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Monday, 14 September 2026 · 17 shows · 44 min

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World

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This is Neurowire Daily, World, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

Sweden's centre-left bloc looks set to take power after a knife-edge election. A Wisconsin congressman swims to safety after his plane goes down on a lake. And Russia hits a Ukrainian train just after European officials leave the station.

Twelve stories. Seven minutes. Here we go.

World.

We begin with theguardian dot com and aljazeera dot com. Exit polls in Sweden's general election project a centre-left government, with the opposition bloc led by Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson projected at fifty one point three percent, against forty six point eight percent for right-wing parties, a result the guardian calls worse than expected for the far-right Sweden Democrats. France24 dot com adds that the race was, at points, razor thin, with the two blocs separated by roughly two-tenths of a percentage point as votes were counted.

Also today, rss dot nytimes dot com traces the path of Nepal's flood, following its South Asia bureau chief to points along a river that turned into a deadly torrent, killing more than one thousand three hundred people and leaving over five thousand more missing as towns, bridges, and roads were swept away.

Staying with the United States, feeds dot bbci dot co dot uk reports that President Trump doubled down on comments about a united Ireland on day two of his visit, speaking at the Irish Open, where he said, quote, "many people agree" with him. Separately, the outlet reports Trump downplayed warnings of AI risks, saying, quote, negative forces were airing concerns about "things that won't happen," citing rivalry with China.

Rss dot politico dot com reports that former President Obama has called on Democrats to focus on AI, telling a private fundraiser that creating a robust AI agenda should be a top focus for Congress and presidential candidates.

Feeds dot npr dot org reports that Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany survived an emergency plane landing on a lake and swam to safety, after he and the pilot called 911 from on top of the sinking aircraft.

Also today, rss dot nytimes dot com reports that Iran is expected to meet with Gulf Arab states, with talks set for tomorrow after a ship was targeted in the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian-allied forces in Yemen said they'd launched a new attack on Saudi Arabia.

France24 dot com explains the Houthi movement's objectives in Yemen, describing the group's role and asking whether it could hold a significant share of world trade to ransom in the Bab el Mandeb Strait.

Aljazeera dot com reports that Bangsamoro's parliamentary election marks a turning point, calling it a milestone for the self-determination movement in that region of the Philippines.

Also today, theguardian dot com reports that US schools and police are warning about a viral "Cat in the Hat" trend, in which disturbing or AI-generated versions of the Dr Seuss character have been used to threaten schools and communities, following recent teen arrests.

Feeds dot bbci dot co dot uk reports that Russia hit a Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials left the station, with Johnson saying, quote, he didn't know what "warped logic" drove the strike.

Aljazeera dot com reports that a child was killed in Syria after an explosive object detonated near Damascus when he touched it.

And rss dot politico dot com closes the segment reporting that Texas Republicans have denounced Bo French, the party's statewide candidate for the state's railroad commission, over a xenophobic post, after what the outlet describes as a pattern of inflammatory rhetoric.

That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

  • Sport

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Sport, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Erling Haaland settles a furious Manchester derby, and Manchester United say it should never have counted. Enric Mas finally wins the Vuelta a Espana after three runner-up finishes. And Shane Lowry shatters a record at the Irish Open.

    Eleven stories. Six minutes. Here we go.

    Sport.

    We begin with feeds dot bbci dot co dot uk. Erling Haaland scored a controversial winner as ten-man Manchester City beat Manchester United in the derby at Old Trafford, with City playing more than seventy minutes down a man after Phil Foden's red card. Theguardian dot com adds that United manager Michael Carrick called the goal, quote, "as obvious as it gets" for offside interference, while sports dot yahoo dot com reports Haaland set a new record for the most Premier League goals scored in the Manchester derby.

    Also today, feeds dot bbci dot co dot uk reports that Brighton thrashed ten-man Coventry five-nil at the CBS Arena, after Coventry had Taiwo Awoniyi sent off, extending what sports dot yahoo dot com calls a nightmare start to Coventry's return to the top flight twenty five years in the waiting.

