A powerful smartwatch with an always-on display With an always-on display, the latest processor, and most of the same health features as in the pricier Apple Watch Series 12, the cheapest Apple Watch checks almost every box. This more affordable Apple Watch remains our favorite for its price and performance. Read more: The Apple Watch Is the Best Smartwatch for iPhone Owners…

It is not just Sairaj Bahutule whose replacement the Punjab Kings franchise is looking for. A couple of other coaches have also resigned from the Ricky Ponting-headed support staff, forcing the franchise management to go in search of at least three new ones ahead of IPL 2027. Brad Haddin, who was the fielding coach of the side, has exited along with fellow Australian James Hopes, who was the team’s fast-bowling coach.

Enterprise AI will increasingly be judged by the work it completes, the full cost of the outcome and whether businesses can trust it at scale, writes Nitin Bawankule, Head of Enterprise Sales, India, OpenAI. Artificial intelligence has spent the past year as a recurrent theme in Indian boardrooms, with questions around where to begin, how fast to move, and what competitors were doing.

San Francisco 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey (non-injury) did not participate in practice Wednesday, Oct. 7. Why it Matters: McCaffrey started the week with his typical day off, and the 49ers have been committed to managing his workload through the first four games. He has yet to reach 20 touches in a game, but he has scored four times in the last three contests.

The Nobel Prize for physics to Francis Halzen recognises a clever idea: to use the Antarctic landmass to detect one of the universe’s most elusive particles. Halzen’s efforts helped create the IceCube observatory, which went on to detect high-energy particles from astronomical sources thousands to billions of light-years away and transformed astronomy. Yet, the committee’s decision to award Halzen alone also perpetuates a deleterious tradition in how the institution has been recognising scientific achievement.

Alden GonzalezOct 7, 2026, 01:16 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Multiple Authors SAN DIEGO -- Not long after finishing his work in Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Sunday night, Padres ace Michael King made an important declaration to teammates, coaches and anybody within earshot: He would be available out of the bullpen over the next two games.

Afghanistan head coach Richard Pybus feels that Mohammad Nabi still has something to contribute for his country in the shorter format of the game. Nabi was dropped from the upcoming T20Is against Zimbabwe and many felt that it can well be the end of the experienced campaigner, though Pybus begs to differ. “I think Nabi's got something to contribute in the formats which he's available for,” Pybus told Cricbuzz on Wednesday (October 7).

Landowner restrictions on animals, busy urban lives creating demand for furry rechargeable friends AI companion toy Fuzozo from Shanghai Robopoet Intelligent Technology is presented during the 2026 Inclusion Conference on the Bund in Shanghai on Sept 10, 2026. (CHEN YUYU/FOR CHINA DAILY) After a long day at work, Monica Chen, a 25-year-old white-collar worker in Shanghai, arrived home. Upon entering her residence, instead of a real pet, what welcomed her was an artificial intelligence pet.

Amitabh Bachchan KBC Native village : बॉलीवूडचे बिग बी अमिताभ बच्चन हे सध्या ‘कौन बनेगा करोडपती’चे सूत्रसंचालन करत आहेत. शोमध्ये बिग बी त्यांचे वैयक्तिक व सिनेविश्वातील अनुभव शेअर करत असतात. अनेकदा ते स्पर्धकांबरोबर गप्पा मारताना त्यांच्या जुन्या आठवणींना उजाळा देतात. नुकतेच त्यांनी केबीसीमध्ये त्यांच्या मूळ गावाचा उल्लेख केला आहे. यावेळी त्यांनी गावकऱ्यांची एका गोष्टीसाठी माफीही मागितली आहे. ‘केबीसी’च्या एका एपिसोडमध्ये स्पर्धक चंद्र प्रकाश तिवारी यांनी ते प्रतापगडचे असल्याचे सांगितले.

Awards season is in full swing, with five of the winners having been announced over the past week, including: As the WNBA Playoffs continue, the remaining awards will be announced in the coming days and weeks. We’ve already broken down the Most Valuable Player race and analyzed some of the top candidates to make the All-Rookie Team. Today, we look at the contenders to make the All-WNBA First Team, which honors the five best players in the league during the regular season regardless of position.

