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Michigan Escapes Western Michigan After Controversial Hail Mary — 1dMichigan escaped Western Michigan 13-12 when a review added one second to the clock, enabling Bryce Underwood to launch a 47-yard Hail Mary to JJ Buchanan for the winning score. Kyle Whittingham, in his debut, acknowledged a challenging game and the controversial finish, while postgame reporting highlighted the dramatic turnaround and ongoing questions about preparation and execution.

Maya Lindstrom against Western Michigan should be a wake-up call, not a reason to celebrate. Underwood bailed them out big time.

Cathay and Google expand AI trials to curb contrails on ultra-long-haul flights — 9hCathay Pacific and Google are expanding AI-powered trials to predict contrail formation and adjust flight paths, aiming to reduce the aviation sector’s climate impact by enabling altitude or route changes on ultra-long-haul and other routes across the Asia-Pacific region. The program, which involves real-world operational data and partnerships with NGOs, seeks to broaden understanding of contrail avoidance and scale sustainable practices across Cathay’s global network.

Jared Kim Nice to see an airline actually testing this in real operations instead of just modeling it on paper. Contrails are a bigger warming factor than people realize.

WMO warns wildfire smoke may be undercounting tens of thousands of deaths — 14hGlobal health and ecosystems are at risk as the WMO warns that escalating wildfires and heatwaves are eroding progress in air quality, calling for coordinated climate and air-pollution policies and enhanced monitoring of PM2.5, ground-level ozone, black carbon, and microplastics. The bulletin also highlights that wildfire-derived PM2.5 can be more toxic and may lead to underestimations of mortality, with hotspots and long-term averages showing troubling trends in places like northwestern Spain, northern Canada, and parts of Africa.

Tom Gallagher My asthma got way worse during that smoky week last summer and I bet none of that shows up in official death counts anywhere.

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Boy Killed, Sister Critically Injured in Michigan SUV Crash — 1dTwo siblings, a 12-year-old boy and his 13-year-old sister, were struck by a westbound Ford Explorer on Grand River Avenue in Leroy Township and the boy died at the scene while the sister was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries; both were wearing helmets and investigators say alcohol or drugs did not appear to be factors. The driver, a 64-year-old Williamston woman, was not injured and authorities emphasize motorists must give bicyclists at least three feet of passing space as the investigation continues.

Blue Jays' playoff push clouded by four new injury concerns — 1dThe Toronto Blue Jays, despite a late-season playoff push, face a battered rotation with multiple injuries and troubling updates on several veterans, including Cody Ponce’s distant return, Patrick Corbin’s season-long outlook, Luis Urias’s reinjury, and Jameson Taillon’s likely IL stint after his latest start. Still, they have steadied with series wins over the Royals and others, leaning on resilient performances and minor-depth reinforcements as they chase a playoff berth.

Nicole Hardy Corbin's season basically over and Ponce still a ways out... rotation is held together with tape at this point.

Tarleton State Claims Second FBS Win, 20-13Sports — 3dTarleton State's football opened the season with a 20-13 upset of Bowling Green, powered by Tylan Hines's 250 rushing yards and a key fourth-down stop that preserved the win as the program pursues back-to-back FBS wins. Meanwhile, the women's soccer team has four draws this season, most recently a 0-0 tie with UIW, after a 4-2 win at Grambling and a forthcoming Sunday match against Houston Christian.

FDA Clears Roche Blood Test for Alzheimer’sHealth — 4dNew Alzheimer’s research and diagnostics are advancing from blood-based biomarkers to preventive therapies, with Roche’s pTau217 test and other blood tests enabling earlier, more accessible diagnosis, alongside studies exploring disease prevention in asymptomatic individuals. Concurrently, the Alzheimer’s prevention trial with Trontinemab and Roche’s oncology/diagnostics partnerships underscore a broader shift toward early intervention and broader test accessibility across the care continuum.

Memphis Nightclub Raid Nets 121 Arrests, Five Records IdentifiedPolitics — 5dMemphis authorities say federal agents conducting Operation Corral Light arrested 121 people at the El Corralón nightclub on Aug. 30, a raid that grew out of a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe into illegal gambling and narcotics rather than immigration, with the city insisting local police were not involved in planning. Only five detainees were publicly identified with prior criminal histories, and advocates describe detainees being moved between facilities as ICE and other agencies conducted the operation amid concerns about legality and interagency coordination.

Clearmind Plans $2.5M Acquisition of EV Charging Stake — 3dClearmind Medicine has agreed to acquire a 51% stake in Charging Robotics for $2.5 million and will extend a $1.5 million loan at 4% interest, with closing targeted for the week of September 7, 2026. Charging Robotics provides wireless 10 kW charging for automated parking facilities and autonomous platforms, enabling continuous, plug-free charging integrated into robotic parking and robotaxi workflows in dense urban settings.

Tom Gallagher The 4% loan on top of the equity stake makes this look more like a bailout than a strategic investment. Curious how Charging Robotics' cash flow looks.

