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Matt Mullenweg reportedly returns as Automattic CEO two days after getting booted

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Matt Mullenweg reportedly returns as Automattic CEO two days after getting booted

Two days after being placed on a paid leave of absence, Matt Mullenweg says he has been reinstated as CEO of Automattic, according to a Slack message seen by TechCrunch. As 404 Media reported on Wednesday, Mullenweg had told staff in Slack…

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Trinidad and Tobago Frees 31 Emergency Detainees as Wage Deadline Looms

Trinidad and Tobago released 31 preventive-detention detainees on Thursday as the state of emergency winds down — and gave the PSA union a final two weeks to accept its wage offer. The post Trinidad and Tobago Frees 31 Emergency Detainees…

ElevenLabs lists five services on the UK government’s GBP 14B cloud framework

ElevenLabs lists five services on the UK government’s GBP 14B cloud framework

Five ElevenLabs services are listed on the software lot of G-Cloud 15, the UK government’s cloud buying framework, according to the Digital Marketplace. They cover conversational agents, transcription, dubbing and text-to-speech. Three…

The ultimate guide to contemporary Mexican restaurants in Guadalajara

Mexico News Daily

The ultimate guide to contemporary Mexican restaurants in Guadalajara

Mexican Independence Day celebrations this month offer a great opportunity to celebrate and rediscover Mexican food, and what better way to do it than through five restaurants that are putting a contemporary spin on traditional Mexican…

Mexico News Daily

The JBL Live 680NC may sound good, but the battery life and plethora of top features are the star of the show

TechRadar

The JBL Live 680NC may sound good, but the battery life and plethora of top features are the star of the show

JBL Live 680NC: Two-minute review The JBL Live 680NC are a strong pair of headphones for the price. They have a lot to offer, such as a whole litany of features including well-implemented active noise cancellation (ANC) and Ambient Aware…

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Amazon seeks to expand UK drone deliveries

BBC

Amazon seeks to expand UK drone deliveries

The US company now wants to deliver to the whole of Darlington after launching a smaller service.

BBC

UK lawmakers urge Burnham to block creation of artificial superintelligence after chilling warnings

The Guardian

UK lawmakers urge Burnham to block creation of artificial superintelligence after chilling warnings

Letter from 70 MPs and peers follows Anthropic employee’s claim new technology could wipe out humans AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them? More than 70 MPs and peers have urged Andy…

The Guardian

Amazon Cargo Plane Was Too Fast Before Deadly Miami Crash, NTSB Data Shows

NTSB recorder data shows a pilot warned of excessive speed nearly two minutes before Amazon Air Flight 7598 overran a Miami runway on 6 September, killing five ground workers. The post Amazon Cargo Plane Was Too Fast Before Deadly Miami…

Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO

TechCrunch

Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO

The No. 2 exec at OpenAI also led Instacart through its IPO in 2023.

TechCrunch

AI agents are learning to spend money. Who will handle the payments?

AI agents are learning to spend money. Who will handle the payments?

AI is already changing how people find and buy things online, comparing prices, narrowing down options, doing in seconds what used to take an afternoon of tabs open. An AI agent could find a flight that fits your schedule, for example…

Your older iPhone just got free satellite service for another year – here’s why

ZDNet

Your older iPhone just got free satellite service for another year – here’s why

This isn’t the first time that Apple has extended the free two-year trial.

ZDNet

UNITAS 2026 Opens in Peru: 24 Navies Launch the Americas’ Largest Multinational Drill

PERU · SECURITY Key Facts —The opening UNITAS 2026 (UNITAS LXVII), the 67th edition of the world’s longest-running multinational naval exercise, opened this week at the Callao Naval Base, hosted and directed by the Peruvian Navy. —The…