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Money woes of canceled "forever cruise" revealed in internal documents
Published: 2026-10-30 13:08:21 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:14:58
Passengers aboard the MV Odyssey luxury cruise thought they were buying a 3-year around-the-world voyage. Their journey came to a sudden end in Cambodia after the company's failed scramble to raise more money for fuel. Cristian Benavides has an exclusive look at internal documents which detail the hunt for funding.
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'I’m deeply hurt by the incompetence': Christa Pike releases statement after botched execution
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Published: 2026-10-30 06:16:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:14:57
Christa Pike, who survived an execution by lethal injection in the US, has spoken publicly for the first time since the incident a month ago and said she is in constant physical and mental pain.
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Если бы облачные сервисы были оружием, то MongoDB — граната без чеки
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Published: 2026-10-30 13:12:39 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:14:00

У нас под постом про ЦОДы развернулась дискуссия: какой должна быть ракета, чтобы устроить дата-центру пробитие. Я почувствовал себя среди оружейных баронов и экспертов по уничтожению дата-центров.

Знаете, у нас есть некоторая экспертиза в этом. Потому что сгоревших ЦОДов мало, а вот попадавших из-за кривых рук — очень много. Поэтому мы тут решили на Хэллоуин сравнить разные технологии с тем, как бы выглядело оружие на их базе.

Кроме MongoDB без чеки из заголовка у нас есть ещё 20 не менее убойных штук.

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James Talarico leading Ken Paxton in Texas, new poll shows
Published: 2026-10-30 13:04:57 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:13:58
Texas voters may be weighing immigration and other Trump administration policies as they consider James Talarico and Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez looks at the latest poll.
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Footage of Seoul crush to be removed from Call of Duty after backlash
Published: 2026-10-30 11:27:25 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:11:58
Bereaved families say they were appalled to see footage of the Itaewon disaster included in Modern Warfare 4.
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Spain transport minister says he won't resign over high-speed rail disaster
Published: 2026-10-30 15:03:39 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:11:58
Óscar Puente has been facing calls to resign after two high-speed trains collided earlier in the week, killing at least 69 people.
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Spain transport minister says he won't resign over high-speed rail disaster
Published: 2026-10-30 15:03:39 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:10:57
Óscar Puente has been facing calls to resign after two high-speed trains collided earlier in the week, killing at least 69 people.
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Human rights lawyer couple sentenced to 10 years' prison in Pakistan
Published: 2026-10-30 07:53:38 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:09:57
Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha were charged over an incident in 2024, when England's cricket team was touring Pakistan.
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Tech stocks wipe out $1 trillion in value as concerns deepen about the AI boom
Published: 2026-10-30 13:03:56 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:09:01
Tech stocks plunged, wiping out $1 trillion from Nasdaq 100 index companies.
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Christa Pike says there is ‘pain in my mind and in my soul’ one month after her failed execution
Published: 2026-10-30 13:00:41 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:09:01
One month ago, Christa Pike survived what seemed impossible: a lethal injection in which two rounds of the drug had already entered her body.
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Cocktail of the week: Ayllu’s sakura no hana – recipe | The good mixer
Published: 2026-10-30 13:00:54 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:07:02

An elegant and slightly flamboyant Japanese-Peruvian fusion with delicate, floral notes and a fruity finish

Inspired by our restaurant’s Japanese-Peruvian roots, and to mark the 1-2 November Day of the Dead celebrations, this drink combines white rum and sake with a dash of bitters and a red-wine float: the result is a light, layered cocktail with delicate, floral notes, juicy berry fruit and just enough theatre to impress without being hard to make.

Shak Nematulloev, bar manager, Ayllu, London W2

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To baldly go: Patrick Stewart was an icon for bald men everywhere
Published: 2026-10-30 12:27:55 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:06:59

The actor was an exemplary bald star, embracing his hair loss and the freedoms it brought. He didn’t go grey or recede – and he didn’t wear a wig like William Shatner as Captain Kirk

Patrick Stewart managed to be lots of different things at once. He was a towering figure on stage. He was a literal superhero onscreen. And, at times, he wasn’t above sending himself up. It also needs to be said that he was a bald man.

And a pioneering one at that. Nowhere was this more clear than during his stint on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Previously, Star Trek had been a kind of space-set action show, where the relentlessly virile Captain Kirk would beam down to new planets to either punch or get off with all the aliens there. But then came its successor, and Kirk was replaced by a nonviolent intellectual called Jean-Luc. Worse still, he didn’t have any hair. What a sign of weakness.

