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Friday 25 September 2026

391 headlines from 32 sources still surfacing

Hacker News

  1. Show HN: Koi.rest – watch some fish and regain your balance
  2. The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds (2014)
  3. Security headers on 4,688 small-business websites: 49.7% met none of 7 criteria
  4. California is chasing wealth that has feet
  5. Opus 5.5 is good at explainer videos
  6. Sourcehut account takeover via build logs (XSS in ansi2html)
  7. August 27 TCRF DDoS Attack Postmortem
  8. Using LLMs to trace alchemical knowledge and decode 17th century letters
  9. Show HN: Radix – Visual UI for agentic programming
  10. Stable (YC W20) Is Hiring Product Engineers

The Verge

  1. Here’s the Tesla Semi… again
  2. Microsoft is killing off the ‘Copilot Plus PC’ brand
  3. Meta employees ordered ‘attorney/client privilege’ hats while fighting child safety disclosures
  4. Qualcomm’s new ‘Elite’ sound chip might finally deliver the Wi-Fi earbud dream
  5. Microsoft puts Brad Smith in charge of communications
  6. Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face
  7. Sadly, this $1,549 RTX 5070-equipped gaming PC is a very good deal
  8. Jensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillain
  9. Meta is going to let you build games with AI right on your phone
  10. Muse will apparently let you download its entire filesystem

Ars Technica

  1. CDC opens state ordering for COVID-19 vaccines after unexplained delay
  2. Donald Duck's uncle was partly based on Wernher von Braun
  3. F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installs
  4. New York defies Trump admin, asks court to shut down Polymarket gambling
  5. We have a trailer for Musk documentary Elon called a "hit piece"
  6. Robots make combat airdrops, clear mines as Ukraine defeats Russian pincer
  7. New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators
  8. Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1
  9. OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breach
  10. Formula 1 looks at 3.0 L V8 turbos and smaller hybrids for 2030

TechCrunch

  1. Waymo is scaling fast. Here’s what the fleet data shows.
  2. Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting
  3. Bring your co-founder, partner, or colleague and get 50% off a second TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass
  4. PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses
  5. Meet Feather, the startup building the ‘Android of robotics’ for developers
  6. Oracle sends force majeure notice on its New Mexico Stargate data center
  7. Meta’s Muse Charm looks like a Tamagotchi, but it’s tapping into a much newer trend
  8. Databricks buys Row Zero and is scouting for more startups to acquire
  9. Google Photos ‘Clueless’-inspired virtual closet is now available on Android and iOS
  10. TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know

Wired

  1. Inside the Network of Anonymous Men Destroying Young Women’s Lives
  2. I Think I Found an AI Agent Worth the Risk
  3. Google’s Gemini Can Now Make Calls for You on Pixel Phones
  4. Bose Ultra Open Earbuds Are $100 Off Right Now
  5. An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later.
  6. SeaWorld Wants to Make You Horny
  7. The Ovary Is Surprisingly Active After Menopause. Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out Why
  8. Why This Weekend’s Nor’easter Is Like a Hurricane
  9. Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros
  10. The Best Early Prime Day Robot Vacuum Sales Are From Roborock (2026)

Engadget

  1. Call of Duty: Warzone is adding a button to hide all the goofy skins
  2. Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 vs. Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2: How these AI glasses compare
  3. Nintendo wins $4.5 million from lawsuit over pirated Switch games
  4. Nicolas Cage is anything but subtle in the Madden trailer
  5. Bungie shares more detail about Marathon's Symbiosis update and 2027 plans
  6. New York Times Cooking is coming to Meta's AI and display glasses
  7. We finally have a trailer for that four-hour Elon Musk documentary
  8. New York continues to fight prediction markets with a lawsuit against Polymarket
  9. Google is sending a teensy-tiny AI data center to space
  10. Turtle Beach Rematch review: The cutest Switch 2 controller of the bunch

