September 2026
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The Harvest Moon rises beside Saturn on two September evenings
The September full moon reached its peak on September 26 and appears near Saturn in the evening sky on September 26 and 27. It is this year’s Harvest Moon because it is the full moon nearest the September equinox. For viewers with a clear eastern horizon, the pair is visible after sunset without a telescope. The Moon’s rise shifts less than usual from one evening to the next around the equinox.
Trump approves vehicle fuel-economy rules; final text is pending
President Donald Trump says he approved new fuel-economy standards for passenger vehicles, but the final rule has yet to be published. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pointed to a fuller announcement on Monday. The proposal would lower the model-year 2031 fleet average from the Biden-era 50.4 to about 34.5 miles per gallon. Automakers still need the final text to know which target the rule sets.
Tsuda presses TikTok to remove videos alleged to copy his voice
Japanese voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda is seeking removal of TikTok videos he says use an AI copy of his voice. His lawsuit was filed the previous November and had already been reported in May; a Tokyo court decision is expected Wednesday. TikTok disputes that the narration identifies him. The pending decision could address whether the platform must remove videos when a performer alleges an unauthorized voice imitation.
US hobby spending rose faster than transactions in August
Bank of America card data show US hobby spending rose 7.9% year on year in August, while transaction counts increased 3.4%. Spending therefore grew faster than the number of purchases. The category includes arts, crafts and outdoor equipment but excludes travel. Separate official measures showed a 2.7% annual increase in recreation prices and a 10.7% rise in sales at sporting-goods, hobby, music and book stores.
A 15-minute blood-pressure gap in the emergency department
In Ankara, a virtual river and classical music took the drop to about 16 mmHg at 15 minutes in 130 adults. By 60 minutes it met medication alone. This is a congress presentation.
AIHW found no breach, and the traces show attempts
Australia's Institute of Health and Welfare and the Signals Directorate found no evidence of a compromise. The same report says hundreds of agents tried separate routes toward pharmaceutical and aged-care data. A count of attempts is not a count of patient files taken.
Desenrola 3.0 writes stale household credit onto the public account
Lula's Desenrola 3.0 announcement moves an old bank claim onto the state. Moretti's 90 per cent discount does not become a spending flow until the November auction clears.
Eight nonagons, a surface built from integers
Mizhaev's preprint builds a three-hole surface from eight flat nonagons and writes every corner as an integer. The part another person can rebuild is that list and the plane equations.
India's 112 coal plants have an order, and a thin stockpile
The 25 September order runs 112 plants of at least 50 megawatts at maximum available capacity from 1 October through 31 December. Nearly 40 per cent of the coal-fired fleet is already on critically low fuel stocks.
Microsoft ties the new Copilot tabs to a Frontier schedule
Home joins chat with Cowork and opens a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file inside Copilot. The same post dates Home and Code to the following weeks and Autopilot to a private preview at the end of the month.