    Staying with football but crossing the Atlantic, sbnation dot com reports that Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams delivered a pinpoint throw for the team's first touchdown, a moment the outlet says hints at how good this Bears offense could become.

    Espn dot com reports that Jets rookie wide receiver Omar Cooper Junior and veteran safety Minkah Fitzpatrick both suffered injuries in the team's NFL debut on Sunday, and separately that the Ravens lost receivers Zay Flowers and Ja'Kobi Lane to injuries in their season opener against the Colts.

    Also today, defector dot com and sbnation dot com both report that Los Angeles Rams star Myles Garrett will need surgery after a knee injury, ruling him out for all of September and part of October, with sbnation dot com noting Garrett was held without a single pressure before the injury was revealed.

    Sbnation dot com reports that Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson threw an interception on the team's first 2026 drive, which the outlet calls a bad but predictable sign after a rough training camp.

    Now to the racket sports and beyond. Theguardian dot com covers the US Open men's final between Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton, live from Arthur Ashe Stadium.

    Cbssports dot com reports that Shane Lowry made history at the Irish Open, shooting a final-round sixty three to finish twenty three under par, an eleven-shot victory that the outlet says shattered Jon Rahm's previous tournament record.

    Also today, feeds dot bbci dot co dot uk and theguardian dot com report that Spain's Enric Mas has finally won the Vuelta a Espana, after three previous second-place finishes, with Tobias Johannessen taking the final stage in Granada.

    Sbnation dot com and cbssports dot com both report that Europe retained the Solheim Cup, edging the United States in Sunday singles, with Lottie Woad and Carlota Ciganda securing the decisive points for the Europeans.

    And theguardian dot com closes the segment with the Fiba Women's Basketball World Cup final between the United States and France, with the Americans chasing a fifth consecutive title.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

    4 min
  • Science

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Science, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Mercury shrank far more than its surface scars alone suggest. Scientists find a new hidden layer behind Alzheimer's. And physicists worldwide can't agree on how the universe actually works.

    Ten stories. Six minutes. Here we go.

    Science.

    We begin with phys dot org. Researchers say masked tectonic structures suggest Mercury has contracted forty percent more than its visible scars alone indicate, as the planet's interior cooled and its rocky surface crumpled like the skin of a drying fruit.

    Also today, sciencedaily dot com reports that scientists have found a new, previously underexplored layer of Alzheimer's disease hidden in the genome. The disruption lies in how DNA is organized in three dimensions inside several types of brain cells affected by the disease, altering how important genes switch on and off.

    Now the strange one, and this is the story of the day. Science dot org reports that Anthropic's AI bioweapons report has divided experts. The company describes five cases where scientists in unnamed countries tried to use its Claude software for potentially nefarious work on viruses or toxins. That's a vendor writing about its own product, so weigh it accordingly. But five is the number of cases they've put their name to.

    Staying with AI in the lab, phys dot org reports that a tool called MemBrain v2, built by researchers at Helmholtz Munich, the Technical University of Munich, and the University of Basel, automates 3D membrane mapping in cell images, cutting work that once took long manual hours down to a fraction of the time.

    Sciencedaily dot com also reports that a massive worldwide survey of physicists found surprisingly little agreement on the universe's biggest mysteries. No majority backed the standard cosmological model, a leading dark matter theory, or any single theory of quantum gravity, though sixty eight percent agreed the Big Bang does not necessarily mark the beginning of time.

    Scientificamerican dot com looks at how our sense of beauty takes shape in the brain, in a new study trying to map why humans experience beauty collectively.

    Also today, phys dot org reports that saltwater flooding is becoming a growing problem for parts of eastern England, changing which crops are worth growing there and hitting farm incomes along with the land.

    Sciencedaily dot com reports that most men don't know dairy consumption has been linked to increased prostate cancer risk. A new survey found only twenty percent knew about the link, while sixty six percent said they'd consider avoiding dairy after learning about it.

