Pope Leo XIV, who is the first Pope from North America, was elected this week, while Packy grew up near Villanova University and therefore found this particularly interesting.
The Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook has been published this week, offering detailed policy proposals for three central areas deemed vulnerable in terms of industrial power, national security and frontier innovation.
Stripe unveiled its AI foundation model for payments at its Sessions event, which is aimed at increasing the GDP of the internet.
Amazon began rolling out its new warehouse robot, Vulcan, which has a sense of touch and uses cameras, suction and pressure sensors to pick and stow items with more finesse.
A new vaccine aimed at fighting MenB, a fast-acting, potentially deadly bacteria that causes meningitis and sepsis, has been tested by Oxford scientists.
Ezra has joined Function Health, which will begin to offer $500 scans in 100 locations, with plans to roll out to 1,000 more in the coming months.
