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Nvidia Boosts Share Buyback Authorization by $150 Billion

Nvidia Corp., the chip developer at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom, increased the size of its share buyback plan by $150 billion, increasing the total remaining amount authorized to $235 billion.

Space Station View of Earth at Night

This nighttime view of the United States, dotted with city lights looking toward New York City (center), was taken at approximately 3:40 a.m. local time on Sept. 8, 2026, from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above Earth. Image credit: NASA/Jessica Meir

AbbVie wins FDA nod for Parkinson's pill

The FDA has approved AbbVie’s once-daily Parkinson’s pill for sales, based on a late-stage study that showed the drug helped improve symptoms.

J.J. McCarthy trade: Giants acquire Vikings QB in wake of Jaxon Dart injury

The Giants will add a former first-round pick to an ailing quarterback group

Jerusalem Daily: Israeli incursions at Al-Aqsa Mosque

Airlines say ticket prices could stay high even if jet fuel costs fall. Here’s why

Travelers could be stuck paying high airfares even if oil and jet fuel prices fall, major U.S. airlines and industry analysts say.The price of jet fuel shot up after the Iran war began and retreated sharply in the spring before surging again as the summer went on. Such fluctuations make it harder for airlines to plan ahead and give them a reason to be cautious about lowering ticket prices, according to Brett House, an economist who teaches at Columbia Business School.Jet fuel has risen even fast

6 Chinese Romantic Dramas To Watch On Netflix, Prime Video And Rakuten Viki

If you're new to C-dramas, start with When I Fly Towards You for a youthful romance, Love Is Sweet for workplace chemistry, or Eternal Love if you prefer grand fantasy romances.

Next five VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around the world. Now comes the part everyone has been waiting for. Register for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 today.

'An additional link in the chain of survival': researchers in France calculate just how much time could be saved if defibrillators were dispatched by drone

Paris study shows how defibrillator delivery times could be cut by almost 4 minutes with the help of drones

NASA Celebrates as Artemis Accords Surpasses 75 Signatories

Credit: NASA Marking a significant expansion in the number of signatories to the Artemis Accords, NASA welcomed Albania, Croatia, Côte d’Ivoire, and San Marino, bringing total participation to 76 countries.  “Our momentum reflects a growing commitment to peaceful, responsible exploration and a shared understanding that the future in space will be shaped by those willing to lead,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “Nearly one-third of all signatories have joined since the start of President Trump’s second term.

Pharmalittle: We're reading about GLP-1s becoming lifestyle drugs, a setback for Merck and Daiichi, and more

Once promoted as tools to address obesity as a medical issue, GLP-1 drugs are increasingly being marketed as a way to look and feel better

SEC confirms Tennessee's onside kick against Texas was 'incorrectly officiated,' should have been penalty

The SEC may have dodged a huge controversy after Tennessee failed to score after an illegal onside kick

South Korea suspects North Korean mines behind DMZ blast

The report into the explosion in Demilitarized Zone threatens to provoke renewed tension between the two Koreas.

Florida Asks Judge To Block OpenAI From Building New Models Amid Safety Debate

In a video statement on Monday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked the company to stop calling its technology “safe.”

Linkin Park talk capturing their comeback with epic new film ‘Unshatter’: “When the energy is there, we start to feel unstoppable”

Linkin Park’s Joe Hahn has spoken to NME about new feature-length documentary Unshatter, and how the band are embracing their epic new chapter by embracing a new generation of fans, pushing beyond any naysayers, and intentionally trying to subvert expectations.

OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity

On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to “misalignment reports” and the breath of the incidents s alarming.

iPhone 17 Is Getting a Nearly Rs 20,000 Discount on Flipkart: Here’s The New Price

Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale 2026 starts October 9 with discounted iPhone 17 and iPhone 15 prices, plus additional bank and EMI offers.

Meet NASA’s Artemis II Crew During Houston Public Event

The Artemis II crew (clockwise from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover pause for a group photo with their zero gravity indicator “Rise,” inside the Orion spacecraft during their nearly 10-day mission around the Moon and back. Credit: NASA The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission will participate in an event hosted by industry and community partners at the University of Houston to discuss their mission around the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft.

New NHS-style social care system could take decades, Dilnot says

Sir Andrew Dilnot, who proposed reforms 15 years ago, says the cost of such a scheme would be "very substantial".

