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According to the company, the funds will support the next phase of its growth in enabling autonomous science in labs and biopharmaceutical companies using its AI and robotics systems. The post Opentrons Raises $40M in Series E to Expand Its Robotics, Software, Data Infrastructure appeared first on GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.

Hands shot up in a Hong Kong Primary Two classroom as pupils debated what their digital pet needed more, meal vouchers or the latest game cards. Their teacher at SKH Kei Oi Primary School in Sham Shui Po had created the virtual pet using artificial intelligence (AI) and web tools for a lesson on saving and budgeting. With each spending decision, the pet’s mood and savings changed on screen, helping pupils discover the consequences of careless spending. Such lessons are becoming more common...

Steven Levy / Wired: John Ternus says Apple doesn't “want to ship AI for AI's sake” and that Tim Cook is “available to help wherever I ask” on policy; Ternus has yet to meet Trump  —  Apple doesn't need fixing, and it doesn't want drama.  Its new leader is a “product guy” who bleeds six colors.

Author(s): Clay Córdova, Diego García-Sepúlveda, and Nicholas HolfesterExact results in mass-gapped two-dimensional QCD show that spontaneously broken noninvertible symmetry often places particles and solitons in one multiplet, forcing equal masses. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 181603] Published Fri Oct 30, 2026

Author(s): Akash V. Dixit, Zachary L. Parrott, Dennis Chunikhin, Trevyn F. Q. Larson, Bradley D. Hauer, and John D. TeufelA new device uses millimeter-wave radiation to accurately read the states of superconducting qubits without altering them. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 180803] Published Fri Oct 30, 2026

Author(s): Robert Ott, Torsten V. Zache, Soonwon Choi, Adam M. Kaufman, and Hannes PichlerIntegrating quantum error correction into a sensing protocol improves detection of rare events in noisy environment. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 180802] Published Fri Oct 30, 2026

Author(s): C. A. Argüelles, M. DuVernois, P. W. Graham, T. Kovachy, and J. MitchellAtom interferometers promise access to the decihertz gravitational-wave band, below LIGO’s reach and above LISA’s, where compact binaries radiate for hours to days before merger. This paper makes the case for building a kilometer-scale vertical atom interferometer in the Antarctic ice at the South Pole, where seismic noise is among the lowest on Earth, hot-water drilling and heavy-cargo logistics have already been proven by IceCube, and the southern location completes global source triangulation. Beyond early-warning alerts for multimessenger follow-up, such an instrument would enable precision tests of the equivalence principle and searches for wavelike dark matter. [Phys. Rev. Research 8, 043111] Published Fri Oct 30, 2026

Fireside Project today announced the publication of "The Fireside Database: Large-Scale Evidence from 25,419 Psychedelic Support Interactions" in Science Advances, providing researchers and policymakers with an unprecedented empirical window into psychedelic use and support outside clinical settings.

A nanoscale particle with a unique structure, developed at MIT, holds potential as a customizable delivery vehicle for personalized cancer vaccines.

Author(s): Sophia ChenA new device uses millimeter-wave radiation to accurately read the states of superconducting qubits without altering them. [Physics 19, s140] Published Fri Oct 30, 2026

Neutrinos are funny little particles that weigh almost nothing, making them one of the universe's most elusive building blocks. They can come from objects as mundane as bananas and as exotic as supernovas—the exploding death throes of massive stars. Most neutrinos stream through space and pass through the Earth without interacting with anything.

Ocean conditions are tough, and U.S. Navy ships need frequent repairs and maintenance. These wall-crawling robots could help in the process.

