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Monday 28 September 2026

1207 headlines from 32 sources

Hacker News

  1. Who should be held accountable when an AI Agent (accidentally) acts maliciously?
  2. Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline
  3. Palantir founder purchases large swath of forest in Sweden
  4. Pacing the Frontier is not the actual goal for AI labs
  5. Jeff – Jev-compatible 0.8B decision models, trained at home, ~30 ms
  6. Best of British Design
  7. World Labs Is Joining AMD
  8. California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Demand for Wine Drops
  9. Scientists solve 1840s space weather mystery
  10. It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs

The Verge

  1. AMD is acquiring AI company World Labs in a deal worth more than $8 billion
  2. Bose starts adding Auracast to its headphones
  3. OpenAI’s AI agents need to catch up
  4. Trump finalizes rule to make cars less fuel efficient
  5. AI is supercharging hacking, and your local hospitals and banks aren’t ready
  6. Florida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a person
  7. OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians
  8. Walmart won’t hike prices based on your shopping history, CEO says
  9. Volkswagen replaces ID.4 with all-electric Tiguan
  10. Dreame’s step-climbing X50 Ultra mopping vacuum is hundreds off

Ars Technica

  1. Experts worry about Nvidia's AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump
  2. SpaceX's Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks
  3. Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development
  4. New device captures carbon dioxide by pumping it across a battery
  5. To keep drug prices high, pharma has been piling up the patents
  6. Trump cuts fuel economy standards back to 2014 levels
  7. Kalshi loses again as judges rule prediction markets must obey gambling laws
  8. Google seemingly confirms plans to kill ChromeOS in 2034
  9. F1 in Azerbaijan: That was almost a close-run thing
  10. OpenAI halts frontier-model training amid string of agent misalignment incidents

TechCrunch

  1. Aurora CFO says 30,000 driverless trucks by 2030 isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds
  2. Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation
  3. AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion
  4. Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents
  5. Tesla delays Roadster 2 event again due to bad weather
  6. The AI boom took over Climate Week and not everyone is happy about it
  7. Nvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents
  8. Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner
  9. Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’
  10. Meta launches enterprise AI platform, hires MongoDB CEO to lead new initiative

Wired

  1. Shark’s NeverChange Air Purifier Is Nearly Half Off Right Now
  2. Boox Announces the Picco, Its Smallest E-Reader Ever (2026)
  3. Meta-Led Anti-Terrorism Group Faces Mass Resignation of Expert Advisers
  4. These Extremists Are Running for Election in November
  5. Best External Hard Drives (2026): SanDisk, Samsung, and More
  6. Bose Launches New Wired Earbuds After More Than a Decade
  7. OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government
  8. Space Lasers Are About to Get Their First Real Test Generating Energy
  9. Best Apple Watch: Series 12, Ultra 4, and SE 3 (2026)
  10. I've Tested Over 100 Home Security Cameras. Here's Which to Buy

Engadget

  1. How to improve your Android phone's battery life
  2. California is banning public officials from making memecoins
  3. My iPhone hit 1,000 charge cycles — Here's how it's holding up
  4. How to improve your FPS for better gaming (without buying new hardware)
  5. Discord is testing a lightweight mode to free up resources while gaming
  6. Google will support ChromeOS until 2034 as it shifts to Googlebook OS
  7. Meta is starting an enterprise business to justify its massive AI spending
  8. Ayaneo shrank down the Game Boy form factor with its latest $89 handheld
  9. Where to find YouTube's autoplay settings and how to turn it off and on
  10. This setting change can make your Android phone feel instantly faster