9to5Mac

  1. Apple shares video highlighting new child safety features across its devices
  2. ‘Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars’ season 2 premieres on Apple TV
  3. Rare ‘Antennagate’ press conference Q&A video surfaces online
  4. Apple and Qualcomm renew global patent licensing agreement
  5. Apple Sports adds real-time Grand Slam draws, expands soccer coverage
  6. M6 Mac mini review, Apple fitness band rumors, Apple AI servers
  7. Apple Maps just added two new features in iOS 27
  8. macOS 27 Top Features: much more than just Siri AI [Video]
  9. Apple has three products launching soon that we’ve waited a long time for
  10. 9to5Mac Daily: September 24, 2026 – iPhone Handoff, iOS 27 updates

Guardian Australia

  1. One Nation admits using party funds to build $56,000 shed on James Ashby’s private property
  2. Beau Lamarre-Condon used friend to help fake cancer diagnosis before alleged double murder, court told
  3. NSW police officer killed ‘instantly’ after car she was travelling in crashed into tree in Redfern
  4. ‘I’m 100% natural’: how Japan’s 90-year-old bodybuilder is still winning titles
  5. Fremantle has already turned purple. A grand final win would send the port city into meltdown | Brendan Foster
  6. There are some local datacentres we should absolutely support | Jess Harwood
  7. Rogue AI hacks government system in world first – podcast
  8. Sign up for the Saved for Sunday newsletter, Guardian Australia’s lifestyle and culture email
  9. Ukraine war briefing: Finland urges Elon Musk to expand Kyiv’s Starlink coverage over Russia
  10. Open AI attacked Australia’s health system – and then doubled down on its negligence. The time for ‘wait and see’ is over | Kate Crawford and Edward Santow

ABC News

  1. Fagan's future undecided as Lions focus on making grand final history
  2. Thousands of Queensland child safety workers to walk off the job
  3. Standing room only as AFL Grand Final parade kicks off
  4. Australians urged to get free flu jab as season peaks later than usual
  5. What scares 'Argentina's Mary Shelley'? Australian suburbia at night
  6. Cowboys blueprint offers NRL expansion hope for Queensland Heartland
  7. For so long an underdog, front-running Freo ready to claim first flag
  8. Prosecutors drop abuse charge against Adelaide child protection worker
  9. Four people charged over shooting in suburban Perth
  10. Tasmanian Liberals to have conscience vote on banning conversion practices

BBC News

  1. Miliband tells Iran minister UK will not tolerate 'hostile activity' on British soil
  2. Watch: The world’s two most powerful men just met. How did it go?
  3. Media outlets banned by Trump denied access to White House dinner despite judge's order
  4. The Papers: 'Xi urges rivals to coexist in peace' and 'It's on at last'
  5. Sex offender bailed to flat overlooking playground
  6. Treadmills to deadlifts: Why Gen Z are swapping cardio for strength training
  7. Just how hot and dry was your summer? Use our postcode lookup to find out
  8. New policies, election speculation: What to expect from Burnham's first Labour conference as PM
  9. From weeks to hours - the rapid new test transforming brain tumour diagnosis
  10. From Nagaland to a path to the Oscars: Indian film brings a rarely seen world to global cinema

The Guardian

  1. Trump’s state dinner for Xi Jinping will not be televised as White House continues to deny CNN full access – live
  2. UK food and drink trade deficit largest since 2000 at £21bn
  3. Reader Q&A: who’s spending big on the midterms? Our reporters take your questions
  4. ‘Her mental health deteriorated’: family forced to wait years for autism diagnosis
  5. NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments
  6. João Félix strike for Portugal enough to sink Wales but Ronaldo fever falls flat
  7. Jos Buttler injury and Kusal Mendis century derail England as Sri Lanka level ODI series
  8. Met chief criticises court system after paedophile granted bail
  9. #NotAllLesbians - we can’t let the Massachusetts bar drama turn us all into a punchline
  10. Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?

