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Once in a thousand year storm feared as life-threatening floods to wash out millions in four US states

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Samsung One UI 9 rollout begins: Galaxy S26 series gets Android 17 update with new AI features

Samsung has started the stable One UI 9 rollout, based on Android 17, for the Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra. The update introduces new Galaxy AI features, including My FanCam, Now Nudge, Creative Studio and an upgraded Interpreter.

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OpenAI reveals six more safety issues and unveils plan to disclose incidents

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Huawei unveils latest tech to boost AI power in push to break China’s Nvidia reliance

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Semicon India 2026: PM Modi to inaugurate 3-day semiconductor event today - All you need to know

The conference and exhibition brings together global and Indian companies, policymakers, investors, researchers, start-ups, academic institutions and students from across the semiconductor and electronics value chain, an official statement said.

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'Will have disastrous impact on humanity': MicrosoftAI CEO flags Anthropics AI development model, says it will make alignment difficult

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OpenAI to regularly disclose AI misbehavior, warns safety challenges remain

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Festive smartphone sales face steepest decline in decade in wake of memory chip crisis

The global memory chip crisis has led to constricted smartphone supplies and higher prices that have forced many buyers to either delay purchases or consider refurbished devices.

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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior

The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.

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Judge Orders Data Sharing and Other Fixes to Solve Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly

The measures, which fall short of a breakup demanded by the government, effectively ensure that the tech titan’s business will continue largely unscathed.

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Human-Caused Warming Played ‘Very Strong’ Role in Himalayan Floods, Report Finds

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Sep 16, 2026

Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection

An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.

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China’s rocket boom has made Hainan a space hub. Can launches fuel wider growth?

As technological developments augur an era of renewed space exploration, China is aiming to become a major player. In the first part of this two-part series, Wency Chen and Mia Nurmamat examine how the southern island province of Hainan is betting on a growing aerospace cluster to rewrite its economic playbook beyond tourism. On Hainan’s northeastern coast, launch towers rise abruptly from a flat landscape of coconut palms and open sky. At Pad 1 of the commercial spaceport in Wenchang, an...

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US Federal Reserve defies Trump with interest rate hike

The US Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rates for the first time in three years, as it seeks to bring down high inflation. The policy decision sets up a potential confrontation between Chairman Kevin Warsh and President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called on the central bank to cut interest rates. Also in the show - France extends fuel subsidies as fishermens' protests gather momentum, and Hong Kong seeks to fall in line with Beijing's economic vision.

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UN chief urges global AI cooperation saying world cant afford a race to the bottom on AI safety

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The Liftoff Scenario That Terrifies A.I. Doomsayers

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How do you take T. rex's temperature? These scientists did it

Scientists have long discussed whether and which dinosaurs were warm-blooded. Now, researchers say they have used chemistry to take the temperature of two T. rexes. Here's what they found.

Sep 16, 2026

Mysterious sightings at 'China's Area 51' spark major warnings to America over top secret weapons

In recent months, various pictures of mysterious new aircrafts have been captured around remote facilities in the desert in China and experts say they are cause for concern.

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Diver injured in great white shark attack off Quebec's Gaspé coast

A diver was transported to hospital after being injured by a great white shark in Percé, Que., in the province’s Gaspé region.

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Area 51 mystery deepens as discovery exposes who is really behind secret flights

A mysterious job listing online has been tied to the infamous Air Force base that whistleblowers claim is home to secret government research on alien technology.

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Trump adviser Sacks says AI fears driven by fear-mongering playbook

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Greenland and Antarctica face major ice loss: Key details explained

According to new research based on satellite data Greenland and Argentina have lost vast amounts of ice over recent decades dating back to the 1970s with studies documenting major polar ice-sheet ablation.The data from 27 satellite missions between 1979 and 2023 shows that Greenland and...

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New evidence shows that you are only slightly hotter than a T. rex

These cold-blooded killers were probably as warm-blooded as mammals, according to new research.

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Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown

On social media, Meta’s chief executive appeared to jab at Anthropic by saying that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.

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Scientists transplant lab-grown human brain tissue into mice: What they found

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have transplanted laboratory-grown human brain tissue with genetically modified mice in what they called a breakthrough for studying human brain development which may accelerate research into the etiology and pathogenesis of severe diseases such as autism,...

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Apple explores AI server comeback, considers Nvidia's NVLink technology

The company is developing an artificial intelligence server that could use either two or four M8 Ultra chips, which are expected to be Apple's most powerful processors.

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Dino-mite discovery! Bizarre prehistoric species that looked like a 'huge pig with a turtle's beak and tusks' roamed Tanzania 240million years ago - and it could change the dinosaur timeline

It may look like a bizarre cross between a pig, a turtle and a sabre-toothed cat - but this was one of the most formidable herbivores of the Triassic.

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Mothers’ Intrusive Thoughts Are Mostly Benign. Lindsay Clancy’s Case Is an Exception.

Experts say that after childbirth, intrusive thoughts are common and mostly benign. Lindsay Clancy’s story provides a disturbing exception.

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Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough

Researchers at Stanford University genetically altered mice to be able to receive and function with human brain cells.

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Attackers Exploit Issabel Framework Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated OS Command Execution

A critical security flaw in Issabel Framework, a web-based framework for the open-source unified communications PBX software, has come under active exploitation. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-89026 (CVSS v3.1 score: 9.8/CVSS v4.0 score: 9.3), which can allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary operating system (OS) commands by taking advantage of a hard-coded

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Massive Black Holes May Have Started as Little Red Dots

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