This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 17)
Every week, we scour the web for the most important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/17/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-may-17/
Every week, we scour the web for the most important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/17/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-may-17/
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 17)
Every week, we scour the web for the most important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.
This Molecular ‘Hard Drive’ Stores Information in Plastic
Like DNA hard drives, the approach could lock the world's data down for the long haul—if researchers can make it practical.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/19/this-molecular-hard-drive-stores-information-in-plastic/
Like DNA hard drives, the approach could lock the world's data down for the long haul—if researchers can make it practical.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/19/this-molecular-hard-drive-stores-information-in-plastic/
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This Molecular ‘Hard Drive’ Stores Information in Plastic
Like DNA hard drives, the approach could lock the world's data down for the long haul—if researchers can make it practical.
Researchers Used a One-Atom Quantum Computer to Simulate Molecules Over Time
The team says their method is a million times more resource-efficient than standard quantum approaches.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/20/researchers-used-a-one-atom-quantum-computer-to-simulate-real-molecules-over-time/
The team says their method is a million times more resource-efficient than standard quantum approaches.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/20/researchers-used-a-one-atom-quantum-computer-to-simulate-real-molecules-over-time/
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Researchers Used a One-Atom Quantum Computer to Simulate Molecules Over Time
The team says their method is a million times more resource-efficient than standard quantum approaches.
These Contact Lenses Give People Superhuman Sight
Wearers see infrared light in multiple colors—even with their eyes closed.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/22/these-new-contact-lenses-give-people-superhuman-sight/
Wearers see infrared light in multiple colors—even with their eyes closed.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/22/these-new-contact-lenses-give-people-superhuman-sight/
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These Contact Lenses Give People Superhuman Sight
Wearers see infrared light in multiple colors—even with their eyes closed.
Teaching AI Like a Kindergartner Could Make It Smarter
Kids are expert learners. AI should take notes.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/23/teaching-ai-like-a-kindergartner-could-make-it-smarter/
Kids are expert learners. AI should take notes.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/23/teaching-ai-like-a-kindergartner-could-make-it-smarter/
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Teaching AI Like a Kindergartner Could Make It Smarter
Kids are expert learners. AI should take notes.
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 24)
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/24/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-may-24/
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/24/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-may-24/
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 24)
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.
Evidence Shows AI Systems Are Already Too Much Like Humans. Will That Be a Problem?
What happens when you can't tell the difference between a human and an AI chatbot? We're about to find out.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/26/evidence-shows-ai-systems-are-already-too-much-like-humans-will-that-be-a-problem/
What happens when you can't tell the difference between a human and an AI chatbot? We're about to find out.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/26/evidence-shows-ai-systems-are-already-too-much-like-humans-will-that-be-a-problem/
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Evidence Shows AI Systems Are Already Too Much Like Humans. Will That Be a Problem?
What happens when you can't tell the difference between a human and an AI chatbot? We're about to find out.
ChatGPT for Biology: A New AI Whips Up Designer Proteins With Only a Text Prompt
AI that translates English text into proteins is shaking up the field.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/27/chatgpt-for-biology-a-new-ai-whips-up-designer-proteins-with-only-a-prompt/
AI that translates English text into proteins is shaking up the field.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/27/chatgpt-for-biology-a-new-ai-whips-up-designer-proteins-with-only-a-prompt/
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ChatGPT for Biology: A New AI Whips Up Designer Proteins With Only a Text Prompt
AI that translates English text into proteins is shaking up the field.
New Gene Therapy Reverses Three Diseases With Shots to the Bloodstream
The treatments rescued damaged blood and immune cells in newborn mice with just one shot.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/30/new-gene-therapy-reverses-three-diseases-with-shots-to-the-bloodstream/
The treatments rescued damaged blood and immune cells in newborn mice with just one shot.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/30/new-gene-therapy-reverses-three-diseases-with-shots-to-the-bloodstream/
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New Gene Therapy Reverses Three Diseases With Shots to the Bloodstream
The treatments rescued damaged blood and immune cells in newborn mice with just one shot.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 31)
Future It’s Not Your Imagination: AI Is Speeding Up the Pace of ChangeJulie Bort | TechCrunch “Venture capitalist Mary Meeker just dropped a 340-page slideshow report—which used the word ‘unprecedented’...
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/31/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-may-31/
Future It’s Not Your Imagination: AI Is Speeding Up the Pace of ChangeJulie Bort | TechCrunch “Venture capitalist Mary Meeker just dropped a 340-page slideshow report—which used the word ‘unprecedented’...
https://singularityhub.com/2025/05/31/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-may-31/
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through May 31)
From how AI is accelerating the pace of change to an open-source humanoid robot, check out this week's awesome tech stories from around the web.
Neurosymbolic AI Could Be the Answer to Hallucination in Large Language Models
Adding a dash of good 'ol fashioned AI to today's algorithms might bring about AI's third wave.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/02/neurosymbolic-ai-is-the-answer-to-large-language-models-inability-to-stop-hallucinating/
Adding a dash of good 'ol fashioned AI to today's algorithms might bring about AI's third wave.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/02/neurosymbolic-ai-is-the-answer-to-large-language-models-inability-to-stop-hallucinating/
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Neurosymbolic AI Could Be the Answer to Hallucination in Large Language Models
Adding a dash of good 'ol fashioned AI to today's algorithms might bring about AI's third wave.