How patience paid off for Dylan Raiola, Oregon as ex-Nebraska QB steps up for Ducks after Dante Moore injury

Raiola kept Oregon's title hopes alive as his willingness to accept a backup role paid dividends for the Ducks after Dante Moore's injury

Arming an adversary: Why Trump’s offer to sell China weapons belies US policy

Analysts dismissed Trump's proposal as lacking any strategic logic – but said it revealed how he views Beijing.

U.S. and China strike trade deal for tariff cuts worth nearly $30 billion each

The United States and China released Monday reciprocal lists of products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, in a deal expected to boost bilateral trade.The details came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with President Donald Trump in Washington in his first state visit to the U.S. since 2015. The U.S. had already reduced tariffs against China after Trump’s tariffs reached as high as 145% at one point last year, as tensions between the two countries eased.Chin

Lioness Star Zoe Saldaña Reveals Why She’s Not Ready To Join Another Taylor Sheridan Show

Zoe Saldaña opened up about her future in Taylor Sheridan's television universe and what it means for fans of the Paramount+ drama.

⚡ Weekly Recap: $387M Crypto Hack, Citrix Exploits, AI Agents Go Off-Script, and More Threats

Cybersecurity weekly recap: $387M crypto hack, active Citrix exploits, AI agents going off-script, phishing takedowns, ransomware, and key CVEs.

PS5 emulation is already making major progress

The PlayStation 5 is still part of Sony's current crop of consoles, but that hasn't stopped PS5 emulators from making major progress.

Scientists can’t stop using AI, even when forbidden from doing so

When scientists were asked to review papers for a conference without using AI tools, many of them ignored the request and used AI anyway

Are there toxic chemicals in your grocery store receipt?

For most people, handling receipts is a low-risk activity, but if you’re concerned, there are some straightforward precautions you can take.

Big Ten on CBS 2026 schedule: Ohio State vs. Iowa, Oregon vs. UCLA headline upcoming slate

CBS also has four Pac-12 games including the conference title game, Army vs. Navy and the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl

French police fire tear gas at migrants on beach

French police have used tear gas to disperse migrants attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain from France.

Welcome to the age of omnipresent suspicion

A few days ago, I attended a conference where the speaker read his talk off his note cards. I immediately recognized ChatGPT’s fingerprints: “and this is where it gets interesting,” “it’s not X, it’s Y”… The topic was management, a field that already generates plenty of hot air without any help from machines. With AI in the mix, I tuned out after a couple of minutes. Had he spoken from an outline in his head, he would almost certainly have been liv

David Harewood is still changing the game

The iconic actor takes on his first lead role in new crime drama ‘Pierre’

After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action

After her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother's voice, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI, a San Francisco startup building AI models small enough to run directly on smartphones and flag fake voices in real time, and it's now one of the companies competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt.

What happens when AI is confidently wrong in the workplace?

Balancing AI efficiency with security risk

Our food system is vulnerable to El Niño, warns UK climate minister

Extreme weather could damage harvests worldwide, but the answer is more local food production, not stockpiling, Katie White said in an interview with New Scientist

'Realistic' diet that can reduce your biological age in just weeks

The results of an Australian study are fuelling hopes that the closest thing yet to an elixir of youth may not be found in a laboratory or medicine cabinet - but on our dinner plates.

NFL Week 3 winners and losers, plus J.J. McCarthy dealt to Giants and Eagles-Bears picks for Monday night

Here's everything you need to know about the NFL for Sept. 28

Migrant children protest after police clear beach camp in Ceuta

Migrant children in Ceuta have protested for adequate shelter after heavy rain soaked their makeshift tents.

AI’s next big legal battle is over product liability

It’s a busy time to be a lawyer for an AI company. British Columbia became the latest government to sue OpenAI last week, alleging the company failed to warn police before February’s mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. The case is about the loss of life at the school, but at its core is an argument plaintiffs are making increasingly often in lawsuits against AI companies. The tools they produce aren’t just services that somebody happened to use. Those bringing cases against AI co

Don’t Breathe 3 Just Got the Sequel Update Fans Have Been Waiting For

Fede Álvarez confirms Don’t Breathe 3 is moving forward, with Jane Levy and Stephen Lang set to return to the horror franchise.

Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’

As all-in-one AI agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct take off, Google is opting to end a feature which built task-specific agents.

Gap-free Differentially Private PCA for Gaussian Data

We give a gap-free differentially private algorithm for the principal component analysis (PCA) problem with Gaussian data.

