VOL. 2026 · NO. 291 WINCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS WEEK OF OCTOBER 12 - OCTOBER 18, 2026

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Free Intelligence · The Week's Essential Stories
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Technology

The best gadget I bought this year is a milk frother

Back in February, I went to Los Angeles to take in some art and stayed in Koreatown. Down the street from my hotel, there was this little coffee shop - Stagger - that is, I think, best known for its matcha, which is good. But the drink I unexpectedly found myself obsessed with was their […]
The Verge
U.S. Politics

Vance says in 'some ways' US has 'decisively won' Iran war

Vice President Vance claimed Saturday that in “some ways” the United States has “decisively won” its war against Iran. “I would say in some ways, we have won decisively, but they're — the Iranians, the enemy gets a vote here, and they have responded in certain ways. And so, to step back a little bit,...
The Hill
Science

How scientists domesticated a killer bacterium

Genome analysis shows how decades of lab cultivation turned C. botulinum, the canned-food killer, into a potent tool for medicine and the beauty industry
Science Magazine

There’s a ‘New Middle East’, but not the one Israel planned

Instead of redrawing the region, Israel's wars of expasion pushed the region to work together against it.
Al Jazeera

What is the Budget and what could be in it?

Chancellor John Healey will set out his plans for UK taxes on 28 October.
BBC Business

Turning the tides: Could hidden sea power energise our coastal towns?

Engineer David Mummery has developed a tidal energy generator that he says can change lives for people living in coastal communities.
BBC Business

Trump waives broad new Russia sanctions, Zelenskyy condemns it as 'wrong'

Trump signed the Graham Bill, which targeted Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, into law in September.
CNBC