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US Senate passes bill to end government shutdown, sends to House: https://www.npr.org/2025/11/10/g-s1-97245/senate-shutdown-vote EU to set up new intelligence unit under von der Leyen: https://www.ft.com/content/b8a3aee3-222b-4b4f-a1e2-e7a819ac0dd2 Meta Omnilingual ASR speech recognition for 1600+ languages: https://ai.meta.com/blog/omnilingual-asr-advancing-automatic-speech-recognition/ EU eyes b...

US judge orders Trump administration to fully fund food aid: https://reut.rs/4hOmOzo Trump announces deals with Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk to slash weight loss drug prices: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/trump-eli-lilly-novo-nordisk-deal-obesity-drug-prices.html China allowing Nexperia to export chips again: https://www.techmeme.com/251107/p8 ChatGPT suicide advice investigation: https://www.bbc.com...

Researchers used AI to design functional antibodies from scratch, suggesting that AI tools could speed up antibody discovery without the need for animal testing: https://www.techmeme.com/251106/p1 Major US airports to face 10% flight cut due to shutdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pn73N4V2cE Microsoft built a simulated marketplace to test hundreds of AI agents, finding that businesses could...

Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race: https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5597788/election-results-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor France investigates Shein over sex dolls: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lppx2jm7o VW developing AI chip for China with Horizon Robotics: https://www.techmeme.com/251105/p5 Apple brings App Store to the web: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/05/0026232/ap...

A New Light-Based Cancer Treatment Kills Tumor Cells and Spares Healthy Ones: https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-light-based-cancer-treatment-kills-tumor-cells-and-spares-healthy-ones/ Trump backs Cuomo for New York City mayor and threatens to cut funding if Mamdani wins: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c231e284345o Japan Patent Office Rejects Key Patent Application In Nintendo's 'Palworld' Lawsu...

Show Notes: Trump tariffs head to Supreme Court in case eagerly awaited around the world: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4jyk9jyv3o Louvre heist was by petty criminals not organised crime professionals, prosecutor says: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gw42j29lqo OpenAI's Sam Altman Defends $1 Trillion+ Spending Commitments: https://slashdot.org/story/25/11/03/0349255/openais-sam-altman-de...

Trump-Putin Budapest summit canceled after Moscow memo outlining Ukraine demands: https://www.ft.com/content/d6655fb1-31af-4da8-85f7-085a8fc00969 National Guard members refuse Chicago deployment orders: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/yes-there-are-some-national-guard-willing-to-do-the-right-thing/ SpaceX Starship Moon landing plans independent of NASA: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10...

Trump Says U.S. Will Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing 'Immediately' After Three Decade Pause: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/10/30/trump-says-us-will-resume-nuclear-weapons-testing-immediately-after-30-year-pause/ JD Vance calls for reduction in legal immigration at Turning Point event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk-sznn26k8 New China Law Fines Influencers If They Discuss 'Serio...

Senators GUARD Act AI chatbot ban minors Hawley Blumenthal: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/28/2113256/senators-announce-bill-that-would-ban-ai-chatbot-companions-for-minors Ben & Jerry's Unilever Palestine ice cream Ben Cohen: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lqeqv9j9no Reddit ad spending AI search results growing audience: https://www.techmeme.com/251029/p11 Apple iPhone 20 no physic...

Hurricane Melissa Category 5 Jamaica landfall: https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/hurricanes/hurricane-melissa-intensifies-category-5-storm-jamaica-flooding-rcna239989 Tetsuya Yamagami pleads guilty Shinzo Abe murder: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5qp45y20yo Elon Musk Grokipedia launch Wikipedia competitor: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/10/28/musk-takes-on-wikipedia-with-ai-gen...

Argentina's Milei wins big in midterms with 'chainsaw' austerity: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gw8qpyvqdo The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9082q0jjo Sixty-five countries sign a UN cybercrime treaty to share data and extradite suspects: https://www.techmeme.com/251027/p2 GM Plans to Drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto From All Its Ca...

FBI arrests NBA figures in Mafia-linked gambling rings: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/current-and-former-national-basketball-association-players-and-four-other-individuals Trump ends Canada trade talks over Reagan ad: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/politics/trump-ends-trade-negotiations-canada OpenAI acquires Sky for Mac computers: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/23/218215/openai-buys...

