From the student newspaper at the University of California, Berkeley: Richard Borcherds, a UC Berkeley professor and Fields medalist, no longer grades his students' homework. After seeing how many of his students used AI to consistently receive top scores, he felt there was "no point" in paying readers to grade for correctness in homework, as AI use is ...

BeamFS creator Aurelien Desbrieres is not calling for a merge, but is requesting feedback on an 18-patch proposal that takes the place of FTRFS, an earlier filesystem he proposed in April. The Linux/Open Source blog It's FOSS reports: Filesystems that can repair damage, like Btrfs and ZFS, usually do it by falling back on a spare copy of the data. ...

Brazil's 80-year-old president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected Sunday, reports the Guardian, "defeating his far-right opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, to claim a historic fourth term in power." And the results could impact the climate, suggests the Associated Press, since under da Silva the annual deforestation rate in the Amazon fell to its lowest ...

The problem? Understanding how AI coding agents interact with the software you build. "Whether you're maintaining an SDK, building a command-line interface, or publishing an MCP server or skills... you need to understand whether agents can discover and use what you ship, and what your team can change." Results can vary, and configurations keep changing, ...

"59% of maintainers report growing contribution volume since the rise of GenAI," according to a new study published by Linux Foundation Research. But 25% of their incoming pull requests "are estimated to be low-quality, also known as 'AI slop'." And on large projects, 69% see growing contributions — and estimate that 31% are low-quality/AI slop. So what ...

Kotaku reports: r/opensource, Reddit's primary "subreddit for everything open source related," has banned all AI-assisted and AI-related projects.... As reported by The Verge, the subreddit's October 24 post, titled "Your tokens aren't valuable: No more AI," features four new main rules: all projects must now be at least "1 year old," have "multiple ...

DFS millionaire Mike McClure shares his top daily Fantasy picks and advice for Philadelphia vs. Dallas on 'Monday Night Football'

Las Vegas has dropped four consecutive games after a 3-0 start, potentially moving the franchise closer to Mendoza

SportsLine's machine-learning AI reveals its 'Monday Night Football' SGP for Dallas vs. Philadelphia

SportsLine's model has revealed its 2026 Week 9 college football picks today for matchups such as Ohio State vs. USC, Georgia vs. Florida and Miami vs. UNC

The undefeated Bruins now sit among the very best teams in the country after a 7-0 start to the season

Take the underdog Eagles getting 4.5 points, back CeeDee Lamb to bounce back through the air and target value on a pair of red-zone tight ends

Peralta, starting for Tampa in a must-win World Series Game 3, has been dominant since a midseason trade

Plus: Big money heads to southern Minnesota.

The tight ends showed out on National Tight Ends Day. Here are the top five moments from tight ends in Week 7.

A look at the odds, spreads, totals and FPI predictions for every NFL game in Week 8.

This week's odds and FPI predictions for Georgia-Florida, Tech Tech-Arizona and every top 25 matchup.

The International Weightlifting Federation becomes the first Olympic federation to choose Russia to host a world championships since its invasion of Ukraine.

The 10th month has so far been one of the driest Octobers on record with weather often more reminiscent of summer.That's about to change.

The winner of the Alaska Senate election could determine whether Republicans or Democrats have a majority in the Senate in the next Congress.

Bettors tried to overcome a tough Sunday by backing K.C. over Seattle. Well, that strategy failed. That and more from Patrick Everson.

High inflation and competition for investor dollars are helping keep longer-term interest rates elevated, economists say.

An extra hour of sleep is on the way for most Americans, though the fall back to standard time will bring darker afternoons, too. One tip: Try to get outside for some morning sun itll help your body clock reset faster. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, which means you should set your clock back an hour before you go to bed. ...

Be mindful about what you drink. It could affect your heart health and risk for cardiovascular disease. Sipping certain beverages adds sugar, chemicals and stimulants to the diet. The liquid calories provide less satiety than food, leading to overindulgence and weight gain. But fill your glass or cup with a healthy beverage and you can provide the ...