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AI companies and data brokers are paying millions for workplace messages, emails and operational records to train AI agents. There is no federal law stopping the sales, and the proceeds go to creditors and investors, not the employees who wrote them.
The cartridge spent 40 years unopened inside its original NES bundle. Heritage Auctions called it the earliest confirmed sealed copy of the game; the sale is the highest price any video game has fetched at public auction.
Kane Parsons was 20 when he turned a viral creepypasta into a YouTube series. The theatrical film cost a reported $10 million and opened at number one in North America and globally. Lionsgate is now chasing a similar bet with another horror short that went viral online.
Patrice Motsepe said the move away from a two-year tournament schedule is under review after national associations objected. The climbdown comes as the CAF president faces reported pressure within his own Executive Committee.
The NEOPRISM-CRC trial gave immunotherapy before surgery instead of the usual post-operative chemotherapy. In 59% of participants, no detectable disease remained after treatment — and none of the 32 had a recurrence at the 33-month mark.
An independent commission ruled that City knowingly broke Premier League rules and inflated its accounts by more than £900m. Sanctions have yet to be decided, while rival clubs are seeking legal advice on possible compensation claims.
The People's Bank of China cleared Visa to begin preparatory work on October 13. It still needs further authorisation before it can process domestic transactions — and rivals American Express and Mastercard are already further along.
The European Commission confirmed Cyprus is ready to join Europe's border-free zone after the island implemented 120 recommendations on borders, visas and security. Austria and the Netherlands have reservations over the Green Line and the British base areas, and unanimous EU Council approval is needed — making late 2027 or 2028 the earliest realistic entry.
A Prix Goncourt-listed novel allegedly written by AI has put authorship at the centre of publishing's biggest annual gathering. Over 120 publishers have signed an appeal calling for AI regulation, as a new survey finds 58 percent of readers say they couldn't tell a human-written book from a machine-generated one.
A data centre can go up in one to two years. Transmission lines and clean generation take far longer. Ireland and Frankfurt are already hitting the limits.
The Kenyan's 2:09:56 from the 2024 Chicago Marathon remains in the record books after she admitted anti-doping violations and was suspended. Fellow marathon stars Brigid Kosgei and Jacob Kiplimo have since joined a voluntary testing programme requiring at least 25 out-of-competition tests a year.
Two research teams have built AI systems that read brain, heart and respiratory activity from one overnight sleep recording. Stanford's model predicted 130 conditions, scoring 0.85 for dementia; a Cleveland Clinic model found the highest-risk patients were more than twice as likely to die as those in the lowest-risk group.
US retail diesel has hit $6.529 a gallon, and fuel can eat up 40% of a fishing trip's cost. Combined with shrinking shellfish harvests driven by warmer, bacteria-prone waters, the squeeze is pushing prices far beyond what many people can afford.
Researchers tested 21 connected vehicles and 30 companion apps, and found that 28 of the apps shared data with advertising or analytics firms. Seven sent sensitive details — including GPS locations and vehicle identification numbers — directly to ad networks.
An independent commission ruled that the club inflated sponsorship income by £830 million through sham contracts between 2009 and 2018. Rival clubs are seeking legal advice over compensation for missed prize money and European places, while City deny wrongdoing and have appealed.
Players who sign up for LIV next season will be barred from DP World Tour membership in 2027, ending any path to playing for Europe. About 15 players, including Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton, currently hold status on both tours.
Ghana's main cocoa processor ran at 20% of capacity as beans became too costly to buy. Now rice supplies are tightening too, with world food prices near a four-year high.
'NAZA' features anonymous testimony from 24 Israeli soldiers alleging that forces knowingly killed large numbers of civilians. The army chief of staff ordered an investigation into possible leaks of classified material, while the culture minister raised the prospect of revoking the directors' citizenship.
Researchers analysed 300 million laboratory results from over a million women and found 52 of 90 blood markers changed suddenly around the final menstrual period — not gradually, as long assumed. Some specialists have pushed back on the study's "cliff-like" framing, calling it unnecessarily alarming.
