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Friday 6 November 2026

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Hacker News

  1. The Valley Bubble Breaks
  2. SketchAgentBench – evaluate LLMs on 3D spatial reasoning
  3. AI is dramatically accelerating AI research
  4. A Jev that can ask Opus for help gives Opus accuracy at 4x lower cost
  5. Show HN: Agents infer Lego mechanisms from sources, then animate them
  6. As the Japanese Countryside Empties Out, Wildlife Is Disappearing
  7. Firecracker VM Escape: PwnEscape Part 2
  8. My first and last telegram was from Rebecca West
  9. Democrats launching congressional investigations into SpaceXAI, META and Apple
  10. Restaurant Delivery Payment-Skimming Campaign

The Verge

  1. China reportedly recruited AI exec to spy on Jensen Huang
  2. Starlink Mobile: All the news on SpaceX’s major mobile carrier ambitions
  3. All the latest updates on AI data centers
  4. Shure’s popular podcasting and streaming mic is almost $50 off
  5. Lame-duck Congress might actually do something: speed up energy projects
  6. Meta’s Muse AI can create custom ‘spaces’ for the version of the app you need right now
  7. Amazon is now making a Melania Trump TV series
  8. Just about anyone can rent access to White House IP addresses
  9. Kobo will soon let you upload and sync your own ebooks across devices, for a price
  10. The iPhone Duo has more than 100,000 optimized apps, Apple says

Ars Technica

  1. Chainalysis says hackers stole credentials and tokens for all of its customers
  2. Earth's churning mantle may have created the Great Unconformity
  3. Nvidia hardware worth $11.4M vanished between Oakland and Texas
  4. Developer ends lucrative screensaver deal with Roku because Fox bought it
  5. FAA to finally ditch floppy disks in what it calls "historic" tech upgrade
  6. The folks behind John Wick are back with Karōshi trailer
  7. You know the launch market is tough when satellite companies start building rockets
  8. “Does Meta think we can’t read?” Meta abandons sketchy commercial terms update.
  9. Wisconsin reports measles death of a baby, first death in over 35 years
  10. Could potential AI clones of GTA VI force a quicker official port?

TechCrunch

  1. OpenAI reportedly raises an additional $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation
  2. The Duo apps are coming, says Apple
  3. Hundreds of Artex AI hacking tools found publicly exposed to the web
  4. Meta introduces Spaces, a new way to collaborate with your Muse agent
  5. After the midterms, is the AI industry in for a rough two years?
  6. Pentagon offers battery startup 6K $250M loan to build U.S. factory
  7. Fox completes its $22B acquisition of Roku
  8. Ramp data shows AI spending stalling just as Anthropic nears its IPO
  9. After blocking Muse, Amazon now lets users text Alexa to help them shop
  10. Underdog shows off a 32MB speech model in new demo

Wired

  1. The Cybertruck’s Death Is Actually Great News for EVs
  2. How Stephen Miller Schemed His Way to the Top
  3. Rocco’s Black Friday Sale: Smart Fridges Hit Their Lowest Prices of 2026
  4. Early Black Friday Mattress Deals: Get Up to 35% Off WIRED-Tested Favorites
  5. Free Chinese AI Models Are Getting Scary Good at Hacking
  6. AI Companies Really, Really Want to Buy Your Work Files and Emails
  7. RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly Absurd
  8. The Best Automatic Litter Box of 2026: Petkit and Litter-Robot
  9. Horny Grandmas Are Having a Moment
  10. Kitchen Composters I Recommend After 2 Years of Testing (2026)

Engadget

  1. Google's eyewear partners can't keep a lid on its smart glasses plans
  2. Fox wraps up its $22 billion Roku deal
  3. The EU accuses TikTok's 'rabbit hole' algorithm of breaching its content rules
  4. You'll soon be able to text Alexa to shop on Amazon
  5. DOJ just launched something called the Super Intelligence Task Force
  6. Eufy's clever outdoor security camera that lives inside is now available to buy
  7. A Stranger Things prequel series is coming to Netflix in 2028
  8. Anker Soundcore Space 2 Pro review: Big bang for less bucks
  9. Google's Find Hub can finally notify you if you've left a tracker behind
  10. Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 review: The new standard for smartwatch battery life

