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Wednesday, Nov 45 stories

16:30 US News Democrats win control of House and Senate in midterms, flipping seats in Republican states Democrats won Senate races in Kansas, Texas, Iowa, Ohio and North Carolina. Some races, including Alaska's Senate contest, were still unresolved overnight. Roger Morais · 3 min read

11:05 Europe European foreign policy figures warn a Democratic midterm win may not ease US-Europe tensions Former diplomats and analysts quoted by Politico say a Congress run by Democrats could push Trump to focus on trade and foreign policy, with tougher demands on Europe. Roger Morais · 2 min read

10:45 RV Life Starlink moves to location-based pricing, with some Residential bills up about 20 percent RVtravel, citing PCMag, reports quarterly price reviews tied to local demand, a change that could affect RVers who move Residential service between seasonal sites. Roger Morais · 2 min read

07:30 Tech & AI SpaceX reportedly seeks to buy Boost Mobile from EchoStar TechCrunch, citing The Washington Post, reports that Elon Musk talked to EchoStar's chairman about a deal that could combine Starlink satellites with cell tower coverage. Roger Morais · 2 min read

05:00 Tech & AI Anthropic renames Claude Max plans and drops five-hour limit on $200 Ultra tier The $200 plan, now called Ultra, no longer has a five-hour cap for verified accounts, but its pricing page lists ten times Pro usage a week, The Next Web reported. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Tuesday, Nov 36 stories

20:50 Tech & AI Squarespace to cut about 19% of its workforce, around 300 jobs The website builder says it is restructuring to simplify operations, according to TechCrunch, as AI tools reshape how websites are made. Roger Morais · 2 min read

20:40 Tech & AI SUSE to cut about 10% of its workforce, chief executive cites AI and automation The German Linux company's chief executive told staff that some roles are no longer needed, according to The Next Web. The roles being cut have not been named. Roger Morais · 2 min read

20:35 US News Federal judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit seeking Harvard admissions data A judge in Boston ruled the Justice Department skipped legally required steps, but said the decision does not settle whether Harvard must eventually hand over applicant data. Roger Morais · 2 min read

19:30 US News US midterms on track to be the most expensive campaign on record Open Secrets projects nearly $12bn in total spending, much of it from Super Pacs, with Elon Musk the largest individual donor. Roger Morais · 3 min read

16:30 Tech & AI Anthropic filing says it may soon meet its own threshold for AI-accelerated progress New risk language in Anthropic's revised IPO filing warns that using AI to build AI could outpace its safety work, according to TechCrunch. Roger Morais · 2 min read

16:30 Science NASA asks companies for ideas on boosting, servicing or retiring the Hubble Space Telescope A Request for Information issued Oct. 29 asks industry about raising Hubble's orbit, upgrading it, or bringing it down safely at the end of its mission. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Monday, Nov 24 stories

18:45 RV Life Stored RVs still face theft, weather and parking-lot damage, RVtravel warns owners As camping season ends, RVtravel advises owners to check with lenders and insurers before reducing or canceling coverage on rigs in storage. Roger Morais · 2 min read

17:15 RV Life RVers describe diesel costs near $1 a mile and construction crews filling campgrounds A reader column on RVtravel.com collects accounts of high fuel costs, full parks in Iowa and reserved sites left empty by no-shows. Roger Morais · 2 min read

15:20 US News Judge dismisses Trump's $10bn lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book A US judge threw out the defamation case with prejudice, ruling that it ran counter to the First Amendment, the BBC reported. Roger Morais · 2 min read

15:00 Tech & AI OpenAI considers calling its data centers 'AI compute campuses' The idea is one of several proposals OpenAI's global affairs chief described for a public push planned for after the midterm elections Roger Morais · 2 min read

Sunday, Nov 12 stories

17:05 US News Judge appoints special master to probe whether White House officials lied about East Potomac Park golf course U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ordered the investigation after a contentious hearing on Friday. Roger Morais · 3 min read

09:00 Tech & AI Tech stocks fall as investors question Big Tech's AI spending Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft plan more than $740 billion in capital spending this year, and TechCrunch reports that investors are growing nervous about the cost. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Saturday, Oct 316 stories

22:30 RV Life Yellowstone gets $105 million donation from Blackstone-backed energy firm Tallgrass RVtravel reports the gift is the largest on record for a National Park, and it has drawn questions because of the donor's data center and political ties. Roger Morais · 2 min read

15:55 RV Life Missouri to end free camping on conservation areas with $5 permit starting March 2027 State conservation officials cite trash, overstays and vandalism. Campers will need a permit and a name label on every tent or RV. Roger Morais · 2 min read

13:00 World Trump team arranged private jet for Flávio Bolsonaro's flight to the US, report says The New Republic, citing The New York Times, reports the defeated Brazilian candidate reached Miami on special parole as he faced a Supreme Court order to surrender his passport. Roger Morais · 2 min read

