NASA instructed five astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to stay inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft as a safety precaution. Two Russian cosmonauts are working to fix cracks causing a slow air leak in a passageway of the Russian module, which has been a safety concern for several years.
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Five of the seven crew members on the ISS moved into the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Freedom" spacecraft, serving as a "safe haven."
Two Russian cosmonauts are repairing cracks in the transfer tunnel of the Russian module.
The cracks have caused a small air leak that has returned intermittently for about six years.
The air leak is seen as a serious safety risk on the ISS.
Last month, a Russian cargo ship arrived, and soon after, a slow pressure drop was noticed in the transfer tunnel.
NASA and the Russian space agency have tried several times before to repair these cracks.
The repair is ongoing, and updates will follow as the situation develops.
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Anthropic, a company that creates artificial intelligence (AI), has suggested a global pause on developing the most powerful AI systems. They warn that these advanced AI models could become difficult to control, and stopping only some developers would cause others to continue advancing quickly.
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Anthropic is an AI company based in San Francisco.
They develop the Claude family of AI models.
The company released a report suggesting a worldwide slowdown in building advanced AI.
They believe the newest AI systems might start to act beyond human control.
Anthropic says a global pause would be beneficial to manage risks.
If only one company stops, competitors may continue developing AI rapidly.
The concern is about safety and control of powerful AI technologies.
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Last week, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded during a test at Cape Canaveral, Florida, damaging the launch pad. Safety officials are using this event to learn more about how methane-fueled rockets explode, which will help improve safety rules as more rockets launch in the future.
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The New Glenn rocket used methane and liquid oxygen as fuel and exploded during a test of its engines.
The explosion destroyed the rocket and damaged the launch pad, putting Blue Origin’s only launch site out of service temporarily.
Blue Origin aims to repair and restart launches by the end of the year, but similar repairs at SpaceX took over a year.
Cape Canaveral is preparing for many more launches, possibly up to 500 per year by 2036.
Multiple companies, including SpaceX, Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, Stoke Space, and Relativity Space, are opening or expanding launch pads nearby.
Rockets are increasingly using methane-based fuel instead of older fuels like kerosene or hydrogen.
The US Space Force manages the launch site and enforces strict safety zones around methane-fueled rockets due to explosion risks.
Data from recent tests and this explosion will help officials reduce safety zones and allow more frequent launches safely.
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Experts warn that artificial intelligence has been used to create computer "worms," which are harmful programs that can spread quickly and damage devices without control. These AI-made worms could pose new risks to computer security.
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Computer "worms" are harmful software that can spread automatically to many devices.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to design these worms.
The AI-created worms can infect devices without limits or restrictions.
Experts are concerned these worms may cause serious damage to users and systems.
Nicolas Papernot, a professor at the University of Toronto, is one of the experts discussing this issue.
The warning highlights new cybersecurity challenges linked to AI technology.
These developments were reported by CBS News.
The concern is about the potential harm to many users from such AI-created threats.
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Raspberry Pi has raised its profit forecast because more people are buying its small computers to build AI devices. The company expects to earn at least $38 million in the first half of 2026, driven by strong sales and growing demand for affordable AI hardware.
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Raspberry Pi is based in Cambridge, UK, and makes credit card-sized computers.
The company expects adjusted earnings of at least $38 million (£28.2 million) for the first half of 2026.
Shares jumped up to 25% after the profit forecast was raised.
The company’s market value is now about £2 billion.
More than four million Raspberry Pi units are expected to be sold in the first half of 2026.
These small computers are popular for programming and are now used to create AI-powered devices.
Raspberry Pi has increased product prices due to a global shortage of memory chips.
The rise in chip prices is partly caused by high demand from AI data centers.
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The article discusses concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) having a liberal bias in the information it shares. It warns that if children only hear negative views about the United States from AI, it could weaken their sense of patriotism, which is important for national unity and support during difficult times like war.
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AI systems may show a liberal bias when presenting information.
This bias could result in predominantly critical views about the U.S. being shared.
Children exposed mostly to negative information about their country might lose patriotism.
Patriotism is described as important for keeping the country united.
A strong sense of patriotism supports citizens during wars or national sacrifices.
The article implies that balanced or positive views are necessary for healthy national pride.
Concern is raised about the impact of AI on future generations’ views of America.
