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Airbnb checkout chores ban starts with bookings from November 20
Hosts can still ask guests to put used dishes in the sink or gather towels, but they generally can no longer fine guests, restrict advertised amenities or add rules after booking.
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COINS Act proposed rule would ban US investment in China AI firms
Treasury's proposed rule under the COINS Act adds hypersonics, supercomputing and biotech to the outbound investment program, turns AI deals into an outright ban, and says Venezuela no longer qualifies. Comments are due December 7.
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Ukraine says Starlink speed cap lifted, above 400 km/h
Kyiv says its monitoring shows a stable military Starlink link above 400 km/h, two days after it disputed Trump's claim that Musk had restored service. Who ordered the cap is still unconfirmed.
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FCC surveillance chips rule blocks first two Huawei HiSilicon devices
The FCC did not name the makers or models. Devices authorized before October 13 are unaffected, and a pending proposal could require bills of materials with every equipment application.
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Elon Musk Skydance investment: Semafor reports about $1 billion
Semafor first reported the equity investment, and CNBC followed. The stake, price and structure are undisclosed, and the cash would land in a company that Fitch and S&P have cut deeper into junk territory.
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KOSPI drops 3% as Samsung, SK Hynix slide after US tech selloff
Chipmakers led the drop minutes after the Seoul open, following an overnight US tech selloff and a rise in oil prices. It is the index's third decline in four sessions.
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Crypto daily brief, Oct 22, 2026: bitcoin drops 3% as oil jumps
Bitcoin lost about 3.3% over the UTC day and ether about 3.7% as Brent crude topped $111 and US chip stocks sold off, wiping out gains from three straight days of spot bitcoin ETF inflows.
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South Korea crypto tax 2027: 22% on gains above KRW 2.5 million
The tax has been postponed three times since 2020, and lawmakers from both main parties now want a fourth delay until the stalled Digital Asset Basic Act passes. Here is what the law says and what is only proposed.
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Microsoft AI diagnostic tool hits 83% vs 36% for generalist doctors
Generalist physicians scored 22% without references and 36% with them. The paper's own data suggest frontier models such as GPT-5 drive most of the gain, and the system is not cleared for clinical use.
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Nasdaq falls 2.6% to 26,008.86 as AI spending worries hit chips
The Nasdaq Composite fell 2.6% to 26,008.86 on October 22, its steepest one-day drop since early June. Reuters and Yahoo Finance said renewed worry about AI spending after Meta and Tesla results drove the selloff, which hit chip stocks hardest.
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How to build an emergency fund: target, account and automation
Only 63% of US adults would cover a $400 surprise bill with cash, according to the Federal Reserve. Here is a step-by-step method to size, store, automate and rebuild an emergency fund, with a worked example.
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Coinbase Ireland fined €3.25 million over safeguarding failures
The regulator found three breaches between 1 November 2020 and 19 August 2025, including an underfunded safeguarding account. Coinbase Ireland admitted them in a settlement; Coinbase says no customer lost money or access to funds.
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OpenAI Decisions API now generally available on GPT-6 Luna
OpenAI has opened its fast decision model to all customers, adding GPT-Live voice integration, prompt caching and structured JSON input. TechCrunch reports responses of roughly 100 to 180 milliseconds, yet public indexes still rank TypeSafe's Jev ahead.
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Trump says Google CEO refused to rename Atlantic 'Trump Ocean'
Google has not confirmed the call, and the account rests on Trump's own words. He told a similar story at a Georgia rally on October 16 and said then that he had been joking.
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Tom Skerritt, star of Alien and Top Gun, dies at 93
The actor who played the doomed captain in Alien and the flight instructor Viper in Top Gun won the 1993 Emmy for Picket Fences. His publicist confirmed the death to CBS News.
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Canva Craft AI image model is Canva's first built in-house
Canva built and trained Craft itself for design work, not just pictures. It is available in Dream Lab and through the Canva API, with cheaper Craft-fast and Craft-ultrafast versions planned.
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Trump calls LeBron James a 'disgrace' over national anthem video
Trump said James should apologize to "Great American Warriors and Heroes who died for the American Flag." James had not commented publicly by Thursday afternoon, and the 76ers did not immediately respond to Reuters.
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Gold (XAU/USD) daily brief, Oct 22, 2026: 11-week low on Fed fears
Spot gold fell 2.4% to its lowest since early August and December futures settled at $4,060.40 as a five-month high in oil revived Fed hike bets, even though Treasury yields and the dollar fell. Silver lost 5.4%.
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US Stocks daily brief, Oct 22, 2026: Nasdaq sinks 2.6% on AI costs
The Nasdaq fell 2.6% and the S&P 500 1.2% on October 22 as AI-spending worries hit chipmakers and Meta, while the Dow held flat on gains in defensive stocks. the 10-year Treasury yield dropped below 5% and the VIX jumped 14%.
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European Q3 earnings seen up 21.9%, energy forecast up 134.1%
Refining is the main engine: Shell, BP and TotalEnergies have flagged sharply higher third-quarter refining margins. Without energy, STOXX Europe 600 earnings growth is seen at just 8.4%.
