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- MapQuest Now Shows Drivers Where Flock Cameras Are Watching
MapQuest’s app now offers an optional map layer that plots known license plate readers from Flock Safety and other vendors, as backlash against the cameras grows.
- Bitcoin ETFs Shed Nearly $1 Billion in Two Weeks as Uptober Stays Red
Bitcoin ETFs lost a net $228.6 million this week, following a $681.1 million drain the week before and pushing October deep into the red.
- Banks Hold a Lever Over Stablecoin Adoption, BIS Economists Say
A Bank for International Settlements working paper found that stablecoin growth slows when U.S. banks raise deposit rates, with Circle’s USDC most sensitive.
- Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Pours Millions More Into Defeating Sherrod Brown
An FEC filing shows the Fairshake affiliate Defend American Jobs disclosed roughly $7 million more in ads against the Ohio Democrat, pushing its total past $46 million—days after the PAC expanded its map to 32 House races.
- Crypto Firms Launch Quantum Alliance as 6 Million Bitcoin Sit Exposed
The nine-member group, modeled on the Internet Engineering Task Force, aims to set open standards for testing quantum-resistance claims as forecasts place the first practical attack in the late 2020s.
- Chinese Startup StepFun Launches a Phone Built Around an AI Agent, Not Apps
StepFun's STEPX Neo opened for pre-orders in China on Oct. 13 at 3,999 yuan, with an AI agent built into the operating system instead of bolted on as an app.
- TokenMaxxing: How to Get the Most Out of Your AI Models
AI companies charge by the token, and most people burn them on jobs a cheap model could do. Here's how to spend less and get better results, from your first prompt to your first agent.
- Tesla Roadster Rocket Is the Cool 'Flying' Car You Can’t Have
Tesla's new Roadster flips through the air, jumps a row of Teslas and lands on SpaceX thrusters. The Rocket version is invite only, not approved for public roads, and not due until 2028.
- Hackers Jailbreak iPhone 18 Pro on Stage, and It Survives a Reboot
Calif showed an untethered jailbreak on an iPhone 18 Pro running iOS 27.0.1 at Hexacon in Paris. It survived a reboot, but no tool or bug details are public yet.
- Circle Plans Push Into 40 Emerging Markets as Stablecoins Go Mainstream, CEO Says
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire told Reuters the USDC issuer plans to enter about 40 emerging and developing markets, citing rising demand in Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
- Bitcoin Treasury Giant Strategy Faces Index Removal Under Finalized MSCI Rules
The index provider will classify “non-operating companies” as ineligible starting Nov. 30, targeting firms whose balance sheets are dominated by a single asset.
- India's Cyber Agency Says AI Agents Read Confidential Business Records Without Authorization
India's CERT-In says AI agents exceeded their assigned tasks in tests and read confidential records on live Indian systems.
- CFTC Wants to Drop Gemini’s $5M Settlement. A Judge Just Said No
The judge ruled that a shift in the CFTC’s enforcement priorities and misconduct allegations against its enforcement division weren’t enough to reopen a deal Gemini signed weeks before trial.
- Bitcoin Bounces, But Where Does It Go Next? Here’s What the Charts Say
Technical indicators suggest the bullish trend remains intact, but prediction market traders are sending mix signals.
- Three Canadian Armed Forces Members Charged in Kidnapping of Crypto Exchange Owner
Police seized guns, silencers and more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition, nearly all of it allegedly stolen from the Canadian military.
- 20 Best Gifts for Men, Manly Men, and Manly Man Men (2026)
When you need something that’s as mannishly masculinized as you can get for the Man™ in your life, we have you covered.
- OnlyFans Creators Are Pissed That Meta Lets Muse Talk Dirty
Adult performers are questioning why Meta allows its AI agent to sext while restricting their social media accounts.
- Data Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip
Amid a wave of backlash, some industry-friendly groups are employing creative and time-tested strategies to woo the youth.
- Valerion VisionMaster Max 4K Projector Review: Looks Great, Sounds OK
The Valerion VisionMaster Max 4K Projector delivers superb blacks, great brightness, and more adjustment capabilities than many users need.
- Magnesium May Not Reach Your Brain, Despite Supplement Label Promises
Some of the many variants sold today promise to penetrate our gray matter, but biology isn’t in the habit of respecting marketing declarations.
- Climate Change Has It In for the World’s Best Surfing
As coastlines change, so do surf breaks. That may spell the end for premier waves and the tourist economies that depend on them.