9to5Mac

  1. macOS 27: How to use the new ‘Notify Me’ feature in Safari
  2. watchOS 27.0.1 is now available for all compatible Apple Watch models
  3. Apple’s Taptic Engine patent defeat sends litigation funder’s shares up 9%
  4. Siri AI is available on newer Apple devices only, here’s the full list
  5. iPhone Duo accessories: Here are five top picks for Apple’s foldable
  6. Watch Elton John give the first-ever performance at Apple Music Hall
  7. MagSafe Monday: Pioneer joins the MagSafe accessory market with the SDA-SC600
  8. Anthropic upgrades Claude with new Sonnet 5.5 model, details here
  9. AirPods Pro 3 vs AirPods 5: Three reasons to go Pro
  10. iOS 26.7.1 available now for iPhone with security fixes

Guardian Australia

  1. Melbourne human rights activist disappears in Cambodia as wife urges Albanese government help
  2. Nations League: Olise’s late stunner leads France past Belgium, Italy rout Turkey
  3. Australia news live: Chalmers defends record as RBA’s cash rate decision due
  4. Two people sentenced to 60 and 45 years in prison in death of Telemundo reporter
  5. New tool directly links carbon emissions to amount of environmental and economic damage caused
  6. Thomas Tuchel resists change against Czechia despite England defensive errors
  7. Scale of City’s punishment is the only story but Premier League must bear some responsibility | Barney Ronay
  8. NFL asks DHS to take down post likening violent tackles to treatment of immigrants
  9. Dengue fever outbreak prompts Florida counties to declare state of emergency
  10. Trump appointee overseeing election investigations steps down from FBI role

ABC News

  1. Parramatta elects youngest lord mayor after Liberal quits party
  2. Vietnamese authorities abducted activists in Cambodia, coworkers say
  3. Live: ASX to edge higher as US bonds surge
  4. TikTok tourists blamed for visitor damage at Victoria's Pink Cliffs
  5. Cornell University gang-rape allegations to be reinvestigated
  6. Live: Canavan says rate hike could be 'straw that breaks the camel's back'
  7. Cleary defends Crossland over 'complete accident' that broke his leg
  8. Regional women share postpartum journeys to create change
  9. Asian grocer firebombed in Melbourne's west
  10. Recalling the news no-one saw as South Australia plunged into darkness

BBC News

  1. Littler stunned by Waterhouse at World Grand Prix
  2. Infantino makes bigger cash pledge to Fifa members
  3. Monday Night Club - Man City reaction
  4. Watch: RAF Fairford suspects are bailed, what happens now?
  5. Five men arrested in RAF Fairford incident released on police bail
  6. Russian foreign minister questions 'what will become of UK' and future of 'the Celts'
  7. Man City CEO 'defiant' over Premier League charges
  8. What a US diesel export ban could mean for you
  9. Mahmood signals rethink on migrants' right to remain
  10. Aldi boss says some loyalty discounts 'dupe' customers

The Guardian

  1. Gianni Infantino set to accept demands to give national associations payouts
  2. Can Labour bring down our energy bills? | Politics Weekly
  3. Michael Palin in the Philippines review – who else could cause such a weird moment with the president?
  4. City chief maintains club’s innocence as rivals push for verdict to be published
  5. Energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh on her plans for electricity grid | Politics Weekly
  6. Local representatives question official accounts after suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford
  7. Michael Wynn-Jones, husband of Delia Smith, dies aged 85
  8. Burnham to announce government-backed body to invest in electricity grid
  9. Paris magic and tradition keep the Arc in a class of its own above the latest gimmicks
  10. Absence of violence in Drumcree does not make standoff any less significant

Al Jazeera

  1. Anti-South Asian ‘hate speech’ has exploded online in US, report finds
  2. Gold falls amid rising oil prices and higher US dollar
  3. Hundreds set up tent encampments in Madrid over housing crisis
  4. Olise scores late to grab France 1-0 Nations League win at Belgium
  5. ‘Friendship pandas’ arrive in Atlanta, marking US-China relations moment
  6. French far-right leader Bardella refutes anti-Semitism allegations
  7. South Sudan calls for sanctions to be lifted at UNGA
  8. Slovenia’s U-turn towards Israel
  9. Gaza’s young inventors build robots with what they have
  10. Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn in patent infringement case

