eClinicalWorks CEO Girish Navani said the privately held health technology company plans to offer some new AI tools at no additional cost, aiming to make them accessible to smaller medical practices. The company also announced a redesigned electronic health record interface, a platform for building AI agents, and expansions into inpatient care and pharmacy management.
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eClinicalWorks and its patient engagement subsidiary, healow, expect combined revenue to exceed $1.3 billion in 2026.
Healow is projected to generate $175 million in 2026.
Navani said eClinicalWorks’ private ownership gives it flexibility to absorb some AI costs rather than pass them to customers.
The company announced version 12.04 of its electronic health record platform, featuring a redesigned workspace called Canvas for Care, also known as Smart Canvas.
The redesigned interface aims to bring patient information, AI-generated summaries, suggested actions, and tasks into one workspace.
eClinicalWorks also announced a platform for building AI agents and new business units focused on inpatient care and pharmacy management.
A 2025 American Medical Association survey found that 72 percent of employed physicians reported using AI, compared with 64 percent of physicians in private practice.
Federal data cited in the article showed that 86 percent of system-affiliated hospitals used predictive AI in 2025, compared with 37 percent of independent hospitals.
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A BBC Wales investigation found that several AI image tools removed visible differences, such as skin conditions or scars, when asked to make people look “normal.” People featured in the report said these edits erased parts of their identity; Canva said it does not automatically retouch photos and is investigating one reported case.
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Rhiannon Morgan, 30, said an image of her in a work newsletter had been smoothed and recolored by AI.
Morgan has epidermolytic ichthyosis, a rare genetic condition that makes her skin grow too quickly and causes blistering and mobility problems.
Morgan said she saw the altered image before it was sent out and found the changes upsetting.
The BBC tested five popular AI tools using images of a man and a woman with visible differences and the prompt “make this person normal.”
The BBC reported that tools including Grok, Gemini and ChatGPT removed visible differences in response to the prompt.
Changing Faces estimates that about five million people in the UK have a visible difference, including skin conditions or other features that set them apart.
Canva said it does not automatically retouch photos and is looking into Morgan’s case.
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United Launch Alliance plans to return its Vulcan rocket to flight on November 13, pending range approval, with a launch of 40 Amazon Leo broadband satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission will use redesigned solid-booster nozzles after failures on two of Vulcan’s first four flights, including an anomaly in February that led to the rocket’s grounding.
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ULA said engineers identified potential contributors to February’s booster anomaly and made design and process changes to the nozzle.
ULA and booster manufacturer Northrop Grumman have not publicly stated the root cause of the February nozzle malfunction.
The November mission is the first of 38 Vulcan flights Amazon booked to deploy most of its Leo satellite network.
The Vulcan rocket will use an extended payload fairing and stand 221 feet tall for this mission.
The U.S. Space Force certified Vulcan for national security launches in 2025 and will closely scrutinize its return-to-flight mission.
The Space Force has moved six missions from Vulcan to SpaceX rockets because of ULA delays, while assigning ULA six future missions originally planned for SpaceX.
ULA is a joint venture owned equally by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
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Microsoft reported $92.3 billion in revenue and more than $36.6 billion in profit for the September quarter, exceeding analysts’ expectations. Azure revenue grew 48%, while the company also offered voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees as it invests heavily in artificial intelligence.
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Microsoft’s revenue was $92.3 billion, compared with analysts’ estimate of $90.6 billion.
The company reported more than $36.6 billion in profit, above the $35.1 billion analysts expected.
Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing division, grew 48% in the September quarter.
Microsoft offered voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees, roughly a quarter of its workforce.
This was Microsoft’s second voluntary buyout offer of the year; in April, it offered early retirement to 7% of its U.S. workforce.
Microsoft reported 223,000 employees globally at the end of June, down from 228,000 at the end of 2025.
Microsoft announced a Surface Ultra laptop with Nvidia AI chips, priced above $2,500.
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The European Union plans to support the Pan-Arctic Cable, a subsea internet link from Europe to Greenland that could later extend through Canada toward Japan and South Korea. The project aims to add routes outside the United States and Red Sea, as Europe seeks more resilient communications links amid strained relations with allies and risks to existing cables.
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The European Commission named the Pan-Arctic Cable in its Arctic strategy, published October 20, 2026.
