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.
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After Earth flyby, OSIRIS-APEX sets up Apophis reality test
Fresh off a precision gravity assist over Earth on September 23, 2025, NASA’s OSIRIS‑APEX is setting up the first controlled before‑and‑after experiment on the near‑Earth asteroid Apophis. Here is how the team will watch it change in real time and why those measurements matter for planetary defense.
EPA’s 2025 A2L pivot: what it means for heat pumps and HVAC
In late September 2025 the EPA moved to revisit refrigerant rules that underpin America’s switch to mildly flammable A2L gases. Here is how the rethink could reshape heat pumps, codes, training, and the HVAC market through 2028.
SoftBank’s $5.4B ABB buy primes LLM agents for factories
On October 8, 2025, SoftBank agreed to acquire ABB’s robotics division for $5.4 billion. The deal could push large language and vision models from the browser into factory cells, accelerating agentic automation.
ICE’s $2 billion bet pushes Polymarket into Wall Street
Intercontinental Exchange will invest up to $2 billion and distribute Polymarket’s event data, signaling that regulated onchain prediction markets are crossing into traditional finance. Here is what changes next and why it matters.
Solana’s Next Gear: Firedancer’s Plan to Uncap Blocks
Solana is preparing to trade fixed block limits for dynamic capacity. Firedancer’s SIMD-0370, planned for the post‑Alpenglow era, could unlock bigger bursts when demand spikes, cut failed trades, and enable new real-time apps. Here is how it works, the risks, and what builders should do now.
Japan’s Tomahawk Era Begins as Destroyers Join U.S. Kill Web
Tokyo is fitting Tomahawk Block IV and V on Kongo and Atago Aegis destroyers, launching a 2025 to 2027 rollout that ties Japanese shooters to U.S. sensors and command networks and reshapes Indo-Pacific strike math.
LangChain 1.0 and LangGraph 1.0 set the agent runtime standard
With the 1.0 cycle for LangChain and LangGraph, stateful graphs, guardrails, human review, and deep observability move agents from dazzling demos to dependable enterprise systems. Here is what changes and how to adopt it now.
Necroptosis Blockers Enter Trials to Tame Inflammaging
A Financial Times scoop on LinkGevity’s necrosis‑blocking combo just put regulated necrosis on the geroscience map. Here is why stopping injury‑triggered cell death could cool inflammaging, where first wins may arrive, and how to measure them fast.
Sodium‑ion’s U.S. shakeout: Natron collapses, CATL ramps
Natron Energy’s September 3 shutdown and CATL’s December ramp mark a turning point for sodium-ion grid storage. See what 2026 RFPs must require, how US manufacturing could localize by 2027, and where sodium-ion can beat LFP on cost and safety.
Telegram x TON: Mini Apps, USDT, and a United States Wallet
Telegram made TON the exclusive chain for Mini Apps and then shipped a self‑custodial wallet in the United States. With USDT payments embedded in chat, this could be the most credible path to 100 million new crypto users.
OpenAI’s open-weight pivot: GPT‑OSS and the edge agent era
OpenAI’s August 5, 2025 GPT-OSS release puts strong reasoning on a single 80 GB GPU and even 16 GB devices with quantization. Here is how it rewires procurement, stacks, and agent standards.
AI becomes the new baseload reshaping U.S. power grid
October 2025 delivered a clear signal. Fresh EIA and PJM forecasts point to record, round-the-clock electricity demand as AI data centers shift from edge case to everyday baseload. Utilities are racing to rewrite tariffs, interconnections, and supply strategies to keep up.
Fusaka starts PeerDAS and the blob fee wars across L2s
Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade is moving through testnets in October with a tentative mainnet window on December 3, 2025. PeerDAS and staged blob increases aim to cut L2 costs, reshape sequencer economics, and reprice data availability markets.
Browser-native agents arrive with Gemini 2.5 Computer Use
Google’s Gemini 2.5 Computer Use puts an agent behind the keyboard inside the browser. Here is what shipped, why it matters for automation, and a 30 day plan to pilot it safely.
USAF’s uncrewed fighters just flew, and the race begins
On August 27, 2025, the U.S. Air Force's YFQ-42A made its first flight, shifting Collaborative Combat Aircraft from concept to reality. That sortie starts a fiscal 2026 downselect and a 24 to 36 month sprint to field modular, attritable wingmen at scale.
How 45V Finally Banks: Hourly Match, Storage, and Hubs
Published January 10, 2025, the IRS Section 45V final rule locks in annual matching through 2029, flips to hourly in 2030, permits storage‑backed EACs, and defines deliverability by balancing authority. This builder’s playbook shows how to site, contract, and dispatch financeable hydrogen projects through 2030.
Rubin’s first images to first alerts: the real-time sky begins
With first images unveiled in June 2025, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has entered commissioning toward nightly, petabyte-scale scans. Over the next year, real-time alerts will change what gets discovered, by whom, and how fast astronomy responds.
Chain Abstraction Goes Live: Avail Nexus Makes One-Click Swaps
Avail’s September 2025 Nexus upgrade turns multichain into a single click with cross-chain swaps, Avalanche and BNB Chain support, and a TEE-backed coordination layer. Here is how chain abstraction can retire manual bridging and redirect liquidity across L1s and L2s.

















