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MU Health Care offers final flu, COVID-19 vaccination event Saturday

Mu Health Care will host its final flu and COVID-19 vaccination event in Columbia from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

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Oct 15 • 8:57 PM EDT • Health • komu.com
Scientists discover a plastic-eating “Pac-Man” enzyme with a surprising secret

Scientists have discovered a remarkable “Pac-Man enzyme” that helps bacteria devour certain types of plastic and may offer new hope in the fight against plastic pollution. Researchers found that several biodegradable plastics completely broke down in soil within about a year, while conventional plastic remained largely unchanged.

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Oct 15 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Annual UCLA survey responses cover public health issues, including housing, heat

A growing number of Californians are experiencing extreme heat and other climate-related events, according to UCLA’s annual California Health Interview Survey released Thursday. The percentage of adults who reported that they or a household member personally experienced wildfires in the past two years more than doubled – increasing from 2.9 million to 6.5 million from 2024 to 2025, according to the report.

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Oct 15 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • dailybruin.com
The Events Business Is Relentless. Susan Southerland Made Work-Life Balance Part of the Model.

The Just Events! Group founder says she built her company around a simple rule: people should be able to do great work without sacrificing the rest of their lives. She credits that culture with helping her keep strong employees and scale to hundreds of events around the world.

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Oct 15 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • inc.com
What's going on, South Dakota?

Submit your events for The Dakota Scout's Lounge section by emailing events@thedakotascout.com

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Oct 15 • 7:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • thedakotascout.com
New Mid-Market Arts District Launches With $500K Investment From SF Billionaires

SF business leaders and wealthy donors are funding a new Mid-Market arts district, which launches alongside a free festival Saturday, as a growing number of Bay Area artists call for a boycott of events funded by billionaires.

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Oct 15 • 7:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • sfist.com
Kiwanis prepares for 3rd 'Pancakes & Popcorn' event

COOLIDGE — Mark your calendars, the Kiwanis Club of Coolidge will hold its annual “Pancakes and Popcorn in the Park” event on Friday, Nov. 6.

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Oct 15 • 6:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • pinalcentral.com
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425 Business-Hosted CEO Roundtable Focuses on 'Mind of the Market'

The main question posed at 425 Business' recent CEO roundtable event was: 'What is the mind of the market, and what has your organization changed this year to keep up?' Here's how the leaders who congregated responded.

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Oct 15 • 6:26 PM EDT • Business • 425business.com
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Public Service & the Midterm Elections

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) discussed the 2026 midterm elections, public service, and the direction of American politics at an event hosted by Georgetown University's Institute of Politics & Public Service. Walz reflected on his unsuccessful 2024 vice presidential campaign, the need for Democrats to deliver policy wins if they hope to win the presidency in 2028, and his contentious relationship with President Trump. He also encourages young people to pursue public service and help shape the country's future.

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Oct 15 • 6:06 PM EDT • Politics • c-span.org
American Home Furniture & Mattress going out of business

American Home Furniture & Mattress will liquidate after 90 years. The New Mexico retailer said it expects to sell its showroom and backstock inventory over the next four to six weeks.

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Oct 15 • 5:53 PM EDT • Business • kob.com
Explore latin music culture at November’s Que Bacano event

Downtown West Palm Beach is turning up the energy this November with a lineup of events bringing the community together with music, movement and meaning.

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Oct 15 • 5:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • floridaweekly.com
HOMETOWN ENTERTAINMENT: Roanoke-area events this week include outdoor festival, ghost tour and ‘The Wiz’

"The Wiz," Go Fest and other live music events happening in our hometowns over the next several days

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Oct 15 • 5:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • wdbj7.com
Boston security guards could strike over health benefits

Security officers' contracts expired July 31, and the sole issue preventing a new deal is health benefits.

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Oct 15 • 5:25 PM EDT • Health • bostonglobe.com
Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe appears in political PSA on political differences

KRCG offers coverage of news, sports, weather and local events in the Columbia and Jefferson City, Missouri area, including the communities of New Bloomfield, Shaw, Boonville, Ashland, Hallsville, Sturgeon, Centralia, Mexico, Auxvasse, Fulton, California, Tipton, Eldon, Wardsville, Westphalia and Sedalia, Missouri.

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Oct 15 • 4:55 PM EDT • Politics • krcgtv.com
North Carolina lawmakers highlight health care, grocery costs at Asheville event

With early voting underway in North Carolina, two state representatives stopped in Asheville as part of a national bus tour.

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Oct 15 • 4:43 PM EDT • Health • wlos.com
Annual HIV summit held by Shelby County Health Dept.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Health Department held its annual HIV summit Thursday, hoping for expansion of testing and prevention programs. Shelby County and the surrounding area, incl…

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Oct 15 • 4:37 PM EDT • Health • wreg.com
UW-River Falls to offer Halloween carnival and “Haunted Lab” science demonstrations Oct. 20

RIVER FALLS – Two special Halloween-themed events are planned at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Tuesday, Oct. 20, including a Halloween carnival and “Haunted Labs” science …

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Oct 15 • 4:36 PM EDT • Science • piercecountyjournal.news
The Walt Disney Company and Dude Perfect Announce Company-Wide Creative Partnership

Dude Perfect will develop original content for its own channels inspired by Disney franchises and events, with select Dude Perfect content also on Disney+.

