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What milestones, technical challenges, and upcoming operations define the ESA–JAXA BepiColombo mission’s arrival at Mercury—from the Septemb
14 sources0BepiColombo has completed the first step of a tightly sequenced Mercury arrival campaign: on 3 September, ESA confirmed successful jettison of the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM), leaving ESA’s MPO and JAXA’s...
Why Meta’s Instagram Suspensions Became a Censorship Test in Albania
16 sources0On September 2, dozens of Instagram accounts linked to Albania’s anti resort protests were disabled or suspended; Meta said it was reviewing the actions and had restored some accounts removed in error.
China’s EUV Gap Is Still Measured in Decades—But Its AI Memory Push Is Moving Faster
13 sources0China is still estimated to be at least a decade—and, in Zeiss semiconductor chief Frank Rohmund’s view, plausibly 15 years—from a competitive EUV lithography machine.
AI Infrastructure Is Fueling a Record Semiconductor Equipment and Memory Buildout
21 sources0AI infrastructure is driving a multi year chip capacity buildout: global semiconductor equipment billings reached a record $40.53 billion in Q2 2026, up 23% year over year and 11% quarter over quarter, while...
Russian Oil Outlook Darkens as Ukrainian Strikes Turn Refinery Damage Into a Crude Constraint
16 sources0Ukrainian strikes are no longer only a refining problem: repeated outages and export bottlenecks are weakening Russia’s crude outlook.
What happened when Instagram disabled dozens—possibly more than 200—accounts belonging to Albanian activists, journalists, and opposition fi
15 sources0The September 2 suspensions removed a key organizing and reporting channel for Albania’s anti resort movement just as protests against the Kushner linked development had become a wider challenge to Prime Min...
Two Quantum Experiments Put Einstein’s Equivalence Principle to the Test
19 sources0Two 2026 experiments found no discrepancy with Einstein’s equivalence principle for quantum matter: an Earth based interferometer measured the predicted phase of a freely falling wave packet, while a China S...
Red Sea Field Trial Tests Probiotics and Postbiotics for Heat-Stressed Corals
13 sources0During a 15 day 2022 Red Sea heatwave trial, selected live probiotic and heat inactivated postbiotic treatments helped heat stressed Acropora cf.
How IBM’s Nighthawk r2 Reaches 100,000 Quantum Circuit Runs per Second
22 sources0IBM Phoenix, IBM’s 120 qubit Nighthawk r2 processor, exceeds 100,000 circuit executions per second—about 25× Heron’s throughput—by cutting the default repetition delay from 250 microseconds to 1 microsecond...
Epic Games Store Free Games Next Week: Astral Ascent and Luftrausers Arrive September 10
20 sources0Astral Ascent and Luftrausers are scheduled to be free to claim on the Epic Games Store from September 10 through September 17, 2026.
Why SAP Stock Rose: Cloud Backlog Strength Meets an AI Monetization Test
24 sources0SAP shares rose roughly 3% on September 3 as investors focused on Q2 cloud momentum: €22.9 billion of cloud backlog, €6.28 billion of cloud revenue and 25% Cloud ERP Suite growth.
Why Eurozone Inflation Jumped to 3.3% as Energy Prices Surged
20 sources0Euro area inflation climbed from 2.9% in July to 3.3% in August 2026 because energy inflation accelerated to 14.3%; the key question for the ECB is whether this supply shock fades or spreads into broader pri...