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Tesla driver reportedly asleep as Full Self-Driving hits patrol car
A Tesla driver told California Highway Patrol he was asleep and using the car’s Full Self-Driving assistance when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle at an earlier accident scene. Video shows the Tesla passing flares, cones and emergency lights before the collision; two officers were seriously injured and taken to hospital. The crash has…
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Meta to use business customers’ websites to train AI models
Meta plans to add terms allowing it to scrape websites linked to business customers and use their content to develop and train AI models. The change, due to take effect on 30 October 2026, could affect businesses that rely on Meta services and raises questions about consent, intellectual property and the power businesses have to…
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Chicago-Area Cops Helped HSI Spy on Minnesota Anti-ICE Activists
Newly released records say a Chicago-area law enforcement task force helped Homeland Security Investigations monitor a Minneapolis anti-ICE organising network as part of a federal conspiracy investigation into 15 Minnesota activists. The surveillance of a Chicago event raises questions about local police cooperation with federal authorities and how rules governing surveillance of public gatherings apply…
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Michael Che’s Awkward Interview Over Shane Gillis’ Joke Backlash On ‘SNL’: “I Didn’t Think About It, Honestly”
Michael Che gave an uneasy interview on the Today show when asked about the backlash to Shane Gillis’s sexist joke during Saturday Night Live. Che said he had not seen the joke when it was performed and had not thought much about it afterwards, while explaining that he was focused on his Weekend Update work.…
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Cope for the future? Bungie is hiring new developers to work on Destiny 2
Bungie is advertising two senior user experience design roles specifically for Destiny 2, suggesting the studio may continue improving the game after previously describing it as being at the end of development. The vacancies matter because they hint at renewed investment, although Bungie has not said what work the hires would do or confirmed a…
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Here’s Exactly How Tesla Made Its New 230-Mph Car ‘Fly’
Tesla demonstrated its Roadster 2 prototype performing stunts at a SpaceX facility in Texas, including driving upside down on a ramp and landing with help from thrusters. The display showcased unusual engineering ideas, though the car remains a prototype and the article describes Tesla’s claims rather than independently verified performance. Tesla says the two-seat, rear-wheel-drive…
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“We were wrong”: Wardogs devs end Season 2’s team-specific cash and XP bonus experiment after a single, tumultuous day
Wardogs developer Bulkhead has cancelled a Season 2 scheme that gave extra cash and XP to the game’s struggling Lonestar faction, known as Blue Team. The bonus attracted more players than expected, but also created matchmaking problems and gave the most active players large progression rewards, prompting the company’s chief executive to admit the experiment…
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Ubuntu 26.10 launches with a provisional kernel and experimental dictation tool
Ubuntu 26.10, codenamed “Stonking Stingray”, has been released on schedule with Linux kernel 7.3, which is still a release candidate. Canonical plans to update it to the finished kernel when available. The release also brings Myna, an experimental speech-to-text tool, giving Ubuntu users a new way to dictate text. Myna worked best in testing with…
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Game Freak Announces End of Beast of Reincarnation’s Post-Launch Updates
Game Freak will bring its current cycle of regular post-launch updates for *Beast of Reincarnation* to a close with a patch planned for 19 October. The announcement suggests the studio is shifting attention elsewhere, although it does not explicitly say that all support for the action RPG will end. The developer described the patch as…
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The Blood of Dawnwalker’s update 1.1 adds a “forgiving” difficulty setting, but I think I’ll find it hard to forgive its introduction of “directional animal petting”
The Blood of Dawnwalker’s planned 1.1 update adds a new Story difficulty for players seeking extra help in combat, alongside changes to movement, target switching and frame generation. It matters because the update aims to make the game more accessible and responsive while giving players more ways to adjust their character. The update, planned for…