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The Bulletin welcomes 2026 editorial fellows
The Bulletin proudly welcomes its largest editorial fellow class yet. Fellows work closely with Bulletin editors to produce cutting-edge journalism focused on nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive technologies, or biosecurity. As part of a Bulletin initiative focused on uplifting the next generation of experts, our Editorial Fellows Program is possible because of readers and supporters alike.
How Big Pharma Shapes Medical Science, Influences Doctors, and Undermines Patient Care
This week, Mad in America explores three new articles around pharmaceutical industry corruption. The first examines industry’s hidden influence over Three new studies expose the pharmaceutical industry's hidden influence over medical research, the use of ghostwritten academic papers to advance commercial interests, and the normalization of industry influence among future physicians.
How to nominate for Business Insider's Rising Stars of Venture Capital
We're searching for venture capitalists finding the next big thing and those winning the right to invest in proven winners.
Oscar Health Profits Hit $167 Million En Route To ‘Strongest Year’
Oscar Health swung to a $167 million third quarter profit while eclipsing $1.2 billion in net income for the first nine months as Obamacare health plan membership grows.
Patriots set for measuring-stick opportunity against Packers
The New England Patriots have a big opportunity ahead of themselves against one of the NFC’s top teams this Sunday when they welcome the Green Bay Packers to Gillette Stadium. At 5-3, both teams enter Sunday looking to keep pace in competitive divisions while strengthening their respective position in the playoff picture. For the Patriots, […]
Sporticast: Atlanta Braves Give MLB and Union CBA Talking Points
On the 601st Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Kurt Badenhausen discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including Mark Walter looking to sell at least part of the Formula 1 racing team he controls at a $3 billion valuation. F1 team values have soared with cost caps introduced and Liberty …
One of Birmingham’s largest proposed construction projects takes a big step forward
It’s a long-coveted site that’s bewildered developers.
Democrats' big challenge on health care costs
Voters won't wait until the next election cycle for things to get cheaper.
Tiny Chihuahuas Hold a Big Surprise: A Sliver of Coyote DNA
The breed is descended from indigenous canines, which may have been intentionally mixed with wild coyotes long before Europeans arrived in the Americas.
Sports owners bet big on Republicans. What does their defeat mean for US sports?
Sports billionaires backed Republicans, but Democratic victories leave familiar questions over gambling, stadium subsidies and who really holds power.
OpenAI Finds 948 Local Privilege Escalation Bugs In The Linux Kernel
OpenAI published a blog post outlining their work on autonomous vulnerability discovery
Trump Administration Delays Awards Slated To Improve Rural America’s Health
State leaders who scrambled to win and begin spending their first-year shares of Republicans’ five-year, $50 billion fund are in the dark about how much they’ll receive in the Rural Health Transformation Program’s second year after a federal office notified states that more time is needed to make allocations.
Rare bipartisan idea gains ground: U.S.-Israel tie needs a break
Democrats and Republicans may be deeply split after the midterms, but a growing number agree on one big idea: The era of unquestioned U.S. support for Israel needs to end.
