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Researchers create polar wurtzite nitride semiconductor NbAlN
Polar wurtzite nitride semiconductors such as aluminum nitride and gallium nitride underpin high-power and high-frequency electronics. Researchers have now achieved the first epitaxial growth of niobium aluminum nitride (NbAlN) on GaN while preserving its polar crystal structure. Used as a barrier layer, NbAlN increased the interfacial two-dimensional electron gas density from 5.1 × 1012 to 1.7 × 1013 cm−2, opening new possibilities for polarization-based materials design in future GaN electronic devices.
A fluorinated imine additive helps graphite anodes endure 1,000 cycles
A newly developed electrolyte additive could help lithium-ion batteries keep graphite anodes stable over prolonged cycling. Researchers synthesized pentafluorophenyl thiophene imine (FPTI), which forms a protective, LiF-rich solid electrolyte interphase on graphite. At 4 mg/mL, FPTI enabled 95.6% capacity retention after 1,000 cycles in graphite/Li half-cells and improved lithium-ion transport. NMC811/graphite full cells using FPTI-conditioned anodes reached an energy density of approximately 233 Wh/kg, highlighting its potential for longer-lasting battery systems.
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"Fun crowds and good times" says Virginia Beach Oceanfront business owner during Labor Day weekend
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Federal government transfers ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center to tribal consortium
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, which has co-managed the hospital for years, took over ownership from the Indian Health Service following a yearslong effort.
TENNESSEE LADY VOLS SOCCER: Derrien's goal is the difference
The No. 10 Tennessee soccer team closed its six-match nonconference schedule unbeaten with a 1-0 victory over Northwestern on Sunday afternoon at Regal Soccer Stadium.
The core anti-Pangram constituency is phony writers
Welcome to The Closing Argument, our verdict on the news, plus everything The Argument published and appeared in this week. The Verdict, by Kelsey Piper A lot of people hate AI for drowning the internet in slop and displacing human creatives. You might think that these people would be thrilled by a program that can identify and flag AI-generated work. But many people who hate AI also hate Pangram, an impressively accurate AI detector that produces very few false positives, according to high-quality independent research. This loathing found its most recent expression in a bizarre Wired article that amplifies a wide range of false arguments from Pangram skeptics: that AI detectors are racist (they’re not) or ableist (they’re not)1 or don’t work (this one does)2. Rather than starting from the premise that it would be really valuable to have a working AI detector and scrutinizing Pangram to make sure it lives up to that promise, the article starts from the premise that Pangram obviously has bad vibes and sets out to discover why. (One answer: The CEO microwaved lunch during an interview!) Why aren’t writers who resent Pangram more eager to distinguish themselves from posters who are having ChatGPT ghostwrite all their work? There are a few different things at play, but I think one key dynamic is this: These are often the same people. A core constituency for arguments like Wired’s is “writers” who are using AI to write their posts but resent this fact being made public. They stand to lose from AI detectors because AI detectors call them out. Share When Substack announced a partnership with Pangram, a sizable fraction of the platform’s authors rose up in outrage. Some people had experience with other AI detectors that didn’t work, and some felt that AI writing ought to be encouraged — both of which are fair enough. But the fury was fueled by authors passionately insisting that Pangram kept wrongly accusing them on almost every post they published. Pangram can be wrong, especially on short passages. But in the overwhelming majority of cases where Pangram looked at a whole blog post rather than a single paragraph, the program correctly detected work as AI. Even if we can’t be 100% sure in any individual case, we can notice the trend in the aggregate. Wired quotes Sam Illingworth, a professor of critical AI literacy at Edinburgh Napier University, who said, “I don’t think [AI detectors] work. … I think that detectors are prejudiced against certain people.” This spring, he said that he used AI for research and editing; this summer he acknowledged that in addition to research and editing, he also uses it “now and then for a turn of phrase I keep.” Pangram informs us that most of his posts are 100% AI-written (some are mixed AI-and-human) and that 100% AI-written posts started appearing last year. The favorable interpretation is that, as someone whose recent work Pangram consistently mistakes for AI, Illingworth sees Pangram’s flaws firsthand. The unfavorable interpretation is that the tool’s credibility trades off against his own, because its account of who writes his posts is not consistent with his. Illingworth is not alone in insisting the detector does not work. “It’s a Monday night in late July, and I’m pasting my own Substack draft into an AI detector for the first time. Not because I’m worried. Because I’m curious. I wrote every word of it myself, the way I write everything, out loud in my head first, in a rhythm that still carries the accent of a language I learned to think in before I learned to write in this one,” begins one Substack post by an author indignant that Pangram flags her writing as AI. “That’s the part I had to sit with before I could write this.” If you, like me, have worked with AIs a lot, you won’t even need Pangram there. The author of that piece is AI. It is obviously AI! I checked 10 other posts on the blog, and they were also obviously AI! “I have spent 22 years as an award-winning author and essayist. And now this bullshit tool that learned from MY writing is going to accuse me of plagiarism,” popular Substack writer Carlyn Beccia wrote in an anti-Pangram post. “For the last and final time, AI DETECTORS DO NOT WORK.” Here’s what her writing sounded like in 2020: “Most success stories revolve around one person who believed enough in you to say — give it a try. We call these people muses, but they are so much more than that. They are the strong man giants whose shoulders we stand on so we can see the horizon. Throughout the editing process, I am sure my editor felt less like a giant of greatness and more like Atlas with the world on her shoulders.” Pangram says it was 100% human-written. (So were other articles of hers in 2020.) And here’s what it sounds like now: “And then there is the reshuffling, which sounds like paperwork until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork. The Trump regime recently moved special education oversight from the Education Department to HHS. That is not a minor bureaucratic transfer. It changes the frame.”3 Pangram says this is mostly AI. I am not convinced that Pangram is wrong. In my own experience, Pangram is very effective on long texts — if it