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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AWS’s Quiet Play to Own the Enterprise Agent Runtime
Amazon is quietly assembling an enterprise agent platform under Bedrock that spans runtime, memory, identity, tools, observability, and a new agentic IDE. Here is why the competitive front is shifting from model choice to runtime control, and how to evaluate AWS against Azure and Google over the next year.
SDA Tranche‑1 lifts off, starting monthly builds of PWSA
On September 10, 2025 the Space Development Agency launched 21 Transport Layer satellites, the first operational slice of PWSA. A monthly cadence now aims to turn demos into real regional capacity with Link‑16 from orbit and a growing optical mesh.
L2s Finally Flip the Switch on Permissionless Fault Proofs
After years of delays, major optimistic rollups finally shipped permissionless fault proofs. Arbitrum flipped on BoLD and Base reached Stage 1 with a decentralized security council. Here is what changes for withdrawals, bridges, and integrations across the Superchain.
Biannual RNAi for Hypertension Enters Global Outcomes Trial
ESC 2025 delivered first KARDIA-3 results for zilebesiran and a green light from Roche and Alnylam for ZENITH, a global cardiovascular outcomes trial. Here is what twice yearly blood pressure control could mean for adherence, safety, healthspan, and equity.
Chrome makes Gemini the new default runtime for web agents
Google is building Gemini directly into Chrome, adding AI Mode in the address bar and a page‑aware assistant that can read, reason, and soon act across tabs. Here is what changes for search, ads, Workspace admins, and the open web.
Summer 2025 made batteries the grid’s new peaker plants
A scorching Summer 2025 flipped the peaker playbook. ERCOT surpassed CAISO in battery capacity, Texas storage set a 6.3 GW evening discharge record on July 11, CAISO credited storage for stronger reserves, and Puerto Rico’s home batteries performed like a paid virtual power plant.
Telomere repair goes clinical and the longevity calculus
A February 25, 2025 first in human readout showed lineage specific telomere elongation after an autologous ZSCAN4 cell therapy in patients with telomere biology disorders. Here is what that signal means, the real risks, and the milestones to watch over the next two years.
Webb’s first planet image: TWA 7 b and the new roadmap
In June 2025, the James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI coronagraph isolated a faint, orange point inside the debris disk of the young star TWA 7. If confirmed, the Saturn mass candidate TWA 7 b would be the lightest world ever captured by direct imaging. Here is how the detection works, how it will be confirmed, and why it accelerates the route to imaging Earthlike planets.
The hidden bottleneck in Sentinel’s new-silo pivot
By opting for all‑new silos in May 2025, the Air Force shifted Sentinel from a missile program to a civil‑works megaproject. Concrete, fiber, power and EMP hardening now drive cost, schedule and risk, with GAO warning Minuteman III may have to serve into the 2050s if execution slips.
GENIUS Act resets stablecoins: USDC vs Tether’s USAT
With the GENIUS Act now law and Treasury racing into rulemaking, the onchain dollar market is entering a new phase. We map the rule timeline, disclosures, and how USDC and Tether's USAT could reset exchanges, DeFi, and payments from 2025 to 2026.
Order 1920’s trench fight: courts, clocks, and cost splits
Order 1920 left the page and entered the trenches in 2025. Rehearing clarifications, a new FERC chair, Fourth Circuit consolidation, and a demand shock from data centers now collide with looming compliance deadlines that will decide who actually builds long lines.
New Glenn’s 2nd Flight Shoots for Mars with NASA ESCAPADE on Sept. 29
New Glenn’s second launch is slated to send NASA’s twin ESCAPADE orbiters toward Mars on September 29, 2025. Here is why flying interplanetary so early matters for risk, cost, cadence, and competition in the U.S. launch market.
Salesforce Puts a Price on Digital Labor at $0.10 with Agentforce 3
Salesforce just put a sticker price on digital labor. At 10 cents per action, Agentforce 3 pairs unit economics with a reliability stack and a Google partnership that makes agents ready for procurement.
Palisades Comes Back: The New Playbook for Reactor Re‑life
With a fresh DOE loan disbursement on September 16 and summer NRC approvals, Palisades now has a credible path to a Q4 2025 restart. Here is the playbook behind the financing, offtake and licensing, what it means for MISO, and how SMR co-location could multiply the impact.
PCSK9’s 2025 tipping point: oral pills vs one-shot edits
In 2025, PCSK9 moved from target to strategy. Verve's in vivo base edit delivered dose dependent LDL cuts while oral PCSK9 pills from AstraZeneca and Merck posted pivotal wins, setting up a permanence versus reversibility showdown.
Ray-Ban Display and Neural Band: A Real UI for AI Agents
Meta’s Ray-Ban Display smart glasses and Neural Band promise a practical UI for AI agents. With a tiny lens display and subtle wrist gestures, navigation, captions, and on-the-spot guidance shift from chat to action.
With Two B‑21s Flying, Weapons Integration Kicks Off
A second B-21 Raider has joined the Edwards AFB test team, shifting the program from basic flight trials to mission systems and weapons integration. Here is what that unlocks for sensors, datalinks, EW, LRSO, conventional loadouts, sustainment, and basing.
Saudi Awwal taps Chainlink. GCC banks race past US rails
Saudi Awwal Bank is plugging into Chainlink’s CCIP and CRE to run real onchain finance with audit-ready controls. That unlocks cross-chain DvP, tokenized sukuk servicing, and faster cross-border settlement — and it may let Gulf banks move faster than the United States.

















