Blue Origin's Booster Sticks the Landing, Apple's Digital ID Hits TSA, and Google's NotebookLM Gets Smarter plus ChatGPT gets a personality and free games from Epic for the weekend

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Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket for the second time, deploying NASA's Escapade mission to Mars while achieving a first-time booster landing on an offshore platform, marking a major competitive victory against SpaceX. OpenAI dropped GPT-5.1, highlighting improvements in speed and intelligence alongside new personality presets and a warmer conversational tone. Apple introduced Digital ID in Wallet for domestic TSA airport screening, letting you authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID to present your identification digitally on your iPhone while keeping your physical passport for international travel. Google upgraded NotebookLM with Deep Research, a feature that transcends basic summarization by autonomously identifying research gaps and seeking out additional sources to round out your analysis. Epic Games Store kicked off the weekend with three free games—the tactical shooter Zero Hour, fantasy strategy game Songs of Silence, and roguelike action title Scourgebringer—totaling over fifty dollars in value.

• https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/blue-origin-launches-new-glenn-rocket-252015685627
• https://www.theverge.com/news/802653/openai-gpt-5-1-upgrade-personality-presets
• https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/13/apple-wallet-got-two-feature-upgrades-it-really-needed-in-ios-26
• https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/finding-research-sources-in-notebooklm-is-getting-even-easier
• https://comicbook.com/gaming/deals/epic-games-store-has-nearly-60-worth-of-free-games-this-week