marks a long essay as AI, the essay was either written by AI or deliberately written to sound like AI. On tweet-length or paragraph-length texts, it’s not perfectly reliable. It seems to work just as well for non-native English speakers as for native speakers. While I have seen dozens of claims of pre-2022 text returning a positive result on Pangram, I have tried repeatedly to corroborate those and have never once succeeded. To be clear, I’m absolutely not saying that complaining about Pangram suggests a writer is a cheat. There are plenty of other concerns. Most are mistakenly premised, such as the false claim that Pangram trains on work you put into it, but others are reasonable: It’s unreliable on sufficiently short text segments; it creates an internet witch-hunt mentality when there are defensible uses of AI; people who are open about their AI use are sometimes blamed, when the only people really doing something wrong are the ones who hide it; and it isn’t perfect, so a single positive result shouldn’t be taken as decisive proof of misconduct. I’m happy to concede that Pangram is imperfect and possible to over-rely on. If an author’s posts are mostly non-AI and one scans as partially AI, this could be a mistake. It’s also possible to defeat Pangram with intentional effort. If you think we need something more robust and more reliable, fine! But if you don’t like AI and don’t like Pangram, your attitude really ought to be that it’s a shame that our existing tools for AI detection are imperfect, and it’s important to invent better ones. If your stance is instead that AI is evil and so is looking for AI, then ultimately you’re contributing to the sloppification of the internet. You’re making it harder for people who write their own text to distinguish themselves, and providing cover for authors who are definitely not writing their own text. Subscribe Top stories this week, by Kobe Yank-Jacobs Commentators often worry that the decline of reading could mean the decline of liberal democracy — but deliberative governance actually predated widespread literacy. This week, Maibritt Henkel pointed out that many liberal cultures thrive on a culture of raucous, interactive debate, which can happen in-person as easily, if not more so, than in text. Read on, dear reader, to learn more. It may actually cheer you up: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) [ Reading won’t save liberalism ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) Maibritt Henkel · Sep 1 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/reading-wont-save-liberalism) It used to be bad to downplay climate change (if we mean denying its reality). Today, it’s actually good to downplay climate change (if we mean keeping the issue out of political fights so we can make real progress). This counterintuitive view is called “climate hushing,” and contributor Alex Trembath argued that it’s the key to enacting good policy going forward. Get up to speed on the latest in climate politics: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) [ We won’t stop climate change by talking about it ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) Alex Trembath · Sep 2 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-wont-stop-climate-change-by-talking) Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing up for the forces of liberalism against Donald Trump’s assault on our closest ally. So, why is one prominent left-wing commenter attacking Carney? Columnist Matthew Yglesias explains: [ ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) [ When "economic liberty" means central planning ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) Matthew Yglesias · Aug 31 [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/when-economic-liberty-means-central) 🌟Abundance Wins of the Week🌟 Shout out to my home state of California, whose legislature passed two housing bills this week. One requires a housing density minimum in transit-oriented areas of the state’s most transit-rich cities (Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, San Diego, and Long Beach). Another bill closes two common loopholes used by third parties to delay housing projects, including an opportunity to challenge maps of a given lot created by the developer after a project has been approved. Shout out to our big-state rival, Texas, where pro-housing SB 785 took effect this week. The new state law requires municipalities to have at least one district permitted for manufactured housing without a special permit. This will promote zoning changes in 44% of municipalities. The company Fervo Energy signed a deal with Google for what is set to be the world’s largest enhanced geothermal facility, proving a technology can work at a scale that could be crucial to a decarbonized, energy-abundant economy. Share Worth watching… This week, forecasting legend Nate Silver joined Jerusalem, Matt, and Jeremiah on a crowded episode of the pod. It was a party. And speaking of parties, our round table debated the factional lines within the Democratic Party: Is it possible to be center-left and also anti-establishment? Watch or listen to find out: The Rio Grande Valley in Texas is one of the areas that swung hardest toward Trump in 2024, but musician Bobby Pulido is running to flip it back. Right now, The Argument/Split Ticket’s model has him running 1.1 points behind his Republican opponent in a district Trump won by 18 points. Tune in to find out how he differs from national Democrats and what he thinks he can to do win this seat. On Thursday, Bernie Sanders was among the first politicians to call for a ban on superintelligence. My guest this week, Andrea Miotti, has been lobbying to ban superintelligence for several years, most recently in the U.K., U.S., and Canada. I asked him how he gets legislators to take speculative risks seriously, and we dug into what plans might look like to actually pass a ban. Listen to learn more: What’s News with The Argument The Argument recommends, by Kobe Yank-Jacobs If we ever lose track of Justin Zuckerman, I’ll have the team split up and check all the movie theaters in the city. I’m shocked (and a little jealous) at how often he gets out to see good cinema. This week, he brings us It Ends, a “horror-ish movie,” which he described as a “Gen Z Waiting for Godot.” I was intrigued before he added that it was “funny, dark and existential” — at which point I was fully locked in. I guess I also had existential themes on the mind this week. One morning, a single line from a poem I read long ago just came to me: “Is death a stretch of time in which a life is just a flash?” The poem is called “From 20,000 Feet” by Heather McHugh. I suggest the version in The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, which, by tradition, my best friend and I always bring backpacking, extra weight be damned. We’ll stay thematically dark for just one more rec from senior editor John Robert Thomason, whose upcoming trip to Baltimore reminded him to suggest Michael Clune’s memoir White Out (about being addicted to heroin in Baltimore in the 1990s). Ben Lerner’s blurb called it _“_Disturbing, brilliant, hilarious—it’s as if Proust had written Jesus’ Son.” John told