AI, Asylum, Shrinkflation, Storms — 2025 Unleashed

News

UK Current Affairs & Immigration

• Migrant released in error could be deported today – as plan to use military barracks confirmed – Sky News
• ‘Migrants in barracks’ and ‘NHS printed my face’ – BBC News
• Military sites to house asylum seekers in bid to end hotel use – BBC News
• Businesses like mine feel like they’ve been hung out to dry – BBC News
• Headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being ‘blinded’ at night – BBC News

Healthcare Innovation

• NHS to offer same‑day prostate cancer diagnosis – with AI tool used to analyse results – Sky News

Technology & AI

• Over 1.2 million people a week talk to ChatGPT about suicide – Sky News

Business & Economy

• It’s not your imagination, these products are shrinking – Sky News

International & World

• Watch: Storm chasers fly inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa – BBC News
• The Indian village which saw the homecoming of one of the world’s oldest rebels – BBC News
• How a Diwali cracker gun in India went from social media craze to blinding children – BBC News

AI

Open‑Source LLMs & Developer Platforms

• MiniMax‑M2 is the new king of open source LLMs (especially for agentic tool calling) – VentureBeat – AI
• Mistral launches its own AI Studio for quick development with its European open‑source, proprietary models – VentureBeat – AI
• Inside Ring‑1T: Ant engineers solve reinforcement learning bottlenecks at trillion scale – VentureBeat – AI
• Google Cloud takes aim at CoreWeave and AWS with managed Slurm for enterprise‑scale AI training – VentureBeat – AI

AI in Industry, Finance & Law

• Anthropic rolls out Claude AI for finance, integrates with Excel to rival Microsoft Copilot – VentureBeat – AI
• A law and tax firm redefines efficiency with ChatGPT Business – OpenAI Blog
• Amazon and the media: Robotics event shows disconnect on AI and jobs – GeekWire – AI

AI Browsers, Agents & Web Interaction

• I tried OpenAI’s new Atlas browser but I still don’t know what it’s for – Technology Review – AI
• The Download: what to make of OpenAI’s Atlas browser, and how to make climate progress – Technology Review – AI
• From human clicks to machine intent: Preparing the web for agentic AI – VentureBeat – AI
• When your AI browser becomes your enemy: The Comet security disaster – VentureBeat – AI

AI Safety & Sensitive Conversations

• Strengthening ChatGPT’s responses in sensitive conversations – OpenAI Blog
• Addendum to GPT‑5 System Card: Sensitive conversations – OpenAI Blog

AI Policy, Funding & Scaling Debate

• Seizing the AI opportunity – OpenAI Blog
• Thinking Machines challenges OpenAI’s AI scaling strategy: ‘First superintelligence will be a superhuman learner’ – VentureBeat – AI

AI for Climate, Health & Ethics

• The Download: carbon removal’s future, and measuring pain using an app – Technology Review – AI
• Stand Up for Research, Innovation, and Education – Technology Review – AI
• An AI app to measure pain is here – Technology Review – AI
• What’s next for carbon removal? – Technology Review – AI

Technology

Deals & Discounts

• Take a load off your feet with 45% off this highly rated all-in-one robot vacuum cleaner – now just AU$1,540 – TechRadar
• 20% Off LG Promo Code & Coupons | October 2025 – Wired
• Home Depot Promo Codes: 10% Off | October 2025 – Wired

Product Reviews & Buying Guides

• I’ve been sitting on the ErgoTune Vesby for months – if it wasn’t for one annoying quirk, I’d give this office chair full marks – TechRadar
• Best 55‑inch TVs in Australia for all budgets and all tested by our TV experts – TechRadar
• Razer Raiju V3 Pro vs Razer Wolverine V2 Pro: two premium PS5 controllers, but only one is worth buying this Black Friday – TechRadar

AI & Content Detection

• I found 3 AI content detectors that identify AI text 100% of the time – and an even better option – ZDNet
• Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Pushes Far‑Right Talking Points – Wired
• Elon Musk’s Grokipedia contains copied Wikipedia pages – The Verge
• X’s Grokipedia is online after it briefly crashed out – Engadget

Tech Industry & Startups

• Venture capital is not an asset class, says Sequoia’s Roelof Botha – TechCrunch
• CEO of Alphabet’s X, Astro Teller, on what makes a moonshot – TechCrunch
• Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI will shorten our workweek – TechCrunch
• Roelof Botha explains why Sequoia supports Shaun Maguire after COO quit – TechCrunch

Social Media & Regulation

• TikTok’s Fate May Be Decided This Week After Years of Threats and Bans – CNET

Puzzles & Games

• NYT Pips hints, answers for October 28, 2025 – Mashable
• NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for October 28, 2025 – Mashable
• NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for October 28, 2025 – Mashable
• Wordle today: Answer, hints for October 28, 2025 – Mashable

Gaming

Game Updates & Features

• Civilization 7 will get ‘one of the most requested features’ since launch: The option to play as one civ from start to finish – PC Gamer
• The Battlefield 6 battle‑royale mode is coming out tomorrow, and it finally has a proper name – Eurogamer

Upcoming Demos & Announcements

• Psychopomp 2 has a new protagonist, perspective, and locomotion with more than four degrees of freedom – PC Gamer
• Scarlet Idol Demo is now available on Steam! Try this upcoming folk horror for FREE – GG deals
• Ghoul’s Saloon, a PvE FPS where you defend an Old West Saloon, announced for PC – IGN
• What is Crimson Desert? This Fantasy‑Steampunk Open World isn’t As Strange as You May Think – IGN
• Steven Soderbergh says Kathleen Kennedy told him Disney had never turned down a completed Lucasfilm script before Star Wars: The Hunt for Ben Solo – IGN

Free Offers & Discounts

• TWO Texas Chain Saw Massacre DLC packs are FREE to keep on Steam this week! – GG deals
• The Best LEGO Christmas Sets Available Now – IGN
• Hallmark’s New Pokémon Christmas Tree Ornaments Are Now Available – IGN

Industry News & Controversies

• US government uses Halo images in a call to “destroy” immigration, Microsoft declines to comment – PC Gamer
• Valve does not get “anywhere near enough criticism” for the gambling mechanics it uses to monetise games – DayZ creator Dean Hall says – Eurogamer
• “I would stay as far away from the Founders Edition 5090 as I possibly can,” says one experienced repair tech – PC Gamer

Seasonal & Horror

• Getting into the Halloween spirit? Here are the 21 best spooky, scary games to play right now – Eurogamer