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Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump
This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Dario Amodei and Donald Trump

There’s another reason to scoff at AI: It’s hiking up your health insurance costs.
Hospitals are using AI to spot more conditions in patient records, but insurers say those extra diagnoses are pushing claims into more expensive billing categories.

AI Bros Are Having a Meltdown Because the Associated Press Stylebook Clarifies That AIs Don't Have Feelings
The Associated Press Stylebook posted a reminder not to anthropomorphize AIs because they can't think, trigger a meltdown among AI bros.

FDA Announces New Nationwide Blood Pressure Medication Recall
Here’s everything you need to know.
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Powerful storm floods US Northeast, causes power outages
The nor'easter causes another round of flooding in low-lying areas in New Jersey and New York City and knocks out power.

Third Wave Of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Action Figures Lands Release Date
Mattel is expanding its "KPop Demon Hunters" action figure line with a third wave that includes a pair of demon Saja Boys members and more.

The Simple Habit That Could Make You More Disciplined (and How to Do It)
Doing things you’d rather avoid can help train persistence, especially when the effort is tied to a goal you actually care about.
Bill Gates joins calls for AI safeguards, including legislation
WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - AI requires safeguards that go beyond self-regulation, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said in an interview that aired on Sunday, calling for legislation to be passed in Congress.

How to migrate passwords from Proton Pass to Apple Passwords | Koos Looijesteijn
Apple Passwords is pretty good now and the migration from another password manager shouldn’t be a reason for sticking with it.

New material could supercharge encryption in next-generation microchips
These materials are called autferroics and can speed up physical, true random number generators (TRNG) thousands of times while keeping signal clarity at full strength.

Pope Francis says medically-assisted dying is ‘false compassion’ - National | Globalnews.ca
The issue roiled French politics for years before resulting recently in legislation allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication.

NFL Week 3 overreactions: Drake Maye's turnover problem to doom Patriots, Trevor Lawrence for MVP?
Plus, did the Commanders just post the win of the year (so far)?
Alleged rape on campus sparks violent protest at Indian university
Student protests at an Indian university have turned violent following claims that a female student was raped on campus.

NYT Pips Answers And Walkthrough For Monday, September 28
Looking for help with today's New York Times Pips? We'll walk you through today's puzzle and help you match dominoes to tiles.

No, Xbox isn't actually paying $400 million for Hideo Kojima's Physint, reports say
Xbox is reportedly paying far less than the $400 million Kojima quoted Sony for Physint, after Sony dropped it over cost and delays.
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment
"AI is the devil and I its maker."

Virat Kohli Has Most ODI Centuries Against These Teams: Full List After West Indies Ton
Virat Kohli scored his 10th ODI century against West Indies during his unbeaten 139 in Thiruvananthapuram. He now has 10 ODI hundreds against both West Indies and Sri Lanka, joining Sachin Tendulkar in an elite record.

El Niño has become more intense over the last 40 years than the previous 1,000
"If this trend continues into the future, 'super El Niños,' like the one developing right now, might become much more common..."

DR MAX: I've seen the terrible toll of ketamine on teenagers
It was on one of my first shifts covering child and adolescent mental health in A&E as a junior doctor, more than 15 years ago, when I was asked to see a girl of 14 who had been brought in by ambulance

What happened to Drake Maye? Why his Year 3 collapse is getting harder to explain away
From Trevor Lawrence to Mitchell Trubisky, recent history shows two very different ways this can go
Israeli strikes continue in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire
An Israeli Apache helicopter struck a commercial centre near Mayfadoun in Southern Lebanon.
Today’s Wordle #1927: Hints, Clues And Answer For Monday September 28
Looking for help with today's New York Times Wordle? Here are some expert hints, clues and commentary to help you solve today's Wordle and sharpen your guessing game.

MTV VMAs 2026: Complete Winners List (Live Updates)
Heading into MTV VMAs 2026, hosted by Snoop Dogg, Taylor Swift and Nirvana were already named the winners of the Artist Director and Video Vanguard awards respectively. See who won in more categories.
Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?
On Equity, we discussed how Meta's AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic.