me this “seems accurate, with the caveat that I’ve never read Proust.” I, personally, have also shelved Proust until retirement. At this point, I was a little concerned for the team since all of us tossed out such psychologically grim material — maybe we’re all down about the end of summer — but thankfully, at least a few of us were into more upbeat selections. Milan Singh recommended Made In’s 5-quart stainless clad saucier, suggesting he had some fun in the kitchen. Jeremiah Johnson asked if he could recommend yet more Carly Rae Jepsen. Once denied, he offered up Game Changer instead_,_ calling it “the most wildly creative game show, maybe in the entire history of the genre.” Eli Richman mentioned _Lucky, “_a B-tier show with an A-tier cast and an S-tier theme song.” I suppose he was recommending the song, Horns of a Bull. Still, despite these cheerier recs, I couldn’t help but be concerned that we were subconsciously worried about racing toward summer’s end — the end of swim trunks and splashing around. Then a message landed reminding me of the three-day weekend to come. A whole extra day for sunshine. One more swim in the lake. I was grateful this called to mind yet another line from a poem, one by Mary Oliver, the patron saint of every gorgeous summer day (and about whom a documentary is now out). Speaking to God in the poem “Thirst,” she wrote: grant me, in your mercy,a little more time. Love for the earthand love for you are having such a longconversation in my heart. We have merch! We have quarter-zips, keychains, hats, and stickers. Each one is a great conversation starter in its own way. Buy them here. Subscribe More to read: [ The Opening Argument ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite)[ Seeing like an elite ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite) Kobe Yank-Jacobs · Sep 4 What do Americans hear when they watch Sen. Bernie Sanders or Vice President JD Vance rail against the elite? Are they thinking of right-wing tech billionaires? Imperious college professors? Liberal magazine writers? [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/seeing-like-an-elite) [ The Weekly Scroll ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline)[ God is back on the timeline ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline) Jeremiah Johnson · Sep 5 This week, we’re talking about Substack’s new religious debates, the continuing MAGA influencer scandal, how to retire from YouTube, and aura battles. [ Read full story ](https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/god-is-back-on-the-timeline) 1 This was a legitimate thing to worry about, but doesn’t seem to be a problem given the actual technology: Marijke Van Vlasselaer, Filip Van Droogenbroeck, and Bram Spruyt’s 2026 paper looks at whether Pangram is less accurate when evaluating the work of non-native speakers of English. It isn’t. That’s because Pangram isn’t really looking at how “unusual” a piece of writing is but whether it has the characteristic patterns of LLMs. The Wired article makes an odd gesture at a different Pangram-is-racist argument. There were several controversies this summer during which upcoming books were canceled after being discovered to be AI-written: “The three novels mentioned earlier — Shy Girl, Daggermouth, and Call Me, easily publishing’s biggest AI-detection scandals — were all written by writers of color.” But come on! As Zvi Mowshowitz put it: “They were not primarily written by people of color. They were primarily written by AIs.” That’s the whole problem! And as my colleague Jeremiah Johnson recently observed with respect to Cambridge’s Arday scandal, a community being unwilling to call out fraud if it’s perpetuated by people of color is not an anti-racist tendency; it is ultimately quite racist. 2 Many non-Pangram detectors don’t work, but many possible airplane designs also don’t work, and no one considers this a general argument against aviation; the thing that matters is whether any detection works. 3 The phrase “empires have always loved” mysteriously became all the rage in the last few years. See here, here, here, here and here. Before 2025, the only use of that phrase I have been able to find is a single Tweet. The logic of the sentence, too, is incoherent in an AI-characteristic way. “...sounds like paperwork, until you remember that empires have always loved paperwork”? Does remembering that make it sound less like paperwork? It’s a craft-ful sentence, but what is it actually saying??
Louisville vs. Ole Miss score today, UofL football live updates
The Louisville Cardinals are facing the Ole Miss Rebels in a Week 1 college football game at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Our live updates:
Mikel Arteta hails Arsenal’s display in win against Chelsea
Mikel Arteta hailed a “beautiful” win after Arsenal came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium. The Premier League champions required a response after conceding for the first time this season, Morgan Rogers stunning home fans into silence with a volleyed goal after 77 seconds before the hosts hit back against a Chelsea side still finding its feet under Xabi Alonso.
This Samsung TV deal stopped me mid-scroll. Save $1,200 right now
From foldable phones to premium home entertainment systems, Samsung is offering savings of up to $1,200 during its Labor Day sales event.
Chicago aquarium shares health update on Marineland belugas after whale deaths
CHICAGO — A Chicago aquarium says several of the belugas that were transferred to its site from Ontario's Marineland have health issues.
Defending champion Sabalenka reaches US Open quarter-finals
World number one Aryna Sabalenka led the way into the US Open quarter-finals, subduing American Taylor Townsend in straight sets on Sunday to keep her bid for a rare three-peat on track.Sabalenka rallied from 3-1 down in the second set for a 6-4, 6-3 victory on Arthur Ashe Stadium, where men's defending champion Carlos Alcaraz took on 20th-seeded American Tommy Paul in search of a quarter-final berth.
Keep the run going against Villarreal
This start to the season leaves you wanting more! And now, next Tuesday, Europe’s premier competition is finally back on the schedule at the most beautiful stadium in the world. A mix of sun and clo...
Telluride: Cristian Mungiu Is Glad You’re Arguing About ‘Fjord.’
The Romanian auteur is on the cusp of his Oscars breakthrough for his Cannes-winning social drama, which has already been hotly debated on social media for months: "People...assume that what the film says is the opinion of the filmmaker, and what the characters say is the truth. Come on."
Jackson State defeats Edward Waters 66-14
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Jackson State’s Jared Lockhart threw for career highs of 388 yards and four touchdowns as the Tigers defeated Edward Waters 66-14 at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. Lockhart was named the game’s offensive MVP, while defensive back Swipe Marshall earned defensive MVP honors for Jackson State (2-0). Jackson State returns to action on September […]
It’s Been Downloaded by Millions. It’s Supposed to Make You Happier. It Made Me Want to Strangle a Cartoon Bird.
