A Munich biotech spin-off has secured €5 million in Seed funding to industrialize its DNA-origami platform. The tech aims to make standard lateral flow tests up to 100 times more sensitive without a major cost hike.
OpenAI is making a big play for the enterprise. The company just hired Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its new chief revenue officer, signaling a major push to sell AI to businesses.
According to an Engadget analysis, OpenAI’s lead has evaporated. Google’s Gemini 3 Pro now ranks #1 on key benchmarks, while GPT-5 was seen as a downgrade. Sam Altman has declared a “code red” internally as the company chases $200 billion in revenue by 2030.
The U.S. is allowing Nvidia to sell its higher-end H200 AI chips to approved customers in China, but with a 25% export tariff. This move creates a new, complex middle ground in the ongoing tech restrictions.
Astronomers using the JWST have confirmed the earliest supernova ever seen, a normal star explosion from when the universe was only 720 million years old. The discovery suggests the first stars weren’t so different from those today.
Microsoft’s latest update for Windows 11 tackles a pesky visual bug that broke dark mode immersion. The patch also bundles a host of new features, especially for users with Copilot+ PCs, and plugs 56 security holes.
Firefox is finally getting native support for the popular Matroska (MKV) video container. The latest beta also brings much-needed order to Linux users’ home directories with XDG support.
President Trump gave Nvidia a conditional green light to sell its H200 AI chips to China, but the deal is far from done. Analysts see a massive revenue opportunity, but political and commercial obstacles could still derail the entire arrangement.
Corporate energy buyers have contracted for a massive 20.4 gigawatts of clean power so far this year. The AI data center boom is forcing a new conversation about grid costs, flexibility, and who pays for what.
A new pair of malicious Visual Studio Code extensions has been caught stealing developer data. They disguise themselves as a color theme and an AI assistant to deliver a powerful infostealer.
