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Flock Safety slashes 18% of staff as AI surveillance backlash explodes

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AI surveillance startup Flock Safety is cutting 270 jobs amid bans, lawsuits, and cities tearing out its cameras. Here’s why the backlash hit now.

Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie reboot has begun filming season 2, a major milestone for the 91-year-old Western franchise’s planned 2027 return.

A revolutionary firing squad at the Sanandaj airport in Iran. In a 30-minute trial, 11 prisoners from the Kurdish rebellion were charged with crimes of firearm trafficking, murder, and inciting riots, and were sentenced to death. The men were blindfolded and led outside to the airfield, where they were lined up several meters from their executioners. Razmi was unhindered by security forces, allowing him to stand behind the rightmost executioner and photograph the killings. The weapons are Heckler & Koch G3

The Pentagon plans to livestream Nidal Hasan’s firing squad execution, leaving major platforms like YouTube, Meta, Twitch, and X dodging hard questions.

Microsoft 365 Family, Premium and Pro plans shift from 1TB per user to shared pools in 2027, slashing storage as AI-fueled shortages hit the cloud.

OpenAI just dropped 722 AI-generated math manuscripts from a secret model, stunning researchers, raising peer review alarms, and hinting at an AI-led math future.

Global PC shipments plunged over 20% in Q3 2026 as AI data centers hoard memory chips, sending prices soaring and reshaping how often fans can upgrade.

Apple’s 2026 Mac mini, Mac Studio, and iMac all tempt AI-hungry geeks, but only one is the real powerhouse—here’s how to pick the right desktop.

South Korea’s RAIBO2 robot dog just finished a hilly full marathon on one battery charge, setting a new efficiency benchmark for legged machines.

October 2026 turns the night sky into a Halloween-ready spectacle, from Jupiter hiding behind the Moon to Halley’s Comet meteors and a glowing Hunter’s Moon.

Closed system pods are a new generation electronic cigarette. Here are five of the most common used from right to left: Juul, Von Erl, Juno and Phix.

A new analysis of nearly 30,000 smokers finds nicotine vaping beats patches, gum and more for quitting, sparking fresh debate over harm reduction.

Amazon’s Alexa Tablet 12 Pro takes direct aim at the iPad Pro with a full-Android, Alexa-powered slate that undercuts Apple on price, display and bundles.

A sad Artificial Intelligence (AI) robot crying

Anthropic is adding a prohibition on “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward its AI models, formalizing a boundary that already allowed Claude to end some persistently abusive conversations. Announced October 8, 2026, the updated policy takes effect November 12. The company says the rule targets extreme, repetitive cruelty without a discernible purpose—not ordinary…