27 Oct 2026, 3:11 am
On October 25, 1415, the Battle of Agincourt (aka Azincourt): Henry V‘s forces defeated a larger French army as the longbow overcame the French armored knights. — October 26, 1774: Minutemen were organized in US colonies. — October 26, 1881: Perhaps the most famous shootout in the history of America’s Wild West took place at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. On the one side stood the so-called forces of law and order: Wyatt Earp, his brothers Virgil and M…
27 Oct 2026, 3:11 am
Nicki Minaj is resisting a former employee's demand for private text messages as their legal dispute over an alleged backstage assault moves through the evidence-gathering stage. Related Articles Nicki Minaj Tells White House Aide Trump Has 'Won Three Elections' on Air Force One, but He Has Won Only TwoCan Nicki Minaj Vote? Rapper Urges Michigan to 'Vote Red' for Trump Despite Questions Over Her US CitizenshipNicki Minaj Faces Renewed Scrutiny Over Support for Convi…
27 Oct 2026, 3:11 am
UK commercial PSB Channel 4 and The Walt Disney Company have announced what they describe as a “landmark” agreement that will bring Channel 4 to Disney+ in the UK and Ireland from early 2027. The agreement includes multiple Channel 4 shows being made available on-demand each year on Disney+, at the same time as their […]…
27 Oct 2026, 3:10 am
A voluntary association begins when two or more people agree to pursue a common purpose together. That arrangement can be remarkably simple. People who already buy many of the same necessities, possess different skills, or have resources that complement one another, can decide to cooperate rather than approach every need as an entirely separate and individual household problem. The significance of that decision is economic as much as organizational. When individual…
27 Oct 2026, 3:09 am
During the summer of 2025, I was enjoying a picnic in a park with my wife, “Kari” and my youngest daughter “Rivka.” Part way through the meal, Rivka commented, “Wow, the cicadas certainly are deafening. My immediate response was: “What cicadas?” In the days of my youth, we had access to earmuff style hearing protection. The problem was that they were dumb muffs. They prevented the wearer from hearing both what he wanted to hear and what he did not want…
27 Oct 2026, 3:08 am
Today’s graphic is a map that shows every license plate reader volunteers have mapped in the US: 144,000+, 81% of them are Flock cameras. Note the dearth of ALPR cameras in the American Redoubt, in most of Nevada, and in the Dakotas. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail image below is click-expandable. Notes on the available data: OpenStreetMap via DeFlock (mapped by volunteers, so it’s a floor, not a census). An interactive version with city/c…
27 Oct 2026, 3:07 am
Researchers led by South Korean scientist Elijah Jeong-hyun Kim argue that Vincent van Gogh's painting may show the Taurus constellation rather than Aries, challenging the accepted timeline of the impressionist masterpiece.
27 Oct 2026, 3:07 am
In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) Economics & Investing Links of Interest Housing Starts Collapse Near COVID Lows As Homebuilder Confidence Crashes. US pending home sales tumble to record low in September. Zillow: United States Housing Market update. Streaming Now Costs $144 a Month. That’s Mo…
27 Oct 2026, 3:06 am
SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, some more technological risks…
27 Oct 2026, 3:06 am
Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has become the subject of online mockery after a brief appearance alongside Donald Trump at a Mississippi campaign rally, where the president joked about politicians who speak for 10 minutes. Related Articles Donald Trump Branded 'Disgusting' as He Is Filmed Allegedly 'Being Gross' Alongside Nicki Minaj50 Cent Reacts After Donald Trump Tells Nicki Minaj To Stand up at Michigan Rally So Crowd Can See HerTrump Says He Hopes Nicki Mi…
27 Oct 2026, 3:05 am
Chancellor John Healey is set to use his maiden Autumn Budget this week to introduce a targeted tax shield for almost one million low-income retirees. However, industry experts are warning that this policy may significantly penalise savers with small private pots. Related Articles Year-End Tax Tips: IRA Limit Hits $7,500—Moves Experts Say to Make Before December 31A 65-Year-Old Says an Adviser Planned to Put All $100,000 of Their Retirement Savings Into an Annuity…
27 Oct 2026, 3:05 am
Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Ukraine carries out first ever aerial drone evacuation of a wounded soldier from the frontline. JWR’s Comment: Drone medevac may soon become the norm…
27 Oct 2026, 3:04 am
REDOUBT NEWS LINKS This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Oregon Father Tracks, Kills School Shooter in Bend. (Kaylub Giamanco is pictured above.) Note that this is the second time in four months that armed citizens in The American Redoubt have stepped up to save lives when psychopaths opened f…
27 Oct 2026, 3:03 am
To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout th…
27 Oct 2026, 3:03 am
Israeli forces are targeting Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to a report from the United Nations (UN) Commission of Inquiry. The report concluded that Israel committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, including extermination, persecution, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence. Related Articles Boy George Falls for 'Poo Crave' Fake Ed Sheeran News as Macklemore's 'Free Palestine' Row Rumbles OnGillette Stadium Owner Robert Kraft Ha…
27 Oct 2026, 3:02 am
The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: There Is Artificial Intelligence… And Then There Is Genuine Stupidity Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included. The post JWR’s Meme Of The Week: appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.
