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EPFL engineers repurpose a 19th-century acoustic effect to create sound-powered micro-bots, opening new paths for wireless drug delivery and micro-manipulation.

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EPFL engineers repurpose a 19th-century acoustic effect to create sound-powered micro-bots, opening new paths for wireless drug delivery and micro-manipulation.
Meta's Pocket lets anyone build games from prompts, but the output is locked inside its walled garden, a trade-off for creators and competitors.
The Justice Department liquidated Caroline Ellison and Nishad Singh's forfeited Anthropic stakes, with proceeds potentially exceeding $5 billion - and FTX victims still waiting.
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The strait of Hormuz is back at the center of a live conflict, with tanker fires and reprisal attacks threatening the world's key oil chokepoint.
George Arison is pushing AI, healthcare, and long-distance matchmaking to turn Grindr into a super app - but investors are still skeptical.
The fast-fashion giant's Hong Kong debut at a fraction of its 2022 peak cuts founder Sky Xu's net worth to $8B, signaling a shift in investor appetite from e-commerce to AI.
The shelved Looney Tunes film earned a franchise-best opening for indie distributor Ketchup, proving studio write-offs can leave money on the table.
A massive dump of Steam2 server data exposes cut Portal 2 content, prototypes, and decade-old secrets from 2003-2013.
President Trump doubled down on tariffs, telling U.S. businesses to stop importing Canadian goods and crediting his trade policy for reviving Ford and GM.
Caterpillar's stock is no longer just a cyclical bet - it's riding the AI infrastructure boom, and investors are paying a premium for it.
Dean Hall has spent 14 years and nearly bankrupted his studio chasing a fix for survival games' boring endgames. His latest bet: a free game funded by fans.