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SCI & TECHOct 2Spire Global launches first satellites built at Colorado plant via SpaceX mission, shares upSpire Global has launched its first satellites constructed at its Colorado facility using a SpaceX mission, leading to an increase in the company's shares. This marks a new operational milestone for Spire Global in satellite production and deployment.Seeking Alpha Tech
SCI & TECHOct 2Nigeria rolls out digital postcodesNigeria’s Postal Service has launched a National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System. The system is designed to help Nigerians find the postcodes of locations across the country. Before now, house identification in Nigeria was based on an unreliable house numbering system. Locating places was difficult, time consuming and sometimes even expensive. But there may challenges using the new system in a country with poor urban planning and illegal building constructions.France 24 [en]
SCI & TECHOct 2Booth-less toll fee collection at Tamil Nadu’s Paranur: how does the multi-lane free flow system work?The advanced contactless and barrierless tolling system eliminates the need for motor vehicles to stop at toll plazasThe Hindu
SCI & TECHOct 2Kodiak AI adds its first retail customer for driverless freight serviceKodiak AI has secured its initial retail client for its driverless freight service. This marks a new step in the adoption of autonomous logistics technology in the retail sector.Seeking Alpha Tech
SCI & TECHOct 2VisionQuest Character Bios Reveal Some Potential Spoilers For WandaVision Trilogy Finalecomicbookmovie.com · United States
SCI & TECHOct 2AI triggers drop in visits to Citizens Information websiteArtificial intelligence (AI) is causing fewer people to visit the Citizens Information website, as online searches increasingly give users AI-generated answers, diverting them from clicking onto the authoritative service.independent · ireland
SCI & TECHOct 2San Francisco's car crime has plunged. How much credit does Flock deserve?San Francisco leaders say AI-powered cameras helped drive a dramatic decline in car crime. We examine the evidence — and whether the city can keep its high-tech dragnet without sacrificing civil liberties.NPR News
SCI & TECHOct 2Could the future of AI data centres be in space? Google wants to find outThe tech giant has launched a prototype satellite carrying its AI chips to explore whether solar powered infrastructure in orbit could one day support large-scale computing.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECHOct 2How AI is redefining Wall Street jobs — and boosting demand for this new 'hottest skill' by 1,721%Banks are fueling a hiring surge for AI engineers who are good at "agent orchestration" — the ability to coordinate teams of specialized agents.CNBC
SCI & TECHOct 2Brain area discovered that may be critical for viable pregnanciesA newly discovered part of the brain is essential for successful embryo implantation in mice. It may help to explain why some pregnancies and IVF attempts failNew Scientist
SCI & TECHOct 2Behind the Curtain: AI's existential legal crisisNo industry has ever documented its own foreseeable risks as loudly as AI.Imagine a plaintiff's lawyer reading the public warnings of Sam Altman and Dario Amodei: They told the world it was dangerous. They told the world it was moving too fast. Then they unleashed it and sold it to your kid.No industry has ever taken so much copyrighted work and left behind so much proof.Imagine a plaintiff's lawyer reading OpenAI's own files to a jury: They trained on a pirated library. They renamed it to something blander. Then they deleted it when the headlines got hot.Why it matters: AI's origins, use and Axios
SCI & TECHOct 2José Edelstein: physics to read like a mystery novelFrom Bariloche to Spain, he ended up dedicating his life to some of the most difficult questions in physics. José Edelstein investigates string theory and quantum gravity, was a friend of Stephen Hawking, and now comes to Café con Expertos.Clarín
SCI & TECHOct 2Inside the AI industry's grassroots rebellion, led by elite researchers at frontier companiesA small cadre of elite AI researchers is wielding extraordinary influence inside OpenAI and other leading companies, challenging executives, shaping policy and complicating negotiations with Washington.Why it matters: As a safety crisis has unfolded across the industry, it's an open question who is doing more to shape the national AI debate — top researchers or the executives they report to.The researchers, some of whom are among the most highly paid and sought-after scientists in the world, are outspoken online and have repeatedly clashed with company strategy.The big picture: The situation hAxios