BASF sues Apple over seven Face ID patents — 4dBASF, via its trinamiX unit, has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit in a U.S. District Court in Midland, Texas, accusing Apple of using Face ID technology that allegedly infringes seven BASF patents across iPhone and iPad models, and seeking damages and an injunction. The filing date is September 3, 2026, and Apple has not issued a public comment on the case, which BASF frames as enabling privacy-preserving, spoof-resistant facial recognition through its 3D and near-infrared techniques.

Sam Okafor Seven patents is a lot to lose on all at once. Either BASF has a real case here or they're hoping Apple settles rather than fight all of them.

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Storie Vault expansion lets fans help shape story directionTech — 4dStorie Vault unveiled a major expansion adding community features, expanded genres, and more contests to deepen engagement between writers and readers, while enabling fans to influence story direction and collaborate with creators. The update positions the platform as a more interactive hub for original online fiction beyond traditional publishing.

Sam Okafor More genres and contests is great, but I hope the "community input" doesn't water down the author's original vision over time.

Former NFL cornerback Alphonso Smith dies at 40 after troubling social media post — 4dAlphonso Smith Jr., a former Wake Forest defensive star who set ACC interception records and later played for the Denver Broncos and Detroit Lions, died at 40 in Florida with TMZ reporting his death by suicide. Reports describe a troubling social media post in which he apologized to his family and referenced childhood trauma, underscoring his mental health struggles.

Roman Space Telescope Launch from Cape Canaveral — Aug 26, 2026Rochester-based L3Harris engineers helped design and refurbish the optical eye of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, enabling unprecedented cosmic surveys and investigations into dark energy. The observatory is slated to launch Sunday at 7:26 a.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, traveling about a million miles to the Sun-Earth L2 point.

Eaton to Invest $242M in North Little Rock Factory — 4dEaton plans to invest over $242 million to build a 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facility in North Little Rock, creating about 1,200 jobs and doubling the company’s U.S. capacity for modular electrical enclosures from its Fibrebond business. The project, developed with local and state partners and following Eaton’s 2025 Fibrebond acquisition, will include hands-on training and career advancement opportunities for workers.

Marcus Bell Curious what tax incentives the state kicked in for this. $242 million is a big number but so is the public cost usually.

Crypto firms urge SEC to avoid blanket ETF rules, Better Markets pushes back — 5dCrypto firms Grayscale, a16z, and the Crypto Council for Innovation urge the SEC to avoid blanket changes that would treat funds holding non-securities as investment companies, urging a product-by-product assessment and support for streamlined review processes; they also back confidential pre-filing and oppose expanding the Investment Company Act to cover novel ETFs. Meanwhile, Better Markets argues that certain event-contract or sports/election-focused ETFs amount to gambling and should not be allowed under the ETF wrapper, urging the SEC to preserve investor protection and avoid misalignment with ETF purposes.

Jared Kim Confidential pre-filing sounds nice for companies but investors deserve transparency too, not just faster approvals behind closed doors.

Argan Revenue Up 61.5% to $384MBusiness — 6dArgan posted record Q2 revenue, gross margin, net income and adjusted EBITDA, with progress across its Power, Industrial and Teledata segments and a decline in project backlog. Across the other reports, Arbonia saw 2.3% organic revenue growth in H1 2026 with ERP-related EBITDA impact, AROBS delivered 36% revenue growth and a doubling of net profit in H1, Argo Gold turned to a net profit in the first half, and Argo Corporation posted a sharp rise in Q2 sales with a swing to net income for the six months.

Nicaragua approves Ortega-backed reform banning opposition — Aug 31, 2026Nicaragua's National Assembly, controlled by the Sandinista Front, unanimously approved a constitutional reform that bars opponents labeled as traitors to the homeland or coup plotters from running and extends the presidential term from six to seven years, potentially enabling repeated rule by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. The reform, which still requires a second approval in 2027 to take full effect, has drawn condemnation from the United States, European Union, and human-rights groups who warn it could end competitive elections, with Ortega signaling there will be no elections.

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Glass substrates and laser cooling target AI chip's growing heat problem — 6dTRUMPF’s HiPIMS-enabled through-glass vias aim to pack more AI-computing power into chips by enabling reliable, high-yield glass-substrate packaging for next-generation processors, while its ultrashort-pulse lasers support integrated chip cooling to address heat bottlenecks. Alongside these advances, iCometrue is promoting copper-block solutions to drastically reduce TPVs/TGVs for power delivery in large AI multi-chip packages, illustrating a packaging-driven shift in AI chip design.

Maya Lindstrom Power delivery gets ignored until it becomes the bottleneck. Copper blocks instead of tons of tiny vias makes sense for these massive multi-chip AI packages.

WFP Halves West Bank Aid Amid Funding Shortfall — 6dThe World Food Programme says it is halving its West Bank food assistance from 400,000 to 200,000 due to a funding shortfall, highlighting a doubling of needs and about 900,000 food-insecure people in the territory. The funding gap is affecting Gaza as well (about 1.5 million people) with a six‑month funding requirement of $386 million to avert further cuts.

Chris Dalton $386 million over six months sounds like a lot until you compare it to what gets spent on far less urgent things. Priorities are messed up.