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‘I felt bad for my exes’: Awkwafina on making deeply personal TV – with her grandma
Published: 2026-10-30 13:00:54 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:06:59

The star takes on her biggest challenge yet: resurrecting her family’s Cantonese restaurant. She discusses the stress of rewatching her sitcom, nearly becoming a meat inspector … and her beloved matriarch, who passed away after filming

I’m embarrassed I didn’t bring anything. It’s 10-something in the morning, and I’m meeting Nora Lum, 38 – best known as rapper, comic actor and writer Awkwafina – the morning after the Bafta TV awards. I feel that I should have brought her a pastry pick-me-up. Yet here I am empty-handed. “It could have been Chinese buns,” she playfully suggests.

Yes, it could have been. Especially because we are meeting to discuss her new series on Apple TV, Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook. It sees the star of box-office hits Crazy Rich Asians and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings travel across the US to learn from a new generation of Asian American chefs, in the hope that she might revive her own family’s long-closed Cantonese restaurant. But there’s one problem: she can’t cook.

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Самообучение одноклеточных и коллективный интеллект
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Published: 2026-10-30 13:04:34 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:06:01

Казалось бы, обучение — это процесс, непосредственно связанный с нервной деятельностью. Неслучайно вычислительная единица в составе перцептрона и самообучающихся сетей названа именно «нейроном». Двухчастную работу «Нейронные сети для начинающих» о том, в каких отношениях искусственные нейроны напоминают естественные, написал на Хабре в 2016 и 2017 годах уважаемый @Arnis71 (свыше миллиона семисот двадцати тысяч просмотров у первой части — наверное, не рекорд Хабра, но полюбуйтесь, сколько закладок). Однако обучение, усваивание — это функция, которую у человека могут выполнять не только нейроны, но и, например, астроциты. Об этих удивительных клетках мозга я ранее рассказывал на Хабре в статье «Звёзды у нас в голове. О роли астроцитов в работе нейронных сетей». Сегодня хочу затронуть ещё более удивительную тему — механизмы обучения у одноклеточных.

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The acting legend defined by Yorkshire who 'loved it to the end'
Published: 2026-10-30 17:12:20 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:04:59
Tributes have been paid to the legendary Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart, who was born in Mirfield.
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Виртуальные сотрудники под контролем: как ограничить автономных ИИ‑агентов
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Published: 2026-10-30 13:02:02 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:03:59

Очевидный факт: ИИ-агент умеет действовать самостоятельно — запускать программы, управлять файлами и часами напролет последовательно решать поставленную задачу.

Вроде бы новый дивный мир разработчика, но есть проблема: чем больше у агента свобод, тем больше это сулит проблем. Летом 2026 года агенты OpenAI покинули песочницу и пошли работать в интернет, попутно атаковав HuggingFace.

Инцидент поставил перед ИИ-инженерами задачу: нужно найти способ ограничить агентов, чтобы те ни при каких обстоятельствах не могли покинуть изолированные среды. Но агенты хитрые и очень быстро находят способы обойти даже самые жесткие правила. Однако есть одно слабое место.

Сегодня поговорим о системе Hard Stop, предложенной в одноименной научной работе. Это стоп-кран между агентом и ОС, который должен остановить процессы агента раньше, чем тот успеет навредить.

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Что происходит с сервисом, когда пользователей становится в 10 раз больше: реальные кейсы нагрузочного тестирования
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Published: 2026-10-30 13:02:46 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:03:59

Представим обычный интернет‑банк: пользователь открывает выписку, смотрит историю операций, переводит деньги, проверяет статус платежа. Всё работает корректно. Но если таких пользователей вдруг станет в десять раз больше, то нагрузка на CPU увеличится, база станет отвечать медленнее, а внешние зависимости могут не справиться с возросшим потоком трафика. 

Заранее предвидеть такие ситуации помогает нагрузочное тестирование. В статье расскажу про реальные случаи из практики, когда нагрузочные тесты помогли найти и устранить неочевидные проблемы.

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‘Ceilidh renaissance’ lures gen Z offline in search of real-life joy
Published: 2026-10-30 13:00:54 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:03:59

Young dancers at the Ivy House in south-east London join the older crowd amid a renewed appetite for authentic, community events

The Ivy House pub in Nunhead, south-east London, has long been associated with raucous music, with the rock legends Ian Dury and Elvis Costello gracing its stage in the 70s, and indie favourites caroline and Kiran Leonard pulling in crowds today. But last Friday, it was a traditional Scottish ceilidh dance rather than a grassroots gig luring London’s cool kids to its sticky dancefloor.