    Phys dot org also reports that new luminescence dating pushes the age of South Dakota's Mammoth Site back by more than one hundred thousand years, with mammoths once thought to have died there around twenty six thousand years ago now dated at more than one hundred sixty thousand years old.

    And sciencedaily dot com closes the segment with word that global warming is breaking a four hundred year climate link between the Indian and Pacific oceans, a connection scientists say volcanoes disrupted in the past but human-caused warming is now unraveling in an exceptional way.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

    4 min
  • Space

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Space, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Mercury has shrunk far more than its scars alone let on. A new supernova catalog challenges theories of dark energy. And NASA-backed scientists have turned plastic waste into edible cookies.

    Ten stories. Six minutes. Here we go.

    Space.

    We begin with phys dot org. Researchers say masked tectonic structures suggest Mercury has contracted forty percent more than its visible scars alone indicate, as the planet's rocky surface crumpled while its interior cooled and shrank.

    Also today, space dot com marks this day in space history: on September the thirteenth, 2007, Japan launched the Kaguya spacecraft to the moon to map the lunar surface in high definition.

    Astronomy dot com marks another anniversary: on September the thirteenth, 1994, the joint NASA-ESA Ulysses probe reached the sun's south pole, part of a mission that launched in 1990 to study the solar wind and chart the solar poles for the first time.

    Sciencedaily dot com reports that a massive worldwide survey of physicists found little agreement on the universe's biggest mysteries, with no majority backing the standard cosmological model, a leading dark matter theory, or any single theory of quantum gravity, though sixty eight percent agreed the Big Bang doesn't necessarily mark the beginning of time.

    Phys dot org also reports that a new gravitational-wave analysis is narrowing the search for black hole impostors, the exotic compact objects whose mergers can produce ripples in spacetime resembling those from true black holes.

    Universetoday dot com reports on a new catalog of close to three thousand supernovas, the most comprehensive assembly of exploding white dwarf stars yet, which the outlet says has revealed new clues about dark energy, the force driving the universe's accelerating expansion.

    Sciencedaily dot com also reports that scientists have engineered yeast to turn PET plastic and agricultural waste into ingredients for protein-rich, 3D-printed cookies called micro-bites, developed partly for NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge.

    Also today, sciencedaily dot com reports that scientists have narrowed a century-old mystery in Venus's clouds, calculating how strongly the unidentified material behind its dark ultraviolet patterns must absorb light, a step the outlet says could help future spacecraft determine whether the substance is organic or inorganic.

    Phys dot org reports that NASA's next great observatory could be capable of spotting oceans on distant worlds, among the more than five thousand five hundred exoplanets found so far, dozens of which sit in their stars' habitable zones.

    And space dot com closes the segment with word from the James Webb Space Telescope: astronomers have discovered that the ring system around the tiny solar system body Chariklo is changing, and is even more interesting than previously known.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

    3 min
  • Gaming

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Gaming, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Blizzard's StarCraft is back, but not as the RTS anyone remembers. World of Warcraft Forever hype gets dampened by thirty-dollar elves. And Diablo Four's expansion days are officially over.

    Ten stories. Six minutes. Here we go.

    Gaming.

    We begin with gamespot dot com and eurogamer dot net, both covering BlizzCon's biggest reveal. StarCraft is returning as an original, open-world, third-person shooter, not the real-time strategy game longtime fans know, and it's slated for spring twenty thirty. Creative director Dan Hay told gamespot dot com the new game is, quote, "focusing on single-player," and pcgamer dot com reports Hay describing it as a narrative-driven shooter with, quote, "a definitive ending," calling it, quote, "not a seasonal game."

    Also today, pcgamer dot com reports that World of Warcraft Forever hype has been dampened by the reveal of a new Skyborne race locked behind an expansion-tier purchase costing thirty dollars. Eurogamer dot net confirms the long-rumored "Classic Plus" experience is real and officially named World of Warcraft: Forever.

