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Trump's green card curbs test Indian tech workers' American dream
Oct 21, 2026

Trump's green card curbs test Indian tech workers' American dream

With immigration curbs and tech firms cutting foreign hiring, US residency is becoming a distant dream for many Indians....

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Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla?
Oct 21, 2026

Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla?

Musk says there's "a lot to be gained" by combining the firms in what would be the biggest merger in history....

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Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla?
Oct 21, 2026

Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla?

Musk says there's "a lot to be gained" by combining the firms in what would be the biggest merger in history....

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Meta puts Muse agent at heart of AI strategy, plans new stock to power investments
Oct 21, 2026

Meta puts Muse agent at heart of AI strategy, plans new stock to power investments

META-PLATFORM-RESULTS:Meta puts Muse agent at heart of AI strategy, plans new stock to power investments...

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Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations
Oct 21, 2026

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations

The penalty, one of the largest levied against a tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy....

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Anthropic Joins the A.I. Agent Race With Claude Duet
Oct 21, 2026

Anthropic Joins the A.I. Agent Race With Claude Duet

The tool, which is not yet widely available, will compete with OpenAI’s dots and Meta’s Muse. It is built for work and not personal errands....

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Meta Earnings Show Increased A.I. Spending, Even as Cash Pressures Grow
Oct 21, 2026

Meta Earnings Show Increased A.I. Spending, Even as Cash Pressures Grow

The spending has hurt the Silicon Valley giant’s cash flow, which turned negative. Meta said it would issue a new class of stock to help it raise more money....

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Websites pulled offline worldwide as AI finds critical security flaws
Oct 21, 2026

Websites pulled offline worldwide as AI finds critical security flaws

Government agencies and companies around the world shut down websites Wednesday after two critical flaws came to light involving PHP, a programming language that is the basis for a large share of the ...

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Why is a peat fire so bad? BBC is in Indonesia to find out
Oct 21, 2026

Why is a peat fire so bad? BBC is in Indonesia to find out

The BBC's Liza Tambunan is in central Kalimantan, to explain what peat is and why Indonesia is facing its worst wildfire season in a decade....

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Carney appoints astronaut Jeremy Hansen to advise government on new space strategy
Oct 21, 2026

Carney appoints astronaut Jeremy Hansen to advise government on new space strategy

Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Jeremy Hansen as a special adviser on space — just as the United States takes note of Canada's efforts to shift its space partnerships toward Europe....

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Cyclone Josephine forms near US East Coast as nine states are warned of storm's impact
Oct 21, 2026

Cyclone Josephine forms near US East Coast as nine states are warned of storm's impact

Hurricane trackers announced that Cyclone Josephine has formed off the US East Coast. Forecasts show nine states could see storm impacts for days....

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Elon Musk Says SpaceX and Tesla Are Exploring a Merger
Oct 21, 2026

Elon Musk Says SpaceX and Tesla Are Exploring a Merger

A deal would consolidate Elon Musk’s holdings in rockets, cars and artificial intelligence into a company worth well over $3 trillion....

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French bond yields hit 24-year high after unrest
Oct 21, 2026

French bond yields hit 24-year high after unrest

French bond yields have topped 5%, their highest level since 2002, after widespread protests and violence over the weekend. It's a sign that investors are losing confidence in France's finances, as th...

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New lab to become centre for investigating uplands
Oct 21, 2026

New lab to become centre for investigating uplands

The research facility in Penrith will also help train the next generation of environmental scientists....

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C.D.C. Ignored Request From States to Validate a New Measles Test
Oct 21, 2026

C.D.C. Ignored Request From States to Validate a New Measles Test

The agency replied two months later, saying it had “competing priorities,” officials from a coalition of Western states said....

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Pieces of Halley's Comet behind chilling doomsday panic to blaze across America's skies in hours
Oct 21, 2026

Pieces of Halley's Comet behind chilling doomsday panic to blaze across America's skies in hours

Pieces of Halley's Comet are set to blaze across the skies tonight, but the famous comet has a dark history of fueling chilling doomsday fears....

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Websites taken down worldwide as critical cyber-security update issued
Oct 21, 2026

Websites taken down worldwide as critical cyber-security update issued

The vulnerabilities with PHP, a programming language widely used across the internet, have been described as the most significant ever found by AI....

