Audit demanded by SC Reps confirm problems at USC office. Who was held accountable?

An audit found that a USC office had over a million in “questionable transactions.” Now its director is running the SC ...
C&EN

These quantum switches need a materials makeover

Most of today's quantum computers rely on qubits with Josephson junctions that work for now but likely won't scale as needed ...

CES 2026: We tried an AI supercomputer that fit in our pocket. Meet Tiiny AI.

The pocket-sized AI computer, which Guinness World Records says is the smallest, debuted at CES. Soon, you'll be able to buy ...
EurekAlert!

New AI tool can take a cattle’s temperature with only a photo

The tool developed at the University of Arkansas’s AICV Lab uses thermal images and machine learning to calculate the ...
Wired

Sam Altman’s New Brain Venture, Merge Labs, Will Spin Out of a Nonprofit

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s new brain-computer interface startup, Merge Labs, is being spun out of the Los Angeles–based nonprofit Forest Neurotech, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ...
vg247

Battlefield Labs is coming back for a short session to test out next week's Battlefield 6 update, and you can expect more tests in the future, too

Battlefield Studios is seemingly trying something different with Battlefield 6’s next patch, which everyone assumed would be a standard, mid-season update not intended to change the game significantly ...
GameSpot

Battlefield 6 Testing Better Footstep Audio, Hit Registration In Short-Notice BF Labs Session

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Battlefield 6's testing program, Battlefield Labs, is back, this time for a short-notice test that will focus on improvements like better footstep ...
The Verge

Sam Altman’s next startup eyes using sound waves to read your brain

Altman taps a leading researcher for his brain-computer interface startup, suggesting a much less invasive approach than Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Altman taps a leading researcher for his brain-computer ...
The Courier-Journal

Short-sighted plans to close the USDA Beltsville Bee Lab carry immense stakes | Letter

As the former Kentucky State Apiarist and current president of the Kentucky Queen Bee Breeders Association, I am profoundly dismayed to learn of plans to shutter the USDA Beltsville Agricultural ...
University of California

Thrilling progress in brain-computer interfaces from UC labs

A man who hasn’t been able to move or speak for years imagines picking up a cup and filling it with water. In response to the man’s thoughts, a robotic arm mounted on his wheelchair glides forward, ...
Jazz

ELEW at the Joe Henderson Lab

The evening clicked into focus the instant ELEW (Eric Lewis) raised his hands above the keyboard and did nothing. Not a feint; a recalibration. The room quieted to his breathing, and when the first ...
Reuters

Meta's TBD Lab research unit has 'a few dozen' researchers and engineers, CFO says

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Meta's TBD Lab unit comprises "a few dozen" researchers and engineers developing its next-generation of foundation models, the company's finance chief Susan Li said on Tuesday. The ...