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New York City's school system, serving nearly 600,000 pre-K through middle school students, began a one-year pause on generative AI use starting September 2. Los Angeles Unified followed with a similar restriction, blocking AI tools on all district-issued devices for its students.
HBO Max has begun streaming the live-action horror anthology Strange: Junji Ito's Tales for Sleepless Nights, which originally aired a 12-episode season on TV Tokyo. Two episodes are currently available in the US, and a third, 'Face Thief' directed by Yûta Shimotsu, premiered at New York Comic Con based on Ito's story 'The Face Burglar.'
Police say three people were seen climbing into a Manhattan manhole on Sunday, the latest in a string of at least eight similar incidents in New York City and on Long Island since May. Authorities describe the activity as both dangerous and illegal, though the motive behind it remains unclear.
At New York Comic Con, sound designer Natsuko Inoue and colleague Hisafumi Takeuchi described how they created Godzilla and King Ghidorah's screams for the film Godzilla Minus Zero by blasting speakers from atop an outdoor dam, startling nearby picnickers, walkers and at least one barking dog. The team also used analog foley techniques, such as flapping a rubber fisherman's suit, to generate Ghidorah's wing sounds.
Singer Kelly Clarkson has become embroiled in an online dispute with a small novelty toy store in Brooklyn. The exchange has played out publicly on social media, drawing widespread attention to the previously low-profile shop.
At New York Comic-Con, a panel promoting Prime Video's animated series Helluva Boss was interrupted when an audience member repeatedly shouted over the discussion. Series star Brandon Rogers responded by cursing at the heckler on stage, telling them to stop and threatening to confront them directly, according to Entertainment Weekly's account of the incident.
Attendees at New York Comic Con 2026's second day displayed elaborate costumes, including a mashup design combining Batman and the Joker into a single look. Coverage highlighted this and other standout outfits from the convention floor.
Crunchyroll used its New York Comic Con 2026 panel to unveil a first trailer for the anime adaptation of 'The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All,' alongside a broader set of announcements covering its upcoming anime lineup. The streamer did not detail every title revealed, but the panel served as a showcase for its coming slate.
New York's lawsuit against TikTok alleges the company ran experiments in which thousands of users, including teens and children, believed they had activated 'Algo Refresh,' a feature meant to reset their content recommendations, but their feeds never actually changed. Users outside the experiment group who enabled the same feature got a fully working version. The suit is one of more than two dozen state cases accusing TikTok of designing its platform to be addictive to children and misrepresenting its safety tools.
New York's updated lawsuit against TikTok alleges the company ran experiments in which thousands of users, including minors, believed they had activated safety features like an algorithm-reset tool when in fact nothing changed. The filing also cites an internal TikTok product manager who objected to the test, calling a 'placebo group' incompatible with the feature's stated goal of giving users control over their algorithm. TikTok says such testing is a routine part of validating new features.
Luana Lopes Lara, COO of Kalshi, asserts that prediction markets provide more truthful insights than traditional polls. The platform, valued at $22 billion after rapid growth, is currently facing a lawsuit from New York’s attorney general seeking $36 billion. Lara emphasizes Kalshi’s distinction from sportsbooks despite most trading volume being sports-related and discusses what their data indicates about recent midterm elections.
The October 8, 2026, edition of the NYT Connections puzzle features four groups of four words each, with themes including following rules, surpassing others, triplets, and actor surnames ending in Tom. The answers include heeds, best, cheers, and Holland, among others. The puzzle challenges players to identify these thematic groupings within a 16-word grid.