UNLV's 2026 pipeline review finds 192 trials testing 158 drugs and a shift to inflammation and tau targets, with key readouts due this year.

Mark and Mary Stevens are giving USC $200 million to seed a campus-wide AI initiative and rename the university's computing school.

Vanderbilt researchers built an AI Face Test and found object-recognition skill — not IQ or AI experience — best predicts who can spot AI-generated faces.

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.

Pennsylvania asked a court to block Character.AI after a chatbot claimed to be a licensed Pennsylvania psychiatrist and supplied an invalid PA license number. The state is seeking an injunction.

Emad Rizk takes the helm at Charlotte-based Premier after a $2.6B take-private. The seasoned payer-and-provider executive will lead the company's tech and supply-chain push.

Former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine will run Rockville-based Quantum Space as CEO, joining a startup building refuelable, maneuverable Ranger spacecraft aimed at defense missions. The company says Ranger Prime is now targeting a 2027 launch window.

A Verizon network problem on Tuesday knocked out mobile and some home internet service across the Pittsburgh area, leaving many phones in “SOS” mode.

A cyberattack that began Saturday disrupted email, websites and registration at SDCCD; officials say classes are mostly continuing and there’s no evidence data was taken.

Janet Petro is retiring as Kennedy Space Center director effective May 1, 2026, capping a nearly 20-year NASA career that included a stint as acting NASA administrator.

Vertex and Moderna said Monday they are discontinuing the VX‑522 Phase 1/2 inhaled mRNA trial after persistent lung inflammation concerns, ending a potential option for thousands of CF patients.

Hillsboro-based Lattice is buying AMI for about $1.65B, adding firmware and datacenter manageability as it pushes toward a $1B revenue run rate.

Pitt unveiled the Western Pennsylvania Quantum Information Core with equipment that chills experiments to about 20 millikelvin. Officials say the $11.6M investment will centralize tools for quantum research and workforce training.