Al Jazeera

  1. Contrasting treatment of Israel and Palestine on display at the UN
  2. More than 100 arrested as New Yorkers protest Netanyahu’s UN visit
  3. Meloni government bans burqas, caps foreign students in Italian schools
  4. Trump praises US-China friendship at state dinner with Xi Jinping
  5. At least 41 die as boat capsizes in DRC’s Lake Tanganyika
  6. Brazil’s Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro still essentially tied in new poll
  7. UAE bars Iranian airlines as US sanctions squeeze Iran’s aviation sector
  8. Argentina’s poverty rises to 32 percent under Milei with more pain forecast
  9. Iran war live: Tehran wants Washington to re-enter MoU before US midterms
  10. Trump-Xi summit: Four key takeaways from the Washington, DC, meeting

NPR

  1. Long agenda, short meeting: Trump and Xi meet
  2. In one of their last votes before November, Senate GOP blocks effort to end Iran war
  3. RFK Jr.'s ethics filing reveals book deals worth millions of dollars
  4. Mortgage rates have just surpassed 7% for the first time in well over a year
  5. The economic squeeze is pushing up poverty rates for older adults
  6. Trump rolls out red carpet for Xi as high-stakes summit begins
  7. Trump and Xi strike cordial tone at summit amid underlying tensions
  8. Judge restores journalists' White House access. And, Tucker Carlson on his MAGA split
  9. Needy couples got cash and a spending plan. Results were good -- and bad
  10. Warren demands Trump officials explain removing a ban on interference in census data

Kottke

  1. What If We Just Stopped? “We’re in the Looney Tunes stage...
  2. What If We Just Stopped? “We’re in the Looney Tunes stage...
  3. Scans of City Textures
  4. Homer’s Catalogue of Ships from the Iliad. Where the...
  5. Practical Engineering: Are beavers actually good at...
  6. The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth. Brad Pitt...
  7. Trace is a daily puzzle game where you build a “recipe”...
  8. The lessons four Islamic polymaths — al-Biruni, Alhazen,...
  9. 50 Songs That Explain America. “The songs were chosen on...
  10. The 🔥🔥🔥 New Social App: NPR Podcasts Comments Section on Spotify

The Marginalian

  1. How to Fall in Love Better: A Field Guide to Enlightened Enchantment
  2. Emerson on How to Trust Yourself
  3. A Stoic’s Key to Peace of Mind: Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety
  4. The Three Elements of the Good Life
  5. How to Be a Poet: Elizabeth Alexander on the Yin-Yang of Connection and Contradiction
  6. Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life
  7. The Vampire Problem: The Paradoxical Psychology of Why It Is So Hard to Change
  8. How to Hold the Darkness: Notes on Living Through Uncertainty
  9. The Science of Waiting and the Art of Delay
  10. Steinbeck and the Difficult Art of the Friend Breakup

Pitchfork

  1. Madonna and Charli XCX Unite for New Song “Danceteria Afterhours”
  2. B0YG1RL Announce Self-Titled Album
  3. How the Founder of Lady Gaga’s Biggest Fan Site Ended Up in Prison
  4. Sugababes Announce First Album as Original Trio in 26 Years
  5. Morphine Unveil Lost Album Cocoon
  6. U2 Announce First Album in Nine Years
  7. Michael Kiwanuka Serves Up New Album Fudge
  8. Sebadoh Reissuing Harmacy for 30th Anniversary
  9. Macklemore Announces Free Palestine Tour
  10. Boys Noize Announces First Album in Five Years and World Tour

Stereogum

  1. Madonna & Charli XCX Worked It Out On The “Danceteria” Remix
  2. Oceans Calling Cancels Tomorrow’s Sets
  3. Cameron Winter Debuts New Songs At Secret New Orleans Show
  4. U2 Announce New Album Carnaval de Luz Feat. Dolly Parton: Hear “Silencio”
  5. Blithe Field Announces New Album Soft Core Hard Wear: Hear “Milked Rainbow”
  6. Anthony Naples – “BBT” & “Seven”
  7. The War On Drugs Debut New Song “Now We’re Talkin'” In Birmingham
  8. Bonniesongs – “Scream”
  9. Something In The Way 2027 Has JAMC, Turnover, Wednesday, TUI, More
  10. Macklemore Announces Free Palestine Tour

