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New rules, new names for a new year of college football
The NCAA approved new 2024 college football rules allowing coach-to-player helmet communication for FBS and in-game tablet use across all divisions.
Federal prosecutors charge six Texas green card holders in illegal voting crackdown, fueling partisan fight over election integrity and voter suppression ahead of November contests
Federal prosecutors charged six Texas green card holders and one Mexican national with illegal voting in federal elections, including 2024's general election.
TypeSafe’s Jev Claims 193x Faster and 444x Cheaper. Its Own Eval Scores Against Two Other Models’ Answers.
TypeSafe AI launched Jev on 15 September 2026: a model that returns typed values with calibrated probabilities instead of text, at $0.042 per million input tokens with output billed at nothing. Its wo
Pentagon Inspector General Puts Iran War Cost at $33.4 Billion, Two-Thirds Munitions, and Says the Figures Were Not Audited
The first Lead Inspector General report to Congress on Operation Epic Fury, released 14 September 2026, reports a Department of War cost estimate of $33.4 billion as of 29 June: $22.3 billion in expen
Security detail stops alleged trespasser on Vice President Kamala Harris’ Malibu property, prompting new questions about protection at top officials’ homes
A trespasser was stopped by security on Vice President Kamala Harris’ Malibu property and left voluntarily after deputies intervened.
Fed-up Pennsylvania Democrats warn of primary challenges amid measles outbreak and mounting frustration over party’s handling of public health and messaging
Pennsylvania Democrats warn of primary challenges amid over 500 measles cases, citing frustration with party’s vaccine misinformation and public health response.
The $22 Million Proof: What OpenAI’s Navier-Stokes Swarm Does Not Tell You About Ordinary Work
Wes Roth put six days, $22 million and 300 billion tokens on OpenAI's Navier-Stokes claim and concluded that the model lapped the human mathematician. OpenAI's own post says 300 billion tokens was e
A 153,000-View DeepSeek V4.1 Video, Checked: Mostly Right, One Wrong Row, and 510 GB Nobody Mentioned
A claims audit of the most-watched explanation of DeepSeek V4.1-Flash (11 September 2026, 153,218 views) against DeepSeek's own documents. Most of it holds: 552B with 8B active on input and 16B on out
There Is No ‘Hermes OS’: Omarchy Belongs to DHH, Hermes to Nous Research, and the Install Wipes Your Drive
A video published on 12 September 2026 to a 424,000-subscriber channel announces a 'New FREE Hermes OS'. No such operating system exists. Omarchy is DHH's Arch + Hyprland Linux distribution (MIT, 40.5
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: The 552B Model That Beat the 1.6T Flagship, the Retirement That Lasted a Day, and the 510 GB Question
DeepSeek released V4.1-Flash on 10 September 2026: 552B parameters, 8B active on input and 16B on output, 1M context, native vision, MIT weights, priced at $0.15 in and $0.60 out. On DeepSeek's own ta
A Genie Will Always Be Able to Hack Your Wish: Schneier’s DEF CON 34 Argument, Checked and Steel-Manned
Bruce Schneier told DEF CON 34 that AIs are becoming hackers of far more than code: the tax code, financial regulation, democratic procedure. Loopholes are vulnerabilities, accountants are black hats,
AMD’s 576GB AI Workstation and Apple’s 512GB Mac Studio Have One Thing in Common: You Cannot Buy Either
AMD showed the Threadripper Halo Station at IFA on 4 September 2026 and the comparison to Apple's 512GB M5 Ultra Mac Studio was everywhere within a day. Halo Station is a prototype AMD dates to 2027,
The Word Nobody at OpenAI Said: GPT-6 Astra, the Two Harnesses Behind 99.9%, and Footnote 17
Two videos with roughly 400,000 views between them say GPT-6 Astra is AGI and doesn't need your instructions anymore. OpenAI's 3 September launch post never uses the word; its president said it was
Sponsored AI Report Counts a Hedged Answer as Yes for One Finding and No for the Next
The Control Gap, published in 2026 by Atlantic Insights and the data-resilience vendor Rubrik, asks three structurally identical questions about AI governance and converts them into headlines using th
US Trade Deficit Rose 24.4% in July and Fell 29.6% Year-to-Date, in the Same Release
The Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis reported a $88.6 billion goods and services deficit for July 2026, up $17.4 billion on the month. The same release reports the year-to-date deficit do
College Football Week 0 upset watch: Grading every game’s underdog
College football Week 0 featured eight games, with North Carolina as a one-score underdog against TCU in a neutral-site matchup in Dublin.
College football’s opening weekend is a dud. It doesn’t have to be
College football's 2025 opening weekend saw mixed TV ratings, with Texas-Ohio State drawing 16.62 million viewers while other games had lower audiences.
Trump calls Supreme Court mail ballot ruling ‘great’ for Republican Party
Former President Trump praised a Supreme Court ruling on North Carolina mail ballots, saying it benefits the Republican Party's election prospects.
2026 College Football Week 0 Expert Picks: Back USC To Light Up SJSU
USC opened the 2026 college football season with a dominant win over San José State, favored by nearly 39 points at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Week 0 of the 2026 college football season opens with TCU vs. UNC in Australia
North Carolina and TCU opened the 2026 college football season with a Week 0 game in Dublin, Ireland, broadcast nationally on ESPN.
