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NVIDIA Unveils RTX PRO 5500 "Blackwell" Workstation GPU with 84 GB GDDR7 Memory

NVIDIA today quietly added another card to its pro-viz product lineup with the RTX PRO 5500 "Blackwell" workstation GPU edition. Featuring 84 GB of GDDR7 memory, it is equipped with a GB202 die that includes 21,760 CUDA cores. This is the same CUDA core count as the consumer GeForce RTX 5090 SKU,...

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Sep 14 • 4:44 AM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Global ransomware attacks hit record 997 in August 2026 as utility, healthcare and business attacks surge

Comparitech research reveals global ransomware attacks hit record 997 in August 2026 as utility, healthcare and business attacks surge.

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Sep 14 • 4:22 AM EDT • Business • industrialcyber.co
Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott Suffer Brutal Gateway Playoff Blows

Gateway was already chaotic. Then it became a nightmare for Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott. Both drivers entered Sunday’s race with legitimate championship hopes. Both left World Wide Technology Raceway with major playoff problems. And neither driver could blame another competitor. Blaney’s Day Ends With No Brakes Ryan Blaney looked like a contender for much…

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Sep 14 • 4:14 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Franciscan Health Trauma Services hosting free car seat safety events

NORTHWEST INDIANA — Franciscan Health Trauma Services is hosting free car seat safety events for Indiana residents during National Child Passenger Safety Month. The first event is scheduled to take place from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Central on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at Franciscan Health Michigan City’s Legacy Campus at 301 Homer St. in Michigan City. The next is scheduled to take place from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 at Munster Fire Station #2, 550 Fisher St. in Munster A nationally certified child passenger safety technician will teach participants how to properly install a car seat.

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Sep 14 • 1:25 AM EDT • Health • wimsradio.com
Focus on agentic commerce as customer data science firm dunnhumby wraps Retail Innovation Forum USA

dunnhumby held its annual Retail Innovation Forum in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA last week, bringing together retailers, brands, technology leaders, scale-ups, startups and investors. In a LinkedIn post, Dave Clements, Chief Strategy Officer at dunnhumby, said: "In many ways an eclectic group to

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Sep 14 • 12:57 AM EDT • Science • retailtechinnovationhub.com
K-Air purification technology heads to India’s railway market to tackle extremely high fine-dust levels

A research team at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) – including Principal Researchers Dr. Sang Bok Kim and Dr. Inyong Park and Senior Researcher Dr. Younghun Kim of the Department of Urban Environment Research, Eco-friendly Energy & Environment Research Division – has begun developing a compact electrostatic precipitator-based air purification module for use in Indian trains. The project is a collaborative effort with THN Co., Ltd., a KIMM Family Company (partner firm), as part of KIMM’s flagship air purification brand, Air Five.

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Sep 14 • 12:17 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
Özgür Tuncer: Health and vaccine equity

Cold-chain dependence is not just a logistical burden, it is a primary driver of global health inequality. Following promising Phase 1 results for SPVX02, StablePharma’s chief executive discusses how thermostabilisation technology can redefine global health equity.

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Sep 14 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • healthcaretoday.com
A full circle of entrepreneurship support through ETSU

When people think of where startups are founded, major cities and technological hubs like San Francisco and the Silicon Valley, often come to mind.

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Sep 13 • 11:30 PM EDT • Business • greenevillesun.com
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Washington leaders are far from being on the same page over AI

Although AI CEO’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk among others agreed with Dario Amodei’s proposal to work together to slow down development of the technology, CNN’s Jake Tapper notes that political leaders seem to be far from being in any sort of agreement. This video has been updated with the city in Ireland where President Trump made his remarks on Sunday.

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Sep 13 • 11:24 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
US SECTORS CALL: Energy, Information Technology & Health Care

Rising bond yields and oil prices weighed on stocks last week, though a mostly in-line CPI report on Friday sparked a rebound. The S&P 500 still fell 0.8%, with nine of the 11 sectors declining. Energy (OW) led, rising 2.0%, and it tops the sector derby

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Sep 13 • 10:25 PM EDT • Health • yardeniquicktakes.com
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MIT Future Fest—science, technology, art & design - Announcements - e-flux

MIT Future Fest is a five-day festival, opening MIT’s doors to the world September 30–October 4, 2026.

