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Early Black Friday Deals Kickoff With Steep Discounts on Apple Watch Ultras and More
Black Friday deals officially kicked off this week, with early savings on everything from Apple Watch Ultra models to Mac mini, Mac Studio, HomeView pre-orders, and more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.
Tyler Huntley placed on Injured Reserve
Ravens QB Tyler Huntley second quarterback to be placed on IR this week by Baltimore
Officials condemn planned boycott of Jewish-owned businesses as antisemitic
State and local leaders have strongly condemned a protest planned for this weekend in Philadelphia that targets Jewish-owned businesses, calling it antisemitic and unacceptable.
iOS 27.3 changes the iPhone Duo keyboard, here’s how
The iOS 27.3 beta introduced this week brings a convenient change to the iPhone Duo’s outer display keyboard.
How to watch Michigan State Sartans: Football, Basketball, and Hockey
What games are coming up this week for MSU teams?
Inflation, housing, jobs and corporate earnings will dominate the business calendar this week
NEW YORK (AP) — Inflation updates dominate the calendar this week, along with a checkup on the housing market and more data on employment in the U.S.
Rams' Myles Garrett (knee) reportedly 'on track' to return this week vs. Commanders
Garrett played in Week 1, but has been out since undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery in September.
Atlanta Braves Reunite With Familiar Face in Front Office Move
The Atlanta Braves reunited with a familiar face earlier this week to join the front office.
Saquon Barkley expected to play in Week 9
Eagles RB Saquon Barkley will be ready to play this week despite limited practice Friday
Entertainment this week: Jim Norton, Placer Artists Tour and more
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Downtown Augusta business owners describe effects of Broad Street construction
Construction on Broad Street downtown is continuing, with paving between 13th and 15th streets expected to finish this week and the full project still set to finish by February.
California Election Results Take Shape
California voters cast their ballots on Tuesday and the results are starting to take shape. Governor-elect Xavier Becerra held his first press conference this week but offered few details of his agenda for next year. Jane Kim declared victory in the insurance commissioner race, although her opponent has not yet conceded. Candidates backed by Silicon
This Week in Sports Trivia: Nov. 5, 2026
How closely were you following the sports news this week? Find out and test your knowledge by taking The Athletic's weekly quiz.
Two Padres Prospects Named to AFL All-Star Roster
Two prospects in the San Diego Padres organization were named to the AFL All-Star roster this week. Outfielder Alex McCoy and right-handed pitcher Kannon Kemp impressed this fall, following the regular season, among a group of some of the most promising players representing their teams in Arizona. Another prospect, infielder Justin DeCriscio, could result in …
Here's the severance package Block is offering laid-off US employees
Block employees laid off this week are getting 90 days of pay without working, plus severance and three months of healthcare coverage.
NVIDIA GeForce NOW adds 24 games in November, Hogwarts Legacy gets DLSS 5
NVIDIA is adding 24 games to GeForce NOW this November, including eight arriving this week and new Xbox storefront support. Hogwarts Legacy also receives DLSS 5.
Our Oklahoma football predictions for Florida game
Oklahoma is looking to get back on track when it travels to face Florida this weekend. Here are our predictions.
Colts vs. Cowboys: Who has advantage in Week 9 matchup?
Who has the advantage, and where in this week's matchup between the Colts and Cowboys?
TVLine's Performer Of The Week: Paul Bettany
Paul Bettany wowed us with a quartet of performances this week on VisionQuest — see why he's TVLine's Performer of the Week.
Inflation, housing, jobs and corporate earnings will dominate the business calendar this week
NEW YORK (AP) — Inflation updates dominate the calendar this week, along with a checkup on the housing market and more data on employment in the U.S. The latest
Officials condemn planned boycott of Jewish-owned businesses as antisemitic
State and local leaders have strongly condemned a protest planned for this weekend in Philadelphia that targets Jewish-owned businesses, calling it antisemitic and unacceptable.
Where to recycle those political signs in your yard
The Missouri Botanical Garden is teaming up with Republic Services and OneSTL to offer recycling drop-off sites for the signs this week and next week.
Officials condemn planned Philadelphia boycott of Jewish-owned businesses as antisemitic
State and local leaders have strongly condemned a protest planned for this weekend in Philadelphia that targets Jewish-owned businesses, calling it antisemitic and unacceptable.
‘The Simpsons’ writer kicks off 2028 presidential bid in, where else, Springfield
“The Simpsons” writer and producer Dan Greaney launched his 2028 Republican presidential campaign in New Hampshire this week at the Springfield Memorial Building, where a lone local greeted him.
Stage shows, historic tours and holiday shopping highlight Springfield's weekend lineup
From youth theater and live music to historic tours and holiday shopping, local stages and venues are packed with entertainment across Springfield this weekend.
Vikings Trade Pitch Nets Bears QB Amid Kyler Murray Uncertainty
The Minnesota Vikings are sidelining Kyler Murray for Carson Wentz this week, which creates the possibility of a QB trade before the deadline. The post Vikings Trade Pitch Nets Bears QB Amid Kyler Murray Uncertainty appeared first on HEAVY.
