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Aggie AI Foundry: Texas A&M $2M Alloy Lab [2026]

Pick up a bargain 3D printer, thanks to these big discounts on resin and filament 3DP models from big names like Creality, Elegoo, Prusa and more.

ASRock’s B860 Challenger Wifi covers the basics and performs well, but slower USB ports, weaker VRMs, and a dated BIOS keep it from standing out, even at the lower price.

Mac users sharing their compute for AI inference are seeing declining revenues as token prices continue to drop, with Anthropic token falling 77% in under five months.

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Eddie Wilson remembered for helping men rebuild their lives at Foundry Farm The Cullman Tribune
In a Twist, Venture-Backed Biotech Formation Bio Raises Its Own Investment Fund WSJ
Get $20K 'trophy arms' at home without spending a dime, says NYC fitness trainer Fox News

Intel is expanding chipmaking and advanced packaging capacity across the U.S., Ireland, and Malaysia to meet surging AI-driven demand for data center CPUs amid shrinking PC market and persistent supply constraints.

A developer has created a full Intel 486 PC system, using 100% pure-JavaScript, in a browser.
Dream's seed, Foundry Robotics' Series A and Fragment's exit from stealth Axios

Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model blocking attempts at videogame recreation — users also claim their non-malicious generic reverse-engineering tasks are block
Seoul National University Graduate Program Underfilled Despite Semiconductor Boom 조선일보

The team had to use Sonnet after Opus 5.5 outright refused to run the experiment, while Opus 5 warned that it could stop working in the midst of the operation.
ASML’s CEO is putting his paycheck on the line for employee morale. It could help retain talent Fortune

Expensive memory forces former Microsoft engineer to make his own — Dave Plummer makes PDP-11 RAM from scratch

TrashBench repurposes a trash AC radiator for his test bench to see how well it can cool a PC — RTX 3080 didn't run much above ambient temperature
Dutch economy grows 0.6% in Q3 as ASML and chip-machine exports pull it along Dealroom

No matter what happens on Election Day, the midterms will have sweeping implications for American health care. More than two dozen experts on what could come next.

Researchers from Curtin University in Australia have come up with a way to potentially track down seized 3D-printed guns to their source by identifying differences in material properties in various PLA products.
Anthropic's next big AI business is life sciences, from biotech research to drug discovery Business Insider
Column: What China’s clinical trial boom really means for U.S. medicine The Morning Sun
Anthropic’s one-person biotech buy; Jake Van Naarden’s dealmaking strategy; and more Endpoints News

A technology enthusiast claims that the oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11 is CDPLAYER.EXE from November 1992.
Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: A Yankee talks, UMass field hockey rocks Greenfield Recorder
Minister addresses concerns about biotech development, disaster prevention funding Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
Moleculin Biotech Completes Dosing in Phase 2/3 MIRACLE Trial for AnnAraC The Clinical Trial Vanguard
Somerset County-headquartered pharmaceutical company receives $60.5M in tax credits for expansion, 330 new jobs WRNJ Radio
3x Short Semiconductor ETF xStock Price, SOXSX Price, Live Charts, and Marketcap Coinbase
OpenAI’s Altman Meets Samsung Executives as Chip Crunch Deepens Bloomberg.com
Greece Unveils 2026–2030 Plan to Build a Semiconductor Industry GreekReporter.com
The AI frenzy gets a reality check The Business Times
Cathie Wood Loads Up On TEM, ILMN And Biotech Stocks — But Pares Stake In This Pharma Giant That Had A Blowout Q3 Yahoo Finance
One AI rule book: chip expert urges shared standards across China, US models South China Morning Post
Liver enzyme elevations may recur after hemophilia B gene therapy Hemophilia News Today
Why Arm Holdings Stock Plummeted by Nearly 10% Today Yahoo Finance
ASML vs. Applied Materials: One Is Growing Twice as Fast, but I’d Buy The Other Instead Yahoo Finance
Indiana University Lands Partnership with International Semiconductor Powerhouse Imec | Newswise Newswise
Chip Stocks Plunge After Intel’s Q4 Warning Investor's Business Daily
Hofreiter-Pipp joins corporate VC arm of energy drink company Red Bull Global Venturing
Intel on course for worst day ever, triggers global chip rout Reuters
GC Biopharma, Hanmi strike Fabry drug deal worth up to $475 mn with BioMarin KED Global
AI semiconductor industry trends: from chips to systems SiliconANGLE
Intel stock plummets nearly 30% on chipmaker’s ‘terrible’ outlook OregonLive.com

First the RTX 5090, now the RTX 5080. Nvidia quietly removes the RTX 5080 listing from the marketplace as prices explode to 2.2X MSRP on the retail market.

