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Annabelle Wallis Embraces Her ‘Mischief’

“Mischief,” Annabelle Wallis says, “is my favorite word.” The English actress is reveling in the promotion of her new film “Unabomber,” in which she portrays psychoanalyst Christiana Morgan, the...

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Annabelle Wallis Embraces Her ‘Mischief’
“Mischief,” Annabelle Wallis says, “is my favorite word.” The English actress is reveling in the promotion of her new film “Unabomber,” in which she portrays psychoanalyst Christiana Morgan, the...
Zendaya Takes Center Stage in Latest On Campaign
Just call her Zendaya — action hero. On Thursday, the actress unveiled her second cocreated collection with On through an action-movie-inspired campaign and short film. Developed alongside her longtime...
The Peninsula London Gives Its Car Fleet an Artistic Makeover Ahead of Frieze
MAKE OVER: The Peninsula London is turning its signature green car fleet into a moving art installation for October, unveiling a six-vehicle collaboration with Brooklyn-based artist Eden Kozokaro, known...
Ziwe Takes Fashion Month’s Thong Sandal Trend to the Courrèges Front Row in Orange Satin
Ziwe took the season’s thong sandal trend to the Courrèges front row on Wednesday, wearing a bright orange satin pair for Drew Henry’s spring 2027 debut at the Palais...
Birkenstock Cork Footbed Maker Eyes Brand Expansion in U.S. Market
Sustainable Spanish brand Genuins, known for its cork footbeds and casual shoes, is looking to expand into the U.S. wholesale channel and will launch its kids’ collection in November....
Anrealage Spring 2027: Under the Skin
This season Anrealage’s Kunihiko Morinaga, who regularly plays with tech in his designs, pondered on the body’s outer surface and its capabilities for mutation. Referencing “skin” as something that...

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Zoe Kazan’s Heady and Bighearted “East of Eden”
While Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist duke it out as John Steinbeck’s Trask brothers, Florence Pugh’s Cathy is a gothic villain you can’t help but root for. Source...
“Verity” Is a Criminal Waste of Talent
The melodramatic power of Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway is squandered in a romantic tale that’s ludicrously muddled by suspicions of monstrous misdeeds. Source link
The Humanism Driving the Anti-A.I. Movement
At the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, D.C., attendees talked less about jobs and policy, and more about their philosophy of life. Source link
When “Gender Deception” Is a Crime
Gayle recalls this moment differently. She says, for example, that the girl was not blindfolded. She says that Kye—an online persona she had maintained for over a decade as...
Why America Looks the Way It Does
From vast grids to winding suburbs, Americans have spent two centuries remaking the landscape around property. Source link
Hockey Dads and Hockey Sons
My participation, as driver, dad, coach, manager, crank, and fan, sucked the strength out of me, like going overboard in a wintry sea. The rank refrigerated air, the burnt...

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Annabelle Wallis Embraces Her ‘Mischief’
“Mischief,” Annabelle Wallis says, “is my favorite word.” The English actress is reveling in the promotion of her new film “Unabomber,” in which she portrays psychoanalyst Christiana Morgan, the...
D.C. Judge Dismisses Reflecting Pool Charges — with Prejudice | National Review
Consider it an indictment of Trump lawfare against political enemies and scapegoats. Source link
Business Standard poll: RBI may hike repo rate by 25 bps in October meet
The last rate hike was in February 2023, when the policy repo rate was increased by 25 bps to 6.5 per cent. The panel has kept the repo rate...
Sebi revamps document verification system to curb fake letters and notices
Capital markets regulator has updated its 'Document Number Verification System' to mandate 'subject matter' for authenticating physical notices. (Photo: Reuters)1 min read Last Updated : Oct 01 2026 |...
This Is How Bad Things Are For Republicans
Democratic dreams of midterm victory are alive in Mississippi and Kansas—two states that have been conservative strongholds for decades. Republican Senator Tim Scott admitted as much while speaking with...
Google wins dismissal of Chegg, Penske Media lawsuits over AI overviews
The companies allege the search engine giant unlawfully used their content in AI-generated summariesPublished Thu, Oct 1, 2026 · 10:57 PM[WASHINGTON] Alphabet’s Google has persuaded a US federal judge...

