UCSF Researchers Bet Big on $12 Billion Science Lifeline
The State Senate cleared SB 895, an amended $12B plan to fund research; UCSF says federal grant slowdowns have put labs and clinical trials at risk. The measure now heads to the Assembly.
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.
D.C. Power Play: White House Quietly OKs $9 Billion Nvidia Chip Binge
The White House approved roughly $9 billion to buy Nvidia superchips and build the liquid‑cooled data centers that run them, aiming to close an intelligence‑community compute gap. The move raises procurement, timing and civil‑liberties questions as agencies race to deploy frontier AI on classified networks.
SF Robot Hotshot Hit With Claim It Turned Airbnbs Into Secret Test Labs
A San Francisco host says a robotics startup booked his Airbnb to test a prototype and left thousands of dollars in damage. He’s now seeking $12,383.50 in small‑claims court.












