Google Rolls Out Android Feature to Flag Spoofed Calls, Using a Silent Confirmation Signal to Verify the Caller Is Who...
Google has begun rolling out a new Android Dialer feature that flags spoofed calls by sending a silent background confirmation signal via the RCS protocol. If the signal is missing, the Dialer displays a warning, removes the contact photo and labels the call as “Unknown caller.” Android security VP Dave Kleidermacher says this network‑level check offers higher confidence than AI‑based voice‑clone detection. Full protection will require adoption across all devices, including iOS, which Apple has not confirmed.
AI Is Worsening Firms’ Cybersecurity 'Fog of War'
At the BNY INSITE conference, Insigneo’s chief compliance officer demonstrated how a synthetic video can impersonate a high‑net‑worth client, highlighting AI’s ease of misuse. Panelists warned that frontier AI tools are now available to cyber‑criminals, enabling cheap, large‑scale deep‑fake phishing...
Autonomous Vehicles Were Supposed to Cut Traffic—What if They Don't?
Robotaxi pioneer Waymo has logged 13.8 million trips, but roughly 44% of its miles are driven empty, a phenomenon known as deadheading. The proportion of passenger‑occupied miles rose from 36% to 56% over the study period, yet overall congestion benefits remain...
Landmark Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Paves Way for Targeting Other Tricky Tumors
Revolution Medicines’ pan‑RAS inhibitor daraxonrasib more than doubled median overall survival in a phase III trial of 500 patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, extending life from 6.7 to 13.2 months. The drug uniquely disables all three RAS isoforms, overcoming a decades‑long...
UN Researchers Project AI to Double Data Center Power, Water Consumption by 2030
UN researchers warn that AI‑driven data‑center expansion will double global power and water use by 2030. Consumption is projected to rise from 448 TWh to 945 TWh of electricity and from 4.5 trillion to 9.3 trillion liters of water, while CO₂ emissions could climb...
Google Is Offering Android Developers Cash in Exchange for Code to Train AI
Google is piloting a program that pays Android developers to share the source code of their current and archived Play Store apps. The non‑exclusive licensing deal lets developers retain copyright while monetizing their code for AI training. Google hopes the...
Two Years Ago Vs. Today: CFOs and the ERP Shift
Two years ago CFOs could defer ERP upgrades, but today ERP sits at the core of finance operations, feeding AI and real‑time decision making. The focus has moved from generic automation to delivering instant visibility into cash flow, procurement, inventory...
Mastercard Adds Settlement Windows Beyond Business Days
Mastercard announced it will roll out settlement windows that operate on weekends, holidays, and even intraday, extending beyond traditional business‑day processing. The option applies to both fiat card transactions and those backed by regulated stablecoins, such as USDC, Paxos, Ripple...
NVIDIA Research Unlocks Advanced Grasping, Smarter Autonomous Driving and Agent Training at Scale
At CVPR, NVIDIA Research unveiled three breakthrough papers that showcase how training at massive scale can produce foundation models capable of zero‑shot generalization. GraspGen‑X, built on 2 billion simulated grasps, can generate reliable grasp poses for any robotic gripper without per‑device...
Convergence Evidence Maturity Hierarchy: From Raw Data to Convergence-Authoritative Evidence
Moh Kolb’s May 2026 article introduces the Convergence Evidence Maturity Hierarchy (CEMH), a five‑stage framework that moves semiconductor data from raw sensor streams to convergence‑authoritative evidence. The hierarchy—raw data, interoperable data, normalized evidence, admissible evidence, and authoritative evidence—provides the governance logic for...
Casio’s $7,600 G-Shock Frogman Is Carved From Polar Ice
Casio marks the 30th anniversary of its MR‑G line with the ultra‑luxury MRG‑BF1000EB‑1A Frogman, a $7,600 limited‑edition dive watch inspired by polar‑sea brinicles. Only 800 pieces will be produced, each featuring a hand‑cut COBARION bezel, lab‑grown blue sapphire‑set screws, and...
Ditch the Niceties in AI Prompts to Save Energy Use, Say Researchers
UN researchers warn that AI’s energy appetite is soaring and propose a simple fix: trim polite words from prompts. Their study shows that removing filler such as “please” or “thank you” can slash ChatGPT’s power draw by up to 25%,...