When papers become currency: a Chinese debate about trust in science
Last Saturday, 31 October, I went to the University of Hong Kong’s Beijing Centre for its Talent Forum. It was the fourth stop in the series this year, following events in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang, Shenzhen’s Qianhai, and on HKU’s main campus. The programme covered a remarkable distance in one afternoon. HKU’s Xiao-Jing Wang discussed computational neuroscience, intelligence, and the prefrontal cortex—before even delivering his inaugural public lecture to students back in Hong Kong. His colleague Bing Zhang took us from the Big Bang to artificial intelligence. Tsinghua’s Xue Lan asked how AI might reshape the institutional infrastructure underpinning higher education. There were lively panels featuring industry leaders from JD.com, Xiaomi, Haier—and Kaiser Y Kuo on the closing panel discussing innovation and international connections. I cannot pretend to have followed every detail of the brain models or the astrophysics. The talk that stayed with me was closer to something we have covered before: Zhou Zhonghe 周忠和 on papers, evaluation, and scientific trust. Zhou is a palaeontologist, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He is also editor-in-chief of The Intellectual (知识分子), China’s leading science commentary platform. His subject was uncomfortable enough for a room full of successful academics: what happens when the system for recognising good science starts rewarding something else? Part of my interest came from our sister newsletter, The East is Read, which covered the controversy around “Geng Tongxue” in May. A PhD dropout from Beihang University, Geng has publicly challenged papers by prominent researchers through detailed online allegations of manipulated images and fabricated data. At Tongji University, an investigation into a challenged Nature paper found academic misconduct, and the dean of its life sciences school was removed. The affair brought doubts about academic integrity well beyond laboratories and university committees. How could someone outside the established hierarchy spot problems in papers that had passed through prestigious journals and institutions? And what, exactly, had all that prestige guaranteed? Zhou approached these questions through two essays published in July by The Intellectual: one by Wang Xiaodong, director of the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, and a response by Wang Liming, of Shanghai’s Shangsi Institute of Natural Sciences. Both began with the controversy over Geng. Their arguments deserve a wider audience, so I want to put parts of them alongside what Zhou said on Saturday. Wang Xiaodong’s starting point is evolution. A research system selects for the behaviour it rewards. Grants, jobs, journals, talent programmes, and prizes collectively determine which scientists prosper and which practices get passed down from advisors to students. “Whatever the system rewards is what it will evolve to produce,” he writes, citing the ancient Chinese saying: The King of Chu loved slender waists, and many in the palace starved to death. That is a more demanding diagnosis than saying there are dishonest people in science. Punishing a fraudster does not change the selective environment that made a particular kind of research profitable. His account also gives scientific success an awkward role in the story. As Zhou put it on Saturday, science became a victim of its own success. Once research became central to industry, national power, and economic growth, universities and laboratories expanded, and public money followed. That created an administrative need for rapid decisions: who should get the next grant, the next laboratory, the next appointment? The difficulty is that the true value of a discovery may take years or decades of testing and building to become clear. Resource allocation cannot wait that long. Publication counts, journal prestige, impact factors, and citations therefore become convenient ways to make an instant judgement. “The real problem is not that these indicators have no value,” Wang Xiaodong writes, “but that they are trying to answer a question that only time can answer.” Telling administrators simply to stop counting papers will never be enough. They still have budgets to distribute and appointments to make. Something has to replace the shortcut. Zhou described the consequences inside publishing. Papers acquire ever more requirements: a complete story, polished presentation, extensive datasets, and accessibility to readers beyond the immediate field. Individually, those demands sound reasonable. Together, he warned, they produce formulaic “eight-legged” papers 八股文 and rigid reviewing, while genuinely original or non-consensus work struggles to get past journal editors—some of whom wield immense gatekeeping power despite having limited laboratory experience themselves. Meanwhile, the demands for sprawling, “complete” narratives have fuelled a wider replication crisis. Wang Xiaodong uses a mahjong metaphor to describe the result: put the complex papers published by the exact same lab over several years side by side, and they often look like “Thirteen Orphans” (十三不靠)—every tile completely unrelated to the next, and none of them reproducible by outsiders. Zhou also spoke frankly as an editor who has trouble finding reviewers. Everyone wants someone else to review their work; qualified senior researchers have little time to return the favour. The labour is anonymous, unpaid, and brings almost no institutional recognition, so it increasingly gets passed down to postdocs and graduate students. And while anonymity protects reviewers from rank and personal favours, hyper-specialisation means an author’s most qualified