Wake Forest Learns About Merrimack
While much of the conversation surrounding Wake Forest this week has been about the #16 spot in the first playoff rankings, the Demon Deacons are trying to get ready for a team with which they have zero familiarity. Time to learn about the Merrimack Warriors. Wake Forest Learns About Merrimack Former DII School Now at …
Local political analyst takes it to the national stage
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A familiar face in Charlottesville's political scene took his election expertise to New York City this week, covering the midterm elections at CBS national headquarters.
Celtic FC Women v Rangers on sale now
The Ghirls take on Motherwell this weekend, before returning home the following weekend as Rangers visit for the Glasgow derby.The match on Sunday (November 15) kicks off at 12noon at the Kirkintilloc...
When papers become currency: a Chinese debate about trust in science
Last Saturday, 31 October, I went to the University of Hong Kong’s Beijing Centre for its Talent Forum. It was the fourth stop in the series this year, following events in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang, Shenzhen’s Qianhai, and on HKU’s main campus. The programme covered a remarkable distance in one afternoon. HKU’s Xiao-Jing Wang discussed computational neuroscience, intelligence, and the prefrontal cortex—before even delivering his inaugural public lecture to students back in Hong Kong. His colleague Bing Zhang took us from the Big Bang to artificial intelligence. Tsinghua’s Xue Lan asked how AI might reshape the institutional infrastructure underpinning higher education. There were lively panels featuring industry leaders from JD.com, Xiaomi, Haier—and Kaiser Y Kuo on the closing panel discussing innovation and international connections. I cannot pretend to have followed every detail of the brain models or the astrophysics. The talk that stayed with me was closer to something we have covered before: Zhou Zhonghe 周忠和 on papers, evaluation, and scientific trust. Zhou is a palaeontologist, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an international member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He is also editor-in-chief of The Intellectual (知识分子), China’s leading science commentary platform. His subject was uncomfortable enough for a room full of successful academics: what happens when the system for recognising good science starts rewarding something else? Part of my interest came from our sister newsletter, The East is Read, which covered the controversy around “Geng Tongxue” in May. A PhD dropout from Beihang University, Geng has publicly challenged papers by prominent researchers through detailed online allegations of manipulated images and fabricated data. At Tongji University, an investigation into a challenged Nature paper found academic misconduct, and the dean of its life sciences school was removed. The affair brought doubts about academic integrity well beyond laboratories and university committees. How could someone outside the established hierarchy spot problems in papers that had passed through prestigious journals and institutions? And what, exactly, had all that prestige guaranteed? Zhou approached these questions through two essays published in July by The Intellectual: one by Wang Xiaodong, director of the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, and a response by Wang Liming, of Shanghai’s Shangsi Institute of Natural Sciences. Both began with the controversy over Geng. Their arguments deserve a wider audience, so I want to put parts of them alongside what Zhou said on Saturday. Wang Xiaodong’s starting point is evolution. A research system selects for the behaviour it rewards. Grants, jobs, journals, talent programmes, and prizes collectively determine which scientists prosper and which practices get passed down from advisors to students. “Whatever the system rewards is what it will evolve to produce,” he writes, citing the ancient Chinese saying: The King of Chu loved slender waists, and many in the palace starved to death. That is a more demanding diagnosis than saying there are dishonest people in science. Punishing a fraudster does not change the selective environment that made a particular kind of research profitable. His account also gives scientific success an awkward role in the story. As Zhou put it on Saturday, science became a victim of its own success. Once research became central to industry, national power, and economic growth, universities and laboratories expanded, and public money followed. That created an administrative need for rapid decisions: who should get the next grant, the next laboratory, the next appointment? The difficulty is that the true value of a discovery may take years or decades of testing and building to become clear. Resource allocation cannot wait that long. Publication counts, journal prestige, impact factors, and citations therefore become convenient ways to make an instant judgement. “The real problem is not that these indicators have no value,” Wang Xiaodong writes, “but that they are trying to answer a question that only time can answer.” Telling administrators simply to stop counting papers will never be enough. They still have budgets to distribute and appointments to make. Something has to replace the shortcut. Zhou described the consequences inside publishing. Papers acquire ever more requirements: a complete story, polished presentation, extensive datasets, and accessibility to readers beyond the immediate field. Individually, those demands sound reasonable. Together, he warned, they produce formulaic “eight-legged” papers 八股文 and rigid reviewing, while genuinely original or non-consensus work struggles to get past journal editors—some of whom wield immense gatekeeping power despite having limited laboratory experience themselves. Meanwhile, the demands for sprawling, “complete” narratives have fuelled a wider replication crisis. Wang Xiaodong uses a mahjong metaphor to describe the result: put the complex papers published by the exact same lab over several years side by side, and they often look like “Thirteen Orphans” (十三不靠)—every tile completely unrelated to the next, and none of them reproducible by outsiders. Zhou also spoke frankly as an editor who has trouble finding reviewers. Everyone wants someone else to