9to5Mac

  1. Raycast combines voice dictation and screen awareness in new AI feature
  2. iOS 27.3: New features, release date, more
  3. Report: Apple faces congressional scrutiny over ICE tracking apps and Trump donations
  4. watchOS 27.3 adds new Apple Watch feature that I absolutely love
  5. Apple’s funny new Apple Card ad features an awkward therapy session
  6. Apple’s DOJ antitrust battle sparks disputes with Epic, Samsung, Oura, Roblox, more
  7. HomeKit Weekly: Airversa’s Humelle is the Thread humidifier my house needs this winter
  8. iOS 27.2 adds three new ways to customize your iPhone
  9. Deals: M5 MacBook Air $250 off, Apple Watch Ultra $250 off, HomePod mini 2, HomeView, AirPods $100 off, more
  10. Next year’s iPhone Pro redesign will drop an important button, per leak

Guardian Australia

  1. Three men charged in US with using AI to impersonate CEOs and steal millions
  2. Five Great Reads: What now for Trump, a cruise from hell, and manhood enhancements
  3. Australia need a way to turn moments into momentum to revive spirits
  4. Macklemore says that nine US arenas turned down his Free Palestine tour
  5. Incoming Democratic senators don’t want Chuck Schumer as majority leader
  6. Russell Brand suspected to have attacked at least 10 other women
  7. ‘Minimal look, maximal politics’: how the black T-shirt became a political weapon
  8. Stephen Miller to become Trump’s new White House chief of staff
  9. Want to have a better chat? Scientists say the secret is ‘pink noise’
  10. Prince Harry and others launch appeal after losing Daily Mail phone-hacking claim

ABC News

  1. Call for funding for 'lifesaving' community music programs
  2. Tradies down tools to save man's life with makeshift tourniquet
  3. Stricter regulation on the cards for controversial combat sports
  4. Victoria's Liberals unveil plan designed to end tobacco wars
  5. Three charged over alleged interference with a corpse
  6. Aussie's heroic Paris Masters run ends at the hands of rising French star
  7. 'No confidence' vote against Cornell leadership after alleged gang rape
  8. For third time, volunteers find missing person after police pause search
  9. Labor may need a clean slate to find a path back to power in Queensland
  10. Megan Schutt on ADHD, medication and what's changed since her diagnosis

BBC News

  1. Barry scores twice as Everton fight back to beat Coventry
  2. WTA chair apologises to Pegula for airing of 'diva' comment
  3. Whole Australia team knew of sandpaper use - Khawaja
  4. Child, 6, dies weeks after Waterford arson attack
  5. Meghan's father Thomas Markle appears in court over child sex abuse material
  6. Title race is over - but intrigue in F1 continues
  7. Harry and five others seek to challenge Mail publisher privacy ruling
  8. Trump replaces White House chief of staff days after Republicans suffer midterm defeats
  9. Player-coach rift report will only galvanise England - George
  10. Spain's rail authorities face European fraud probe after Urda rail disaster

The Guardian

  1. Boy, six, third in child in his family to die after suspected arson attack in Ireland
  2. Keenan hat-trick inspires six-try Ireland to emphatic win against Argentina
  3. Thierno Barry double fires Everton to comeback win against Coventry
  4. Several Democrats renew calls for datacenter pauses after blue wave
  5. ‘It’s the final goodbye’: Monty Don bows out with a blissful last Gardeners’ World
  6. Charlton’s struggles expose ‘absolute ocean’ between WSL and second tier
  7. Edward Lucie-Smith obituary
  8. Houston to limit police cooperation with federal immigration authorities
  9. Sebastián Lelio, director of A Fantastic Woman and Gloria, dies aged 52
  10. Injury crises and Borthwick under scrutiny: it’s that time of year again for England rugby

Al Jazeera

  1. Palestinian couples tie the knot in mass wedding in Gaza
  2. Who is Stephen Miller, Trump’s new White House chief of staff?
  3. Protesters break into Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam
  4. Trump promotes Stephen Miller to Chief of Staff ‘to run things well’
  5. Meghan Markle’s father arrested in US over alleged child sex abuse photos
  6. Migrants arrive in Spain’s Canary Islands after being rescued at sea
  7. Pope Leo arrives in Uruguay starting 12-day Latin America tour
  8. How ‘Street Medics’ protect French protesters
  9. Tanzanian opposition leader jailed in ‘politically motivated’ case
  10. Why is Britain refusing to pay slavery reparations?