reviewer is often a direct competitor, shielded from accountability. The protection and the problem coexist. Wang Liming takes the argument a step further. The decisive change, in his essay, is the instant conversion of academic honour into material resources. Once a paper can be cashed in for funding, a job, students, commercial investment, or even a company valuation, scientists are alienated from their work: they must keep minting this “research currency” to keep their teams alive. He is careful not to romanticise the past. The old world of gentleman scientists—financially independent figures like Boyle and Darwin who needed nothing from external funders—was also a closed club that excluded people without inherited wealth, women, and much of humanity outside the West. Professional science allowed ordinary people, himself included, to become researchers. Nobody should want to undo that. The problem, in his account, is an exchange system that becomes too uniform and too difficult to correct. His most pointed Chinese example is the “hat” (帽子): the prestigious talent designation that brings continuing access to money, laboratory space, students, and institutional influence. “If papers are the circulating currency of the research system, then a ‘hat’ is a bond that pays interest over the long term,” he writes. A paper at least requires another round of peer review. A title in the Chinese context can lock in a judgement made years ago and turn it into permanent status rent, regardless of whether its holder is still doing good science. Here, official institutions hire, organise, and evaluate scientists. Unlike honours awarded by autonomous academic communities in the West, a Chinese “hat” blends non-scientist administrative power with state authority. Once granted, it turns a past judgement into permanent status rent that is nearly impossible to revoke—because taking a hat off would imply that official authority erred in putting it on. Both Wangs see China as experiencing, at compressed speed, pressures present across global science. Research expansion, rising investment, publication growth, and elaborate evaluation metrics arrived in China within two or three decades rather than two or three centuries. Zhou agreed with that international framing—noting that recent US White House science policy documents and the new president of the US National Academy of Sciences, a fellow palaeontologist who recently visited Zhou’s institute in Beijing, have raised strikingly similar warnings about consensus-bound peer review, short-term project grants, and the replication crisis. Still, Zhou emphasised that China’s traditional hierarchy, personal networks (guanxi), and the ethos that “a good scholar becomes an official” (学而优则仕) amplify those pressures at home. So what would change things? Here Zhou’s tone differed from the call for a revolution in scientific trust in Wang Xiaodong’s essay. As an evolutionary biologist, Zhou favoured patchwork repair (修修补补). Living systems survive through accumulated adjustments; dramatic mutations are usually fatal. Science cannot return to a small, slow-moving pastoral era, especially after the successive accelerations of professionalisation after the Second World War, the internet, and now artificial intelligence. But it can alter the local environment in which researchers work. He pointed to domestic experiments designed to support unconventional research and diversify funding, including Tencent’s New Cornerstone Investigator Program, the Xplorer Prize, and the Future Science Prize. He also mentioned participating in reviews for “major non-consensus projects” under the National Natural Science Foundation of China. One guiding principle he recalled was wonderfully direct: “Failure is allowed; corruption is not” (允许失败，不允许腐败). That distinction would mean quite a lot if taken seriously. An honest attempt that fails should not have to disguise itself as a success to survive an assessment. Wang Liming’s essay adds a sharp caveat to the optimism about new domestic funders. Multiple organisations do not automatically produce multiple ways of judging science. If the same pool of senior domestic scientists makes the decisions through the same two-round review procedures, it is still “fake diversity.” He argues for three distinct kinds of money: broad baseline funding governed by fair procedures; patient funding for questions that take ten years; and non-consensus funding based on individual taste, deliberately empowering a few genuine experts to make biased, contrarian bets on eccentric ideas that would inevitably be averaged out by a committee. Replacing one monopoly with another achieves little; a healthy ecosystem needs variance. Zhou’s proposals for publishing were similarly concrete: strip papers of their resource-allocation burden and return them to recording discoveries and establishing priority; separate dissemination from evaluation, as eLife and Peer Community In do; adopt more modular “micro-publications” and real-name endorsements; recognize the labour of editors and reviewers; and give replication work proper credit rather than treating it as an unpublishable dead end. AI makes every part of this debate more urgent—and Zhou wove it throughout his talk. In his own preparation, he used AI to survey the declining influence of academic monographs, noting how tools are already changing how scholars gather information. More fundamentally, he placed AI as the latest great acceleration in scientific history: just as the internet sped up the pace of research and tightened external resource pressures, AI is compressing the cycle again. In the essays Zhou cited, AI cuts both ways. Wang Xiaodong expects large language models to erase much of the English-writing disadvantage long faced by