Here is your Daily 10 news roundup for Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
1. Current Affairs: NTSB Interviews Pilots as Investigators Probe Fatal Miami Cargo Plane Crash
National Transportation Safety Board investigators questioned the pilot and co-pilot of the Amazon Prime Air cargo jet that overran the runway at Miami International Airport, killing five people on the ground. Flight data reviewed this week indicates the Boeing 767, operated by 21 Air on a route from Puerto Rico, attempted to abort an unsteady landing and applied full power in the final seconds before crashing into a parked van and other vehicles. Three of the five people injured remain hospitalized, two in critical condition. The five victims killed have been identified, and the NTSB has not yet determined a cause. Investigators are examining weather conditions, since storms were building near the airport at the time. The inquiry is expected to take months. The crash has renewed scrutiny of cargo carrier safety protocols at one of the nation's busiest air freight hubs. Read more at NPR.
2. AI: Meta Launches Muse, a Personal AI Agent That Emails, Books and Buys on Your Behalf
Meta introduced Muse, a consumer-facing AI agent designed to act inside a user's email, calendar, payment accounts and shopping services rather than merely answer questions. The agent can send emails, book travel, fill out forms, negotiate bills and complete purchases using Link by Stripe for checkout, and it is available immediately on iOS, Android and WhatsApp, with support for Meta's AI glasses to follow. Meta says Muse operates inside a dedicated, isolated virtual machine and cannot see a user's passwords or payment credentials directly, while a second internal system, called Sentinel, must approve every outbound request Muse makes. A free tier is available, alongside twenty dollar and one hundred dollar monthly plans for heavier use. The launch marks one of the most aggressive pushes yet to put an autonomous agent in charge of everyday digital tasks, and it is likely to intensify questions about how much account access consumers should hand over to AI systems. Read more at TechCrunch.
3. Gaming: Nintendo Direct Reveals Metroid Ravenous, Kirby and the World Beyond, and a Switch 2 Launch Date for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation
Nintendo held a September showcase dedicated to titles arriving on Switch 2 this winter, headlined by first looks at Metroid Ravenous and Kirby and the World Beyond. The company also confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will launch on Switch 2 on April 8, with pre-orders opening the same day on the Nintendo eShop. The broadcast is one of two major September showcases from the console maker and comes during a particularly crowded release window, with several other high-profile titles arriving across platforms this month. Nintendo has leaned on Direct presentations throughout 2026 to space out major announcements rather than concentrate them at trade shows, a strategy that has kept Switch 2 software news flowing steadily since the console's launch. Further details on pricing and additional Switch 2 titles are expected in the coming weeks. Read more at Screen Rant.
4. Faith: Latter-day Saints First Presidency Invites Members to October General Conference
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has formally invited members and the public to the 196th Semiannual General Conference, scheduled for October 3 and 4, 2026. The biannual gathering, broadcast globally from Salt Lake City, typically draws addresses from the church's top leadership on doctrine, policy and church initiatives, and is closely watched for announcements on new temples and organizational changes. The invitation comes as the church continues a period of expansion, including recent temple dedications and open houses across multiple countries. Conference sessions are streamed online and translated into dozens of languages, reflecting the faith's global membership base. Leaders have not previewed specific agenda items, but General Conference has historically been the venue for major policy announcements, making the October sessions a focal point for both members and religion observers in the weeks ahead. Read more at the Church Newsroom.
5. Scam Alert: FTC Warns Scammers Are Cloning Car Dealership Websites to Steal Payments
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a consumer alert warning that fraudsters are building near-perfect, sometimes AI-generated clones of legitimate dealership websites to sell vehicles, particularly rare and classic cars, that do not exist. The counterfeit sites replicate real logos, inventory photos and even customer testimonials, and scammers use high-pressure tactics, claiming other buyers are circling, to push victims toward wire transfers or cryptocurrency payments. Victims typically discover the fraud only when they arrive at the actual dealership and find no record of their order or payment. The FTC's guidance is direct: never wire money or pay in cryptocurrency for a vehicle, insist on seeing the car and the dealership in person before paying anything, and search the dealer's name alongside words like "scam" or "complaint" before committing funds. Regulators say the scheme has been active for more than a year but has grown more convincing as generative AI tools make fake storefronts easier to produce. Read more at Carscoops.
