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Today — 8 October 2026Main stream

Clinical Trial Indicates A.I. Chatbots Could Aid Urgent Care

By: Cade Metz
8 October 2026 at 22:48
Nearly 100 patients discussed their maladies with a Google bot, called AMIE, before meeting with physicians.

© Kaoly Gutierrez for The New York Times

After scheduling a visit with the hospital’s urgent care facility, the patients discussed their ailments with a Google chatbot before meeting with their doctors.

Curtis Flowers Has Died at 56. His Case Became a Symbol of Racial Bias.

8 October 2026 at 21:58
A white district attorney tried Mr. Flowers six times for the same murder, always ensuring that few or no Black people were on the juries.

© Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press

Curtis Flowers with his sister Priscilla Flowers-Ward exiting the Winston Choctaw Regional Correctional Facility in Louisville, Miss., on Dec. 16, 2019.

Spain’s Protesters See ‘Madness’ of Rising Rent and a ‘Martyr’ in Maricarmen

8 October 2026 at 21:27
Thousands of protesters marched in Madrid on Thursday, a day after the death of María del Carmen Abascal, an 87-year-old whose eviction became a symbol of the country’s housing crisis.

© Oscar Del Pozo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Protesters marched in memory of Maria del Carmen Abascal, who was widely known as Maricarmen, in Madrid on Thursday. Soaring rents have far outpaced wage growth in Spain, according to an analysis by the newspaper El País.

SpaceX announces plan to become a ‘major mobile carrier’

By: Emma Roth
8 October 2026 at 21:23
Photo of rocket launch with SpaceX logo.

SpaceX has acquired a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses - a move the company says "will pave the way" for its Starlink Mobile service to become a "major" US carrier. When the Federal Communications Commission signs off on the deal, SpaceX says it will deploy its new architecture that combines its satellite-to-mobile constellation with a terrestrial mobile network, directly competing with T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon.

The licenses include up to 14 megahertz of paired spectrum in the 800 MHz band, which SpaceX says will allow Starlink Mobile's signal to penetrate through walls and buildings. SpaceX previously acquired 2GHz spectrum from …

Read the full story at The Verge.

‘Battening Down the Hatches’ as Hurricane Isaias Approaches Gulf Coast

8 October 2026 at 21:07
Hurricane Isaias could make landfall as soon as Friday afternoon. Residents are making careful choices about whether to leave their homes or stock up and stay.

© Octavio Jones/Associated Press

Residents fill sandbags for storm preparation in Mobile, Ala., on Thursday, ahead of Hurricane Isaias’s expected landfall along the Gulf Coast.
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