Chinese scientists, further swelling the flood of papers coming out of Chinese labs. Wang Liming sees AI accelerating both ends of the trust crisis: it lowers the cost of paper mills and fabricated images just as quickly as it lowers the cost of automated image forensics, data auditing, and code reproduction. “Whoever builds the verification layer wins,” Wang Liming writes. His proposed alternative to the static, packaged “story paper” is a continuously versioned “unit of discovery” containing a falsifiable claim, raw data, analysis code, experimental parameters, and an ongoing log of independent checks—where negative results and failed replications are recorded rather than buried. Zhou ended his keynote by bringing AI back to the question of scientific honour and credit. Citing a recent Intellectual discussion on “What AI Means for Mathematics” featuring Fields Medalist Deng Yu 邓煜—at a moment when AI is already batch-solving mathematical conjectures, as HKU Vice-President Lin Chen noted in his opening remarks—Zhou agreed that human researchers must remain the principal agents: AI is a tool that frees scientists from tedious calculation to think about deeper, messier real-world problems. Yet that partnership creates a thorny new evaluation problem. When a breakthrough is made with AI, what is the human contribution and what is the machine’s? And since AI models distil centuries of accumulated human scholarship, is it right that the credit and value flow so heavily to the private AI companies building the tools? The old struggle over how to assign scientific honour is acquiring a whole new layer. What I took away was a serious discussion of how science can remain trustworthy as its scale, incentives, and tools change. These were scientists with real standing inside China’s system questioning how that standing is produced, and proposing changes that would affect their own institutions and peers. That made the afternoon at HKU’s Beijing Centre worthwhile. At the close, Wang Feng, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at HKU, said the value of the forum series—which heads to Hangzhou in December and cities like Chengdu early next year—would lie in the real cooperation it helped bring about. The university has plenty to celebrate: this week it topped the QS Asia rankings for a second consecutive year, alongside its 11th-place position in the QS World University Rankings 2027. For me, bringing this debate to an audience beyond the people who review papers and allocate grants was a useful contribution. 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Editorial: Voters rejected tariffs. Congress should too
Amid the drubbing Republicans received in midterm elections on Tuesday, one point shouldn’t get lost: Voters have summarily rejected the president’s tariffs, and the new Democratic congressional majority should do
PRDots Launches in Dubai, Bringing Earned Media, Digital PR, AI Visibility and Link Building Services to Businesses Across the UAE
Dubai-based PR and digital communications agency aims to help startups, growing businesses and established brands strengthen their media presence,...
How Democrats’ Big Win Could Reshape Health Care
Democrats scored huge margins in Congress and made big gains at the state level. What does it mean for health policy in the final two years of the Trump administration and beyond?
Our Big Interview With Ocarina of Time Producers Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi
The leaders of Zelda reflect on the series as they guide a new generation of developers.
Wild Birds in Lincoln Heights changes ownership
Wild Birds Unlimited Inc., operating on Spokane's South Hill, is under new ownership following the acquisition of the avian product shop by longtime Montana franchisee operators John and Kathy Haigh.
Bridging the NIL gap
When college athletes gained the ability to profit from their name, image, and likeness in 2021, Gonzaga University student Jesse Riodil saw an opportunity that never materialized for him during his four years playing on the men’s soccer team.
Nintendo’s First-Half Profit Rose on Stronger Software Sales, New ‘Mario’ Movie
The Japanese videogame maker said Thursday that net profit rose 11% from a year earlier to 220.92 billion yen, equivalent to $1.39 billion, for the six months ended September.
Brandt Clarke’s ‘fortunate’ message amid potential breakout season
The Los Angeles Kings have struggled early in the 2026-27 NHL season . They began the year winless, and did pick up some big wins after breaking that first losing streak. On Wednesday, they did pull out a big win over the San Jose Sharks as well. However, they are near the bottom of the Pacific Division at this time. One major bright spot for this […] The post Brandt Clarke’s ‘fortunate’ message amid potential breakout season appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Take-Two CEO Faces Bizarre Question Over Company's Lack of 'Enough Hits'
Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Take-Two Interactive, faced an awkward interview, in which it was suggested the firm hasn't had 'enough hits'.
AMC Entertainment Q3 Earnings Call Highlights
AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) reported record third-quarter revenue and adjusted EBITDA as a stronger box office, higher attendance and demand for premium screens helped the theater operator return to a quarterly profit. Revenue rose 31.6% from a year earlier to $1.711 billion, while net earnings we
‘Zeptoverse’: CERN scientists uncover evidence of extraordinarily rare particle decay
Scientists at CERN have found evidence of an extraordinarily rare particle decay using the Large Hadron Collider. The process is predicted to occur just once in every 10 billion cases, offering resear...
