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Ars Technica: Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy Link: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/learning-another-language-may-be-one-of- the-best-ways-to-k...
Wired: Forget the AI Slowdown—the Vulnerability Explosion Is Already Happening Link: https://www.wired.com/story/kernel-panic-ai-vulnerability-explosion/
Wired: Tired of Cluttered Productivity Apps? This One’s Just a Text Document Link: https://www.wired.com/story/productivity-app-tasks-txt-is-just-a-text-document/
Wired: Samsung Galaxy Watch9 Review: I Don’t Need Another Health Score Link: https://www.wired.com/review/samsung-galaxy-watch9/
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Wired: The Best Early Prime Day Deals Ahead of Amazon’s Second Sale (2026) Link: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-prime-day-early-deals-09-29-2026/
Wired: Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law Link: https://www.wired.com/story/residents-harmed-by-oil-drilling-may-soon-receive-re parations-under-new...
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Wired: Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear Link: https://www.wired.com/story/xiaomi-has-a-luxury-suv-all-western-brands-should-fe ar/
MMA Fighting: RAF 13 results: Khamzat Chimaev puts up 15 points to earn technical fall victory over Gilbert Burns Link: https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/510981/raf-13-results-khamzat-chimaev-puts-up-15...
Wired: Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee Link: https://www.wired.com/story/flock-is-offering-voluntary-buyouts-to-employees/
TechCrunch: India forces caller-ID apps to feed spam reports to telcos Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/18/india-forces-caller-id-apps-to-feed-spam-repor ts-to-telcos/
TechCrunch: Tilly Norwood’s press tour is going about as well as you’d expect for an AI Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/18/tilly-norwoods-press-tour-is-going-about-as-we ll-as-youd-expect-for-an-...
TechCrunch: A startup that builds other startups raised $100M, and is all-in on physical AI Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/18/a-startup-that-builds-other-startups-raised-10 0m-and-is-all-in-on-p...
TechCrunch: Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/18/anthropic-is-operating-a-lab-that-conducts-bio logy-experiments/
Ars Technica: AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack Link: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/report-us-almost-boarded-chinese-ship-over-ha llucinated-ai-arms-...
TechCrunch: Anthropic’s first embedded evaluator is … Accenture? Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/18/anthropics-first-embedded-evaluator-is-accentu re/
The Verge: OpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/997633/openai-microsoft-chat gpt-ai-new-york-times-doom-loop...
TechCrunch: Automattic names interim CFO after exec departures Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/18/automattic-names-interim-cfo-after-exec-depart ures/