Scientists have identified a key point in the feeding cycle when supermassive black holes launch powerful jets and outflows. The finding could help researchers understand how black holes grow and how they influence the galaxies around them.

Boston College psychology professor Peter Gray’s new book argues that change in curriculum and achievement culture has more to do with teen anxiety than social media

Warnings about the risks AI poses to humans have triggered a heated global

September 18, 2026, 6:00 AM ET A data center in Abilene, Texas. The conversation around data centers has turned into a nose-to-nose shouting match between politicians, NIMBYs, and tech billionaires. Ask about the concerns and you’ll get an earful about water consumption, farmland, rural electricity bills and tax abatements. Every objection is reasonable, but each assumes the buildings these data centers will occupy will still be worth something in 2035. Once again, everyone is asking the wrong

September 18, 2026, 6:04 AM ET Good morning. On Fortune’s radar today: Three guys hacked into OpenAI’s source code for $6,500. New jobless claims are remarkably low. Markets: Yay! The credit market demands a hefty risk premium for holding AI hyperscaler debt. The Fed might have another 200 basis points of rate hikes coming. Your phone treats you like a ‘zoo animal,’ research shows. ➡️ Did someone forward this email to you? If you would like to receive this information directly, every morning

September 19, 2026, 9:05 AM ET AI may be restoring the importance of the liberal arts degree, at least according to the cofounder of one of the industry’s biggest players. Jack Clark, a billionaire cofounder of Anthropic and former journalist who majored in English literature and creative writing, says his literary education is what helped him become an influential figure in the world of AI. | Newsletter “I’m a literature graduate, and I don’t think you’d put that as a cofounder of a frontier AI

Who says Apple doesn’t innovate any more? After the iPhone and iPad, we now have something entirely new: iFlation. When the technology giant launched its latest phone last week, most of the attention focused on the way it folded in half. But there was something else eye-catching about it as well. It costs almost $2,000. A top-of-the-range version will retail at more than $3,000. That’s a lot for a phone and a big increase on earlier versions. When the first iPhone was launched back in 2007, it

Technology is enabling musical artists to seize power from the traditional record labels. That can only be a good thing for artists, fans – and canny investors. Simon Wilson reports

Apple has entered the foldable-phone market seven years after Samsung. But will it do better than its rival? Matthew Partridge reports