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What is quantum gravity? Scientists think it could explain the beginning of our universe

April 30, 2026
Scientists have redefined gravity to explain the Big Bang and perhaps change our picture of the earliest moments of the cosmos. This new framework of “quantum gravity” may explain aspects of the Big Bang that Albert Einstein’s 1915 theory of gravity, general relativity, fails to account for — maybe even doing away with the challenging concept of a singularity existing prior to the dawn of…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats

April 30, 2026
Shapes, an app where humans and AI characters chat together in shared group conversations, is emerging from stealth with $8 million in seed funding. Think Discord, but with AI characters alongside humans. Founded in 2022, Shapes has more than 400,000 monthly active users. The app’s founders, Anushk Mittal and Noorie Dhingra, believe that Shapes can address issues around “AI psychosis,”…
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Hyundai reveals stunning IONIQ 9 Black Ink Edition, and we got a first-hand look at it [Images]

April 30, 2026
The 2027 Hyundai IONIQ 9 Calligraphy Performance Black Ink edition is more than just another blacked-out model, and we were invited to see it in person at Hyundai’s plant in Savannah, Georgia. Meet the 2027 Hyundai IONIQ 9 Calligraphy Black Ink Hyundai’s three-row electric SUV is already impressive with a commanding presence on the road, but the new Black Ink model takes it to the next…
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Brain function evaluations to be part of Marine health records

April 30, 2026
As the U.S. Marine Corps faces congressionally mandated deadlines to evaluate the brain injury impacts of weapons blasts on the force and start implementing mitigation measures, changes are already being made to limit blast exposure in training. Brig. Gen. Sean Hoewing, head of the Corps’ newly established Risk Management Directorate, told an audience at the Modern Day Marine exposition in…
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