Monday · September 7, 2026 Vol. I · No. 249
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Maxim Magaziner on building faster, more reliable engineering teams Taiwan pledges $20bn more in US chip investment while courting the EU, Reuters reports Russia’s state defense procurement unaffected by arms exports — Rosoboronexport Rosoboronexport supplies military products to over 20 countries in 2026 The copper peptide trend has gone from creams to injections — ahead of the science Google-backed Pixxel raises $100M in India’s largest space tech round IN BRIEF: Production, loading complex in Izmail, patrol boat hit in Russian strikes Pig kidneys keep patients alive long enough to get human kidneys for the first time Maxim Magaziner on building faster, more reliable engineering teams Taiwan pledges $20bn more in US chip investment while courting the EU, Reuters reports Russia’s state defense procurement unaffected by arms exports — Rosoboronexport Rosoboronexport supplies military products to over 20 countries in 2026 The copper peptide trend has gone from creams to injections — ahead of the science Google-backed Pixxel raises $100M in India’s largest space tech round IN BRIEF: Production, loading complex in Izmail, patrol boat hit in Russian strikes Pig kidneys keep patients alive long enough to get human kidneys for the first time

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Labour ‘could lose up to 50 seats’ to Greens if new drilling in North Sea approved

Greens say analysis shows government failure to take bold climate action could lead to big gains for party at electionUK politics live – latest updatesLabour could lose dozens of …

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Coinbase establishes Abu Dhabi tokenization hub  

In this week’s Fortune Gulf Brief.

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‘We now live without this violence’: the Colombian farmers giving up coca for palm oil

Subsidies and a crackdown on armed groups are helping smallholders rebuild their lives, leaving behind decades of conflict and fearSurrounded by towering oil palm trees on his far…

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OpenAI hits pause on training in Hugging Face aftermath

In today's edition: OpenAI presses pause; China's robot dogs; Apple's EU sacrifices, teen AI, TikTok money, Meta, China's edge, Alibaba, and Etched.

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For CEOs, retirement is the ultimate performance review—and 60% are failing it

New data from BCG shows why the CEOs best at running companies are often the worst at leaving them.

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Rising inflation underlines scale of Andy Burnham’s cost of living challenge

PM’s plan to shield households from more pressure risks being overwhelmed by wider price risesUK inflation rises to 2.9%Business live – latest updatesJuly’s increase in inflation,…

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UK inflation rises to 2.9% as Iran war drives up energy bills

Accelerating price increases in July add to pressure on households, with chancellor saying ‘there is more to do to restore hope’Analysis: Rising inflation underlines scale of Burn…

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The IRS is scrutinizing how UnitedHealth moved money through foreign subsidiaries—and whether it underpaid taxes

The agency wants to raise the health giant's taxable income for four straight years. Neither side will say how much is at stake.

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Tesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxi permits. Sin City gave it 10, capped the speed at 45mph, and banned airport trips

Nevada capped Tesla's fleet at a fraction of its request and kept it away from Harry Reid airport.

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USC just shattered its fundraising record by nearly $100 million—thanks partly to the billionaire family behind the Houston Texans

The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation donated $25 million to the University of South Carolina in 2026.

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Princeton’s ‘AI Snake Oil’ author says the real fear isn’t thinking machines—it’s that AI exposes who already knows how to think

Princeton's Arvind Narayanan says his students are "in a bind." How much should they use AI versus resist it to build up their own skills?

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Strait of Hormuz chaos has incentivized China to use an alternative trade route: a 3,400 mile frozen Arctic channel dubbed the ‘Ice Silk Road’

Chinese shipping company Sea Legend Line just announced a shipping route through the Arctic, which takes half the time as established shipping routes.

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Nelson Peltz might take Wendy’s private following six straight quarterly sales declines as customers flee its poor franchise models and bad marketing

Peltz spent two decades helping shape Wendy's into the burger conglomerate it is today. Now he's considering buying the rest of the struggling chain.

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Top economist on Trump’s ‘deadly cocktail’ for the bond market—and how the bond vigilantes have crossed Scott Bessent’s ‘red line’

"The bond vigilantes have come out of hibernation," Johns Hopkins' Steve Hanke told Fortune, and "the inflation genie is out of the bottle."

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Inside the $8 billion cybersecurity acquisition that rescued ServiceNow from the ‘Saaspocalypse’

The deal for Yevgeny Dibrov’s Armis was Israel’s second-largest tech startup exit ever.

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‘It’s easy to slip into the negatives’: students on their biggest financial shocks at university

From bank accounts to rent and food, students and recent graduates offer advice to those beginning to studyWe asked students, and recent graduates, to tell us about the biggest fi…

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The people v the datacentre? The fight for Brick Lane - podcast

Annie Kelly heads to Brick Lane to hear from residents campaigning against a massive datacentre on one of London’s most famous streetsBrick Lane is one of the most vibrant and bes…

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Baa-by's day out: two goats try to take the bus in Portland – video

Two goats briefly boarded a bus in Portland, Oregon, on 11 August and then hopped off. Continue reading...

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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds

Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution was restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zoneChildren’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicle…

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Introducing Ulez was my hardest decision as mayor of London – but now we know its astonishing impact | Sadiq Khan

Critics said I was attacking motorists. It’s more important for me that the city’s children are no longer breathing dangerous levels of pollutionUlez led to better lung size and f…

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Exclusive: Accounting AI startup Rillet reaches unicorn status with $1 billion valuation. Its founder says he wants to give CFOs back their weekends

"Our message is not that we're coming after jobs," Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp told Fortune. "That's just not correct."

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The U.S. built its brand by attracting the world’s best and brightest. It must not lose that advantage

As any chief executive knows, the strongest brands are rarely destroyed by their competitors. This principle applies to nations as well.

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OpenAI announces slowing pace of development after hack by rogue agent

Amid race with Anthropic, firm plans to overhaul research and training and require more safety parameters after hackOpenAI on ⁠Tuesday said it had slowed down the ⁠pace of ⁠its ​A…

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David Sacks says Anthropic’s Dario Amodei wants a ‘DMV for AI.’ But plenty of industries thrive despite safety regulation

Amodei took to social media to defend his approach to regulation and his discussion of AI risks following criticism from investor Gavin Baker.