A little bird told me there’s a way to meet my wellness goals. Then it asked me if I wanted to upgrade to their premium plan.
Charlie Woods Stumbles at Junior Players
Charlie Woods shot a 73 in round two of the Junior Players Championship, sitting at even par as he chases leaders Sam Carraher and Giuseppe Puebla.
A $480,000-a-year pill reflects a new normal for cancer drugs
Cancer drug prices have steadily increased. The expense is borne by government programs like Medicare, employers, patients and Americans who pay taxes and health insurance premiums.
KAIST identifies cause of artifacts in battery nanoscale analysis, paving the way for more reliable measurements
- A research team led by Professors Seungbum Hong and Jong Min Yuk from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor Nam-Soon Choi from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has identified the cause of a measurement artifact in nanoscale battery analysis that can make surface topography appear to represent ion movement. - The team has developed a method to reduce these artificial signals by smoothing rough battery-material surfaces, potentially improving the accuracy of analyses for next-generation batteries, including conventional lithium-ion batteries and emerging technologies such as sodium-ion and solid-state batteries.
Iowa City and Cedar Rapids Business notes for Sept. 6, 2026
Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of
Camp Cranium zips ahead, despite funding uncertainty
Brain injury research and services funding faces lapsed legislation and fewer workers. Still, in rural Pennsylvania, children with acquired brain injuries gathered again this summer.
Arsenal v Chelsea: Team News, Predicted Lineup and Score Prediction
Arsenal welcome Chelsea to Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon with both teams looking to maintain their perfect start to the Premier League season.After two wins from two, Mikel Arteta now has some ...
Julius Randle: “Ah no I appreciate that. What the …
Julius Randle: “Ah no I appreciate that. What the …
Recap: Sporting KC suffers late 4-3 defeat at FC Dallas
Sporting Kansas City (4-16-3, 15 pts.) suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 defeat against FC Dallas (10-6-7, 37 pts.) at Toyota Stadium on Saturday night. After taking a 2-0 lead through Taylor Calheira and Stephen Afrifa, Sporting found themselves 3-2 down at halftime. Sporting controlled the second half and equalized through Calheira,
Boise State Move Against Oregon Backfires in Dramatic Fashion
Boise State may have given Oregon exactly the kind of motivation it did not need.The Broncos had No. 2 Oregon in a legitimate fight Saturday afternoon at Autzen Stadium. Boise State tied the game 24-24 late in the third quarter and entered the final period with a chance to stun one of the national championship […] The post Boise State Move Against Oregon Backfires in Dramatic Fashion appeared first on HEAVY.
Time lords prepare to kick leap seconds into the next millennium
Risk of an unprecedented negative adjustment prompts plan to let UTC drift by as much as an hour
An Alien Mind
Jakub Pachocki reflects on increasingly capable AI and the challenge of keeping it aligned. He calls for stronger safeguards and international coordination.
Jim Tressel becomes third coach enshrined in Ohio Stadium Ring of Honor
Former Ohio State Head Football Coach and current Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Jim Tressel, has been enshrined in the Ring of Honor at Ohio Stadium.
Arsenal v Chelsea Match Preview: Huge London Derby at the Emirates
Arsenal return to Emirates Stadium on Sunday looking to make it three Premier League wins from three when Chelsea arrive for a huge London derby.Mikel Arteta’s side followed their opening victory wi...
Arsenal vs Chelsea – Predicted lineup and team news
Arsenal sit third in the Premier League table heading into Sunday’s derby with Chelsea, with a win at the Emirates Stadium the chance to close the gap on the teams above them. Mikel Arteta’s side ...
Chelsea XI vs Arsenal – Predicted lineup and team news
Chelsea sit fourth in the Premier League table heading into Sunday’s trip to the Emirates Stadium, with a win over Arsenal the chance to move above their hosts. Xabi Alonso’s side have scored 12 g...
Everton vs Manchester United – Predicted lineup and team news
Everton will look to extend their unbeaten start to the season when Manchester United visit Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday. David Moyes’s side sit seventh in the table after a win and a draw from ...
Antoine Griezmann's scoring form lifts Orlando City
By Tyler SnipesWhen superstar summer newcomer Antoine Griezmann scores, Orlando City get points.It's a trend Lions fans will love to continue cheering on. Saturday’s 1-0 win at Inter.co Stadium ov...
Maryland football dominates Hampton, 62-0, in record-setting opener
Maryland football will likely need terrific performances from quarterback Malik Washington and the passing attack to win games this season. A ground game highlighted by redshirt sophomore running back DeJuan Williams’ 116-yard, two-touchdown outing set the tone for the Terps to roll over visiting Hampton, 62-0, before an announced 43,421 at SECU Stadium. The victory was Maryland’s 16th in a row against non-Big Ten opponents in season openers.
James Franklin Era Begins With Virginia Tech’s 73-3 Domination
The James Franklin era at Virginia Tech couldn’t have started much better. The Hokies absolutely destroyed VMI 73-3 Saturday night at Lane Stadium, putting together a dominant performance in all three phases and immediately giving Virginia Tech fans a reason to believe this program could be headed in a completely different direction. Hokies Come Out…
Michigan football stuns Western Michigan on second Hail Mary attempt
Michigan football stuns Western Michigan on second Hail Mary attempt in Week 1 in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026 at Michigan Stadium.
Science Hill man accused of abusing, assaulting 1-year-old
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Sanderson to let his new boys run loose
By BEN JAYCOCK Old hand: Courtney Lawes starts on the blindside for Sale PICTURES: Sale Sharks PREVIEW... Sale Sharks v Bath Today. Kick-off 3pm, CorpAcq Stadium SALE Sharks will unveil three of their headline summer signings when they open the new season against Bath in the Prem Cup today. Courtney Lawes, Joe Marchant and Alex […] The post Sanderson to let his new boys run loose appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Vanderbilt football enters lightning weather delay vs Austin Peay
Vanderbilt football's season opener vs. Austin Peay entered a weather delay late in the fourth quarter at FirstBank Stadium.
