In this episode, Ray Cochrane breaks down a reversible conductive glue from Newcastle University that could replace solder and finally make electronics recycling work. Additional stories cover China widening its clean energy lead, DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve scoring wins from genomics to…
A Coinbase spokeswoman told Cointelegraph that “Base did not launch a token” after the blockchain’s X account was slammed for sharing a tokenized, tradable social post, Cointeligraph reported. Crypto exchange Coinbase distanced its blockchain network Base from a memecoin it…
The European Union recently delayed penalizing Apple and Meta Platforms, temporarily avoiding a conflict with the Trump administration during a week that saw the bloc ramp up its push for a trade deal with the U.S. , The Wall Street…
Community colleges, especially Southwestern College in California, are battling a surge of AI-driven bot students who fraudulently enroll in online classes to collect financial aid. Professors are overwhelmed with vetting enrollees, while administrators scramble to respond. Despite some institutional efforts,…
Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, adding to legal troubles that could reshape the $1.88 trillion company and alter its power over the internet, The New York Times…
A mere two days after announcing GPT-4.1, OpenAI is releasing not one but two new models.The company today announced the public availability of o3 and o4-mini. Of the former, OpenAI says o3 is its most advanced reasoning model yet, with…
OpenAI is reportedly developing its own social media platform. The Verge, which has broken the news, describes the project as “X-like” in nature, Gizmodo reported. Little is known about the new site beyond the fact that it exists. The Verge…
A trial in the landmark antitrust case against social media giant Meta kicked off in Washington on Monday, the BBC reported. Lawyers for the US competition and consumer watchdog allege Meta unlawfully quashed rivals by purchasing Instagram and What’s App…