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A new installment of the comic strip Adult Children has been published on GoComics, dated October 21. Readers of the retail-themed strip are sharing the latest entry with fellow comic strip fans. The strip, which centers on adult children and family life, continues its regular run on the comics platform.

Google Cloud's Europe-West2 region, based in London, is experiencing an outage, according to reports from engineers tracking service status. The disruption affects customers running workloads in the UK region, with many noting degraded availability of services. Outages at major cloud providers draw wide attention because of the reliance businesses place on a small number of platforms.

Discussion is focused on Hungarian politics and the economy, centred on the claim that Peter Magyar has fixed Hungary's economic situation. Magyar, the opposition politician challenging Viktor Orban's long-running government, has made economic renewal a core part of his platform, and the framing has drawn wide attention. Commentators are weighing whether the credit for any improvement is justified and what it means for the country's political future.

A new tutorial explains how to run open-weight AI models, including DeepSeek, Qwen and GLM, for free through ModelScope, the Alibaba-backed model hosting platform. The walkthrough covers accessing these Chinese-developed large language models without paid infrastructure, drawing attention as interest in open-weight alternatives to closed commercial AI keeps growing.

The Switch 2 version of Azure Striker Gunvolt Tri-Ensemble and its upgrade path for existing owners went on sale today, with a launch discount running alongside the release. The action platformer collection from Inti Creates lets players upgrade their current library to the new console version, and fans of the series are sharing the news of the release and the limited-time price cut.

ActiveState and Docker announced a partnership aimed at helping enterprises secure the open source components inside their container environments. Under the deal, ActiveState's open source management technology will be combined with Docker's widely used container platform, giving organizations a way to govern and protect the packages that run inside enterprise containers. The announcement is being circulated via PR Newswire and financial news outlets.

Google has rolled out the second beta of Android 17 QPR3, and coverage is highlighting both the new features included and the bugs addressed. The release continues the quarterly platform update cycle, giving testers an early look at refinements ahead of a stable rollout. Reports summarise what has changed for users running the beta.

Fortnite is set to return to Apple's App Store in Australia following a court ruling, according to Engadget. The game was removed from Apple's platform worldwide in 2020 after Epic Games bypassed Apple's in-app payment system, sparking a long-running legal battle over App Store fees and rules. The ruling clears the way for Australian players to download the game again on iPhones and iPads.

A voter education special features interviews with candidates running for Congress and the Senate ahead of upcoming elections. Hosted by Jim, the program aims to help voters learn where candidates stand on key issues before casting their ballots.

GitLab has issued a critical patch release, version 19.5.1, available through its official documentation and release notes. Patch releases of this kind typically address security vulnerabilities or urgent bugs, and users running self-managed instances are generally advised to upgrade promptly. The release is drawing attention among developers and system administrators tracking urgent fixes to the DevOps platform.

Grey's Anatomy has returned for its 23rd season on ABC, and guides are circulating on where to watch new episodes online, including free options and streaming services carrying the show. Viewers are comparing choices such as Hulu and ABC's own platforms as the long-running medical drama kicks off another run.

Democrats Abroad, the overseas arm of the US Democratic Party, is recruiting social media managers and channel experts to run and grow its accounts across Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit, Threads, TikTok, X and YouTube. The organisation, including its Madagascar chapter, is inviting candidates with experience growing social media accounts to get in touch by direct message or email. The call has drawn modest attention so far, with a handful of likes, and the terms of the roles, including whether they are paid or volunteer, were not specified.