The proposed cable would directly connect Europe and Greenland and could later extend through Canada toward Asia.
European companies, research organizations and a Greenland telecom operator agreed to develop the project in 2025.
The EU has supported the project through its Connecting Europe Facility Digital program.
The EU has invested $119 million, or 107 million euros, to advance secure connectivity for Greenland.
More than 90 percent of communications between Europe and Asia travel through undersea cables in the Red Sea, according to TeleGeography.
Extending the cable across the Arctic would require more European icebreaker ships to support installation and maintenance.
A September 2026 security agreement preserved Greenland’s autonomous status within Denmark while expanding U.S. military access.
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Meta and Snap are returning to a Los Angeles court for a trial in a lawsuit alleging that their social media platforms were deliberately designed to be addictive to young users. The article does not provide further details about the case or the trial.
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Meta is involved in the lawsuit.
Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is involved in the lawsuit.
The trial is taking place in Los Angeles.
The lawsuit alleges that the platforms were intentionally designed to be addictive for young users.
The companies are heading back to court this week for the latest trial in the case.
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Hamlet is a technology company that uses artificial intelligence to summarize public information about local government. Founder Sunil Rajaraman discussed the company’s aim of making government decisions easier for people to understand.
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About $2 trillion in economic activity flows through local government each year, according to the article.
Many local government decisions are made in public meetings.
Few people attend those public meetings.
Hamlet uses AI to summarize public information.
Founder Sunil Rajaraman discussed Hamlet on CBS News.
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Some owners of Apple's first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, reported that the inner screen cracked near the hinge within hours or days of purchase. Apple said a small number of devices have display problems and advised affected customers to contact AppleCare for a replacement.
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The iPhone Duo went on sale Oct. 23, with prices starting at nearly $2,000 and exceeding $3,000 for higher-end models.
Owners described resistance when opening the phone, followed by a crack in the inner display near the hinge.
Jesse Dalton said his phone cracked during setup; an Apple Store replaced it immediately.
Roneshia Smith said her phone cracked less than 24 hours after purchase, and she was waiting for a replacement because the model was backordered.
Apple said it was aware of display problems affecting a small number of iPhone Duo units and recommended contacting AppleCare.
Technology journalist Lance Ulanoff said the foldable screen includes several layers, including an OLED panel, glass, plastic covering and a hinge.
Ulanoff said his own iPhone Duo had not developed the problem during a week and a half of use.
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Virgin Galactic moved its first Delta-class spacecraft, named Apeiron, from its factory in Mesa, Arizona, to Spaceport America in New Mexico. The company says it expects Apeiron’s first commercial flight to take place in early in the second quarter of 2027, after further ground and flight tests.
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Virgin Galactic selected the name Apeiron through a public vote.
The company plans to finish Apeiron’s avionics and flight software work at Spaceport America.
The planned test sequence includes ground tests, captive-carry tests, a drop test and a powered flight above 80 kilometers.
Virgin Galactic said in 2024 that it planned to put two Delta-class spacecraft into service by 2026; neither was in service at the time described in the article.
Virgin Galactic’s last flight with its VSS Unity spacecraft took place in June 2024.
Blue Origin’s New Shepard program was paused after its last flight in January, and its engineering teams shifted to other programs.
SpaceX flew its final free-flyer Dragon mission, Fram2, in April 2025.
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Vladimir Putin said he is in close contact with Elon Musk about satellite technology and called Musk a “real genius.” Putin said Russia and the United States need to coordinate their satellite networks to prevent interference between Russia’s Rassvet system and SpaceX’s Starlink.
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Putin made the comments on Wednesday at the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow.
Rassvet is Russia’s satellite internet project, which the Russian Embassy described as an alternative to Starlink.
Putin said Russia and the United States are working to prevent their satellites from interfering with each other in orbit.
SpaceX did not respond to a request for comment, according to the article.
The article says Starlink has launched roughly 13,000 satellites, while satellite trackers show a couple of dozen Rassvet satellites in orbit.
Ukraine has relied on Starlink for internet access during the war; the article says Ukrainian forces recently experienced connectivity problems and Musk acknowledged SpaceX had intentionally caused them.
Musk’s companies, including SpaceX and Tesla, are based in the United States.
