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Monday 21 September 2026

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Hacker News

  1. CBP suspends all personal prescription importation Oct 22
  2. Xiaomi MiMo v2.6
  3. Transformers Explained Visually
  4. Show HN: A website that tracks US food prices every day
  5. AI coding has made CI a bottleneck, so we reworked ours to keep up
  6. The Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
  7. Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom
  8. The NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return mission has been canceled
  9. In Search of a Compositional Theory of Self-Stabilization
  10. RoboHarm: Do Frontier Robot Policies Refuse Unsafe Instructions?

The Verge

  1. California tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use
  2. GM can’t ‘bring back’ Apple CarPlay because it never left
  3. Paramount settles lawsuit blocking $110 billion Warner Bros. merger
  4. Bungie says it’s ‘not done with Destiny’ and will bring back vaulted content
  5. Grab an Xbox controller and a $50 Xbox gift card together for just $80
  6. Can CEO John Ternus find Apple’s next big thing?
  7. iPhone owners can now submit a claim in Apple’s $250 million Siri AI lawsuit
  8. Vivo’s X500 Pro Max has 17 stops of dynamic range and 4K240 slo-mo
  9. These are the first five Googlebook laptops
  10. The long dream of the Googlebook

Ars Technica

  1. Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
  2. Military milestone: Ukrainian naval drone sinks Russian kamikaze drone boat
  3. Saudi Arabia wants a car industry, launches Ceer with two EVs
  4. Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026
  5. Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants
  6. California settles lawsuit against Paramount/Warner merger, angering advocates
  7. Trump rejects AI slowdown calls, launches "AI Force" instead
  8. Review: Neagley is a worthy spinoff to megahit Reacher
  9. Apple Mac mini review: The new M6 impresses, but the price hike is rough
  10. Googlebooks launch October 4 starting at $899—here are the five models you can preorder today

TechCrunch

  1. OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
  2. Discover what’s next: 5 days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket
  3. Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
  4. Kairos Power gets up to $100M from Samsung group to build nuclear reactor for Google
  5. Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com
  6. X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts
  7. Oura’s $2.2B IPO is mostly a payday for existing shareholders
  8. With Tabby, a former accountant is using AI to make accountants obsolete
  9. Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
  10. Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini

Wired

  1. AI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping
  2. Dyson Won’t Say What’s Wrong With Its CameraJet Toothbrush
  3. Here’s the iFixit Repairability Rating for the iPhone 18 Pro
  4. Apple Mac Mini (M6) Review: For the AI Curious
  5. Got an Android Phone? Google Thinks You’ll Probably Want a Googlebook Laptop
  6. US and China Discuss Alerting Each Other to AI National Security Threats
  7. Bambu P2S Combo 3D Printer Review: My Own Little Plastics Factory
  8. Justice for CSS
  9. The Search for Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful Woman
  10. Women Still Face Too Much Bullshit—in Silicon Valley and Beyond

Engadget

  1. Wired vs. wireless keyboards: Is there really a difference in performance?
  2. How to turn off your Google location history
  3. Bungie leaders now say the studio's 'not done with Destiny'
  4. Does your iPhone's Safari browser privacy features actually make you safer?
  5. The EU will force data centers to disclose their energy and water use
  6. X now tells users when local laws have reduced their posts' visibility
  7. Here's why Apple's Mac Studio has become so expensive
  8. Paramount settles US states' antitrust lawsuit, clearing the way for its Warner Bros. acquisition
  9. How the iPhone Duo's software is different from a standard iPhone
  10. If you don't like using Siri, this iOS 27 feature may change your mind

