Science & Tech

Square Enix Reveals Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Final Remake Installment Due Spring 2027

Square Enix announced Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the trilogy’s final remake, for spring 2027 with a simultaneous release on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and PC.

#finalfantasy7, #squareenix, #gaming, #gamerelease

NASA’s X-59 Reaches Supersonic Speed in First Mach 1 Flight; Sonic‑thump Tests Next

NASA’s X-59 flew supersonic on June 5 from Edwards AFB, topping about Mach 1.1; an F-15 chase plane masked its sound. Quieter-boom tests are next.

#nasa, #x-59, #supersonic, #aviation

Tifa Lockhart Confirmed for Street Fighter 6 in Capcom’s Year 4 DLC Lineup

Capcom confirmed Tifa Lockhart will join Street Fighter 6 as a Year 4 DLC fighter; four characters are scheduled from Aug. 2026 through spring 2027.

#streetfighter6, #tifa, #capcom, #finalfantasy, #videogames

U.S. Measles Cases Top 2,000 by Early June as 2026 Approaches Last Year’s Total

CDC reports 2,030 confirmed measles cases as of June 4, 2026, raising concerns about outbreaks, vaccination gaps and importation risks.

#measles, #vaccination, #cdc, #publichealth

UK Phase I trial finds AI-designed coronavirus vaccine candidate safe and elicits cross-reactive immune responses

Phase I UK trial: an AI-designed DNA vaccine for sarbecoviruses was safe in 39 adults and induced cross-reactive immune responses, but not proof it protects.

#covid-19, #vaccine, #clinicaltrials, #ai

Zcash patches critical Orchard privacy flaw after private disclosure; Foundation says no evidence of stolen funds

Zcash patched a soundness flaw in its Orchard shielded pool after a May 29 disclosure. Orchard was briefly disabled; Foundation says no unauthorized ZEC was created.

#zcash, #cryptocurrency, #security, #blockchain

Analysts Find Dormant Facial-Recognition Code in Meta’s Smart-Glasses App

Independent analyses found dormant facial-recognition code in Meta's smart-glasses companion app, but no evidence it’s been activated for users.

$META, #meta, #facialrecognition, #privacy, #smartglasses

Wildfire Smoke Has Erased Years of U.S. Ozone Gains, NASA-Supported Study Finds

A NASA-backed study finds wildfire smoke has driven up ground-level ozone across the contiguous U.S., wiping out years of air-quality improvements.

#wildfires, #ozone, #airquality, #nasa

Paper Flags April 1 South Atlantic Fireball as Leading Post‑2018 Interstellar Meteor Candidate

An arXiv preprint argues an April 1 South Atlantic fireball may be the strongest post‑2018 interstellar meteor candidate, but relies on unverified U.S. sensor data.

#astronomy, #meteors, #interstellar

Google launches Gemma 4 12B, an open-licensed multimodal AI that runs on 16GB laptops

Google released Gemma 4 12B, an Apache-2 open-licensed multimodal model that processes text, images and audio natively and can run on laptops with 16GB.

$GOOG, $GOOGL, #ai, #google, #gemma4, #multimodal

NASA Confirms End of MAVEN Mission After More Than 11 Years at Mars

NASA says MAVEN, its Mars atmosphere orbiter last heard from Dec. 6, 2025, is unrecoverable after an anomaly that likely drained its batteries.

#mars, #nasa, #space, #maven

EU General Court annuls gatekeeper designation for Facebook Marketplace but upholds Messenger

EU General Court overturns Meta's Marketplace gatekeeper label for procedural reasons but keeps Messenger designated under the DMA.

#meta, #digitalmarketsact, #eu, #gatekeeper

Preprint claims detection of four‑carbon sugar erythrulose in Milky Way molecular cloud

A June 2 arXiv preprint reports erythrulose, a four‑carbon sugar, in a molecule‑rich cloud near the Milky Way's center; result awaits peer review.

#astrochemistry, #interstellar, #sugars, #preprint

Lancet warns lack of rapid test hampers response to Bundibugyo Ebola in DRC and Uganda

Lancet Comment: no reliable rapid test for Bundibugyo Ebola is delaying isolation, testing and contact tracing during the DRC–Uganda outbreak.

#ebola, #bundibugyo, #diagnostics, #drcongo, #uganda

Emails in Valve Antitrust Case Show Threat to Pull Rainbow Six Siege From Steam, Bloomberg Reports

Emails disclosed in the Valve antitrust case allegedly show threats to remove Rainbow Six Siege from Steam over competing pricing, Bloomberg reports.

#valve, #antitrust, #steam, #video-games, #ubisoft