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Rewilding could help vulnerable islands keep pace with rising seas

BOB BERWYN, INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS

Seabirds, native plants, and healthy reefs can help atolls build as seas rise.

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Was an Affiliate Marketer for a Fitness MLM

TESS OWEN, TIM MARCHMAN

Trump's newly installed press secretary tells WIRED that in the early 2010s, she promoted a product for a company then called Beachbody, which she described as “sort of a pyramid scheme.”

Volvo makes a bigger bet on Nvidia

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

Volvo is leveling up its automated driving system through an expansion of its nearly decade-long partnership with Nvidia that will extend beyond its battery electric vehicles.

Last chance to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass: Early booking ends Oct. 16

TECHCRUNCH EVENTS

Savings of up to $200 end October 16 for TechCrunch Founder Summit end on October 16. These savings for Founder and Investor Passes vanish after Friday. Join 1,000 founders and investors on November 4 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. Bring your toughest questions and make the day count for your business.

Bluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more

SARAH PEREZ

Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's audience.

Upgrade Your Thermostat for Winter With This Ecobee Deal for $120

KAT MERCK

You don’t need the fanciest model to make your heating routine smarter. A refurbished Ecobee we love is just $120 through October 21.

Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access

ADITYA MEHTA

METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.

Bluesky wants to make it easier to buy, sell, and fundraise on the network

AISHA MALIK

The executives argued that advertising isn’t the only path to monetization, and that there are alternative models that are feasible when it comes to monetization.

Black Sea drone attacks enter NATO country's territorial waters for first time

JEREMY HSU

Suspected Russian drones attack chemical tanker within Romanian waters.

What did the Liberty Bell sound like? Science is on the case.

JENNIFER OUELLETTE

Researchers hunted for clues in modal analysis of 20th-century replica bell at Penn State Behrend.

Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps

SARAH PEREZ

Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs instead of waiting for commands.

Trump cancels Pentagon plans to livestream firing squad execution

ASHLEY BELANGER

8 in 10 Americans opposed the Pentagon's plans, a Thursday poll showed.

Microplastics in water aren’t inert and make damaging chemicals on their own

JACEK KRYWKO

Its effect on people remains an ongoing question.

Meta launches an open-weight model that runs on Macs

LUCAS ROPEK

Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.

Amazon devices chief Panos Panay on the importance of failure and bouncing back from it

AISHA MALIK

Panay said that it's possible to recover and learn from all sorts of failures, even catastrophic ones, when building products.