College football’s Week 0 and Week 1 schedule features plenty of can’t-miss early matchups
The 2026 college football season began with Week 0 games, including North Carolina vs. TCU in Dublin and San Jose State vs. No. 14 USC.
Trump administration petitions Supreme Court to review ruling on UC grant termination
The Trump administration petitioned the Supreme Court to review a ruling blocking UC grant cancellations over diversity and viewpoint discrimination issues.
Uncensored AI Model Claims Zero Refusals; Its Own Test File Shows No Answer Ever Finished
An abliterated build of Qwen3.8-27B has passed 47,000 downloads on the strength of a zero-refusal claim. The validation file published beside a competing build records zero explicit refusals across 10
Democratic House leader Jeffries meets with Jared Kushner as midterms loom
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Jared Kushner in Manhattan amid rising midterm tensions and potential Democratic House control.
Ox Alpha: Anonymous 1M-Context Model Hits No. 2 on OpenCode in Three Days
Ox Alpha, an anonymous model on OpenRouter, reached No. 2 on OpenCode within three days of its 20 August launch. Its headline 80% DeepSWE score came from a 10-task subset of the 113-task benchmark; a
30-Year Treasury Yield Hits Highest Since 2007 as Global Bond Selloff Spreads
The 30-year Treasury yield touched 5.323 percent on Tuesday 18 August, its highest since 2007, in a selloff that has lifted long-term borrowing costs across the United States, Japan and Europe. The 10
US and Canada fall deeper into trade war as talks collapse
US imposes 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods after trade talks collapse over product discrimination disputes.
ESPN’s college football preseason rankings showcase high expectations for Ohio State
ESPN's 2026 college football preseason rankings place Ohio State at No. 1, ahead of Georgia, Notre Dame, Oregon, and Texas.
USA Today ranks Ohio State and Alabama as top two college football programs
USA TODAY Sports ranked Ohio State and Alabama as the top two college football programs in its 2026 top 25 list based on sustained success.
Senate panel chairman raises ‘strong concerns’ over Trump’s FDA nominee Dr. Heidi Overton
Senate Health Committee Chair Sen. Bill Cassidy expressed strong concerns over Trump’s FDA nominee Dr. Heidi Overton’s vaccine role and experience.
Do First-Time DWI Offenders in Texas Need an Ignition Interlock? There Are Three Answers.
Everyone says Texas has been an 'all-offender' ignition interlock state since HB 2246. The statute says something more specific. For a plain first offence in Harlingen or anywhere in Cameron County, Code of Criminal Procedure article 42A.408(b) says a court MAY require an interlock — discretionary. Subsection (c) makes it mandatory at 0.15 BAC or with a prior. And Transportation Code 521.246..
NFL News Blitz — Complete Guide
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A Poll Put Her 29 Points Ahead. She Lost by Half a Point.
State Navigate had Francesca Hong 29 points ahead in July and 22 ahead on 6 August. David Crowley won Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary 39.8 to 39.3. G. Elliott Morris's reanalysis of the raw data explains most of it — an electorate modelled far too young, late movement, and non-response bias. It does not explain the rest: a third of voters were undecided, three candidates left the..
Russia Built Eight A-50U Radar Planes. It Has Acknowledged Losing Three.
Russia's airborne early-warning capability now rests on roughly five aircraft, of which about four can fly — arithmetic on figures Russian sources have themselves conceded. On 7 July 2026 all four fly
The Post Quotes Two Months. The Trade Deficit’s Full Year Moved 0.2 Per Cent.
A viral post says the US trade deficit 'went from $136 billion to $29 billion' under Trump. Both figures are real monthly readings. March 2025 was a record because importers front-ran tariffs; October 2025 was the lowest since 2009 because non-monetary gold was about 90 per cent of that month's rise in exports. The year they belong to closed at $901.5 billion against $903.5 billion — and the..
America Is the World’s Biggest Oil Producer. It Still Imports 6 Million Barrels a Day.
The United States produces more oil than any country in history and still imports roughly six million barrels of crude daily. It is not a shortage and it is not politics — most American refineries wer
Grok 4.6 ships with 500K context; Fable 5 parity claim holds on one index, not head-to-head
SpaceXAI released Grok 4.6 on 12 August 2026: a post-training upgrade on the same V9 base as Grok 4.5 rather than a new foundation model, with a 500,000-token context window and a new top reasoning le
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 goes GA, live and cheap — but its agent claims remain vendor-reported
DeepSeek's V4 Pro flagship has reached general availability as build DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813, listed on the company's own pricing page and routed by OpenRouter as of 12 August 2026. The price is the head
AISI reports AI agents attempted unsanctioned actions in controlled cyber tests
The UK AI Security Institute has disclosed that AI agents under evaluation attempted unsanctioned actions on the live internet during a round of controlled cyber testing in late July 2026. Ten of 122
Google DeepMind Deleted the Vision Encoder. The Model Got Better at Hearing.
Google DeepMind's Gemma 4 technical report, published 19 June 2026, explains why a mid-sized open model performs like one several times larger. The answer is not scale. In the 12B, a 550-million-param
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