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This Is How Bad Things Are For Republicans
Democratic dreams of midterm victory are alive in Mississippi and Kansas—two states that have been conservative strongholds for decades. Republican Senator Tim Scott admitted as much while speaking with...
Pennsylvania Nears 1,000 Measles Cases as RFK Jr. Remains Silent
An unvaccinated resident in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was confirmed to have died from measles, according to an announcement by the state Health Department Wednesday.The death marks the fifth measles-associated...
“No Beardos, No Weirdos”: Hegseth Goes on Bizarre Rant to Silent Crowd
“I think the generals heard the message. Those who responded positively … are leading newly focused, and newly empowered and disciplined formations,” Hegseth said. “Those generals who did not?...
Pete Hegseth Has a Bonkers Party Favor for Soldiers at His Speech
Some 600 attendees at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s State of the Force speech at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia Wednesday received an unexpected keepsake during the officer-reduction announcement:...
Trump Uses Decades-Old Law to Collect Flock Data Nationwide
Trump said in a September 20 Truth Social post that the arch would be a “top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch” that would “house, store, and have the rapid ability...
Trump’s Fury at Canada Takes Darker Turn as GOPers Quietly Sound Alarm
Donald Trump’s ban on a range of Canadian imports just went into effect, and The New York Times calls this a sign that the trade war has grown “vicious.”...

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Business Standard poll: RBI may hike repo rate by 25 bps in October meet
The last rate hike was in February 2023, when the policy repo rate was increased by 25 bps to 6.5 per cent. The panel has kept the repo rate...
Sebi keeps Inox Clean Energy’s IPO papers to raise ₹10K cr in abeyance
Markets regulator Sebi has kept in 'abeyance' the draft offer documents of Inox Clean Energy Ltd, which is looking to raise up to Rs 10,000 crore through an initial...
GPT-Synopsys: OpenAI, Synopsys team up to build GPT model for AI-powered chip design
OpenAI and semiconductor engineering company Synopsys on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership to develop GPT-Synopsys, a specialised AI model designed to perform semiconductor design workflows using Synopsys’ electronic design...
RS polls: SP candidates Ram Gopal Yadav, Dhanraj Nathwani file nomination
Samajwadi Party candidates Ram Gopal Yadav and Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani on Wednesday filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh.Both Yadav and Nathwani, an executive...
Carrefour’s return tells a story
After 12 years, the French retailer's return to India signals a shift in the retail landscape Source link
Drug patents in India: How they work and when govt can override them
The Kerala High Court on Monday held that the Centre can invoke Section 100 of the Patents Act, 1970, to use a patented medicine for public health purposes, including...

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Sebi revamps document verification system to curb fake letters and notices
Capital markets regulator has updated its 'Document Number Verification System' to mandate 'subject matter' for authenticating physical notices. (Photo: Reuters)1 min read Last Updated : Oct 01 2026 |...
Weak monsoon dents rural demand as tractor sales fall in September
India's weakest monsoon in over a decade dented rural spending in September, weighing on tractor ​and two-wheeler purchases, while passenger vehicle demand stayed strong ​ahead of the festive season.The...
A-One Steels shares make strong debut, list at 14% premium on BSE
A-One Steels share price: A-One Steels India shares made a strong debut on the bourses on Thursday, delivering a listing gain of 14 per cent to IPO investors. The shares...
35 years of liberalisation: How the reforms bus bypassed India’s farms
  It was feared that small and marginal farmers, who constituted 75 per cent of the farming community at that time,would be hurt  Yet, as the then Finance Minister...
MobiKwik co-founder Upasana Taku buys 1.07 lakh shares for ₹2.12 crore
Upasana Taku, co-founder and executive director of fintech MobiKwik, has bought 1.07 lakh shares of the company for about ₹2.12 crore through open-market purchases, according to a stock exchange...
Japan’s Toho Holdings eyes KKR’s health device maker PHC for $1.3 billion
By Taro Fuse Toho Holdings Co., a Japanese pharmaceutical wholesaler, is in talks to acquire KKR & Co.-led medical device maker PHC Holdings Corp. for more than ¥200 billion ($1.3...

