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.
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.
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.
Bethesda’s Todd Howard shared his views on AI in game development during a Fallout TV show event. He sees it as a tool for efficiency but insists creative intention must remain human.
The legal tech startup Solve Intelligence has secured $40 million in fresh funding to develop its AI software for drafting patents. The round attracted big-name founders from Tinder, Canva, and Hugging Face, following a massive tenfold increase in annual revenue.
AI adoption is exploding in marketing, with over half of professionals already on board. For small businesses, it’s a powerful equalizer but comes with major risks if used carelessly. The key is starting small and keeping a human in the loop.
Safebooks has raised a $15 million seed round to build an AI layer that automates financial data reconciliation. The platform claims to have already monitored over $40 billion in transactions. It’s a big bet on fixing a universal but unglamorous corporate headache.
The US government has given Nvidia the green light to ship its H200 AI accelerators to China. However, analysts question if Chinese tech companies, now focused on building a domestic AI chip ecosystem, will generate significant demand for these US-made chips.
Hewlett-Packard is officially splitting into two separate, publicly traded companies this Sunday. The move caps over a decade of strategic missteps and boardroom drama. Can this “clean break” finally fix what’s broken?
