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Google is rolling out its Smart Wake alarm function, first introduced on the Pixel Watch 5, to earlier generations of its smartwatch lineup. The feature uses sleep-tracking data to adjust when an alarm sounds, aiming to wake users during lighter sleep phases rather than at a fixed time.
In an interview, a Syensqo executive described a 'performance pyramid' framework, where commodity materials sit at the bottom and high-performance specialty materials sit at the top. He explained that AI's rapid advancement is piling on technical requirements—heat tolerance, purity, electrical performance, chemical and plasma resistance, long-term stability—that push semiconductor and data center materials toward the top of that pyramid, an area where Syensqo focuses its work.
Shortly after Tesla began testing its pedal-free, steering-wheel-free Cybercab on Austin streets, the NHTSA opened an audit into whether the vehicle complies with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The agency has since issued a Special Order demanding Tesla certify under oath that the Cybercab meets these rules by September 30, with noncompliance risking fines up to $139 million and possible prison time for falsified claims.
So Delicious Dairy Free has issued a second nationwide recall of its Salted Caramel Cluster frozen dessert due to concerns that small stones and other hard objects may be present in the product. This follows a prior recall of the same flavor back in December, marking a repeat issue with this specific item.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly dismissed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's proposal for antitrust exemptions that would let AI companies coordinate a slowdown in development, calling it unnecessary. OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar separately said she isn't concerned about pausing AI progress, arguing the intelligence already built is substantial enough to matter even if development stopped now.
A young boy with hepatoblastoma that had spread to his lungs and stopped responding to chemotherapy achieved complete remission after receiving an experimental CAR-T cell treatment. The therapy, part of the CARE study, engineered the patient's own immune cells to target glypican-3, a protein found on liver cancer cells, while also boosting the cells' potency with two added immune signaling proteins. Twelve months after treatment, doctors report no detectable trace of the cancer.
Wax motors use a sealed volume of wax—ranging from refined hydrocarbons to plant-derived waxes like paraffin—that expands when heated and contracts when cooled to push and retract a plunger. Heat can come from electric thermistors, solar radiation, combustion byproducts, or ambient sources, while a spring or weight provides the biasing force needed to retract the plunger against seal friction.
After former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon publicly quit citing existential AI risk, Anthropic safety lead Evan Hubinger confirmed he personally estimates a greater than 10% chance AI could wipe out humanity within a decade, admitting the company lacks a solid plan for aligning superintelligent systems. Princeton computer scientists and authors of 'AI Snake Oil' have now published a response outlining ways to reduce that risk.
Novo Nordisk has entered a partnership with Anthropic to integrate the Claude AI model into its drug-discovery operations. The collaboration is designed to build targeted tools and workflows aimed at resolving persistent bottlenecks in pharmaceutical research.
Medical apparel retailer Scrubs & Beyond is shutting down every one of its more than 100 physical stores spread across 30 states. The company has given no public reason for the closures, and as of Wednesday its customer service phone line had been disconnected.
Anthropic has rolled out Claude Docs and Claude Slides in beta, allowing users to create, edit and share documents and presentations directly from Claude chat conversations. The company also merged its regular chat and Cowork features into a single interface, making Artifacts and Claude Design tools accessible from any conversation. Shared work from Docs, Slides or Design lives at a single link users can open across devices, with support for real-time collaboration and comments similar to Google Docs.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash achieved code execution on all 11 vulnerable systems in an AI hacking benchmark while leaving four patched systems untouched, at a total cost of just $4.65 for accepted runs. A manual review found the model discovered five novel attack paths beyond the six expected solutions, including a faster exploit against Grafana that bypassed the intended vulnerability entirely.