Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/opening-up-zero-knowledge-proof-technology-to-promote-privacy-in-age-assurance/
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/opening-up-zero-knowledge-proof-technology-to-promote-privacy-in-age-assurance/
Google
Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology to promote privacy in age assurance
Today, we open sourced our Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) libraries, fulfilling a promise and building on our partnership with Sparkasse to support EU age assurance.
Healthy but Sedentary People Show Early Decline in Cellular Energy Production
https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/healthy-but-sedentary-individuals-show-early-decline-in-cellular-energy-production
https://news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/healthy-but-sedentary-individuals-show-early-decline-in-cellular-energy-production
CU Anschutz Medical Campus
Healthy but Sedentary Individuals Show Early Decline in Cellular Energy Production
Study finds that healthy but sedentary individuals show early decline in cellular energy production.
Billions of doses later: Global review confirms mRNA vaccines safe and effective
https://news.ubc.ca/2026/06/mrna-vaccines-are-safe-effective-and-full-of-promise/
https://news.ubc.ca/2026/06/mrna-vaccines-are-safe-effective-and-full-of-promise/
UBC News
Billions of doses later: Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise - UBC News
Comprehensive review brings together global evidence to strengthen public trust and counter misinformation as mRNA vaccines expand to prevent and treat more diseases.
Building an Open-Source Robot Vacuum – Meet Oomwoo
https://makerspet.com/blog/building-an-open-source-robot-vacuum-meet-oomwoo/
https://makerspet.com/blog/building-an-open-source-robot-vacuum-meet-oomwoo/
Maker's Pet
Building an Open-Source Robot Vacuum — Meet OOMWOO - Makers Pet
I’m starting a new build-in-public project: oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself. Raspberry Pi, ROS 2, 2D LiDAR, Home Assistant, 3D printed, local-first — and open from the first commit.
Senior SWE-Bench: open-source benchmark that assesses agents as senior engineers
https://senior-swe-bench.snorkel.ai/
https://senior-swe-bench.snorkel.ai/
Senior SWE-Bench
Evaluating agents as senior engineers on the work we actually give them
The gauge broke: devs felt 20% faster with AI, measured 19% slower
https://intrepidkarthi.com/writing/the-gauge-broke/
https://intrepidkarthi.com/writing/the-gauge-broke/
intrepidkarthi
The gauge broke · intrepidkarthi
For two years I argued the feeling of AI speed had come apart from the fact of it, from watching my own teams. This summer it stopped being an anecdote. A controlled trial measured experienced developers feeling about 20% faster while running about 19% slower.…
MarketFish – Simulate a market with 128 AI consumers before you launch
https://github.com/Key-wxh/market-fish
https://github.com/Key-wxh/market-fish
GitHub
GitHub - Key-wxh/market-fish: Dont guess. Simulate. Multi-agent market prediction engine.
Dont guess. Simulate. Multi-agent market prediction engine. - Key-wxh/market-fish
Google loses fight over record $4.7B EU antitrust fine
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/alphabet-google-android-eu-antitrust-fine-4-1-billion-euro-appeal.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/alphabet-google-android-eu-antitrust-fine-4-1-billion-euro-appeal.html
CNBC
Google loses fight over record $4.7 billion EU antitrust fine
In 2018, the European Commission slapped Google with the record-breaking penalty on the grounds that it abused Android's mobile dominance.
Nvidia offers startup customers chance to swap compute power for revenue share
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/nvidia-plans-to-offer-start-up-customers-access-to-revenue-sharing-deals.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/nvidia-plans-to-offer-start-up-customers-access-to-revenue-sharing-deals.html
CNBC
Nvidia taps AI cloud providers to expand compute access for startups
Chipmaker Nvidia is expanding its support for fast-growing AI startups by introducing a partnership program that leverages its network of AI cloud service providers to offer these firms access to critical computing infrastructure, the company said Thursday.
Meta building cloud business to sell excess AI capacity
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-sell-excess-ai-computing-capacity-via-cloud-business-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-07-01/
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-sell-excess-ai-computing-capacity-via-cloud-business-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-07-01/
OpenAI: In early talks to give 5% stake to US Government
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/02/openai-stake-us-government-ai-sam-altman
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/02/openai-stake-us-government-ai-sam-altman
the Guardian
OpenAI ‘in early talks to give 5% stake to US government’
CEO Sam Altman argued move would share benefits of AI and it would involve other firms doing similar, report says
Is One Layer Enough? A Single Transformer Layer Matches Full-Parameter RL Train
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01232
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01232
arXiv.org
Is One Layer Enough? Training A Single Transformer Layer Can Match...
Reinforcement learning (RL) has become a central component of post-training large language models (LLMs), yet little is understood about how RL adaptation is distributed across transformer layers....