Electric air taxi networks planned for Texas cities

Archer Aviation revealed plans on 26 October to launch electric air taxi networks across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Houston using its Midnight aircraft. 🚁

The proposed flights aim to turn 60 to 90 minute road drives into 10 to 20 minute trips.

#ElectricAircraft ⚡ #AirTaxis ⚡ #Texas

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10 Weekend Reads

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Danish Blend coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • The Clocks on One Building: Four-Year Leases. Sixteen-Year Guarantees. Debt to 2049: Shanaka Anslem Perera’s essay on the …

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⚠️ Valve Platform Suffers Outage

Gamers worldwide lost access to Steam on October 26 when a server failure trapped users on loading screens. Over 1,000 reports flooded monitoring sites as connections failed globally.

Players across multiple regions got stuck on a loading user data message before services began recovering later that day.

#Gaming ⚡ #Steam ⚡ #Outage

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Pro Se Plaintiff Caught Hiding Prompt Injections In Court Filings; Responds By Hiding More

There have now been dozens of stories of bad lawyers using AI results in filings, most of which show up in the form of fake case citations. That’s old hat at this point. But how about prompt injections in court filings? There have been a few people warning th…

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Crows process visual data twice as fast as primates

Researchers publishing in Science discovered that crows take about 235 milliseconds to make visual decisions.

Macaques require up to 600 milliseconds for the same test. Crows manage this fast processing despite lacking a mammalian cerebral cortex. 🧠

#Neuroscience ⚡ #Biology ⚡ #Crows

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Ford's electric truck slashes home backup costs

Ford announced that its upcoming electric pickup will feature a built-in bidirectional charging system starting at $28,350. ⚡

The accompanying home chargers will cost around $650 and $2,100, making emergency household power much cheaper. 🔋

#ElectricVehicles ⚡ #FordFathom ⚡ #Energy

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New semi-solid car batteries enter production

On 27 October, battery manufacturer SVOLT rolled out its first batch of 100-kWh semi-solid-state packs in Changzhou. 🔋⚡️

The new cells add 500 kilometers of driving range in twelve minutes and last for over a million kilometers.

#Svolt ⚡ #ElectricVehicles ⚡ #BatteryTech

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AI social media content creation: The complete workflow

Create better social content with AI. Learn what to automate, what to review, and how to build a better workflow.
The post AI social media content creation: The complete workflow appeared first on Social Media Marketing & Management Dashboard.

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Discord public chats are heading to web search

🌐 Messaging platform Discord will index public server discussions in Google Search starting November 16, 2026.

Admins and users can opt out of the web pages through app settings, while private chats remain fully hidden.

#Discord ⚡ #GoogleSearch ⚡ #SocialMedia

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Planned US Data Centers Set to Produce 24M Cars’ Worth Of Carbon Dioxide

Researchers find Big Tech’s most ambitious builds and climate pledges are colliding with its AI power demands.

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🛰️ Measuring Space Radiation Near the Moon

During the uncrewed flight in late 2022, 10,000 tiny salt crystals inside two human-shaped mannequins recorded cosmic radiation levels for NASA.

Researchers used lithium fluoride instead of traditional plastic detectors, allowing microscopes to read radiation tracks directly without chemical etching.

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🐍 Snake-inspired robot for the small intestine

Engineers at MIT designed a soft robot that crawls through the small intestine to handle hard-to-reach medical procedures. 🩺

The flexible design lets doctors explore tricky areas safely.

#Robotics ⚡ #MedicalTech ⚡ #Science

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⚠️ Tesla electric truck fire closes highway

A Tesla Semi caught fire on Interstate 880 in Hayward, California, on Tuesday evening without a crash. The driver escaped safely, while the battery burned for 10 hours and closed the southbound lanes.

This is the second time a Tesla Semi fire has closed a California highway without a collision.

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D23: All the New Lands and Rides Revealed for Disneyland and Disney World

We heard about a Maleficent coaster, a Tomorrowland revamp, a Monsters Inc octopus sushi chef animatronic, the new Cars rides and more.

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Reddit redesigns its homepage feed

📱 The social platform Reddit divided its homepage into For You and Following tabs to separate algorithmic recommendations from joined communities.

The default layout mirrors feeds on apps like TikTok to help people discover new topics.

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I left my desk job to take over my grandparents' Wagyu farm in rural Japan. It changed how I define success.

When Masashi Nakamura learned his grandfather planned to close his Wagyu farm, he offered to take over and moved back to Japan.

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Xiaomi builds a robotic hand for factories 🦾

Xiaomi presented a new robotic hand for manufacturing plants on 29 October, equipped with 21 independent movements.

It uses 1,500 tactile sensors across the palm to monitor grip pressure and prevent slipping.

#Robotics ⚡ #Automation ⚡ #Xiaomi

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Ancient virus tied to chimpanzee brain differences

Scientists at Lund University discovered that an ancient virus called PTERV1 embedded in chimpanzee DNA, shaping how their brains grew differently from humans. 🧠

Removing this viral insertion in lab tests allowed brain cells to mature fully.

#AncientVirus ⚡ #BrainEvolution ⚡ #Genetics

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Mail.ru cloud storage bonus shrinks

Users who received a free lifetime 1 TB cloud storage bonus from Mail.ru in late 2013 are seeing their space cut to 8 GB in November by VK. ⚠️

People must transfer their files or switch to a paid plan before the deadline.

#CloudStorage ⚡ #VK ⚡ #MailRu

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Here’s How Job Applicants Are Trying to Make Their Resumes Stand Out: ‘There’s No Way to Fight It’

One professor created a free AI training program and expected 500 sign-ups. What happened next surprised him.

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Toyota and Waymo build robotaxis

Toyota will build autonomous bZ4X electric vehicles with integrated Waymo hardware at its factory starting in 2027, with testing beginning in Japan. 🚗🔥

The partnership brings factory-installed self-driving technology to right-hand-drive markets like the United Kingdom after initial testing.

#AutonomousVehicles ⚡ #Waymo ⚡ #Toyota

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