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Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 Just Got Their Second One UI 9 Beta Update — Here's What's New
The second One UI 9 Beta update is now rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 with new AI features.
This Atlantic hurricane season is about to do something that hasn't happened in 175 years
Last week, the Atlantic hurricane season blew through its traditional peak—which comes around September 10—with nary a tropical wave in sight, let alone a storm or hurricane. This is remarkable. Usually this is the time of year when sea surface temperatures reach their warmest in the tropics, and with a favorable atmosphere it should be smooth skating for tropical systems. But this year, the main region where most tropical systems develop is choked with Saharan dust and wind shear. No one is complaining.
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Fruit juice now banned in school dinner crackdown
The Government has banned primary schools from serving fruit juice in a bid to reduce children's sugar intake, sparking a wave of backlash from diet experts.
LSU vs. Ole Miss CFB picks: Trinidad Chambliss can make first major Heisman statement, overshadow Lane Kiffin
LSU visits Ole Miss on Saturday, and it's a Heisman showcase for Rebs QB Trinidad Chambliss
What are ‘space weapons’, which US says it has deployed into orbit?
The rare announcement from Washington is expected to raise alarm among allies and adversaries alike, experts say.
Hindsait Approved for the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem for Electronic Prior Authorization
/PRNewswire/ -- Hindsait, Inc., a healthcare Intelligence company specializing in clinical natural language processing and prior authorization technology,...
Home Alone and Schitt's Creek stars pay tribute to late Catherine O'Hara
Tributes were also paid at the Emmy Awards to Dolly Parton, James Van Der Beek and Tim Curry.
4 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Last day to exhibit at Disrupt is Sept 18. 4 days left. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators and tech leaders October 13–15.
Invasive little fire ants prefer cooked beef, seeds over tuna
If you are trying to detect or bait little fire ants in your backyard, scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa suggest swapping tuna for cooked beef and sunflower seeds. The study, published in the Journal of Applied Entomology by researchers at the UH Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture
A new biography of Stephen Hawking gets to grips with a complicated man
Graham Farmelo has written the first authorised biography of the famous physicist. He should be applauded for digging into various controversies – but could have gone further, says Jacob Aron
Brain-zapping patch to help sleep could also ease anxiety
A skin patch stuck on the face at night could increase the time spent in deep sleep - which is vital for protecting the brain against stress, depression and possibly even dementia.
Fantasy Baseball toughest catchers to rank for 2027: Cal Raleigh leads a volatile catcher position
Cal Raleigh, Dillon Dingler and Samuel Basallo headline the catchers, creating the biggest questions for 2027 Fantasy drafts
Can the Houthis hold on to Yemen’s strategic western coast?
Houthi coastal advances face hurdles: geography, local resistance and fierce government counterattacks.
Priority Pass members are getting a huge airport upgrade over the next 12 months
Priority Pass is preparing for a major expansion that could make the airport lounge program useful for a lot more than getting into a lounge before your flight. Collinson Group, the parent company, is embarking on a £500 million ($675 million), five-year investment program that will funnel money into Priority Pass, expand the company’s airport lounge footprint, and accelerate new technology, including AI-powered features. For travelers, that will eventually mean more places to use Pr
Universal Studios Japan Is Launching an R18 Haunted Attraction That Requires a Waiver
The adults-only ‘Afterimage’ attraction promises isolation, confinement, psychological terror, and an ‘unending nightmare’ at Universal Studios Japan.
Cockroach Labs bets on database pooling to cut cost of AI-era workloads
Cockroach Continuum aims to reduce idle database capacity and operational overhead by pooling infrastructure, although analysts say the savings will depend on how enterprises provision and use their databases.
Robots and AI uncover unexpected pathway in classic 135-year-old chemical reaction
Chemical reactions are often written as simple equations: Starting materials go in, and a product comes out. In reality, the same substrates can follow many different pathways depending on their concentrations, temperature, catalysts and other conditions.
Scientists Finally Read a Mysterious 4,000-Year-Old Letter—Without Ever Opening It
A portable scanner allowed scientists to decipher messages no human has seen in four millennia.
NHS to roll out at-home HPV cervical screenings in Wolverhampton
Eligible women will be able to order a free self-testing kit online through the NHS app.
Arch Manning laughs about AI-generated video of Texas coach Steve Sarkisian hitting reporter Holly Rowe
Arch Manning brought attention to an altered video of coach Steve Sarkisian following Texas' historic 24-23 comeback victory over top-ranked Ohio State.