    Staying with Blizzard, gamespot dot com reports that Diablo Four's expansion days are over, as the studio shifts focus to the newly revealed Diablo Five, coming spring twenty twenty nine and set one hundred years after Diablo Four. Eurogamer dot net adds that Diablo Four's next season, Season of Hell's Legacy, goes live on the fifteenth of September to mark the franchise's thirtieth anniversary and its debut on Nintendo Switch Two.

    Also from nintendolife dot com, Diablo Four is getting a crossover collaboration with The Witcher Three: Wild Hunt, following a partnership between Blizzard and CD Projekt Red teased at Gamescom. Polygon dot com separately reports that Overwatch's next big anime collaboration is with Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, alongside a Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition arriving on Battle dot net later this year.

    Now the odd one out of BlizzCon week. Eurogamer dot net reports that Level-5 president and CEO Akihiro Hino has confirmed the studio used generative AI to make its own digital showcase, in his words, "more spectacular."

    Also today, nintendolife dot com reports that Melty Blood: Twi-Lumina has been announced for Switch One and Two, with an April release window confirmed in a new trailer at EVO Japan.

    Staying with anniversaries, pcgamer dot com marks twenty years of Company of Heroes with the team now carrying the series forward. One developer told the outlet, quote, "I'm really pleased that we're here."

    And pcgamer dot com closes the segment with Fallout developer Tim Cain, who says the games industry's volatility is, quote, "always gonna be around," adding that what's happening now, in his words, "isn't novel, it isn't new."

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

    3 min
  • Music

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Music, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Nashville's airport moves to rename itself after Dolly Parton. Celine Dion returns to the stage for the first time in six years. And My Chemical Romance drops a hint of MCR5.

    Ten stories. Six minutes. Here we go.

    Music.

    We begin with nme dot com. Nashville International Airport's board voted unanimously to rename itself after Dolly Parton, with one board member quoted as saying, quote, "it is fitting that Nashville International Airport would bear the name of our state's favourite daughter."

    Also today, consequence dot net reports that Celine Dion made a triumphant return to the stage in Paris, her first concert in six years, since being diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome in 2022. The show took place at La Defense Arena on Saturday. Billboard dot com adds that tickets for her 2026 Paris residency are now up for grabs.

    Staying with big returns, loudwire dot com reports that My Chemical Romance hinted at a fifth studio album, dubbed MCR5, at their North American tour finale, where they also welcomed what the outlet calls metal royalty to the stage.

    Pitchfork dot com reports that Gina Birch, Hollie Cook, Lora Logic, and Paul Dean, members of the Raincoats, X-Ray Spex, and the Slits, are forming a supergroup to perform together at a London punk festival next month.

    Also today, nme dot com reports that coastal erosion has forced the cancellation of the Ocean Way Festival just weeks before its planned debut, though organizers are already planning to bring it back to Santa Monica next year.

    Billboard dot com reports that Ella Langley's Dandelion has returned to number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

    Loudwire dot com reports that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has revealed he opposed doing a new studio album with the band's original lineup, even though, per the outlet, a famous producer was, quote, "very keen" on the idea in the early 2020s.

    Also today, nme dot com reports that Wicked and Wicked: For Good are getting live concert screenings, with showings planned in Chicago, Mexico City, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.

    Nme dot com also reports that Jay Weinberg has been seeking therapy since being fired from Slipknot, saying it, quote, "finally felt like an unlocking of a door."

    And consequence dot net closes the segment with Rock in Rio, where J Balvin brought out cameos from Pedro Sampaio and Melody during an hour-long set moving from reggaeton to Brazilian funk, while Demi Lovato brought out drag queen Pabllo Vittar for a surprise performance of "Cool for the Summer."

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

    3 min
  • Tech News

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Tech News, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Donald Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting to its own safety warnings. Automattic confirms Matt Mullenweg is back as CEO after an attempted ouster. And a Waymo robotaxi pulls over and calls the cops on its own riders.

    Nine stories. Five minutes. Here we go.

    Tech News.

    We begin with theverge dot com. After Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an open letter calling to, quote, "pace the frontier" of AI development, backed publicly by OpenAI's Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Alphabet's Demis Hassabis, President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back, arguing the industry is overreacting.

