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.
Sam Altman's Eyeball Orb Lands in SF, Locals Are Not Blinking
A Sam Altman‑backed Orb is scanning irises in San Francisco to create World ID credentials as Tinder, Zoom and DocuSign test the system; privacy experts warn the data is permanent.