Apple says its first Apple Intelligence features will launch in China with iOS 27.3 in December, with a developer beta from 4 November. Alibaba’s Qwen model will work inside Siri, Writing Tools and Visual Intelligence. Siri AI and Apple’s newest features are not included. Apple will launch its first Apple Intelligence features in China in […] This story continues at The Next Web

S&P lowered the outlook on Meta’s AA- credit rating to negative from stable, citing heavy AI spending. It expects Meta’s leverage to rise above 1.0x as soon as 2027, from about 0.1x last year. Meta says it disagrees. S&P Global Ratings has cut its outlook on Meta’s AA- credit rating to negative from stable, warning […] This story continues at The Next Web

US Senators Ron Wyden and Edward Markey have sent Mark Zuckerberg a rather scathing letter over Meta’s camera glasses. They’ve accused the company of launching a product “tailor-made for invading the privacy of its users and bystanders.” And looking at the incidents they cite, it’s not hard to understand why. Meta has until November 25 […]

Amazon has set up a supplier financing facility to borrow up to $80B against the hardware it buys, usable from 2027 to late 2028. It had a $42.4B free cash outflow in the year to September, and its spending commitments reached $883B. Amazon has set up a loan facility that lets it borrow up to […] This story continues at The Next Web

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We all know that black holes can collide. It has happened since black holes began to form, early in cosmic time. The result is always a clash that gives off gravitational waves and a giant bang. Since black holes have such strong gravity, it's almost impossible to imagine a way that any force could break one apart. Yet, that's the task that a group of scientists in Europe set for themselves.

The same transformer technology behind your contact center chatbot now powers robots on Rivian's factory floor. Continue reading...

The hidden cost of a bad AI moment — and who should be watching for it. Continue reading...

Gemini is making AI avatars more social. You can now share your digital likeness with friends, tag each other in prompts, and create images and videos featuring your entire group.

Reuters: OpenAI tightens limits on the weapons-related information that ChatGPT provides teens, even when a question appears harmless, as part of new safeguards  —  OpenAI said on Friday it is tightening limits on the weapons-related information ChatGPT provides to teens, even when a question appears harmless …

Emma Roth / The Verge: OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI across multiple crawlers  —  The new control will allow publishers to apply their AI training preferences across multiple crawlers.

Some people who suffer a concussion struggle with headaches and fatigue afterwards. Headaches and fatigue follow a consistent pattern that could potentially be used to warn the patient a full day before the symptoms set in.

But its entry-level GPU is two generations old, and its AI pitch centers on its internals.

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle have a collective $3T+ in AI spending commitments over the coming years, including Alphabet's $1T and Meta's $800B  —  The five largest players in the data center race have committed more than $3 trillion in spending over the coming years …

Dr. Jue Wang, Head of Global Business Development at Insilico Medicine, has been invited to attend the China Healthcare Summit in Shanghai. On the afternoon of November 3 at 16:45, she will deliver a keynote speech in the panel titled: "THE COMMODITIZATION TRAP: WHO WINS WHEN EVERYONE HAS THE SAME AI?"

Patturaja Murugaboopathy / Reuters: Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle returned just 9.3% of cash to shareholders in the first three quarters of 2026, a 15-year low amid AI spending  —  The biggest US technology companies generated record amounts of cash in the first nine months of 2026, yet returned the smallest share …

Quantum researchers are searching for a topological superconductor—a material that, if discovered, would allow major advances in quantum computing by combining two distinct "flavors" of superconductivity.

Google's AI chip-equipped satellite has generated its first response from space. In a blog post on Friday, Google says it successfully booted up the satellite's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), allowing the on-board Gemma 4 model to follow through on a prompt to create a haiku about being in space: Blue marble below Data streams in silent grace Starlight feeds my core. ✨ Google says it tried out other space-themed limericks and telemetry prompts as well. The test is part of Google's Project Suncatcher, an experimental initiative that could eventually put AI data centers in space. Google launched the satellite into orbit earlier this … Read the full story at The Verge.

