Science & Tech

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

Trump signs order giving NSA central role in voluntary pre-release reviews of advanced AI

Trump signed an order creating a voluntary pre-release review of powerful AI models, naming the NSA to decide designations and boosting federal cyber defenses.

#ai, #cybersecurity, #executiveorder, #nsa

WMO says El Niño likely this summer; governments urged to prepare

WMO: 80% chance El Niño will develop June–Aug 2026, with near‑90% chance it lasts to November. U.N. urges stronger warnings to prepare for heat and rainfall extremes.

#elnino, #climate, #wmo, #weather

Preprint: JWST spectra suggest carbon disulfide in atmosphere of young exoplanet V1298 Tau e

A new arXiv preprint reports JWST detected carbon disulfide (CS2) in the atmosphere of young exoplanet V1298 Tau e — a result under review that needs confirmation.

#exoplanets, #jwst, #astronomy, #sulfur

Preprint Claims Language Models Undergo 'Alignment Transition' Around 3.5 Billion Parameters

An unreviewed arXiv preprint argues language models shift from trading truth for reasoning to improving both past ~3.5B parameters; code and dashboard released.

#ai, #alignment, #language-models, #arxiv

Webb Detects Methane in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

NASA’s James Webb made the first direct detection of methane in an interstellar object, finding CH4 plus CO2 and water in comet 3I/ATLAS.

#jwst, #interstellar, #comets, #methane

Nvidia, Arm and Microsoft Tease ‘New Era of PC’ With Taipei Coordinates Ahead of GTC and Computex

Nvidia, Arm and a Microsoft Windows exec posted matching Taipei coordinates ahead of Nvidia’s June 1 GTC keynote, fueling Windows-on‑Arm PC speculation.

$NVDA, $MSFT, $ARM, #nvidia, #arm, #microsoft, #computex

Pfizer’s BRAFTOVI Combo Shows Longer Progression-Free Survival in First-Line BRAF V600E Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Phase 3 BREAKWATER Cohort 3 data show encorafenib plus cetuximab with FOLFIRI extended median PFS to 15.2 months vs. 8.3 months in control.

$PFE, #oncology, #colorectalcancer, #pfizer, #braftovi

Gravity Bridge Halted After $5.4M Drain; Signing-Layer Compromise Suspected

Gravity Bridge suspended operations after an apparent $5.4M drain that appears tied to a signing/authorization compromise; investigations are ongoing.

#crypto, #ethereum, #cosmos, #security

Interim phase 3: Sacituzumab tirumotecan plus pembrolizumab improves PFS in PD-L1–positive advanced NSCLC

Interim phase 3 data: adding sacituzumab tirumotecan to pembrolizumab improved progression-free survival versus pembrolizumab alone in PD‑L1+ advanced NSCLC; OS immature, toxicity higher.

$MRK, #lungcancer, #pembrolizumab, #sacituzumabtirumotecan, #clinicaltrials

EMA Recommends COVID-19 Vaccines Be Updated to Target XFG for 2026–27 Campaign

EMA’s Emergency Task Force recommends updating COVID-19 vaccines to target the XFG variant for the 2026–2027 season, guiding EU manufacturers and health authorities.

#covid-19, #ema, #vaccines, #xfg