A single cut fiber in New Jersey grounded flights nationwide. Plus: OpenAI solves century-old math, and Meta's AI assistant hands hackers your camera.
• Apple’s first live music venue is opening beneath its UK headquarters
Apple is opening its first-ever live music venue, Apple Music Hall, beneath its European headquarters at London's Battersea Power Station on September 28th, 2026.
• A cut cable disrupted hundreds of flights across the US
A severed Verizon fiber cable used for FAA air traffic control triggered over 1,000 flight cancellations across the US on Monday, with all three major New York City airports hit by ground stops.
• Amazon wants to help the Colorado River, but we still don’t know how much water the company uses
Amazon is launching a $100 million Colorado River conservation collaborative and contributing $20 million itself, but critics say the company still isn't fully disclosing how much water its operations actually consume.
• Morphotonics raises €40M to expand its display tech into data centers
Dutch nanoimprint lithography startup Morphotonics has raised €40 million to scale production of waveguide displays for smart glasses and expand into optical components for AI data centers.
• The man who built Apple’s stores doesn’t buy Silicon Valley’s bet on AI shopping
Ron Johnson, the architect of Apple's iconic retail stores, is pushing back on Silicon Valley's AI shopping frenzy, arguing that physical retail and human judgment will remain central to how people buy products — especially high-ticket items.
• OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
OpenAI has formed a math advisory group hosted at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, as the company claims its AI has solved over 100 open mathematical problems — drawing both attention and backlash from the math community.
• Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
Meta's new AI assistant Muse has a critical zero-day vulnerability that lets any local app or terminal command hijack the agent's account token, giving attackers full control — while Amazon has already moved to block Muse from its platform entirely.
• Sources: Giants QB Dart believed to have sprained MCL; more tests to come
New York Giants quarterback Dart is reportedly dealing with a sprained MCL, with further testing still ahead to determine the full extent of the injury.
• Good goaltending, no offense as Red Wings lose preseason opener
The Detroit Red Wings dropped their preseason opener to the Columbus Blue Jackets 1-0 in a shootout, with strong goaltending on both sides masking a scoreless offensive effort.
• Kickoff Time Against No. 17 Iowa Announced for 3:30 PM ET on CBS
A college football matchup against No. 17 Iowa has been officially scheduled for a 3:30 PM ET kickoff on CBS, landing the game on a major national broadcast platform.
• 2026 MTV VMAs: What to know about Taylor Swift's honor and more
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