The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission warned Holtec International to fix a 'chilled work environment' at Palisades after inspections found staff reluctant to raise safety concerns. The warning follows a worker falling into a reactor cavity last year and a bundle of fuel rods tilting during refuelling in August, which delayed the plant's planned reopening. The NRC also reported that nine of 15 reactor operators failed an initial licensing exam.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-23
Waymo announced Wednesday it has begun offering rides to and from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, with designated autonomous vehicle pickup and dropoff zones at Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. The service marks the sixth airport Waymo serves, joining Phoenix, Nashville, San Antonio, San Francisco and San Jose, and will initially be limited to a small group of riders before expanding to the public.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-21
Oderço, a Brazilian IT distributor, says two pallets of Zotac RTX 5090 GPUs worth roughly $470,000 (R$2.5 million) arrived at Guarulhos International Airport but then disappeared. The company posted on Instagram saying it has received no official response to its inquiries and that nothing like this has happened in its 38-year history.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-18
Trade group 7x24 Exchange International is promoting a children's story, 'What is a Data Center?,' featuring a honey badger character touring a facility to learn why data centers matter. The effort is part of a broader push by data center companies and industry groups—including job programs, tax-break lobbying, and local chapter outreach like the Potomac chapter of the Association for Computer Operations Management—to build goodwill with communities and young people as opposition to large data center construction grows.
wired.com
· 2026-10-18
Speaking in a fireside chat with the IMF's managing director, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said Friday he would not prejudge the central bank's interest rate decisions at its upcoming October and December meetings. He reiterated that price stability remains a key priority but offered no new guidance on near-term policy moves.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-16
Beijing-based NeodraDynamics Robotics showcased Neo1, a 13-foot, 1.2-ton humanoid robot, at the China International Industry Fair. The company says its hydraulic-electric hybrid drive gives it 41 degrees of freedom, a lifting capacity over 1,100 pounds, and micrometer-level positioning accuracy, with resistance to underwater pressure and harsh conditions.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-16
A NASA scientist involved with the Artemis program described how astronauts on Artemis III and later missions will be trained to make scientific observations on the Moon, not just take photographs. The approach includes giving crew members science prompts during training exercises, asking them to interpret scenes, infer causes, and decide what actions to take next, mirroring how they'll operate on the lunar surface.
wired.com
· 2026-10-15
Law enforcement agencies from 17 countries in Latin America and Europe carried out an INTERPOL-coordinated effort called International Effort Confluencia, conducting four operations between March and September 2026. Authorities executed 127 search warrants, arrested roughly 95 suspects tied to online messaging groups distributing child sexual abuse material, and rescued a five-year-old victim whose parent had been producing and selling abuse content. Cases included an Ecuadorian suspect holding 15GB of images, a Panamanian group administrator overseeing more than 700 users, and an Argentine suspect accused of sextorting over 260 girls globally.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-15
Researchers from Mount Sinai, NASA and Space Tango launched up to 16 miniature engineered hearts and peppercorn-sized 'miBrain' tissue samples to the International Space Station aboard the CRS-35 resupply mission from Cape Canaveral. The organs, housed in an automated CubeLab device from Space Tango, will be monitored for how microgravity and radiation affect their electrical activity and cellular health, with arrival expected two days after launch.
science.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-15
A Nature reader column features an anonymous academic with over two decades of engineering research experience in Latin America, who reports repeated rejection from faculty positions in North America and Europe. A colleague who served on a hiring committee told the applicant that the deciding factor was the lack of principal-investigator grants from the destination country's national funding system, despite strong scientific credentials. Experts including ecologist César Marín and MetaDocencia co-director Laura Ación respond, confirming that national funding experience often functions as an unofficial hiring criterion.
nature.com
· 2026-10-14
A Nature commentary responds to a proposal by Joseph Stiglitz and colleagues for an International Panel on Inequality modeled on the IPCC, noting that the IPCC has inspired calls for similar bodies on antimicrobial resistance, migration, pandemics, food systems and AI governance. The piece argues that not every global problem is suited to an IPCC-style authoritative assessment structure.
nature.com
· 2026-10-13
NASA released a 360-page request for proposals asking US companies to develop commercial space stations that could replace the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit as early as 2030. Industry responses are due December 8, with NASA planning to select two or more contractors by April, each guaranteed at least $100 million in this initial phase.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-09
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