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In brief Robinhood launched the public mainnet of Robinhood Chain, an “AI-native” Ethereum layer-2 network. The chain further bridges the…

More than 13 billion doses of mRNA vaccines have been administered globally since the rollout in the United States of…

This post originally appeared in The Nuance, the Reporters Committee’s newsletter on legal and policy issues at the forefront of…

In brief Meituan officially unveiled LongCat-2.0 on June 30, revealing it as the model behind “Owl Alpha.” The anonymous Model…

from the phew dept While we’ve been discussing a bunch of other Supreme Court end-of-term decisions this week, we should…

Almost all American students (84 percent) use AI at least “a few times a year,” while two-thirds use it monthly,…

In brief The UN’s Independent International Scientific Panel on AI released its first preliminary report Wednesday, drawing on 40 experts.…

from the every-victory-pyrrhic dept Plenty of people are going to disagree with this headline. But why should I bother defending…

It’s been nearly a year since President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). While the legislation…

São Paulo, July 1, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes an unprecedented June 30 court decision that sentenced a former…

A review of The Promise of America: Reflections on Our Enduring Ideals by various authors; 208 pages; Simon & Schuster…

In brief CRCL shares fell 18% on Tuesday amid news of a major stablecoin launch coming later this year. Analysts…