NPR

  1. Israel's Arab-led parties in spotlight after inconclusive election
  2. The incoming class of U.S. senators is full of historic firsts
  3. Trump's global health strategy is emerging. What will the Democratic Congress say?
  4. No one knows how many ballots are outstanding in Mississippi's Senate race
  5. Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as Trump's chief of staff
  6. Pope Leo begins a 12-day, 3-country South America tour after his cancer surgery
  7. Health intel-sharing group warns industry in wake of cyberattack on French blood bank
  8. Remembering 'Star Trek' actor Patrick Stewart
  9. European air traffic is targeted by new threats after a week of hoaxes
  10. The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult is sentenced to 200 years in prison

Kottke

  1. They found a chunk of Mars in the Sahara Desert. A recent...
  2. The Match Archive
  3. An analysis of 59 studies (including a 24-year Danish...
  4. “Are sperm counts declining? Are microplastics and...
  5. We Have Star Wars at Home
  6. From filmmaker Kevin B. Lee, a story about seeing Platoon...
  7. A call for more “mindful underparenting” from...
  8. KDO Search Now Available to Everyone
  9. Bain Capital Acquires Tibetan Buddhism For $35 Million....
  10. Anthropic has new rules for its Opus 5.5 model to “steer...

The Marginalian

  1. The Relationship Between Comedy, Democracy, and AI
  2. Marianne Moore on the Three Elements of Persuasive Writing
  3. Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones
  4. The Generosity of Selfishness: C.S. Lewis on How to Be Interesting
  5. The Souls of Animals
  6. No One You Love Is Ever Dead: Hemingway on Loss and the Meaning of Life
  7. The Founding Father of Neuroscience on Solitude, the Search for Truth, and the Ideal Environment for Breakthroughs
  8. I Feel, Therefore I Am: Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio the Consciousness of the Body
  9. Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity
  10. The Art of Advancing with Age: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life

Pitchfork

  1. Nick Cave Launches 2027 Tour
  2. Macklemore Accuses U.S. Arenas of Turning Down Free Palestine Tour
  3. Cleo Reed Announces New EP Is This How Empires Die?
  4. Angine de Poitrine Beam in Third Member
  5. Future, Drake, and Travis Scott Join Forces for “Ya Hit”
  6. 10 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Twisted Teens, Bassvictim, and More
  7. Watch Slayyyter Date a Skeleton in New “Hey Boyyy” Video
  8. Go Fishing With Twisted Teens in Video for “I Spend My Time Crying”
  9. Listen to Olivia Rodrigo’s New Song “Take Me Home (4 Christmas)”
  10. Toro y Moi Reveals New Album Unusua

Stereogum

  1. Guppy – “Looking Right At It”
  2. Carriers – “Look At Miss Ohio” (Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Cover)
  3. Dusted – “Black Tattoo”
  4. MJ Lenderman Shares New Neil Young Cover, Harry Crews Book Foreword
  5. The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
  6. Nick Diamonds – “Got The Devil” (Feat. Fat Tony & Yoni Wolf) & “The River” (Feat. Giovanni Marks & Fat Tony)
  7. Fiona Apple & The Bolt Cutters Cover Mother Earth’s “Revolution” For Doctors Without Borders Benefit Comp
  8. Bad History Month Shares Fundraising EP After Getting Shot In His Calf
  9. Becky And The Birds – “Way Back To You”
  10. Bruiser Wolf & Conductor Williams Announce New Album The Dealer Wins: Hear “The Score” (Feat. Marv Won)

Longreads

  1. The Art of Letting Go
  2. The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
  3. The Pollycrisis
  4. Why Immigration Agents Don’t Quit in Protest
  5. The Brain Injury That Made Edward Freytag A Musical Genius
  6. Burying the Evidence
  7. In Praise of the Dilettante
  8. What It Takes to Unfence the West
  9. The Year Math Changed Forever
  10. Have I Befriended a Murderer?