review their work; qualified senior researchers have little time to return the favour. The labour is anonymous, unpaid, and brings almost no institutional recognition, so it increasingly gets passed down to postdocs and graduate students. And while anonymity protects reviewers from rank and personal favours, hyper-specialisation means an author’s most qualified reviewer is often a direct competitor, shielded from accountability. The protection and the problem coexist. Wang Liming takes the argument a step further. The decisive change, in his essay, is the instant conversion of academic honour into material resources. Once a paper can be cashed in for funding, a job, students, commercial investment, or even a company valuation, scientists are alienated from their work: they must keep minting this “research currency” to keep their teams alive. He is careful not to romanticise the past. The old world of gentleman scientists—financially independent figures like Boyle and Darwin who needed nothing from external funders—was also a closed club that excluded people without inherited wealth, women, and much of humanity outside the West. Professional science allowed ordinary people, himself included, to become researchers. Nobody should want to undo that. The problem, in his account, is an exchange system that becomes too uniform and too difficult to correct. His most pointed Chinese example is the “hat” (帽子): the prestigious talent designation that brings continuing access to money, laboratory space, students, and institutional influence. “If papers are the circulating currency of the research system, then a ‘hat’ is a bond that pays interest over the long term,” he writes. A paper at least requires another round of peer review. A title in the Chinese context can lock in a judgement made years ago and turn it into permanent status rent, regardless of whether its holder is still doing good science. Here, official institutions hire, organise, and evaluate scientists. Unlike honours awarded by autonomous academic communities in the West, a Chinese “hat” blends non-scientist administrative power with state authority. Once granted, it turns a past judgement into permanent status rent that is nearly impossible to revoke—because taking a hat off would imply that official authority erred in putting it on. Both Wangs see China as experiencing, at compressed speed, pressures present across global science. Research expansion, rising investment, publication growth, and elaborate evaluation metrics arrived in China within two or three decades rather than two or three centuries. Zhou agreed with that international framing—noting that recent US White House science policy documents and the new president of the US National Academy of Sciences, a fellow palaeontologist who recently visited Zhou’s institute in Beijing, have raised strikingly similar warnings about consensus-bound peer review, short-term project grants, and the replication crisis. Still, Zhou emphasised that China’s traditional hierarchy, personal networks (guanxi), and the ethos that “a good scholar becomes an official” (学而优则仕) amplify those pressures at home. So what would change things? Here Zhou’s tone differed from the call for a revolution in scientific trust in Wang Xiaodong’s essay. As an evolutionary biologist, Zhou favoured patchwork repair (修修补补). Living systems survive through accumulated adjustments; dramatic mutations are usually fatal. Science cannot return to a small, slow-moving pastoral era, especially after the successive accelerations of professionalisation after the Second World War, the internet, and now artificial intelligence. But it can alter the local environment in which researchers work. He pointed to domestic experiments designed to support unconventional research and diversify funding, including Tencent’s New Cornerstone Investigator Program, the Xplorer Prize, and the Future Science Prize. He also mentioned participating in reviews for “major non-consensus projects” under the National Natural Science Foundation of China. One guiding principle he recalled was wonderfully direct: “Failure is allowed; corruption is not” (允许失败，不允许腐败). That distinction would mean quite a lot if taken seriously. An honest attempt that fails should not have to disguise itself as a success to survive an assessment. Wang Liming’s essay adds a sharp caveat to the optimism about new domestic funders. Multiple organisations do not automatically produce multiple ways of judging science. If the same pool of senior domestic scientists makes the decisions through the same two-round review procedures, it is still “fake diversity.” He argues for three distinct kinds of money: broad baseline funding governed by fair procedures; patient funding for questions that take ten years; and non-consensus funding based on individual taste, deliberately empowering a few genuine experts to make biased, contrarian bets on eccentric ideas that would inevitably be averaged out by a committee. Replacing one monopoly with another achieves little; a healthy ecosystem needs variance. Zhou’s proposals for publishing were similarly concrete: strip papers of their resource-allocation burden and return them to recording discoveries and establishing priority; separate dissemination from evaluation, as eLife and Peer Community In do; adopt more modular “micro-publications” and real-name endorsements; recognize the labour of editors and reviewers; and give replication work proper credit rather than treating it as an unpublishable dead end. AI makes every part of this debate more urgent—and Zhou wove it throughout his talk. In his own preparation, he used AI to survey the declining influence of academic monographs, noting how tools are already changing how scholars gather information. More fundamentally, he placed AI as the latest great acceleration in scientific history: just as the internet sped up the pace of research and tightened external resource pressures, AI is compressing the cycle again. In the essays Zhou cited, AI cuts both ways. Wang Xiaodong expects large language models to erase much of the English-writing disadvantage long faced by Chinese scientists, further swelling the flood of papers coming out of Chinese labs. Wang Liming sees AI accelerating both ends of the trust crisis: it lowers the cost of paper mills and fabricated images just as