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Events in September 2018 5
1936 – 2018Burt Reynolds (1936-2018)Died 6 September 2018, aged 82American actor who became one of Hollywood's top box-office draws in the 1970s and 1980s with films including Deliverance and Smokey and the Bandit. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Boogie Nights. He remained a prominent screen presence across five decades.
1992 – 2018Mac Miller (1992-2018)Died 7 September 2018, aged 26American rapper and producer known for albums including Swimming, released weeks before his death. He built a large following through mixtapes and major-label albums over a decade-long career. His death was attributed to an accidental drug overdose.
2018IKEA acquires TaskRabbit — assembly servicesIKEA acquires TaskRabbit — a platform connecting customers with freelance workers for handyman tasks — in September 2017, completed in 2018. The acquisition signals IKEA's recognition that its self-assembly model is becoming a barrier for older customers, time-poor professionals and people with disabilities. TaskRabbit allows IKEA customers to pay for assembly services, combining IKEA's low product prices with convenient delivery and assembly. The acquisition reflects IKEA's broader pivot toward services and convenience.
2018RTX — real-time ray tracing comes to gamingNvidia launches its Turing GPU architecture in September 2018, featuring dedicated hardware for real-time ray tracing — a lighting simulation technique that produces photorealistic game graphics. The RTX 2080 is the first gaming GPU to support ray tracing in real time. The RTX brand replaces GTX as Nvidia's gaming flagship designation and becomes one of the most recognised names in PC gaming.
2018Sulawesi earthquake and tsunamiMagnitude 7.5 quake and tsunami strike Palu, IndonesiaA magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, triggering a tsunami and soil liquefaction that devastated the city of Palu. More than 4,000 people were killed. The disaster prompted a major international humanitarian response.