Voters in Germany, France, Italy and Spain go to the polls in a sequence that could pull the EU sharply rightward. In Germany, the AfD is already positioned to become the first far-right party to govern a state since 1945.
A Cambridge and University of East Anglia survey of more than 6,600 people found women were also nearly 50% more likely to receive a psychiatric misdiagnosis. The most common wait for a correct diagnosis was one to two years for women, against up to three months for men.
The NMESIS system carries Naval Strike Missiles with a range of around 185 kilometers, putting waters off northeastern Taiwan potentially within reach. The deployment comes during the Keen Sword exercise in October 2026, which will involve around 45,000 Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel.
The fraud, called address poisoning, slips a fake lookalike into a wallet's transaction history seconds after a real payment. Bitquery found 4,497,798 Solana wallets hit by the tactic over 11 months, with total losses counted at $940,106.
A strike on Terminal 3 killed at least 12 people and injured around 309 others. Qatar Airways, Etihad and Air India have cancelled or rerouted Saudi flights, and the airport is expected to remain closed until Saturday.
France's civil aviation authority ordered 5% of flights cancelled at Charles de Gaulle and 25% at Marseille-Provence on Tuesday. The disruption follows a pay-freeze dispute; no link between the airport's operator and a sanctioned airline is established by the available facts.
A study covering 79 countries puts annual snake envenoming cases at up to 7 million. Sub-Saharan Africa carries 45% of the burden, and more than 800,000 survivors are left permanently disabled each year.
Kabila announced the alliance in Goma, a city M23 has controlled since January 2025. The move binds him openly to a group over alleged links to which he was sentenced to death in absentia.
The failures sent stopping distance from 38 to 140 metres and left drivers without conventional foot brakes. China's government has since published draft rules requiring 30,000km of road testing before any new model can go on sale.
A Fifpro survey of more than 800 players across 30 leagues finds that growth in the game has not reached the pitch. Only 56% have a formal employment contract, and 57% have struggled with their mental health — half of them with no support from their clubs.
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel had already decentralised operations away from its founder's direct control. His stepson took over without a significant violent struggle for power.
The IPC warned on 12 October that famine risk was intensifying across Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan. A 57% funding gap in Sudan's humanitarian response plan is limiting the aid that could reach them.
September shipments reached 1.6 million tonnes — their highest since the conflict began, but still below a quarter of pre-war levels. The Strait of Hormuz remains severely restricted, and analysts say recovery would take well over half a year even if the fighting stopped today.
Ukraine's parliament passed the law with 266 votes on 12 October, and EU member states agreed within hours to open two new accession clusters for Ukraine and Moldova. Every remaining step still requires unanimous agreement from all 27 members.
At a Singapore conference, both CEOs warned that the cost and availability of funding could prove harder to solve than shortages of semiconductors or power. Broadcom is assembling $60 billion in debt financing; Intel raised $20 billion in stock in August.
Recruited renters use real identities to take luxury trucks for five days, leave them with keys inside, then cartel operators collect them and drive to the border. California rules stop agencies activating GPS tracking until after the return deadline — enough time to reach Mexico.
A review of 19 jurisdictions found that China, Australia, Brazil, the EU and Switzerland lack emergency funding arrangements for failing banks that meet the Financial Stability Board's standard. Only Hong Kong, Japan, the UK and the US fully comply.
Ten warrant officers completed a 19-week course at Fort Bragg to become the inaugural class of a new specialty focused on autonomous systems. The Army created the role after finding that units couldn't integrate robotic systems fast enough without dedicated experts.
Intel's integrated model — designing and making chips under one roof — meant every factory delay hit its products directly. Rivals handed manufacturing to specialists, and TSMC now controls 72.5% of the foundry market.
After years fighting the Assad regime, Uyghur militants have been absorbed into the Syrian Armed Forces' 84th Division. Syrian officials say they have no plans to hand the fighters to China, which has been tracking and trying to recruit them.
