Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Look Up Say More Trending Now Mashable Selects Creator Playbook Back to School Good Connection: Uplifting stories for a digital age Switch Off Mashable Voices Safety Net Versus All Series Let's talk about the future of iPhones. Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last decade reviewing games, smartphones, headphones, and laptops, and he doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon. He is also a Pisces, a cat lover, and a Kansas City sports fan. Timothy Beck Werth is the Tech Editor at Mashable, where he leads coverage and assignments for the Tech and Shopping verticals.

Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Look Up Say More Trending Now Mashable Selects Creator Playbook Back to School Good Connection: Uplifting stories for a digital age Switch Off Mashable Voices Safety Net Versus All Series Astronomer proposes jaw-dropping reason why we don't have a super-Earth Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts and history-making discoverers, and jetting above the clouds . Through 17 years of reporting, she's covered a variety of topics, including health, business, and government, with a penchant for public records requests. She previously worked for in Norfolk, Virginia, and in Annapolis, Maryland. Her work has earned numerous state awards, including the Virginia Press Association's top honor, Best in Show, and national recognition for narrative storytelling. For each year she has covered space, Sauers has won National Headliner Awards, including first place for her Sex in Space series.

Did Iran capture a US submarine? Saudi Arabia has temporarily closed its critical East-West oil pipeline, a 1,200km (746-mile) conduit stretching across the Arabian Peninsula, after it was attacked by drones on Friday. The drones were reported to have been launched from Iraq, where an investigation is under way. No group has claimed responsibility for the strikes so far. It is understood that equipment used to operate the pipeline was also hit.

'What a start!' - England lose Duckett and Gay in first over This content is not available in your location. England get off to a dreadful start on day four of the third and final Test as Mohammad Abbas removes Ben Duckett and Emilio Gay in the first over, to leave the home side 2-2, chasing 130 to win at Edgbaston. England Men's Cricket Team Follow England Men's Cricket Team You are now following England Men's Cricket Team Updates from your Sport topics will appear in My Sport and in a collection on the Sport homepage . Updates from your Sport topics will appear in My Sport and in a collection on the Sport homepage . Updates from your Sport topics will appear in My Sport and in a collection on the Sport homepage .

Plus: The US disrupts the internet's biggest black market, a Conti ransomware hacker gets prison time, Meta fails to stop AI-generated videos of child abuse. Meta failed to catch roughly 350 AI child abuse ads, according to new research this week, including some that included images of real kids. In one case, a child depicted in an ad was a member of a European royal family. Lawmakers have said they intend to investigate, and the San Francisco City Attorney's Office ordered the company this week to stop "allowing" AI child abuse ads. In other Meta news, the company announced a new personal AI agent this week that can book your plane tickets or sell your car, but it emphasized heavy investment in security and privacy features, seemingly anticipating mistrust from consumers.

Pennsylvania state Rep. David Maloney asked President Donald Trump to rename Lake Erie to "Lake Pennsylvania," following the president's order to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America."

Yankees, sports world remember 25th anniversary of 9/11 with'God Bless America' and moments of silence Tua Tagovailoa ruled out of Falcons' opener with oblique injury, Cooper Rush steps in against Steelers WWE's Roxanne Perez unconcerned about being without Judgment Day stablemates for massive Triplemania 34 match Taylor Townsend wins US Open doubles final, praises black'representation' Astros bullpen ERA of 4.11 could be the deciding factor as Tampa Bay Rays protect their postseason lead Kansas renews Border War rivalry with Missouri by calling Tigers'evil,' invoking slavery imagery Sophie Cunningham addresses perception that she is the'sex symbol' of the WNBA WWE's Corey Graves points to these AAA stars who may impress fans at Triplemania 34 Young people are'embracing' political violence in numbers we haven't seen before: Jonathan Turley Tom Shillue: This is'so stupid,' no one wants to do that Greg Gutfeld: This is what I'd do if I ran the GOP midterm convention Schools exposed for'whitewashing' 9/11 curriculum Stephen Miller: The Democratic Party should get '0 votes' LAS VEGAS - Omos was confident going into his match against Rey Mysterio at Triplemania 34 Night 1 and had every reason to be. He stood nearly two feet taller than the WWE legend, and if he pulled off the win, he would be reinstated to the AAA roster. Well, Omos won the match and then some. Omos elbow drops Rey Mysterio during Triplemania 34: Night 1 at MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 11, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nev. (WWE via Getty Images) Omos picked up the victory against Mysterio, despite the WWE Hall of Famer giving him a run for his money toward the end of the match. Mysterio hit multiple 619s, a West Coast Pop and then a splash from the top rope.

Steven Strogatz coauthored a book about how math is moving beyond human understanding. He spoke with WIRED about the seismic impact artificial intelligence has had on his life's work. Mathematician and author Steven Strogatz starts to cry when he talks about the artificial-intelligence -driven breakthroughs in his field over the past week. "The science is thrilling," the Cornell University professor says, "but there's a lot of human unpleasantness going with it." On Tuesday, OpenAI said it had used tens of thousands of agents to solve a 90-year-old math problem, which had a $1 million prize attached.

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For many mathematicians, it is the weeks, months and years spent circling a problem that appeals. For many mathematicians, it is the weeks, months and years spent circling a problem that appeals. I t was a week that left mathematicians reeling. Hot on the heels of a flurry of cases of artificial intelligence furthering the field, OpenAI declared a major scalp: its latest AI model had cracked a Millennium Prize Problem, a puzzle with a $1m reward that had defied human brains for decades. The achievement bore little resemblance to how mathematical problems normally fall.