Midwestern University Selects D2L to Support AI Innovation in Teaching and Learning
Midwestern University (MWU) announced a partnership with D2L to replace its learning management system with Brightspace, an AI‑enhanced platform. The rollout begins in Fall 2026 and will span the university’s 15 colleges in Phoenix and Chicago. MWU’s 10‑year strategic plan emphasizes...
NordSpace Installs Robotic AFP Systems, Progresses Build of Launch Vehicle Tanks and Primary Structures
Canadian launch‑vehicle developer NordSpace has installed large‑scale robotic Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) systems in its Advanced Manufacturing for Aerospace Lab, enabling the production of its first AFP‑fabricated pressure‑vessel components for the Tundra light‑lift rocket. The AFP equipment, supplied by Bespline’s...
AI Won't Kill Your Coding Career
In this episode, Brick Thompson and Landon Oaks discuss how AI coding tools have evolved from early, unreliable versions to powerful assistants like Opus 4.7, GPT‑5.5, and Claude Code, enabling developers to generate routine code quickly while still requiring human...
These Two Founders Left Goldman and Meta to Build Voice AI for Markets Everyone Else Overlooked
AethexAI, a voice‑AI startup targeting Africa and the Middle East, closed a $3 million pre‑seed round led by 4DX Ventures. The founders—former Goldman Sachs and Meta employees— built proprietary small‑scale language models and an orchestration layer to overcome latency and dialect...
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 Gives Partners a Bigger Private Cloud Services Play
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1, released by Broadcom, equips channel partners with AI‑ready private‑cloud capabilities. The update adds NVMe‑DRAM memory tiering, up to 80% live‑patch coverage without host evacuation, and cluster upgrades that are four times faster. Real‑time observability and doubled...
How ACTICO Is Building AI-Ready Compliance for a Regulated World
ACTICO is rolling out an AI‑ready compliance platform that lets AML officers describe scenarios in plain language and instantly generates deployable, graphical rule sets without IT involvement. The solution addresses three market pressures—AI accountability, data sovereignty, and the rapid pace...
Interview: WSP Experts on How AI Is Being Used to Save Engineers’ Time
WSP’s AI team is embedding machine‑learning tools across its UK and Ireland practice, beginning with Microsoft Copilot to automate routine engineering tasks. The rollout has delivered an average weekly time saving of about 165 minutes per staff member who uses...
The Pipeline for New U.S. Solar and Energy Storage Surges as Wind Dies Down: Report
The American Clean Power Association reported that U.S. developers brought 6.4 GW of utility‑scale solar, energy storage and wind online in Q1 2026, pushing total clean‑power capacity past 370 GW. Solar additions (3.625 GW) now outpace wind, making solar the largest clean‑energy source,...
Honeywell Technologies Rebrand Sets Tone for Building Automation Focus Post Spin-Off
Honeywell will split into two publicly traded entities on June 29: Honeywell Technologies (HT), focused on building automation, will retain the existing HON ticker, while Honeywell Aerospace will trade as HONA. HT’s building‑automation segment grew 8% in Q1, outpacing the company’s...
Acoziborole
Acoziborole is a single‑dose oral drug that targets the CPSF3 enzyme to treat human African trypanosomiasis, commonly called sleeping sickness. Developed through a partnership between DNDi, Sanofi, Scynexis, and Anacor, the compound belongs to the novel benzoxaborole class. In a...
‘Human-Made' Is Doing for Music What 'Made In Italy' Did for Fashion.
In 2026 the AI‑music market has settled into a hybrid “human‑made” model where composers create the core track and AI scales the production. This shift mirrors the “Made in Italy” premium label, turning human involvement into a brand differentiator rather...
Back at CVPR: Showcasing Embodied AI & Hiring
After a few years of heads down building @Waabi_ai , I’m back at @CVPR ! Come and chat after my talks today: → 10:35 AM: Deployment of Foundation Models for Embodied AI: https://t.co/eh47e1WKxc → 4:30 PM: Workshop on Autonomous Driving: https://t.co/rpQVx9ykwb This community has...
Meet the Versatile Airbus Robot Automating Aircraft Seat Installation
Airbus Robotics has unveiled CabinMarker, a four‑kilogram mobile robot that automates aircraft seat positioning. The system slashes the task from 150 minutes to 30 minutes, boosting precision, reducing rework, and improving ergonomics. Certified in December 2025, the first two units will...
