Zurich startup Enact raises $30M to give robots a sense of touch
Zurich-based Enact Intelligence has emerged from stealth with a $30M pre-seed round from redalpine, Notion Capital and firstminute capital. It builds robots that sense force
Ilhan Omar plans to move out of her Washington DC home after federal raid
US federal agents raided the congresswoman’s home last week as part of an investigation into alleged immigration fraud.
Will ICE agents play a role in the 2026 US midterm elections?
Rights groups are worried the agency at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown could sway the vote on election day.
Trump says Musk restored Ukraine’s Starlink access amid Russia war
Trump has declined to comment on the process that led Starlink to lift speed and access restrictions on Ukraine.
Climate change blamed for two-thirds of heat deaths in Europe
More than 50,000 people in Europe died this summer from heat, a record high amount, a new study finds
Voting machines aren’t deliberately switching votes. Here’s what’s likely happening
Stella Parton amplified the rumor claiming voting machines in Tennessee, Texas and other states were swapping votes for Democrats to Republicans.
Trump says Musk has restored access to Ukraine’s Starlink network
Ukraine relies on Starlink for a range of military uses – its owner Elon Musk has repeatedly denied restricting access.
New York bans horse-drawn carriages after 160 years over safety and abuse concerns
As the council voted to banish the carriages, views in Central Park were divided over the 160-year-old tradition.
Germany target of ‘intensive’ espionage, Merz says after suspected Russian spy arrest
A Ukrainian man was arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia – one of several such cases in Germany this year.
Lula says rival should be disqualified over alleged Meta interference ahead of Brazil vote
The Brazilian president accuses the tech firm of favouring Flávio Bolsonaro, which it denies.
Red Hat Funded a Report That Found a Quarter of Incoming Pull Requests May Be AI Slop
LF Research is the Linux Foundation’s research arm. It was set up in 2021 and publishes studies on how open source is built and used
This Newly Proposed Linux Filesystem Can Fix Corrupted Data
The kernel’s filesystem mailing list has received an 18-patch proposal this week from Aurelien Desbrieres, the creator of BeamFS. It takes the place of FTRFS
Are heavy school bags really to blame for children’s back pain?
A study of 221 schoolchildren in the Czech Republic found no statistically significant association between relative school bag weight and back pain, although nearly half
A study of 802 teens raises questions about school breakfast and blood sugar
A study of 802 U.S. adolescents found that school breakfast participation at least once weekly was associated with a 30% higher prevalence of prediabetes-range glucose