Pilot in flydubai attack says could not let 'all those people die': the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 51
Pilot in flydubai attack says could not let 'all those people die'
An Indian pilot attacked by his co-pilot aboard a flight from the UAE to Israel said Friday that he "could not let all those people die", in his first public remarks after he helped stop the plane from crashing.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 49
Eritrea cuts ties with Ethiopia over embassy closure
Ethiopia ordered the closure of its embassy in Eritrea and declared 10 Eritrean diplomats persona non grata on Thursday, prompting Asmara to sever all diplomatic ties with its neighbour after overnight blasts heard in Addis Ababa sparked fears about renewed conflict in northern…
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 44
OpenAI fires workers for 'mishandling sensitive information'
The former employees were investigated for sharing data with an outside AI evaluation group.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 43
This antimicrobial penguin vest isn’t just precious. It could be lifesaving
The Humboldt Penguin, which lives on the Pacific coast of Chile and Peru, faces a lot of challenges , including warming waters, the flu, boat accidents, and fishing nets that can drown them. Those hazards have had a catastrophic effect on the population.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 43
The penny is making a comeback. Just don’t try to spend it
The last pennies for general circulation were minted last year , but a newly passed bipartisan bill to formally sunset the 1-cent coin includes a single clause that keeps the penny alive, even if it's just as a collectible.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 42
Record numbers going hungry in Yemen amid escalating conflict, WFP says
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Hunger in Yemen is accelerating, with a record number of people unable to meet their food needs as conflict intensifies in the country, the World FoodProgramme said on Friday.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
UAE president's senior advisor calls flydubai plane hijacking 'dangerous terrorist attack'
Gargash said this while praising the Indian pilot of the flight, Capt. Smit Machchhar, who fought back against his Omani co-pilot and helped allow passengers into the cockpit and rescue the plane.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Supreme Court allows Ofer Cassif, Ra'am, Joint List to run in 26th Knesset election
The court overturned Central Elections Committee decisions disqualifying MK Ofer Cassif, Ra'am and the Joint List, while Sami Abu Shehadeh withdrew his candidacy during proceedings.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Mamdani calls Netanyahu 'architect of horrific genocide,' calls for US to join ICC, enforce warrant
Mamdani made the remarks in an extensive interview on the American podcast This Past Weekend, hosted by Theo Von, a well known comedian and podcaster who regularly interviews public figures.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
London Design Fair 2026: The Victoria & Albert Museum
The best place to start at LDF , and arguably the heart of the festival, is the Victoria Albert Museum in South Kensington.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A "Mirror" Made Out of Motorized Penguins
21c Museum Hotels is a hospitality company that combines boutique hotels and restaurants with contemporary art gallery spaces free to the public.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Utility Trailer that Folds Up for Storage
You might see this as a lame Autobot, but it's the only Transformer I'd have any actual use for: Adapt-X is the name of a utility trailer, that transforms into…a compact box. This allows you to store it in a space much smaller than its in-use footprint.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Saudi Arabia is Making…EVs?!?
For a while now, Saudi Arabia has been seeking to pivot away from fossil fuels as their main source of revenue. Even so, I did not see this coming. Ceer is a new Saudi Arabian auto manufacturer, the country's first.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
AI Has Changed What Makes a Great Designer
For most of my nearly three decades teaching design at Parsons School of Design , there was a relatively straightforward answer to the question of what made a young designer valuable: technical proficiency.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Titan Straps: Fast, Tough Tie-Down Straps Invented for a Bikerafting Trip
Here's a fascinating way to travel: Bikerafting. First popularized in Alaska in the 1980s, you ride through the wilderness on your bike, carrying a packraft (an inflatable raft).
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Meta's Radically Thinner, More Lightweight VR Glasses
There's a gigantic size gap between VR glasses and ordinary spectacles. I expected Apple to start closing that gap first, but instead it's Meta that's taking the design lead. Their forthcoming Meta VR glasses have chunky stems, but otherwise look a lot closer to regular eyewear.
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Technology/North America/Signal 40
If a data center is camouflaged in the woods, will anyone hate it?
The Verge reports on this developing story.
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Technology/North America/Signal 39
Amazon writes scary blog warning communities not to block data centers
The Verge reports on this developing story.
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