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Oct 15 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • thewaltdisneycompany.com
IP Saves the Day On Streaming

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) Before we get started, I wanted to highlight a new idea I saw from Real Good AI, proposing a ratings system for AI use. (H/T to Anthony Kaufman’s article highlighting this.) It would look something like this: In general, I think that this is a solid, middle-ground solution that should appease both the pro-AI camp (who love AI) and the anti-AI camp (who wants to know if what they’re watching didn’t come from humans). Regardless of your feelings on AI/LLMs—I’ll never use it for my writing—transparency is often the best solution to many problems. In general, I think way more media outlets need to be using way more AI disclosures. My quick “Yes and...” to this idea: what about ads? In particular, I hate it when I see or hear ads that are obviously AI-generated, but a person or voice says, “I used this product”. AI doesn’t use products! Just today, I watched a YouTube ad where a “person” said they use some sort of rain wind chime...but that’s not a real person! They didn’t use this product. (Especially since the video of the wind chime itself also appeared to be AI-generated...) I believe most traditional advertising already has standards like this anyway.1 Okay, on to this week’s issue. We’re covering the week of 14-Sep, and then next issue, I’ll be fully caught up with Nielsen’s new release schedule. In the future, I plan to put out Streaming Ratings Reports each Monday after Nielsen’s Thursday releases. Overall, we had some big new shows this week, like Prime Video’s Reacher spinoff_, Neagley_, which is off to a big, big start, and Netflix’s latest in its Monster anthology, which is their largest opening since June and the second-largest since One Piece came out in March. All that, plus Slow Horses returns, the trio of returning shows (Lioness, Reacher and Ted Lasso) continue to dominate the top tens, Paramount+’s latest crime drama, a big whiff for a Netflix original film and a precipitous drop for Netflix film charts, all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, JustWatch and Reelgood interest data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of September 14th to September 20th 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Television - IP For the TV Win Can I use the dirty word of entertainment journalism right now? IP. Shhh. Don’t tell anyone I said it. But IP works at the box office, and we’ve seen some evidence it works in TV too. Not as well, and not all the time—no absolutes here!—but often enough. And glancing at the Nielsen top ten…it worked this week! Take Prime Video, who has a monster hit in the crime drama Reacher. Would a spinoff work for that show? Yep! They binge-released Neagley, about a detective from the original Reacher series, and its eight episodes debuted to 29.6 million hours. Here’s how it stacks up to Reacher, one of Prime Video’s biggest shows: That’s great. Nearly as strong as Reacher’s opening! (Both shows started with eight, binge-released episodes, so this comparison is apples-to-apples.) Notably, Prime Video scheduled the debut of Neagley to overlap with Reacher’s most recent season, to help drive tune-in. Obviously, I love smart release strategies like that. And even though I wrote “obviously”, it’s not really that obvious, since streamers don’t often take advantage of natural overlaps like this_._2 Other data backs how well Neagley performed. It opened at second place on Samba TV for two weeks and got 51.7 million hours on Luminate. That’s the eleventh biggest opening on Luminate since May of 2024 and tied with Bridgerton’s third season opening. That’s a huge opening! Its IMDb is solid too, a 7.7 on 24K reviews. Netflix’s latest edition in the “Monster” series—which started with Jeffrey Dahmer and comes from Ryan Murphy—did well too, opening to 24.7 million hours. That’s the biggest opening for Netflix since I Will Find You in June, and second biggest since March. Unlike the Reacher series, this franchise is trending downward, though. The first Monster show—Dahmer - Monster—was giant. More than anything, I think this reflects that Netflix running out of extremely popular—if that’s the right word?—serial killers to feature. Still, the data says this is a very good opening. It made it to third place on Samba TV for two weeks. It also opened to 40.0 million hours on Luminate. That’s not quite as elite as Neagley, but still very, very strong. I’ll be honest: my priors coming into any given week are that IP works to help drive buzz for new shows, but TV shows need to stand on their own even more than movies, so they will succeed or fail based on their quality. But these two spinoffs definitely worked. Quick Notes on TV The top show, film or special this week? Football, again. Specifically, Prime Video’s season opener of Thursday Night Football. The games run long (three hours) but mainly a lot of people watch each game. That adds up to a lot of viewership. Paramount released the second season of MobLand on an unusual day for that service, a Friday! Often, they put their new shows out on a Sunday, as they did last year with a run of shows (Lioness, Tulsa King and Landman). MobLand didn’t make Nielsen in its first week, but on Samba TV it got to eighth and seventh place. Luminate had a smaller opening too, only 5.3 million hours. MobLand missed the Nielsen charts for its first eight weeks, so this season is off to a stronger start. (Bonus note: the first season streams on both Prime Video and The Roku Channel, but I only have it as Paramount+ on those charts.) I’ve mentioned a few times that foreign-language originals do lower numbers than English-language originals on Netflix most of the time. But I don’t usually emphasize what country those originals come from, and observationally, they tend to be from Western or Northern European countries, in general. So credit to Not a Stranger, a Turkish Netflix original, for breaking through on Luminate, getting to 7.9 million hours in its first full week on those charts. As I mentioned last issue, Crew Girl ended up making the Nielsen charts in its second week. That’s still a soft performance compared to many shows, but again this, one looks affordable. And if you’re curious, here’s how it stacks up to some other sports romance shows: We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… …about a new data source and how it drives streaming viewership… ...what reality show is struggling in its latest season…. ...what Netflix film bombed…. ...How Reacher, Ted Lasso, and Lioness are doing on the charts… ...what obscure sport put up great viewership numbers… …how far streaming films are falling… …all the flops, bombs and misses for the last week… …and more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support. If you want an idea of just how much content you’d get in a full issue, check out this older issue. Coming Soon! Next week, we’ve got a double issue, then we’ll be all caught up with Nielsen’s data. Yes! The goal is to have my report out on the Monday after I get Nielsen’s data. So next issue, I’m looking at East of Eden, The Great British Baking Show, a Willy Wonka game show (that people are upset uses AI, but viewers might not care), and a Cosby show spinoff reboot on Netflix, and Brothers on Apple TV (starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey). That’s about it for TV, but who’s going to win the streaming week, The Breadwinner or Backrooms on streaming? Answer: Toy Story 5. Plus Netflix has a Unabomber film and a new Tyler Perry film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma tries to repeat The Substance’s run on MUBI, and Paramount+ has Jackass: Best and Last. Long term, Netflix is remaking Lonesome Dove. I love this choice, but man, there are a lot of westerns on TV right now. And they’re making Sega TV shows, including a Crazy Taxi TV show and Sonic show with an “edge”.

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Oct 15 • 3:32 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
I started renting out my car at 25. It became a huge business.

Saimah Chaudhry started renting out her Smart car at 25. She eventually built a fleet of over 50 vehicles generating hundreds of thousands annually.

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Oct 15 • 3:25 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Best of Santa Cruz County entertainment, arts & food events this weekend, Oct. 15-18

With the weekend nearly here, check out things to do around Santa Cruz County, with a recommendation from Lily Belli and a specially curated list from Lookout's BOLO events calendar.