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Sep 13 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • e-flux.com
Researchers hope powerful new microscope will reveal ‘root cause’ of incurable bowel disease

No run-of-the-mill tech, ‘Curie’ operates at 10 times the resolution of conventional microscopy and could spur discoveries leading to new treatment

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Sep 13 • 7:01 PM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Grand challenges ‘require social science response’

Sustainability issues too often framed as technical challenges, researchers say

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Sep 13 • 7:01 PM EDT • Science • timeshighereducation.com
Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China

While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative forces” he did not identify.

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Sep 13 • 6:08 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Scientists Resurrect 160-Million-Year-Old Molecules With Surprising Power Against Superbugs

Ancient mammalian antimicrobial peptides revealed stronger bacteria-killing activity in some cases, offering clues for designing future treatments against resistant infections. Some proteins that vanished millions of years ago may still have something to teach scientists about fighting modern infections. University of Oregon biologists have reconstructed antimicrobial molecules dating back as far as 160 million years,

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Sep 13 • 5:44 PM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
Tech CEO worries about AI development spur political reaction

Top U.S. lawmakers are calling for talks to begin on Capitol Hill about a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, after the heads of some of the most prominent tech companies called for a slowdown of their own industry’s development of AI. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. This episode was produced by Daniel Ofman. It was edited by Brett Neely, Michael Levitt and Sarah Robbins. Our director is Jordan-Marie Smith. And our interim executive producer is Courtney Dorning.

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Sep 13 • 4:43 PM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Better Business Bureau shares tips for identifying scams over the phone

As the techniques that scammers use to deceive victims are becoming more elaborate, the Better Business Bureau has tips for consumers to protect themselves.

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Sep 13 • 4:13 PM EDT • Business • wbaltv.com
BYU Moves up in AP Poll after Arizona Win

BYU was ranked #15 for the Arizona game, and moved up to #11 in the latest AP Poll released Sunday. BYU is one four Big 12 teams ranked along with Texas Tech (13), Utah (17), and Houston (22). Notre Dame remained at #3. BYU passed Oregon and Oklahoma after their losses, and also passed USC […]

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Sep 13 • 3:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
ELCA releases paper on artificial intelligence considerations - Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology

The ELCA has released a theological foundation paper exploring artificial intelligence, ethics, social teaching, human rights and societal well-being.

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Sep 13 • 2:04 PM EDT • Science • luthscitech.org
Climate justice gains approval across ELCA synods - Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology

Sixteen ELCA synods have approved resolutions supporting the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action.

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Sep 13 • 2:03 PM EDT • Science • luthscitech.org
How a Bay Area healthcare system is navigating AI by balancing tech upgrades and patient trust

Sutter Health’s inaugural Chief AI Officer, Ashley Beecy, spoke with this news organization about some of the ways Sutter Health is using artificial intelligence to support physicians, improve patient care and transform the healthcare…

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Sep 13 • 2:00 PM EDT • Health • mercurynews.com
Political debate over AI intensifies amid warnings about ‘catastrophic risk’

