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5 planets will light up the September sky — here's how to see them

September 2, 2026
Venus, which has been such a prominent object in the western evening twilight sky since the start of spring, is now entering its final full month of visibility. With each passing day, it drops a bit lower in the southwest sky and sets a bit earlier and closer to the vicinity of the sun. By month’s end, making a Venus sighting will be rather difficult as it will be following the sun to below the…
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Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen

September 2, 2026
Before joining Sequoia Capital in 2020 as chief digital and information officer, Avon Puri spent over a decade running infrastructure at Rubrik and VMware. Three years ago, as large language models began showing their true potential, Puri, alongside another Sequoia IT leader, Sudheer Dhurjati, recognized that AI could help autonomously solve a major challenge for infrastructure engineers &#8211…
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The seaside town that once called Martin Parr's photographs a betrayal is about to put his face on a mural the size of a building

September 2, 2026
The street photography of Martin Parr was always divisive. In the mid-1980s, many residents of New Brighton, a seaside resort on the Wirral in Merseyside, England, believed his work was ridiculing them. But time, it seems, heals all wounds. Now, less than a year on from his death, the town is fundraising to put a giant tribute to him on its seafront. New Brighton Creative Futures, a community arts…
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Rivian (RIVN) CFO steps down for GE Vernova amid critical R2 ramp

September 2, 2026
Rivian CFO Claire McDonough is stepping down effective October 30, leaving after nearly six years to become chief financial officer of energy giant GE Vernova. The departure lands at the most important moment in Rivian’s history — the ramp of the R2, the $45,000-to-$58,000 SUV the entire company is betting on. McDonough joined Rivian in January 2021 and steered the company through its $13.7…
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