Tech & Science

Gilead, Merck once-weekly HIV pill succeeds in Phase 3

Gilead Sciences and Merck announced on Sunday that their investigational once-weekly combination pill of islatravir and lenacapavir met its primary efficacy endpoint in two Phase 3 trials, marking a potential milestone in HIV treatment as the first long-acting oral therapy…

AstraZeneca obesity pill moves to Phase III after nearly 12% weight loss in mid-stage trials

AstraZeneca unveiled full results from two mid-stage trials of its experimental oral obesity drug elecoglipron on Monday at the American Diabetes Association's 2026 Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, revealing that the once-daily pill produced an average body weight reduction of…

Apple unveils Spatial Reframing AI photo tool at WWDC 2026

Apple unveiled Spatial Reframing on Monday at WWDC 2026, a new AI-powered photo editing tool that lets users change the perspective of an image after it has been taken — as if the camera had been repositioned before the shot…

Meta scrubs facial recognition code from smart glasses app after WIRED expose

Meta has quietly removed facial recognition code from its AI companion app for Ray-Ban smart glasses after an investigation by WIRED exposed the feature's existence, raising fresh questions about the company's surveillance ambitions and its willingness to deploy biometric tools…

Apple unveils AI photo editing tools in iOS 27 at WWDC

Apple on Monday introduced new artificial intelligence-powered photo editing capabilities as part of iOS 27, previewed during its annual Worldwide Developers Conference keynote at Apple Park. The features, housed under a new "Apple Intelligence Tools" section in the Photos app,…

Apple unveils sweeping parental controls at WWDC 2026

Apple on Monday used the opening day of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference to preview a broad set of new parental control and child safety features coming to iPhone, iPad, and Mac later this year, as child safety advocates staged…

17 EU nations sign pact to coordinate autonomous vehicle testing

Estonian ride-hailing platform Bolt, automaker Stellantis, and Chinese robotaxi operator Pony.ai announced on Saturday the launch of an autonomous mobility pilot program in Luxembourg, aiming to validate the safety, performance, and regulatory readiness of Pony.ai's seventh-generation autonomous vehicles.

Apple rebrands Siri as ‘Siri AI’ in sweeping overhaul at WWDC

Apple on Monday unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its voice assistant at the Worldwide Developers Conference, rebranding it as "Siri AI" and positioning the update as the centerpiece of what is also Tim Cook's final WWDC keynote as chief executive.

Apple unveils Siri AI and iOS 27 at WWDC 2026 keynote

Apple used its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday to debut the most ambitious overhaul of Siri since the assistant launched in 2011, rebranding it as "Siri AI" — a fully conversational assistant rebuilt from the ground up with Apple…

Apple unveils iOS 27 at WWDC, prioritizing speed over new features

Apple unveiled iOS 27 on Monday at its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, emphasizing speed and software quality over flashy new features. The update promises substantial performance gains and design tweaks to the polarizing Liquid Glass aesthetic introduced last year, while…

Apple unveils macOS 27 Golden Gate, ending Intel Mac support

Apple on Monday unveiled macOS 27, officially named "Golden Gate," during its WWDC 2026 keynote at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. The update marks the definitive end of the Intel era for Mac computers, requiring Apple silicon to install.

NIH-funded study triggers sleep’s benefits in awake brains

Scientists have demonstrated that the restorative benefits of sleep can be induced in localized brain regions while an animal remains fully awake, a finding that could reshape understanding of why organisms need to sleep and point toward new treatments for…

Nvidia and Hyundai expand alliance on robotics and AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun outlined an expanded partnership in Seoul on Monday, targeting physical AI and robotics across mobility, manufacturing, and smart factories. Huang declared the two companies are getting "very very…

Samsung chip chief meets Nvidia’s Huang in Seoul to deepen AI partnership

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun met with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul on Monday to discuss expanding cooperation on advanced memory chips and semiconductor manufacturing, as the two companies deepen ties across multiple fronts…

Meta says AI support tool flaw exposed 20,000 Instagram accounts

Meta has formally disclosed a security incident in which a flaw in its AI-powered Instagram account recovery tool allowed attackers to hijack more than 20,000 user accounts by tricking the system into sending password reset links to unauthorized email addresses.

Meta seeks contempt order against NSO Group over new WhatsApp attacks

Meta announced on Monday that it is filing a federal court contempt order against Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, accusing it of violating a permanent injunction that barred it from targeting WhatsApp and its users. The company said WhatsApp had…

Kimi chatbot maker Moonshot AI seeks $30B valuation

Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based developer of the Kimi chatbot, is in discussions to raise between $1 billion and $2 billion in a new funding round that would value the startup at as much as $30 billion, according to a person…

Microsoft, Google, and Meta converge on OpenClaw framework

Seven months after Austrian developer Peter Steinberger released a weekend project called Clawdbot, the open-source personal AI assistant now known as OpenClaw has reshaped how the world's largest technology companies think about autonomous software. Microsoft, Google Alphabet Inc., and Meta…

Nvidia’s Huang calls AI stock rout a buying opportunity

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told reporters in Seoul on Monday that the sharp sell-off in technology and semiconductor stocks should be viewed as a chance to buy at lower prices, expressing unwavering confidence in the long-term trajectory of artificial intelligence…

Samsung Foundry expected to turn profit in Q3 2026

Samsung Electronics' foundry division is on track to turn profitable as early as the third quarter of 2026, ending roughly four years of losses that have weighed on the company's semiconductor ambitions.

Nvidia and SK Hynix sign multiyear AI memory deal

Nvidia and SK Hynix on Sunday announced a multiyear technology partnership to co-develop next-generation memory for AI infrastructure, deepening a collaboration that underpins some of the world's most advanced computing platforms.

xAI allegedly used Claude outputs to train Grok for months

Elon Musk's xAI spent months running a model distillation project that used outputs from Anthropic's Claude to train its own coding models — and reportedly continued the practice even after Anthropic cut off the company's access in January 2026, according…

Prada and Axiom Space unveil cooling layer for moon suit

Axiom Space and Italian luxury house Prada on Sunday revealed the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment, a specialized inner layer for the next-generation lunar spacesuit that will be worn by astronauts when humans return to the moon's surface for the…

Second Instagram flaw exposed Zuckerberg’s contact info days after AI chatbot hack

Hackers exploited Meta's AI-powered support chatbot to seize control of prominent Instagram accounts using a prompt injection attack, while a separate logic bug in the platform's web password reset flow briefly exposed unredacted personal data tied to accounts including that…

Nvidia’s Vera CPU to use SK Hynix DRAM, Huang says

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed during his visit to Seoul that the company's upcoming Vera data-center CPU will use DRAM from SK Hynix, adding a new product dimension to an already expanding partnership between the chipmaker and South Korea's memory…