12:58 World Pope Leo XIV casts mail-in ballot in Illinois, the first pope to vote in a US election The Chicago-born pontiff, who has clashed with President Trump, voted in the midterms ahead of election day on 3 November. Roger Morais · 2 min read

11:45 RV Life Keyless car theft case in St. Louis prompts warning for RV owners about tow vehicles A Missouri car owner suspects a key fob relay attack after her locked car vanished. RVtravel.com says RVers with trucks parked beside their rigs should check their keyless systems. Roger Morais · 2 min read

08:50 Tech & AI Anthropic is SpaceX's largest customer, The Next Web reports, citing Bloomberg The AI company made up about 34.5% of SpaceX's third-quarter revenue, putting it ahead of the US government, according to a report based on one unnamed source. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Friday, Oct 302 stories

21:45 US News Fed holds rates steady as two officials, including Lisa Cook, dissent in favor of a hike Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack and Governor Lisa Cook wanted a quarter-point increase,, a week before the midterm elections. Roger Morais · 2 min read

20:50 Europe Seven tankers carrying Russian diesel head for US, but unloading is uncertain Greenpeace tracked the ships carrying an estimated 288,000 tonnes of diesel under a Trump-Putin deal, as lawmakers and a governor threaten to block delivery. Roger Morais · 3 min read

Thursday, Oct 292 stories

19:50 RV Life Lippert to end ConnectAnywhere remote service as RV electronics raise long-term repair questions Lippert's OneControl will keep working locally, but the change shows how features in connected RVs can reach the end of their supported life, RVtravel.com reports. Roger Morais · 2 min read

11:50 Tech & AI Anthropic weighs setting aside up to 20% of IPO shares for retail as Warren demands answers A single report from The Next Web, citing Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, describes retail plans and a senator's letter on the AI company's filing. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Wednesday, Oct 281 story

15:30 Tech & AI Amazon set to be the biggest winner of Anthropic's IPO, The AI company's S-1 shows venture backers holding small stakes, while Amazon's convertible notes have grown in value to tens of billions of dollars. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Tuesday, Oct 272 stories

13:15 Tech & AI Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees The company confirmed the offer to TechCrunch. It covers select teams in the US, Canada, India and the UK, and the terms are said to be similar to standard severance. Roger Morais · 2 min read

06:15 Tech & AI Anthropic IPO filing shows big customers buying more of its products, TechCrunch reports More than half of Anthropic's customers spending at least $100,000 a year now use more than one of its products, according to TechCrunch's reading of the company's S-1. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Monday, Oct 261 story

12:38 RV Life Guide points RVing snowbirds to desert camping areas beyond Quartzsite's La Posa RVtravel describes several other BLM Long-Term Visitor Areas where one seasonal permit covers winter boondocking in Arizona and California. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Sunday, Oct 251 story

11:45 RV Life RVer proposes refundable $100 booking fee to curb campground no-shows, RVtravel reports A reader's idea to charge campers $100 they lose only if they never show up appeared in a column asking whether slower RV sales have made campsites easier to find. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Saturday, Oct 245 stories

19:30 Tech & AI OpenAI says it will stop training frontier models on the live internet, TechCrunch reports The company says it will use cached and simulated copies of the web instead. It cites a September incident in which a model reached the internet through a misconfiguration. Roger Morais · 3 min read

11:00 US News Late mail ballots rose sharply in rural areas of five states during primaries, report says The New Republic, citing ProPublica, links the late ballots to Postal Service changes. The USPS says it has taken steps to avoid delays in November. Roger Morais · 3 min read

10:45 RV Life Mount Shasta rescue prompts warning to RVers about AI trip planning Three hikers who planned their climb with Google's Gemini chatbot needed rescue, RVtravel reported, citing High Country News. Roger Morais · 2 min read

09:29 Tech & AI Google privacy policy update opens door to Gmail and Photos data shaping ads in AI search Ars Technica reports the change involves data users share through Personal Intelligence. Google says ads will not be "based directly" on inboxes or photo libraries. Roger Morais · 3 min read

04:15 Science NASA safety adviser cites estimate of 22 Starship flights to fuel a Moon lander; Musk says it is too high A member of NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel gave the figure at a quarterly meeting. Elon Musk replied that the real number will be closer to 6 to 8. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Friday, Oct 235 stories

20:00 Tech & AI Anthropic says Claude produced formal proofs that 123 open-source libraries' fuzz tests cannot crash The company reports its model checked compiled code at the assembly level and found hundreds of bugs along the way, including some that years of testing had missed. Roger Morais · 3 min read

19:15 RV Life Chiricahua in Arizona becomes the 64th US national park The former national monument in southeastern Arizona was upgraded under a law signed on October 20, according to RVtravel.com. Roger Morais · 2 min read

15:54 RV Life Love's plans to grow its RV stop network to 200 locations by early 2028 The travel stop chain runs 137 RV stops in 37 states and has added tires, batteries and oil services, RVtravel.com reported, citing Convenience Store News. Roger Morais · 2 min read

