Tech Story Corner

Your daily dose of AI, startups, funding, product launches, and tech trends shaping what’s next.

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An "age-reversal" gene therapy has its first human data. 👁️ @lifebiosciences says ER-100 was well tolerated in 3 glaucoma patients, and 2 showed visual field gains. But it's 3 people with no control group. Hope or too soon? 👇 [link] #Glaucoma #Biotech
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A factory that builds tiny machines straight from code?

⚙️ Atomic Machines just came out of stealth with $250M. Its first product is a switch for AI data centres that it says opens in 50 microseconds. Revolution or hype? ️
https://t.co/4r3FcJM5jS

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We picture Neanderthals with stone tools. But a Spanish rock shelter shows a home full of wood: spears, trays, digging sticks and a mysterious club. 🪵 Most of it survives only as casts. Were they more like us than we thought? 👇 #Neanderthals #Archaeology
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India's AI rules are coming. 🇮🇳 IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says a consultation paper on AI regulation will be out within a month, focused on safety and deepfakes. Industry gets "primary responsibility." What should it include?
https://t.co/89btTL5a1k
#AI #India

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Only 6% of US students take computer science, even though ~60% of high schools offer it. 🤯

@MIT just launched "MIT for America" to fix STEM gaps from kindergarten to community college.
Would a model like this work in India? 👇
#STEM #EdTech

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@SpaceX is buying 800 MHz spectrum so Starlink can become a major US mobile carrier. 📡 The plan combines satellites with signals that reach indoors. T-Mobile shares fell 11% on the news. FCC approval is next.

https://t.co/gcArividIs

#SpaceX #Starlink

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"If we don't build gas stations on Mars, it will be very difficult to get humans back to Earth." MIT PhD candidate Lanie McKinney is using cold plasma to turn the Martian atmosphere into oxygen + propellant. Meet the researcher behind the return trip.

#Mars

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Cambridge researchers: reading for pleasure is linked to better mental health, more empathy, and up to 33% lower Alzheimer's risk. 5 mins of fiction cuts stress by 20%. It doesn't matter what you read — just that you enjoy it.

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MIT built an AI method that only enforces safety rules on the FINAL output, not every step in between. Result: fewer collisions, better paths, no retraining needed.

#ai #finaloutput

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Obesity treatment could unlock $2.76T in GDP by 2050. Fixing metabolic health broadly could unlock $5.65T — more than double. New analysis breaks down why treating the disease isn't the same as fixing the system. 🧵

https://t.co/2QmesHrnE9

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@McKinsey ranked 18 growth arenas by value at stake for insurers.

AI software: $210B
Electric vehicles: $200B
Cybersecurity: $60B
E-commerce: $1,160B

The biggest one by 5x gets a single example in the whole report.

#ElectricVehicles

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One in four mammograms shows calcium in the breast arteries - a marker linked to ~58% higher cardiovascular risk.

Radiologists report it on under 5% of scans.

https://t.co/Wr2hdB3oG5

#mammograms #radiologists

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80% of LNG buyers expect the Strait of Hormuz disruption to permanently change their procurement strategy. 93% are prioritizing supplier diversification. Only 28% say their trading capabilities are ready. Here's the full picture

https://t.co/G2eZTFOoqm

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LNG buyers just ranked their #1 contract priority for 2025: not price, not sustainability - flexibility. A survey of 41 buyers across 17 countries shows exactly what's changed:

https://t.co/EHta3POJoB

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74% of manufacturers say they have a "global production system." Only 29% say it's fully used everywhere. The gap between those two numbers is costing companies real money -here's what closes it:
https://t.co/0cClTC2NuQ

#GlobalNews

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93% of manufacturing COOs plan to spend more on AI. But they're ranking workforce training, IT infrastructure, and cybersecurity dead last in priority. That gap is where AI investments go to stall at "pilot" forever.

https://t.co/GgwFdtZMGj

#AIFuture2050

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Mining loses up to 70% of downtime to maintenance turnarounds. One refinery just extended its turnaround interval by 30% using AI-driven risk-based inspection. Here's how digital tools are fixing one of industry's costliest problems:

https://t.co/WmohAg8brb

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Agentic AI just helped an aircraft OEM cut inventory 30% and boost EBIT by ~$700M. Here's how AI agents are turning procurement from cost center to growth engine:

https://t.co/oYoKmfUQmJ