NPR

  1. Prosecutors are reexamining a Cornell fraternity rape case. Here's what we know
  2. Trump's immigration push has largely spared farms. Idaho dairymen worry it won't last.
  3. Trump's immigration push has largely spared farms. Idaho dairymen worry it won't last.
  4. The Trump administration weakens fuel efficiency standards for new cars
  5. SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas
  6. What we know about the suspected U.K. terror plot. And, why the Gulf remains in limbo
  7. Trump aims to leave a physical legacy in D.C., bulldozing norms along the way
  8. British police investigate if arrests near U.S. air base foiled an Iran-linked attack
  9. Welcome to the 'Wild West' of AI in schools: Research is scarce, but experiments abound
  10. 5 tips for parents worried about their kids' screen time and online safety

Kottke

  1. What do you you do when the book you’re reading is too...
  2. Well. I’m not sure what to think about this. The teaser...
  3. What if America Went Completely Dark? “We came up with...
  4. Now We Can Sing is the first single from Max Richter’s...
  5. This is a fun daily game: Catfishing. You guess the...
  6. Terry Riley’s In C is a composition where any number of...
  7. “The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination...
  8. “The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has introduced a...
  9. Lego’s biggest set ever is coming out soon: the...
  10. What If We Just Stopped? “We’re in the Looney Tunes stage...

The Marginalian

  1. Inner Space, Outer Space, and How to Be an Astronaut in the Cosmos of Connection: Eric Berne on the Key to True Intimacy
  2. Orcas and the Price of Consciousness: Lessons in Love and Loss from Earth’s Most Successful and Creative Predator
  3. Bertrand Russell on the Secret of Happiness
  4. The Weasel and the Meaning of It All: Annie Dillard on How to Live
  5. Do Not Spare Yourself: An Antidote to Feeling Like You Are Waiting to Start Living
  6. Hermann Hesse on Discovering the Soul Beneath the Self and the Key to Finding Peace
  7. How to Handle a Narcissistic and Abusive Parent: Kafka’s Remarkable Letter to Father
  8. How to Speak Forest
  9. Nietzsche on How to Find Yourself and the True Value of Education
  10. How to Fall in Love Better: A Field Guide to Enlightened Enchantment

Pitchfork

  1. Lily Konigsberg, Krill, Jane Remover, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
  2. Klein Surprise Releases New Album My Own Fairytale
  3. Watch Taylor Swift Haunt Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell in “Patient Zero” Video
  4. Stevie Wonder Unvaults Four Songs in the Key of Life Tracks
  5. Watch Kacey Musgraves Sing Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” at the 2026 VMAs
  6. Watch Madonna Bring Out Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX at the 2026 VMAs
  7. MTV VMAs 2026 Winners: See the Full List Here
  8. MTV VMAs 2026 Performers List: See the Full Lineup Here
  9. Sabrina Carpenter to Play Ginger Rogers in Fred Astaire Biopic
  10. Here’s What Went Down at Olivia Rodrigo’s Unraveled Tour Opener

Stereogum

  1. Steve Lacy Kicks Off Oh Yeah? Tour With A Smiths Cover
  2. Bono Explains Why U2 Wrote A Song About Rosalía
  3. Stevie Wonder Shares Four Songs In The Key Of Life Outtakes For Today’s 50th Anniversary
  4. Pearl Jam Share Statement About New Drummer At Ohana, Eddie Vedder Performs With Pixies, Bad Religion, Billy Strings, Stephen Wilson Jr., & More
  5. Smush Announce New Album i’ll always wish,,: Hear “milkweed butterfly”
  6. Watch DIIV Cover Charli XCX & Debut ZIRP! Tracks In São Paulo
  7. Dazy – “Ugly”
  8. Slipknot Announce 2027 Tour, Events Tonight In LA & London
  9. Cursive Share “Wounded Animal” From Who’s Watching Soundtrack
  10. You Have To Watch Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso Mash Up Spice Girls & Focus

