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Stop using phone numbers as a primary key Android now verifies the handset's number and adds it to every Google account signed in on that device. A verified phone describes a SIM, not a person, so don't key customer identity on it. A phone number is a poor user identifier because

Announcing six new OAuth2 login providers in Appwrite Auth_ Appwrite Auth now supports OAuth2 login with Hugging Face, Resend, Cloudflare, TikTok, Kakao, and Webflow. See what each returns and how to add it to a server-side app. Sign-in buttons convert best when they match the ac

What happens to a row in Turso's MVCC, from the bytecode that inserts it to the checkpoint that deletes it. A few weeks ago I talked about group commits in MVCC. There we focused on the commit path and how changes were flushed to disk. Obviously, this wasn’t the full picture of a

TorchNeuron: running HF models on AWS Trainium is easier than ever TorchNeuron provides a new native backend for PyTorch on AWS Trainium. Transformers, Diffusers and Kernels natively support it, making it easier than ever to run models on Trainium and to share them on the HF hub.

(Bloomberg) -- Gold was little changed as traders weighed easing bets on an imminent Federal Reserve rate hike against a surge in oil prices that pushed Treasury yields higher.Bullion traded near $4,170 an ounce, after rising 1.6% Thursday, the most in more than two weeks. Fed Ch

'Neets crisis is moral failure' and 'Credit crunch' Published 2 hours ago Image caption, Prime Minister Andy Burnham writes in the Times that Britain faces an "economic catastrophe and moral failure" if "a generation of young people is being written off to a life on benefits". He

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(Bloomberg) -- The Taiwan dollar’s weakness led by global jitters over the artificial intelligence trade is masking the island’s underlying economic resilience that favors the currency’s rally into year-end, analysts say. While the currency has come under intense pressure in rece

EU tariffs aimed at China hitting Ukraine, steel boss says - Published The boss of one of Ukraine's biggest steel companies has called on the European Union to drop import restrictions on products made from the country, arguing it has been "bundled together" in measures aimed a c

Don't fall for this - how to protect yourself from AI scams - Published Be careful where you buy from, shoppers are being warned as criminals use AI to supercharge scams. Some fraudsters have made websites for fake retailers that claim to be family-owned firms selling quality UK-

Trump says suspension of Russia sanctions is to keep peace negotiations going - Published US President Donald Trump has said his decision to suspend several Russian sanctions is an effort to keep Moscow at the negotiating table. "I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the wa

18th October 2026 I'm working towards a new LLM release, and testing PRs caused me to revisit the llm-echo debug plugin. This plugin provides a "model" which doesn't involve an LLM at all - it just repeats back the prompts that have been fed to it. The new release now updates the

Major fire at Canada military base leaves four dead, dozens injured - Published Four members of the Canadian military have died and dozens were injured in a major fire at a base in the province of Alberta. Addressing the nation on Sunday from Ottawa, Prime Minister Mark Carney de

By Manishi Raychaudhuri HONG KONG, Oct 19 (Reuters) - As doubts mount over Asia's AI boom, some of the region's strongest returns are building far from the hype. While tech dominates the headlines, old-economy mainstays are also key drivers of the broader market story. Technology

AI - Benchmarked: Nvidia's RTX Spark notebook delivers serious local AI compute, at a price El Reg digs its claws into HP's N1X-powered OmniBook Ultra 16 - Want your AI chats to stay private? Brave TEEs up end-to-end encryption Browser maker using trusted hardware to protect conv

Home sellers cut asking prices on 3,000 properties a day - Published Home sellers cut asking prices on more than 3,000 properties a day on average in Britain during September, according to figures from Rightmove shared exclusively with the BBC. The property website said the total

An escalating fight between the US and Ukraine over Starlink underlined Europe’s dependence on the Elon Musk-owned technology. Ukraine’s leader said that SpaceX was throttling Starlink speeds in a “planned operation,” which the White House rejected. Washington’s ambassador told t

Mike Turner calls for investigation into Ukraine’s loss of Starlink access Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) called for an investigation into Ukrainian forces losing access to a military version of Starlink temporarily last week. Appearing on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Turne

China is considering export controls that could check the global spread of its AI models and chips, as Beijing increases oversight of its burgeoning tech sector. The new rules “could shape the evolution of the Chinese AI ecosystem,” a former Biden administration adviser wrote, th

Egypt pledged “all necessary and possible forms of support” to Saudi Arabia as intensifying Houthi attacks risk a widening regional conflict. Following the announcement, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi requested an urgent parliamentary session to authorize military action

Mass. GOP candidate for lieutenant governor suspends campaign after arrest, OUI charge Shawn Oliver, the running mate of Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue, suspended his campaign Sunday after he was arrested following a car crash. He is now facing one

US President Donald Trump waived new sanctions on Russia days before they were set to take effect, reversing a bipartisan congressional push and raising fresh questions about Washington’s commitment to Ukraine. Trump’s energy secretary defended the decision as a “carrot” to encou

US President Donald Trump gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his “complete and total endorsement” Sunday, boosting the leader nine days before Israel’s pivotal election. The endorsement comes as the embattled prime minister faces a tough reelection and Israel’s isolat

Nearly 2,400 people were arrested in France on Saturday after long-simmering protests exploded into some of the country’s most disruptive unrest in years. French President Emmanuel Macron said that the violence was cause for “anger and shame,” after rioters ransacked hundreds of

The GL.iNet Comet Q GL-RMQ1 is a new class of remote KVM devices, and it has something really neat. It is designed to be a single-cable solution. Plug a USB Type-C cable into a device with a Type-C port that supports video, and that is the only cable you need. WiFi handles networ

Israeli filmmakers bring counter ‘NAZA’ programming to Capitol Hill At least one attendee at a recent Capitol Hill screening for a film called “NAZA” was hoodwinked into believing it was a hard-charging look at Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip. But instead of watching the inter

Elizabeth Holmes documentary draws 2,000 sold-out shows in limited release Comedian and satirist Nathan Fielder’s documentary about Elizabeth Holmes drew 2,000 sold-out shows in its limited release across the United States. The documentary – called “You Can See Everything” – was

El-Sayed criticizes implications of ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ question Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed criticized the implications of a question asked at a Saturday town hall concerning the Muslim Brotherhood. At a campaign event in Michigan, El-Sayed was asked by

US Chamber of Commerce endorses Paxton over Talarico The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced it endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over Democrat James Talarico in the state’s battleground Senate contest ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. “The choice is clear in Texas. At

Bessent says there was no sanctions relief for Russia after U.S. diesel deal Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said President Trump did not provide Russia with sanctions relief after striking a deal that allows Russia to supply the U.S. and global marketplace with diesel

Inside Chicago's battle against the synthetic drugs flooding the US Warning: This video contains descriptions of drug-taking and distressing images A new wave of synthetic drugs is sweeping across the United States, raising fear of a worsening drug crisis. Earlier this year, Pres

With Ken Paxton’s race faltering, GOP looks for someone to blame Texas’s Senate race is devolving into a blame game among Republicans weeks out from Election Day as the party’s nominee Ken Paxton faces a stream of negative headlines and Democrats grow increasingly confident about

This Week on the Hill: Michigan Senate debate, Trump rallies and Obama hits the trail With just more than two weeks until Election Day, candidates are stepping up their campaigns in a final push to win over voters. In Michigan, Democratic progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-Say