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- Oregon Coach Dana Altman Retires As Season Approaches
Oregon coach Dana Altman retired Wednesday, less than four weeks before the season opener. Tony Stubblefield, a longtime assistant , will coach Oregon on an interim basis.
- Blue Jays Sign New Infielder Immediately After Season Ends
The Toronto Blue Jays quickly addressed the future of their team by acquiring a highly touted international player.
- Apple Shares Dip After Report Says It’s Cutting iPhone 18 Pro Component Orders
Apple reportedly cut component orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max by at least 15% this month after demand came in below expectations.
- One Show Raises Alarm Bells About AI In Podcasting
Melissa Thom's "High Notes" podcast is dedicating its new season to exploring this AI complex landscape, featuring discussions on legal protections, ethical concerns, and the future hybrid model where human talent and AI coexist.
- NFL Week 5 International Series Best Player Props—Eagles Vs. Jaguars
Check out the two player props for the downward-spiraling Eagles that are especially appealing in the NFL Week 5 International Series contest against the Jaguars.
Technology
- Volkswagen's replacement for the ID.4 crossover is here
The new EV’s digital cockpit can mimic instrument displays from VWs of old.
- Job titles of the future: Delivery drone air traffic controller
The moment Trevor Wischnewsky heard that drones were delivering pizza and sushi around his Texas neighborhood, his mind was made up. “It was super fascinating,” he says. “I just immediately wanted to be a part of it.” Wischnewsky is now an RPIC, or “remote pilot in command,” at a company called FlyTrex. An RPIC is…
- We’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no
Ever since people first seriously contemplated giving machines an intelligence modeled on our own, there has never been any question that they would, like us, be able to say no. The sci-fi canon is full of stories of robotic disobedience. Most of these capers are, of course, cautionary. But recently, the idea that AI shouldn’t…
- We’re still figuring out the side effects of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs
This week my colleague Antonio Regalado had an interesting update on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. According to research presented at an aging meeting in Boston, these drugs seem to affect at least some measures of biological age. Overweight and diabetic people who take GLP-1s have a biological age around two to three years younger than similar…
- Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that could be next. Join senior AI reporter…
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