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These Eight Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass, Including A Call Of Duty (September 1-15) Checkpoint

These Eight Games Are Coming To Xbox Game Pass, Including A Call Of Duty (September 1-15)

Microsoft has revealed the first official roundup of Xbox Game Pass titles for September 2026, with eight games joining the service from September 1-15, including another Call of Duty title in the form of Black Ops Cold War. Here's the full list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass from…
bubmag
September 1, 2026
Seen and silenced: How Russian surveillance software suppresses Georgian civilians rights Clearview

Seen and silenced: How Russian surveillance software suppresses Georgian civilians rights

This article was originally published on Algorithm Watch on June 27, 2026. This edited version is republished on Global Voices under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Over the past two years, the Georgian government has built a comprehensive face recognition enforcement system, procured by a…
bubmag
September 1, 2026
The Biggest Oil Deal or Theft at Gunpoint? U.S. Claims Majority Control of Venezuela’s Oil Reserves Maduro

The Biggest Oil Deal or Theft at Gunpoint? U.S. Claims Majority Control of Venezuela’s Oil Reserves

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Nine months after the U.S. military abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the first lady in a raid on Caracas, President Trump has announced a deal for the U.S. to take majority control of more…
bubmag
September 1, 2026
Even as the US-Canada trade war escalates, many Americans are applying for Canadian citizenship Trade War

Even as the US-Canada trade war escalates, many Americans are applying for Canadian citizenship

On August 27, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order directing U.S. federal agencies to refer to Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America.’ Within hours, Prime Minister Mark Carney responded, pointing out that the name behind Lake Ontario is more than 400 years old, predating both Canada and the US.…
bubmag
September 1, 2026
Four mysterious “little red dot” pairs may reveal ancient black hole mergers Black Hole

Four mysterious “little red dot” pairs may reveal ancient black hole mergers

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered compelling evidence of massive black holes in the early universe, some apparently heading toward mergers. The discovery, published August 31 in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, sheds light on how supermassive black holes may have grown so…
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September 1, 2026