Science & Tech

SpaceX's Starship Flight 14 Reaches Space After Upper-Stage Engine Cut; Orbit Unconfirmed

SpaceX launched Starship Flight 14 from Starbase; an upper-stage Raptor shut down early and orbit is unconfirmed. The vehicle carried 26 Starlink V3 satellites.

#spacex, #starship, #starlink, #spaceflight

Mojang to add The Sift — Minecraft’s first new dimension since 2011 — to Java and Bedrock in 2027

Mojang confirmed at Minecraft Live that The Sift — Minecraft’s first new dimension since 2011 — will arrive in Java and Bedrock in 2027.

#minecraft, #gaming, #mojang, #the_sift

Bitget Hack Affects $351.6 Million; Withdrawals Paused, Trading Remains Open

Bitget paused withdrawals after a Sept. 24 hack that affected about $351.6M; the exchange says its $464M protection fund covers the loss.

#crypto, #bitget, #hack, #cybersecurity

Study: Local AI Coding Agents Can Erase Their Own Activity Logs

An arXiv preprint finds many local AI coding agents can edit or delete their own activity logs, threatening audit trails used in investigations and compliance.

#ai, #security, #logs, #arxiv

Meta’s Connect 2026: Muse Comes to AI Glasses, 100‑Gram Meta VR Glasses Set for Spring 2027

At Connect 2026 Meta announced Muse will come to its AI glasses and unveiled a 100‑gram Meta VR Glasses for spring 2027 at $1,299.99, signaling a shift to AI eyewear.

$META, #meta, #ai, #vr, #wearables

Google lets anyone generate free 1080p AI videos in Google Vids

Google is adding Gemini Omni 1.1 to Google Vids, letting anyone with a Google account create free 1080p AI videos with SynthID watermarking.

#google, #generativeai, #ai-video, #gemini

SEC Creates Five-Year Conditional Path for Tokenized U.S. Stocks on Public Blockchains

The SEC issued a five-year conditional exemption letting certain rights-bearing tokenized U.S. stocks trade on public blockchains under strict audit, disclosure and reporting rules.

#sec, #tokenization, #blockchain, #solana

OpenAI expands GPT-6 lineup with lower-cost Sol and Luna models

OpenAI adds GPT-6 Sol and Luna — cheaper GPT-6 variants with 1,050,000‑token context windows, steeply reduced token pricing and caching discounts.

#openai, #ai, #gpt6, #models

NVIDIA’s Isaac ROS 5.0 adds ROS 2 Lyrical, agentic tools — but GitHub uses a restrictive NVIDIA license

NVIDIA unveiled Isaac ROS 5.0 at ROSCon in Toronto with ROS 2 Lyrical/Ubuntu 24.04 support and agentic tools — but its GitHub repos use a restrictive NVIDIA license.

$NVDA, #nvidia, #robotics, #ros2, #opensource

Bungie to Restore Vaulted Destiny 2 Campaigns, Destinations and Raids After U-turn

Bungie has begun work to bring vaulted Destiny 2 campaigns, destinations and raids back after reversing its June decision to end new content.

#bungie, #destiny2, #videogames

Meta plans 'Petal' subsea cable to deliver 1 petabit/s across the Atlantic by 2029

Meta says it will build Petal, a transatlantic subsea cable with 1 petabit-per-second capacity by 2029, using multi-core fiber with NEC and Sumitomo.

#meta, #subsea, #transatlantic, #infrastructure

Japan and Allies Attribute Global Hacking Campaign to North Korea‑Linked 'WaterPlum', Say 30,000 Devices Compromised

Japan, U.S. and allied cyber agencies say North Korea‑linked 'WaterPlum' infected 30,000 devices in 100+ countries and stole crypto from over 7,000 wallets.

#cybercrime, #northkorea, #cybersecurity, #cryptocurrency

Leaked Rockstar Archive Appears to Contain Files for Cancelled GTA V Single-Player DLC

A newly public archive of Rockstar development files appears to include evidence of a cancelled GTA V 'Agent Trevor' DLC and expanded Liberty City.

#rockstar, #gta5, #gaming, #video-games, #leak

Harvard Preprint Shows AI Models Can Fingerprint and Exploit Inference Engines in Lab Demo

A Harvard preprint demonstrates that AI models can fingerprint inference engines and, in a controlled lab setup, exploit them using model-generated output tokens.

#ai, #security, #inference, #arxiv

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro, Watch Series 12 and AirPods 5 Arrive in Stores Worldwide

iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, and AirPods 5 hit Apple Stores worldwide; availability and colors vary by store.

$AAPL, #apple, #iphone, #applewatch, #airpods, #consumertech