JAXA MMX. The Five-Year Round Trip to Grab Ten Grams of Phobos
Ten grams of gravel does not sound like much of a haul for a five-year interplanetary mission. But if the…
UGREEN HomeAgent. Local AI hubs that keep your smart home out of the cloud
UGREEN, a brand most people know for chargers and NAS boxes, has jumped into the smart home business — and…
OpenAI GPT-6 Astra. The model that made its president say the AGI word
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, 2026, billing it as "the world's most intelligent and aligned model" — and…
Kalshi and Polymarket. When a Bet on Yourself Becomes Insider Trading
Prediction markets spent years operating in a regulatory gray zone, and in 2026 that zone shrank fast. Within a few…
eGenesis EGEN-2784. Pig kidney sets record with nine months in a human patient
A woman in the United States has been living with a gene-edited pig kidney for 285 days — more than…
Tastewise TasteGPT. AI is deciding what goes on the menu, not just the photos
A burrito that looks infested with maggots. Pasta with a plasticky sheen. Dishes riddled with random holes, served with cuts…
Lenovo Project AeroBlade. A fanless 10 mm laptop cooled by jets of air
Lenovo has a long history of concept laptops that never leave the show floor, but the one it brought to…
AI gets held back a grade. New York’s classroom ban follows Norway’s lead
The largest school district in the United States has decided its youngest students can wait a year before meeting a…
Palo Alto Networks and Console. A US$500 million bet on agentic security
Palo Alto Networks has snapped up Console, a two-year-old startup that builds AI agents for routine IT help desk work,…
Meta Glasses. Cover the recording light and Meta shuts your camera down
Meta says it has disabled the camera on thousands of pairs of its smart glasses after detecting that owners had…
