Anthropic reportedly rewrote its Messages API in Rust with Claude writing the code and humans checking it against real traffic. The post says the team had no Rust developers and CPU use fell 40 to 50%.
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Mark Walter and Josh Kushner have agreed on all terms of the Lakers sale at a $12.5 billion valuation, with a formal agreement expected soon before NBA review.
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US approves a potential $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot interceptors to Ukraine, with Kyiv paying through donations from Canada, Germany and Norway plus an EU loan
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Nvidia’s RTX 5080 has disappeared from its consumer marketplace after prices topped $2,000 at some retailers, and reports say a 24GB version could arrive before 2027.
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HBO’s Big Little Lies season 3 filmed for one day in Burbank on Oct. 29, with Merrin Dungey on set and the production reportedly aimed at preserving the show’s California tax credit.
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Saquon Barkley is off the Eagles injury report for Sunday night against Washington after hamstring and back issues, while DeVonta Smith has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.
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Nikita Kucherov reportedly requested a trade from the Tampa Bay Lightning and said he will not re-sign, with the reason for the request still unknown. He is in the final year of an eight-year, $76 million contract with a $9.5 million cap hit.
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Criminal Minds: Evolution is ending with its 20th season on Paramount+ in 2027, with Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook and Paget Brewster set to return.
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Rockstar Games is giving away a Grotti Turismo Omaggio and Rockstar Motorsport livery in a GTA Online Twitch Drop tied to nopixel V streams from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1. Players have until Nov. 1 to claim it on Twitch and Nov. 11 to pick it up in game.
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The Wolf Among Us Remastered will carry choices into The Wolf Among Us 2 if players sign in with a Telltale Account, and sequel players can also set past choices at the start.
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Google says its Project Suncatcher test put four TPUs into orbit in early October, and Sundar Pichai says one booted, ran a prompt and sent back a haiku.
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Meta settled with the second teen plaintiff in a Los Angeles social media addiction test case after jury selection began, and the trial was expected to continue against Snap alone. The settlement terms were not disclosed.
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Blackstone told investors Anthropic may not get an investment-grade rating right after its IPO, reversing earlier guidance and potentially complicating its capital-raising plans.
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Regal and Cinemark are reportedly passing on David Fincher’s The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth because Netflix is giving it a two-week exclusive IMAX run before the Dec. 23 streaming drop.
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Cardinals running back Jeremiyah Love is expected to play Sunday against the Cowboys after an ankle injury sidelined him since Week 5.
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Activision says it will remove Itaewon crowd crush footage from Modern Warfare 4 in a November update after backlash from victims’ families.
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Angel Studios is adding “The Angel Promise,” a policy that bars on-screen sex, nudity and F-words, and requires films and series to clear a 70 out of 100 score from paying Guild members before entering its programming.
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Ukraine reportedly struck a Russian oil refinery in Samara region, ending a two week pause in refinery attacks as Trump administration pressure mounted to stop the campaign.
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Sam Altman says it is “quite terrible” for PCs to sit on scarce DRAM, arguing data centers use it more efficiently.
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Nasdaq 100 is down as much as 3.6% today, putting the index on track for its biggest daily drop since June 5 and wiping out more than $1.3 trillion in market value.
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