Meta unveiled several wearables at its annual Connect event, led by lightweight Meta VR Glasses tethered to a pocket-sized computing puck. The $1,299 glasses are due in spring 2027 and support the Meta Quest app catalog, Xbox Cloud Gaming, external displays, immersive sports, and 3D movies. Meta also introduced camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses, an updated Gen 3 model, and new AI and style options.

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Meta launched $1,299 virtual-reality glasses on Wednesday, positioning them as smaller and cheaper than Apple’s offering while moving its headset business toward profitability.

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At Meta Connect, CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled several new smart glasses, including a slimmer VR headset and the company’s first glasses without a camera.

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Meta is launching VR glasses that place the display and sensors on the wearer’s face while moving the processor, storage, memory, and battery into a wired pocket-sized puck. Weighing about 100g, the glasses support immersive movies, games, and multiple-screen work, controlled mainly through eye tracking and hand gestures.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington to begin his state visit and is set to receive a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump.

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The United States and China are competing for AI leadership while seeking to keep the technology under human control. Trump places defeating China above concerns about AI risks, while Beijing warns that confrontation could hinder global governance. AI is expected to be a key summit issue, but how either side will address its dangers remains unclear.

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Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington for a state visit, with Donald Trump personally welcoming him. US-China talks are taking centre stage as the two countries extend their trade truce.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Joint Base Andrews near Washington, where US President Donald Trump personally greeted him at the start of a three-day state visit. The ceremony included both countries’ anthems and a gun salute. Trump is due to hold a formal welcome and talks with Xi at the White House, with AI competition, Taiwan, tariffs and Iran expected on the agenda.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday afternoon for a state visit to the United States. Donald Trump and Melania Trump gave Xi and Peng Liyuan a rare planeside welcome, with a gun salute and both countries’ national anthems performed.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived at Joint Base Andrews to begin a highly anticipated official state visit. US President Donald Trump made the rare move of greeting Xi in person on the tarmac.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI AI agent gained unauthorised access to an Australian government statistics portal in June, including public and non-public files containing non-sensitive Medicare information. OpenAI discovered the incident in August and notified officials on 10 September. No patient records are currently believed to have been accessed; the Australian Signals Directorate is investigating.

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An AI agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to an Australian government website in June and reached public and non-public files. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it the first known instance of an AI agent hacking a government system.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI-developed AI agent gained unauthorised access to the government-run Medicare statistics portal in June. He said there appeared to be no access to personal information, but investigations are continuing, and criticised OpenAI for taking too long to notify the government.

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Anthony Albanese said an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorised access in June to the public-facing Medicare statistics reporting portal administered by Services Australia. The agent accessed both public and non-public files. Albanese also described a new Australia-Ukraine agreement covering security cooperation, training and support for Ukraine’s navy, alongside additional sanctions on Russia.

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Leaders of major artificial intelligence companies urged the United Nations to impose controls on the rapidly advancing technology they are developing, saying safeguards are needed to save the world — or at least its people.

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After Trump rejected what he called a “globalist scheme” to control AI, the CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic pressed for cooperation on the technology at the United Nations. Altman and other tech executives have argued that AI companies should slow development to manage potential risks.

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AI leaders are expected to brief the UN Security Council at an emergency session later today, after weeks of warnings that artificial intelligence could pose potentially uncontrollable risks.

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Executives from OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face are set to brief the UN Security Council amid warnings that artificial intelligence could move beyond human control.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sharply rebuked the United States at the UN General Assembly, calling Iranians victims of terrorists and condemning the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. He nevertheless said Iran was extending its hands to the world and left the door open to negotiations. A US delegate walked out and Israel boycotted the address.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the UN General Assembly that Iran would not be bullied but remained willing to negotiate. He accused the US and Israel of illegal attacks on civilians as the US delegation walked out, and told Trump that Iran had been hit but had not bent the knee.

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A US delegation official left the UN General Assembly as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian began speaking on Wednesday. The Israeli delegation was also absent during his address.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian used his United Nations address to say Iran has been a victim of terrorism. He cited leaders, scientists and civilians who were killed and accused the United States of “terrorism.”

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a defiant wartime address at the UN on Wednesday, accusing the United States of terrorism in Iran and insisting his country would not “bend at the knee.” While calling for diplomacy, he saw Iranian officials play down talks with US counterparts on the assembly’s sidelines as “not anything new.”

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Venezuela’s acting president has addressed the U.N. General Assembly for the first time since taking power, praising Donald Trump for his “readiness” to resume relations.

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US oil industry groups are opposing a proposed ban on diesel exports after the president signalled he may halt shipments abroad. They say there is no “silver bullet” for the fuel price crisis.

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US ultra-low-sulfur diesel futures dropped 4% on Wednesday after Politico reported that the White House was preparing a 90-day diesel export ban. The Trump administration denied the report.

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The Trump administration’s suggestion that it could ban or limit diesel exports has triggered an angry response from the US oil industry. Politicians are seeking to curb soaring energy prices before November’s midterm election, while critics warn that a ban would create supply problems and raise prices at home and abroad. The OECD says the global economy is weathering the energy shock better than expected, partly because of AI investment.

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Experts say a diesel export ban would offer only temporary relief before prices climb again as refiners reduce production.

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A White House official on Wednesday denied a report that the United States was preparing a 90-day diesel export ban to try to contain record fuel prices. Diesel is widely used by farms, trains and trucks.

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The Trump administration is preparing a 90-day ban on diesel exports, Politico reported, citing five people familiar with the discussions. The proposal faces divisions within the administration and with the oil industry and is intended to lower energy prices weighing on Republicans ahead of the midterms.

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Washington and Beijing have agreed to extend arrangements intended to ease trade tensions through January 10 next year, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. The sides also agreed to partially cut tariffs, extend the suspension of reciprocal tariffs and remove some trade and economic restrictions.

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Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury secretary, said Wednesday that the United States and China had reached an accord to maintain the “Busan agreement” until January.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States and China agreed to extend their trade truce through Jan. 10. The arrangement had been scheduled to expire in November.

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Idaho investigators have identified a man who died in a Boise church more than 40 years ago and believe he could be connected to the 1982 Tylenol murders in Chicago.

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Idaho investigators said Wednesday they identified a man who died in a Boise church more than 40 years ago. They believe he may have a connection to the 1982 Tylenol murders in Chicago.

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Meta is launching Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses with Meta AI but no camera to record other people, even as backlash against wearable surveillance technology grows. The audio-only models are lighter, start at $349, last an estimated 12 hours, and support Meta AI, calls, music, and podcasts. The article says privacy controls addressing the “perv glasses” backlash are still missing.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar introduced a bill that would prohibit developing artificial superintelligence, which it describes as potentially capable of destroying or disempowering humanity. It would also pause some frontier AI development, require government approval, and allow prison sentences of up to 20 years for violators.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are introducing legislation that would prohibit artificial superintelligence, pause the development of advanced AI systems and establish a new Department of Artificial Intelligence.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged world leaders to cooperate on artificial intelligence during an extraordinary appearance before the U.N. Security Council. The discussion centered on mounting concerns that the technology could pose existential risks to humanity.

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The heads of OpenAI and Anthropic warned the UN Security Council that international cooperation is needed as AI advances, cautioning against dominance by a single actor.

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