HEALTH // BIOTECH // HEALTH TECH
🧠 BREAKTHROUGH: A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST CAN NOW HELP DETECT ALZHEIMER’S. The future of brain health just arrived. For the first time ever, doctors in the U.S. can use a basic blood test to help spot signs of Alzheimer’s—before the disease takes hold.
—> WHAT JUST HAPPENED: The FDA approved a new test that looks for two proteins in your blood. If the ratio’s off, it likely means sticky brain plaque is forming—a key sign of Alzheimer’s. Until now, you needed a brain scan or spinal tap to find that. This changes everything.
—> WHY IT’S HUGE: It means everyday doctors—not just specialists—can start the diagnosis early. And that gives patients a shot at starting treatment sooner. We’re not talking cures yet. But the newer meds can slow things down. Which means more time with memories, independence, and life.
—> HOW IT WORKS: The test was developed by Japan’s Fujirebio and is meant for people 55+ already noticing memory or thinking changes. It’s fast, less invasive, and way cheaper than traditional brain scans. In a clinical study, it was over 90% accurate.
—> HOW TECH GOT US HERE: The test uses high-precision protein tracking—tech so sharp it can read your brain’s health from your bloodstream. It’s molecular-level diagnostics, scaled for real life.
—> MEET THE FUTURE OF ALZHEIMER’S TREATMENT: No more waiting months to see a neurologist. No more thousand-dollar scans. Just a vial of blood… and maybe a shot at fighting back.
Sources: STAT | ABC News | WaPo
hello, future. it’s me, kev.
…and this is a dispatch from the digital frontier. It’s time to meet the future NOW — with the latest on markets, tech, and freedom. The day is 139. The year is 2025. The planet is Earth.
The planet has complete 38.08 percent its annual orbit around the sun star.
My name is Kevin Cirilli —> LinkedIn. Spotify. Sign-up to receive the future in your inbox here.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
Back to the future...
FUTURES
📈 WALL ST ROARS BACK—RETAILERS NOW FACE THE TARIFF FALLOUT. The S&P 500 is up 18% since it’s April low, erasing all losses not just from Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff blitz but for the entire year. But now comes the real test: retail earnings.
—> THE STAKES: Walmart just warned it’ll start raising prices because of the tariffs—even after the U.S.–China 90-day truce. Now Target, Lowe’s, and Home Depot will reveal how inflation and supply chain pressure are hitting Main Street.
—> THE SIGNALS: Retail sales growth slowed in April. Consumer sentiment is sour. The question is whether Americans are still spending—or starting to trade down as prices rise.
—> WHY IT MATTERS: Consumer spending = 2/3 of the U.S. economy. These next earnings will show if the recovery is real… or just a post-tariff sugar high.
Source: Reuters
CRYPTO
🕵️ WRENCH ATTACKS: THE CRYPTO CRIME WAVE IS REAL. Paris. 8 a.m. A masked gang tries to throw a woman and her toddler into a fake delivery van. Why? Her dad runs a crypto exchange.
This isn’t sci-fi. It’s the latest in a global spree of “wrench attacks” — brutal, IRL assaults on crypto execs and their families. Fingers have been chopped. Gunpoint kidnappings. Ransoms demanded in Bitcoin.
—> WHAT’S HAPPENING: As hackers hit a wall, criminals are now coming through the front door. Literally. At least five crypto-linked kidnappings in France alone. More globally.
—> HOW THEY FIND YOU: From the 2020 Ledger hack to bribed Coinbase support agents, criminals are assembling dossiers with hacked addresses, family ties, and crypto wallet clues. Your flex? Their blueprint.
Source: WSJ
SPACE
🌕 THE MOON’S NEARSIDE IS HOTTER—AND EASIER TO MINE. NASA just discovered that the side of the moon facing Earth is warmer and squishier underground than the rugged far side. That’s big news if you’re planning to dig.
—> THE FINDING: Scientists found the moon’s nearside is up to 170°C hotter than the farside. That heat makes the rock more deformable—aka easier to drill through.
—> WHY IT MATTERS: The U.S., China, and private companies all want to mine the moon for water, fuel, and rare metals. This could shape where the first lunar mining bases go.
