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Serena and Venus Williams lose in a match tiebreaker in return to U.S. Open doubles

The sisters blew a 5-0 lead in the 10-point tiebreaker and lost 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (10-7) to Hao-Ching Chan and Maya Joint.

NBC News - Sep 04, 2026 11:17pm EDT

A fake NFL player is charged with scamming women out of more than $1 million. They weren’t his only victims.

Daejon Love and Taylor Jamie Chan were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in Portland, Oregon.

NBC News - Sep 04, 2026 8:25pm EDT

Judge orders Trump officials to disclose who set up the $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

The ruling comes in a lawsuit first filed by a fired Jan. 6 prosecutor and a law professor seeking to block the fund.

NBC News - Sep 04, 2026 7:53pm EDT

Judge again blocks Trump’s effort to restrict mail voting as ballots start going out

The move comes as the Trump administration appeals a related order to the Supreme Court.

NBC News - Sep 04, 2026 6:51pm EDT

Trump downplays Iran ‘military conflict’ as war shows no signs of ending before midterms

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance acknowledged in recent days that they don’t know when the Iran war will end, as Americans sour on the conflict and high gas prices.

NBC News - Sep 04, 2026 6:09pm EDT

Trump administration rolls out 5 voter fraud prosecutions ahead of midterms

Officials also released footage that shows one of the defendants — a 30-year-old from Mexico — being arrested by Homeland Security Investigations agents.

NBC News - Sep 04, 2026 5:54pm EDT

Aryna Sabalenka complains about the smell of marijuana during her U.S. Open match

The two-time defending champion complained to the chair umpire that it was bothering her early in her third-round victory over Kamilla Rakhimova on Friday.

NBC News - Sep 04, 2026 5:36pm EDT

There’s No Such Thing as an AI ‘Lab’

The Atlantic - Sep 04, 2026 4:24pm EDT

Tesla's stock drops as Cybercab update 'underwhelms' Wall Street

Tesla's long-awaited Cybercab update failed to dazzle investors.

CNBC - Sep 04, 2026 4:11pm EDT

Supreme Court backs Republicans in election ad rate dispute

Republicans asked the court to allow party committees to receive the same ad discounts that candidates themselves benefit from.

NBC News - Sep 04, 2026 4:07pm EDT

It Was Once the Internet’s Favorite Map Website Before Falling Into Obscurity. Then Came Trump’s “Lake America” Debacle.

Downloads have surged for the app after it defied the president’s trolling.

Slate - Sep 04, 2026 3:33pm EDT

Sriharikota: ISRO Roars Back into Action

Deccan Chronicle - Sep 04, 2026 3:26pm EDT

Rogue OpenAI agents used dead German web site to communicate in May, months before Hugging Face incident

Two cases of agents escaping to solve unsolvable problems paints an uncomfortable question: Is the entire internet in OpenAI's experimental agentic firing line?

Register UK - Sep 04, 2026 3:25pm EDT

The view from Telluride: Are film festivals losing their pull?

Three of what are expected to be this coming awards season’s strongest contenders will not premiere at a festival, but smaller films can still build buzz.

NBC News - Sep 04, 2026 3:11pm EDT

Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+

Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.

Ars Technica - Sep 04, 2026 1:01pm EDT

Iran-linked cyberattack shut down a UK power plant

No risk to wider energy system, government tells The Reg

Register UK - Sep 04, 2026 12:11pm EDT

Tesla Rolls Out Cybercab Rides—and the Feds Roll Out an Investigation

Gizmodo - Sep 04, 2026 11:54am EDT

OpenAI agents hijacked German website before Hugging Face hack, report claims

OpenAI said it could not "meaningfully respond" to the report's findings because it hadn't been allowed to review it ahead of publication.

BBC News - Sep 04, 2026 11:36am EDT

Rescue satellite gets close to NASA's doomed telescope, even if it can't save it

ABC News - Sep 04, 2026 11:32am EDT

True AI-pocalypse as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all go down at once

All three are recovering from overlapping availability issues

Register UK - Sep 04, 2026 11:10am EDT

This Startup Wants to Reach Alpha Centauri in 80,000 Years. And It'll Only Cost $15 Million

Gizmodo - Sep 04, 2026 11:03am EDT

Apple AirTag 2 Makes Labor Day a Better Buy Than Prime Day With a New Record Low

Gizmodo - Sep 04, 2026 10:47am EDT

Apple to Kick Off Ternus Era With Its Biggest-Ever Slate of New Products

Deccan Chronicle - Sep 04, 2026 10:46am EDT

AI data centres are booming in Australia - but at what cost?

Advocates say data centres will bring jobs but others worry they will suck up resources while providing little advantage.

BBC News - Sep 04, 2026 10:21am EDT