At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, China’s National Supercomputing Internet launched a six‑month “Scientific Computing AI‑Agent Ecosystem Co‑creation and Developer Recruitment Program.” The initiative will solicit AI agents, research models, MCP tools and Skills from universities, research institutes, individual developers and corporate R&D teams to build an open, collaborative scientific‑intelligence ecosystem.

SpaceX (SPCX.O): Starship team ready to commence propellant loading; systems and weather reported favorable for today's flight test.

Iran’s army said in a statement early on the 17th that it carried out Phase 11 of "Operation Lightning" several hours earlier, striking military facilities at the US Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain with "Arash" suicide drones. The statement said targets included areas hosting US helicopters and deployments of P-8 reconnaissance aircraft, and described the action as retaliation for recent US strikes on Iranian urban infrastructure that caused civilian casualties.