quickly as it lowers the cost of automated image forensics, data auditing, and code reproduction. “Whoever builds the verification layer wins,” Wang Liming writes. His proposed alternative to the static, packaged “story paper” is a continuously versioned “unit of discovery” containing a falsifiable claim, raw data, analysis code, experimental parameters, and an ongoing log of independent checks—where negative results and failed replications are recorded rather than buried. Zhou ended his keynote by bringing AI back to the question of scientific honour and credit. Citing a recent Intellectual discussion on “What AI Means for Mathematics” featuring Fields Medalist Deng Yu 邓煜—at a moment when AI is already batch-solving mathematical conjectures, as HKU Vice-President Lin Chen noted in his opening remarks—Zhou agreed that human researchers must remain the principal agents: AI is a tool that frees scientists from tedious calculation to think about deeper, messier real-world problems. Yet that partnership creates a thorny new evaluation problem. When a breakthrough is made with AI, what is the human contribution and what is the machine’s? And since AI models distil centuries of accumulated human scholarship, is it right that the credit and value flow so heavily to the private AI companies building the tools? The old struggle over how to assign scientific honour is acquiring a whole new layer. What I took away was a serious discussion of how science can remain trustworthy as its scale, incentives, and tools change. These were scientists with real standing inside China’s system questioning how that standing is produced, and proposing changes that would affect their own institutions and peers. That made the afternoon at HKU’s Beijing Centre worthwhile. At the close, Wang Feng, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at HKU, said the value of the forum series—which heads to Hangzhou in December and cities like Chengdu early next year—would lie in the real cooperation it helped bring about. The university has plenty to celebrate: this week it topped the QS Asia rankings for a second consecutive year, alongside its 11th-place position in the QS World University Rankings 2027. For me, bringing this debate to an audience beyond the people who review papers and allocate grants was a useful contribution. 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Former NFL star calls out Chiefs for ‘cheating’
The Denver Broncos’ comeback win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday came down to a controversial false start on fourth-and-goal, and plenty of Chiefs fans are still upset about it. One former Broncos star doesn’t want to hear those complaints. On his podcast this week, former Broncos safety Justin Simmons went off on Chiefs…
Retailers face uninsured losses from supermarket cyberattacks
Estonian retailers must cover their own losses from this week’s Europe-wide cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems because some companies hadn’t updated their systems’ software from older…
Preview: Wizards Rematch vs Hawks, Trae Young's Return to Atlanta
The Washington Wizards will look to avenge Wednesday's loss in game two against the Atlanta Hawks this week -- and Trae Young's return game in Atlanta
From high-flying AI stocks to tariff-hit alcohol companies, the midterms shook up Wall Street
The overwhelming victory by the Democrats in the midterm elections shook up Wall Street this week
AI nerves reinforce age-old investing lesson: Get diversified
A $2.5 trillion wipeout for the Nasdaq Composite this week is reminding even the smallest investors just how reliant we’ve all become on the success of the artificial intelligence buildout.
Nintendo Switch 2 Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition restock live — Target confirms online drop this week
Ocarina of Time launch day could bring Zelda Switch 2 restock
Inflation, housing, jobs and corporate earnings will dominate the business calendar this week
Inflation updates dominate the calendar this week, along with a checkup on the housing market and more data on employment in the U.S. The latest updates come a week after
Alton Brown make impromptu stop at Sioux Falls cooking store
A surprise customer with plenty of foodie fans made for a memorable day this week at Plum's Cooking Co.
This gen’s top 10 PlayStation Studios games
As we near the six-year anniversary of the PS5, we thought we’d dive into our estimates for the top-grossing PlayStation Studios games since the start of the gen. Together, the 10 games we’re covering today have generated over $6.5 billion across PlayStation (84.7%), Steam (14.1%), and Xbox (1.2% via just Helldivers 2). Let’s have a look at the top 10. Spidey and Kratos sequels take the top two spots God of War Ragnarok takes the top spot with $1.4B in revenue via 21.6M copies – 20.1M on PlayStation (75.2% via PS5) and the rest on Steam. Around 27.5% of the copies sold on PlayStation were physical. It’s another PlayStation evergreen seller, too. This year, Ragnarok has already sold 1.1M copies, generating $60M (68% on PlayStation), outperforming new 2026 titles like Gears of War E-Day and Saros. Overall, our estimates show that Ragnarok has been accessed by 6.7M PlayStation Plus players (it was added to the Extra tier about two years ago). So it’s performed that well this year despite subscription cannibalisation. That’s the pull of God of War IP. And that Bautista series on Amazon is going to be massive - bigger than Fallout, I reckon. Next up is Spider-Man 2 with $1.3B across PS5 (over $1.2B) and Steam (nearly $70M). Spider-Man 2 has sold over 19.1M copies overall, so it should pass 20M early next year. Spider-Man 2 is an evergreen title that always spikes around the holidays (mostly concentrated around Christmas week): In December 2023, it sold 2.1M copies, up 20% from November 2023 (the month after release) In December 2024, Spider-Man 2 sold 460K copies (natural decay), up 60% from November 2024. Despite the Steam version launching in January 2025, it still sold more copies – and made more revenue – the month before. In December 2025, it sold 328K copies, up 30% from November 2025. This year’s December and Christmas will be somewhat limited by Spidey’s February 2026 addition to PS+ Extra, where 6.3M people accessed it for the first time. While subscription inclusions always cannibalise premium revenues to some extent, Spider-Man 2 did manage to sell 578K copies in August 2026 – the most its sold since Q1 2024, following hype from the Spider-Man Brand New Day movie. