Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu and Harafat Mogaji, former airmen stationed at Dover Air Force Base, were sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal prison for running business email compromise and phishing schemes that diverted corporate wire transfers, including a $1.68 million payment from an Iowa City victim and a $720,000 payment from an Ohio victim. Odimegwu received 111 months and must pay over $366,000 in restitution, while Mogaji got 78 months and owes nearly $996,000, with both facing three years of supervised release afterward.
A technical blog post examines why adding two-decimal numbers like currency values in floating-point arithmetic sometimes produces exact results and sometimes rounding errors. The author visualizes which pairs of multiples of 0.01 (up to 1.00) sum correctly versus too high or too low, revealing a structured pattern, and explains the underlying cause using IEEE double-precision float representation (sign bit, exponent, and fraction bits).
Netflix has released a special Lego-animated recap episode tied to its live-action One Piece series, now streaming. The episode frames the Straw Hat Pirates' story so far through Usopp's exaggerated retelling, using Lego-style visuals rather than the live-action cast.
Technics has announced the EAH-A1000, its new flagship adaptive noise-cancelling over-ear headphones, marking the brand's first use of 40mm magnetic fluid drivers in this category. The headphones use surround sound technology edges to cut distortion, multiple microphones per ear for adaptive noise cancellation, and support LDAC and lossless USB Audio playback. Technics claims up to 45 hours of battery life but has not disclosed pricing or release timing.
Skywatchers can spot every planet in the solar system at some point during October, according to CNET's monthly sky guide. Mercury's best viewing falls around Oct. 12 during its elongation, while Venus becomes visible after sunset only by Oct. 31. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus are visible on most or all nights throughout the month.
Flourish Robots has begun taking preorders for its Flourish 1 humanoid robot, priced at $3,555 for the first 50 units, with deliveries planned for December. The company says the robot can learn household chores like sorting items, watering plants and cleaning litter boxes within about 30 minutes using a smartphone app, with no coding required, and an optional subscription will cover cloud compute for some AI features. CEO Antoine Marcel says the robots are already in manufacturing, with battery supply lead times being the main scheduling factor.
Marissa Mayer has unveiled Dazzle, a personal AI assistant that draws its understanding of users primarily from their phone photo libraries rather than email, calendars or shopping data. The startup previously raised an $8 million seed round in December, and Mayer demonstrated how Dazzle can extract details like hobbies, travel history and family interests from photos, offering functions like auto-populating calendar events or suggesting repair services based on images.
Apple TV released a trailer for Nocturne, a new thriller adapted from Lars Kepler's novel "The Sandman." The series stars Liev Schreiber and Zazie Beetz, with Stephen Graham playing the serial killer antagonist, and launches October 30 with two episodes before continuing weekly through December 25.
Noah Smith published a guest essay by futurist and author Ramez Naam arguing against the widely held belief in AI circles that recursive self-improvement will soon trigger a 'fast takeoff' or technological singularity. Naam, known for early predictions about solar and battery technology, lays out detailed reasoning for why he doubts such a rapid AI capability explosion is imminent, despite being described as an otherwise optimistic technologist.
Take-Two Interactive issued a cease-and-desist to developer Paralympics Productions, forcing the team to shut down its unofficial native ARM port of GTA V for Android by October 3, 2026. The project, led by a developer known as Mojso, also covered a native Nintendo Switch build, both of which will now be discontinued without any code release. The developer acknowledged the legal notice and confirmed the shutdown in a message on X.
Meta has expanded its Instagram School Partnership Program, adding tools that let verified students and staff post Stories and notes visible only to their own school. The update also introduces admin-only channels for parent and student updates, school-wide clubs and teams, and a student directory limited to peers and mutual teen followers.
Meta announced that its Muse AI agent is now available to small businesses, with new integrations for Shopify, Dropbox, Slack, Stripe, QuickBooks and other widely used tools. Muse can also connect to Instagram analytics, Facebook Pages and Meta ad accounts to help owners manage operations and find customers. The service is free with usage limits, with paid subscription plans for heavier use.
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