Longreads

  1. A Tale of Two Trap Houses: Being Cuckooed Ruined My Friend’s Life—But Did It Then Help Save Him?
  2. Heaven’s Melodic Strains
  3. Making Meaning, One Step at a Time: A Conversation with Earl Swift
  4. My Two Front Teeth
  5. He Was One of the World’s Most Wanted Men. So He Bought a West African Country.
  6. Impossibility is a Myth
  7. Annie Dillard and the Writing Life
  8. The Incredible Journey of a Migratory Shorebird
  9. Where Cities and Oceans Meet
  10. Still On Its Way to Cleveland

ScienceDaily

  1. ADHD and autism diagnoses have surged. A massive study may help explain why
  2. When what you see doesn’t make sense, your brain does something remarkable
  3. Distant time crystals can somehow fall into the same rhythm
  4. Scientists thought they knew how this 70-year-old leukemia drug worked
  5. Aging muscles may be losing strength for a reason scientists missed
  6. Scientists find two tiny new snails with shells that close like doors
  7. “We just need to go back” – Uranus’ moon Ariel may have hidden a 100-mile-deep ocean
  8. These massive stars could explain Webb’s strangest galaxies
  9. More REM sleep linked to lower risk of 83 diseases
  10. GLP-1 weight loss and diabetes drugs linked to nutritional deficiencies in nearly 1 in 6 children

Quanta

  1. Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike
  2. How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution
  3. Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich

NASA

  1. NASA Welcomes Côte d’Ivoire as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
  2. NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-14 Assignments for Space Station Mission
  3. Travel
  4. NASA Unveils Winning Designs for Mars Space Food Systems Challenge
  5. NASA’s Machines for Mars Make Beer Bubbly
  6. Practicing for Safe Landings on the Moon and Beyond
  7. US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption
  8. NASA to Study Human Health, Performance During Crew-13 Mission
  9. APOD: 2026 September 24 – The Ghosts of Five Supernovas
  10. Cloudy Cloak Over the Northwest

Nature

  1. Bumblebees don’t mind a little plastic in their honeypots
  2. Youthful fans of YouTube sports videos stick to the sofa
  3. AI system helps lab devices ‘talk’ with each other — streamlining research
  4. GLP-1 drugs fail to help some people lose weight — scientists are on a quest for answers
  5. AlphaFold 'goes viral': database adds protein complexes of common viruses
  6. AI agent hacks government website for first time: why this breach matters
  7. Genome project opens the next chapter for studying bat evolution
  8. A widespread agricultural practice is an unexpected CO2 sink
  9. Conifer trees can prosper half a world away from their usual home
  10. Surprising protein links dietary restriction to increased lifespan in flies

Dezeen

  1. Sleep supporting emotional wellbeing device among projects from Georgia Institute of Technology
  2. Estudio Zero shapes pink Mexican co-living complex after sound wave
  3. MSCHF twists Lexus electric cars into absurd shapes in New York
  4. Papermaking centre among projects from Swinburne University of Technology students
  5. Herzog & de Meuron reuses foundations for mass-timber Massachusetts school building
  6. Peter Zumthor unveils trio of "wonderfully expressive" buildings for Swiss museum
  7. Meta unveils lightweight VR glasses and camera-free AI glasses at Connect 2026
  8. Metacode tiles by VitrA Tiles
  9. "It's time Norway realises that we also need to change" says Line Ramstad
  10. The Mindcraft Project showcases works that "lie in-between craft and design"

Design Milk

  1. MSCHF Twists and Stretches Lexus Cars Into Surreal Sculptures
  2. The Porsche 550 Spyder Gets a Smaller, Electric Second Act
  3. Wrensilva Gives Its Studio Record Console a Lighter Look in White Oak
  4. Tiffany’s Blue Box Café Brings Breakfast at Tiffany’s to California
  5. The Artful—and Thoughtful—Side of Vegetables
  6. Listening Rooms Are Having a Design Moment
  7. Chloe Fineman Designs Her Life Like a Film Set
  8. Patty Studios Looks to the South of France for Its Debut Rug Collection
  9. Urban Cowboy Brings Its Maximalist Americana to Governors Island
  10. Elliot March Lets the Landscape Lead the Way

