Thursday, 10 September 2026
Thu 10 Sept · At a glance
Thursday, 10 September 2026
Oil passed $100, and data centres buying power and memory made phones and electricity dearer
367 stories in 12 beats
Signals: what moved across the beats
- The war on Iran reaching the ships that carry oilHigh ↑ · 3 beats
- Data centres bidding for the power and the parts everyone else buysHigh ↑ · 3 beats
- Repairs and inspections that nobody carried outBuilding ↑ · 2 beats
- New rules for how you sign up and how you stopBuilding ↑ · 2 beats
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The war on Iran reaching the ships that carry oil
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World
Iran said it struck ten ships near the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow sea passage much of the world's oil is carried through. The United States had sunk five Iranian tankers.
The World stories →Finance
A barrel of Brent crude, the oil price most countries follow, closed at $101.21. That is its first close above $100 since July.
The Finance stories →Climate
Diesel in Serbia reached 234 dinars a litre, more than drivers there have ever paid. About a third of the oil now leaving the Gulf cannot be traced to a buyer.
The Climate stories →Data centres bidding for the power and the parts everyone else buys
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Tech
Apple added $100 to the price of every iPhone. The memory chips inside cost more because computer centres running artificial intelligence are buying them up.
The Tech stories →Climate
America's grid forecaster expects record electricity demand in 2026 and again in 2027. One Ohio electricity company is planning for demand that nearly triples.
The Climate stories →Finance
Companies building artificial intelligence are now outbidding bitcoin miners for electricity.
The Finance stories →Repairs and inspections that nobody carried out
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Cyber
N-able, which sells software companies use to manage their computers, shipped its fourth emergency repair in five weeks. Every copy a customer runs on its own machines still needs somebody there to install it.
The Cyber stories →Food
American inspections of food sites in other countries are down about 35% since 2019. The law asks for more than 19,000 a year, and 1,140 were done.
The Food stories →New rules for how you sign up and how you stop
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Money
Britain brought forward to January 2027 the date by which companies must build an easier way to stop a subscription. Ten million subscriptions are running that nobody wants.
The Money stories →Gaming
Australia told shops to check that a buyer is over 18, without saying what counts as proof. Valve, which runs the Steam game shop, accepted only an Australian credit card; Epic bought four different checks.
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World · 38 stories
The UN's nuclear watchdog reports Iran, and Russia and China can stop what comes next
- Iran and the US hit ten ships in a day
- The nuclear agency closes Syria's case
- Britain bans settlement imports, Israel shuts a consulate
Finance · 37 stories
The US government said it would buy its own bonds on Thursday. Investors bought them on Wednesday, and its borrowing cost still hit a three-year high.
- Europe's central bank set to raise rates
- Brent oil closes above $100
- Two inflation reports decide a rate meeting
Tech · 35 stories
Apple's first folding phone costs $1,999. Every other iPhone went up $100, and so did Google's and Samsung's.
- Google keeps a Finnish nuclear plant alive
- South Korea weighs 20 new reactors
- Massachusetts tells data centres to bring power
Mind & body · 57 stories
Endometriosis grows its own nerves and its own blood supply, and for decades the only proof it was there was a camera pushed through a cut
- Two tests let into GP surgeries
- A tracer that lights up flat lesions
- Electrodes on the belly, in Worcestershire
Climate · 34 stories
August tied the hottest month ever measured, and the ocean set its own record
- Oil passes $100 and a third of Gulf exports cannot be traced
- Serbia's diesel is the dearest it has ever been
- Indonesia's fires overtake Russia's
Space · 14 stories
The US military moved real satellites close to each other in orbit. It says it had never run that exercise with live spacecraft before.
- Artemis II's commander and pilot leave the astronaut list
- SpaceX flies a secret Space Force payload today
- Space Force puts $50m into a new way to move satellites
Biotech · 28 stories
A gene editor rewrote every copy of a cholesterol gene in human embryos. Delivered a second way, it stopped them developing.
- First patient dosed in an AI-designed drug's final trial
- Novartis's failure knocked 22% off a rival
- An oral lupus pill beat a dummy treatment
Money · 26 stories
Ten million UK subscriptions are running that nobody wants. From January 2027 companies must build an easier way out.
- Cancelling insurance must be as easy as buying it
- A renewal may not cost more than a new policy
- Half of US car policies get a second quote
Sports · 22 stories
American football opened its season on a Wednesday night. A game in Melbourne had taken the Thursday.
- A US Open match ended at 3:33 in the morning
- Gauff saved two match points to reach the last four
- A betting exchange became an official US Open partner
Gaming · 23 stories
Nintendo spent 45 minutes on Switch 2's winter. Most of it was games that came out on other machines years ago.
- Steam locks out Australian adults without a credit card
- Epic offers four ways to prove an age
- 1,900 Blizzard workers ratify a first contract
Food · 30 stories
US inspectors had not visited the Mexican lettuce farm since 2019. Checks on food from abroad are down 35%.
- Salmonella found in broccoli sprouts
- Colombian pork found in shops by a shopper
- Listeria caught in Italian pork at the port
Cyber · 23 stories
Four spy groups used the same break-in tool. It was built from a repair Google had already published.
- Patient records taken through a supplier's login
- A fourth emergency fix in five weeks
- Grindr pays 26 million pounds over HIV data
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