Longreads

  1. Oh, How Lucky We Are
  2. A Graveyard Shift with Britain’s Gen Z Undertakers
  3. The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
  4. A Tale of Two Trap Houses: Being Cuckooed Ruined My Friend’s Life—But Did It Then Help Save Him?
  5. Heaven’s Melodic Strains
  6. Making Meaning, One Step at a Time: A Conversation with Earl Swift
  7. My Two Front Teeth
  8. He Was One of the World’s Most Wanted Men. So He Bought a West African Country.
  9. Impossibility is a Myth
  10. Annie Dillard and the Writing Life

ScienceDaily

  1. Diabetes study finds keeping blood sugar too steady may come at a price
  2. Scientists just discovered what coffee really does to your gut and brain
  3. Blood tests reveal why astronauts get constipated in space
  4. Scientists were wrong about this strange mammal for nearly 40 years
  5. James Webb reveals why planet formation is a race against time
  6. Pomegranate compound improves heart function by up to 80% in study
  7. 160-million-year-old proteins show surprising power against superbugs
  8. Resetting the body clock could help the brain recover after stroke
  9. Is the universe infinite? The answer gets weird fast
  10. Scientists found a surprising driver of Alzheimer’s outside the brain

Quanta

  1. Mathematicians Harness Randomness To Crack a 55-Year-Old Conjecture
  2. Gravity Seems Holographic. What Does That Mean for Reality?
  3. Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike
  4. How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution

NASA

  1. NASA, Boeing Share Update on Commercial Starliner Development Plans
  2. NASA Armstrong Celebrates 80 Years of Flight Innovation
  3. NASA Highlights Lessons Learned From Swift Boost Mission
  4. NASA Celebrates as Artemis Accords Surpasses 75 Signatories
  5. Meet NASA’s Artemis II Crew During Houston Public Event
  6. What You Need to Know About NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Mission
  7. Space Station View of Earth at Night
  8. NASA ORBIT Challenge 2027
  9. Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Kristie Foster
  10. APOD: 2026 September 28 – Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe

Nature

  1. Paid to peer review: firms are paying researchers to assess manuscripts for journals
  2. Bigger than CRISPR? A guide to the latest genome editors
  3. Vaping in childhood has bigger health risks than we’d thought
  4. Stephen Hawking biography explores an ‘exceptionally clear, uncluttered mind’
  5. China now leads the world in trials for next-gen CAR-T therapies
  6. Transplanted hearts adjust their biological age to that of their host
  7. Exclusive: Sham scientific societies are misleading star researchers
  8. AI bots are flooding researchers with requests for money and time
  9. Nepal’s floods expose issues with climate-disaster funding — firmer policies are needed fast
  10. Chemists struggle to ditch hazardous solvents — even after decades of ‘green’ efforts

Dezeen

  1. Coughlin Scheel lifts Fire Island house high above the beach
  2. Grid radiator by Tubes among seven new products on Dezeen Showroom
  3. GRT Architects adds modular shelving in Storefront for Art and Architecture revamp
  4. Animal friendly "purch pod" among projects from American University in Dubai
  5. Silora task chair by ITO Design for Narbutas
  6. Rezen transforms hotel stables in Australia into "raw and direct" wellness centre
  7. V-Flex by VitrA Tiles
  8. V-Tone and V-Flex innovations by VitrA Tiles
  9. Farshid Moussavi wins 2026 Soane Medal for architecture
  10. Six civic projects by Kashef Chowdhury that put people first

Design Milk

  1. Cincinnati’s Fidelity Hotel Gives a Beaux-Arts Landmark New Life
  2. Hannah Buechler Finds Inspiration in Music, Fashion + Experimentation
  3. MSCHF Twists and Stretches Lexus Cars Into Surreal Sculptures
  4. The Porsche 550 Spyder Gets a Smaller, Electric Second Act
  5. Elizabeth Herrmann Clads a Cornwall Home in Gendai Yakisugi
  6. Wrensilva Gives Its Studio Record Console a Lighter Look in White Oak
  7. Tiffany’s Blue Box Café Brings Breakfast at Tiffany’s to California
  8. The Artful—and Thoughtful—Side of Vegetables
  9. Listening Rooms Are Having a Design Moment
  10. Chloe Fineman Designs Her Life Like a Film Set

