The address comes 10 years after his predecessor’s groundbreaking statement on global warming. His words will be watched for signals on the direction of the new papacy.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/climate/pope-leo-climate-speech-laudato-si.html
The couple married in Australia in 2006. Their breakup surprised many fans.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/arts/nicole-kidman-keith-urban-divorce.html
The path to any agreement is complex for several reasons, including the Taliban’s demand that a man accused of being a Qaeda operative be released from Guantánamo Bay.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/world/asia/trump-afghanistan-hostages.html
The crash, which occurred early Tuesday morning in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, closed two lanes on the freeway, according to the authorities.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/beer-kegs-crash-california-freeway.html
Amazon-owned Blink debuted new cameras with 2K resolution and an accessory that enables a wider field of view.https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-blink-arc-mini-2k/
The embryos weren’t used to try to establish a pregnancy, but the researchers behind the technique say it could one day be used to address infertility.https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-made-human-eggs-from-skin-cells-and-used-them-to-make-embryos/
Google has launched a new AI-based protection in Drive for desktop that can shut down an attack before it spreads—but its benefits have their limits.https://www.wired.com/story/googles-latest-ai-ransomware-defense-only-goes-so-far/
Finally a proper hybrid, the Crosstrek has a near-600-mile range and full mechanical all-wheel drive. And, for the first time, a heated steering wheel.https://www.wired.com/review/subaru-crosstrek-hybrid-2026/
The hype around delivery robots has fizzled, but DoorDash is still determined to launch Dot, an adorable red bot. It can ride on roads and in bike lanes, where it will face daunting challenges.https://www.wired.com/story/doordash-dot-delivery-robot/
The rose gold option with GPS and cellular data is down to its lowest price yet for the Apple Watch Series 10.https://www.wired.com/story/apple-watch-series-10-deal-1025/
Help the whole family catch more Z’s with soothing background noise from our favorite sound machines.https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-white-noise-machine/
Amazon's next-gen Alexa+ chatbot is now available in four new Echo devices and a bevy of Ring cameras. The company also debuted three new Kindle Scribe tablets, one with a color screen.https://www.wired.com/story/everything-amazon-announced-today-at-its-fall-hardware-event/
Shot by Brian Duffy in 1973, the famous lightning bolt print is estimated to break the record currently held by Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut albumhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-iconic-cover-of-david-bowies-aladdin-sane-could-become-the-most-expensive-album-artwork-ever-sold-180987409/
Paul Thomas Anderson utilized VistaVision to make his latest movie, “One Battle After Another,” which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a bumbling, washed-up revolutionary trying to save his daughterhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-are-some-of-the-worlds-best-directors-reviving-this-special-film-format-created-in-the-1950s-180987424/
While many circumstances factor into the calculation, researchers found in a new study that local predators, not appearance alone, had the greatest impact on a color strategy’s successhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hide-from-predators-some-animals-camouflage-surroundings-others-display-bright-colors-warning-what-keeps-safest-180987418/
A team of nearly 100 researchers found the average tree size in the massive rainforest has increased by more than 3 percent per decade since the 1970shttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/trees-in-the-amazon-might-be-more-resilient-to-climate-change-than-we-thought-180987416/
Recent excavations have shed new light on the four circular ditches, which were identified in a field near Rechnitz, Austria, during surveys of the area between 2011 and 2017https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-mysterious-earthwork-circles-built-6500-years-ago-nearly-2000-years-before-stonehenge-180987417/
Researchers and student volunteers pick up what seabirds throw up, then examine it for clues about our impact on the environmenthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/gulls-spit-up-gunk-can-help-ecologists-understand-human-pollution-180987407/
Human rights advocates and some comics say the festival, at which Bill Burr, Louis C.K., Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart are performing, whitewashes abuses.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/30/saudi-comedy-festival-backlash/
Two weeks after the regime signaled plans to ban fiber-optic internet, nearly all links to the outside world are cut, grounding planes and closing businesses.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/30/afghanistan-internet-blackout-taliban/