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California’s Proposition 45 Brings the Sprawl Debate Back

15 October 2026 at 15:14
Among the measures up for a vote in November is one that would amend the state’s landmark environmental law and make it easier to build large housing developments outside cities.

Β© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

The company that owns Tejon Ranch has spend two decades trying, and failing, to build developments there. Proposition 45 could speed the process up.

Trump Cancels Planned Livestream of Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution

15 October 2026 at 15:11
The president said only immediate families of the victims of the mass shooting in 2009 would witness the execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.

Β© Doug Mills/The New York Times

A memorial for the soldiers killed in the mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, in April 2014.

Homeownership Drifts Further Out of Reach as Rates Rise

15 October 2026 at 15:05
Mortgage rates have pushed above 7 percent and home prices remain elevated, hurting the prospects of would-be buyers.

Β© Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

As mortgage rates rise, home builders will have to weigh the cost of construction with the likelihood that their homes will find ready buyers.

Democrats Worry About Tight Midterm Races in Maine, Michigan and Minnesota

15 October 2026 at 14:47
Despite hopes for a blue wave, Democratic candidates in Minnesota, Maine and Michigan are facing local political headwinds and have struggled to open up clear daylight in the polls.

Β© Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times; Nick Hagen for The New York Times; Ryan David Brown for The New York Times

How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops

15 October 2026 at 14:30
Windows logo on black background

Microsoft and Nvidia held a launch party for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops last week in San Francisco, where a new wave of AI PCs took center stage amid a packed crowd and a lively hands-on area. A day after the media event, I was invited to a quieter Nvidia event to hear a lot more about the new RTX Spark computing platform. While Nvidia's new laptops might look like regular Windows machines, the chips inside are Arm-based, instead of the traditional x64 architecture used by AMD and Intel. Combined with a powerful GPU, RTX Spark is designed for the future of AI, and it means a lot of work has gone into getting these laptops ready for …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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