Reddit Closes the Open Door For about two decades, anyone could read Reddit without an account. Chief executive

Margaux MacColl / Resilience Media: Salesforce acquires Rune, which makes AI military logistics software, sources say for $375M in cash and stock; Rune raised $30m from a16z and others  —  Salesforce is acquiring defence tech startup Rune Technologies for $375 million in a combination of shares and cash, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

China's AGIBOT sets a Guinness World Record by deploying 110 humanoid robots to dance in sync, showcasing advances in robot coordination and fleet automation. The post 110 Humanoid Robots Dance in Sync as China Sets Guinness World Record appeared first on TechRepublic.

"The Fireside Database: Large-Scale Evidence from 25,419 Psychedelic Support Interactions," published in Science Advances, provides researchers and policymakers with an empirical window into psychedelic use and support outside clinical settings.

Google’s Gemini Notebook just received another major set of features that students around the globe will likely find useful. The company is opening up access to hundreds of textbooks, including titles from India’s S Chand Publishing, OpenStax, and Open Textbook Library. Better yet, all the books in this new catalog are available for free. Considering […]

Elon Musk has outlined Neuralink's ambitions for Telepathy and Blindsight, two brain implants targeting paralysis and blindness. He also hopes future technology could help people walk and use their hands again.

See what you missed in Daily Tech Insider from Oct. 26–30. The post This Week in Tech: Apple Gets Touchy as AI Clocks In appeared first on TechRepublic.

Researchers have developed muscle actuators that flex strongly enough to enable small robots to jump, swim, walk, and grasp.

People who had no recollection of a lucid dream over the past three years developed the skill after one month of performing a novel training regimen twice a week, neuroscientists report.

San Francisco’s Biological Computing Co. released TBC Mischief 1, an image-to-video model built on Wan 2.2. It says insights from living neurons make it about five times faster at the same quality, priced at $0.005 per second of video. It has not published independent benchmarks. San Francisco startup The Biological Computing Co. has released an […] This story continues at The Next Web

Chris Metinko / Axios: Salesforce agrees to acquire Rune, which raised ~$30M to make AI military logistics software, as it expands its year-old Missionforce defense business  —  Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rune Technologies, a military software and hardware developer for logistics and sustainment.

Ideally, I think it makes sense to open up the U.S. market to Chinese goods (AI, EVs, robots), but have functional and well-funded regulators that police all labor, competition, environmental, privacy, national security, and consumer rights abuses. But big U.S. companies don’t much like that because it would boost competition and regulatory accountability, eroding quarterly […]

Google is adding Gemini-powered autofill to Chrome using information from Gmail. Learn how it works, who can use it, and what privacy concerns to consider. The post Google Unveils Gemini Suggested Autofill for Chrome: What Users Should Know appeared first on TechRepublic.

A new study revealed that people who rely on AI for basic tasks become less motivated over time. Live Science polled its readers on whether they have experienced this situation.

Quantum networks could one day connect quantum computers into more powerful systems and enable new forms of secure communication. But a fundamental obstacle stands in the way: Quantum information is extraordinarily fragile, and the entanglement between particles of light on which such networks would depend is easily disrupted.

A nanoscale particle with a unique structure, developed at MIT, holds potential as a customizable delivery vehicle for personalized cancer vaccines. The backbone of the vaccine is a modified, harmless bacteriophage called M13, which forms a nanofiber that can be coated with cancer antigens. By precisely controlling the density of those cancer proteins, the researchers found that they could create a vaccine that prevents the development of colon tumors in mice.

Tesla Full Self-Driving is now the centerpiece of the company’s newly revised Referral Program, which launched on October 29. Instead of referring people to purchase vehicles and the referrer receiving $250 in Tesla Credit, the new program now incentivizes Full Self-Driving subscriptions. If a Tesla owner is on an FSD trial and uses a referral […] The post Tesla Full Self-Driving becomes main pillar of new Referral Program appeared first on TESLARATI.

