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After attending Product.ai’s Golden Hour, Jayasri wrote that the conversation left her convinced that building in public is “the only right answer.” She highlighted the panel, the office, the atmosphere and—importantly—the food, and thanked organisers Tess Fenn and Michael Quoc.

The practical idea behind the post is simple: sharing the process, not only the polished result, can turn prototypes into conversations and make creative-technology work easier for other builders to discover.

NASA’s September 3 release notes recap two August additions: free-flight exploration of full Mars terrain in Eyes on the Solar System, and a NISAR radar-reflectivity layer in Eyes on the Earth. The Earth layer—not the Mars terrain—shows a rolling 12-day map at 15 metres per pixel.

For an immersive developer, this is a useful reference in scale, navigation and scientific storytelling: the experience must make a planetary dataset explorable without suggesting that every surface is live or equally detailed.

NASA plans live coverage of the Progress 96 cargo spacecraft launch at 9:15 a.m. Pacific on September 9. Docking with the International Space Station is scheduled for 11:37 a.m. Pacific on September 11. The uncrewed vehicle is expected to deliver about three tons of food, fuel and supplies.

These are scheduled times, not completed milestones; launch and docking plans can change.

Anthropic introduced Claude Fable 5.1 for general availability and Claude Mythos 5.1 through trusted-access programmes. The company says they share an underlying model but use different safeguards, with Mythos supporting specialised cybersecurity and life-science work.

Lower cache-read prices could make typical token-billed workloads about 25% cheaper than Fable 5, Anthropic estimates; actual savings depend on usage. Its new enterprise safeguards, designed to keep data in customer-controlled cloud infrastructure, are planned for phased availability later this fall—not available everywhere today.

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang urged G20 delegates in Chapel Hill to regulate actual problems associated with AI rather than hypothetical harms, Reuters reports. He appeared alongside US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick; executives from OpenAI and Anthropic were also scheduled to participate. This is a position in an active regulatory debate, not an agreement by the G20 or evidence that longer-term risks have been resolved.

John Ternus has succeeded Tim Cook as Apple’s chief executive, under the transition announced in April. Cook moves to executive chairman rather than leaving Apple. Ternus previously led hardware engineering; the handover makes product leadership and the new chairman’s policy-facing role worth watching. Remember the two dates: the succession was announced April 20 and took effect September 1.

The United States and Iran exchanged attacks after weeks of relative restraint, Reuters reports. US Central Command said its strikes targeted Iranian air defences, maritime capabilities and communications. Iran said it attacked US assets in Jordan and Iraq; Jordan and Bahrain reported intercepting incoming weapons.

Claims about casualties remain disputed. Reuters reported that US officials’ initial assessments contradicted Iranian claims of American deaths. The renewed fighting places the Strait of Hormuz and the security of surrounding countries back at the centre of the crisis.

Google Research’s MAPL-EMIT uses deep learning to identify and quantify methane plumes in observations from NASA’s EMIT instrument. The release includes a model, synthetic training data, inference code and a plume database. It illustrates a practical AI pipeline: detect a signal, separate background effects, estimate emissions and investigate a source. Its purpose is specialised measurement, not general conversation.

NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract with a maximum potential value of about $700 million for a Mars telecommunications network. A high-performance orbiter is due to be delivered by December 31, 2028; NASA expects the network to operate at Mars by 2030. The spacecraft is intended to relay science data, imagery and navigation information. These are contract milestones and planned capabilities, not an operating service.

Apple’s developer notice says macOS 27 will be the last release with general Rosetta support. The translation layer allows Intel applications to run on Apple silicon; a working application is therefore not necessarily a native one. Developers should check plug-ins and third-party libraries as well as their own code. Apple describes a narrower exception for some older, unmaintained games.

The island programme opens September 2 after previews for eligible industry and press visitors. La Biennale lists 68 immersive projects from 26 countries: 30 in competition, 35 in Best of Immersive and three from Biennale College Cinema–Immersive. Beyond headset films, the selection spans mixed reality, installations and virtual worlds. The useful creative question is how each work choreographs the audience’s attention, movement and participation—not just which device it uses.