Judge blocks Trump limits on how long foreign students and journalists can stay in US
Ruling comes a day before homeland security department’s substantial restrictions were set to take effect
Mastercard is rethinking its iconic ‘Priceless’ campaign after nearly 30 years
Mastercard’s new marketing push aims to give America’s 36 million small businesses a morale boost as they face pressures ranging from increased energy prices triggered by war in the Middle East, tariffs that have upended supply chains, and higher labor and operating costs. On Tuesday, the credit card company debuted its new campaign platform, called “Dreams,” which will run across linear and connected television, social, streaming audio, and programmatic display. “Dreams” is timed to air in t
‘Russian Actress Ke Saath Adventure Movie Karo’: Fan’s Unusual Request Leaves Shah Rukh Khan Surprised
Shah Rukh Khan gave a hilarious response to a fan's unusual request during an #AskSRK session to work with a Russian actress in an adventure film.
Technology sovereignty is about keeping control, not geography
Sovereignty depends on retaining operational command, oversight, and choice
Never mind Pixel HiLight: These upcoming Pro flagships will officially have a rear screen
Xiaomi has officially announced that the Xiaomi 18 Pro series is coming, while showing off the rear display.
Hubble and Webb Uncover 27 New Deep-Space Objects
The Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have teamed up to target some of the smallest, most distant objects in the solar system, discovering that the history of these tiny objects is more puzzling than we'd realized. The two orbiting observatories collectively discovered 27 new Trans-Neptunian Ob
Dengue-carrying mosquitoes expand their reach into new territories – including Florida
As dengue spreads further outside its normal tropical zones, doctors and patients need to know what to watch for.
NFL survivor pool picks, advice, best knockout strategy, Week 2, 2026: Fade the New England Patriots
SportsLine's advanced computer model just locked in its top Week 2 NFL survivor picks
Oil squeeze tightens as Iran-backed attacks cripple Hormuz escape routes
A drone attack damaged Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline as Houthi rebels seize strategic islands near Bab el-Mandeb, squeezing oil routes beyond Hormuz.
Hillsborough County Public School Students Make Major Literacy Gains
/PRNewswire/ -- HMH today announced significant literacy gains among students using its evidence-based intervention program Read 180 at Hillsborough County...
Watch: Julian escapes Button House in 'Ghosts' movie - UPI.com
"Ghosts: The Possession of Button House," a feature film sequel to the beloved BBC comedy series "Ghosts," opens in theaters in October.
Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear
Salesforce Koa is built on Nvidia's open-weight Nemotron model and is trained to do sales, marketing, and customer-support tasks.
Exclusive: Paying for frontier AI models buys 4-month head start at 5x the cost
The performance gap between frontier AI models from US tech companies and the best open-weights models from Chinese companies has closed to just 4.4 months, according to a Mozilla report.
ChatGPT Straight Up Tries to Gaslight User After Being Confronted About Its Obviously Wrong Answer
A viral video shows ChatGPT fail to correctly count the number of letter e's in a word, before doubling down to a preposterous degree.
Is porridge really the healthiest breakfast?
It's been shown time and time again that breakfast really is the most important meal of the day.
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More than four million Russians apply to vote online in State Duma elections
Registration for remote electronic voting in 32 regions ran from August 3 to September 14, and the applications received are still being processed
Eye drop recall update: Products sold at major grocery chain are the latest to spark ‘sterility assurance concerns’
Since at least the last year, numerous eye drop products have been recalled due to concerns that they lack adequate sterility. Now, more eye drops are being recalled over those same fears. This time, the products were sold at a major retailer with locations in nine states. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? On September 13, the popular grocery store chain Wegmans announced that two of the eye drop products sold in its stores are being recalled by their manufacturer, TopCo,
Watch Taylor Swift make surprise appearance at the 2026 Emmys
Taylor Swift has made a surprise appearance at the 2026 Emmys, appearing alongside Mariska Hargitay for a 'Law & Order: SVU' sketch.
CVE-2026-89141 tigroumeow AI Engine Plugin Public API module access control
A vulnerability was found in tigroumeow AI Engine Plugin up to 3.7.7 on WordPress. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-89141.
The Dimensity 9600 Pro is the flagship chipset Google wishes the Tensor G6 was
From Triple-SIM Triple Active to 4K/240fps slow-mo video and VVC support, there's a lot to like here.
