MIT's CrysVCD AI Tool Accelerates Real-World Material Design
The new CrysVCD algorithm screens chemically unstable material designs far faster, slashing time and costs in discovery pipelines.
Liquid AI's Tiny 230M Model Runs on Raspberry Pi and Beats Bigger Rivals
LFM2.5-230M decodes at high speed on edge devices while outperforming larger models on instruction-following and tool use.
Perplexity Surpasses $750M Annualized Revenue as AI Search Booms
The AI-powered search engine has more than tripled revenue in 2026, signaling rapid mainstream adoption of conversational AI tools.
Webb Telescope Discovers Hidden Stars Making Early Galaxies Far More Massive
Astronomers using JWST revealed a surprisingly large population of faint, low-mass stars in distant galaxies, reshaping models of early universe assembly.
Mysterious Little Red Dots May Be Tiny Galaxies Hosting Giant Black Holes
New analysis suggests the enigmatic early-universe objects are compact galaxies with supermassive black holes at their centers.
NASA's Perseverance Captures Phobos Transit Across Martian Sun
The rover recorded a rare video of Mars' moon Phobos passing in front of the Sun from Jezero Crater.
Nvidia Profit Doubles to $59.7B on Explosive AI Demand
Quarterly revenue more than doubled to $96.2B as data-center AI spending continues to drive record results.
Bill Gates Issues Stark 5,784-Word Warning on AI Risks
The philanthropist urges global regulation and coordination, warning of mass unemployment, safety threats, and lack of preparedness.
Bitcoin Surges Past $80,000 as Institutional Inflows Hit Record
Renewed ETF demand and regulatory clarity propelled BTC to its highest level since May, with analysts eyeing further gains.
Crypto Industry Raises $11.2B in H1 2026 — All for Regulated Plays
Funding flowed overwhelmingly to stablecoins, prediction markets, and licensed exchanges rather than permissionless experiments.
Pandora Mission Begins Observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres
NASA's newest astrophysics Pioneer satellite is now collecting data on hazes, clouds, and water vapor around at least 20 distant worlds.
IBM Releases Granite 4.2 with Native Reasoning for Enterprise Agents
The open Apache-2.0 models add thinking modes, tool calling, and agentic reinforcement learning for code editing and web interaction.