How AI is helping solve the labor issue in treating rare diseases Modern biotech has the tools to edit genes and design drugs, yet thousands of rare diseases remain untreated. According to executives from Insilico Medicine and GenEditBio, the missing ingredient for years has been finding enough smart people to continue the work. AI, they say, is becoming the force multiplier that lets...

Apple’s foldable iPhone could be just around the corner In Brief Posted: 9:22 AM PDT · June 9, 2026 Image Credits:Brian Heater Apple’s long-awaited foldable iPhone may be on track for a fall release, according to hidden files that researcher @M1Astra found in the iOS 27 developer beta. This could mean that when Apple unveils its newest...

Paramount Plus and HBO Max Will Merge Into One Streaming ServiceFollowing last week's Netflix dropout twist that left Paramount Skydance poised to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, we now know more about what the future holds for streaming services Paramount Plus and HBO Max. The plan is for the streamers to merge into one, Paramount CEO David Ellison said on Monday during a call with...

Microsoft’s AI chief says superintelligence is near, but won’t take your jobToday I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. And I’m actually going to keep today’s intro short — I’m working from my wife’s family farm this week, as you’ll see in the video, but also this is a real burner of an episode.We covered everything from Mustafa’s approach to training new models to his...

Indian journalist Tarun Tejpal convicted in rape caseAn Indian court has found former Tehelka magazine editor Tarun Tejpal guilty of raping a former colleague, overturning his 2021 acquittal in a decade-old sexual assault case.The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court said it was convicting Tejpal under sections of Indian law pertaining to rape and sexual harassment, legal website LiveLaw...