ServiceNow shares plunge 27% to worst day ever after earnings revive AI disruption fears
ServiceNow's stock recorded its worst day ever on underwhelming third-quarter results.
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How the Law Protecting Americans from Surprise Medical Bills Is Driving Up Healthcare Costs | naked capitalism
Provider chicanery is producing the perverse outcome that curbing surprise billing is blowing out healthcare charges elsewhere.
Mistral Says Its AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Has Leapfrogged China in the Open-Weight Race
The French AI lab claims its latest release matches or outperforms even the best models from DeepSeek and Z.ai in coding and cybersecurity.
Petkit Automatic Cat Litter Box Sale (2026)
As WIRED’s resident pet tech tester, I have lots of opinions on what’s worth your money. Petkit’s automatic litter boxes are my top picks—and my favorite models are $100 off right now.
Granite Switch 4.1.1 — Update models like you update software
A Blog post by IBM Granite on Hugging Face
Russia drone strike on Ukrainian railway station kills 13
The UN’s top humanitarian official in Ukraine on Thursday condemned a Russian drone attack on the city of Dnipro that killed at least 13 civilians and injured 10 others at its main railway station.
Kalshi valuation jumps to $40 billion in latest funding round
The prediction market platform one year ago was valued at $5 billion.
Nature is making a comeback – now restoration funding must quadruple
From salmon spawning grounds in Canada to coral reefs in Indonesia, ecosystems around the world are being restored at an unprecedented rate.
Links 10/29/2026 | naked capitalism
Our testy daily links: praising unread books, permafrost landlslides, China economy debate, moar Isreal election, Spain train wreck, UK inflation spkkingJapan preparedness warning, Lula post-mortems, Fed watch, cruises a...
An AI Breakthrough Has Made Decades of Computer Science Research ‘Irrelevant’
Anthropic and OpenAI say they’ve disproved a key tenet of computer science. Researchers are struggling with the fall but also feel like “overexcited bunnies” as they look at new questions to explore.
The Limits of Washington’s New Division of Labor With South Korea
For decades, the U.S.-South Korea alliance centered on deterring North Korea and defending the peninsula. The 1953 Mutual Defense Treaty covered armed
Former CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten Continues His Over Three-Year, Failed Legal Campaign to Silence Naked Capitalism Reporting With New Federal Suit in the Northern District of Alabama | naked capitalism
Former CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten doubles down on a losing legal campaign intended to silence Naked Capitalism.