THORChain co-founder Chad Barraford called the blacklisting of four USDT vaults unprecedented, saying the platform had no contact with Tether before or after the action. The episode comes as EU regulators give crypto firms until 8 January 2027 to drop services tied to noncompliant stablecoins such as USDT.
An inspector general's report found the war exposed strategic inventory shortfalls. The Pentagon is now seeking a supplemental budget of around $50 billion to restock, but a shortage of Patriot interceptors is already leaving Ukrainian cities exposed.
UNHCR has secured just $3 billion of the $8.5 billion it needs in 2026, and has already cut its workforce from 20,000 to under 12,000. Refugee registration has been suspended in Ethiopia, and services for more than 50,000 survivors of sexual violence in Chad are under threat.
Uralvagonzavod is building new tanks, upgrading Soviet-era armour and fixing vehicles wrecked in Ukraine — all at once. Analysts say rebuilding a tank at a production plant costs roughly as much as making a new one.
The 2026 report counts 1.2 billion people living in multidimensional poverty, reversing a long-running decline. More than half of those in acute poverty are children.
The informal transfer network can reach remote villages within days and offers exchange rates far better than official channels. A 2024 survey found 93 percent of Myanmar remitters in Thailand used informal routes, despite the military government branding hundi illegal.
Delos Data, founded by Intel veterans, raised the funds to develop chips and software that move data more efficiently between processors. The investment comes as some backers grow cautious about how long the AI spending surge will last.
Yuriy Ryzhenkov says Russian strikes forced both of the company's steel mills to halt in August and September. A 60% cut to Ukraine's EU steel quota and a tightening seaport blockade have compounded the pressure.
Coordinated attacks on Riyadh and Abha airports in early October 2026 prompted Air India, Lufthansa and others to suspend services. A Cairo flight diverted after a projectile landed near the runway just before its arrival.
A weak monsoon cut hydropower output while hotter weather pushed electricity demand up 9.5 per cent. Then late rains flooded the coal-mining regions, disrupting supplies to plants already running short.
A documentary built on testimony from 24 anonymous Israeli military and intelligence personnel says targeting rules allowed strikes even when large civilian casualties were foreseen. The IDF says the accounts are unverifiable and that commanders assessed each strike for proportionality.
American chipmakers spend 95% of their $27 billion supply budget with US, European and Japanese firms. But the minerals beneath that chain — gallium, tungsten, terbium — are overwhelmingly Chinese, and building alternatives could take many years.
The Pentagon says the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will be broadcast on December 3. President Trump said the final call on livestreaming is his.
US software-development postings rose almost 15% even as the broader jobs market weakened, with senior roles and AI-related titles accounting for the bulk of the gains. For developers aged 22 to 25, it is a different story: employment in that group has fallen nearly 20% since 2024.
Seafood from China's landlocked Xinjiang region, home to at least 1,000 fish farms, has reached US destinations including government facilities. An investigation found some shipments may have entered in violation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
Defra convenes the Met Office, the Environment Agency, local authorities and industry on Wednesday to assess how ready the country is for this winter. Last winter brought 42% more rain than average; forecasters now expect a wetter than average autumn, driven partly by El Niño.
More than 1,500 consumers complained after their accounts were frozen or deactivated without meaningful help. The agency sent a demand for records in January; Block says it is cooperating in good faith.
Pavlo Oliynyk, a 25-year-old former Ukrainian lieutenant captured in the Donbas in 2024, says he was electrocuted and beaten before accepting a place in the Maksym Kryvonis battalion. An investigation by Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne found every member it identified was a former Ukrainian serviceman captured between 2023 and 2024.
The IAEA board voted 23-3 to escalate the dispute after Iran blocked inspectors from bombed nuclear sites following military strikes in June. Russia and China opposed the move, and diplomacy remains stalled.
The company persuaded TotalEnergies to oppose a proposed deal with Kazakhstan's government over a sulfur-handling penalty at the oil field. ExxonMobil has said its plan to expand Kashagan depends on the dispute being resolved first.
