Relaying what matters next.

Amazon is set to push Alexa+ to the masses on September 30, promising a home agent that can book, buy, and coordinate across services. Here is what changes from classic Alexa, what could slow adoption, and how Google and Apple will answer.

Christened on August 11, 2025, DARPA's USX-1 Defiant is now at sea proving what a purpose-built, crewless surface ship can do for cost, reliability, and scale. If trials deliver, the Navy's MUSV plan, autonomous refueling, and Tier-III yard production could accelerate within a year.

A Manhattan jury’s partial verdict against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm just reset the U.S. risk line for non-custodial crypto builders. Here is the new liability map, who is most exposed, and how to design with less risk.

Two shocks hit New England’s offshore wind push: a federal rethink of SouthCoast Wind’s permit and a stop‑work order on Revolution Wind. We break down the legal stakes, timeline risk, REC fallout, and what fills the gap through 2035.

A randomized human study in 2025 reports that therapeutic plasma exchange, especially paired with IVIG, lowered multiple epigenetic aging clocks. We unpack mechanisms, durability, safety, costs, and the decisive trial that could prove real longevity benefits.

SpaceX just turned Dragon into an orbit‑maintenance tug. With a trunk mounted kit running on its own propellant, Dragon lifted the ISS and opened a new playbook for operations, cost, and governance through the end of the decade.

Three decisive moves from OpenAI, Microsoft, and AWS signal a tipping point for the Model Context Protocol. MCP is emerging as the default connector for agents to reach tools and data. Here is what changes and how to prepare now.

For the first time outside the continental United States, the U.S. Army deployed its Dark Eagle hypersonic battery to Australia's Northern Territory during Talisman Sabre 2025. Inside the true operational employment, the SM-6 land-to-sea shot, and how a layered land strike network changes deterrence.

On September 30, the FTX Recovery Trust begins a roughly $1.6 billion distribution to creditors via Kraken, BitGo, and Payoneer. Here is how the cash may route, what to watch in spot and perps, and the scenarios that could shape basis and rotations.

A February 6 funding freeze, a June 24 injunction, and an August 11 guidance reset have rewritten the EV fast charging map. With Tesla easing off new Supercharger builds, retailers, utilities, and oil majors are poised to capture 2025-26 NEVI awards.

With the FDA clearing the first clinical trials of pig-to-human kidneys and a second living-recipient transplant at Mass General, xenotransplantation just moved from theory to clinic. Here is how it could change lifespan and healthspan, and what to watch next.

Mid September 2025 delivered three jolts for AI: a peer reviewed result and reporting that put R1-style training in the hundreds of thousands, a censorship tuned fork from Huawei, and new security research showing politically sensitive code behavior. Here is how cheap reasoning reshapes budgets, safety, and vendor strategy.

On September 10, 2025, the Space Development Agency launched 21 Tranche 1 Transport satellites, kicking off a launch‑per‑month sprint. Here is what this proliferated LEO mesh means for hypersonic tracking, sensor‑to‑shooter links, and air defense in 2026.

The SEC just cleared generic listing standards so NYSE, Nasdaq, and Cboe can list spot crypto ETPs without bespoke 19b-4 approvals. Here is what changed, which tokens qualify first, and how in-kind creations will reshape spreads, liquidity, and costs.

Retro Biosciences plans to dose its first human study of RTR242, an autophagy-boosting Alzheimer’s pill, in Australia by late 2025. Here is why the pathway matters, the biomarkers to watch, and how this bet could reshape longevity biotech.

A skyscraper-size asteroid skimmed past Earth on September 18, 2025, and the planetary defense community treated it like a live exercise. Here is how IAWN’s drill, real-time radar imaging, and ESA’s Risk List workflow performed under real timing and coordination pressure.

Google is building Gemini directly into Chrome so the browser can understand your page, coordinate across Google apps, and carry out multi‑step tasks. We benchmark real workflows, compare it with ChatGPT’s agent, and map the fallout for search, SEO, ads, and commerce.

September 2025 delivered a string of firsts. China paraded operational lasers and microwaves, Israel said its 100 kW Iron Beam would enter service by year’s end, NATO scrambled after Russian drones crossed into Poland, and the Pentagon began deploying domestic flyaway kits. Directed energy just moved from demo to duty.