Intel's gloomy outlook for its PC business wipes out $1 trillion of semiconductor market capitalization in a day, barely affects Apple.
Samsung Stocks Decline 3% With Semiconductor Profit Concentration in Focus TradingView
If AI Spending Slows in 2027, These Semiconductor Stocks Could Hold Up Best 24/7 Wall St.

Warhammer Day is celebrated on October 31st 2026, 2026. Check out these great gift ideas for all fans of the grimdark future.
Ohio State holds ribbon-cutting for $20 million semiconductor research and prototyping expansion Ohio State News
Reducing Hallucinations in Schizophrenia with Focused Ultrasound: First-in-Human Clinical Trial Begins Focused Ultrasound Foundation
The Biotech Growth Trust PLC - Transaction in Own Shares Yahoo Finance UK
EXCLUSIVE: India orders Sun Pharma to halt eye-care drug production at plant after quality lapses Reuters
Here’s What a $10,000 Investment in TSMC Stock Will Be Worth by 2030 The Motley Fool

From new hires to departures, promotions and transfers, here are the latest comings and goings in the pharmaceutical industry.
Chip-maker could put mega-project in Sherman WFAA

Political campaigns can do more than raise your blood pressure. Studies link election stress to irregular heartbeats and an increase in heart attacks.
Tesco sells central European arm for £1.5bn in global retreat The Telegraph

On this week's “The Readout LOUD,” we discuss the latest cancer data presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology.

AstraZeneca has launched a three-year cost-cutting program that aims to slice off $1.5 billion a year, with the savings reinvested in R&D.
Scottish fish processor fined almost £250K after worker pulled into machine Food Manufacture

A new series in The Lancet argues for the need to investigate a paradox of men’s health: why men experience worse health outcomes than women, even though they hold undeniable…
What to look for in a clinical trial and why older adults should be included KPTV
Reappointment of the President of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland Department of Health
Edinburgh to lead £18m UK chip design academy The Engineer
'Worrisome': Jim Cramer warns chip stocks have gone 'parabolic' — here are the defensive moves he's making now Yahoo Finance
Indian Biotech Startup Wins Singapore’s SLINGSHOT 2026 Deep Tech Competition Jakarta Globe
MBHB Launches Quantum and Semiconductor IP Practice The Quantum Insider

An 1834 letter about a measles outbreak sheds light on today’s anti-vaccine movement, writes a medical historian.

Officials are moving behind the scenes to head off a conflict brewing between states and the federal government over regulating AI.
In this week's "STATus Report," STAT reporters break down how the midterms could shape federal health and science policy, and an El-Sayed interview.

“This evisceration of scientific advice is untenable,” write C. Joseph Ross Daval and Aaron S. Kesselheim.

They visited for what they thought were obvious urgent care issues — coughs, congestion, flu — and were shocked to get bills for ER care instead, totaling thousands of dollars.
Who are some of the longest-serving CEOs among Singapore’s blue-chip companies? The Business Times
AEM and other Singapore chip stocks tumble after tech rout on Wall Street The Straits Times
Semiconductor Sell-Off: The 1 AI Chip Stock I'd Buy and 1 I'd Avoid The Motley Fool
A Robotic Arm That Can Walk Across Spacecraft? Rocket Lab Built It Rocket Lab
China Upends Global Drug Development With Cheap and Rapid Human Trials Bloomberg
Proposed COINS Act Rules for China Biotech Deals: Why Transaction Structure Matters Morgan Lewis
Intel stock plunges 21% as chipmaker blames PC slowdown for weak guidance CNBC
Intel shares tumble after hours, hit by chip supply constraints, big cash burn CNA
This chip stock has lost nearly half its value. I'm making a high-risk bet on a rebound CNBC

A judge ruled that federal regulators exceeded their authority in narrowing the exceptions to Medicaid work requirements for people with medical issues.
For huge TSMC investment in Texas, all signs point to Sherman The Business Journals
Vivek Ramaswamy built his career in biotech; Now industry leaders are rebuking him over his attack ad Cleveland.com

A Trump administration rule will force pharmacy benefit managers to disclose fees and compensation details currently kept private.

In this edition of STAT Health Tech: An Epic investigation, a Teladoc surprise, and figuring out how to pay for AI.