UN General Assembly Endorses New World Map That Shows Africa’s Size More Accurately

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For centuries, one of the world’s most familiar maps has given people a distorted impression of the relative size of continents. That could begin to change after the United Nations General Assembly endorsed a new world map projection designed to represent Africa and other landmasses more accurately. On September 4, 2026, the General Assembly overwhelmingly backed a resolution promoting the Equal Earth projection, a map designed to preserve the relative areas of continents more faithfully than the traditional Mercator projection....Click for full post

AMD Introduces Threadripper Halo Station for Local AI: A New Powerhouse for AI Developers

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AMD is making a major push into local artificial intelligence (AI) with the introduction of its new Threadripper Halo Station, a high-end workstation designed to let developers run extremely large AI models directly on their own hardware. Unveiled at IFA 2026 in Berlin, the Threadripper Halo Station takes AMD's local-AI strategy far beyond conventional desktop PCs. Instead of relying primarily on cloud-based AI services, the new workstation is designed to provide the enormous computing power and memory required to develop...Click for full post

Possible Changes to Mail-In Ballots for the November 2026 Election: What Voters Need to Know

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Voters who plan to use mail-in or absentee ballots in the November 2026 election could face new requirements as federal officials, states, election administrators, and courts continue to battle over how voting by mail should be handled. The situation remains fluid. A federal rule involving the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and mail-in ballots has been challenged in court, while the Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the changes to move forward. For voters, the most important...Click for full post

The Return of Measles: Why Cases Are Rising Again in the United States

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For years, measles seemed like a disease that belonged to the past. Thanks to widespread vaccination, the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000. Now, however, measles is making a troubling comeback. As of August 27, 2026, the United States had reported 2,903 confirmed measles cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That is already substantially higher than the 2,289 cases reported during all of 2025. The CDC also reported 37 new outbreaks during 2026, with...Click for full post

Russia-Ukraine War Update: Heavy Russian Strikes Hit Kyiv as Peace Talks Remain Stalled

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The Russia-Ukraine war has entered another intense phase, with Russian missile and drone attacks continuing across Ukraine while diplomatic efforts to end the conflict remain stalled. The latest developments underscore the difficult balance between military escalation and renewed attempts at diplomacy. Russia has intensified its aerial campaign against Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, while Ukraine continues launching long-range drone strikes against targets inside Russia. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow believes it is making progress on the battlefield, while Ukrainian...Click for full post

GPS Glitched Across the US by as Much as 33 Feet. Scientists Have Never Seen This Before

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A powerful solar storm in November 2025 caused widespread disturbances in Earth's upper atmosphere, producing GPS positioning errors of more than 33 feet across parts of the United States. Researchers say the scale of the phenomenon has never been observed before. GPS has become so deeply embedded in modern life that most people rarely think about what happens between a satellite overhead and the location appearing on a smartphone screen. But new research suggests that one of the technologies we...Click for full post