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The Republican National Committee (RNC) is celebrating after GOP poll watchers were allowed into four blue-leaning counties’ election offices for extended absentee ballot hours this weekend, according to party Chair Michael Whatley. Federal and state GOP groups had threatened to sue Fulton County late Friday after it and the counties of Cobb, DeKalb and Gwinnett announced several election offices would be open this weekend for people to turn in absentee ballots in person.  Republicans also accused Fulton County of not allowing any public observers into those locations open on the weekends, which Whatley and Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon argued was against the Peach State’s election observer laws. "Following our efforts, our poll watchers have now been let into the building in all four Georgia counties. Our lawsuit over the offices remaining open is still pending, but we have eyes in the room as votes are being counted," Whatley wrote on X. "We will continue our ag...

Hamid Ganji / Neowin : Apple's M4 Max chip scores 4,060 in single-core tests, making it the first production CPU to cross 4,000 in Geekbench 6, and scores 26,675 in multi-core tests   —  After months of swirling rumors, Apple revealed its new Mac devices with updated M4 chips last week.

Democratic 2024 presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris blasted former President Trump and praised young voters in what was likely her final campaign speech in Georgia . Harris spoke to supporters in downtown Atlanta on Saturday, three days before voters across the country who haven't already cast ballots head to the polls on Election Day. "We have three days left – three days in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime – and we still have work to do," the vice president said. She pivoted to attacking Trump just a few minutes into her roughly 22-minute speech. 'ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND VOID': GEORGIA JUDGE STRIKES DOWN NEW ELECTION RULES AFTER LEGAL FIGHTS "We have an opportunity in this election to finally turn the page on a decade of Donald Trump, who spends full time trying to keep us divided and afraid of each other. We're done. We're done with that," Harris said.  "This is not someone who is thinking ...

Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic : Why Bluesky not adding the federation systems that let users leave the Bluesky server and take their community to other hosts can lead to “enshittification”   —  - Bluesky and enshittification: No one is the enshittifier of their own story.  — Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.

A video of Haitian migrants voting in Georgia’s elections is fake and the work of "Russian influence actors," according to U.S. intelligence.  In the clip, two people claiming to be Haitian migrants say they are planning to vote multiple times in two different Georgia counties for Vice President Kamala Harris. "We’re voting Kamala Harris. Yesterday, we voted in Gwinnett County, and today we’re voting in Fulton County," one person says. "We have all our document – driver’s license. We invite all Haitians to come to America and bring families." The video was amplified by right-wing accounts on social media.  "The [U.S. Intelligence Community] assesses that Russian influence actors manufactured a recent video that falsely depicted individuals claiming to be from Haiti and voting illegally in multiple counties in Georgia," read a joint statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastru...

Reuters : Disney forms the Office of Technology Enablement to coordinate its use of emerging technologies such as AI and mixed reality, to be led by CTO Jamie Voris   —  Walt Disney (DIS.N) is forming a new unit to coordinate the company's use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and mixed reality …

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reiterated his criticism of a group linked to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at a recent rally, saying it has not assisted him in his competitive Senate race this cycle.  "We are getting absolutely zero support from the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF)," the Republican said.  Cruz is taking on Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, in the tight race for Senate. Despite the legitimate challenge posed by Allred, Cruz is favored to win the contest.  REPUBLICANS CALL ON MAYORKAS TO REINSTATE COVID-ERA BORDER POLICY AMID TUBERCULOSIS 'SURGE' SLF has notably spent most of its resources in states with key Republican Senate pick-up opportunities, such as Pennsylvania, Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan.  But Cruz pointed out, "In Texas, we have the most expensive Senate race in the entire country." As the senator noted, the Cruz and Allred campaigns have raised more money than the candidates in any other Senate race, with the two ...

Las Vegas, Nevada , which sits in battleground Clark County in one of the most closely watched swing states in the upcoming election, is home to a mayoral race where a Republican could win for the first time in half a century.  Democrat Shelley Berkley and Republican Victoria Seaman, the top two vote-getters in the June primary, will square off on Tuesday to determine who will be mayor of Las Vegas, a city that hasn’t had a Republican mayor since Oran Grayson left office in 1975. Fox News Digital spoke to Councilwoman Seaman about Republican enthusiasm in Nevada and why the climate on the ground is potentially ripe for a conservative to be elected mayor of one of the nation’s most rapidly growing cities. "I think people are tired of extreme liberal policies that simply don't work, and they want to find common sense solutions," Seaman told Fox News Digital. "And we're seeing an incredible Republican wave right now in Clark County. And I think it speaks for itse...

