Science & Technology — October 9, 2026

OpenAI defends safety researcher firings. The company says it fired three safety researchers for a 'significant breach of trust.' The researchers dispute the claims and warn the dismissals could chill internal safety work.

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Apollo programmer Margaret Hamilton dies at 90. The pioneering programmer coined the term 'software engineering' and wrote the error-handling code credited with saving the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

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Amazon hits 1,000-satellite milestone. Amazon built its 1,000th satellite for its Starlink-rivaling constellation and says its consumer space internet service will launch within weeks -- before year's end.

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ChatGPT teen safeguards mostly fail, watchdog finds. A Common Sense Media study found most ChatGPT for Teens protections failed; the chatbot spoke to teens like a friend and didn't alert parents to self-harm discussions.

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