How I made a slime mould the protagonist of my new sci-fi novel
How do you get the science right in a sci-fi book? Columnist Annalee Newitz started by asking many kinds of researchers lots of very strange questions – and ended up in love with slime moulds
New documents reveal problems with Medicare's prior-authorization pilot
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: The rushed launch of Medicare's AI prior-authorization pilot, policy hints from FDA, ONC officials, and more.
Threepeat? Not so fast: Why a third consecutive Dodgers World Series title isn't as inevitable as it seems
The Dodgers, who just clinched a playoff berth, may be the World Series favorites but don't hand them a ring just yet
Saudi Arabia faces high-stakes choices as war with Houthis escalates
Riyadh has several military options, say analysts, but all of them carry risks, too.
Supreme Court justices reject Trump’s restrictions on mail ballots ahead of midterm elections
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway.The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years and have accounted for nearly a third of votes cast.It represented a stark defeat for Trump on an issue he consistently has emphasized as vital to ensuring election integrity even thou
New Dungeons and Dragons Sourcebook With 8 Subclasses and 10 Backgrounds Is Available Now
Dungeons and Dragons players and DMs can now officially dive into the fall's major gameplay expansion with the newly released sourcebook.
AI Slowdown: The Devil’s in the Details
AI leaders loosely agree to pace development, but China and Trump have something else in mind
Samsung quietly makes the Galaxy A08 official with a bigger battery
And that seems to be the only hardware upgrade it brings. A few days ago, the Samsung Galaxy A08 was listed by an online retailer in the UAE, and now the...
LSD could be approved for anxiety in the US in 2027
The psychedelic drug LSD eased anxiety in a late-stage trial, paving the way for a probable approval in the US within the next two years
Air pollution spiked after the Trump administration stopped embassy monitoring
In 2025, the Trump administration ended a long-running program to collecting air pollution data at U.S. embassies. A new study suggests that led to a 24-33% increase in local pollution levels.
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Bangladesh hands death sentences to 7 aides of ousted Prime Minister Hasina
Seven members of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League convicted of crimes including murder, provoking killings.
Bark TV Opens Nominations for Second Annual Barkademy Awards
/PRNewswire/ -- Nominations for the second annual Barkademy Awards are now open! Bark TV, the first multiplatform network with 24-hour-a-day programming...
Free-to-air TV crowned Australia’s most trusted news source
Almost 90 per cent of those surveyed trust TV more than social media, AI content and most other news sources.
Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents
Their startup, Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) has raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from First Harmonic.
I’ve finally found a cooler box that won’t take over my shed for 11 months of the year, and it's not a YETI
While not in the same ice-retention league as a YETI, the Coleman Snap 'N Go beats the pants off it for storability
Reading for pleasure boosts memory, empathy and mental health
Reading a book is quite novel these daysSoma/Alamy Whether it is a novel by Charles Dickens or Jackie Collins, reading for pleasure is good for brain health. Regularly enjoying a good book has been linked to improved memory, empathy and mental health, among other benefits. This may be through its effect on brain structure or by building cognitive reserve. “Reading is like a cognitive workout,” says Falk Huettig at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands, who wasn’t involved in the research.
MedStar Health doctors train for rare emergency scenarios - WBAL-TV
Others may have none at all, just because of the frequency of those medical conditions and the frequency with which they present to the ED, but they ...
Prisco's NFL Week 2 Power Rankings: Rams and Cowboys get a wake-up call, 49ers on the rise
Pete Prisco shares his Week 2 Power Rankings, including the Bears, Giants and Cardinals moving up
Who is NFL billionaire Robert Kraft?
Who is Robert Kraft, the Epstein-linked NFL billionaire and why did he get Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour?
2026 Emmys features record-breaking wins from Apple TV series ‘Widow’s Bay’
A “Widow’s Bay” wave slammed into the Emmy Awards on Monday night as the Apple TV show set a single-season record for a comedy with 14 wins, including best comedy series and best actor for star Matthew Rhys, who personally took home three trophies.“The celebrations will be long, varied, and I hope at times wild,” Rhys said backstage while holding two of his Emmys.“The Pitt” won best drama series for the second straight year, and star Noah Wyle repeated a
Five things you may not know about Emmy history-maker Matthew Rhys
The Welsh actor became the first person to win two lead acting prizes in one night at the Emmy Awards.