RealFeedApp betaTop science & technology news, October 30, 2026
- David Liu will return to ESGCT in 2019
Nobel laureate David Liu stated that the synergy between scientific approaches and regulatory advances allows expanding genome editing applications beyond rare genetic diseases.
- App updates finish twice as fast in Unsloth
The update introduces custom backgrounds and speeds up app updates by 2x. It includes DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 and FLUX.2-klein-9B models optimized for low-RAM environments.
- Disease begins with physiological changes
Researchers Clarke and Jäkel (2026) argue that focusing solely on neuron death narrows the understanding of brain diseases, proposing instead to view them within physiological processes.
- Users can host code on their own servers in Tangled
The Tangled project enables hosting code on personal servers while maintaining compatibility with Git and email protocols. It is the first fully federated code forge, merging the longevity of open protocols with the convenience of centralized platforms.
- Five-year program studies aging in 55 000 dogs
A five-year program funded by the US National Institutes of Health will study how genetics, environment, and lifestyle affect aging in nearly 55,000 dogs.
- The Claude Code VS Code extension contains a hidden SSH backdoor
Phorion discovered a persistent SSH backdoor in the official Claude Code for VS Code extension version 2.1.313, enabling unauthorized access on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Cursor has removed the compromised release from its marketplace and registry.
- Parser grouping errors cause agent answers to be wrong
LlamaIndex released draft version 0.1 of the Document Parsing Protocol (DPP), a set of 140 rules for structuring text, tables, and charts. The protocol aims to resolve inconsistencies between different parsers and improve the accuracy of agent responses.
- Researchers evaluate Merck and Moderna mRNA cancer vaccine efficacy
Analysts reviewed clinical trial data to determine the actual effectiveness of Merck and Moderna mRNA vaccines against cancer.
- PopVax manufactures personalized mRNA cancer vaccines
RNA Foundry, part of PopVax funded by the Gates Foundation and Vitalik Buterin, secured a contract to develop and manufacture personalized mRNA cancer vaccines in Hyderabad.
- First picture of M87 black hole shadow produced
Researchers linked radio telescopes worldwide to produce the first image of the shadow of a supermassive black hole in galaxy M87, located 55 million light-years away.
- Evo 2 creates diverse regulatory DNA without additional training
The study demonstrates that the Evo 2 model uses in-context learning to create novel regulatory DNA sequences that control gene expression in three human cell types.
- Sironax announced three abstracts on SIR2501 at Neuroscience 2026
Three abstracts on the SARM1 inhibitor SIR2501 were selected for poster presentation at Neuroscience 2026 in Washington, DC. The company reports favorable safety and early evidence of biological activity in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Lysosomes become dysfunctional with age
Researchers developed a model showing how accumulated undigested proteins cause lysosome dysfunction and cell death. This process triggers inflammation and shortens organism lifespan.
- Six feature families predict cortical activity
Researchers built linear encoding models from six interpretable feature families, including embeddings from Whisper, HuBERT, and WavLM, demonstrating that these models explain 80% of the variance in electrocorticography (ECoG) responses.
- Study links 6 sweeteners to accelerated brain aging
A study of nearly 13,000 adults found a 62 percent faster decline in memory and thinking skills among high consumers of artificial sweeteners, equivalent to 1.6 additional years of brain aging.
- 115 adults showed memory decline with age
In 115 adults (25–87 years), visual memory representations weakened with age, while frontoparietal regions strengthened to partially offset performance decline. Older adults showed impaired access to preserved memory traces despite retaining some visual representations.
- Shenlong spaceplane photographed from less than 90 km away
The DIA published a photograph of the Shenlong spaceplane taken by a commercial satellite from less than 90 km away. First launched in September 2020, the craft resembles the US Space Force's Boeing X-37B in design.
- Zest launched an AI concierge in text messages
The Zest service launched a feature where an AI concierge in messaging apps discovers venues and secures tables based on user and friend history. Founder Mario Gomez-Hall stated the agent is now the core product, eliminating the need for standalone mobile apps.
- Home PCs use memory only 5% of the time
Sam Altman argues that consumer hardware hoarding limited DRAM supply is worse than data center usage. He states that having the world's limited DRAM inventory in personal computers, used only 5% of the time, creates a terrible global allocation problem.
- Gemma 4 model wrote first haiku in orbit
The Google Suncatcher prototype, equipped with four TPUs, successfully communicates with Earth and runs Google DeepMind's Gemma 4 to create poetry.
