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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, which would permanently prohibit building or deploying superintelligent AI and temporarily halt advanced AI development until a federal regulator sets safety rules. The bill also calls for the U.S. to pursue international agreements preventing superintelligence from being built anywhere in the world.
Crystal Temptations issued a recall of its Chocolatey Eyeballs product after the FDA flagged a safety concern, reportedly tied to undisclosed allergens that could pose serious health risks. The candy was sold at major retailers including TJ Maxx and Marshalls across 13 states. The FDA has advised consumers who purchased the product to destroy it rather than consume or return it.
A developer known as LouD has built USBSID-Pico, an open-source hardware board that connects genuine MOS Technology SID chips (6581/8580) from the Commodore 64 to modern computers, phones and media players via USB, MIDI and ASID protocols. Built around the Raspberry Pi Pico's rp2040 and rp2350 microcontrollers, the device can currently drive up to two real SID chips or compatible replacements, with support for four planned.
The Trump administration enacted tariffs on foreign drones this week, with thermal-imaging or heavier models facing a 100 percent duty and smaller consumer drones facing 25 percent. Allied nations including the UK, EU, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland and Taiwan face tariffs ranging from 10 to 15 percent, while a broader 25 percent levy on non-sensitive drones takes effect in 2027.
MikroTik has released the CRS804-4DDQ-hRM, a compact desktop switch offering four QSFP56-DD ports for a combined 1.6Tbps of 400GbE bandwidth. It carries a $1,295 list price but typically sells for around $1,100, and the reviewer has been running it in RDMA backends for NVIDIA GB10 and GB300 clusters for months.
Jevon Martinez filmed himself dismantling automatic license plate reader towers that Bernalillo County had left standing despite cancelling its contract with surveillance company Flock earlier this year. He then drove a truck bed full of the dismantled equipment to the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department, framing it as returning the devices, and was arrested there at gunpoint by deputies in tactical gear.
The 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes, which recognize offbeat but scientifically valid research, were awarded for studies including a splash-free urinal design, using mosquito mouthparts to print tiny nozzles, decomposition rates of buried underwear, and the physics of blowing one's nose. For the first time in 35 years, the ceremony left Boston and was held in Zurich, Switzerland, with future events planned for Antwerp in 2027 and returning to Zurich in even-numbered years after.
Gooseworks, a San Francisco-based YC W23 company building self-improving AI agents that manage ad creative, UGC, and organic content for consumer brands, is hiring a Founding Creative Engineer. The role involves designing AI-operated creator channels, shaping the company's voice on platforms like X and LinkedIn, and training the taste layer of its creative agent. The startup, only a few months old, already has over 200 paying users and has generated more than 30,000 ad creatives in two months.
Dave Bautista shared his physical transformation two weeks into training for his upcoming portrayal of Kratos in the God of War adaptation. He indicated that this early stage of muscle-building is only the beginning, with more significant gains planned before filming.
Microsoft announced it will cap monthly cloud streaming hours for Xbox Game Pass tiers, ending years of unlimited access. Ultimate subscribers get 15 hours, Premium gets 10, and Essential gets 5, with an option to buy additional hours once limits are reached. The change takes effect in November, and non-subscribers will also be able to purchase cloud streaming time for games they already own.
Audacity 4.0 has shipped with a rebuilt Qt-based interface, a new clip-editing model, customizable workspaces, native high-DPI rendering, and a new AUP4 project format. Official Windows builds also gain ASIO playback and recording support alongside broader changes to how the app handles recording, playback, plugins, and projects.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that franchise brands often struggle with recruiting new franchisees not because of weak marketing, but because senior leaders fail to stay engaged as 'Executive Sponsors' of the effort. The role involves clearing obstacles, allocating resources, managing risk, and communicating the purpose behind recruitment goals rather than simply delegating the task to a team.