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Oct 19, 2026, 2:02 AM

Weather

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64°F

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Humidity 83% · Wind 2 mph

Mon

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85° / 62°

Tue

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76° / 64°

Wed

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76° / 66°

Thu

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72° / 63°

Fri

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80° / 64°

Markets

S&P 500

7,659.44 ▼ 1.09%

Dow Jones

52,002.41 ▼ 0.34%

Nasdaq

26,140.033 ▼ 2.14%

Most Active

HODOHouse of Doge Inc.▲ 37.48%NWGLCL Workshop Group Limited▲ 5.88%SXTCChina SXT Pharmaceuticals, Inc.▼ 5.52%ZTGZenta Group Company Limited Class A Ordinary Shares▲ 13.16%XLABExascale Labs Holdings Inc.▲ 72.79%SGRXSangrix Inc.▲ 26.78%SDSTStardust Power Inc.▼ 26.24%INTCIntel Corp.▼ 5.79%NVDANVIDIA Corporation▼ 1.43%WFFWF Holding Limited▼ 33.06%NVDGraniteShares 2x Short NVDA Daily ETF▲ 3.27%SOXLDirexion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF▼ 12.74%CCCCCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc.▼ 0.26%DKIDarkIris Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares▼ 14.72%CRWVCoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock▼ 11.91%TSLGThemes ETF Trust - Leverage Shares 2X Long TSLA Daily ETF▼ 4.29%TSLLDirexion Daily TSLA Bull 2X ETF▼ 4.40%RWMProShares - Short Russell2000▲ 1.72%TQQQProShares UltraPro QQQ▼ 7.60%SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp.▼ 1.74%PLUGPlug Power Inc.▼ 7.07%SOXSDirexion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF▲ 12.81%HYGiShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF▼ 0.35%BITOProShares Bitcoin ETF▼ 1.09%NOKNokia Oyj▼ 4.49%

Top Gainers

CAPSCapstone Holding Corp.▲ 2596.28%OBAIOur Bond, Inc.▲ 1848.54%FRGTFreight Technologies, Inc.▲ 695.71%GPGreenPower Motor Company Inc.▲ 361.98%XLABExascale Labs Holdings Inc.▲ 72.79%AACGATA Creativity Global▲ 50.76%HODOHouse of Doge Inc.▲ 37.48%CTSOCytosorbents Corporation▲ 34.31%SEEDOrigin Agritech Limited▲ 32.54%IRHORIron Horse Acquisitions Corp. II Rights▲ 32.40%PMIPicard Medical, Inc.▲ 27.50%SGRXSangrix Inc.▲ 26.78%MMAMixed Martial Arts Group Limited▲ 23.91%XELBXcel Brands, Inc.▲ 23.24%POASPhaos Technology Holdings (Caym▲ 22.69%RUBIRubico Inc.▲ 21.81%CCELCryo-Cell International, Inc.▲ 21.10%ACTUActuate Therapeutics Inc▲ 21.02%HUIZHuize Holding Limited▲ 20.98%TCRTAlaunos Therapeutics, Inc.▲ 20.64%UPLDUpland Software, Inc.▲ 19.93%SMCZDaily Target 2X Short SMCI ETF▲ 19.56%SMSTDefiance Daily Target 2x Short MSTR ETF▲ 18.85%IONZDefiance Daily Target 2x Short IONQ ETF▲ 18.70%XHGXChange TEC.INC▲ 18.34%

Top Losers

MDXHMDxHealth S.A.▼ 65.77%GUTSFractyl Health, Inc.▼ 62.74%RBNERobin Energy Ltd.▼ 59.79%RPGLRepublic Power Group Limited▼ 48.31%SMXSMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company▼ 47.50%XXII22nd Century Group, Inc.▼ 46.59%TWGTop Wealth Group Holding Limited Ordinary Shares▼ 41.95%REVBRevelation Biosciences, Inc.▼ 36.41%ZBAOZhibao Technology Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares▼ 33.46%WFFWF Holding Limited▼ 33.06%WORXSCWorx Corp.▼ 31.34%FUFUBitFuFu Inc.▼ 31.29%FGLFounder Group Limited▼ 30.93%BBCIBradbury Capital Inc. Ordinary Shares▼ 28.80%YFORYYForce Inc.▼ 28.01%GTERRGloba Terra Acquisition Corporation▼ 27.56%NBILGraniteShares 2x Long NBIS Daily ETF▼ 24.49%NBIGLeverage Shares 2x Long NBIS Daily ETF▼ 24.44%MBRXMoleculin Biotech, Inc.▼ 24.24%HOSTHost Digital Inc.▼ 24.00%CRWGLeverage Shares 2x Long CRWV Daily ETF▼ 23.93%JAGXJaguar Health, Inc.▼ 23.20%GLGGLeverage Shares 2x Long GLXY Daily ETF▼ 23.17%TRGSRTRG Latin America Acquisitions Corp. Rights▼ 23.00%CRMTAmerica's Car-Mart, Inc.▼ 22.96%

News & Politics

Top US

Ecuadorian priest killed by falling crucifix during livestreamed Mass

Fox News

Saints survive J.J. McCarthy, Giants in 34-27 win

NBC Sports

Scientists reveal first 'zombie' star with 'ghostly green glow'

New York Post

AP Top 25: Miami new No. 1, BYU to No. 2; Texas slides in college football rankings

CBS Sports

Val Chmerkovskiy suspended from 'DWTS,' replacement revealed

USA Today

Cindy Crawford, Kaia Gerber Break Silence on Presley Gerber’s Death

The Hollywood Reporter

Trump announces plans to renovate D.C. golf course amid legal battle

NBC News

Rep. Turner calls for congressional probe into Starlink disruption in Ukraine: "Lives are at risk"

