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Scientists studying a bottlenose dolphin nicknamed Bubbles near Lady Elliott Island have documented it chasing bigeye trevally until the stressed fish regurgitate their stomach contents, which the dolphin then eats. The behavior, observed since at least 2017, is detailed in a new paper in Ecology and Evolution and is described as a rare form of kleptoparasitism among marine mammals.
In a September 2026 post, software commentator Martin Fowler describes conflicting feelings about AI, saying that while large language models can boost productivity, he personally dislikes interacting with them. He cites their unnatural conversational tone and their tendency to confidently state false information as if it were fact, only offering token acknowledgment when corrected.
Instinct, the San Francisco startup valued near $10 billion, has begun rolling out 'Instinct Concierge,' letting its AI agent place calls to handle tasks like booking restaurants without online reservations or resolving billing issues. Meta's Muse assistant has simultaneously added a similar capability, letting users ask it to call U.S. businesses on their behalf, with early access going first to those who request the feature.
Emerald AI has launched the AI Energy Management Alliance with Google, Nvidia and Anthropic, alongside utilities like AES, Constellation, National Grid and NRG Energy. The coalition aims to use demand-response software that lets data centers pause noncritical tasks or shift compute loads during peak grid stress, potentially enabling 100 additional gigawatts of data center capacity to connect to the grid.
Canadian officials have responded positively to a proposal from the European Union that would grant Canada 'associate member' status in some EU framework. The specific scope and terms of the arrangement were not detailed in the available report, which instead focused on an unrelated segment about US interest rate hikes.
Lucid Motors and European ride-hailing platform Bolt announced a partnership under which Bolt aims to deploy at least 25,000 fully autonomous vehicles built on Lucid's upcoming mid-size EV platform. The vehicles would use Nvidia's Hyperion compute and sensing system, though no autonomous driving software provider was named, and no orders or payments have been finalized yet.
A new analysis using satellite observations has identified the 15 highest-emitting methane sources across three major U.S. oil and gas producing basins. The report pinpoints specific facilities and infrastructure responsible for the largest volumes of methane leakage detected from orbit.
Amazon Web Services disclosed on September 15 that drone strikes attributed to Iran destroyed data center infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain so severely that customer data and resources could not be recovered. AWS said the damage crossed multiple availability zones, exceeding the redundancy built into its regional and multi-zone systems, following earlier strikes in March and April that had already caused structural, power and fire-related damage.
A hobbyist building a knife-tracking scraper for Reddit comments replaced expensive per-comment Gemini 3.1 Pro API calls with a fine-tuned version of the open-source GLiNER model. He had Gemini label 4,290 comments once, then used that labeled data to train GLiNER large v2.5 to extract knife brands, models and steel types, spending about $9 total on the labeling step.
The European Commission unveiled the EU Kids Act, a proposal that would bar children under 13 from social media entirely, require parental-managed sub-accounts with restrictions for 13- and 14-year-olds, and only allow independent accounts at 15. The plan also mandates platforms remove addictive design features like infinite scroll, nighttime notifications, and unsolicited contact from strangers, while requiring AI chatbots be disabled by default for minors.
Apple is selling refurbished Apple TV 4K units at reduced prices amid broader hardware price increases in 2026. The 64GB third-generation model now costs $169, a $30 cut from its regular price, while the 128GB version with an Ethernet port is down to $209, a $40 savings. Both refurbished units carry the same one-year warranty as new devices.
A cross-country road trip prompted an examination of self-storage facilities as a defining fixture of American life, alongside churches. The industry, which began mostly as small mom-and-pop operations in the 1970s, has grown into a major institutional asset class, with the U.S. holding roughly 90 percent of global self-storage capacity. Texas leads all states in facility count, while Hawaii has the fewest, and New York City ranks third among metro areas.