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RFK Jr. forced to withdraw charter that opened CDC panel to anti-vaccine quacks

BETH MOLE

Charter would have expanded member eligibility and focused on alleged injuries.

Google announces agent-optimized Gemini 3.5.Flash and a do-anything model called Omni

RYAN WHITWAM

Google says its more efficient Gemini 3.5 Flash is the key to your agentic AI future.

Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs

PARESH DAVE, LAUREN GOODE, ZOË SCHIFFER

On the eve of about 8,000 jobs being cut, employees are cashing in on headphone stipends and other perks while they still can.

Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses

LUCAS ROPEK

Google is back in the glasses game with "audio glasses" out this fall.

In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo

LEE HUTCHINSON

SSH keys, plaintext passwords, other sensitive data had been up since November 2025.

Google's SynthID AI watermarking tech is being adopted by OpenAI, Nvidia, and more

RYAN WHITWAM

AI content is getting good, but SynthID might be able to help tell truth from fiction.

Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks

JOHN TIMMER

Both tools generate hypotheses; one goes on to analyze some of the data.

Everything Announced at Google I/O 2026: Gemini, Search, Smart Glasses

BOONE ASHWORTH, MICHAEL CALORE

Google is sprucing up its Gemini models, revamping search, and enabling AI agents in everything. There are also some spiffy new smart glasses coming this fall.

Elon Musk said Sam Altman “stole” a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims

TIM FERNHOLZ

“By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America.”

From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing

MARINA TEMKIN

Ocean, an agentic email security platform, raised funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Mach Industries just spent $50M to solve a major defense tech problem

CONNIE LOIZOS

Mach says the acquisition meaningfully improves unit economics across its five vehicle programs at exactly the moment the company is starting to scale.

Discord enables end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling for every user

ZACK WHITTAKER

Good news! Discord's hundreds of millions of users now have their communications scrambled, so not even Discord can see them.

"I'll buy 10 of those"—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites

STEPHEN CLARK

"How in the hell do I get more science into space? That is my goal."

Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription

SCHARON HARDING

Plex says that it has considered getting rid of Lifetime Passes.

Spider-Noir final trailer gives us a classic villain

JENNIFER OUELLETTE

It's never too late to become a hero.