October 2026

AI is moving beyond the data centers where models are trained and onto factory floors where machines must handle constant change. But traditional industrial robots work behind a cage, repeat a single task and were never designed for the complexities of today’s market. Manufacturers now want general-purpose machines that can switch tasks and improve as […]

AI providers increasingly embed forward-deployed engineers inside customer operations, and few settings test that model harder than Formula One. Races arrive every two weeks, budgets are capped and margins are measured in milliseconds. That model is now on track with the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team, including new physical AI engineering service places cloud

Equs Inc., a startup developing a trust layer for artificial intelligence data, today announced the launch of Equs X, a personal AI that lets customers retain control of their information. Equs X pairs a personal AI with private data storage the user manages. The company said the AI model reads nothing unless the user allows

Artificial intelligence company Cohere Inc. today unveiled North 2, an overhaul of its platform for running AI agents inside large organizations. Alongside a redesigned system for orchestrating multistep agent work, the update gives administrators new controls for capping token spending. With North 2, Cohere is going after a tradeoff it says enterprises have accepted while

Enterprise artificial intelligence software company Iterate Studio Inc. today launched Lifeboat, an inference engine for large language models that has confidential computing built in. Iterate.ai says the software fits two to six times as many concurrent AI agent sessions on each graphics processing unit. Lifeboat is seeking to take on a memory problem that agents

NASA has selected the GIMLI project to investigate whether the Marius Hill Pit opens into a vast underground cave or lava tube. Using radar, seismic sensors, gravity measurements, and cameras, researchers will search beneath the lunar surface and estimate the size of any hidden void. Such caves could preserve clues to the Moon’s volcanic history

Cancer immunotherapy can lose its punch when tumor-fighting T cells become exhausted, but researchers may have found a way to keep them going longer. Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center identified a signaling molecule called MEK that can push T cells to burn through their energy while producing cancer-killing proteins. In animal and laboratory

Scientists have discovered a human gene with a remarkable double life: it appears to play an important role in brain cells while still retaining the ability to jump around the genome. Called BC200, the gene evolved millions of years ago from a mobile piece of DNA known as a transposon, but unlike most genes that

As AI, sovereignty, and board-level accountability converge on identity, RSA Agent ID enables finance, government, and regulated industries to find and register agents, prove the authority behind every consequential action, and run it where they choose. At The AI Conference in San Francisco, RSA, the identity standard for government agencies, finance, and high-assurance organizations, today

The mechanical keyboard isn’t always so mechanical anymore. Over the past six years, keyboards with optical, Hall-effect, and other “contactless” switches have become increasingly common, often going for higher prices than traditional mechanical keyboards, which already command a premium over basic membrane boards. In return, they promise some theoretical advantages, particularly for gamers. In daily