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NASA’s mission to a metal-rich asteroid is back on track after a minor setback. Psyche is now all set to launch on October 12.

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For almost two decades and across generations, the Kiner family has helped shape the sound of Star Wars animation—and now with Ahsoka, they, like the former Jedi, have made the leap into the live-action side of the galaxy far, far away. As Ahsoka brings its season to an end this week, we sat down with the Kiners to…

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• Sam Bankman-Fried sent Caroline Ellison a pros and cons list on their romantic relationship.
• The list had more cons than pros, one of which was his lack of empathy, according to a new book.
• Bankman-Fried is on trial over FTX's collapse and Ellison is expected to be a key witness.

Sam

• Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said Google's dominance of online search is hurting Bing, WSJ reported.
• The CEO spoke as a witness in the Justice Department's antitrust trial against Google.
• Bing is struggling to compete with Google, even with its new AI developments, Nadella said.

Even Satya

• Following Kevin McCarthy's ouster, it was revealed that Rep. Patrick McHenry will temporarily lead the House.
• Under House rules, McCarthy previously turned over a list of potential temporary successors that would lead the chamber.
• McCarthy is now the first speaker in history

Following a successful debut last year, we’re getting a second Prime Day from Amazon this year as well. Amazon is referring to this second event as the Prime Big Deal Days and it will run from 3 a.m EST on Tuesday October 10 through 3 a.m. EST on Wednesday October 11. The first, bigger, Prime Day sale ran from July…

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• The House voted to vacate the Office of the Speaker on Tuesday, booting Kevin McCarthy from his job.
• Democrats joined a small number of Republicans to back Rep. Matt Gaetz's motion to vacate.
• It's the first time in US history such a motion has succeeded. It's unclear what happens next.

Kevin McCarthy

Earlier this year, Dungeons & Dragons released the supplemental lorebook/bestiary, Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants. Fans were quick to point out that some of the illustrations looked... off. After answering some questions on X/Twitter, artist Ilya Shkipin explained that yes, he did use generative AI to assist his…

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Meta’s text-based chat feature for Horizon Worlds will be available for all users beginning this week, Meta said in a blog post on Tuesday. The text chat, which Meta dubs “world chat,” offers a way to communicate with other people inside a Horizon Worlds experience without using your voice. Meta first launched world chat in a limited way in June.

The world chat