    Also today, techcrunch dot com reports that former President Obama has urged Democrats to have a, quote, "clear plan" for AI safeguards, telling the party artificial intelligence needs to be one of its central agendas.

    Staying with corporate news, techcrunch dot com reports that Automattic has confirmed Matt Mullenweg has returned as chairman and CEO, following what the outlet describes as an attempted ouster by the company's board.

    Engadget dot com reports that carmakers are dropping Apple CarPlay in 2026, after the feature let drivers bypass what the outlet calls their car's lousy infotainment systems.

    Also today, theverge dot com reports that Apple is reportedly developing two iPhone game controllers, likely to be sold under the Beats brand, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, following earlier code references found in macOS.

    Techcrunch dot com reports that fusion power startups are signing new defense-related deals, a relationship between fusion research and national security the outlet says never fully went away.

    Feeds dot arstechnica dot com reports on one owner's experience fixing a tractor through John Deere's self-repair service, a service that lets owners repair their own equipment, though the outlet says farmers aren't fully sold on it.

    Now the odd one, from simonwillison dot net. The writer asked ChatGPT Work, running on GPT-6 Astra, to figure out five kilometer and ten kilometer running routes looping from his house using OpenStreetMap data. It worked for twenty seven minutes and produced exactly what he'd asked for, as both a visualization and downloadable route files.

    And theverge dot com closes the segment with a strange one out of San Francisco: a Waymo robotaxi pulled over and called the police on two juvenile riders found with a loaded, AR-style ghost gun, and both were taken to a juvenile hall.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

    3 min
  • Art and Design

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Art and Design, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Demolition waste becomes architecture in Tehran. A red facade "evoking a hedgehog" wraps a new ice hockey arena in the Czech Republic. And yes, people really are using AI flyers to advertise art classes.

    Nine stories. Six minutes. Here we go.

    Art and Design.

    First, designboom dot com. They report that salvaged concrete and recycled aluminum from Tehran's demolition waste have been turned into a new structure called the Debris Pavilion, where reflections blur the line between architecture, debris, and the bodies moving through it.

    Also today, creativebloq dot com. Illustrator Andrea Piparo walks through how he built a dramatic fight scene for a fantasy book cover, working in the aesthetic he grew up with.

    Staying with buildings, archdaily dot com covers the Costa Cabral Building by ATA, Atelier Tiago Antero, and Entretempos. The design solves an urban gap by matching the heights and alignments of the neighboring street, but recesses the top floor to keep continuity with the block around it.

    Now the strange one, and this is the story of the day. Creativebloq dot com reports that AI-generated flyers are being used to advertise art classes, and, per the outlet, it's not meant ironically.

    Dezeen dot com has a lookbook this week: seven interiors, from bars and hotels to private homes, where billiard tables are on hand for spontaneous games.

    Also from dezeen dot com, architecture studio Chybik and Kristof has completed the Jihlava Municipal Arena in the Czech Republic. A zigzagging red facade, described as evoking a hedgehog, and a rooftop running track feature on the five thousand six hundred fifty seat building, built for a local ice hockey team but meant to double as a civic hub.

    Creativebloq dot com also spoke with Tom Murphy, co-chief creative officer at VML, about pet peeves, the danger of chasing relevance, and what he thinks every creative should do outside of work.

    Also today, creativebloq dot com on animation: behind-the-scenes art for Warrior Cats reveals a CGI style the outlet says looks nothing like what they expected from cat character design.

    And archdaily dot com closes the segment with an essay on urban design and women's safety, looking at four public spaces and how exposure, lighting, and escape routes shape how safe a space feels to move through.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

    3 min
  • Movies and TV

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Movies and TV, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Pierce Brosnan says the next James Bond could be someone none of us know. Practical Magic 2 opens soft despite savage reviews. And Courteney Cox remembers her Scream co-star Hayden Panettiere.

    Nine stories. Six minutes. Here we go.

    Movies and TV.

