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A former OpenAI engineer who allegedly installed a sophisticated listening device in an executive conference room was in close contact with a member of the Saudi royal family and was planning to leave the U.S. for Riyadh when authorities arrested him, federal prosecutors said Sunday in a court memorandum.Abdulrahman Alfozan is accused of tapping artificial intelligence tools to help him develop encrypted recording devices and identify meeting rooms used by OpenAI executives, government officials and business partners.The Saudi national earned an annual paycheck of $385,000 at OpenAI and received a $2.2 million equity grant when he first joined the company…

Published Mon, Oct 19, 2026 · 06:45 PMStories you might have missedSingapore to use ‘every legal and regulatory lever’ against companies linked to haze: Shanmugam[SINGAPORE] Vowing to use “every legal and regulatory lever” at Singapore’s disposal in confronting companies linked to the region’s choking haze, Senior Minister K Shanmugam on Monday warned recalcitrant firms not to underestimate the government’s determination to take action.Singapore issues three new legal notices to firms responsible for haze fires[SINGAPORE] The National Environment Agency has sent three new preventive measure notices to three companies in Indonesia that have been identified as sources of the haze affecting…

From Ricky Martin’s Grammy breakthrough to the rise of música mexicana, Tommy Mottola and Alex Gallardo offered a candid look at how Latin music conquered the mainstream — and why its next evolution will depend on artists willing to break the mold. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Moderated by Billboard’s co-chief content officer Leila Cobo, The Rise of Latin Music Globally took place Monday (Oct. 19) at the Faena Theater in Faena Forum Miami Beach, Fla. Mottola, founder and chairman of Mottola Media Group and former chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment and Gallardo, president of Sony…

Willy Wonka gave away five golden tickets to visit his Chocolate Factory. Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Brewers offered up 1,000 “Timeless Tickets.””Excuse me, what?”In 2015, the Brewers put 1,000 “Timeless Tickets” up for sale, which entailed a $1,000 payment for a ticket that could be used for any future contest with no deadline to select a game. That select contest could be a Wednesday night game in May, a Wild Card Series game or even a seat for the Fall Classic.On their website, the Brewers, who are going to the 2026 World Series, define a “timeless ticket” as “a brass ticket…

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 19 : Amazon.com is introducing a new tool that allows its custom AI chips to run code written in the most popular AI coding language without modification, seeking to erode the advantage that underpins Nvidia’s dominance in the AI computing market.TorchNeuron lets developers run code written in a language called PyTorch on Amazon’s Trainium AI chips with a single configuration change and no rewriting needed, according to Amazon’s Annapurna Labs chip unit.Amazon, which plans to announce the software at a developer conference in Silicon Valley on Monday, said the software will be publicly released as a free and open-source…

HONG KONG — China said Monday its economy grew 4.5% in the July-September quarter from a year ago fueled by robust exports, moving closer to meeting its official annual growth target for the year as trading partners seek to balance their trade deficits with the country.Economic growth accelerated from the 4.3% year-on-year rate recorded in the April-June quarter, the slowest expansion in more than three years. Its economy expanded 4.6% in the first three quarters.For the whole year, Chinese leaders have set a growth target of 4.5% to 5%, down from last year’s 5% expansion. Earlier this month, the International…

The lighter-than-air platform has also benefited from advances in material sciences that “were either not discovered or not understood back in the late 1990s,” Frandsen said. He highlighted the example of the discovery of graphene in 2004, which “greatly helped us optimize strength relative to weight on our hull, the energy density of our batteries, and performance relative to the area and weight of our solar panels.” The design could eventually scale up to a high altitude platform system (HAPS) capable of lifting payloads as heavy as 551 pounds (250 kilograms). That would be between 25 and 50 times more…

Taylor Swift took the stage last night at the sixth annual Academy Museum Gala, a Los Angeles fundraising event benefitting the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The singer-songwriter gave her The Life of a Showgirl track “The Fate of Ophelia” a live debut, and also performed “Blank Space,” “Love Story,” and “I Knew It, I Knew You,” the original song she wrote for Toy Story 5 earlier this year. Watch videos from the night below.Conan O’Brien introduced Swift’s performance—O’Brian and Swift both worked on Toy Story 5, with O’Brien voicing the film’s potty training gadget Smarty Pants. “It’s an insane,…

The BYU Cougars have officially stamped its mark on the college football landscape.On Saturday night, the Cougars pulled off an upset against No. 2-ranked Notre Dame for the biggest win in program history. Its 28-24 victory was more than just another win, but it was a matchup quarterback Bear Bachmeier had marked on his calendar for years.Before committing to BYU during the 2025 recruiting cycle, Bachmeier visited South Bend and nearly committed to Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish.However, until Bachmeier’s post-game press conference, it wasn’t known that Notre Dame apparently disrespected him during his visit. He spoke to reporters…

QINGDAO, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 04: A general view shows facilities related to Changxin Memory Technologies on September 4, 2026 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China. The company’s global DRAM market share has exceeded 10 percent following increased production capacity at its Hefei and Beijing lines, positioning it as the fourth-largest supplier worldwide while advancing research and development in advanced processes and high-bandwidth memory (HBM). (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesShares of ChangXin Memory Technologies, or CXMT, closed 7.8% lower Monday, even as the company forecast a sharp swing to profitability for the first nine…