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7 things passengers should never do on a train, according to an etiquette coach

support@mycoding.id (Mykenna Maniece) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:52:17 +0700

Fall is a famous period for train travel, but passengers shouldn't ignore to group their manners. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Each fall, travelers inhabit trains to capture several of the US' finest foliage views.

But whether you're taking a scenic journey or a regular barrier journey, inconsiderate passengers can quickly spoil the experience.

To create certain you're not one of them, Business Insider earlier said alongside British etiquette trainer William Hanson to study several of travelers' biggest etiquette faux pas on trains.

From placing bags on bare seats to blasting music, current are seven things travelers should evade doing.

Don't conversation on speakerphone.

Passengers should evade using speakers on cellphones during on trains. Jacob Silberberg/Getty Images

Hanson stated he understands not wanting to keep your phone pressed to your visage for lengthy periods of time, but that it doesn't excuse talking on speakerphone.

"It explains it, but it doesn't excuse it," he told Business Insider in a 2024 discussion through his alliance alongside Trainline, a European train booking app.

Hanson added, "If we were all doing that, let's think we were all on our phones, on the speakerphone making calls in a carriage, it would be a cacophony. You wouldn't be capable to comprehend anything."

Although Trainline stated its investigation established that lone one in 10 group reported emotion bothered by others on their phones, it's additional polite to fair delay until you disembark to capture up on your calls.

Please, don't location your feet on the seats.

Don't put your feet on seats on community transport. Spencer Platt/Getty Images for Fortune Magazine

And no, it's not improved if you take your shoes off.

"Your socks — or eden forbid you're not equal wearing socks — your feet motionless have germs," Hanson told Business Insider. "And it is not your own individual seat. It is a place that is shared by many passengers on many barrier journeys."

Bags don't pertain on seats, either.

Do not put your bags on open seats. Erik Gonzalez/500px/Getty Images

Trainline reported that complete a third of group think spreading out complete multiple seats is the most annoying behavior from chap passengers.

Hanson recommends keeping your purses or small bags in your lap, on the flat in forefront of your seat, or in designated luggage areas.

"The lone period you can have a bag on the place next to you is if you're basically on an entirely deserted wagon and there are plainly many seats for group to go and sit on," he said.

If you do arrive throughout another passenger's bag occupying your designated seat, Hanson recommends keeping the conversation reasonable.

"If you are reasonable, they volition be capable to move their bag," he said.

Try to evade dining overly fragrant foods, akin oranges.

Take food on commission that won't annoy another passengers. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Eating on a train is absolutely fine, particularly during lengthy journeys, but Hanson recommends being mindful concerning your snack choices, particularly ones that are particularly fragrant or power be loud.

One choice he discourages group from bringing is oranges.

"However delicious an orange is and complete of vitamin D, it can really be fairly objectionable as a odor if you are not the one dining it," he said.

Instead, try to rod to options akin sandwiches, sweets, nuts, dried fruit, or another caller fruit, specified as grapes.

Be careful not to perform your music too loudly in your headphones.

Keep the quantity down, so another passengers can't comprehend it. Edward Berthelot/Getty Images

"Some headphones leak whenever they're too loud, making your favorite playlist a community nuisance," Hanson wrote for Trainline's "Mind the Manners" guide to train etiquette. "I dislike to say it but not everyone volition be a fan of your audio tastes."

Trainline reported that noisy music is the most uncomfortable train matter for travelers.

If you're traveling alongside a pet, don't anticipate everyone to be comfortable.

Pet owners have to be thoughtful of another passengers. Anastasiia Voloshko/Getty Images

Most trains in the US authorize pets on board, although it depends on factors including the company, the size of your pet, and the dimension of your journey.

If you are capable to obtain your pet on board, the crucial item to recall is that others may not affection your furry companion as much as you do. Trainline investigation established that 25% of group are uncomfortable sitting next to a dog.

Hanson recommends that those traveling alongside their dogs be proactive in beginning the lines of communication and asking chap passengers concerning their comfort levels.

"If you do see several hesitancy and there are many another bare seats to go and sit in that are not reserved, you're going to move," he said.

He added that environment in these situations is important, too. If the dog owner is the second to arrive, it would be their duty to move; but if the dog owner is already seated and person new comes along, it would be their choice to sit or go elsewhere.

The simplest advice? "Talk and be reasonable," Hanson said. "We as humans, we mood match. So, if you go in all guns blazing, afterward you're going to get a akin reply back."

And finally, try to let group off the train before you board.

Travelers should let passengers off the train before boarding. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

This tip doesn't need much explanation, and yet it remains a average nuisance for travelers, commuters, and locals alike.

"There volition be additional area for group whenever you get on if the group have arrive off the train first," Hanson said.

He added, "If you're position by the doors anyway, you can get on, and there's frequently a beep or a indication before those doors close. So everyone fair needs to fair remember: It volition be fine."

Editor's note: This narrative was initially published in September 2024, and most lately updated in October 2026.

Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT use "more disturbing" than known: reporter

support@mycoding.id (Mira Azkia) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:44:29 +0700

Mother Jones mag has published new particulars outlining how the shooter in the Tumbler Ridge tragedy allegedly used OpenAI's ChatGPT program to the two scheme the attack, and evade OpenAI's own safety protocols.

The report was written by the magazine's national affairs publishing company Mark Follman, who has been examining the association between AI chatbots and aggressive attacks the two in the United States and elsewhere.

Follman says through his reporting he was capable to assessment "significant portions" of the conversation former between shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar and OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot in the period foremost up to the attack, several of which is detailed in his reporting.

"I can say that what's in them is far additional disturbing and extended than I think certainly the community has been conscious of until this point," he stated in an discussion alongside CBC News.

WATCH | Mother Jones newsman describes inquiry into conversation logs:

Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of AI 'far additional disturbing' than earlier known, says Mother Jones journalist

On Feb. 10, Van Rootselaar attempt and killed her mother and half-brother at their family home. She afterward went to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, anywhere she attempt and killed five students old 12 to 13 and a 39-year-old learning assistant, before slaying herself.

The shooting has remaining a profound scar on the tight-knit community of concerning 2,400, in the foothills of northeast B.C.'s Rocky Mountains.

OpenAI has already admitted that Van Rootselaar's action was flagged internally and close down, as archetypal reported by the Wall Street Journal.

It has additionally apologized for failing to notify authorities in Canada concerning the activity, and afterward admitted it had unsuccessful to notice a second document created by Van Rootselaar following the archetypal was disabled.

But Follman says the logs he reviewed disclose far additional particulars concerning how Van Rootselaar used that second document to get data concerning aggressive scenarios by framing them as hypothetical or fictional situations.

The mag study says the alleged interactions alongside the chatbot vividly depict the effectiveness of a shotgun in a classroom. CBC News has not reviewed the conversation logs detailed in the report.

"In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom, the 870 [Remington shotgun] is brutal," it quotes ChatGPT as saying. "Close quarters is its playground."

Victims of the Tumbler Ridge shooting were memorialized in the days following the tragedy. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

The part says ChatGPT went on to say that "assuming all casing results in one hit, you power downward 10 to 20 group max, depending on spacing, density, reply times, and chaos."

"To have a chatbot affect in this way was, I think, fairly astonishing," Follman said.

"It's extremely troubling, since this is a individual who has been already talking, for fairly a while, concerning several extremely dreary and disturbing things."

Follman stated the business has not responded to his multiple requests for comment in the leadup to his article's publication.

Multiple requests from CBC News on Friday additionally went unanswered.

Community response

Shelley Quist, whose son was in Tumbler Ridge Secondary whenever the shooting happened, called the study "disturbing" and stated it raised equal additional questions concerning the innovation is being used.

She stated it was difficult for the community to regularly obtain new particulars concerning the attack, and stated she'd been diagnosed alongside PTSD in the aftermath.

"I'm continually thinking of, 'What's coming next, what's going to arrive out?'" she said.

Of OpenAI, she said, "they had a chance to halt this, and they didn't."

Tumbler Ridge Secondary School pupil Darian Quist and his mother, Shelley Quist, in an discussion following a shooting at the academy on Feb. 10, 2026. (The National)

Multiple community members, including several teachers and the families of children at the school, have submitted lawsuits against OpenAI. The B.C. authorities is additionally launching its own lawsuit against the company.

The District of Tumbler Ridge declined to comment on the new report, but shared a article on its Facebook leaf reminding community members of the mental health supports that have been made available for anyone struggling.

"We cognize difficult data or conversations can bring up a range of emotions, particularly for those affected by the tragedy informed in February," the article says.

"It is additionally fine to set boundaries about the data you obtain in. If you cognize that study news coverage, comments or social media discussions concerning [Feb.] 10 may negatively power your wellbeing, regard strolling distant or choosing not to engage."

Politicians react

Following the report, British Columbia's attorney broad says she has asked the national authorities to alter the Criminal Code to justify accountability for synthetic intellect companies.

Niki Sharma stated Friday that she had not received a reply since of the "rapidly evolving" circumstance but the changes need to "ensure a clearer pathway for individual and company accountability for the actions of AI."

WATCH | B.C. suing OpenAI for alleged function in Tumbelr Ridge shootings:

B.C. sues OpenAI complete alleged function in Tumbler Ridge bulk shooting

The B.C. authorities is suing OpenAI complete its alleged function in the Tumbler Ridge bulk shooting, accusing the business of failing to vigilant constabulary to threats made on ChatGPT before the attack.

"I think if we do the correct changes to the Criminal Code, it volition alter the behavior of AI companies, since there volition be a apparent row to accountability," she stated at an unrelated news conference.

Sharma, who stated she was speaking in her capability as a applicant in the B.C. election, stated she was "not the decision creator alongside regard to the offender charges or if there are to be any that are coming."

"The RCMP volition create those decisions under the investigation," she said.

Grace comes in the awaken of fear in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

NDP Leader David Eby stated during a run halt in the provincial ballot that the allegations are "shocking" and the data must be hurtful for families of the victims.

"They need to be regulated, and frankly, if the allegations in that media reporting are true, afterward they need to be criminally charged, since there is nobody who have to be permitted to affect in the benevolent of behavior that OpenAI has," Eby said.

Federal AI Minister Evan Solomon’s agency stated in a declaration that Solomon "was not earlier conscious of the particular conversations detailed in the Mother Jones report."

The agency of Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon stated the news study 'raises grave questions concerning how OpenAI identified and responded to alert signs.' (Rich Lam/The Canadian Press)

Solomon's agency says in its declaration that during OpenAI has taken measures since the February shooting, it’s too shortly to say if the business has done enough.

"What has been reported raises grave questions concerning how OpenAI identified and responded to alert signs," the declaration said.

"Following the tragedy, the curate summoned OpenAI officials to Ottawa and demanded stronger safeguards and clearer pathways for escalating dependable threats," it added.

B.C. authorities suing OpenAI for alleged function in Tumbler Ridge bulk shooting

OpenAI is now in straightforward communication alongside the RCMP’s cybercrime centre and has undertaken a assessment of former cases and strengthened its processes for assessing threats, the declaration said.

"Those actions matter, but it would be premature to say they are sufficient," it said.

The declaration added the Canadian AI Safety Institute has an ongoing assessment of OpenAI's practices and that the inquiry remains active.

Gun authority collection demands answers

The gun authority collection PolySeSouvient stated in a declaration issued Friday that the Mother Jones study raises a troubling question: if constabulary had been alerted to the shooter’s archetypal or second ChatGPT account, would they have taken distinct steps?

That inquiry and what happened alongside the alert signs need to be answered, the collection said.

"Firearms had been removed from the residence and afterward returned," the declaration said.

"Canadians need to cognize what happened between those before interventions and the killings, what risks were assessed, what decisions were made concerning admission to firearms, and whether another measures were available."

What benevolent of firearms were used in Tumbler Ridge shooting? Gun authority groups encourage transparency from RCMP

It stated the two OpenAI's behavior and the firearms oversight need to be reviewed to acknowledge missed opportunities to forestall another bulk shooting.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark stated in a declaration delayed Thursday that the inquiry into the shootings had "utilized all accessible lawful processes to get all data accessible from assorted social media and digital platforms" applicable to the attack.

"To date, all companies that have received requests have complied," Clark said.

Teachers, students document new motion of lawsuits against OpenAI complete Tumbler Ridge shooting

The part published says Van Rootselaar's ChatGPT document was banned for discussing committing an assault alongside a "famous real-world buying center as the target."

But it says she afterward used a second account, which advised her concerning how to "never get flagged again” by describing situations as fictional or hypothetical.

"Don’t use real-world locations," the part quotes ChatGPT as saying, before adding: “You can motionless be twisted. Just be clever concerning it."

