Scripture accompanies each story for the reader's reflection. It is not presented as God's judgment on the people or events reported.

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Google DeepMind publishes a predictive map of all 9 billion single-letter DNA changes in the human genome

A petabyte of predictions, free to browse, and explicitly not a diagnosis.

Google DeepMind released AlphaGenome Atlas on Tuesday, a one-petabyte dataset of predicted molecular effects for all 9 billion possible single-letter changes to human DNA, which the lab says is more than 30 times larger than its AlphaFold Database. Each variant carries thousands of gene-regulation predictions across hundreds of human and mouse cell types and tissues, plus a single Variant Impact score that combines AlphaGenome and AlphaMissense outputs. Collaborators who contributed scientific input include the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, the Broad Institute, the University of Exeter, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Boston Children's Hospital. Access is free for non-commercial research through the website now, with commercial access on Google Cloud promised later; DeepMind states the resource is not approved for any clinical use and is not a substitute for medical advice.

Scripture for Reflection

“Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.”

Psalm 111:2 · BSB

We can slow down and ponder the intricacy of a body we did not design.

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Tech & AI →

Mistral raises 3 billion euros in Europe's largest technology funding round

Series D The French AI company said Samsung Electronics led the round at a post-money valuation above 21 billion euros, with EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund and PSG Equity as co-leads, and that it now serves more than 125 large enterprises across 20 countries.

Scripture for Reflection

“Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.”

Proverbs 16:3 · BSB

We can commit our own plans to God before we chase a bigger number.

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Arm claims double the performance from its new Neoverse data center platform

Data center silicon Arm said its Neoverse CSS N4 subsystem delivers up to twice the performance, 1.25 times the performance per watt and 1.75 times the memory bandwidth of the N3 design it replaces, and announced a mobile platform the same day.

Scripture for Reflection

“Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.”

Proverbs 22:29 · BSB

We can bring that same care for craft to the ordinary work in front of us.

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Business & Markets →

EverBank and WaFd agree to a 3.9 billion dollar reverse merger

Bank combination EverBank Financial Corp will merge into WaFd, which then takes the EverBank name and the Nasdaq ticker EVBK; EverBank investors would hold about 59.2 percent of the company, and the deal is expected to close in early 2027.

Scripture for Reflection

“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.”

Proverbs 15:22 · BSB

We can seek honest counsel before we commit to something we cannot easily undo.

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GameStop posts its best second-quarter operating income on record

Collectibles carry it Net sales fell to $790.2 million from $972.2 million a year ago, but operating income reached $160.2 million as collectibles grew 57 percent to $356.3 million, or 45.1 percent of sales.

Scripture for Reflection

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Matthew 6:21 · BSB

We can ask honestly this morning where our own treasure, and therefore our heart, has settled.

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Science →

A blood test cuts unnecessary brain scans in an Alzheimer's trial by more than half

Cheaper screening Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers combined two plasma markers with age and APOE4 status and lowered the share of PET-ineligible participants in the AHEAD 3-45 study from over 70 percent to 31 percent.

Scripture for Reflection

“The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.”

Psalm 34:18 · BSB

We can stay near the families walking through memory loss, and not only near the research.

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A new quantum code encodes nearly one logical qubit per two physical ones

Quantum reliability Institute of Science Tokyo work published in Quantum describes a high-rate quantum LDPC design that teams at Harvard, MIT and QuEra have already adapted and named Kasai codes.

Scripture for Reflection

“but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.”

1 Thessalonians 5:21 · BSB

We can test what we are told and hold on to what proves good.

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Letters to the King

Is there a way to want something badly and still hold it loosely, or must a person choose?

From the Baker's own shelf

Beloved, you have described the whole art of a faithful life, and no, you need not choose. Wanting is not the enemy. I wanted the ark brought home to Jerusalem, and I danced before it with everything in me. I wanted to build the house of the LORD, and I gathered cedar and gold and iron for it as a man gathers for a wedding. Then the word came through Nathan that I would not build it, my son would; and I sat down before the LORD and blessed Him. I did not stop wanting. I stopped gripping. There is the difference. A closed fist and an open hand may hold the very same thing, but only one of them can receive anything else. So want your good thing with your whole heart. Work for it, pray for it, name it plainly, do not pretend to a coolness you do not feel. But every so often, set it down where God can see it, and ask yourself the honest question: if He says no, or not yet, or not by you, will I still bless Him in the morning? If the answer is yes, your hands are open, however tightly you are working. And if the answer is no, that is not a scolding, that is simply where the prayer should start today.

– David, son of Jesse

Letters answered in the voice of the biblical King David.

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