(CNN) — The debate around artificial intelligence is ramping up in Washington, with Democratic lawmakers sounding alarms on the dangers they say the technology poses and Republican leaders suggesting those concerns are inflated and secondary to winning the AI race with China.Some Democratic lawmakers last week pressured House Speaker Mike Johnson to reconvene the chamber immediately to work on AI regulation, citing what they describe as the “catastrophic risk posed by advanced artificial intelligence.” But the Louisiana Republican on Sunday resisted those calls, instead saying industry leaders should meet with lawmakers to find “balance” in any potential guardrails.“If Congress just races in and does some sort of emergency session to try to regulate AI, we will lose the race to China, and that is a threat to every single American,” Johnson said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”Meanwhile, former President Barack Obama told Democrats to make artificial intelligence regulation a central part of their agenda during a private fundraiser Thursday, warning that the technology could be dangerous “if we don’t get on top of it.”In a fireside chat with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Obama said whoever runs in the 2028 presidential election should have a “very clear plan” on AI, adding that he saw the need for a “blueprint” on AI guardrails even at the end of his presidency a decade ago.“Certainly, if I were running for president next year, this would be one of my central agendas, and I would have a very clear plan, and I would talk about this, and I would say, ‘Here’s our plan for safety, here’s our plan for making sure our kids are not corrupted by this,’” he said, per excerpts of the remarks provided to CNN by his office. Obama’s remarks were first reported by the New York Times.Concerns over the rapid acceleration of AI reached a fever pitch after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote in a 3,800-word essay Saturday that the race to develop artificial intelligence is in dire need of a slowdown. The call to action came after an OpenAI test model breached the Hugging Face online platform, deepening concerns about cybersecurity.In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Saturday, Amodei called on industry leaders to work together to avoid “the wrong paths” and the possibility of AI harming humanity.One Anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, resigned from the firm over worries that the industry wasn’t doing enough to prevent AI from destroying humanity by the end of the decade.Obama said Democrats need a plan to get their agenda on AI underway should they win the House majority in this year’s midterms.Speaking to Jeffries, who is presumed to be speaker of the House should Democrats prevail in November, Obama said, “Once you are speaker, I would strongly urge that the Democrats put together a framework for a very public conversation, and you can break it out into three or four or five issues.”Obama stressed that the framework should be centered on the reality that the technology can’t be stuffed “back into a box.”“This is something that is moving very fast in private hands, and if we don’t get on top of it, I think can be dangerous. If we do get on top of it, I do think it’s beneficial,” Obama said, laying out examples of AI’s potential use in drug development and finding pathways to a clean energy future.“We don’t want to shut off those opportunities, but we have to understand that this is a tool,” he said.Jeffries agreed with the former president in a statement provided to CNN on Sunday.“President Obama is correct that decisive action must be taken on Artificial Intelligence,” he said, adding, “In the majority, we will move urgently on this issue with a legislative response that recognizes the importance of American companies continuing to lead in the Artificial Intelligence area, while putting in place meaningful guardrails that protect the American people from bad actors and the very real damage that can be done to humanity.”Jeffries also accused Republicans of having “abdicated their responsibility to govern” and said Democrats “will not repeat their error.”A source familiar with Obama’s thinking said the former president sees Amodei’s letter and similar reaction from other tech moguls as an encouraging development.But President Donald Trump waved off their concerns, saying he is not worried about any existential threat posed by AI, focusing instead on the US winning in its development of the technology over China.“We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way,” Trump said to reporters at the Amgen Irish Open on Sunday.About the concerns expressed by Democrats and others over the technology, the president said, “I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up, and they’re bringing up things that won’t happen.”One of Trump’s top economic advisers, Kevin Hassett, also rejected the calls for slowing the technology down, saying on Sunday the bigger concern is a scenario in which a “malevolent actor has access to an AI that’s better than the one we have that can protect us.”Hassett, the National Economic Council director, said on “State of the Union” the White House may hold meetings this week about addressing Amodei’s concerns, but he did not specify whether Trump had floated greater safeguards.“I have concerns that if we don’t win AI, we’re going to be put in a very bad position,” Hassett said. “We are leading China right now.”CNN’s Alison Main and Molly English contributed to this report.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.​THE-CNN-WIRE (TM) & © 2026 CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., A TIME WARNER COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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Sep 13 • 1:22 PM EDT • Politics • applevalleynewsnow.com
Political debate over AI intensifies amid warnings about ‘catastrophic risk’

(CNN) — The debate around artificial intelligence is ramping up in Washington, with Democratic lawmakers sounding alarms on the dangers they say the technology poses and Republican leaders suggesting those

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Sep 13 • 1:22 PM EDT • Politics • kten.com
Political debate over AI intensifies amid warnings about ‘catastrophic risk’

The debate around artificial intelligence is ramping up in Washington, with Democratic lawmakers sounding alarms on the dangers they say the technology poses and Republican leaders suggesting those concerns are inflated and secondary to winning the AI race with China.

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Sep 13 • 1:22 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Political debate over AI intensifies amid warnings about ‘catastrophic risk’

(CNN) — The debate around artificial intelligence is ramping up in Washington, with Democratic lawmakers sounding alarms on the dangers they say the technology poses and Republican leaders suggesting those

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Sep 13 • 1:22 PM EDT • Politics • wkow.com
Promising Entertainment Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist

Verizon Communications, Walt Disney, Spotify Technology, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Live Nation Entertainment are the five Entertainment stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Entertainment stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in producing, distrib

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Sep 13 • 1:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
Coventry 0-5 Brighton: What Hurzeler said

On Bart Verbruggen's performance: "Big saves and we know that we have a great goalkeeper so really good to have him." On Lewis Dunk's goal: "We always know that he has a great technique with his right foot and we know that he has the courage so I'm happy that he gets his rewards." Since his Premier League debut in August 2017, Brighton's Pascal Gross has now recorded 50 assists in the competition, the joint-fourth most by any midfielder in this period (level with Bernardo Silva on 50).