Houlihan Lokey Expands European Business Services Capabilities with Senior Hire
Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank, added Adnan Choudhury as a managing director in its business services group. Based in London, Choudhury will focus
Biz Buzz: New owners rebrand Platteville pet food, grooming business; Peosta healthcare service plans expansion; gaming store opens location in Dubuque
Biz Buzz shares business tidbits from the tri-state area. This edition highlights businesses in Platteville, Wis.; Peosta, Iowa; and Dubuque.
Nintendo Switch 2 sales plunge 41% as price hikes and memory crunch bite
Sales of Nintendo's flagship Switch 2 plunged in its fiscal second quarter after the Japanese gaming giant rolled out price hikes amid soaring memory costs.
Democrats won on affordability. Can they deliver it?
Democrats will hold Congress but President Donald Trump still has the power to block their plans.
Phoenix 24-hour diner cited by health inspectors
Jason Barry reports on Valley restaurants that saw the most risk factors identified by Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department this week.
Phoenix 24-hour diner cited by health inspectors
Jason Barry reports on Valley restaurants that saw the most risk factors identified by Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department this week.
How AI Is Changing the Way Business Leaders Make Decisions
BoF sits down with Bianca Anghelina, founder and CEO of decision intelligence platform Aily Labs, to explore her vision for AI-powered leadership, why better decisions are the key to business growth and what it takes to turn AI ambition into measurable impact.
Guadalupe Center ‘Paints the Town Red’
Guadalupe Center hosted “Paint the Town RED” in Mercato as part of their Seeing the Bigger Picture Fundraiser in October.
LSU LB Whit Weeks doubtful for marquee Alabama clash
LSU could be without senior linebacker Whit Weeks when it hosts Alabama on Saturday, as he was listed as doubtful on the Southeastern Conference’s Wednesday availability report. The 21-year-old has missed the Tigers’ last four games after suffering a fractured right fibula during the team’s Sept. 26 win over Texas A&M. Weeks underwent surgery […] The post LSU LB Whit Weeks doubtful for marquee Alabama clash appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Regal Rexnord considers selling its autonomous mobile solutions business amid portfolio review
Milwaukee-based manufacturer Regal Rexnord announced that it will perform a comprehensive portfolio review in which it will explore the possibility of
Things get bloody at ‘Evil Dead: The Musical’
The lights dim, the music starts and out comes a group of college students singing their hearts out as they travel to a secluded cabin in the woods. From Oct. 29 to Nov. 8, Columbia Entertainment Company dives into the popular horror franchise with their production of “Evil Dead: The Musical.” The musical, written by...
OpenAI AI Pipeline Generates 948 Linux Root Escalation Exploits in 30-Hour Run
OpenAI's AI pipeline reproduced 1,724 Linux vulnerabilities and generated 948 working local privilege escalation exploits for $1.2 million.
Opponent Offense Preview: Penn State Nittany Lions
This will be Penn State’s first trip to Seattle since 1921, and they arrive with a 4-4 record. Matt Campbell’s first season after being hired away from Iowa State opened with a 3-0 start, then fell apart for four straight Big Ten losses (Wisconsin, Northwestern, USC and Michigan). After a bye week to prepare, they […]
Utah business bankruptcies climbing fast, putting customers' money at risk
Business bankruptcy filings jumped nearly 27% in Utah, outpacing the national increase. For customers who pay upfront, a business closing can mean competing to get their money back.
Broncos’ Bo Nix drops truth bomb on his clutch reputation
The Denver Broncos are sitting at 6-2 at this point in the season. They are coming off a big win over the Kansas City Chiefs , thanks to a comeback led by quarterback Bo Nix. In fact, this sort of victory is not uncommon for Denver since Nix’s arrival in the NFL. Nix has led 15 game-winning drives and 12 fourth-quarter comebacks since his debut in […] The post Broncos’ Bo Nix drops truth bomb on his clutch reputation appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Seahawks bring in former 49ers QB amid Sam Darnold injury
The Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday signed former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Adrian Martinez to their practice squad after ruling out starter Sam Darnold with a quad injury for their Week 9 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals. Head coach Mike Macdonald confirmed that Darnold would miss Sunday’s game, describing his status as week to week. With […] The post Seahawks bring in former 49ers QB amid Sam Darnold injury appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Philadelphia bike rally targeting Jewish businesses condemned; police prioritize safety
A planned bike rally targeting Jewish and Israeli-owned businesses in Philadelphia has drawn statewide condemnation, with police prioritizing safety.