ScienceDaily

  1. Scientists just found dinosaur blood that survived 115 million years
  2. Major trial challenges how doctors decide who really needs statins
  3. Five-inch-long beetle larvae are quietly destroying blueberry roots
  4. Don't miss: Meteor showers, fireballs, and a supermoon light up November's night sky
  5. NASA’s Swift telescope falls to Earth after nearly 22 years in space
  6. For decades, we were told to avoid full-fat dairy. New research says otherwise
  7. Dead stars could break one of physics' most famous limits
  8. An anti-aging drug may help protect the brain before Alzheimer's symptoms begin
  9. Scientists discover that a clogged filter could revolutionize oil refining
  10. A clever molecular trick unlocks previously impossible properties in glass

Quanta

  1. A Strange Quantum Theorem Has Killed Einstein’s Reality
  2. New Research Tests Whether AI Models Know Their Own Thoughts
  3. Is There Anything Left in the Dream of Cold Fusion?
  4. Is There More to Cold Fusion Than Failure and Fraud?
  5. A New Map of ‘Empty’ Space Challenges a Tranquil Picture of the Galaxy

NASA

  1. M30’s Sparkling Stars
  2. Supercomputing Tech Demo Schedule
  3. APOD: 2026 November 6 – A Farewell to Swift
  4. Taking a Gander at Utah’s Goosenecks
  5. Midwestern City Lights
  6. NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students
  7. Hubble Learns Galactic History From Stars
  8. APOD: 2026 November 5 – Enceladus in Silhouette
  9. Cyprus: Island of Snakes, Cats, and Ophiolites
  10. NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research

Nature

  1. In Vivo CRISPR Base Editing of ANGPTL3 for Durable Lipid Lowering
  2. These AI agents design your perfect robot-powered lab — and run it for you
  3. Briefing Chat: Meet the snakes that cartwheel away from trouble
  4. Cholera bacterium’s good deed: inspiring a glue with rare properties
  5. Preprint platform offers to pay researchers to review papers, but questions remain
  6. Medicinal plants, lessons from mushrooms and the power of smell: Books in brief
  7. ‘Mathematics is more than a mechanical process’ — why I think the field will survive OpenAI’s disruption
  8. ESC (DC)2
  9. The palaeo cave art that hid in plain sight for 26,000 years
  10. Daily briefing: Toothbrush zaps bacteria to clear plaque

Dezeen

  1. Tesla "winding down" production of Cybertruck
  2. Aluminium canopy encases waterfront pavilion in Providence by Architecture Research Office
  3. Sydney's Powerhouse Parramatta revealed ahead of public opening tomorrow
  4. The Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition features a rug-wrapped chair and a giant candle holder
  5. Why architects don't get paid much
  6. Library by Collective Architecture breathes new life into Scottish high street
  7. Nothing but a single joint holds together Dado furniture
  8. 4Space draws on cultural significance of Arabian horses for UAE restaurant
  9. SWA implements modular "toolkit" for a more walkable Houston
  10. Perrier-Jouët and Iris van Herpen partnership celebrates “biological processes that shape life”

Design Milk

  1. Friday Five With Jiun Ho: A World of Design Inspiration
  2. 8 Sculptural Mirrors That Turn Reflection Into Art
  3. The Best Gifts for Minimalists Who Appreciate Good Design
  4. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Celebrates 25 Years with Steinbeisser
  5. The Best Gifts Under $25 (That Don’t Look or Feel Cheap)
  6. Les Tells Designs Handbags Around the Body, Not Just the Outfit
  7. Arc’teryx Rethinks Retail With a Climbing-Focused LA Store
  8. Inside LA Design Week/end 2026: A City of Creative Connections
  9. 2027 Colors of the Year: The Shades Defining Design
  10. Two Movements, One Striking Watch From Louis Erard × Vianney Halter

