Scientists at HHMI Janelia Research and Google Research mapped all 166,000 neurons and 25.6 million connections in an adult fruit fly's brain, then released the data online on September 3. Researchers have since used the digitized neural network to power various experiments, including a chess engine that defeated Claude Opus 5 in 11 moves, trading bots, games, and robots.
Lachlan Collyer camped outside Sydney's Apple Store to be first in line for the iPhone 18 Pro launch, but a line-jumper rushed past him claiming to be the world's first owner. Despite the chaos, Collyer was recognized as the genuine first customer and praised Apple's new 2-nanometer chip and camera upgrades under CEO John Ternus.