Science & Tech

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

Researchers Detail 'TrapDoor' Supply‑Chain Attack That Hid Malicious Instructions in AI Assistant Files

Security researchers say 'TrapDoor' used malicious npm, PyPI and Crates.io packages to target crypto wallets and developer credentials, hiding commands in AI assistant files.

#cybersecurity, #supplychain, #cryptocurrency, #ai, #devtools

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Destroyed in Explosion During Cape Canaveral Hot-Fire Test

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket was destroyed in an explosion during a hot-fire test at Cape Canaveral; no injuries reported and investigations are underway.

#blueorigin, #space, #newglenn, #capecanaveral

Sui Mainnet Restores Service After 6‑Hour Stall Caused by Validator Crash Bug

Sui recovered Thursday after a software bug in release 1.72 caused a roughly six-hour mainnet stall; validators upgraded to a patched client to resume finalization.

#sui, #blockchain, #crypto, #outage

Meta says AI system RADAR has auto-reviewed 535,000+ code changes and landed 331,000

Meta details RADAR, an automated, risk-based code-review pipeline that reviewed 535,000+ diffs and landed 331,000+, per an arXiv preprint.

$META, #meta, #ai, #software, #code-review

One‑Positron Quantum Cyclotron Demonstrated, Paving Way for More Precise Positron g‑Factor Tests

A Northwestern-led preprint reports trapping a single positron in a quantum cyclotron — a technical step toward higher‑precision tests of the positron’s magnetic moment and CPT symmetry.

#physics, #antimatter, #particlephysics, #precision