NIU Huskies shutout in their season opener at Iowa
The NIU Huskies have four quarters of football in the books for this season, and they don’t have a single point to show for it. They lost to the Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday 40-0.
Oregon didn't appreciate Boise State dancing to "Shout"
Oregon didn't take too kindly to Boise State players dancing to “Shout.” The Ducks play the iconic song from the film “National Lampoon's Animal House” during the break between the third and fourth quarters of every home game at Autzen Stadium. The video scoreboard shows the Nike commercial made in 2015 that features Oregon stars, including former quarterbacks Marcus Mariota and Joey Harrington, who recreate the film's toga party scene.
Hawkeye Football: Instant Reaction NIU vs Iowa
A sleeping giant awakens as Iowa’s offense finds its groove and the defense shuts down Northern Illinois.
Iowa football has its QB: Takeaways vs. NIU
The Hawkeyes started the 2026 season with an excellent all-around performance and found their starting quarterback in the process.
Tennessee rolls through Furman 56-9
That’ll do. It took a little while, but the Tennessee Volunteers got things going in a big way on Saturday in their season opener against Furman. The Vols bowled over the Paladins 56-9 on a steamy day inside Neyland Stadium. Faizon Brandon got his Tennessee career started off on the right foot, as he went […]
Iowa Dominates Northern Illinois in 40-0 Season Opening Shutout
The Iowa Hawkeyes opened the 2026 season in dominant fashion. No. 22 Iowa shut out Northern Illinois 40-0 Saturday at Kinnick Stadium, controlling the game from the opening whistle and giving Hawkeye fans plenty to be excited about. Iowa finished with 507 total yards , while Northern Illinois managed just 110. Kamari Moulton Takes Over…
Washington vs. Washington State – Game Thread and How to Watch
It’s not Thanksgiving and it’s not the Apple Cup of old. The Dawgs and Cougs will kick off the ‘26 season by renewing their rivalry at Husky Stadium. WSU is part of the new-look Pac-12 with a new-look roster and a new-looking coaching staff. Kirby Moore arrives for his first head coaching job after serving […]
Inter Miami vs. Atlanta United enters weather delay
By MLSsoccer staffSaturday's game between Inter Miami CF and Atlanta United will have a delayed start due to inclement weather around Nu Stadium.The Eastern Conference showdown, which was scheduled ...
FC Cincinnati game delayed by lightning
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Tennessee football news: Faizon Brandon turns heads in Volunteers debut
The Tennessee Volunteers took on the Furman Paladins at Neyland Stadium on Saturday in a clash between the FBS and FCS teams. The Paladins came in 1-0 but were quickly outclassed by the Volunteers and their true freshman quarterback Faizon Brandon, who thrilled the Neyland Stadium crowd with stellar play in his college football debut. The game came […] The post Tennessee football news: Faizon Brandon turns heads in Volunteers debut appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Tears, blood & triumph - Taylor's iconic career in pictures
As Katie Taylor hangs up her gloves, BBC Sport picks the best pictures of her career.
MTSU football vs. Murray State in weather delay
The start of the MTSU vs. Murray State football game is in a weather delay at Floyd Stadium.
Ben Roethlisberger Returns to Pittsburgh for Special Reunion
Ben Roethlisberger was back in Pittsburgh at Acrisure Stadium on Saturday. No, he is not returning to play for the Steelers at the age of 44. The Steelers already have a 40-plus-year-old quarterback leading the offense.His actual reason for being in attendance was to watch his alma mater, Miami University. That is Miami (OH), where […] The post Ben Roethlisberger Returns to Pittsburgh for Special Reunion appeared first on HEAVY.
Report card: Offense leads the way in Nebraska football’s win over Ohio
Nebraska (1-0) did everything it could to get out of Memorial Stadium with a win on Saturday. Ultimately, it prevailed, taking down Ohio (0-1) 49-21 with a final score that wasn’t fully indicative of the challenges the Bobcats presented.
IN THE HOUSE: Notable prospects attending North Alabama game
Arkansas is hosting approximately 60 recruits on unofficial visits Saturday afternoon for the North Alabama game at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.
Francisco Cerundolo Stuns Taylor Fritz in US Open Comeback
In one of the more improbable results of the US Open so far, Francisco Cerundolo has taken down Taylor Fritz in a five-set match, coming back from two sets down to ultimately win 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4. The Argentine, playing on Arthur Ashe Stadium for the very first time, put in an inspired second-half …
Analysis: Emery's side lack cutting edge
Aston Villa arrived at MKM Stadium still searching for their first shot on target, goal and point of the season - against a defence who were yet to concede this season. Nicolas Jackson's movement caused problems for the Hull backline and Villa created enough openings while generating an expected goals (xG) of 1.74, compared to Hull's xG of 0.58. The striker's departure to Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal in the final week of the transfer window was always going to leave a void and Villa continue to search for a new identity after the arrival of a host of new names.
TENNESSEE LADY VOLS SOCCER: Unbeaten Northwestern is next
The No. 10 Tennessee soccer team closes its six-match nonconference slate on Sunday afternoon against Northwestern at Regal Soccer Stadium. Kickoff between the Lady Vols and the Wildcats is set for 2 p.m. ET.