CAR T Therapy Wipes Out Deadly Metastasized Cancer in Mice
It’s the groundbreaking therapy’s latest foray into battling solid tumors.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/03/car-t-therapy-wipes-out-deadly-metastasized-cancer-in-mice/
It’s the groundbreaking therapy’s latest foray into battling solid tumors.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/03/car-t-therapy-wipes-out-deadly-metastasized-cancer-in-mice/
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CAR T Therapy Wipes Out Deadly Metastasized Cancer in Mice
It’s the groundbreaking therapy’s latest foray into battling solid tumors.
Sandia Fires Up a Brain-Like Supercomputer That Can Simulate 180 Million Neurons
Brain-inspired computers could boost AI efficiency—a tantalizing prospect as the industry's energy bills mount.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/05/sandia-fires-up-a-brain-like-supercomputer-that-can-simulate-180-million-neurons/
Brain-inspired computers could boost AI efficiency—a tantalizing prospect as the industry's energy bills mount.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/05/sandia-fires-up-a-brain-like-supercomputer-that-can-simulate-180-million-neurons/
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Sandia Fires Up a Brain-Like Supercomputer That Can Simulate 180 Million Neurons
Brain-inspired computers could boost AI efficiency—a tantalizing prospect as the industry's energy bills mount.
This Brain Discovery Could Unlock AI’s Ability to See the Future
The brain quickly adapts to change by predicting multiple futures, neuron by neuron. These finding could lead to AI that can do the same thing.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/06/this-brain-discovery-could-unlock-ais-ability-to-see-the-future/
The brain quickly adapts to change by predicting multiple futures, neuron by neuron. These finding could lead to AI that can do the same thing.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/06/this-brain-discovery-could-unlock-ais-ability-to-see-the-future/
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This Brain Discovery Could Unlock AI’s Ability to See the Future
The brain quickly adapts to change by predicting multiple futures, neuron by neuron. These finding could lead to AI that can do the same thing.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 7)
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/07/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-june-7/
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/07/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-june-7/
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 7)
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.
Handheld Device Creates Genetic Profiles From Airborne DNA With Astounding Speed
Such devices could monitor viruses or biodiversity, but the potential for misuse raises ethical questions.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/09/handheld-device-creates-genetic-profiles-from-airborne-dna-with-astounding-speed/
Such devices could monitor viruses or biodiversity, but the potential for misuse raises ethical questions.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/09/handheld-device-creates-genetic-profiles-from-airborne-dna-with-astounding-speed/
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Handheld Device Creates Genetic Profiles From Airborne DNA With Astounding Speed
Such devices could monitor viruses or biodiversity, but the potential for misuse raises ethical questions.
What If the Big Bang Wasn’t the Beginning? Research Suggests It May Have Taken Place Inside a Black Hole
Our universe may have been born in a gravitational crunch that formed a very massive black hole—followed by a bounce inside it.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/10/what-if-the-big-bang-wasnt-the-beginning-research-suggests-it-may-have-taken-place-inside-a-black-hole/
Our universe may have been born in a gravitational crunch that formed a very massive black hole—followed by a bounce inside it.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/10/what-if-the-big-bang-wasnt-the-beginning-research-suggests-it-may-have-taken-place-inside-a-black-hole/
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What If the Big Bang Wasn’t the Beginning? Research Suggests It May Have Taken Place Inside a Black Hole
Our universe may have been born in a gravitational crunch that formed a very massive black hole—followed by a bounce inside it.
Geothermal Unicorn Fervo Energy Is Building a Massive Next-Gen Plant in Utah
Fervo is using technology from the oil and gas industry to unlock vast stores of geothermal power under our feet.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/12/geothermal-unicorn-fervo-energy-is-building-a-massive-next-gen-plant-in-utah/
Fervo is using technology from the oil and gas industry to unlock vast stores of geothermal power under our feet.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/12/geothermal-unicorn-fervo-energy-is-building-a-massive-next-gen-plant-in-utah/
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Geothermal Unicorn Fervo Energy Is Building a Massive Next-Gen Plant in Utah
Fervo is using technology from the oil and gas industry to unlock vast stores of geothermal power under our feet.
A Man With ALS Can Speak and Sing Again Thanks to a Brain Implant and AI-Synthesized Voice
Using the new system, Casey Harrell can emphasize words and intonations in real time—and sing tunes.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/13/a-man-with-als-can-speak-and-sing-again-thanks-to-a-brain-implant-and-ai-synthesized-voice/
Using the new system, Casey Harrell can emphasize words and intonations in real time—and sing tunes.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/13/a-man-with-als-can-speak-and-sing-again-thanks-to-a-brain-implant-and-ai-synthesized-voice/
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A Man With ALS Can Speak and Sing Again Thanks to a Brain Implant and AI-Synthesized Voice
Using the new system, Casey Harrell can emphasize words and intonations in real time—and sing tunes.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 14)
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/14/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-june-14/
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/14/this-weeks-awesome-tech-stories-from-around-the-web-through-june-14/
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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 14)
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. Here are our latest picks.