    We begin with deadline dot com. Pierce Brosnan says the next James Bond could be, quote, "someone that none of us know about," as auditions for Denis Villeneuve's film continue. Tom Ellis, per the outlet, has revealed that Brosnan told him he'd make a good Bond himself.

    Also today, deadline dot com reports that Mattel Studios boss Robbie Brenner addressed a Barbie sequel at the Toronto Film Festival, telling the crowd, quote, "we all want to see the Barbie sequel," while adding the timing remains unclear.

    Staying with props and craft, variety dot com reports that One Battle After Another, Frankenstein, and Avatar: Fire and Ash were among the winners at the third annual MacGuffin Awards, handed out by the Property Masters Guild to recognize standout props on productions.

    Indiewire dot com reports that Practical Magic 2, a sequel to a twenty eight year old original, opened to a lackluster thirty million dollars. Rollingstone dot com adds that critics are slamming the film even more harshly than the 1998 original, though the outlet notes fans don't seem to care, since it says the sequel was made to celebrate sisterhood rather than chase high art.

    Also today, collider dot com reports that Peter Krause is set to return to 9-1-1 next week, one year after leaving the show.

    Hollywoodreporter dot com reviews Babies, describing Anna Kendrick as a comic dynamo alongside Seth Rogen in a film about a longtime couple reconsidering their choice to stay childless, written and directed by Rogen's wife, Lauren Miller Rogen.

    Also today, variety dot com reports that Courteney Cox remembered her Scream co-star Hayden Panettiere, who died in August at thirty six. Cox told Entertainment Weekly, quote, "she's a really wonderful actor."

    Slashfilm dot com has the trailer for Crystal Lake, Peacock's prequel series reviving the Friday the 13th franchise around the origin story of Pamela Voorhees.

    And thewrap dot com closes the segment with the Emmys revealing more presenters, including Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Sofia Vergara, and John Mulaney.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

    3 min
  • Culture

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Culture, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    A fossil tree becomes a story of humanity in the middle of war. A philosophy professor wants to make her students better people, not just teach them virtue. And how to be an ethical gossip.

    Ten stories. Six minutes. Here we go.

    Culture.

    We begin with themarginalian dot org and the story of the dawn redwood: an ancient survivor once thought extinct that came back to life and, the outlet says, became a triumph of the human spirit in the middle of humanity's deadliest war.

    Also today, vox dot com. Science journalist Shayla Love, subbing in on the site's advice column, takes on how to be an ethical gossip, working through the question with a philosophical and psychological lens.

    Staying with big ideas, nautil dot us reports that Gondwana really was a supercontinent, and that its formation, per the outlet, helped kick-start life on Earth.

    Theatlantic dot com profiles philosophy professor Meghan Sullivan, who the piece says doesn't just want to teach her students about virtue. She wants to make them better human beings.

    Also from themarginalian dot org, a piece on how we think not with the brain alone but with the world around us. Quote, "we are able to focus more intently, comprehend more deeply, and create more imaginatively."

    Vox dot com also asks how to find a date in real life, describing a dating landscape where first dates lead nowhere and conversations feel, per the piece, ripped from a social media feed.

    Thenewyorker dot com talks to Joyce Carol Oates about her story "Lost Child" and what the outlet calls embedded memories.

    Also today, thenewyorker dot com on politics: a piece on how to protect democracy, framed around the emergence of Germany's far right as what the outlet calls an old dilemma in new form.

    Theatlantic dot com looks at what it calls a bigger life through the lens of women's self-defense, arguing it's about more than protection alone.

    And thenewyorker dot com closes the segment with a look at a new book on the back-to-the-landers, capturing, per the review, the hard-headed and hearty few who've kept the movement alive. Both The New Yorker and The Atlantic ran poetry this week too: "Driveway," by Stephanie Horvath, and "Facing the Music."

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

    3 min
  • Hardware

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Hardware, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Senator Bernie Sanders wants twenty-year prison sentences for AI developers who chase superintelligence. Anthropic's CEO warns of a botnet swarm big enough to take over the internet. And someone put a 386 PC inside an RP2350.

