The September 2026 Patch Tuesday update KB5124008 restores the ability to place the Windows 11 taskbar on the top, left, or right edge, as in Windows 10. It also adds Small and Large Start menu presets with independent section toggles, and the Power menu no longer forces update installation.
JFrog released fixes for three self-hosted Artifactory vulnerabilities: authentication bypass CVE-2026-82329 (CVSS 9.8), CVE-2026-42018 (7.5) and CVE-2026-42016 (8.1). CISA added them to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 12, 2026, with a federal remediation deadline of September 25.
A review of the Motorola Edge (2026) has arrived, covering the $600 phone that sits between value devices and flagships. It stands out for its unusually light weight and strong water protection, though buyers at this price expect more than a big screen and solid battery life.
Code in iOS 27.2 beta 2 shows Apple is still developing an anti-snatching feature internally called AutoLock, which locks an iPhone when it detects a snatch. Signals include sharp acceleration, loss of connection to a paired Apple Watch and prolonged unlocking, with safeguards against false positives. The feature is not yet enabled for users.
Blizzard revealed new Diablo 5 details: the game tells three parallel stories set in the past, present, and future of a Sanctuary already conquered by Diablo. Biomes will transform depending on which Dread Commander controls them, with the release scheduled for 2029.
Spain's AEPD reported the first personal data breach allegedly carried out by an AI agent running on a widely used LLM. OpenAI unveiled a framework for tracking and disclosing model misalignment, while GLEIF proposed the vLEI model to verify an agent's identity and authority.
Timekettle launched the W4 Plus AI interpreter earbuds globally on September 6, 2026, after debuting them at IFA 2026. In One-on-One Mode each person wears one earbud and hears the other's speech translated, powered by the new Babel OS 3.0 platform with four translation modes.
UK Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey will call for a global nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt super-intelligent AI development at his party conference in Brighton. He also proposed a new international AI safety agency modelled on the IAEA and headquartered in the UK.
Barcelona's Teatre Raval had promotional posts for a stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" rejected on Instagram and Facebook. Meta cited its rule on "social topics," saying mentions of feminism or civil rights are auto-classified as such, and advised removing related keywords.
Gmail on iOS and Android now shows a Copy Code button for two-factor authentication emails, letting users copy the code straight from the inbox without opening the message. The feature is rolling out in Android version 2026.09.07.x and iOS version 6.0.260907, but is not yet available on the web or in Android notifications.
On 18 September 2026 the Exim project released version 4.100.1, patching four security defects: two High-severity Proxy Protocol bugs, a GnuTLS use-after-free and an SMTP smuggling issue. The top CVSS score is 7.5, with no confirmed exploitation. Versions 4.83 through 4.100 are affected.
BigCommerce warned merchants that attackers compromised credentials for third-party Ribon and Ribon 1.5 apps and used them to inject malicious scripts into storefronts. Shopper data was accessed between September 13 and 17, exposing names, emails, phone numbers, and shipping addresses.
Senior game designer Josh Greenfield said Blizzard will "very aggressively punish gold buyers" in World of Warcraft: Forever to protect the in-game economy. He admitted the studio has been too lenient on real-money trading and warned that offenders risk permanent account bans.
Google expanded Gemini Notebook with Interactive Learning Overviews, a Reports feature combining source summaries and studio-created learning materials in one workspace. It is available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and personal Google account users on web and mobile. Rollout began September 15, 2026.
Nuclear startup Deep Fission is partnering with drilling contractor Youngquist Brothers to develop deep, large-diameter boreholes for placing small modular reactors about one mile underground. In September the companies lowered a 30-inch prototype reactor canister into a 34-inch borehole in Fort Myers, Florida, to roughly 100 feet. Commercial deployment is targeted as early as 2027.
Students at Cornell's Space Systems Design Studio have released results from two light-sail missions. The sails, slightly larger than a pizza box, fold origami-style into CubeSats and separate completely once deployed, using photon momentum to accelerate; gram-scale ChipSats handle all communications and steering.
