Banking Lobby CEO Talks Crypto Clarity Act as Senators Race To Pass Bill
A bill called the Crypto Clarity Act has faced delays due to banking lobby opposition. Senators are working to advance the legislation, which aims to clarify cryptocurrency regulatory oversight between agencies.
Africa’s Wildfire Season Is Actually Getting Shorter, Scientists Think They Know Why
Africa's wildfire season is becoming shorter due to climate change reducing the length of the dry season, resulting in less land being burned. Africa accounts for 70% of the world's wildfires.
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures
Curiosity rover discovered honeycomb-textured polygonal fractures measuring 1.5 to 3 inches across while climbing Valle Grande on Mars. Mission scientists have now encountered these geometric shapes multiple times during their exploration of the Martian valley.
Understanding How Martian Auroras Are Made
Charged particles from solar storms strip away charged particles from Mars's atmosphere, contributing to atmospheric loss on the planet. NASA's MAVEN mission identified that Martian auroras form through processes involving this particle interaction with the solar wind.
Crypto Long & Short: What this year's $972 million crypto hacks actually tell us about security
Most of 2026's $972 million in stolen crypto came from compromised keys, signers, and governance failures rather than contract bugs. Security audits do not guarantee safety from these types of vulnerabilities.
‘People are loving it’: Formula One chief Domenicali hits back at critics of regulations
F1's chief executive defended new regulations emphasizing electrical energy management against driver criticism, stating fans are enjoying the sport more than ever. The season finale would move to Europe if the final two races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi are canceled due to Middle East conflict.
ChipAgents Expands Series A to $134 Million as AI Agents Move Deeper Into Semiconductor Design
ChipAgents raised an additional $60 million in Series A2 funding, bringing its total Series A to $134 million. The financing supports AI agents designed to automate semiconductor chip design and verification cycles.
InvestiFi, a Fintech Serving Community Banks, Credit Unions, Raises $20 Million
InvestiFi raised $20 million in growth capital led by Vibe Credit Union and supported by investors including BankTech Ventures and other credit unions. The fintech serves credit unions and community banks, though specific terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Epic’s AI Deterioration Alerts Tied to Lower Hospital Mortality
An automatic alert system tied to Epic's AI deterioration model reduced in-hospital mortality risk by 18% across eleven New Jersey hospitals. The study tracked 23,132 high-risk patients and involved both academic medical centers and community non-teaching facilities.
Crypto Giant DCG Warns Senate: Pass Clarity Act or Lose Ground to Singapore, UAE
DCG, a crypto conglomerate, urged the Senate to pass the Clarity Act, warning that failure to do so would disadvantage the United States against Singapore and the UAE. The company stated its support for the bill in its current form.
Siobahn Day Grady Wants Everyone to Be AI Literate
An AI research institute launched at North Carolina Central University in January 2025 aims to help students and faculty develop skills for an AI-transformed labor market. The Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Research operates at an HBCU that lacks a dedicated computer science program but is developing both one and a new AI minor.
NASA Webb Explores Family Tree of Newly Discovered Distant Objects
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovered little red dots in 2022, which are extremely distant and compact red sources whose nature remains puzzling to astronomers. One theory proposes these little red dots are supermassive black holes, though their exact classification continues to be studied.
Bitcoin (BTC) Spot Trading Volume on Course for Weakest Month Since Nearly 2 Years
Bitcoin spot trading volume in July is tracking toward its weakest performance since late 2023. K33 research indicates the slowdown represents a notably subdued trading phase for the cryptocurrency this summer.
AI Adoption Emerges as Key Factor Behind Rising Enterprise Cybersecurity Spending
Enterprise cybersecurity spending is rising with 41 percent of companies citing AI adoption as the primary reason for increased IT security funding. Kaspersky's Internal Research Center released these findings showing how rapid AI integration is reshaping corporate information security priorities.
Dad Turned Weekly Library Trips with His Daughter into Beloved Community Event: Meet ‘Library Dads’
A father's weekly library trips with his 4-month-old daughter in Atlanta evolved into a community event called Library Dads. The initiative grew from casual outings into a broader movement connecting fathers and children through regular library visits.
