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Lachie Neale Suspended: Tribunal Upholds One‑Match Ban, Rules Him Out of Grand Final

AFL Tribunal upheld Lachie Neale's one-match ban for an off-the-ball gut punch, ruling the Brisbane midfielder out of the Sept. 26 Grand Final. ...Read more

#afl, #brisbanelions, #lachieneale, #tribunal

NVIDIA’s Isaac ROS 5.0 adds ROS 2 Lyrical, agentic tools — but GitHub uses a restrictive NVIDIA license

NVIDIA unveiled Isaac ROS 5.0 at ROSCon in Toronto with ROS 2 Lyrical/Ubuntu 24.04 support and agentic tools — but its GitHub repos use a restrictive NVIDIA license. ...Read more

$NVDA, #nvidia, #robotics, #ros2, #opensource

Ukraine Says It Hit Major Russian Refineries in Ufa and Samara on Sept. 21–22

Ukraine said it struck major Russian refineries in Ufa and Samara on Sept. 21–22, with fires reported; Rosneft and Bashneft had not confirmed damage. ...Read more

#ukraine, #russia, #energy, #war

Petrillo and Glimm Define a Precise Target for Unforced 3D Navier‑Stokes Blowup Searches

A new arXiv preprint formalizes the 'positive defect' target and admissibility criteria to guide computer-assisted searches for unforced 3D Navier‑Stokes blowup. ...Read more

#navierstokes, #mathematics, #fluiddynamics, #formalverification

U.S. Prosecutors Reportedly Probe Whether Binance Enabled Iran Sanctions Violations

Reports say federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance allowed trades that violated U.S. sanctions on Iran; the probe is reported and no charges have been filed. ...Read more

#crypto, #binance, #sanctions, #doj, #iran

ArXiv preprint claims possible 0.38‑parsec binary supermassive black holes in NGC 5044

An arXiv preprint reports two radio-bright cores 0.38 pc apart in NGC 5044, a possible record sub-parsec binary SMBH — the claim is unreviewed and provisional. ...Read more

#blackholes, #ngc5044, #radioastronomy, #astrophysics

NHS-Galleri Trial Misses Primary Endpoint; Secondary Analysis Shows Fewer Stage IV Cancers

A large randomized NHS trial of Grail’s Galleri multi-cancer blood test missed its primary endpoint, though secondary analysis found fewer Stage IV cancers. ...Read more

#cancer, #screening, #galleri, #clinicaltrials

States Reach Settlement Imposing Five-Year Conditions on Paramount–Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

Twelve state attorneys general, led by California, agreed to a proposed settlement imposing five years of output, production and worker protections on the merger. ...Read more

#antitrust, #merger, #entertainment, #film, #streaming

White House Defends Removal of CNN, MS NOW and Politico as Outlets Sue to Restore Access

The White House defended barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico as the outlets sued to restore credentials, calling press access a "privilege" not a right. ...Read more

#pressfreedom, #whitehouse, #cnn, #politico, #msnow

Fed Raises Policy Rate to 3.75%–4.00% in First Hike Under Chair Kevin Warsh

On Sept. 16 the Fed raised its policy rate to 3.75%–4.00% — the first hike under Chair Kevin Warsh — and projected rates to stay elevated. ...Read more

#fed, #interestrates, #inflation, #kevinwarsh

White House Releases Full Itinerary for Xi Jinping’s Sept. 23–25 State Visit to Washington

The White House published the full Sept. 23–25 schedule for President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington, featuring an arrival ceremony, state dinner and meetings. ...Read more

#china, #statevisit, #xi, #uschina

Meta plans 'Petal' subsea cable to deliver 1 petabit/s across the Atlantic by 2029

Meta says it will build Petal, a transatlantic subsea cable with 1 petabit-per-second capacity by 2029, using multi-core fiber with NEC and Sumitomo. ...Read more

#meta, #subsea, #transatlantic, #infrastructure

Eurosystem launches Pontes to settle tokenised-asset trades in central bank money

The Eurosystem has launched Pontes, a live settlement service letting wholesale tokenised-asset trades settle in euro central bank money. ...Read more

#ecb, #pontes, #tokenisation, #dlt

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Tehran-Based BitBank, Says It Helped Move ‘Hundreds of Millions’ in Bitcoin to IRGC

Treasury adds Tehran-based exchange BitBank to SDN list, alleging it moved 'hundreds of millions' in Bitcoin to Iran's IRGC and warns global firms. ...Read more

#cryptocurrency, #sanctions, #iran, #treasury

Kojima: Sony Pulled Funding for PHYSINT in June; Xbox Later Agreed to Publish

Hideo Kojima says Sony abruptly ended funding for PHYSINT in June, prompting concern at Kojima Productions until Xbox agreed to publish the game. ...Read more

$SONY, $MSFT, #kojima, #sony, #xbox, #video-games, #publishing