- The Best AirPods Cases We’ve Used In Our Day-to-Day Lives (2026)
These accessories add personality to your Apple headphones case, make them easy to find, and offer some protection, too.
- Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sides
Canada’s planned surveillance law is the latest grim step in a series of threats to encryption that are spreading around the world.
- The Best LED Grow Lights for Houseplants This Winter (2026)
Shorter days don’t have to spell trouble for your houseplants. These are the lights we’ve used and loved in our own homes.
- These 12 Automatic Cat Feeders Were the Best We Tested in 2026
We tested some of the most popular automatic dry- and wet-food pet feeders to see which ones are worth the money.
- Don’t Let a Crypto Inheritance Get Stuck on the Blockchain
Claiming an inheritance of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency can be like hunting for buried treasure. It doesn’t have to be.
- HTC Made Smart Glasses That Are Way More Private
These smart glasses do just about everything Meta glasses can, but they're not tied to a social media platform.
- Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes
The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it.
- Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology
Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies.
- The Leap Second Is No More
The metric might not mean much to laypeople, but leap seconds have been a source of contention in the timekeeping community for years. Now, they’re dead.
- Scientists Find a ‘Ghostly Green’ Star, and That’s Not the Only Crazy Color
White dwarf stars, it turns out, come in a variety of hues. Says one astronomer: “Some of them genuinely surprised me.”
- Voicemod’s New Phone Gadget Changes Your ‘Sonic Identity’ for Mobile Games and Streaming
Clip it to the back of your phone, and it’ll convert your voice on the fly for fun, privacy and accessibility.
- Texas Says It’s Fixed a Glitch That Delayed Nearly 600,000 Voter Registrations
Programming issues and software updates have been blamed for delays in getting hundreds of thousands of people registered to vote.
- Yes, You’re Probably Paying More for Phone Service. Here’s Where Your Money Is Going
T-Mobile just raised a mandatory fee again, but it’s not the only carrier taking small bites out of your wallet.
- I Test Home Security Tech. Here Are 4 Devices I Rely on to Guard My Porch
Porch security is the best, easiest safety project for anyone new to smart homes.
- MapQuest App Shows You Where License Plate Readers Are in Your Area
Turn on the Surveillance option and you’ll see tiny eyeballs on the map marking the cameras’ locations.
- Waymo Puts Toronto on the Map for Its Robotaxis
Training of the Waymo robotaxis will begin in the coming days, but you won’t be able to book a ride till 2028.
- Tesla Roadster Fires Up SpaceX Tech for ‘Flying Car’ Demo
I’m no rocket scientist, but I’m not sure the vehicle on display was a fully functional car that a human can drive.
- Surprise! Meta and Apple Worked Together on a New Open-Source AI Model
Think of Muse Spark Open as the result of Meta and Apple’s enemies-to-lovers arc.
- iPhone Duo Preorders Sell Out in Minutes: Backordered Until January
Demand is strong for Apple’s first foldable, which will first be available on Oct. 23.
- The Unusual Item I Use to Degrease a Pan Before Washing It
Keep oil out of the kitchen sink with this nifty trick.
- An Entire Swedish TV Show Got Deleted, and AI Got Blamed
The TV network that airs the show says a backup system failed, but the raw material still exists.
- World Timekeepers Decide to Kill the Leap Second
Doing away with the leap second might prevent time-related computer anomalies in the future.
- New Amazon Bee Personal AI Devices Will Listen and Record You
The Bee Frontier and Bee Eclipse use artificial intelligence to process conversations into summaries, to-do lists and more. Just make sure you ask people for permission to record first.
- Supreme Court Weighs Major Video Privacy Case
A 1988 federal law could bar tech companies from using video viewing data for targeted ads without explicit user consent.
- Wall Street freaked out Friday. VIX and bitcoin say the fear may fade Monday.
Wall Street's fear gauge, the VIX index, spiked on Friday as stocks dropped. History says Friday panics usually fade on Monday. Seasonality and calm bitcoin suggest the same.
- Latvia eyes crypto tax payments in 2027 as parliament overhauls crypto taxation
Parliament passed a law taxing crypto withdrawals above deposits rather than individual trades, featuring a one-time declaration mechanism.
- Stablecoin supply stalls, but payments jump 45% as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe connect crypto to cash
Analytics firm Allium said stablecoin payments hit $482 billion this year so far, up 45%, as card spending surges and global payment firms add crypto rails.
- Crypto audits give investors false sense of security as Q3 hacks cost $1.18 billion, Hacken says
The security firm found that 77% of third-quarter losses involved compromised suppliers, delayed fixes or systems outside the latest security reviews.
