Three new ways to stir things up: • The Big Red Button: after your first Ship, press it for a surge (Compute ×3, a viral demo, a dataset that fell off a truck) or a small disaster. It recharges every 10 minutes • Rival Cold War: poach a researcher, publish a takedown or sign a compute pact with your nearest rival. Move against them and they answer back • Sponsor Weeks: clear 5 of the 7 daily sponsor goals in a week to bank Reputation and climb the Sponsor Tiers, from Unfunded to Sovereign-backed • 3D Lab (beta, in Settings): tap anything alive. Staff wave, product beams flare, the ops bot spins and the crowd cheers • Smoother, calmer and a little brighter everywhere, plus fixes Still no ads. Still no pay-to-win. Thanks for playing. Tell us what to build next.

The biggest update since launch. Your lab now runs far deeper than GPUs and racks: • Hire a team: researchers, engineers and more, each with a role, morale and a salary • Launch AI products: grow their users and revenue, then ship new versions • Rig Bay: fit your racks with parts, fuse better ones, and win trophies from Contracts • Grand Challenges and Megaprojects: long-term goals with big payoffs • Objectives, Contracts and a daily sponsor give every session a clear goal • Automation: a Research Director and autopilots keep the lab working, even while you're away • Declare a Stance: pick Safety, Center or Acceleration and unlock that side's Doctrine perks • Charter draft: every Ship deals three Lab Charters, including rule-changers like Research Sprint • Unplugged Trials: switch Legacy off for one generation and play a real, full run again • Personal records: every new power of ten in peak Compute earns Lab Reputation • Publish preprints, collect Field Notes and chase new achievements • "Save for this": tap research that's out of reach and the lab banks Compute, then buys it for you • Calmer news: only real decisions interrupt you; everything else runs on the Newswire • Dark mode: choose Light, Dark or Match device in Settings • Singularity Pro (optional): offline earnings ×2, a 24-hour offline cap, earlier autopilots and Pro-only themes. Try it free for 7 days • Better with VoiceOver, keyboards and Reduce Motion, with bigger tap targets and clearer text • Smoother on older iPhones, offline time counted properly, and 150+ fixes Thanks for playing. Tell us what to build next.