New York Watchdog Tells Wall Street To Lock Down Cyber Defenses As AI Threats Spike
DFS told banks, insurers and crypto firms to tighten authentication, accelerate patching and test backups amid concerns that frontier AI and geopolitical shocks could raise cyber risk.
Insider Physicist Takes Helm at Brookhaven Lab in High-Stakes Power Shift
John Hill has been named director of Brookhaven National Laboratory as the Upton campus pivots from RHIC operations to the Electron‑Ion Collider and major upgrades. He'll oversee the lab's $900M budget and 3,000 staff.
Bepirovirsen Shows Promise As Functional Cure For Hepatitis B
An experimental drug called bepirovirsen produced durable 'functional cures' in roughly 20% of patients in large trials, offering a potential finite therapy for chronic hepatitis B.
Scientists Kill ‘Doomsday’ Climate Scenario As Washington Sweats The Fallout
Modelers have removed the extreme RCP8.5/SSP5‑8.5 marker from the CMIP7 design; the revision narrows the upper‑end of projections but still leaves large warming and financial risk.
COVID Left A Mark? Study Flags Small but Real Bump in Lung Cancer Risk
A new Frontiers study finds a small uptick in lung cancer incidence after COVID‑19, especially among current and former smokers, and points to the enzyme TYMP as a likely mechanism.
New York Bets On Cannabis In Gut‑Wrenching Fight Against IBD
New York’s cannabis regulator has launched a pilot observational study testing oral THC and CBD for adults with inflammatory bowel disease, partnering with licensed dispensaries.
Shared Bathroom Vents Turn Apartment Towers Into Silent Covid-19 Highways
A PLOS ONE study traced a 2020 apartment outbreak to shared bathroom ducts and urges retrofits — exhaust fans and non‑return flaps — to reduce airborne spread.
Goldman Boss Pushes AI ‘Factory Floor,’ Swears Manhattan Jobs Won’t Vanish
Goldman Sachs' operations chief says the bank will build a 'digital factory floor' of AI agents to automate back‑office work while saying overall headcount should stay largely unchanged.












