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NASA has issued a Request for Information asking commercial companies to describe their capabilities for capturing the Hubble Space Telescope, raising it to an altitude of at least 373 miles, servicing it, or guiding it to a controlled reentry. The agency says any mission must not damage Hubble and should occur by 2032, with the telescope otherwise expected to fall out of orbit and burn up around 2033-2034.
Meta re-enabled sharing on its Muse AI assistant after temporarily disabling it when security researchers found that shared conversation links were predictably named and discoverable via public DNS records. Meta executive David Singleton said the flaw affected URLs for shared 'artifacts' like documents and images, not chat sharing itself, and has now been fixed. Previously shared artifact links have been invalidated and given new URLs, requiring users to re-share them.
Amazon has deployed more than 1 million robots across its fulfillment network, including robotic arms, floor-sorting units and pallet-moving machines. The company employs roughly 1.5 million full- and part-time workers, who increasingly share physical workspace with these machines rather than being separated from automated systems as in past decades.
Nvidia increased the price of its Shield TV Pro streaming box from $199.99 to $299.99 starting October 2nd, citing rising component costs linked to the ongoing memory shortage. The company has also discontinued the cheaper entry-level Shield TV, leaving the Pro as its only streaming device.
Ars Technica's review of macOS 27 Golden Gate reports that Apple has removed the option to disable Apple Intelligence, eliminating the toggle that once let users skip downloading its AI models. The release also ends support for Intel-based Macs entirely, running only on Apple Silicon, while bringing design fixes and performance polish to areas criticized in macOS 26 Tahoe.
A case report in BMJ Case Reports describes a home-schooled boy who developed a lace-patterned skin discoloration and burn-like breakdown on his abdomen after using a laptop on his lap for up to eight hours daily, often while it was charging. Doctors initially misdiagnosed the marks as bruising and treated a suspected lung infection before eventually tracing the damage to prolonged heat exposure from the device.
The Pentagon issued a clinical guidance document on September 2 implementing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's mandatory testosterone screening policy, then removed it the following day along with a related statement from spokesperson Sean Parnell. Officials told Ars Technica the document was temporarily rescinded to allow for updates, with an interim policy remaining active and a finalized version expected soon. The rescinded plan would have screened men 30 and older via questionnaire, potentially triggering blood tests and hormone therapy, while women faced similar screening for hormonal imbalances.
Google has launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash-tier model release in six weeks, which it says leads on the DeepSWE coding benchmark. A specialized version, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, is tuned for vulnerability detection but is currently restricted to trusted testers and government users. The standard model rolls out across Google's ecosystem today at discounted API pricing through year-end.
A Stanford study finds that AI's disruption of the job market falls hardest on entry-level workers whose roles depend on formal, documented, codifiable skills. In contrast, experienced employees whose jobs rely on tacit, practice-based expertise have actually seen employment gains, according to the report cited by Ars Technica.