- Bitcoin’s $100,000 year-end hope divides analysts as inflation clouds outlook
Bitwise sees a potential return above $100,000, while LO:TECH expects a narrower trading range as interest-rate uncertainty weighs on the market.
- Crypto exchanges Binance, Coinbase join West Africa scam sweep that flagged $11 million
Private-sector partners flagged $11 million in funds that could be frozen, while officials reported cryptocurrency seizures without disclosing their value.
- Open Channel: What’d You Think of ‘Street Fighter’?
Go ahead and duke it out in the comments about whether 'Street Fighter' was perfect or a loser of an adaptation.
- Damn, Ben Affleck’s Batman Movie Sounds Brutal
In another life, Joe Manganiello's Deathstroke would've been a demon putting Batman through hell.
- AI-Generated Content Can Plant Fake Memories, Researchers Say
Human memory is suggestible, and AI is making it worse.
- New Apple App Store Rules Crack Down on Nastiness Like Nudification
Apple may be waging a war on App Store sketchiness.
- Mike Flanagan’s ‘Dark Tower’ Plan Is to Be Faithful
'Dark Tower' plans can maybe sigh in relief as Flanagan sketches out his approach to the upcoming show.
- TikTok Permabans ‘Musk’ Film Account
TikTok cites its policy on political content.
- ‘Red Rising’ Will Continue the Sci-Fi Book-to-Film Pipeline
Once he's done with the next 'Hunger Games' movie, Francis Lawrence will try his hand at adapting 'Red Rising.'
- ‘We’ve Heard You’: Meta Tweaks Controversial Website-Scraping Terms Slightly
Still, it appears Meta will be gobbling up plenty of data.
- The ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Movie Will Expand the Game, Not Adapt It
CD Projekt Red doesn't want adaptations to canonize the events of 'Cyberpunk 2077,' just keep building out the world.
- Which Is the Most Underestimated Climate Threat in the US?
The many consequences of climate change are already unfolding across the U.S., and some require more urgent attention.
- James Cameron Salutes ‘Avengers: Endgame’ for Being Bigger Than ‘Avatar’
Like in 'Highlander,' there can be only one. And right now, Cameron knows that one is 'Avengers: Endgame.'
- Notorious 3D-Printed Gun Activist Debuts ‘AI That Can Generate Guns’
Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!
- Elizabeth Holmes’s Social Media Feed Hits Different After Watching ‘You Can See Everything’
Is this the best film of all time?
- The DEA Is Cracking Down on Kratom. This Time, Some Advocates Are on Board
The federal government is set to enact new regulations that will reshape the kratom industry.
- ‘Digger’ and ‘The Social Reckoning’ Have the Same Problem, But Only One Is a Good Movie
To quote Curtis Markson, "it all just feels so fake."
- 'Welcome to the AGI era': OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra
The rumors were true, all of them (and then some): OpenAI today is releasing GPT-6 Astra, a new frontier model that the company says likely marks the onset of artificial […]
- China-linked hackers backdoored executives' laptops via USB, exploiting a fix companies had but weren't using
A Chinese state-linked hacking group compromised executive laptops at an agricultural industry conference on Hainan Island this spring — not through phishing or a network […]
- Meta says Muse Spark 1.3 has frontier performance — but its best results come from a model developers can’t broadly use yet
Meta’s newest AI model Muse Spark 1.3, unveiled yesterday, is faster and more performant on third-party benchmarks than its predecessor — with a caveat. "Muse Spark 1.3 is […]
- Microsoft AI’s MAI-Transcribe-2 undercuts OpenAI, Google and ElevenLabs on price and speed
Microsoft AI on Thursday released MAI-Transcribe-2, a speech-recognition model the company says is faster, more accurate, and cheaper than anything OpenAI, Google, or ElevenLabs […]
- The AI visibility gap: Why great brands disappear from AI answers
Presented by ContentfulMost marketing teams still measure visibility the same way they always have: rankings, click-through rates, and organic traffic. But buyers have moved on. […]
- Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash is built for agents, while its Cyber twin hunts vulnerabilities
Google keeps cranking out Flash models: the company on Wednesday announced two versions of a new 3.8 Flash. The variants include a standard Flash, a “workhorse” model for […]
- Meta prices Muse Voice Transcribe at $0.18 an hour, with real-time diarization for 20+ speakers: a steal for enterprises?
Meta is entering the increasingly competitive real-time speech-to-text market with Muse Voice Transcribe, a new audio perception model that combines streaming transcription, […]