Achievers Annual State of Recognition Report: Only 19 Percent of Employees Confident in AI Use
Achievers’ 2026 State of Recognition Report finds a stark gap between soaring AI investment—$581.7 billion in 2025—and employee readiness, with only 19% of workers feeling confident using AI tools. The study also notes a two‑year decline in weekly employee recognition, falling...
CDER Drug Approvals that Used Real-World Evidence
Between 2021 and 2025, the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) approved a series of drugs and supplemental applications that incorporated real‑world evidence (RWE). The approvals spanned diverse therapeutic areas—from acetylcysteine dosing changes to new indications for rare...
Open Banking Takes Next Step Forward with Launch of UK Payments Initiative Scheme
The UK Payments Initiative (UKPI) has been launched as an industry‑led scheme to enable commercial variable recurring payments (cVRP) via open banking. Backed by UK banks and fintechs, the platform aims to boost competition, spur innovation and drive economic growth....
AI Adoption Surges, but Healthcare Providers Worry About Deskilling
AI use in U.S. healthcare is accelerating, with 74% of doctors and 70% of nurses reporting weekly interactions—a jump from 38% and 46% a year ago. Clinicians rely on AI for tasks such as literature summarization, data analysis, and AI‑driven...
Handset Outlook Darkens on War, Memory Costs
Smartphone shipments are contracting sharply in 2026, with Counterpoint Research revising its full‑year outlook to a 13.9% decline, projecting 1.08 billion units shipped. The primary driver is a severe memory‑chip shortage intensified by the Iran conflict, hitting mid‑range and low‑end devices...
LPDDR6 Roadmap Leads to the Data Center
JEDEC is preparing an LPDDR6 update that targets AI data‑center and accelerated‑computing workloads. The revision adds a narrower x6 per‑die interface, enabling densities up to 512 GB and modest 10‑20% bandwidth gains. Micron’s SOCAMM and SOCAMM2 modules already offer 2.5× bandwidth...
Block Expands Afterpay on Cash App Card
Block is extending its Afterpay buy‑now‑pay‑later service to all eligible Cash App debit‑card users, moving beyond the limited merchant‑specific rollout that began in 2024. The loans, underwritten with cash‑flow data, are issued through First Electronic Bank on the Visa network...
Tapered Silicon Nanopores Make Single Protein Detection Faster and Clearer
Researchers have engineered a pyramidal silicon nanopore lined with silicon dioxide that concentrates the electric field and minimizes protein adhesion, enabling rapid, high‑clarity single‑protein detection. The fabrication process uses real‑time ionic current monitoring to stop wet etching at the nanoscale,...
'Don't Scare the Cat!' Engineers Find Smarter Way to Measure Quantum Systems
Engineers at the University of New South Wales have devised an adaptive measurement protocol that dramatically improves readout fidelity for antimony‑nuclear qubits. By probing the quantum system only until the first detection event and then interrogating only the remaining states,...
AI Agent Saves Dentists Hours, Secures $35M Funding
EXCLUSIVE: Lassie's AI agent helps dentists save hours of busywork. Now it's raised $35M from a16z. It started when CEO Steijn Pelle heard his own dentist complain about a sea of paperwork -- then embedded in his practice to learn first-hand. My...
JPMorgan's Acquisition Wishlist Highlights Ramp, Betterment
Jamie Dimon said JPMorgan Chase is “on the lookout” for an acquisition. I've put together a shopping list for Jamie. At the top of the list: Ramp and Betterment. See the new Fintech Snark Tank post to find out who...
AI-Enabled RCM Needs More than Just Good Tech
Omega Healthcare CEO Anurag Mehta says AI‑enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) must go beyond technology, emphasizing data quality, population health insights, and provider‑specific workflows. His firm partners with hospitals to customize AI tools that reflect each organization’s patient mix and...
Australian Utility Solar and Wind up 10% YoY
Australian utility-scale solar and wind generation rises 10% year-on-year in May, says Rystad Energy #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/QXavv4cFRk
C.H. Robinson Expands AI Portfolio with Lean AI Engineer for Continuous Supply Chain Optimization
C.H. Robinson launched Lean AI Engineer, a closed‑loop AI service that continuously monitors and improves global 4PL shipments. Paired with the existing Lean AI Planner, the system now autonomously handles 92% of shipments across trucking, ocean, air and rail, learning...