Meir Orbach / CTech : Israel-based Decart, which lets organizations train massive AI models at scale while reducing costs, raised a $21M seed led by Sequoia and says it's profitable   —  The Israeli startup has built an AI infrastructure platform that enhances the efficiency of AI models, offering faster …

Jasper Ward / Reuters : Colorado says that some partial passwords for the state's voting systems were accidentally posted online but pose no threat to the November 5 general election   —  WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - (This Oct. 29 story has been corrected to reflect quotes from the CISA spokesperson in paragraph 6)

Republicans in tight Senate races less than a week ahead of Election Day are pouncing on President Biden calling supporters of former President Trump "garbage" in a final push to rally support for down-ballot GOP races.  Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick released a campaign ad Wednesday showing video footage of Biden’s remarks, followed by footage of his incumbent competitor, Sen. Bob Casey, heaping praise on Biden.  "Donald Trump has no character. He doesn’t give a damn about the Latino community," Biden said during a campaign call at the White House Tuesday. "Just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage. "The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American."  'VINDICTIVE': DEMOCRAT IN TIGHT SENATE RACE BLASTED BY GOP RIVAL FOR SWIPE AT MCDONALD'S AFTER TRUMP VISIT The McCormick ad showed ...

Reuters : Dozens of sources explain how Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger fumbled the company's revival, including offending TSMC with comments on Taiwan and losing a chip discount   —  Pat Gelsinger took the reins as Intel (INTC.O) CEO three years ago with hopes of reviving the American industrial icon.

Oklahoma's top elected education official sent a "demand letter" to Vice President Kamala Harris that essentially served as an invoice for what the illegal immigration crisis under her tenure overseeing the border has cost Sooner State schools. "As the statewide elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Oklahoma and the Executive Officer of the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE), it is my duty to ensure that the resources allocated to our public schools are counted for and used in the most effective manner possible for the benefit of Oklahoma students’ education," Ryan Walters wrote to Harris. In August, Walters tasked the department to work with school districts to calculate the financial impact borne by taxpayers on illegal immigrant minors. That analysis resulted in an estimate of $474.9 million, which he demanded of Harris in the letter. "This demand amount is, by necessity, an estimate because only your administration...

President Biden cast his early-voting ballot in Delaware on Monday and told reporters he was confident that Vice President Kamala Harris would defeat former President Donald Trump, calling Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday an embarrassment. Biden waited in line with other voters outside the state of Delaware Department of Elections and helped push an older woman in a wheelchair ahead of him before casting his ballot. After voting, Biden greeted reporters outside, where he was asked whether it was a bittersweet moment. Biden responded, "No, this is just sweet." Biden stepped down from his re-election campaign in July following a poor debate performance that stoked concerns about his health and Democrats' worries about his chances of defeating Trump. LIVE UPDATES: TRUMP RIDES HIGH AFTER MSG RALLY AS HE AND HARRIS NEAR ONE WEEK TO ELECTION DAY Biden was asked what he thought about the massive rally Trump held at Madison Square Garden t...

Emma Roth / The Verge : Google says its AI Overview summaries will begin rolling out in over 100 countries this week and will reach more than 1B monthly users with this expansion   —  Google's AI Overviews are expanding across more than 100 countries this week.  The AI-generated search summaries will appear for users in Canada …

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Rep. Michelle Steel on Saturday, calling the Republican incumbent in California's 45th Congressional District one of the nation's "strongest Congresswomen." "Michelle Steel has my Complete and Total Endorsement - SHE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!" he declared in a post on Truth Social . "An America First Patriot whose family bravely fled Communism, Michelle brings that same fighting spirit to Congress, and will never back down against the Communists, Marxists, and Socialists on the Radical Left," Trump said. HOUSE GOP ROLLING OUT BILL TO BLOCK CHINA FROM ACCESSING US PORTS Steel, an immigrant to the U.S., was born in South Korea, but raised in Japan, her congressional website notes. "After fleeing North Korea during the Korean War, her parents met and built a life in South Korea before moving to Japan," the site states. The Republican figure has served in the House of Representatives since 20...

Wall Street Journal : Q&A with Precision Neuroscience executives about the uses of brain-computer interfaces, human trials, brain implants becoming consumer devices, and more   —  People with severe spinal injuries will one day be able to return to work, according to executives at Precision Neuroscience