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Sep 13 • 12:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Anthropic selects Nasdaq for IPO, Business Insider reports

U.S. tech ​startup ‌Anthropic has ​selected ​Nasdaq for its ⁠potential ​initial ​public offering, Business ​Insider ​reported on Sunday, ‌citing ⁠a person familiar ​with ​the ⁠company's ​plans.

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Sep 13 • 12:23 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Anthropic selects Nasdaq for IPO, Business Insider reports

Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. ​tech ‌startup Anthropic has ‌selected ​Nasdaq ⁠for ⁠its potential initial ​public ⁠offering, ⁠Business Insider ​reported ​on Sunday, citing ‌a ⁠person familiar with the ⁠company's ‌plans. (Reporting ⁠by ​Ananya ‌Palyekar ​in B...

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Sep 13 • 12:23 PM EDT • Business • kfgo.com
Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra to get major display upgrade

Samsung’s Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra are reportedly set to receive M16 OLED panels, promising improved brightness, color accuracy, efficiency, durability and new privacy features. The standard S27 models, however, are expected to use older M14 technology.

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Sep 13 • 12:15 PM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
Former NBA Champion Discredits New Miami Heat's Giannis Antetokounmpo Skills

Channing Frye sparks debate by labeling the multi-time MVP a physical "running back" lacking technical finesse, reigniting the rivalry between pure athleticism and versatile shot-making dominance.

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Sep 13 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists Turn Common Plastic Waste Into Fuel Using Heated Salts

Common plastic waste could become fuel using heated salts instead of extreme temperatures. Plastic bags, cutting boards, and many other everyday products are made from a plastic that is notoriously difficult to reuse once it becomes waste. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have now found a way to break down this plastic and turn

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Sep 13 • 11:43 AM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
Marian U. President discusses Crossroads Academic Medical Institute

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Sep 13 • 10:30 AM EDT • Business • insideindianabusiness.com
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A New Super-Resolution Microscopy Technique Lets Scientists Study Cells In Real Time

A scientific breakthrough.

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Sep 13 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • petapixel.com
Report: Macomb mental health-substance abuse efforts rise with need

“We use full geo-location technology. If you’re physically in Macomb County and dial 988, or our 586-307-9100 phone number, you’re getting the same group of people, which is local individuals.” — Macomb County Community M…

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Sep 13 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • macombdaily.com
Does Beijing need AI talent in ‘public opinion war’ over South China Sea?

Think tanks, seen as a vital soft power tool by Beijing, have been urged to recruit more tech expertise to help sway international opinion.

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Sep 13 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • scmp.com
Josh Heupel recaps Tennessee's win at Georgia Tech

Josh Heupel discusses Tennessee's win at Georgia Tech in Week 2.

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Sep 13 • 8:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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NASA-backed scientists turn plastic waste into edible cookies

Scientists have engineered yeast to turn PET plastic and agricultural waste into ingredients for protein-rich, 3D-printed cookies called µBites. Developed partly for NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge, the system can produce proteins, fats, vitamins, and even vanilla flavoring from waste materials. Researchers hope the unusual technology could eventually help address both plastic pollution and food insecurity, while also supplying food in extreme environments such as deep-space missions.

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Sep 13 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
FULL SHOW: Inside INdiana Business 9/13/26

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Sep 13 • 7:47 AM EDT • Business • insideindianabusiness.com
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Broadcom’s Anthropic Ramp Puts Google’s TPU Business in a Different Light

Broadcom’s September 2 results show custom AI hardware turning into substantial sales. On the accompanying call, management said it expected to accelerate Ironwood shipments to Anthropic in the fourth quarter. That puts Google’s TPU technology at the center of a relationship whose economics differ for Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL). Broadcom can sell […]

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Sep 13 • 7:38 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Alien tech on the moon? Scientists propose search for microscopic debris

Could there be alien tech on the moon? Scientists propose a new search for microscopic particles shed by alien technology.

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Sep 13 • 7:26 AM EDT • Science • earthsky.org
GE HealthCare in talks over possible $1 billion deal for Sofie Biosciences, FT reports

GE HealthCare Technologies is in talks ​over a possible $1 billion deal to ‌buy radiopharmaceutical developer Sofie Biosciences, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing people familiar ​with the matter.

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Sep 13 • 7:17 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
TENNESSEE FOOTBALL: Defense, rushing attack lead Vols past Georgia Tech

Tennessee football’s defense came to play amidst the team’s first road contest of the 2026-27 season.