The "Mamdani Effect" is mentioned as a term for this potential issue with AI bias.
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Samsung has launched a global campaign called "Your Companion to AI Living" to promote its smart devices that use artificial intelligence (AI) to help with everyday tasks. The campaign shows how devices like the Galaxy Watch8, smart refrigerators, and smartphones can proactively assist with health, family care, and pet care. The campaign aims to encourage users to buy and use multiple Samsung products together.
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Samsung's campaign promotes AI features that act on users' behalf, not just respond to commands.
The Galaxy Watch8 can measure carotenoid levels in skin to track fruit and vegetable intake, a first for smartwatches.
The Samsung Health app gives personalized meal suggestions based on antioxidant readings.
The Bespoke AI Refrigerator tracks ingredients and suggests recipes using AI.
The Now Brief feature reminds dog owners to walk their pets and records walk details, available on Galaxy S26 and newer phones.
Call Screening helps older users avoid phone scams and supports multiple languages on Galaxy S24 and newer devices.
All features require several Samsung products and accounts to work together, promoting the Samsung ecosystem.
Samsung AI Week 2026 runs through June 7 in 58 countries with ads in major locations like Times Square and Piccadilly Circus.
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Recent medical research has led to new treatments that help people live longer with diseases like pancreatic cancer and obesity, though they often do not cure the diseases. These advances come from decades of scientific work and investment but face challenges such as high costs and the need for lifelong treatment.
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Revolution Medicines developed an experimental drug that doubles life expectancy for pancreatic cancer patients compared to standard chemotherapy.
Eli Lilly's new anti-obesity drug shows weight loss results close to those of weight-loss surgery in trials.
New gene-editing therapies show promise in early studies for curing or reducing symptoms of diseases like multiple myeloma and high cholesterol.
A hepatitis B treatment recently showed a "functional cure" in 20% of patients in late-stage trials.
Many new treatments are expensive and require ongoing use to maintain benefits.
These medical advances result from around 50 years of research and investment in biopharmaceutical science.
Prevention of diseases remains the most affordable and effective healthcare strategy, but America struggles with implementing it.
Experts emphasize the importance of continuous investment in science and a focus on disease prevention for future progress.
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The article reviews Geoffrey Cain’s book *Steve Jobs in Exile*, which details Steve Jobs' time at the company NeXT after leaving Apple in the 1980s. It explains how Jobs’ work at NeXT was important for the development of technologies that later became part of Apple’s macOS and iOS systems.
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Steve Jobs left Apple in the 1980s and started the company NeXT.
NeXT created NeXTSTEP, an operating system based on Unix.
NeXTSTEP’s technology influenced Apple’s later software, including macOS and iOS.
The book highlights lesser-known stories, like Jobs hiring Adamation, a Black-owned software company, for development work.
Tim Berners-Lee created the first World Wide Web server on a NeXT computer in 1990.
NeXT employees worried about telling Jobs about the web because they thought he might dismiss it.
The book provides new details about Jobs’ years away from Apple and shows how important that period was.
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AMD has released the Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card for $549 in the US. This new model has less powerful hardware than the older RX 9070, including fewer cores, less memory, and slower memory speed, despite having the same price.
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The Radeon RX 9070 GRE costs $549 and is launching in the US after being available in China.
It has 85% as many GPU cores, 75% as much memory (12GB vs. 16GB), and 66% of the memory bandwidth compared to the original RX 9070.
The card uses the same basic graphics chip but is a lower-performance version.
Compared to the RX 9070, it has fewer shader cores (3,072 vs 3,584) and a narrower memory interface (192-bit vs 256-bit).
The RX 9070 GRE is similar in specs to AMD’s older RX 7700 XT, which cost less at launch.
12GB of memory may limit performance in demanding games or future titles, especially at 4K resolution.
Current GPU prices have increased due to supply issues and high demand for AI-related computer parts.
The RX 9070 GRE’s suggested price matches the original RX 9070, which is stronger hardware, leading to concerns about value for money.
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Bitcoin is a digital currency that is not controlled by banks or governments, making it popular but also very unstable in price. The technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is called blockchain, a system that records all transactions in linked blocks. Recently, Bitcoin’s price has fallen close to $60,000, raising concerns about its future value.
