https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io Curated, verified articles from technology, science, and AI — automatically updated. tr Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:57:19 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/an-early-step-on-the-long-strange-road-to-photosynthesis An ancient lineage of cyanobacteria is helping biologists uncover an early evolutionary stage of the mind-boggling process that turns light into life.The postAn Early Step on the Long, Strange Road to Photosynthesisfirst appeared onQuanta Magazine Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:57:19 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/an-early-step-on-the-long-strange-road-to-photosynthesis https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/ama-im-eric-ries-the-lean-startup-author-of-new-bestseller-incorruptible Hey gang, you may remember me from such books as _The Lean Startup_ and _The Startup Way_.It's been fifteen years since I wrote The Lean Startup, and in that time I've seen some things. In both big companies and tiny startups, NGOs and governments, in almost every industry you can name.I've helped a lot of people create a lot of amazing companies, but I've also seen so many ways this can go wrong. There's a darkness in our industry that we often don't talk about.I kept watching good companies dr Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:47:52 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/ama-im-eric-ries-the-lean-startup-author-of-new-bestseller-incorruptible https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/valve-is-phasing-out-physical-steam-gift-cards-due-to-scammers After over a decade, Steam will no longer sell physical gift cards in stores. In a support page spotted earlier by Windows Central, Valve says it will no longer restock its gift cards once they run out, citing scammers who "continue to have an impact on Steam customers and other unsuspecting individuals." In its post, […] Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:10:38 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/valve-is-phasing-out-physical-steam-gift-cards-due-to-scammers https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/five-questions-for-the-duo-behind-the-pelley-minutes Websites are so back! Today's website worth visiting is The Pelley Minutes, a clever project that puts the career of longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley into perspective. The show may only be 60 minutes long, but Pelley racked up nearly 37,000 minutes in his 37-year long career, reporting on almost everything humanity has put […] Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:06:17 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/five-questions-for-the-duo-behind-the-pelley-minutes https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/the-social-reckoning-trailer-gives-us-our-first-look-at-jeremy-strong-as-zuck Over 15 years after David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's The Social Network premiered in theaters, Sony has released the first trailer for The Social Reckoning ahead of its theatrical release on October 9th. The follow-up takes place 17 years after the events portrayed in the original film and follows a young Facebook engineer who enlists […] Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:02:44 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/the-social-reckoning-trailer-gives-us-our-first-look-at-jeremy-strong-as-zuck https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/im-relieved-siri-ai-isnt-trying-to-be-a-health-coach This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. This week's issue is a special early edition tied to The Verge's WWDC coverage. You can expect our next issue at its usual time next […] Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/im-relieved-siri-ai-isnt-trying-to-be-a-health-coach https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/racist-comments-targeting-politicians-tripled-since-meta-relaxed-its-rules Violent threats against lawmakers have also surged on Facebook. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:31:37 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/racist-comments-targeting-politicians-tripled-since-meta-relaxed-its-rules https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/gm-energy-introduces-v2g-support-and-new-energy-storage-battery-chemistry There are more than a quarter of a million V2G-capable GM EVs on the roads already. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:13:33 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/gm-energy-introduces-v2g-support-and-new-energy-storage-battery-chemistry https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/the-three-sets-of-earbuds-i-reach-for I have been an audio reviewer for 20 years. My time as a freelance headphones panelist at Wirecutter, and the multitude of reviews I’ve written for sites like Reviewed, Digital Trends, IGN, and now The Verge, have given me the chance to listen to hundreds of earbuds. Some were truly excellent, and some were pretty […] Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/the-three-sets-of-earbuds-i-reach-for https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/mits-new-spacecraft-engine-could-send-tiny-satellites-to-mars MIT researchers have shown that one fuel can power both chemical and electric spacecraft thrusters, potentially transforming what small satellites can do. The approach combines quick bursts of speed with highly efficient long-range propulsion in a single compact system. A NASA-supported CubeSat mission will soon test the technology in orbit. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:24:15 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/mits-new-spacecraft-engine-could-send-tiny-satellites-to-mars https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/byd-to-install-thousands-of-5-minute-ev-chargers-across-europe Chinese EV colossus BYD has announced plans to speed up its conquest of the European auto market with the rollout of superfast Flash Chargers across the continent. BYD has already installed the first new chargers in Germany and the UK, and plans to roll out 3,000 across Europe by the end of next year. At […] Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:04:32 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/byd-to-install-thousands-of-5-minute-ev-chargers-across-europe https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/xbox-exploring-radically-different-console-business-models The RAMageddon crisis has got Microsoft rethinking its Xbox console hardware business. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox strategy chief Matthew Ball have both revealed this week that Microsoft is reevaluating plans for its next-generation Project Helix console and exploring "radically different" console business models in the meantime. "We are working very hard to rethink […] Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:04:22 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/xbox-exploring-radically-different-console-business-models https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/a-classic-brain-test-exposed-ais-biggest-weakness Researchers gave top AI models a classic attention test used in psychology and found a major flaw. While the models could correctly name colors in short lists, their performance deteriorated sharply as the task became longer and more complex. Some leading systems fell from over 90% accuracy to nearly complete failure. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:52:17 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/a-classic-brain-test-exposed-ais-biggest-weakness https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/scientists-mapped-every-neural-connection-in-a-fruit-fly-and-found-a-surprise A groundbreaking new connectome maps every neural connection in an adult fruit fly’s central nervous system, creating an unprecedented view of how the brain and body work together. The findings suggest that complex behaviors emerge from distributed local circuits rather than a single central controller, offering new clues about intelligence, movement, and brain function. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:10:54 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/scientists-mapped-every-neural-connection-in-a-fruit-fly-and-found-a-surprise https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/microsoft-is-disabling-office-2019-for-mac-next-month Microsoft's Office 2019 apps for Mac will stop working next month, because the company isn't renewing a certificate that validates Office licenses. Owners of Office 2019 for Mac are being warned they'll have to purchase Office 2024 or a Microsoft 365 subscription if they want to continue editing documents. Microsoft previously promised that "all your […] Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:14:35 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/microsoft-is-disabling-office-2019-for-mac-next-month https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/waymo-built-a-virtual-driver-to-study-how-humans-react-to-surprises-on-the-road Waymo has a lot of experience building virtual systems to help its autonomous vehicles better understand the real world. It built realistic 3D worlds to better anticipate natural disasters and unpredictable edge cases. It created a virtual representation of a hyperattentive driver to test against its own autonomous vehicles in a series of simulated scenarios […] Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/waymo-built-a-virtual-driver-to-study-how-humans-react-to-surprises-on-the-road https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/whatsapp-ordered-to-host-rival-ai-assistants-for-free Meta has been ordered by the European Commission to restore free WhatsApp access for chatbots made by rival AI providers while the regulator finishes its antitrust investigation. The rare interim measure announced on Tuesday was deemed necessary "to prevent serious and irreparable damage to competition" in the general-purpose AI assistant market. This is only the […] Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:40:56 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/whatsapp-ordered-to-host-rival-ai-assistants-for-free https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/aws-bedrock-to-require-sharing-data-with-anthropic-for-mythos-and-future-models > For Fable 5, Mythos 5, and future models on Bedrock with similar or higher capability levels, Anthropic will require 30-day retention for all traffic on Mythos-class models. Retaining data for a limited period allows Anthropic to detect patterns of misuse that are not visible from a single exchange. Once you opt into data retention, your data will leave AWS’s data and security boundary.From the announcement here: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/anthropic-claude-fable-5-on-aws-mythos-class-cap Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:21:38 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/aws-bedrock-to-require-sharing-data-with-anthropic-for-mythos-and-future-models https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/popular-joint-supplement-glucosamine-linked-to-faster-alzheimers-progression A major study suggests glucosamine, a popular supplement for joint pain, could be linked to faster progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers found a 25% higher likelihood of developing dementia among glucosamine users and uncovered biological clues that may explain why. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:17:56 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/popular-joint-supplement-glucosamine-linked-to-faster-alzheimers-progression https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/starlink-charges-10-monthly-hardware-fee-in-move-away-from-one-time-purchases Starlink, SpaceX's top moneymaker, also raised service prices by $5 to $10. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:05:39 +0000 https://brainfeed.57-129-131-197.sslip.io/article/starlink-charges-10-monthly-hardware-fee-in-move-away-from-one-time-purchases