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AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 Billion, Betting on 'Physical AI'
Technology

AMD Buys Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 Billion, Betting on 'Physical AI'

AMD has agreed to acquire the spatial-intelligence startup World Labs in an $8.2 billion all-stock deal, bringing founder Fei-Fei Li in as executive vice president and chief scientist. The move signals that the AI industry's next race is not about bigger language models, but about AI that understands the physical world.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20266 min read
Crew-13: The Astronauts Ending America's Six-Month Launch Drought
Space

Crew-13: The Astronauts Ending America's Six-Month Launch Drought

Two Americans, one Canadian and one Russian are set to lift off for the International Space Station on October 1 β€” the first US crew launch since Artemis II.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read
Starship Finally Reaches Orbit: How SpaceX's 14th Test Flight Changed the Program
Space

Starship Finally Reaches Orbit: How SpaceX's 14th Test Flight Changed the Program

After 13 suborbital tests, the world's largest rocket reached orbital velocity on September 28 β€” and delivered 26 next-generation Starlink satellites for the first time.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20269 min read
500 Million Years After the Big Bang, Galaxies Were Already Seeding the Cosmos With Heavy Elements
Science

500 Million Years After the Big Bang, Galaxies Were Already Seeding the Cosmos With Heavy Elements

JWST spectra of three galaxies seen as they were 13 billion years ago show carbon, oxygen, and silicon streaming into intergalactic space β€” the earliest direct evidence of baryon cycling.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read
The Moon Had a Magnetic Field β€” and Two New Studies Just Found Fresh Traces of It
Science

The Moon Had a Magnetic Field β€” and Two New Studies Just Found Fresh Traces of It

A buried volcanic complex on the far side and a nanoscale 'magnetic fossil' in Chang'e-6 samples are giving scientists their sharpest look yet at the Moon's long-dead dynamo.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20267 min read
OpenAI Turns ChatGPT Into an Office Suite With Space, Pages and Collaborative Slides
Productivity

OpenAI Turns ChatGPT Into an Office Suite With Space, Pages and Collaborative Slides

At DevDay in San Francisco, OpenAI unveiled a shared workspace, a collaborative document format and AI agent coworkers β€” its most direct challenge yet to Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.

Meridian Newsroom30 Sept 20266 min read
BMW iX3 vs Tesla Model Y: Can Munich's Neue Klasse Topple the World's Best-Selling EV?
Comparisons

BMW iX3 vs Tesla Model Y: Can Munich's Neue Klasse Topple the World's Best-Selling EV?

100,000 European orders in a year and up to 805 km of range: BMW's Neue Klasse iX3 is the first EV to genuinely threaten the Model Y. We compare range, charging, price and practicality.

Meridian Newsroom29 Sept 20266 min read