CBS News

Politics

Evanston HS marching band reportedly faced racist, homophobic comments during game at New Ryan Field

ABC7 Chicago

Massachusetts Republican lieutenant governor candidate suspends campaign after OUI arrest

NBC News

NYC transit murders nearly double over last year after broad-daylight shooting at crowded Midtown station

New York Post

Trump announces plans to renovate D.C. golf course amid legal battle

NBC News

Importing Russian Diesel Is 'Incentive' to End War: Energy Secretary

Business Insider

Ukraine launches 1,000 drones at Russia, attacks set St. Petersburg oil facilities ablaze

CBS News

Driver released from custody, no charges filed after deadly incident at Stryker Sports Complex

KWCH

Jackson doesn't regret telling Collins to 'shut up' after protester interrupted Maine Senate debate

PBS

World

Quiz: How well do you know Sally Rooney's books?

The Journal

Ecuadorian priest killed by falling crucifix during livestreamed Mass

Fox News

Europe's Largest OSCE Human Rights Conference in Warsaw

Vindobona.org

East Asia’s geopolitics still favours the benefits of globalisation

East Asia Forum

Tea with a Dangerous Surprise: What Was Discovered in Products from Armenia at the Latvian Border

Inbox.lv

Were counting moments until your foolish decisions

PressTV

Macron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after day of unrest in France

The Irish Times

The World May Be Much Closer to a Major Conservation Goal Than Scientists Thought

SciTechDaily

Sports

WNBA

Dream @ Valkyries

10/19 - 8:00 PM EDT

NFL

Commanders @ 49ers

10/19 - 8:15 PM EDT

English Premier League

Coventry @ Spurs

Mon, October 19th at 3:00 PM EDT

New Music

her (boy version)

her (boy version)

JVKE, ZVC

Let Me Cook

Let Me Cook

Diplo, A$AP Ferg

ฟ้าวมา ฟ้าใหม่

ฟ้าวมา ฟ้าใหม่

F.HERO, ลำไย ไหทองคำ

My Favourite Songs Hariharan

My Favourite Songs Hariharan

Hariharan

מאוהב בגשם

מאוהב בגשם

Itay Levi

קאט לדבר הבא

קאט לדבר הבא

נדב חנציס

Za nas kasno je

Za nas kasno je

Aleksandra Prijovic

Amma KanakaDurga (From "Kanaka Durga")

Amma KanakaDurga (From "Kanaka Durga")

Thaman S, Ananthu, Sruthi Ranjani, Sirasri

I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)

I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)

JAŸ-Z

Beste Zangers 2026 (Bizzey)

Beste Zangers 2026 (Bizzey)

Bizzey, Beste Zangers

Crypto

BTC

$82,717 (+1.23%)

ETH

$2,431.74 (+0.83%)

USDT

$0.999 (+0.03%)

BNB

$725.36 (+0.73%)

XRP

$1.31 (+1.48%)

USDC

$1 (+0.02%)

SOL

$105.5 (+2.16%)

TRX

$0.331 (-0.66%)

DOGE

$0.08 (+0.78%)

LINK

$12.15 (+1.65%)

ADA

$0.221 (+0.64%)

NEAR

$5.06 (+2.17%)

XLM

$0.178 (+0.54%)

BCH

$278.03 (+1.72%)

LTC

$59.9 (+1.33%)

UNI

$7.39 (+2.03%)

AVAX

$9.74 (-0.54%)

GRAM

$1.35 (-0.07%)

SHIB

$0 (+1.26%)

DOT

$1.12 (+1.53%)

🔥 Trending: Pearl, Injective, Worldcoin, Pudgy Penguins, Quack AI

Tech / Hacker News

  1. 1Linux 7.3 Released117 pts
  2. 2Rabbits were a medieval royal luxury in England until the Black Death78 pts
  3. 3Hybrid Reasoning Agents: LLM agents that think in latent space, act through text382 pts
  4. 4William Gibson and the trademarking of cyberspace176 pts
  5. 5There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video]360 pts
  6. 6How to Train Your Robot15 pts
  7. 7If you don't run your own LLM proxy, how do you know whats going on?160 pts
  8. 8Someone behind the software437 pts
  9. 9Tmux and Claude Code: Sessions, Send-Keys, and the Ceiling16 pts
  10. 10Superlite: A Faster Alternatie to Superpowers88 pts
  1. 11Laptop Based on 6502 CPU116 pts
  2. 12Dogs seem to agree with humans that 'bouba' is round and 'kiki' is spiky229 pts
  3. 13RepRapMicron389 pts
  4. 14Lant – The Forgotten Resource4 pts
  5. 15Flatpak – An Insecurity Nightmare26 pts
  6. 16The DNS Museum65 pts
  7. 17Free Pascal compiler now supports dynamic packages161 pts
  8. 18How Quickly Can the DoD Rebuild and Recast the Munitions Industrial Base?58 pts
  9. 19Show HN: WhatsApp MCP running free on Cloudflare105 pts
  10. 20Verisign .com Domain Name Registry Consumer Class Action95 pts

Quote & On This Day

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
— Colin R. Davis
  • 2017: Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk discovered ʻOumuamua (depicted), the first known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.
  • 2013: British YouTube collective the Sidemen were formed as a Rockstar Games Social Club group in Grand Theft Auto Online.
  • 2005: Hurricane Wilma (pictured) became the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 882 mbar (26.05 inHg).
  • 1988: The British government restricted the broadcast of the voices of representatives from Sinn Féin and several Irish republican and loyalist paramilitary groups on television and radio.
  • 1987: Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian missile attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker three days earlier.