An out-of-band Windows 11 update fixes a bug that could prevent audio from playing on some USB Audio Class 1.0 headsets, speakers, and USB audio devices—resulting in issues like no audio output, unresponsive/zero volume controls, or a Device Manager “Code 10” error.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
ZDNet
Wickes reported first-half total revenue of £865.3m (up 2.1% YoY) and adjusted PBT of £27.6m (up 1.1% YoY).
Sep 16, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Solar, battery storage and biogas investment tax credits are selling for about 90 to 93 cents per $1 of credit, while technology-neutral ITCs are under more price pressure at about 88 to 91 cents per $1 as corporate buyers gain leverage from a faster supply of credits than demand.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Two or three more working years may change a couple’s retirement budget, but it often has a much smaller impact than people assume after running the “real math” with a CFP.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A 62-year-old with a $1.5 million traditional IRA could consider converting $150,000 per year to a Roth to move RMD-susceptible money into an account that isn’t subject to RMDs, though they’d owe income taxes on the converted amounts in the years of conversion.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
T-Mobile is the only US carrier supporting Apple’s iPhone Handoff at launch, and it charges $5 per month for the feature.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
CNET
Markets priced a 93% chance that the Fed will deliver a 25-basis-point rate hike, with the USD’s move dependent on whether the decision is framed as a one-off response to re-igniting inflation versus the start of a more aggressive tightening cycle.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
ARIA is funding 18 projects under its Enduring Atmospheric Platforms program to keep high-altitude pseudo-satellites (HAPS) operating for up to a week while continuously supplying 300 W of power to a communications payload from above the UK.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
The Register
Meta is developing smart glasses “Luna” that reportedly will not include a camera and is aiming to begin shipping them as soon as October.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
Engadget
Qwen3.8-27B from Alibaba can be run on a high-spec laptop, and community “local AI” developers have been whittling it to fit a wider range of devices—including the author’s M4 MacBook Air—so “near-frontier-level” AI could reach millions of similar devices using free software.
Sep 16, 2026 ·The Register
Gartner expects AI bug-hunting to push organizations toward net drops in vulnerability severity in 2027 after major portions of technical debt are paid down in 2026, potentially easing patching workloads despite high CVE counts this year.
Sep 16, 2026 ·The Register
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals reported $83.2 million in total revenue (+19%) and $37.4 million in net income (+74%) for the three months ended June 30, with diluted EPS up 75% to $0.28.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The S&P 500 fell 0.4% after the Fed’s first interest-rate hike in three years and its forecast that rates may need to rise further, with the median Fed official projecting the federal funds rate will end 2026 at 4.1% (up from the current 3.75% to 4%).
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Chemours narrowed its Q2 net loss to $274 million ($1.81/share) from $380 million ($2.53/share), while free cash flow rose 128% year over year as operating cash flow increased to $158 million from $93 million.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
JDK 27 turns on compact object headers by default (64-bit vs the traditional 96-bit), which SPECjbb2015 benchmark tests found can cut heap space by 22% and CPU time by 8%, without requiring immediate developer code changes.
Sep 16, 2026 ·The Register
LCI Industries’ second-quarter revenue fell 13% year over year to $968.7 million, while net income rose 16% to $67.1 million ($2.75 per diluted share).
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Samsung’s Switchers campaign says 30% of Galaxy Z Flip 8 buyers switched from a competing brand, and reports Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra accounted for 23% and 12% of those switchers, respectively.
Sep 16, 2026 ·CNET
China has published a bilingual “AI Safety Governance Framework” for its third annual cybersecurity week, setting guidelines for labeling AI content and developing systems for rapid AI risk detection.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
CNBC
A new Frontiers in Psychology paper finds that chimpanzee tool use is transmitted from adults to offspring through social learning, with adults modeling the motions and transferring tools so youngsters can mimic them.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Ars Technica
ExxonMobil expects annual LNG sales to rise to 50 million tons by 2030, up from a prior target of 40 million tons, and to keep growing beyond the current decade in line with market demand growth.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
