Maxime Marquette
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Trump and his allies target the Federal Reserve's independence again
According to Reuters, the June 2026 jobs report published on July 2 showed only 57,000 jobs created, along with a downward revision
Washington is negotiating a 5% stake in OpenAI, according to the Financial Times
According to a Financial Times report published on July 2, 2026 and picked up by Reuters, OpenAI has opened preliminary discussions with
How Insilico Medicine's AI will help Takeda invent new drugs
On July 2, 2026, Insilico Medicine announced a strategic partnership with Japanese pharmaceutical giant Takeda to use its generative artificial intelligence platform,
Drinking to cope with teenage stress can rewire the brain for life
A new study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, published in the journal Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research and reported by ScienceDaily
Can the Netherlands really catch up with China on robots
On Thursday, July 2, 2026, a new Humanoid Application Center opened near Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, with the stated ambition of reviving
To Moscow and Beijing, who came to honor Khamenei without ever naming him
Since July 3, 2026, Tehran has been living to the rhythm of funeral ceremonies for the former supreme leaderAli Khamenei, killed in
COMPASS, the algorithm that might tell a patient whether treatment will work
There is something almost poetic in the name that researchers at Harvard Medical School gave their newest creation: COMPASS. A compass, literally,
F110 engines for Turkey's Kaan, a winning bet for NATO
The Trump administration formally notified the US Congress, on June 24, 2026, of its intention to sell Turkey dozens of General Electric
The Kremlin is stalling for time, eyeing February 2027 to negotiate
According to diplomatic sources cited on July 5, 2026 by the Financial Times, Russia has no intention of sitting down seriously at