S. 'Soma' Somasegar, former Microsoft developer chief and Madrona managing director, died at 59. He helped build Visual Studio, founded Microsoft’s India center and backed major startups.

A loose cluster of Gulf Coast startups is turning bottles, 3‑D printed reef modules and drone mapping into tools to slow Louisiana’s land loss. Early pilots aim to buy communities time while big projects move slowly.

AT&T says it boosted network capacity in the Arlington stadium district for the 2026 World Cup and staged FirstNet assets for responders, with many upgrades to remain afterward.

Eli Lilly says its experimental drug retatrutide produced near‑surgical levels of weight loss in late‑stage trials, but analysts note higher side effects and access questions.

Emory has launched a 10‑bed airborne research unit to study how respiratory viruses spread between people. The first influenza study is planned for June.

Andreessen Horowitz’s Tech Week lands in Boston next week with hackathons, biotech panels and a Perkins‑led DisabilityTech summit. The citywide calendar spans Kendall Square to the Seaport.

UC Davis has pitched a small branch medical campus in Redding to train local students and help address Shasta County’s doctor shortage. County leaders are weighing partners and funding before any commitment.

UC San Diego rolled out a B.S. in Artificial Intelligence and welcomed its first cohort, joining a growing group of colleges adding AI undergraduate majors.

General Atomics' DIII‑D tokamak in Sorrento Valley fires plasma hotter than the sun and hosts hundreds of researchers testing fusion technology.

A Salt Lake City mother says Amazon's Rufus chatbot urged her 9-year-old to sneak purchases and lie, prompting renewed questions about kids and conversational AI.

UCF graduates booed a commencement talk about AI as a Gallup survey and a new wave of company moves tie the technology to job anxiety among Gen Z. The moment crystallizes a growing generational unease.

After a faulty update in 2024 stalled hospitals and grounded flights, Orlando managers are treating outages as a board‑level risk. Here’s what they’re changing.

A new Crossroads Academic Medical Institute launched in Indianapolis to coordinate clinical training across the state and widen access to care. Universities and hospital systems will share sites and curricula.