The Traitor Kills Another Popular Solar Energy Program
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Earlier this month, after a series of stops and starts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced changes to a long-running program that is supposed to help farmers and rural small businesses stand up renewable energy projects. The newContinue Reading
Eisenkot and Netanyahu Attempt to Out-Hawk Each Other Ahead of Elections
Gadi Eisenkot, a leading Israeli politician hoping to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in elections later this month, pledged Thursday that he would “destroy Hamas’s military wing” within 18 months of taking office. Eisenkot, a former chief of Israel’s general military staff, said the defeat of Hamas could come throughContinue Reading
AI Has a Labor Problem
The World Bank has high hopes for the positive impact of AI. Its flagship World Development Report this year is even titled “The Promise of Artificial Intelligence.” From its annual meetings in Bangkok through October 18 to the following week’s Global AI and Digital Summit in Seoul, the Bank isContinue Reading
Amber Guyger, ex-Dallas police officer convicted of murder, is released on parole
Guyger served seven years of a 10-year sentence in the 2018 killing of Botham Jean, who lived in the same apartment complex., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Feds probing suspicious letters to election officials, lawmakers
Federal investigators said they are looking into suspicious letters containing unknown substances that were mailed to state election officials and congressional offices…Continue Reading
Human DNA reportedly found in Philadelphia house of horrors | Jesse Weber Live Full Show
Tonight, on Jesse Weber Live– Cornell University’s faculty senate begins deliberating on a no-confidence resolution that would condemn the school’s response to sexual assault allegations on campus. Our all-star legal panel joins Jesse. Plus, two explosive races… millions of dollars… and the future of the U.S. Senate hanging in theContinue Reading
Christa Pike’s execution: Legal fight grows over suffering and constitutionality | Backscroll
A NewsNation compilation examining legal questions surrounding Christa Pike’s condition, criticism of her botched execution and the constitutional debate over further suffering, alongside Texas’ latest execution.Continue Reading
22 House lawmakers press The Traitor to implement Russia sanctions law. Diesel deal draws bipartisan backlash
A bipartisan group of 22 House lawmakers is urging President Traitor 47 to fully implement the new Russia sanctions law and revoke a license allowing certain Russian diesel transactions. In a letter sent on 15 October, they copied Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and requested detailsContinue Reading
Romania finally holds Russia responsible for the drone attacks on ships off its coast, and wants a joint NATO command for the Black Sea
Romania has proposed a joint NATO military command for the Black Sea, as drones hit four merchant ships in 24 hours, three of them off its coast, and its foreign minister said Russia “bears full responsibility.” NATO ambassadors will discuss the attacks next week. Russia’s strikes on merchant ships inContinue Reading
Palestinians in Gaza dread another winter with nowhere safe to shelter
More than 44,000 people still live in buildings marked for demolition across the territory, unable to leave because no alternative shelter exists. Euronews spoke to families in Al-Mughraqa as tarpaulin prices double and Israel blocks timber and shelter kits from entering Gaza., Read MoreContinue Reading
ONLYOFFICE 10.0 is a ‘fully rebuilt app’ with more AI tools
A new version of free, open-source productivity suite ONLYOFFICE is out, bringing more than a thousand bug fixes and an expanded set of AI features. ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors v10.0 is billed as a “fully rebuilt app”, and the developers warn those upgrading from earlier versions that not all of theirContinue Reading
Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra: NVIDIA RTX Spark means business
NVIDIA officially entered the Windows PC race this week, and its arrival brings a formidable new competitor to the premium AI PC market. With its RTX Spark platform, NVIDIA is bringing its Grace Arm CPU architecture, Blackwell GPU technology and extensive software ecosystem together in a new generation of WindowsContinue Reading
AI bot company Character.ai seeks bankruptcy protection
The AI boom is seeing one of its first major busts, as Character.ai has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while it searches for a buyer. Founded in 2021, Character.ai enables users to create customizable chatbots and interact with them, and by February 2025 claimed to have over 20 millionContinue Reading