A Mayo Clinic‑led effort trained AI on thousands of patch‑test photos to read rash images; early trials show good specificity but more validation is needed.

A U.N. report finds data centers already consume country‑scale energy and could double water and power use by 2030; local officials in North Florida are taking notice.

Thousands of Xfinity customers reported service interruptions Monday; outage trackers logged a sharp spike while engineers worked to restore service.

The Florida Supreme Court now requires signers to verify that cited authorities exist and are accurately cited. Jacksonville law programs and firms are adding verification steps.

Microsoft and Mayo Clinic announced a partnership to build a Mayo‑owned AI model for healthcare that will be piloted inside Mayo Clinic’s clinical systems. The model will be trained on de‑identified clinical data and Mayo clinicians' expertise.

Google has filed with the EPA to test Wolbachia‑treated male mosquitoes in Florida, proposing 16M releases per year for two years to cut disease‑carrying populations.

UNF’s new Perry Weather Heat Lab will simulate extreme-heat conditions to test wearables, nutrition and protocols aimed at reducing preventable heat deaths among athletes, military and outdoor workers.

Researchers are tagging sharks with sensors to collect subsurface ocean data that could sharpen hurricane forecasts. Florida scientists say the method could plug gaps satellites miss.

Ukrainian surgeons told Fort Bragg medics that drone swarms are stretching evacuations from minutes to days, forcing new training and underground care plans.

FIS has teamed with Anthropic to co-design a Financial Crimes AI Agent that aims to cut AML investigation times to minutes, with pilots at BMO and Amalgamated Bank.

UF researchers at the Whitney Lab in St. Augustine are mapping how sea stars regrow tissue, revealing gene programs that could inform future human regenerative medicine.

A federal judge in Jacksonville dismissed CVS-Aetna’s lawsuit against Radiology Partners, blocking the insurer from undoing prior No Surprises Act arbitration awards.

UF cut the ribbon on a new $41M Whitney Marine Research Center in Marineland, expanding lab space, imaging capacity and a Sea Turtle Hospital for rehab and outreach.