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Freddie Jackson, the soul balladeer and slow jams firebrand whose “Rock Me Tonight,” “You Are My Lady,” and “Have You Ever Loved Somebody” dominated R&B radio in the Eighties, died…

This fall’s iteration of Broadway Week has ended, but its little sibling was waiting in the wings: Tickets are on sale as of today for Off-Broadway Week, which offers half-price tickets to Off Broadway shows through…

Just a few days ago, Sam Altman pronounced that we, the plebs, “should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of [AI].” This obviously demanded the question of what…

By Henrique Santiago ( October 6, 2026, 19:26 GMT | Insight) — Brazil’s competition watchdog conducted an in-depth review of Air Liquide Brasil’s acquisition of Grupo Lumiar and, after assessing…

SAN FRANCISCO—In what is sure to be a jam-packed presentation, Microsoft finally seems ready to talk more about its Nvidia RTX Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra, along with its visions for…

WASHINGTON — A high-ranking CIA officer arrested after federal agents said they found roughly 600 pounds of gold bars stashed in his home pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count…

  Thursday, 8 October 2026, 13:00–14:00 (CEST) Background Respiratory virus surveillance provides the foundation for understanding the impact of influenza, COVID-19 and RSV on populations and health systems worldwide. Through…

Amazon Prime Day features thousands of items on sale, with potentially hundreds of dollars in savings. Although the lowest prices we see are usually during Amazon’s summer sale, Black Friday,…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the escalating volume of emergency appeals before the court isn’t a good thing, but he adds there’s little the court can…

Pascal Siakam’s PS43 Foundation runs the Siakam Ed Tech Engine, an accelerator program supporting startups in K-12 education. Kids are back in school, and that elicits a smile from Indiana…

Here’s your chance to get a cutting-edge piece of computing without paying full price. Apple’s most recent Mac mini desktop computer is a surprisingly powerful piece of hardware that is…

Following the homepage redesign and fullscreen passes revamp this year, Google Wallet is trialing a vertically stacked card list. Update 10/6: This revamp is not yet widely rolled out, but…

There’s no question that Starship’s “We Built This City” was a giant hit. After all, it went all the way to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985, and…

BARAGA COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) – Talon Metals, the owner of Eagle Mine since January, is sharing some new drilling results from Baraga County. A Tuesday morning press release from the…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Last week, a 28-year-old employee at an anti-plague institute in the Siberian city…

Elon Musk’s company xAI has successfully blocked Minnesota’s landmark ban on AI nudification apps and websites that create explicit images of people, mostly women, without consent. In April, the Minnesota…

ChangeNOW is our pick for converting Bitcoin to Monero. Its BTC/XMR converter needs no account, offers both fixed and floating rates and tracks every order live, and the company reports…

We’re drowning in deals during Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days, so I’m taking the opportunity to focus on major electronics brands one at a time, starting with HP. One of…

Aembit, the identity control plane for AI agents, today announced support for securing personal agents’ access to enterprise environments, available immediately to existing customers at no additional cost.  As personal…

Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact podcast features Byron Cook, Vice President and Distinguished Scientist of the Automated Reasoning Group at Amazon Web Services and Professor at University College London. Cook…

Kevin Winter/Getty Images Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay are back on board for a new ‘Transformers’ movie Paramount and Warner Bros. have officially merged to form Skydance and haven’t wasted…

MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Global talent solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half (NYSE: RHI) has been named by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Employers…

Alfa Romeo has never been the one to enter a room without causing a scene, and the christening of its first electric crossover was no exception. When Italy’s industry minister…

Reuters —  Britain’s Green Party voted on Sunday to class Zionism as a form of racism, drawing criticism from British Jews and from the Israeli government which said it now viewed…

His trip came after US President Donald Trump has stirred up the power balance in the region by making threats to buy or annex Greenland. The US signed a security…

Brazil will travel to the World Surfing Games without its biggest star. Photo: Pablo Franco//ISA Brazil will be going for an Olympic slot at next month’s ISA World Surfing Games….

David Ellison is taking a victory lap after completing Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, forming the new-look Skydance. “It has taken hard work, perseverance and commitment with many challenges…

WASHINGTON — Kilmar Ábrego Garcia on Tuesday will be back in federal court, where the federal government will continue its attempt to deport him in an 18-month saga that began…