AI and tech_

  • At DevDay on 29 September OpenAI announced Space, a shared workspace with ChatGPT and agent personas called Dots, plus Pages, a word processor, and Slides, due in the coming weeks.

    TechCrunch · techcrunch.com

  • OpenAI is in talks to raise at least $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation, Bloomberg reported.

    TechCrunch · techcrunch.com

  • Nvidia launched the Open Agent Safety Platform with more than 100 companies, including Anthropic, Arm and Intel, to contain rogue AI agents. OpenAI, Amazon, Google and Apple are not public members.

    TechCrunch · techcrunch.com

  • Airbnb added search by text or voice prompt with generated filters, and services including meal delivery, laundry and equipment rental in some locations.

    TechCrunch · techcrunch.com

Genomics and biotech_

  • At four years, a high dose of uniQure's Huntington's gene therapy AMT-130 slowed progression by 44% versus an external control group, not statistically significant and smaller than a year earlier. The FDA is reviewing the application.

    STAT · statnews.com

  • Beam Therapeutics sued former scientist Zi Jun Wang, her company YolTech Therapeutics and the startup Serapha Bio, alleging theft of gene-editing intellectual property.

    STAT · statnews.com

  • AstraZeneca is investing $2 billion in Summit Therapeutics; Novo licensed an oral GLP-1/GIP agonist from Hengrui for $300 million upfront and up to $2.6 billion in total.

    STAT · statnews.com

Open source_

  • Git 2.56.0 was released with 748 commits from 104 contributors, adding git add --resolved for conflict resolution and an experimental git history drop command.

    LWN.net · lwn.net

  • Firefox 157.0 was released with a redesigned interface and hardware AV1 decoding for WebRTC calls.

    LWN.net · lwn.net

Education_

  • The US Senate voted 77-22 to advance the Protect College Sports Act, setting federal rules on athlete pay and eligibility and giving the NCAA, conferences and colleges antitrust protection. The House returns after the November elections.

    Inside Higher Ed · insidehighered.com

  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered West Point, the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy to stop appointing civilian staff to tenured positions.

    Inside Higher Ed · insidehighered.com

Politics and law_

  • The Supreme Court lifted an appeals court ruling so the administration can keep deporting migrants to countries other than their own until full arguments in December. About 25,000 people have been deported to more than two dozen countries in Trump's second term.

    PBS News · pbs.org

  • Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his two criminal investigations of Trump before a Senate committee.

    PBS News · pbs.org

  • Hegseth is cutting US general and admiral positions by 20%, double last year's 10% cut, effective 1 January 2027.

    Al Jazeera · aljazeera.com

World_

  • French teachers, firefighters and health workers struck against a planned 2027 public-sector pay freeze, the fourth in a row; unions counted about 300,000 participants. 440 people were detained in separate student protests.

    Al Jazeera · aljazeera.com

  • Iran's leadership is reviewing a US counter-proposal, passed through Qatar, on its offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz; attacks on shipping in the area continue.

    Al Jazeera · aljazeera.com

  • Poland is preparing its defences as Russia tests NATO, and Estonia formally accused Russia of sabotage across Europe.

    PBS News · pbs.org

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