10:30 Tech & AI Xbox tests pay-by-the-hour cloud streaming for games players already own Microsoft's Cloud Playtime packs cost 24 to 40 cents per hour, according to Ars Technica, and are now available to Xbox Insiders. Roger Morais · 2 min read

08:30 Tech & AI Anthropic launches Claude Duet, an agent app for professionals and small businesses According to TechCrunch, the app can run tasks in the background, suggest actions and make purchases with user approval. It is in research preview behind a waitlist. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Thursday, Oct 225 stories

21:15 RV Life Golf ball-sized hail hits Arizona, and RV owners are told to check their roofs The October 21 storms shattered windows in north Phoenix. RVtravel.com warns that RV roofs and rooftop equipment can have hidden damage that leaks later. Roger Morais · 3 min read

20:30 Tech & AI Claude Duet, an assistant that works in the background, opens as a US research preview with a waitlist Claude's product page says Duet sends morning briefs, handles tasks it receives by message and asks for approval before sending messages or making payments. Roger Morais · 3 min read

16:50 RV Life Behind the Texas State Fair midway, an RV park houses the workers who run the fair RV City, a temporary park on the Dallas fairgrounds, is home for weeks to ride operators, game workers and food vendors, RVtravel reported. Roger Morais · 2 min read

13:30 US News Attorney General Todd Blanche says he works "for President Trump," rejects idea of DOJ independence On a New York Post podcast, Blanche called the separation between the Justice Department and the White House a misperception, The New Republic reported. Roger Morais · 2 min read

12:15 US News FCC chair Brendan Carr warns broadcasters against airing "fake polls" before midterms Carr says airing fabricated polls could break broadcast license rules. Former FCC chairs call the warning an attempt at censorship. Roger Morais · 3 min read

Wednesday, Oct 213 stories

19:00 US News New Jersey cheese importer sues over Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian goods The case, brought with the Liberty Justice Center, argues the White House had no authority to use a 1930 trade law to tax about $20bn of Canadian imports. Roger Morais · 3 min read

13:15 Tech & AI Anthropic struggles to secure enough cloud capacity, leaked filing says TechCrunch, citing The Wall Street Journal, reports that the Claude maker says AWS, Google and Microsoft increasingly see it as a competitor. Roger Morais · 2 min read

07:54 RV Life Starlink's two $55 plans come with very different limits for RVers, RVtravel.com reports One plan offers unlimited data at a fixed address. The other travels with you but slows down after 100GB. Both cost the same each month. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Tuesday, Oct 204 stories

19:30 US News Supreme Court declines to review ruling that allowed Trump to fire NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox The New Republic reports the decision leaves the president's removal of Wilcox in place and adds to his control over independent agencies. Roger Morais · 2 min read

16:45 Science NASA's simulated Mars crew passes one year in Houston habitat, due to exit Oct. 31 Four volunteers in NASA's second CHAPEA mission have lived in isolation since Oct. 19, 2025. No health or performance results have been released yet. Roger Morais · 2 min read

16:20 World Trump open to three-way summit with Putin and Xi, but says the focus would be nuclear arms The idea came up as Putin reportedly proposed meeting at next month's APEC summit to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, a plan that would leave out Kyiv. Roger Morais · 3 min read

14:15 Tech & AI Anthropic and Nscale reportedly in talks over a second $45 billion compute deal TechCrunch, citing Bloomberg, says the two companies may soon announce another deal of the same size, about a month after their first. Talks are still going on. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Monday, Oct 191 story

08:18 Tech & AI Anthropic commits 5% of its shares to a new 'public benefit fund' TechCrunch reports the fund could get more shares as the company's value rises. Anthropic has not yet said who will decide how the money is spent. Roger Morais · 2 min read

Sunday, Oct 184 stories

10:30 Tech & AI Anthropic report says it hires fewer junior staff and its employees spend more time in meetings According to TechCrunch, an Anthropic report says the share of junior technical hires fell from 27% to 9% and meeting time per employee rose 20% in a year. Roger Morais · 2 min read

10:22 Tech & AI Rep. Ritchie Torres proposes bill to give video game buyers ownership instead of a license The proposal would direct the FTC to act so games stay playable after companies shut down servers, Ars Technica reported. The full text is not yet public. Roger Morais · 3 min read

08:58 World Pope Leo XIV leaves hospital four days after lung cancer surgery The 71-year-old walked unaided to his car, the BBC reported. Results of tests to check whether the cancer has spread have not yet been announced. Roger Morais · 2 min read

08:55 US News Trump waives several Russia sanctions two days before they were due to take effect The executive order drew criticism from lawmakers in both parties and from Ukraine's president, while a Russian envoy praised it. Roger Morais · 3 min read

Saturday, Oct 171 story

23:33 US News Voting rights groups sue Texas over glitch that delayed nearly 600,000 voter registrations A lawsuit says a software update at the Texas Department of Public Safety left new registrations unprocessed, The New Republic reported. Roger Morais · 2 min read

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