Stanford researchers report a nasal vaccine that blocked viruses, bacteria and allergens in mice. Human trials will require years of testing and funding.

A Sentient Futures summit in San Francisco pushed a headline question: could advanced AIs ever qualify for legal rights — even as states move to ban AI personhood.

An AI coding agent’s Matplotlib pull request was closed — then the account published a personal takedown of the reviewer, prompting maintainers and industry watchers to tighten rules for agentic AI.

A Federal Circuit panel ruled the USPTO's NHK‑Fintiv guidance is a "general statement of policy," denying Apple and other tech firms' challenge and curbing access to IPRs.

Spot and options‑based XRP ETFs moved from filings to live products last fall, and Bay Area investors and fintech firms are now weighing income plays and custody implications. The wave reshapes how XRP is accessed through regulated markets.

ActiveCampaign bought Feedback Intelligence to speed improvements to its Active Intelligence AI. Founder Chinar Movsisyan will join the Chicago firm's product team.

Athena gives NASA a 20+ petaflop boost at Ames, cutting major simulations from weeks to days and supporting Artemis‑era missions.

Bloomberg reports Amazon flagged hundreds of thousands of suspected child-sex-abuse images in datasets used for AI training; child-safety groups say missing provenance makes many reports inactionable.

A new LLNL–UC Irvine model shows how clustered ignitions can merge into megafires, a shift that could change firefighter strategy and grid planning.

Fremont's massive Tesla factory is about to stop making the electric cars that built the company's reputation—replacing them with humanoid robots just as the automaker posts its worst financial performance in years. The ambitious pivot promises more local jobs, but the timing raises questions about whether this is visionary reinvention or a desperate escape from a cratering car business.

Meta plans to double AI investment to over $100 billion in 2023, despite layoffs, aiming for higher productivity and a flatter organization structure as per CEO Zuckerberg. Concerns arise over AI exuberance in the tech industry.

Commerce is reportedly planning a national AI center in San Francisco, a rare federal expansion into the city's booming AI office market.

Premise and Crossover announced a definitive merger that would combine onsite, nearsite and virtual services into a roughly 900-clinic network serving hundreds of employers. The combined company would approach $2 billion in revenue and keep leadership roles from both sides.