Warning: This article discusses self-harm. Five episodes into Peacock's Crystal Lake , Friday the 13th fans come across a familiar sight. With all of Camp Crystal Lake's campers asleep in their beds, their counselors gather by a fireplace for some late-night singing. Couple Claudette (Danielle Kotch) and Barry (Phoenix Parnevik) make eyes at each other throughout the song, then ruin off to a shed…
American writer/director Rian Johnson awed audiences and critics alike in 2019 with Knives Out. The hilarious murder mystery not only laid out a curious case in the style of Agatha Christie's works, but also stacked it with stars who brought bite to the in-fighting Thrombey family. Whether you were swooning over Chris Evans in that chic sweater , cackling over Toni Collette's flighty socialite, or…
The new Jura C9 can brew coffee at 60C so it's ready to drink immediately It has a menu of 17 drinks, which are customizable via the screen or app It's on sale for £895 direct from Jura and third-party stores Jura has just launched a new compact bean-to-cup espresso machine that brews coffee at the ideal drinking temperature, so they're ready to enjoy straight away. The Jura C9 is a follow-up to t…
The Paperwhite sits in the middle of Amazon's Kindle e-reader range, and it's one of the many models to have have been blessed with a 2026 upgrade. This is the Kindle I'd probably recommend to most people. For me, it's worth the extra spend compared to the classic, 6-inch Kindle , thanks to upgrades like a larger screen, waterproofing, and the option to change the color temperature on the backligh…
Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more critical look at how Silicon Valley is reshaping our reality. Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning frames Mark Zuckerberg as a robotic villain whose ambitions are destabilizing society . Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's You Can See Everything paints a damning picture…
If the proposal is enacted, it could cost $240 a year to watch YouTube in the UK. If the proposal is enacted, it could cost $240 a year to watch YouTube in the UK.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Bluesky expands Attie, its AI tool for building custom feeds, with a “social vibe coding” feature to create sites, games, quizzes, and more on the AT Protocol — Open social network Bluesky is once again expanding beyond its flagship app. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on Thursday …
Climate change is a global phenomenon, meaning that everyone, in some way, will feel its devastating impacts. And increasingly, those impacts are happening simultaneously: Over the past two decades, more than half of the world’s population has experienced simultaneous heat waves and wildfires, occurring on the same day, a study found. Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, publi…
Plex, which made a name for itself by letting users share movies they own, is now helping sell movie theater tickets. The company is looking to monetize its content-discovery capabilities and expand its business beyond its media server software. Plex partnered with Fandango, which has sold movie tickets since 2000, to drive ticket sales from people searching for movies to stream. Per the announcem…
Reuters : Sources: some Anthropic investors discussed a ~$1.5T valuation for its IPO, down from ~$2T they had expected, after disclosures showed slowing Q3 revenue growth — Some current Anthropic investors and prospective investors in its upcoming initial public offering are weighing a lower valuation …
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.
Up to a quarter of active-duty Army members could receive a low testosterone result from mandatory military screening, despite the true prevalence of the condition likely being a tiny fraction of that figure, according to a study published Thursday in JAMA . The finding adds to concerns that the mandatory screening announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in July will lead to a cascade of unnec…
President Donald Trump posted a series of photos on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House - but one of them appears to be modified with AI. The picture, which compares an old White House column to a "restored" one, has several discrepancies and was flagged by Google's AI detector as "made or edited with OpenAI." As pointed out by users on Reddit , the picture of the "restored" co…
The US Air Force is seeking a 'Next-Generation Mission Compute' offering to replace the brain of its F-16 Block 40/42/50/52 jets The notice calls for open, swappable hardware that physically separates flight-safety and mission computing, with room for GPUs and AI Officials say these jets will serve into the 2040s, roughly seven decades after the F-16 first flew in 1974 The US Air Force is shopping…
Nieman Lab : Experts say Meta's new terms of use will allow scraping of websites, including news sites, “associated with” business accounts on its platforms, with no opt out — Starting October 30, business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites if they continue using Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp.
Powerful AI models continue to cause chaos, but their targets aren’t widely seeking justice. Instead, they’re being encouraged to adopt those same tools.
Some people go to film school. Others watch Jujutsu Kaisen . For Obsession star Inde Navarrette, anime became an unlikely screenwriting teacher during a period of uncertainty in her acting career. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter , the actress revealed that she spent the time between filming Obsession and its release studying movies and television, particularly anime, to better un…
Panay said that it's possible to recover and learn from all sorts of failures, even catastrophic ones, when building products.
Nick Cammarata / Goodfire : A researcher says modern neural networks are far more interpretable than believed, with most neurons understandable in models up to trillions of parameters — The cause of polysemanticity in early model organisms wasn't superposition, but several ordinary, mostly fixable issues.
