Cadence Expands AI Agents With AuraStack For PCB And Advanced Chip Packaging

Cadence believes the next level of AI-assisted engineering resides at the system level, and to that end, the company just announced its new AuraStack AI Super Agent.

Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all
Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all

Valve has been incredibly friendly to customers who need repairs – which is why it was so surprising to hear that Valve was already discontinuing the battery for the Steam Deck LCD handheld. It would have meant you could no longer just buy a battery from iFixit and install it yourself. Why would Valve stop […]

iOS 27 Public Beta: It’s… Fine I Guess?

Even if you don’t use AI, I found some useful features in the iOS 27 beta. They’re smaller, quality-of-life changes, but you won’t want to skip them.

‘Full steam ahead’: NASA ramps up prep for Artemis III astronaut launch in 2027
‘Full steam ahead’: NASA ramps up prep for Artemis III astronaut launch in 2027

NASA is busy preparing for Artemis III, the next crewed mission of its moon program launching on the massive SLS rocket next year. Hardware is coming together and agency personnel have begun launch scenario sims inside mission control.

Quote of the day by Sam Altman: ‘It also takes a lot of energy to train a human’ — a staunch defense of the cost of AI training

The OpenAI CEO equates human intelligence with machine intelligence as he defends the massively expanding energy footprint

NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovation
NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovation

Testing new aerospace concepts in flight remains one of NASA’s most effective ways to advance knowledge and reduce risk. The Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, supports this mission by using small, remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft as cost‑effective platforms to mature innovative ideas, accelerate learning, […]

OpenAI built an AI super-hacker to break its own models, then locked it away
OpenAI built an AI super-hacker to break its own models, then locked it away

OpenAI has trained an elite hacker, then locked it in a cage. Its whole job is to break OpenAI’s own AI. The company says it is too dangerous to let anyone else near it. The model is called GPT-Red, and OpenAI detailed it this week. It is an automated …

How You Distill 80 Years of Marvel Comics Into Magic: The Gathering Cards

Magic: The Gathering’s new set, Marvel Super Heroes, has around 600 cards. Here’s how they chose which heroes made the cut.

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Some Starlink Customers Report Getting Hit With Massive Demand Surcharge

The surcharges follow price increases earlier this year for millions of the SpaceX-owned service’s customers.

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Solar just became Europe’s biggest source of electricity – here’s the milestone it hit
Solar just became Europe’s biggest source of electricity – here’s the milestone it hit

Solar power reached a new milestone across Europe last month, generating a record 52 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity and supplying 25% of all electricity used in the European Union in June 2026, according to new analysis from energy think tank Ember.