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Sep 13 • 7:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Business Tech Roundup: Will AI Kill Us In The Next Few Years?

An Anthropic researcher has a warning, ChatGPT helps people draw better and Pinterest rolls out new tools. Meta launches Muse.

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Sep 13 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
Arsenal analysis: Raya proves worth with crucial contribution

Arsenal's first-half frustration was encapsulated in manager Mikel Arteta being booked shortly before the break for leaving his technical area too many times. Greece winger Christos Tzolis continued his inconsistent start to the season, more reminiscent here of his toothless showing against Aston Villa rather than the productive display at home to Chelsea. Konsa, even before giving away the penalty, struggled to deal with Sunderland's direct attacking approach and the physicality of striker Brian Brobbey.

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Sep 13 • 6:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Digital Foundry: Zelda Ocarina of Time remake is 1080p and 60fps, but no DLSS

The big title this holiday season for Nintendo Switch 2 owners is the gorgeous The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake. Naturally the tech sleuths at Digital Foundry have taken a look at the game…

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Sep 13 • 6:19 AM EDT • Technology • mynintendonews.com
Phil Weiser’s role starting a CU tech hub offers a window into the gubernatorial candidate’s approach

The barrier-breaking Silicon Flatirons Center’s founding, evolution and legacy at CU show the thinking carried Phil Weiser into politics and now to the Democratic nomination for governor.

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Sep 13 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • reporterherald.com
Deepfakes are the latest weapon in Texas’ Senate race

Generating unflattering or even false images of the nation’s leaders is as old as the republic itself. Today, technology can make those spoofs far more convincing.

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AI doomer psychology: Why researchers warn of death but keep building

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Breaking down the dire warnings about AI's risks to humanity — and what experts says should be done about it

A dire warning from an outgoing researcher at Anthropic that AI could "kill all humans" by the end of the decade led to public outcry over the dangers posed by the technology's rapid development. It's raised questions about why some experts believe AI poses such an extreme risk, and how it could lead to the demise of humanity.

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Sep 13 • 4:00 AM EDT • Science • cbc.ca
Forsaken Kingdom Fills a Long-Standing Warcraft III Gap, Adding 30 Hours of Story Between Arthas and World of Warcraft

Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom is out now, adding a 30-hour campaign, Definitive Edition graphics, a new tavern hero, and more.

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VT Science Corner: Virginia Tech now at the helm of a national laboratory

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Diablo 5 Officially Revealed at BlizzCon 2026, Set to Arrive Spring 2029

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Obama Urges Democrats to Move A.I. Oversight to the Center of Their Agenda

During a private fund-raiser, the former president warned that the technology could be “dangerous” if not managed urgently and with a clear plan.

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Sep 13 • 12:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Tennessee's offense totals 447 yards in win at Georgia Tech

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Sep 12 • 11:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Recap: Tennessee defeats Georgia Tech 45-24

The Tennessee Volunteers went to Atlanta and had its way with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Saturday night, winning 45-24. The Vols ran for a staggering 299 yards, with DeSean Bishop leading the way with 20 carries for 147 yards and two touchdowns. Radarius Jackson led all pass catchers with three grabs for 63 […]

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TENNESSEE VOLS FOOTBALL: Georgia Tech can't handle run game

Tennessee rushed for 299 yards ahd three touchdowns to pace a 45-24 win over Georgia Tech.

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Sep 12 • 11:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
#18 Tennessee easily beats Georgia Tech 45-24

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Sep 12 • 11:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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ATLANTA, GA. (WATE) — The Tennessee football team went on the road and defeated Georgia Tech 45-24 to stay unbeaten on the early season. It was the first Power Four matchup for Tennessee following their 56-9 opening week victory over FCS opponent Furman. Georgia Tech received the opening kickoff and Vols defense forced a quick […]

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Tennessee football OL Jesse Perry suffers injury vs Georgia Tech

Tennessee offensive lineman Jesse Perry left the Georgia Tech with an injury in the third quarter on Sept. 12.

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Sep 12 • 9:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Tennessee football DL Daevin Hobbs suffers injury vs Georgia Tech

Tennessee defensive lineman Daevin Hobbs left the Georgia Tech game with an injury in the first quarter.

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Sep 12 • 7:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Lai Ka-ying’s achievement should serve as the launch pad of a sustained push that makes science and innovation the new engine of the city’s development.