Naman Dhir made a strong statement on his T20I debut against the West Indies, and his performance has already led to questions about Washington Sundar’s place in India’s white-ball teams.The 25-year-old, who has mainly been seen as a batting all-rounder in the IPL, surprised many with the ball in the first T20I. He bowled his full four-over spell and returned figures of 3/31 as India restricted the West Indies to 171.Dhir had scored 318 runs in IPL 2026 but did not bowl a single over during the tournament.

Global goods trade is withstanding the drags of tariffs, wars and geopolitical rifts, fueled by the boom in demand for artificial intelligence gear and staying resilient as the US and China rewire their economic dependencies, a new report showed. Growth in merchandise trade this year is forecast at 4.6%, stronger than the 3.6% gain predicted in January, according to the…

(Bloomberg) -- The US Forces in Okinawa paused operations for 48 hours starting at noon on Wednesday and imposed a month-long curfew on military personnel, following the arrest of a US Marine on suspicion of murdering a Japanese woman. US military personnel on Japan’s southernmost island of Okinawa will cease operations to undergo training on standards and discipline and will be prohibited from leaving their bases to socialize or from consuming alcohol, according to a statement.

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Saudi civil aviation authorities say Houthi attacks on Abha and King Khalid International airports have killed three civilians, including two women, and injured 36 others. Published On 8 Oct 20268 Oct 2026 Share Saudi-backed Yemeni forces claim key heights in Taiz amid Houthi attacks on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Earlier it was experienced opener Michael van Lingen that provided the platform for Namibia to post a decent total as the left-hander combined well to put on century partnerships with Louren Steenkamp (30) and skipper Gerhard Erasmus (76) to ensure the USA would have to pull off a difficult run chase if they were to be crowned champions. But the steady head of Monank and solid contributions from Smit Patel (50) and Shehan Jayasuriya (74) kept the USA on track as the hosts got over the line to claim the victory and win their first League 2 title. Source link

AI is getting better, cheaper and increasingly specialized. At The Economic Times World Leaders Forum, Sudip Roy, Co-Founder and CTO of Adaption, joins ET’s Swathi Moorthy to discuss why the next phase of AI may be less about building ever-larger models and more about adaptation, efficiency, and solving specific enterprise problems.Chapters00:00 — Intro01:24 — From AI Experiments to Production03:24 — The Case for Smaller AI Models04:29 — The Real Cost of AI05:58 — Who Should Own Intelligence?07:03 — The Rise of Open-Weight AI08:04 — Why Enterprises Need Their Own Intelligence09:02 — The Case for Sovereign AI10:51 — Can AI Escape a Few Hands?12:40 — The Global Talent Race14:00 — The AI Funding Reality15:54 — From Researcher to Founder17:25 — The Race to Keep Up With AI19:10 — When AI Bets Go Wrong19:55 — The Future of AI—and Its Biggest Risk Show more Show less Source link

The Powerball jackpot climbed to $485 million with a cash value of $199.8 million ahead of the Oct. 7 drawing after no one won the jackpot on Oct. 5. The most recent win came on Aug. 12 when a player in Illinois took home the estimated $1.040 billion jackpot. After months of rollovers, it became one of the largest jackpots in Powerball history.