BBC Sport

  1. 'Big decisions' affected the game - Lampard
  2. Alcaraz beats Fritz to help Jodar reach ATP finals
  3. Slick Saints beat Prem Rugby Cup holders Leicester
  4. Raith Rovers go top with Dunfermline draw
  5. Real Madrid and PSG keen on Suzuki - Saturday's gossip
  6. Buatsi booed at weigh-in before world title bout
  7. 'Unexplained neurological symptoms' behind Henderson absence
  8. Scotland come full circle for another crack at All Blacks
  9. James out for minimum of five games - Bompastor
  10. Wrexham chief executive Williamson leaves after two years

ESPN

  1. Warriors' Porzingis to 'step away' from NBA to prioritize his health
  2. Men's college soccer 2-semester model rejected by DI schools
  3. Coleman-Williams among Tide trio returning for pivotal matchup vs. LSU
  4. Sources: QB Simmons re-ups with Missouri for 2027 as NFL draft stock rises
  5. Sources: SEC considering luxury tax for excessive spending on players
  6. Cancelled? Knicks' Kolek, McBride call out Taylor Swift as 'performative' fan
  7. Exes in Texas: Wings' Fudd, Bueckers discuss relationship on pod
  8. Coach bag: Jerry Jones says 'ridiculous' to think he won't pay up for coach
  9. What to know ahead of the inaugural WTGL season
  10. Ex-NFL WR Brown avoids jail time in 2025 shooting case

CNBC

  1. Investors brace for lower Anthropic valuation, calling $1.5 trillion a 'stretch'
  2. Sen. Chris Murphy released from hospital after stroke, will miss votes for 'several weeks' as he rehabs
  3. Here's a rapid-fire update on all 31 of our stocks, including 2 to buy now
  4. OpenAI bugging suspect Alfozan pleads not guilty
  5. Trump says Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff
  6. A disturbing employment trend is hiding beneath the latest strong job numbers
  7. Further turmoil could be in store for tech stocks. What to watch in the week ahead
  8. Top House Oversight Democrat warns Trump family to 'lawyer up'
  9. Credit feels harder to get. Here’s what to do before applying for a new credit card
  10. Fake job interview scams like the one that hit Binance are getting more sophisticated. Here are the new signs to watch for

IGN

  1. Pokémon TCG: 10 Most Valuable Delta Reign Cards From New Expansion
  2. Steam Is Having an Early Black Friday Sale on Digital Board Games Right Now
  3. Ed Boon Wants to Know What Fans Want the Next Mortal Kombat Game to Be Called
  4. GTA 6 Players in Germany Can Legally Take Time Off Work to Play the Game on Launch, But There's a Catch
  5. God of War Ragnarok Tops List of 10 Highest-Grossing PlayStation Studios Games From the PS5 Generation
  6. Canadian Politician Petitions Government to Help BioWare Buy Its Way From Under EA
  7. Blizzard Reveals What Made It Finally Pull The Trigger on WoW Forever
  8. Xbox Series X | X25 Special Edition Console – Invite Requests Are Up at Amazon
  9. Best Buy's Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for Consoles, Accessories, Games and More
  10. ENDIX, the Fully Free, Digital Gaming Expo, Is Now Live With More Than 50 Games, World Premieres, Exclusive Trailers, and More

Kotaku

  1. This Is One Of My Favorite Stupid Details They Kept In The Ocarina Of Time Remake
  2. A Much-Requested Battlefield 6 Feature Revealed Last Spring Won’t Arrive In 2026 After All
  3. Dad Has 6-Year-Old Daughter Save His Spot In Line At Target For Pokémon Cards And Then Leaves
  4. 10 Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Tips For The First-Time Player
  5. You Can’t Cheat At The Chicken Game Anymore In Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
  6. This Is What Video Game Preservation Looks Like
  7. The Pirate Shop Token Lottery Is Tearing Fortnite Apart
  8. A Truck Demanding EA ‘Save Mass Effect’ Is Currently Driving Around The Company’s Headquarters
  9. WoW: Forever’s Dungeon EXP Nerf Is Shaping Up To Be A Disaster For Dungeon Lovers
  10. PlayStation Is Already Killing Off Ratchet & Clank Mobile Game Just 12 Months After It Was Revealed