27 Oct 2026, 3:01 am
Israelis vote today in their first election since 7 October, with Benjamin Netanyahu's future on the line. Washington is reportedly floating Viktor Orbán for UN secretary-general. And we interview EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra to ask what Lula's re-election means for Europe.
27 Oct 2026, 3:01 am
“The relative freedom which we enjoy depends on public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country. If large numbers of people are interested in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it; if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.” – Georg…
27 Oct 2026, 3:01 am
There are not a lot of famous people in “The One About Matthew Perry.” None of the late actor’s “Friends” castmates sat for an interview for the three-part Netflix docuseries; neither did Perry’s longtime friend and “Simpsons” star Hank Azaria, who knew Perry as a striving young actor in L.A., or later collaborators like Bradley […]…
27 Oct 2026, 3:01 am
Perry's sister Mia and various friends, former girlfriends and colleagues talk about the actor's genius and his demons in Mary Robertson's three-parter.
27 Oct 2026, 3:00 am
All it took was one or two careless teenage girls giving the vermin a taste of their snacks and they became the most well-fed animals imaginableI’ve written a fair amount about my boarding school years in Nigeria in the 90s, but never about the rats that accompanied my school experience. Picture it: thousands of girls from across the country, each bearing a suitcase or two of a term’s worth of “provisions” – cornflakes, sugar cubes, powdered milk, hot choc…
27 Oct 2026, 3:00 am
Ahead of Netflix’s Chronicles of Narnia dropping early next year, we discover the fantastical landscapes that fired the Belfast-born author’s imaginationOn the gable walls of the tough, working-class streets of east Belfast, the mystical beasts of Narnia vie for brick space with balaclava-wearing loyalists. The murals of the city have long projected the power of paramilitaries, but in recent years they have also begun to reflect the more positive contributions m…
27 Oct 2026, 3:00 am
From the National Theatre to Harry Potter, Gambon’s shapeshifting life leaves many questions still unansweredMichael Gambon began his acting career with a preposterous bluff. Applying for a job at Dublin’s Gate theatre, the young toolmaker from the south-east London suburbs embellished his CV with entirely fabricated theatrical experience. It was a gamble, but it worked. In 1962 he made his professional debut as the Second Gentleman in Othello. The following y…
27 Oct 2026, 3:00 am
David Hemmings’ never-released concert film from Bowie’s 1978 world tour will be presented in a multimedia show that aims to ‘create the illusion’ that he is present on stageAlmost 50 years after its original run, David Bowie’s 1978 Isolar II tour will return to arenas in 2027, billed as Stage, thanks to Moonage Daydream director Brett Morgen’s painstaking remaster of never-before-seen footage.Bowie originally commissioned David Hemmings, the Blow-Up sta…
27 Oct 2026, 3:00 am
Italian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightingsA significant cache of unexploded bombs from the first world war emerged this summer from rapidly retreating glaciers in the Dolomites, the Italian army has said.The devices, which included Italian artillery shells and French mortar bombs, were removed and defused by the army’s Julia Alpine brigade, according to a statement. Continue reading...
27 Oct 2026, 3:00 am
In a West End theatre, a young actor hears a disembodied voice coaching his singing. It’s the start of an icky ghost-on-human romance This ghost story set in a West End theatre is creakier than the old wooden floorboards on stage. It’s a gender reversal of Phantom of the Opera with a female phantom: wildly talented composer Eve (Amanda Jiang), who died tragically in a theatre fire. Or did she? That’s the question for earnest young actor Christian (Charlie Godd…
27 Oct 2026, 3:00 am
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27 Oct 2026, 2:57 am
Ahead of the holiday season, cars, buses and bikes are banned from nearly a kilometre of Oxford Street.
