Former lab engineers and mock‑interview marketplaces are charging hundreds to thousands as Bay Area job hunters chase frontier AI roles.

Northwestern surgeons replaced a woman’s lungs, liver and kidney in a rare staged operation that used perfusion technology to protect the donor organs.

IBM’s preliminary Q2 came up short — operating EPS $2.93 on $17.2B revenue — and the stock plunged in early trading as CEO Arvind Krishna blamed timing and a client shift into hardware.

FAA accepted SpaceX’s Starship mishap report, clearing the way for a July Starship test while a Falcon 9 launched Starlink from Cape Canaveral.

NASA circulated a draft RFP that spells out how private companies could design, certify and operate a commercial station to succeed the ISS. The move invites quick industry feedback and maps a timeline toward awards in 2027.

The McDonnell Planetarium reopens this Saturday with a first‑in‑the‑U.S. GOTO Chiron III projector and full‑dome visualization. Upgrades include new surround sound, hearing‑assistance tech and new live shows.

Demis Hassabis is pitching a U.S.-led, industry-funded watchdog to test frontier AI models before release; the plan follows recent export-control clashes and model gating.

Federal agencies warned that Russian state actors are exploiting weak routers worldwide; officials urge immediate hardening steps for critical infrastructure.

More than 200 economists and AI researchers — including Nobel laureates — released a short Stanford-organized statement urging immediate policy and institutional action to prepare for AI’s economic upheaval.

Black Tech Week lands in Cincinnati July 14–16 with headliners Damola Adamolekun and Anquan Boldin. The three-day slate runs across downtown venues and includes keynotes, panels and networking.

Thomas Jefferson University will open a Sidney Kimmel Medical College campus in Allentown, adding more than 54,000 square feet of teaching and lab space and expanding clinical ties with LVHN.

Scripps Research won $2M from the Gates Foundation to expand its Freyja wastewater tools and build AI that links sewage and clinical data for earlier outbreak warnings. Pilots will start in Africa and the tools will remain open‑source.

NAU and TSMC launched a free Process Technician Apprenticeship pairing classroom hours with long on‑the‑job training to funnel Arizonans into fast‑growing fab jobs. Applications are open through July 31 for eligible applicants.