The Nördlinger Ries is a large circular impact crater in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, Germany, that formed a lake covering roughly 400 square kilometers before silting up over about two million years. Buildings in the town of Nördlingen were constructed from local stone containing an estimated 72,000 tonnes of microscopic diamonds, created when the impact struck a graphite deposit. The same event is also linked to moldavite tektites scattered as far as 450 kilometers away in the Czech Republic.
Trezor has revised the scope of its August data breach, now saying 81,000 customers were affected instead of the roughly 14,000 first reported. The increase stems from logistics partner ShipMonk failing to delete older records as its contract required, exposing details of 67,000 additional U.S. customers who ordered between November 2019 and August 2021.
Home Depot's Labor Day sale includes $50 off Weber's Kettle and Spirit E-210 grills, with the green Kettle model available at half price for $100. The retailer is also offering buy-one-get-one deals on Milwaukee power tools, including a free M18 Fuel impact driver with battery purchase, plus discounts on Ryobi landscaping equipment.
Lululemon Athletica's stock fell more than 20% in premarket trading Friday after the company reported weaker-than-expected sales in China. The slowdown followed a viral controversy in May involving a promotional drum event that appears to have damaged the brand's standing with Chinese consumers. The stock is now down 42% year-to-date.
The World Meteorological Organization has issued its most confident El Niño forecast ever, putting the odds at nearly 100% that the current event will persist through February 2027. Officials say this El Niño, driven by unusually warm eastern Pacific waters, is on track to become the strongest ever recorded, with UN Secretary-General António Guterres warning it is being 'supersized.' The phenomenon is already disrupting weather patterns globally and is expected to intensify further in coming months.
Oura is extending its Menopause Impact Scale, a self-reported questionnaire it launched in May that measures how menopause symptoms affect quality of life, beyond its own app. Ten partners—including Alloy Health, Gennev, Wisp, Pomelo, Maven, Tia, Xella, Oova, Mira and Hertility—will now integrate the scoring tool into their care and tracking services. The scale evaluates 22 symptoms across seven categories such as sleep, cognition, body image and hot flashes, and results can be exported as a PDF to share with providers.
OpenAI has begun showing advertisements to users on its free tier and the 399-rupee ($4) Go plan in India, one of its biggest markets by user activity. The feature, already active in 38 countries including the US, Japan, South Korea and much of Europe, excludes users who are or are predicted to be under 18.
T-Mobile has filed new disclosures showing 63 layoffs spread across 13 locations in Washington state as part of an ongoing wave of workforce reductions in 2026. The carrier has also been shutting down retail stores nationwide alongside these job cuts.
Reports indicate OpenAI and Google are both losing key AI researchers to competitors and startups, though the departures are affecting each company differently in terms of scale and strategic impact. Separately, Nvidia has committed an additional $6 billion to support open-weight AI models, while rare-book dealers report a surge in sales tied to AI-era demand, alongside mixed feelings about that trend.
A contributor to Entrepreneur, involved in launching the Louisiana Impact Fund's CXO Leadership Program, describes what she calls the 'plateau paradox' — the point where continued success stops translating into growth. She outlines three mindset shifts that helped her move past stagnation, starting with widening perspective from individual contributor to enterprise-level thinker.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared her egg-freezing journey with followers on Instagram, including footage of her first hormone injection. She addressed common questions about the procedure, such as cost and duration, that many women typically navigate privately without workplace disclosure.
Pixel 11 owners are reporting severe graphical glitches that make Genshin Impact unplayable, a problem tied to the Tensor G6 chip's PowerVR GPU, which HoYoverse says doesn't meet the game's minimum requirements. Google confirmed it is working with HoYoverse on an optimization fix expected in an upcoming Genshin Impact update.
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