PC Gamer

  1. The AI posting war is heating up: 'Please, leave me behind,' says artist who got into it with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on X
  2. Path of Exile 2 announces a second new class, the Shadow, for its December 1.0 release
  3. Underkeep is my favorite old-school dungeon crawler since Legend of Grimrock, and yes that includes Queen's Domain
  4. 'It came out of nowhere. I was shocked and sad': He was the face of Hunt: Showdown for years, then Crytek laid him off
  5. It's hard to meet women when I keep teleporting all the time
  6. All that stands between a hacker and admin privileges on some Linux distros is a 257-character long string of literally anything
  7. A public petition to save BioWare has drawn enough signatures that the Canadian government will at least have to think about it: 'This is absolutely possible,' MP says
  8. Epomaker HE75 V2 TMR review
  9. David Gaider has been working on Owlcat's Expanse RPG: 'The Expanse has long been one of my favourite series, and so obviously I jumped at the opportunity to be involved'
  10. WoW: Forever takes 250,000 GB of memory to run, and I can't even joke about Sam Altman being jealous because that's almost nothing compared to the monolithic demands of AI

Rock Paper Shotgun

  1. Real-time strategy game The Fertile Crescent 2 is an isometric odyssey inspired by Age of Empires, with the 1.0 release out now
  2. I just found out you can use your Steam Wishlist to search for deals on games outside of Steam, saving my nephew more than £40 on Total War: Warhammer 3
  3. Terrific fantasy RPG Queen's Blade gets first proper update, adding a new throwing weapon and options to make puzzles "less frustrating"
  4. Airframe Ultra's PS1 cyberpunk city is an amazing tribute to G-Police and WipEout, and I wish you people would slow down to appreciate it
  5. Steam gets a boatload of restored Wing Commanders and Ultima ports after EA producer stumbles across cupboard of old tapes
  6. "It's a brave new world": GTA 6's PC port will release sooner than you think to avoid losing money to AI rip-offs, says former Rockstar tech director
  7. After taking over EA, Saudi Arabia and their private equity cronies have reportedly held talks about buying Unity
  8. Take on a time-manipulating corporation in the very Soul Eater meets Jet Set Radio action roguelite CHRONO PUNK
  9. BioWare are gone, but at least you'll be able to watch their final days in a documentary next year and oh wait that's really sad actually
  10. Ablahshikar is a maximalist, sickos only salvage-survival CRPG about ripping organs out of warships and pawning off strange goods that's now out in early access

Eurogamer

  1. Updated Xbox PC app promises 60% faster loading and easier access to games, but CEO Asha Sharma says there's "plenty more to do"
  2. Mass Effect-like RPG The Expanse: Osiris Reborn ropes in David Gaider, the original lead writer of Bioware's Dragon Age series
  3. Bringing Bloodborne back is tricky because "there's a lot of involved rights associated," according to former PlayStation boss
  4. World of Warcraft: Forever hotfix puts a stop to super speedy flag carriers that were dominating PvP battlegrounds
  5. In Charting the Unknown, Crimson Desert doubles down on its maximalism in audacious, faintly sinister style
  6. Square Enix accidentally botches a Nier: Automata update, balloons required file size from 50GB to 366GB on PC
  7. Following BioWare's shock closure, a new documentary capturing its final moments is coming next year
  8. Former Rockstar Games tech director thinks GTA 6 could be coming to PC sooner than you'd expect to curb AI clones
  9. "Is there any accountability left in this world?" Warren Spector pops off at EA executives and their massive payouts as BioWare shuts down
  10. After gobbling up EA, Saudi Arabia and private equity firm Silver Lake reportedly looking to buy Unity