6. Tech Tip: Check What You Are Handing Over Before Connecting an AI Agent to Your Accounts
As AI agents like Meta's newly launched Muse gain the ability to act directly inside email, calendars and payment accounts, security researchers are urging consumers to slow down before granting that access. Before connecting any AI assistant to a personal account, review exactly which permissions it requests: read access to email is different from send access, and calendar viewing is different from the ability to create or modify events. Look for agents that isolate sensitive actions, require explicit approval before sending messages or making purchases, and disclose whether human engineers or third parties can view your data. Revisit connected app permissions periodically in your email and calendar settings, since access granted months ago is easy to forget. For financial actions, prefer agents that use tokenized payment systems rather than agents that store card numbers directly. A few minutes reviewing permissions can prevent an AI assistant from becoming an unexpected point of failure. Read more on the privacy questions raised by Muse.
7. Science: MIT Engineers Develop Injectable "Mini Livers" as an Alternative to Transplant
Researchers at MIT have developed an injectable therapy that creates small, functioning pockets of liver tissue inside the body, offering a potential bridge or alternative for patients with failing livers who cannot access or withstand a full transplant. The approach combines liver cells with tiny hydrogel spheres and supportive fibroblast cells, forming a graft that connects to the bloodstream and begins performing core liver functions once injected. In animal studies, the engineered tissue remained active for the full eight week study period, suggesting durability beyond a short-term fix. More than ten thousand people in the United States are currently waitlisted for a liver transplant, and organ supply continues to fall well short of demand. The MIT team says the injectable grafts could eventually serve patients too sick for surgery, buying time until a donor organ becomes available, though human trials remain years away. Read more at ScienceDaily.
8. Space: NASA Restarts Two Swift Observatory Instruments After Rescue Mission Falls Short
NASA has switched the Swift Observatory's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope and X-ray Telescope back on, restoring key science capability after a commercial mission designed to boost the aging spacecraft's decaying orbit failed to complete its objective. The private servicing vehicle, launched in July, developed orientation control problems and was called off before it could capture and reposition Swift. Increased solar activity has thickened the upper atmosphere, accelerating atmospheric drag on the two decade old observatory and shortening its remaining operational window. Despite the setback, the servicing company still plans to attempt a rendezvous with Swift to test proximity operations, a step NASA views as valuable for future in-orbit servicing missions regardless of Swift's fate. Scientists caution that without further intervention, the telescope, which has provided key gamma-ray burst data for two decades, may fall below a safe operating altitude within the coming weeks. Read more at NASA Science.
9. Business and Finance: Crude Oil Tops $100 a Barrel, Pressuring Wall Street Ahead of Apple Event
Brent crude climbed above $100 a barrel for the first time since July, weighing on major stock indexes as investors also awaited a closely watched Treasury auction and Apple's product event. Rising energy costs have reignited inflation concerns among traders, who fear sustained high oil prices could complicate the Federal Reserve's path on interest rates. Global energy stocks have surged in recent sessions, with related exchange traded funds touching their highest levels in more than two decades, even as broader markets softened. Wednesday's session featured a relatively sparse earnings calendar, leaving oil prices and bond yields as the dominant forces driving trading. Analysts say the coming Treasury note auction will offer a signal on investor appetite for government debt amid the inflation pressure, a factor markets are watching closely heading into the final months of the year. Read more at Charles Schwab.
10. Consumer Tech: Apple Unveils iPhone 18 Pro Lineup and Its First Foldable, the iPhone Duo
Apple used its September event to introduce the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max alongside the company's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, ending years of speculation about when Apple would enter the foldable category. The Pro models keep familiar 6.3 inch and 6.9 inch screen sizes but move to a 2 nanometer A20 Pro chip, 12 gigabytes of RAM and Apple's own C2 modem, replacing the third party modem used in prior generations. The Duo features a 7.8 inch inner display and a 5.3 inch cover screen built from a titanium and aluminum frame, and reporting indicates its hinge, a persistent engineering challenge for foldable phones, was designed with AI assisted modeling and produced using 3D printing to minimize the crease that has troubled competing devices. The announcements position Apple to compete directly with Samsung's foldable lineup heading into the holiday shopping season. Read more at TechCrunch.
Written by Lonnon Jensen. Read more about the author.