9to5Mac

  1. WhatsApp now lets Apple Watch users react with any emoji
  2. iOS 27.2 beta 2 reveals new details about unnanounced iPhone anti-snatching feature
  3. AI coding platform Bitrig adds iPhone Duo support with interactive 3D simulator
  4. 9to5Mac Daily: September 21, 2026 – More iPhone 18 Pro, iOS 27.2
  5. Apple Notes adds a power user feature in iOS 27 that’s rare in other apps
  6. Our favorite accessories to elevate your new M6 Mac mini and Mac Studio rig
  7. Report: AI glasses shipments surged 263% in H1 2026 as Apple prepares to enter the market
  8. iOS 27 adds an all-new app to your iPhone’s Home Screen
  9. iOS 27.2 reveals new features coming to Apple Music, CarPlay, more
  10. MagSafe Monday: BLAVOR’s solar power bank is built for fall camping trips

Guardian Australia

  1. Shackling prisoners giving birth should be a last resort – but it’s happening around Australia anyway
  2. Democrats’ Gaza reckoning: how failing to give Palestinians a voice came back to bite the party
  3. Australia news live: Chalmers says migration needed for falling birth rate; city of Sydney bans smart glasses
  4. US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban
  5. California braces for record El Niño storms as governor declares emergency
  6. Datacentres in Victoria to be banned in residential areas
  7. Is it true that … cycling affects fertility?
  8. Ten lessons from Jakob Ingebrigtsen, one of the world’s most beguiling athletes
  9. Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent as enforcement surges in Austin
  10. Charges dropped against Stanford students over pro-Palestine protest

ABC News

  1. Queensland teenager charged with preparing to cause harm
  2. Tarik had to break his favourite rare instrument to make another
  3. Live: ASX to rise, AI rally pushes Nasdaq to record high, oil falls below $US100
  4. Formula 1 agrees to shorter races in 2027
  5. Consumers duped by price comparison websites, ASIC warns
  6. Half of 'ecologically thinned' trees from WA forests chipped or burned
  7. Lions 'praying' Neale gets off but confident they will cope if ban stands
  8. Naturalist adventure in Victoria's east draws new wave of twitchers
  9. US flights in chaos as communications fail and cable accidentally cut
  10. 'Messy but beautiful' tree among nine vying for Victoria's annual gong

BBC News

  1. Manchester to host world leaders at G20 summit in 2027
  2. Being run over by pitch roller was 'terrifying' - Townsend
  3. UK to provide Saudi Arabia with 'defensive' military support, says Burnham
  4. Flights at major US airports delayed after cable cut by construction workers
  5. Bishop of Lincoln resigns amid sex assault inquiry
  6. Arrests as migrant boat reaches UK unintercepted
  7. Settling old scores with royals drives Spencer's book, but Diana steals focus
  8. Watch: Police raid organised crime targets in Teesside
  9. Infantino says he is open to Fifa reform
  10. 'Real fear Littler could walk away' - darts would be loser in booing row

The Guardian

  1. Lindsay Clancy’s defense laywer asks judge to investigate lone juror
  2. UK to give support to Saudi jets in attempt to counter Houthi fighters
  3. Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say
  4. Celia Birtwell ‘humanises’ Burberry in London fashion week closing show
  5. The Wargame review – Michael Gove is awful at pretending to be PM in this mind-warping reality show
  6. Come back soon Premier League, the endlessly moreish mega-product | Barney Ronay
  7. Infantino proposes an ‘independent external review’ of Fifa governance
  8. Lib Dems reject ‘discriminatory and unworkable’ EHRC guidance on transgender people
  9. Newly identified Bolivian wildcat 'Tigrino' plays in his enclosure – video
  10. Rwandan man charged with crimes linked to 1994 genocide in first case brought in UK

Al Jazeera

  1. How thousands of migrants stranded in Ceuta are surviving
  2. Former ‘death squad’ leader appears in military trial in The Gambia
  3. Trump speech inaudible as US networks boycott White House event
  4. Putin’s party wins supermajority in Russia’s parliamentary vote
  5. UN Chief Guterres calls for ban on ‘killer robots’
  6. US man convicted in 2023 shooting of three Palestinian students in Vermont
  7. FAA halts flights to major US East Coast airports amid outage
  8. Embattled Gianni Infantino says he is open to talks over FIFA reform
  9. UK prosecutors charge first person for Rwanda genocide
  10. Protesters blockade Elbit Systems factory over Israel weapons supply