OnLogic Launches DNV Certified Computing Solutions for Global Maritime Operations
OnLogic has introduced a new line of industrial computers that are DNV‑certified for maritime use, targeting bridge consoles, engine‑room monitoring, and fleet‑management IoT. The hardware meets strict Electromagnetic Compatibility and environmental standards, offering fanless, rugged designs with a controlled bill...
Solar Sails Edge Closer to Reality, but Interstellar Travel Is Another Story
A new Acta Astronautica study evaluates three solar‑sail concepts—Solar Cruiser, Project Svarog and Breakthrough Starshot—measuring how far current technology must advance to achieve each mission. The analysis shows Solar Cruiser is within reach, needing only a two‑ to three‑fold improvement,...
Taoglas to Demonstrate Smarter Antenna Selection and Integration for Compact Wireless Technologies at Hardware Pioneers Max 2026
Taoglas will showcase AI‑driven antenna selection tools and its new GVLB208 dual‑band GNSS antenna at Hardware Pioneers Max 2026 in London. The GVLB208 offers L1/L5 support in a 20 × 20 × 8 mm package, while the AntennaXpert Suite automates recommendation and integration workflows. The...
Tesla Faces Spoliation Risk over Altered FSD Contracts
Tesla has retroactively edited Full Self‑Driving purchase agreements, inserting a “supervised” qualifier that was absent when customers originally signed. The company has made the original contracts for 2016‑2024 buyers inaccessible, prompting allegations of evidence spoliation amid ongoing litigation. Tesla already...
AI Factories Go Utility-Scale as Siemens Debuts 100 MW IT Design
Siemens unveiled a 100 MW AI‑factory reference architecture, developed with Nvidia, Fluence and Vertiv, that bundles electrical distribution, battery energy storage and liquid cooling into a single, utility‑scale blueprint. The design supports 136 MW of total facility power, offering a repeatable, factory‑tested...
Venturi Space to Build €250M Lunar and Martian Rover Factory in Toulouse
Venturi Space, the Monaco‑based lunar‑mobility specialist, announced a $273 million (€250 million) investment to build a 16,000‑square‑metre technology centre in Toulouse. The expanded facility will replace the originally planned 10,000‑square‑metre plant and is expected to create nearly 200 skilled jobs. It will...
Voices: Dave Wessinger, CEO, PointClickCare
PointClickCare, leveraging 25 years of data infrastructure, is shifting its skilled‑nursing platform from a passive record system to an active AI‑driven decision engine. The company’s Advisor suite embeds intelligence into admissions, documentation, reimbursement and compliance workflows, surfacing risks and gaps...
MacBook Neo's Debut Outsells Air and Doubles Pro
Apple's MacBook Neo got off to a bigger debut than recent MacBook launches, with ~20% more units shipping in its first quarter than the MacBook Air (M5) did in its launch quarter, and ~2× as many as the MacBook Pro...
ModRetro M64 – An AMD Artix UltraScale+ FPGA Based Open-Source Nintendo 64-Compatible Console with Original Cartridge Support
ModRetro unveiled the M64, an open‑source Nintendo 64‑compatible console powered by an AMD Artix UltraScale+ FPGA. The device offers hardware‑level emulation, original cartridge slots, and modern interfaces like HDMI, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and USB‑C. It ships with a redesigned Pro controller featuring...
NASA Holds Today’s MAVEN Loss Briefing at 2 PM ET
NASA will have a media bfg TODAY (June 3) at 2:00 pm ET about MAVEN. The Mars orbiter was last heard from on Dec 6 when it didn't reestablish contact after its orbit took it behind Mars. The press...
Fermilab and Harmoniqs Integrate Open-Source Tools to Advance Qubit Control Optimization
Fermilab’s Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit (QICK) is now integrated with Harmoniqs’ open‑source pulse‑optimization software Piccolo.jl. The partnership lets users automatically fine‑tune control pulses for larger numbers of qubits, leveraging algorithms from robotics and aerospace. More than 500 scientists already rely...