Houthi Red Sea grab, BRICS summit, Meta $17B settlement, Iran rescue

Houthi forces seize Hanish Islands, controlling Red Sea strait chokepoint

Modi hosts BRICS summit; Trump-Xi chip talks fail, Nvidia falls 4.4%

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted President Xi Jinping, President Vladimir Putin, and leaders from 12 BRICS nations in New Delhi Se…

Microsoft unveils MAI model code of conduct; OpenAI backs bipartisan FRONTIER Act

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday released a Code of Conduct for the company's MAI frontier model family, framing AI pacing as 'getting alignment right' — and offered MAI-1 for public consultation.

Kennedy Center board warns bankruptcy within weeks unless Trump's name restored

The Kennedy Center's board of trustees filed court documents Tuesday warning of 'certain fiscal collapse within weeks' unless a federal court ruling stripping Trump's name from the building is reversed.

Shot-down F-15E weapons officer details 48-hour survival with broken back behind Iranian lines

In a 60 Minutes interview aired Sunday, US Air Force weapons systems officer codenamed 'Bravo' detailed how his F-15E was struck by an Irani…

Meta agrees to $17B child safety settlement; teens blocked at night under new terms

Meta agreed to pay $17 billion to settle a sweeping child safety lawsuit from 41 states covering Facebook and Instagram, with terms imposing a two-hour daily cap for under-13 users and a nighttime block for teenagers.

S&P 500 falls 0.45%, 10-year yield hits 5.12% ahead of Fed decision Wednesday

US equities fell across all three major indexes Tuesday as 10-year Treasury yields surged to 5. 12%, their highest since October 2007, eroding equity valuations ahead of Wednesday's Fed decision.

DRC Ebola surpasses 7,000 cases; Bundibugyo strain renders existing vaccines ineffective

The Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo surpassed 7,000 confirmed cases as of September 11, with 3,477 deaths — the second-largest Ebola epidemic on record.

Global semiconductor revenue tops $1 trillion; AI demand drives 62% of sales

Global semiconductor revenues crossed $1 trillion for the first time in 2026, driven by AI compute demand, according to industry data released Monday. Nvidia, AMD, and TSMC accounted for 38% of that total.

AMA survey: 81% of US physicians now use AI professionally, doubling since 2023

81% of US physicians report using AI professionally in 2026 — up from 38% in 2023 — according to the American Medical Association's 2026 Physician Survey on Augmented Intelligence, covering 5,200 physicians across all major specialties.

Sweden's left bloc edges ahead in election count; ruling right coalition loses majority

Sweden's left bloc edged ahead in the country's September 14 general election with 93% of votes counted, potentially ending the center-right Tidö government that came to power in 2022.

Signal plans zero-knowledge proof registration, dropping phone number requirement

Signal announced plans to allow user registration without a phone number, replacing SMS verification with zero-knowledge proofs for identity attestation.