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Casetify x Hideo Kojima collection lineup: As the holiday season keeps rolling, Casetify just dropped a brand-new collection with Hideo Kojima that makes for an easy gift for gamers or anyone who wants artistic flair on their everyday gear. Centered on the genre-defying Death Stranding franchise, this drop marks the very first time Casetify has collaborated directly with a game developer to bring a full lineup to life. Developed straight out of Tokyo with Kojima Productions, the collection blends Hideo Kojima’s signature world-building and Yoji Shinkawa’s unmistakable visual language with Casetify's product engineering. Instead of just slapping logos onto plastic, they worked right from the source — turning early sketches, symbols, and materials into physical tech artifacts.

University of East Anglia researchers have discovered the genetic blueprints of 18 new bacterial species collected from prostate cancer patients. Most came from the mouth, including new types of Porphyromonas, which the team has previously linked to more aggressive prostate cancer, and Treponema.

Scientists have measured the amount of helium produced during the Universe's first five minutes with unprecedented precision, offering a clearer picture of the conditions that existed shortly after the Big Bang. The achievement, made by an international research team that includes scientists from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, represents a major advance in precision cosmology. The findings, presented in five papers published in The Astrophysical Journal, are based on 130 hours of observations using the Large Binocular Telescope. By analyzing distant galaxies, the researchers reduced the uncertainty in this fundamental measurement to just 0.5%, making it three times more precise than previous estimates.

Scientists have measured the amount of helium produced during the Universe's first five minutes with unprecedented precision, offering a clearer picture of the conditions that existed shortly after the Big Bang. The achievement, made by an international research team that includes scientists from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, represents a major advance in precision cosmology. The findings, presented in five papers published in The Astrophysical Journal, are based on 130 hours of observations using the Large Binocular Telescope. By analyzing distant galaxies, the researchers reduced the uncertainty in this fundamental measurement to just 0.5%, making it three times more precise than previous estimates.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana health officials issued an emergency ruling to add three kratom substances as schedule I to the state’s controlled dangerous substances list. According to the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), the substances are related to 7-hydroxymitragynine and mitragynine. Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein said the move was necessary to protect residents from substances posing a public health risk.

The sheep appeared in Lalanne’s U.S. museum debut 60 years ago. The post Rare Flock of Lalanne Sheep Could Round Up $5M at Auction appeared first on Artnet News .

Sooke photographer Pascale Isabelle Navarro has brought home an impressive collection of awards, including the title of 2026 Photographer of the Year. Navarro, who teaches photography through her business, Foto Rando, entered the Exposure One Awards, an internationally recognized, specialized competition for black and white photography.

Motorists are reminded that they may begin using studded tires as of Sunday, November 1. Winter is coming and motorists are encouraged to prepare their vehicles and exercise caution on the road with changing weather conditions.

Nova Scotia·NewRCMP are asking witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to contact them. RCMP ask witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to contact policeCBC News · Posted: Oct 20, 2026 8:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Two people died in a crash near Sheet Harbour, N. S., on Friday night. RCMP say they received a 911 crash notification near 24040 Highway 7 in Watt Section at 9:55 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a car that had left the road and come to rest in a wooded area. The driver, a 32-year-old man from Sheet Harbour, and a passenger, a 30-year-old man from Halifax, died at the scene. A second passenger, a 40-year-old man from Bedford, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. RCMP are asking anyone who witnessed the crash or has dashcam footage to contact police. MORE TOP STORIESWhere was Acadia University's earliest building?

A Department of Family Services study in 2023 found that the Government of Nunavut could not afford to implement guaranteed basic income, and instead suggested 15 areas of reform for the territory’s income assistance program. Since then, the GN has fully implemented five of the reforms and partially implemented another three changes suggested in the report.

Muse, the new general-purpose AI agent from Meta, can expose sensitive information when users share conversations through Web links, researchers reported Monday. In response to questions from Ars about the behavior, Meta said it’s suspending the sharing feature while the company reviews it and considers making changes. Like many online services, Muse has allowed users to share searches, conversations, images, and similar content with other people. Such share features usually involve clicking an option to create a unique URL that anyone can use to load a page hosting the content. To keep potentially sensitive information from being accessible to unintended people, the URLs typically contain a long sequence of text that can’t be easily guessed.

