Amazon drops data center NDAs, and AI agents want your credit card

Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year. Secrecy has fueled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. Meanwhile, a wave of startups is betting that consumers will hand AI agents access to their inboxes, files, and credit cards — if they can get websites to let them in. 

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'Celeste's Childhood Drawings' quest walkthrough in Arc Raiders

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Published Oct 9, 2026, 12:47 PM EDT

Hunting for some pieces of art

The player in Arc Raiders inspecting the map in young Celeste's room. Image: Embark Studios via Polygon

The "Celeste's Childhood Drawings" quest in Arc Raiders takes place exclusively on Riven Tides. Lance wants to help cheer Celeste up, which involves searching for some of her childhood drawings throughout the map. Finding the specific locations is a pain though, so we're here to help.

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The biggest changes Anthropic just made to Claude’s rules

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Anthropic's new usage policy for Claude takes effect next month.

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Danu Robotics’ fight to build a better recycling robot

For Danu Robotics founder Amy Ma, the eureka moment came after years of working as a software developer at a London bank. It was the kind of high-touch office that’s typical in finance — but despite all the perks, Ma was alarmed to realize that the building’s recycling bins were being emptied into the trash.

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Embrace your jobbing musician soul with a new Cyberpunk 2077 quest mod that comes with the option of playing all the wrong chords for Master of Puppets

Johnny and the Silverhands on tour

Johnny Silverhand playing guitar in Cyberpunk 2077.
Image credit: CD Projekt Red / Zeusico

Cyberpunk 2077 quest mods are still a relative rarity and the latest's aimed at folks who don't think getting to play that one gig with Samurai during the main story's enough jammin' in front of a crowd. It'll let you and brain-dwelling Keanu Reeves tour various venues throughout Night City and offers the option of adding in custom songs from your own playlist if you don't mind looking down to see that your fingers definitely aren't in the right place.

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‘A Ceuta-style surge is possible’: Border tensions on NATO’s eastern flank

Masked and armed men attempted to cross into Latvia from Belarus alongside 20 undocumented migrants on Monday.

“The (masked) escorts of the illegal migrants, who were located on the Belarusian side, were armed, issued threats to … soldiers, and also actively urged and drove the migrant group toward Latvia,” Janis Dombrava, Latvia’s interior minister, said on Tuesday.

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Mike Ditka - NFL icon, Super Bowl winner and Chicago Bears legend dies aged 86

NFL icon and former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka has died aged 86.

Ditka coached the Bears to the Super Bowl XX title in 1986 and was the first tight end to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Ryan Hall: Leeds Rhinos wing retires from rugby league after storied 20-year career

Leeds Rhinos legend Ryan Hall has announced his retirement from rugby league after an extraordinary 20-year career.

The 38-year-old made his Rhinos debut in 2007 and went on to win six Super League titles with the club before helping Hull KR reach Old Trafford in 2024.

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Singapore GP: George Russell tops sole practice from Charles Leclerc ahead of Sprint Qualifying

George Russell was fastest from Charles Leclerc in the only Singapore practice session ahead of Sprint Qualifying later on Friday.

Russell, who will start at the back of the grid for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix due to a power unit change, was 0.198s quicker than Ferrari's Leclerc as Mercedes look to bounce back from their "worst weekend of the season" in Malaysia, according to team boss Toto Wolff.

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LeBron James makes Philadelphia 76ers debut in preseason clash with Brooklyn Nets ahead of NBA-record 24th season

LeBron James has vowed that he and his new team will "get better and better" after the 41-year-old put in a strong showing on his Philadelphia 76ers debut in a preseason meeting with the Brooklyn Nets. 

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