Major developments span AI workforce shifts, enhanced mobile security, emerging health threats, and infrastructure vulnerabilities across tech and scientific sectors.

General Motors is laying off hundreds of IT workers while hiring employees with stronger artificial intelligence skills, signaling a major industry pivot toward AI-focused workforce development.

Apple's iOS 26.5 update enables end-to-end encryption for text messages between iPhone and Android users through RCS messaging, addressing a long-standing security gap in cross-platform communication.

A hantavirus outbreak is expanding globally with confirmed cases in Pakistan showing multiple deaths from rat bites and three passengers from an affected ship arriving in US biocontainment, while Moderna and Korea University are developing a new mRNA vaccine for the virus.

Linux systems face a second severe vulnerability within two weeks, highlighting growing cybersecurity concerns for one of the world's most widely-used operating systems.

A data center consumed 30 million gallons of water over months without detection, raising questions about infrastructure monitoring and environmental impact of expanding tech facilities.

The FCC allowed existing foreign routers to receive updates until 2029 following its ban on new foreign router imports, balancing security concerns with practical implementation timelines.

Starlink has disabled its GPS-style feature, though researchers may work to unlock the technology, reflecting tensions between satellite internet capabilities and regulatory oversight.

Papa John's is partnering with Alphabet's Wing for drone delivery, initially limited to sandwiches rather than pizza, demonstrating both opportunities and challenges in commercial drone logistics.

Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's former chief scientist estranged from the company, defended his role in Sam Altman's 2023 ouster, stating he acted to prevent the organization's destruction.

Redwood Materials' incoming CFO stated it is too early to discuss an IPO for the Tesla-backed battery recycling company, indicating the firm remains in growth rather than exit phases.