{"id":9466,"date":"2026-06-08T12:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9466"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:02:37","slug":"this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-june-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=9466","title":{"rendered":"This Week\u2019s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nSingularityHub – SingularityHub Staff<\/strong>
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\nJune 7, 2026\n<\/div>\n\n
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Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/h4>\n

Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain\u2019s \u2018Core Algorithm\u2019<\/strong><\/a>Steven Levy | Wired ($)<\/em><\/p>\n

“The goal, Reardon tells me, is to build ‘a synthetic artificial intelligence brain that runs on 50 watts or less.’ It should adapt to its conditions, be as nimble as a human mind, and burn a tiny fraction of an LLM\u2019s compute power and energy. The proof of concept is thriving inside our skulls.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Biotechnology<\/a><\/h4>\n

Researchers Are Using AI to Create Vaccines\u2014and It\u2019s Working
<\/strong><\/a>Ed Cara | Gizmodo<\/em><\/p>\n

“An experimental pan-coronavirus vaccine developed with AI has just passed a phase I trial in the UK. Scientists at the University of Cambridge used AI to find a kink in the armor of coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the cause of covid-19. …The researchers are also hoping to use their platform to develop broadly effective vaccines against flu and the Ebola virus.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Computing<\/a><\/h4>\n

China Has Approved the World\u2019s First Invasive Brain-Computer Chip\u2014Here\u2019s What\u2019s Next<\/strong><\/a>You Xiaoying | MIT Technology Review ($)<\/em><\/p>\n

“This March, the implant Dong [Hui] uses became the first invasive BCI product in the world to be approved for use beyond clinical trials. It\u2019s now available to some patients with paralysis in their limbs due to spinal cord injuries. We spoke to a range of experts to understand why the device was able to reach this global milestone, what makes this moment so significant, and what to expect next.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Biotechnology<\/a><\/h4>\n

Huge Study of Alzheimer\u2019s Genetics Identifies New Drug Targets<\/strong><\/a>Chris Simms | New Scientist ($)<\/em><\/p>\n

“The biggest genetic study of Alzheimer\u2019s disease so far has identified 127 gene locations that are associated with the condition, of which 48 are new. The study also pinpoints several genes that could be prioritized as drug targets and cell types linked to a higher genetic risk of the condition.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/h4>\n

This AI Weather Startup Is Out-forecasting Government Agencies<\/strong><\/a>Tim Fernholz | TechCrunch<\/em><\/p>\n

“One simple way to understand it, WindBorne\u2019s chief product officer Kai Marshland says, is that WeatherMesh-6 ‘is as accurate five days out as a traditional forecast is the day before,’ particularly on surface temperature measurements. WeatherMesh-6 produces a forecast every hour, as opposed to every six hours, as traditional models do, and its resolution is now down to 3 km in the continental US.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Computing<\/a><\/h4>\n

Microsoft\u2019s Next-Gen Quantum Chip Cuts Timeline to Useful Quantum Computing<\/strong><\/a>Tom Warren | The Verge<\/em><\/p>\n

“Microsoft claimed last year that it had made a key breakthrough in quantum computing with Majorana 1, the company\u2019s first quantum processor. While physicists were immediately skeptical of Microsoft\u2019s claims, the software giant is announcing Majorana 2 today, the next generation of its topological quantum chip.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Space<\/a><\/h4>\n

SpaceX\u2019s Next Big Business Could Be Building Stuff in Space<\/strong><\/a>Passant Rabie | Gizmodo<\/em><\/p>\n

“The FAA recently approved test flights of the company’s [Starfall] reentry vehicles. …With Starfall, SpaceX would add in-orbit manufacturing to its business portfolio. The idea of in-orbit manufacturing has been around for decades, using the microgravity environment to manufacture materials that would otherwise be impossible to produce on Earth.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Future<\/a><\/h4>\n

China Aims AI at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk<\/strong><\/a>Julian E. Barnes | The New York Times ($)<\/em><\/p>\n

“A Chinese company has been trying to develop artificial intelligence-powered technology that would enable authoritarian governments to not just monitor dissidents but also potentially predict who could become one in the future. The work, which appears to be in the research stage, is ripped out of dystopian science fiction, offering a glimpse of a world in which an authoritarian state is able to move against its citizens before they begin any public dissent.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/h4>\n

AI Evaluators Struggle with Models That Know When They\u2019re Being Tested<\/strong><\/a>Rocket Drew | The Information ($)<\/em><\/p>\n

“AI researchers are starting to make progress on a confounding problem: AI models are getting better at telling when they are in an evaluation. …If models act differently during testing, that could mean they get released with undesirable tendencies. It could also undermine their creators\u2019 ability to show off test scores to potential clients.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Biotechnology<\/a><\/h4>\n

Moderna Gets $50 Million to Develop MRNA Ebola Vaccine Against Bundibugyo<\/strong><\/a>Beth Mole | Ars Technica<\/em><\/p>\n

“The global health organization Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced Monday that it will ‘urgently accelerate development’ of three vaccine candidates against Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV), pledging a little over $60 million in the effort to extinguish an outbreak currently raging out of control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Computing<\/a><\/h4>\n

World\u2019s First Underwater Data Center Is Now Online, Powered by Wind<\/strong><\/a>Bronwyn Thompson | New Atlas<\/em><\/p>\n

“Just over seven months from completing phase one of this mega-project, Chinese engineers have finished the build and switched on the world’s first underwater data center (UDC) powered by offshore wind turbines. What’s more, it doesn’t need freshwater and cuts land use by more than 90% compared with above-ground centers.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/h4>\n

Gemini Spark Is the Most Impressive and Terrifying AI Experience I\u2019ve Had Yet<\/strong><\/a>David Pierce | The Verge<\/em><\/p>\n

“On the one hand, this is one of the most astonishingly impressive AI experiences I have ever had. …On the other hand, I can\u2019t shake the deeply creepy feeling I get from the whole thing. What Spark did feels sort of magical, and very invasive. It\u2019s weird that Spark is so casually telling me the names and ages of my children, reminding me that it knows where I live, and finding information I know for a fact I\u2019ve never volunteered to Google.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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