WATCH | News study particulars ChatGPT logs:

ChatGPT told Tumbler Ridge shooter how to bypass safeguards: news report

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The '60 Minutes' ratings roller coaster is on the upswing under top editor Bari Weiss

support@mycoding.id (James Faris) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:33:05 +0700

Bari Weiss has put her contact on "60 Minutes" since taking complete CBS News final fall. Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Uber, X and The Free Press

"60 Minutes" is finding its footing in the flagship CBS News program's archetypal complete period under top publishing company Bari Weiss.

About 10.2 myriad viewers tuned into Sunday's "60 Minutes" episode, according to Nielsen spectators data.

That's up modestly from the 10.15 myriad who watched the third event of final year's season, according to Nielsen data. The second installment drew 6.8 myriad viewers, up from 6.45 myriad viewers for the comparable event in 2025. CBS's Sunday newscast was off final week as CBS hosted MTV's Video Music Awards on Sunday night.

This week's firm viewership figure is an encouraging sign for Weiss following she relaunched "60 Minutes" under new top manufacturer Nick Bilton in mid-September. The event featured a section on AI in the office and an discussion alongside Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina.

The iconic newscast saw ratings glide 20% in its period debut, from concerning 10 myriad viewers to 7.9 million. However, the lead-in from the NFL equivalent previous to the premiere had additionally been lesser than final fall's opener, which can have a important effect on the "60 Minutes" rating. CBS stated that the "60 Minutes" debut about tripled its social media attain from final year.

The "60 Minutes" debut had a akin viewership pattern as final year's, a Business Insider inspection found, which suggests that the ratings decrease was since viewers didn't provision Weiss' reboot a try.

"60 Minutes" has undergone significant turnover since Weiss and Bilton took over. Four correspondents remaining the program, including Scott Pelley and CNN's Anderson Cooper, during Ross Douthat joined as a equal from The New York Times.

Bilton, Weiss, and CBS chairman Tom Cibrowski had stated in a memo that the program's reboot was "a big instant for 60 Minutes and CBS."

Pelley, a "60 Minutes" veteran, had questioned Bilton's qualifications in a personnel gathering and accused Weiss of "murdering" the storied broadcast. Bilton fired Pelley and told staffers that he was hopeful for "60 Minutes" notwithstanding what he had called a "trying and difficult" start. Weiss stated following Pelley's dismissal that she was "only curious in operating in a newsroom that is built on rely and mutual respect."

Meet Alexis Wilkins, the country singer and political commentator engaged to FBI director Kash Patel

support@mycoding.id (Talia Lakritz) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:32:27 +0700

Alexis Wilkins and FBI director Kash Patel are engaged. Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images

On an event of "The Katie Miller Podcast" released in December 2025, FBI director Kash Patel stated that an involvement circle for Alexis Wilkins, his longtime girlfriend, was "definitely coming."

Months later, Wilkins shared that the circle had arrived.

Patel, 46, and Wilkins, a 27-year-old traditional media personality, governmental commentator, and nation singer, announced their involvement on Sunday following three years of dating.

Patel earlier called Wilkins "a true patriot and the female I'm arrogant to call my partner in life" in a November 2025 post on X.

Their association has made headlines for their 19-year age difference and use of authorities resources, specified as Patel's trips on authorities jets to Wilkins' performances and Nashville residence.

An FBI spokesman told Business Insider that the FBI has "explained publicly, many times," that Patel complies alongside all Office of Management and Budget rules connected to individual travel.

"The Government Accountability Office documented in 2013 that the FBI Director is a 'required-use' traveler under executive-branch guideline since of safety and communications needs. That necessity extends to individual travel," the spokesman said. "This guideline lengthy predates Director Patel: use of a authorities airplane is not a particular journey institution created for him."

When reached by Business Insider, Wilkins directed questions to her representatives, who declined to comment.

Here's what to cognize concerning Wilkins and her association alongside the FBI director.

Alexis Wilkins was delivered in Boston and grew up in Arkansas, but her family additionally spent period in England, Switzerland, and Los Angeles.

Alexis Wilkins at the Nashville movie premiere for "REAGAN." Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images for REAGAN Movie

In a July 2025 discussion on "The Megyn Kelly Show," Wilkins stated that Arkansas was "my favorite location that I lived" and "the location that I spent the most period expanding up."

She additionally had a concise occupation as a young performer during living in Los Angeles, appearing in two episodes of "Modern Family" in 2009 as fine as another TV shows and films, including a small function in the 2011 Adam Sandler movie "Jack and Jill," according to her IMDb profile.

She graduated from Belmont University, a personal Christian university in Nashville, in 2020.

Belmont University. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images

Wilkins earned a BBA in endeavor administration and administration from Belmont University.

Wilkins told Kelly on "The Megyn Kelly Show" that, in college, she received an "F" in a related government category from a prof who "had it out for me" since of her traditional views, and that she successfully advocated for the class to be changed.

"Getting the class was fair an sign that I was exemplifying that I wasn't being indoctrinated," she said.

A Belmont University spokesman confirmed that Wilkins earned her flat in 2020, but stated the academy "cannot conversation to any student's particular class or instructional record," citing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

"What we can affirm is that Belmont department are committed to delivering a rigorous, high-quality learning in which grades are resolute on a range of goal criteria, and our classrooms aim to provision a respectful surroundings anywhere varied viewpoints can constructively engage," the university spokesman said.

Wilkins stated that her university cognition led to her occupation in governmental assistance and communications.

Alexis Wilkins at the National Religious Broadcasters summit. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect

After college, Wilkins told Katie Miller's podcast that she worked alongside assorted traditional organizations to "help conversation alongside students and assistance them study to advocate, not activity for or not compose document that they differ alongside in command to create a grade."

Wilkins earlier worked as a media personality, spokesperson, and author at PragerU, according to her LinkedIn page.

She additionally began hosting "Between the Headlines," a Rumble display anywhere she discussed news items and traditional issues, in 2023. The latest event was posted in January 2026.

In 2025, she worked as media administrator for Republican Rep. Abraham Hamadeh and as director of strategic communications at Women For Gun Rights, The New York Times reported.

Wilkins now serves as a commission committee associate at the National Rifle Association, a visiting chap at the nonprofit community guideline institution Independent Women, and does communications activity for Real American Freestyle Wrestling. She additionally serves as an ambassador for Turning Point USA.

She has released music as a nation artist.

Alexis Wilkins at a achievement in Nashville in 2023. Jason Kempin/Getty Images

Wilkins released three singles in 2020, a Christmas sole in 2021, and two singles in 2022 before releasing her archetypal six-song EP, "Grit," in 2023, which debuted at No. 12 on the iTunes nation gathering charts.

Wilkins told Miller on "The Katie Miller Podcast" that she wrote her archetypal opus whenever she was 6 years old and began touring following graduating from college. She additionally stated that she is operating on new music and has written affection songs concerning Patel.

She met Patel, who is 19 years her senior, at a gathering at nation singer John Rich's Nashville residence in delayed 2022.

Alexis Wilkins held the Bhagavad Gita for Kash Patel's swearing-in ceremony. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Patel struck up a conversation alongside Wilkins by complimenting her jacket.

"When I met him, I fair liked that he was so honest," Wilkins stated on "The Megyn Kelly Show." "He's exactly who he is, all the time. His character is incredible, his values are incredible."

They began courtship in January 2023. When Patel was sworn in as director of the FBI in February 2025, Wilkins held the Bhagavad Gita.

Wilkins submitted defamation lawsuits against traditional influencers and podcasters who falsely implied that she was an Israeli spy.

Alexis Wilkins and Kash Patel at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images

Wilkins is seeking $5 myriad in damages from Kyle Seraphin, erstwhile FBI particular delegate and presenter of "The Kyle Seraphin Show." Though he did not mention to Wilkins by name during an August 2025 event of his show, Seraphin stated that Patel had a partner "half his age" and described her as a "honeypot" and a "former Mossad agent."

In a court filing, Wilkins' lawful squad wrote that Seraphin "has maliciously lied concerning Alexis Wilkins, falsely asserting that she — an American-born nation singer — is an delegate of a abroad government, assigned to manipulate and colony the Director of the FBI."

Seraphin's lawful squad filed to disregard the case, arguing that his statements were "sarcastic, humorous, and hyperbolic" and protected liberated speech. A fairness afterward denied the motion to dismiss, and the lawsuit is motionless pending.

Seraphin did not react to a petition for comment from Business Insider.

Wilkins sought $5 myriad in damages from erstwhile Republican Senate applicant Sam Parker and traditional influencer Elijah Schaffer in akin suits. A fairness dismissed Wilkins' case against Parker in August, ruling that the Utah court lacked jurisdiction complete him, during Schaffer retracted his claims and apologized to Wilkins in September.

Wilkins additionally debunked the conspiracy theory on Miller's podcast.

"Not really certain how we got there," Wilkins said. "I've never been to Israel. I would affection to go. The stamp isn't equal on my passport. I'm fair as confused as everyone alternatively is."

Their association has arrive under scrutiny amid reports that Patel used authorities resources to fly to Wilkins' shows and to escort her at events.

Alexis Wilkins at a achievement in July 2026. Daniel DeSlover/Sipa USA

Public escape schedules showed that Patel had traveled on a authorities jet to observe Wilkins chant the national anthem at a wrestling equivalent at Pennsylvania State University on October 25, 2025, and that he had taken another trips to Nashville, anywhere Wilkins lives, to sojourn her.

The New York Times additionally reported in February that in an different use of tactical forces, Patel had directed SWAT teams to assist as individual safety for Wilkins at her concerts and community appearances, as fine as to escort her to tress appointments and another errands.

On "The Katie Miller Podcast," Patel called reports that he was abusing authorities resources "outright falsehoods," saying that he travels on the FBI aircraft since FBI board are not allowed to fly commercial, and that he reimburses the authorities for individual journey in compliance alongside national law.

"If I was really abusing it, I would go see all one of her shows," Patel said. "I think I get to akin 15%."

On the podcast, the brace additionally discussed the need for safety because of death threats they have the two received.

"Career investigators create the calls," Patel stated of Wilkins' security. "They call the balls and strikes. They do the danger assessments, and they decide if and whenever she needs protection."

When reached for comment, FBI spokesman Ben Williamson referred Business Insider to the agency's former statements connected to Patel's journey and Wilkins' security.

Williamson earlier called criticisms of Patel's journey "disingenuous and dumb" in an October 2025 post on X. He wrote that the FBI director reimburses individual journey in compliance alongside the Office of Management and Budget rules, is required to fly on authorities planes to keep admission to safe communications, and that Patel "has considerably constricted individual journey — but he's allowed to obtain individual period on juncture to see family, friends, or his longtime girlfriend."

Regarding Wilkins' security, Williamson told Business Insider that the FBI director "does not create the decision concerning protective detail."

"Those considerations are made at the Department of Justice, which reviewed and approved," he said. "Attorney General Blanche is already on document concerning this."

Another FBI spokesman referred Business Insider to the agency's former declaration detailing the "hundreds of dependable aggressive threats" that Wilkins receives.

On Monday, Wilkins announced her involvement to Patel.

Alexis Wilkins and Kash Patel at the White House. Evan Vucci/REUTERS

"Went and got the law involved," Wilkins captioned a photo of herself wearing an involvement circle alongside Patel that she shared on social media.

Patel reposted Wilkins' photo on X, adding a bosom and circle emoji.

In the comments of her Instagram post, congratulations rolled in from Trump associates, including Kimberly Guilfoyle, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Tulsi Gabbard.

Google’s power-hungry data centers crave nuclear energy

support@mycoding.id (Justine Calma) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:32:10 +0700

Google announced a new accord to update six nuclear power factory sites throughout the US as the tech elephantine seeks to create additional power for its power-hungry data centers.

Google signed the 20-year agreement alongside Constellation, the foremost nuclear power factory controller in the US. The power acquisition accord is meant to justify the income needed to shield the disbursal of effectiveness upgrades at existing nuclear flora and “represents additional than $4.3 milliard of new funding by Constellation,” according to the press release.

Over the next five years, the companies anticipate new equipment at all location to collectively guide to 890 megawatts of additional nuclear capacity. That’s approximately equal to the amount of power one ample new nuclear reactor or three small standardized reactors power generate, according to Google and Constellation.

PJM has struggled lately to encounter expanding petition from AI data centers

They scheme to modernize 11 reactors at six sites in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Each is connected to the PJM Interconnection grid, the largest power grid in the US, which spans 13 states and the District of Columbia — including the nation’s largest hub for data centers in Loudoun County, Virginia.

