Wow. #Melissa

“Hurricane #Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago” ( The Associated Press ). apnews.com/article/hurric…

Saudi Arabia: “The kingdom is pouring money into data centers and working with U.S. and Chinese tech giants, landing its A.I. ambitions in the middle of a geopolitical tussle for tech power” ( The New York Times ). #tech nytimes.com/2025/10/27/tec… via @NYTimes

“OpenAI said Tuesday it has reorganized its ownership structure and converted its business into a public benefit corporation after two crucial regulators, the Delaware and California attorneys general, said they would not oppose the plan” ( The Associated Press ). apnews.com/article/openai…

“President Donald Trump’s meeting Thursday with China’s top leader Xi Jinping produced a raft of decisions to help dial back trade tensions, but no agreement on TikTok’s ownership” ( The Associated Press ). #smprofs #smle2026 apnews.com/article/china-…

“… Udio immediately stopped allowing people to download songs they’ve created, which sparked a backlash and apparent exodus among paying users” ( The Associated Press). #smle2026 apnews.com/article/udio-s…

“As teachers, accountants and marketing professionals begin engaging with #AI chatbots and assistants to generate ideas and improve productivity, they’re also discovering the programs can make mistakes” ( The Associated Press ). #tech #smle2026 apnews.com/article/artifi…

“YouTube TV viewers can no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution deal” ( The Associated Press ). #smle2026 #smprofs #prprofs apnews.com/article/disney…

“The profits of Warren Buffett’s company improved 17% thanks to a relatively mild hurricane season and more paper investment gains ..as Berkshire Hathaway continues to prepare for the … 95-year-old investor to relinquish the CEO title in January” (AP). apnews.com/article/berksh…

“President Donald Trump’s meeting Thursday with China’s top leader Xi Jinping produced a raft of decisions to help dial back trade tensions, but no agreement on TikTok’s ownership” ( The Associated Press ). #smle2026 #china #tiktok apnews.com/article/china-…

“Many of the deals OpenAI has struck — with chipmakers, cloud computing companies and others — are strangely circular” ( The New York Times ). #tech #AI nytimes.com/interactive/20…

“Microsoft said Monday it will be shipping Nvidia’s most advanced artificial intelligence chips to the United Arab Emirates as part of a deal approved by the U.S. Commerce Department” ( The Associated Press ). #AI #tech apnews.com/article/micros…

“Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84” ( The Associated Press ). apnews.com/article/dick-c…

“Artificial intelligence company Stability AI mostly prevailed against Getty Images Tuesday in a British court battle over intellectual property” ( The Associated Press ). #smle2026 #smprofs #prprofs #AI apnews.com/article/getty-…

“A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball Tuesday while taking off from the company’s global aviation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least four people and injuring 11, authorities said” ( The Associated Press ). apnews.com/article/kentuc…

“Australia has added message board Reddit and livestreaming service Kick to its list of social media platforms that must ban children younger than 16 from holding accounts” ( The Associated Press ). #law #smle2026 apnews.com/article/austra…

“The hands-free experience is meant to turn Google Maps into something more like an insightful passenger able to direct a driver to a destination while also providing nearby recommendations on places to eat, shop or sightsee, when asked for the advice.” apnews.com/article/google…

“The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as ‘guided by PG-13 ratings,’ saying it is misleading and could erode trust in its movie ratings system” ( The Associated Press ). #tech #smle2026 #smprofs apnews.com/article/meta-p…

“For the past decade, Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal — ‘to cure, prevent or manage all disease’ …” ( The Associated Press ). #tech apnews.com/article/chan-z…

Fake #AI videos of Warren #Buffett spread like viruses ( CNBC ). #brk #smc2026 #AI youtu.be/1TYuuPGUHks?si…