BBC Sport

  1. Newcastle agree Fineanganofo delay as he eyes All Blacks World Cup spot
  2. Man Utd & Arsenal eye Porto's Costa - Tuesday's gossip
  3. Darts' World Grand Prix - how it works, results and prize money
  4. Hart trusts Man City chair Khaldoon over ruling
  5. Monday Night Club - Man City reaction
  6. Leics get partial points reprieve but stay in limbo
  7. O'Sullivan knocked out of Shenzhen Open
  8. Joyce lands new job with Ireland
  9. Ferguson retains Rangers dream but Bologna exit never close
  10. Australia-born Strange in England World Cup squad

ESPN

  1. Latest CFP, bowl projections: How did the postseason picture shift after Week 4?
  2. Yankees' Judge takes BP as push to play vs. Red Sox continues
  3. 76ers say 'sacrifice' key to success after offseason additions
  4. Bucs say QB Mayfield out at least three weeks with dislocated thumb
  5. Vikings WR Jefferson avoids serious injury, could play this week
  6. Source: Leafs get Jackets top scorer Marchenko on eve of season
  7. J.J. McCarthy isn't the answer for the Giants ... right? Barnwell on the trade's potential impact
  8. Clippers' Ingram, key return in Kawhi trade, out after Achilles, heel surgery
  9. Giants acquire QB McCarthy from Vikings for 2027 draft pick
  10. NFL asks DHS to remove social media video of Hall of Famer Dawkins

CNBC

  1. OpenAI abandons plan to release upcoming model as safety concerns escalate
  2. Stock futures are little changed after higher yields lead to losing session: Live updates
  3. AMD acquiring Fei-Fei Li's World Labs AI firm in deal worth $8.2 billion
  4. Michael Burry believes the AI bubble 'may burst' sooner than he first believed
  5. The warning signs your debt may be a problem, according to a credit counselor — and what to do first
  6. A relief rally could be coming soon for these stocks getting hurt by higher rates, says Katie Stockton
  7. Meta's splashy new business AI hire offers yet another reason to bank on Zuckerberg
  8. Zuckerberg, Amodei among tech executives set to meet Trump Tuesday
  9. Boeing 737 Max 10 certification delayed by software issue, FAA says
  10. LeBron James is already boosting ticket and merchandise demand for Philadelphia 76ers

IGN

  1. New Game Ready to Add Meat and Blood to Steam’s Tidying-Up Craze
  2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Is Finally Making Double XP Tokens Only Active During Matches
  3. The MSI Codex Z2C RTX 5070 Prebuilt Gaming PC Drops to $1399 and Includes Control: Resonant
  4. 'As Far as I'm Concerned, That's a Step in the Right Direction' — Path of Exile Dev Optimistic About Diablo 5
  5. Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Is 'Testing the Bounds' of What Naughty Dog Is Capable of, Troy Baker Says
  6. The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past EP Drops, Giving First Taste of New Music from the Expansion
  7. The Last of Us Day Reveals Ghost of Yotei Collab Content and Ambience Video as Fans Beg Naughty Dog for TLOU 3
  8. Why Is Everyone Talking About LA Noire 2 All of a Sudden?
  9. The Witcher 3 Gets 30 FPS On an RTX 5080 With Frame Gen Disabled
  10. GTA 6 Has an 'Advanced' Weather System, but How Will It Work?

