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Nvidia's ENPIRE harness lets AI coding agents autonomously train robots to perform physical tasks like cutting zip ties and installing GPUs.

Rivian's R2 midsize EV cuts weight and cost with simplified wiring, no hydraulic roll control, and 400V charging while retaining up to 345 miles of range.

Viral robot videos often rely on teleoperation, sped-up playback, and familiar training environments, misleading viewers about true autonomous capabilities.

Google's Gemma 4 12B model uses Multi-Token Prediction and a streamlined multimodal encoder to run efficiently on laptops with 16GB RAM, matching larger models.

The failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket severely delays Blue Moon lander readiness, forcing NASA to rely more heavily on SpaceX's Starship for Artemis missions.

SpaceX plans to reduce Falcon 9 launches from 165 in 2025 to roughly 140-145 in 2026 as it shifts focus and launch infrastructure toward the larger Starship rocket.

A Falcon 9 upper stage from a January 2025 launch will strike the Moon's near side on August 5 at 5,400 mph, astronomers say.

Palantir employees internally criticize the company's deepening ties with Trump-era immigration enforcement and military actions, calling it a 'descent into fascism.'

Google's TurboQuant compression algorithm reduces LLM memory usage by 6x and boosts speed 8x in early tests without sacrificing output quality.

Apple's AirPods Max 2, launching in April for $549, upgrades to the H2 chip for improved ANC, adaptive audio, and Bluetooth 5.3 after five years.

xAI staff complain that constant upheaval, co-founder departures, and Musk's hardcore demands are destroying morale and causing talent loss, despite aggressive expansion plans.

Google Maps is rolling out Immersive Navigation, a major redesign using Gemini AI to provide 3D views, smarter route info, and better turn-by-turn guidance.

Meta acquired Moltbook, a viral AI-agent social network built on OpenClaw, hiring its founders to work on agentic experiences within Meta Superintelligence Labs.

Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max chips introduce a chiplet-based Fusion Architecture and a third CPU core type, splitting CPU/GPU across two dies for the first time in non-Ultra chips.

Apple's new AirTag 2 includes a more precise chip and a louder speaker, improving findability while keeping the same price.

NASA's Artemis II rocket rolled to the launch pad, targeting a February launch pending a successful wet dress rehearsal and heat shield review.

Moxie Marlinspike launches Confer, an end-to-end encrypted AI assistant that uses remote attestation and transparency logs to ensure privacy.

A Trump executive order commits NASA to landing humans on the Moon by 2028 and building a lunar outpost by 2030, while deprioritizing Mars and deep-space science.

Ten years after SpaceX's first Falcon 9 landing, the inside story details how the company overcame the CRS-7 launch failure and risky propellant densification to achieve rocket reuse.

Jared Isaacman is confirmed as NASA administrator, facing challenges of budget cuts, workforce reductions, and competition with China in returning humans to the Moon.

OpenAI released GPT-5.2 in three versions with a 400k-token context window, following a 'code red' memo prompted by Google's Gemini 3 competition.

HP announced layoffs of 4,000–6,000 employees, citing AI adoption to achieve $1 billion in annual savings by fiscal 2028.

Ookla data shows Apple's N1 Wi-Fi chip delivers faster median download (329.56Mbps vs 236.46Mbps) and upload speeds than Broadcom chips in iPhone 16.