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California voters rejected Proposition 40, the one-time 5% tax on billionaires, the AP reported Monday. Tech leaders outspent backers roughly 10 to 1 to defeat it, and the founders and economists TechCrunch interviewed before the vote were split on whether it would have driven out wealthy residents or just trimmed their fortunes.

Inquiry recommends police investigate allegations of sexual assault and other abuse at Redeemer Baptist school Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A probe into a private religious school accused of sexual, physical, psychological, spiritual and financial abuse has recommended it be barred from enrolling new students. Former students and teachers of western Sydney’s Redeemer Baptist school told a NSW parliamentary inquiry about a string of disturbing allegations.

The internet is having a field day with Nvidia's Jensen Huang's alleged honeypot scandal.

Exclusive: Wyndham left a hardcoded credential in its customer app, allowing anyone to access customer data. The hotel giant wouldn't say if it has the ability to check for any past unauthorized access.

Tasmanian premier leads tributes for Russell, who earlier this month returned home to ‘see out his days’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Beaconsfield mine collapse survivor Todd Russell has died aged 54 after recently announcing deteriorating health. The Tasmanian premier, Jeremy Rockliff, led the tributes on Tuesday morning, saying his thoughts were with Russell’s loved ones.

One of the best upgrades you can make to your PC gaming setup is an OLED monitor. Fortunately, MSI’s factory-reconditioned Mag 272QP X24 is on sale at Woot through November 18th with a 180-day manufacturer warranty for $290.99, which is more than $100 cheaper than the full MSRP of $399.99. MAG 272QP QD-OLED X24 (refurbished) Where to Buy: $399.99 $290.99 at Woot MSI’s 27-inch screen is well-featured for the price, with 1440p resolution, a 240Hz refresh rate, and both G-Sync and FreeSync compatibility, which help reduce screen tearing when your FPS is below the max refresh rate. PC games are particularly well-suited to take advantage of the deep black levels OLED panels produce, too, giving every game you play a deeper, more immersive feel. MSI’s budget OLED also features quantum dots for fuller, more vivid colors. It doesn’t cut corners on ports either, with two HDMI 2.1, one DisplayPort 1.4a, and one USB Type-C DP Alt input.

El programa electoral del PP contempla "incentivos" para atraer a "los mejores" para dar Matemáticas, Física y Tecnología. Promete "sustituir" la Lomloe

Els qui tenim més d’una edat recordem com si fos ara un dels primers lemes del moviment per l’habitatge a l’estat: “No tindràs una casa en la teva puta vida.” Era cap allà al 2006, i a les catacumbes d’internet encara se’n pot trobar algun cartell ; a sota del reclam “Per un habitatge digne” s’hi anunciava el paquet “manifestació + acampada”. Doncs vint anys i un mes més tard, la història fa capicua: l’acampada ja hi és i després vindrà la manifestació, aquesta en el context d’una vaga general. La sensació és d’una mena que els independentistes coneixem bé: som on érem fa vint anys, però pitjor. Tanmateix, els qui el 2006 encara no havien nascut s’hi troben per primera vegada, i aquest món en semicol·lapse és l’únic que han conegut. Les últimes generacions de jóvens que es van poder procurar casa, com la generació dels seus pares, tenim la sensació que ens vam escapar d’un incendi just quan ja ens cremava la cua.

Anthropic says the new models "show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision," as well as in communicating more clearly with users.

Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation.

Anthropic is announcing two new models today: Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, which it says are designed to take on "daunting" technical challenges. The company claims the new models show improvements in coding, reasoning, and vision, and can generate outputs faster than the 5.1 versions of the Fable and Mythos models. Claude Fable 5.2 is good at challenging software engineering problems, Anthropic says, and can orchestrate agent teams and tackle long-running projects. The new model has also solved some complex scientific problems, including two open theoretical physics problems. During prerelease testing, the two models have "help … Read the full story at The Verge.

The price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has fluctuated between $20 and $30 per month over the last year, but you can get three months of the top plan for around $19 per month. At Newegg , using the coupon code BNWF2656 at checkout knocks $11 off the usual cost of a three-month subscription. That brings the price down to just $57.99 for three months. In addition to full access to over 500 games on both Xbox consoles and Windows PC machines, the upgraded Ultimate plan includes EA Play and Ubisoft Plus Classics, which have their own libraries and benefits, and Fortnite Crew for full access to the Fortnite battles passes. On Xbox, Ultimate enables online multiplayer, as well. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (three-month subscription) Where to Buy: $68.99 $57.99 at Newegg (w/ promo code BNWF2656) Previously a straightforward proposition, the service has undergone a variety of changes over the last year that has made it slightly less appealing.