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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters on September 22, 2026 in New York City. UN chief Antonio Guterres called on AI superpowers to start a dialogue on the fast-moving future of technology akin to US-Soviet engagement…

Three days before Christmas 1976, Edward Nevin III was standing on a BART platform, newspaper in hand, waiting for his train into the city. Amid front page stories detailing a hijacking attempt at SFO and the “computer threat” to the Postal Service, Nevin’s eye was caught by another headline: “Army Tested…

On Sunday, the right-wing Alternative for Germany party, known as the AfD, won nearly forty-four per cent of the vote in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The AfD beat the second-place finisher, the center-right Christian Democratic Union, by more than twenty-five points, and gave itself the chance to govern…

Logo text John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein were looking forward to filming a pivotal scene in Mayday when they got some bad news. To re-create a Soviet-era May Day parade, the duo had enlisted 1,000 extras and 1,000 crewmembers. Their costume designer, Debra McGuire, created 1,000 period-accurate military uniforms,…

commentary Germany blames Russia for drone strike in Leipzig. It's a new phase in an overheating cold war Published September 7, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sept. 1, 2026. (Peter Kovalev/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) It’s always been a cop-out to blame the sinister influence of Vladimir Putin for…

Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for September 7-11! We've got a few big releases on the way over the next few days including Halloween: The Game, Mewgenics and EA Sports NHL 27, while Xbox Game Pass is treating us to three new additions highlighted by Call of Duty: Black…

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by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2026 / 1,734 Views Microsoft has  announced six more games coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Standard, PC, and Cloud. The list of games includes Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, RuneScape: Dragonwilds, Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage, Speedrunners 2:…

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…