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Microsoft (MSFT) opens its 2026 Quantum Pioneers Program. The company is putting real money behind measurement-based topological quantum computing.

Drugmakers are using AI to cut months out of clinical trials and regulatory filings, and it is happening fast, and without waiting for miracle drugs.

Scientists at the University of New South Wales made solar panels that work at night. They are developing thermoradiative diodes that generate clean electricity after sunset.

The internet has a difficult job. It has to move ridiculous amounts of data, cheaply, reliably, and with predictable delay. Today that job is mostly done by cables. But could we move the internet in space?

Sandisk stock jumped after the spinoff and strong profits. Better pricing helps now, but the memory AI boom may not last.

Google (GOOGL) just pulled the best out of Hume AI without buying the company. They hired Hume’s CEO Alan Cowen and about seven senior voice engineers to work on Gemini’s voice stack. 

World Liberty Financial just moved DeFi into space. The crypto firm tied to the Trump family has struck a strategic partnership with Spacecoin.

Ledger is lining up a US IPO and aiming north of a $4 billion valuation. The Paris-based hardware wallet maker is weighing a New York Stock Exchange debut in 2026, with a private round as a fallback.

Beijing apparently told Alibaba (BABA), Tencent, and ByteDance they can prepare orders for Nvidia’s H200 AI chips. This is not full approval yet.

If you have been loosely tracking “Bezos is building a Starlink rival” space news headlines, the first thing to know is that Blue Origin’s plan diverges from Starlink’s consumer model. 

Meta (META) just shipped its first internal AI models from a brand new lab. Meta CTO confirmed that Meta Superintelligence Labs has delivered its first major models after roughly six months of work

Last week, China’s tech giant Alibaba (BABA) upgraded its Qwen chatbot so users can complete real transactions inside the chat. 

Amazon (AMZN) launched an AI health assistant inside its One Medical app this week. It answers medical questions, reads your lab results and meds, books appointments, and manages prescriptions.

Space company Blue Origin just announced TeraWave, a 5,408-satellite internet network built for businesses, data centers, and governments. 

iPhone Fold could refresh Apple’s (AAPL) story by lifting prices and excitement, but only if software makes folding feel useful, not just new.