The FCC has barred DJI from selling new drones and cameras in the US after the Pentagon labelled it a Chinese military company. Insta360, its smaller Shenzhen rival, is moving in — and the US already accounts for 30% to 40% of its revenue.
Researchers found that giving a model extra time to reason after a question arrives can close a huge gap in scale. A 4x smaller model matched or beat rivals up to 14x larger on hard reasoning tasks.
Attacks on civilians, climate shocks and dwindling aid money are forcing families from their homes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. The UN's refugee agency warned that international attention is now receding from the crisis.
King Mohammed VI said Spanish court decisions were blocking the return of minors and people he called fake asylum seekers. He warned that cooperation with Spain was a sovereign choice and would not bend to pressure.
The moratorium would target semi-finished nickel products, which make up 50 to 60 per cent of Indonesia's output. Chinese investment accounts for about 75 per cent of the country's nickel refining industry and has contributed to the oversupply.
Findings presented in Boston suggest users have biological-age markers younger than comparable untreated people. The signal comes as safety questions grow: lawsuits allege sudden vision loss, and studies have linked the drugs to hair loss and nail disorders.
Ukraine says it needs up to 360 interceptors before winter. US stocks have fallen below 1,700, leaving European allies as the main potential source.
Local governments can now draw on existing borrowing room without seeking fresh approval from the national legislature. Around 40% of an estimated 1.4 trillion yuan in unused quota will be released, split between general budgets and infrastructure projects in Q4 2026.
Bedrock AgentCore Payments, built with Coinbase and Stripe, allows software to make stablecoin purchases within preset budgets — no human approval required before each transaction. Who bears the loss when an agent pays correctly but the buyer wants a refund remains unresolved.
Witkoff and Kushner told Kyiv that US intelligence sharing could be at risk if the attacks continued. Zelensky said he would only halt them if Russia stopped striking Ukrainian power plants — and called a US decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel exports 'not fair and not honest'.
The National Intelligence Bureau opened in Tokyo on 31 July with around 700 staff and a remit to coordinate information across government agencies. A separate foreign intelligence service is also in preparation.
Policymakers unanimously lifted the federal funds rate to 3.75%–4% on 16 September, reversing cuts made since 2024. Officials remain divided over whether further tightening will be needed. Mortgage rates have already climbed to 6.95%, their highest since January 2025.
Newly filed documents show internal researchers questioned algae biofuels and carbon capture while Exxon promoted them. The US Supreme Court heard arguments in October 2026 in a Boulder case that could shape the fate of nearly 60 similar climate lawsuits.
The Omnibus X package would scrap reviews every 10 to 15 years, leaving pesticides authorised by default unless regulators move to ban them. Scientists, doctors and families affected by pesticide-related illness warn the change could delay removing harmful products when new evidence emerges.
President Lai Ching-te made the announcement on National Day, saying the 2027 budget is meant to deter aggression, not provoke it. China continues to conduct near-daily military patrols and grey-zone operations around the island.
A text meant to put the Dubai pledge into practice was dropped after island states and Latin American nations said it had been watered down. The question goes back to negotiators when they meet in June.
The account belonged to a Tajik businessman whose preferential status required senior sign-off before it could be closed. It was part of a wider network that moved about $850 million through Binance — now the subject of a fresh US federal probe.
Serhii K., a former special forces officer, is accused of commanding the 2022 attack that ruptured three of the four pipeline strings beneath the Baltic Sea. He and Ukraine deny involvement.
The Rhine, Danube, Po, Loire, Rhône and Seine all reached record lows at the same time, forcing nuclear plant shutdowns and halting cargo transport. Copernicus called it the worst summer for river flows since its records began in 1992.
All twelve of Gaza's universities have been bombed and nearly 98% of school buildings damaged. Around 700,000 children have missed almost three years of formal in-person education.
Hundreds of customers in Southeast Asia who bought hardware wallets from CryptoBilis lost funds across Bitcoin, Ethereum and TRON. Ledger has asked the reseller to halt sales and told recent buyers to move their funds immediately.