Bears rookie could make Ben Johnson look like a genius
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Defenses worth prioritizing in 2026 fantasy football drafts
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ARTSwego series returns with variety across 2026-2027 season
OSWEGO — SUNY Oswego’s ARTSwego Performing Arts Series will bring the campus and community another robust lineup of performances exploring various themes in history, culture, music, dance and the environment.The season opens Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. in Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre with “Magdalen.” This one-woman play written by Erin Layton is inspired by the true stories of women and girls who labored in Ireland’s Magdalen Laundries during the mid-20th century. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAm~? }@G] d 2E f A]>][ (2E6C>2? %962EC6 H:== H6=4@>6 z:?8D #6EFC?[ 2 s2==2D\32D65 7@FC\A:646 G@42= 8C@FA AC2:D65 7@C :ED 5J?2>:4 2 42AA6==2 A6C7@C>2?46D[ 3=6?5:?8 C9JE9> 2?5 3=F6D[ ;2KK[ 8@DA6= 2?5 A@A H:E9 EC25:E:@?2= G@42= 7@F?52E:@?D] %96 ~DH68@ w:89 $49@@= r92>36C $:?86CD H:== @A6? E96 A6C7@C>2?46] p5>:DD:@? 7@C 2== z\`a DEF56?ED :D 7C66 E92? E96 #:492C5 p] $9:?6>2? u@F?52E:@?]k^Am#placement_726068_0_i{width:100%;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid726068 = window.pid726068 || rnd;var plc726068 = window.plc726068 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=726068;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid726068+';place='+(plc726068++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write('');kAm%96 D6C:6D 4@?E:?F6D u63] ad 2E f A]>][ :? (2E6C>2? %962EC6 H:E9 y@5J $A6C=:?8^%:>6 {2AD6 s2?46] %96 }6H *@CA2?J FD6D 49@C6@8C2A9J[ >65:2 2?5 4C@DD\5:D4:A=:?2CJ D2? 3@5J 2?5 E96 6?G:C@?>6?E] qJ 4@>3:?:?8 52?46 H:E9 E@A:4D @7 6?G:C@?>6?E2= D4:6?46[ G:DF2= 2CE[ >FD:4 2?5 >65:2[ E96 4@>A2?J 6I2>:?6D DFDE2:?23:=:EJ[ 4=:>2E6 ;FDE:46 2?5 E96 4@??64E:@? 36EH66? A6@A=6 2?5 E96 ?2EFC2= H@C=5]k^AmkAmp#%$H68@ 4=@D6D :ED D62D@? H:E9 {:>:?2= q=F6[ 2 AC@;64E:@? 2?:>2E:@? 3J {@D p?86=6D\32D65 EC2?D5:D4:A=:?2CJ 2CE:DE xD236= q62G6CD[ 7C@> pAC:= a E9C@F89 pAC:= b_[ a_af]k^AmkAm%96 D:E6\DA64:7:4 H@C< H:== 36 AC@;64E65 @?E@ 2 H2E6CD4C66? 7=@2E:?8 @? v=:>>6C8=2DD {28@@? 7C@> fib_\`_ A]>] 52:=J] q62G6CD H:== 4@?5F4E C6D62C49 2E ~DH68@ E9:D 72== E@ 56G6=@A E96 2?:>2E:@?[ H9:49 H:== 5C2H :?DA:C2E:@?D 7C@> E96 F?:G6CD:EJ’D F?:BF6 =2:?2= q=F6 :D AC6D6?E65 :? A2CE?6CD9:A H:E9 E96 4@?4FCC6?E “w*s#~$i p (@C=5 w6=5 3J (2E6C” 6I9:3:E:@? :? %J=6C pCE v2==6CJ[ H9:49 H2D 4@\4FC2E65 3J q62G6CD 2?5 82==6CJ 5:C64E@C s2G2?2 #@36566] %96 {:>:?2= q=F6 AC@;64E:@?[ w*s#~$ 6I9:3:E:@?[ 2?5 C6=2E65 82==6CJ AC@8C2>>:?8 2C6 7C66 2?5 @A6? E@ E96 AF3=:4]k^AmkAmp5>:DD:@? E@ 2== @E96C p#%$H68@ 6G6?ED :D 7C66 7@C $&}* ~DH68@ DEF56?ED]k^AmkAmu@C @E96CD[ E:4AFD r6?E6C 3@I @77:46 @C @?=:?6 2E k2 9C67lQ9EEAi^^E:42E:@?[ G:D:E k2 9C67lQ9EEAi^^@DH68@]65F^2CEDH68@Qm@DH68@]65F^2CEDH68@k^2m]k^Am googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-2978731'); });
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15 discouraging hours with Onimusha: Way of the Sword, and 10 brilliant ones with He Who Watches
In the last few weeks, while playing some video games that I might review, I emailed two cries for help. I sent the first to a rep for Capcom, confessing that the company’s samurai game Onimusha Way of the Sword (out today for PC and console) was crushing me. “Feels like I’m playing ‘hard’ mode, not ‘normal,’” I wrote. “And I don’t want to have to knock it down to “story”. I’m exploring, trying to level my gear, but these two-phase boss fights with no mid-fight checkpoints are brutal.” I wagered I was only about halfway through the game, if that. I wasn’t sure I could keep up with the steepening difficulty curve. Was I missing something? Then, on Monday, I took some photos of some puzzles that were baffling me in the mind-bending He Who Watches (out now on PC), wrote out lengthy descriptions of how I’d been trying to solve them and asked Bobby Vanden, the game’s solo developer, for a nudge in the right direction. I told Vanden I’d spent hours on these puzzles. “I’m stuck in triplicate,” I told him. Could he tell me if the solutions I was attempting were even on the right track? I didn’t mention that the puzzles—coupled with major time pressures from other work—were stressing me out so much that playing the game was giving me headaches. This double dose of panic was unusual. I’m used to managing a workload full of reporting and reviewing, used to a crowded schedule and the need to stay calm amid the bustle. But I was stressed about these games. No one was forcing me to review them, nor even play them. I’d simply found them interesting enough to start, hoped they’d be interesting enough to write about and I’d sunk hours into them assuming I’d made the right call. Suddenly, however, I felt trapped. I was emailing for a way out. Above: This guy took me about an hour to beat. The feedback I got from Capcom confirmed my fears. They didn’t say it, but I will: Onimusha Way of the Sword is not for me. It’s a brutally hard game in need of a normal difficulty level. It’s a game that spikes so severely during its abundant boss fights—yet offers such flawed ways to improve when outside of them—that it feels like a bait-and-switch. In the new Onimusha, you play as famed samurai Musashi Miyamoto, aided by a magical soul-absorbing gauntlet that is possessed by a lady who offers advice. (Way of the Sword is a continuation of Capcom’s long-dormant Onimusha series, but that set-up had me wondering if the company was cribbing from their ill-fated Bionic Commando reboot; read about “wife-arm” when you get a chance). Way of the Sword is partially set in 17th century Kyoto, an explorable city where Miyamoto can fight demons, help civilians and eventually rescue ghostly dogs. The city evolves over time, with new mini adventures and obtainable loot on offer, all feeding into systems that promise to upgrade your gear and sword-fighting skills. Upgrades, however, are so incremental as to be imperceptible, causing the exploration of Kyoto to feel like inconsequential busywork. From that hub, players can go on linear missions