News publishers are blocking the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to stop AI companies from using it

The New York Times, CNN, USA Today, The Guardian, and at least 241 other news organisations across nine countries have moved to restrict the Archive’s crawlers, a decision the Archive’s own direct [...]

This Treatment Could Reverse Osteoarthritis Joint Damage With a Single Injection

Osteoarthritis has no cure, but researchers have developed new therapies that help aging or damaged joints repair themselves in a matter of weeks. [...]

The world’s oldest cord blood bank is building the stem cell platform the field has been missing

Most of the umbilical cord blood collected at birth is discarded. The tissue is clamped, cut, and disposed of as medical waste, along with the stem cells it contains, cells that are immunologically na [...]

You heard right — NordVPN has rolled out an AI voice checker to protect you from audio deepfakes on Chrome

NordVPN has just launched a new feature for its Chrome extension, AI Voice Detector, that warns you if you are dealing with synthetic or human voices. [...]

China built the AI content factory that Silicon Valley imagined but never shipped

In January 2026, a new AI-generated micro-drama went live on a Chinese streaming platform every 90 seconds. By March, approximately 50,000 AI-native titles had been added to Douyin in a single month. [...]

Uber acquires rival Fly Taxi in Hong Kong, Sing Tao reports

Uber has acquired the main remaining alternative taxi-hailing app in the city. Acquired five months before Hong Kong’s new ride-hailing licences are expected to come into force, the move locks in Ub [...]

Estée Lauder is beating sales estimates and slashing up to 10,000 jobs

The beauty company expanded its job-cut target by up to 3,000 positions, with most of the new reductions coming from department store staff [...]

Cigna is pulling out of the Obamacare marketplace, leaving 369,000 people to find new coverage

The insurer told investors on its Q1 earnings call that it sees no path to meaningful growth in the individual market [...]

13 states are now fighting to block Nexstar's $6.2 billion local TV merger

Indiana and Kansas, both led by Republican attorneys general, are among 5 new states joining California's legal challenge [...]