OpenAI is reportedly hard at work developing a series of AI-powered devices, including smart glasses, a smart speaker and a smart lamp. According to reporting by , the AI company has a team of over 200 employees dedicated to the project.

The first product scheduled to be released is reported to be a smart speaker that would include a camera, allowing it to better absorb information about its users and surroundings. According to a person familiar with the project, this would extend to identifying objects on a nearby table, as well as conversations being held in the vicinity of the speaker. The camera will also support a facial recognition feature similar to Apple’s Face ID that would enable users to authenticate purchases.

The speaker is expected to retail for between $200 and $300 and ship in early 2027 at the earliest. Reporting indicates the company’s AI-powered smart glasses, a space currently dominated by , would not come until 2028. As for the smart lamp, while prototypes have been made, it’s unclear whether it will actually be brought to market.

Last year OpenAI ex-Apple designer Jony Ive’s startup io Products for $6.5 billion. Ive is considered largely responsible for Apple’s design aesthetic, having been involved in designing just about every major Apple device since joining the company in the ’90s before his departure in 2019. The acquisition of his sets the stage for Ive to lead hardware product development now for OpenAI.

Since the partnership was forged, there have already due to technical issues, privacy concerns and logistical issues surrounding the computing power necessary to run a mass-produced AI device. Regardless of the behemoths behind the project, the speaker and other future products may still face a consumer that is always listening to and watching its users.

Astronomers have just identified what appears to be a cosmic anomaly: a faint galaxy with so few visible stars that, according to calculations, as much as 99.9 percent of its mass is dark matter. The remaining 0.1 percent is conventional matter.

This galaxy, located about 300 million light-years away, is practically invisible. Only four globular clusters, small concentrations of stars that look like isolated neighborhoods in the middle of the void, stand out. For years, these star collections in the Perseus cluster were considered independent objects.

Candidate Dark Galaxy-2 is only visible through four globular clusters that contribute to 16 percent of its total brightness. Scientists believe 99.9 percent of this galaxy is dark matter.

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Now, after an exhaustive analysis, a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters presents solid evidence that these globular clusters are part of the same galaxy dominated by dark matter. Tentatively named CDG-2 (Candidate Dark Galaxy-2), it is the first galaxy to be detected only by its brightest fragments.

The authors pooled data from the Hubble, Euclid, and Subaru telescopes, three of the most powerful observatories available. The combined readings reveal an extremely faint glow around the four globular clusters. This residual light is a clear sign of an underlying galaxy so dim that the three telescopes missed it on their own.

More Than Meets the Eye

Preliminary analysis indicates that CDG-2 has a total luminosity equivalent to about 6 million suns, with the four globular clusters contributing about 16 percent of that brightness, an unusually large share. This distribution suggests that, despite its low light, the galaxy is a gravitationally bound system, implying a particularly dense dark matter halo. Astronomers estimate that this invisible structure accounts for between 99.94 to 99.98 percent of CDG-2’s total mass.

According to current models, dark matter constitutes roughly 27 percent of the universe’s total energy density and about 85 percent of its matter. Although the exact nature of what makes up dark matter is still unclear, because it neither emits nor reflects light, scientists infer its existence from its gravitational effects on radiation, visible matter, and the large-scale structure of the cosmos.

Dark matter is so pervasive throughout galaxies that its presence explains the stability and motion of stars in systems such as the Milky Way. For example, current models indicate that our galaxy is embedded in a halo composed of about 90 percent dark matter.

However, the case of CDG-2 is extreme: a galaxy with almost no stars, surrounded almost entirely by an invisible halo. These types of systems, so-called “dark galaxies,” are beginning to appear in astronomical records. Beyond their rarity, scientists value them because they serve as natural laboratories for exploring the nature of dark matter and testing current models of galaxy formation.

This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish.

The Mexican Navy announced on Thursday that it had seized a semi-submersible vessel carrying nearly four tons of cocaine. The seizure of 179 packages of the drug is the latest result in an effort to curb maritime trafficking of illicit substances across the Pacific Ocean—an issue also being addressed by the United States through a series of deadly attacks in the Caribbean against vessels suspected of carrying drugs.

Omar García Harfuch, Mexico’s secretary of security, reported in a post on X that the interception of the vessel—known as a “narco-submarine”—took place in Mexican waters near Manzanillo, in the state of Colima. Three people have been arrested over suspected ties to the shipment.

The Mexican navy (Semar) said that the operation involved an ocean patrol vessel, two fixed-wing aircraft, two rotary-wing aircraft, and two interceptor boats. It also received support from US Northern Command and the Joint Interagency Task Force, which provided intelligence to locate the target at sea.

Harfuch emphasized that this action adds to other seizures made during the past week, which have resulted in the confiscation of approximately 10 tons of cocaine. According to the secretary, “this represents a direct and multimillion-dollar blow to the financial structures of organized crime, preventing millions of doses from reaching the streets and protecting the safety of Mexican families.”

Since at least last year, Semar has been monitoring a transnational network that uses the routes known as La Gorgona and El Desierto to transport narcotics and other illicit goods from Ecuador and Colombia. The route includes strategic points such as the Galápagos Islands and Clipperton Island before reaching Mexican shores, including Punta Tejupán in Michoacán. According to an investigation published by N+ Focus, the final destination of these shipments is the US market.