NPR

  1. What the equinox 'henge' effect tells us about U.S. cities
  2. Aviation regulators turn to AI to help manage the nation's airspace
  3. Paramount makes concessions to salvage $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal
  4. World leaders convene for UNGA. And, Trump says D.C. arch will be a 'military complex'
  5. German chancellor stands his ground after his party loses in state elections
  6. The data center backlash is reshaping American politics — one community at a time
  7. This farm raised thousands of pigs for slaughter. Now it's growing mushrooms instead
  8. What to know as world leaders converge at the United Nations this week
  9. Many GOP candidates still echo Trump's 2020 claims. Lots of voters want to move on
  10. 18 suspects accused in the 2021 killing of Haiti's president being extradited to U.S.

Kottke

  1. Monopoly as a metaphor for racial inequity. “During the...
  2. Relationships are key to human happiness. “The top five...
  3. Cars, New York City (1974-1976)
  4. The Film Experience is a free online course from MIT...
  5. I didn’t know Beehiiv had a program to support...
  6. Imagine playing chess against a seven-year-old who’s...
  7. Gorgeous Nerikomi Pottery
  8. In Prison, White Supremacist Literature Is Required...
  9. “Starring Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston, and Willem...
  10. Music for the Dyeing

The Marginalian

  1. Steinbeck and the Difficult Art of the Friend Breakup
  2. Are You Working: In Defense of the Invisible Labors of Creativitiy
  3. The Courage to Be Yourself: E.E. Cummings on Art, Life, and Being Unafraid to Feel
  4. Edward Abbey on How to Live and How to Die
  5. Against the Cartesian Myth of Work/Life Balance: André Gregory’s Extraordinary Letter to Richard Avedon about the Nature of Creativity
  6. The Stoic Key to Living with Presence: Seneca on Time Spent vs. Saved vs. Wasted
  7. The Coziest Place on the Moon: Or, How to Bear Your Loneliness
  8. On Losing a Parent
  9. Actuality vs. Possibility and How to Hear the Signal of Your Life
  10. The Canon of Solitude: 200 Years of Great Writers, Artists, and Scientists on the Creative and Spiritual Rewards of Fertile Aloneness

Pitchfork

  1. Man Jailed for Selling $3.6 Million in Counterfeit Taylor Swift, Rihanna Vinyl
  2. The Weeknd, a Wednesday Remix, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
  3. The Weeknd Debuts New Song Sampling Neon Genesis Evangelion Theme
  4. Ed Sheeran Clarifies Gaza Stance, Again Blames Venues for Kicking Macklemore Off Tour
  5. Tune-Yards Line Up U.S. Tour
  6. Duncan Sheik Dies at 56
  7. The National’s Matt Berninger Releases Type It Up EP and New Video
  8. 11 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Carly Rae Jepsen, Miley Cyrus, and More
  9. Bill Callahan Joins Meshell Ndegeocello to Cover Bob Dylan’s “With God on Our Side”
  10. Read the Full Credits to Miley Cyrus’ Bass Persuades

Stereogum

  1. Bruise Bath – “Non-Consensual Intervention”
  2. Modern English Acknowledge The Strokes “Completely Ripped Off” “I Melt With You,” But Still Love Them
  3. You Are An Angel (Glass Beach’s J McClendon) Shares Album Outtakes “Candyglass” & “Baroque”
  4. Sen Morimoto – “Chewing Gum”
  5. Pet Fox – “Avoidant”
  6. Protomartyr – “Exalted Eagles”
  7. Claire Cronin – “Before The End Of Time”
  8. VMAs Introduce New Award For Taylor Swift
  9. New World Man Announce Debut LP I Am The Machine: Hear The Title Track
  10. Artificial Brain Announce New Album Antillia: Hear “Quantum Malignancies”