27 Oct 2026, 2:54 am
Ms. Rachel invited a three-year-old boy onto her show on Monday after his mother alleged he was benched for playing too well at a football match in Winter Park, Florida. Related Articles Flavio Bolsonaro Blasts 'Lula's Friends' in the Supreme Court, Vows To Seek Annulment of Brazil's Election'Shove That Ballroom Up Your Fat A**!': Trump Heckled at Mississippi Rally as Security Escorts Man Out Amid BoosTrump Calls Bill Maher a 'Complete and Total Loser' and Says Thei…
27 Oct 2026, 2:53 am
Most polling shows prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition will lose its majority, with Gadi Eisenkot the leading opposition contender What you need to know about Israel’s electionTens of thousands of Israelis living abroad have flown in for the elections, according to Aid Coalition, a US-based nonprofit focused on strengthening Israel’s democracy. Israeli law generally requires citizens to vote in person in the country, with narrow exceptions for diplom…
27 Oct 2026, 2:41 am
The WHO has developed an early warning system to spot looming pandemics. Tropical medicine expert Dr Carsten Köhler from Tübingen explains the background to Euronews.
27 Oct 2026, 2:39 am
A yellow weather warning for powerful winds remains active until 9pm on Tuesday as Britain continues to recover from Storms Austen and Boelo. The alert follows a devastating weekend of weather, with heavy rain and wind lashing northern parts of the UK, bringing gusts of up to 84mph and depositing a third of a month's rainfall in some Scottish areas.A separate yellow wind warning covering western England and parts of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland lapsed at 3am…
27 Oct 2026, 2:33 am
Jay-Z is moving from helping decide who headlines the Super Bowl halftime show to performing it himself. Related Articles Country Music Star Accused of Satanism Rips Online 'Parasites' Pushing a Highly Negative NarrativeKid Rock Says Supporting Donald Trump 'Canceled All' Corporate Deals but Claims Freedom Is Worth ItMiley Cyrus Slammed for Missing Lines During Show, Prompting Her To Say 'Forgot I'm Supposed To Sing Every F*cking Word'Kid Rock Details an 'Epic' Whit…
27 Oct 2026, 2:33 am
Figures obtained by BBC Newsnight show large spikes in sales of torches, radios and power banks.
27 Oct 2026, 2:30 am
As Brussels warns that Europe must prepare for increasingly extreme weather, new EU rules will require governments to clarify who is responsible for climate preparedness – but no new funding is being offered to help households adapt.
27 Oct 2026, 2:28 am
Israel sealed the West Bank, emptied parts of Hebron and tightened the squeeze on Gaza as its election campaign closed.
27 Oct 2026, 2:28 am
Proteins present in men’s blood could give clues to prostate cancer risk years before diagnosis.
27 Oct 2026, 2:27 am
Too good for the league? A Florida family says police were called after parents complained their 3-year-old soccer star was dominating games against 5-year-olds.
27 Oct 2026, 2:23 am
As Sudan marks one year since the fall of El Fasher on 26 October 2025, the UK has announced sanctions against military commanders following revelations about wartime tactics. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the UK funded an investigation into the Sudanese civil war and described its findings as 'disturbing'. Related Articles 'We Will Get There': ICC Says Breakthrough Evidence Could Bring Sudan War Crimes Suspects to Justice'I Will Not Be Going': Zara Larsson Pul…
27 Oct 2026, 2:21 am
Low-income seniors, blind people and disabled Americans who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will get their November payment on Friday, 30 October. It will be the last scheduled SSI payment before 1 December, a gap of 32 days. Related Articles Millions of Americans Risk Losing Unused Healthcare Funds Before the End of 2026—Here's How to Keep Your MoneyPensioners on Low Incomes To Be Spared Income Tax on State Pension in Healey's First BudgetYear-End Tax…
27 Oct 2026, 2:20 am
From Stanley Matthews to Harry Kane, how do England's Ballon d'Or winners rank?
