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Prolific actor Tom Skerritt died Wednesday from natural causes. He was 93. Skerritt’s “heartbroken” family said, though fans knew him for his work on films including “Alien,” “Top Gun,” and “Steel Magnolias,” they’ll remember him for all he brought to the lives of his loved ones. “He cared deeply about imagination, creativity, storytelling, service, veterans, the natural world and helping others find and share their own voices,” they said in a statement confirming his death. Long before playing one of Tom Cruise’s flight instructor’s in “Top Gun,” Skerritt spent four years in the U.S. Air Force. He then went to…

Digital Freedom Fund, the Super political action committee (PAC) launched by Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in 2025, announced additional expenditures for US Senate races in the 2026 midterm elections, attempting to influence voters in Texas, Iowa and Ohio.In a Tuesday filing with the US Federal Election Commission (FEC), the Digital Freedom Fund reported its first spending on ads to support Republican candidate Ken Paxton for one of Texas’ Senate seats. According to the PAC, it had spent more than $81,000 on direct mail media to support Paxton and oppose Democratic candidate James Talarico, with early voting having already…

Concerns have swirled over the access that consumers are increasingly entrusting to AI agents. Now, security services are trying to catch up. Password manager 1Password on Thursday launched a new tool by which users can allow agents to log into their personal accounts on their behalf, without the agent ever having access to a user’s credentials. The new platform, dubbed 1Password for Agents, accomplishes this by creating a system of communication between the agent, the user, and the password manager. When an agent attempts to log in on a user’s behalf, a unique digital key is sent to 1Password to…

The New York City Council voted Thursday to ban Central Park’s storied horse-drawn carriages, a NYC tradition cherished by many but under increasing fire over the last several months over issues ranging from the safety of passengers and pedestrians to the well-being of the horses. The vote to ban, which was expected, is likely to trigger an immediate court challenge from the Transport Workers Union, which represents the industry’s medallion owners and drivers. The union said earlier Thursday it planned to challenge the constitutionality of the law “the minute the ink dries.” The council voted in favor of the bill…

Casey Hudson, a former BioWare developer who served as the project director of the original Mass Effect trilogy, has shared his thoughts on the recent closure of the studio. The news has hit BioWare fans everywhere hard, and Hudson is no different in that regard. EA announced that it would be shutting BioWare down completely earlier on October 21. The publisher stated that it didn’t take the decision lightly, but that likely hasn’t softened the blow for those involved. The move came alongside a number of other adjustments at EA, including a new round of layoffs. Related The 4-Pillar Guide…

The AI world is flooded with personal and productivity-based assistants, with new ones launching every week. Now, Anthropic is entering this battle in the hopes of gaining user attention with a new app called Claude Duet, aimed at rivaling Meta Muse, OpenAI Dots, Hark, Instinct, Grok Bot, and Fo. Anthropic said the new agent is meant to cater to professionals and small businesses to help them with automating and managing tasks. The company is making a distinction from personal agents such as Instinct, by noting that Duet isn’t good at handling errands or booking tickets, and it can’t show you…

Bitcoin’s rising hashrate represents an “indirect bullish signal” from institutional investors that are backing several public Bitcoin miners, according to analytics platform CryptoQuant’s founder and CEO, Ki Young Ju.“Higher hashrate means stronger security and better fundamentals as a store of value,” wrote Ju in a Thursday X post, adding that he sees this as a bullish signal since public miners are largely backed by traditional finance (TradFi) institutions.Hashrate is a measure of the computational power of a blockchain network, indicating how many hash calculations are performed per second.Bitcoin’s (BTC) hashrate has recovered by about 45% from the summer’s lows, from…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Aevex — The defense company rose more than 11% after it disputed a Bloomberg News report that said the U.S. Navy would no longer buy Aevex’s GARC boat drone due to performance issues. In a release, Aevex said ” no orders have been halted .” Lockheed Martin — Shares rose 3% after the defense giant reported better-than-expected results for the third quarter. Lockheed also hiked its earnings and revenue guidance for 2026. Spotify — The audio streaming service gained 5% on fourth-quarter revenue guidance that exceeded analyst expectations. Spotify also said monthly…

The Nintendo Switch 2’s library has just gotten considerably bigger, with 11 new games launching for the console today, October 22. Not every game is a completely new release, with several established titles finally making their Nintendo Switch 2 debuts, but the sheer variety gives Nintendo Switch 2 players plenty to choose from. October has already been an eventful month for Nintendo Switch 2 owners, and the latest releases arrive as the console approaches its first major holiday shopping season. With several highly anticipated games still scheduled for November, including The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the Nintendo Switch…

AI could unleash a flood of short-lived crypto “meme games,” attracting the same speculative traders who helped push memecoins to record highs in late 2024, according to Illuvium co-founder Kieran Warwick. Speculative crypto games such as Wolf Game and Fishing Frenzy, where players compete for financial rewards, once took months to develop. But Warwick says AI tools have reduced the time and cost of creating similar games to just days and around $1,000. He predicts as many as 100,000 such games could launch within a year, with many designed to survive for only a few days — long enough for their creators…