IMD ने कहा है कि झारखंड में 8 अक्टूबर को अधिकांश स्थानों पर बारिश और 30-40 किमी/घंटा की गति से तेज हवाएं चलने के आसार हैं। वहीं ओडिशा में आंधी-तूफान, बिजली चमकने के आसार हैं, जबकि उत्तराखंड में बारिश होगी। मौसम विज्ञान विभाग (IMD) ने कहा है कि कल यानी गुरुवार (08 अक्तूबर) को उत्तराखंड, पश्चिम बंगाल, सिक्किम, केरल और तमिलनाडु में अलग-अलग स्थानों पर भारी बारिश होने की संभावना है। इसके अलावा बिहार, मध्य प्रदेश समेत कुल 16 राज्यों में हल्की से लेकर भारी बारिश होने की संभावना जताई है। इस दौरान तुछ जगहों पर 60 से 75 किमी/घंटा की रफ्तार से तेज हवाएं चलने के आसार भी जताए गए हैं। IMD ने पहाड़ी राज्यों में लैंडस्लाइड की भी चेतावनी जारी की है। मौसम विभाग ने पड़ोसी देश नेपाल औप सटे बिहार, उत्तर प्रदेश और सिक्किम में भी शुक्रवार तक आंधी-तूफान, बिजली कड़कने और रुक-रुककर बारिश की संभावना जताई है। हालांकि शनिवार से मौसम में धीरे-धीरे सुधार की उम्मीद जताई गई है।

LOS ANGELES — Josue De Paula popped out as a pinch-hitter for the final out of Game 2, in his major league postseason debut. The comeback attempt fell short, but just by getting into a game at his age was notable. De Paula on Sunday was 21 years, 133 days old, and became only the fourth Dodgers position player that young to appear in a postseason game, and the first since 19-year-old outfielder Willie Crawford appeared in Game 6 of the 1965 World Series.

MICT had the option to wait and bid for Pollard, who has been part of all of MI's franchises around the world, but they instead chose to sign Shimron Hetmyer, who was the first name to come up for bidding, as their finisher. Both Pollard and Hetmyer were sold for R 1.5 million. MICT spent R 1.5 million to bring back New Zealand left-arm seamer…

What does it actually take to become an AI-native operator, with Andy Markus, AT&T Innovate Americas keynote speaker Andy Markus of AT&T explores what it takes to become an AI-native operator. From scaling AI across 1,100 use cases to driving measurable ROI, he shares how open-source innovation, cost-efficient AI and data-driven transformation are accelerating AT&T’s AI maturity journey. Source link

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman is underwater with his own party while being popular with Republicans, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Oct. 7 Amongst Democrats, only 13% have a favorable opinion of Fetterman, while 69% have an unfavorable opinion of him – according to the poll. Fetterman has drawn ire from within the Democratic party for breaking with the Senate…

उत्तर प्रदेश में आज से मौसम की चाल की पूरी तरह से बदलने जा रही है. मौसम विभाग ने आज प्रदेश के लगभग सभी हिस्सों में बारिश, आंधी-तूफान और तेज हवाएं चलने की चेतावनी दी है. जिससे मौसम में बड़ा बदलाव आएगा. पश्चिमी और पूर्वी यूपी के कई हिस्सों में आज मेघगर्जन और बिजली गिरने का भी पूर्वानुमान है. अगले 48 घंटे यूपी के लिए भारी हो सकते हैं.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque police canceled an Amber Alert and confirmed a 16-year-old was found after allegedly being taken at gunpoint by her half-brother. APD are looking for 16-year-old Angeleka Garcia Rodriguez. They released photos of her and her half-brother, Joshua Garcia, early Tuesday morning. According to APD, they were last seen in an SUV which had been spray painted black with no license plate.

Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons said on Wednesday (October 7) that their only issue at the moment is how the cricketers arriving from the just concluded Japan’s Asian Games adjust to the conditions ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, scheduled at Abu Dhabi from October 9. Cricketers arriving from Japan a couple of days ago completed their first practice session in Abu Dhabi’s heat and looked to be facing some difficulty adjusting to conditions in the UAE, considering they came from a relatively cooler part of the world.

From autonomous networks to autonomous worlds: Why physical AI needs an AI-native network, with Ankur Kapoor, T-Mobile Innovate Americas keynote speaker Ankur Kapoor of T-Mobile explores how AI is transforming network operations, customer experience and business growth. He shares practical insights on moving from experimentation to scale, highlighting the role of automation, data and innovation in building more intelligent, responsive telecoms networks. Source link

Oct. 22 Today in history Today is Oct. 22. On this date in: 1746: Princeton University, originally chartered as the College of New Jersey, was established. It is the fourth-oldest college in the United States. 1797: In Paris, pioneering balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin paved the way for modern skydiving when, after reaching an altitude of 3,200 feet in a hydrogen balloon, he descended with a silk parachute.