Kotaku

  1. Avengers: Endgame Encore Viewers Shocked To Find Out One Scene Teasing Doomsday Was Exclusive To IMAX
  2. The Guy Who Saved The Predator Franchise Is Reportedly Making A Sleeping Beauty Movie
  3. The Publisher Of Ys, Disgaea, Trails Wants To Do More Worldwide, Simultaneous Game Releases
  4. Keepsake County Is A Nihilistic Delinquency Simulator Where Anything That Isn’t Bolted Down Is Yours For The Taking
  5. There’s Actually Only One Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Protagonist With Main Character Energy
  6. GOP Governor Attacks Welfare Gamers In New Ad: ‘Guys Like Brad Just Choose Not To Work’
  7. GTA 6′s Collector’s Box Gator Statue Can Now Be 3D Printed: ‘$400 And No Disc? F**k You Rockstar’
  8. WoW: Forever Ban Controversy Forces Blizzard Dev To Delete Account After Asking Players To Be ‘Better Humans’
  9. I Am Not Ready To Start Losing My Generation Of Pro Wrestling Icons
  10. People Are Going Completely Wild Over Fortnite’s FNAF Crossover Announcement

PC Gamer

  1. Former Elder Scrolls writer Kurt Kuhlmann is '100% convinced' a load-bearing bit of series lore was inspired by a typo
  2. World of Warcraft: Forever dev teases new 'mega dungeon' to get lost in for hours like the good ol' days
  3. Double Fine's first game since being dumped by Xbox will be out in just 2 weeks
  4. World of Warcraft: Forever players find black market NPC who sells a 15-day movement speed buff and other rare items that nobody can afford yet
  5. The internet is ritualistically murdering Discord's cartoon mascot
  6. A 'fundamental' update for this 34-year-old survival game is coming in October
  7. CD Projekt lays out why you should play The Witcher 3 Remastered
  8. Steam's tidying game trend is about to get the haunted meat it's been missing
  9. I have broken GTA 5 by installing so many mods that the game only launches in windowed mode now
  10. The writer of The Witcher 3's best quest has returned to CD Projekt after a decade away

Rock Paper Shotgun

  1. CD Projekt release full updated Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered system specs, including ray-tracing and path-tracing requirements
  2. Fright Train is the best Call of Duty Zombies alternative I've played in ages, despite starring a dog
  3. "We didn't want to demonise fetish or BDSM": People aren't dying in horror game Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival because of what they do in the bedroom
  4. This week in PC games: new Ace Combat, Transport Fever 3, and a System Shock-alike set on a disco space station
  5. "We clearly handled that responsibility poorly": Paradox ban Discord profile pics of historical figures born after 1800, after bust-up with Hearts of Iron 4 players over Atatürk banning
  6. The Sunday Papers
  7. TALON TOWERS is a Fumito Ueda-coded parkour platformer about hopping around massive structures while avoiding falling to your foggy doom
  8. Suplex and shatter glass enemies after being in prison for committing a cardinal crime in the psychological horror beat 'em up Brokensides
  9. Video Game Menu: The Game is all about everyone's favourite gaming pastime: pressing random buttons in the menus and seeing what they change
  10. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty's Chimera tank boss fight was apparently so complex it took two years of "reiterating over and over" to get it right

Eurogamer

  1. Double Fine's releasing its next game, Thank You Bus Driver, just months after splitting from Xbox
  2. "What if London existed in the Grand Theft Auto universe?" One fan has answered with a GTA-style map of the city
  3. Ubisoft's calling its next push into gen-AI game development Motherbrain
  4. The Witcher 3 Remastered is an extraordinarily generous upgrade that doesn't change the game, but does make it new again
  5. Dark Souls 2 can now be played in its entirety with drop-in, drop-out co-op, thanks to its own seamless multiplayer mod
  6. If you want an early taste of The Witcher 3's Songs of the Past expansion, you can listen to five tracks from the OST right now
  7. Blizzard gifts Diablo 4 players one of the game's rarest crafting materials to apologise for Season 15 issues
  8. Call of Duty: Warzone will soon make it possible to toggle all those silly skins off, something no one thought could ever happen
  9. As World of Warcraft: Forever's beta popularity grows, Blizzard has yet again had to increase the server cap
  10. Marvel's Wolverine finally lets you turn off "fart gas" scent trails completely, but there's a catch