A new report highlights a troubling brain drain in reverse. Chinese scientists and students, long a backbone of US innovation, are increasingly choosing to leave or never come, driven by political hostility and China’s own investment.
The long-awaited WebGPU API is now supported in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. This isn’t just about better graphics—it’s about turning your browser into a powerful compute platform for AI and complex simulations.
A Reddit user used an exploit to trick an iPhone into running iPadOS, unlocking desktop apps and multitasking. Apple quickly patched it in the iOS 26.2 beta, raising questions about why the capability is hidden.
Sony’s hit video game franchise Helldivers is getting a live-action movie. The project will be directed by Justin Lin, known for reviving the Fast & Furious series, with a script from horror writer Gary Dauberman.
A new global database called VIRE has cataloged 1.7 million viral genomes from over 100,000 environmental samples. This massive resource aims to unlock the secrets of viral diversity, especially for bacteriophages that can’t be grown in a lab. It’s a huge leap for understanding how viruses shape eve
Michael Burry, the investor famous for predicting the 2008 crash, has Tesla in his sights. In his newsletter, he calls Tesla’s market cap “ridiculously overvalued” and criticizes its 3.6% annual dilution from stock-based compensation.
Stronghold isn’t your typical fintech. It launched a stablecoin in 2017, partnered with IBM in 2018, and pivoted during the pandemic. Now it’s a full financial infrastructure play.
Legendary adventure game designer Ron Gilbert has released a surprise action game, Death by Scrolling. It’s a rogue-lite runner where you outrun the Grim Reaper, funded after his dream of a Zelda-like RPG collapsed due to harsh publisher deals.
The head of Europe’s space industry association argues the proposed EU Space Act is a defining moment but risks failure. He warns it must simplify rules, protect European suppliers, and avoid putting EU companies at a disadvantage globally.
The UK has launched a nanosatellite to test “unhackable” quantum communications from space. The SpeQtre mission aims to prove that secure quantum keys can be exchanged globally, a crucial defense against future quantum hacking.
