The United States is preparing to warn dozens of countries that joining China’s artificial-intelligence organization could jeopardize participation in the U.S.-led Pax Silica initiative, according to Reuters, which reviewed a draft State Department letter. The draft says Pax Silica participation represents a commitment and warns against conflicting initiatives, although it...
Blue Origin is adding a second launch pad to its Cape Canaveral complex while simultaneously repairing damage from a recent rocket explosion. The facility adjustments follow the failure of a New Glenn 7x2 rocket during static fire tests at Launch Complex-36 in May. Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp confirmed that...
"Technology companies are advancing initiatives to move artificial intelligence data centers into low Earth orbit to bypass severe terrestrial energy and cooling constraints. A single hyperscale artificial intelligence facility can consume electricity equivalent to one hundred thousand homes. To address this, Google has proposed Project Suncatcher, envisioning satellite constellations equipped...
Payments giant Stripe Inc. has reportedly finalized an agreement to acquire artificial intelligence startup OpenRouter Inc. for more than seven billion dollars, according to people familiar with the matter. Founded in 2023, OpenRouter operates a centralized platform enabling developers to access, compare, and route workloads across more than four hundred...
SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets from opposite U.S. coasts less than 39 minutes apart on August 15, 2026, setting a company record for the shortest interval between orbital missions. USSF-366 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California carrying a classified U.S. Space Force payload. About 38 minutes later,...
An AI agent managing a San Francisco retail store has recommended terminating a human employee after attendance problems, marking the first firing decision reported. Andon Labs said Luna, the AI manager at Andon Market in Cow Hollow, recommended “parting ways” after the employee was late for 17 of 23 shifts....
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is renewing his argument that advanced AI could dramatically accelerate medical discovery, but the supplied headline overstates what current evidence establishes. In his October 2024 essay, Amodei predicted that AI-enabled biology and medicine could compress 50 to 100 years of progress into five to 10 years,...
The Federal Communications Commission has authorized California startup Reflect Orbital to operate its Eärendil-1 demonstration satellite. The spacecraft, equipped with an 18-meter deployable mirror, is designed to redirect concentrated sunlight onto specific terrestrial locations during nighttime hours. Regulatory approval covers a two-year testing window for the single experimental prototype, which...
President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on August 12 directing the U.S. government to create a program allowing vetted private companies to participate in cyber operations against foreign cyber-enabled transnational criminal organizations. The Department of Homeland Security, through its National Coordination Center, will oversee the program with the Justice...
Apple has released security updates to patch a critical zero-day vulnerability in its macOS Screen Sharing feature, tracked as CVE-2026-65400. Rated with a CVSS severity score of 9.8 out of 10, the flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to obtain root-level access on vulnerable systems. According to advisories from security researcher...
