Google tests AMIE for clinical video consultations
Google's medical AI system AMIE conducted video consultations with professional patient actors and received clinical evaluator ratings equivalent to primary care physicians. Fifteen trained actors portrayed conditions across five medical categories: cardiopulmonary, abdominal, HEENT, neurological or psychiatric, and musculoskeletal presentations.
Crypto Long & Short: When capital can't move fast enough, markets pay the price
Capital trapped in settlement cycles causes market breakdowns when risk reprices faster than money can move to where it's needed. Stablecoins and tokenization are becoming the infrastructure that enables capital to move at speeds matching real-time risk repricing.
Josh Kushner and Bob Iger reportedly buying Los Angeles Lakers for $12.5bn
Josh Kushner and Bob Iger are buying the Los Angeles Lakers for more than $12.5 billion, exceeding the $10 billion price Mark Walter paid last year. The deal represents a record valuation for an NBA team.
Lionel Messi has ‘quite a few doubts’ about football future after death of his father
Lionel Messi expressed doubts about continuing his football career following his father Jorge's death at age 68 last week. Messi, currently 39 years old, suggested his future in the sport remains uncertain after his father's long illness.
NVIDIA CEO Tops Glassdoor’s 2026 List of Best CEOs
Jensen Huang received 99% employee approval to rank first on Glassdoor's 2026 Best CEOs list. NVIDIA's CEO topped the ranking based on ratings submitted directly by employees who work under his leadership.
Scientists turn Starlink into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere
Researchers used orbital data from approximately 1,200 Starlink satellites to reconstruct atmospheric density changes at 500 kilometers altitude in Earth's upper atmosphere. This method could improve satellite tracking and help reduce collision risks in crowded orbital zones.
Scientists discover a hidden brain rhythm that could improve Parkinson’s treatment
Scientists identified a brain network with a distinctive electrical rhythm that drives deep brain stimulation benefits in Parkinson's disease patients. This discovery could enable more precise, personalized stimulation settings for improved treatment outcomes.
States lean in on payments plays
States are expanding regulatory oversight of emerging payment services including earned wage access and buy now, pay later options. A former California state government lawyer discusses how these regulatory efforts will develop across different jurisdictions.
The adult brain can repair itself better than scientists thought
Astrocytes repair damaged brain tissue in mice by creating new nuclei and sending them through cellular extensions to repopulate injured regions. This discovery suggests the adult brain has greater self-repair capacity than previously understood, with support cells actively rebuilding lost cellular networks rather than passively responding to injury.
Fintechs want to become banks. Bunq just found out what the OCC expects in return.
Bunq, a Dutch neobank with 20 million users across 30+ European countries, encountered regulatory requirements from the OCC while pursuing its own banking charter. The fintech discovered that obtaining independent bank status demands significantly more regulatory compliance and oversight than partnering with existing banks.
Scientists turn sheep’s wool into a material that helps regrow bone
Keratin extracted from sheep's wool enabled damaged bone to regenerate in animals with tissue that was more organized and structurally similar to healthy bone than conventional collagen scaffolds. This finding transforms an agricultural byproduct into a potential material for regenerative medicine applications.
Pakistani Judges Give Their Verdict on JudgeGPT
A trial in Pakistan found that a custom AI tool based on GPT-4 and containing 130,000 judicial opinions increased case resolutions by 6.3 percent among 1,559 judges. The tool improved productivity without reducing judgment quality in a country facing a backlog of 2.26 million cases.
Skan AI raises $63 million betting that watching how employees actually work is the missing layer of enterprise AI
Skan AI raised $63 million in Series C funding to build observation systems that track how employees work across enterprise software. The company launched two new products, Blueprint and Agents, as part of a platform for discovering and automating workflows, while only 8% of enterprises currently have AI agents in production.
Barcelona make improved £51m bid for Rodri as Manchester City target Fernández
Barcelona increased their offer for Rodri to approximately €60 million, approaching Manchester City's valuation for the 30-year-old midfielder. The bid may include add-ons and follows an earlier €45 million proposal that City rejected.