The event is emblematic of a renewed appetite for analogue, in-person experiences among a younger generation plagued by a loneliness epidemic and fatigued by meeting people on dating apps.

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Перенос сессий между консольными ИИ-агентами без потери контекста
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Published: 2026-10-30 13:01:28 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:03:00

Когда в разгар отладки у консольного ИИ-агента кончается пятичасовой лимит, хочется пересесть на другого агента, у которого ещё есть лимиты. Популярный приём с выгрузкой сводки в файл HANDOFF.md часто подводит: качество пересказа силами самой модели оказывается не очень, теряются детали контекста, и задачу приходится объяснять заново следующему агенту (при этом ещё и тратятся лишние токены). В статье разберём, как забрать живую сессию из локальных логов без потери смысла и одной командой передать эстафету другому агенту или перенести работу вместе с несохранёнными файлами на другой ПК.

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Blockchain intelligence firms link North Korea to $6.3B hack on Binance
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Published: 2026-10-30 13:01:22 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:02:57
FILE - The Binance logo is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa.

The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange reported Thursday that approximately $6.3 billion was impacted in an apparent hack.

(Image credit: Matt Slocum)

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Meta, TikTok and X lose hearing against UK watchdog over moderation data demands
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Published: 2026-10-30 12:50:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:01:57
Meta, ‌TikTok and X have lost a legal challenge against ‌the UK's regulator over the amount of information it is demanding under new laws.
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5 days left: Your last chance to connect, scale, and save at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
Published: 2026-10-30 13:00:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:01:06
5 days to save up to $100, plus a second pass for free to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 in Boston on November 4. Register now.
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Can AI data centers be mass-produced like cars? This startup aims to find out
Published: 2026-10-30 13:00:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:01:06
Runware is building a factory to turn out prefabricated AI data centers on an assembly line. The real test will be whether it can deliver at that scale.
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Justice Department seeks new subpoenas in Alaska Senate race probe on Dan Sullivan confusion
Published: 2026-10-30 12:51:04 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:01:03
The Justice Department continues to pursue legal avenues related to the Alaska Senate race, alleging potential confusion on the ballot. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi reports.
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Number of women in top national security roles falls under Trump
Published: 2026-10-30 13:00:03 | Created: 2026-10-30 13:01:03
President Trump has overseen a steep decline in the number of women serving in senior U.S. diplomatic and national security posts, according to a new report by Democrats.
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New Wave of Protests and Strikes Erupt in Italy Over Cost of Living
Published: 2026-10-30 11:18:50 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:57:59
Thousands of demonstrators in Italy are taking to the streets angered by the high cost of living and spending on foreign wars. NBC’s Richard Engel reports for TODAY from Rome.
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HuggingFace для начинающих: как выбрать и запустить модель
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Published: 2026-10-30 12:53:20 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:55:02

Если вы интересуетесь темой ИИ и данных, то наверняка встречались с таким сервисом как HuggingFace - платформы и сообщества для разработчиков в сфере ИИ, этаким GitHub для ИИ. Она предоставляет централизованный и удобный хаб для обмена, поиска и совместной работы над открытыми моделями машинного обучения, наборами данных и приложениями.

Но она, мягко говоря, не самая удобная для пользователей, сразу понять как работать с сложным интерфейсом бывает сложно. Видишь 800 тысяч моделей, и чувствуешь примерно то же, что человек, который попал впервые на московский оптовый рынок в 1990е - все есть, ничего не понять, все смотрят тебя как на добычу, а с чего начать - нигде не написано. Через двадцать минут ты либо скачал не те датасеты, либо забросил это гиблое дело.

Проблема даже не в том, что HuggingFace сложный, тут больше нюанс что он требует уже понимать и знать платформу. Эта статья - легкий туториал по тому, как пользоваться HuggingFace, и как можно работать с данными и весами на нем, не заблудившись в трех соснах.

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Packers’ Josh Jacobs says hands-behind-back TD celebration was not mocking recent arrest
Published: 2026-10-30 12:22:36 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:55:01
  • Green Bay RB claims gesture was an ode to gospel song

  • Jacobs pleaded no contest to battery charges last month

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs says he was paying homage to a gospel song rather than making light of his recent arrest when he briefly had his hands behind his back while celebrating a touchdown Thursday night.

This was Jacobs’s second game of the season after coming off the commissioner’s exempt list. He was placed on that list after charges were filed against him in August stemming from a May altercation with his then-girlfriend during which she said he threw her to the ground.

