Migrant Hotels, Hurricane Chaos, NHS Crunch, AI Breakthroughs – 2025’s Big Headlines

News

UK Domestic Issues

• Home Office ‘squandered billions’ on asylum hotels, MPs say – BBC News
• ‘Billions wasted on migrant hotels’ and ‘Trudeau, madly, deeply’ – BBC News
• Deputy PM to face Commons grilling over wrongly released migrant sex offender – Sky News
• NHS needs up to £3bn extra to avoid cuts, health leaders warn – BBC News
• Why Britain still has a mould problem – years after this toddler was killed – BBC News
• Father of toddler who died from mould in flat hopes new law ‘might be enough to protect others’ – Sky News
• Illegal immigration and smuggling blitz sees 50 arrests – BBC News
• Home Office told to ‘get a grip’ on asylum seeker accommodation amid ‘chaos’ – Sky News

International Politics & Conflict

• Argentina’s Milei wins big in midterms with ‘chainsaw’ austerity – BBC News
• Tanzania’s first female president faces little opposition – BBC News
• Inside Syria’s jail for IS suspects as officials say attacks by group are rising – BBC News
• Egypt and Red Cross join search for hostage bodies in Gaza – BBC News
• US warship arrives in Trinidad and Tobago – as Venezuela hits out at ‘military provocation’ – Sky News

Weather & Natural Disasters

• Jamaica orders mandatory evacuations as hurricane set to bring 140mph winds and ‘catastrophic’ floods – Sky News

Other UK Current Affairs

• Family of boy thrown from Tate Modern says he’s now running, jumping and swimming – Sky News
• Woman raped in racially aggravated attack, police say – Sky News

AI

AI-Driven Web & Browsers

• 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 & Automation/Jobs

• Amazon and the media: Robotics event shows disconnect on AI and jobs – GeekWire – AI

AI in Research, Education & Policy

• Stand Up for Research, Innovation, and Education – Technology Review – AI
• 9% of US News Articles Contain AI-Generated Content – Just AI News

AI & Climate / Health

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

AI Infrastructure & Scaling

• Thinking Machines challenges OpenAI’s AI scaling strategy: ‘First superintelligence will be a superhuman learner’ – 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
• OpenAI launches company knowledge in ChatGPT, letting you access your firm’s data from Google Drive, Slack, GitHub – VentureBeat – AI

AI Startups & Funding

• YC-Backed Crustdata Raises $6M to Power AI Agents With Live Data – Just AI News
• Tensormesh Raises $4.5M to Cut AI Inference Costs by 10x – Just AI News
• Bricklayer AI Raises $5M Seed Led by Tech Square – Just AI News
• Carbon Robotics raises $20M as LaserWeeder maker plans secretive new ‘AI robot’ for farms – GeekWire – AI

AI in Consumer Products

• Microsoft Copilot gets 12 big updates for fall, including new AI assistant character Mico – VentureBeat – AI
• Microsoft Copilot gets long-term memory, group chats, and new ‘Mico’ persona in latest update – GeekWire – AI

AI Market Outlook

• What will happen when the AI bubble bursts? Tech prognosticators weigh in with ensnarkification – GeekWire – AI

Technology

Retail & Sales

• Walmart will host two extended Black Friday sales that start in mid‑November – Mashable

Entertainment & TV

• Song Sung Blue review: Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson face love and loss in Neil Diamond tribute‑band drama – Mashable
• IT: Welcome to Derrys shocking episode 1 ending, explained – Mashable
• The most WTF scares from IT: Welcome to Derry episode 1, ranked – Mashable
• When does Pennywise show up on IT: Welcome to Derry? – Mashable

Tech & Gadgets

• Superloop just revealed its NBN 2000 plan’s typical evening speeds – TechRadar
• I was not expecting these Dell wireless earbuds to be this good right out of the box – ZDNet
• The 4 best all‑new headphones I listened to at the Paris Audio Show 2025 – TechRadar

AI & Browser Innovations

• I tested all of Edge’s new AI browser features – ZDNet
• The best AI chatbots of 2025: I tested ChatGPT, Copilot, and others to find the top tools now – ZDNet
• OpenAI is reportedly working on an AI music‑generation tool – Engadget

Gaming & Puzzle Guides

• Wordle today: Answer, hints for October 27, 2025 – Mashable
• NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for October 27, 2025 – Mashable
• NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for October 27, 2025 – Mashable
• NYT Pips hints, answers for October 27, 2025 – Mashable

Business & Executive News

• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets a major pay rise – TechRadar
• Trump’s TikTok Deal Will Supposedly Close on Thursday – Gizmodo

Conferences & Events

• TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 begins in less than 24 hours – TechCrunch

Gaming

Game Discounts & Deals

• AU Deals: Discounted Zelda, Monster Huntin’, and Silent Hill Are Back on the Must-own Menu – IGN

Game Development & Business

• Europa Universalis lead says design documents stifle creativity: “You end up with a bunch of idea guys who write all the documents and the rest are there to follow” – PC Gamer
• Europa Universalis lead Johan Andersson says Paradox’s DLC model has been “pretty f***ing great”: “You decide what’s going in, you decide the scope, you decide exactly when you can release” – PC Gamer
• ‘They Complained, Then Left With the Best Exclusivity Deal of All Time’ – The Story of PS2’s Blockbuster GTA Deal – IGN

Industry Insights

• “Our biggest competition isn’t another console, it’s everything from TikTok to movies,” says Xbox president – Eurogamer
• PUBG and InZoi publisher Krafton declares itself an “AI-first company”, “placing AI at the centre of problem solving” – Eurogamer

Game Releases & Updates

• IT: Welcome to Derry Season Premiere Ending Explained: “No One Is Safe In This World” – IGN
• Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka announces first-ever U.S. tour and “immersive live performance experience” – Eurogamer
• Switch 2 Elden Ring Tarnished Edition delayed to 2026 to “allow time for performance adjustments” – Eurogamer
• Call of Duty: Warzone’s focus on the year ahead is Battle Royale, Resurgence, and “the future of the game” – Eurogamer
• Old School RuneScape is getting its first new skill since it launched, and so the XP grind begins anew – Rock Paper Shotgun
• Nivalis catches yet another delay, this time into 2026 – Rock Paper Shotgun

Legal & IP Issues

• Roblox’s Steal A Brainrot creator sues copycat Fortnite Creative game, Stealing Brainrots – Eurogamer

Legacy & Nostalgia

• 25 years ago Red Alert 2 serenaded us with the greatest opening movie of all time. We need that nonsense back – Eurogamer
• Before Paradox became king of grand strategy, it made a Baldur’s Gate-inspired RPG doomed by “bugs, many and diverse, some more interesting than the gameplay” – PC Gamer
• Break open a dead MMO and find what goofs and horrors await in Gorgon’s Garden – Rock Paper Shotgun