Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York's 15th congressional district in the Bronx introduced the Power To The Players Act this week. If passed, the bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission to establish regulations that guarantee consumers ownership of a game when they pay for it, rather than a licensing agreement. It's increasingly common for […]
China is ramping up its presence around Taiwan, in a pattern that Taipei said is designed to 'alter the status quo'.
The outside watchdog can publish its findings without Anthropic's approval.
George Graham of Save the Children UK says the government has a clear opportunity to act and ensure that victims of conflict are helped Amid allegations about advisers dealing with Roman Abramovich’s business affairs ( Roman Abramovich aides falsified paperwork to disguise assets and dodge tax, records suggest, 12 October ), another issue demands urgent government action – the £2.5bn from the sale of Chelsea FC, which has remained stuck in a Barclays bank account since May 2022. The money was originally pledged to help victims of the war in Ukraine, no matter where they are in the world. Yet for over four years this huge sum of money has sat in limbo, accruing interest while victims of conflict go without desperately needed support. At a time of global aid cuts, rising food insecurity and growing humanitarian needs, the £2.5bn could make a transformative difference to the children and families we serve around the world. Continue reading...
At least one person was killed in the strikes, which also hit a data centre used by Russia's equivalent of Facebook.
Police crack down on sixth day of student-led demonstrations calling for Prime Minister Rama to resign.
When Google announced Gemini 4 Argon to a small group of testers on September 30, it came with a benchmark The post Gemini 4 Argon vs. Claude Opus 5.5: Half the price and about half as accurate appeared first on The New Stack .
Bryan Mbeumo's goal is not enough to win it for beleaguered United as Dominic Calvert-Lewin levels for Leeds.
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EU demands accountability after settlers attack European diplomats amid violence against Palestinian olive farmers.
The Legion Go S with SteamOS is a pretty solid alternative to the $789 Steam Deck OLED. It runs identical software, but ships in a design with two-stage triggers, a bigger eight-inch IPS screen (1080p and up to 120Hz versus 800p and 90Hz in the Deck OLED), and it’s got double the RAM and storage […]
Two people killed and at least 17 injured as Russia and Ukraine continue to trade strikes on power infrastructure Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday thanked the Trump administration for resuming intelligence sharing between the two countries, but maintained the US had intentionally throttled its Starlink satellite internet access so that Donald Trump could send a “message” in his ongoing feud with the Ukrainian president. In an interview on NBC, Zelenskyy said the US had “unblocked” intelligence on impending Russian ballistic missile strikes, which have pounded the country’s energy infrastructure as winter draws in. Continue reading...
Liquid AI’s new reasoning model was built to solve coding problems, but during training it kept combing Git history, GitHub, The post Liquid AI caught its model cheating on coding tests — then it recognized the sandbox appeared first on The New Stack .
Donald Trump has spent years claiming mail-in voting is corrupt. Al Jazeera's Noor Wazwaz explains.
Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis is known as something of a slacker guitar god. He stands stoically onstage, barely moving, as he seemingly effortlessly works through deft guitar solos and lopsided riffs. Unfortunately, Mascis has developed a similar reputation as an interview subject, quietly sitting and offering deft nonanswers. That's not to say that Mascis […]
Three clusters in trouble, and they look nothing alike. The first is a training fleet. It sat at a few The post Scale isn’t one number: three ways a Kubernetes control plane runs out of room appeared first on The New Stack .
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The demonstrations have united students and ‘yellow vest’ supporters, exposing deeper anger over living standards.
Sudan’s army says it struck RSF command centres in South Darfur, but the RSF says a crowded livestock market was hit.
During a rally on Saturday, October 17th, in Highland Heights, Kentucky, Donald Trump bragged about how much more powerful and influential he was during his second term. While listing off his accomplishments, he mentioned his decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. "This is a much more powerful term. I can do […]
Anthropic is hiring fewer and fewer junior staff in technical roles. The share of junior positions among new hires dropped from 27 to 9 percent since early 2025. By August 2026, AI agents across the company were already logging six times as many hours as humans. Researchers warn of a "tragedy of the cognitive commons": if junior positions disappear, experienced specialists will be in short supply down the road. That is, assuming such specialists are even needed anymore. The article Anthropic has nearly stopped hiring junior staff because AI agents now work six times as many hours appeared first on The Decoder .
Back in February, I went to Los Angeles to take in some art and stayed in Koreatown. Down the street from my hotel, there was this little coffee shop - Stagger - that is, I think, best known for its matcha, which is good. But the drink I unexpectedly found myself obsessed with was their […]
Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square on Sunday for their prayers while he was hospitalized, and said he plans to gradually return to his usual duties.