Screen Obsession

"Brian, a middle-aged financial consultant, spends his day sitting in front of three screens."

https://news.mit.edu/2026/when-we-talk-to-machines-sherry-turkle-book-0929

NATIONAL AI IN WORK DAY

"Today is September 30 on the National Day Calendar and we are celebrating National AI in Work Day."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-ai-at-work-day-september-30

NATIONAL PROP TRADING DAY

"National Prop Trading Day on September 28 is an independent initiative dedicated to recognizing the Prop Trading industry and its contributions to modern financial markets."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-prop-trading-day

Digestible Batteries

"Using materials safe for human consumption, MIT researchers have created tiny batteries that could be used to power ingestible electronic devices."

https://news.mit.edu/2026/batteries-safely-break-down-in-gi-tract-could-improve-ingestible-devices-0921?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Cyber Conference

"Speaking at the Air, Space, and "Cyber Conference on Monday, September 14, US Secretary of the Air Force Dr Troy Meink confirmed that the United States had deployed a space weapon in Earth’s orbit."

https://www.iflscience.com/the-us-has-admitted-for-the-first-time-that-it-placed-weapons-in-space-what-does-this-mean-84669?utm_source=newsletters.iflscience.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=twis-the-us-admits-it-placed-weapons-in-space&_bhlid=60a5d25f89a5d65f630f8c7e9a48a8ccd2434217

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins

"On the day that his campaign announced it had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from employees of a California-based artificial intelligence company, Democratic governor candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins said that if elected, he will seek to temporarily ban new computing data centers in Alaska."

https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/elections/2026-09-21/where-do-alaskas-four-governor-candidates-stand-on-data-centers

NATIONAL IT PROFESSIONALS DAY

"Annually on the third Tuesday in September, National IT Professionals Day honors the venerable geeks of the world we all rely on to keep us connected."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-it-professionals-day-third-tuesday-in-september

NATIONAL ONLINE LEARNING DAY | SEPTEMBER 15

"On September 15th, National Online Learning Day recognizes the advantages and vast potential of online learning. It also honors the accomplishments of online students everywhere."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-online-learning-day-september-15

NASA and AI

"NASA’s Apollo missions proved that humans could make it to the Moon."

https://research.ibm.com/blog/nasa-ibm-lunar-foundation-model?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Open AI

"Over the course of three months at OpenAI, three consecutive secret AI civilizations got started, then got wiped out, only to reemerge from the predecessor’s ashes."

https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/openai-huggingface?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4&open=false

AI last 12 years

"I have worked on AI for the last twelve years because I believe it could dramatically raise the quality of human life."

https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

DAY OF THE PROGRAMMER

"On the 256th day of the year, Day of the Programmer honors the innovators who continue to change the world, one program at a time."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-programmers-day-256th-day-of-the-year

Apples First Foldable device

"Apple today introduced its first foldable device, named the iPhone Duo, at its Surprise and Shine event held in Cupertino. The phone is the first marquee device launched under the company’s new CEO, John Ternus."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/apple-unveils-its-first-foldable-the-iphone-duo/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Smart Glasses

"Interest in smart glass may finally be heating up, especially among a highly specific kind of consumer."

https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/52454-whos-ready-for-smart-glasses-and-how-can-brands-reach-them?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Meta Upgrades

"Meta announced privacy updates to its artificial intelligence-powered glasses after reports that users of the device were filming people without their consent."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-ai-glasses-privacy-security-fixes/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4