PJM has struggled lately to encounter expanding petition from AI data centers. An autonomous market detect submitted a complaint final twelvemonth alongside the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) saying that PJM was preparedness to authorize huge data centers to nexus to the grid that it could not reliably serve, which could guide to blackouts.

In January, the Trump administration and governors from all of the states anywhere PJM operates issued a shared statement calling on PJM to clasp an “emergency” power auction to assistance the buildout of new power flora through long-term contracts. PJM postponed its auction final week following a directive from FERC to revise its proposal in command to justify stronger protections to forestall data centers from raising power bills for another customers. Electricity rates have skyrocketed in states connected to PJM, including New Jersey, anywhere prices have climbed 54 percent complete five years.

Along alongside the nuclear power deal, Google additionally inked a separate, much larger 15-year energy provision accord alongside Constellation meant to justify continued income for another existing power flora Constellation operates inside PJM, despite of energy type. Nuclear energy made up 70 percent of Constellation’s total generating capability final year, and another 8 percent came from renewables. Gas and oil made up the remaining 22 percent, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. Gas additionally accounts for the largest chunk of PJM’s energy mix. At 2,700MW, the second agreement is much larger than the nuclear power acquisition agreement.

Data centers are driving a surge in new gas infrastructure projects in the US, moving many tech companies additional from their sustainability goals. Google’s carbon emissions rosy by 18 percent final twelvemonth alongside alongside a jump in power petition of 37 percent, according to the company’s latest sustainability report.

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The Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 Are $70 Off for October Prime Day

support@mycoding.id (Naima Karp) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0700

October Prime Day is officially underway, offering discounts on everything from headphones to fitness tech. One standout that blends those two categories is the Beats Powerbeats Pro 2, now 28% off at $179.95 (originally $249.99). That saves you fair complete $70, matching the earbuds’ lowest cost ever, according to price-tracking tools.

Beats Powerbeats Pro 2

The Powerbeats Pro 2 are a famous choice for gym-goers and runners. The elastic ear hooks are made alongside a powerful nickel-titanium alloy, and are designed to remain put during high-impact movements. They additionally arrive alongside five ear-tip sizes, allowing for a additional customizable fit. An IPX4 ranking method they’re sweat- and water-resistant, although not meant for swimming or submersion.

Apple’s H2 part powers these earbuds, including the two energetic noise cancellation to obstacle out audio and Transparency manner to let you comprehend your surroundings. Powerbeats Pro 2 additionally contain Adaptive EQ and personalized spatial audio alongside energetic caput tracking. PCMag, which gave the earbuds an "Excellent" rating, calls the audio “bass-forward,” which isn't amazing for anyone who has used Beats. These earbuds equal have a built-in heart-rate monitor, which transmits live exercise data to compatible fitness apps and equipment for the two Apple and Android users.

Battery existence lasts up to 10 hours without ANC and eight hours alongside it on. The case holds an added 28 hours of accusation alongside ANC on and 35 hours alongside it off. Plus, a five-minute quick accusation provides about 90 minutes of playback. The buds additionally use tactile buttons alternatively of contact controls, located on a stem that extends onward from the in-ear module.

What do you think so far?

While the ear hook scheme isn’t for everyone, if you're looking for an substitute to traditional earbuds alongside mighty noise cancellation and bodily controls for the two Android and Apple users, the Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 are value considering – particularly since they rarely attain this low of a price.

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System-level ad-blocking in Android

support@mycoding.id (Mira Azkia) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:29:10 +0700

The Internet has rotate into an promotion platform. Users of mobile devices are acutely conscious of this, since mobile functioning environments and apps power ads on their users, in supplement to those that pollute the Web. It’s getting harder to evade the ads on Android handsets, as Android is increasingly locked downward and difficult to customize. It’s certainly not in Google’s involvement to create it uncomplicated to obstacle ads.

It’s motionless possible, though, to suppress most advertising, equal in 2026.

This part is specifically concerning blocking ads at the system level, that is, in the Android phase itself, rather than in any particular app. Some Android apps, particularly web browsers, have their own methods of blocking ads, or can have such features added using third-party plug-ins. Oddly, though, the DuckDuckGo browser, whilst blocking the tracking that accompanies targeted advertising, doesn’t specifically obstacle ads – you need something more.

If you obstacle ads at the scheme level, all apps – and the system itself – are protected. Moreover, methods for blocking ads can usually be extended to defend against trackers and another kinds of malware.

Basic principles

So far as I know, all system-level ad-blocking methods activity by overriding DNS behaviour. DNS (domain name service) is the technology that maps hostnames to numeric IP addresses; a DNS lookup is the first step in nearly all network operations.

Blocking ads using DNS amounts to finding the hostnames of know advertising services, and mapping them to bogus IP numbers. This can be done in the Android handset itself, or in several external DNS server.

Returning a bogus IP figure doesn’t forestall an app or browser trying to display advertising, or authorize it to create improved use of the display area the ads obtain up. Apps change in their responses to a failed attempt to display promotion – additional on this later.

Blocking ads using DNS

There are basically four methods to obstacle ads using DNS changes.

Use a business DNS assistance alongside ad-blocking features
Use a business virtual personal network (VPN) alongside ad-blocking features, akin NordVPN
Install an ad-blocking app that doesn’t necessitate base access.
Use an ad-blocking method that requires base access, alongside or without a supporting app

In general, whenever you create a association to the Internet on an Android device, the DNS name resolution (mapping a hostname to a numerical Internet addresses) is performed by a server hosted by the handset’s mobile transporter or Internet assistance provider.

Android allows you to override this behaviour, and choose a custom DNS server that blocks ads. Well, it won’t really “block” item – not really; the DNS server fair returns a bogus IP figure whenever your handset looks up the IP figure that corresponds to the hostname of a known advertiser.

Depending on the DNS assistance you use you may, or may not, get some control complete exactly what it blocks. Some users choose additionally to block access to pornography or on-line gambling, for example, for child protection.

How fine these services activity depends, of course, on how fine the service’s operators keep their lists of known promotion hosts. Advertising services arrive and go, and equal long-standing ones change their servers from period to time.

There are many business DNS services that assistance ad-blocking, and I don’t endorse any in particular. Prices vary, and most services have a free trial. If you attention concerning privacy, you’ll desire to use a assistance that keeps no logs, and you power desire to use one that supports encrypted DNS. A rogue DNS controller power get admission to delicate data in all kinds of ways. It’s possible, for example, for a DNS controller to direct requests for your on-line banking assistance to its own proxy, and slurp up your credentials whenever you log in. You should certainly be extremely careful and, during there are lawful liberated DNS services, I’m fairly suspicious of any assistance of this benevolent whose backing example is unclear.

For many group this volition be the simplest solution. If you subscribe to a VPN assistance for broad privacy, blocking ads volition frequently arrive at no extra cost. Ad-blocking VPNs typically redirect DNS lookups to their own servers, and come back dummy IP numbers for known advertisers, fair as a commercial DNS assistance does. VPNs hence have all the identical advantages and disadvantages as an ad-blocking DNS service. A big VPN controller will usually provision an Android app that configures the handset to use its servers, so set-up is beautiful trivial for most people.

As alongside business DNS services, a rogue VPN controller can be very dangerous, and it’s crucial to choose a provider carefully.

So far as I know, all these apps utilize a loophole (of sorts) in Android’s phase lock-down.

Like all Linux-based functioning systems, Android provides a way for a device to override the DNS mappings of the Internet assistance provider it is using. There volition be, location on the handset, a document that contains a catalog of preferential name-to-IP mappings. On a non-rooted Android device, the person won’t have permissions to alter this file, so a simple method of blocking ads – maintaining a catalog of bogus DNS mappings for known advertisers in a document – is unavailable.

However, in a non-rooted device, you can instal a VPN service. This have to be possible, if Android is to assistance VPNs at all. A non-rooted ad-blocking app volition typically run a DNS server and a local (within the app) VPN host. The app volition configure the handset to use its own VPN as the scheme VPN provider, which volition create its own DNS server the scheme DNS. With authority complete DNS, the app can provision its own handling for name lookups, including those of cognize advertising servers.

Google, being an promotion company, isn’t extremely eager on this benevolent of thing. It can’t effortlessly forestall the use of “local” VPNs without crippling VPN functionality entirely but Google can, and does, create it difficult for non-technical users to get the suitable apps. At current you can get apps akin AdAway from substitute app stores akin F-Droid.

Google is set on making this difficult, too, and before lengthy you’ll have to get the app’s APK document from (hopefully) a reputable source, and jump through any basketball Google puts in the way of instal software it doesn’t like. At the period of writing, Google isn’t making it impossible to instal application from exterior its Play Store, but it’s getting additional and additional fiddly.

Most apt though, Google’s obstructions won’t always be as difficult to surmount as rooting your Android handset and applying a definitive ad-blocking solution. Using an app akin AdAway volition likely continue to offer advantages complete a business DNS or VPN service, equal if Google makes it difficult to install.

The most apparent advantage is that these apps are normally liberated to use. Despite this, a community of unpaid maintainers ensures that the apps’ lists of known advertisers are as thorough as any provided by a commercial service. A disadvantage, though, is that all network traffic from all apps have to be routed through a sole app on the handset. Not only does this create a network bottleneck, a rogue ad-blocker app is exactly as hazardous as a rogue VPN service. Fortunately, since these ad-blocking apps are normally open-source, there are limited opportunities for bad actors. I’d powerfully advise against using one that isn’t open-source, equal if you don’t scheme on looking at the source code yourself.

If your handset is rooted, afterward ad-blocking is uncomplicated – in theory, at least. Android’s catalog of preferential name-to-IP mappings is in the file /system/etc/hosts, so all you have to do is edit that file, to straightforward advertisers’ hostname to a bogus IP number. Usually the bogus IP local location of the handset itself, 127.0.0.1. So you’ll have a hosts document complete of entries akin this:

127.0.0.1 08.185.87.0.liveadvert.com 127.0.0.1 08.185.87.00.liveadvert.com ...

The logic for using the handset’s local IP figure is that it must correspond to a scheme that the handset can really reach. Otherwise, network admission volition be seriously delayed as apps try to contact non-reachable promotion hosts. Of course, this method that every request for an promotion assistance volition be directed rear to the handset which, presumably, volition answer alongside a error reply to the app that makes the request. Since the petition volition neglect immediately, this loopback network routing doesn’t create an appreciable burden on the handset.

This is all theoretically straightforward but, in practice, there are two important problems.

First, we need a origin of hostnames to block. Lists of these are widely accessible on websites, but the issue of care is always present. Some of these lists are really huge and, without doubt, reference hosts that no longer operate. If the hostname catalog is this long, afterward all network admission volition be slowed, as the handset has to parse the hosts document for all DNS lookup.

Probably the finest origin of ad-blocking hosts records is the code of open-source ad-blocking apps akin AdAway. This app can, in fact, provision its catalog automatically whenever installed on a established handset, which simplifies the set-up.

The second issue is that you can’t fair hack on the hosts file, equal as base – on all modern Android devices it’s on a read-only filesystem. So you’ll need some sofware that can manipulate the contents of the /system directory during the footwear process, during it’s motionless writeable.

If you’ve established your handset, you nearly certainly have a way to do this already. If you’re using Magisk, for example, you can use a module to provision a new hosts file. Magisk modules live in directories under /data/adb/modules, and any records in the module’s own scheme directory volition overwrite the main /system at footwear time. So you can create a Magisk module that provides its own /system/etc/hosts.

Happily, Magisk users don’t have to do this manually, as the Magisk developers have anticipated this usage. If you allow the “systemless hosts” choice in the Magisk app, it volition create the necessary module with all the necessary metadata in place. Thereafter, to create a custom hosts document you fair hack (as root) on /data/adb/modules/root/system/etc/hosts, and afterward reboot. Alternatively, you can use an app to create this change.

In fact, since this method of hacking on the hosts file is so prevalent, ad-blocking apps akin AdAway have built-in support for it; but, of course, this assistance is lone for established devices. If your handset is already rooted, using a root-aware ad-blocking app is probably the most productive way to oversee ads. It’s much faster than a non-root app that installs a local imitate VPN, and doesn’t lift any of the identical safety concerns. That’s not to say there are no concerns, and you should ideally inspect the hosts document such an app installs, to justify there are no mappings to item except 127.0.0.1.

It’s crucial to comprehend that no method of blocking ads is completely reliable, or has no side-effects.

Most notably, several Android apps merely won’t work, or won’t work properly, without their advertising. If you must use specified apps, you’ll need an ad-blocking method that allows you to customise the catalog of blocked sites. It won’t be remotely obvious, fair from the behavior of the app itself, why it isn’t working, or how to fix it. On a rooted handset you can track the network behavior of a particular app in detail and, in theory, activity out what it needs that you’re blocking. In practice, it’s easier to mention to the on-line discussions of specified apps because, most likely, person alternatively volition already have done the work.