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Websites go dark worldwide after critical flaws are exposed, leaving up to 70% of sites open to attack
Oct 21, 2026

Websites go dark worldwide after critical flaws are exposed, leaving up to 70% of sites open to attack

An urgent warning has been issued to millions after a software used by more than half of the world's websites was found to have critical flaws that could let hackers take over servers....

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Ms., Martians and Guacamole: Their First Time in The Times
Oct 21, 2026

Ms., Martians and Guacamole: Their First Time in The Times

Our reporters share a compendium of debuts, discoveries and (sometimes overdue) appearances in the paper....

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Pupils who designed a badge sent to space meet NASA astronaut
Oct 21, 2026

Pupils who designed a badge sent to space meet NASA astronaut

Frank Rubio is set to be in the crew for the Artemis III mission and previously spent a year in space....

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Trump Ties Disaster Aid to Votes as Midterm Fight Heats Up
Oct 21, 2026

Trump Ties Disaster Aid to Votes as Midterm Fight Heats Up

President Trump and Vice President JD Vance have dangled FEMA money to disaster-struck states during recent campaign rallies....

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Meta to pay New Mexico a historic US$25 billion in Cambridge Analytica Facebook case
Oct 21, 2026

Meta to pay New Mexico a historic US$25 billion in Cambridge Analytica Facebook case

Meta Platforms was ordered to pay a groundbreaking US$25 billion civil penalty to the state of New Mexico in a consumer deception case spurred by the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The fine issued by st...

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America Mints a New National Park, Elevating an Arizonan ‘Sky Island’
Oct 21, 2026

America Mints a New National Park, Elevating an Arizonan ‘Sky Island’

After years of bipartisan effort, the former Chiricahua National Monument, in southeast Arizona, has become the United States’ 64th national park....

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Tornado alerts issued as millions brace for days of severe storms in nine US states: 'Take cover now!'
Oct 21, 2026

Tornado alerts issued as millions brace for days of severe storms in nine US states: 'Take cover now!'

Extreme storms are sweeping across severe states, bringing the threat of flooding and deadly tornadoes to millions....

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Critical GitLab Flaw (CVSS 10.0) Could Allow Unauthenticated RCE Across 12 Years of Releases
Oct 21, 2026

Critical GitLab Flaw (CVSS 10.0) Could Allow Unauthenticated RCE Across 12 Years of Releases

GitLab released fixes on October 21 for a flaw that lets an attacker run code on a self-managed server without logging in, and it affects every version of the software going back to 7.0, released in 2...

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Nasdaq climbs over 1% as SpaceX, Super Micro boost AI sentiment
Oct 21, 2026

Nasdaq climbs over 1% as SpaceX, Super Micro boost AI sentiment

USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 5):US STOCKS-Nasdaq climbs over 1% as SpaceX, Super Micro boost AI sentiment...

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Fuel leak which killed fish in River Taff stopped
Oct 21, 2026

Fuel leak which killed fish in River Taff stopped

GE Aerospace previously confirmed fuel got into the river while repair work took place nearby....

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GM Aims to Bring ‘Eyes-Off’ Driving to AI-Powered Cars Within 2 Years
Oct 21, 2026

GM Aims to Bring ‘Eyes-Off’ Driving to AI-Powered Cars Within 2 Years

General Motors is seeking help from artificial intelligence to keep up with Chinese companies that introduce vehicles very quickly....

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LiteLLM Compromised in Supply Chain Attack Delivering Credential Stealer and Backdoor
Oct 21, 2026

LiteLLM Compromised in Supply Chain Attack Delivering Credential Stealer and Backdoor

The popular LiteLLM Python package has been compromised as part of a software supply chain attack that delivered a credential stealer and a backdoor, according to reports from SafeDep, Socket, StepSec...

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Can you recognise celebrities by their EARS? Take the test - as research reveals forensic experts only need one facial feature to identify individuals
Oct 21, 2026

Can you recognise celebrities by their EARS? Take the test - as research reveals forensic experts only need one facial feature to identify individuals

When it comes to memorable facial features, the eyes or mouth might be the first to spring to mind. But according to a new study, it's actually your ears that could be the key to identifying you....

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