Amazon Web Services reported a 28% increase in net sales, reaching $37.6 billion, driven by AI-related demand for cloud infrastructure. CEO Andy Jassy highlighted increased capital expenditure as a strategic move for long-term gains, despite current cash flow challenges.

Proton VPN is rolling out its Spring/Summer 2026 updates, focusing on faster speeds, enhanced security, and a significant increase in server availability. These updates aim to tackle growing censorship and verification challenges by improving infrastructure and user-friendliness across platforms.

Alphabet highlights Gemini 3 and AI initiatives as pivotal growth engines, with Google's open models surpassing 500 million downloads. They emphasize early-stage opportunities in AI-driven search and advertising, aiming to outpace rivals with advanced TPU chips and AI infrastructure.

A new study suggests that magnetic fluctuations, rather than straightforward magnetism, may explain the reentrant superconductivity in UTe2. This could redefine the understanding of unconventional superconductors, with findings published in Nature Astronomy on April 29, 2026, highlighting the role of these fluctuations in binding electrons at high fields.

NVIDIA's Madison Huang is set to meet with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in South Korea to discuss AI collaboration. The focus is on developing AI infrastructure and applications through partnerships.

New quantization methods, like KIVI and TurboQuant, are revolutionizing KV cache efficiency, offering up to 6× memory reductions without extra training. As research advances, strategies like latent-space compaction and token eviction are optimizing memory and processing speeds in AI models, showing significant throughput gains.

The new drug GLP-1–GIP–Lani shows enhanced metabolic benefits in treating obesity and diabetes, surpassing traditional therapies like semaglutide in mice. It operates through GLP-1R, GIPR, and PPAR pathways, offering more significant weight loss, improved glucose management, and overall metabolic health without adverse side effects.

DAMPE satellite data reveals charge-dependent spectral softenings in cosmic ray spectra of carbon, oxygen, and iron, spanning 20 gigavolts to 100 teravolts. This discovery, based on nine years of data, suggests a universal mechanism affecting cosmic ray nuclei, with processed data available publicly for further research.

A groundbreaking Nature study reveals that meal timing and diet type can enhance T cell activity, potentially strengthening immune responses post-infection or vaccination. This discovery opens new avenues for designing T cell therapies and suggests that dietary timing could influence clinical decisions on vaccination schedules and immune therapies.

Rivian and Caruso are set to install over 150 DC fast chargers at Caruso properties in LA, powered entirely by renewable energy, within the next year. This partnership aims to expand Rivian’s presence in Southern California, aligning with its retail and charging network growth, and includes two new showrooms and exclusive customer experiences.