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe God of War Ragnarok and Spider-Man 2 continue to be huge evergreen tentpoles for Sony. Together, both titles have sold 3.4M this year (2.3M for Spidey and 1.1M for Ragnarok), generating a combined $172.9M ($115.8M for Spidey and $57.1M for Ragnarok). Again, some premium games would take a leaf out of Kratos’ book (not Spidey’s!) and would kill for these numbers in year 1. And we can see why Sony wants to take a leaf from Steam’s book, killing physical to get higher margins from catalogue sales, ensuring they get their cut, and having more control over supply and demand (and pricing for their first-party titles). Hot rods, hellpods, and horizons Gran Turismo 7 takes #3 this generation with $841.9M in revenue via 12.7M copies sold. For more info on GT7, you can check out our write-up from earlier this week. Around 1.1M people have already played GT7 this month, less than six days in. Next up – at #4 – is the first second-party game on this list. Helldivers 2 has generated $786.3M via 23M copies sold across Steam (66.1% of the copies), PS5 (25.7%), and the 1.5-year-later Xbox port (8.3%). And there are plenty of players very dedicated to the Super Earth cause, as over 4M folks have played Helldivers 2 for over 100 hours, while 462K played for over 500 hours. That dedication to democracy is pretty topical… Anyway, Helldivers 2 still attracts about 700K players per day (more if there’s a significant update), and its August addition to PlayStation Plus Extra has led to 1.6M new players overall. This year, Helldivers 2 has sold over 2.5M copies, generating $81.1M in revenue. It’s another evergreen hit for Sony, and draws in engagement numbers similar to Arc Raiders. The Helldivers 2 model, in my opinion, should be the way PlayStation approaches its live-service and second-party releases. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Horizon Forbidden West rounds off the first half of the top 10, generating $485.8M. That said, PlayStation completely stifled Horizon Forbidden West’s revenue by adding it to PlayStation Plus way too early (one year after launch). You can see the revenue drop-off clearly in our platform: As you can see: Forbidden West was still a healthy catalogue earner right before it was added to PS+ Extra, making about $1.23M a week on PlayStation across late 2022 and into January 2023. After it was added to Extra_, Forbidden West_’s weekly revenue halved to around $610K, basically overnight. Excluding launch month, Horizon Forbidden West generated about $67.2M on PlayStation in the period before the PS Plus addition. In the same period after it joined the service, that fell to $28.1M, a 58% drop. So, PlayStation didn’t trade a little bit of premium revenue for subscriber value here. It gave up well over half of it, and it cut momentum instantly for one of its premier franchises. Could you imagine the kind of cannibalisation if it launched day in date on Extra? Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe And the cannibalisation wasn’t a temporary blip that bounced back once the game left the service in September 2024. By then, 19 months on PS Plus had already hoovered up most of the install base that would have bought it, so there was barely a premium audience left to monetise. PlayStation even added it back to PS Plus on October 21 this year, and sure enough, weekly revenue dropped again (by around a third); though, the numbers are small now that Forbidden West is nearly four years old. Worth the trade-off. The usual suspects, platformers, and an Asia-driven second-party hit As for the rest of the list: Ghost of Yotei has now generated $410.1M via 5.5M copies on PS5. Yotei popped off a bit a few weeks ago due to a content update, which we covered here. The Last of Part Us I, a remake that we covered here, has generated $341.3M in revenue (67.2% via PlayStation) via 6.4M copies. It was also added to PS+ Extra about two years after launch, where 7.8M people accessed it for the first time. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart has made $334.9M (93.6% via PlayStation 5). It’s now passed 5M copies sold overall. It’s sold 250K copies this year, generating $13.5M in revenue. Time for another Ratchet? Stellar Blade has generated $316.9M via PS5 (59.7%) and Steam (40.3%). However, the share of Stellar Blade’s 5.4M copies sold is far closer (50.4% on PlayStation, 49.6% on Steam) – despite the Steam version releasing a year later. China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong account for 48% of Steam copies and 35% of PlayStation copies (about 41% overall). These markets are regionally priced lower than others, hence the difference. Astro Bot rounds out the top 10 with $292.6M in revenue via over 4.7M copies sold. We covered Astro’s recent performance here, covering how Astro Bot is another evergreen seller and has been a hit with families. Want more free estimates and insights in your inbox twice a week? Subscribe below! Subscribe Even these bottom five games have generated a combined $281.7M this year in catalogue sales. PlayStation wants those numbers to be bigger in the coming years, which is one of the reasons it’s killing the disc (alongside the better margins it and publishers get through digital). No more used discs means more D2C revenue for PlayStation. On that note, we recently chatted to the New York Times again about PlayStation’s digital future, so keep your eyes peeled for that! The last word Reply to this email – or reach out here – if you have any feedback for the newsletter – or want to request a game for us to cover. Want to see why these companies (and many others) are subscribed to Alinea? Get a free platform trial! [Alinea Analytics boasts the most accurate PC and console estimates in the business. Game makers use our platform to understand their audience, keep an eye on the competition, monitor sales trends, and spot new opportunities. We equip game studios and financial institutions with accurate data and the confidence to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Want to talk about all things games market data? We’d love to chat!]