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Sep 12 • 7:15 PM EDT • Science • scmp.com
Amodei, Altman, Musk call for slowing AI model development

Leaders of the world’s biggest artificial intelligence platforms said it’s time to slow the development pace of their most advanced — and most lucrative — models, citing escalating risks of the technology.

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Science festival brings hands-on learning to Indianola

INDIANOLA, Miss. — Science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) were on display Saturday at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, but the lessons didn't come from a

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Joey Logano Smacks NASCAR Cup Field With Gateway Pole

Joey Logano earned the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway Gateway, the Enjoy Illinois 300, after he and Blaney topped practice.

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Apple Says iPhone 18 Pro Max Sold in U.S. Differs in One Way

As noted by Nicolas Lellouche, who writes for the French tech website Numerama, Apple has updated its tech specs pages for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max to clarify which models are equipped with its new C2 cellular modem and where. Apple now says the iPhone 18 Pro has a C2 modem worldwide, while the iPhone 18 Pro Max uses the chip in every country except for the U.S.

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Sep 12 • 6:27 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Open Game Thread: Tennessee at Georgia Tech

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Sep 12 • 5:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NASCAR Cup Series Starting Lineup: Enjoy Illinois 300 At Gateway

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AI Is Running Laps Around Our Political System

The technology is moving faster than elected officials can handle—and Anthropic’s CEO says the industry should slow down.

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Sep 12 • 2:32 PM EDT • Politics • theatlantic.com
Should Healthcare Rotation Require Action From Oscar Health Stock Investors?

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What Can Texas Tech Expect on Offense Against Oregon State?

Texas Tech got the job done in its opener with a 33-10 win over Abilene Christian, but the defense seemed to do most of the dirty work for the Red Raiders. How will Will Hammond and company respond against Oregon State?

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Nebraska football vs. Georgia Tech live updates, stats and highlights

Nebraska volleyball returns to action on Saturday by hosting Georgia Tech. The Huskers are coming off a sweep of Baylor on Friday night.

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Eye of the Tiger: Pivotal position matchups vs LA Tech

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Ohio candidates seeking to regulate data centers both invest in them

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Georgia Tech football history: John Heisman

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A study involving 100 pairs of mice produced unexpected results that surprised researchers. Mice bred to be unusually athletic might be expected to pay a biological price, perhaps by living shorter lives or producing fewer offspring. But after more than three decades of research, UC Riverside scientists found no such penalty in mice selected for

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Virginia Tech scientists turn hard-to-recycle PVC into high-performance synthetic oil

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COMMENTARY: Look for an angry bunch of Yellowjackets Saturday night

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Sep 12 • 5:17 AM EDT • Technology • businessinsider.com
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The politics and possibilities of ‘AI could kill us all’