Why letting Claude clean your TV's bloatware isn't the best idea - Engadget
Don't let an AI bot potentially crash your TV.
Migration cuts, AI and rising interest rates means an era of long-term disinflation
The Reserve Bank will increase interest rates on Tuesday, but three new factors entirely outside the bank's control are pulling rates in different directions.

Want to Up Your Magnesium Intake? Add This Nut to Your Diet
Brazil nuts, cashews, and almonds contain surprising amounts of this nutrient.

NFL Week 3 winners, losers: Commanders spring season's biggest upset, Drake Maye's miserable start continues
Plus, Deshaun Watson might have earned himself a longer leash as the Browns' starting quarterback
Floods inundate roads in southeastern Algeria
Circulating footage showed significant flooding, following heavy rain in southeastern Algeria.

How Chiefs Offense Relies On Play-Action Fakes In 2026
For the second week in row, the Kansas City Chiefs relied on the play-action fake game to open up its offense.

Florence Pugh Speaks Out Against Alleged Cornell Gang Rape
Florence Pugh is speaking out against the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old student by 7 members of a Cornell University frat ... and she says the accusations make her "uneasy and sick and anxious."

Dario Amodei Is Reportedly Having One of Those Cursed One-on-One Dinners With Trump
Trump and the Anthropic CEO are reportedly breaking bread Sunday night.

How the Smithsonian became the latest front in Trump’s culture war
In November 2021, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History opened an exhibit called “The Electric Dr. Franklin,” describing “Benjamin Franklin’s pioneering contributions to electrical science.” The exhibit explained that, prior to becoming an abolitionist, he had enslaved people in his household. “Benjamin Franklin’s remarkable scientific accomplishments were, in part, enabled by slavery,” it declared. The exhibit speculated that Franklin may have used enslaved people in his electrical research.
Japan's 2011 tsunami sparked fish hybridization, but species boundaries largely held
How are species boundaries maintained in the face of environmental disturbance? This is not only a fundamental question in evolutionary biology but also an increasingly important one as human activities and climate change alter habitats and bring previously separated species into contact.

Sleep Experts Say This Simple Trick Can Help You Get Better Rest
Sticking to a schedule, choosing the right lighting, and taking a hot shower can help you sleep.

Vikings' Justin Jefferson ruled out vs. Buccaneers with a knee injury
Jefferson went into the blue medical tent in the first quarter and left the field midway through the second quarter
Five arrested near UK RAF base over suspected explosives ‘terror’ plot
Five men have been arrested near RAF Fairford in the UK on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences.

Madonna Will Open The 2026 VMAs Tonight: How To Watch
Paramount has confirmed Madonna will open the ceremony, marking her first live VMA appearance in over two decades.

North West Attends Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights
North West is officially kicking off spooky season in style ... by bringing her bold grunge look to Universal Studios' iconic Halloween Horror Nights.

AI Giants Probe 'Tens of Thousands' of Security Incidents—Some Involving Government Sites | Common Dreams
Security researchers investigate tens of thousands of artificial intelligence security incidents, fueling fresh calls for government action to rein in AI.
CVE-2026-96280 Flatpak: flatpak: buffer overflow in oci delta stream path names on 32-bit systems
The OCI delta stream parser read sizes as guint64 but passed them to GLib I/O and allocation functions expecting gsize 32 bits on 32-bit systems, causing undersized allocations while subsequent operations use the original 64-bit size, leading to heap buffer overflows. An attacker controlling an OCI

'No Shame': Trump Official Gets Eviscerated Over His 'Out Of Touch' AI Flex
One critic joked that Dan Scavino’s post was “precisely the midterm messaging the GOP needs.”

Are autistic people more vulnerable to extremist content?
People with rigid thinking patterns who prefer routine and order may be drawn to extremist groups’ black-and-white solutions. But autism itself is not the problem.

Winners and losers of MLB's Game 162: Phillies, Astros save their seasons, AL West makes mockery of the sport
The 2026 regular season has officially wrapped and before the playoffs get underway, we're handing out some participation trophies
Deadly strike hits market in Yemen’s Taiz
A strike on a market in the Yemeni city of Taiz has killed at least seven people and wounded 40.

