Thermo Fisher says the RapidINTEL Plus cartridge is now NDIS‑approved for qualifying crime‑scene samples, letting rapid DNA profiles be searched in CODIS when labs meet FBI standards.

Crews have finished deactivation at ORNL’s Isotope Row and will begin demolition in July to clear a cluster of radioactive buildings for new research use.

The FBI's Honolulu office issued a FLASH warning that TeamPCP has trojanized developer tools to steal cloud tokens, SSH keys and Kubernetes secrets.

The FDA tapped seven companies — including Eli Lilly and Regeneron — for a PreCheck pilot to speed reviews of new U.S. drug plants. The cohort includes big pharma and specialized CDMOs.

The FCC voted to tighten undersea cable rules, adding licensing for terminal equipment and new security checks while opening a fast track for trusted U.S. firms.

USGS is relocating HVO to a new 60,000‑sq‑ft research hub at UH Hilo on about 6.8 acres, consolidating labs and monitoring after the 2018 Kīlauea damage. Funding comes from 2019 disaster relief appropriations.

Two executive orders signed in Washington bundle an industrial push to build quantum systems with hard deadlines for federal migration to post-quantum cryptography.

Booz Allen is acquiring Austin's Ultra I&C Mission Solutions for about $720M, adding hundreds of engineers and battlefield-ready software, edge compute and encryption tools.

A startup servicer called Link is being prepped near Washington to rendezvous with and reboost the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Rapid tests and full-scale rehearsals are underway as launch approaches later this month.

A proposed class‑action alleges Anthropic misled customers about token allowances on its $100 and $200 Claude Max plans and seeks refunds and class certification.

Anthropic is committing up to $15 million in Claude credits to help state and local governments scan for and fix software vulnerabilities, with California and Texas among early participants.

Anthropic suspended its newest Claude models after a U.S. export‑control directive restricting foreign‑national access. The company says it disabled Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers while it seeks clarity.

Friday morning outages knocked Facebook and Instagram offline for many users, with Downdetector showing six‑figure reports and Meta’s status page flagging Ads Manager problems.