Citi Sees Oil Prices Trending Lower to $60 to $65 Per Barrel by First Quarter of 2027  EnergyNow.com

What’s Trending on Streaming - August 30 - September 5: Chad Powers Doesn’t Look Very Powerful in Season Two, Love Island USA Reunion Shakes Up Peacock, The Gentlemen Disappoints  The TV Ratings Guide

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Builds Cartoonish Bat in Blender Demo  x.com

Why Hugging Face is trending  CNN

Astros’ pitching trending up as series with D-backs continues  Field Level Media

1. The Pixel 11 Pro should be a disappointment, but after 3 weeks with the phone I can't put it down  Android Authority
2. Review: Google Pixel 11 Pro HiLight is a dud, but the cameras make up for it  Mashable
3. Pixel 11 Pro vs Pixel 10 Pro: All the differences explained  PhoneArena
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5. 5 Cheaper Android Phones To Try Instead Of The Google Pixel 11  bgr.com

1. I Went Shopping for My Ultimate Smart Home of the Future at IFA 2026  CNET
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3. The best tech and gadgets announced at IFA so far  The Verge
4. Gizmodo’s Best of IFA 2026 Awards: See the Winners  Gizmodo
5. IFA 2026: Looking beyond the smart home with Haier  euronews.com

1. There May Not Be an iPhone 18 This Year  WIRED
2. The best time to buy an iPhone may be right this minute  The Washington Post
3. Apple to Kick Off Ternus Era With Its Biggest-Ever Slate of New Products  Bloomberg.com
4. How Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Will Change Smartphones Forever  Forbes
5. What to expect at Apple’s iPhone 18 launch event on Wednesday  Fast Company

1. Sid Meier’s Civilization VII major update ‘Arc of Tomorrow’ and paid expansion ‘Earthrise’ announced  Gematsu
2. Watch the Civilization VII developer panel at PAX West 2026!  Sid Meier's Civilization
3. Civilization 7 announces "Arc of Tomorrow" update, first expansion titled "Earthrise"  Nintendo Everything
4. Firaxis Feature Workshop Returns, Sign-Ups Open For Arc Of Tomorrow  GameDaily
5. Civilization VII hired historians to name its planets, but your dog or cat’s name works too  Popverse

1. NBA 2K27 predicts the season: LeBron's shocking start with 76ers, a new MVP and an NBA Finals rematch  Yahoo Sports
2. NBA 2K27 Introduces New Brands, Sneakers and First-ever Co-ed City Mode  WWD
3. NBA 2K27 review: A fresh experience that also feels familiar  ESPN
4. Every Celebrity Spotted Courtside in the New ‘NBA 2K27’ Game  Sports Illustrated
5. Orlando Magic Are Favorites to Win the 2026-27 NBA Title? Surprising Data Emerges  Sportsnaut

The fire department at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley will perform training on the Moffett Federal Airfield beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8 through Friday, Sept. 11. The training will involve the use of a propane-fueled aircraft fire simulator and be conducted from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. PDT.

Because the aircraft simulator is fueled by propane, very little smoke should be produced during the controlled training fires. However, flames may be visible to drivers on U.S. Highway 101. The training is intended to prepare Ames’ first responders to respond to a variety of realistic aircraft firefighting scenarios.

For more information about NASA’s Ames Research Center, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ames

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Jeanne Neal
Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley
650-604-4789
Jeanne.c.neal@nasa.gov

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NASA will host a virtual webinar at 2 p.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 2, titled “The RS-25 Engine and the Future of Artemis Missions: An Accessible Webinar for the Blind and Low-Vision Community.” This webinar is open to the public, however it is tailored specifically for a blind and low-vision audience.

The webinar will last about two hours and include an audio-described video of an RS-25 engine test, a Q&A session with an Artemis engineer, and a panel about accessibility in space and science. The event will be hosted on the Zoom platform. 

Participants in the session include:

• Dr. Kimberly Arcand, visualization scientist, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory
• Josh Greiner, test director, NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
• Dr. Craig Moore, materials engineer, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama
• Dr. Robert Shelton, lead simulation engineer, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
• Christine Malec, freelance writer and consultant

Those interested in attending the webinar must RSVP using this form by Friday, Sept. 25. Any questions can be directed to thalia.k.patrinos@nasa.gov. The details of the webinar will be emailed to registrants in the days leading up to the event.

NASA’s Artemis program will send astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore the Moon and establish a Moon Base on the lunar surface. For additional information on the Artemis missions, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis

On Wednesday, June 17, skywatchers across the United States—and parts of Canada—enjoyed a rare event: a daytime lunar occultation of Venus. A lunar occultation occurs when the Moon moves directly in front of another celestial object from our viewpoint on Earth, briefly hiding it from sight.

This time, the Moon slipped in front of Venus for the first of three occultations happening this year, creating a striking daylight moment for those who caught it. If you missed it, there will be two more opportunities to see Venus disappear behind the Moon in 2026: Sept. 14, visible from parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, and western Russia; and Nov. 7, visible from southern South America.

Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.

The sheriff’s office said the hikers “were advised by Gemini to bring far less food and water than their group required."

OpenAI acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum.

Clucky's new alarm app has an option where users are woken up to the sound of a rooster. They then complete a mission to turn it off.

While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, a growing number of rivals are now racing to dethrone it by trying all sorts of approaches to get an edge over it.