September 2026
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Inmo Air3 left temple overheats and owners are told to stop
Inmo recalled the Air3 smart glasses after the left temple can overheat during extended use. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission counted 10 reports of a burning sensation on the face, and wrote that the hazard carries a risk of serious injury or death. 604 Now reported a Health Canada recall of the same black AIR3 glasses, a stop-use instruction, and a firmware update to version 3.16.
Israel's election panel bars Ra'am and the Joint List
Israel's Central Elections Committee voted on Wednesday to bar Ra'am and the Joint List from the 27 October parliamentary election. The Financial Times and i24NEWS both report that the lists can appeal to the Supreme Court and that the decisions are not final. i24NEWS put the vote against Ra'am at 18 to 5. Separate votes also named Hadash lawmaker Ofer Cassif and Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh.
Jaishankar tells Rubio that India objects to the Russian-oil tariff law
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on Wednesday that India had restated its concerns about the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act. The Hindu reported that meeting and that statute. Foreign Policy reported the same Wednesday conversation and Jaishankar's objections to measures aimed at buyers of Russian oil. The law's name and the oil-buyer framing come from those two accounts.
Living coral remained after most crown-of-thorns scars at One Tree Island
The University of Sydney reports that living coral tissue remained after almost 75 percent of crown-of-thorns feeding scars at One Tree Island. Scars on Acroporidae did not regenerate, while Montipora and Porites did. Xinhua reported living tissue after almost 75 percent of the feeding events examined, at low densities.
Muse Charm is still unshipped after Meta showed the gadget
At Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg introduced Muse Charm, a small standalone device for the Muse agent. TechCrunch reported that the component layout is unfinished and that Zuckerberg promised shipping in time for the December holidays. The Verge reported that the gadget does not need a phone, that only a few units exist, and that the outer finish is still open. Neither report is a shop listing.
NASA moves the far-infrared PRIMA telescope into preliminary design
NASA moved PRIMA, a far-infrared Probe Explorers mission, into Phase B, the preliminary-design step. If it passes confirmation, the project cap is 1.2 billion dollars excluding launch, with a 2033 target and a planned five-year flight. A 5.9-foot telescope would survey the wavelengths between Webb and radio dishes. Caltech reported the same confirmation and said JPL will develop and operate the observatory, with IPAC as the science center. Phase B is not flight approval. Caltech's page is not the source of the cap.
NASA scheduled low FarmFlux flights over Colorado farmland
NASA said the FarmFlux mission has scheduled low-altitude flights near Greeley for October 2026, with sensors for ozone, methane, ammonia and particulates. A Dynamic Aviation A200 is to fly the Colorado series, led with Goddard, Colorado State University and Boston University. K99 reported the same low-altitude flights near Greeley in October 2026.
Netanyahu is due at the UN as protests and a re-election fight close in
Benjamin Netanyahu is due to address the United Nations on Thursday. The Guardian says he will repeat a message of defiance while protests and condemnation leave him more isolated, and that this is his hardest re-election fight in decades, with conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran still open. HuffPost, citing Reuters, says he is expected to berate New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani from the podium after a video in which he told the mayor he was coming to New York to talk about Israeli soldiers and about Mamdani himself.
NHTSA opens a review of five comma.ai crashes that killed three people
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary evaluation of five crashes in which vehicles using comma.ai devices hit slow or stopped vehicles in the same lane. Ars Technica and TechCrunch both report that two of those crashes killed three people. Ars Technica adds that eleven people were hurt. The review asks whether the aftermarket system detected the vehicle ahead.
Norges Bank lifts the policy rate to 4.50 per cent
Norges Bank raised its policy rate from 4.25 per cent to 4.50 per cent at the 23 September meeting and left the door open to a further rise. Governor Ida Wolden Bache said inflation has stayed above the 2 per cent target for several years. RTE reported the same 25 basis point move to 4.5% and said the bank may hike again.