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Figure 03 and the Moment Humanoid Agents Enter the Home

Figure 03 and the Moment Humanoid Agents Enter the Home

Figure’s third-generation humanoid pairs a Helix vision-language-action brain with a safety-first, home-ready body and a factory plan built to scale. If fleet learning and BotQ deliver, the agentic appliance era may arrive sooner than expected.

CME goes crypto native with 24/7 access and SOL XRP options

CME goes crypto native with 24/7 access and SOL XRP options

A top U.S. derivatives venue is moving to always‑on crypto trading and has launched options on Solana and XRP. Here is how continuous, regulated derivatives can tighten weekend spreads, deepen liquidity, and reshape basis and volatility markets.

Standoff Strike 2.0: JASSM‑XR and the $150k Missile Wave

JASSM-XR is nearing flight test while sub-$200k cruise missiles move from concept to production. The U.S. is shifting to range plus mass: diamond-cut precision for hard targets, backed by affordable swarms for volume.

3I/ATLAS is changing comets. Time to change ours

3I/ATLAS is changing comets. Time to change ours

Observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS revealed unexpected early water activity and a carbon dioxide dominated coma. Here is why that changes our assumptions about planet formation and how to build an always on response before the next visitor arrives.

Enhanced Geothermal Goes Big: Cape Station’s 500 MW Moment

Enhanced Geothermal Goes Big: Cape Station’s 500 MW Moment

Fervo Energy has upsized Cape Station in Utah to 500 megawatts with real offtakes, named equipment, and first power set for 2026. Here is why engineered geothermal just moved into the firm, bankable core of the Western grid.

Uniswap v4 Hooks Are Live: From DEX to Liquidity OS

Uniswap v4 Hooks Are Live: From DEX to Liquidity OS

Uniswap v4 turns pools into programmable engines with hooks that enable dynamic fees, MEV defenses, and on-chain limit orders. Here is what changed on January 31, 2025, how Unichain fits in, and the patterns builders and wallets should adopt now.

From Lasers to Microwaves: Leonidas Fells 49-Drone Swarm

From Lasers to Microwaves: Leonidas Fells 49-Drone Swarm

Epirus’ Leonidas high‑power microwave system neutralized 49 drones in one pulse and 61 of 61 targets overall on August 26, 2025. At AUSA 2025, a robotic variant arrived, signaling a shift from demonstrations to doctrine.

AgentKit and ChatGPT Apps: OpenAI’s Agent Platform Moment

AgentKit and ChatGPT Apps: OpenAI’s Agent Platform Moment

OpenAI collapsed the agent stack into one toolkit and opened distribution inside ChatGPT. Here is what AgentKit and the Apps SDK change, who benefits, and a 90 day plan to ship a production agent without lock in.

Polygon’s POL Switch Is On as Coinbase Auto-Swaps MATIC

Polygon’s POL Switch Is On as Coinbase Auto-Swaps MATIC

From October 14 to 17, Coinbase is auto-converting MATIC to POL, marking Polygon’s switch to Polygon 2.0. Here is why POL is more than a ticker change and what users, builders, and validators should do now.

45V’s Final Rules Reset Where America Builds Clean Hydrogen

45V’s Final Rules Reset Where America Builds Clean Hydrogen

Treasury’s January 2025 rulebook for Section 45V makes the three pillars real. Incrementality, deliverability, and hourly matching by 2030 will shape where electrolyzers get built, how PPAs and certificates are written, and which hubs and industries scale first.

MSR 2.0: NASA’s two-track race to bring Mars samples home

MSR 2.0: NASA’s two-track race to bring Mars samples home

In 2025 NASA split Mars Sample Return into two competing designs to cut cost and time. Here’s how the heritage sky-crane path stacks up against industry heavy-lift options, what Europe’s orbiter contributes, and the milestones to watch before the 2026 downselect.

SPHEREx begins a 102‑color map of the entire sky, live

SPHEREx begins a 102‑color map of the entire sky, live

NASA’s SPHEREx has entered routine science, scanning the entire sky in 102 infrared colors and refreshing the atlas twice a year. Here is how this live, spectrum-rich map will accelerate discoveries from water-ice chemistry to cosmic inflation.

Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol ignites agentic checkout

Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol ignites agentic checkout

Visa’s new Trusted Agent Protocol lets merchants verify AI shopping agents at the edge. It promises safer, faster checkout, sharper fraud controls, and loyalty that redeems itself, with payment networks back in the driver’s seat.

Defiant’s Blue‑Water Debut and the Rise of Uncrewed Fleets

Defiant’s Blue‑Water Debut and the Rise of Uncrewed Fleets

DARPA’s USX-1 Defiant just ran crewless blue-water trials, signaling a shift from one-off demos to scalable, modular uncrewed fleets. Here is what NOMARS unlocks, how costs change, and what to watch as the Navy moves to field.

After FDA Reversal, Aging Clocks Return to the Clinic

After FDA Reversal, Aging Clocks Return to the Clinic

The FDA’s September 2025 pivot on LDT oversight is sending epigenetic and proteomic aging clocks back into hospitals. Here is what returns, where these tests fit first, and the validation guardrails that make them clinical tools.

Fusion’s real start date: DOE’s roadmap and sprint

Fusion’s real start date: DOE’s roadmap and sprint

On October 14, 2025, the Department of Energy unveiled a fusion roadmap that puts dates on paper. With an NRC licensing framework pending, new public funding, hyperscaler offtakes, and magnet supply chain buildout, the next 24 to 36 months will determine how fast pilot plants reach the grid.

Euclid’s 2025 releases reboot the dark universe timeline

Euclid’s 2025 releases reboot the dark universe timeline

March’s public Q1 data and September’s Flagship simulations moved Euclid from pretty pictures to industrial cosmology. Here is how AI, citizen science, and Roman will sharpen dark energy tests by 2026 to 2028.

MCP Wins: USB‑C Standard for AI Agents Becomes the Interop Layer

MCP Wins: USB‑C Standard for AI Agents Becomes the Interop Layer

A wave of 2025 releases turned the Model Context Protocol into the common tool call layer for AI agents across operating systems, clouds, and model platforms. Here is why demos just became deployable products and how to pivot now.