2–1 win over Azerbaijani champions FK Sabah, Borussia Dortmund’s players left the Olympic Stadium in Baku without showering. The immediate departure on the BVB team bus was appa...

Oct 21 • 4:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Tennessee Titans re-sign Erick Hallett to the practice squad

The Tennessee Titans released veteran Jordan Elliott and shuffled their practice squad roster ahead of the Cleveland Browns game.

Oct 21 • 4:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Free Agent Centers Put Bronny James Lakers Future in Doubt

The Los Angeles Lakers cutting Dalton Knecht over Bronny James sees the current roster finalized for opening night. However, there are rumors that the team would like to add another center to have flexibility in today’s NBA. Most other teams have a noteworthy center who the Lakers will have to defend. Walker Kessler’s injury history […] The post Free Agent Centers Put Bronny James Lakers Future in Doubt appeared first on HEAVY.

Oct 21 • 1:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Student-led composting business brings sustainability efforts to MSU

Starting a business is not easy. Coming up with a good idea is difficult, and securing funding and resources for it once you have it can be even harder. For Tanner Marlow, one of his startup business struggles came after those two steps. He secured ample space and the resources he needed from the university...

Oct 21 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • reflector-online.com

Eagles-Commanders Week 8 game will NOT be flexed out of Sunday night

For better or for worse, you’ve gotta stay up late to watch the Birds next weekend.

Oct 20 • 11:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Powder mailed to Arizona officials reflects surge in political threats

Suspicious letters containing white powder have targeted Arizona lawmakers and the state’s elections chief, as experts warn that threats and intimidation against public officials are rising.

Oct 20 • 8:12 PM EDT • Politics • cronkitenews.azpbs.org

Green Bay Packers: Matt LaFleur on the safety trio and Evan Williams’ interception

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Monday he would put safeties Xavier McKinney, Javon Bullard and Evan Williams “up against anybody in the league” after the trio helped hold the Dallas Cowboys to 13 points. Williams intercepted Dak Prescott in the second quarter of Green Bay’s 23-13 win Sunday night. Bullard broke up three [...]

Oct 20 • 7:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Case of mysterious medieval skeleton buried in Roman-era sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey finally solved

A sarcophagus in Westminster Abbey with Roman and Anglo-Saxon decorations baffled archaeologists, but now a 150-year-old mystery has finally been solved.

Oct 20 • 7:01 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com

AFL Releases FY2025 Corporate Responsibility Report

AFL, the Duncan, South Carolina-headquartered manufacturer of fiber optic cable, equipment, accessories, and related services, released its FY2025 Corporate Responsibility Report. As a reflection of AFL’s continued commitment to creating long-term...

Oct 20 • 4:29 PM EDT • Business • greenvillebusinessmag.com

No, I’m not a Human coming to PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch in 2027

Publisher CRITICAL REFLEX and developer Trioskaz will release No, I’m not a Human, an anxiety horror thriller about paranoia in the End of Times, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and P…

Oct 20 • 2:02 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com

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

Jack Osbourne grew up on MTV. At 40, he's setting 'guardrails' for his own kids.

Jack Osbourne on growing up on camera, raising five daughters and the advice he carries with him from his late father, Ozzy.

Oct 20 • 12:42 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Is 'Wicker' worth watching? What reviews say about Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård's R-rated love story

Olivia Colman's strange new romance lands in limited theaters this week before a nationwide release on Oct. 30.

Oct 20 • 11:03 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

NFL Mexico and CONADE Join Miami Dolphins Academy to Create Year-Round Flag Football and Education Programming Across the Country

The initiative, implemented through the Global Markets Program (GMP), reflects the commitment of the Miami Dolphins and their local partners in Mexico to promoting sports and bringing physical education to communities across the country.

Oct 20 • 10:42 AM EDT • Sports • miamidolphins.com

Op-Ed | Nourishing the World: Expanding Humanity’s Ambition for Food, Health, and the Planet

Nourishing the world is a universal ambition, and its expression must reflect the diversity of people and places.