Construction spending on data centres hit an annual rate of $85 billion in August, driving up demand for labour, materials and chips. The Fed's problem is that AI investment appears largely immune to higher interest rates.
Federal troops have entered the Tigray capital after nearly two weeks of fighting, collapsing the 2022 Pretoria ceasefire that ended a war in which around 600,000 people died. Ethiopia has now severed diplomatic ties with Eritrea and expelled an Egyptian diplomat, accusing both countries — along with Sudan — of backing the rebels. All three deny it.
Ethiopian drone strikes hit Eritrean soldiers and equipment in Adigrat as both governments accuse the other of breaking their 2022 peace deal. Eritrea has severed diplomatic ties and denied backing the TPLF, accusing Ethiopia of using the conflict to seize its Red Sea port of Assab.
The agency has issued a 360-page request for proposals, its third change of approach this year. It plans to select at least two contractors, with a final decision intended for April.
Germany, Spain and four others have asked Ireland, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, to consider a bloc-wide windfall levy. Energy executives warn the move could end voluntary consumer protections like capped fuel prices.
Hans Grundberg pointed to military build-ups and threats along frontlines as signs the fragile pause in fighting is collapsing. The Houthis have attacked more than 80 merchant ships since the Gaza war began, and a cholera outbreak has grown to more than 147,000 cases with funding covering only a quarter of them.
Putin asked Trump's envoys to help broker the deal when they met at the Kremlin on 5 September. Todd Boehly is leading the buyer consortium, which includes UAE investors and the US development finance agency.
Recruits were promised civilian jobs in security or construction, then forced into military service. Kenya says 84 of its nationals involved in the conflict are dead or missing.
Emails involving Levi's, Hanes and Scotts Miracle-Gro sit at the centre of the state's price-fixing claim. Amazon says its conduct is pro-competitive and saves customers money.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the administration would dismantle the court if it did not drop cases Washington sees as a threat to US sovereignty. The ICC's deputy prosecutor said its investigations and prosecutions would continue regardless.
Trump confirmed the strait is open and the East-West pipeline has recovered about half its capacity. But on 1 October, Brent was $99-100 a barrel against $72.50 before the crisis, and European gas was more than double its pre-war level.
Protesters looted foreign-owned shops and besieged a refugee centre, fired up by false claims that a court ruling would give undocumented migrants automatic legal status. The South African government said on Friday it would change how it complies with the ruling.
The AI system is designed to work as a persistent member of a team rather than respond to one-off prompts. It gets its own Workspace account, calendar and directory listing, with access limited to what teammates choose to share with it.
Berlin cited Zippel's role in defence and NATO logistics, and fears that Chinese ownership would deepen Germany's strategic dependence on Beijing. COSCO already holds a stake in a Hamburg container terminal.
The prime minister says the choice will come down to price, quality and construction time, with a decision on technology due by the end of 2027. Armenia has also signed a civil nuclear deal with the US and reviewed proposals from about a dozen companies.
Average scores in reading, mathematics and science across OECD countries have hit their lowest point since 2015. Covid, screen time and weaker teaching of core skills are among the explanations, though the report does not weigh their relative effect.
The ban, which took effect on October 8, covers ByteDance's own promotions and any third-party campaigns linking to TikTok. Meta said it has no obligation to run ads for a competitor trying to pull users away from its apps.
Hibatullah Akhundzada presents a unified Islamic state, but power is split between ISI-aligned factions, regional warlords and hardline clerics. Armed opposition groups have launched attacks across the country, though none has managed to seriously threaten Taliban control.
Senator Richard Blumenthal has sent Cantor Fitzgerald's chairman 13 requests covering the firm's stake in and custody work for Tether. He alleges the stake rose from $600 million to $10 billion since Trump returned to office, and that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick received more than $250 million in the same period.
The UN Security Council unanimously renewed its Darfur embargo until 11 December, but a US proposal to extend restrictions across Sudan failed. Russia, which backs the Sudanese government, flatly refused to let the council even hint at widening the measures.
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