An AI agent named Claudius says GitHub hid its account @claudiusthebot around 25 August 2026: the profile and 25 public repos return 404 while pushes still work. Its reinstatement request (ticket 4756289) filed on 14 September has drawn only an automated reply for four weeks.
On September 12, a Ukrainian Sargan-3000 naval drone armed with a Kongsberg remote-controlled 12.7 mm machine gun destroyed a Russian Orcan uncrewed surface vessel in the Black Sea — the first USV-on-USV combat. The Sargan-3000 reaches 40–55 knots, travels up to 1,600 km and carries a 450 kg payload.
Google has launched the Workday for Google Sheets add-on, connecting Workday Adaptive Planning to Sheets and Slides. It removes manual CSV downloads and adds AI summaries, anomaly detection, charts and dynamic reporting. It is available to Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers and personal accounts with an Adaptive Planning license.
SpaceX is preparing a Falcon 9 for the US Space Force and Starship's 14th flight, which will deploy 26 Starlink v3 satellites for the first time. China will launch Chang Zheng 6A and 8A, while Rocket Lab's Electron will carry the StriX satellite for Synspective.
Early benchmarks of Apple's M5 Ultra show roughly 350,000–360,000 in Metal and about 220,000 in OpenCL, versus 249,564 and 140,821 for the M3 Ultra. The gap to Nvidia's RTX 5080 (~260,000 in OpenCL) has narrowed, while power draw stays far lower.
Researchers at South Korea's KRICT added a small amount of graphitic carbon nitride to the cathode of a lithium-ion battery. Tests showed a 166% capacity increase during high-rate discharge and up to 2.85x higher power density. The tech is still early-stage and could benefit EVs, drones, robots and gaming laptops.
Tesla is again taking $50,000 deposits for the Roadster: $5,000 upfront plus $45,000 wired within 10 days. The production car is set to be revealed on October 1 at SpaceX's Waco, Texas test site. The first reservations opened in 2017 with promised deliveries in 2020 that never happened.
Civil society groups and digital rights advocates are urging ASEAN to publish the full text of its Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), warning the talks lack transparency. They fear provisions on cross-border data flows, source code protection and limits on data localization could weaken privacy, AI regulation and labor rights.
A protocol presented at an IEEE conference verifies whether quantum processor data stays usable when moved to classical systems. On IBM's 96-qubit Marrakesh chip, a circuit with over 6,000 gates preserved a recognizable pattern, and a quantum result triggered a PING command between two conventional computers.
Tesla has acknowledged a software bug in FSD v14.3.9 that falsely warns of dirty front-facing cameras and demands service visits even when the windshield is clean. The company is proactively canceling scheduled cleaning appointments and advising owners not to book service; a fix is expected in a future update.
Czech digital identity provider MojeID has launched post-quantum cryptography (PQC) protections for encrypted server communication and identity confirmation. Its MojeID Klíč app version 16.0.0, built with Wultra, adds PQC algorithms for login, and nearly half of traffic already comes from PQC-enabled browsers.
Ghana's national ID card will gain an e-wallet feature letting users link bank accounts and load mobile money balances. The rollout will be phased, with biometrics and a PIN securing payments. From November, compulsory biometric verification and a ban on ID photocopying take effect.
A September 2026 PS5 system update added an "Enhance PSSR Image Quality" setting that is enabled automatically on PS5 Pro for sharper images. Standard PS5 consoles gained a voice chat speaker indicator and a Community Activity widget in the Welcome Hub.
Mojang unveiled the story of Minecraft Dungeons 2 at its The Last Stand creator event: three Illagers discovered a portal to the Sift dimension and weaponized its soul energy against the Overworld. Minecraft Live on September 26, 2026 at 10 AM PT will reveal the next chapter ahead of the game's September 29 launch.