BBC Sport

  1. US edge opening session of Presidents Cup
  2. NBA's first MVP Pettit dies aged 93
  3. 'Don't put pressure on us' over Israel games - Republic of Ireland's Ogbene
  4. ODI Cricket
  5. Barcelona's Deco denies interest in Man Utd's Gabriel
  6. Felix gives Portugal win over Wales in Nations League opener
  7. Chelsea lead race for Scott - Friday's gossip
  8. Mendis stars as Sri Lanka beat England to set up series decider
  9. How PSG's Ballon d'Or duo are pushing each other on
  10. Bowler Stevenson dies two months after Glasgow gold

ESPN

  1. WNBA playoff bracket coming into focus: Mystics lock in 5-seed, Fever are No. 6
  2. Scheyer at Duke for 'long haul' after being pursued by NBA's Mavericks
  3. Pelinka: LeBron's Lakers exit 'done amicably'
  4. Follow live: Falcons answer as Bijan Robinson runs in for TD
  5. Oilers' Hyman: Messier welcome to come see 'positivity' under Babcock
  6. ⚾ MLB Power Rankings: Where playoff contenders, hopefuls stand
  7. White Sox clinch AL playoff berth after 324 losses over previous 3 seasons
  8. NBA Rank top 10 is here: SGA, Jokic or Wemby at No. 1?
  9. Presti: Not expecting OKC downturn despite offseason departures
  10. Bob Pettit, NBA's first MVP and a 'true giant of the game,' dies at 93

CNBC

  1. Oracle Japan shares surge 7% after record fiscal first quarter, bucking selloff of U.S. parent
  2. China's Xi urges U.S. to cooperate on AI
  3. Atlanta is getting pandas: China's Xi revives a longtime diplomatic strategy at summit with U.S.
  4. Stock futures are little changed as Dow heads for fourth straight losing week: Live updates
  5. Costco makes progress on a key membership metric. Here's our new price target on the stock
  6. Here's who is attending the Trump-Xi state dinner
  7. Polymarket countersues New York state over ‘unregulated gambling’ allegation
  8. Here's why South Korea wants more control over future regional wars
  9. Mark Zuckerberg debuts $1,299 Meta VR Glasses and Muse Charm pendant as part of AI agent push
  10. Friday's big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session

IGN

  1. Arc Raiders Is Testing a PvE Mode Very Soon
  2. Ubisoft Almost Made a Zelda Game With Ganondorf as the Protagonist
  3. This Cozy Dressmaking Game is Taking Over Steam's Top Sellers List
  4. Warcraft 3 Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom Review
  5. Xbox Says Its Share of GTA 6 Preorders Matches Its Share of the Console Market, Following PS5 Dominance Claim
  6. Entire Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Game Available to Play for Free in Nintendo Switch Demo, But There’s a Catch
  7. How Silent Hill: Townfall Brings a New Perspective to the Iconic Horror Series
  8. Bungie Finally Details Radical Changes for Marathon
  9. Counter-Strike Co-Creator Says Gabe Newell Got So Obsessed With Mongolian Throat Singing at Valve HQ That Staff Started Closing Their Office Doors to Escape the Noise
  10. Metroid Prime Remastered for Switch Is on Sale for $27.99