Historic midterm leaves UMD political professor shocked at results
Across the nation on Election Day, democrats flipped several traditionally republican states. UMD Political Science Associate Professor Cindy Rugeley said voters made big waves this midterm.
Stars release statement after Plano voters reject Proposition A taxes
The team says it will continue working with the city to secure funding for its $1 billion venue.
Moore talks Maryland budget, redistricting, Democrats’ future after reelection
Gov. Wes Moore is heading into a second term promising to make Maryland more affordable, but a projected $2.5 billion budget shortfall will test how he delivers on that pledge.
Kubiak Learned His Coaching Approach From A Special Source
The Las Vegas Raiders are 4-4. and it's all about rookie coach Klint Kubiak right now.
Longer reproductive lifespan and hormonal history may influence brain vascular health
A longer reproductive lifespan and a history of using birth control pills or menopausal hormone therapy were associated with certain signs of blood vessel health in the brain, according to a study published November 4, 2026, in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Philadelphia 2026 ballot questions pass: What changes now?
Philadelphia voters passed two ballot questions on small-business contracts and a permanent arts office. Here's what changes and what comes next.
Pulse of Politics: Breaking down 2026 midterms
Oakland University Political Science Chair Dr. Peter Trumbore joins FOX 2 Detroit Live Host Aaron Jordan to break down the big midterm results and react to the Democratic domination in the election.
Ashland Place Health & Rehab employee on leave after reporting alleged patient abuse
An arrest after allegations of patient abuse at Ashland Place Health and Rehabilitation, LLC. in Mobile is now raising questions about another employee's future
Syracuse Football Injury Returns Change Season, Bowl Chase
Only a few weeks ago, Syracuse looked to be in major trouble. Yet another season under Fran Brown had sputtered. It felt like everyone in Central New York who could throw a spiral had played quarterback for the Orange already. But now, SU has stabilized. There’s a lot of things to give credit to, but […] The post Syracuse Football Injury Returns Change Season, Bowl Chase appeared first on HEAVY.
Barrett Business Services Q3 Earnings Call Highlights
Barrett Business Services (NASDAQ:BBSI) reported higher third-quarter gross billings but lower earnings per share as new client additions were offset by workforce reductions among existing customers and smaller favorable workers’ compensation adjustments. The company lowered its full-year outlook f
Smokin' Willy, Deli South planning big move in 2027
Two locally owned businesses, Smokin’ Willy in Purcellville and Deli South in Leesburg, are planning a big move in 2027, according to owners Chris and Shannon Scharrer.
N.C. lieutenant governor continuing the Hunt legacy
Hear never-before-heard stories about Jim Hunt and how Rachel Hunt is driven to keep his memory alive while chasing her own political ambitions.
Vikings slip in changing face of NFC North
Bears appear to be the division's strongest team, while the Lions are climbing and the Packers await the return of Micah Parsons.
See how Plano voted on a tax to fund a new home for NHL's Dallas Stars
Proposition A in Plano asked voters to approve five taxes to help fund a new $1 billion arena.
Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land could see $4M in renovations
Museum Executive Director Kavita Self asked the city of Sugar Land to fund part of a proposed $4 million renovation project to upgrade exhibits and accessibility.
Ubisoft Puts in a Bid for Dishonored Studio Arkane Lyon
Ubisoft has made an offer to buy Arkane Lyon, the French studio behind Dishonored, Deathloop and the upcoming Marvel's Blade, according to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier. At least two other gaming companies have put in offers of their own, though their names haven't come out yet. Apparently, Xbox is...