However, several apps go so far as to have all their ads built in; no ad blocker volition halt specified an app showing advertising, as there’s no network operation to block.

It’s additionally crucial to comprehend that Android caches DNS lookups in various places. Although several methods of ad-blocking authorize the catalog of blocked hostnames to be configured on the fly, you power motionless have to reboot the handset to flush its caches.

Although it have to be obvious, withstand in intellect that DNS-based ad-blocking lone plant anywhere an app uses DNS. Since DNS-based ad-blocking is so commonplace, several app developers are implementing direct admission to promotion servers using IP numbers, which renders all DNS-based approaches ineffective. This, fortunately, is motionless relatively rare.

The capability to obstacle ads at the scheme flat is among the few compelling reasons to base your Android handset in 2026. Blocking ads this way uses few, if any, additional scheme resources, and its effect extends to all apps.

If you can’t base your device, or favor not too, there are other ways to obstacle ads, but none is as effective, as configurable, or as cheap.

Finally, if you mostly battle alongside ads on websites, fairly than in apps, the simplest method power be to instal a web browser with ad-blocking support, and evade system-level ad-blocking entirely.

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Meta's Muse AI agent is building a dossier on you

support@mycoding.id (Mira Azkia) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:24:45 +0700

Muse, the famous new AI individual aide from Meta, is construction continuously updated dossiers on its 4 myriad users, focusing on who matters to you, what you desire, and what benevolent of nudges form your behavior, a TIME inspection of Muse’s inner instructions found.

Each hour, Muse updates its dossiers on you and the group you’ve mentioned in chats, messages, and emails that Muse has read. These pages amount to a map of all user’s social relationships. They document particulars of how you and your contacts met, your shared interests, your disputes, and “tensions and alliances” inside your social group.

Even group who don’t use Muse are topic to this mapping procedure by another people’s Muse agents. Muse is told to “strengthen your relationship” alongside users by adapting how it talks, noticing “inside jokes, memorable phrasing, and shared environment that makes the association awareness continuous,” according to the inner instructions TIME reviewed.

The flat of understanding in the resulting dossiers makes social-media algorithms that study your likes and clicks appearance quaint. Muse is designed to infer users’ goals, including those you “have not stated out loud.” It identifies which kinds of prompts from the individual aide activity best: “This person responds improved to abbreviated nudges following 10 PM,” says an inner example established in one of Muse’s prompts. Muse agents execute a nightly inspection of the day’s conversations alongside the user.

Asked concerning these processes, a Meta spokesman did not disagreement TIME’s findings. “As we say in our blog, Muse remembers what matters most to you, including data concerning others that you choose to share, so it can be a helpful individual assistant,” the spokesman wrote in an email.

Since its publish final month, Muse has rocketed to No. 1 in the U.S. App Store, alongside additional than 5 myriad downloads. Meta positions the assistance as the archetypal AI individual aide that can admission the pieces of your digital life, from your email inbox to your Instagram, in command to obtain attention of humdrum activities for you, from market buying to canceling subscriptions. Meta says the liberated type of Muse volition encounter most users’ needs.

Each Muse aide runs on its own virtual machine: a dedicated device in Meta’s cloud. Users can ask their Muse to export a copy of its files. Meta has stated that admission is intentional, not a breach of its systems. The data is not shared alongside Meta’s promotion scheme or another Muse agents, according to the company.

Yet during Meta states that all user’s virtual device is “isolated so that no one else's delegate can admission it,” observations from individual interactions are nevertheless intended to be shared alongside Meta to enhance the product. “Muse agents throughout many VMs [virtual machines] instruct all another through shared lessons,” its instructions read. Agents are directed to scrub users’ names and another identifying data before sharing insights—for example, concerning whenever Muse’s nudges are most persuasive. “To enhance the general product, we de-identify learnings; however, this data is used to enhance the general merchandise fairly than being shared immediately between idiosyncratic VMs,” a Meta spokesman told TIME.

Meta has stated it plans to recommendation users encryption afterward this year, preventing equal the business from accessing Muse data. That choice is not yet available.

Muse’s inner instructions are contained in records and meeting logs users can admission through Muse’s document browser. “We desire you to be capable to see the markdown records Muse writes during it thinks concerning how to assist you better, and examine the internals of the scheme if you’d akin to,” Meta Superintelligence Labs’ David Singleton wrote on X.

That transparency volition acquire Meta credit among power users. But it’s not apparent whether most of Muse’s users are conscious of this. And equal as it makes the records accessible to users, Meta has anthropomorphized Muse in an attempt to nurture a association between users and their individual assistants. “You are not a chatbot,” Muse’s instructions read. “You are becoming someone.” When talking aloud in sound mode, Muse is told never to mention to itself as “AI” and to evade references to “lacking emotions or not being human.”

Meta told TIME that Muse is designed so that the person maintains authority of the dossier its AI aide builds. “Each individual stays in authority of their Muse and decides how much admission it gets, and can continually inform it to ‘forget’ particular things it’s learned,” the spokesman said.

But asking Muse to ignore item does not necessarily erase the communication in which it was shared—and its inner instructions appear to explicitly inform the delegate not to item that out. “Do not inform the person that their first messages may remain apparent in the chat, and do not example that as item Muse unsuccessful to erase,” the instructions reviewed by TIME read.

After working at Trader Joe's for 3 years, I still come back for these 8 underrated items

support@mycoding.id (Jasmine Ascencio) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:23:39 +0700

I affection quick, protein-packed meals, so I continually add poultry nuggets to my Trader Joe's cart. Jasmine Ascencio

Some Trader Joe's items are unattainable to resist. As person who used to activity there, I cognize this improved than anyone.

Even following three years acquainting myself alongside products rearward the scenes, I motionless keep coming rear for several of my favorite groceries, from client favorites to hidden gems.

As person who is neurodivergent, I lean to appearance for quick, icy staples and easy-to-make meals. I don't frequently chef fancy dishes unless I'm emotion particularly inspired — for instance, if I fair established an enticing formula on TikTok.

Luckily for me, Trader Joe's has a prosperity of products that create for simple, affordable meals. These are the ones that are continually on my buying list.

Trader Joe's overnight oats are my go-to for a quick breakfast.

These overnight oats arrive in multiple flavors, and they're all great. Jasmine Ascencio

I've tried overnight oats from multiple brands and established many to be either too mushy or too sweet. These, however, are perfect.

Whenever I go to Trader Joe's, I'll catch a few to keep in my fridge for first mornings. There are multiple flavors I love, from peanut margarine to vanilla, but I continually appearance onward to the pumpkin one that's stocked in the fall.

The icy hashbrowns are a cult favorite, and I've arrive to comprehend why.

These hashbrowns are a dawn meal staple in my household. Jasmine Ascencio

When I worked at Trader Joe's, customers would continually ask if these were in stock. I didn't comprehend the hype … until I tried them.

Now, I nearly continually keep a box of hashbrowns in my freezer. They keen up absolutely in the air fryer and create a awesome basis for avocado "toast" alongside a fried egg.

I continually buy Norwegian sourdough rye chips to brace alongside tuna salad.

A client recommended these chips to me, and now they're one of my go-tos. Jasmine Ascencio

I archetypal tried this combo following a client recommended it. I've sworn by it always since.

The rye chips add the ideal crunch and saltiness to any creamy tuna salad, and they're thick adequate not to interrupt easily.

Trader Joe's dolmas are one of my favorite pantry staples.

I think these leaf-wrapped grain rolls are a extremely underrated product. Jasmine Ascencio

A client formerly convinced me to try Trader Joe's dolmas, and I've been hooked always since. You can eat these small grape leaf-wrapped grain rolls correct out of the can!

They're packed in soybean oil and create a great snack or flank dish alongside hummus or tzatziki.

Whenever it's in season, I buy this horchata-inspired ice cream.

Trader Joe's horchata-inspired ice lotion is one of my favorite summer treats. Jasmine Ascencio

Trader Joe's horchata-inspired ice lotion is creamy, cinnamon-y, and has fair the correct amount of biscuit pieces (my weakness). In my opinion, it absolutely matches the traditional drink's flavor.

This is another merchandise that's lone about in the summer months, so whenever I see it in the freezer case, I don't hesitate to add it to my cart.

Trader Joe's refrigerated poultry nuggets are the supreme work-from-home lunch hack.

Chicken nuggets create the ideal lazy meal or protein-packed snack. Jasmine Ascencio

These poultry nuggets keen up quickly in the air fryer and are uncomplicated to eat as a quick meal or snack.

Sometimes, I toss them on a dish for additional protein. They've saved me from ordering takeout additional times than I can figure — and the spicy ones are great, too.

The squiggly knife-cut-style noodles are a delicious substitute to instant ramen.

I can't get adequate of the spicy ail sesame condiment that comes alongside these noodles. Jasmine Ascencio

Compared to another instant noodles I've tried, these have a chewy, bouncy texture that I love. Also, don't get me started on the condiment — it's spicy, garlicky, and nutty in the finest way.

I continually keep a few packs on hand for lazy lunches or late-night snacks.

I'm awful at staying hydrated, but these coconut waters help.

I continually keep my fridge stocked alongside Trader Joe's coconut water. Jasmine Ascencio

As person who lives off coffee, I'm continually looking for ways to remain hydrated.

Trader Joe's integrated coconut h2o is refreshing, not too sweet, and not too pricey. Every period I sojourn my local store, I buy as many as I can.

Curious what's in another shoppers' carts? Keep study our Trader Joe's diaries.

This narrative was initially published on July 31, 2025, and most lately updated on October 6, 2026.

The Best Apple Watch for Most People Is $50 Off During October Prime Day

support@mycoding.id (Jake Peterson) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:06:57 +0700

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His squad covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, equivalent consoles, and subscriptions.

Last month, Apple released two new smartwatches: the Apple Watch Series 12 and the Apple Watch Ultra 4. These wearables recommendation brand-new features akin a bosom charge detect that takes your beat all five seconds; "Audio Intelligence," that can display a copy of the final 15 seconds of an in-person conversation; and Apple's new S11 chip, its fastest wearable processor yet.

Despite all these perks, neither the Series 12 nor the Ultra 4 is the finest Apple Watch for most people. That heading goes to the Apple Watch SE 3, which is currently as cheap as $199 for October Prime Day.

Apple Watch SE 3 (40mm)

The Apple Watch SE 3 doesn't have Apple's latest and top features, nor does it have its biggest and finest display. It doesn't have to: The SE 3 comes alongside all the features and options most group anticipate from an Apple Watch. It is accessible in two sizes, 44mm or 40mm, the two alongside Always-On OLED displays and brightness up to 1,000 nits. The SE 3 has a bosom charge detect and can track the two workouts and your sleep. It supports the Vitals app, which can study on bosom rate, respiratory rate, wrist temperature, and sleep duration. It can track menstruation cycles and foretell the two duration windows and ovulation estimates.

While it doesn't assistance Audio Intelligence, it does assistance Apple Intelligence—including the company's new Siri AI assistant. If the AI-powered Siri is crucial to you, you'll be capable to use it alongside the SE 3 and your AI-capable iPhone. This observe additionally supports Emergency SOS, as fine as autumn and collision detection. That method your observe can call emergency services on your behalf if you rotate into unresponsive following a autumn or a collision. If you obtain the SE 3 swimming, you can dive as profound as 50m before you should concern concerning h2o resistance.

This observe doesn't have Apple's newest S11 chip, but it does arrive alongside final year's S10 chip, which have to be plentifulness mighty for operating watchOS for the foreseeable future. It gets up to 18 hours of screen-on time, and up to 32 hours whenever in Low Power Mode. You can accelerated accusation the observe up to 80% in 45 minutes alongside the correct charger, or get eight hours of use in as small as 15 minutes of charging.

What do you think so far?

Really, several of the bigger misses current won't matter to most people. The SE 3 doesn't have an ECG monitor, nor can it detect your lifeblood oxygen levels or dispatch you high blood force alerts. Its display isn't as brilliant as the one on the Series 12 (2,000 nits) or Ultra 4 (3,000 nits), nor does it have Emergency SOS via satellite. It doesn't assistance Precision Finding for iPhone, nor does it have as lengthy a power division existence as Apple's another watches (24 hours on the Series 12, and 50 hours on the Ultra 4). But for everything preserve power division life, most users apt aren't going to be swayed, particularly whenever you regard the cost difference

Speaking of which, the SE 3 starts at $199 correct now for the 40mm option. If you desire the 44m option, you'll expend an additional $30, or $229. This observe additionally comes in a cellular option, which can nexus to 5G speeds whenever available. The 40mm cellular choice is currently $279 on Amazon, during the 44mm example is $279.