மதுராந்தகம் இடைத்தேர்தல்: பெண்களின் முடிவில் தேர்தல் வெற்றி தீர்மானம். Byelection Update: Women's decision holds the key in Madhuranthakam. Published on:  06 Oct 2026, 11:23 am Thanthi TV www.thanthitv.com Source link

The Kennesaw State Owls kick off their Conference USA slate when they battle the Jacksonville State Gamecocks on Wednesday night. Jacksonville State is coming off a 23-13 win over Middle Tennessee State on Sept. 26, while Kennesaw State dropped a 17-14 decision to Arkansas State that same day. The Gamecocks (3-2, 1-0 C-USA), who have won two in a row, are 0-2 on the road this season.

Kieron Pollard made a sensational entry into a Super Kings franchise for the first time, headlining the player auction for season five of SA20, held on Wednesday (October 7). The 39-year-old veteran all-rounder, who spent years with the MI family playing for Mumbai Indians, MI Cape Town, MI Emirates and MI New York in different competitions, was snapped up unopposed by Joburg Super Kings.

Google wants the next hit browser game to start with a prompt. The company launched Playground on Oct. 7, an experimental platform for creating, playing, and sharing custom games. "Playground lowers the barriers to creation, so bringing game ideas to life can now be as easy as describing it through a few prompts — no coding experience required," Google software engineer Maryam Karimzadehgan wrote in the announcement.

President Donald Trump is joining Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican nominee in the state's U.S. Senate race, in Alamo City this evening. Paxton announced on social media that the "Midterm Rally" will take place on Oct. 7, at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio. Doors are scheduled to open at 2:30 p.m. CT/1:30 p.m. MT, with remarks beginning at 6 p.m.

Will Sutherland: Yeah, full credit to him, it was an unbelievable innings. He made it easy for me and took a lot of pressure off early as well. It was a lot of fun batting with him, and we were able to get a good score on the board in the end. Given the trouble we were in losing five wickets early, it was pretty simple.

The New York Giants started Bryan Hudson at center in their 36-24 Week 4 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. Incumbent starter John Michael Schmitz had a newborn and missed practices on Friday and Saturday. After the game, head coach John Harbaugh said the Giants were trying to get Hudson on the field, and it made sense to start him given the circumstances.

New Zealand have named former wicketkeeper-batter BJ Watling as their batting coach. Watling will take over from Luke Ronchi following New Zealand's Test series against India in December. Watling, who retired from international cricket in 2021, has played 75 Tests, 28 ODIs and five T20Is for New Zealand. He finished his Test career with 3790 runs - the most for a wicketkeeper-batter from New Zealand - at an average of 37.52.


 LAS VEGAS – An industry used to obscurity has found itself thrown into the national political spotlight amid battles about AI data center expansion in communities across the U.S. Residents of towns and cities where data centers are set to be expanded, or new facilities built, have expressed concerns about those facilities' water use, pollution from backup generators, noise and carbon footprint.

Under the influence of a strengthening El Niño, the eastern Pacific continues to crank out tropical systems. Hurricane Rachel is forecast to disintegrate, but bring rain to the northern coast of Baja California Sur and Southern California over the Oct. 10-11 weekend. Southern California is within the hurricane center's cone forecast graphic for the movement of Rachel's dissipating center as a post-tropical storm.

