A Financial Times report says a White House memo accuses China of "industrial-scale" theft of U.S. AI labs' IP, echoing Anthropic and OpenAI warnings and raising enforcement questions.

An Ohio University analysis of Cirque du Soleil medical records found 354 concussions across 2.7 million exposures — about 1.3 per 10,000 — lower than many expect.

Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement buyouts to roughly 7% of its U.S. workforce — a move that could affect thousands of Seattle‑area employees. Details land May 7.

Fujitsu and Carnegie Mellon are launching a Physical AI Research Center at CMU’s Robotics Innovation Center in Hazelwood Green to speed robotics from lab to field.

Tampa‑based XTEND won a $1.67M contract from Israel's defense ministry as it prepares for a planned Nasdaq debut and expands local manufacturing.

Veil Global sued Norton Rose Fulbright in Cook County, alleging the firm failed to pay a USPTO fee and cost the company licensing value; it seeks at least $100 million.

Tufts Medical Center won approval to begin living‑donor liver transplants, adding a new route for patients and donors in Boston. The program builds on the hospital’s revived liver services.

A bright blue‑green fireball streaked across northern Utah before dawn, with viewer footage and multiple eyewitness reports and meteor networks tracking submissions.

NASA unveiled the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and moved its launch up; the wide-field observatory will survey roughly 12% of the sky and hunt exoplanets.

A federal magistrate dismissed a family lawsuit over Valley View Winery after court briefs relied on fabricated legal citations, and lawyers were ordered to pay six‑figure costs.

OHSU researchers mapped a serotonin-linked brain circuit that can trigger phantom ringing in mice, suggesting why some antidepressants may worsen tinnitus.

San José State added a mobile Doppler radar and a NASA partnership to expand wildfire sensing, field campaigns and hands‑on student training. The upgrades aim to sharpen local fire forecasts and plume monitoring.

Thornton’s Forge Nano agreed to a SPAC merger valuing the company at about $1.2 billion, with proceeds earmarked to scale chip‑coating tools and a Morrisville gigafactory.