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Oct 15 • 3:12 PM EDT • Entertainment • lookout.co
Binghamton’s fall Restaurant Week to support local health program

The event spans over the course of 10 days, starting Tuesday, Oct. 20, through Thursday, Oct. 29.

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Oct 15 • 2:11 PM EDT • Health • wbng.com
‘Close to zero’: 4 AI chiefs say no companies have truly changed in response to AI

At a Fortune event, executives from Accenture, AXA, Mastercard and Mistral AI said the technology isn't the main obstacle to AI payoffs.

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Oct 15 • 2:02 PM EDT • Politics • fortune.com
Get free health screenings, wellness info at these Indianapolis events

Indianapolis residents can access free health screenings and flu shots at several upcoming community wellness events.

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Oct 15 • 1:47 PM EDT • Health • indystar.com
Europa League Game Time Thread: Juventus vs. Celta Vigo

Can Juventus remain atop the Europa League league phase table? Let’s find out!

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Oct 15 • 1:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Happening in Loveland this weekend: Fall events, festivals, benefits, art and entertainment

Here are plenty of fun events on the calendar in Loveland and Northern Colorado this weekend.

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Oct 15 • 1:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • reporterherald.com
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Man, You’d Better Not to Break Your iPhone Duo Screen

At this point, the product is basically a walking (er, folding) advertisement for AppleCare.

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Oct 15 • 1:35 PM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
German MPs rebuke AfD during genocide debate

The events took place more than 120 years ago, but their consequences are still felt today: Over two days, German lawmakers have been debating their country's colonial crimes in present-day Namibia.

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Oct 15 • 1:01 PM EDT • Politics • dw.com
D.C. Everest's Kampmann wouldn't let multiple health challenges prevent state goal

She faced health challenges, a new doubles partner and long odds of reaching state. But D.C. Everest senior Brynn Kampmann refused to give up on her dream.

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Oct 15 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • wausaupilotandreview.com
LAIKA and Fathom Entertainment Announce Nationwide WILDWOOD Fan First Premium Screenings

Following its acclaimed world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, LAIKA and Fathom Entertainment have announced nationwide fan first premium-format screenings of Wildwood, director Travis Knight’s ambitious new stop-motion fantasy adventure. The film will be presented in more than 100 participating theatrical locations on Monday, October 19, offering audiences an exclusive early opportunity to […]

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Oct 15 • 12:55 PM EDT • Entertainment • boxofficepro.com
Kalamazoo County health officials say, "get your flu shot... as soon as possible"

WWMT-TV Newschannel 3 provides local news, weather forecasts, notices of events and entertainment programming for Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, South Haven, Paw Paw, Portage, Otsego, Texas Township, Oshtemo, Plainwell, Allegan, Holland, Saugatuck, Holland, Wayland, Kentwood, Middleville, Hastings, Marshall, Three Rivers, Sturgis, Constantine, Coldwater, Albion, Wyoming, Hudsonville, Allendale, Byron Center, Hudsonville, Grand Haven, Muskegon, Sparta, Rockford, Belding, Greenville, Ionia, Cedar Springs and their surrounding areas.

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Oct 15 • 12:53 PM EDT • Health • wwmt.com
Cashman Field prepares for historic farewell

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — After decades of memories, Cashman Field is coming down and this morning Good Day Las Vegas’ JC Fernandez was live inside the historic stadium looking back at its past and previewing Saturday’s Las Vegas Lights FC match, the final event ever at Cashman Field before the site makes way for redevelopment. […]

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Oct 15 • 12:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bill and Hillary Clinton make eleventh-hour midterm moves as party's old guard faces new reality

Bill Clinton heads to Florida to campaign for David Jolly while Hillary Clinton launches "High Stakes" podcast with Kara Swisher for midterms.

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Oct 15 • 12:24 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
County highlights businesses and celebrates Route 66 at State of the County - Welcome to San Bernardino County

County leaders are recognized at the annual State of the County event. San Bernardino County put a spotlight on its local businesses during the annual State of the County event...

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Oct 15 • 12:24 PM EDT • Business • main.sbcounty.gov
Biketoberfest brings safety patrols, business boost to Daytona Beach

With thousands of people coming in for the event, deputies will patrol for unsafe driving, and businesses will see a key offseason revenue boost.

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Oct 15 • 12:14 PM EDT • Business • mynews13.com
NASA Welcomes All Ages, Experience Levels for Space Apps Challenge

Registration is open for the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge, a two-day global event on Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15, where teams work to create

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Oct 15 • 12:13 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
AI helps detect media bias, informing voters and news consumers

In 2024, a collaborative Penn venture introduced a more objective way for people to examine how different outlets cover the same events and ultimately decide how they perceive and use information shared ...

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Oct 15 • 12:00 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Iowa faces a reckoning over water quality and cancer rates in midterm campaigns

Iowa is grappling with water quality and cancer rates, bringing these issues to the forefront of state politics. Candidates from both parties are addressing growing public concern, with events and advertisements focusing on water quality, conservation and cancer.

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Oct 15 • 11:54 AM EDT • Politics • kcci.com
MEGAMicrobe: Free, fun science event for students 5-15 on Oct. 24

MEGAMicrobe, a free exploration of the world of microbes for students ages 5 to 15 and their families, will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Tom Joy Elementary School.

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Oct 15 • 10:57 AM EDT • Science • news.vumc.org
City of Pasadena Adaptive Sports Festival Returns November 7

PASADENA, Calif. – The City of Pasadena Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department (PRCS), in partnership with Triumph Foundation, will host the annual Pasadena Adaptive Sports Festival on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Brookside Park, 360 N. Arroyo Blvd. This free, inclusive event welcomes individuals of all abilities to experience […]

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Oct 15 • 10:52 AM EDT • Sports • cityofpasadena.net
Yankees would be wasting Cody Bellinger at first base

Seventeen home runs aren’t enough to make everyone happy with a $162.5 million contract. Cody Bellinger’s glove deserves a much […]

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Oct 15 • 10:47 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
US business inventories rise moderately in August

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - US business inventories increased moderately in August amid strong sales growth, government data showed on Thursday.

