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- Microsoft's Azure grows 48%, but the accounting boundaries matter
Microsoft announced quarterly revenue of $92.3 billion on October 28, up 19% from a year earlier. The figures cover the three months ended September 30,…
- The Contenders: two cities with different film schedules
This year's cinema enters the museum with The Contenders. New York's Museum of Modern Art has scheduled its nineteenth edition from October 28 to…
- Gauzy beats Harimoto to advance in Montpellier
Simon Gauzy won his opening match at WTT Champions Montpellier against Tomokazu Harimoto. The Frenchman prevailed by three games to nil against the…
- Rubin: what asteroid rotation reveals
Can an asteroid more than two kilometres across spin in a few minutes without breaking apart? A study of Vera C. Rubin observations examines that…
- Russia–Africa summit: Moscow sets out its cooperation offers
Vladimir Putin presented Russia as a preferred partner for African countries in Moscow on 28 October, Reuters reports via MarketScreener. The third…
- In Salem, a champion pumpkin becomes a different kind of record
A pumpkin can win a weighing contest and then become a sculpture. In Salem, Massachusetts, the giant fruit grown by Ron Wallace followed that route for…
- Villa Vie's residential voyage stops in Cambodia as funding is sought
The journey was meant to offer years of life at sea. It has stopped in Cambodia: Villa Vie Residences has suspended operations of its Odyssey ship,…
- In Zurich, Sabine Marcelis turns light into space
Can light become the main material of an exhibition? The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich is presenting the work of Sabine Marcelis in an exhibition…
- A-81 near South Georgia: reading the satellite timeline
A NASA release dated 27 October brings A-81's journey near South Georgia back into focus. Its Terra scene, however, was recorded on 20 October. The…
- Comey's third criminal case centres on an alleged 2016 disclosure
The US Justice Department has opened a further criminal case concerning James Comey, who previously led the FBI. It alleges that he disclosed national…
- Commission and UNEP renew ties, with outcomes still to assess
The European Commission's environmental partnership with UNEP, the UN's environment programme, is changing its framework, while its effects cannot yet be…
- Italian Alps: melting ice also exposes remnants of war
In the Italian Alps, retreating glaciers are exposing munitions from the First World War. The summer tally reported by RAI on 24 October exceeds 250…
- Scotland's waste: landfill decline and recycling diverge
Less waste going to landfill does not, by itself, establish progress in recycling. Statistics released on 27 October by Scotland's SEPA illustrate the…
- Mada Masr: closure order and two separate legal proceedings
On 27 October, the New Cairo Misdemeanours Court ordered independent outlet Mada Masr to close and fined its editor, Lina Attalah, three million Egyptian…
- Helsinki and Oslo reopen a disputed channel to Moscow
Alexander Stubb, the president of Finland, and Jonas Gahr Støre, Norway's prime minister, jointly telephoned Vladimir Putin from Helsinki on Tuesday, 27…
- Flávio Bolsonaro: Reuters sources say he reached the US
Reports about Flávio Bolsonaro developed between Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 October 2026. Reuters, in a dispatch carried by Terra, says the Brazilian…
- Hera separates its targets ahead of the Dimorphos survey
Europe's Hera spacecraft is starting to distinguish the two bodies it will investigate. In an announcement on 27 October, the European Space Agency says…
- HYLO Open: singles and mixed doubles on Wednesday's schedule
The HYLO Open is under way in Saarbrücken, Germany, and Wednesday 28 October's programme is being played at the Saarlandhalle. According to the…
- iPad mini: the dates behind the pre-order timetable
Apple’s new iPad mini has a timetable with several separate stages. The company introduced it on its US website on October 26, with advance orders…
- Jodi has a buyer, but future research access remains unclear
The fossil nicknamed Jodi found a buyer in New York on 27 October. Observer reports a sale result of 47.3 million US dollars at Sotheby's, following…
- Kane's award: keeping club goals and the season total apart
Harry Kane received the 2026 men's Ballon d'Or in London on 26 October. The Bayern Munich forward finished ahead of Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal.…
- Moon and Pleiades: reading the forecasts for 27–28 October
Astronomical calendars place the Moon close to the Pleiades during the night of 27–28 October 2026. NASA describes an apparent passage near the star…
- Microsoft exit scheme: eligibility is still distinct from departures
Microsoft is giving some employees the option of leaving the company with support. A staff message published on October 26 by human resources chief Amy…
- Pacific: five reported dead, trafficking claim lacks public proof
The US Southern Command said on October 27 that an attack on a boat in the eastern Pacific had killed five people. Associated Press, carried by…
- Eurovision 2027: Dutch entry dropped, television coverage stays
The Netherlands will have no entry in Eurovision in 2027. On 27 October, NPO, the organisation coordinating Dutch public broadcasting, abandoned the…
- An Australian jumping spider's restless nights
What does a spider do when it stops hunting? For Portia fimbriata, a small Australian jumping spider, the night is more than a motionless break. Research…
- Ebola in DR Congo: what the tally above 10,000 cases means
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has now exceeded 10,000 confirmed cases. According to Congolese health authorities, figures as…
- UVEX moves closer to an ultraviolet map of the sky
The UVEX space mission is entering another stage of development. On October 27, NASA confirmed the project following a technical and programmatic review.…
- Afghanistan: support must continue beyond the border
On 26 October, WAM reported that UAE Aid Agency and UNHCR had signed a housing agreement for returnees in Afghanistan. A commitment does not establish…
- Stroke awareness: two days before October 29
Tuesday, October 27 is two days before World Stroke Day on Thursday, October 29. On its 2026 campaign page, the World Stroke Organization (WSO)…