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The Best Deals Today: Gears of War: E-Day, Apple Watch Ultra 4, Star Wars Zero Company, and More

November 2, 2026

A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save big on Gears of War: E-Day, Apple Watch Ultra 4, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Persona 3 Reload, Pikmin 4, Star Wars Zero Company, and more. Check out our top picks for Sunday, November 1, below. Gears of War: E-Day for $60.99 Gears of War: E-Day is one of the best games of the year, and today, you can save a few dollars on a physical Xbox copy at…

Ripple CEO Sees XRP as Institutional Gold Standard Within 5 Years

November 2, 2026

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse sees XRP continuing to emerge as the institutional gold standard for crypto rails over the next five years. David Schwartz envisions mass retail adoption, with blockchain supporting how people manage money, receive payments, invest, lend, and…

Blackrock, JPMorgan and Visa Bolster Grayscale’s Crypto Growth Case

November 2, 2026

Grayscale points to tokenized funds and stablecoin payments as evidence that crypto is becoming embedded in mainstream finance. Its research chief argues that institutional adoption should help sustain the industry’s progress regardless of the U.S. midterm election…

Bitcoin Payment Processor Btcpay Hit by Hot Wallet Theft Reports

November 2, 2026

Btcpay Server issued an emergency shutdown warning Nov. 1, 2026, after reports that attackers were draining bitcoin from hot wallets connected to self-hosted payment servers. Founder Nicolas Dorier linked the reported compromises to versions predating 2.4.2, while indicating that public servers running version 2.4.7 had not been attacked. The warning arrived just three days after an AI-assisted…

Planetary defense: How military and civil satellites are watching fireballs to help keep Earth safe from space rocks

November 2, 2026

It came from outer space, exploding high above the South Atlantic off the coast of Argentina. That April 1 event — an incoming meteor, also termed a bolide — was observed by both U.S. space-based military and civil sensors. Hush-hush U.S. government satellite sensors…

NASA's Swift space telescope is about to crash to Earth. Where will it fall?

November 2, 2026

NASA’s Swift space telescope is expected to crash back to Earth in the next few days. The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will reenter Earth’s atmosphere in an uncontrolled fashion, after a robotic rescue mission failed to boost the scope to a higher orbit. Swift…

5 bright planets to spot in November — when and where to see them

November 2, 2026

This is a great month for planet watching, either in the evenings or mornings. During convenient evening hours, the planet of choice is Saturn, visible well up in the southern sky during mid-to-late evening hours. Telescopically, the southern side of its famous ring system is currently tilted about 6½ degrees to our line of sight. Around the middle of the night, Mars and Jupiter come into view…

AI & Robotics News

AI can make tech CEOs’ lives easier. What about everyone else?

November 2, 2026

Dazzle AI CEO Marissa Mayer recently became the latest tech CEO to face criticism over seemingly out-of-touch comments extolling the usefulness of AI. In Mayer’s case, that involved asking an AI tool for help with a school-assigned description of her daughter. For…

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Paris marks the precise spot where the first humans were photographed, and it’s not where you might think

November 2, 2026

The famous image above may be something you’ve seen before. Louis Daguerre’s 1838 photograph of the Boulevard du Temple in Paris shows a broad, tree-lined street. It seems totally empty. But look closely at the bottom left of the picture and you’ll see two figures…

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Can you spot them? This amazing photo hides two snow leopard cubs in plain sight

November 2, 2026

The first time you glance at this photo, it looks like a pretty mundane mountain landscape. A craggy rock face. Snow-dusted peaks in the distance. A valley below. All fairly standard stuff. But look closer at the right-hand side of the picture. Curled up together on a ledge, their grey spotted coats blending beautifully into the stone, are two snow leopard cubs. If there were ever a perfect…