Kotaku

  1. Nvidia CEO Doesn’t Care That Kids Are Forgetting Basic Math Because Of AI: ‘I Actually Don’t Know My Address’
  2. Moderator Of Switch Pirates Subreddit To Pay Nintendo $4.5 Million In Piracy Lawsuit
  3. Star Wars: Galactic Racer Looks To Continue The Best Trend In Star Wars Gaming In Years
  4. Ubisoft Was Reportedly Working On A Legend Of Zelda Spin-Off Starring Ganondorf
  5. Nobody Talk To Me Until I Finish Building My Perfect Mouse House With Picross Puzzles
  6. Chris Metzen Wasn’t On The BlizzCon Stage This Year, And Everyone Needs To Chill Out About It
  7. Marathon Is Becoming A Much Bigger Game As Bungie Teases A New Zone, Social Space, Deathmatch Mode, And More
  8. Candy Crush Developers Win Contract With Management After Calling For A Multi-Union Strike
  9. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Adding Highly Requested Option To Hide Silly Skins In Warzone
  10. I’m Not Sure I’ll Be Able To Cope With Clayface After Latest Trailer

PC Gamer

  1. It's tough to stand out in today's games industry, but 'sorta like Helldivers 2 except dog people' worked on me
  2. 14 days in Dragon Shelter: A play by play of my first season in the Stardew-style farm sim where dragons help bake pies
  3. Experimental RPG developer Summer Eternal: 'We're giving away 5% of our studio to you, the Players' in order to 'mend the trust broken in this industry a thousand times over'
  4. Hooked on the brothers
  5. Call of Duty 'cosmetic toggle' will cleanse Warzone of its Party City aesthetic
  6. Cool demo alert: be a cyberpunk shopkeeper in Probably Stolen
  7. 8 strong Elder Scrolls opinions: With over 2,500 combined hours (and not all as stealth archers), we shout at each other about Skyrim, Morrowind, and Oblivion
  8. The best Valheim mods for no-nonsense crafting, portable building plans, and more RNG sightseeing
  9. Thief 2 Remastered should be Thief 2 Gold
  10. My first MMO character #5: Fraser Brown

Rock Paper Shotgun

  1. LOVE alt delete is a Y2K horror visual novel where you use one AI chatbot to help you date another that, don't worry, doesn't use the nasty generative stuff
  2. I definitely suck at Iron Bramble's metroidvania grappling hook platforming, but its cyber-gothic megastructure world has me hungry for more
  3. The future of Marathon includes a fungus-filled Perimeter, a social hub, and a shift "beyond extraction"
  4. Once upon a time The Blood of Dawnwalker's timer mechanic was a lot tougher, and it's because of all those pre-release complaints that it was made easier
  5. Control: Resonant is only just out of the door, and Remedy have already put out a hotfix with some stun-buffing combat tweaks and more
  6. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader's final DLC is now coming in December, with an "unsanctioned psyker" companion who cries tears of blood
  7. Discord roll out revised age verification following delay due to pushback, pledging to be "safer for teens, same Discord for Adults"
  8. Steam Frame-ready VR rhythm game Beat Saber is adding hand-tracking and a punchy new mode in its "biggest update ever"
  9. Bethesda say new underlings Obsidian will retain their "distinct" creative identity, despite no longer being as free to work on their own creatively distinct series
  10. After eighteen years of jaggedy bowling, a new mod bestows GTA 4 with DLSS and FSR support

Eurogamer

  1. The Blood of Dawnwalker's divisive time mechanic was once much stricter, but it was loosened because of "fear" around the game
  2. "It genuinely breaks my heart"- Confusion and frustration reign as gaming communities react to Xbox's drastic restructuring this week
  3. Rockstar reveals a £350 box of naughty GTA 6 collectables you definitely wouldn't get through airport security
  4. Roman Sands Re:Build review - a fiendish immersive sim drenched in a vaporwave glitchcore palette
  5. "I assume someone is being greedy somewhere" - Tim Schafer discusses current game industry woes following Double Fine's split with Xbox
  6. Quake Champions ditches free-to-play and kills off its Microsoft Store version eight years after its original release
  7. Xbox's version of PlayStation's Platinum Trophy achievement seems to leak, and it's got a sound-effect that's 15 seconds long
  8. Player discovers game-changing pair of pants in World of Warcraft: Forever
  9. Don't expect regular Destiny 2 updates to return, despite the surprise "unvaulting" of game additions
  10. Discord launches controversial age-verification system "using the most privacy-preserving approach we could build" months after first delay