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A new federal push to speed access to psychedelic treatments and revisit their status as controlled substances signals a significant policy shift in how Washington approaches mental health therapies.

At a House hearing, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the FDA and Commissioner Marty Makary, framing Makary as an official under heavy pressure from the pharmaceutical industry even as Republicans raised their

Apple TV+ is moving ahead with The Savant months after shelving the Jessica Chastain thriller at the last minute ahead of its planned September debut.

Reuters-sourced reporting says Meta is preparing major job cuts as spending on AI infrastructure accelerates, underscoring how compute is reshaping corporate priorities.

A new report says ClickFix malware authors are already evading Apple’s Terminal paste warning, underscoring how quickly attackers adapt to visible security prompts.

A reported April sellout for Apple’s lower-priced MacBook Neo suggests the company may have found stronger-than-expected demand at the entry end of the laptop market.

A ZDNET retest says Apple’s AirTags remain the most reliable and precise tracking option five years after launch, while third-party alternatives continue to serve both iPhone and Android users

A practical ZDNET guide points to a broader shift in the connected home: aging tablets are being repurposed into always-available smart home dashboards that centralize control and extend the life of idle hardware.

A brief Electrek report about a Tesla owner using emergency solar after running out of charge underscores how distributed energy tools are starting to intersect with real-world EV recovery.

A reported shift in UK car pricing suggests some electric vehicles are now cheaper to buy than petrol models upfront, not just cheaper to run.

Extracted candidate text indicates Tesla has launched a Robotaxi service in Houston and Dallas using very small geofenced operating areas, pointing to a tightly controlled deployment strategy.

A heavily stripped Tesla Model 3 reportedly bought for $2,000 still showed 212 miles of range, turning an internet stunt into a reminder of how resilient modern EV platforms can be.

A newly published Science paper points to an opposing molecular gradient axis in primate cortical organization, highlighting a fresh framework for studying how the brain is structured.

New research highlighted by Phys.org examines how poison frogs developed a potent chemical defense system over time, offering a closer look at the evolutionary path behind one of nature’s most famous warning signals.

A Tohoku University-led team says its physics-based AI screened more than 8,000 oxide materials and pinpointed 31 previously unknown high-dielectric candidates.

A new study reports that, in the asymptotic limit, it is possible to extract the maximum possible work from many copies of a quantum system without knowing the system’s state in advance.

The U.S. Army is ramping procurement of XM1225 APEX rounds for AH-64 Apaches, expanding the helicopter’s role as a cheaper and more flexible counter-drone platform.

The U.S. Army says drones launched from future ME-11B HADES aircraft could let the service sense deep into hostile territory while keeping the jets farther from enemy defenses.

The U.S. Army is exploring whether drone tankers modeled on systems like the MQ-25 Stingray could refuel its new MV-75A Cheyenne II tiltrotors in flight, expanding range and flexibility.

The U.S. Air Force has completed a contested-operations exercise with Anduril’s YFQ-44 Fury prototype, using the event to refine how collaborative combat aircraft could be deployed and sustained sooner.

A new Breakthrough Prize for the team behind the first gene therapy approved in the United States highlights how a once-experimental field became a clinical reality.

Penn State-led researchers report soft, stretchable brain bioelectrodes that can be shaped to individual cortical geometry, potentially improving neural monitoring and future treatment tools.

A Nature study from Washington University in St. Louis found that mRNA cancer vaccines can still trigger strong anti-tumor responses in mice even when a dendritic cell subtype long thought essential is missing.

Researchers have published the first international consensus on how robotic systems for stroke thrombectomy should be designed, tested and evaluated.

Spark plug testers remain a narrow but useful diagnostic tool, especially when drivers want to isolate ignition problems without replacing expensive parts unnecessarily.

Tesla has begun rolling out its supervised driving system in Europe, starting in the Netherlands, but only after drivers complete an on-screen tutorial and pass a short competency test.

A Starlink mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base is set to test another marker in SpaceX reusability: the company’s 600th Falcon booster landing attempt, using booster B1097 on its seventh flight.

Blue Origin has completed a static fire of the first previously flown New Glenn booster, a step that could clear the way for a launch of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird-7 satellite as soon as Sunday, April

NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program has approved Satellogic NewSat data for scientific use after a quality review, while also highlighting meaningful differences between sensor generations.

NASA has launched a $25,000 challenge inviting researchers to develop methods for analyzing Artemis II human research data, using a uniquely small but historically important deep-space dataset from the mission’s four-ast

A new technical white paper highlights design methods for LPDA-fed reflector antennas, arguing that improved electromagnetic simulation can handle larger and more realistic systems.

MIT Technology Review’s daily newsletter highlighted an argument that “humans in the loop” can become a comforting fiction in AI warfare, alongside reports that the White House wants access to Anthropic’s restricted Myth

A new robotics boom is being driven by a change in how machines learn, with investors pouring $6.1 billion into humanoid robots in 2025 as the field moves beyond hand-coded behavior

A Nature study in mice suggests low-protein diets can trigger gut microbe-driven signals that turn white fat toward a calorie-burning beige state, revealing a complex microbiome link in metabolism.

A sponsored post promoting a low-cost Microsoft Office and Windows bundle highlights a durable reality in consumer tech: many users still want to extend the life of aging PCs rather than replace them.

Meta is preparing a major redesign for Threads on the web, adding direct messages and new feed-switching tools after nearly a year of feature lag behind the mobile app.

Sceye says its high-altitude platform system has completed endurance testing, a notable step for the long-running effort to deliver connectivity from the stratosphere.

A sponsored Mashable post promotes a discounted lifetime subscription to Pok Pok, a Montessori-inspired learning app that positions itself around ad-free, low-stimulation play for children

Two replication efforts suggest smaller and partially open models can reproduce much of the vulnerability analysis Anthropic used to showcase Claude Mythos.

Recursive Superintelligence, founded just four months ago, has reportedly raised at least $500 million to pursue self-improving AI systems.

Salesforce says its new Headless 360 approach will expose its platform through APIs, MCP, and a CLI, reflecting a broader shift toward AI agents interacting directly with enterprise systems.

Google says its new AI for the Economy Forum will pair research funding with worker training efforts as policymakers and economists debate how AI will reshape jobs and growth.