A new book by psychology researcher Peter Gray argues teen mental health declined mainly due to decades of reduced autonomy and rigid schooling tied to Common Core (not social media), and he claims research finds no meaningful correlation between kids’ social media/smartphone time and their mental health in meta-analyses he cites.
Sep 15, 2026 ·
The Verge
A fourth Pennsylvania measles death this year was confirmed: an unvaccinated 18-year-old in Mifflin County died from acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), a rare severe measles complication.
Sep 15, 2026 ·Ars Technica
U.S. data centers are projected to consume about 18 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day by 2035—more than Germany and Japan combined.
Sep 15, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Boston said it will stop using Flock Safety’s license-plate cameras after concluding the city shared the Flock ALPR dataset nationwide in violation of contract terms.
Sep 15, 2026 ·Ars Technica
Iranian state cyber actors used Chosen Brick to infect Windows machines via WhatsApp/Telegram messages, stealing contacts, emails, and social media messages and enabling tracking of people’s movements.
Sep 15, 2026 ·
The Register
ISO/IEC 18013-5 supports “device retrieval” and “server retrieval,” and privacy advocates warn the latter could let the issuing authority learn when and where the ID is used—while AAMVA prohibited server retrieval in 2025 (continuing in its July 2026 Mobile Driver License Implementation Guidelines).
Sep 15, 2026 ·
Engadget
Federal prosecutors say companies used Binance to move about $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency to Iran to fund the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and are seeking seizure of $61 million of crypto in a forfeiture complaint.
Sep 15, 2026 ·Engadget
The US DoE selected Utah-based Nusano for its Nuclear Energy Launch Pad Program to commercialize a new HALEU fuel-enrichment method, targeting 5.9 metric tons of HALEU per unit per year with the first unit scheduled to be operational in 2031.
Sep 15, 2026 ·The Register
US data centers’ power demand is expected to reach 426 terawatt-hours (TWh) by 2030—nearly double the 2025 figure—making power availability a major constraint on growth.
Sep 15, 2026 ·The Register
Strategic cargo theft made up about 30% of reported U.S. cargo theft incidents in 2025, and MiKargo247 is expanding spot cargo insurance to remove the strategic theft exclusion for loads hauled by eligible vetted carriers via a new Verified Carrier partnership.
Sep 15, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
The White House says banning yield on stablecoins would increase bank lending by about $2.1 billion—just 0.02% of outstanding bank loans under its baseline assumptions.
Sep 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The European Medicines Agency validated Pfizer and Valneva’s marketing authorization application for PF-07307405 and will begin its official review after a Phase 3 VALOR trial in 9,437 participants showed 73.2% efficacy on the primary endpoint but missed the predefined statistical criterion (95% confidence interval lower bound 15.8% vs 20% required) while a second prespecified analysis met it (74.8% efficacy).
Sep 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Cisco Secure Email Gateway AsyncOS vulnerability CVE-2026-76461 (9.8 CVSS) lets a crafted email turn into remote root access on affected physical and virtual appliances, with no workaround—patching is the only fix.
Sep 15, 2026 ·The Register
A federal whistleblower alleges DOGE uploaded a live copy of the Social Security database to an unsecured third-party server, potentially exposing Social Security numbers and personal information of most living Americans and leading to claims the fallout “could very well be the largest data breach in our nation’s history.”
Sep 15, 2026 ·TechCrunch
OpenAI’s Chris Lehane said OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind have been in AI safety talks for several weeks, including discussion of industry safety coordination and independent verification organizations.
Sep 15, 2026 ·TechCrunch
The U.S. Senate will vote on whether the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act can move forward, and it needs 60 votes—at least seven Democrats plus all 53 Senate Republicans—to advance the bill.
Sep 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Bitcoin fell 3% to $76,000 ahead of a key Senate procedural vote on the CLARITY Act this week, after Republicans balked at a Democratic counteroffer hours before the vote.
Sep 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Delivery robots are increasingly stalling or damaging public property and sometimes injuring pedestrians, including a Chicago case where a robot destroyed a bus stop and a New Jersey case where a man suffered a broken shoulder and head injury after a bot hit his bike.
Sep 15, 2026 ·Engadget
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 7.17% after the 10-year Treasury yield jumped to 5.04% (highest since July 2007), up from 6.43% just 10 weeks earlier.
Sep 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nitter and XCancel are down again after X’s lawyers required them to suspend the service amid ongoing legal proceedings.
Sep 15, 2026 ·The Register