Longreads

  1. On Not Being a Homeowner
  2. Tomato Cure
  3. No, But
  4. Murder-in-Law
  5. The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
  6. Shetland’s Most Wanted
  7. Then They Came for the Ostriches
  8. The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Roberto José Andrade Franco
  9. A True-Crime Producer Posed as an Heiress — Then Allegedly Stole $30 Million
  10. Paid Phones

ScienceDaily

  1. Black holes of every size follow the same surprising rule
  2. A new process turns plastic waste into gasoline and diesel fuel
  3. Scientists create a needle-thin brain implant that can do three jobs at once
  4. NASA just powered up Roman’s massive 300-megapixel camera
  5. Amazon study reveals the best strategies for protecting biodiversity and carbon
  6. Chronic stress may be quietly reshaping your heart
  7. Stanford scientists discover the human brain may actually be two separate organs
  8. What kills Schrödinger’s cat? Gravity may not be the answer
  9. Millions take calcium and vitamin D for bone health. A major review finds little benefit
  10. 8 common food additives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease

Quanta

  1. How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution
  2. Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich
  3. Where Does the Quantum World End and Ours Begin?
  4. Ctenophores Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Biological Wonders.
  5. Black Holes or Black Hole Stars? Astronomers Spar Over Webb Telescope’s ‘Little Red Dots.’

NASA

  1. Embracing the Equinox
  2. NASA Welcomes Albania as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
  3. NASA Kicks Off Nationwide Effort to Prepare Tomorrow’s Space Workforce
  4. Perseverance’s View of ‘Turquoise Bay’
  5. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman Attends Ravens vs. Saints Game
  6. NASA Discovery Reveals Complex Water Systems on Early Mars
  7. Widely Attended Gatherings (WAGs) Determinations
  8. Johnson Space Center Sparks Curiosity at Houston’s 33rd Annual Japan Festival
  9. APOD: 2026 September 21 – Cocoon Nebula Wide Field
  10. Arctic Melt Season Length Levels Off

Nature

  1. China punishes prominent academics exposed by research sleuth
  2. Edible batteries inspired by rice paper power medical devices in the body
  3. Chemist-aligned retrosynthesis by ensembling diverse inductive bias models
  4. 'Epigenetic' editing is here: gene-tagging technique banishes hepatitis B virus
  5. AI co-scientists are revolutionizing how research is done
  6. Losing your way of life to climate change matters — and we need a way to measure it
  7. Six principles for supporting academic freedom in universities
  8. How do I change labs gracefully during my PhD?
  9. Daily briefing: How to turn a paper into an AI agent
  10. How research funding took me out of the lab and into leadership

Dezeen

  1. MOS creates basket-like aluminium pavilion at Art Omi in New York
  2. Inside the design of New York City's upcoming borough-based jails
  3. RX Architects expands Sussex home with extension "immersed in the garden"
  4. UAL turns Atterbury Flat guest apartment into riotous student design archive
  5. Dezeen Awards 2026 architecture shortlist announced
  6. Trump triumphal arch to become "top grade military complex" for launching drones
  7. Dancers pull clothes from Tate Modern's floor for Homme Plissé Issey Miyake show
  8. Geocode collection by VitrA Tiles
  9. "Too often, neurodiverse design is a marketing ploy"
  10. Five stand-out projects at the Oslo Architecture Triennale

Design Milk

  1. Elliot March Lets the Landscape Lead the Way
  2. Americans Aren’t Afraid of Dark Paint—They Just Want It Warmer
  3. The Best Advent Calendars of 2026 for Design Lovers
  4. The Kimchi Brings Seoul’s Visual Energy to Prague
  5. Veo’s Rover Electric Trike Makes Micromobility More Accessible
  6. A 1978 Vancouver Special Gets a “Sophisti-Quirk” Reinvention
  7. Laneige Turns Skincare Customization Into a Four-Story Experience
  8. Inside a New Venice Hotel With a Lighter Take on Venetian Grandeur
  9. 7 South African Designers to Know From Maison&Objet 2026
  10. Venus Williams Serves Up a New Collection With Crate & Barrel

