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Today — 4 November 2026Main stream

Israel’s President Could Play Key Role in Breaking Post-Election Deadlock

✇NYT - Home Page
By: Isabel Kershner
4 November 2026 at 09:43
President Isaac Herzog has tried to avoid controversy and heal rifts in his largely ceremonial role. But his skills as a savvy mediator could be instrumental after an inconclusive election.

© Bernadett Szabo/Reuters

President Isaac Herzog may push for a broad, unity government after the fractious election, analysts say.

Angry Voters Usher in Beginning of the End to the Trump Era

✇NYT - Home Page
By: Peter Baker
4 November 2026 at 09:26
The electoral backlash extended even into deep red states and indicated that President Trump has lost his hold over the coalition that lifted him to the White House twice.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

“I wasn’t on the ticket, and because I wasn’t on the ticket, we couldn’t get enough people out to vote,” Mr. Trump told The Times in an interview Tuesday night.

Helen Zille Is Running for Mayor of Johannesburg and Needling the ANC

✇NYT - World
By: John Eligon and Zimasa Matiwane
4 November 2026 at 10:23
As South Africans head to the polls on Wednesday, Helen Zille, 75, is betting voters care less about race and more about public services in her bid to become mayor of Johannesburg.

© Joao Silva/The New York Times

Helen Zille, the Democratic Alliance’s mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, voting on Wednesday.

Tell HN: Gemini trains on chat history, even for subscribers (personal accounts)

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By: jameslk
4 November 2026 at 10:10

If you have a personal Google AI subscription, all your saved chat history in Gemini can be used for training and there is no way to opt out unless you turn off chat history or use temporary chat sessions. These chat transcripts may even be read by human reviewers. Although Google claims to disconnect them from your account when human-reviewed, they explicitly warn not to enter confidential information.

https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/16836988

“[Gemini app activity] is used to improve Google services for everyone, including by training generative AI models, if your Keep Activity setting is on.“

https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13594961?hl=en#human_review

“A subset of chats are reviewed by human reviewers”

https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13594961?hl=en#pn_retain_data

“Chats reviewed by human reviewers [...] are not deleted when you delete your activity. Instead, they are retained for up to three years.”

https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13594961?hl=en#pn_data_usage

“Please don’t enter confidential information that you wouldn’t want a reviewer to see or Google to use to improve our services, including machine-learning technologies.”

To disable their training on your chat sessions, you need to turn off “Keep activity” in Gemini’s settings. Turning that off means you’ll lose any chat session after 72 hours.

I learned this too late, thinking that having a paid subscription = not being turned into the product. Apparently paying is not enough.

Thank you to this user on HN for mentioning in another thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50355424

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50363461

Points: 13

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Why Doctors in Thailand Fear KFC

✇NYT - World
By: Max Kim
4 November 2026 at 10:01
In a country where superstitions are as imaginative as they are many, physicians have come to fear a jinx involving Kentucky Fried Chicken.

© Lauren DeCicca for The New York Times

Dr. Thanat Tantinam, a surgeon who works at Vajira Hospital in Bangkok, recently conducted a study to test a popular medical superstition involving KFC.
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