Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Prompt Rare U.N. Meeting on the United States
The U.N. Security Council met Friday to discuss the Trump administration’s deadly attacks on what it asserts were drug smugglers in the Caribbean.
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Lasers made muon beams, no massive accelerator needed
The advance hints at the possibility of portable muon-making devices that could help peer through solid materials for hidden contraband.
Navan plows ahead with IPO during shutdown, aims for $6.45B valuation
Corporate travel management company Navan — once known as TripActions — filed updated IPO documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, even though the federal government is currently shut down. Navan is proceeding under new SEC rules that allows wanna-be public companies that are in limbo during the shutdown to file updated information, including share count and pricing, and have their statements automatically okayed in 20 days without staff scrutiny. Once…
West Coast College Wire writers pick Big Ten football Week 7
On Friday, I put out my predictions for every Week 7 college football game in the Big Ten. While wise readers know that my opinions are the only ones that truly matter, there are some of you out there, believe it or not, who want to hear what other writers have to say. Those in the…
Ryan Reynolds would have given himself a ‘punching vasectomy’ if his son had been his first child
10 October 2025 Ryan Reynolds would have given himself a “punching vasectomy” if his son had been his first child. Ryan Reynolds would have given himself a ‘punching vasectomy’ if his son had been his first child The actor, 48, has four children with she wife Blake Lively – daughters James, 10, Inez, nine, and Betty,…
S&P and Nasdaq Slump as Stocks Fall on Trump China Tariff Threat
The S&P 500 slumped more than 2 percent for the first time in six months, rattling investors after a long stretch of gains.
Clark Olofsson, 78, Dies; Bank Robber Helped Inspire ‘Stockholm Syndrome’
In a 1973 heist, he and another man held hostages who surprisingly came to defend them, drawing attention to a puzzling psychological phenomenon.
Part of a Pig Liver was Transplanted into a Human
October 10, 2025 3 min read Pig Liver Surgery Moves Us Closer to Transplants from Other Species Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more than a month By Humberto Basilio edited by Tanya Lewis In another procedure, a team led by…
Hollywood has no idea what to do about AI
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. This week, I got an up-close look at how far apart Silicon Valley and Hollywood are on what to do about AI. First, at OpenAI DevDay, Sam Altman presented…
NFL DFS picks, lineup advice from proven daily Fantasy optimizer
Developing a successful NFL DFS strategy can take many forms, but one of the most common approaches is focusing on games with the highest projected point totals when identifying top NFL DFS picks and building NFL DFS stacks.The highest over/under in the NFL odds for the Sunday main slate is 49.5 in the Cowboys vs….