I found myself fielding a lot of questions from folks who don’t usually talk much about AI this week. They were mostly along the lines of “do you think AI is going to kill us all?” or “how worried should I be about this human extinction stuff?” Motivating this wave of existential anxiety was the highly dramatic resignation of now-former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon, who quit his job while publicly sharing his concerns about safety practices at the leading AI companies. More specifically, he declared that almost everyone at OpenAI and Anthropic, the leading AI labs, believes that there’s a decent chance the AI systems they’re producing could “kill us all” by the end of the decade, and the companies aren’t “acting responsibly.” Other AI safety researchers, including those still employed at Anthropic and OpenAI, all confirmed that yes, Coxon is correct, they’re all worried that their company’s products might prove fatal for the entire human race as well. Two more AI employees quit and joined the chorus. Now, the warning shot has been covered everywhere from the Wall Street Journal to Fox News to WIRED to the Guardian. I understand why all this sounds scary, but my response to those who have asked, has generally been: No, you don’t need to worry that AI will kill go rogue and kill us all. But that does not mean we shouldn’t worry, period. Far from it. The companies building AI products are now among the wealthiest and most powerful entities in the world. And they very much are building enormous engines of mass surveillance, extraction, and automation. They can and have allowed their AI systems to carry out felony hacks of other companies, provided the government with autonomously generated kill lists, and sold enterprise technology to firms around the world that is explicitly intended to replace jobs. But “AI” has done these things not because they have all-powerful minds of their own but, ultimately, because people have programmed, calibrated, and directed them to. In other words, it’s not AI we need to worry the most about. It’s the people and corporations working to profit from and gain power by deploying it. The technology is sophisticated, sure, and, especially in cybersecurity contexts, potentially disruptive to plenty of existing systems. But if we want to stop this predatory, profiteering, and extractive form of AI—and it’s worth noting that at this point, most people do—we absolutely can. A quick note/plea: I can only do all of this with the support of readers like you, so if you find value in independent, critical tech journalism and analysis, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. I want to keep as much of this un-paywalled as absolutely possible, and I need your support to do so. Many thanks to all who continue to chip in, it’s very much appreciated. Onward. Subscribe First, some context: AI industry folks like Coxon have been discussing the prospect that AI will destroy humanity for years. Even before the beginning of the AI boom, many working in the industry, from the executive staff to the rank and file researchers, have obsessed over ‘x-risk’, or the possibility that AI will become sentient or semi-sentient and move one way or another to exterminate humanity. This is ostensibly why Elon Musk bankrolled OpenAI in the first place, and is the grounds for his lawsuit alleging OpenAI betrayed its charter by abandoning its nonprofit status to become a commercial enterprise. Many AI engineers and startup founders have calculated their own personal p(doom), or the probability that the tech product they are working on will initiate an actual humanity-extinguishing apocalypse. 10-25% p(doom)s are pretty common. (I wrote about a long weekend I spent among these folks at one of their top conferences here, to give you an idea of their ideas and belief systems.) Sam Altman himself drove the narrative of the imminent rise of a super-powerful AI, or artificial general intelligence, to prominence by declaring that the technology he was building posed an existential risk to humanity. This idea is in other words baked into the DNA of modern AI companies and into the products they engineer. It’s also why the industry is routinely accused, by myself and others, of “doom marketing,” ie, using such proclamations and framings to impart the sheer power of the technology behind your product onto investors, partners, consumers, and the state. Some ambient understanding of this tendency may have helped prevent the press from repeating the claim every time one of the x-risk folks made it over the years, including when they quit their jobs at AI companies while doing so. Yet Coxon’s AI x-risk alarm has broken containment, as they say, and has exposed the idea to the mainstream media once again. This has happened, I think, for a number of reasons. First, when AI CEOs were going around saying AI might kill everyone in 2023, their companies were well-capitalized, but not nearly to the extent they are today. They were more easily dismissed as eccentric geeks of the sort that Silicon Valley is supposed to produce. Now, not only do their products have much greater market saturation, but people are more aware of a) the often unethical ways the executives and companies comport themselves b) the other adverse impacts of AI that have already arrived, and c) the physical cost of building these systems, particularly when it comes to data centers. Finally, toss in the constant stream of headlines in 2026 about AI models going rogue or potentially upending the world’s infrastructure. [ ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) [ With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial. ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) Brian Merchant · Aug 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) As a result, general sentiment was already overwhelmingly skeptical of AI and its overlords, so the table was pretty well set for someone to come along and say ‘just a reminder, the companies that are building the product that promises to take your job and leave a data center in your neighborhood also think that it might exterminate the human race’ and get a strong reaction from the media and the public. The question is: Should we understand this stuff as hype, strategically fanned to feed already swelling valuations? Is it doom marketing? Genuine cause for alarm that the infrastructure that undergirds modern life is facing a novel threat vector? Or reason to be sincerely worried that AI companies are amassing too much power, and that their products are genuinely dangerous? The answer, I’m afraid, is “yes.” Let me try to untangle all of this a bit, because arguments over how to navigate this moment are extremely heated right now, as they are essentially arguments over how to approach the politics of AI at a moment where there may be a unique opening for action. Those sympathetic to AI alignment