Scientist: Tuesday, October 8, meteor shower Draconid will be the most active
According to EarthSky.org, the Draconid meteors burst out into the skies near the Draco stars of Eltanin and Rastaban. The Draconids are best seen in the evening hours when the skies are darkening enough to pick out individual meteors.

Virgil van Dijk on the games which will define Liverpool’s title bid
Van Dijk was relieved his mistimed tackle on Leroy Sane did not prove too expensive as Liverpool and City drew 0-0. I [asked] him: "'Big one?' and he said: "'I don't think so, but big enough that I go off'".

Google's Pixel 3 event in 6 minutes
Beyond the tablet experience, the Pixel Slate can be paired with the Pixel Slate Keyboard, which is a folio-style keyboard cover. Both Pixels run Google's Android 9.0 OS and offer dual front-facing cameras and wireless charging for the first time.

Ignore even more phone calls with Google's 'call screen' feature
Google says the Pixel Visual Core chipset that handles imaging is back but we are not sure if this is the same or an upgraded one. The new large-sized displays and other features of the smartphones are definitely the aspects that will draw maximum attention.

Evacuations as Florida braces for 'monstrous' Hurricane Michael
But forecasters said its winds and outer rainbands would begin to start lashing the coast hours ahead of the eye. Traffic slowed to a crawl on a coastal highway in Panama City Beach as many people tried to heed Florida Gov.

Project xCloud: Microsoft revealed the future of gaming
The games will be hosted on the cloud servers and then streamed to PCs, consoles and mobile device which makes it possible. It had some glitches but some of the big gaming companies had been working on it to make streaming games possible.

PSN Name Changes Are Finally Coming
If this is an issue, you can revert back to the original name for free at any time (but just once during the preview program). All PSN users will be able to change their name once for free, though each subsequent change will cost money.

International Monetary Fund gives credit for reforms under Modi, projects India as fastest growing
The S&P 500 index edged 0.1 percent lower to 2,884.43, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2 percent to 26,486.78. The Trump administration has penalized almost half of all imports from China and has threatened more for the other half.

DC Comics hires James Gunn after Disney fires him
He will presumably still work with Warner Bros. on the sequel to Ben Affleck's The Accountant if that gets off the ground. Bautista has been a very vocal defender of Gunn since his removal from Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3.

Branson: Virgin Galactic To Put People In Space in 'Weeks, Not Months'
Blue Origin, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos , has said it aims for test flights by the end of 2018. Space tourism has turned into a hot commodity in recent years.

Google reveals new Pixel phone, speaker to chase Apple, Amazon
Google is adding multi-room audio support, effectively bridging the gap between the Chromecast and the Chromecast Audio. The updated Google Chromecast missed out on stage time at Google's event, but is worthy of attention all the same.

Google shuts down Google+ following massive security flaw
The data involved was limited to optional profile fields, including name, age, gender, occupation and email address, Google said . Google's excuse is that it found no evidence of any of the data being misused, however, it also has no way of being sure of that.

Bill and Hillary Clinton Launch International Tour: An Evening With the Clintons
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are going on tour and making a stop in Boston. Tickets for the Clintons' tour will be available starting this Friday, October 12, at 10 a.m., per the tour's website.

Google kills bid for $10 billion Pentagon contract after employee protests
We are not bidding on the JEDI contract because first, we couldn't be assured that it would align with our AI Principles. Google "should not be in the business of war", employees said in a petition that gathered more than 3,000 signatures.

New Jaguars RB Jamaal Charles ideal relief for T.J. Yeldon
Among the other players the Jaguars worked out this week was another former Kansas City back, Charcandrick West. The Jacksonville Jaguars are signing running back Jamaal Charles to a one-year deal.