Simonelli Group unveils Science Driven Coffee Cup programme
The Simonelli Group and the University of Camerino have unveiled the programme for the inaugural Science Driven Coffee Cup, bringing together leading researchers and coffee professionals to explore advances in coffee chemistry, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, sustainability, and quality control at the conference in Italy on 19-20 November.
The Strange Future of AI-Written Software: Do Companies Really Own Their Code?
Companies may soon discover that owning the code is no longer equivalent to owning the system.
Spotlight on competitiveness, scale-ups and big science
Read the latest news and analysis from Science|Business.
Florida Governor-elect says GOP must focus on lowering costs
While Republicans saw losses in the midterms, Florida Governor-elect Byron Donalds told CNN’s Dana Bash that if the party focuses on affordability and prices, the “elections will take care of themselves.”
Paul F. Tompkins, Skye Townsend, and Aparna Nancherla share the secrets of Dropout's 'MP3'
Plus, learn how Jeremy Culhane's kisses bit was born.
Apps Can Now Try to Stop You From Canceling Subscriptions
Apple today added a new subscription retention feature for developers, allowing them to show retention messages when a subscriber goes to cancel. Apple says retention messages will appear in the subscription cancellation flow and can include text, images, or a special offer. Retention messages can be added in App Store Connect for auto-renewable subscriptions, with options for subscriber eligibility and wait time between messages.
Scientists Build Biocomputer That Runs on Bacteria to Solve Hard Problems
The study relied on the bacterium E. coli and V. natriegens to run the calculations.
Bakery celebrates more than four decades in business
A bakery in Kenova, West Virginia, is celebrating more than four decades in business.
Voters approved two sex-based school sports measures, defeated one measure on medical procedures for transgender minors; three remain uncalled
Voters in five states decided six ballot measures related to sex-based sports eligibility and medical procedures for transgender minors in 2026. Here are the results and what they mean. As of 2:15 PM EST on Nov. 4, of the four measures to establish sex-based requirements for school sports, two passed, and two were not called […]
Democrats get their health agenda ready ahead of takeover
Presented by AstraZeneca{beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Democrats get their health agenda ready ahead of takeover Reinstating the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium ta…
Binghamton University students, local resident reflect on election results and future of politics
Voters and college students are reflecting on what future election outcomes could mean for their communities and the next generation.
Nebraska voters reject mobile sports betting initiatives
Nebraska voters rejected two initiatives that would have legalized mobile sports betting in the state. The result was a win for Gambling With the Good Life, the anti-gambling nonprofit founded by Pat Loontjer.
Tom Brady's NFL Power Rankings: Are The Bears Really The Best Team In The League?
Was the Bears' win over the Seahawks convincing enough to put them at No. 1 over the Bills, 49ers and Broncos in Tom Brady's power rankings?
Congress gave Nebraska millions for rural healthcare. Most isn’t getting to rural hospitals.
Much of the $218 million Nebraska has received to soften the blow of looming Medicaid cuts has gone to big cities and out-of-state contractors. DHHS leaders argue more money will make its way to rural areas.
What Wall Street billionaires are saying about Democrats' midterm sweep
Billionaire political spending met criticism from ... billionaires in the wake of Tuesday's blue wave election.
AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) reports upbeat Q3 2026
Theater company AMC Entertainment NYSE:AMC reported Q3 2026 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with revenue up 31.6% year on year to $1.71 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.13 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.For more on AMC Entertainment, read our free ful…
AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) reports upbeat Q3 2026
Theater company AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) reported Q3 2026 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with revenue up 31.6% year on year to $1.71 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.13 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.
‘Opportunities are endless’: Hornets Sports and Entertainment team up with developers to acquire the old Epicentre
Queen City Quarter, formerly known as the Epicentre has been acquired by a group of development partners including Hornets Sports and Entertainment.
Political analyst says Senate-elect Jackson should follow Collins’ lead on constituent services
Political analyst Dan Shea, a Colby government professor, said as voters look to Jackson to tackle major issues like health care and the cost of living, Jackson’s transition also will hinge on mastering what experts call the “bread and butter” of Washington politics: constituent services.