Researchers say that mercenary hackers laced ads with zero-click exploits that installed sophisticated malware on the devices of targeted individuals when they did nothing other than load a website or open an installed app. The finding, published Thursday by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, said the incident is likely to be the first confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered t…
Porsche showed us a preview of a new model this afternoon as it unveiled the Mission S concept in New York. It’s a mid-engined sports car that will slot into the Porsche range above the 911 . But this won’t be a limited-run car like the Carrera GT or 918 Spyder—instead it will be a regular production model, part of Porsche’s plan to dig itself out of a financial hole by 2035. Things have been toug…
Wholesale inflation rose more than expected last month on a big jump in fuel costs as rising prices become a bigger economic challenge for millions of Americans, and a growing political problem for Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections . The Labor Department’s producer price index—which captures inflation before it reaches consumers—soared 6.3% in September from a year ago, up from 5.6% in…
Representative Ritchie Torres wants the FTC to establish regulations ensuring you can play the games you've purchased. Representative Ritchie Torres wants the FTC to establish regulations ensuring you can play the games you've purchased.
Holafly has launched a new eSIM plan for travellers, combining unlimited mobile data worldwide with travel benefits Alongside mobile internet across 160+ global destinations, subscribers can also enjoy 24/7 medical consultations In the event of travel problems, the plan includes automated claims management for delayed flights and lost luggage Holafly has unveiled a new eSIM plan aimed at frequent…
SAVE $60.99: As of Oct. 15. the Shark Glossi 2-in-1 Blow Dryer Brush is on sale for the record-low price of $119 at Amazon and Sephora . That's 34% off its regular price of $179.99. Opens in a new window Credit: Shark Shark Glossi 2-in-1 Blow Dryer Brush $119 at Amazon $179.99 Save $60.99 Raspberry or lychee colorways. Get Deal at Amazon Opens in a new window Credit: Shark Shark Glossi 2-in-1 Blow…
Stream Friends Sex and Games on Prime (free trial) Watch Prime from anywhere with NordVPN (75% off) All 8 episodes drop Friday, October 16 The premise for this romantic dramedy is simple: two friends reunite after years apart and decide to hang out at a party along with their significant others. However, things descend into sexual chaos when the group play a game involving keys in a bowl. You migh…
Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.
Meta wants Muse to take errands off your hands. But if your to-do list involves your Chase account , you’re still doing the banking yourself. JPMorgan Chase is blocking outside AI agents, including services like Meta's Muse and Instinct, from directly accessing retail customers' accounts and acting on their behalf, CNBC reported . Coming weeks after Amazon blocked Muse from shopping on its s…
The iconic but controversial horse-drawn carriages in New York City might finally halt as Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin reached a deal Tuesday to outlaw them. If enacted, the proposed bill would ban rides for hire starting June 1, 2028. Other mayors have contributed to this effort, but none facilitated a full ban. Mamdani could be the first to achieve the full…
Reed Albergotti / Semafor : Perplexity open sources SPACE, its AI agent sandbox, and says partners including CoreWeave, Akamai, and Crusoe agreed to offer SPACE to customers — THE SCOOP — Perplexity is giving away the software it has been using to combat rogue AI agents, the company told Semafor Thursday.
On September 2, as students returned to class, New York City implemented a one-year pause on generative AI use for nearly 600,000 students across pre-K, elementary, and middle school. Los Angeles soon followed, blocking it for every student on a district-issued device. Together, the country’s two largest school systems came to the same conclusion: Better to wait a year than to keep putting unteste…
Bluesky's Attie AI tool, which initially launched earlier this year as a way to use AI to build your own feeds, now lets you make "small" social apps like games, polls, and dashboards that you can then share with others as their own websites. In an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt , Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said to think of Attie as "social vibe coding or vibe coding for your community." You can…
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs instead of waiting for commands.
If you're a new user of Withings' fitness-tracking smartwatches or smart scales and want to sync and access your health data through third party apps like Apple Health or Google Health it's now going to cost you. According to a discussion on Withings' support forums spotted by MacRumors , new Withings accounts created from October 13th, 2026, and onwards will require a Withings Plus subscription t…
More and more of our loved ones could develop dementia , as the number of diagnoses is projected to more than double by 2050, according to new research. In the absence of large-scale prevention efforts, the number of people who are diagnosed with dementia each year could total 24.7 million by 2050, up from 11.4 million in 2023, according to a study by Australian researchers published in JAMA Psych…
Some good news for military veterans who collect disability and retirement benefits each month: Effective December 1, military retirement checks and Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits will increase 3.6%. (However, veterans will most likely not see the increase until December 31 or early January 2027, according to Stars and Stripes. ) The increase is tied to the Social Security Admi…
The executives argued that advertising isn’t the only path to monetization, and that there are alternative models that are feasible when it comes to monetization.
The FTC is investigating possible consumer harms at two major AI companies. The FTC is investigating possible consumer harms at two major AI companies.
The federal government sent $1.26 trillion to state and local governments in FY2022, primarily through grants. States distributed $662 billion to local governments, while nonprofits received $294 billion in government grants that year. Grantmaking is essential to turning public policy into local action. Today, state agencies use grants to equip organizations to do everything from improving rural h…
Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law : Sources: top DOJ officials halt career prosecutors' Biden-era investigation of Meta over facilitating illegal drug sales and are weighing more lenient options — Top Justice Department officials have sidelined career prosecutors' long-running grand jury investigation of Meta Platforms …