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Donald Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia on Thursday was grilled in a brutal Fox News interview about her disastrous first press conference.

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Four people, including three children, have died after a school shooting in Oregon.

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Australian ​brothers Jake ​and Callum Robinson, and ​their ‌American friend Carter Rhoad, were killed while on a surf trip in Baja California in 2024 Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Mexican ⁠judge ⁠has sentenced ​three men to 158 years ⁠and nine months in prison each for ⁠the murder of ​two Australian ‌brothers ‌and their American friend during ‌a 2024 surf trip to the state of Baja California. The ‌defendants were declared guilty a week ​ago of homicide, aggravated robbery, robbery with violence and vehicle theft ⁠with violence, crimes committed against ​Australian ​brothers Jake ​and Callum Robinson, and ​their ‌American friend ​Carter Rhoad. Continue reading...

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The unidentified hero ran after and 'engaged' the shooter shortly after the teen opened fire, killing at least three children and one teacher in Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday afternoon.

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EU leaders are set to tell Volodymyr Zelensky to tone down his public criticism of Donald Trump amid fears he is further damaging the relationship between Washington and Kyiv.

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Forest clearance lowest since records began in 1988 in success for Lula ahead of presidential run-off Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen its lowest level since records began, new government data shows. But whether this globally important success is maintained or reversed is on a knife edge ahead of a presidential election run-off on 25 October between two candidates with sharply different visions for the future of the rainforest and how that affects relations with the US under Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X processor is finally here, and we've been collectively testing a small fortune's worth of powerful laptops sporting this new "superchip." RTX Spark is designed to be a high-performing Arm-based SoC for laptops and small desktop computers, rivaling the best from Apple, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. It has loads of cores, Nvidia […]

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Meta's new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites "associated" with the businesses that use its platforms - including online publishers, according to a report from Nieman Lab. The new terms, which go into effect on October 30th, say Meta can use this outside content to "develop, improve, research," and "train" […]

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Mark Wahlberg, who once sank money into a gym chain that got kicked off the NYSE, is now building his own, and he promises you’ll get a cold plunge, a blood panel and a protein muffin without needing a trust fund.

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Delivery estimates for the iPhone Duo slipped into next year in less than an hour after Apple opened preorders for it at 8AM ET on Friday. At the time of writing we are seeing late January delivery dates for every configuration on Apple's website. The foldable is slated to launch in stores on October 23rd, […]

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They handle 71.5% of Vercel gateway tokens and nearly a quarter of estimated spending

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Apple's App Store rules now more explicitly ban so-called "nudify" apps that generate intimate images of people without their consent using AI tools. The rule changes follow significant criticism toward Apple after X users used Grok earlier this year to make nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes, including minors. Apple didn't pull X or Grok from the App […]

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The new car used thrusters to leap over a Cybercab, Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, Model Y, and Model 3 at a demo in Texas.

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Replit CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad made the comments during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.

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Analysts are saying the sell-off, which is continuing Friday, are "overblown."

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Trump made the remarks about Zacharia before heading to Georgia for a rally aimed at boosting Republicans in the final days before the midterm elections.

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Tech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and education Tech billionaires have been dumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the fight against a wealth tax in California. They’ve raised more than $340m, and the campaign they’re funding is spending more than $1m a day to defeat the measure, according to state financial disclosures. With the election less than a month away, those funds are being spent at a stepped-up pace. During the first 19 days of September, according to the most recent campaign filings, the opposition campaign plowed through at least $21.2m to fight the billionaire tax – surpassing $1m per day. Voters are being inundated with robotexts, mailers and advertisements that warn a tax on billionaires would “expose all Californians to higher taxes”, as one ad reads. Continue reading...

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The Tesla Roadster 2 drove up a curved ramp before using SpaceX rocket thrusters to fly, flip and land Elon Musk has revealed Tesla’s latest model, which he claims will be the world’s first flying car, using technology from his aerospace company SpaceX to “basically fly like a rocket”. The billionaire, who hosted a demonstration of the Tesla Roadster 2 at the SpaceX rocket development and testing facility in Texas, said the sports car could go from 0 to 60mph in a record time of less than a second and had thrusters. Continue reading...

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Preorders for the iPhone Duo began Friday, marking Apple’s debut in a foldable phone market largely dominated by Samsung and Google.

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Olympic medalists may headline Team USA’s rosters at the 2026 World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, but 16-year-old Charleigh Bullock could be the team’s secret weapon.

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The deficit figure is the largest since 2021 and amounts to an estimated 6.2% of U.S. gross domestic product.

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The 2026 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships begin October 17 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Team USA’s top gymnasts set their sights on a medal haul in Holland. Here's how to watch.

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Crypto & Web3

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Strategy, Metaplanet and Upexi were previously identified for deletion under the methodology, with MSCI set to announce its final list on Nov. 11.

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A scammer reportedly lost $4.8M of stolen money after storing the funds on tampered Ledgers. Bitcoin and Ether ETFs launch trading in Thailand and South Korea blocks 27 exchanges.

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Google's Willow chip cut errors 40x on the scarce “magic states” quantum computers burn through, a step toward smaller, useful machines—and toward ones that could threaten today's encryption.

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Germany’s largest bank reportedly plans to expand its digital asset custody services to Asian financial centers due to the growth of the digital asset economy.

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Judge ruled changes in CFTC enforcement priorities and allegations of misconduct by its enforcement division were insufficient to overturn Gemini’s January 2025 settlement.

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The stablecoin issuer’s CEO Jerermy Allaire told Reuters demand for digital dollars is growing across Asia, Africa and Latin America as banks and payment firms.

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Bitcoin Magazine Ledger Says Organized Crime Group Spent Millions Targeting Hardware Wallet Users Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has released a statement following a “sophisticated” supply chain attack. This post Ledger Says Organized Crime Group Spent Millions Targeting Hardware Wallet Users first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo .

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Stocks also turned positive after big early losses, helped by sharply lower bond yields.

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Construction won’t solve its skills crisis by looking in the rear-view mirror Planning, Building & Construction Today

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How diesel price spikes are making construction more expensive RNZ

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The construction team on the future home of the Oklahoma City Thunder also started work on the loading dock walls on the east side of the venue.a

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Skanska’s $452 million contract to replace the bridge’s 592 suspender ropes included the 1.5-mile pedestrian pathway rebuild.

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Office demand is rebounding toward pre-pandemic peaks Building Design + Construction

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Facing a 500,000-worker gap, a builder makes the case for modular chip and battery plants MarketScale

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Travis Perkins Holds Profitability as Q3 Revenue Dips Amid Weak U.K. Construction TipRanks

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Construction output slides for fourth month running Construction Enquirer

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AI has caused ‘very good’ disruption to job market, recruiter boss says AOL.com

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Consider appropriate hierarchical structures for teacher recruitment and employment. Vietnam.vn

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Why overseas tech firms keep choosing the UK as their first European hiring hub, and the right way to do it BusinessCloud

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Help wanted: How Bay Area businesses are adapting to a shifting labor market Community Impact Newspaper

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The ruling rejected plaintiffs’ constitutional arguments but said that the directive only pertains to conduct that is “already prohibited by federal law.”

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Norfolk Southern declared the employee in his mid-60s unfit for duty despite multiple medical clearances and successful completion of two physical evaluations, he alleged.

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The agency learned of at least 100 women negatively affected by the work environment at California-based Il Fornaio’s multiple locations, an EEOC attorney said.

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International Employment Law Alert – October 2026 Simmons & Simmons

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