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UAE Asteroid Mission Update: How the Ballistic Probe for 269 Justitia Is Meant to Work
The UAE asteroid mission finished its lander probe on Oct 1. How a 10 kg ballistic probe reaches 269 Justitia, the impact…
Memory Supercycle: Samsung and Micron Post Record Quarters
The memory supercycle produced two results this month that would have read like typos two years ago. On October 8, Samsung Electronics…
CATL’s Sodium-Ion BESS Lands in Europe: What Intilion, Alfen and Merus Signed
German integrator Intilion joins Alfen and Merus on CATL's sodium-ion BESS. What the specs claim, the cycle-life math, and what is still…
BESS Failure Rates Fell 98% Since 2018: What EPRI’s New Report Says and Doesn’t
EPRI says BESS failure rates per deployed GWh fell 98% from 2018 to 2025. Here is how the figure works, what drove…
A Flick of Blue Light, a Nobel Prize: How Optogenetics Turned an Algal Protein Into a Brain Switch
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for optogenetics. Here is how…
AI Agent Sandbox Escape: How a DNS Lookup Broke Containment
The AI agent sandbox escape that OpenAI disclosed on September 25 involved no zero-day, no stolen password and no exploit chain. It…
California Legalizes Balcony Solar: What SB 868 Allows, and the Math Behind It
California's new balcony solar law lets renters plug in up to 1,200 W without utility approval. What SB 868 says, the math,…
Starship Reached Orbit, Then Quit Early: Flight 14 in Six Numbers
Starship Flight 14 reached orbit for the first time and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, then came home about seven hours early.…
Texas Data Center Permits Frozen: What ERCOT’s Audit Means
Texas data center permits stopped moving on Monday, September 21, when Gov. Greg Abbott told the state’s environmental regulator to pause every…
AI Storage Metadata: Why NetApp Is Buying PEAK:AIO
AI storage metadata, the bookkeeping that tells a system where every file lives and who may touch it, is what NetApp says…