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President Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge ordered on Wednesday.U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought.”It’s very much ready, fire, aim on most of these programs, and it has a human cost,” she said. “It’s a human cost that cannot be tolerated.”She granted a temporary restraining order blocking the job cuts, saying she believed the evidence would ultimately show the cuts were illegal and in excess of authority.The judge’s decision came after federal agencies…

Americans are still cracking open cold ones, but what’s inside their cans is changing.More people are now reaching for cannabis beverages, nonalcoholic drinks infused with tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main ingredient in marijuana that makes you feel high. Some varieties also include cannabidiol, or CBD, a chemical compound found in marijuana or hemp that proponents say helps relieve pain, anxiety and other health symptoms. The drinks come in different forms including seltzers, juices, sodas and teas. Consumer demand for cannabis beverages is growing as Americans drink less booze. According to a July Gallup survey, the percentage of U.S. adults who say…

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Talladega this weekend for the YellaWood 500.When it comes to the odds, bettors can dive into that action and place wagers on which driver they think has what it takes to win outright.Currently, there’s a four-way tie for favorite on the oddsboard. William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano and Austin Cindric are all sitting at +1000 to win this Sunday at the superspeedway.So who will take the checkered flag?Let’s dive into the lines for the entire field at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Oct. 15.YellaWood 500 2025William Byron: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)Ryan…

-Capita has been fined 14 million pounds ($18.7 million) for failing to protect personal data during a 2023 cyber attack, the British outsourcing firm said on Wednesday, as part of a settlement with the UK’s privacy watchdog.The company, which provides business support services to government and corporate clients, disclosed in 2023 that the breach compromised some data on its servers and estimated a financial impact of up to 20 million pounds.The incident compromised the personal data of 6.7 million individuals, as per an Information Commissioner’s Office report published on Wednesday.Capita said it has since strengthened its cyber security measures and…

Fully electric vehicles are not the future for hypercars, says Mate Rimac, who also sees Asia-Pacific as an ‘untapped’ market for the brand [SINGAPORE] What happens when a 37-year-old electric vehicle (EV) pioneer heads a traditional high-luxury and ultra-high-performance car brand – with over a century of history powered by huge, inefficient petrol engines?Not a quiet, fully digital Bugatti EV, and not plans to ditch internal combustion engines (ICE) any time soon, either; but a successful new model that is sold out until 2029.“All the customers thought that when I came into Bugatti, it would become completely electric and digital,”…

Nscale will deploy around 200,000 Nvidia AI chips under an expanded agreement with Microsoft across its data centers in Europe and the U.S., the British artificial intelligence group said on Wednesday.The Nvidia-backed company did not disclose the financial terms, but the Financial Times reported it could generate up to $14 billion in revenue for the startup, based on a comparable contract. The agreement will be executed in collaboration with Dell Technologies.Microsoft did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.Nscale also said its joint venture with Norway’s Aker will supply Microsoft with around 52,000 Nvidia GPUs from its hyperscale…

[BEIJING] Apple’s shipments in China grew 0.6 per cent from the year before to 10.8 million units in the third quarter. This is amid sluggish demand in China’s smartphone market, based on data issued by research firm IDC on Wednesday (Oct 15).Apple, which had the second-highest tally of shipments during the period, held a 15.8 per cent market share in the third quarter.Chart-topper Vivo’s shipments fell 7.8 per cent from a year earlier to 11.8 million units.China’s total smartphone shipments in the third quarter fell 0.6 per cent from a year earlier to 68.4 million units. In the second quarter,…

The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Anna Rose Layden | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration, for now, from firing federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown.The order came five days after the administration issued reduction-in-force notifications to more than 4,000 federal workers.”The activities that are being undertaken here are contrary to the laws,” San Francisco U.S. District Court Judge Susan Yvonne Illston told lawyers for the administration on Wednesday at a hearing where she issued the temporary restraining order.”You can’t do this in a nation of laws,”…

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a cloudier picture even as the economy enters a challenging phase of stubbornly persistent inflation and a sharp slowdown in hiring. The Labor Department’s monthly inflation data was scheduled for release Wednesday, but late last week was postponed until Oct. 24. The department is recalling some employees to assemble the data, which was collected before the shutdown began. The figures are needed for the government to calculate the annual cost of living adjustment for tens of millions of recipients…

WASHINGTON :U.S. government officials said on Wednesday that federal networks are being targeted by an unidentified “nation-state cyber threat actor” that’s trying to exploit vulnerabilities in products made by the cybersecurity company F5.In a statement and an accompanying emergency directive, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said hackers had compromised F5’s systems and extracted files, including a portion of its source code and information about vulnerabilities, and could use the knowledge as a roadmap to break into F5 devices and software, something that could eventually lead to a full compromise of the targeted networks. “The cyber threat actor presents an imminent…