Bright Machines says its new hybrid robot cell could help solve a major AI infrastructure bottleneck
A robotic cell allowing human operators to perform assembly steps inside a sensor-monitored space maintains digital production records without interruption. Initial yield rates for manually assembled AI servers start as low as 20 percent before gradually reaching the 60s or 65 percent range.
Scientists find a simple way to stop cavities without drilling
Silver diamine fluoride liquid brushed onto cavities stopped decay in more than half of treated baby teeth in a major U.S. trial. The treatment requires no drilling, shots, or sedation, though it permanently darkens the decayed area.
Your gut may help your brain decide what to remember
Signals from the gut to the brain via the vagus nerve enhance memory formation when consuming nutritious food, but not when consuming sweet liquids lacking nutritional value. Blocking this nerve pathway eliminated the memory advantage, and long-term high-fat, high-sugar diets weakened the system in rats.
The Download: a chip talent battle, and deflating AI hype
Samsung's chip engineers are leaving for rival SK Hynix as the semiconductor industry competes for talent. Workers like Lee, who previously worked late at Samsung, are now leaving the company for better opportunities at competitors.
‘We use prompts that have been tuned through GEPA, so the LLM isn’t freelancing’: Intuit Credit Karma’s Gurpreet Singh on pairing financial modeling with Gen AI
Intuit Credit Karma built specialized AI assistants for specific financial tasks like debt management rather than deploying general-purpose chatbots. The company uses prompts tuned through GEPA to keep the language model focused on particular financial decisions.
3,000 Backlogged Eye Surgeries Paid Forward by US-Caribbean Churches, Restoring Sight for Thousands
A 12-day surgical marathon at a Trinidad and Tobago hospital performed 3,000 cataract and pterygium surgeries free of charge. The Church of the 7th Day Adventists organized the donated surgical work to address a backlogged patient list.
AI Is Hyper-Scaling Digital Inequality
Artificial intelligence is integrating into everyday infrastructure like email writing, job filtering, and education in some places, but this technology is amplifying existing inequalities based on connectivity and institutional capacity. Countries remaining as AI consumers rather than creators risk losing opportunities to build local innovation ecosystems and ensure their languages and cultures are reflected in AI systems.
NextEra, Brookfield to Build $100 Billion Data Center Campus
A shuttered Cold War uranium-enrichment facility in Kentucky will be transformed into a data center campus with a generating plant through a partnership between NextEra Energy and Brookfield Corp., with investment exceeding $100 billion. The project involves converting the former nuclear site into infrastructure capable of supporting large-scale data center operations powered by on-site generation.
OpenAI report links coding agents to faster science software builds
Coding agents reduced runtimes across eight scientific computing projects, with five using OpenAI's Codex alone and three combining Codex with Anthropic's Claude Code. The report was published by OpenAI documenting performance improvements from these agent implementations.
Private market fund accounting platform LemonEdge raises $21 million
A fund accounting platform for private markets completed a $21 million Series A funding round led by Blackstone Innovations Investments. BNY and Sidekick Partners also participated in the investment round for LemonEdge.
New microwave frying method could make french fries much healthier
A microwave-assisted frying method combines microwave heating with conventional frying to create crispier french fries while reducing oil absorption. The technique uses microwave energy to limit oil uptake while still achieving the crispy texture that conventional frying alone produces.
A new measure of courage: how Maasai warriors became lion guardians
Maasai warriors in east Africa are shifting their definition of bravery from hunting lions to protecting them and enabling human-lion coexistence. This conservation approach redefines traditional concepts of courage within their community.
Google AI Overviews become more common in search
AI-generated summaries now appear in 43% of US searches, up from 15% a year prior. Google's AI Overviews display these summaries within conventional search results, while AI Mode offers conversational interfaces for extended questions.
Can’t sleep in the heat? These 8 tricks could save your night
Keeping homes cool during heat waves requires closing blinds during sunlight, ventilating when outside air is cooler, and avoiding heat-producing appliances during peak hours. Sleeping in cooler rooms with light bedding and using fans or ice packs can help manage hot nights.
Mosquitoes are rapidly activating enzymes against common insecticide, researchers warn
Mosquitoes are developing enzyme activity that provides resistance to commonly used insecticides through biochemical and genetic changes. Public health programs have historically depended on these chemicals for mosquito management, making control increasingly difficult as populations gain survival advantages.