Google’s AI Mode in Search now lets you plan, write, and code on its own Canvas

Google Search has updated Canvas inside AI Mode, a workspace powered by Gemini that already lets users draft and refine documents, to now support coding projects and interactive tools. With the latest ...
Nature

AI can write genomes — how long until it creates synthetic life?

The Evo2 genomic language model can generate short genome sequences, but scientists say further advances are needed to write ...
InfoWorld

What I learned using Claude Sonnet to migrate Python to Rust

Using an AI coding assistant to migrate an application from one programming language to another wasn’t as easy as it looked. Here are three takeaways.
Sydney Morning Herald

How the Guardian’s editor upended a ‘royal’ visit

Guardian Australia editor Lenore Taylor’s decision to step down this week after almost 10 years in the job wasn’t a shock. But the timing sure was. Announcing it at 5.30pm on a Tuesday? Leaving the ...
The Independent

Ex-Daily Mail editor only has ‘vague memory’ of box containing £3m invoices from private investigators, court told

The former editor of the Daily Mail has said he has only a “vague memory” of a box containing invoices worth £3m from private investigators being discovered in the newspaper’s offices. Paul Dacre, 77, ...
The Ellsworth American

You can’t create your own facts

The response letters in the Jan. 29, 2026, Ellsworth American by Hylan and Paley to my earlier commentaries about "who is being served" concerning Maine’s spiraling electricity costs and unaccountable ...