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Apple Announces 2026 Pride Band, Watch Face, and iPhone Wallpaper

Apple today introduced its 2026 Pride Collection, including a new Apple Watch band, watch face, and a matching wallpaper for the iPhone and iPad. The new Pride Edition Sport Loop is available to order now on Apple.com and in the Apple Store app in 40mm, 42mm, and 46mm sizes, and it will be available at Apple Store locations starting later this week. In the U.S., the band costs $49.

May 4 • 9:05 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com

Electronic Arts and Visa Team Up to Launch a Global, Multi-Year Partnership With EA SPORTS

Delivering immersive in-game rewards and expanding how players play, connect, and compete Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, today announced a landmark, multi-year collaboration with Visa (NYSE: V), the world’s leader in digital payments, to deliver the next generation of immersive, player-first experiences across EA SPORTS™ franchises. Visa is partnering with EA SPORTS franchises EA SPORTS FC™ and EA SPORTS™ College Football, offering in-game rewards and experiences for EA SPORTS’ global community of fans. By combining EA’s interactive, participatory platforms with Visa’s expansive global brand, this partnership demonstrates how the line between sports fandom and video games continues to blur as audiences increasingly play, watch, and connect across both physical and virtual sports. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Visa for one of Electronic Arts’ most expansive brand partnerships to date, bringing more value to fans,” said David

May 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • news.ea.com

Global webinar – From evidence to essential services: embedding harm reduction in national health systems

Harm reduction services remain underfunded, fragmented, and often outside mainstream health systems, despite being an evidence-based, rights-based, and cost-effective approach, essential for achieving global HIV, hepatitis, and universal health coverage goals. This webinar will present WHO guidance and effective harm reduction approaches and respond to growing demand for practical dialogue on how to translate evidence into scalable national service models.

May 4 • 6:22 AM EDT • Health • who.int

Trump has targeted universities and science. But RIT is thriving

“I don't want to diminish the turmoil that we've all had to live through in the last year, and the consequences of that,” says the university's VP of research. But really? For RIT it's been a non-event.

May 4 • 5:05 AM EDT • Science • wxxinews.org

Food labels have far-reaching effects on our health

Our environment drives many of the choices we make around what we eat. Evidence shows that to encourage consumers to make healthier choices, better labelling and education are crucial.

May 4 • 5:01 AM EDT • Health • bbc.com

How deep does Auburn’s hatred of Alabama go? Check the Gatorade

Don’t go to Auburn for a taste of fruit punch. “We don’t even have red Gatorade." That's the Iron Bowl for you.

May 4 • 4:20 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com

Global Health & WASH: May 2026 Funding Opportunities (14 new opportunities!)