concerns and x risk arguments—which increasingly includes a faction on the left who want to shut down AI over safety concerns—argue that people who dismiss AI as all hype have their heads in the sand. Meanwhile, critics of the x-risk narrative—which I might note includes a cadre of investors and tech folks on the right, too—argue that it is hype and can be used to further inflate valuations or for pursuing regulatory capture. The challenge is that many feel that dismissing AI as just hype or purely marketing also diminishes the urgency of taking on the AI industry as the novel and threat to labor, civil society, and the public sphere it is; others that by accepting the industry’s own terms, we imbue it with undue power and enable it. But let’s be clear: Declarations that AI is so powerful it might end the world are a kind of marketing, and anyone who says otherwise is just as off base as those who say that’s all that it is. If you don’t think that these sub-trillion dollar companies have higher-ups who noticed that when their founders talked about super-powerful dangerous AI they got spikes in media interest and phone calls from investors, or that those founders didn’t notice that themselves, and lean into certain narratives to advantage their products, then I don’t know what to tell you. Not all marketing is a Pepsi ad campaign with a celebrity spokesperson. Yet confronting the AI industry should certainly be considered an urgent project. Do I share the x-riskers’ fear that out-of-control, super-intelligent AI agents might end the world? I do not. I’ve read a good deal of AI extinction literature over the last couple of years and I have not come across a credible, step-by-step documentation of how exactly AI might move from self-recursively improving AI to killing every single human on the planet. Most of what I’ve read seems predicated on a sort of reverse Ian Malcolmian logic: Eventually, it becomes smart enough and AI, uh, finds a way (to exterminate humanity). Are the AI companies also overstating and dramatizing what their products can do? Yes, pretty much all the time. They’re in a knife fight for market share and are trying to win customers and government contracts before their investors come knocking. And yet. They have concentrated enormous amounts of compute, have extensive data collection and surveillance capacities, have inserted themselves into the state in numerous capacities, including military kill chains, and they are being run by egomaniacal billionaires who are rushing to monopolize an entire new market. The way I think about their most recent frightening-seeming exploits is not as a “swarm of rogue AI agents building a new civilization” or whatever, but as corporations with a hitherto-unimaginable amount of compute at their disposal recklessly experimenting with automation programs, completely unafraid of any repercussions because we have been unwilling or unable to impose any on them. So I think we should welcome any newfound imperative to hold them accountable. I also think that ultimately, the AI critics, Pause AI folks, leftists, doomers, effective altruists, and, honestly, most of the public, want a lot of the same things: legitimate checks and limits on AI companies’ power, actual transparency into what the companies are doing, and for more of AI to be under public control. (Ultimately, a lot of what animates the x-risk fears are rooted in just that: a fear of losing control.) How we move towards all this, exactly, is the question of the day, and while there’s much to be argued over in terms of building a viable political platform to challenge the AI industry’s power, I do want to cast a vote against one particular approach. Not to pick on Chris here, as there are a lot of folks out there proposing stuff like this, and the policy ideas actually stem from AI safety groups. But not only would this be challenging to land politically (I can already hear the ‘China will beat us to AGI’ calls) and all but unworkable in practice, this approach is a) far too limiting, b) fails to address the current harms caused by AI and c) would likely only wind up serving Anthropic and OpenAI; it’s what regulatory capture looks like in action. Full model transparency is the floor for what should be on offer here. If these companies believe their products will kill us, the very least we deserve is to know how. It’s in the public interest. I would also argue we might get a lot of the way to stopping any currently envisioned robot apocalypse simply by forcing AI companies to assume liability, and to submit to the full brunt of the law. If Sam Altman were liable to be charged with a felony for approving the hack on Hugging Face1, if Google was forced to pay defamation fines each time it published a false and injurious AI Overviews, these companies might suddenly find cause to restrain their models’ output, and we might hear less about rogue AI. We would need to introduce new frameworks and available tools for tracking automated lawbreaking, to be sure, but I’d wager that little would frighten the AI companies more than actually being held accountable for what their products enable. To that end, Illinois has passed an AI liability law, which the industry fought tooth and nail, and Florida is considering one. The next steps would be towards moving AI under public control; again, it’s only reasonable, since everyone, not just AI insiders, should get a say over how a technology whose developers say might kill us is developed and deployed. Dismantling the whole industrial project as currently structured should be on the table, too, pending democratic input. But that’s for another post. For now, suffice to say that while I won’t be losing any sleep about an AI-enabled extinction event, Mr. Coxon and co. have given us an opportunity to underscore the urgency of the clear and present damage AI companies are doing, the extreme power they wield and the extent to which they hold themselves unaccountable, and the abundance of political capital there is out there for taking them on. Subscribe 1 Purely speculative! I do not know if he did or not.

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‘Mother Monster’ Lady Gaga reportedly welcomes first child

Pop singer Lady Gaga and her fiancé, tech investor Michael Polansky, were recently photographed with a newborn child during an outing, according to Page Six.

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'Mother Monster' Lady Gaga welcomes first child, report says

Pop singer Lady Gaga and her fiancé, tech investor Michael Polansky, were recently photographed with a newborn child during an outing in Northern California, according to Page Six.

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SBJ's Tech Awards: Winners Span Data, Performance, Fan Access

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Meet ARMI's Christy Johnson

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