September 2026
Huawei unveils new chip technologies as Chinese firm steps up the AI race with Nvidia
Chinese technology giant Huawei launched new chip technologies in a challenge to global leaders such as Nvidia that highlights the narrowing gap between China and the U.S. in artificial intelligence.
U.N. mission finds grounds to believe U.S. committed war crimes in Iran
Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.
OpenAI flags 6 new incidents of ‘concerning’ behavior and unveils plan to track it
OpenAI has disclosed six new incidents of “unexpected or concerning” behavior by its artificial intelligence models.
Poll: Most Americans think AI is doing more harm than good in schools
Most American adults think artificial intelligence is going to do more good than harm in education, according to this month’s NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey.
Climate change made deadly Nepal glacier and rock collapse more likely, according to analysis
Human-caused global warming thinned glaciers and thawed mountain permafrost, likely helping to destabilize the Himalayan slope that collapsed last month and unleashed catastrophic flooding across Nepal, according to a report released Thursday.
Texas puts to death a man in killing of 3 people, the state’s fifth execution this year
LeJames Norman has been put to death for the 2005 fatal shooting of three people during an attempted robbery at his neighbor’s home in rural Texas, the state’s fifth execution this year.
LA news helicopter crashed in birthplace of ‘eye-in-the-sky’ reporting
Los Angeles has been viewed from above by news helicopters for nearly seven decades.
Man given 20-year prison sentence in case tied to Kabul airport bombing that killed U.S. service members
The bombing during the American military’s withdrawal from the country also killed about 160 Afghan nationals.
Travis Kelce was among the victims of a man’s multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme
Siddharth Jawahar was sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to repay $31 million in restitution to investors who he defrauded from 2016 to 2023.
Peter Max, psychedelic pop art icon, dies at 88
Peter Max, whose colorful, psychedelic pop art expressed the optimism of the “flower power” movement of the 1960s and graced everything from postage stamps to a cruise ship, has died at 88, his son said in a written statement Wednesday.