Oct 20 • 9:56 AM EDT • Health • foodtank.com

Australian Visitor Grateful to Holy Cross Health for Saving Her Life During Fort Lauderdale Visit - Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report

Nearly 10 months after receiving emergency treatment at Holy Cross Health for a ruptured brain aneurysm, Australian resident Sarah Frost is reflecting on her recovery and the care that helped […]

Oct 20 • 7:27 AM EDT • Health • southfloridahospitalnews.com

Honeywell forecasts nearly 10,000 new business jets by 2035

Honeywell forecasts 9,950 new business jets by 2035, with global business aviation fleets growing 29% and flight hours increasing 34%.

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

As midterm tensions mount, here's how to have civil disagreement

My friend had the wisdom to see being flexible and pragmatic was more effective in real-world situations than following preapproved talking points.

Oct 20 • 4:04 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com

College students more likely to vote this election; Ohio State political leaders and experts reflect on why that is

With midterm elections less than a month away, college students are more likely than ever to head to the polls and cast their votes, new data suggests. As many as 66 percent of college students will vote in the 2026 midterms, according to an August survey conducted by the Center for Information and Research on […]

Oct 20 • 2:16 AM EDT • Politics • thelantern.com

Sudden Instagram shutdown leaves Omaha business owner baffled

The sudden shutdown of a social media site has an Omaha business owner baffled. It’s an issue faced by others who rely on Facebook and Instagram to get their message out.

Oct 19 • 11:27 PM EDT • Business • wowt.com

Motorola's wide-fold Razr Flex runs Geekbench with older Snapdragon chip and 12GB of RAM

Motorola Razr Flex appears on Geekbench with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chip, 12GB RAM, and Android 17 ahead of its rumored December launch.

Oct 19 • 10:25 PM EDT • Technology • gizmochina.com

Mike LaFleur: Jacoby Brissett's accuracy has been 'dynamite'

While Jacoby Brissett's box score doesn't look the flashiest, head coach Mike LaFleur was impressed with his performance in the Cardinals' win.

Oct 19 • 9:47 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com

Covenant Health Air adds 2 ICU helicopters to fleet

Covenant Health Air Fleet aims to reach more rural counties faster with its two new helicopters.

Oct 19 • 9:46 PM EDT • Health • wvlt.tv

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

Honeywell Aerospace forecast shows business aviation growth, expanding fleets and strong utilization continuing through 2035

/PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ: HONA) today published its 35th annual Global Business Aviation Outlook, forecasting continued growth in the...

Oct 19 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com

How Cardinals Engineered a Much-Needed Defensive Turnaround vs rams

Mike LaFleur remembers what it was like to go up against Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Nick Rallis when Rallis’ unit was operating at its best. Sunday’s shocking 18-16 victory over...

Oct 19 • 7:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Meeting Candice Swanepoel, spotting Timothée Chalamet: Inside the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

Getting to attend the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show? Talk about a millennial Tumblr girl's dream come true.

Oct 19 • 7:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

BYU Football Releases Updated Depth Chart Ahead of UCF Game

Fresh off a high-stakes upset, the Cougars shuffle their offensive line and lean on quarterback Bear Bachmeier's rushing mobility to offset key injuries before facing the Knights.

Oct 19 • 6:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Kingston Flemings Reveals What He’s Learning From Hawks’ Elite Defenders

Kingston Flemings says Dyson Daniels, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Luguentz Dort are teaching him different defensive habits before his NBA debut.

Oct 19 • 6:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

President Trump talks data centers and staying in politics with Tricia Macke

President addresses property tax concerns and reflects on staying in politics during interview with Tricia Macke.

Oct 19 • 5:47 PM EDT • Politics • fox19.com

Tatyana Ali's 'Dancing With the Stars' tribute is a 'love letter' to James Avery. 'He always told me he was proud of me.'