Claire chatted to Zlatka Stoeva from DZP Technologies about flexible, stretchable and soft printed electronics for dexterous robots. Zlatka Stoeva is a founder and managing director of DZP Technologies, a Cambridge-based company specialising in advanced materials and novel forms of electronics. Zlatka’s background is in materials chemistry, and she developed the innovative electronic materials which […]

Amazon misses Wall Street earnings targets as Andy Jassy doubles down on trillion‑dollar AWS and AI plans, raising questions over soaring investment and cash flow.

Apple recently struck a deal to acquire Ascend.io, a company focused on agentic data engineering technology. Under the Digital Markets Act, Apple must now publicly report acquisitions above a certain size. This has given us new insight into the company’s acquisition strategy, including glimpses at its future goals. more…

Back in June, Strava launched the Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector, letting subscribers query their Strava data through Claude for in-depth training insights. Building on that launch, Strava has announced a Google Gemini integration that lets subscribers get more from their training. Strava subscribers who connect directly to Google Gemini will now get more contextual and personalized answers based on their activity history. Once connected, Gemini can analyze Strava users' data and tell them whether they are getting faster at the same heart rate, how strength training is affecting...

Google's Gemini 4 Carbon brings advanced cybersecurity capabilities to selected defenders first. Here's who's eligible and what comes next. The post Google Unveils Gemini 4 Carbon With Advanced Cybersecurity Skills — Who Gets Access First? appeared first on TechRepublic.

A new artificial strawberry stem mimics natural bending behavior and withstands repeated cutting and healing, offering a low-cost platform for agricultural robotics research.

Microsoft has priced a $25bn bond offering as it expands AI infrastructure, but the proceeds may support broader corporate purposes and are not earmarked solely for data centres.

Researchers developed a carboxymethyl cellulose-based immunonanosystem containing cobalt-substituted magnetite nanoparticles and anti-CD44 antibodies to target glioblastoma cells through enzyodynamic ferroptosis and photothermal therapy. In 2D cell cultures and 3D gliomaspheres, the system showed preferential activity against CD44-expressing glioblastoma cells, supporting further preclinical studies of its safety, delivery, and therapeutic performance.

Graphene, a material consisting of a sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb pattern, has proved promising for various technological applications. Materials in which several layers of graphene are stacked together can exhibit different advantageous properties.

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX adopted President Trump's preferred "super intelligence" term on their third-quarter earnings calls.

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX adopted President Trump's preferred "super intelligence" term on their third-quarter earnings calls.

Reuters: The UK CMA opens a probe into whether Meta imposed exploitative terms on publishers and advertisers to use their content to develop its AI and other services  —  Britain's competition regulator on Friday said it has opened an investigation into whether Meta (META.O) was imposing exploitative terms …

As the United States determines that imports of robots and industrial machinery pose a threat to national security, a new variable has emerged for Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics in their entry into the North American market just as they are accelerating the expansion of their robot businesse

Albert Einstein called quantum entanglement ‘spooky action at a distance,’ and the nickname has stuck for nearly 80

A criminal investigation into the environmental damage caused by Google’s Finnish subsidiary has been launched.

South Korean police have booked 80 Tesla owners for bypassing regional restrictions on Full Self-Driving (FSD), seizing 21 devices allegedly used to unlock the driver-assistance software. Some suspects reportedly built their own hardware using information from GitHub, while others traded tips on hiding activation logs. The modifications could compromise vehicle safety, with offenders facing up to two years in prison or fines of 20 million won ($15,000).

Reddit is moving to a “logged-in-only experience”, chief executive Steve Huffman told shareholders on Thursday. For most of its 21-year history, anyone could read the site without an account. The plan came with Reddit’s third-quarter results, which beat analysts’ revenue estimates. In his shareholder letter, Huffman said search traffic was “down meaningfully” and that the […] This story continues at The Next Web

Investigation finds migrant workers building Google and Microsoft AI data centres in Europe faced injuries, TB concerns, overcrowding, and unpaid overtime.

Researchers hope recursive self-improvement could tackle the skyrocketing costs of developing advanced AI models. But is it viable?