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[Перевод] Когда генератор нагрузки замирает вместе с сервером
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Published: 2026-10-30 12:48:36 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:49:01

Если генератор и тестируемая система работают в одной JVM, пауза GC останавливает обоих. Сервер не отвечает, но и новые запросы никто не планирует. В итоге p99 выглядит лучше, чем его увидели бы реальные клиенты. Они-то сборку мусора не ждут.

В экспериментах SPECjbb2015 разница между режимами достигала 34 против 100 мс, а с Serial GC даже 278 против 1750 мс.

В статье разбираем coordinated omission и объясняем, почему для честного измерения задержек генератор нагрузки стоит вынести в отдельную JVM.

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Swedish academic says he has been barred from UK over event with Palestine Action founder
Published: 2026-10-30 12:36:55 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:48:57
Andreas Malm was due to appear on a panel alongside a co-founder of the proscribed group next week.
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Сгорающая пехота. Что известно о потерях России в Украине
Published: 2026-10-30 05:05:33 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:44:59
Из всех подразделений российской армии больше всего потерь понесли мотострелковые бригады. Со второй половины 2023 года именно этот род войск взял на себя основную нагрузку при наступательных операциях
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Промежуточные выборы в США: досрочное голосование с высокой явкой, электорат демократов мобилизуется
Published: 2026-10-30 15:42:22 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:44:59
До промежуточных выборов в США, по итогам которых определится, какая партия будет контролировать Конгресс в ближайшие два года, осталось меньше недели. Уже досрочно проголосовали более 43 миллионов американцев.
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Man who ran over cyclist and dragged him under car for a mile convicted of murder
Published: 2026-10-30 15:05:29 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:44:01

Simon Richardson knew headteacher Michael Mullins was under his 4×4 as he kept driving in Manchester, jury heard

A motorist who drove through give-way markings, collided with a cyclist and then dragged him, trapped under his car, for more than a mile has been found guilty of murder.

Simon Richardson, 35, crashed into headteacher Michael Mullins, 56, who was cycling home from work at Stretford grammar school, Greater Manchester, on the evening of 20 April. Mullins hit the bonnet and windscreen of Richardson’s Volvo XC90 and then went under the car, becoming entangled in the suspension.

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Who could be behind the Binance hack and what we know so far
Published: 2026-10-30 11:57:33 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:40:58
Binance has been hit by what could be the biggest crypto hack ever - here's what we know so far
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Оплатил Kimi K3.1 Pro российской картой Мир. Без посредников и КВН
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Published: 2026-10-30 12:38:51 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:39:59

Kimi можно оплатить обычной российской картой Мир 🤯.

Проверил сам – все работает.

1. На kimi.ai выбрал Pro за $39 в месяц.

2. На кассе в списке карт первым стоит МИР.

3. Ввел карту Мир Т-Банка.

4. Т-Банк попросил код из СМС. Сумма – 3 378 ₽.

5. Payment Successful, способ оплаты – MIR.

6. В выписке Et*kimi −3 378 ₽, в аккаунте – Pro.

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Как исследования реального опыта водителей помогают разрабатывать автономные грузовики
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Published: 2026-10-30 12:32:08 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:34:02

Привет! Меня зовут Ася, я работаю руководителем сектора исследований пользовательского опыта в Navio — мы разрабатываем технологию автономного вождения для разных платформ: от легковых автомобилей и пассажирского транспорта до магистральных грузовиков.

У вас может возникнуть вопрос: зачем исследовать пользовательский опыт в продукте, цель которого — обеспечить движение без участия человека за рулём?

Но не все так просто.

Чтобы автоматизировать работу водителя, для начала нужно разобраться, из чего она состоит. Понять, как опытный водитель действует в тех или иных ситуациях, как оценивает риски, реагирует, на что в первую очередь обращает внимание, а также определить, какие еще функции он выполняет во время поездки.

Несколько лет назад мы провели исследование работы водителей грузовиков. Эта идея возникла благодаря другой, более локальной задаче — улучшения интерфейса планшета водителя-испытателя. В итоге результаты исследования помогли команде разработки дополнить и уточнить требования к нашему ИИ-водителю.

В этой статье я расскажу о том, как мы к этому пришли.

