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Enveda secures $311M to bring more nature-derived AI drugs into clinical trials

The fresh funding, which was led by Catalio Capital Management, with participation from Iconiq and others, doubles the valuation Enveda achieved 12 months ago. The idea behind Enveda is that powerful medicines could be…

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 platform could herald the age of camera-equipped earbuds — but are we ready for that?

As Qualcomm’s “first premium audio platform purpose-built for personal AI,” the Sound Elite Gen 2 aims to transform headphones and earbuds into “intelligent companions that can understand, assist, and adapt throughout…

Anthropic says Claude found a new enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

Next to the enzyme’s gene sits a long run of repeating DNA that resembles a CRISPR array. The company does not yet know what the system does. Anthropic announced the result on Wednesday in a blog post and a preprint that…

UN Security Council hears AI lab chiefs on loss-of-control risk

Bengio, co-chair of the UN’s scientific panel on AI , is briefing the Council alongside Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Clément Delangue, the chief executives of OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face. According to Security…

The new Beats 360 are 'some of the most comfortable, best-sounding headphones' — and you can save a whopping 80% on an extra pair of earcups

Originally priced at $49.99, you can get the Beats 360 Cushion Kit for just $9.99 for a limited time . The Beats 360 and Cushion Kit are only available for pre-order, with a September 24 release date. Save 80% on the…

Interpol uses AI to identify 126 terrorists by analyzing over 100,000 images with new facial recognition tools

This allowed 126 people to be identified on paper as potential terrorists who would still need to be tracked down by the international police organization. . This approach left 6,362 unique, high-quality images, which…

This time, he wants to ditch rare-earth magnets entirely, in a bid to further separate the U.S. from China’s supply chain. As one of the founders in Startup Battlefield 200 who will compete at TechCrunch Disrupt next…

Why Google's forgotten Pixelbook Go is still my favorite laptop in 2026

It's from 2019. It's a Google Pixelbook Go that I bought new, even though it was manufactured seven years ago. It's the only thing that's filled the netbook-sized hole in my heart, and makes me wish Google would bring it…

DOJ defends Trump’s White House ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW

In a court document filed on Tuesday evening, the government’s lawyers justified President Donald Trump’s decision to ban the three organizations. They stated that access to the building is a privilege, not a right. The…

Contrary to some reports, you don't have two brains

While the hindbrain may form a distinct fate first, most of the volume of the mature brain (pink) comes from the forebrain. Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Late last week, we started seeing headlines about how…