Microsoft patches a record 972 vulnerabilities, 112 of them critical Security gnomes are pumping out patches ahead of an expected onslaught of AI-assisted attacks. https://arstechnica.com/security/202…
Meta Debuts Muse, Its Long-Planned Personal AI Agent https://meta.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/2012246/meta-debuts-muse-its-long-planned-personal-ai-agent?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research Money would ostensibly fund research the NIH leadership said it no longer wanted. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/nih-to…
Astronaut on ISS celebrates 60 years of Star Trek with prop badge "Science fiction imagines the future. We build it." https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/astronaut-on-iss-celebrates-60-years-of-star…
Australia To Let Social Media Users 'Opt Out' of Algorithm-Based Feeds https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/1959259/australia-to-let-social-media-users-opt-out-of-algorithm-based-feeds?utm_source=…
DLSS5VKLayer Wires Up NVIDIA DLSS 5 For Native Linux Games & Steam Play An interesting new open-source project for those looking to make use of NVIDIA DLSS 5 on Linux is DLSS5VKLayer. The DLSS5VKLayer…
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A Secret New Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Stuns Telluride https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/1652228/a-secret-new-elizabeth-holmes-documentary-stuns-telluride?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinka…
Godzilla Minus Zero IMAX trailer teases King Ghidorah Director Takashi Yamazaki's hotly anticipated sequel takes place two years after 2023 film's events. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/09/godzi…
Real photos of young girls were in nudify-app ads on Facebook, Instagram Meta dragged its feet removing ads that nudify young girls' Instagram pics. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/real-ph…
LG TVs Caught Spying Even When Offline or On Standby https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/1634205/lg-tvs-caught-spying-even-when-offline-or-on-standby?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Google’s AI weather model now uses more raw satellite data Like traditional weather models, it benefits from an expanded set of inputs. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/googles-ai-weather-model…
Google says Europe is making it roll out degraded travel search results The EU continues to go after Google search practices it sees as anticompetitive. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/google-…
KDE's KWin Merges Wayland Commit-Timing Protocol Support Merged today to the latest KDE KWin compositor development code is support for Wayland's important commit-timing protocol that is useful for vi…
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Google DeepMind Publishes AI-Powered Predictions For Effect of All 9 Billion Mutations to Human DNA https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/1559238/google-deepmind-publishes-ai-powered-predictions-fo…
The White House made a "Tetris" clone. The Tetris Company was not amused. Trump admin's propaganda "arcade" hits some apparent legal limits. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/09/the-white-house-made…
Boston Scientific says that last month's cyberattack caused enough disruption that it is unlikely to meet its sales growth and adjusted earnings guidance for either the third quarter or the full year.…
Startup Bluecore Energy has raised $50 million in seed funding to develop floating nuclear power plants intended to supply ports and other locations with rapidly growing energy demands. The California…
The Linux Kernel Planning To Remove Around ~55k Lines Of Old ARM Platform Code For the current Linux 7.3 kernel many older 32-bit ARM platforms are deprecated and in turn orphaning hundreds of drivers…
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How eggshells can protect spacecraft from space debris 3D-printed aluminum eggshell arrays filled with water proved more effective at impact resistance. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/how-egg…
Teen Reading Slumps to Worst This Century Due to Surge in Screen Time https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/08/1545207/teen-reading-slumps-to-worst-this-century-due-to-surge-in-screen-time?utm_source=…
