05 Jun 2026
Spelman College Appoints Dr. Ayanna Howard, Renowned Roboticist, Higher Education Leader, its 12th President
Nationally recognized AI pioneer, former NASA engineer selected to lead nation’s top-ranked HBCU into next chapter of excellence and impact Dr. Ayanna Howard
05 Jun 2026
Apple Silicon's on-device AI bet: same play, bigger range
Three days before WWDC opens in Cupertino, and at the end of a Computex week in which NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Intel all took turns on the Taipei stages arguing — in their own words — for hybrid AI between cloud and device, Apple's silicon team is making a quieter point: their bet on running it on the device hasn't really moved.
04 Jun 2026
NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Search 100 Million Stars for New Worlds
This infographic features artist’s concept views of our Milky Way galaxy: face-on at the left and edge-on at the right. It highlights different galactic environments that could influence the development of planets and potentially life. The center of the galaxy is rich in the elements that form planets (like silicon, oxygen, and magnesium), which are forged by multiple generations of stars and…
04 Jun 2026
Boston University Partners with National Science Foundation Institute to Advance Frontiers in Physics and AI
In a groundbreaking advancement at the intersection of artificial intelligence and fundamental physics, Boston University has become a pivotal member of the National Science Foundation (NSF)–sponsored Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI). This interdisciplinary consortium, funded by a substantial five-year federal grant, is leveraging the unprecedented…
04 Jun 2026
Fighting AI with AI: The time to act is now
The new AI-powered threat environment has already changed in ways that security teams cannot address by working harder or adding head count. According to the Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report 2026 , which draws on more than 750 major incidents, attackers can move from initial access to data exfiltration in as little as 72 minutes, four times as fast as in the prior year. What’s more,…
04 Jun 2026
Nvidia, Fei Fei Li back Generalist’s $400m round to scale AI robotics
From left: Pete Florence, Andy Zheng and Andrew Barry. Image: Generalist Generalist hopes to make ‘general intelligence’ robotics a reality. US AI robotics company Generalist has raised $400m at a reported $2bn valuation to accelerate its plans towards achieving “physical” artificial general intelligence (AGI).
04 Jun 2026
Humanoid robots won’t be the future: purpose-built robots will
Elon Musk said that humanoid robots will push Tesla’s market value to $25 trillion. He also believes that they will reshape labor. No longer will humans need to do dangerous, repetitive, or mundane things. It’s a compelling vision. Yet the reality is likely far more nuanced.
04 Jun 2026
Zapping Mosquitos With Lasers Is a Real Thing, Thanks to AI
As summer arrives, and mosquitoes celebrate another season of bloody conquest, you might be thinking, "Why do we even have all this AI tech if it can't do a single thing about these airborne pests?" There are plenty of reasons to complain about artificial intelligence, but its failure to fight mosquitoes is no longer one of them.
03 Jun 2026
SETI Institute Searches for Technological Signs in Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS
In a groundbreaking pursuit to unravel the mysteries of interstellar phenomena and the possibility of extraterrestrial technology, researchers at the SETI Institute have undertaken a comprehensive search for technosignatures on the interstellar visitor known as 3I/ATLAS. Detected in July 2025, 3I/ATLAS marks only the third confirmed object originating from beyond our Solar System, following the…