Navigate to: Summary- Francis Halzen Prize announcement Press release Popular information Advanced information EnglishEnglish (pdf)SwedishSwedish (pdf) 6 October 2026 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 to Francis HalzenUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison, USA “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”

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MUMBAI: Since he scored an 80 not out against England in July, India's T20I captain Shreyas Iyer had been experiencing a rare slump in white-ball cricket, where he’s usually highly consistent, having failed to cross 30 in his last 10 T20I innings.Soon after he landed back in Mumbai after leading India to the gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan, where he was out for 13 & 21 in the semi-final and final, Shreyas, surely concerned by his dip in form, sought out his old Mumbai teammate, friend and 'mentor' Abhishek Nayar, India's former assistant coach and currently the head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders, for help.The result: Iyer cracked a brilliant 43-ball 102 not out, including six sixes and 10 fours, to fashion India's eight-wicket triumph in the opening T20I against West Indies in Lucknow.After his blazing knock, Iyer said in a video released by the…

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has introduced comprehensive guidelines to regulate advertising and digital communication by hospitals, medical institutions, and registered medical practitioners (RMPs). These rules prohibit self-promotion, misleading reviews, testimonials, celebrity endorsements, and deceptive claims. They also establish protocols for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare promotion. According to a public notice issued by the NMC, the guidelines aim to preserve the dignity of the medical profession, prevent the commercialisation of healthcare, and protect patients from misleading medical claims.

USA TODAY Sports, in collaboration with PlayVS — North America's leading scholastic and collegiate gaming platform, announced the USA TODAY Sports National High School Esports Championship on Wednesday, Oct. 7. The Esports Championship announcement comes two years after USA TODAY Sports and PlayVS introduced the SUPER 25 Esports Rankings. Advertisement The round-robin style tournament will feature eight of the top programs in the nation competing in…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Sabha - Seva Jyoti Yatra’ programme, to mark 25 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in public life and service, in Gurugram, Haryana, on October 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday (October 7, 2026) described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25 years as Chief Minister of…

Abishek Porel has been named in Bengal's squad for their first Ranji Trophy match of the season, against Delhi in Kalyani. The wicketkeeper-batter has not played any competitive cricket since the end of IPL 2026. In August, he was arrested in Kolkata in connection with a case involving allegations of rape and other sexual offences. Last month, when he was named in the squad for the practice matches in Guwahati, an official from the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) told Cricinfo: "His personal and legal matters are his own matters.

The popular backlash to the compute buildup in the United States has added further impetus for American tech giants to invest in the construction of such infrastructure in the Middle East, even as the Iran war has forced the Gulf to harden or build these facilities underground. But the US is not the only potential partner for Middle Eastern states looking to develop the technological prowess as well as build out local compute capacity necessary to establish their own artificial intelligence sectors.

Free-speech groups are suing Los Angeles over its city council's ban on using the N-word and C-word during public comments at meetings. The council approved a motion that put the ban in place in summer 2025, which said it was necessary because both the N-word and C-word, a crude term often used to disparage women, had been used and disrupted the meetings "on many occasions."

Forza Horizon 6 will apparently reach the PlayStation 5 on January 26, 2027, according to billbil-kun, the generally reliable leaker at Dealabs. That would put the port a little over eight months behind the Xbox Series X|S and PC versions, which launched on May 19, and it would miss the 2026 window that Microsoft and Playground Games have been promising since January.

Federal Reserve officials expect they will raise interest rates again before the end of the year to head off inflation that has run above target for more than five years, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday. But the meeting summary provided no indication of when specifically policymakers expected to raise benchmark rates – only that persistently higher prices and a stable labor market likely would lead to a second hike this year.

Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons said on Wednesday (October 7) that their only issue at the moment is how the cricketers arriving from the just concluded Japan’s Asian Games adjust to the conditions ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, scheduled at Abu Dhabi from October 9. Cricketers arriving from Japan a couple of days ago completed their first practice session in Abu Dhabi’s heat and looked to be facing some difficulty adjusting to conditions in the UAE, considering they came from a relatively cooler part of the world.

Technology can be a game-changer, be it in administration or education. This is amply being demonstrated in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, under the able guidance of a young District Magistrate. Mission Prabal is a district-level initiative by the Saharanpur District Administration, in partnership with CodeYogi Foundation (technical implementation) and Safex Group (CSR funding), to equip government school students with practical AI, software development, and professional technology skills.