BBC Sport

  1. Liverpool eye in-demand right-back Read - Tuesday's gossip
  2. Listen: Monday Night Club
  3. Atletico hit back at Mourinho over referee complaints
  4. Irish sportspeople urge Republic of Ireland to boycott Israel game
  5. Wales will have no fear in Portugal - James
  6. Lions tour a 'top goal' for Wales prop Tuipulotu
  7. Scotland's Scott promoted to PGA Tour with Ohio win
  8. Carse needs time away, says 'good mate' Brook
  9. Hawkins among five World Cup winners in England squad
  10. How is Scotland squad shaping up for Pocognoli debut?

ESPN

  1. Rams star WR Nacua (hip) inactive for 'MNF' vs. Giants
  2. Is it time to be concerned about Jayden Daniels?
  3. Eagles TE Goedert to miss time with MCL sprain, sources say
  4. Sources: Cubs' Bregman has facial fractures, hopeful for postseason
  5. Falcons QB Penix to make season debut Thursday vs. Packers
  6. NFL: 'No concerns' over field conditions in Rio for Cowboys-Ravens
  7. ⚾ MLB playoff rotation tiers: Ranking starting pitching options
  8. Commanders still await Daniels timeline, will start Mariota vs. Seahawks
  9. Doc Rivers joins NBC as analyst, says coaching career over
  10. Adieu, Batum: 18-year NBA vet, Team France stalwart retires

CNBC

  1. Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 posts best day since early August: Live updates
  2. Texas Gov. Abbott orders data center permit halt weeks after issuing moratorium
  3. Stocks had a great day on the surface. But something alarming occurred not seen since 1999
  4. OpenAI proposes development of global AI standards to guide alignment, RSI
  5. Investors discover their new favorite consumer AI play in Meta. Options volume is surging
  6. Buy these high-quality dividend stocks with plenty of free cash flow, Bank of America says
  7. Retailer Revolve announces partnership with Donatella Versace
  8. Much of Trump’s promised midterm election spending has yet to surface, new filing shows
  9. Meta's Muse personal AI agent tops ChatGPT, Grok and Claude for post-launch downloads
  10. Morgan Stanley's top picks list trounced the S&P 500 the last 12 months. Here are the new members

IGN

  1. Rockstar Games Is Taking Down Footage and Images of Scrapped GTA 5 DLC And Early Version of Leaked GTA 6 Map
  2. Blizzard Says StarCraft 'Won't Be Exclusive' When It Launches in 2030
  3. Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Will Include Option to Let Players Automatically Level Up Their Characters, but Not Everyone Is Happy About It
  4. The Witcher Is Getting the Full-Cast Audiobook Treatment, Following Rise in Audio Drama Popularity
  5. Bungie Says the Way Players 'Showed Up' for Destiny 2 Mattered, and Fans Can't Believe It Means More Games Are on the Way
  6. Rockstar Games' New Modding Policy Crushes Influencers' Dreams for Monetized GTA 6 RP Servers
  7. Witcher Creator Says He’s Open to Unconventional Suggestions for Future Adaptations
  8. Pokémon Card Scalpers Are Moaning That the 30th Anniversary Set Isn't Profitable Enough for Them, as Rare Cards Have Been Made Easier to Find
  9. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Is Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 – Here’s Where You Can Preorder It
  10. Bungie Bosses Promise to ‘Evolve’ Marathon, Deny Game Will ‘Replace’ Destiny

