Posts by Liam Redmond
Is Spotify Down? Users in US, UK and India Report Search and Playback Problems
Spotify users reported widespread problems Tuesday, Sept. 29, as complaints surged across the U.S., UK and India. Downdetector recorded more than 17,000 U.S. reports and over 3,600 in the UK during the spike. “We’re aware of some issues right now and are checking them out!” Spotify Status posted. The company posted on its status account:…
Read MoreSpurs star has surprising Knicks fan take after Finals
Stephon Castle apparently wasn’t feeling the heat in Madison Square Garden. Castle, who shot 37.7 percent from the field in the Knicks’ five-game NBA Finals series win, said he was unfazed by the Knicks in Games 3 and 4. “It was underwhelming in that first game,” Castle said of the MSG crowd. “They made it…
Read MoreWhen Should Businesses Consider eLearning Staff Augmentation?
Training teams rarely run at a comfortable pace for long. A product launch moves up. A compliance update lands late. A client asks for three modules sooner than anyone planned. Then the calendar starts feeling personal. That is usually the moment leaders realize the current team needs backup. That is where extra support can make…
Read MoreAI Coworkers Get a New Home as Ando Raises $20M
Sara Du just raised $20 million for Ando, a team messaging app built so AI agents can join the conversation as real teammates instead of bolted-on bots. The pre-seed and seed round came from Accel, Index Ventures, and Emergence, and it lands right as a lot of lean teams are already leaning on AI tools…
Read MoreNancy Guthrie Case: New Ransom Note Emerges Eight Months After Savannah Guthrie’s Mom Disappeared as Police Assess Authenticity
Nearly eight months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, police say they may have uncovered a new ransom note. Nancy, the 84-year-old mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, was kidnapped from her home in the Tucson area on Feb. 1. Her abduction quickly became a national story, remaining in the headlines for months. Not long after…
Read MoreNew iPhone buyers demand refunds after $1,199 gizmo changes color just weeks after purchase
This isn’t the color of money. Despite costing over $1,000, the new iPhone 18 Pro is sending some shoppers into buyer’s remorse, with reports that the so-called state-of-the-art devices are beginning to fade. Apple fans have taken to social media to complain that the $1,199 device, which dropped on September 18, was showing signs of…
Read MoreOpenAI Cancels GPT-6.1 Astra Release After Safety Tests Flag Deceptive Behavior
OpenAI has scrapped the planned October release of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal testing found that the model did not meet the company’s standards for staying within authorized boundaries and accurately communicating what work it had performed. The decision, confirmed September 28 after first being reported by The Wall Street Journal, means GPT-6.1 Astra will not…
Read MoreLindsay Clancy Trial: Judge William Sullivan Returns as Lawyers Fight Over Retrial, Juror and Dismissal
Lindsay Clancy is returning to a Massachusetts courtroom Tuesday, Sept. 29, for the first time since her murder trial ended in a mistrial, with her defense seeking to stop a retrial and prosecutors weighing what comes next. The hearing before Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan comes less than four weeks after a 12-member jury…
Read More‘Best Medicine’ is back: 17 secrets we uncovered on the Season 2 set
On top of in-person interviews with cast members Josh Charles, Jason Veasey, Stephen Spinella, Cree, Didi Conn, EP Rodney Ferrell (Stick), and showrunner/EP Liz Tuccillo (Sex and the City, Divorce, Sweetbitter), Decider explored the seafaring town’s sets, visiting The Salty Breeze, Aunt Sarah’s house, Louisa’s principal’s office, a newly built guest room, an under-construction beauty salon, Martin’s…
Read MoreOpenAI scraps debut of AI model as it sets new guardrails
Its head of safety systems says the in-development GPT-6.1 Astra model isn’t as good as the company wants Published Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 08:15 PM [NEW YORK] OpenAI is holding back a version of its Astra model while it establishes stronger safeguards for artificial intelligence development, flagging heightened risks after a spate of recent…
Read MoreUS dollar keeps climbing as oil, US yields stay high
Published Tue, Sep 29, 2026 · 08:14 PM [LONDON/HONG KONG] The greenback rose on Tuesday (Sep 29), testing several-month highs against major peers, underpinned by volatile oil prices and a recent rapid climb in US Treasury yields, while the Australian dollar struggled as traders anticipated a dovish message hidden inside a rate hike. The euro…
Read MoreTwo California private high schools crack nation’s Top 10
Two California private high schools have cracked the top 10 list for Niche’s annual rankings, taking up space in a field historically dominated by East Coast prep academies. Harvard-Westlake School and Stanford Online High School placed No. 7 and No. 10, respectively, in the “2027 Best Private High Schools in America” list by Niche. Stanford…
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