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Oct 15 • 10:45 AM EDT • Business • centraloregondaily.com
Evolution Is Due to Evolution: PBS “Explains” Intelligence

The only lame excuse for an actual explanation of what “drives” it all is “chance”: “the chance events that rewired ancient brains.”

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Oct 15 • 10:16 AM EDT • Science • scienceandculture.com
John Ternus talks iPhone Duo, ‘cheap and crappy’ foldables in new interview

TIME just published its list of best inventions of 2026, and iPhone Duo made the list with John Ternus interviewed for the cover story.

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Oct 15 • 10:11 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Clinton Policy Institute outlines maternal health solutions for states

Health Care Clinton Policy Institute outlines maternal health solutions for states It’s the first major report from the project, which launched in July to foster nonpartisan policies to improve the wellbeing of children and families. Stephanie Akin 10:00 AM, Oct 15, 2026 Dr. Jacob Lenz performs an ultrasound at the Oklahoma State University obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon) The Clinton Policy Institute is calling on states to lead efforts to curb maternal mortality, releasing a 61-page playbook Thursday highlighting successful policies that could be adopted nationwide. The playbook is the first major report from the Clinton Foundation’s project, which launched in July to foster nonpartisan state and local policies to improve the wellbeing of children and families. “Eighty percent of maternal deaths are preventable, and we know what works,” CPI Chair Jennifer Klein said. “The solutions are well established and evidence-based.” CPI’s mission is to convene political leaders from both parties, policy experts, state officials and other stakeholders to explore solutions to longstanding problems. “What we aim to do is bring together people who are deeply engaged, but may not be meeting together in the same room,” Klein said, noting that state policymakers might not always be aware of what their peers are doing in other states. In May, CPI brought together lawmakers from Virginia and Pennsylvania, two of the 14 states that have passed bipartisan maternal health “Momnibus” packages modeled after a comprehensive federal proposal that has repeatedly stalled, called the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act. Other participants included Dr. Mona Hanna, founder of Rx Kids, a Michigan program that provides direct cash allowances to pregnant women and infants. Pennsylvania Rep. Morgan Cephas, who was part of the group, said she learned about funding opportunities she hadn’t come across during her decade in the Legislature. “As legislators we can issue grants, we can pass legislation, we can move policy, but we want to ensure that funding opportunities and programs that are tackling this issue are sustainable,” Cephas said. The playbook outlines broad areas where state policy can make a difference, such as allowing Medicaid to pay for doulas and remote patient monitoring, and using federal and private grant funding to pay for home visits to pregnant and postpartum women. For each category, it highlights innovative programs that can serve as models, with examples of specific actions state lawmakers and governors’ offices can take. Those include the Rx Kids model, which gets funding from the Michigan state budget; Pennsylvania’s Healthy Moms Vibrant Futures strategic action plan, emphasizing equity-centered maternal care, regional collaboration, Medicaid innovation, and workforce development that was launched this year with more than 160 stakeholders; and Kansas’s Bridging Plan, which reserves three slots and provides at least $26,000 in loan forgiveness for obstetric residents who commit to practicing in rural or underserved communities for 36 months. CPI emphasizes that its work is nonpartisan. Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council under former President Joe Biden, acknowledged that CPI also takes positions on abortion, Medicaid funding, and the need to address the economic and social drivers of poor health, which might rankle some conservatives. “We don’t shy away from talking about those things that we think are part and parcel of the maternal health crisis in this country,” Klein said. “That said, there are so many policies that are both evidence-based and have been tried successfully in both red and blue states, and people can see that they can have real impact.” She pointed to the federal option to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months that was made available during the Biden administration and has since been adopted by every state but Arkansas. Other initiatives embraced across party lines include Medicaid coverage for midwives and doulas, as well as “bundled” payments for prenatal and postpartum care. That alternative payment model, pioneered in states such as Arkansas, Colorado and Tennessee, incentivizes fixed fees to cover all healthcare services associated with pregnancy and childbirth. Advocates say it promotes more coordination among caregivers, discourages unnecessary interventions, and expands postpartum support. In addition to maternal health, the initiative is also focused on addressing family economic security, children’s well-being, and democracy and civic resilience.

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Oct 15 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • pluribusnews.com
Wisconsin Science Festival returns with free STEAM events

Wisconsin Science Festival returns with free STEAM events

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Oct 15 • 9:55 AM EDT • Science • wmtv15news.com
Lando Norris's business empire explained: Quadrant, LN4 Fusion and Seat Unique

His ventures span gaming content, junior motorsport and premium sports hospitality

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Oct 15 • 9:55 AM EDT • Business • sports.yahoo.com
Lando Norris's business empire explained: Quadrant, LN4 Fusion and Seat Unique

His ventures span gaming content, junior motorsport and premium sports hospitality

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Oct 15 • 9:55 AM EDT • Business • motorsport.com
How wild cotton on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula could improve crops worldwide

Researchers recently traced the birthplace of the world's dominant cotton species to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Their sleuthing also uncovered a treasure trove of genetic diversity in wild populations, which could eventually make the crop more resilient.

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Oct 15 • 9:15 AM EDT • Business • houstonpublicmedia.org
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Elevance Health Foundation launched a prize program for patient safety initiatives. Here's why

The Elevance Health Foundation has launched a new prize program aimed at supporting solutions aimed at improving patient safety, with the first crop of winners targeting challenges like health lite | The Elevance Health Foundation has launched a new prize program aimed at supporting solutions aimed at improving patient safety, with the first crop of winners targeting challenges like health literacy, fall prevention and medication errors.

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Oct 15 • 9:10 AM EDT • Health • fiercehealthcare.com
Docktober invites folks to join citizen scientists in peeking under docks

In the month of October, naturalist Luan Roberts organizes events and encourages everyone to look at the wildlife living under their local docks and report what they see. She's on a mission to get more people involved in the emerging citizen science known as “dock fouling.”

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Oct 15 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • opb.org
TIME Best Inventions of 2026

NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was among the year’s top innovations recognized Thursday on TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 list.

