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“Actions have consequences,” British Minister of State for Skills and former home secretary Baroness Jacqui Smith said of Palestine Action, the protest group proscribed as a terrorist organisation across the United Kingdom. She was lecturing the group’s members and supporters, who are legion in Britain, on taking responsibility for their actions. From where everyone else is sitting, she might as… https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3371369/britains-ban-pro-palestinian-author-sally-rooney-makes-it-laughing-stock

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 21 Oct, 03:10

A sequence on the Bayeux Tapestry shows King Harold alongside a crowd gazing at the sky, beneath the embroidered caption Isti mirant stella ("those people marvel at the star"). Above Harold sits Halley's Comet, with ghostlike invasion boats in the border below—a Norman framing of Harold as a doomed usurper whose betrayal invited destruction. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-terror-kings-halley-comet-medieval.html

Science & future · DigiSciFiNepal @digiscifinepal · 21 Oct, 03:09

Anthropic is reportedly struggling to secure enough compute from cloud providers that increasingly view it as a competitor, even as its infrastructure spending balloons ahead of a planned November IPO. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/anthropics-cloud-partnerships-are-getting-messy/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 03:06

Xbox maker is also apparently planning its own gaming handheld for next year. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/10/report-microsofts-project-helix-planned-for-2028-at-1200-to-1800-price/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 02:59

Applying eyedrops is difficult in space, where there is almost no gravity. A KAIST research team has developed a wearable patch that delivers eyedrops to the eye without relying on gravity. The research team was led by Professor Ki-Hun Jeong from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, in collaboration with a research team led by Professor Se Joon Woo from Seoul National University Bundang… https://phys.org/news/2026-10-eyedrops-space-wearable-patch-approach.html

Science & future · DigiSciFiNepal @digiscifinepal · 21 Oct, 02:11

SpaceX hit profitably in the third-quarter, with net income of $4.4 billion. AI was the engine. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/spacexs-ai-business-is-beating-expectations/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 02:10

OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and to its related Rosalind Workbench tool, a harness that aims to help researchers plan experiments and analyze results. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/openai-acquires-startup-orchestra-bio%e2%81%a0-to-beef-up-its-biotech-business/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 02:09

Donald Trump called Congresswoman Ilhan Omar “sick” and “dishonest” a week after federal agents raided her home. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/20/trump-ilhan-omar-could-be-deported-slams-somalia-as-a-s?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 21 Oct, 02:08

Mortazavi: The war on Iran could strengthen Iranian nationalism rather than trigger regime change. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/20/aje-onl-nf_war-on-iran-could-strengthen-nationalism-201026?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 21 Oct, 02:07

A lifetime ad-free subscription is available. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/justwatch-which-tackles-streaming-fragmentation-launches-own-streaming-service/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 02:05

Duo was first arrested for suspected link to incident at US-run airbase used for striking Iran during this year's war. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/uk-police-re-arrest-two-men-on-suspicion-of-assisting-iranian-intelligence?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 21 Oct, 02:02

Water isn't always as it seems. Under extreme conditions, such as those found on other planets, it has been discovered to change its atomic structure, giving it the means to alter its appearance and other properties. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-weve-physicists-earth-conditions.html

Science & future · DigiSciFiNepal @digiscifinepal · 21 Oct, 01:55

Meta changes AI scraping policy but won’t add language respecting robots.txt. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/meta-drops-the-word-train-from-its-commercial-tos-after-ai-backlash/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 01:52

It's probably time to audit your Gemini settings. https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/10/geminis-personal-intelligence-is-coming-to-cars/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 01:45

OpenBSD 8.0 lands with Intel Arc support, ARM64 hibernation, and 64-vCPU guests https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/openbsd-8-0-lands-with-intel-arc-graphics-support/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 01:42

Intermediate certs allow anyone to mint web credentials for any Internet server. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/the-internet-goes-on-high-alert-after-discovery-of-8-compromised-tls-certs/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 01:32

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have completed two of the largest cosmological simulations ever performed. Each simulation modeled the evolution of 13.4 trillion dark matter particles across a region 28.6 billion light-years wide. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-aurora-supercomputer-powers-largest-cosmological.html

Science & future · DigiSciFiNepal @digiscifinepal · 21 Oct, 01:12

Google is bringing Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature to cars, allowing its AI assistant to draw on information from Gmail, Calendar, Maps, YouTube, and other Google services to deliver more personalized responses while driving. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/google-is-bringing-a-more-personal-version-of-its-gemini-ai-assistant-to-your-car/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 01:11

TP-Link can't sell latest routers in US despite rivals getting FCC approvals. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/tp-link-tries-to-appease-trump-admin-with-pledge-to-assemble-routers-in-us/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 01:10

GM is shuttering the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant, though the closure has nothing to do with the automaker's electrification strategy. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/gm-to-close-detroit-battery-assembly-plant-but-not-for-reasons-you-might-think/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 01:10

The lawsuit argues the White House exceeded its authority in imposing the latest tariffs on the country and caused "immediate harm to American businesses". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqrkyj13m588o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 21 Oct, 01:09

Qatar and France sign a three-year action plan for security cooperation on the sidelines of the Milipol exhibition. https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/10/20/photos-qatar-holds-biennial-milipol-homeland-security-exhibition?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 21 Oct, 01:08

Ars Technica is here to help with a guide to the medium-lift space race. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/does-anyone-actually-want-to-win-the-medium-lift-race-in-the-united-states/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 00:58

The World Food Programme says it is forced to cut aid for thousands in the enclave. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2026/10/20/can-a-humanitarian-crisis-in-gaza-be-averted?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 21 Oct, 00:30

Political campaigns and lobby groups in the US are paying content creators as little as $25 to influence the midterms. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/20/the-political-ads-that-dont-look-like-ads?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 21 Oct, 00:12

British Typhoon jets will carry out defensive missions to protect Saudi Arabia from escalating Houthi attacks. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/20/aje-onl-nf_uk-to-deploy-fighter-jets-to-defend-saudi-arabia_1-201026?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 21 Oct, 00:11

Only 1.4 percent of all new wealth created between 2019 and 2025 went to the poorest 50 percent, report finds. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/oxfam-analysis-finds-perus-richest-captured-42-percent-of-all-new-wealth?traffic_source=rss

World · DigiNepal International @diginepalinternational · 21 Oct, 00:10

Ukraine’s latest drone innovation may boost bleak odds of evacuating casualties. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/ukraines-drone-rescue-of-wounded-soldier-puts-much-touted-idea-into-practice/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 00:07

Google has joined Amazon in releasing a developer tool that makes it easy for PyTorch users to move their apps off Nvidia GPUs. https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/google-has-joined-amazon-in-attacking-nvidias-stronghold-with-ai-app-developers/

Technology · DigiTechNepal @digitechnepal · 21 Oct, 00:07