NASA's Mars mission ends after 11 years, quantum computing advances reported, and Meta's unreleased face-recognition system discovered embedded in smart glasses platforms.

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft completed its 11-year mission to Mars and went offline, marking the end of a significant effort to study the Martian atmosphere and its interaction with solar wind.

Microsoft, Atom Computing, and EeroQ announced updates to their quantum computing progress, advancing the field toward practical quantum computing applications.

Meta embedded unreleased face-recognition code in its smart glasses platform that stores biometric data on users' phones to identify people, raising privacy concerns when discovered by security researchers.

Used Waymo robotaxi batteries are being repurposed as backup storage systems for power grids, demonstrating circular economy applications for electric vehicle battery technology.

A flesh-eating screwworm infection was confirmed in South Texas by the USDA, marking a concerning development in disease surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Google was ordered by UK regulators to provide clearer links in its AI search results and allow publishers to opt out of having their content indexed by the system.

Data center operators are implementing water reduction strategies to address their environmental footprint, as the facilities consume significant quantities of water for cooling.

Jeff Bezos is funding Flourish, a neuroscience company with a $2.5 billion valuation and $500 million in backing, which aims to revolutionize AI by studying real neurons to understand the brain's core algorithm.

A homeschooling center called Alpha School opened an expensive Manhattan campus charging $65,000 annually but operates as a learning center rather than a licensed school, raising questions about educational standards and oversight.