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Oct 15 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
Beloved Lakeview Electronics Shop Where Neighbors Found 'Hidden Gems' Closing After 55 Years

Lakeview's Royal Home Entertainment is selling off its remaining inventory ahead of its closure Saturday, though owner Joe DeGuide still plans to offer custom installation services online.

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Oct 15 • 8:50 AM EDT • Entertainment • blockclubchicago.org
The Politics of Heat, Homes, and Lobster Boats.

The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND REGION—The candidates’ forum focusing on House District 15 and incumbent Holly Eaton and Clifford Noyes last week spent a lot of time on the candidates’ thought of heating, communication with constituents, property taxes, education costs, and other issues. It also was a time for the community to ask their own questions and see two candidates up close and personal at the Southwest Harbor Fire Department firehouse. Jim Vallette organized the hour-long event, which was moderated by Carrie Jones of the Bar Harbor Story. Ken Rozsahegyi provided technical support for the congenial event. House District 15 serves Brooklin, Deer Isle, Eagle Island Township, Frenchboro, Isle au Haut, Marshall Island, Southwest Harbor, Stonington, Swan's Island, Tremont, and Vinalhaven. Jones advised as she began the question and answer part of the event, ”Treat everyone here like they are going to be the ones who might give you a ride in a rainstorm, pull your pet out of a burning building, or be the one grading your kids’ papers at school, okay?” She continued. “That’s it. Tonight isn’t meant to be a gotcha debate. The goal is to give people in the district a chance to get to know both candidates, hear what they care about, and understand what they’d actually try to accomplish in Augusta.” The questions and discussion throughout were kind. Eaton currently serves in the position. She’s a Democrat from Deer Isle, raised in a fishing family and has worked in nonprofits and volunteered for her school board. Noyes is unenrolled (politically) and from Southwest Harbor and currently a school board member, self employed as a mason. He focused on fiscal issues throughout the forum. Eventually, at Jones’ prompting, the candidates played “Rock, Paper, Scissors” for who would go first for their closing statements. Noyes used the opportunity to urge others to head to the ballot. “Whether you vote for me or Holly, it’s important that people vote,” Noyes said. He hoped the voter turnout in the district would be over 35 percent because that would mean people were truly engaged. Eaton stressed that she’s a Democrat, but in Augusta, her role isn’t about party. “I am a Democrat, but when I go to Augusta, I am there to represent the people of District 15. I want people to feel as though I’m accessible, that I’m responsive, and that I show up for the district,” Eaton said. Being there for others was vital, she explained. “When something comes before me in Augusta, I try to look at it through the lens of the people and the communities that I represent. How will this affect the people who live here? Does it make it easier or harder to raise a family here, to operate a small business, to work on the water, to afford a home, to keep our schools open, or provide the essential services our communities depend on?” Eaton said. Noyes spoke about fiscal responsibility and about the state being more responsive to communities and the ideas that come from them. “I feel that we desperately need to restore some fiscal sanity, a little bit. So when the legislature meets again,” Noyes said, “it could be critical for Maine residents that we don’t keep digging this hole that we’re in financially and keep raising our taxes so the struggling families struggle even more.” The two answered a series of questions from Jones, then answered questions from the audience and participants via Zoom. Jones asked what they heard the most from people about what was making their lives hard and what can the legislature in Augusta do it about those issues. Both spoke to concerns about heating oil costs. Noyes spoke to the three H’s: health, home, and heat. Eaton and Noyes spoke to the burdens of families with lower incomes, with Eaton mentioning LIHEAP (Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program). They both were in favor of free community college and trade programs. They both supported the working waterfront. Both said that data centers—such as the one proposed in Eastport, which is out of the district—should be a local decision, but neither were in favor of it. The working waterfront was supported by both. Eaton’s served on the Maine Marine Resource Committee in the legislature. She advocated a diversity of fishing resources and less of a reliance on lobstering. Shrimp, she hoped, would make a comeback. Noyes worried about out-of-state pressure on the lobstering industry, also spoke of shrimp harvesting timings, and said he supported the lobstering industry. 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Computational Models as Liminal Models in Neuroscience, a Cognitive Science Speaker Series Presentation | Events

Speaker: Danielle Williams, Ph.D. Title: Computational Models as Liminal Models in Neuroscience Short Bio: Danielle is a philosopher of mind and science whose research examines the role of computation in our theories and explanations of the mind and brain. Her work brings together philosophy of mind, cognitive science, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence, with particular interests in computational theories of mind, computational modeling, and the relationship between different explanatory and modeling strategies in the mind sciences. She also investigates philosophical questions raised by contemporary AI, including the nature of opacity in computational models and its implications for explanation in cognitive science. Alongside this work, she is a historian of cognitive science and AI, examining how the development of computer technology has shaped our conceptions and models of the mind and brain. Abstract: Scientists rely on various types of models to make sense of their phenomena of interest. This has led philosophers to take up a range of semantic, ontological, and epistemological questions about how models represent, what kinds of things models are, what we learn from models, and how they explain. One type of model that has been of particular interest to philosophers is the computational model. Computational models are commonplace in the mind sciences in general and neuroscience in particular, with many asking how computational modeling can help us understand the nervous system and its contribution to cognition and behavior. These questions are particularly pressing in neuroscience, as computational models have become a dominant framework for making sense of cognition. Thus, old questions about model-based science have re-emerged within the context of neuroscience, with many philosophers looking to established frameworks to understand how computational models represent, explain, and contribute to theory development in neuroscience. These established frameworks, however, characterize computational models as a homogeneous type which cannot capture actual modeling practices in neuroscience. In this talk, I argue that computational models in neuroscience are best typed as a kind of liminal model, a type I introduce to capture how the status of a computational model is determined by the epistemic context in which it is deployed. Indeed, the category to which a computational model belongs shifts according to the role it plays within a given context. ASL-English interpreters have been requested. Light refreshments will be provided.

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Drake's Bucksbaum business lecture to feature journalists on AI

Drake University will hold its fourth annual Bucksbaum Lectureship in Business on Oct. 21 featuring journalists Karen Hao and Nicholas Thompson speaking how artificial intelligence has evolved and how it will shape America’s future. The event is at 7 p.m. Knapp Center, 2601 Forest Ave. in Des Moines and is open to the public. The event…

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Touchscreen MacBook Pro and more launching at Apple event on Oct 28

We’ve long been awaiting the launch of the first OLED MacBook Pro, and a new report says that the official...

