Moderna, Merck unveil mRNA-based cancer vaccine that cuts spread
Moderna's mRNA vaccine Intismeran shows promise, reducing melanoma recurrence and spread in late-stage trials.
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Chrome for Android Update
Hello Everyone! We've just released Chrome 152 (152.0.7977.54) for Android to a small percentage of users. It'll become available on Google Play over the next few days. You can find more details about early Stable releases here . This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . Krishna Govind Google Chrome
Framework responds to complaints that BIOS update bricks Ryzen 7040 laptops
Framework says it's replacing some out-of-warranty AMD mainboards.
What’s behind Israel’s latest attack on Syria?
US envoy warns Israel's strike could have sparked direct confrontation with Turkish forces.
Five Americans among seven killed in safari helicopter crash in Kenya
Officials say all seven people onboard killed, including Telemundo executive and Ecuador intelligence chief Seven people, including five Americans, were killed when a safari helicopter crashed on Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, according to local police and the state department. Among the dead were an executive with Telemundo, the US-based Spanish-language network owned by NBC Universal, and the director of Ecuador’s national intelligence service. Continue reading...
Rillet raises $100M Series C at $1B valuation — 2 years after emerging from stealth
AI-native account startup Rillet became a unicorn, led by Iconiq, after it doubled its ARR in the past three months, it said.
Stripe to buy OpenRouter as fintech expands deeper into AI
Stripe said it's acquiring OpenRouter, as the payments company expands into the artificial intelligence model market.
The U.S. debt tops a record-shattering $40 trillion. Yes, with a T.
The federal debt reached $40 trillion as the government adds red ink at a rapid rate. That's leading nervous investors to demand higher interest rates —pushing up borrowing costs for everyone else.
Flight attendants freaked out that Google is buying tons of Spirit employee data
Bankrupt Spirit accused of selling out workers in massive data sale to Google.
Stripe declares we're living in the singularity and uses it as a reason not to IPO
In a letter to investors, Stripe declares January 1 the "beginning of the singularity" and uses that as a reason to stay private. Not that it needs one: revenue grew 41 percent in the first half of the year, and the company confirmed its $8 billion-plus acquisition of OpenRouter. Declaring the singularity is in vogue right now. Hassabis, Altman, and Musk all say it's already here. The article Stripe declares we're living in the singularity and uses it as a reason not to IPO appeared first on The Decoder .
Seven people, mostly foreign tourists, killed in helicopter crash in Kenya
Ecuador's intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi and NBCUniversal journalist Jose Suarez are among the dead.
Nielsen is leaning more on wearables to hear what people are watching
In order to beef up its ability to accurately measure viewership data in the streaming era, Nielsen is moving forward with a plan to use more information gathered from its partners' wearable devices. Today, Nielsen announced "a number of key enhancements" that are being added to its data capturing process ahead of the upcoming fall […]
Former Fauci adviser Dr. David Morens pleads guilty to concealing COVID-related records
Dr. David Morens, a former aide to Dr. Anthony Fauci, has pleaded guilty to violating federal law by trying to conceal emails about the origins of the COVID-1 pandemic.
OpenAI 'will be a public company in 2027' or sooner, CFO Friar tells employees
In an all hands meeting, Friar told employees not worry about rival Anthropic's IPO timeline.
Ceuta: Madrid to transfer 500 vulnerable youths to mainland
Spanish officials have come up with a plan to transfer unaccompanied youth in the exclave Ceuta to mainland Spain. Mostly girls, they will be placed in foster homes as well as under government care.
AI-generated Rust compiles perfectly. That’s the scary part.
Canonical wants to know whether automated tools can finally rewrite legacy C code in safe, maintainable Rust without altering the The post AI-generated Rust compiles perfectly. That’s the scary part. appeared first on The New Stack .
582 skeletons, including children discovered in Sri Lanka mass grave
A Sri Lankan mass grave excavation has uncovered 582 skeletons, including babies and children.
AI was supposed to win people over by now — it hasn’t
As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to acceptance.
Protests in Kyiv back ex-defence minister Fedorov’s call for elections
Ukrainians in Kyiv held a protest in support of ousted defence Minister Mykailo Fedorov.
Cloudflare Workers Spectre Attack Leaks JWT From Co-Located Worker at 12 Bits/Second
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a remote Spectre attack against Cloudflare Workers that leaked a JSON Web Token (JWT) from a co-located Worker in the production environment at up to 12 bits per second, 360 times the rate of an earlier attack demonstrated in 2021. The end-to-end experiment used an attacker Worker and a victim Worker controlled by the researchers,
Google Gemini is getting a dedicated student hub
As we're gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini. It's a one-stop repository for collecting research in a study notebook, creating flashcards, taking practice quizzes, and more. Google is also enhancing its study notebooks with support for graphs and images. It can even add test dates […]
Google packs Search and Gemini with new AI study tools
The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it continues to compete with companies like OpenAI.
Offering Zero Data Retention for frontier models
OpenAI reaffirms Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers and previews Private Safety Processing for advanced AI safety without compromising data privacy.
5 new ways to level up your learning with Search
Here’s how you can use Google Search tools to study for classes and standardized tests.