Despite distraction and distortion, voters know what issues will be informing their votes in this election This was originally published in The Stakes 2026, a newsletter about the midterm elections. Sign up to get it in your inbox Elections too often get pigeonholed. The hot take, or simplistic analysis, would ...
Day: October 23, 2026
I expect you to cry: what the James Bond actors may face at the final auditionI expect you to cry: what the James Bond actors may face at the final audition
Jack Lowden, Callum Turner and Josh O’Connor are rumoured to be the final candidates taking screentests this weekend. So how can they best prepare? And who is likely to triumph? This weekend, the identity of the next James Bond is finally expected to be known – to the insiders, at ...
Storm Austen brings power cuts and travel disruption as more wind and rain forecastStorm Austen brings power cuts and travel disruption as more wind and rain forecast
Millions remain under yellow weather warnings for wind and rain, with a second storm expected to hit Scotland and parts of northern England on Saturday. ...
Betting operators and prediction markets spent record amounts on campaign donations and lobbyingBetting operators and prediction markets spent record amounts on campaign donations and lobbying
The News Casino operators and sports betting companies have spent record amounts on campaign donations and on lobbying in Washington thus far this year, hoping it will help win back millions of bettors and gambling dollars that prediction markets have lured away. Sportsbook operators, including FanDuel and DraftKings, have funneled ...
El-Sayed’s new ad pitch: Republicans love meEl-Sayed’s new ad pitch: Republicans love me
The Scoop Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign is launching a new TV ad with a unique approach: spotlighting conservative pundits’ praise for the progressive — and criticism of GOP nominee Mike Rogers. The new ad will get a six-figure buy, according to details shared first with Semafor. It ...
Warhound raises $200 million to engineer military dogsWarhound raises $200 million to engineer military dogs
Silicon Valley has decided to build a better dog. Warhound, a new defense technology company, has launched with $200 million in seed funding from investors including Sequoia Capital to create dogs genetically engineered for military use. The company is a collab between Anduril and Colossal Biosciences, the biotech startup looking ...
Manchin, Ocasio-Cortez deliver Maine Senate closing argumentsManchin, Ocasio-Cortez deliver Maine Senate closing arguments
The News NORWAY, Maine – Susan Collins and Joe Manchin arrived right on time – Maine’s Republican senator and West Virginia’s last Democratic senator, in matching red fleece, making a cheerful Wednesday stop a New Balance factory. Collins celebrated how she’d helped the “best shoemakers in the world” ink a ...
The race to tell humans from AI agentsThe race to tell humans from AI agents
The future of agentic commerce hinges on the ability to know whether it’s a human or an AI agent that’s making a purchase, and the tools to do that are arriving fast. Proof-of-human technology, which can let a person vouch for the AI agents acting on their behalf, could keep ...
US and Israel are warned against launching fresh strikes on IranUS and Israel are warned against launching fresh strikes on Iran
Multinational ‘anti-war bloc’ uses Istanbul summit to call for a diplomatic solution to Middle East crisis Foreign ministers at a summit of eight European and Middle Eastern countries have urged the US and Israel not to renews their attacks on Iran, warning a fresh outbreak of fighting would spread conflict ...
Podcast: ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the Next Wave of AI SlopPodcast: ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the Next Wave of AI Slop
We start this week with Jason’s article about how everyone is apparently reverse-engineering everything. After the break, Joseph tells us about a big AI shakeup at consulting giant Accenture. In the subscribers-only section, Sam and Jason discuss the Character[.]ai bankruptcy. Listen to the weekly podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Become a ...