Dedication Night on "DWTS" gives Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik a chance to honor James Avery through dance and her own singing.

Oct 19 • 4:37 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

New Debit Card Coming for Military’s Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Military households became eligible for federal tax-advantaged health care FSAs in 2025.

Oct 19 • 4:20 PM EDT • Health • military.com

Richard Riehle, prolific character actor known for roles in 'Office Space' and 'Casino,' dies at 78

Riehle's signature mustache and warm persona made him a regular staple in TV and film throughout his nearly 50-year career.

Oct 19 • 3:57 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

How a controversial lift on 'Dancing With the Stars' and a reference to Will Smith's Oscars slap led to pro dancer Val Chmerkovskiy's suspension

The controversy began when judge Carrie Ann Inaba told Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson that their routine included a move that is not allowed in traditional samba.

Oct 19 • 3:25 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.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

Student Success Keeps STC Professor Emeritus' Legacy Alive

As he reflects on a teaching career that spanned more than two decades at South Texas College, Professor Emeritus Gilberto Reyes said some of the most meaningful moments came when students discovered they could succeed in careers they once believed were out of reach.

Oct 19 • 11:52 AM EDT • Business • texasborderbusiness.com

Duo Andalus Will Perform in Wellfleet

As part of Cape Symphony Presents “Secret Planet Cape Cod” music series, Duo Andalus will play at Wellfleet Preservation Hall on Saturday, November 7, at 7 PM.

Oct 19 • 11:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • capenews.net

More than 2 dozen charged in California sweep targeting noncitizen voters

The arrests also reflect a further escalation in a simmering voter roll fight

Oct 19 • 10:53 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Go Your Own Way to the Niswonger This Saturday for Rumours of Fleetwood Mac

Van Wert, OH [Oct 19, 2026] -Your Saturday night plans are calling, and they come with a legendary soundtrack! Rumours of Fleetwood Mac brings the music of one of rock’s

Oct 19 • 8:57 AM EDT • Entertainment • theeveningleader.com

Lord Abbett Unveils New Brand Reflecting a Firm Built with Intention

JERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 19, 2026--

Oct 19 • 8:06 AM EDT • Business • rutlandherald.com

Foundation to hold trials this October

The Leeds United Foundation will be holding open trials for aspiring players on Friday 30 October, aiming to potentially recruit any promising players to the Academy system and Foundation centres.Thes...

Oct 19 • 8:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Central Illinois Flea Market vendors explain why they’re in business

The Central Illinois Flea Market wrapped up its season at Peoria Speedway this weekend, giving shoppers one last chance to browse a variety of unique finds.

Oct 19 • 7:13 AM EDT • Business • 25newsnow.com

Trump’s war on science sparks American brain drain as top researchers flee overseas

Many American scientists are being recruited by foreign universities holding out offers of stable funding and academic freedom

Oct 19 • 7:02 AM EDT • Science • independent.co.uk

Mobile health clinic in Southwest Michigan impacts local community

A mobile health clinic in Southwest Michigan is celebrating a milestone after seeing 1,000 patients in less than a year.The team says that number reflects a gro

Oct 19 • 6:19 AM EDT • Health • wsbt.com

North Carolina's Carter Faith believes in country music

LOS ANGELES — Carter Faith has read the articles about Gen Z turning away from humanity's oldest vices, and she's here to say those articles don't speak for her. "Yeah,

Oct 19 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • reflector.com

Commentary: What do we need after Nov. 3? Political imagination.

If we're going to have governments that respond to our problems, we have to abandon the idea that the only answers are in the free market.