Meta is preparing to introduce Muse Confidential VM, a more private way to use its personal AI agent. The company previously teased the feature, and it is now partially implemented in the web interface. A dedicated settings section will allow users to enable it. According to the notice, conversations will run in a secure, encrypted environment that keeps data private, even from Meta. Conversations and other data processed in this mode will not be used to train Meta’s AI models. Unlike the existing Muse Secure VM, Confidential VM is designed to prevent even Meta from accessing users’ information. Meta previously confirmed plans to launch the technology before the end of 2026. Later this year, Meta will introduce Muse Confidential VM, where the whole VM, including a person’s data and conversations with Muse, is encrypted with a key only they hold, so not even Meta can access it. Private mode will initially have several limitations. Voice mode, image and video generation, and support for wearable devices such as Meta AI glasses and the Muse pin may not be available.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Red DeerCPAC screenshotPublished on:20 Oct 2026, 12:32 pmLoading content, please wait... CanadaAlbertaReferendumMark CarneyAlberta IndependencePierre PoileivreFederalismCanpoli

These deals were painful in the moment but left the jilted teams better off in the long run.

It’s early in the NHL season. Issues will be solved, players will iron out deficiencies, and teams will correct rough starts. In a perfect world, every team would start the season in mid-season form. Every season is a marathon and not a sprint. Heading into Week 4, here are the NHL team power rankings. MORE: NHL stock watch: Risers & fallers after Week 3

Sooke photographer Pascale Isabelle Navarro has brought home an impressive collection of awards, including the title of 2026 Photographer of the Year. Navarro, who teaches photography through her business, Foto Rando, entered the Exposure One Awards, an internationally recognized, specialized competition for black and white photography.

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ReutersPublished 3 hours agoSalesforce CRM-N said on Tuesday it would acquire customer engagement platform Braze BRZE-Q for about US$5.66-billion. The customer relationship management platform’s shares fell 2.6 per cent in premarket trading. Braze Class A shareholders will receive US$47.50 in cash per share, under the terms of the agreement. The deal is expected to close in Salesforce’s fiscal year 2028, subject to approval by Braze shareholders and regulators. Tickers mentioned in this storyStudy and track financial data on any traded entity: click to open the full quote page. Data updated as of 20/10/26 11:35am EDT. SymbolName% changeLastCRM-NSalesforce Inc-1.38%239.11BRZE-QBraze Inc Cl A+50.87%45.32

Real-world asset (RWA) platform tx has launched USTX, a dollar stablecoin for its wallet and planned marketplace for tokenized stocks. Users will need USDC to mint USTX, which can also be redeemed for USDC, the company said in a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph. The platform accepts deposits from eight blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana and Base. “It is not a USDC-backed wrapper or synthetic representation of USDC,” Ashley Ebersole, tx’s co-founder and chief legal officer, told Cointelegraph. USDC provides a way to mint USTX, which has its own 1:1 reserve structure through Brale, he said. Fintech platform Brale issues USTX, manages its reserves and facilitates minting and redemption. According to tx, each token is backed by $1 in assets, including cash, bank deposits, government money market funds and short-term US Treasury bills. Brale said in June that it was working with Visa to improve the speed and programmability of blockchain-based stablecoin settlement in environments where privacy, compliance, and operational control are essential.

At $5 million, a simple plan no longer cuts it. From state taxes to avoiding the inherited IRA "tax bomb," here are the wealth transfer moves experts recommend.

Doug Behrens, a Sault native and Garden River First Nation resident, recently earned arm wrestling glory on the world stage. He won the gold medal in the 65 kilogram standing disabled class at the International Federation of Armwrestling (IFA) World Armwrestling Championships held in Tsuchiura, Japan in late September.

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Ministry of Defence says warplanes will operate in ‘defensive role’ and not be used to attack Yemeni group. The United Kingdom has said it will deploy fighter jets to help protect Saudi Arabia from attacks by Yemen’s Houthis. In a statement on Tuesday, the British Ministry of Defence said the Typhoon warplanes would operate in a “defensive role” and not carry out attacks against the Iranian-backed armed group. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Egyptian parliament delays vote on military support for Saudi Arabialist 2 of 3Saudi Arabia cancels 2026 ‘Davos in the Desert’ amid Houthi attackslist 3 of 3US leaving oil-for-security approach, not Middle East: Envoy Tom Barrackend of list“The UK will fly defensive counter air missions to support the protection of Saudi cities and critical national infrastructure against aerial attack, using RAF Typhoon fighter jets,” it added. The support includes an extension of air-to-air refuelling support for Saudi air operations, the ministry added.