India curtailed nearly 11 terawatt-hours of solar generation over 15 months, AP reports, citing government figures and Ember research. Limited transmission, storage and grid flexibility prevent some available electricity from reaching users when needed. Adding panels alone does not solve an evening demand peak: moving power, storing it and coordinating generation are also essential.

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed TTD and the Endowments Department to speed construction of 5,000 temples and finalise locations, PTI’s Bhasha service reports. The direction concerns a government-backed programme; it does not mean 5,000 temples have already been built. The distinction between announced targets and completed public works matters when following state politics.

LAist’s new weekly guide highlights Rebel Jazz Fest at Venice’s Windward Plaza and a Dolly Parton-themed skating night at Midnight Rollerway. The jazz programme is curated by the Nonsemble collective. These are weekend leads to investigate, not events all happening today; the guide links onward to individual dates and booking details. Today’s verified outings and open future registrations appear in Events in LA below.

Andhra Pradesh’s first state-level police sports and games meet opened at the 6th APSP Battalion grounds in Mangalagiri on Tuesday. Around 1,900 personnel are taking part, The New Indian Express reports. Competitions continue through September 4 at VIT-AP University and Acharya Nagarjuna University grounds. DGP Harish Kumar Gupta linked fitness and teamwork to police duties. Public spectator access was not established in the report.

Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda criticised officials over road works and poorly maintained parks during a review of Bengaluru’s five city corporations, NDTV Profit reports. The complaints included uncleared garbage despite maintenance allocations and questions about closely spaced streetlight poles. These are concerns raised at a review meeting, not a completed independent audit or confirmation that repairs have been carried out.

US recorded-music revenue reached $6 billion in the first half of 2026, up 6.9%, Reuters reports from RIAA figures. CD revenue rose 58.6% and vinyl 17.7%, compared with 4.7% for streaming. Yet streaming supplied $4.9 billion of the total. Fast percentage growth from a small base should not be confused with market leadership.

The Rodney Block Collective featuring Bijoux opened September’s Jazz in the Park programme at the River Market Pavilions, 400 President Clinton Avenue, on Wednesday. The city’s convention and visitors bureau says the free series welcomes picnics, chairs and blankets; drink sales support Art Porter Music Education scholarships. It continues on September Wednesdays.

The Italian Grand Prix begins with practice on Friday, qualifying Saturday and the race Sunday. Championship leader Kimi Antonelli carries a planned power-unit penalty that sends him to the back of the grid, while Ferrari says an engine upgrade will give Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc more power at the team’s home race.

Monza’s long straights make tow tactics and rear-axle temperature central to the weekend. Formula 1’s guide says a one-stop race is the likely baseline, not a guarantee.

Ferrari unveiled a one-off Michael Schumacher-inspired livery for the Italian Grand Prix, marking 30 years since he joined the team and 20 since his last Ferrari victory. Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will also wear special race suits. The tribute uses Schumacher’s logo and seven stars associated with his world titles. The accompanying photograph is from 2019 and does not show the new design.

Red Bull confirmed that Liam Lawson will again substitute for Isack Hadjar while Hadjar recovers from a wrist injury. Yuki Tsunoda continues in Lawson’s Racing Bulls seat. Formula 1’s announcement followed Lawson’s points finish at Zandvoort. These are substitutions for the Italian Grand Prix weekend, not an announced permanent reshuffle.

Smriti Mandhana struck 124 from 64 balls against Hong Kong, China at the Women’s Asia Cup. The ICC says the innings took her to 10,880 international runs, past Mithali Raj’s 10,868, and made her the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket.

It was Mandhana’s second T20I hundred and her 18th international century across formats. India reached 193 for five; a record-setting individual innings and the match result are separate facts, so the scorecard remains the place to follow the full contest.

Shreyas Iyer is captain and Tilak Varma vice-captain in BCCI’s squad for three T20Is against Afghanistan in Delhi on September 13, 15 and 17. The selection includes Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Sanju Samson. BCCI lists Jasprit Bumrah, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar and Harshit Rana subject to fitness clearance; inclusion does not settle their availability or the final playing XI.