into forests and old temples, where they will encounter many of the game’s tough bosses. Combat in Way of the Sword is akin to many modern melee games. Players are asked to mix attacks with dodges and parries. They’re encouraged to deplete an enemy’s stamina bar in order to do greater damage to its health bar. The old Onimusha games’ signature move was the issen, a counter-attack so sudden it’s all but pre-emptive. You strike just as they begin to strike toward you, beating them to the cut. By definition, the issen is a high risk move, leaving you wide open to pain. It feels risky in the game, especially against bosses, who can maul you in just a few blows. A game might train you to perform an issen well by offering a variety of lesser enemies who are not as tough as the boss but get close. Or it might offer a toehold against bosses by saving or checkpointing the player’s progress when a boss’ first health bar has been destroyed and before the second health bar appears. It might offer the less skilled player a chance to over-level their character, should the player simply commit to playing through its optional sidequests. Way of the Sword does none of this. Fighting its trivially easy grunt enemies and then its ferociously adept bosses is like playing a game of chess where I’ve got a rook, while the opposing side is all pawns and five queens. Bosses simply don’t checkpoint. You may be able to clear a boss’ first phase without taking much damage. Good for you. Do it again, every time you fail the second phase. As for the the central Kyoto hub, I kept pace with all of its added side activities and never felt like I was overpowered. Bosses could still easily buckle me. The new Onimusha, I concluded, is just too discouraging to keep playing. The advice I got from Capcom had been well-intentioned. They reminded me of the game’s various systems. They alerted me to an optional assist that flashes recommended button inputs (basically: counter this move; dodge that move). It was a little helpful. So was dropping down to “story mode,” which I tried last night. Story mode turns on those button prompts by default. It makes countering and dodging way too easy, nearly automatic. I don’t consider myself a master of action games like these, but I’ve cleared the likes of God of War, Stellar Blade, Star Wars Jedi and others of sub-Sekiro difficulty and had a fun time doing so. Not here. Not yet. Unless they patch Onimusha: Way of the Sword and add a middle difficulty or just checkpoint the damn bosses when they’re between health bars, my streak of loving Capcom games released in 2026 will likely end at two. It’s a shame, because I was having a good time finding those ghostly dogs. And then there’s He Who Watches, a phenomenal first person puzzle game with Portal vibes, except instead of a portal gun you’ve got a magical bow that shoots one arrow that can activate switches or be used to drag blocks. The twist is an actual twist: you can also walk on walls and the ceiling, reorienting gravity as you do, thereby placing blocks onto those other surfaces. Walking on walls and ceilings to solve problems is really the best thing. Would that I could in reality. He Who Watches consists of locked-room challenges, each brief enough to only require about a minute to actually solving, though it will take five, 10, eventually 30 minutes to figure out said solutions. They are not obvious! It’s a game of layered mechanics and shocking solutions. For example, see if you can follow this: You can drag a block to a wall. Then you can walk on the wall, which now feels like the floor, and drag that block across the wall. Later, back on the floor, you might realize you can look up. The block is still on the wall, stuck to it. You can shoot your magic arrow to its underside. Doing so creates a tether, so that you can yank the block off the wall and carry it, as if it were a balloon, into the spot where you need it to be to solve the puzzle. Here, watch Vanden explain some of the game’s basics in this launch trailer: As with any great puzzle game, the solutions to He Who Watches’ puzzles elicit relief and amazement. Oh my god, that worked! I didn’t even think that could be possible! Learning to solve the game’s puzzles feels like learning magic. But, oh, does the game get hard. Its Steam reviews, mostly glowing, are full of players remarking how quickly He Who Watches made them sweat. Wrote one: “loving this one already although my brain is hurting!” Wrote another: “As you get further in the game it feels like you need an IQ level of at least 120+.” Vanden has shown some mercy. Each locked room puzzle includes an optional junior version of the puzzle, meant to teach you. Difficulty nevertheless ramps severely. By the time I was emailing Vanden for help, I was struggling to even clear one of the hint puzzles. When I messaged him, my stress was exacerbated by strange things I’d found in the game’s various hubs: suspicious passageways, odd blocks and some intriguing locked doors. These were hints of secrets, I realized, yet I sensed I needed to play further into the game to understand them. I was stuck, but I wanted to see the rest. Vanden offered to give me the exact solutions, to solve those three puzzles for me, but first he gave four nudges. Three were for the specific puzzles, but his best hint was for all and ultimately proved to be a terrific life lesson: go back a bit, he suggested. Do the puzzles right before those. They were teaching you something. Focus on what their lesson was. Don’t rush, in other words. Recognize what you’ve accomplished. Build off of that. I did so. I absorbed the lessons. I saw those three tough puzzles in a new light. I solved one the night after he wrote back, another the morning after. I left a third for another time. I didn’t need it and I wanted to plunge deeper into the game, closer to the moment when I was sure I could start unlocking those secret doors. My head stopped hurting, too. He Who Watches feels special. It’s got more challenges, and I’m undeterred. It’s also nice that its puzzles don’t have a surprise second health bar. