Novac Djokovic won 102nd match of his career, while ATP 500 tournament victory was Carlos Alcaraz’s third of the year.

Novak Djokovic won the China Open after his opponent Alex de Minaur retired from the final with injury, while Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz retained his Japan Open crown to continue his resurgence after a lengthy wrist injury layoff.

Prominent election deniers have spent recent weeks stoking fears over US election security before next month’s midterms, echoing claims pushed by Donald Trump to justify asserting more control over voting.

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Reforge your gear to look the way you want

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To use the transmog feature in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, you must unlock specific craftsman stations — regular armorers and blacksmiths won't do. The option to transmogrify armor and weapons was added in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, allowing Geralt to don his flashiest Toussaint robes while secretly enjoying the best Witcher School armor stats. In game, this is referred to as "reforging" your gear.

Startups that promise to predict how humans will behave are having a moment. Over the past year, Simile raised $200 million at a $2 billion valuation; Aaru raised $88 million at a $1 billion valuation; and Humans&, an AI startup that announced a massive $480 million seed round in January at a $4.48 billion valuation, launched Persimmon to model human behavior.

Microdrama platform and studio aTwist is kicking off what they have dubbed their October “To Die For” lineup with a slate of new original series.

aTwist is launching four new series over the course of October, which feature stars like Mario Lopez and Paris Hilton, while “Modern Family” alum Jesse Tyler Ferguson is set to direct and produce another series, with Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat producing another.

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If one thing's been abundantly clear over the last year, it's that Sony and Microsoft are both champing at the bit to work AI features into the next generation of consoles. And now, Sony has filed another patent that would use AI to train NPCs based on data generated by you, the player.

Fremantle, whose shows include the “Got Talent” and “Idols” franchises, has appointed Sharon Levy as CEO of Fremantle Americas and Australia, effective from mid-January, reporting directly to Jennifer Mullen, Fremantle Group CEO. Levy joins Fremantle from Banijay, where she served as CEO of Endemol Shine North America.

Go Ricki! Go Ricki! Go back to acting.

Lifetime‘s latest “Ripped from the Headlines” original movie She Married Her Murderer: The Susan Cox Powell Story will mark Ricki Lake‘s return to acting. The former daytime talk show host will play Susan Cox Powell’s (portrayed here by Matreya Scarrwener) mother Judy Cox. Mike Dopud (Power, Deadpool 2) plays Susan’s father Chuck Cox.

Alternative für Deutschland has become Germany’s first far-right party to secure the position of speaker of a regional parliament since the second world war.

Tobias Rausch, a former estate agent, was elected in the first round of voting on Tuesday in Saxony-Anhalt. He won 48 out of the 82 votes cast.