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Записки оптимизатора 1С (ч.21). Idle in transaction в Postgres. Влияние на производительность 1С. Как бороться?
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Published: 2026-10-30 12:33:24 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:34:02

Продолжаем изучать особенности взаимодействия PostgreSQL и 1С. Эта связка нередко становится источником неочевидных проблем с производительностью. В ходе анализа инцидентов у наших заказчиков мы регулярно сталкиваемся с тонкими нюансами работы СУБД, которые существенно влияют на стабильность системы. Сегодня акцентируем внимание на «зависших» сессиях Postgres в состоянии idle in transaction – безобидном, на первый взгляд, но способном спровоцировать серьёзную деградацию работы базы.

Что мы знаем о зависших транзакциях в 1С системах?

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Woman jailed for mushroom poison murders given harsher sentence
Published: 2026-10-30 12:31:05 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:32:58
Erin Patterson is only the second woman in Australia to be imprisoned for life without the possibility of parole.
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James Comey lawyers seek to have third criminal case dismissed
Feed: World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss)
Published: 2026-10-30 12:26:17 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:31:02

Federal judge to hear arguments on Friday over leak case that was twice previously investigated with no action taken

Lawyers for the former FBI director James Comey will ask a federal judge on Friday to block the US justice department from pursuing its third criminal case against him.

Comey is an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, in open feud since the US president fired him from that post early in his first term, and he is a frequent target of Republican outrage.

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Man who ran over cyclist and dragged him under car for a mile convicted of murder
Feed: World news | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss)
Published: 2026-10-30 15:05:29 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:31:02

Simon Richardson knew headteacher Michael Mullins was under his 4×4 as he kept driving in Manchester, jury heard

A motorist who drove through give-way markings, collided with a cyclist and then dragged him, trapped under his car, for more than a mile has been found guilty of murder.

Simon Richardson, 35, crashed into headteacher Michael Mullins, 56, who was cycling home from work at Stretford grammar school, Greater Manchester, on the evening of 20 April. Mullins hit the bonnet and windscreen of Richardson’s Volvo XC90 and then went under the car, becoming entangled in the suspension.

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Daylight saving time arrives for 2026. Here's what to know.
Published: 2026-03-08 10:00:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:26:59
The time change known as daylight savings starts Sunday, March 8, 2026. Most Americans lose an hour of sleep when clocks "spring forward."
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These states, U.S. territories don't observe daylight saving time
Published: 2026-03-06 16:47:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:26:00
Two states don't do daylight saving time and won't "spring forward" as the clocks change for 2026.
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Why was daylight saving time started? Here's what you need to know.
Published: 2026-03-06 23:35:00 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:25:59
Longer and lighter days were supposed to save energy, reduce traffic accidents and help people become more active. Governments thought daylight saving time would save money.
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ТОП-5 нейросетей для создания презентаций: слайды и дизайн за 15 минут. Генерация изображений и ИИ для структуры
Feed: Все публикации подряд на Хабре (https://habr.com/ru/rss/articles/)
Published: 2026-10-30 12:21:04 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:22:02

Презентацию обычно делают в три подхода: сначала структура, текст для слайдов, потом  картинки и верстка. Каждый этап — отдельная задача, и зачастую одна нейросеть не выполнит их все одинаково хорошо. Одна модель лучше разбирает отчёт на 100 страниц, другая быстрее пишет тексты и код, третья рисует иллюстрации, четвёртая делает из обложки короткое видео. 

Разбираем семь нейросетей, которые подойдут под каждый этап: что поручить ИИ, разберем готовые промпты, плюсы и минусы. В конце — пошаговая инструкция, как собрать из их результатов презентацию на 10 слайдов за 15 минут без навыков дизайна.

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The academy system needs a refresh but now is the time for Carrick to trust in youth | David Pleat
Published: 2026-10-30 12:00:52 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:17:02

Manchester United’s most famous eras were built around their academy products, so why not give the current crop a chance to shine?

Watching Manchester United succumb meekly against Como and Bournemouth brought to mind questions and comparisons with yesteryear. Two of United’s most famous eras were built around their youth players: the Busby Babes and the Class of ’92. Could this be a moment for Michael Carrick to give their most talented academy products a meaningful chance?

In February 2025 I saw United beat Arsenal 3-2 in the FA Youth Cup at the Emirates Stadium. Jack and Tyler Fletcher did well for United and so did Harry Amass, a signing from Watford. Max Dowman, a generational talent, starred for Arsenal.