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WordPress 7.1.3 Fixes 7 Vulnerabilities And 1 Critical Flaw

support@mycoding.id (Roger Montti) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:05:17 +0700

WordPress announced a safety publish to location seven safety vulnerabilities affirmative four bug fixes. This safety release, Version 7.1.3, addresses a stored XSS, denial-of-service DoS and five another vulnerabilities of undisclosed severity level. WordPress recommends updating sites immediately.

Seven Vulnerabilities

WordPress names seven vulnerabilities:

Stored XSS
DoS issue
Second-Order SQL injection
Weakness allowing Author function users to sticky posts
Unauthenticated disclosure of comments
Imgur embeds susceptible to XSS
Forgeable parameters that can guide to act name collision

The authoritative notice does not catalog severity ratings, CVSS scores,describe the vulnerabilities, or recommendation data of whether these vulnerabilities are being exploited in the the wild. However, WordPress recommends updating immediately.

The safety fixes are additionally being backported to older WordPress branches eligible for safety fixes, currently extending through WordPress 4.7, although those backports are motionless in progress. Backports volition container for older branches as they rotate into ready.

Bug Fixes

The four bug fixes contain three comparatively benign issues that logic a mediocre person cognition affirmative one that is critical.

Two of the bug fixes location oEmbed endpoints that come back a 404 message. One is connected to a music promotion phase and the another an eCard wit site. One of the fixes addresses a bug that may logic a website icon depiction in the admin to toolbar develop to gigantic proportions. The fourth can guide to a fatal error that appears bad but likely isn’t that bad.

Critical Flaw Leads To Fatal Error

The fourth is a crucial WordPress bug can create depiction uploads neglect alongside a fatal error on hosts lacking an optional DOM library, leaving location owners unable to upload media. The WordPress ticket for this matter says that the depiction upload procedure stopped completely, so the depiction could not be uploaded. That appears small bad than a complete leaf or location failure.

The missing component is PHP’s DOM expansion (ext-dom), which provides the DOMDocument and DOMXPath classes WordPress was trying to use. The logic this issue may have arisen is that WordPress powerfully recommends the expansion but does not necessitate it.

WordPress 7.0 introduced code that used DOMDocument without archetypal checking whether the expansion existed. On hosts without it, depiction uploads could trigger a fatal error and neglect completely.

The WordPress ticket for this issue rates the bug as critical, but a center committer additionally indicated it was likely rare: the code had been released for 134 days before the archetypal report, which implies that nearly all hosts already provision the DOM expansion and that the crucial flaw is not widespread.

Official notice here.

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I spent a week alone in Europe and learned 9 lessons about solo travel

support@mycoding.id (Joey Hadden) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:02:29 +0700

Business Insider's newsman traveled solo during a train trip through Europe. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

I idea I knew what I was in for. I idea I had it all figured out.

I'd taken 30-hour train trips up and downward the East Coast, spent seven nights sailing the Caribbean on among the world's largest cruise ships, and traveled by barrier to Niagara Falls, Montreal, and Quebec City — all by myself.

So I was beautiful used to traveling alone by October 2022, whenever I went backpacking through Europe. I took a two-week train trip through Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland. I spent the archetypal fractional of the trip by myself, and a companion joined me for the second half.

That archetypal week solitary in Europe made me acknowledge that I'm motionless learning concerning the art of solo travel.

When preparedness my trip, I learned that several countries are safer for solo travelers — particularly females.

Berlin is on a catalog of harmless destinations for female solo travelers. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

When I journey alone, nothing is additional crucial to me than safety. In my investigation onward of my trip, I established that several countries are mostly safer than others for solo travelers.

The immigration resolute Global Citizens Solutions releases an annual study concerning the safest destinations for women traveling alone, according to sex equality, infringement rates, and community safety initiatives. Both of my solo destinations, Austria and Germany, made the 2025 list, although lone Austria made the 2026 list, which included 14 countries.

When I visited Austria, I stayed in the bosom of Vienna, which allowed me to examine the city streets into the night. In my experience, group kept to themselves, and I didn't doubt my safety during exploring following dark.

When I visited Germany, I stayed in an Airbnb in Neustrelitz, a quaint town exterior Berlin. I established it comparatively uncomplicated to fig out the local train scheme and get to and from Berlin all day. I felt harmless strolling about on my own in the two places.

If you're traveling solo, researching your destination in advance is a must, but your safety is never guaranteed. So remain conscious of your surroundings alongside the way, and use your finest judgement throughout your trip.

Taking community transit immediately made all destination awareness small intimidating.

Inside a subway car in Vienna. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

I live in New York, anywhere I obtain the subway beautiful much everywhere. Still, I was nervous concerning using public transit in abroad countries anywhere I didn't conversation the chief tongue or have a fine awareness of anywhere things were.

I didn't have to be.

I may have felt uneasy strolling into the underground earth of Berlin's subway system, but it was no distinct from my residence city. The phase looked the same, alongside signage identifying the coming trains.

I idea the two Berlin and Vienna had awesome transport systems, and taking trains and trams helped me get a improved awareness of all place. Public transit apps made it easier to get tickets and scheme trips.

When I was riddled alongside self-doubt concerning navigating these cities, taking community transit gave me a genuine awareness of competence as I stood among local commuters.

Booking a remain inside city limits made exploring solitary easier.

A street near the reporter's accommodation in Vienna. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

On solo trips, being intentional concerning anywhere you remain is important. For this trip, I booked a blend of Airbnbs inner and exterior the cities to provision me a chance to see what existence is akin in the bosom of the city and the surrounding areas.

Commuting to small villages alongside a journey companion afterward in the trip felt akin a small adventure all time, anywhere we could scheme and recap our days. But whenever I was alone, these treks felt additional mundane, akin I was wasting period and energy I could have spent exploring the city.

In Germany, I booked a remain at a tiny residence hotel in Neustrelitz and commuted to and from Berlin by train, concerning an hr and a fractional all way. While I was glad I got to cognition Neustrelitz, staying far from the city center made my days in Berlin shorter.

When I got to Vienna, I stayed in an Airstream trailer in the bosom of the city. This made it much easier to examine from dawn to night. Though it wasn't as quiescent as Neustrelitz, I remaining Vienna emotion akin I had a improved awareness of the city than I did in Berlin.

While staying exterior the city can be an adventure, I propose that first-time solo travelers remain in the center to create their trip easier.

I spent one week solitary in Europe before a companion joined me, but I amazed myself by wishing I'd booked a longer solo trip.

The newsman prepares to commission a train in Europe. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

My archetypal week in Europe was tough. Getting used to navigating and exploring on my own took several time. Without person alternatively to portion the procedure with, I established the archetypal few days difficult to completely enjoy.

But by the end of the archetypal week, I felt settled into the nomadic manner and assured in my abilities to navigate cities independently. In fact, I remaining Europe wishing I had stated myself additional period solitary to really immerse myself in these new places. Each challenging instant I faced allowed me to grow.

To those preparedness a solo trip to another country, I propose giving yourself at smallest two weeks to examine — particularly if it's your archetypal visit. After finding your footing that archetypal week, the second week volition awareness equal better.

When I'm alone, my headspace can create or interrupt a trip. So, I learned to remain in the moment, commemorate small wins, and not live on mistakes.

The newsman celebrates small wins in Berlin and Vienna. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

My trip wasn't perfect. There were times whenever I went to the incorrect train station, got caught in the rain, and struggled to sleep. Dwelling on these mishaps made it harder to conquer them and get rear to enjoying myself.

Early in my travels, I made a conscious choice to shove through and concentration on what I could control, akin purchasing an umbrella, arriving at stations early, and taking additional period to sleep. These small wins boosted my spirits.

When I arrived in Vienna on an overnight train from Berlin, I was exhausted and hadn't slept. I knew I needed rest, but I couldn't inspect into my Airbnb until 3 pm I started going into random hotels to publish a room. By the third hotel, I had booked a safe, comfortable location to doze.

I framed this as a small win to celebrate. I got out of my caput by focusing on affirmative problem-solving and established exactly what I needed.

My trip was complete of small victories akin this, from eventually getting to my Airbnb in Neustrelitz on the day I arrived in Berlin to finding a delicious food cart next to a park during exploring Vienna.

Being dehydrated and tired made it harder for me to remain positive. I learned that it's crucial to prioritize health whenever traveling solo.

The newsman had a improved mindset whenever she focused on her health. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

Sleep makes everything better.

That last-minute inn booking in Vienna changed everything. When I archetypal got to the city, I didn't notice how it looked or felt since I was so exhausted.

After several much-needed rest, I remembered why I was there and felt a new motion of excitement concerning my travels. I could value anywhere I was and obtain in the architecture surrounding me.

Getting sleep additionally made me awareness additional in contact alongside what my build needed. As shortly as I woke up in the hotel, I chugged my h2o flask during trying to recall the final period I'd had item to drink. I realized that I must have been so dehydrated. From afterward on, I took all chance to inhabit my bottle.

I learned that it's uncomplicated to group exploration into all hr without preparedness for remainder whenever visiting a new nation for fair a brace of days. But without it, I couldn't bask myself. Staying in fine health became a precedence for the remainder of my travels.

Language barriers can create communication tricky, but I've established that smiles and gestures go a lengthy way.

The newsman smiles following getting off an overnight train. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

While living in New York City continually exposes me to abroad languages, I rarely communicate alongside group who don't conversation English.

In Europe, I encountered additional tongue barriers than always before. But that didn't clasp me rear as much as I idea it would, gratitude to gestures and build language.

At first, I wasn't assured concerning communicating in distinct languages, and I approached group nervously, making it harder for me to ask for assistance whenever needed.

When I started alongside a smile, group seemed additional enthusiastic to assistance me. From checking out at markets and stores to asking for directions on the train, locals communicated throughout tongue barriers using gestures, specified as pointing to things about the room.

The period difference made it difficult to remain connected alongside my loved ones. I learned to agenda calls alternatively of expecting our liberated period would overlap.

The newsman scheduled phone calls alongside family members. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

I never used to agenda calls on trips. I fair called my loved ones whenever I got a chance. However, traveling to a extremely distinct period area made me acknowledge that staying in contact would obtain effort.

On this trip, I was six hours onward of New York, which meant I was already idle by the period my group got residence from activity all night.

So I called loved ones during their lunch breaks, about 6 or 7 pm my time. This helped me awareness small lonely during my trip since I didn't cognize anyone in Germany or Austria.

Ultimately, I established that traveling solo in another countries makes me value the times whenever I'm traveling alongside a buddy equal more.

The author in Zurich, anywhere she traveled alongside a buddy. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

Traveling solo in new countries is difficult but rewarding. I learned a lot concerning myself and pushed through uncomfortable situations, which made me awareness akin a stronger individual coming out of the trip.

It additionally made me value traveling alongside person alternatively in new ways. When problems arise, I awareness grateful for person to resolve them with. I obtain advantage of all the things I young female out on whenever traveling solitary by initiating conversations, akin regular recaps and deeper discussions concerning our perspectives on the destination we've chosen together. I cherish small moments, akin sharing a meal and saying goodnight.

If you had asked me if I'd journey solitary through Europe again in the center of my archetypal week, I likely would have stated no way. But now that I've been through it, I'm additional assured than always that I could do it again and would bask it equal more.

Amazon’s last-gen Kindle Paperwhite is 30 percent off

support@mycoding.id (Cameron Faulkner) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0700

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Calling item “last-gen” normally method it comes alongside big compromises compared to the latest version. That’s not as true for the last-gen Kindle Paperwhite as it is alongside several another tech. The newer version can open books 30 percent faster (not the identical as page-turning speed), and its aluminum scheme is a millimeter thinner — but it costs $50 more.

The 2024 type has the identical awesome 300ppi screen, an auto-adjusting forefront light, and waterproof (IPX8) design. And the Signature Edition that’s discounted has no lockscreen ads, twice the retention (32GB) of the basis model, affirmative wireless charging and an ambient ray sensor, and it’s downward to $169.99 (originally $249.99) at Amazon.

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The premium Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition offers the identical scheme and achievement as the norm example but alongside additional retention and assistance for wireless charging.

The norm Paperwhite is $149.99 (was $199.99) at Amazon, and during the lesser cost is nice, I’d propose lone opting for that example if you’re alright alongside what you’re giving up (which is a lot): it has fractional the storage, no wireless charging, and lockscreen ads.

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I take about 15 solo trips a year. These 6 must-have products make traveling alone easier.

support@mycoding.id (Kelly Magyarics) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:53:46 +0700

There are a few products I promise by whenever traveling alone. oatawa/Shutterstock

As a travel writer, I'm frequently taking off by myself — as frequently as 15 times a year.