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Former Justice Department officials Jonathan Kanter and Doha Mekki launched FluxCap, an AI platform for complex legal work, with an initial focus on antitrust law. They say it can speed up document review and research while helping lawyers plan cases, but is designed to support rather than replace lawyers.
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FluxCap launched on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
Kanter and Mekki previously led the Justice Department’s antitrust division.
Kanter said his team could pursue only about 10% of the cases it believed were worth bringing.
FluxCap says its platform can review legal documents and conduct research faster than teams doing the work manually.
The company says the platform can help lawyers develop legal strategies, find gaps in evidence, and anticipate opposing arguments.
FluxCap is focused first on antitrust law and plans to expand into other legal fields.
The founders say the tool is intended to support lawyers’ judgment, not replace it.
Mekki said the technology could help more people gain legal representation and recover marketplace losses.
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A brief hands-on with the new MacBook Pro found that its OLED display stood out, while the laptop felt lighter than the reviewer’s 14-inch M1 Max model. The touchscreen supports gestures and direct interaction with apps, but the laptop does not fold into tablet mode and does not support Apple Pencil.
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The reviewer tested the laptop for about five minutes at a crowded showroom in Los Angeles.
The new model felt noticeably lighter than the reviewer’s 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip.
The laptop has an OLED display and a Dynamic Island cutout.
The reviewer used the touchscreen to swipe between desktops, zoom and scroll, move windows, drag files, launch apps, draw, and scrub video.
The reviewer said most touchscreen actions could also be done with trackpad gestures.
The laptop keeps a traditional laptop shape and does not convert into a tablet.
The article says the touchscreen does not support Apple Pencil.
The reviewer also noted that the Apple logo on the back glows.
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Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon, an upgraded frontier AI model that it says improves coding, cybersecurity, and other tasks compared with Gemini 4 Argon. Google is delaying access while it conducts safety testing and plans to distribute the model through its cyber defense program before a wider release.
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Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon two weeks after releasing Gemini 4 Argon.
Google says Carbon is twice as likely as Argon to generate code without vulnerabilities.
Google says Carbon scored 89 points higher on WebDev Arena and ranks fourth on its leaderboard.
In a Grey Swan evaluation, Carbon resisted all tested prompt-injection attacks, according to Google.
Google says it is testing Carbon under a voluntary U.S. government framework before offering it through the Fairwinds cyber defense program.
Google has not set a date for wide release; the model may first reach AI Ultra subscribers and Gemini API developers.
Google plans introductory API prices of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with prices later doubling.
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Instagram is testing videos up to 90 minutes long, according to the article title. The article says it remains unclear whether Instagram will compensate creators for these videos like YouTube does.
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Instagram is testing a new video format.
The videos may be up to 90 minutes long.
The article describes the test as a major shift.
The article raises the question of whether Instagram will pay creators for these videos.
The article compares possible creator compensation with YouTube’s.
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Amazon released the Echo Studio With Home Camera, a $250 smart speaker that adds a 13-megapixel camera to the standard Echo Studio’s audio and Alexa features. Amazon says the camera can help adjust sound as someone moves around, let users check a room remotely, and support visual interactions with Alexa+; the company has not said when the device will support video calls with Fire TV.
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The new speaker costs $250, $30 more than the camera-free Echo Studio.
Both models have one 3.75-inch woofer, three full-range drivers, Dolby Atmos support, four microphones, and Amazon’s AZ3 Pro processor.
The 13-megapixel camera can track a person’s location to adjust audio volume as they move around.
Users can view the camera feed remotely and ask Alexa+ to identify objects and provide related help.
Amazon says a dedicated button disables microphones and included cameras, and a built-in LED indicates when the camera streams images or video to the cloud.
Users can disable the camera in the Alexa app and continue using Alexa.
Amazon said the speaker may eventually pair with Fire TV for video calls but gave no release date.
Amazon previously settled an FTC lawsuit over alleged privacy violations involving Ring cameras for $5.8 million without admitting wrongdoing.
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The Cadillac Escalade IQ is a large electric SUV with a battery pack exceeding 200 kWh and a displayed range of 440 miles when it arrived for testing. The review says its air suspension and rear-wheel steering make it easier to drive than its size suggests, though its weight and floaty ride remain noticeable.
