Ars Technica: Mass quarantine issued in Russia after unexplained death of plague researcher Link: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/researchers-death-from-undisclosed-illnes s-sparks-mass-quarant...
NASA News: NASA Testing Aims at Supercooled Large Droplet Aviation Safety Link: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-testing-aims-at-supercooled-large-drople t-aviation-safety/
TechCrunch: OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/openai-launches-visual-ads-that-appear-alongsi de-image-generation-results...
TechCrunch: Lola Vision Systems is trying to make it easier to run AI models on chips Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/lola-vision-systems-is-trying-to-make-it-easie r-to-run-ai-models-on-chips...
The Verge: CNN’s boss will remain as Paramount and WBD merge into Skydance Link: https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1004734/cnn-ceo-mark-thompson-paramount-w arner-bros
TechCrunch: Researchers are tracking a Chinese AI ‘agent fleet’ Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/researchers-are-tracking-a-chinese-ai-agent-fl eet/
The Verge: Sen. Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time Link: https://www.theverge.com/podcast/1004286/senator-adam-schiff-ai-trump-regulation corruption
The Verge: An open-source tool lets you delete 12GB of Apple Intelligence data on macOS Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004672/mac-delete-apple-int elligence-ai-tool
The Verge: OpenAI is sticking more ads in ChatGPT Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004655/openai-chatgpt-visua l-ads
Ars Technica: Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of "mechanical" switches Link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/the-hows-and-whys-of-non-mechanical-mech anical-keyboard-switches/
ScienceDaily: Don't miss: Watch Saturn shine and Halley’s Comet debris streak across the sky Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261005071523.htm
TechCrunch: Can Safeworld convince people that gen AI robots won’t hurt them? Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/05/can-safeworld-convince-people-that-gen-ai-robo ts-wont-hurt-them/
Nature: Medicine Nobel awarded for brain ‘switch’ that controls neurons with light: live updates Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03091-2
The Verge: Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1003794/ai-education-computa tional-model-thought
Live Science: Urn with jaguars and skulls: A 1,400-year-old burial container depicting a deceased ruler's arrival to the Maya underworld Link: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/americas/urn-with...
🌅 **Good morning, RootBadger.** Monday starts with a new federal AI task force and a timely check on how devices are charged around the house. 🗞️ **Reuters morning read:** President Donald Trump name...
Ars Technica: New forensic evidence supports Egyptian "retainer sacrifice" Link: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/new-forensice-evidence-supports-egyptian retainer-sacrifice/
Good morning, Europe. Monday starts with a look at a fast-growing financial challenger and a practical route to giving broken things another chance. Reuters morning read:** Revolut has grown into Euro...
Sherdog: Glover Teixeira: Raoni Barcelos had brain swelling after UFC Vegas 121 Link: https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Glover-Teixeira-Raoni-Barcelos-had-brain-swell ing-after-UFC-Vegas-121-203063
Bloody Elbow: UFC 332 star Payton Talbott pitches ‘loser shaves his head’ match against Sean O’Malley after KO win Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/10/04/ufc-332-star-payton-talbott-pitches-loser-sh...