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Pete Davidson told Variety he gained 15 pounds of muscle for his upcoming film 'How to Rob a Bank' by combining intense training and heavy protein intake with the peptides BPC-157 and Sermorelin. He said he wanted to be transparent about his methods rather than let people assume his physique came from diet alone.
Android Authority's Tushar Mehta has used the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 exclusively for about a month and reports that its squatter, wider cover-screen design has made him view taller, conventional-sized flagship phones as unwieldy by comparison. He says he no longer wants to use phones with displays larger than 6.7 inches, a size that has become standard for Android flagships.
Amazon is selling the Apple AirPods Pro 3 for $179, down from $249, as part of its October Prime Day sale. The earbuds include five ear tip sizes, noise cancellation, live translation, and a wireless charging case. The Verge reports this is the lowest price since Prime Day in June.
The SEC has floated an accounting rule change that would let public companies report financial results less often than the current quarterly cadence. Investors and market participants have pushed back strongly, warning the move could reduce transparency into corporate performance.
Deep inside the Creighton mine at Snolab in Sudbury, Canada, researchers operate the SNO+ neutrino detector, a water-shielded sphere filled with liquid scintillator and lined with thousands of light sensors. The device is designed to catch geoneutrinos, rare particles emitted by radioactive decay inside the Earth, by isolating itself from cosmic radiation and surface contamination through extreme cleanliness protocols including showers and radiation-free clothing for anyone entering.
In Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Danish government-funded off-grid solar arrays and batteries now power an underground water pump in an eastern suburb, supplying residents with drinking water even after Russian strikes knocked out centralized power plants nationwide. The city has also installed five solar-powered desalination systems that convert saline or polluted water into drinking water when sunlight is available, switching to grid power at night or on cloudy days.
A Bonita Springs, Florida woman, Carli Michelle Heller, was charged with making a written threat of violence after she wrote in Claude, which she used like a diary, that she planned to attack the local Sheriff's office. Anthropic's safety systems flagged the September 26 entry, a human reviewer deemed it credible, and the company reported it to law enforcement, who located and detained Heller without incident.
Amazon has discounted the 13-inch MacBook Air with M5 chip and 512GB storage from $1,299 to $1,099 as part of its October Prime Day sale. The 15-inch model with the same storage capacity is also discounted, dropping from $1,499 to $1,299.
Amazon is selling the base iPad Mini (2024 model) for around $500 as part of its Prime Day sale, the lowest price seen since late June. The tablet had frequently sold near $400 throughout 2025, making this discount less steep than earlier price dips this year.
An investigation into Flock Safety's automated license-plate camera system argues that its core design, not isolated misuse, allows police and other agencies to query cameras they never purchased or deployed. The report cites a case in Georgia where a woman's ex-boyfriend appeared to track her movements via the network, suggesting data from local cameras can flow well beyond their intended jurisdiction.
A tech enthusiast has started burning critical data onto Blu-ray M-Discs and plans to distribute them to trusted friends in sealed cases as a last-resort backup method. The process involves periodically replacing the discs and verifying their integrity during handover ceremonies. This approach aims to safeguard essential personal data against catastrophic loss scenarios.
The Verge's Installer newsletter highlighted Amazon's newly released Kindle devices, which add colorful finishes and more durable builds to the e-reader lineup. The roundup appeared alongside other tech mentions including OpenAI's Dots and a remastered version of The Witcher 3, with no further technical specifications detailed in the piece.