    Nine stories. Five minutes. Here we go.

    Hardware.

    We begin with tomshardware dot com. Senators Bernie Sanders and Greg Cezar have introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, which the outlet says threatens twenty-year prison sentences for developers who break its rules, a penalty the outlet compares to illegally developing rogue nuclear weapons.

    Also today, tomshardware dot com reports Anthropic CEO warning that within six to twelve months, quote, "such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet."

    Staying with unlikely hardware, hackaday dot com reports that microcontrollers are now cheap enough and capable enough to emulate a 386 PC on the RP2350, running software well beyond what classic eight-bit chips could handle.

    Theregister dot com looks back at the ZX Spectrum's one-bit speaker, and how, in the outlet's words, ingenious coders coaxed multichannel chiptunes out of the humblest sound hardware around.

    Also from hackaday dot com, engineer Ken Shirriff continues his deep analysis of Intel's 8087 floating point co-processor, this time working through its FScale instruction at the microcode level.

    Theregister dot com also argues that security through obscurity is dead, and that AI, in the outlet's words, delivered the fatal blow.

    Hackaday dot com has a build log on keeping time with tumbling icosahedra, one more entry in what the outlet calls an almost unlimited number of ways hackers reinvent the clock.

    Also today, theregister dot com explains how a tool called Panel Profiles can make the Xfce desktop look like almost any other desktop, once you've installed the plugins it expects.

    And hackaday dot com closes the segment with a whip-cracking machine that reliably breaks the sound barrier, a trick, the outlet notes, cattle herders have been pulling off on a smaller scale for centuries.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

    2 min
  • Anime

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Anime, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Demon Slayer's Infinity Castle finally gets a home in the States. And a fresh wave of cast reveals lands for this fall's new season.

    Seven stories. Five minutes. Here we go.

    Anime.

    We begin with comicbook dot com. They report that Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is officially coming to Netflix in the United States and other regions very soon, after the first film in the Infinity Castle arc trilogy dominated theaters last year. A straight run now from cinema to streaming for one of anime's biggest films.

    Staying with reveals, myanimelist dot net says the television anime of Katsuwo's manga hashtag Zombie Sagashitemasu unveiled additional cast, staff, its theme songs and a first promotional video in a livestream on Sunday. It premieres October the third on TV Asahi's IMAnimation block.

    Now the other end of the same kind of story. Both myanimelist dot net and animecorner dot me report on Tempal Item no Chikara, the adaptation of the webtoon Overgeared. Additional cast including Yuki Murata and Yurika Hirayama, a new key visual, and a third trailer, ahead of an October the second premiere on Tokyo MX and BS11.

    Animecorner dot me also reports that Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 has revealed the jacket artwork for its second Blu-ray volume, featuring both the current and future Rudeus.

    Also from animecorner dot me, the Katekyo Hitman Reborn anime released the creditless version of its sixth ending, featuring the song Ameato by W-inds.

    Top of the list for manga fans, cbr dot com asks why one of the medium's most enduring gaps still hasn't closed. Many call Vagabond the greatest manga ever made, and twenty eight years on, it's still waiting for an anime adaptation.

    And cbr dot com ran a listicle too: five superhero anime, they argue, have aged like fine wine, holding their own against mainstream superhero media.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

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  • Books

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Books, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Jodi Picoult's new novel lands more timely than planned. And Ben Macintyre tells the tale of a Russian spy in Iran.

    Six stories. Four minutes. Here we go.

    Books.

    We begin with rss dot nytimes dot com. They report that Jodi Picoult's new novel, Hollow Bones, was pegged to the anniversary of September the eleventh, and now, according to the outlet, resonates with the ongoing Lindsay Clancy trial in ways that weren't planned.

    Also today, themarginalian dot org tells the story of the dawn redwood: how an ancient tree once thought extinct came back to life and became, in the outlet's words, a triumph of the human spirit in the middle of humanity's deadliest war.

