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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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Workday’s $1.1B Sana deal makes HR suites the Agent OS
Workday is buying Sana for $1.1 billion and turning HR and finance into the default home for enterprise AI agents. Here is why a front door inside Workday could reshape governance, buying centers, and the next wave of startup opportunities.
USAF’s first uncrewed fighters cross into combat reality
YFQ-42A’s first flight and official fighter-series designations mark the moment CCAs left the slide deck and entered combat reality. Here is how autonomy, jamming resilience, modular payloads, and budgets will reshape air dominance.
1099-DA arrives: 2025 crypto reporting reset after DeFi repeal
Custodial exchanges, hosted wallets, and payment processors are brokers in 2025. Expect 1099-DA for gross proceeds in early 2026, with basis reporting starting in 2026. DeFi front ends and self-custody remain outside broker rules after Congress repealed the late-2024 DeFi measure.
CCS’s 2025 permitting pivot rewires where carbon can go
State primacy over Class VI wells and the first Gulf Coast permits are finally moving U.S. CCS from proposals to construction. Texas and Appalachia are speeding up while tougher pipeline standards may decide who reaches financing and rights of way first.
FDA’s LDT Reversal Rewires Aging Biomarker Strategy
A March 31, 2025 court decision vacated FDA’s LDT rule. On September 19, 2025, FDA formally rescinded it, putting aging tests back under CLIA and shifting the strategy for endpoints, payers, and trial design.
Tianwen‑2 bets big on Kamoʻoalewa, a tiny quasi‑moon
China’s Tianwen-2 is chasing Earth’s tiny quasi-moon Kamoʻoalewa for a bold sample return, with a 2027 drop-off and a follow-on cruise to 311P. The payoff spans lunar history and real-world planetary defense.
From EDR to AIDR: Securing Agentic AI after CrowdStrike and Pangea
CrowdStrike’s plan to acquire Pangea puts AI Detection and Response on the map. Here is why agentic systems need their own security stack, how to stop agent hijacking and shadow AI, and what builders and CISOs should operationalize next.
Golden Dome shifts from slogan to system: the real tradeoffs
Washington just turned Golden Dome from talking point into a program with dates, orbits, and dollars. We map the physics, constellation math, budget risks, and what is actually realistic by 2029.
Unichain’s 200ms Flashblocks rewrite DeFi’s MEV playbook
Uniswap’s Unichain has switched on 200 ms Flashblocks. By pairing fee-first ordering inside a trusted execution environment with an encrypted mempool, it promises near‑instant preconfirmations, less extractive MEV, and a cleaner trading experience. Here is what changes for traders, LPs, and builders.
Tariffs reshape the U.S. solar map as 2025 trade cases widen
June 24 changed the U.S. solar market. Antidumping and countervailing duty orders on four Southeast Asian countries bent the price curve, and fresh probes into India, Laos, and Indonesia could force another pivot before year end. Here is what it means for sourcing, PPAs, and schedules.
UK Biobank’s 500k proteomes will redefine aging biomarkers
Starting in January 2025, UK Biobank began profiling thousands of plasma proteins across 500,000 participants. The dataset could validate or retire today’s aging clocks, enable earlier disease prediction, and set a higher evidence bar for longevity care.
Parker Probe’s 25th Flyby Sets Stage for Better Forecasts
Between Sept 15 and 20, 2025, Parker Solar Probe matched its 3.8 million mile perihelion and 430,000 mph speed records right at solar maximum. With science downlink beginning Sept 23, expect fresh near-Sun measurements that can tighten space weather forecasts for satellites, power grids, and future crews.
NVIDIA’s NIM Blueprints Make Enterprise AI Agents Real
NVIDIA’s NIM Agent Blueprints shift the focus from chasing model releases to assembling governed, secure agent stacks. With integrators mobilizing, CIOs can deploy production-grade AI agents across cloud and on‑prem environments this quarter.
EA-37B’s first sortie and export signal a new EW era
On May 2, 2025 the EA-37B flew its first mission-training sortie at Davis-Monthan AFB. By July 21, Italy had inked a deal for two aircraft. Together these moves signal electronic attack shifting to smaller, faster, longer-range jets built for stand-off jamming.
Nasdaq’s Tokenized Shares: What ‘Same CUSIP’ Really Means
Nasdaq has asked the SEC to let listed stocks and ETFs settle in tokenized form without splitting liquidity. Here is what same CUSIP and same rights really require, how DTC would move tokens, and why this is not the offshore mimic market.
Hydrogen’s 2025 reset: 45V clarity and methane-fee fallout
Treasury’s January 10, 2025 45V rules give green hydrogen time and certainty, while Congress’ March repeal of EPA’s methane fee eases blue hydrogen’s near‑term costs. Here is how hubs, projects, and offtakers should move through 2028.
Controlled OSK Reprogramming Edges Toward Human Trials
Fresh primate and liver data from Life Biosciences suggest controlled OSK gene therapy can drive repair without erasing cell identity. Here is what the early 2026 optic neuropathy studies must prove, the safety controls to watch, and the biomarkers that will make or break the program.
Bennu’s Bounty: What the Samples Say About Life’s Recipe
January 2025 analyses of the OSIRIS-REx Bennu sample uncovered soluble organics including amino acids and all five nucleobases, plus evaporite salts formed in ancient brines. Here is what that means for prebiotic chemistry and the missions we should fly next.

