Embracing the glitches in gravity could give us a unified theory of reality

Physicists have long struggled with their goal of making gravity a quantum force. A radical post-quantum approach might solve that problem – and clear up other cosmic mysteries, too

I'm a nutritionist, here's how to eat to prevent a heart attack

There are certain heart health rules we all know well - stay away from butter and bacon for one, cook with olive oil and eat more salmon.

World Series odds, predictions: Breaking down contenders, longshots and more for 2026 MLB playoffs

The MLB playoffs begin on Tuesday and DraftKings has posted its latest World Series odds

Iran denies link to attack on airbase as UK minister warns of ‘proxies’

Tehran condemns 'unfounded and malicious speculation'; British FM vows to 'act against the proxies of Iran'.

Nvidia says its new AI security platform can stop rogue agents from breaking containment

As news of additional AI model security incidents continues to roll out, Nvidia has unveiled a new security platform it says will prevent AI agents from breaking containment and hacking into other companies. The chipmaker has teamed with more than 100 companies, including Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, CoreWeave, Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Arm, and Intel, on the initiative. OpenAI was not included among the companies participating in the effort. The security launch came the same day Nvidia announced a

Josh Widdicombe breaks silence after 'disgusting' Strictly backlash

An average of 4.8 million people tuned in watch the BBC One dance programme on Saturday night

Meta launches enterprise AI platform, hires MongoDB CEO to lead new initiative

Meta says it will focus on bringing its full technology stack, including Muse, Meta Business Agent, Muse API, Muse Code, and more to businesses and developers.

Learning to Stop without Learning to Stop: Self-Supervised Confidence Training Improves Reasoning Efficiency

Reasoning models often generate very long reasoning traces, making inference computationally expensive. Existing approaches typically improve efficiency either through inference-time early-stopping mechanisms or by explicitly encouraging shorter reasoning during training, for example through reinforcement learning with length penalties. We show that substantial efficiency gains can instead emerge from a different kind of supervision: \textit{confidence}. Using a self-supervised procedure, we fin

NASA ORBIT Challenge 2027

1 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The NASA ORBIT (Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology for the Workforce) Challenge invites university and community college students nationwide to work with real NASA intellectual property and mission challenges. Choose your path: develop commercial applications of NASA patents that solve problems here on Earth (ORBIT Earth), or design next-generation technologies for space exploration (ORBIT Space).

How a large tattoo could double your chance of developing lymphoma

Once the preserve of sailors, bikers and rock stars, body art has become so mainstream that it now adorns the skin of everyone from Princess Eugenie to Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

Biggest question for each Wild Card Series: Can Yankees survive without Aaron Judge? Can Phillies bounce back?

All four series get underway on Tuesday, with plenty of question marks to go around

LIVE: Belgium vs France – Nations League

Follow updates from the Group A1 Nations League clash, including the build-up, analysis and live text commentary.

New fuel efficiency standards for cars are coming soon from the Trump administration

The Trump administration on Monday plans to release new fuel economy standards that would relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social media account Saturday that the less stringent mileage requirements would “take the waste out of building cars in America” and save families “thousands on a new, beautiful and safe car,” while boosting auto production in the U.S

Nicole Scherzinger performs after suffering leg burn

Nicole Scherzinger performed with the Pussycat Dolls despite suffering a large burn to her leg after being scalded by boiling water shortly before a concert.

Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay share what happens when enterprises actually deploy AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Anthropic, Clay, and Gamma on what it takes for an AI product to go beyond the demo at the AI Stage at TechCrunchDisrupt 2026. Register to join and get 50% off a second pass.

Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs

Microsoft has spent all year telling communities that when it brings a new data center into their area, it is committed to being a “good neighbor." It will pay local property taxes that support local hospitals, schools, parks, and libraries, and it will invest in “vital services the community cares about,” the company promised.

What You Need to Know About NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Mission

The SpaceX Crew-13 members pose for a portrait in their pressure suits during a preflight training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

Treadmills to deadlifts: Why Gen Z are swapping cardio for strength training

Gyms are booming, solitary cardio is out - how workouts are changing.

J.J. McCarthy trade grades: QB could be a downgrade for Giants, Vikings get a clean split

New York is sending a 2027 fifth-round pick to Minnesota for McCarthy

Ebola cases surpass 8,000 as DRC struggles to control outbreak

Fatalities near 4,000 across the DRC as health workers battle community anger and a vaccine-resistant strain.

What College Football’s AP Poll Shakeup Says About CFP Selection

How betting lines outperformed the AP Poll in college football’s biggest ranked matchups and what it says about predictive analytics and the CFP.