Google issues Chrome update for actively exploited V8 flaw
Google has released an emergency Chrome update for CVE-2026-85046, a high-severity type-confusion vulnerability in the browser's V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, according to Cybersecurity News. The report says Google is awar...
Anthropic reported to near $15 billion credit-facility expansion
Anthropic is set to expand its revolving credit facility to $15 billion before filing for an initial public offering, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The report says Morgan Stanley is leading the proces...
K-Bench preprint finds no tested scientific agent clears all judge thresholds
A new preprint reports K-Bench 01, an evaluation of nine frontier models on 1,602 completed scientific-agent runs drawn from first-turn requests sampled from K-Dense Web traffic. The authors say no model met their scientist-accept...
Broad and MIT describe repeatable live-cell transcriptome method
Researchers at the Broad Institute and MIT described a live-cell transcriptomic method that lets engineered mammalian cells package cellular RNA into virus-like particles released into surrounding culture medium. Sampling and sequ...
Realta and Wisconsin utility explore 200MW grid-connected fusion plant
Realta Fusion announced an agreement with Madison Gas and Electric to explore construction of a 200-megawatt grid-connected fusion power plant in Wisconsin in the mid-2030s. The utility also made an undisclosed equity investment, ...
Hong Kong researchers report steel alloy for high-potential hydrogen electrolysis
University of Hong Kong researchers reported an experimental stainless-steel alloy designed to withstand the corrosive, high-voltage conditions of water electrolysis. In tests using a 3.5% sodium-chloride solution, the alloy remai...