SCI & TECHOct 2Can AI play a role in reducing inequality?In the debate about how best to regulate artificial intelligence, what about its role in development and aid? Warnings about the potential for exacerbating inequality are rife – but the World Bank argues that the technology could be harnessed for good.France 24 [en]
SCI & TECHOct 2Crop outputs grew up to 100% in China’s big agricultural experiment: scientistsLarge-scale field trials across China show that irrigation water treated with natural minerals radiated by sunlight could dramatically increase the yields of several crops, according to Chinese scientists behind the experiments. The team said the trials, including on rice, wheat, soybeans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, sugar cane and vegetables, improved photosynthetic efficiency. Their study, conducted from Heilongjiang province in northeastern China to Hainan province in the south, recorded yield...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECHOct 2Inside the Trump Administration’s U.F.O. HuntUncovering evidence of alien life would be “the biggest discovery ever made by humanity,” one expert said. But so far, there’s a lot of blurry photos and unconfirmed reports.NYT US
SCI & TECHOct 2Inside the Trump Administration’s U.F.O. HuntFinding evidence of alien life would be “the biggest discovery ever made by humanity,” one expert said. But so far, there’s a lot of blurry photos and unconfirmed reports.NYT US
SCI & TECHOct 2"We're not asking for charity": Wikimedia CEO calls out AI for unpaid data useWikipedia is starting to feel the effects of the AI-driven shift in how people find information, with page views falling 8% in the latest year, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan tells Axios.Why it matters: Wikipedia is a crucial source of information for AI models, but those same models increasingly allow people to get Wikipedia-derived information without ever visiting the site — potentially threatening the ecosystem that keeps the online encyclopedia running.Driving the news: Wikipedia page views declined 8% in 2025, and while the drop wasn't unexpected, "that doesn't mean that Axios
SCI & TECHOct 2While the U.S. debates AI risks, China mandates universal training for studentsBeijing aims to provide artificial intelligence education in all of the country’s schools by 2030, while demand for AI-themed study tours surged this summer.Washington Post World
SCI & TECHOct 2How accurate is Bengaluru’s AI traffic enforcement? | ExplainedAmid debates around the shortcomings of using AI in smart policing and rule enforcement, The Hindu looks at how the Bengaluru Traffic Police’s Intelligent Traffic Management System works, how accurate are the violations flagged, how are the challans generated and the means through which erroneous cases can be challenged.The Hindu
SCI & TECHOct 2The AI Manhattan Project: What Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Javier Milei are seeking in the new world orderFrom the small Silicon Valley war to technological fragmentation and the key role of peripheral countries in the race to control AI. Borovinsky participates in a panel at the "Pause AI" meeting, organized by the Goethe-Institut Buenos Aires, Fundación Medifé, and Fundación Andreani.Clarín
SCI & TECHOct 2World's tallest wind turbine rises to 365 metres in GermanyGermany’s new 365-metre wind turbine in Schipkau is the world’s tallest, designed to capture stronger winds and start operating in November.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECHOct 2David vs Goliaths: Singapore builds most accurate clock ever, leaves US and China in dustA small Singaporean research team has beaten scientists in China and the United States to build the world’s most accurate atomic clock. The clock, built with a single ion of a rare earth metal element known as lutetium, is so precise that it would lose one second every 260 billion years – nearly 20 times the age of our universe. It is about four times as accurate as the previous record holder, a calcium-ion clock developed by a Chinese Academy of Sciences team in Wuhan, and also surpasses an...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECHOct 2Will the backlash against AI data centres hit quantum computing too?To succeed at scale, quantum computing must differentiate itself from AI, says columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan. But the two technologies are already mixed up in the eyes of the publicNew Scientist