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a high-speed microscopy technique that captures images so quickly they can be used to make "videos" of the dynamic processes that occur inside living cells.

Retinal photographs of recreational athletes reveal that active anabolic steroid users have less branching in the eye’s small arteries than nonusers, a vascular difference not seen in former users.

University of Queensland researchers have created a membrane with self-rotating ammonium ions in sub-nanometre channels that speeds molecular transport while improving separation accuracy tenfold in ethanol–water tests.

OnlyFans star Lily Phillips launches a $9.99 AI twin offering fans personalised X-rated chats, photos, videos and live cam calls.

While artificial intelligence (AI) holds great potential to transform health care, its clinical adoption in Korea remains slow due to inadequate reimbursement and limited access to medical data, experts said. The remarks came during a symposium hosted by Eulji University Medical Center to mark its 70th anniversary, under the theme "Future Healthcare with AI," in Seoul. AI has already been transforming Korea's health care system. It has significantly improved public access to medical information, while helping physicians at primary and secondary health care institutions stay up to date with the latest medical research and developments. Despite these advances, AI adoption in clinical settings remains slow. While AI-based medical devices have gained regulatory approval in Korea, few are covered by national health insurance. Based on Ministry of Food and Drug Safety data, 549 AI medical devices have received regulatory approval until the first half of this year, but only 49 are covered by

Chemists have created graphene-enzyme hybrids in which immobilized lipases induce the formation of palladium and copper nanoparticles that catalyze carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions with high selectivity in water and organic solvents.

A vision-language AI agent built by CU Anschutz researchers identified correct diagnoses in 99.6% of reviewed right upper quadrant ultrasound reports and drafted reports that experts could not distinguish from radiologist-edited work.

A computational study finds that resonant cobalt ferrite–barium titanate core–shell nanoparticles could reach a simulated sensitivity of 2.59 Hz per nanotesla for detecting neural magnetic fields under an optimal bias field.

A new review in the Journal of Materials Science describes how artificial intelligence and machine learning could guide the design of hydrogels, nanocarriers, microneedles, and bioactive scaffolds for personalized wound therapy.

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A new review details how gold nanoparticles can simultaneously enhance cancer imaging, deliver chemotherapy drugs and destroy tumors with heat in preclinical studies.

The Seoul AI Foundation has signed an agreement with the state-run Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement (KIRIA) to develop joint projects that combine artificial intelligence and robotics to address the city’s needs, the foundation said Friday. The memorandum of understanding was signed Oct. 7 at Smart Life Week 2026, an artificial intelligence (AI) and smart city exhibition hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government at Coex in southern Seoul. Seoul AI Foundation Chairman Kim Man-gi and KIRIA President Cho Young-hoon attended the signing. The Seoul AI Foundation is a city-funded body that develops AI policies and services for Seoul. KIRIA operates under the industry ministry to promote the country’s robot industry. The agreement comes as AI expands into what is known as physical AI, in which AI systems control robots and other machines that operate in the real world. Under the agreement, the two organizations will share information and experts on AI and robot policy,

In a controlled laboratory study, citrate-stabilized gold nanoparticles showed a concentration-dependent red-to-blue color shift with caprylic acid, while palmitic and oleic acids produced subtler changes, supporting future colorimetric milk fat sensing.

A new review details how agricultural and forestry waste can be converted into high-value nanocellulose, while warning that energy demand, solvent recovery, and unverified green claims still block industrial scale-up.

A retrospective Chinese cohort study found nanopore targeted sequencing detected 95.9 percent of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria cases, far outperforming culture's 50.5 percent sensitivity.

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, two leaders in the global consumer electronics market, are pursuing different strategies to gain an early lead in the humanoid robot market, a potential engine of future growth. LG is focusing on securing robot training data and building integrated solutions t

Researchers have shown that etching recipes for nickel-based superalloys must be tailored to alloy composition, because a nitric-acid etchant that resolves gamma-prime precipitates and carbides in Haynes 282 fails in modified alloys where hydrofluoric-acid and chloride-based solutions are required.

