FDA approves Fayuvi, the first treatment for Sanfilippo syndrome type A

FDA approves Fayuvi, the first treatment for Sanfilippo syndrome type A

techkahwa.net | 18 September 2026 Ultragenyx says the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Fayuvi, a one-time gene therapy for the neurologic effects of Sanfilippo syndrome type A in children. STAT reports that it is the first FDA-approved treatment for the disease, a fatal inherited condition that attacks the brain in childhood. What happened … Read more

A Generational Leap With Not One Arabic Number In It: Reading GPT-6 Astra

A glass speech bubble holding three different social scenes at once

Ehab Saleh | techkahwa.net Model released: September 4, 2026 | Published: September 18, 2026 The numbers first Metric Result What it measures Source Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 53 Composite general intelligence, level with Claude Fable 5.1 Artificial Analysis, September 2026 Terminal-Bench v4.0 59% Command line task execution Artificial Analysis AutomationBench-AA 69% Multi-step automation Artificial Analysis … Read more

Google keeps AdX but gets a monitor, as the full US ad tech ruling is unsealed

Google keeps AdX but gets a monitor, as the full US ad tech ruling is unsealed

techkahwa.net | 17 September 2026 The full 106-page opinion in the US ad tech case against Google was unsealed on Wednesday 16 September, two weeks after Judge Leonie Brinkema refused the Justice Department’s request to force Google to sell its AdX ad exchange. Instead of a break-up, Google faces six years of behavioural remedies overseen … Read more

AWS says data held only in its Bahrain region and one UAE zone cannot be restored

AWS says data held only in its Bahrain region and one UAE zone cannot be restored

techkahwa.net | 16 September 2026 Six months after drone strikes damaged its data centres in the Gulf, Amazon Web Services has told customers it is “unable to restore access to the resources and data hosted exclusively” in its Bahrain region, me-south-1, and in one UAE Availability Zone, mec1-az2. In plain terms, data that lived only … Read more

Hearing Is Not Understanding: Testing Arabic Speech on Gemini 3.8 Flash

A studio microphone whose sound wave breaks apart into scattered particles

Ehab Saleh | techkahwa.net Model released: September 2, 2026 | Published: September 16, 2026 The numbers first Metric Result What it measures Source Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 59 at high reasoning, up 3 points from 3.7 Flash Composite general intelligence Artificial Analysis, September 2026 Tool use 45%, up 12 points on the previous version Multi-step … Read more

MSA in a Dialect Costume: Measuring Dialect Fidelity in Claude Fable 5.1

A marble statue wearing an embroidered cloak draped over its shoulders

Ehab Saleh | techkahwa.net Model released: September 1, 2026 | Published: September 15, 2026 The numbers first Metric Result What it measures Source HLE 59.1% (previous best 55.5%) Extremely hard expert questions Artificial Analysis, September 2026 Terminal-Bench v2.1 91.4% Technical task execution Artificial Analysis SciCode 62.0% Scientific coding Artificial Analysis AA-Omniscience accuracy 67.2% Knowledge with … Read more

EU Cyber Resilience Act reporting starts: makers must flag exploited flaws within 24 hours

EU Cyber Resilience Act reporting starts: makers must flag exploited flaws within 24 hours

techkahwa.net | 12 September 2026 As of 11 September 2026, companies that make software and connected devices for the European market have a new legal clock to watch. Under the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), manufacturers must now report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents to the authorities, starting with an early warning within 24 … Read more

Chrome 153 fixes the seventh exploited zero-day of 2026, so relaunch your browser

Chrome 153 fixes the seventh exploited zero-day of 2026, so relaunch your browser

techkahwa.net | 10 September 2026 Google has released Chrome 153 with a fix for CVE-2026-87491, a flaw that attackers are already exploiting. According to SecurityWeek and Security Affairs, this is the seventh actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026, and the fix only protects you once your browser has actually restarted. What happened Google’s statement is … Read more

iPhone Duo is Apple’s first foldable, and it starts at $1,999

iPhone Duo is Apple's first foldable, and it starts at $1,999

techkahwa.net | 10 September 2026 Apple unveiled iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone, on 9 September, priced from $1,999 with pre-orders opening on 16 October. The phone launched alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max at the first Apple event led by John Ternus, who became CEO on 1 September. Two screens, one very … Read more

Manchester Airports Group confirms customer data breach across three UK airports

Manchester Airports Group confirms customer data breach across three UK airports

techkahwa.net | 3 September 2026 Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which runs Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports, has confirmed that someone gained unauthorised access to customer data. Press reports put the number of affected customers at about 8.7 million, and the breach notification service Have I Been Pwned now lists 8.8 million accounts. The good … Read more