27 Oct 2026, 2:15 am
Crude oil prices moved lower today after reports about renewed diplomatic efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East, with Saudi, Turkish, and Pakistani officials travelling to Tehran to discuss the prospects of an end to hostilities. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $114.85 per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $100.87 per barrel. That’s down from over $117 for Brent crude at the end of last week, and over $103 for WTI, on peace hopes and…
27 Oct 2026, 2:15 am
Elections cannot stop the accelerated process of ‘recolonisation’ of 1948 Palestinian communities.
27 Oct 2026, 2:15 am
In his first interview with BBC Sport since taking the knee for the first time, Colin Kaepernick reflects on his journey.
27 Oct 2026, 2:15 am
A Worcester man accused of raping a girl under 14 in a Milford church basement was held over a separate case on Monday after initially being released on $15,000 (£11,240) bail. Related Articles Pennsylvania Boss Stabbed to Death in Office, Coworker With Three Child Sex Crime Convictions Charged With MurderArcadia Teen Girl Shot Dead by Boyfriend Who Then Shoots Himself After Fleeing to PasadenaTexas Mom Accused of Leaving Newborn Face-Down in Motel Bath for 30 Minu…
27 Oct 2026, 2:12 am
Majd al-Krum's protests have forced settlers to withdraw, but fears of further provocations loom after elections.
27 Oct 2026, 2:09 am
The man who has helped produce the Super Bowl halftime show is stepping into the spotlight: Jay-Z will headline the show himself.
27 Oct 2026, 2:02 am
Fireworks have already been banned in the Netherlands earlier this year on safety and environmental grounds.
27 Oct 2026, 2:01 am
Former All Blacks centre Ngani Laumape is set for a return to international rugby after being named in Tonga's squad for the November internationals. The 33-year-old has been included in the squad for the World Rugby Nations Cup, putting him in line to make his debut for a second country. Laumape wo...
27 Oct 2026, 2:00 am
Dating can be costly across Europe. Some cities are incredibly expensive, but the picture changes when salaries are taken into account.
27 Oct 2026, 2:00 am
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this October 27th, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
27 Oct 2026, 2:00 am
A new study has ranked Europe’s most reliable ski resorts and regions. Here are the top destinations to consider for your next active winter getaway.
27 Oct 2026, 2:00 am
Brussels faces a highly charged mix as the fight over the next EU budget overlaps with the efforts to plug Ukraine's €70 billion gap.
27 Oct 2026, 2:00 am
Binbag-wielding volunteers clear encampment used by thugs to intimidate opponents of deposed governmentStudent List cleaned up at Serbia’s parliamentary elections. So it was only fitting that the morning after a night of raucous celebrations, the movement’s supporters were gathering, bin bags in hand, at Pioneers Park, opposite the national assembly building in Belgrade.For the previous 18 months, this small patch of greenery – with its established trees and p…
27 Oct 2026, 2:00 am
Proposed lifting of paywall would reveal who owns vast majority of land in England and WalesPlans by the government to give the public free access for the first time to information on who owns England’s land are at risk of being scuppered by landowners, campaigners have said.On Tuesday the government set out its proposals to lift the paywall on the Land Registry, arguing that opening it would help the UK build more houses, protect nature and improve strategic plan…
27 Oct 2026, 2:00 am
Many punters say inconvenience of bus rerouting is small price to pay for more space, but not everyone is happyTo the east of Oxford Circus, there is chaos. A steady stream of red London buses swing round the last junction before the newly pedestrianised Oxford Street begins. The streets are crammed with pedestrians, some squabbling over who poked whom with their umbrella first.To the west, pedestrians walk freely through the temporary bollards on to a green welcome…
27 Oct 2026, 2:00 am
Quick, simple finger food that children will love for Halloween: pumpkin and carrot fritters with a chilli-coriander relish, and pumpkin baked into a dark chocolate sliceIt would be lazy to write, with a rueful shake of the head, that Halloween gets bigger every year. Halloween is huge. I have seen it grow, vicariously, through my children year on year and, despite previously approaching it with a Scrooge-like attitude, something in me has shifted. Perhaps it’s si…
27 Oct 2026, 2:00 am
Bankers have barely begun to repay the billions they cost the country after 2008. In this PM they may have met their matchVibes matter. We live by how we feel – an idea that orthodox economics gets wrong and Andy Burnham’s first budget looks set to get right.This walking good-vibes maestro is spreading a confetti of small good deeds. These may not shift the dial yet on 40 years of neoliberal economics, but they show the way he’s heading. Eyecatching everyday t…
27 Oct 2026, 2:00 am
Campaigners say tour could hasten Charles’s removal as head of state unless he does more to confront monarchy’s historic role in slave tradeKing Charles’s upcoming Caribbean tour could accelerate moves to remove him as head of state in several countries unless he does more to confront the monarchy’s historic links to slavery, campaigners have warned.The king will embark on a nine-day tour on Tuesday, visiting the Bahamas and Guyana before travelling to Antig…
27 Oct 2026, 1:59 am
Jez Litten and Morgan Knowles are brought into the starting line-up for England's must-win Rugby League World Cup match against Papua New Guinea - with Brad O'Neill dropping out.
