The Verge

YouTube’s cheaper subscription is getting background play and downloads

YouTube Premium Lite will have two new perks at no extra charge. YouTube Premium Lite will have two new perks at no extra charge. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined ...
IEEE

A Novel RGB-D Cross-Background Robot Grasp Detection Dataset and Background-Adaptive Grasping Network

Abstract: The existing industrial and household robots suffer from insufficient adaptability under increasingly complex scenes and challenges in operating objects. This prevents the manufacturing ...
The Verge

YouTube now blocking background playback on mobile browsers

Google says it has started enforcing its YouTube Premium requirement for background playback on mobile. Google says it has started enforcing its YouTube Premium requirement for background playback on ...
The Washington Post

DHS swept Chicago to get ‘the worst’ criminals. Many have no record.

CHICAGO — Juan Manuel Armenta was at a bus stop en route to pick up his paycheck when he was approached by several armed men. The Department of Homeland Security had just started “Operation Midway ...
The Gazette

MacKenzie Scott Donates $42 Million Gift to 10,000 Degrees to Advance Education and Career Opportunities for Students from Low-Income Backgrounds

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — 10,000 Degrees, a California-based nonprofit dedicated to advancing quality education and career opportunities for students from low-income backgrounds, ...
The New York Times

Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application

Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat running for mayor of New York City, was born in Uganda. He doesn’t consider himself Black but said the application didn’t allow for the complexity of his background. By ...
Scioto Post

Background Agreement on Chillicothe Paper Mill Closing Strengthens Local Control and Benefits

A view of the former Mead paper mill in Chillicothe - from a 2020 video tour by Pixelle. Chillicothe — An informal agreement on the Chillicothe paper mill between the owner and the state’s economic ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Document Shows How FBI Handled Background Checks for Trump Appointees

Welcome back to FOIA Files! Well, you can now add the State Department to the growing number of agencies with FOIA operations ravaged by the Trump administration’s cuts across the federal government.
TheWrap

‘The Electric State’ Review: A Bizarre Spielberg Riff That’s Too Mechanical to Have Any Heart

Joe and Anthony Russo know how to mimic. That’s what made them such effective directors on “Community,” and it added a breezy comedy to not only their TV work but their efforts in the Marvel Cinematic ...
National Bureau of Economic Research

How Test Optional Policies in College Admissions Disproportionately Harm High Achieving Applicants from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

We find that test score optional policies harm the likelihood of elite college admission for high achieving applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds. We show that at one elite college campus, SAT ...
National Bureau of Economic Research

Can Gifted Education Help Higher-Ability Boys from Disadvantaged Backgrounds?

Boys are less likely than girls to enter college, a gap that is often attributed to a lack of non-cognitive skills such as motivation and self-discipline. We study how being classified as gifted – ...
TheWrap

CNN Investigating Identity of Prisoner Freed in Clarissa Ward Video: He ‘May Have Given a False Identity’

Chief International Correspondent, CNN, Clarissa Ward speaks during the 2023 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York on September 19, 2023 in New York City (John Lamparski/Getty Images for ...