First Friday Stays Paused: Las Vegas Weighs Barriers, Entry Controls and a December or January ReturnDowntown's monthly Arts District festival will not rush back. After the October 2 shooting that killed a 15-year-old, the city, Metro Police and the First Friday Foundation are reviewing barriers, controlled entry and other security changes — with December the earliest possible return, and January 2027 also on the table.2026-10-16
Apple and Meta, Longtime Rivals, Team Up to Run Meta's Giant Open AI Model on Mac StudiosMeta released Muse Spark Open, its most capable open-weight AI model, and worked with Apple so developers can run the 816-billion-parameter system locally on clustered M5 Ultra Mac Studios — a rare public partnership between two companies that have barely worked together since Apple's 2021 privacy changes.2026-10-15