Oct 19 • 5:59 AM EDT • Politics • alabamareflector.com

Business Beat: Navigant CU promotes Lori Jordan to Sr. VP, Chief People and Philanthropy Officer

NAVIGANT CREDIT UNION PROMOTES JORDAN TO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF PEOPLE & PHILANTHROPY OFFICER SMITHFIELD, R.I. (October 13, 2026) – Today, Navigant Credit Union announced the promotion of Lori Jordan to Senior Vice President, Chief People & Philanthropy Officer. The newly created executive leadership role reflects Navigant’s continued investment in its people, culture, and philanthropic…

Oct 19 • 1:30 AM EDT • Business • rinewstoday.com

Executives from finance, healthcare and energy will explore where quantum could help businesses.

Only approved guests may attend; roundtables will cover combining quantum and AI, security readiness and adoption policies at the Nov. 3 London forum.

Oct 19 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • stocktitan.net

Infleqtion Convenes Business Leaders in London to Chart Quantum Commercial Value

OXFORD, England, October 19, 2026--Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ), a global leader in quantum computing and quantum sensing powered by neutral atom technology, will host the first Quantum Application Forum, an exclusive one-day event convening senior business and technology leaders on 3 November 2026 at IET Savoy Place in London. Executives responsible for technology, innovation and investment decisions will explore how quantum technology can address critical challenges, unlock commercial value and dri

Oct 19 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com

Lakers beat writer calls Adou Thiero a 'ceiling raiser'

It seems like the Lakers still see lots of potential in second-year forward Adou Thiero.

Oct 18 • 10:58 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Financial struggles at Camden medical center reflect closure risks for Arkansas’ rural hospitals

It has been a difficult year for Ouachita County Medical Center. In January, the Camden hospital became the latest in the state to close its labor and delivery unit. In March, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In August, the hospital furloughed dozens of employees as it struggled under the budget constraints of bankruptcy.

Oct 18 • 10:45 PM EDT • Health • arkansasonline.com

Green Bay Packers: Keisean Nixon calls his body ‘my resume’

Keisean Nixon will play Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Friday. The cornerback missed Wednesday’s practice with a groin injury, then practiced on a limited basis Thursday and Friday. Nixon carries no game status on the final injury report, according to the Packers. The other starting cornerback, Brandon [...]

Oct 18 • 6:11 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Streaming’s Biggest Show Returns…and a Buzzy Genre Struggles

