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World · Deutsche Welle

Canada set to announce retaliatory tariffs on US goods after talks fail

Tariffs of 50% on Canadian goods came into effect after trade talks collapsed. US President Trump has warned Ottawa to "fall in line," but Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has refused to accept a "bad deal."

Business · CNBC Technology

BlackBerry CEO says robotics is one of its fastest-growing businesses

BlackBerry CEO John Giamatteo says robotics is one of QNX’s fastest-growing businesses as the company expands its software beyond cars.

World · Al Jazeera

Who are Iran’s top trading partners US would need to target to isolate it?

The US wants to isolate Iran from the global economy. Here is who Tehran trades with, and how much is at stake.

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

OpenAI subpoenaed by Alabama AG over Hugging Face hack

Alabama's attorney general issued a subpoena to OpenAI on Monday as part of an investigation into how one of its AI agents escaped a supposedly secure testing environment and autonomously hacked another company last month. The investigation seeks to determine whether OpenAI's safety practices violated state consumer protection laws and pose a risk to Alabama […]

Society · NPR Top Stories

Can Trump's economic war against Iran do what airstrikes and negotiations couldn't?

What a new round of U.S. sanctions could mean after nearly six months of war with Iran — and years of economic pressure on the country.

World · Al Jazeera

‘Enough is enough’: Kenya nurses strike over pay and working conditions

Shiru Kihara, a nurse in Kenya, explains why she and thousands of other nurses are on strike demanding fair pay.

Notable Blogs · Seth Godin

On the verge of done

Three paths are now available: We face this choice daily, but rarely name it or prepare for it. The moment just before shipping is where magic and leverage can dance together. Updates: Live in NY on September 21: I have 55 seats left for the Knot launch event happening in a few weeks. All the […]

Society · NPR Top Stories

At least 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study finds

Playing football has long been linked to the brain disease known as CTE, but how prevalent it is is still unknown. A new study of former NFL players who died recently found that at least 25% had CTE.

Society · NPR Top Stories

When is suspending students discrimination? Education Dept. renews an old fight

President Trump's Education Department is telling schools to stop considering race when it comes to school discipline.

Society · NPR Top Stories

Kids with brain injuries thrive at this camp. But federal research funding is in flux

A Pennsylvania summer camp helps children who have survived brain injuries. But the future of federal funding for brain injury research, as well as grants to states to help such patients, is in limbo.

Society · NPR Top Stories

How to understand this heat wave (as told by NPR's senior climate editor)

As the senior climate editor at NPR, when extreme weather impacts us, I often send out guidance to the newsroom to help everyone understand the role of climate change. Here's what I tell them.

AI · MIT Technology Review AI

I spent a day at a robot “carnival” in Shanghai. Here’s what I saw.

Humanoid robots are having a moment in China. The popular machines are part of the country’s strategy to bring artificial intelligence into daily life. Embedding the technology into physical systems—an idea called embodied AI—was a key facet of China’s latest five-year plan, and companies here are already world leaders in humanoids. Nearly 90% of the…

World · The Guardian Ukraine

Burnham to take Zelenskyy’s pleas for Patriot missiles to Trump – as it happened

UK PM to join delegation of leaders lobbying US president to step up supplies, as Kremlin accuses Burnham of wanting to continue war Burnham plans trip to New York as Ukraine pleads for US-made missiles Vatican envoy Paul Gallagher met Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow earlier today, and Reuters has some snap quotes from Pope Leo XIV’s representative following the meeting. He is quoted as saying that “The Ukrainian war must end” and that the pair discussed “avenues for pursuing lasting and just peace in Ukraine”. In relation to the post on a US military plane landing in Moscow (at 11:23 ), Reuters reported that the last time a US jet flew to Russia from Europe was in ​January, when special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner travelled to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin for peace talks. Continue reading...

World · Al Jazeera

Nvidia, Supermicro employees charged over export of AI servers to China

Taiwanese authorities indict nine people over alleged chip smuggling scheme.

AI · The Decoder

Taiwanese cybersecurity firm warns that AI tools have more than doubled Chinese state-backed cyberattacks

Chinese state-backed hacking groups have more than doubled their attacks since they started using AI models like DeepSeek to write exploit code and scan networks, according to Taiwanese security firm TeamT5. Hackers also used ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude Code. A UK study shows the cyber capabilities of open models are catching up fast. The article Taiwanese cybersecurity firm warns that AI tools have more than doubled Chinese state-backed cyberattacks appeared first on The Decoder .

Products & Consumer Tech · The Verge

Android is getting its own weird dots to cure car sickness

Google is rolling out a new Android feature that's been proven to reduce, or even eliminate, motion sickness when using a phone inside a moving vehicle. Dubbed Motion Assist by Google, it's very similar to Apple's Motion Cues, first introduced in 2024. The Android 17 feature appears to be rolling out in phases, with some […]

Cybersecurity · The Hacker News

Attackers Target miniOrange SAML Flaws That Can Grant WordPress Admin Access

Bad actors are attempting to exploit two severe unauthenticated authentication bypasses in the Xecurify miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin that make it possible for an attacker to sign in as any WordPress user, including administrators. The vulnerabilities, as disclosed by Patchstack, are listed below - CVE-2026-61979 (CVSS score: 8.1) - An unauthenticated privilege escalation

World · Al Jazeera

Pakistan says significant progress made in talks on Iran-US war

The talks were held during a daylong diplomatic mission to Tehran by Pakistan’s army chief and interior minister.

Developers & Open Source · JetBrains Blog

Ideas Worth a Longer Conversation: The JetBrains Research Podcast

Every week there’s at least one new announcement about what AI will do to software development. Most of the conversation moves fast and stays shallow, focusing on productivity gains, job displacement, or which model scored highest on the latest benchmark. We’re more interested in the questions underneath that noise, so we created the JetBrains Research […]

Cybersecurity · SecurityWeek

Taiwan Charges 9 Over Illegal AI Server Exports to China, Including Nvidia and Super Micro Staff

AI infrastructure, including advanced semiconductors mostly made in Taiwan, has become a key point of competition between the U.S. and China. The post Taiwan Charges 9 Over Illegal AI Server Exports to China, Including Nvidia and Super Micro Staff appeared first on SecurityWeek .

World · Al Jazeera

Rohingya refugees protest, nine years after exodus to Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees protest, nine years after exodus to Bangladesh

World · Deutsche Welle

Middle East: Pakistan sees progress in US-Iran mediation

Pakistani mediators have hailed "productive" talks in Tehran on the US-Israeli war on Iran and the prospect of peace. Meanwhile, Iran says it will retaliate to new US "economic D-day" sanctions. DW has more.

World · Al Jazeera

Thai vendor confronts Israeli tourists, raises Palestinian flag

A Thai vendor confronted Israeli tourists outside his shop on the island of Phuket, waving a Palestinian flag.

World · BBC Europe

Tornado tears through French village, leaving dozens hurt and homes ravaged

The south-western village of Pomas was hardest hit, with hundreds of homes damaged and fifteen people taken to hospital.