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GitLab reported widespread 503 errors on GitLab.com beginning around 23:04 UTC on September 24, 2026, impacting the website and API among other components. The company said it identified the cause and was working on mitigation, later reporting signs of recovery by 23:44 UTC while the fix remained ongoing.
NASA is testing the X-59, an experimental supersonic aircraft with an elongated nose designed to flatten sonic booms into quieter thumps rather than sharp cracks. Program manager Peter Coen says the plane continues NASA's 80-year 'X-plane' tradition, dating back to the 1947 Bell X-1, of building single-purpose aircraft to test one specific technical goal cheaply.
Apple released version 4.4 of its Apple Sports app, adding real-time tournament draws for tennis Grand Slams and 1000-level events, letting users track matchups and results round by round. The update also expands soccer coverage to include the Australian A-League Men, Egyptian Premier League, Israeli Premier League, and South African Premiership.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that high organizational standards function less as a tool for competitive achievement and more as a protective filter, screening out misaligned hires, partnerships and habits before they create costly friction. The author, drawing on experience in multiple executive roles, advises leaders to set clear behavioral and communication expectations early and raise them as the company scales.
Activision's Season 1 update for Modern Warfare 4 will add a Warzone toggle that replaces other players' non-standard skins with default Operator appearances. The setting is off by default and only affects how other players appear to the user enabling it; a player's own chosen skin remains visible to themselves regardless.
Tesla held a ribbon-cutting for its first high-volume Semi manufacturing facility in Sparks, Nevada, nearly a decade after unveiling the heavy-duty electric truck. The company has already secured commitments including a 2,500-truck order from industry coalition ZET SCALE and a 500-truck order from trucking firm Einride, with deliveries beginning this month.
The CDC has begun allowing states to order 2026–2027 COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccines for Children program, ending a delay of nearly a month despite FDA approval of the shots in late August. HHS initially said procurement decisions had not been finalized, and an unnamed source told The Washington Post the holdup partly stemmed from unfinished clinical guidance requiring outside expert review.
A newly reported cryptanalysis technique can compromise 1,024-bit RSA encryption without fully factoring the key, requiring an estimated 1,380 CPU core-years of computation. That figure is far below the roughly 500,000 to 1 million CPU core-years previously estimated to factor such a key directly.
Tesla held an event at its new Semi factory near Gigafactory Nevada, announcing that the truck is now in volume production and that first deliveries have begun this week. The company said the plant can build up to 50,000 trucks annually and listed new and existing customers including PepsiCo, US Foods, DHL, WattEV, ABF, Einride, IMC and OK Produce.
Meta's Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 glasses offer up to 9 hours of battery life (versus 8 for Gen 2) and up to 50 hours with the charging case (versus 48). The Gen 3 also gains a sixth microphone with a redesigned array for better noise reduction, and inherits an action button from Meta's other glasses lines that can trigger Meta AI, capture photos, or be customized for other shortcuts, unlike the Gen 2's capture-only button.
Code inside version 17.61.19.sa.arm64 of the Google app shows Gemini building its own light/dark mode switch that would override the phone's system-wide setting, without affecting the rest of the Google app. The same teardown also reveals work on a new notification history screen for Gemini.
Disney introduced Ludwig Von Drake, Donald Duck's eccentric scientist uncle, on television on September 24, 1961, as part of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. The character, designed to explain scientific concepts to audiences, drew inspiration in part from Space Age rocket scientists including Wernher von Braun, who consulted on Disney's earlier Tomorrowland programming.