—> THE SCI-FI TWIST: That heat is ancient—left over from radioactive decay and volcanic eruptions from MILLIONS of years ago. And it's still helping us today.
Meanwhile… over near Saturn….
SPACE
🌧️ TITAN’S WEATHER REPORT: METHANE SHOWERS ON SATURN’S BIGGEST MOON. NASA just spotted rising storm clouds on Titan, the largest of Saturn’s 145 moons — where it rains liquid methane and the lakes are made of gas.
—> WHY IT MATTERS: Titan is the only other place in the solar system with rain and seasons like Earth. But instead of water, it’s got a full-on methane weather cycle. Think: icy gasoline storms falling on a frozen alien beach.
—> THE DISCOVERY: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just captured methane clouds forming over Titan’s northern hemisphere—home to most of its lakes. It's the first proof of cloud convection there, and a sign that summer storms are picking up.
—> MEET THE FUTURE EARTH? Titan is one of the most Earth-like places in the solar system. And NASA’s flying a drone there in 2034.
Source: NASA | Nature Astronomy
BRAIN BUSTERS // SCIENCE
🧠 SCIENTIST: GRAVITY MIGHT BE CODE. THE UNIVERSE? ONE GIANT COMPUTER. A new theory says what we call “gravity” is really just the universe cleaning up its files. Clumps of matter are the cosmic version of zipping folders.
—> THE BIG IDEA: A physicist says the universe is made of tiny “info cells,” like pixels on a screen. When matter spreads out, it takes more info to track. When stuff clumps together—like stars and planets—it’s easier to store. So gravity? Just the system compressing data.
—> WHY IT MATTERS: If this is true, gravity isn’t a law of nature—it’s a side effect of running a super-efficient simulation. The entire universe could be one giant quantum computer, optimizing itself in real-time.
—> THE VIBE: Not a force. Not magic. Just code. This changes how we think about space, time—and maybe even who (or what) built the program.
Source: NDTV | Earth.com | Science Alert | AIP Advances | Science Alert
MTF EVENTS // SPECIAL CONTENT
MEET THE FUTURE AT SPACE REG BOOTCAMP!!! The Association of Commercial Space Professionals and Q Station have joined forces to offer the Third Annual Space Regulatory Bootcamp in Albuquerque, NM June 10-11th. Spend two intense days learning to navigate the intricacies of the regulations that are slowing your business down.
Leave with practical skills, meaningful connections, and with a regulatory roadmap for your business. From fundraising to government contracting and export controls, our instructors will be hands-on with teaching skills and answering your questions. Tickets and agenda available here: https://acsp.space/abq25bootcamp/ Use our code: ACSPFRIEND to get 10% off your ticket.
ONE MORE THING
🎤 BONO: APPLE IS “DYING TO MAKE VISION PRO MORE AFFORDABLE.” On May 30, Bono’s Stories of Surrender drops as the first-ever full-length Apple Immersive Video—a spatial concert doc designed for the $3,499 Vision Pro headset.
But in a new interview with Deadline, Bono dropped a bigger bomb:
“Apple are dying to make the Vision Pro more affordable and more democratic… They know not everyone can afford this, but they’re still going for it.”
—> THE VIBE: Bono’s basically the first celebrity to say out loud what everyone else already knows—Vision Pro is amazing. And expensive: $3,499.
—> WHAT YOU’LL SEE: Stories of Surrender puts you on stage with Bono as he performs his one-man show—half memoir, half acoustic concert, fully immersive. Think: storytelling in surround sound, guitar riffs in your face, and eye contact so real it’s almost too much. Vision Pro turns it into a front row seat inside his mind.
It’s cool, but honestly, a ticket to a U2 concert is cheaper than the price of admission for the technology to see a VR concert… that’s not good Apple!!!!
—> WHY IT MATTERS: The tech is stunning. But the question isn’t what it can do. It’s who it’s for.
For now, Vision Pro is for Bono. But the future is still wide open.
With gratitude,
Kev
ABOUT mtf.tv’s meet the future: mtf.tv’s meet the future is a cutting-edge platform focused on addressing key challenges at the intersection of national security, technology, and business. With a mission to embrace freedom to meet the future’s challenges and opportunities, mtf.tv offers forward-thinking media offerings and forums.
Share this post