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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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Microwaves vs the Swarm: HPM Weapons Move to Fielding
In August 2025 a truck-mounted high-power microwave erased 61 drones in seconds. Solid-state arrays, battery power and FAAD C2 integration are flipping the counter-drone cost curve from missiles to energy shots.
Rubin’s First Images Switch On the Real-Time Sky Firehose
On June 23, 2025, Rubin Observatory’s first images flipped astronomy to real time. Next comes a decade of 20 TB nights, open alerts, and AI triage that will double near-Earth asteroids and catch cosmic explosions in their first hours.
Uniswap v4 hooks and the app store moment for DeFi
Uniswap v4 launched hooks, compact smart contracts that turn every pool into a programmable platform. The result is dynamic fees, MEV-aware execution, and compliance-ready liquidity across chains, with wallets and aggregators set to weave hooks into intent-based routing.
Voice Agents Hit Prime Time: Contact Centers Cross the Chasm
Real-time voice AI has hit production in contact centers as sub-300 ms pipelines, SIP telephony, and robust barge-in make calls feel human. This guide shows what changed, which KPIs to track, and how to deploy safely in 90 days.
FERC 2222’s 2025 Kickoff and the Demand-Side Capacity Race
Order 2222 moved from paper to code in 2025, and the demand-side capacity race is on. Here is the rollout by ISO, what can show up by summer 2026, and the revenue stack that makes virtual power plants bankable.
Dragonfly Enters Build: Titan’s Airborne Science Takes Off
In 2025, NASA’s Dragonfly moved from drawings to hardware, clearing CDR and completing heatshield and backshell tests. Here is why Titan’s multi‑hop rotorcraft is the template for off‑world aviation in the decade ahead.
Hong Kong turns on real value tokenization with Ensemble
At Hong Kong FinTech Week on November 3, 2025, the HKMA launched the Ensemble Pilot to move live tokenized deposits and money market funds, while the SFC let licensed exchanges tap global order books. Here is why that combination matters and how to build on it.
OpenAI’s $38B AWS Deal and the Multi‑Cloud Agent Era
OpenAI and AWS signed a seven-year, $38 billion capacity deal on November 3, 2025 that resets where agent workloads run. Here is what it means for cost, latency, sovereignty, and how to build a portable multi-cloud runtime for 2026.
TITAN Arrives: AI Target Fusion Puts CJADC2 on Wheels
In March 2025 the U.S. Army began fielding TITAN trucks to the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force. These AI-driven ground stations fuse space and terrestrial sensors to feed long-range fires, compressing sensor-to-shooter timelines across the Indo-Pacific.
FDA Reinstates NMN: A 24-month Plan to Prove NAD+ Works
After the FDA’s September 2025 clarification that NMN is lawful in supplements, the NAD+ space has a narrow window to trade sizzle for substance. This roadmap lays out the evidence plan, quality playbook, and retail relisting strategy needed to make NAD repletion real.
Euclid’s First Map Shifts Galaxy Physics, Eyes Dark Energy
On March 19, 2025, Euclid’s quick release mapped 26 million galaxies across 63 square degrees and immediately reshaped work on galaxy evolution and lensing. Next up is a 2026 cosmology release, plus a Euclid-Rubin-Roman partnership that could tighten dark energy constraints and surface ultra-rare lenses and even rogue planets within two years.
Firedancer Hits Mainnet: Solana’s New MEV and Throughput Math
Pieces of Firedancer are now live on Solana mainnet as top validators begin migrating. Here is how a true multi‑client network will change block production, fee capture, and reliability, plus what builders and operators should do next.
Gemini for Home goes live and the living room leads
Google’s Gemini for Home early access arrives as Amazon rolls out paid Alexa+ and Apple delays its Siri revamp. The living room is becoming the first mass-market proving ground for autonomous AI agents that blend voice, vision, and device control.
CLPS Turns the Corner: After Blue Ghost, the Moon Gets Real
Firefly’s Blue Ghost touched down in March 2025 and worked a full lunar day, showing commercial landers can deliver. Here is what the mission taught engineers, what flies next, and the infrastructure stack CLPS needs by 2026 and 2027.
USAF’s robot wingmen fly: Anduril’s test and what changes next
Anduril’s jet-powered Collaborative Combat Aircraft flew on October 31, 2025, moving the U.S. Air Force from concept slides to flight tests. Here is what changes now, from 2026-27 buys to autonomy safety cases, Pacific tactics, payload choices, and cost.
Glycation’s 2025 Pivot: Anti-glycation Enters Trials
Mouse data put anti-glycation upstream of multiple hallmarks. Here is what Gly-Low changes, how to design a human trial, what to measure now, and the milestones to watch in 2026.
Helium’s carrier-grade turn: AT&T, Movistar, and free mobile
In 2025, Helium moved from clever experiment to carrier‑grade reality. AT&T enabled Passpoint roaming onto community hotspots, Movistar began rolling out Helium in Mexico, and Helium Mobile made its Zero plan truly free. Here is what changed, why it matters, and what to watch in 2026.
Moonlight and LunaNet Ignite the Moon’s Navigation Grid
ESA’s Moonlight and NASA’s LunaNet standards are converging into a shared lunar communications and navigation backbone. The result: precision landings, real-time EVA support, and scalable rover swarms shifting from bespoke to routine between 2026 and 2030.

















