FERC directed regional grid operators to fast-track interconnection for large data-center loads, prioritizing the power-hungry AI buildout over the usual queue. It's a federal thumb on the scale for compute at a moment when grid capacity is the binding constraint.
A researcher mapped a sprawling network of roughly 10,000 GitHub repos seeded with trojaned code — fake tools, game cheats, and cracked software that pull a second-stage payload. The repos game search and star-count signals to look legitimate.
The two incumbents are reportedly coordinating — on interoperability and enterprise distribution — to blunt the momentum of the pure-play labs. An unusual alignment between rivals that says more about how threatened they feel than about friendship.
Academic medical centers are running their own trials to repurpose existing, off-patent drugs for new uses — getting treatments to patients at a fraction of pharma's development cost. A quiet model for non-commercial drug discovery.