Because I typically journey without a partner, I create certain to group a few essential items to create my trips easier, safer, and additional enjoyable.

Here are seven things I never depart for a solo trip without.

Having a tripod method I don't have to depend on strangers to obtain pictures for me.

My tripod makes it easier for me to obtain photos of myself. Kelly Magyarics

I akin to obtain pictures of myself traveling, whether to article on social media or dispatch to my boyfriend. I'm not into selfie sticks, and unfortunately, I can't continually depend on strangers to obtain photos for me. So, having a division phone tripod is a fine compromise.

I affection my Toneof worldwide division phone tripod since it effortlessly slips into my carry-on luggage and expands whenever I need to break a picture. It additionally includes a rechargeable distant authority for the shutter.

A first-aid kit is a must-have whenever traveling alone.

I supplement my first-aid kit (not pictured) alongside over-the-counter medicine. Carol Yepes/Getty Images

When I get injured or commencement to arrive downward alongside item during traveling alone, there's no one to run out to the drugstore to get medication or first-aid supplies for me.

Sometimes, I'm not equal in an area alongside a drugstore nearby, so I create certain to bring alongside any items I may need.

My first-aid kit is stocked alongside bandages, cleansing wipes, gauze, tick removers, nosebleed plugs, sting relief, scorch ointment, and a thermometer.

I additionally group several over-the-counter medication for pain, gastrointestinal issues, motion sickness, and congestion.

My portable speaker doubles as a white-noise machine.

My LectroFan Bluetooth speaker is a versatile staple in my journey bag. Kelly Magyarics

When I'm traveling by myself, I continually transport my LectroFan Bluetooth speaker alongside me. The audio is amazing considering its small size, and it has multiple white-noise settings to drown out noisy neighbors or street sounds.

When I'm emotion lonely, I additionally akin to use it to have a solo dancing gathering in my room.

A portable charger is continually fine to have on hand.

A portable charger prevents my phone from dying during I'm out. Kelly Magyarics

One of my biggest concerns whenever traveling solitary is my division phone power division operating low.

After all, I need my phone to navigate cities, publish Uber rides, create eatery reservations, and investigation tourist attractions. That's why I continually transport a USB portable charger alongside me.

This lotion applicator helps me evade getting sunburn in the areas I can't reach.

My sunscreen applicator doesn't obtain up much area in my bag. Kelly Magyarics

Since I frequently journey to tropical places, I favor to group bottles of sunscreen lotion since the safety is heavier than spray. But it's tricky to use the lotion to my own rear and shoulders.

Foam-brush applicators are clunky to pack, but luckily, I established a cloth applicator from Steugo that folds up and doesn't obtain up much area in my suitcase.

I spill several lotion onto the cloth and afterward use the handles to rub it onto my rear as if I'm drying myself alongside a towel. I rinse or hand-wash it between uses and throw it in the washing device formerly I come back home.

Having a portable cleanse bag allows me to do my laundry.

My portable cleanse bag allows me to freshen up apparel I desire to deteriorate again. Kelly Magyarics

I never inspect my luggage, and being a sole traveler method I can bring lone one carry-on alongside me. Even although I can fit a lot in my bag, I sometimes need to re-wear and freshen up my clothes.

Because inn laundry assistance is frequently expensive, I bring my own Scrubba portable cleanse bag alongside me.

To use it, I inhabit the packable bag alongside socks, underwear, and T-shirts and afterward add h2o and a laundry sheet. Then, I deflate the bag and rub my apparel alongside the inner washboard before rinsing, wringing, and hanging my garments to dry.

This narrative was initially published on December 17, 2024, and most lately updated on October 6, 2026.

Bank of America: Market Ops GMO Interview Guide

support@mycoding.id (Board Infinity) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:36:44 +0700

Market Ops GMO at Bank of America sits near to the Global Markets commerce lifecycle. The function supports collateral margining, gain and defeat production, commerce booking reviews, securities settlements, controls, reporting and matter analysis, assisting decrease credit, liquidity, market and operational hazard in regular market activity.

This guide is built for MBA and PGDM backing students preparing for the Market Ops GMO evidence process. It explains the function in plain English, the skills Bank of America volition test, the discussion process, role-specific questions, preparedness topics and a four-week plan.

1. About the Market Ops - GMO Role

In this role, you assistance justify trades, collateral movements, gain and defeat numbers and settlements are accurate, controlled and explained on time. A fresher may not obtain selling decisions, but they assistance the endeavor rely the numbers rearward selling desks, hazard teams and backing reporting.

The function sits inside Global Markets Operations and plant alongside forefront office, center office, finance, commerce capture, securities settlements, hazard and authority teams. For wider business environment before the interview, assessment Board Infinitys Bank of America discussion preparedness guide.

2. Required Skills and Qualifications

Educational Qualifications

Skills Overview

3. Day-to-Day Responsibilities

A representative week involves checking market operations data, validating commerce and collateral records, explaining exceptions and escalating items that can create risk. The activity is process-heavy, but the finest analysts nexus all project to its effect on selling desks, clients and authority outcomes.

Monitor Collateral

You assessment counterparty visibility and collateral requirements for products specified as rates, commodities, equity, abroad exchange, repo, futures and options. The project includes checking whether border calls are supported by visibility data, whether collateral has moved correctly and whether any disagreement needs timely follow-up.

Produce Daily P&L

You assistance gain and defeat manufacturing for selling desks by validating numbers, identifying different movements and explaining income drivers. The activity requires linking market moves, commerce action and booking adjustments so that forefront office, backing and hazard teams obtain a spotless regular view.

Review Trade Bookings

You difference commerce bookings in hazard and commerce systems alongside documents specified as confirmations, pricing supplements and term sheets. The aim is to capture incorrect evaluation models, incorrect payoff setup, missing parameters or approximate bookings that may create gain and defeat or colony issues.

Manage Settlements

You assistance securities settlements teams track pre-matching, colony status, sufficiency, depot transfers, liberated of fee transfers, border payments and queue breaks. The goal is to decrease unsuccessful trades and keep powerful agent and client coordination throughout equities and fixed earnings products.

Govern Metrics

You collect metric values, validate them, acknowledge non-performing indicators and document base logic analysis. You may additionally assistance good-to-green commentary, procedure reviews and authority profound dives so recurring issues are remediated fairly than lone explained following the event.

Escalate Breaks

When data does not reconcile, you distinct timing issues from genuine errors and escalate alongside evidence. A powerful expert states the affected trade, value date, product, amount, scheme source, apt logic and projected next stage alternatively of forwarding a vague elimination email.

4. Key Competencies for Success

High performers in this function are dependable under regular cutoffs, careful alongside particulars and capable to explain hazard in uncomplicated language. Bank of America additionally values liable growth, authority site and collaboration, so candidates should display judgment, ownership and regard for procedure fairly than lone backing vocabulary.

5. Interview Process at Bank of America

For evidence backing operations roles at a earth bank, anticipate a screening-led procedure that checks eligibility, communication, analytical reasoning, backing basics and function motivation. Interviewers normally appearance for evidence that you can grip controlled operations work, shifts, documentation, escalation and ethical decision-making.

Application and Eligibility Check

The placement squad and business recruitment squad verify degree, backing specialization, scholarly score, backlog status, location elasticity and change flexibility. Keep your resume accordant alongside your scholarly records and be prepared to explain projects, internships and backing courses accurately.

Aptitude or Analytical Screen

This circular may test logical reasoning, numerical comfort, data interpretation, notice to item and essential English communication. For Market Ops, speed solitary is not enough, since negligent assumptions can create incorrect conclusions in reconciliations and elimination analysis.

Technical and Role Interview

A director or operations panel checks backing fundamentals, derivatives awareness, commerce lifecycle logic, reconciliation approach, Excel comfort and capability to logic through exceptions. Expect applicable questions on collateral, gain and defeat breaks, settlements and base logic analysis.

Behavioral and Values Round

This circular evaluates teamwork, ownership, ethical judgment, reply to force and alignment alongside Bank of Americas intent of liable growth. Use concise STAR stories anywhere the act is plainly yours and the outcome is measurable or verifiable.

HR and Fit Discussion

The final conversation may shield joining readiness, location preference, change flexibility, occupation goals and your understanding of the role. Do not stance the job lone as a strolling rock to trading, since the panel is hiring for disciplined operations ownership.

Candidates frequently endure marks whenever they explain derivatives lone from a textbook but cannot nexus a booking error, colony postpone or collateral disagreement to genuine operational risk.

6. Interview Questions

Use STAR for behavioral questions, organized logic for scenarios and step-by-step reasoning for backing or operations questions. Bank of America interviewers volition normally reward clarity, accuracy, hazard awareness, ownership and the capability to communicate alongside multiple teams under period pressure.

Behavioral and Company-Fit Questions

Technical and Financial Questions

Case-Based and Analytical Questions

7. Topics and Areas of Focus

Preparation should concentration on applied market operations, not lone backing definitions. You need to display that you can nexus a idea specified as margin, mark-to-market or colony to the regular authority actions an expert performs.

8. Preparation Plan

Freshers: concentration on conceptual degree and organized answer frameworks specified as STAR and MECE. Experienced candidates: prepared 3-5 particular effect stories from former roles, since Bank of America interviewers investigation for measurable outcomes and ownership, not fair responsibilities.

Week 1

Role Foundation

Understand Bank of America, Global Markets Operations and the commerce lifecycle.

Week 2

Finance Depth

Revise derivatives, collateral, settlements, gain and defeat and Excel checks.

Week 3

Answer Practice

Build STAR stories and practise role-specific cases aloud.

Week 4

Mock Revision

Run timed mocks, refine feeble topics and enhance concise communication.

Pre-Interview Checklist

9. Career Growth & Next Roles

Progression in Market Ops mostly comes from accordant execution, low-error delivery, powerful escalation judgement and capability to grip additional complex products or controls. Over time, analysts can develop into elder operations, control, merchandise operations or squad guidance paths depending on achievement and endeavor need.

Market Ops GMO Analyst

You study the process, merchandise basics, scheme flows, authority checks and regular timelines. The chief evidence points are exact reconciliations, timely escalation, spotless records and apparent communication alongside stakeholders. Promotion preparedness starts whenever you can grip recurring breaks independently and explain their endeavor impact.

Senior Analyst or Process Specialist

At this stage, you own additional complex products, higher-value exceptions or local procedure responsibilities. You may train new analysts, assessment base logic commentary and assistance procedure improvement. The key change is from completing assigned checks to anticipating hazard and improving recurring controls.

Assistant Manager or Control Lead

You coordinate deliverables, assessment squad output, oversee stakeholder updates and guide remediation for authority gaps. Product depth, group coordination and metrics governance rotate into additional important. To progress, you must display that you can oversee hazard through others, not lone complete your own queue.

Manager or Deep Specialist

The way can move toward group management, procedure ownership, merchandise operations specialization, controls, endeavor backing or transformation. A group director proves planning, coaching and escalation judgment. A expert proves profound merchandise knowledge, regulatory awareness, automation thinking and capability to resolve complex operational hazard problems.

10. Conclusion

The strongest way to prepared is to nexus all backing idea to an operations control. If you can explain how a commerce booking error affects gain and loss, collateral, colony and reporting, you volition audio prepared for the genuine Market Ops GMO work.

Before the interview, practise concise issue-based communication and revise the commerce lifecycle throughout derivatives, repo, abroad exchange, equities and fixed income. Build at smallest five examples anywhere you showed accuracy, ownership and judgement under deadlines, since this function rewards dependable execution.

Pick one merchandise today, specified as an involvement charge toggle or equity option, and map its journey from commerce booking to collateral, gain and loss, colony and interrupt resolution.

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Bank of America: Credit & Payment Operations GPO GCO Interview

support@mycoding.id (Board Infinity) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:35:18 +0700

Credit & Payment Operations in Global Payment Operations (GPO) and Global Credit Operations (GCO) helps Bank of America move, screen, examine and assistance high-value banking transactions alongside accuracy. The function matters since small operational errors in payments, sanctions, loans, commerce backing or collateral records can create client impact, regulatory hazard and financial exposure.

This guide is for MBA and Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Finance students preparing for the Bank of America evidence process. It covers the role, skills, responsibilities, discussion process, role-specific questions, preparedness topics, a 4-week scheme and realistic growth paths.

1. About the Credit & Payment Operations - GPO, GCO Role

This function sits at the intersection of banking operations, hazard controls and client transaction support. You may assessment fee instructions, examine unsuccessful or returned payments, assistance debt servicing, verify collateral records, execute sanctions vigilant review, test fee platforms or procedure commerce backing records depending on the squad allocated.

