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The University of Cambridge says it successfully tested a vaccine with an AI-designed antigen Jun 08, 2026

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The “super-antigen” could provide long-term protection against a wide range of diseases spread by humans.

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OpenAI reportedly has a major ChatGPT overhaul in store, Axiom revealed its Prada-designed spacesuit inner layer for NASA, and astronomers measured the mass of a dormant black hole Jun 08, 2026

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-A redesigned ChatGPT would encourage users beyond just chatting and towards using "coding tools, image generation and applications built by partners such as Canva and Booking.com."

-NASA tasked Axiom Space and Prada to create new, high-tech spacesuits.

-Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have measured the mass of a dormant black hole 10 billion light-years away.

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SpaceX expects its IPO to raise $74.4 billion Jun 05, 2026

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Valuing the company at $1.75 trillion.

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OpenAI will let the US government review its AI models before release, Google is experimenting with sending Chrome searches straight to AI, and Anthropic proposes a global slowdown of AI development Jun 05, 2026

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-OpenAI has said that it will comply with the order and allow regulators to assess its models' capabilities before they're released to the public.

-Google seems to be mulling the idea of giving you the option to go straight to AI Mode when you do search queries.

-Anthropic says AI is developing so fast, the trend points towards systems becoming capable of developing their own successor.

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Pokémon Champions hits iOS and Android on June 17 Jun 04, 2026

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The Pokémon battle game debuted on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 back in April.

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Even Meta's Oversight Board thinks its rules for banning accounts are baffling, Apple began requiring age verification for App Store use in Texas, and NASA's Mars MAVEN probe is dead Jun 04, 2026

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-The board announced earlier this year that it would look into improving transparency around the process, which is often frustratingly opaque.

-Apple announced that apps distributed in Texas will need to conform to the requirements set out under state law SB 2420.

-NASA determined that Mars MAVEN is no longer able to perform science missions and to relay data back to Earth.

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Google's parent company is raising $80 billion to fuel its AI ambitions Jun 03, 2026

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Not even Alphabet has enough cash to meet its AI goals.

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Researchers showed how AI-powered worms could wreak havoc on the internet, Meta took down over a million scam accounts, and Google pledges to replenish more water than it uses at data centers by 2030 Jun 03, 2026

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-A team from the University of Toronto used publicly accessible AI models to power a prototype worm capable of exploiting any known computer flaw.

-Meta worked with the DOJ, along with Microsoft, Coinbase, Starlink and international law enforcement agencies to bust online scams and identify the criminal syndicates behind them.

-Google is expanding its water stewardship commitments, including investments in replenishment projects, to provide more water than it consumes at its data centers by 2030.

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NVIDIA's Isaac Gr00t platform gives researchers access to frontier humanoid robotics Jun 02, 2026

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It uses a nearly 6-foot tall humanoid chassis and tactile five finger hands.

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Nissan abandoned its plans for a US EV plant, Instagram testing new limits on what types of posts teens can 'repeatedly' see, and Blue Origin’s CEO says New Glenn will fly again before the year ends Jun 02, 2026

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-Tepid US EV sales and the Trump administration's elimination of the $7,500 federal tax credit caused the company to rethink that plan

-Meta says that it will now attempt to restrict "repeated" exposure to posts about anxiety, weightlifting, nutrition and other content that could be inappropriate for younger users to see en masse.

-Blue Origin's CEO Dave Limp believes his company can repair it much, much sooner, saying, “we will fly again before the end of this year.”

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