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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center on 30 August after completing vibration testing at Goddard Space Flight Center. The telescope's wide field of view and infrared sensitivity are expected to let it survey far more sky in far less time than the Hubble Space Telescope, dramatically expanding the catalog of known exoplanets.
An opinion piece suggests communities resisting new data center construction could be won over by receiving actual financial stakes in the projects, modeled after the Consumer Stock Ownership Plan structure. Instead of only offering tax breaks or jobs, developers would share ownership benefits directly with residents near the facilities.
A business advisory piece argues that many entrepreneurs prepare financially and operationally for selling their company but fail to plan for their own identity and purpose afterward. The author compares this oversight to embarking on a road trip without deciding on a destination, warning that owners risk arriving at their exit unprepared for what comes next in life.
GKIDS is bringing 'The Last Blossom,' a new anime feature from the creators of the acclaimed mystery series ODDTAXI, to theaters for a limited two-night engagement on August 30 and 31. The film follows a former yakuza member whose story is paired symbolically with a plant, a choice the director discusses as central to the narrative's themes.
A developer launched a free beta retirement simulator that tests a user's savings and withdrawal plan against actual historical market returns spanning 125 years and 25 countries, rather than relying on average statistical projections. Users can input portfolio value, withdrawal rate, and time horizon to get a quick estimate of whether their money will last, with a more detailed plan builder also available. Paid plans are expected to follow after the beta period.
Reuters reports Meta spent 2024 developing 'Project OT,' an internal restructuring effort meant to reorganize the company around AI agents overseen by small human 'pods,' with some teams facing headcount cuts of up to 60%. Mark Zuckerberg reportedly shelved or paused a planned second wave of layoffs under the plan, which would have followed the company's earlier 10% workforce reduction this year. Meta confirmed a second plan existed but described the harsher cuts as scenarios under consideration rather than finalized decisions.
Microsoft is rolling out a feature that lets Xbox owners register their physical game discs so they play as digital titles tied to their account. The program will reportedly cover thousands of games, giving players disc-free access without needing to keep swapping media.
Julia Collins, who became the first Black woman to co-found a unicorn company after Zume Pizza hit a $1 billion valuation in 2018, later left to launch Planet FWD, a platform helping brands track and cut their carbon footprint. In an interview, she reflected on her entrepreneurial upbringing, her early career as the first hire at food chain Mexicue, and her approach to leadership across the more than $500 million she has raised in venture capital.
SpaceX is pursuing exemptions from federal environmental rules to speed construction of what would become the largest spaceport in the world. Wildlife advocacy organizations are pushing back, arguing the waivers would bypass protections meant to safeguard sensitive habitats and species near the site.
A tester given preview access to GPT-5.6-Cyber challenged the AI agent to escape a QEMU/KVM virtual machine on a Debian Linux host. The model succeeded three separate times, first using recently disclosed kernel bugs, then unpatched vulnerabilities not yet flagged as security issues, and finally by discovering its own zero-day exploits after the system was rebuilt from the latest source code.
Ikea has unveiled a new furniture collection called YXSTABY, developed in partnership with Xbox, featuring pillows, chairs and an unusually shaped stool that resembles a game controller. The line targets gamers looking to outfit dedicated play spaces with themed seating and accessories.
An analysis argues that self-driving trucks and other autonomous 'physical AI' systems must work through the same set of trust-building questions that commercial aviation resolved over the past hundred years. Aviation once obsessed over engine count as a proxy for safety, a concern that eventually became irrelevant as reliability improved and regulation matured. The piece suggests robotics and autonomous vehicles are now at the start of a similar maturation curve.