- A newly-revised paper, “Non-interactive Mimblewimble transactions, revisited,” was shared (eprint.iacr.org/2022/265), highlighting ongoing cryptographic work on privacy-preserving blockchain payments.

- He Jiankui’s new venture, Beijing Shitong Zhishan Biotechnology Co., Ltd., claims its third-generation enzymatic DNA synthesizer can routinely produce 8 kbp DNA fragments, potentially replacing traditional molecular-cloning workflows in labs.

- A Nature Methods article (doi:10.1038/s41592-022-01673-2) introduced a spatial-transcriptomics protocol that works on hard-to-section tissues and can be integrated with in-situ or in-vivo microscopy.

- The channel linked to a 40-minute documentary on the Japanese effort to replicate the transistor without Bell Labs’ help, illustrating early open-source-style hardware replication.

- Stable Diffusion 2.0 was announced on Reddit, accompanied by a curated “awesome-generative-ai” GitHub list (steven2358/awesome-generative-ai) for tracking generative-AI tools and resources.