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Gulf states must rethink trillion-dollar defence in light of US-Iran war, says report
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Published: 2026-10-30 12:49:56 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:16:03

IISS study questions overreliance on American support and ‘overdependence on expensive, high-end systems’

Gulf states are going to have to reconfigure their trillion-dollar defences given the damage inflicted on their economies and the questionable continued value of US bases in the face of Iranian attack, according to a study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

The report says that in the weeks before the 8 April ceasefire, 12 regional states, overwhelmingly in the Gulf, faced 4,670 Iranian one-way attack drones and more than 1,400 ballistic missiles. Nearly half were aimed at the United Arab Emirates. Although the vast majority were repelled, one estimate of the damage to energy infrastructure cited by the report is put as high as $58bn (£43bn).

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The best recent translated fiction – review roundup
Published: 2026-10-30 12:00:53 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:14:04

Minihorror by Barbi Marković; Paradise Burns by Pol Guasch; Hafni Says by Helle Helle; Googling for Soul by Hamid Ismailov

Minihorror by Barbi Marković, translated by Jen Calleja (Faber, £14.99)
This eccentric and fantastical collection of very short stories is bursting with weird life. Mini and Miki (the Disney mouse names in Serbian) are a sometime boyfriend and girlfriend living in Austria. They visit Mini’s family, who gather round a pit and make her climb down into it (when she told Miki “they’re dragging me down”, he thought it was a metaphor). They visit Miki’s family, where a dog Mini draws on a card comes alive and attacks her. Things swing from hopeful – “they’re having fun like a couple in an advert” – to dismal: a hair dye goes wrong and “Mini looks like a 13-year-old dog”. Minihorror combines a Bernhardian comic gloom (“in summary, everything’s tainted, and existence is a particular hardship”) with antic energy. “Miki isn’t sure what to think about life. Is it good? Is it bad?” It’s everything, just like this book.

Paradise Burns by Pol Guasch, translated by Mara Faye Lethem (Peninsula, £12.99)
“Stories, if you give them an order, aren’t stories but lies.” Catalan author Guasch makes the point vividly in this novel which flits briskly from present to past and from narrator to narrator. It’s set in a changed climate – “One only knows it’s winter now by the shrunken days and long nights” – where young men join a firefighting service and fight “wildfire simulations of blazes that could not be put out”. The central characters are friends Rita and Líton, but Líton is dead when the book begins – “twenty-four short years, a life as fleeting as a shooting comet” – so the story goes backward, to find out why. The jumpy narrative ranges from Rita’s childhood diary, to three “crafty old biddies” in the neighbourhood, to Líton and his lover René. But inside the hectic structure is a tribute to the value of friendship, and how a friend “has to be the net beneath the tightrope that is life”.

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The week’s best new tracks and the act you need to know: Dutch squat-punks Bombstrap’s uncompromising racket
Published: 2026-10-30 12:00:53 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:14:04

The Rotterdam band are a riot of sound, look and attitude led by Eva Kah, who is as much a living artwork as she is a phenomenal live performer

From Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Recommended if you like Gnod, Discharge, Gwar
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Debut album Big Enemy out now via Tartarus, playing Le Guess Who festival

Rotterdam’s Bombstrap are a riotous and theatrical fusion of sound, look and attitude. An embodied version of John Milton’s Pandæmonium with the amp turned up to 11, the band revel in hardcore alternative living, internet wormholes, art-school pretensions and a gungy form of hardcore. Based in and drawing succour from one of the most famous squatted centres in the city, Het Poortgebouw, Bombstrap are a noisy counterblast to the increasing and overwhelmingly witless “circuses-and-bread” gentrification of Rotterdam.

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Final countdown to the make-or-break midterms – podcast
Published: 2026-10-30 12:00:53 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:14:01

There are 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 in the Senate and 39 governorships up for grabs in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Jonathan Freedland is joined by Carrie Dann, of the Cook Political Report, to run through some of the races to watch before the final weekend of campaigning

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Gulf states must rethink trillion-dollar defence in light of US-Iran war, says report
Published: 2026-10-30 12:49:56 | Created: 2026-10-30 12:14:00

IISS study questions overreliance on American support and ‘overdependence on expensive, high-end systems’

Gulf states are going to have to reconfigure their trillion-dollar defences given the damage inflicted on their economies and the questionable continued value of US bases in the face of Iranian attack, according to a study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

The report says that in the weeks before the 8 April ceasefire, 12 regional states, overwhelmingly in the Gulf, faced 4,670 Iranian one-way attack drones and more than 1,400 ballistic missiles. Nearly half were aimed at the United Arab Emirates. Although the vast majority were repelled, one estimate of the damage to energy infrastructure cited by the report is put as high as $58bn (£43bn).

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