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AI is reshaping weather forecasting as agencies use advanced models to improve flood alerts, early warnings and climate readiness.

SpaceX is set to debut Starship V3 with Super Heavy changes, Starlink simulators and new tests for upper stage systems during Flight 12.

OpenAI launched three realtime voice models for its API, adding live translation, streaming transcription and smarter voice reasoning tools.

Blue Origin landed a reused New Glenn booster, but BlueBird 7 reached the wrong orbit, leaving AST SpaceMobile to deorbit the satellite.

MENLO PARK: Meta Platforms on Wednesday unveiled Muse Spark, the first artificial intelligence model released by its Meta Superintelligence Labs team, marking the company’s first major public model launch in about a year. Meta said Muse Spark now powers the Meta AI assistant in the Meta AI app and on its website, with the model set to replace existing Llama systems used in WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and the company’s AI glasses in the coming weeks. The launch follows a broad overhaul of Meta’s AI organization last year, when the company created Meta Superintelligence Labs and elevated Scale AI chief executive Alexandr…

CALIFORNIA: OpenAI has publicly said it is ending the Sora app, its consumer video generation product, in a March 24 message posted on the Sora account on X that said, “We’re saying goodbye to the Sora app.” The message put a public end point on a product OpenAI had moved out of research preview in late 2024 and expanded across web and mobile in 2025 and 2026. On March 26, however, OpenAI’s main Sora pages still described Sora as an active video generation service. That overlap was visible across OpenAI’s own documentation. A March 19 Sora release note introduced a new editor for iOS…

SAN JOSE: Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said he would choose a job candidate who is skilled in artificial intelligence over one who is not, arguing that AI fluency is becoming a basic workplace advantage as businesses adopt the technology across functions. Huang made the remarks in a podcast episode released on March 23, framing AI use as a differentiator for new graduates and established workers alike as companies increasingly deploy AI tools in office, service and technical roles. In the interview, Huang said that if he were hiring a new college graduate and had to choose between someone with no understanding…

SAN JOSE: NVIDIA on March 16 expanded its physical AI push at its GTC conference, unveiling new Cosmos world models, Isaac simulation frameworks and Isaac GR00T N robot models while naming a broad group of robotics partners that are moving the technology into factories, warehouses and healthcare settings. The company said industrial and humanoid robot developers including ABB Robotics, AGIBOT, Agility, FANUC, Figure, Hexagon Robotics, KUKA, Skild AI, Universal Robots, World Labs and YASKAWA are building on its platform, alongside surgical robotics groups including CMR Surgical and Medtronic. NVIDIA said the new software stack is designed to help robotics companies design, train, test…

CUPERTINO: Apple on Tuesday introduced updated 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models powered by its new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, positioning the laptops for professional workflows and expanded on-device artificial intelligence. Apple said the systems add faster storage, updated wireless capabilities and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity while keeping the same form factors. Preorders opened Wednesday, March 4, 2026, and Apple said the new MacBook Pro lineup will be available starting Tuesday, March 11. Apple said M5 Pro and M5 Max are built on a new “Fusion Architecture” that combines two third-generation 3-nanometer dies into one system on a chip, integrating the CPU,…

CUPERTINO: Apple on March 2 introduced the iPhone 17e, a lower-priced model in its iPhone 17 lineup that starts at $599 with 256GB of storage and is also offered with 512GB for $799. The company said the phone will be sold in black, white and soft pink with a matte finish. Pre-orders begin March 4 at 6:15 a.m. Pacific time, with retail availability starting March 11. Apple said customers in more than 70 countries and regions will be able to pre-order. iPhone 17e runs on Apple’s latest-generation A19 chip built on 3-nanometer technology, paired with a 6-core CPU that  Apple  said is…