Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight
Category: Tech
Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model
For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has looked out into the Universe. Now, Lego is inviting builders to look inward with its latest model
A startup says the AI bottleneck isn’t compute. It’s memory, and it ditched the GPU to prove it.
The AI hardware conversation is stuck on one word: compute. A startup out of Tel Aviv wants to change the word to memory. Majestic Labs
Sequoia leads $1 billion round for Valar Atomics as the nuclear startup triples its valuation to $6 billion
Sequoia Capital led a $1 billion Series B for Valar Atomics, valuing the nuclear startup at $6 billion. That is three times the $2 billion
Anthropic’s AI models accidentally hacked three companies
Anthropic has launched an investigation into what went wrong during a recent test of three models that left a trio of companies accidentally hacked. The
How AI is killing smartphone apps in China
Chinese smartphone makers have been followers in the global market, embracing the concepts and paradigms set in the past 20 years by Apple and Google.
Google Earth Disables A.I. Tool After One Day Over Disinformation Concerns
A new Google Earth tool allowed the creation of A.I. deepfake maps. The company quickly pulled it back after users noted there were no safeguards
Robinhood is launching a publicly traded fund that invests in Y Combinator startups. Anyone can buy shares.
Robinhood is launching a second publicly traded closed-end fund that will invest in private companies from the Y Combinator ecosystem. Robinhood Ventures Fund II filed
AI agents are breaking into companies on their own. The law has no idea who to blame.
The strangest security story in AI has an unanswered question at its centre. When an AI agent breaks its leash, hacks a company it was
What Are Companies Getting for All That A.I. Spending?
A new field of “tokenomics” has emerged to measure the return on all the money companies are pouring into artificial intelligence.
SpaceX’s Stock Lockup Is Expiring. Prepare for a Bumpy Ride.
On Thursday, employees and other insiders at Elon Musk’s rocket company will be released from their first stock “lockup” and can start selling some of
Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters
Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water
How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark
Every so often, I’ll be piloting some sensor-laden, software-defined press car down a dark stretch of highway when an oncoming driver’s high beams arrive like
Apple and the invisible wolf: AI slop drowns real security threats
Apple has had to introduce a quota on security researcher reports because its systems are being overwhelmed by low-quality warnings generated by AI. It’s a