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The Escalade IQ shares its battery pack and other components with several full-size GM electric trucks and SUVs.
Cadillac says the Escalade IQ reaches 460 miles on the EPA test cycle, but it has no formal EPA range rating because it falls into the Class 3 truck category.
The test vehicle showed 440 miles of range when it arrived.
The SUV has a battery pack of more than 200 kWh.
Its curb weight is 9,046 pounds, or 4,103 kilograms.
The air suspension provides a floaty ride, and road impacts can be felt in the cabin.
Rear-wheel steering helps the SUV maneuver at low speeds and improves stability at highway speeds.
The vehicle produces 680 horsepower and 615 lb-ft of torque in its standard setting; Velocity Max mode raises output to 750 horsepower and 785 lb-ft.
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Google’s AI Mode sometimes avoided directly naming the winners of recent U.S. elections and instead directed users to outside sources. The responses varied by user and location, while Google’s Gemini and other chatbots gave direct answers; when asked about its caution, AI Mode cited strict safety filters for recent, sensitive election topics.
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In one test, Google AI Mode directed the user to the Federal Election Commission when asked who won the 2020 presidential election.
The same test received indirect responses about the 2024 presidential election and the 2012 election.
AI Mode gave direct answers about some other presidential election results dating back to 2000.
Other Ars staffers saw different patterns, with the elections that prompted direct answers varying by user.
In one test, AI Mode directed the user to Senate records for the party that controlled the Senate after the 2020 elections, but answered directly about the 1992 Senate result.
The article reports that Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and the America.gov AI model answered questions about recent presidential election winners directly.
Spot checks using VPN connections in Taiwan, Russia, France, and Canada produced direct, accurate answers about recent U.S. election results.
After users repeated questions, AI Mode gave direct answers and said strict safety filters apply to recent and highly sensitive election topics.
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said China is about six months behind the United States in AI development. In an interview with Fast Company, he said China has a major energy advantage and that the gap between the countries has narrowed sharply.
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Eric Schmidt is a former Google CEO.
Schmidt said China is about six months behind the United States in AI development.
He made the remarks in an interview with Fast Company.
The interview was released Wednesday, according to the article.
Schmidt said China has a major advantage in energy.
He said the AI development gap between China and the United States has narrowed dramatically.
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St. Lucie County removed 12 unpermitted Flock cameras from county roads but says it will not investigate who owned the seven cameras that were not claimed by police departments. Flock says the cameras belonged to several customers but will not identify them, leaving residents without answers about who operated them or how the collected data was used.
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The county found 12 cameras that lacked required individual permits.
Five cameras were claimed by city law enforcement, according to The Washington Post.
County spokesperson Erick Gill said the county’s goal was to remove the cameras, not identify their owners.
Gill said the county lacked resources to investigate ownership of the seven other cameras.
Flock said the cameras belonged to several customers but declined to identify them or provide contract and deployment details.
Port St. Lucie Police Department’s Flock contract rose from $22,000 to $470,000 in 2025.
The county gave camera owners 30 days to remove them without facing questions.
Flock CEO Garrett Langley said at a private police conference that anti-Flock protests were “not real,” according to leaked audio reported by 404 Media.
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Jury selection began in Los Angeles in a case brought against Meta and Snap by two young plaintiffs who say the companies designed social media features that encouraged addictive use and harmed their mental health. TikTok and YouTube settled before trial, and Meta settled with one plaintiff; Meta and Snap dispute the remaining claims. The trial is expected to continue until mid-December, with opening statements scheduled for early November.
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The plaintiffs sued in 2023, alleging that features such as endless scrolling and Snapstreaks encouraged compulsive use.
The remaining plaintiff, identified as K.D.B., is 18 and says using Meta platforms and Snapchat contributed to mental health problems and self-harm.
The other plaintiff, identified as S.J., is 16; Meta settled her claims before trial.
TikTok and YouTube, owned by Alphabet, settled before the trial.
Meta and Snap say other factors contributed to the plaintiffs’ difficulties and dispute the allegations.
The plaintiffs are seeking an unspecified amount in compensatory and punitive damages.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram head Adam Mosseri and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel are expected to testify.
Judge Carolyn Kuhl is presiding, and Meta and Snap have asked to hold separate trials; the judge has not ruled on that request.
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