A new Brain Informatics review traces how AI methods, from co-expression statistics to causal graph neural networks and foundation models, are decoding neuronal gene regulation across Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and epilepsy.

Researchers in Greece used drone footage and a neural network to predict with over 92 percent accuracy whether drivers will stop or run a yellow light.

A numerical study of Boger ternary nanofluid flow between active parallel plates shows that plate contraction, radiation and heat generation reshape velocity and temperature profiles, with the Taguchi method used to evaluate heat transport rates.

Franklin, Tennessee manufacturer's singularity-free PentaPod® and autonomous OctaPod™ target the alignment bottleneck slowing co-packaged optics and AI-scale photonic chip test & assembly FRANKLIN, Tenn., Oct. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The alignment equipment industry has hit a...

Abstracts from the 34th Portuguese Dental Association Annual Meeting present case reports and early studies spanning odontogenic cyst management, regenerative endodontics, implant bone regeneration, antimicrobial resistance, and diagnostic artificial intelligence.

A hybrid vision transformer-CNN model detected epileptic seizures in pediatric EEG recordings with 99.8 percent average sensitivity while quantitatively explaining its decisions.

A new review argues that ethanol-rich lipid vesicles called ethosomes could deliver anticancer drugs deep into skin tumours while reshaping the tumour microenvironment, though clinical validation remains lacking.

A retrospective study of 3,884 emergency brain CT scans found two FDA-cleared AI haemorrhage detectors traded sensitivity against specificity, with neither dominating across all metrics.

Author(s): Ruidong Li, Shuai Yang, Wenyu Song, Zeyu Yan, Yuhao Wang, Zehao Yu, Li Chen, Zixun Xia, Zonglin Li, Shan Zhang, Jiaye Xu, Lining Yang, Weizhao Wang, Xiao Feng, Tiantian Wang, Yunyi Zang, Lin Li, Runan Shang, Dong E. Liu, Qi-Kun Xue, Ke He, and Hao ZhangSuperconductor–semiconductor coupling plays a crucial role in realizing Majorana zero modes in hybrid nanowire devices. Here, the authors demonstrate controllable and tunable coupling in PbTe–Pb hybrid nanowires. More importantly, they establish a direct connection between the coupling strength and the emergence of robust zero modes. These findings provide valuable insights into engineering Majorana zero modes in this promising material platform. [Phys. Rev. B 114, L231407] Published Thu Oct 29, 2026

Author(s): P. Contreras-Gallardo, A. Kákay, and R. A. GallardoHere, the authors reveal how curvature reshapes spin-wave dynamics and magnetic instabilities in synthetic antiferromagnetic nanotubes. The tubular geometry produces asymmetric mode localization and nonreciprocal propagation, while radial anisotropy drives a crossover from uniform softening to a finite-wave-vector instability. The latter signals the emergence of a stripe-like magnetic modulation along the nanotube axis. [Phys. Rev. B 114, 194430] Published Thu Oct 29, 2026

The first patient received a dose of the high-precision gene editor in a new clinical trial for Wilson disease. Researchers hope it's a one-and-done fix. The post CRISPR Prime Editing Rewrites DNA in the Human Body for the First Time appeared first on SingularityHub.

Hyundai Motor Group has demonstrated a robotic parking system that allows apartment residents to retrieve their vehicles in approximately three minutes using a wall-mounted control panel inside their homes. The group held the demonstration at Hillstate The Wave City in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, on

Bloomberg: Sources: Indian AI infrastructure company AM Intelligence seeks to raise as much as $3B to fund a previously announced purchase of Nvidia Vera Rubin systems  —  Indian AI infrastructure firm AM Intelligence is seeking to raise as much as $3 billion to fund a previously announced purchase …

A 64-participant laboratory study largely confirmed the convergent validity of a robot-specific usability questionnaire across AI-labelled and conventional mobile robots.