The Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation have launched a trial of a new AI system called Strategic Management of Airspace Routes and Trajectories, or SMART, at Reagan National, Dulles International and BWI Thurgood Marshall airports. The $875 million system pulls together roughly 200 data streams covering flight paths, weather and staffing to predict delays and cancellations and suggest actions to controllers, who retain final decision-making authority.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-23
Logitech unveiled four new Pro-line gaming peripherals: the Pro X3 Superstrike Mouse ($200, Oct. 6), Pro X Control Mousepad ($60, Oct. 8), Pro X2 Rapid Gaming Keyboard ($230, available now), and Pro X3 Lightspeed Gaming Headset ($250, Oct. 8). Each product adds new technology, including a haptic trigger system in the mouse, magnetic switches with Rapid Trigger in the keyboard, and a 70-hour battery with 10-band EQ in the headset.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-23
A developer describes discovering that git supports two additional ignore mechanisms beyond the well-known .gitignore file: a per-clone .git/info/exclude file and a global excludes file set via the core.excludesFile config option. Neither of these files gets committed to the repository, unlike .gitignore, making them suited for personal scratch files and editor or OS clutter respectively. The writer says an AI coding assistant, Claude, prompted the discovery by suggesting untracked personal notes be added to .git/info/exclude.
mihai.dinculescu.dev
· 2026-09-23
Remedy's Control Resonant is a sequel to 2019's Control, playable in any order, set in a warped, gravity-bending open-world version of Manhattan rather than the original's Oldest House. Players control Dylan Faden, brother of original protagonist Jesse, wielding a shapeshifting melee weapon as he fights the Hiss and searches for his missing sister.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-23
Garmin has released a software update giving the Venu 4 all-day fall detection, which sends live location alerts to chosen contacts if the wearer falls. The update also adds hands-free 'OK Garmin' voice control and running tools like Quick Workout and Run Coach plans to devices including the Fenix 8 series, Venu 4 and X1, and Vivoactive 6. The rollout is underway now via Garmin Connect or Garmin Explore and may take a few weeks to reach all eligible devices.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-23
Researchers from the PsychAD consortium describe training single-nucleus transcriptomic imputation models (snTIMs) using single-nucleus RNA sequencing data from more than 6 million nuclei drawn from brain tissue of 1,494 donors. The work involved dividing donors into ancestry groups, harmonizing genotype data across multiple sequencing and array platforms, and building ancestry-specific reference panels to align training and target cohorts, including data from the Million Veteran Program.
nature.com
· 2026-09-23
Researchers analyzed bank account activity to identify patterns consistent with coercive financial control in relationships, such as irregular withdrawals or restricted access to funds. The findings suggest that transaction data left by abusers could serve as a detectable signature of abuse.
nature.com
· 2026-09-23
Todd Sheridan Yeary, a 13-year air traffic control veteran, publicly criticized the FAA's planned AI system SMART (Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories), saying its intended use—predictive versus prescriptive—remains unclear even to aviation professionals. He said his top concern is that the AI could 'hallucinate' inaccurate data, and insisted any deployment must allow human controllers to override its outputs.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-22
A communications failure at the FAA's Philadelphia air traffic control facility knocked out radar and communications for hours on Monday, after its primary line failed and a backup fiber optic line was accidentally cut by railroad construction crews. The disruption halted flights at Newark, LaGuardia, JFK and Philadelphia airports, with over 600 Newark flights and more than 200 Philadelphia flights canceled before operations gradually resumed by evening.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-22
PITAKA has released a new case collection for the iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and Duo, including the Edge, Cairn, and Summa models, all starting at $59.99. The lineup uses the company's woven aramid fiber construction alongside a new Mammoth Resin material that PITAKA claims boosts drop protection by 80% over the prior generation. 9to5Mac readers can get 10% off through October 9 using a promo code.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-22
MIT researchers built an AI-based two-part control system for their insect-scale flying robot, boosting its top speed by roughly 450 percent and acceleration by about 250 percent over prior versions. The upgraded robot managed ten consecutive body flips in 11 seconds while resisting wind gusts, matching flight traits seen in real insects.
sciencedaily.com
· 2026-09-22
Git 2.56 ships with over 700 non-merge commits, introducing an experimental 'git history drop' subcommand that removes a specific commit and replays subsequent history, though it fails on repositories containing merge commits. The release also expands 'git refs' with create, delete, update, and rename subcommands, and adds several smaller usability improvements like pull suggestions in 'git status' and a '--delete-merged' flag for 'git branch'.
lwn.net
· 2026-09-21
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