Why Disney+ Now Costs 207% More Than Its Original Launch Price
The latest Disney+ price increase pushes its ad-free plan to $21.49 a month, 207% above its 2019 launch price. Here’s how Disney got there.

5 TV Shows To Watch If You Like The Dungeon Crawler Carl Books - TVLine
Fans of the Dungeon Crawler Carl books can watch Squid Game, Alice in Borderland, Solo Leveling, and more while waiting for the Peacock TV adaptation.

Data centre IPO hopefuls brave tougher market as investor scrutiny grows
DayOne's IPO intentions follow two setbacks for data centre operators last week: the delay of SB Energy's expected IPO and news of a dispute centering on Oracle and Blue Owl
Astronomers discover a radio galaxy with evidence of four separate jet outbursts
Astronomers have identified what may be the first example of a new class of radio galaxy, one whose central black hole appears to have launched powerful jets on four separate occasions. High-resolution observations with the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), combined with data from Mee

New 20 MW Bronx battery site will deliver peak power to 20,000 homes
A new 20 MW battery storage system by NineDot in Hunts Point aims to support the grid during extreme heat waves.

Inside Britain's organ donation crisis: Hundreds dying while waiting
In 2019 Prime Minister Theresa May announced a radical law change that meant everyone in the country would - overnight - become an organ donor, unless they chose to opt out

Week 3 Fantasy Football panic meter: Early Week 4 waiver wire adds, Kenyon Sadiq breaks out as must add
There's nothing quite like the overreactions from Fantasy Football managers that pour in after every Sunday, so let's try and parse through what actually matters.
Ramos fires holders Portugal to 2-1 Nations League win in Norway
Goncalo Ramos starts in place of Cristiano Ronaldo and scores the winner for Portugal in Oslo.

Keeneland Sales Produces World Record Numbers Ahead Of Breeders Cup
The Keeneland September Yearling Sale produced world record numbers as the largest auction in history. The through the ring sales exceeded last year's record numbers.

Chris Rock Says Infidelity and Struggling to ‘Make It’ Aren’t Just Hollywood Problems: ‘If You Got No Love, You’re Broke as F—k’
Chris Rock's latest film 'Misty Green' centers on an actress trying to make a Hollywood comeback.
Bill Gates says global AI cooperation is ‘more difficult’ than nuclear talks
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said global cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) will be “more difficult” than talks on nuclear proliferation …
Waste bulrush transformed into copper-enhanced material for dye removal from wastewater
Industrial activities such as textile manufacturing, paper production, leather processing and food processing can generate wastewater containing synthetic dyes. Because many synthetic dyes are chemically stable, difficult to biodegrade and environmentally persistent, their release into waterways can

APOD: 2026 September 27 – Andromeda Before and After Photoshop
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 27 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. BeforeAfter Andromeda Before and After Photoshop Explanation: What does the Andromeda galaxy really look like?

People Who Eat This Fruit Once a Week May Have a Lower Risk of Heart Disease
Yes, this fruit is high in fat, but dietitians say that doesn’t mean you should avoid it.

NFL Week 3 grades for all 32 teams: Patriots stumble to an 'F,' Commanders earn an 'A' for stunning Seahawks
Plus, two teams earn 'A+' grades after superb offensive performances, and another 'F' makes its way into the discussion
Ireland defeats Israel in controversial UEFA Nations League match
Ireland's players wore black armbands in support of Palestine, bowed their heads, and refused pre-match handshakes.

2026 VMAs: Madonna, Lisa, Tyla Lead Full Performer, Presenter List
Madonna opens the 2026 VMAs on Sept. 27, with LISA, RAYE and more performing plus Charli xcx and Tyla among presenters. Taylor Swift's "Patient Zero" video premieres.

'Liar Liar' Child Star Justin Cooper Says Prisoners Sent Him Fan Mail As A Kid
"Liar Liar" actor Justin Cooper is opening up how his mom looked out for him as a child star ... even protecting the "Little Rascals" actor from letters sent from prisoners.