“A SpudCell can grow, copy its DNA, divide in two, and start its cell cycle all over again. But this cell is made by people, created from lifeless ingredients.” Um, what?
The Editorial Board
• John Stoehr
Elon Musk is too big to trust
He's going all-out to stay out of jail.
Six Colors
• Jason Snell
iPhone Duo reviews in a nutshell ↦
Lex Friedman has done a very nice job of summarizing the first wave of embargoed iPhone Duo reviews:
…The iPhone Duo reviews landed, and I read a slew of them.
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Allison
Three Hudson Valley Counties Featured In Photo Contest
Orange, Delaware and Sullivan counties are featured in the free 2026 Scenic Byway Photo Contest. I have some beautiful pictures of the Hawks Nest that I could enter myself! Continue reading…
Racket
• Keith Harris
Why Are We Suddenly Talking About ‘Somali Gangs’ All the Time?
Plus running from Trump, rewarding Nick Shirley, and a weak-ass WSJ hit piece in today's Flyover news roundup.
Ars Technica
• Kyle Orland
Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought
Time-based a la carte charges come on top of the purchase price for the games themselves.
WIRED
• Caroline Haskins
Airbnb Hosts Are Furious They Can No Longer Make Guests Do Their Chores
Some hosts are threatening to strike, while others are plotting ways around Airbnb’s new restrictions. Guests, meanwhile, are celebrating.
TPM – Talking Points Memo
• Nicole LaFond
Trump’s Desperate Data Center Pivot
Don’s ‘Dividends’ Republican incumbents and candidates facing data center outrage back home have been trying to get President Trump to...
WordPress.com Blog
• Ian Stewart
Your WordPress.com Site is Protected Against the Recent Critical PHP Vulnerabilities
Two critical PHP vulnerabilities were disclosed on October 21, 2026. WordPress.com sites are already protected, with no action required from site owners.
Techdirt
• Mike Masnick
Court Stays Bricks & Minifigs’ Ridiculous Subpoenas Trying To Unmask Publisher Of The BAM Map, For Now.
A quick update on a story we mentioned earlier this month. Much of the attention in the whole Bricks & Minifigs saga has focused on Reckless Ben and his attempts to expose sketchy behavior by the company, but the fight has also put a lot more scrutiny on Bricks & Minifigs Corporate (BAM), including the […]
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Election experts share concerns about the midterms
Ahead of the midterms, we talk with two election experts about President Trump’s efforts to interfere with voting. Richard Hasen, director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project, and Pennsylvania’s lead election official, Al Schmidt. Both are hoping the states, the courts and the public will ensure free and fair elections. They spoke with Fresh Air's Dave Davies.
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Ars Technica
• Scharon Harding
Survey: Enterprises waste 28 percent of software budgets on unwanted upgrades
Survey of 2,018 IT heads at big firms points to a lack of leverage.
The Wolf – Hudson Valley’s New Country
• Donny Meacham
Top 10 Highest-Selling Country Artists Ever
Morgan Wallen just hit a historic sales milestone, surpassing country legends like Garth Brooks and Carrie Underwood. Here's the full Top 10 breakdown. Continue reading…
Bastardica is “a foundry for bastard web fonts. Mix,...
Bastardica is “a foundry for bastard web fonts. Mix, stretch and/or squish them.” E.g. Nervous Sans: “Arial is stacked five times, pseudo-randomly twitching out of line.” I quite like Impacter.
Electrek
• Fred Lambert
Tesla energy revenue drops 16% as it refunds customers over tariffs

Tesla’s energy business deployed more batteries in Q3 2026 but brought in less money. Energy generation and storage revenue fell 16% year-over-year to $2.88 billion, even though storage deployments rose 10% to 13.7 GWh.
Tesla’s shareholder letter blames the drop “partially” on “tariff-related customer refunds.” It doesn’t say how much it refunded, to which customers, or why it was accounted for as reduced revenue.
more…
Ars Technica
• Jonathan M. Gitlin
Tesla profits drop 43% in Q3
Tesla’s once-booming energy storage business also shrunk in Q3 2026.
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Amanda Caswell
Amodei says Anthropic’s safety delay may have cost it an AI lead

Anthropic first released Mythos-class models in February 2026, but CEO Dario Amodei said it delayed broader access until June to
The post Amodei says Anthropic’s safety delay may have cost it an AI lead appeared first on The New Stack.
The Lever
• Veronica Riccobene
Ken Salazar Is Campaigning Against A Tax On People Like Ken Salazar
Obama’s former interior secretary is using workers and right-wing spin to attack a tax measure that could cost someone earning his former salary an extra $111,000 a year.
WIRED
• Hugo Lowell
‘It’s the President’s Fault’: The White House Blame Game Starts Early Ahead of the Midterms
As the White House contemplates losing Congress, there has been an unusually early effort to find a Republican scapegoat.