Health Equity & Access Weekly Roundup: November 6, 2026
This week in health equity and access: Medicaid cuts; mailed FIT outreach; EEOC pregnancy rules; GLP-1 Bridge access; and 2027 policy shifts.
Brandon Aiyuk’s 49ers Comeback Takes Unexpected New Turn
Brandon Aiyuk finally appeared ready to end his standoff with the San Francisco 49ers this week — but him returning might not be that easy. The former All-Pro wide receiver filed for reinstatement from the reserve/left squad list on Wednesday and plans to report to the 49ers’ facility on Friday afternoon, agent Drew Rosenhaus told […] The post Brandon Aiyuk’s 49ers Comeback Takes Unexpected New Turn appeared first on HEAVY.
Panthers vs Broncos: Key Storylines to watch
Breaking down the major storylines going into this week’s game!
Who are the Steelers taking in expert mock drafts?
The Steelers don’t play this week, making it a great opportunity to look ahead to the 2027 NFL Draft.
Patriots CB Chooses New England Despite Interest From Other Teams
The New England Patriots released a veteran defensive back earlier this week, but he apparently wasn’t interested in finding a new home despite attracting attention from other NFL teams. Cornerback Kindle Vildor has decided to remain with New England after receiving interest from other clubs about joining their practice squads, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss. […] The post Patriots CB Chooses New England Despite Interest From Other Teams appeared first on HEAVY.
Shaggy Joins Yacht Rendezvous Entertainment Lineup for This Weekend
Shaggy joins the Yacht Rendezvous 2026 lineup in Fort Lauderdale November 6 to 7, with superyacht tours, a charity gala, and a performance by Mike Posner.
Arkansas basketball vs Virginia prediction, pick for top-15 showdown
Time for a major test! It's Arkansas basketball vs Virginia this weekend in a top-15 showdown. Here are 3 things to watch and our score prediction.
Measure to ban trans girls from girls' sports leads in Washington
More mail ballots will be counted this week.
Best of Santa Cruz County entertainment, arts & food events this weekend, Nov. 5-8
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.
Officials condemn planned boycott of Jewish-owned businesses as antisemitic
State and local leaders have strongly condemned a protest planned for this weekend in Philadelphia that targets Jewish-owned businesses, calling it antisemitic and unacceptable.
Dion Dawkins Delivers Positive Playing Status Update Despite Not Practicing
Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins is confident that he will play on Monday night despite not having practiced yet this week. The post Dion Dawkins Delivers Positive Playing Status Update Despite Not Practicing appeared first on HEAVY.
The Midterms Rattled AI Stocks. Here’s What to Watch in the Broader Economy.
Politics, policy, and markets collided this week as AI-exposed stocks faced a selloff after the midterms. There are reasons for cautious optimism despite the volatility, but two questions—how strong the economy is and what is driving the selling—will determine what comes next.
Browns Coach Sends Strong Message About Shedeur Sanders
The Cleveland Browns are set to get their first look at Shedeur Sanders in his second season on Sunday afternoon against the New Orleans Saints on the road. Deshaun Watson is set to miss this week’s game due to a concussion. That has given Sanders a chance to get on the field and show what […] The post Browns Coach Sends Strong Message About Shedeur Sanders appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.
Los Angeles Chargers news: Chargers-Texans final score predictions
Will the Chargers finally get their first win of the year against the Texans this week?
Phoenix 24-hour diner cited by health inspectors
Jason Barry reports on Valley restaurants that saw the most risk factors identified by Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department this week.
How Democrats’ midterm wins reshape Farm Bill politics
Democrats’ sweeping gains in this week’s congressional midterms, driven in part by voter frustration in farm states, give the party new leverage in Farm Bill negotiations, according to farmers and farm advocates.
Packers Draft: College Football Discussion, Week 10
This week is loaded with high-end college football action
New wave of health and STEM candidates could reshape US science policy
A massive cancer drug deal, a new license for gut-targeted drugs, and both regulatory and company-led halts on clinical trials led the news this week.