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Google wins dismissal of Chegg, Penske Media lawsuits over AI overviews
The companies allege the search engine giant unlawfully used their content in AI-generated summariesPublished Thu, Oct 1, 2026 · 10:57 PM[WASHINGTON] Alphabet’s Google has persuaded a US federal judge...
AI Agent Safety Gets an Open Platform From Nvidia
NVIDIA unveiled the Open Agent Safety Platform on Monday, an open set of tools for AI agent safety, meant to keep agents inside the limits their owners set. It...
Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Puts Your Company Network at Risk
A serious Citrix NetScaler vulnerability, in fact two of them in ADC and Gateway, is under attack, and attackers used them for weeks before the public learned about it....
AI Personal Assistant Startup Instinct Lands Billion-Dollar Round
Instinct, a San Francisco company building an AI personal assistant that runs errands for you, announced a $1 billion Series C on Monday. Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, and Coatue backed...
The $3 Trillion Problem Hiding in Corporate Contracts, and the AI Built to Find It
Terzo says Fortune 500 companies have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars that leaked out of deals they had already won.  Across the global B2B economy, trillions of...
Brain-Computer Interface Funding Crosses $250M Mark
Precision Neuroscience closed an oversubscribed $250 million Series D for its brain-computer interface work, a raise big enough to push its valuation past $1 billion. Pershing Square Inc. and...

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AI Voice Agents Get Faster and More Human With ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs released two new speech models on Monday, named v4 and v4 Turbo. Aimed at AI voice agents, they speak 90 languages, answer with less delay, and copy a...
AI Agents for Small Business Arrive Free Through Meta Muse
Meta rolled out Muse for Small Businesses on Tuesday, opening a free door to AI agents for small business that plug into software owners already pay for. It connects...
Tom Cruise Is a Scream—and a Gas—in “Digger”
A circus of bombast ensues, some of it courtesy of the score, by the British composer Cosmo Sheldrake. Digger is lambasted by his half sister, Emma (Sandra Hüller), a...
Startup Funding News: OpenAI Backs a $36M Biosecurity Bet
In the latest startup funding news, OpenAI has quietly backed Red Queen Bio, an AI-native biosecurity startup that has now raised $36 million to design antibody drugs meant to...
Digital Avatar Trend Tests Founders’ Personal Brand Strategy
TechCrunch reporter Dominic-Madori Davis spent a couple of days in Synthesia’s studio and walked out with an interactive digital avatar of herself that can answer questions out loud, in...

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After ban threats, TikTok touts a $12-billion boost to California businesses
When Brandon Hurst first decided to sell his plants on TikTok Live in 2023, the 32-year-old Sylmar resident didn’t know what to expect. He said he thought he could...
Singapore shares continue to falter on Thursday; STI falls 0.1%
Published Thu, Oct 1, 2026 · 06:21 PM[SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks continued to decline on Thursday (Oct 1).The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.1 per cent or 8.21 points...
China’s Tencent leases 100,000 chips from Oracle to accelerate AI push: report
Tech giant agrees to a five-year lease across multiple Oracle data centres in South-east AsiaPublished Thu, Oct 1, 2026 · 12:37 PMTENCENT signed its largest overseas lease deal with...
Watchdog finds no Fed misconduct in renovation; Trump calls for Powell’s resignation
[WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve’s Inspector General on Wednesday (Sep 30) said it found no grounds for a criminal referral or evidence of administrative misconduct tied to cost overruns in...
Wall St opens higher as soft inflation data eases rate-hike fears
Published Wed, Sep 30, 2026 · 09:46 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Sep 30), as a softer-than-anticipated inflation reading buoyed hopes that the Federal...
Commentary: No, AI bots won’t extinguish humanity on their own — but you should worry about the humans behind them
Fears about a future AI apocalypse distract us from its present-day harms — just as its promoters hope. If you’ve devoted even a moment’s attention to the vibes percolating...