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Longueuil-based Reaction Dynamics plans rapid expansion to launch new medium-lift rocket by 2031 betakit.com/reaction-dynamic… via @BetaKit

Reaction Dynamics plans rapid expansion to launch new medium-lift rocket by 2031

Longueuil, Que.-based rocket maker plans to raise $350 million CAD, add nearly 300 employees in the next five years.

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The physics behind Tesla’s flying roadster wired.com/story/physics-behi… via @WIRED | To understand how Elon’s new car hops, glides, and sticks upside down, we need to talk about friction and force

The Physics Behind Tesla’s Flying Roadster

To understand how Elon’s new car hops, glides, and sticks upside down, we need to talk about friction and force.

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Tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs sit idle in Meta's Prometheus supercluster, just waiting for a failure theregister.com/systems/2026…

Tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs sit idle in Meta's Prometheus supercluster, just waiting for a...

And other fun facts about how Zuckercorp aims to keep a million GPUs running long enough to train a model

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Germany signs AI partnership with Nvidia at Berlin investment summit thenextweb.com/news/germany-… via @thenextweb

Germany signs AI partnership with Nvidia at Berlin investment summit

Germany signed an AI deal with Nvidia as Merz urged firms to adopt AI. A business group sees up to €4.1tn of investment by 2035.

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Cops raid office of RFK Jr. allies planning “unethical” vaccine trial on babies arstechnica.com/health/2026/…

Cops raid office of RFK Jr. allies planning “unethical” vaccine trial on babies

Guinea-Bissau police said hepatitis B vaccine doses were taken as part of an investigation.

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Google cloud failure hits millions as UK courts and banks knocked offline theguardian.com/business/202…

Millions unable to use Revolut app or cards as company suffers ‘service disruption’

UK banking company insists customers’ funds and data are safe despite problems with sign-in, card payments, transfers and withdrawals

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Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/pl… via @techcrunch

Exclusive: Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their...

Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems.

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Meta suspends Muse chats sharing feature after it left private details exposed engadget.com/2292281/meta-su… | Researchers accessed 6,800 shared conversations with the AI agent

Meta suspends Muse chats sharing feature after it left private details exposed - Engadget

Researchers accessed 6,800 shared conversations with the AI agent, including internal company documents.

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DeepSeek open-sources the inference engine behind its API. And Huawei gets equal billing with Nvidia thenewstack.io/deepseek-deep… via @thenewstack

DeepSeek open-sources the inference engine behind its API. And Huawei gets equal billing with...

DeepInfer lets developers self-host V4.1 Flash with DeepSeek’s own optimizations, but stops short of a complete production stack.

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Sage says e-invoicing could unlock C$82 billion in Canada cfotech.ca/story/sage-says-e… via @techday_ca | Slow payments are costing Canadian firms billions, with overdue invoices leaving an estimated C$103 billion tied up and limiting growth

Sage says e-invoicing could unlock C$82 billion in Canada

Slow payments are costing Canadian firms billions, with overdue invoices leaving an estimated C$103 billion tied up and limiting growth.

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cbc.ca/news/business/anthrop…

Major Canadian news publishers launch copyright suit against AI company Anthropic | CBC News

In the lawsuit filed on Oct. 6, Postmedia, Torstar, The Globe and Mail and The Canadian Press say Anthropic infringed on their copyright by using their content to develop its large language AI model,...

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Manitoba says tax on data centres, crypto miners will be used to lower utility rates betakit.com/manitoba-says-ta… via @BetaKit

Manitoba says tax on data centres, crypto miners will be used to lower utility rates |

Government predicts levy could draw as much as $20 million in revenue.

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Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents? restofworld.org/2026/meta-mu…

Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents?

It may be some time before AI agents can fully navigate the complexities and cultural nuances of developing nations.

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Write bot-resistant code with KillSwitch, a programming language designed to confuse LLMs theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20…
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Four European carriers to explore a joint bid for satellite spectrum thenextweb.com/news/europe-c… via @thenextweb

Four European carriers to explore a joint satellite spectrum bid

Europe’s operators want to avoid ‘selling somebody else’s service on somebody else’s terms’, says Ookla’s Luke Kehoe.

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Batteries have a small carbon footprint—we can make it smaller arstechnica.com/science/2026…

Batteries have a small carbon footprint—we can make it smaller

One way to make batteries cleaner is to make fewer of them.

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US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds theguardian.com/technology/2…

US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds

Exclusive: Using test accounts, Tech Transparency Project downloaded 135 apps with features to generate nonconsensual nude imagery

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People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/pe… via @techcrunch

People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again | TechCrunch

Fed up with ads, tracking, and sluggish interfaces, some smart TV owners are turning to AI agents to strip away bloatware and take back control of their TVs.

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At what distance does a video doorbell stop detecting motion? engadget.com/2287906/video-d…

At what distance does a video doorbell stop detecting motion? - Engadget

Average video doorbell detection ranges vary from eight to 30 feet by brand, with sensor type, movement, sensitivity, placement, and settings affecting alerts.

engadget.com
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DeepSeek made its name with cheap AI models. Now it’s undercutting search API rivals, too thenewstack.io/deepseek-web-… via @thenewstack

DeepSeek made its name with cheap AI models. Now it’s undercutting search API rivals, too.

The Chinese AI company is opening up the search engine behind its chatbot through Search and Fetch APIs, priced at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests each.

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