Supreme Court lets third-country removals resume

Greek palimpsēstos joined palin (“again”) to psēstos (“rubbed smooth”), a name for writing scraped away so a page could serve again.² The British Library describes a tenth-century Syriac manuscript whose reused pages preserve two older Latin texts, including fragments of the historian Granius Licinianus.³

The Supreme Court lets third-country removals resume

On September 29, the Court stayed a lower-court order requiring advance notice and a chance to raise fear-of-persecution or torture claims before removal to a third country.⁴⁵⁶ It also granted the government’s petition for review.⁴ The emergency order keeps the policy operating during litigation. It does not decide legality on the merits.⁴ Reuters says human-rights groups count more than 25,000 removals to 29 countries. That is an advocacy tally, not a Court finding.⁵⁶

Consumer confidence falls to 81.9 in September

The Conference Board’s index fell 6.7 points to 81.9 from August’s 88.6.⁷⁸ Present Situation fell 7.9 points to 109.3. Expectations fell 5.9 points to 63.6, its third monthly decline.⁷ The index uses a 1985 average of 100 and records survey responses, not purchases or a forecast.⁷ AP says write-in responses were collected September 1–23.⁸⁹

Six technology firms sign a voluntary White House AI accord

Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI and Nvidia signed the accord.¹⁰¹¹ It calls for internal model monitoring, an internal review team, independent external evaluation and board review of reports.¹⁰ The text names no penalty, enforcement process, public-reporting duty or deadline.¹⁰¹² It says, “Over time, it may make sense to codify these steps into laws and regulations.” That describes a possible future, not a current legal obligation.¹⁰

DeepSeek releases code for Huawei Ascend chips

On September 30, DeepSeek released DeepGEMM-Ascend code for Huawei’s Ascend 950; Reuters reported the broader collaboration on chip-programming tools.¹³¹⁴ The README lists hardware and software requirements, including Ascend hardware, CANN and torch_npu. The release establishes public code, not production deployment or independently verified performance.¹³

Microsoft makes WSL containers generally available

On September 29, Microsoft moved WSL containers from preview to general availability.¹⁵¹⁶ Developers can update WSL and use wslc.exe or the container.exe alias to build, run and deploy Linux containers. Microsoft also documents an API for Windows apps.¹⁵ The release adds Intune policy controls and Defender for Endpoint visibility.¹⁵ Microsoft claims Windows-file access can be “up to 2x” faster without stating test conditions. Help Net Security says Docker Compose remains a requested gap.¹⁵¹⁷