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Obviously, the big news of the week (if not month) is Netflix letting go of executive Bela Bajaria, their chief content officer. I’m going to cover this in my next “Most Important Story of the Week”, but I also have a data angle that I might publish before then. (Too much news this month, am I right?) But first, I have a bonus Streaming Ratings Report issue for you. Today’s article is a bit of a grab bag of topics I’ve wanted to write about, but couldn’t squeeze into the (already very long) Streaming Ratings Report issues. The NFL drives huge viewership numbers, so I’ve got a look at that. A whole bunch of TV shows returned to the traditional broadcast channels, and I have thoughts. And I have a quick look at adult animated shows, since a couple flopped earlier this month. Plus, the Emmys aired earlier this month, and we got some fun data bout how popular those nominated shows are and why I’m not optimistic about the show’s future. That’s a lot, so let’s dive right in. Subscribe Sports - Football Remains the King of Streaming Over the last two Streaming Ratings Reports, I sorta ignored the biggest “show” each week. (I was tempted to say “piece of content” but I know that word bugs folks.) In my database, I call these “specials”, and they sure are special. I speak of the king of American TV: football!!! Streaming football is back and, unlike some other sports, it routinely dominates all viewership. Probably the best way to show this is to update one of my favorite graphics, the “40 Million Hour Club”1 since football games have joined that club each week they’ve premiered: (Yep, that’s the data through 28-Sep, the first four weeks of the season. As a reminder, I take the average minute audience provided by Nielsen, factor out a percentage of linear TV viewers in home markets, and multiply the run time by the three-hour runtime.) Again, the numbers are huge. Let’s start with Netflix. They grabbed the rights to the bonus opening week NFL Kickoff game (which was on YouTube last year) and it put up 18.5 million viewers on average. That nets out to 47.4 million hours of estimated streaming hours. That’s good! Though, notably, it’s well below Christmas Day games from previous years. Compared to other streamers/broadcasters, that’s a bit of a mixed result. On one hand, Netflix’s 18.5 million average is about what YouTube claimed last year, though Nielsen used a bespoke methodology at that time, so I trust this viewership figure more. So that’s good. (The game also shifted from a Friday to a Thursday and that could have helped the viewership as well.) And Netflix continues to best Prime Video in total viewership—as you’ll see next—though Netflix has had much higher-profile (opening week and Christmas Day) games. NBC/Peacock’s opening game the night before averaged 25.1 million average viewers, which is just much bigger than Netflix (or Prime Video). That’s the big caveat to all streaming viewership records: even in success, they can’t compete with traditional linear TV. Previously, I called this my “hierarchy of viewership”, and the data keeps supporting that thesis. The downside for NBC is that this game’s viewership was down compared to previous years, though it may be a counting issue. Here’s a great chart from Sports Media Watch: Indeed, looking at all the opening week games across all windows, Netflix still lags the other primetime windows, but does well compared to the afternoon games: I saw a few folks make the case that streamers still lag traditional broadcasters in reach, and I’d add they really lag compared to “broadcast plus streaming” options like NBC/Peacock, ESPN/Disney+ and CBS/Paramount+. The best data I saw for this came from Samba TV, who charted reach through the 2025 season, and, wow. (Samba TV’s numbers are historically lower than Nielsen’s, so don’t compare their household figures to Nielsen’s hours, but use them as a proxy for the relative reach of the streamers.) The good news is Prime Video is NOT having a down year. Their opening Thursday Night Football game reached 18.6 million viewers (about what Netflix got), but that’s a high for Prime Video on Thursdays and the biggest Thursday night game since 2015. The TNF games the weeks of 21-Sep and 28-Sep continued this streak, getting 43.1 (16.8 million average viewers) and 42.5 total hours (16.6 million average viewers), which were both up from last year. Still, that continues the (typical) season slide: (For those new-to-streaming-football-numbers folks, the viewership declines for Thursday Night Football as the year goes along.) Overall, it appears as if Prime Video is now part of the “football habit”, be it for customers at home or out at places like bars and restaurants. And its viewership is slowly catching up to broadcast. One last chart shows this. Last season, Nielsen started adding out-of-home viewership to the charts, so I try not to do season-to-season comparisons as I did for the first few years. And while Nielsen added Big Data viewing this year, I’m going to compare the last two seasons. Here’s that chart, which shows the season-over-season gains: When it comes to streaming football, we have to keep a few seemingly contradictory thoughts in our head… First, streaming doesn’t come close to matching broadcast’s reach and, thus, viewership. Second, even with that gap, football is still the biggest “thing” on streaming. It’s very, very popular. Third, while some methodology changes have likely helped Prime Video’s numbers, their viewership does appear to be growing. Lastly, yeah, the NFL started the season off poorly, with week one dragging down the numbers in year-over-year comparisons. However—and again, methodology changes may have helped this—the viewership grew compared to previous seasons over the next couple of weeks. So football is still king. On streaming and off. Television - Adult Animation Continues to NOT Make the Streaming Charts In the last two reports, two adult-animated shows whiffed: Netflix’s animated comedy, Dang! Paramount+’s Sega-video-game-inspired fantasy/comedy, Golden Axe. Neither made the charts, but that’s usually the case for animated shows. I mean, here’s literally every animated show that’s made the Nielsen Original charts since the start of 2025: And one of those shows is G_abby’s Dollhouse_! A kids show! The problem with charts like this is that they don’t give you a sense of how many shows miss the charts. Netflix had at least eleven animated flops, including comedies like Big Mouth (a show everyone assumed was popular in the pre-Streaming Ratings Era), Long Story Short, Haunted Hotel, Mating Season, Strip Law, and Alley Cats, and action shows like Blood of Zeus, Castlevania: Nocturne, Devil May Cry, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, and Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft. Prime Video had at least six animated misses, two in the same universe (Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss), three more comedies (#1 Happy Family USA, The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy and Kevin) and an action show (The Mighty Nein). Disney+ had MCU and Star Wars animated misses (Eyes of Wakanda, Marvel Zombies, Star Wars: Visions, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, and Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld) but I can’t tell how many of those shows were geared towards adults. HBO Max had Harley Quinn and Hulu had Solar Opposites. None of these shows made the charts! That’s a lot of misses! If I remade the chart with all those misses, here’s how it would look: Listen, I know the counter arguments. First, it’s cheaper to produce animated shows than live action. Fair enough, but with viewership this low, even that cheaper price point starts to not matter. Second, just look at the acquired charts. Hit animated comedies can generate viewership for years! Shows like The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, and Bob’s Burgers do really, really well. Fair enough, but streaming has failed to recreate the dynamic that Fox has mastered so well. That’s a problem for streaming still. Television - Emmys! The annual Emmys broadcast was a few weeks ago, and I’ve got data on how the nominees performed on streaming, plus hot takes on this year’s viewership (and the big news about the broadcast’s, er, streamcast’s future). We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… The top Emmy-nominated shows… ...why I’m worried about the future of the Emmys telecast... ...the pros of broadcast television ...and the cons... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. Coming Soon! Next week, we’ve got a double issue (since the weeks of 21-Sep and 28-Sep were so light), but then I’ll be all caught up after a deluge of streaming ratings data from Nielsen in September. In the meantime, I’m going to try to take a look at Netflix’s stats to explain why Bela Bajaria is out. But even light weeks give me plenty to talk about. The Great British Baking Show returns to Netflix and Apple TV has a buzzy new star-studded comedy. And Netflix has a controversial-but-appears-to-be-popular new game show. Plus big films like Toy Story 5, Backrooms and The Breadwinner head to streaming. And is East of Eden a hit? After that, The Kardashians return to Hulu, Prime Video has a reboot of Carrie, and Netflix has a horror show, Below. Disclosure Day heads to Peacock, The Housemaid heads to HBO Max_,_ a new Ben Affleck film, Animals, lands on Netflix, and Apple TV has a new John Cena action film based on, checks notes, Hasbro’s Matchbox toys. Okay. Longterm, some interesting TV production news. HBO Max ordered How to Survive Without Me, starring Kaley Cuoco, Joshua Jackson, Ray Romano and Rita Wilson, for fifteen episodes! I love that some streamers (or, at least, HBO Max) are finally ordering TV shows with more than eight episodes. In less wise production news, Landman does not appear to be coming back this year, since it just started production. Frankly, I don’t love this (get your shows out on time) but Landman is so popular, I doubt it matters.