Discovery of 15,000 Roman coins could be nation's biggest ever: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd67vv66wxxo US military strikes suspected drug vessels in the eastern Pacific: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH5oFlMPrZo SpaceX Disables 2,500 Starlink Terminals Allegedly Used By Asian Scam Centers: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/23/0311231/spacex-disables-2500-starlink-terminals-allegedly-...

LIVE: Senator Jeff Merkley speaks on the Senate floor through the night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STH89y8Oke0 More than 60 dead after multi-vehicle crash in Uganda: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgql9lwddw5o Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents: https://www.theverge.com/news/803257/amazon-robotics-automation-replace-600000-human-jobs YouT...

Sanae Takaichi makes history as Japan's first female prime minister: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c751z23n3n7o French ex-president Sarkozy goes to jail for campaign finance conspiracy: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgkm2j0xelo Wikipedia Says It's Losing Traffic Due to AI Summaries, Social Media Videos: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/wikipedia-says-its-losing-traffic-due-...

Organizers say over 7 million showed up to No Kings protests: https://www.theverge.com/news/802321/organizers-say-over-7-million-showed-up-to-no-kings-protests Everything we know about the Louvre jewellery heist: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7nrlkg0zxo X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles: https://www.theverge.com/news/802474/x-is-launching-a-marketplace-for-inactive-handles Ma...

Kilauea volcano erupts again in Hawaii: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMWVaRLQ7jo Scientists Create New Form of Ice, Known As Ice XXI: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/16/2342232/scientists-create-new-form-of-ice-known-as-ice-xxi Reddit expands its AI-powered search to five new languages: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/reddit-expands-its-ai-powered-search-to-five-new-languages/ MacBoo...

Trump authorizes CIA operations in Venezuela: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-authorizes-cia-operations-venezuela-raising-pressure-maduro-2025-10-15/ New Alzheimer's treatment clears plaques in mice: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/16/0245204/new-alzheimers-treatment-clears-plaques-from-brains-of-mice-within-hours DirecTV AI-generated ads with customer faces: https://www.cnet...

UK migrants need A-level English to work: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8679q0pe57o D'Angelo dies at 51 after cancer battle: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwynv40ly4vo Spotify Netflix deal bars YouTube podcasts: https://www.techmeme.com/251014/p43 Walmart ChatGPT shopping partnership: https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/14/2048246/walmart-chatgpt-team-up-for-shopping Apple teases M5 MacBook...

Scott Bessent accuses China of damaging global economy: https://www.ft.com/content/fbc5f7bc-b36c-4a12-9c5e-a3f0c19aad12 Venezuela shuts Norway embassy after Nobel Prize: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjwlxjn1xgo NASA JPL layoffs 550 workers: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/14/0133211/nasa-unit-jpl-to-lay-off-about-550-workers-citing-restructure Slack transforms Slackbot into AI assis...

Trump fires thousands in shutdown layoffs: https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/10/11/trump-fires-thousands-in-shutdown-layoffs-hitting-treasury-and-health-departments-hardest-heres-what-to-know/ JD Vance warns of painful job cuts: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3d554053lo AMD challenges Nvidia with OpenAI deal: https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/12/2340230/amd-amps-up-chip-war---but-nvid...

Powerful earthquake strikes Philippines killing 2: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr5e0jrqnyo New York Attorney General Letitia James charged with fraud: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9n4xj904o NYC sues social media companies over youth mental health crisis: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/09/2059232/new-york-city-sues-social-media-companies-over-youth-mental-health-crisis Musk sec...

Israel and Hamas to sign peace deal in Egypt after hostage release agreed: https://www.ft.com/content/e8e7d14c-9330-4f90-ba58-fe174304ff1d ChatGPT image snares suspect in deadly Los Angeles fire: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8exz5yg14ko Discord data breach government IDs exposed: https://www.techmeme.com/251008/p50 OpenAI more big deals coming Sam Altman: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/08/ev...

2025 Nobel Prize in Physics quantum tunneling: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/2025-nobel-prize-in-physics-awarded-for-macroscale-quantum-tunneling/ EU steel tariff threatens UK industry: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy875px79po Ted Cruz targets Wikipedia ideological bias: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/ted-cruz-picks-a-fight-with-wikipedia-accusing-platform-of-left-wing...

Trump Gaza peace plan sticking points: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c930v44dg2ro Macron ally calls on French president to quit early: https://www.ft.com/content/003f2a67-6f7f-42a9-96b6-e19fa91bb239 California biotech tycoon found guilty of orchestrating rival's murder: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/06/2249240/california-biotech-tycoon-found-guilty-of-orchestrating-rivals-murder Dis...