    Staying with the same site, themarginalian dot org also covers the science of how we think beyond the brain alone. Quote, "we are able to focus more intently, comprehend more deeply, and create more imaginatively." The piece argues that reaching into the world around us does real cognitive work.

    Theguardian dot com sits down with novelist Emily St John Mandel, whose hit novel Station Eleven seemed to predict the pandemic. She talks about chance, world-building, and what she calls a "tiny bit" of clairvoyance, as she turns her attention to the future of American politics.

    Also from rss dot nytimes dot com, a review of Ben Macintyre's Redwood: the story of a Russian spy in Iran who betrayed his country in exchange for an unusual request.

    And theguardian dot com ran a Tom Gauld cartoon this week: a new case for Hercule Poirot. Title only, the feed gave us nothing else on that one.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

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  • Food

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Food, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    A thirty-second trick for cleaning cast iron. A chocolate mousse recipe that almost never fails. And a very serene, very white Italian restaurant in southwest London.

    Seven stories. Four minutes. Here we go.

    Food.

    Top of the list, thekitchn dot com, with what they call a thirty-second trick for cleaning a cast iron pan, and, per the outlet, it's basically free.

    Also today, bonappetit dot com rounds up forty three easy thirty-minute dinner ideas, aimed at nights when time is not on your side.

    Theguardian dot com runs Felicity Cloake's recipe for chocolate mousse, calling it the little black dress of desserts. Quick to make, the piece says, and it almost always delivers.

    Staying with quick meals, thekitchn dot com has a recipe for ham and cheese butter-swim biscuits, which the outlet says work well for egg sandwiches.

    Bonappetit dot com also shares a three-ingredient pumpkin soup, from its "It's That Simple" column, described as easy and cozy.

    Theguardian dot com reviews Rosina, a new Italian restaurant in southwest London from chef Adam Byatt, his fifth restaurant. The reviewer calls it a serene, heavenly-white neighborhood spot, a very different vibe, they note, from an Italian restaurant in Bolton.

    And thekitchn dot com closes the segment with three easy-drinking beers the outlet says practically scream fall.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

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  • Dev and Security

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Dev and Security, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Anthropic's CEO says the AI industry needs time to catch up on safety. And Microsoft says attackers are using passkey phishing to get into cloud accounts.

    Two stories. Two minutes. Here we go.

    Security.

    We begin with securityweek dot com. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that within six to twelve months, AI could be capable of leading a swarm of agents able to take over the entire internet. He says the industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up.

    Also today, feeds dot feedburner dot com reports that Microsoft has disclosed two separate campaigns targeting its own cloud customers. The first involved more than one million scam emails sent between August the third and fifth, spoofing chief executives to push financial fraud. The second used passkey-themed social engineering to breach cloud environments, abusing third-party email delivery infrastructure to get past defenses.

    Nothing from Tools, Languages, Data or Cloud today. Quiet on those today. We'll pick it up tomorrow.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

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  • Business

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    This is Neurowire Daily, Business, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Legal AI firm Harvey is staffing deployments with real lawyers, not just engineers. That's the story today.

    One story. Two minutes. Here we go.

    Startups.

    Leading today, saastr dot com. They report that Harvey is putting a former practicing lawyer into every deployment, and the outlet counts about one hundred and eighty of them across the company. The piece frames it as part of a wider trend in business AI, where firms are rediscovering the forward-deployed-engineer model that Palantir ran for two decades and OpenAI has since built its own team around. Harvey, per the report, runs two versions of that role, and the more interesting one, the outlet says, isn't the classic technical deployment engineer.

    Nothing from Product today. Quiet on that one today. We'll pick it up tomorrow.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

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  • AI

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    This is Neurowire Daily, AI, for Monday the fourteenth of September. Coming to you straight from Neurowire dot app.

    Nothing worth your time in AI today. Nothing came in from Labs, Tools or Research. The blogs keep office hours. We'll pick it up tomorrow.

    That's Neurowire Daily for Monday. Full transcript, every source link, neurowire dot app.

    Same time tomorrow. Stay wired.

    1 min