27 Oct 2026, 1:59 am
Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces a battle to stay in power amid fierce competition from a bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot. Arab parties are projected to play kingmakers.
27 Oct 2026, 1:56 am
Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is creating an unexpected political problem: some of the voters who helped return him to the White House are now questioning their decision. In McAllen, Texas, construction business owner Benny Melendez says fears surrounding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations are making it increasingly difficult to retain workers and complete projects. Related Articles Critics Sound the Alarm as Donald Trump's 'Two-Front War on…
27 Oct 2026, 1:53 am
Lourdes Balduque/Getty ImagesOn Monday night an ABC Four Corners episode on child safety in child care services depicted some disturbing CCTV footage. Videos showed an educator at a service in remote Queensland grabbing a baby by his head and neck, holding his face into a pillow and even kicking him. The ABC reported the incidents occurred over three days in late August and early September in 2024. In the footage, the educator appeared to be the only adult in the r…
27 Oct 2026, 1:50 am
A Florida teacher faces child abuse charges after allegedly swinging a six-year-old special needs pupil through the air and pinning him against a classroom wall in Palm Coast on 16 October as he cried that he could not breathe, according to an arrest affidavit. Related Articles 'Shove That Ballroom Up Your Fat A**!': Trump Heckled at Mississippi Rally as Security Escorts Man Out Amid BoosFlavio Bolsonaro Blasts 'Lula's Friends' in the Supreme Court, Vows To Seek Ann…
27 Oct 2026, 1:47 am
Pakistan has gained diplomatic visibility under Trump, but analysts question how much the relationship has delivered.
27 Oct 2026, 1:45 am
Spanish language teaching is booming in China, with enrolments up 12.6% between 2023 and 2025. But the Cervantes Institute says there's a shortage of teachers to meet rising demand.
27 Oct 2026, 1:45 am
Many fear neither of the leading political blocs will win enough seats for a majority - meaning weeks or months of political wrangling may lie ahead.
27 Oct 2026, 1:40 am
Tens of thousands of underwater mountains dot the ocean floor around the world. A few break the surface, such as the Hawaiian island chain. The rest are seamounts, peaks and pinnacles rising from the deep seafloor. Some lie just a few metres below the surface, while others rest deeper. For many creatures, a seamount is an oasis in the vast open ocean. Deep-ocean currents flow up their slopes, bringing cold, nutrient-rich water towards the surface. These undersea mo…
27 Oct 2026, 1:40 am
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s stunning win in this week’s Brazilian presidential election bucks a wave of recent right-wing electoral victories across Latin America. But despite the fact Lula has won a historic fourth term in office, the right has actually strengthened its position in Brazil’s Congress. Flávio Bolsonaro may have lost the presidency, but his Liberal Party has claimed the largest share of seats in both houses. So, what happens next for the B…
27 Oct 2026, 1:39 am
A supergroup of rights holders who own or control Elvis Presley songs have sued Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging that the AI company stole The King’s works to train its AI models. “The Elvis Plaintiffs bring this action to enforce these exclusive rights against the Defendant that has built its entire business model based on copyright infringement at a scale never seen before,” states a complaint [PDF] filed last Friday in the United States Distri…
27 Oct 2026, 1:38 am
The origin story behind the infectious melody that captured hearts around the world as Japan returned to the international stage after World War II.