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Bitcoin is a type of digital money called cryptocurrency, operating without central banks.
President Donald Trump has promised to make the US the "crypto capital of the world."
Bitcoin’s price reached over $120,000 in July 2025 but has since dropped below $62,000 in June 2026.
Blockchain is a digital ledger that records every cryptocurrency transaction in linked blocks.
Miners verify Bitcoin transactions and are rewarded with bitcoins, but rewards are halved approximately every four years.
The most recent Bitcoin reward halving occurred on 20 April 2024, cutting miners’ rewards from 6.25 to 3.125 bitcoins.
Bitcoin’s total supply is limited to 21 million coins.
The identity of Bitcoin’s creator, known as Satoshi Nakamoto, remains a mystery.
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Groups in the AI industry say that actors linked to China are using social media to spread messages that encourage opposition to data centers in the U.S. These data centers are crucial for AI development. Critics of data centers say their opposition is genuine and based on community concerns like environmental impact and energy use.
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AI groups claim China and its allies use social media bots to spread messages against U.S. data centers.
Data centers are important for supporting the growth of artificial intelligence technology.
Some social media posts criticizing data centers come from accounts based in countries like South Asia, Africa, Poland, and Bangladesh.
Critics say their opposition is real and based on local community issues like noise, electricity costs, and water use.
American public opinion shows high opposition, with a Gallup poll reporting 71% of people against building data centers near their homes.
The Stratos Project in Utah, a large planned data center campus, is facing protest and reduced support.
Pro-AI groups are asking the U.S. Congress to investigate possible foreign interference in data center opposition.
The debate reflects broader tensions over AI development and its effects on society and resources.
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A UK Labour MP, Jess Asato, is suing Elon Musk’s company xAI because its AI tool, Grok, created fake and sexualised images of her without consent. Several others are also planning legal actions, claiming xAI is responsible for harmful AI-generated content and violating privacy laws.
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Jess Asato sued xAI over fake sexualised images and a disturbing AI-generated video showing her in harmful situations.
Grok AI produced about 3 million sexualised images in two weeks, including altered photos of real people.
Many victims struggled to get the images removed from the platform until they received legal help.
The lawsuit argues that xAI broke data protection laws and invaded Asato’s privacy.
Elon Musk’s company restricted Grok’s ability to create sexualised images by charging users and limiting prompts.
Asato says that the company could have prevented the misuse by adding safety measures ("guardrails") beforehand.
She experienced abusive messages after reporting the issue, some of which were amplified by Musk’s posts on X (formerly Twitter).
Other claimants have contacted Asato’s lawyer to take similar legal action, marking this as a key case about AI company responsibility.
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A university leader in Australia used AI to help write an opinion article but did not say so before it was published, raising questions about trust in AI. Many Australians use AI tools like ChatGPT, but most want to be told when AI is involved because they do not fully trust it.
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58% of Australians over age 14 use AI each month, with ChatGPT as the most popular tool.
People aged 25-34 and 35-49 are the biggest users, showing many workers rely on AI.
Only 4% of Australians trust AI, similar to the low trust in data brokers and social media.
79% want to be informed when AI is used, an increase from 73% last year.
Western Sydney University admitted their pro vice-chancellor used Microsoft’s Copilot AI to help write an opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald.
The newspaper removed the piece after the AI use was revealed and later apologized.
Fair Work Australia plans to ask for power to reject applications made using AI due to low-effort submissions.
Accusations of undisclosed AI use are increasing in areas like media and film, highlighting the need for transparency.
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Anthropic, an AI company, has called for a worldwide pause in developing the most advanced AI systems because these models may soon become hard for humans to control. The company says that to be effective, this pause needs agreement from major AI developers in different countries, especially the US and China.
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Anthropic creates the Claude AI models and is based in San Francisco.
The company warns that AI systems may soon start improving themselves without much human help, a process called "recursive self-improvement."
A global pause could help society and researchers better manage AI safety and understanding.
Such a pause would require cooperation and verification between multiple countries and companies.
Some industry experts and White House officials disagree, saying calls for pauses may slow progress and let other countries take the lead.
President Donald Trump mentioned discussing AI safety cooperation with China during a recent visit to Beijing.
Trump signed an executive order giving the US government 30 days to review powerful AI models before they are released.
