Google's new Gemma 4 12B model is designed to run on any laptop with 16GB of RAM

Gemma 4 12B uses a new encoding scheme and token prediction to punch above its weight. [...]

SpaceX wins Texas county approval for Terafab reinvestment zone

A reinvestment zone is the unglamorous first step, the procedural gate that has to open before any of the larger numbers attached to a project can flow. On 3 June, the commissioners of Grimes County, [...]

A mile-long nuclear-powered ship for 80,000 people has been “about to break ground” for three decades

The renderings are gorgeous. A mile-long vessel, 800 feet wide, 30 decks high, gliding across the open ocean with parks, schools, a 15,000-seat sports stadium, and enough residential space for 50,000 [...]

UK forces Google to let publishers opt out of AI search results without losing their ranking

For months, publishers have faced a binary choice with Google: let AI Overviews summarise your content at the top of the search page, sending less traffic to your site, or disappear from Google entire [...]

AI Leaders Call for Rules on Synthetic DNA to Limit Bioweapons Risk

The heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and more signed an open letter raising concerns about the rising biosecurity risks posed by better AI models. [...]

While tech week talks AI, Scytale is talking about what’s actually killing deals

The conversation at this year’s NY Tech Week is about AI. The panels, the pitch decks, the happy hours: agents that code, agents that sell, infrastructure for the agents. Then a screen mounted to a [...]

AI chiefs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are urging Congress to require DNA screening to prevent bioweapons

An open letter signed by the heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Microsoft AI warns that advances in AI are eroding barriers to biological weapons development [...]

Trump admin tries again to revive dying coal industry

Money would keep coal plants open, build the first new plants in over a decade. [...]

I cracked open a '1,000W' portable charger after it failed me in minutes - the cause was clear (and gooey)

Meet the 'too good to be true' portable charger. Here's my general buying advice for these types of products. [...]