27 Oct 2026, 1:30 am
Oct 27, 05:30 UTC In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary. Oct 23, 13:15 UTC Scheduled - As part of addressing security vulnerabilities, we will be upgrading Longview servers in Dallas region.Existing graphs will remain available, but graph updates may be slightly delayed during individual server upgrades.The Maintenance period is expected to be from October 27 through November 3, 2026, with activities sch…
27 Oct 2026, 1:29 am
The 50 biggest contributors have poured $2.77bn into the race, led by Elon Musk's $446m for Republican-aligned groups.
27 Oct 2026, 1:28 am
Donald Trump praised Nicki Minaj's backside at a rally in Michigan on Sunday, 25 October, drawing cheers from the crowd. He later brought the rapper on stage. He was in Port Huron to help Mike Rogers, a Republican seeking to win an open US Senate seat on 3 November. Related Articles Can Nicki Minaj Vote? Rapper Urges Michigan to 'Vote Red' for Trump Despite Questions Over Her US CitizenshipNicki Minaj Faces Renewed Scrutiny Over Support for Convicted Sex Offenders A…
27 Oct 2026, 1:28 am
The Eagles have now lost five straight games as their season is spiraling out of control.
27 Oct 2026, 1:26 am
NurPhoto/Getty ImagesAnthropic, developer of AI chatbot Claude, has filed its prospectus and is expected to go public on Wall Street in November at a valuation of up to US$2 trillion. That would make it the highest-valued initial public offering (IPO) ever, ahead of SpaceX’s US$1.77 trillion listing in June. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is expected to follow next year. While these AI-powered IPOs are massive, they reflect an ever bigger trend: holding AI risk…
27 Oct 2026, 1:22 am
Protesters demand more spending on education and social services, but the government has struggled amid a fiscal crisis.
27 Oct 2026, 1:20 am
It Is Super Normal to Regulate Industries That Are Giant Portions of the Economy. (slSubstack) "...you don't have to believe anything specific about serious AI risks to think the current level of AI regulation is out of whack. Railroads faced regulation because they used their grip on shipping to gouge farmers and small firms. Utilities face regulation because of their tendency towards natural monopoly and the necessity of their capital expenditures to leave their…
27 Oct 2026, 1:14 am
American rapper Macklemore opened his ‘Free Palestine’ tour before a sold-out crowd in Dublin…
27 Oct 2026, 1:05 am
The rapper has been involved with the show for years but has never before performed at the NFL championship game.
27 Oct 2026, 1:02 am
Announcing last Friday that she had brokered the ceasefire, Melania Trump said civilian officials from both Russia and Ukraine would visit residents in their homes and "determine the level of assistance they require".
27 Oct 2026, 1:01 am
OpenAI's announcement is the latest in a series of claimed scientific breakthroughs credited to AI.
27 Oct 2026, 1:00 am
Anthropic has filed a 335-page Form S-1 prospectus for a Nasdaq listing under the ticker ANT, with prospective investors reportedly discussing a valuation of $1.8 trillion (£1.35 trillion) to $2 trillion (£1.5 trillion). Private investor estimates have placed its potential value between $1.5 trillion (£1.13 trillion) and $2 trillion (£1.5 trillion). Related Articles Meet the Six Billionaires Hit by $130B Wipeout as Musk Loses More Than the Other Five CombinedSpa…
27 Oct 2026, 1:00 am
In the open source world we are used to software being compiled from source for our particular distro, so while in a few cases an ancient release may still be in use, it’s just going to run on the latest distro version. But in the Windows world it’s rare for software to come with the source, so you’re left with a binary that will only run if your Windows version has the right APIs for it. Since the more recent versions of Windows dropped 16-bit support a while…
27 Oct 2026, 1:00 am
For decades the idea of eugenics has been taboo. Now it is returning in a new commercial guiseFor a very long time, I dreamed of being cured. I was born in 1981. I learned to walk early enough, but I stumbled and fell more easily than other children. My parents began to worry that something was wrong, that my muscles were weaker than they should be. Eventually, at the age of three, I was diagnosed with a form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). In the 1980s, the preci…
27 Oct 2026, 1:00 am
I saw a remarkable experiment take shape in Belgrade. Its lessons should be studied by other European countries struggling with unrestMore than a decade ago, the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told an interviewer in Belgrade that Serbia was “a country where the future happens first”. The phrase circulated widely on Serbian social media in the weeks before Sunday’s election, but in a way that could not have seemed possible 10 years ago. Who would then have im…