Anthropic compares controlling AI development to nuclear arms control but says AI is harder to monitor because training it can be hidden.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reviewing its $3 billion yearly program that helps pay for internet in schools and libraries. The review started because of worries about how too much screen time might affect children's health.
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The FCC runs a program called E-Rate that provides $3 billion every year.
This money helps schools and libraries get internet access.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said the commission will do a full review of the E-Rate program.
The review is partly due to concerns about children spending too much time looking at screens.
The goal is to see if the program needs any changes to protect kids' health while supporting education.
The FCC plans to share its findings from the review after it is completed.
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Researchers at the University of Cambridge used artificial intelligence (AI) to design a new kind of vaccine that could protect against many types of coronaviruses, including future versions and related animal viruses. Early human trials showed it is safe, and the team is now working on similar AI-designed vaccines for flu and Ebola.
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This is the first time AI fully designed a vaccine component called an antigen, which trains the immune system.
The vaccine aims to protect against all coronaviruses, not just current variants like COVID-19.
The team used genetic information from many known coronaviruses to create a "super-antigen" with AI.
Trials with 39 people tested the vaccine’s safety, and a larger trial with about 200 participants is ongoing.
The vaccine’s effect on the immune system was modest but promising, according to researchers.
Researchers are also developing AI-designed vaccines for flu, bird flu (H5N1), and viral diseases like Ebola.
Experts not involved in the study say this AI vaccine design shows strong potential for fighting future pandemics.
The approach represents a new way to prepare for outbreaks by creating vaccines that work before viruses mutate.
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Scientists and companies are using fermentation, a natural process involving microorganisms, to turn food waste into tasty, useful products like cheese and cocoa powder substitutes. This approach helps reduce waste and creates new food options by using the parts of plants and food that are usually thrown away.
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Stanford University researchers made a cheese-like product from food waste using fungal fermentation.
Fermentation is a process where organisms break down sugars into other substances without oxygen.
UK company Fermtech transforms cocoa shells into a chocolate-flavored powder through fermentation.
Pea protein production leaves behind three-quarters of the pea, which can be used as a substrate for fermentation.
Spanish company MOA Foodtech uses AI to find the best microorganisms and conditions to ferment food byproducts quickly.
MOA Foodtech aims to put leftover plant materials back into human food instead of low-value uses like animal feed.
German company MicroHarvest uses sugar industry byproducts like molasses to create premium pet food with appealing flavors.
These innovations use biotechnology and AI to make fermentation faster, cheaper, and more efficient.
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The Hinge dating app uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help single people in their 20s start conversations because many feel less confident than older groups. Hinge’s boss says these tools support users in expressing themselves and building connections, amid changing social habits and some users feeling lonely.
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Hinge uses AI features to create conversation prompts for users on the app.
Many single people in their 20s (Gen Z) have less confidence in starting conversations on dating apps.
Gen Z users spend about 1,000 fewer hours per year socializing in person than people their age did 20 years ago.
Nearly half of Gen Z in the UK report feeling lonely often or always.
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted important social learning years for many young adults.
Some experts say dating apps have caused "dating app burnout," with users wanting fewer but better connections.
Hinge’s user numbers in the UK grew to 1.5 million adults by May 2025, while Tinder’s users dropped from 1.9 million to 1.5 million.
Hinge aims to help people find long-term relationships, not keep users on the app indefinitely.
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Naomi Gleit, Meta’s longest-serving employee after founder Mark Zuckerberg, discussed the company’s journey and its latest focus on AI technology. Meta plans to use AI agents on WhatsApp to help businesses respond to customers and gain insights, while emphasizing safety and reliability.
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Naomi Gleit joined Meta (formerly Facebook) nearly 20 years ago as employee number 29.
She is now head of product and has seen the company grow from a start-up to a tech giant.
Meta has faced controversies like privacy issues, election meddling accusations, and concerns over online harms.
Gleit says Mark Zuckerberg’s public image is different from how he is in real life, describing him positively as a boss and family man.
Meta is developing advanced AI agents that can perform tasks, not just answer questions.
These AI agents will be integrated into WhatsApp to help small and large businesses handle customer messages and provide insights.
Meta plans to charge businesses for using AI agents on WhatsApp.
The company recently fixed a security issue with an Instagram AI tool, highlighting their focus on safety.
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