James Webb captures a cosmic lion sculpted by a dying star
A dying star at the center of NGC 2392 is blasting radiation into surrounding gas and dust, sculpting the nebula's distinctive lion-like appearance. The white dwarf's intense energy illuminates dusty clumps that form the nebula's sprawling mane while carving out the lion's face.
A strange crystal made of electrons just revealed its hidden motion
Researchers discovered optical signals that reveal both the location and collective motion of electrons in a Wigner crystal by shining light on atomically thin material cooled near absolute zero. The findings provide direct observation of how electrons in this quantum state organize and move together as a structured pattern.
Agentic orchestration: Enterprise AI organizations know how to govern agents but still can't meter what they cost
Enterprises deploy an average of 3.1 orchestration platforms simultaneously, with 85% running at least two and 64% running three or more platforms for agentic AI systems. One in five enterprises lacks real-time cost controls to stop runaway agents before expenses accrue.
Agentic reliability and evaluations : Enterprises that got burned by a bad eval are the most likely to remove humans from the loop, not the least
Trust in automated agent evaluation nearly tripled from 5% to 13% across 108 enterprises between June and July, despite the failure rate remaining unchanged. Enterprises that experienced agent failures became less likely to trust automated evaluation, with only 4% of burned companies trusting it compared to 24% of those never burned.
Agentic security: Enterprises enforce agent permissions two-thirds of the time — and isolate high-risk agents less than one in five
Only 18% of enterprises isolate their highest-risk AI agents, while 65% enforce scoped permissions at runtime across 116 surveyed organizations. Credential sharing occurs in nearly two-thirds of agent fleets, and 53% have experienced confirmed agent security events or near-misses.
Agent context layers: Enterprises governing their AI data are catching twice as many bad answers as the ones who aren't
Sixty-eight percent of enterprises reported their AI agents gave confident but incorrect answers due to missing or inconsistent business context within the past six months. Companies with governed semantic layers detected these failures at twice the rate of those without such infrastructure.
Forget the gala, these Silicon Valley schools run their own venture capital funds
Elite Bay Area schools have created venture capital funds using donations from parent-investors at major firms like Sequoia and Lightspeed to invest in early-stage startups. These school-run funds represent a shift in how educational institutions are raising capital and positioning themselves for potential future returns.
Scientists find evidence for two origins of life on Earth
Scientists discovered genetic evidence suggesting that free-living cells may have originated twice on Earth rather than once. Both origins appear to share a common ancient genetic code, indicating two independent transitions to free-living existence occurred.
Target Appoints Lowe’s Veteran Chandhu Nair as First Chief AI Officer
Target appointed Chandhu Nair as its first chief artificial intelligence officer, effective August 24. Nair previously served as senior vice president of stores, data, AI and innovation at Lowe's.
The ESCAPE mission will study the evolution of exoplanet atmospheres
NASA's ESCAPE mission will investigate how exoplanet atmospheres change over time to better understand planetary habitability. The research addresses limitations of the habitable zone concept by examining atmospheric evolution rather than relying solely on orbital distance from stars.
Archaeology has evolved: Four eras of understanding Africa's past
# Summary The understanding of Africa's past has shifted across multiple eras as science, politics, and technologies have evolved. How scholars define and interpret the past changes alongside developments in scientific methods and prevailing political contexts.
NVIDIA AI Factory Compute Is Becoming an Investable Asset Class
NVIDIA partnered with six major financial firms to create independent financing platforms targeting over $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure buildout. The partnership represents a shift from companies independently funding infrastructure to establishing dedicated investment vehicles for this purpose.
A Minnesota family gave up hope of finding a lost wedding ring until a 9-year-old cracked the case
A wedding ring lost in a Minnesota lake for years was found by a nine-year-old girl who spotted what family members had missed. The ring belonged to her uncle and had been submerged in the water since before she was born.
An old man and woman dance to pop music in a Roman piazza, not a tip jar in sight
An elderly couple performed a choreographed dance to Michael Jackson music in a Roman piazza without soliciting tips from onlookers. They danced together for the apparent enjoyment of the activity itself rather than for financial gain.
Genomics used to find endangered fish populations most vulnerable to climate change
Genomics identified which endangered fish populations face the greatest climate change vulnerability, enabling targeted conservation efforts. The research provides practical guidance for protecting threatened species before populations suffer irreversible declines.