Kotaku

  1. Persona 4 Revival Won’t Make Significant Changes To The Original’s Most Problematic Storylines
  2. At Least One Of Persona 4′s Original Actors Reprises Their Role In Revival
  3. Destiny 2 Fans Declare Victory After Months Of Crashing Out: ‘It Worked’
  4. The Blood Of Dawnwalker’s First Big Patch Will Add An Easier Difficulty That Eliminates Combat
  5. Lawsuit Forces 2K To Explain Why NBA 2K Players Can’t Transfer Digital Currency: ‘You Have No Ownership Or Other Rights’ To Virtual Items
  6. Pikachu Is An Astronaut Now And Has Been To Actual Literal Space
  7. Northernlion Addresses His Friend’s U.S. Army–Sponsored Twitch Streams: ‘It’s So Far Beyond The Bounds Of What Is Acceptable To Me’
  8. Final Fantasy Director Says Xenogears ‘Sounds Like A Tough Game’ To Remake And I’m Beginning To Think The Cult PS1 RPG Might Never Be Coming Back
  9. I Can Bearly Contain My Excitement For Fat Bear Week
  10. Marathon Didn’t Reach As Many Players As Bungie ‘Hoped’ And ‘Needs To Evolve’

PC Gamer

  1. Blizzard warns World of Warcraft: Forever players it will 'very aggressively' punish anyone who buys gold with real money
  2. 'All roads lead back to Arma'
  3. Rockstar asks modders to please take its games very seriously
  4. World of Warcraft: Forever players competing over enemies is 'extremely important' to the experience, Blizzard says: 'This is one of those things that we simply must hold the line on'
  5. Wait, how did Lego beat Minecraft to making a city builder?
  6. Bungie un-cancels Destiny: Vaulted content is coming back as new leadership promises 'Destiny is foundational to our future'
  7. GTA 5 has true air travel now thanks to the mod I just installed, but they won't let me give me my pals piggybacks onto the plane
  8. Oh good, the pervert's back
  9. Touch grass? Not when AMD has whittled down ray tracing memory usage by 98% for these hardware-sapping bushes and trees
  10. Alright WoW: Forever gamers, are we team HD models or team old school models?

Rock Paper Shotgun

  1. "It wasn't a planned thing": Breaking Benjamin singer on his mid-gig Fallout 4 mod promo being down to a broken drum and his love of VR
  2. Microsoft file patent for a machine learning system that would "train" itself on your playtime to work out when you'll be least annoyed by in-game ads
  3. Virtue and a Sledgehammer will begin battering down the walls and android ghosts of a hometown filled with emotional memories this October
  4. Fly between radio outposts inside a murky megastructure in The Hollowing, a follow-up to the brilliant spelunking sim Lorn's Lure
  5. "I thought people would leave": Hideo Kojima offers his account of Physint's switch from PlayStation to Xbox, as his studio insist they're in a "healthy, profitable state"
  6. The Steam Frame’s first post-launch update speeds up charging and ungarbles a mic bug
  7. This week in PC games: Control: Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, and the history of Western philosophy as a pinball table
  8. Ahead of GTA 6, Rockstar warn modders against against making unofficial main story expansions, unauthorised ports and mods that combine GTA maps
  9. Silent Hill: Townfall review - an often inspired, if slightly lumbering trek into the fog
  10. The Sunday Papers

Eurogamer

  1. Weeks before GTA 6, Rockstar Games imposes new guidelines that restrict mods for missions, maps, updated storylines, and third-party IP
  2. Nintendo Switch ports of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire look even more likely after official account shares suspiciously HD footage of the GBA games
  3. Bungie is freeing vaulted Destiny 2 campaigns after Marathon "did not reach as many players as we had hoped"
  4. The Blood of Dawnwalker getting a new difficulty option, combat changes and more in game's first "big" patch scheduled for early October
  5. Grand Theft Auto 6 sleuths are torn on whether a famous Florida locale is in the game or not
  6. Hideo Kojima doesn't know if Physint will be released on PS5, and he hasn't decided if it's going to use Sony's Decima game engine
  7. World of Warcraft: Forever players are being naughty with the new naming system
  8. Mystique's lesbian relationship in Marvel's Wolverine is seemingly censored in certain parts of the world
  9. The Blood of Dawnwalker cost less than expected to make - it's more of a double-A game than a triple-A blockbuster
  10. Microsoft patents idea for in-game PC and Xbox adverts shown during downtime "trigger events"