Hitting a master switch in pancreatic cancer
A drug tested in pancreatic tumours appears to hit a shared growth-control circuit, hinting at a master switch and a new class of cancer treatments.
2026-06-13
Top News
A party photo that predicted a marriage
A woman posts an old Boston party photo showing her then-boyfriend and, unnoticed at the time, the man who would later become her husband.
2026-06-13
Notion’s Bold Shift to SwiftUI
Notion is moving its Apple interface from a web-based stack to SwiftUI, trading cross-platform convenience for performance, consistency, and deeper native integration.
2026-06-13
Health
First West Nile-Positive Mosquitoes Found
Chicago has detected this season’s first mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus, with no human infections reported. Officials urge residents to prevent mosquito bites as the primary defense.
2026-06-13
Californian Dies After Breeding Wild Rats
A Californian died and another person fell ill after prolonged trapping, feeding and breeding of wild rats in an RV, in what officials call an extreme and preventable exposure scenario.
2026-06-13
New blood test allows screening for thousands of genetic disorders
Researchers report a non‑invasive blood test that scans fragments of foetal DNA in maternal blood to flag thousands of genetic conditions and could sharply cut invasive prenatal procedures.
2026-06-13
Technology
I Held The Trump Phone
A first‑hand brush with the so‑called Trump phone shows how a single device has become a portable rally sign, a data funnel, and a merchandising engine all at once.
2026-06-13
HarmonyOS target: 64KB RAM and a year on one cell
HarmonyOS executives claim the platform can be tuned to run with 64KB RAM and draw so little power that a single dry cell could sustain it for a year, signaling an aggressive push into ultra‑low‑power embedded uses.
2026-06-13
Apple Lines Up 15 Devices For Siri’s Big Test
Apple is preparing at least 15 products, from iPhone to Mac and Home hardware, timed to the beta debut of its rebuilt Siri, signaling a shift toward voice‑centric, on‑device intelligence.
2026-06-13
Games
Ex-Bungie Manager: Marathon Must Survive
A former Destiny community manager urges fans to stop fixating on player counts and argues Bungie’s survival now depends on supporting extraction shooter Marathon.
2026-06-13
Xbox Floats In‑Game Ads To Hold Down Prices
Xbox strategy chief Matthew Ball is exploring in‑game ads, arguing they could subsidize development costs and keep hardware and subscriptions affordable while trying not to overload players.
2026-06-12
Destiny 2 Surges Past Marathon on Steam
Destiny 2’s final update has driven its highest player count in years on Steam, surpassing Bungie’s new title Marathon and reshaping the studio’s internal pecking order.
2026-06-10
Information
Feds charge foreign scientists at NIH
Federal prosecutors charge foreign nationals working within National Institutes of Health programs over alleged grant fraud, undisclosed foreign ties, and data transfer risks tied to biomedical research.
2026-06-03
A sidewalk attack and a family’s defiance
A recorded assault in East Harlem, where a teen girl was kicked and stomped after refusing advances, now collides with a boy’s mother who labels her the bully.
2026-05-17
VC rage bait lights up Andreessen
General Catalyst’s X post baited the VC crowd, drawing repeated public replies from Marc Andreessen and amplifying a meta‑debate about status, engagement, and power in venture capital.
2026-05-16