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The 'renewable' iPhone Duo display layer may help buyers justify the price

The iPhone Duo starts at $1999 for the 256GB model and rises to an eye-watering $3199 for the 2TB version...

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Beyond Weight Loss: New Grant Supports Study on Weight Stability, Black Women's Health

'From a public health perspective, prevention is as important as treatment. Still, what I observed was a large gap in prevention approaches to address ...

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Apple Now Inviting Media to October 28 'Launch Experience'

Apple has begun inviting selected members of the media to a product launch experience in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 28, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In a post on X, Gurman described the gathering as an "all-day product launch experience" for touchscreen MacBooks, a new iPad mini, and Macs equipped with M6 chips.

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No Kings coalition plans nationwide early voting events

Millions of Americans are expected to gather across the country and vote early Oct. 17 in the newest iteration of the popular No Kings protests. In some cases, they will

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Wisconsin Science Festival returns with free STEAM events

The 16th Wisconsin Science Festival returns with more than 800 events planned throughout the state through Oct. 25 at venues such as museums, libraries and schools.

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Sports on TV/radio listings: Oct. 15

Where to watch and/or listen to today's sporting events that will be televised or broadcast on the radio.

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WHO urges faster action to end lead exposure which kills 3.5 million annually

Countries must accelerate efforts to prevent lead exposure, which is estimated to cause more than 3.5 million deaths globally each year and affects hundreds of millions of children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

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Leading life science organizations collaborate for second London Bio-Innovation Week

One Nucleus, The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), and ELRIG today announced that they will be collaborating during the second London Bio-Innovation Week, to facilitate multi-event and community networking and partnering opportunities for life science companies, academic researchers, bio-entrepreneurs, investors and advisers.

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Prince Harry and Meghan make first joint appearance since UK return

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are stepping out for their first official event since their return – and the location holds special meaning.

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Business taxes explained: City of Savannah to host resource event

The City of Savannah’s Revenue Department is hosting Business Tax 101 on Thursday, a resource event for current business owners and anyone thinking of becoming one.

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Entertainment at Coolidge Days features all-new acts

COOLIDGE — There are three main entertainment acts planned for the annual Coolidge Days event, two of which are brand-new and performing at the event for the first time. The

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Boo in the Zoo, SC State Fair, Swamp Rabbits headline SC weekend fun

Lots of fun across the state leading with the SC State Fair, festivals, outdoor recreation and family friendly events this weekend.

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7 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Financial Aid at Texas Hospitals

Hospitals can prevent medical debt by preemptively wiping out a patient’s bill. But a Tradeoffs analysis finds that few nonprofit facilities in Texas use this tool to the maximum benefit of patients.

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Cops and Barbers returns with free haircuts and health screenings

A fresh haircut and a quick check-in on your health are both on the menu Thursday, October 15, in Greenville.Greenville police say the Cops and Barbers event is

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Get to know: '27 Arkansas baseball commitment CJ Wall

Class of 2027 Arkansas baseball commitment CJ Wall was recently named the MVP of a prestigious event in Jupiter, Florida.

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First Friday on pause after deadly Arts District shooting; businesses support safety review

Organizers say the future of the longtime event is being reevaluated following a fatal shooting, while business owners call for stronger security measures before its return.

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Medical school professor wins women faculty award for public health work

Marcella Nunez-Smith, the School of Medicine’s inaugural associate dean for Health Equity Research, was recognized by the Yale Women Faculty Forum for her work in public health equity at a Wednesday event attended by various senior administrators.

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Thailand's bet on business events to boost tourism

Thailand is turning to MICE tourism - meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions - to revive its tourism industry amid declining visitor arrivals, safety concerns and a stronger currency. With Bangkok rising in global rankings, the country is betting on international business events to attract more visitors and boost economic growth. CNBC's JP Ong takes you through the streets of Bangkok.

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Weekly Entertainment Report: Live music and lively arts, Oct. 15-18

There were almost too many live entertainment events to fit on one page! Check out this very musical weekend's offerings.

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FBI Adds Ex-Bellum Entertainment CEO To Most Wanted Fraudsters List; Offering $150K Reward For Info On Fugitive Mary Carole McDonnell

In a true turn of events that would seem almost incredulous in a Hollywood script, the boss of a now defunct production company that specialized in true crime is wanted by the Federal Bureau of Invest...

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Climate Change Is a Given in Every Extreme Weather Event, Why Do We Keep Needing to Prove It?

It's time to break through fossil fuel industry's disinformation

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Find Halloween fun across New Hampshire

New Hampshire’s Halloween calendar is packed with trick-or-treating, zombie dancing, haunted trails and spooky shows, with events running through early November...

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Bay Area Science Festival set for Saturday; free event to feature games, robots, animals and experiments

13th annual gathering at UC San Francisco Mission Bay Campus showcases innovation and research, with a focus on kids

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New Orleans officials urge residents to advocate for change at Urban League conference

New Orleans leaders, including U.S. Rep. Troy Carter and Mayor Helena Moreno, spoke at the event

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Docktober invites folks to join citizen scientists in peeking under docks

In the month of October, naturalist Luan Roberts organizes events and encourages everyone to look at the wildlife living under their local docks and report what they see. She's on a mission to get more people involved in the emerging citizen science known as “dock fouling.”

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Prichard Senior Center, Housing Authority host senior health fair

Wednesday's event offered flu shots and wellness information for seniors.

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New England Biolabs honors 11 scientists at Passion in Science Awards

New England Biolabs hosted the winners of its fifth Passion in Science Awards at its Ipswich headquarters last week, during a two-day event. The company announced the 11 honorees Sept. 10 in a news release. The awards recognize scientists whose work enriches the arts, humanitarian service, environmental stewardship and science mentorship, according to the release. […]

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EMCID calls for local art, photography submissions for venue displays

The East Montgomery County Improvement District is seeking art and photography submissions for displays at the Caney Pines Convention Center and Atrium Center.

