Science & Technology — September 27, 2026

TikTok settles with Alabama. TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle claims it misled users about safety and designed its app to addict children, avoiding a trial.

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AI agents flag possible new gene-editing tool. Roughly 950 Anthropic AI agents spent over 21 hours searching DNA databases and found a viral system resembling CRISPR, a gene-editing tool, pending experimental validation.

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CERN begins Large Hadron Collider upgrade. CERN started replacing key magnets in the Large Hadron Collider for its High-Luminosity upgrade; the new superconducting magnets produce fields roughly 40% stronger.

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NASA greenlights new infrared space telescope. A billion-dollar infrared observatory called PRIMA will launch in the early 2030s, NASA announced, using spare parts from the Webb telescope to cut costs.

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