Science & Tech

Apple Names John Ternus CEO; Tim Cook to Become Executive Chairman on Sept. 1, 2026

Apple announced Tim Cook will become executive chairman Sept. 1, 2026, with hardware chief John Ternus named CEO in a board-approved succession plan.

$AAPL, #apple, #leadership, #technology

Amazon to Invest $5 Billion in Anthropic, With Up to $20 Billion More Tied to Milestones

Amazon will invest $5B in Anthropic now, with up to $20B more tied to milestones; Anthropic pledges to spend over $100B on AWS and use Trainium and Graviton.

$AMZN, #amazon, #anthropic, #ai, #cloud

NASA ships Artemis III SLS core stage from Michoud to Kennedy for 2027 test mission

NASA rolled out the Artemis III SLS core stage from Michoud and loaded it on a barge bound for Kennedy for final assembly ahead of a 2027 test mission.

$BA, $LHX, #nasa, #artemis, #sls, #space

LayerZero links $292M Kelp DAO exploit to DPRK-linked Lazarus Group

LayerZero says a forged cross‑chain message let attackers drain 116,500 rsETH (~$292M) from Kelp DAO on April 18; private attribution points to DPRK-linked Lazarus.

#crypto, #defi, #layerzero, #cybersecurity, #lazarus

NHS England marks 20 years of bowel screening after almost 7 million screened in 2024/25

NHS England says almost 7 million people were screened for bowel cancer in 2024/25 as it marks 20 years and 70,000 cancers detected.

#bowelcancer, #nhs, #screening, #publichealth

Blue Origin Reuses New Glenn Booster, but Upper-Stage Problem Leaves AST SpaceMobile Satellite in Off-Nominal Orbit

Blue Origin's third New Glenn flight reused its booster, but an apparent upper-stage issue left AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird 7 in an off-nominal orbit.

#blueorigin, #newglenn, #astspacemobile, #satellite

India draft rules would tie platforms’ safe-harbor to ministry directives; Human Rights Watch urges withdrawal

Draft MeitY amendments would expand oversight of intermediaries and bring user-posted news under India's digital media code; HRW urges withdrawal.

#india, #internet-regulation, #freedom-of-expression, #meity

DESI completes five-year survey; will continue through 2028 to probe dark energy

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument finished its original five‑year survey, mapping 47M+ objects. DESI will continue through 2028 to test whether dark energy evolves.

#astronomy, #darkenergy, #cosmology, #desi

Networkgo Steps In, Revises Pickmos After Accusations It Copied Pokémon and Fan Art

Networkgo says it has taken over Pickmos' development and is revising the game after accusations it copied Pokémon, Palworld and fan artists' designs.

#gaming, #video-games, #copyright, #indie-games

SPHEREx maps vast interstellar ices and carbon-rich dust across Cygnus X and North American Nebula

NASA’s SPHEREx produced large near-infrared spectral maps revealing water, CO2 and PAH distributions across star-forming regions like Cygnus X.

#astronomy, #spherex, #interstellarice, #milkyway

Researchers say nearly-inaudible audio can hijack voice AIs; paper claims demos on Mistral, Microsoft

A new paper says nearly-inaudible audio prompts can steer voice AI into unauthorized actions; authors report demos on Mistral and Microsoft.

#ai, #cybersecurity, #voiceai, #mistral, #microsoft

TSMC profit surges 58% in Q1 2026 as AI demand fuels record margins

TSMC's Q1 2026 net income rose 58% as AI and HPC chips boost revenue and margins; company sticks to a record $52–56B 2026 capex plan.

$TSM, #tsmc, #ai, #semiconductors, #chipmaking

OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber, unveils GPT‑5.4‑Cyber and pledges $10M in credits

OpenAI scales its Trusted Access for Cyber program, launches GPT‑5.4‑Cyber for vetted defenders and commits $10M in API credits to security teams.

#openai, #cybersecurity, #ai, #gpt5

At AAAI‑26, AI Generated Reviews for Nearly 23,000 Full-Review Papers

AAAI added one clearly labeled AI review to each main-track paper at AAAI-26, producing critiques for about 22,977 full-review papers in under 24 hours.

#ai, #peer-review, #academia, #conference

Astronomers Report Possible Direct Detection of Ionizing UV from Faint Galaxies at Redshift 6

A new arXiv preprint reports stacked detections of extreme‑UV photons from faint galaxies at z≈6, implying high escape fractions if confirmed.

#astronomy, #reionization, #astrosat, #hubble