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Ubisoft plans cuts at German studios, adding to wave of workforce reductions

Ubisoft is planning to reduce its workforce in Germany, where it operates a trio of studios, by about 100 workers, Game File has learned. The company wants to offer employees buyouts to, should enough people accept, avoid having to lay anyone off. “In Germany, we initiated discussions with the Works Council last week regarding a proposed voluntary departure plan across Ubisoft Dusseldorf, Ubisoft Berlin & Ubisoft Mainz,” a company rep told Game File. A “works council” is a union-like group representing employees. “The voluntary plan is the primary measure being proposed to support the intended organizational changes,” the Ubisoft rep added. The company declined to confirm the scale of the potential headcount cut. Of the impacted studios, Mainz might be the best known to the public. It leads development of the Anno series and shipped the well-reviewed strategy game Anno 117: Pax Romana in November 2025. Berlin and Dusseldorf operate as support studios within Ubisoft’s creative network. Berlin recently supported the development of Rainbow Six Siege and the Rayman Legends Retold remake. Dusseldorf also contributed to those projects, as well as The Settlers and Ubisoft-branded escape rooms. Dusseldorf is the biggest of the three studios, with some 400+ workers, compared to just over 100 at the other two, a source familiar with the reductions and the teams told Game File. More than half of these new reductions of about 100 people are expected to happen at Dusseldorf. The planned cuts were announced at a town hall for the German studios on Tuesday of last week. In an email follow-up, the studio group’s managing director, Benedikt Grindel, said the cuts were intended to “best position our German studios for the future... with a clearer focus on their role, capabilities and organizational setup needed for the work ahead.” The email was an echo of the past. In January 2025, Grindel had emailed the Ubisoft developers in his region (or studio “zone”) to explain that a round of 185 cuts at the time, including about 65 at Dusseldorf, were “essential to improve our operational efficiency and ensure the long-term sustainability of our studios, the zone and the company.” A half-decade of continued job cuts Ubisoft has been aggressively cutting its headcount for years. At the end of September 2022, it had 20,729 workers. By the end of March 2026, that total was down to 16,590. Studio management is trying to trim costs as it grapples with a changing industry and a drought of releases, let alone hits. The company announced earlier this year that it had reduced its costs since 2022 by “nearly €325 million” ($362m) and planned to lower them through 2028 by another €180 million ($200m). In June the company said it was closing down its Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and cutting roles in its Barcelona team. Even commercial and creative success hasn’t spared studios from this ongoing company-wide contraction. As Game File was nailing down details around the proposed cuts in Germany, Ubisoft management was informing workers of cuts in its Singapore studio, which shipped a hit remake of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag this past July. Some 70 positions in Singapore are being eliminated “to align the studio with upcoming production needs,” per a company rep’s statement to Game File. In early 2024, a large team in the Singapore studio launched the multiplayer pirate game Skull & Bones. It performed poorly but has been supported with regular content updates since. Many of Ubisoft’s studios around the world are heavily subsidized via regional grants and tax breaks. Singapore had been among them for years, but received no such local assistance in the 12 months ending this past March. News of the Singapore cuts broke today alongside word that Ubisoft is also proposing the closure of RedLynx, pending negotiations with officials. The Finnish studio behind the motorbike series Trials was founded in 2000 and sold to Ubisoft in 2011. As reported by VGC (and corroborated by Game File), Ubisoft management told employees it could not come up with a new, sustainable assignment for RedLynx. The 2025 workforce at Ubisoft Dusseldorf were straight-up cuts. This time, Ubisoft is hoping the reductions at its trio of German studios will largely come from workers taking a payout to leave. The company offered such voluntary dismissals at its Massive Entertainment studio (The Division) a year ago. For the German studios’ buyouts this time around, Ubisoft and the Works Council had discussed a formula that’d pay a worker’s monthly salary multiplied by 1.5 and by the number of years they’ve worked at the company, according to Game File sources. The formula is still subject to negotiations with the Works Council and has not yet been part of an official offer to workers. It could be adjusted up or down, and it could be supplemented with additional bonuses. Asked about the floated payout formula, a Ubisoft rep told Game File, “The terms of a potential voluntary departure program remain subject to negotiation with employee representatives. No final agreement has been reached, and we won’t comment on specific proposals while discussions are ongoing.” Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Item 2: Epic’s AI adventures Epic Games (Fortnite, the Unreal engine) is all-in on using AI to try to transform the way it makes video games and game-making tools. It’s leaders appear to be undeterred by any resistance among gamers and some game developers around generative AI—and instead emboldened by advances, particularly in AI-assisted programming. A recap of the last three days: On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Epic management told workers last week that development of an upcoming game combining Star Wars and Marvel characters would be “AI first.” Employees would be expected to use AI models such as Claude to code the game. A manager told Epic’s developers there would be “[n]o more hand-written code” and that art for the game would be “generated with full AI workflows,” per the outlet. Just ahead of that story running, Epic founder Tim Sweeney tweeted: “We have a huge pivot underway here at Epic, moving developers around to retool for maximum AI acceleration. The aim isn’t to do the same stuff with fewer people, but to enable everyone here to build MORE and BETTER stuff, and to bring the benefits to all teams using Unreal.” In a follow-up, Sweeney predicted that most game development processes would be at least three times faster a year from now than they were in January 2026, thanks to AI. To a person on X who told him he was failing to read the room, Sweeney said: “Much of the room wants it to be 2016 again, but it’s not. Our job, as the provider of tools and technology to much of the industry, is to design for the present that is and the future that will soon be.” On Wednesday, Epic announced it was releasing a faster launcher for its Epic Games Store marketplace. It did so by stating in a blog post as clear as could be that the launcher is an AI-enabled, vibe-coded project: Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look. Programming is hard? That was unexpected phrasing from a company founded by a legendarily great programmer. Back in 2011, Sweeney told me that he’d picked up programming quickly as a kid and rejoiced at the power it gave him. “I could look at any program that anybody else had written and, with enough effort, build something cooler.” Item 3: The Xbox Labs experiment (and one of the people behind it) Microsoft’s Xbox division, which is flooding the zone with announcements lately, yesterday revealed a new internal tech-tinkering team called Xbox Labs. In the words of Xbox boss Asha Sharma Labs is “a small group of game makers, engineers and scientists whose job is to turn emerging ideas into things our players and developers can experience.” Conventional wisdom coming out of the announcement is that Labs is a team that’ll focus on ideas driven by generative AI. In her announcement, Sharma cited some of the dizzying achievements in tech and gaming over the past month as AI agents and other AI tools have been deployed to swiftly figure out how popular games work, then rebuild them and mix them up. She mentioned seeing ”games rapidly decompiled and rebuilt to run on hardware they were never originally designed to support” and said “[p]erhaps more surprisingly, we’ve seen many of the biggest games in the world have been remixed into the source code of another.” (Minecraft plus Elden Ring, for example, or Fortnite + Super Monkey Ball + Overwatch + Diablo + others.) Sharma also cited the work of Windows PC games being ported to run in browsers, a seeming reference to a recent AI-assisted fan port of Halo. Or perhaps Call of Duty or GTA. Sharma didn’t use the specific term “AI” in her memo, but she came close, citing AI “agents” and their potential for game-making tools that Labs could help craft: I think XBOX has an important role to play here. Coding became the first major workload for agents because they can write, run, and test software. Games share many of those same properties, and people spend more than 72 billion hours a year playing XBOX games, roughly five times the estimated time spent writing code worldwide. We’ve spent 25 years learning how to make great games, and I want our game makers to help shape what these new technologies make possible. As we learn, we’ll share the tools we build with developers across the industry, just as we always have. When I asked an Xbox rep if Labs was an AI-centric team, they said genAI was not the focus, describing it as having a broader mandate for using new tech in new ways in gaming. As an example, they pointed to Xbox’s recently launched disc-to-digital gaming usage rights program. Microsoft didn’t specifically name anyone involved full-time in Xbox Labs yesterday, but on social media and LinkedIn, I spotted Adrian Mato IDing himself as leading the creatio of tools at Labs and talking up the launch. Mato first caught my attention in late September, when he said on X that he was “starting to build a new team at Xbox focused on products and tools for how games get built and distributed as agentic tools become more capable.” At the time, he framed AI-based tools as a supplement to traditional game dev tools. “I don’t think we need to replace them,” he said. Since then, he’s publicly shown interest in AI and in games. He’s recently spent some of his X feed marveling at the power of AI agents and praising the lighting in the latest Gears of War. Following the Labs announcement yesterday, he enthused about the Xbox Labs’ stylish landing page. He wrote: “We built some fun tools to art-direct shaders in real time, experimented with interactive ASCII art, and sprinkled in lots of tiny details. “Move your mouse to leave a colorful trail that reveals the original footage, or interact with the video to trigger bursts of particles. “A lot of love went into making it all feel just right. “More to come”

