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Google DeepMind's Gemini Deep Think scored 35/42 at the International Mathematical Olympiad — solving 5 of 6 problems with proofs judges called "astonishing." Silver last year, gold now. Here's the math that made history.
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Duke researchers found 6 tiny RNA molecules (piRNAs) in your blood that predict 2-year survival with 86% accuracy — outperforming blood pressure, cholesterol, and frailty tests combined.
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Apple officially announced WWDC 2026 (June 8-12) and for the first time explicitly teased major AI advancements in the press release. Siri is becoming a full chatbot powered by Google Gemini. New Core AI framework replacing Core ML. This is Apple's AI reckoning.
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OpenAI announced it is completely shutting down its viral AI video generator Sora — just 6 months after launch. Disney's reported $1 billion investment deal has also collapsed. The company is redirecting compute to enterprise AI, coding assistants, and agents.
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UCSF/Berkeley scientists engineered CAR-T cells directly inside the body with a single injection — no lab, no chemo. Cleared all cancer in mice within 2 weeks. The engineered cells actually outperformed lab-made ones.
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UCSF researchers found that during exercise, the liver releases a protein called GPLD1 that travels to the brain and removes toxic buildup from blood vessel walls — reversing memory loss in aged mice and Alzheimer's models, even after decline had begun.
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In just the first 12 weeks of 2026, tech companies have already cut more than 58,000 jobs worldwide — over 700 per day. The reason? AI tools now let smaller teams do the work of much larger ones. Block cut 40%, Amazon 16K, Meta 20%, Atlassian 10%.
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OpenAI's GPT-5.4 scored 75% on the OSWorld benchmark — a test measuring ability to complete real desktop tasks. Human experts scored 72.4%. First AI to outperform people at autonomous computer work.
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Heidelberg University researchers found a toxic protein complex — NMDAR/TRPM4 — that drives neuronal death in Alzheimer's. A drug called FP802 broke apart this deadly duo in mice, slowing disease, saving synapses, and restoring memory even after symptoms appeared.
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NYU physicists used sound waves to levitate tiny styrofoam beads in mid-air. The beads spontaneously start oscillating in perfect rhythm with one-sided forces — violating Newton's Third Law. The first macroscopic, visible time crystal ever created.
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While China's overall smartphone market fell 4% in early 2026, Apple saw a massive 23% surge in iPhone sales during the first nine weeks — making it the fastest-growing major vendor.
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