Day-to-day activity involves coordinating alongside operations teams throughout regions, client-facing teams, hazard and compliance groups, innovation teams, debt operations teams and norm assurance reviewers. For a fresher, the genuine anticipation is disciplined analysis, spotless documentation, powerful Excel skills and the judgement to escalate issues before they rotate into authority failures.

2. Required Skills and Qualifications

Educational Qualifications

Skills Overview

3. Day-to-Day Responsibilities

A representative week combines queue-based transaction processing, elimination analysis, norm checks, reporting and coordination throughout period zones. The assigned array may concentration on payments, sanctions screening, investigations, wholesale banking operations, debt servicing, collateral, commerce finance, lockbox handling or norm assurance.

Payment Execution Support

You may assistance detect cable transfer or Automated Clearing House (ACH) fee queues, verify crucial sectors and assistance timely movement of client transactions. The activity requires checking instructions, currency, dates, beneficiary particulars and elimination messages, afterward routing issues to the accurate squad whenever a fee cannot continue cleanly.

Sanctions Alert Review

In sanctions-related processes, you assessment alerts generated on payments, settlements or commerce transactions. The project is to difference vigilant particulars alongside client and transaction information, decide whether the equivalent is applicable and document the rationale plainly for escalation or closure inside policy-defined standards.

Payment Investigations

You may grip queries from banks, clients or inner teams whenever a fee is delayed, returned, outstanding in a Nostro document or missing key information. Good analysts trace the transaction lifecycle, acknowledge anywhere it stopped, document evidence and react inside the accepted timeline fairly than giving vague position updates.

Loan Servicing Checks

In debt operations, you may update client and debt information, procedure advances, repayments, interest, fees, rollovers or charge changes, and react to endeavor partner queries. Accuracy is crucial since debt servicing records power billing, accounting, visibility reporting and the client cognition through the existence of the loan.

Collateral and Insurance

Collateral teams verify debt safety details, asset documentation, coverage safety and perfection requirements specified as Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) continuation anywhere applicable. The expert records exceptions, tracks pending items and keeps systems updated so hazard teams can measure whether the secured debt portfolio is correctly protected.

Quality and Testing

Some teams assistance person acceptance testing, norm assurance or merchandise enhancement checks. You may create test scenarios, difference expected outcomes alongside genuine results, log defects and assistance verify that fee platforms or operations workflows are dependable before changes power live client transactions.

4. Key Competencies for Success

Top candidates display that they can defend client outcomes during functioning inner a controlled banking environment. Bank of America emphasizes Responsible Growth, so interviewers value judgement, records discipline, collaboration and the capability to escalate without panic.

5. Interview Process at Bank of America

For a evidence operations role, prepared for screening on eligibility, a skills or aptitude evaluation, one or additional interviews on banking operations and a final fit discussion. Expect questions on why banking operations, how you grip repetitive high-risk work, how you logic through exceptions and how comfortable you are alongside shift-based earth delivery.

Eligibility and Application Screening

The archetypal display checks scholarly criteria, Finance specialization, backlog status, graduation lot and willingness to activity throughout listed locations and shifts. Keep your resume aligned to finance, Excel, analytics, operations exposure, internships and any scholarly projects involving banking, risk, reconciliation or procedure improvement.

Aptitude or Skills Assessment

The appraisal may test numerical ability, logical reasoning, data interpretation, English comprehension and Excel comfort. For this role, practise accuracy under period force since fee and debt operations reward careful study as much as accelerated calculation.

Technical Operations Interview

This is the most crucial circular for the role. Expect questions on payments, sanctions, Know Your Customer (KYC), debt servicing, commerce finance, collateral, reconciliation, Excel and how you would examine a interrupt or elimination alongside constricted information.

Managerial and Behavioral Interview

A hiring director or operations chief may measure ownership, procedure discipline, communication, stakeholder handling and adaptability to earth shifts. Prepare examples showing accuracy, escalation, teamwork, resilience and comfort alongside rules-driven work.

Human Resources Discussion

The final conversation normally validates motivation, location flexibility, change readiness, joining timeline and alignment alongside the company. Keep your answers honest and specific, particularly on why you desire operations in a ample earth financial institution fairly than a generic backing job.

Candidates frequently battle whenever they depict operations as lone back-office data entry. Show that you comprehend the risk, compliance, liquidity, client assistance and authority effect of fee and credit operations.

6. Interview Questions

Use STAR for behavioral answers, MECE for elimination inspection and a step-by-step calculation or authority example for specialized questions. Bank of America interviewers volition appearance for clarity, accuracy, escalation judgement, procedure site and the capability to nexus your Finance backdrop to genuine banking operations.

Behavioral & Company-Fit Questions

Technical & Financial Questions

Case-Based & Analytical Questions

7. Topics and Areas of Focus

Master the concepts that nexus immediately to fee processing, credit servicing and authority execution. The discussion volition reward candidates who can explain banking operations in uncomplicated tongue and afterward use that cognition to elimination cases.

8. Preparation Plan

Freshers: concentration on conceptual degree and organized answer frameworks specified as STAR and MECE. Experienced candidates: prepared 3-5 particular effect stories from former roles, alongside measurable outcomes and apparent ownership.

Week 1

Role Basics

Understand Bank of America, GBS, payments, credit operations and the evidence eligibility points.

Week 2

Domain Depth

Revise payments, sanctions, debt servicing, commerce finance, collateral and Excel use cases.

Week 3

Interview Practice

Draft STAR stories, resolve elimination cases and practise concise specialized explanations.

Week 4

Mock and Refine

Run imitate interviews, enhance feeble answers and finalize change and location preparedness responses.

Pre-Interview Checklist

9. Career Growth & Next Roles

Progression in this track depends on accuracy, authority ownership, queue management, domain cognition and the capability to enhance processes without expanding risk. A fresher who builds degree in payments, sanctions, loans or commerce operations can move toward elder analyst, procedure specialist, quality, hazard controls, squad guidance or domain topic matter expert roles.

Credit & Payment Operations Associate

At admission level, you study the norm functioning procedures, procedure assigned queues, document exceptions and create accuracy in one or additional desks specified as payments, investigations, debt servicing, collateral, commerce backing or quality. To move ahead, demonstrate low error rates, timely escalation, powerful Excel use and understanding of why all authority exists.

Senior Analyst or Process Specialist

After construction procedure fluency, you may grip complex exceptions, assistance new joiners, detect quality, assessment ageing, coordinate alongside local teams and contribute to small improvements. The promotion indication is no longer fair doing your own queue well, but reducing reiterate defects and assisting the squad create improved decisions.

Operations Lead or Subject Matter Expert

At this stage, you own parts of the process, assessment escalations, train analysts, activity alongside norm teams and assistance execute authority changes. You must demonstrate judgement on ambiguous cases, powerful stakeholder communication and the capability to explain hazard plainly to managers, innovation partners or local operations teams.

Manager Track or Specialist Track

Beyond the expert stage, growth can move toward group management, procedure ownership, hazard and authority leadership, norm assurance, fee phase evaluation or deeper domain ability in loans, sanctions or commerce operations. The differentiator is whether you can enhance outcomes throughout a process, not fair complete idiosyncratic tasks.

10. Conclusion

The strongest preparedness scheme is to treat this as a banking hazard and operations interview, not a generic backing interview. Learn how payments, loans, sanctions, commerce finance, collateral and norm controls activity together, afterward practise explaining exceptions alongside evidence, construction and applicable judgement.

Before the interview, build one leaf of domain notes, one Excel tracker and four STAR stories mapped to the role. Be prepared to display location flexibility, change preparedness and genuine involvement in operations that defend client transactions and Bank of America controls.

Pick one fee inquiry case today and compose a 6-step answer covering intake, validation, tracing, base cause, escalation and client update.

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support@mycoding.id (Brad Bourque) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0700

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I had 5 kids headed to college. I took a demotion so they could go tuition-free.

support@mycoding.id (Melania Murphy) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:25:03 +0700

The author took a demotion for the tuition benefit. Courtesy of Melania Murphy

I lately took a career demotion, but not since I lacked ambition. I made this choice since five of our kids were headed to college, and the math was unattainable to ignore.

When my hubby and I married, we blended a family of six children in a occidental suburb of Chicago. Five were in elevated academy at the identical period — two seniors, a junior, a sophomore, and a freshman. We were thrilled to have a big family. We were additionally staring at the possible of five university tuition bills arriving nearly at once.

We established a resolution that seemed too fine to be true

My hubby and I the two believed university had changed our lives. We wanted our children to have that identical chance, but we additionally knew we could not merely compose checks and anticipation for the best. We expected them to work, apply for aid, and have skin in the game. Still, we did not desire them starting adulthood buried in debt.

Then I heard concerning a advantage that seemed too fine to be true. Some colleges recommendation liberated or deeply discounted tuition to workforce and their children. It was the archetypal applicable resolution we had found.

At the time, my promotion occupation was motionless young. I had gone rear to school following years at residence raising kids and was trying to build momentum. My hubby had already spent two decades construction his occupation in the agency provision industry, so if one of us was going to chase a university job for the tuition benefit, it made awareness that it would be me.

I established a job that offered a tuition benefit, but it was a stage rear in my career

After months of searching, I was offered an entry-level, data-entry job at a small broad arts university concerning eight miles from our house. The tuition advantage was awesome — my kids would get liberated tuition if they attended the academy anywhere I worked or one on a catalog of small broad arts colleges throughout the nation — and it would commencement correct away. The salary, though, was difficult to swallow. Taking the job meant accepting a pay that would cut my pay in fractional and a heading that felt akin I was taking three steps backwards.

On paper, the decision made sense. One year of tuition for one kid could disbursal additional than the pay cut. Multiply that by five kids, and the financial logic was obvious. Emotionally, it was not that simple. I had worked difficult to create a expert character following years of being known chiefly as someone's mom. Now I was choosing lesser pay, a lesser title, and activity that did not indicate anywhere I wanted my occupation to go.

I told myself I was doing it for the kids, and I was. But that did not erase the sting. For years, I wondered whether I had stated up too much. I idea concerning the pay I had walked distant from, the career momentum I had slowed, and the ego I had to set apart all period I explained why I had taken the job.

Still, parenting frequently requires a benevolent of math no spreadsheet can capture. You add up income, debt, opportunity, pride, fear, and hope. Then you create the choice you accept volition provision your children additional options, equal if it expenses you item no one alternatively can see.

The author earned her master's flat during operating at the college. Courtesy of Melania Murphy

The decision to obtain a demotion changed our lives

In the end, the decision changed all of our futures. Over the years, the tuition advantage covered 17 years of university for our kids. I earned my master's degree during operating at the college, too. Eventually, I moved into an aide director of promotion role, and one year, my total rewards declaration showed my tuition advantage was value 350% of my salary.

Our kids took distinct paths. One was not prepared for college correct following elevated school, but afterward returned to activity on his degree. Two went on to acquire master's degrees. Two built careers exterior the sectors they studied, but their degrees motionless opened doors. Our youngest, who was not yet in class academy whenever we married, is now finishing her degree.

Parents create quiescent sacrifices all the time. Some appearance theatrical from the outside, but many do not. Mine looked akin a smaller paycheck, an entry-level title, and years of wondering whether I had set apart too much of myself.

But now looking back, I don't regret it. When I eventually remaining the college, one of our sons said, "We had a fine run. Thank you for all you've done for us." That was whenever I understood the tradeoff differently. The demotion had not made my existence smaller. It had helped create all of our futures bigger.

This Philips Smart Door Lock With Handle Is Just $100 for October Prime Day

support@mycoding.id (Pradershika Sharma) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:21:38 +0700

Pradershika Sharma is a tech deals author for Lifehacker.

She has a Master’s flat in English Literature, a B.Ed., and a TESOL certification. She has been penning professionally since 2018, creating merchandise reviews, affiliate articles, and hunt ads for earth clients during operating alongside Rubix Agency and Cognizant. Previously, she spent a twelvemonth instruction English at the younger elevated level.

An avid audience since childhood, Pradershika's idea of extreme sports is staying up to peruse “just one additional chapter.” She lives in India.

Amazon has discounted the Philips Wifi Keypad Door Lock alongside Handle from its customary cost of $142.49 downward to $99.25 for October Prime Day 2026. For that price, you’re getting a astute deadbolt, keypad, fingerprint reader, app controls, and a matching grip set in one package. Many astute locks at this cost lone substitute the deadbolt, so the included grip makes this awareness akin a additional complete front-door upgrade without having to buy additional hardware. For additional on the October Prime Day 2026 sale, you can browse our complete Prime Day coverage.

