The European Commission must deliver its first mandatory review of the Digital Markets Act by May 3, weighing calls to expand the law into AI and cloud services while fending off Trump administration tariff threats over $7 billion in cumulative tech fines.
An autonomous AI platform developed at Cornell University analyzes electron microscopy images in two to five minutes, performing crystal structure identification, property prediction, and literature cross-referencing in a single workflow.
University of Illinois researchers publish Connectome-seq in Nature Methods, using RNA barcodes to map over 1,000 neurons at single-synapse resolution and uncover previously unknown connectivity patterns in the mouse brain.
British and Norwegian forces tracked an Akula-class attack submarine and two GUGI deep-sea research vessels operating near critical undersea cable infrastructure north of the UK for over a month before the Russian fleet withdrew.
Two companion Nature Biotechnology papers map over 30,000 CRISPR edits across sorghum's regulatory DNA, achieving unprecedented control over photosynthesis genes with implications for crop yields and carbon capture.
A Harvard RCT found AI tutors doubled learning gains over active instruction, but a Wharton-led trial showed unguarded access cut exam scores by 17 percent, exposing the stakes as Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic race to put AI in every classroom.
Great British Energy-Nuclear and Rolls-Royce SMR signed a contract on April 13 to begin design and delivery of three 470 MW pressurised water reactors at Wylfa in North Wales, targeting grid connection by the mid-2030s.
Climate models increasingly project a super El Nino emerging by late summer 2026, with roughly half of ECMWF ensemble members forecasting sea surface temperature anomalies exceeding 2.5 degrees Celsius, which could make it the strongest event in recorded history.
The tech industry shed roughly 80,000 jobs in the first quarter of 2026, with companies attributing nearly half to AI automation, but a CFO survey and industry experts suggest the narrative obscures deeper structural forces.
TSMC's Q1 2026 revenue surged 35% year-over-year to NT$1.13 trillion, powered by AI accelerator demand and 2nm ramp, as the company prepares a record $52-56 billion capex plan.
The HKMA selected HSBC and Anchorpoint Financial from 36 applicants to issue Hong Kong dollar-pegged stablecoins under the city's new Stablecoins Ordinance, with launches expected by late 2026.
A 170,000-year visitor from the Oort Cloud has brightened faster than expected, reaching magnitude 4.7 and growing a 10-degree ion tail as it heads for its closest solar approach on April 19.