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Monte Ahuja gives Cleveland State $10M to reinvent business college

The donation will help CSU update its business programs to prepare students for a workplace increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and other new technologies.

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Fox News Poll: Cost of living concerns weigh on GOP in midterms

A Fox News survey finds Trump's approval on inflation hitting a new low of 22% as six in 10 voters say cost of living is their top economic worry.

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Cody Barton Names Area of Improvement for Titans Defense

After struggling to close out games, the veteran linebacker identifies third-down inefficiency as the critical hurdle preventing Tennessee's defensive unit from evolving into a dominant, elite force.

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HHS Launches Health Center Healthy Lifestyle Commitment to Advance Nutrition, Prevention, and Healthy Living

HHS Secretary Kennedy joined by HRSA Administrator Tom Engels, today launched the HHS Health Center Healthy Lifestyle Commitment.

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In Final Four homecoming, Detroit organizers tout opportunities of citywide event

Spartans coach Tom Izzo hopes the April event helps the city make its case for another Final Four.

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As a TV enthusiast, I was hoping for more from the Apple TV 4K

Enthusiasts’ hopes for audio passthrough and 120fps were dashed.

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Button Gwinnett Stamp Club hosting event this weekend

The Button Gwinnett Stamp Club will host its "GwinnPEX" (Gwinnett Philatelic Exhibition) this weekend in Stone Mountain.

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Salt Lake City’s massive downtown sports district gets its big reveal. Take a look.

Smith Entertainment Group released renderings of their downtown sports, entertainment, culture, and convention complex on Wednesday.

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Oct 14 • 2:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • sltrib.com
Commissioners, Health Department held Camden County Local Boards of Health Summit

On Wednesday, the Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Camden County Department of Health and Human Services held the Camden County Local Boards of Health Summit, an event ... More

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Oct 14 • 1:49 PM EDT • Health • camdencounty.com
PDHD to hold neighborhood farmers market with emphasis on mental health

The Purchase District Health Department invites the community to attend its October Neighborhood Farmer's Market. This event is the last of the year and it's all about mental health!

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Oct 14 • 1:48 PM EDT • Health • wpsdlocal6.com
Blessing Health System to host free Medicare 101 event in Quincy

QUINCY, Ill. — As Medicare open enrollment begins Thursday, Blessing Health System is offering a free presentation to help community members better understand their coverage options.

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Oct 14 • 1:04 PM EDT • Health • khqa.com
Hazle Township Early Learning Center enjoy science program

On Oct. 5, second-grade students at the Hazle Township Early Learning Center participated in a Title I federally funded parent engagement program, Joe Romano’s Is it Magic or Science? This event was organized to promote literacy within s…

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Oct 14 • 12:53 PM EDT • Science • standardspeaker.com
Building a More Equitable Maternal Health System, a Conversation with Ta’Sheena Williams of the Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health

Michigan has taken a comprehensive approach to maternal and child health policy, with a focus on strengthening Medicaid coverage and reimbursement, expanding community-based care, addressing racial disparities, and investing in prevention and maternal health systems. We asked Ta’Sheena Williams, Policy Director of the Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health (MCMCH), to reflect on Michigan’s […]

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Oct 14 • 12:14 PM EDT • Health • ccf.georgetown.edu
Leading Life Science Organisations Collaborate for Second London Bio-Innovation Week

One Nucleus, SLAS, and ELRIG will connect their communities through cross-event networking and partnering opportunities during London Bio-Innovation Week, taking place 7th - 11th December 2026

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Oct 14 • 12:00 PM EDT • Science • newswise.com