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The 2026 midterms are here. Tuesday is Election Day. WRAL is offering live updates here throughout the day — from possible polling problems to results of key races. Check back throughout the day for the latest. Here’s what you need to know at this hour. 

There’s a lot of mystery around the finances of major AI labs, and as Anthropic inches towards its IPO, we’re starting to get some answers. In particular, the company is finally disclosing more about the economics of compute, and how much it of Anthropic’s skyrocketing revenue is being lost to compute costs.

Google announced on Tuesday that it plans to disable AI tools for K-12 students next year unless school administrators explicitly turn them on. The tech giant says the change follows consultations with schools, teachers, leading researchers, and policymakers. As a result, Google is revising its approach across Gemini, NotebookLM, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search.

Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani has criticized the owner of Madison Square Garden, one of the city’s largest entertainment venues, arguing that the company’s surveillance technology should not be allowed.

KELA researchers have exposed an active financial-scam infrastructure that hosts hundreds of fraudulent websites capable of faking their own suspensions to stay online. As of Oct. 25, 2026, 248 financial scam and phishing domains tied to 189 major US banks and financial services have been linked to the same infrastructure.

For a cable that is considered a “universal connector,” the trusty USB comes in a staggering array of different shapes and colors. You may find yourself in the aisle in the electronics store or scrolling Amazon, staring at the different options and wondering what makes each of them different from the other and which one…

You can learn a lot from a great founder session. But sometimes the conversation that changes what you do next happens five minutes after it ends. And with the event happening tomorrow, there is another reason to make sure you are in the room: the format is designed to help founders learn in different ways…

As with most USB colors, it indicates the port’s capabilities. At least it should.

This feature is on by default for most Claude Code users. API users can turn it on using the “thread” parameter for API requests.

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will re-enter our atmosphere around 3:30AM Eastern time tomorrow, November 4, according to the US Armed Forces’ predictions. The exact time could be different, as the prediction has an “uncertainty of 11 hours.” But the 3,200-pound spacecraft is heading back to Earth for sure, 22 years after it launched and after…