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Wyss Institute researchers unveil FIND, a DNA nanoswitch drug discovery platform
The Science study screened a 400-million-compound library for molecules that modulate protein-protein interactions; the technology is licensed to a new startup.
Announcementwyss.harvard.edu
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ARIA3d ago
ARIA funds ten teams in £50m Massively Scalable Neurotechnologies programme
The ten 36-month preclinical studies test ways to access, sense and modulate the brain without conventional surgery, via blood vessels, nasal routes, cells and nanoparticles.
Fundingukdri.ac.uk
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Liquid AI3d ago
Mercedes-Benz rolls out Liquid AI on-device conversational models in its cars
Over-the-air updates began in October with the 2027 E-Class and CLE in North America; S-Class, GLC Electric and GLE follow in Q2 2027.
Partnershipfinance.yahoo.com
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Wikipedia3d ago
Wikimedia Foundation published clean FY2025-26 audit results
Revenue rose 18% to $245.5M, expenses were $216.6M, and grant funding grew about 18% to $31.1M, with BDO issuing a clean opinion.
Fundingdiff.wikimedia.org
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Tools for Humanity (Worldcoin LA)3d ago
World ID proof-of-human ranked No. 1 in Nikkei Trendy's 2027 hit forecast
Nikkei Trendy's December issue, on sale November 4, names the "human certificate" category, featuring Orb, World ID for Zoom and Humad, its top 2027 trend.
Announcementprtimes.jp
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Lido Finance3d ago
Lido adds built-in token swaps on Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base
Swaps run inside the Lido interface on three networks and are powered by CoW Swap, with a Chainlink price oracle.
Launchen.cryptonomist.ch
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Goldsky3d ago
Goldsky published weekly USDC and USDT mint and burn data across five chains
Issuers burned $3.5B more than they minted from Oct 27 to Nov 3; about 9 in 10 USDC mint events on four chains were CCTP transfers, not new issuance.
Fundinggoldsky.com
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EFF.org3d ago
EFF reviewed digital rights wins and losses in California's 2026 session
EFF tracked nearly 100 bills; workplace automated-decision limits were signed, while a youth social media ban and 3D printer censorship bill also passed.
Announcementeff.org
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Optimism4d ago
Optimism governance proposes Upgrade 21 to prepare OP Stack chains for interop
The L1 contract upgrade adds a mandatory ETHLockbox to every chain; Sepolia runs Nov 9 and mainnet is targeted for Nov 16, pending approval.
Launchgov.optimism.io
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Matrix (New Vector, Element)4d ago
Element details NATO-style security labels for Matrix at The Matrix Conference
ESS Pro's Mission Partner Environment add-on enforces STANAG 4774 clearance labels on the server, aimed at defence and government users sharing classified data.
Partnershipelement.io
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Golem Foundation4d ago
Golem Foundation co-published a report on making treasury ETH productive
With Kairos Research and Ethereum Institutional, it finds staking yield has halved to 2.2% and 74% of visible ETH across 28 treasuries is staked.
Announcementchaincatcher.com
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Fluence Labs4d ago
Fluence publishes guide to running ar.io gateways on Fluence VMs
The first 10 operators whose gateway joins and passes an epoch get $100 in Fluence CPU credits; ar.io's gateway network now runs on Solana.
Partnershipfluence.ai
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Terran Robotics5d ago
Terran Robotics plans 50–100 AI-built earthen homes next year
Indiana University profiled the startup's AI-piloted robots that compress soil, straw and gravel into walls; its fourth house is underway in Bloomington, Indiana.
Othernews.iu.edu
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StarkWare Industries Ltd.5d ago
Anthropic's FlashProve uses STARK cryptography co-invented by StarkWare's founders
The open-source prototype proves a specific model produced a reply without revealing weights; StarkWare co-founder Alessandro Chiesa co-authored the report.
Otherhelpnetsecurity.com
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Hypercerts5d ago
Hypercerts lexicon package reaches v2.0 with lex-compatible schemas
The 2.0.0 major release makes @atproto/lex schemas the package root and moves the 1.x API to /legacy; Node.js 22+ is now required.
Fundinggithub.com
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Goldsky5d ago
Goldsky released a USDC transfer tracker covering five chains
The tracker logged 120.0M USDC transfers worth $544.2B in the week to Nov 2, with Ethereum carrying $272.1B and Solana the most transfers at 81.9M.
Fundinggoldsky.com
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EFF.org5d ago
EFF and ACLU urged the Ninth Circuit to bar tower dump warrants
The amicus brief in United States v. Spurlock is the first federal appellate test since this summer's Supreme Court geofence ruling; the warrant exposed data on nearly 1,700 phones.
Othereff.org
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ARIA5d ago
ARIA's Scaling Inference Lab to deploy Lumai optical AI inference servers
Lumai's Iris servers become the lab's first optical platform; the energy savings of up to 90% are Lumai's claims and have not been independently verified.
Otherprnewswire.com
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Tools for Humanity (Worldcoin LA)5d ago
Hakuhodo DY's Ads for Humanity formed a business alliance with Tools for Humanity and LG Electronics
World ID-verified "Human-Verified Ad" now runs on LINE Yahoo, Meta and X in Japan; a pilot showed roughly 3x click-through and 61% lower cost per click.
Announcementnews.infoseek.co.jp
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StarkWare Industries Ltd.6d ago
StarkWare demonstrated post-quantum wallet migration on Starknet Sepolia
The testnet demo shows existing accounts moving to quantum-resistant signatures; it is not production-ready, and a separate independent-L1 study remains under review.
Othertokenpost.com
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PsyMed Ventures6d ago
PsyMed's Business Trip podcast features Lux Capital's Shahin Farshchi on neurotech investing
The 30-minute episode covers how Lux, investing from a $1.5B fund, evaluates brain-computer interface companies and why neural interfaces may finally be nearing viability.
Fundingpsymedventures.substack.com
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Near Foundation6d ago
NEAR House of Stake approves cut to maximum annual issuance
Proposal HSP-029 passed with about 99.96% support, lowering maximum issuance from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months after a validator upgrade and 90-day grace period.
Othertokenpost.com
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EFF.org6d ago
EFF urges Egypt to drop cases against Mada Masr and its editor Lina Attalah
Attalah faces a second trial on Nov 11 over "false news" charges, after an Oct 27 conviction that ordered the outlet closed and fined her EGP 3 million.
Announcementeff.org
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ConsenSys6d ago
Consensys introduces Sovereign Network Interoperability for institutions
The Ethereum-based capability lets institutions settle securities, swap currencies and post collateral across ledgers without bridges, using zero-knowledge proofs.
Wyss Institute3d ago
ARIA3d ago
Liquid AI3d ago
