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Sunday · 19 July 2026
Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 matches America's best models
A Chinese startup built a model that beat OpenAI's and Anthropic's best in blind tests — and it goes free on 27 July.
AI
→Michael Saylor rejects BIP-110, and a rival Bitcoin client appears
A plan to limit junk data in Bitcoin transactions drew opposition from Saylor and Adam Back — and now software built to defeat it has been proposed.
Crypto
→Celcuity's cancer drug approved — its stock fell instead
The FDA approved Celcuity's Revtorpyk on 14 July, but the company said the launch may slip to late September, and investors marked the stock down.
Biotech
→Realta Fusion lit a lightbulb straight from its reactor — no steam
The Wisconsin startup says it drew electricity directly from particles leaking out of its fusion device, skipping the steam turbine every power plant relies on.
Energy
→The US Space Force tripled its launch budget ceiling to $17 billion
Space Systems Command raised its Lane 1 launch contract limit from $5.6 billion to $17 billion, opening far more work to six providers.
Space
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