The Optimus factory construction at Giga Texas is progressing rapidly. It'll be a massive 7 million sq ft facility with a targeted capacity of 10 million Optimus per year. Initial production is planned to begin in 2027. The Fremont facility, planned for 1 million per year, is expected to begin production this year.

Splashdown confirmed. Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on the first orbital flight of Starship!

Starship performs its orbital insertion burn and enters orbit of Earth for the first time

SPACEX SAYS IT IS "GO FOR ORBIT", SPCX ERASES EARLIER LOSSES

universal basic income could come in the form of your own personal humanoid robot and a data center connected to your home

🚨 Chinese scientists just detected an unexplained 71-terahertz vibration inside mitochondria — the microscopic "powerhouses" of living cells. The work was published by researchers at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. The signal, which oscillates 71 trillion times per second, was detected in living human cells and mouse tissues but vanished completely once the cellular structures were dried or disrupted. This dependency on structural integrity led the scientific team to propose that mitochondria may utilize a quantum hybrid state, known as a polariton, created by light-matter coupling inside their highly folded inner membranes to optimize how they function. To test this theory, the scientists stimulated human cell cultures with weak infrared light tuned to specific frequencies associated with this quantum state. The experiment yielded a stunning 10 percent jump in the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the vital molecule that fuels almost every biological function in our bodies. While the study was published as a bioRxiv preprint and is still awaiting peer review, it represents a monumental leap for quantum biology. If verified, the ability to manipulate these quantum channels could pave the way for revolutionary treatments targeting metabolic diseases, aging, and chronic genetic conditions. source: Song, B., et al. (2026). A quantum state of mitochondria in the living cell. bioRxiv.

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon became a media superstar after going public with his AI fears. He insisted that he wasn’t working with any third party organizations. Familiar sources told us a different story: DEY., a PR firm representing many of the most prominent AI safetyists, was booking his interviews. One source, who had direct knowledge, even said DEY. preemptively booked Nate Soares, a prominent AI safety figure, for interviews that directly overlapped with Jacob going public. Jacob working with DEY. is notable for two reasons: first, as mentioned, he previously said he wasn’t working with third parties. Second, we are in the middle of a national conversation about the future of AI that is actively determining how we regulate the most powerful technology in the world, largely thanks to the panic stirred up by Jacob — and it’s in the public’s interest to know who, exactly, is behind it. Scoop from @huntryerson 👇

If you’re wondering the reason why you’re not seeing video of President Trump and Xi Jinping, it’s this: The TV pool that usually handles live coverage of Trump’s events is still in a holding pattern due to his unprecedented ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico. While journalists for the three outlets are now back at the White House, thanks to a federal judge’s order, the status of the TV pool is a separate matter. The five major networks that make up the pool — CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News — are waiting on confirmation from the White House that CNN will be allowed to fulfill its pool responsibilities in the future. At the moment, the pool doesn’t have that assurance, so it has not filmed any of Trump and Xi’s events so far today. << this is from our CNN live story -->>> cnn.com/2026/09/24/politics/…