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Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Already a Leader in Satellites, Gets Into the Spy Game

The Pentagon needs what the company offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance and the billionaire’s global interests.

Fast Company

Associated Press

This state accidentally posted voting system passwords online

Colorado election officials say the incident isn’t a threat to the upcoming election.

Voting system passwords were mistakenly put on the Colorado Secretary of State’s website for several months before being spotted and taken down, but the lapse did not pose an immediate threat to the upcoming election, said state election officials Tuesday.

The passwords were only one of two that are needed to access any component of Colorado’s voting systems, and are just one part of a layered...

Fast Company

Jackie Snow

Amid backlash and fears, AI startups are quietly creeping into Hollywood

New AI outfits aim to help filmmakers speed up and scale up their work. Some artists see the tools as speeding up a race to the bottom.

Keanu Reeves has fought machines on-screen. Now, his performances are teaching them. 

Fast Company

Reuters

U.S. shippers are avoiding East Coast ports. Here’s why

Shippers are worried about another strike at East Coast hubs.

U.S. shippers are steering clear of East and Gulf Coast ports amid worries the 45,000 dockworkers at those trade hubs will go on strike again if their union leader does not land a new contract with employers by a Jan. 15 deadline.

Fast Company

Reuters

Billions spent on swing state political ads is leaving voters frazzled

Swing state voters have been bombarded with robocalls, texts, campaign visits, billboards, flyers, and social media messages.

Libby Brouwer was so fed up with political advertisements interrupting her YouTube viewing in the battleground state of Michigan that she opted to pay $13.99 per month to go ad-free.

SBNation.com

Joseph Acosta

Keon Coleman is the physical WR the Bills always needed

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Keon Coleman’s rookie breakout is keeping the Bills’ passing game humming

I was very excited when WR Keon Coleman was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the second round. Buffalo is in the process of retooling their receiver core, and Coleman brings a different body type and playing style to the room. However, he got off to a slow start with the Bills, receiving a lot of attention and trying to find his footing.

However, the rookie has taken off...

SBNation.com

Mark Schofield

Haas F1 hoping to keep their strong form at ‘special’ Interlagos

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Nico Hülkenberg, Kevin Magnussen and Haas hope to keep their strong form intact in the São Paulo Grand Prix

Ferrari can lay claim to being the hottest team in Formula 1 at the moment, with 112 points over the last three race weekends. That run of form vaulted Ferrari into second in the Constructors’ Championship standings, putting the Scuderia firmly in the title fight as the season winds down.

A little further down the grid another team can lay...

SBNation.com

Joseph Acosta

Jalen Coker was an undrafted steal for the Panthers

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Jalen Coker is the undrafted free agent adding life to the Panthers’ passing game.

During the 2024 NFL Draft process, a prospect I was really intrigued by was current Carolina Panthers’ wideout Jalen Coker. His strong hands and explosive leaping ability (98th percentile vertical jump and 86th percentile broad jump at the NFL Combine) matched his tape at Holy Cross, and was indicative of a player who could be a legitimate NFL pass...

Mashable

The LG OLED evo G4 smart TV is at its lowest-ever price at Amazon

SAVE OVER $800: As of Oct. 30, the LG 55-inch OLED evo G4 smart TV is on sale at Amazon for $1,796.99. That's a 31% saving on list price, and the lowest it's ever been on Amazon.

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Audible's kicking off the holidays by offering 3 months of Premium Plus for under $1

SAVE OVER 90%: As of Oct. 30, Audible is offering three months of its Premium Plus plan for $0.99 per month. Normally, the Premium Plus membership costs $14.95 per month, so you're saving 93% on the membership for those first three months.

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Mashable

Samsung's gorgeous 75-inch The Frame TV has been cut by $700

SAVE $700: As of Oct. 30, the 75-inch Samsung The Frame TV is on sale for $2,299.99 at Best Buy. That's $700 off its list price of $2,999.99.

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Mashable

Apple's new Mac mini has a power button in the most unusual place

Apple's new Mac mini is pretty amazing. It's a machine I dreamed about when I was a kid: a quiet little aluminum box that packs immense power (especially if you equip it with Apple's new M4 Pro chip).

There's one thing about the latest Mac mini, however, that strikes me as odd. The device has two USB-C ports and a headphone jack on the front, and three more Thunderbolt ports, an Ethernet port, an HDMI port, and a power plug on the back.

There's no visible power button, though. So how do you...

Mashable

ChatGPT now lets you search old chats in the web app

ChatGPT knows you had a chat a while back with now-vital information, and it's now making it much easier for you to find it.

Announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, OpenAI has added a tool to its conversational AI platform that makes searching your chat history much more convenient. Now, when you open ChatGPT in the web app, you'll spot a magnifying glass icon in the top left, where you can trawl the depths of your conversations for keywords and phrases.

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Mashable

Celebrate Halloween with this spooky Jack Skellington Echo Dot bundle

SAVE 30%: As of Oct. 30, the 5th Gen Echo Dot and Jack Skellington Bundle is on sale for $62.98 at Amazon. That's a 30% discount from its $89.98 list price.

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Mashable

Social media feeds toxic fandoms. Is there a solution?

"I'm 17 and AFRAID of Sabrina Carpenter," is the latest so-called fan behavior getting ridiculed online. 

The original tweet, posted by Pop Fan Account (@Popmvsics) on Oct. 12, reads: "You guys are disgusting and weird for defending a literal weirdo. Im 17 and AFRAID of Sabrina Carpenter when she's performing. You guys need help." It quickly went viral, racking 17.9 million views and becoming the copypasta du jour online. 

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Nena Farrell

13 Best Housewarming Gifts for Any New Home

Make a house into a home with these gifts, whether they're moving into their first house or a great new apartment.

The Verge

Barbara Krasnoff

Alexa, thank you for the music

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When dealing with an aging parent, Alexa was a great help — in both practical and emotionally important ways.

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The Verge

Andrew Liszewski

The Amazon Echo graveyard

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The Echo ecosystem has seen its fair share of failures while trying to popularize Amazon’s Alexa smart assistant.

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The Verge

Lauren Feiner

Judges let algorithms help them make decisions, except when they don’t

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When Northwestern University graduate student Sino Esthappan began researching how algorithms decide who stays in jail, he expected “a story about humans versus technology.” On one side would be human judges, who Esthappan interviewed extensively. On the other would be risk assessment algorithms, which are used in hundreds of US counties to assess the danger of granting bail to accused criminals. What he found was more complicated —...

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Sophie Turner Opened Up About Her "Incredibly Sad" Split From Joe Jonas

"We had a beautiful relationship, and it was hard."

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