When the Moon and Mars Get Permanent Cities and the First Off-World Children Are Conceived
November 11, 2026.Starship “Pioneer-4” touches down at Mars City One with 420 passengers — the largest single migration to date.The settlement now has 1,820 permanent residents.The landing is broadcast live: red
When the First Major Cities Run on Zero-Loss Power and the Price of Electricity Starts Going Negative at Scale
The city of Shenzhen flips the switch on the world’s first fully superconducting urban ring main: 180 km of buried hydride cable carrying 8 GW at 20 °C with water cooling and zero transmission loss.Peak demand for t
When Volunteers Line Up to Scan Their Brains and the First Partial Uploads Wake Up
August 19, 2026.The Austin consortium (now rebranded “Continuum Labs”) announces the successful non-destructive partial upload of a human volunteer: a 42-year-old terminal ALS patient who retained full consciousnes
AI Agents Go Autonomous: Booking Flights, Managing Finances, and Running Errands Without Your Input
The era of truly autonomous AI agents has arrived, transforming from reactive chatbots into proactive executors that handle complex, real-world tasks with minimal oversight. These “agentic” systems set goal