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Iran Says It Would Reopen Strait of Hormuz in 2 Days as Part of U.S. Deal

2 November 2026 at 13:44
Iranian officials spoke of some progress in negotiating to reopen the strait, a vital oil and gas shipping lane, even as they prepare for all-out war.

Β© Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times

Off the coast of Iran in September. The conflict’s effect on shipping has shaken the global economy.

Iran Says It Would Reopen Strait of Hormuz in 2 Days as Part of U.S. Deal

Iranian officials spoke of some progress in negotiating to reopen the strait, a vital oil and gas shipping lane, even as they prepare for all-out war.

Β© Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times

Off the coast of Iran in September. The conflict’s effect on shipping has shaken the global economy.

Martha Stewart Apologizes for Homeless Halloween Costume

2 November 2026 at 13:37
Stewart, the media mogul and entrepreneur, had posted a photo of a costume with tattered clothes and a sign asking for help.

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Martha Stewart at an event for the charity God’s Love We Deliver last month.

More European supermarkets are getting their freezers hacked

2 November 2026 at 13:00
Employees empty freezers to load shopping carts with frozen goods that have to be thrown away at ICA Kvantum supermarket in Sjoebo, Sweden on November 2, 2026 after a hacker attack raised the temperature in the freezers to 50 degrees Celcius.
Employees at an ICA Kvantum supermarket in Sjoebo, Sweden unloading spoiled food from the freezer units. | Image: Johan Nilsson / TT News Agency / AFP via Getty Images

Grocery stores across Europe have been hit by another wave of suspected cyberattacks, reporting sudden changes in the temperatures of their fridges and freezers. Major supermarket chains across Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, and Estonia were affected according to local reports shared by Bloomberg and Reuters.

One Ica Kvantum store in Sweden said on its Facebook page that its fridges and freezers had been hacked overnight, with temperatures remotely raised to 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit). In a statement to Business Insider, a spokesperson at Swedish supermarket chain Coop also confirmed that "unauthorized actors were able to access and …

Read the full story at The Verge.

This $48 e-paper display can be whatever you want it to be

2 November 2026 at 12:00

One of the most useful gadgets in my kitchen is now a screen that never asks me for anything.

I recently bought a $48 DIY display kit from Seeed Studio (yes, that's three E's), developed in collaboration with TRMNL, that lets me display whatever I want, using whichever software ecosystem I prefer.

I previously built something similar by modding a Lenovo ThinkSmart View, which was selling for around $30 on eBay during a liquidation. The Lenovo device was only ever intended for business-to-business video, but it does a decent job of running a fork of LineageOS. Unfortunately, its limited RAM makes it sluggish. So when I came across the TRMNL kit and its e-paper display, I was sold.

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