Bevy, the open-source Rust game engine, has released version 0.20 on crates.io, built with contributions from 227 developers across 817 pull requests. The update improves Solari, Bevy's realtime pathtracing renderer, adding speed and accuracy gains plus macOS support via Metal, alongside syntax changes to its BSN scene system and new widgets for the Bevy Feathers UI toolkit. A migration guide is available for developers updating existing apps from version 0.19.
Documents obtained by Democracy Forward via a FOIA request reveal that DHS officials examined using a Palantir-supported tool to investigate alleged illegal voting. The records show ICE's Homeland Security Investigations division, through its Innovation Lab, has been developing systems that combine DOJ voting rolls and USCIS data, with plans to later add criminal history records. The same document cache shows DHS has investigated more than 150 nonprofits over suspicions they helped noncitizens register to vote.
At the Golden Age of American Innovation Summit on Thursday, President Trump presented the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin and Lisa Su, while Michael Dell and Satya Nadella received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. According to The New Republic, the recipients and their companies have collectively contributed nearly $6 billion toward efforts linked to Trump and his administration, including donations to his inauguration fund, a White House ballroom project, a pro-Trump Super PAC, and the administration's children's savings program.
AI-linked stocks including Oracle and Broadcom fell Thursday after a Financial Times report said OpenAI's annualized revenue was roughly $20 billion below prior indications. At the same time, non-AI names like Home Depot rallied as Treasury yields fell following a strong 30-year bond auction. CNBC's Jim Cramer said the divergence showed the benefit of holding a diversified portfolio rather than concentrating in one investing theme.
A published opinion column argues that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who is not a trained scientist or scholar, is unfit to hold significant influence over the trajectory of artificial intelligence and its impact on humanity. The piece draws a contrast with J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led the Manhattan Project, to question Altman's qualifications for the outsized role he plays in AI development.
IDC reported worldwide PC shipments of 62.7 million units in Q3 2026, down 9.1 percent from the previous quarter and 20.1 percent compared to Q3 2025. The firm attributed the decline to ongoing supply issues and elevated prices, following a similar downturn reported in July 2026.
Researchers led by professor Michal Irani at the Weizmann Institute of Science built an AI model called Brain-IT that reconstructs images a person was viewing based on functional MRI data, and can also predict what a brain scan would look like for a given image. The team reports it needs only about one hour of fMRI data from a new subject to match results that other methods achieve using 40 hours of recordings, and claims improved accuracy on composition, color and detail compared to prior models. The work has been shared on GitHub and presented at a scientific conference.
Amazon's new Alexa Tablet 12 Pro uses a 2024 MediaTek Dimensity 8400 chip originally built for smartphones, offering 8GB RAM on the 128GB model and 16GB on the 256GB model, compared to the iPad Pro's M5 chip and minimum 12GB RAM. The tablet runs Android, giving it access to more apps than Amazon's previous Fire OS devices, though still fewer tablet-optimized apps than Apple's App Store. It includes Prime-focused features like content recommendations, a Kindle reading mode, and quick access to the Alexa+ assistant.
TextExpander now offers a free tier that includes unlimited library storage, unlimited text expansions, and up to 5 team members, alongside 5 active Snippets. The plan syncs across Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, and Chrome, and allows one active Snippet to be swapped every two weeks.
At the International Astronautical Congress in Turkey, SpaceX Starlink VP and xAI president Michael Nicolls called for satellite operators to exchange more information on spacecraft locations and trajectories to avoid collisions. Starlink now operates over 11,000 satellites, roughly two-thirds of all active spacecraft in low-Earth orbit, with Amazon, China and SpaceX's planned Starmind constellation adding thousands more in coming years.
SpaceX is purchasing wireless spectrum licenses to support a mobile network built around its Starlink satellite system. The move would let the company offer direct cellular connectivity, positioning it to compete with established telecom carriers.
In this week's Happy Hour episode, hosts Benjamin Mayo and Chance Miller discuss Apple's upcoming product announcements, including a reported partnership with LG on smart home accessories and upcoming changes to macOS Full Disk Access permissions. They also touch on OLED MacBook Pro details, though the episode was recorded before Apple's official 'Welcome home' event announcement.
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