Biohub announced a coordinated $1.8 billion investment with the Department of Energy, NIH, and new partners to generate and share AI-ready biological data. DOE will contribute over $500 million in measurement and computation, NIH will coordinate standardization of datasets from over $500 million in prior federal research, and Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs, and Meta are jointly investing $300 million through a Virtual Biology Initiative. The effort aims to build an open resource expanding cell response data across many more cell types and conditions than currently studied.
A new perspective paper synthesizes evidence that a large subgroup of people with ADHD show delayed circadian biology, including evening chronotype, delayed dim-light melatonin onset, blunted cortisol rhythms, and altered clock-gene expression. The authors cite intervention studies showing melatonin and bright light therapy can shift circadian phase in ADHD patients, with some data linking that shift to symptom improvement. They propose a stepped clinical pathway starting with sleep/circadian screening and behavioral measures before considering low-dose melatonin.
Researchers identified a vulnerability, dubbed 'AgentCorruption,' in AWS Bedrock AgentCore that could have allowed an attacker to compromise an organization's full fleet of AI agents through a single malicious prompt. AWS has since patched the issue.
Sen. Maggie Hassan sent a letter to Trump Mobile CEO Patrick O'Brien alleging the company has not obtained FCC authorization under Section 214 to provide international calling despite advertising service to over 230 countries. She also said Trump Mobile and partner Liberty Mobile Wireless failed to file a complete robocall-mitigation plan, and raised concerns tied to a reported breach exposing data on 3,615 customers.
Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute published a 36-page assessment of ChatGPT for Teens, concluding the mode is unsafe for anyone under 18. Testing found some advertised safeguards worked, such as blocking explicit sexual roleplay, but others failed or worsened, including inconsistent parental safety alerts when teen accounts discussed suicide, self-harm or disordered eating. OpenAI says delays can occur shortly after accounts are linked and cites a possible technical issue, and noted that all flagged content is reviewed by staff before parents are notified.
Deadline reports Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action movie based on CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077, with the game studio producing alongside veteran action producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura. No plot details or casting have been revealed, and it's unclear whether this project is connected to a 2023 production deal involving Anonymous Content.
Researchers studying a recurring, elongated cloud near Mars's Arsia Mons volcano say it forms through a physical process never before documented in a planetary atmosphere. The cloud behaves differently from typical water-ice clouds seen elsewhere on the planet, prompting closer scrutiny of how it develops and dissipates.
Bloomberg reports Apple plans a second event this month, around October 27, to introduce its first touchscreen MacBook Pros in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes with OLED displays and Dynamic Island, reportedly powered by M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. The report also says Apple will debut a new OLED iPad mini with a relocated FaceTime camera and updated speakers, plus M6-powered iMac and entry-level MacBook Pro models that look similar to current versions.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is beginning a negotiated rulemaking process to revise the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards governing vehicle headlights, aiming to finalize new rules by 2026. NHTSA's Jonathan Morrison said the effort will bring together industry experts and stakeholders to modernize outdated standards and address glare concerns.
Netflix has released the first trailer for its upcoming miniseries 'The Altruists,' which dramatizes the rise and collapse of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his former partner Caroline Ellison. The series covers the events that led to the implosion of the crypto exchange and the subsequent fallout.
Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term 'software engineering' and led development of NASA's Apollo on-board flight software in the 1960s, has died at age 90. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 and was later depicted as a LEGO minifig in the 'Women of NASA' set alongside astronauts Mae Jemison and Sally Ride.
IDC reports Apple shipped 5.9 million Macs in Q3 2026, down 11.3% year over year, while the global PC market dropped 20.1% to 62.7 million units. The steeper industry-wide decline pushed Apple's market share up from 8.5% to 9.5%, keeping it in fourth place behind Lenovo, HP and Dell.
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