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Item 2: In brief… 🎮 Ilari Kuittinen, co-founder of Helsinki-based Housemarque (Super Stardust HD, Resogun, Returnal) has stepped down from his studio, after a 31-year run, saying he’s “ taking a rare and well-deserved breather.” Sony purchased Housemarque in 2021, and the studio released its newest game, Saros, earlier this year. Trend-watch: Sony-owned Insomniac saw its founder Ted Price retire in early 2025, after a 30-year run. Sony-owned Sucker Punch saw its co-founder Brian Fleming step down in late 2025, after a 28-year run. 👀 Savvy Games Group chief Brian Ward is stepping down from the Saudi-government-backed games conglomerate, Bloomberg reports. No word on a long-term successor yet, nor if this augurs any closer integration between Savvy and Electronic Arts. EA was purchased by a consortium led by Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund, in early August. 💿 Square Enix has denied a Japanese media report that the company was planning to go private. In very different Square Enix news, the company revealed that the physical version of Final Fantasy VII: Revelation, the April 2027 finale of its radical remakes of FFVII, will include just one disc in its case, requiring a download for the rest. The first two FFVII remakes in the trilogy shipped on two discs apiece. While Square hasn’t commented on the reason why, a feature here in Game File last month broke down the processes and costs for physical games. The expense of a second disc comes out of the game publisher’s cut of each copy. Square could be saving in excess of a dollar a copy with this move. 🟥 Grand Theft Auto IV’s 26-minute ’‘extended look” gameplay showcase that premiered on Netflix last week—and was exclusive to the platform for six hours—drew 31.1 million views in its first four days, the streamer announced. (Netflix calculates views as total viewed hours divided by runtime; excludes replays). Compared to YouTube: The version that later premiered on Rockstar Games’ YouTube channel is sitting at 22.6 million views after seven days (YouTube’s more liberal counting system tallies anyone who viewed even just the first few second.) Compared to other Netflix mega-events: Last year, Stranger Things season 5’s first four episodes, which debuted together, drew a record 59.6 million views in their first few days on Netflix. For more of a live event type of comparison, in 2024, the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing match drew 65 million concurrent streams as it happened; Netflix didn’t release live numbers for the GTA premiere. ☁️ Microsoft is changing the way it charges for cloud gaming, from an all-you-can-play offer for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, to caps for the subscription’s tiers (15 hours per month at the Ultimate tier), with the option to buy more hours in bulk beyond that. The company also said it will sell batches of cloud gaming time to non-Game Pass subscribers, details TBA. Microsoft does not release figures for cloud game usage, but said its changes would impact 4% of Game Pass subscribers. That implies a small portion of its subscribers exceed the 15-hour monthly mark. Cloud gaming offers the promise of playing games without the need for console or PC hardware, as the graphics, sound and controls are all transmitted via a streaming connection. Microsoft notes that its cloud gaming service can be used for a range of things, including Xbox One players using it to play newer-gen Xbox Series games via streaming; and people playing games via streaming, sans any console, “in markets where consoles are less available or affordable.” (That latter use case could even be relevant in Xbox’s home market soon, as console prices keep rising.) Take Two Interactive chairman Strauss Zelnick recently told investors he expects game-streaming tech, which has been only lightly adopted by gamers for over a decade, to be widely used within three years. 🇺🇸 The Trump administration has published multiple agenda-driven web video games to the White House’s website. One called Build The Wall partially clones Tetris as it asks players to build a wall to stop a “zombie border siege.” While actual Tetris involves clearing lines and basically not building a wall, the Trump-backed game omits the line-clearing aspect (and omits the fun as well). On Instagram, Tetris’ official license holders reacted by stating: “At Tetris we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them. To our fans everywhere: we love you, we see you, and we’re grateful to have you in our community. P.S. The Tetris Company was not involved in the creation of ‘Build the Wall.’ P.P.S.: We take copyright infringement very seriously.” Item 3: The week ahead: Tuesday, September 8 Game releases: Mewgenics (consoles; already out on PC) is an engrossing tactical combat game (with cats). It is getting its console port right after the release of a Star Wars tactics game and ahead of the late September launch of a Fire Emblem–a bumper crop for the genre. Wanderburg (PC) is an auto-shooting game like Vampire Survivors, but you’re a castle on wheels Event: Nintendo airs a 30-minute Nintendo Direct (10am ET) focused on The Legend of Zelda’s 40th Anniversary. A full unveiling of the upcoming remake of The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time is expected. Will they also show footage from next year’s live action movie? Tease the next big 3D Zelda? Add Link to Mario Kart World? Shadow-drop a new Tingle game? Wednesday, September 9 Event: Nintendo again! On this day, they’re planning to air a 45-minute Nintendo Direct (10am ET) focused on games heading to Switch 2 this winter. Followed by about an hour of gameplay demoed by the company’s Treehouse team. The September Nintendo Directs are always some of the year’s biggest. The 2025 edition included announcements of several major 2026 Switch/Switch 2 games: Pokémon Pokopia, Mario Tennis Fever, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave. Plus the return of the Virtual Boy. Friday, September 11 Game release: EA Sports NHL 27 (PlayStation, Xbox) is a hockey game. There are so few that an indie studio that had been making wacky sci-fi first-person shooters just announced that, hey, we’re going to fill a void and make a hockey game for PC.