EAST TEXAS POLITICS: Texas’ next comptroller and attorney general discuss election wins, Republicans respond
Two Democratic statewide winners and two Republican leaders join Blake Holland this week
10 things to do around the Seattle area this weekend
From our food writers' Top 50 Seattle restaurants to a sauna festival, here are the latest local things to do around the Seattle area.
Davidson Building among 8 Iowa projects awarded historic preservation tax credits
The historic Davidson Building in downtown Des Moines has been awarded nearly $1.46 million in state historic preservation tax credits to support its rehabilitation, one of eight projects across Iowa receiving a combined $18.5 million in tax credits. The Iowa Economic Development Authority announced the awards this week through its State Historic Preservation Tax Credit…
Nintendo talks Switch 2 hardware sales following price increase, Zelda console doing well, Ocarina of Time off to "a very strong start"
Nintendo has shared a number of comments regarding sales of Switch 2 hardware following the system’s price increase plus early information about the performance of the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake. During a financial Q&A this week, one investor mentioned that Nintendo Switch 2 sales momentum seems to have slowed a bit after the console’s price went up. However, president...
U.S. Financing Terrorism According to Hart
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: “When given the opportunity to end support of terrorism by ending Libyan oil imports,” said U.S. Sen. Gary Hart, “the Administration failed to meet the test.”
How Big Pharma Shapes Medical Science, Influences Doctors, and Undermines Patient Care
This week, Mad in America explores three new articles around pharmaceutical industry corruption. The first examines industry’s hidden influence over Three new studies expose the pharmaceutical industry's hidden influence over medical research, the use of ghostwritten academic papers to advance commercial interests, and the normalization of industry influence among future physicians.
What many get wrong about Amish or Plain Anabaptist communities, measles, and health
The U.S. has reported three measles deaths this week in three different states. All the affected were unvaccinated, and some were too young to get vaccinated, relying on herd immunity. Many states haven’t seen a measles death in more than 30 years. Measles is highly contagious, but it mainly spreads among those without immunity. Social factors typically shape these unvaccinated pockets. Many states describe these deaths as occurring among “under-immunized, rural communities.” (In the future, it could be among other tight-knit groups.) Small signals in the news point to many outbreaks right now among the Plain Anabaptists (APA), which include communities like the Amish and Mennonite. Many know APA communities from a distance through their bakeries, furniture, and roadside buggies. But most of us don’t know enough about them, their traditions, or how those traditions actually interact with health and disease. Rumors, misconceptions, and frustration fill those voids. Tristan Sharratt, a family nurse practitioner and rural health researcher who grew up near and works with these communities in Central New York (and a YLE reader who reached out!), says misconceptions continue to create major problems. If the U.S. wants to stop a tsunami of measles coming down the pipeline, or even support health in those communities proactively beyond measles (which is ideal), we must understand how specific communities protect themselves, their values, and the role broader society plays. This starts with a conversation and some self-reflection. Here are the top five lessons I learned from my conversation with Tristan.
Balloon Fest returns to Abilene this weekend with rides, launches and entertainment
Balloon Fest is returning to Abilene this weekend, Nov. 6-7, bringing hot air balloons, food and entertainment back to the city.
Phoenix 24-hour diner cited by health inspectors
Jason Barry reports on Valley restaurants that saw the most risk factors identified by Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department this week.
Business Spotlight: Experience Wealth helps central Wisconsin families plan for what comes next
Planning for retirement, managing investments or preparing to pass a family business to the next generation? This week's Business Spotlight introduces Experience Wealth, a new Wausau financial planning firm founded by Steven Schreiner. Learn how his team helps central Wisconsin families and business owners navigate financial decisions and plan for what comes next.
As U.S. faces loss of measles-free status, health leaders rethink vaccine strategies
At a meeting this week, CDC staffers and public health groups agreed vaccines must be a major part of containing measles. How will the agency respond under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?
Inflation, housing, jobs and corporate earnings will dominate the business calendar this week
Inflation updates dominate the calendar this week, along with a checkup on the housing market and more data on employment in the U.S. The latest updates come a week after voters across the U.S. gave Democrats a sweep of Congress in the midterm elections as stubbornly high prices on everything from gasoline to groceries squeeze households and businesses
Stellar Blade Nintendo Switch 2 tech analysis, including frame rate and resolution
Stellar Blade came to Nintendo Switch 2 this week, and thanks to Digital Foundry, we have various technical details covering frame rate, resolution, and more. Stellar Blade is one of the first games on the console to use frame generation, which is one of the things discussed here. We also have information about changes and cutbacks compared to the PS5...
Meet the unexpected winners of this year’s midterms
While Democratic victories in marquee national contests took the spotlight this week, with the party securing at least 250 seats in the House and winning back the Senate, several candidates in down-ballot races across the country clinched what appear to be surprising wins.
Wisconsin infant is US’ third measles-related death this week
An infant in Wisconsin has died in connection with an large, ongoing measles outbreak, the state health department said Thursday. The death marks the state’s first measles-related death in more than 35 years and the third reported in the US this week.
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
NEED TO KNOW: Arts and culture news this week
What you need to know in arts and culture news this week.
