#Briefing

What biologists think of Dawkins’s big idea now. Plus. how the subject of a new film haunts science and a bacterium that makes its own MOFs.

Ultra-rich philanthropists are disrupting biomedical science. Plus, why physicists have kept an antimatter particle caged for months and whether it’s really possible to be swallowed by a whale and survive.

See what gave Denisovans their distinct look. Plus, a vaccine trial for Ebola could kick off this week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and what makes a great climate graphic.

Build a daily feed of open South African public sector tenders from National Treasury's eTenders OCDS data, filtered by province, category and keyword, with a Python example.

Researchers in New Orleans share lessons from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Plus, budding cryptographers are using AI to crack historical codes and an enzyme that keeps cognition sharp with age.

The drug improved the ability to focus — but only in women. Plus, US climate scientists are facing a deluge of public-records requests and why a sleep-disorder drug might be the next big blockbuster.

More land for conservation is positive, but doesn’t necessarily protect biodiversity, say researchers. Plus, say goodbye to the leap second and how the Inca empire lasted longer than we thought.

Stress stops the brain from making links between memories and fresh information. Plus, why governments should invest in early science education and an AI model that was deemed too dangerous to release to the public.…

A new AI tool has generated an atlas of more than one billion predicted protein structures. Plus, a biology lab run by ten robots and whether we can truly trust eyewitness accounts during criminal trials.…

OpenAI is combining teams working on ChatGPT, its Codex coding product and its API into one organization, pressing ahead on its more streamlined strategy despite the prolonged medical leave of top executive Fidji Simo.…

From Independent RSS Feed: Bulletin PM briefing: Trump on Starmer’s survival hopes and Streeting backs Burnham

Lawyers for Elon Musk, OpenAI and Microsoft delivered closing statements Thursday in their courtroom battle, setting the stage for jury deliberations next week.…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with CNBC that the U.S. and China will discuss “AI guardrails” during President Donald Trump’s state visit to China this week.…

Anthropic’s latest version of its Mythos AI showed “notable capability jumps” at finding and exploiting undiscovered software vulnerabilities compared to an earlier version of the model, researchers at the U.K.’s AI Security Institute said Wednesday.…

Alibaba Group CEO Eddie Wu said Wednesday that the company expects its annualized revenue from AI model and application services to surpass 10 billion yuan ($1.47 billion) in the current quarter through June, and top 30 billion yuan ($4.4 billion) by the…

Rent the Runway cofounder Jennifer Hyman will step down from the CEO role at the end of this week, the clothing rental company said Wednesday.…

Arbitrum Security Council member says blockchains run on social consensus, not just code ![crypto news cover](https://static.cryptobriefing.com/wp-cont...

From Independent RSS Feed: Bulletin PM briefing: Labour split as Starmer fights for his future and Iran’s nuclear threat

Google will start offering buy now, pay later services Affirm and Klarna for AI-powered shopping transactions in its Gemini app and its AI search mode, the rival fintechs announced on Tuesday.…

BuzzFeed is separating its film and TV production studio and its Tasty food video unit into a separate company, BuzzFeed Studios, and will look to attract new investors, the company said in a securities filing.…