CMS Finalizes CY 2027 Physician Fee Schedule to Shift from Sick Care to Healthcare and Curb Waste
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is prioritizing prevention, strengthening primary care, cracking down on duplicate billing
UCF WR Jonathan Bibbs Enters Transfer Portal Early
Following a dip in the Knights' rotation and the emergence of freshman Tyren Hornes, the former Louisiana-Monroe standout seeks a fresh start and increased playing time elsewhere.
Dolphins' Chop Robinson Gets Honest About Defensive Failure vs. Patriots
Miami Dolphins defensive end Chop Robinson spoke out with brutal honesty about a failure the defense had last week.
Business briefs, Nov. 5
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GTA 6 Release Time By Region: When You Can Play On November 19
"Grand Theft Auto VI" will rock the foundations of gaming on November 19th, but the hour is a little bit more flexible. We'll lay out the regional schedule.
Bicycles and frozen yogurt: See the business licenses issued in Hamilton County last week
Business licenses issued Oct. 26-30, as provided by the Hamilton County Clerk’s Office.
Midterm election 2026 live results: Jeffries officially launches bid to be speaker of the House
Democratic Senate-Elect James Talarico took the stage to celebrate the election of a Democratic senator from Texas for the first time in 38 years.
3 Biggest X-Factors for Clemson to Defeat Syracuse
Here are three X-Factors for Clemson to get a win this weekend.
FOX45: Baltimore man accused of using fake bills at Catonsville, Glen Burnie businesses
A Baltimore man was indicted on federal charges after allegedly making counterfeit money and using it to try to pay for goods.
Mass Effect Fans Get Enough Signatures To Plead To The Canadian Government For BioWare’s Life
The #FreeMassEffect movement is taking its grievances to the Canadian House of Commons
K-Pop Label SM Entertainment Sees Revenue Decline on Lower Music Sales
K-pop label SM Entertainment saw a revenue decline for the quarter on lower music sales, with those sales coming primarily from NCT 127's "BLINGY."
‘Jimmy’ review: KJ Apa’s impression can’t save biopic
KJ Apa nails James Stewart’s voice in “Jimmy,” but a corny script and shallow approach keep the biopic from taking flight.
Vance tosses Trump under the bus in a bid to keep 2028 hope alive
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday surveyed the wreckage of the MAGA coalition and spilled his thoughts in an extraordinary social media post that launched the 2028 presidential campaign.
Aetna lifts CVS Health profit in third quarter results
CVS Health’s insurance and health services units outperformed Wall Street in the third quarter, yet the bigger story for investors was the company’s breakup plan.
LIV Golf appears officially dead as PE firm drops investment after star players defect
LIV Golf, even in its diminished post-Saudi opulence form, is in dire straits as of Wednesday evening. A new report by Sujeet Indap in the Financial Times indicates that BC Partners, the private equity firm that was prepared to provide LIV with a league-saving capital investment after Saudi Arabia’s private investment fund (PIF) ceased financing the…
Arizona Democrats celebrate, Republicans mourn power shift in state politics
Democrats point toward affordability, education and water as key priorities if the Arizona Legislature goes blue. Some key statehouse race results are still pending.
Georgia Southern’s Director of Business Incubation joins International Business Innovation Association board of directors
Sheffie Robinson, the director of business incubation at Georgia Southern University’s Business Innovation Group, has been appointed to the board of directors for the International Business Innovation Association.
Sonesta International Hotels Brings Exclusive Access to Billboard Latin Week
Sonesta Travel Pass members had their En Vivo experience taken to the next level
‘Kornacki Cam’ is the streaming hit of the midterm elections, boosting NBC
The Democrats weren’t the only big winners in the midterm elections. NBC News said the “Kornacki Cam” featuring the network’s chief data analyst, Steve Kornacki, ranked as the top election
City of Marshall moves forward with feasibility study to boost local business
“A feasibility study is where we’re gonna have some great professionals come in and let us know what kind of numbers we would be looking at" The City of Marshall is exploring new ways to expand economic growth and attract more businesses to the community.
Brandywine student lands a spot at Jefferson Health’s Volunteer Medical Program
This past summer, third-year biology student Aaliyna Patel took an important step toward her future career in medicine through a volunteer internship with Jefferson Health’s Abington Hospital.