Predictions, how to watch for this weekend's NJSIAA football playoffs
The fate of 29 South Jersey football teams will be determined this weekend as the NJSIAA playoff continue. Here are our pick and how to watch
New wave of health and STEM candidates could reshape US science policy
A massive cancer drug deal, a new license for gut-targeted drugs, and both regulatory and company-led halts on clinical trials led the news this week.
Fantasy Football Week 9 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Ashton Jeanty vs. Tyler Allgeier
Who to play in fantasy football this week between Las Vegas Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty and Arizona Cardinals RB Tyler Allgeier.
Inflation, housing, jobs and corporate earnings will dominate the business calendar this week
Inflation updates dominate the calendar this week, along with a checkup on the housing market and more data on employment in the U.S. The latest updates come a week after voters across the U.S. gave Democrats a sweep of Congress...
Best Buy's Black Friday Event Begins With Sitewide Savings on Apple, TVs, More
Early Black Friday sales are kicking off this week, with Best Buy joining in with deals that will last the next few weeks. Similar to other retailers, Best Buy's early Black Friday event includes sitewide savings on Apple products, headphones, TVs, monitors, video games, and more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.
3 Biggest X-Factors for Clemson to Defeat Syracuse
Here are three X-Factors for Clemson to get a win this weekend.
Weekend paving project to close Putnam Business Park Drive exit on US 35
PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) — A paving project will close the Putnam Business Park Drive exit on US 35 in Putnam County this weekend. According to the West Virginia Department of Transportation, th…
After everything, are we really buying back in on Oregon football?
A win at Ohio State this weekend could conceivably propel the Ducks back into the CFP discussion. Is it worth believing?
What's new to streaming this week? (Nov. 6, 2026)
What’s new on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and more? We've got you covered.
How one of Trump’s most controversial advisers rose to chief of staff
President Donald Trump responded to this week’s GOP drubbing by initially suggesting he might soften his approach. But after growing increasingly agitated by the midterm results, he abruptly changed course.
Inflation, housing, jobs and corporate earnings will dominate the business calendar this week
Inflation updates dominate the calendar this week, along with a checkup on the housing market and more data on employment in the U.S.
Russell Brand's convictions renew spotlight on media — and a culture — that may have looked away
Russell Brand's convictions this week for rape and sexual assault have renewed scrutiny on the BBC and other media employers that may have looked the other way.
Wisconsin reports its first measles death in decades, the third in the U.S. this week
The infant’s death followed a measles-associated death reported in Pennsylvania on Wednesday and another in New York on Monday.
Five players who stood out in Nebraska football’s loss to Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Look away, Husker fans. That loss wasn’t pretty. Nebraska football entered its Friday night road matchup against Illinois on a three-game losing streak. In each of those three games, the Huskers led at the start of the fourth quarter. The script flipped this week, but not in a way that benefited NU. The Fighting Illini won 24-13 in a short-week showdown that included a scoreless first quarter, a record-breaking performance by one of their wide receivers and plenty of decisions for Nebraska to dwell on. Collin Dixon Anthony Colandrea Blackshirts Cameron Lenhardt and Andrew Marshall four-game losing streak Jamal Rule Wide receivers Kwazi Gilmer and Jacory Barney Jr.
Political analyst speaks on New Mexico’s election results
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – This week, New Mexico voted Democrat Deb Haaland to the governor’s office, re-elected four members of Congress, and approved bonds and constitutional amendments, but what …
iOS 27.3: New features, release date, more
This week, Apple released the first iOS 27.3 beta. The update includes multiple new features for iPhone users, including the...
Officials condemn planned boycott of Jewish-owned businesses as antisemitic
State and local leaders have strongly condemned a protest planned for this weekend in Philadelphia that targets Jewish-owned businesses, calling it antisemitic and unacceptable.
The decency was the point
For years, the MAGA movement embraced cruelty, with not much of a downside among voters. This week, judgment came.
This weekend in sports: College hoops, state swim meet, volleyball home finales, on-ice showdowns
The college basketball seasons tip off with both Universities hitting the home hardwood Friday and Saturday. Plus, the state’s best swimmers dive into the Bartlett Pool, UAA and UAF host their home finales for volleyball, Fairbanks and Kenai square off on the ice in Soldotna, Anchorage has two games at the Sullivan Arena and both college hockey programs hit the road.
The Daily Mauling: 11/5/26
Kansas Jayhawks News The Topeka Capitol-Journal has Leroy Blyden and Tre White’s reactions to the Fordham win Andy Kotelnick talked to the press and gave his preview of this weekend’s UCF game ICYMI, the women’s hoops team won their season opener over Omaha this week Links! Jacoby Brissett is going to try and save Baltimore’s […]
Detroit Lions fan confidence soars to season-high
Detroit Lions fans discuss their confidence level in the team and predict the winner of this week’s game.
Press play: 5 celeb-creator interviews the internet loved this week (Nov. 6)
All I'm watching this week is Troye Sivan going academic on Groove Armada.