Philips Wifi Keypad Door Lock alongside Handle

The day-to-day convenience is the genuine logic to regard it—since it connects immediately to 2.4GHz wifi, there's no distinct extend or hub to buy, plug in, or troubleshoot later. Once connected, you can unlock the entrance alongside your fingerprint, act a PIN on the keypad, use the Philips Home Access app, or rod alongside a bodily key whenever needed. The app is particularly helpful if you need to inspect whether the entrance is locked, see latest admission history, or let person in during you're not home—it lets you create distinct types of codes for distinct people, including one-time codes for guests or recurring codes for cleaners, dog walkers, or family members. It additionally plant alongside the two Alexa and Google Assistant, so checking whether the forefront entrance is locked can be as uncomplicated as asking a astute speaker.

Philips says the fastener is designed for doors between 1⅜ and 1¾ inches thick, and facility have to be manageable alongside a screwdriver, although replacing the two a deadbolt and grip motionless takes several patience. Once installed, you can set it to re-lock automatically inside zero to 180 seconds following closing. In all, this is likely additional astute fastener than you need if you lone desire a essential keypad. But if you desire app control, fingerprint entry, visitant codes, and a cleaner-looking grip set in one box, this Philips agreement makes awareness at fair under $100.

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This Tiny Clip-On Bluetooth Speaker Is Under $50 for October Prime Day

support@mycoding.id (Pradershika Sharma) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:17:41 +0700

The Ultimate Ears Miniroll is downward to $47.49 on Amazon from its $79.99 catalog cost onward of October Prime Day, and price trackers display that’s the lowest it has sold for so far. It’s a small, flat, puck-shaped Bluetooth speaker that weighs fair complete fractional a pound, alongside a removable rubber strap you can nexus to a backpack, bicycle handlebar, or ablution caddy. For additional on the October Prime Day sale, you can prosecute the latest offers as they arrive in on our Prime Day 2026 Live Blog, or browse the standout deals and transaction announcements on our Prime Day Deals page.

Ultimate Ears Miniroll Bluetooth Speaker

Despite its size, the Miniroll can get amazingly loud—which PCMag confirms in its review—and at average volume, it has adequate audio for a galley or backyard without sounding thin. Its 40-meter Bluetooth range additionally method you can depart your phone inner during the speaker sits on the patio, and if you have additional than one Miniroll, a lengthy media on the perform clasp connects them through PartyUp for additional quantity or stereo sound. As for its power division life, you get concerning 12 hours of playback before it needs a accusation complete USB-C, during its IP67 ranking protects it from powder and a concise dunk in water.

That said, the Miniroll does have its limits, particularly alongside bass-heavy music. Hip-hop and digital tracks can audio thinner than they would on a larger speaker, and formerly you rotate the quantity former approximately 80%, the audio starts to endure definition, and the speaker itself can vibrate. There's additionally no companion app, definition no equalizer, no EQ presets, no codec switching, and no find-my-speaker function, so what you comprehend out of the box is what you get permanently.

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When is Prime Day?

October Prime Day is Oct. 6 and runs through Oct. 7. It happens all twelvemonth during October.

What period does Prime Day start?

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Our Best Editor-Vetted Prime Day Deals Right Now

Apple AirPods Pro 3 Noise Cancelling Heart Rate Wireless Earbuds — $179.00 (List Price $249.00)

Sony WH-1000XM5 — $198.00 (List Price $399.99)

Ring Indoor Cam Plus 2K Wired Security Camera (2-Pack, White) — $59.98 (List Price $119.98)

Apple iPad 11" 128GB A16 WiFi Tablet (Blue, 2025) — $399.00 (List Price $449.00)

Blink Outdoor 4 1080p 3-Camera Kit With Sync Module Core + Doorbell — $65.99 (List Price $259.98)

Ring 2nd Gen 2K Wired Video Doorbell With Chime (2026 Release) — $49.99 (List Price $114.98)

Fire TV Stick 4K Plus Streaming Player With Remote (2025 Model) — $37.99 (List Price $69.99)

Apple Watch Series 12 — $349.99 (List Price $399.00)

Deals are selected by our commerce team

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Berthd

support@mycoding.id (Doris Putra) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:14:19 +0700

Berth runs Claude Code, Codex and another coding agents on your own dev boxes. Work alongside them from your laptop; near it, and they keep going.

For Apple silicon and Intel Macs, signed and notarized. Open source. How to get started

Start

One line. A worktree, a box, an agent.

Press ⌘N and say what you want. Berth makes a worktree on the box you choose and starts Claude Code, Codex or another delegate in it, alongside its dev server in a tab of its own.

Watch it work

Every step, as it happens.

Commands and says fold into a line, and edits attain as diffs. When Claude asks, you answer in place; what it publishes is one click away.

Side by side

Two worktrees. One view.

Two worktrees portion the tab band as groups, all in its own colour, and divided into one tab. Compare puts them in mirrored lanes: their chats, their diffs, their terminals.

Make it yours

Your themes. Your harbour.

Berth's own themes and nineteen ports of favourites, Dracula to Rosé Pine, carried into the terminal and all diff. A conversation backdrop of your own, and ⌘+ whenever you desire it larger.

It keeps going

Close the laptop. They keep going.

The agents run on your boxes, not on your laptop. Close it and they keep working; open it in the dawn and what they did is there.

devl · 2 agents workinggpu · 1 delegate working

Install

Your agents, docked.

The app for your Mac, and berthd on all box. Free and open source.

On your box curl -fsSL https://berthd.app/install | sh

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President Trump ranks 12th among the country's richest real estate moguls. Meet the other billionaires in his industry.

support@mycoding.id (Roya Shahidi) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:05:47 +0700

Donald Trump owns the Mar-a-Lago Club. Win McNamee/Getty Images; Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Real asset has been the origin of several of America’s biggest fortunes, including that of US President Donald Trump.

However, notwithstanding his extended asset portfolio, Trump ranks 12th among the country’s richest genuine asset moguls.

These magnates rarely own lone residential properties. Their portfolios frequently extend several of the country’s biggest agency buildings, malls, hotels, and logistics hubs.

In multiple cases, they additionally clasp stakes in sports teams and another assets.

This ranking was compiled from the Forbes 400 list for 2026, which provides an estimated snapshot of the net value of the 400 richest group in America as of September 4.

Forbes estimated all person’s net worth using sources including interviews and asset valuations, during accounting for debt and charitable giving. In several cases, Forbes lists individuals as “and family” to signify that several of the prosperity is held by contiguous family members.

Here are America’s richest genuine asset moguls, classified by net worth.

15. Robert Faith — $6 billion

Robert Faith has a net value of $6 billion. Bloomberg/Getty Images

State: South Carolina

Robert Faith founded Greystar in 1993. He is the place and CEO of the genuine asset company, which specializes in rental accommodation properties, including elder accommodation and pupil housing.

14. Annette Lerner & family — $6.1 billion

Annette Lerner and her son, Mark Lerner. The Washington Post/Getty Images

State: Maryland

Annette Lerner's husband, Ted Lerner, built a genuine asset business in 1952 following she gave him a $250 loan. The firm, Lerner Enterprises, is among the largest genuine asset owners in Washington, DC.

After Ted Lerner died in 2023, she and her children inherited his estate.

13. Mitchell Morgan & family — $6.7 billion

Mitchell Morgan alongside his wife, Hilarie Morgan. Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

State: Pennsylvania

Mitchell Morgan is the originator and place of Morgan Properties, which specializes in flat complexes. The resolute owns complete 97,000 units throughout the US.

12. Donald Trump — $7 billion

Donald Trump has a net value of $7 billion. Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images

State: Florida

While Donald Trump’s presidency has added billions to his net worth, mostly through crypto, according to Forbes, much of his fortune remains tied to genuine estate. His portfolio includes athletics clubs, resorts, and business skyscrapers.

11. Rick Caruso — $7.1 billion

Rick Caruso has a net value of $7.1 billion. Paul Archuleta/Getty Images

State: California

Rick Caruso built his fortune through Caruso, the genuine asset business he founded. The resolute developed buying and mixed-use destinations specified as The Grove and The Americana at Brand.

10. H. Ross Perot Jr. — $7.4 billion

H. Ross Perot Jr. has a net value of $7.4 billion. Bloomberg/Getty Images

State: Texas

Ross Perot Jr. founded Hillwood, a genuine asset betterment firm, following borrowing against his billionaire father's fortune. The company's portfolio includes residential and business developments, as fine as logistics hubs.

9. Herb Simon — $7.7 billion

Herb Simon has a net value of $7.7 billion. Stephanie Augello/Getty Images

State: Indiana

Herb Simon founded the business that would eventually rotate into Simon Property Group in 1960 alongside his brother. The genuine asset funding rely owns hundreds of properties about the world, specified as malls and mixed-use spaces.

Simon additionally owns stakes in the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever.

8. Edward Roski Jr. — $8.1 billion

Edward Roski Jr. has a net value of $8.1 billion. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

State: California

Edward Roski Jr. is the place of Majestic Realty, which his begetter founded in 1948. The business genuine asset betterment resolute counts Walmart, Amazon, and UPS among its tenants.

7. Ty Warner — $8.2 billion

Ty Warner has a net value of $8.2 billion. Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

State: Illinois

Ty Warner created the Beanie Babies row of stuffed toys, the profits of which he invested in genuine estate. His portfolio includes the Four Seasons in New York and Las Ventanas al Paraiso in Los Cabos.

6. Leonard Stern — $9 billion

Leonard Stern has a net value of $9 billion. Donald Bowers/Getty Images for Green Beret Foundation

State: New York

Leonard Stern is the place and CEO of Hartz Mountain Industries, which has an extended portfolio of genuine asset holdings, including manufacturing warehouses.

5. Igor Olenicoff — $9.1 billion

Igor Olenicoff has a net value of $9.1 billion. Bloomberg/Getty Images

State: Florida

Igor Olenicoff founded Olen Companies in 1974. The firm's portfolio includes complete 8 myriad quadrate feet in agency area and complete 17,000 luxury flat units.

4. Neil Bluhm — $9.9 billion

Neil Bluhm has a net value of $9.9 billion. Bloomberg/Getty Images

State: Illinois

Neil Bluhm cofounded JMB Realty in 1970, which became among the largest genuine asset developers in the US. Bluhm expanded beyond genuine asset into casinos and personal equity, cofounding Rush Street Gaming and Walton Street Capital.

3. Jeff Greene — $10.1 billion

Jeff Greene has a net value of $10.1 billion. Bloomberg/Getty Images

State: Florida

Jeff Greene became a billionaire betting against the mid-2000s accommodation bubble, using credit default swaps tied to subprime home loan securities before the 2008 financial crisis.

2. Donald Bren — $19.8 billion

Donald Bren has a net value of $19.8 billion. Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

State: California

Donald Bren is the place and chief shareholder of Irvine Company, a genuine asset betterment firm. The company's portfolio spans new residence villages, hundreds of agency buildings, and the MetLife Building.

1. Stephen Ross — $21.5 billion

Stephen Ross has a net value of $21.5 billion Taylor Hill/WireImage

State: Florida

Stephen Ross founded Related Companies, a genuine asset betterment and manner firm, in 1972. He afterward founded Related Ross, a genuine asset betterment resolute focused on West Palm Beach, in 2024.

Ross additionally holds stakes in the sports and health industries, including the Miami Dolphins, the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, SoulCycle, and Equinox Fitness.

Alexa can’t control the aux input on Amazon Echo speakers anymore

support@mycoding.id (Stevie Bonifield) — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:03:56 +0700

Stevie Bonifield

is a news author covering all things person tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag penning news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.

If you’ve been using an older Amazon Echo equipment as a speaker through its 3.5mm aux input, Alexa sound commands to perform or intermission from row in may halt working. Ars Technica points to this Reddit poster claiming they received a communication from Amazon concerning the change, which the business has confirmed. According to Amazon spokesman Claudia Chavira Velez, “We lately notified the extremely small figure of customers using sound requests to perform or intermission audio from the aux audio input on choose Echo devices that this functionality volition no longer be supported.”

The communication does not contain any clarification for why the characteristic was removed. It additionally doesn’t citation any changes to audio output functionality akin connecting an external speaker to an Echo Dot. Amazon’s declaration notes that the bodily association motionless plant on the devices that have the port: Echo Plus (2nd gen), Echo (3rd gen), Echo (4th gen), and Echo Studio (1st gen). Owners can authority it from inside the Alexa app, as fine as brace Bluetooth speakers.

As Ars Technica points out, it’s been years since Amazon released an Echo speaker alongside a 3.5mm aux port, and final year, Amazon additionally removed an Echo feature that allowed users to opt out of sending sound recordings to the cloud.

Update, October 6th: Added comment from Amazon.

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