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VisionQuest is what happens when AI really goes rogue

27 October 2026 at 17:30
Four characters from VisionQuest are seated on a couch in a living room.

In Marvel's VisionQuest, a superpowered robot tries to better understand humanity by getting lost in elaborate, digital daydreams in which he and other artificial intelligence-powered beings live together in a home. The series is deeply fantastical, yet it plays with some of the ideas that have come to dominate the conversation about real-world generative artificial intelligence, exploring whether we should look at thinking machines as people and if AI truly poses the kind of existential danger that should keep us up at night. It's also a reminder how aggressively Silicon Valley has used the trappings of science fiction to sell us on its AI …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Relatives of victims of the Oct. 7 attack are running for Parliament.

27 October 2026 at 17:27

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Shira Shapiro, right, a candidate for the Yashar party, meeting with Gadi Eisenkot at a roadside bomb shelter where her son died during the October 7 2023 attack, near Reim, Israel, earlier this month.

Egyptian Court Orders News Site Closed as Critics Warn of a Crackdown

27 October 2026 at 17:21
Mada Masr, one of Egypt’s few independent media outlets, said a judge ordered it closed for operating without a license and detained its editor in chief.

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Lina Attalah, co-founder and editor in chief of the Cairo-based online newspaper Mada Masr, in Cairo in 2020.

The Super Mouse puts a touchscreen macro pad under your hand

27 October 2026 at 17:00
A person holds the Arctic Fox Technologies Super Mouse in one hand above a desk with a laptop and other peripherals on it.

A company called Arctic Fox Technologies has announced a new multifunction mouse that forgoes a myriad of customizable shortcut buttons peppered across its surface for a compact touchscreen sitting beneath your hand. The Super Mouse may not prioritize ergonomics with its boxy design, but it can replace other peripherals on your desk, like a trackpad, macro pad, or streaming controller. If you're faster at typing on your phone, the Super Mouse could potentially even replace a full-size keyboard with a smartphone-sized alternative that even includes swipe typing.

The Super Mouse is now available for preorder through a Kickstarter crowdfunding …

Read the full story at The Verge.

In Congress, Support for Israel Is Waning Among Democrats

27 October 2026 at 16:52
Anger has focused on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has become a political lightning rod in the United States, and the high death toll in Gaza.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Speaker Mike Johnson meeting in Washington last year.

Anthropic’s elaborate plan to keep Wall Street at bay

27 October 2026 at 16:51
Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei. | Bloomberg via Getty Images

Anthropic wants to have it both ways. With its impending IPO, it wants to tap the vast riches of the public markets and insists it doesn't want to compromise its core mission of developing AI safely and for the benefit of humanity. But greater model capabilities bring greater risks, and shareholders eager for returns may have little patience for costly safety measures that slow products on their way to market.

Sam Altman, the CEO of Anthropic's archrival, OpenAI, has cited investor pressures as one reason the company is not pursuing an IPO this year. Anthropic hopes it can resist investor pressures with a mind-boggling governance structure.

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Read the full story at The Verge.

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