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San Francisco – September 11, 2026 -- Medidojo, Inc. announced that chess grandmaster Anish Giri has joined Dojo, its AI meditation app for iOS, as a Founding Member of the company's new High Performance Team.

Giri brings elite tournament credentials to the partnership

Giri has competed at the top level of chess for more than a decade, winning the Tata Steel Masters and finishing runner-up at the 2026 Candidates Tournament in Cyprus, the strongest Candidates result of his career and one step from a world title match.

Chess players' hearts race even when their bodies don't move

Research published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology found that a single game of chess raises heart rate and suppresses heart rate variability, the same stress signature the body produces under physical exertion.

San Francisco – September 08, 2026 -- TrustKernel has begun shipping PlugClaw worldwide, moving the device from pre-order to general availability starting at $149 with no mandatory subscription.

The product is a USB-C stick measuring 50 x 19 x 8 mm and weighing 15 grams, built around a MediaTek Helio G80 processor with up to 6 GB of memory and 128 GB of encrypted storage. It runs PlugOS, a privacy-hardened Android system, alongside Ubuntu as an agent runtime.

Plugging it in turns any device into an AI workstation

Users connect PlugClaw to a phone, tablet, or computer, which then acts only as a display and input source. The AI agent, its applications, login credentials, and full execution environment run entirely on PlugClaw's own hardware rather than the host device.

San Francisco – September 07, 2026 -- Mito Health has run more than one million lab tests and expanded its direct-to-consumer diagnostics marketplace into seven categories of preventive testing, letting customers order bloodwork, imaging, and genetic screening without insurance, a doctor's referral, or a surprise bill.

The company built its first two years around 100-plus-biomarker longevity panels sold directly to consumers. Its catalog now covers fertility planning, strength and body composition testing, chronic disease baseline markers, nutrient and heavy-metal screening, inherited disease risk, and tuberculosis testing required for school enrollment.