Criminal organizations use speedboats, submarines, and semi-submersibles, often homemade from fiberglass, to evade radar and maritime surveillance systems. Between 2023 and early 2025, monitoring and enforcement operations conducted by Semar resulted in the seizure of more than 111 tons of cocaine, 223 illegal maritime vessels, and the arrest of 476 suspected traffickers of Ecuadorian, Mexican, Colombian, and Central American nationalities.

The US government has pressured Mexico to intensify its fight against drug trafficking. Last year, the trafficking of synthetic drugs like fentanyl was used by the Trump administration as justification for imposing tariffs on Mexican imports.

Since then, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has announced a tougher strategy against the cartels, which includes increased surveillance on maritime routes and borders, as well as the extradition of dozens of those convicted of drug trafficking offenses to the United States.

For his part, US president Donald Trump launched a campaign of direct confrontation against organized crime, even in international waters. According to The New York Times, Trump instructed the Pentagon to use military assets against Latin American cartels designated as terrorist organizations, representing the most aggressive strategy of his administration in this area.

Trump’s decree aimed to establish a legal basis for conducting both maritime and land military operations in foreign territory, marking a significant shift in US security policy by assigning to the military functions traditionally reserved for law enforcement agencies.

This policy led to the first US attack on a vessel that, according to the Trump administration, was transporting drugs from Venezuela to the United States. That incident occurred on September 2 in international waters of the southern Caribbean Sea and left 11 people dead, allegedly linked to the Tren de Aragua gang. Since then, dozens of similar attacks have been recorded in the Caribbean and the Pacific, with an estimated death toll of approximately 145 people.

This story originally appeared in WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish.

Apartment Coffee ranks sixth on the list & has been crowned the best coffee shop in Asia

On Monday (Feb 16), the second edition of the World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops ranking was revealed at CoffeeFest Madrid 2026.

And one Singaporean café has made the cut, ranking impressively high.

Apartment Coffee retains its sixth-place spot in the 2026 ranking, the only café from Singapore to feature on the list this year.

It holds the same position it earned in 2025, and has been crowned the best coffee shop in Asia for the second year in a row. So, who’s behind the café, and how did it manage to clinch such a prestigious award not once, but twice in a row?

Apartment Coffee was founded in 2018

Apartment Coffee was first established along Lavender Street eight years ago, by 2018 Singapore Brewers Cup Champion, Yeo Qing He, before it moved to its current premises in Selegie in 2022. It also recently expanded to Serangoon, with the opening of Apartment Roastery in Jun 2025.

The café is well-known for its minimalist, tranquil interior of white walls and natural accents, which offers an escape from the city’s constant buzz. It has a short, curated menu that highlights the craft behind each pour-over coffee cup, from careful bean selection to precise roasting and brewing.

In fact, their beans are carefully selected firsthand during the team’s travels to renowned coffee regions like Colombia, Costa Rica, Rwanda and Kenya.

Yeo said in an interview with The Straits Times that the “focus on experience” differentiates Apartment Coffee from other local coffee shops. “This is also why we don’t do takeaways at our coffee studio,” he added.

Over the years, the café has amassed numerous accolades, including second place in the Singapore Brewers Cup 2022 and first place at the Singapore Roaster Forum 2019. Its sixth-place finish in the 2026 World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops ranking is the latest addition to its growing list of achievements.

Other notable mentions

The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops List is an annual event that ranks cafés around the globe across nine criteria, including the quality of coffee, the barista expertise, sustainability practices, consistency and innovation.

It has quickly earned a reputation as the coffee world’s equivalent of the Michelin Guide. The event’s credibility stems from a transparent voting system that combines expert opinions (70%) with public opinion (30%), alongside a nomination and final selection process.

Given how well-loved Apartment Coffee is, it wouldn’t be surprising if the café makes the list a third time in the coming year.

Apart from Apartment Coffee, there are other notable mentions, including 14 cafés from Asia that made the 2026 World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops list.

The British Academy Film Awards are the British equivalent of the Oscars, and so Hollywood heavy-hitters Benicio Del Toro, Emma Stone, Ethan Hawke, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B. Jordan, Timothee Chalamet and Stellan Skarsgard have confirmed that they will be there in the flesh. It’s Hamnet‘s Irish duo of Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, however, who could end up stealing the show at London’s Royal Festival Hall this Sunday.

You can watch BAFTAs 2026 online from anywhere with a VPN and potentially for free.

Sunday’s men’s ice hockey final live stream at the 2026 Winter Olympics sees the curtain brought down on this year’s games with one of its most-anticipated events – a rematch of the thrilling women’s final between USA vs Canada just a few days ago.

This year’s men’s tournament was already making headlines way before the athletes reached Italy, being the first time for over a decade that NHL players have been passed to compete. That has finally allowed players like Canada’s awesome Connor McDavid to light up the games (he’s leading the scoring with 2 goals and 11 assists), while Team USA’s veteran goaltender Connor Hellebuyck has demonstrated to the world how difficult he is to beat.