Polestar SUV update, NASA Mars contract, cyber takedown

Hey folks, let’s dive into today’s tech headlines. First up, Polestar in Stockholm just updated its Polestar 4 SUV, adding a rear window for better visibility. In the same breath, ASUS in Taipei revealed the ProArt P14 laptop, one of the first to use Nvidia’s new RTX Spark GPU. Apple is rolling out the eighth developer beta of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 in Cupertino, giving developers a sneak peek at upcoming features. Meanwhile, Keepnet in London launched a free iOS app that lets users flag suspicious texts or calls with a tap. Switching gears to space, NASA awarded Blue Origin a $700 million contract to build a high‑performance communications network for Mars. That’s a big step toward future missions to the Red Planet. In robotics, researchers at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec built a drone that can cling to icy cliffs using retractable spikes – a promising tool for polar exploration. On the cyber front, a breach of the MyDr health‑tech platform in Warsaw exposed data of nearly 19 million Polish users. In Washington, the DOJ dismantled the long‑standing Sality botnet. And in San Jose, Forescout showed how Anthropic’s Claude could move a pre‑auth RCE exploit between WAGO PLC models. Finally, in London, Lasso Security launched a CPU‑only AI guardrail called LEAP and raised $30 million to support its development. That’s the tech landscape for today. Stay tuned for more updates.