Relaying what matters next.
The Relay is a new media project dedicated to covering slightly futuristic domains such as artificial intelligence, space exploration, longevity science, crypto and blockchain, advanced biology, and defense technologies. Our mission is to capture the signals of tomorrow and relay them forward with clarity, depth, and context.

LEO Navigation Goes Live, And GPS Finally Gets a Backup
With Xona’s Pulsar‑0 on orbit and U.S. regulators pushing diversification, low Earth orbit PNT is shifting from demos to deployment. Here is how it changes resilience, costs, and timelines.
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Moon’s First GPS Fix Begins the Lunar Navigation Economy
In March 2025, a LuGRE receiver on Firefly’s Blue Ghost computed the first GPS and Galileo position from the Moon. That breakthrough unlocks a positioning, navigation, and timing layer that can make lunar landings, rovers, and logistics routine.
Telegram Locks In TON, Web3’s First Billion-User Rail
Telegram just made TON the default for Mini Apps, rolled out TON Wallet in the United States, and added Chainlink’s CCIP and a decentralized AI network. This is crypto’s clearest path to a billion users.
TIME’s Archive Agent Signals the Rise of Domain AI for Media
TIME just turned 102 years of reporting into a rights-cleared AI agent. Here is why publisher-owned domain assistants will reset accuracy, SEO, distribution, and the path to monetization.
EGS Breaks Out: Geothermal’s 500 MW Utility-Scale Turn
October 2025 locked in supplier awards and fully contracted offtake for Cape Station, signaling that enhanced geothermal has moved from pilot talk to 500 MW of real delivery with commercial operations set from 2026 to 2028.
XRP’s First U.S. Spot ETF Goes Live, Fueling XRPL’s EVM Run
Canary’s spot XRP ETF opened on November 13 with heavy demand, setting a 2025 day one record. Here is how regulated inflows could amplify activity on XRPL’s new EVM sidechain, AMMs, and payments, plus a practical playbook for builders and investors.
The Browser Becomes the Agent Runtime: Atlas, Comet, Edge
October 2025 marked a strategic shift. The browser is no longer just a window to the web; it is the primary surface and sandbox for AI agents. Here is what changes next and how to build for it.
NEO Surveyor locks launch as 2025 integration begins in Utah
NASA’s infrared asteroid hunter has a Falcon 9 ride and is entering hardware integration in Logan, Utah. From Sun-Earth L1 it will spot dark, sunward NEOs years earlier.
2025's Hypersonic Tipping Point: Dark Eagle and Mobile Strike
Late 2025 marks the shift from demos to fielded hypersonics. The Army is arming its first Dark Eagle battery as startups push cheaper hypersonic rounds onto mobile launchers like HIMARS. Here is what changes next.
GLP-1s After Weight Loss: The New Longevity Infrastructure
In 2025, GLP-1 drugs move beyond weight loss into validated risk reduction. Regulators, outcomes trials, and insurers now point to survival and organ protection as the main story.
Tech-Neutral Credits Are Live: 45Y and 48E Reprice U.S. Power
Treasury and the IRS have finalized the tech-neutral clean electricity credits. The first Annual Table sets a practical GHG threshold of not greater than zero. See what qualifies now, what is pending, and how to move first in 2025–2028.
WhatsApp’s AI Pivot: Bots Out, EU Chats In, New Moats
Meta will ban general purpose chatbots on WhatsApp and roll out third party chat interoperability in Europe under the Digital Markets Act. See the power map, who wins and loses, and a 90 day startup playbook to adapt fast.
Chang'e-6 far side samples rewrite the Moon's clock and map
Two peer-reviewed results from Chang'e-6 have set a new lunar clock and redrawn the resource map. A firm South Pole-Aitken impact age and evidence for a cooler, drier farside mantle now shape where we land, what we sample, and how we plan to live off the Moon.
New Glenn's Mars Debut Redraws Planetary Mission Math
Blue Origin’s New Glenn launched NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes on November 13, 2025, then nailed its first booster landing. The flight opens commercial rideshares to Mars, resetting budgets, teams, and timelines for planetary science.
America’s Stablecoin Law Puts Crypto On Main Street
The GENIUS Act turns dollar stablecoins from a gray area into regulated payment rails. Here’s what the law enables, who moves first, and the playbook to ship in the next 12 to 24 months.
Snowflake Intelligence Is Generally Available Analytics to Action
On November 4, 2025, Snowflake made Intelligence and Cortex Agents generally available, moving analytics from answers to actions. Here is what changes, why the semantic layer is the new battleground, and a 90-day plan to ship value.
Klotho gene therapy’s 2025 cross‑over to first‑in‑human
A 2025 Molecular Therapy study reported that a single AAV dose elevating secreted Klotho extended male mouse lifespan by roughly 15 to 20 percent and improved aging markers. Here is a concrete, risk-aware plan to reach early human trials, with routes, biomarkers, and go or no go gates.
Solid Rocket Motors 2.0: New Plants, Printed Propellant
A new Avio factory in the U.S. and X-Bow’s 3D‑printed propellant signal real relief for the missile motor bottleneck. Here’s what changes between 2026 and 2029, what still constrains output, and how policy can speed the turn.
IMAP lifts off: a new early warning stack at L1 for space weather
On September 24, 2025, a Falcon 9 launched NASA’s IMAP, NOAA’s SWFO‑L1, and the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory toward L1. Together they create an upstream early-warning stack that shifts space-weather risk from reaction to prediction.

