Oct 18 • 3:59 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com

Michael Carbonaro reflects on path to becoming a professional magician

The longtime magician will visit the Payne & Mencias Palladium on Oct. 23.

Oct 18 • 3:10 PM EDT • Entertainment • nuvo.net

“Something out of Science Fiction” – Astronomers Discover a Star That Glows a Bizarre Shade of Green

A star’s color usually reflects its temperature, but white dwarfs can break that pattern, with models revealing unexpected shades of green, pink, and purple. A star that has drawn in rocky debris from its planetary system would appear chartreuse green to the human eye, according to new calculations by University of Warwick astronomers. As far

Oct 18 • 11:08 AM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com

Ben Affleck on ‘Great Terms’ With Ex Jennifer Lopez, Wants to Keep Her and Jennifer Garner ‘Happy’

Oct 18 • 9:12 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Somon Air selects Moment’s wireless inflight entertainment platform for new 737 MAX 8 fleet

Somon Air is introducing inflight entertainment for the first time across eight new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

Oct 18 • 8:25 AM EDT • Entertainment • futuretravelexperience.com

David Rafferty (opinion): Bigotry reflects a broader political pattern

'56% of Republicans defend Christian nationalism and ... Republican media and leaders regularly spout targeted, bigoted statements,' David Raffery writes.

