In a groundbreaking philanthropic move, Bill Gates announced that the Gates Foundation will spend its entire $200 billion endowment by 2045 on global initiatives like health, education, and development, marking one of the largest charitable donations in U.S. history.
A startling 1 in 5 adults are battling serious loneliness, with the 30-44 age group being the hardest hit, driven by technology, overwork, mental health struggles, and an increasingly individualistic society, prompting calls for self-love, community engagement, and accessible public spaces as potential remedies.
Alibaba's groundbreaking 'ZeroSearch' technique slashes AI training costs by a staggering 88% by simulating search results with language models, eliminating expensive API calls and reducing reliance on big tech platforms, potentially reshaping the economics of AI development.
Google unveils Gemini 2.0 Flash Preview, a powerful image generation tool with higher rate limits, improved visual quality, and advanced capabilities like recontextualizing products, collaborative editing, and dynamic SKU creation, enabling developers to integrate conversational image generation and editing.
Rockstar Games unveils a gripping 3-minute trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6, offering glimpses into the lives of protagonists Jason and Lucia, introducing new characters, and teasing a Florida-inspired setting in the fictional Leonida state.
Windsurf unveiled powerful collaboration tools, including a GitHub app for code reviews, Google Docs integration for knowledge sharing, conversation sharing for better adoption, secure app deployment to Netlify, updated analytics for tracking usage and ROI, and self-serve options for access controls and tier upgrades.
ŌURA unveils groundbreaking AI-powered Meals and Glucose features, revolutionizing metabolic health tracking with AI-driven food recognition, nutrition analysis, personalized meal guidance, and seamless integration with Dexcom's Stelo for 24/7 glucose monitoring insights.
The US economy contracted in Q1 due to surging imports, but robust consumer spending and business investment offset the decline, while the Fed held interest rates steady amid elevated inflation and tariff uncertainties, signaling a cautious approach as it assesses the trade war's impact.
The Trump administration's deep cuts to science funding, including capping medical research grants and restricting diversity initiatives, threaten U.S. leadership in scientific research, potentially leading to layoffs and missed discoveries at agencies like the National Science Foundation.
OpenAI is in discussions with the FDA to explore leveraging AI, potentially through a project called cderGPT, to accelerate the drug approval process, with the FDA commissioner confirming the agency's first AI-assisted scientific review of a product.