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TODAY'S BIG STORIES
1 Ohio State researchers send smells over the internet
Their system, Scentronic, uses an electronic nose to identify a smell, then tells a wearable somewhere else to release a matching scent. For now it knows just five: beer, cake, coffee, oranges, and red wine. It's an early research prototype, and it will need a much bigger scent library before anyone can buy it.
2 Virgin Galactic reveals a six-seat spaceship for tourists
Apeiron, the company's first Delta-class spacecraft, carries six passengers on suborbital trips and glides back to Earth. Its modular design could allow up to eight flights a month, far more than Virgin's earlier ships. Testing comes first, with commercial flights expected in early 2027. See the design.
3 Doctors edit a faulty gene inside a patient's body for the first time
Prime Medicine treated a person with Wilson disease using an experimental "search-and-replace" therapy that fixes the faulty gene directly inside liver cells with a single infusion. Wilson disease causes a dangerous buildup of copper and usually means lifelong medication, or a liver transplant in severe cases. If the therapy succeeds in trials, one infusion could replace a lifetime of daily pills.
4 A startup wants to breed gene-edited "super dogs" for the military
Warhound plans to use gene editing and selective breeding to create healthier, more capable working dogs for the U.S. military. The dogs would wear gear built by Anduril, possibly including mixed-reality systems and protective equipment. Warhound says it could improve the dogs' health, but critics are raising concerns about animal welfare and the ethics of engineering animals for war.
AI AGENTS THAT NEVER CLOCK OFF
What an always-on personal agent is, and how developers use one
The idea. A personal agent is an AI assistant with its own computer in the cloud. It keeps working after you close your laptop. Grok Bot gave developers an early taste, and now Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dots, and Anthropic's Claude Duet (in preview) all offer one.
How it works. You message it from your phone or Slack, it hands coding jobs to a tool like Codex, Cursor, or Claude Code, and it pings you when there's something to review. This side-by-side video shows how the main options compare.
Picking one. The Code suggests matching the agent to the coding tool you already use: Dots pairs with Codex, Grok Bot with Cursor, and Muse with Claude Code, though that last one takes some setup.
Stay in control. Give each agent only the access it needs, and keep the right to merge or ship changes for yourself.
GADGETS WORTH A LOOK
Meta VR Glasses: Turn almost any room into a private theater or a multi-screen workspace.
FacePaw Pet Door: An AI pet door that recognizes your pet's face and opens only for approved animals, with no collar tag needed.
Garmin CIRQA: A screen-free fitness band with no subscription that tracks health, sleep, and workouts for up to 10 days per charge.
Nike x Hyperice Hyperboot: A recovery shoe that combines air compression with heat therapy.
SOCIAL TALKS
What people are watching and sharing
🧠 Speaking Through Thought. A man with ALS is talking on the phone again with Neuralink, turning his brain signals into speech and text on an iPhone. Neuralink engineers spent 72 hours at his home building the features with him.
📱 Fold Under Pressure. JerryRigEverything put Apple's $2,000 foldable through his usual tests. It resisted scratches well, but debris jammed the hinge and bending damaged the inner screen.
🔍 A Cold Case Closed. New DNA technology has linked a 1974 murder, unsolved for more than 50 years, to Ted Bundy.
🎵 Tiny Mountains. Under an electron microscope, a vinyl record groove looks like a miniature mountain range.
💵 Gaming the Algorithm. Delivery couriers in France found a pricing quirk to exploit so they can push back against low-paying orders.