Oct 18 • 7:55 AM EDT • Politics • ctinsider.com

Olympic canoeist at center of Reflecting Pool scandal becomes a Trump foil

David Hearn, cleared of allegations that he intentionally damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, is now fighting to save a public golf course

Oct 18 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Show us your clutter, and we’ll tell you which generation you come from

Experts say that the type of stuff you have at home — figurines, encyclopedias, old electronics, water bottles — reflects the culture of your formative years.

Oct 18 • 5:00 AM EDT • Technology • washingtonpost.com

Oxford residents to vote on cannabis business cap Nov. 3

A number of Oxford residents are fed up with the perception that Main Street/Route 26 has become a cannabis corridor not reflective of the community's values.

Oct 18 • 4:00 AM EDT • Business • sunjournal.com

The Lakers have cut two players from their roster

The Lakers are trimming their roster with days to go before their regular-season opener.

Oct 18 • 2:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Scientists Discover a 99-Million-Year-Old Insect With a Bizarre Feature Never Seen in Living Species

Like a bendy straw, an ancient insect’s folded mouthparts may have flexed without collapsing, revealing a feeding adaptation unknown in living planthoppers. About 99 million years ago, a tiny insect became trapped in tree resin with mouthparts nearly twice the length of its body. The resin hardened into amber, preserving an unusual feeding organ that

Oct 17 • 9:13 PM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com

Val Booted Next DWTS Episode, Jenna Dewan Dance With Alan

“The well-being of everyone who works on 'Dancing With the Stars' is non-negotiable. Val’s social media post was inappropriate and does not reflect the values or standards expected of anyone connected with the show. As a result, he will not participate in next week’s show," BBC Studios said in a statement.

Oct 17 • 3:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com

‘You Can See Everything’ reviews: Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary hits 99% on Rotten Tomatoes as it opens in theaters

Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” has a 99% Rotten Tomatoes score and is on track for one of the best documentary openings ever.

Oct 17 • 3:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Swinney's emotional explanation for his commitment to independence

BBC Scotland's political editor Glenn Campbell reflects on John Swinney's SNP conference speech.

Oct 17 • 2:11 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com

Swinney's emotional explanation for his commitment to independence

BBC Scotland's political editor Glenn Campbell reflects on John Swinney's SNP conference speech.

Oct 17 • 2:11 PM EDT • Politics • bbc.com

Science Applications International (SAIC) Could Be 12% Overvalued On CFO And Leadership Changes

Science Applications International (SAIC) is reshaping its senior leadership after appointing Kenneth B. Crews as incoming Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, while existing CFO Prabu Natarajan transitions to lead the Civilian Business Group. The leadership reshuffle lands at a time when Science Applications International’s share price has climbed 15.2% over the past 90 days and 31.47% year to date, while the 1-year total shareholder return of 38.29% points to momentum that...

Oct 17 • 12:28 PM EDT • Science • simplywall.st

Susan Collins Says Rival’s ‘Oh, Shut Up’ Comment Reflects How He Treats Women

Ms. Collins, a Republican running in a crucial race, called the debate remark by her opponent, Troy Jackson, “very telling.” Mr. Jackson has defended his comment, and his campaign said Ms. Collins had run a campaign based on personal attacks.

Oct 17 • 10:43 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Ben Affleck has no regrets over box office bomb ‘Surviving Christmas’ for this reason

Ben Affleck explained why working with the late James Gandolfini changed his perspective on ‘Surviving Christmas.’

Oct 17 • 8:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

Joe Manganiello reveals plot of Ben Affleck’s scrapped Batman film

Joe Manganiello shared a detailed plot description for Ben Affleck’s unmade ‘Batman’ movie, which would have seen Deathstroke ‘dismantle Batman’s entire life.’

Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

Joe Manganiello reveals plot of Ben Affleck’s scrapped Batman film

The actor would have played the assassin Deathstroke as he attempted to “dismantle Batman’s entire life,” according to his new memoir “Bloodlines.”

Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Why millennial women are 'leaning out' of the corporate world

Millennial women are increasingly leaving the corporate world, searching for more flexibility and balance in their careers.

Oct 17 • 5:04 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Opinion: Do social media bans protect teens' mental health? Research suggests bans aren’t the answer.

Opinion by Ari Lightman: I research digital media and marketing and measure the impact of new technologies, and I’m skeptical about whether prohibiting access to social media platforms will actually improve young people’s mental health.

Oct 17 • 4:33 AM EDT • Health • kansasreflector.com

Let’s Hope The Next A’s GM and PBO Are Watching

The post-season is always a blend of exciting and frustrating. Exciting to see games with so much riding on every pitch and to see some of the best teams strut their talent. Frustrating that the A’s are not one of those teams and to reflect on the gap between how the best teams play and […]

Oct 16 • 11:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Ghost Walk: Farmville Community Arts Council’s annual Ghost Walk will be held today and Thursday-Saturday. Tours will leave from the Paramount Theater, 3723 N. Main St., Farmville, every 10 minutes

Oct 16 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • reflector.com

Health experts warn of flesh-eating bacteria in floodwaters

Following Hurricane Isaias and heavy rainfall, health experts are warning families about an unseen bacteria in the water that poses a serious health risk.

Oct 16 • 6:58 PM EDT • Health • wesh.com

Trump rallies with top Republicans in critical battleground state of Georgia

Donald Trump flew to Georgia to campaign with Republican candidates for the Senate and governor. Senate candidate Mike Collins faces Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson is taking

Oct 16 • 6:09 PM EDT • Politics • lancasteronline.com

Inside 'Dancing With the Stars' rehearsals with Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik: Sore ribs, sharp humor and 'no days off'

Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik talk "DWTS" rehearsals, taking criticism and who's on his "dead to me" list.

Oct 16 • 4:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Ford Airport in Iron Mountain sees hangar boom as business grows

Officials say airport expansion reflects wider economic growth in Dickinson County.

Oct 16 • 3:44 PM EDT • Business • uppermichiganssource.com

Holy Cross Health Named Among America's Best Healthcare Employers and Florida's Top 100 Employers by Forbes - Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report

Holy Cross Health caregivers and nursing team members gather to recognize a colleague’s dedication and service, reflecting the collaborative culture and commitment to exceptional patient care across the organization Recognitions […]

Oct 16 • 3:14 PM EDT • Health • southfloridahospitalnews.com

Business Community Update: Fall 2026 - City of West Chicago, Illinois

The City of West Chicago is pleased to welcome several new businesses to our community, along with businesses that have recently changed ownership, relocated, or expanded their operations. These investments reflect the continued growth and diversity of West Chicago's business community. New Businesses Please join us in welcoming the following businesses to West Chicago: ALM

Oct 16 • 3:00 PM EDT • Business • westchicago.org

How Rockmaster Entertainment Group tailors DJ services to every single need on Coast Live

Marshall Everett, VP of Entertainment for Rockmaster Entertainment Group, shares how the company helps create memorable events of all kinds with professional service, flexibility, trust & dedication.

Oct 16 • 2:37 PM EDT • Entertainment • wtkr.com

Joy Behar calls some past “The View ”cohosts ‘mean girls,’ reflects on Meghan McCain feud

The longtime host said that the current roundtable is “very good.”

Oct 16 • 2:13 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Roger Marshall praises Trump's tariff policies after Kansas executive says they hurt his business

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, locked in tight campaign with Democrat Adam Hamilton, throws full support behind President Donald Trump's tariff war.

Oct 16 • 1:20 PM EDT • Business • kansasreflector.com