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The House of Representatives has trimmed its September calendar down to only four voting days, sharply reducing the window for lawmakers to act on pending legislation. Among the bills losing time is the CLARITY Act, considered the crypto industry's top remaining legislative priority in Congress.
At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Lenovo showed off two concept devices: Project Swan, a 14-inch laptop whose screen horizontally extends to 17 inches, and Project AeroBlade, a laptop design featuring a ventless cooling system aimed at cutting fan noise without sacrificing performance. Alongside these prototypes, Lenovo also previewed upcoming retail products including a new OLED monitor, high-end desktop PCs and additional consumer laptops set to launch within the next year.
Kalshi, an online prediction market, announced it has permanently banned former Republican Congressman George Santos after determining he likely used insider knowledge to profit from a bet against his own attendance at the State of the Union address. The company said this marks the first permanent ban it has ever issued.
The ATF confirmed a cyberattack on a standalone system separate from its main network, formally classifying it as a 'major incident' that requires notifying Congress within a week. An ATF spokesperson said the affected system held sensitive data, including targets of ATF investigations. The Qilin ransomware gang has claimed responsibility on its leak site, though it has not published proof such as stolen data samples.
OpenStreetMap US has designated OldInsuranceMaps.net (OIM), a platform digitizing and georeferencing historic Sanborn Insurance Maps, as one of its Charter Projects. Started by Adam Cox at Louisiana State University in 2022, OIM now hosts over 1,200 Sanborn maps sourced largely from the Library of Congress, supported by a volunteer community of georeferencers.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has proposed incorporating images, diagrams or visual aids into legislative text, arguing current bills are written in dense language accessible mainly to Capitol Hill insiders. She frames the idea as a way to make lawmaking more transparent and understandable to ordinary citizens rather than only policy staffers.