The May update for Global Health & WASH brings new calls that cluster around three distinct shifts: LMIC research leadership moving from funder encouragement into a hard eligibility constraint, pharmaceutical and corporate-linked funders running structurally independent education and use-inspired research portfolios at substantial scale, and AI adoption shifting decisively from speculative tool to operational capability across health and WASH systems alike. In LMIC Research Leadership as Eligibility, Not Encouragement, Wellcome anchors the dominant signal of the month with three separate major calls that all require or strongly center LMIC leadership in their basic eligibility architecture. Wellcome’s ESIC Hubs (£1.5-£1.9M per hub over 3-5 years) explicitly requires an LMIC-based lead applicant, treating Global South leadership as a design constraint rather than a participation goal. Wellcome’s Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Development Award funds transdisciplinary teams whose lead must be a mid-career or established researcher based at an organization in Africa, South Asia, or Southeast Asia. Wellcome’s larger Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Award (£1M-£8M for optimizing licensed interventions) requires the administering organization to be in eligible LMIC regions and at least 50% of applicants based there. Around Wellcome, the same pattern shows up at smaller scale and across funders: CHINNOVA channels $1M into West and Central African research institutions for climate-health work; IBRO’s Neuroscience Training Grants explicitly tier ceilings by region of residence with Africa receiving the highest amount ($5,000); IHME’s GBD Emerging Researcher Award reserves at least one of its two annual awards for an LMIC researcher; Sidaction’s HIV Cure call funds research teams across France, the Netherlands, and eligible African countries with a minimum two-country collaboration requirement. Taken together, these calls signal a meaningful shift in how research equity is being operationalized — not as encouragement language at the bottom of a call, but as a structural feature of who can lead, where the work must be administered, and what proportion of the team must be regionally rooted. In Pharma-Funded Independent Medical Education and Use-Inspired Research, the lineup this month is unusually deep. Pfizer alone runs four parallel calls under independent education and quality improvement frameworks: a Migraine and Women’s Health RFP (200K x 2-year, $500K pool), Migraine IME ($200K, $1M pool), JAK Inhibitor evidence-based education ($100K), and Maternal Vaccination HCP Education in Saudi Arabia ($75K), plus a separate Pediatric Pneumococcal Surveillance research call in Saudi Arabia ($400K per project). Novo Nordisk Foundation runs four parallel calls of its own at substantial scale: Infectious Diseases Catalyst Grants (DKK 60M pool, up to DKK 7M collaborative), Non-Diabetic Endocrinology Collaborative Grants (DKK 53M pool, DKK 5-10M per project), Pioneer Innovator Grant Health (DKK 1.1M), and Distinguished Innovator Grant Health (DKK 6.8M). LEO Foundation deploys DKK 2-4M per project for dermatology research excellence. Pfizer’s framing across calls deliberately separates the funding from product promotion, emphasizing measurable practice-relevant change and structural distance between scientific outputs and commercial activity. Novo Nordisk’s “use-inspired” hard filter pushes researchers toward a credible translation pathway from mechanism to deployable tool. The pattern: industry-aligned funders are running structurally independent portfolios at meaningful $ that fund implementation evidence, not promotion. In AI as Operational Capability, Not Speculation, several calls this month explicitly treat AI adoption as a near-term operational question with real evidence and governance requirements, rather than a speculative trend to be watched. Wellcome’s ESIC Hubs frames AI as “the accelerator” for evidence synthesis, asking hubs to translate technical innovation into adoption-ready workflows that can match real-world policy timelines. UNICEF Venture Fund’s new Climate Tech for Children’s Health call funds for-profit startups deploying AI, machine learning, and blockchain in low-resource environments, with a strict requirement that solutions must already have a working prototype with promising pilot results. The Water Research Foundation has launched two simultaneous AI calls treating reproducibility, cybersecurity guardrails, and human-in-the-loop deployments as core design constraints rather than nice-to-haves: one on GenAI and Agentic AI in water utilities ($200K), one on alternatives to water shutoffs that explicitly screens for implementation economics evidence. Nordic Innovation’s quantum technology call (NOK 4.5M) extends the same logic into life science and healthcare, demanding consortium-stage projects mature enough to test with real users. TEF-Health offers €300K in subsidized testing infrastructure for European healthcare AI and robotics SMEs. The pattern: funders are converting AI pilots into playbooks, requiring transfer evidence and risk controls before AI can move from experimentation to sector-wide operational practice. For LMIC-based researchers in infectious disease or evidence synthesis, the three Wellcome calls together represent the deepest concentration of LMIC-led research capital in recent memory — pair the Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Development Award (£200K, deadline May 19) as a strategic pipeline feeder into the larger Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Award (£1-£8M, deadline June 2), since the development award functions explicitly as a track into the larger trial scheme. For Nordic researchers, the four Novo Nordisk Foundation calls plus LEO Foundation and Nordic Innovation Quantum represent ~$30M in regional research capital this cycle, all with deadlines clustered in May-August. For WASH practitioners, the three Water Research Foundation calls together (each up to $200K) are a cluster worth reading across — one on AI deployment, one on shutoff alternatives, one rewarding applied innovation — and the strongest applicants will articulate how their work bridges utility operations to policy-relevant evidence. For US-based clinical researchers and educators, the four Pfizer calls plus the APF Portfolio’s 80+ programs form an unusually accessible recurring pipeline; APF’s prohibition on indirect costs is a meaningful structural feature for early-career applicants whose institutions might otherwise absorb significant overhead. Snapshot of New Opportunities Total Estimated Funding Pool: $100 Million+ USD The grants are organized into three categories: Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 39 open opportunities- 14 new! Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 14 rolling opportunities- 1 new opportunity! Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 4 long term opportunities! A quick tip for returning readers: if you want to jump straight to the newest additions, use CTRL F to search for “New!” and navigate quickly to the latest funding opportunities This post is for paid subscribers. This helps support the time and effort it takes to curate and organize these opportunities. Subscribe To keep this accessible to everyone who needs it, we’re happy to offer pay what you can rates. You can find more details here. Open Calls: Migraine Competitive Grant Program: Migraine and Women’s Health (Quality Improvement and/or Research RFP), Pfizer.*Closing soon!* Pfizer, in collaboration with the American Headache Society, is seeking independent quality improvement and research projects that close persistent gaps in migraine care for women across the United States. The funding logic centers on measurable, practice-relevant change: proposals should generate actionable evidence, tools, or system improvements that can be shared and used widely, not just within a single site. Priority areas span menstrual migraine and screening in women’s health settings, the role of hormonal fluctuations across the lifespan, sex-specific risk factors, comorbidities and quality-of-life burden, and disparities in outcomes by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. The call is structured as a two-step competitive process with an initial Letter of Intent, with the strongest concepts expected to translate scientific insight into implementable improvements in diagnosis, management, and equity. Geographies: United States. Who can apply: U.S.-based organizations (not individuals), including professional schools, healthcare institutions, professional organizations, and other entities focused on healthcare improvement. Funding amount: Up to USD $200,000 total over 2 years; total pool USD $500,000. Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Focus areas: migraine, women’s health, quality improvement, clinical research, menstrual migraine, health disparities. Deadline: LOI: May 5, 2026; Full proposal (by invitation): August 28, 2026. Learn more and apply here. This RFP rewards “shareable impact”: the most competitive submissions will pair rigorous methods with a clear plan for system uptake and dissemination beyond the originating institution. ReSSARC: Strengthening the Health Sector and Food Security in the Central African Republic (AID 013381/01/0) Call for Proposals, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). *Closing soon!* AICS is seeking a limited set of high-capacity humanitarian partners to deliver an integrated package that stabilizes essential health services while reducing acute malnutrition and strengthening food security resilience in priority areas of the Central African Republic. The funder’s logic is explicitly nexus-based: proposals should meet urgent, life-saving needs while reinforcing local systems, coordination mechanisms, and community-level capacity so results persist beyond the emergency window. AICS emphasizes inclusion and protection outcomes, expecting gender-sensitive design and explicit measures for groups facing compounded vulnerability, including women, children under five, internally displaced people, and people with disabilities. The call also signals a localization pathway, encouraging stronger collaboration with national NGOs and balanced partnerships, alongside clear coordination with existing cluster and humanitarian actors to minimize duplication and improve coverage. Geographies: Central African Republic (Bangui, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Lim-Pende, Lobaye). Who can apply: Non-profit organizations registered with AICS, plus eligible non-profits without an office in Italy that have a pre-existing collaboration agreement with an AICS-listed organization. Funding amount: Total pool EUR €1,800,000; max EUR €800,000 (single applicant) or EUR €1,000,000 (ATS). Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Focus areas: malnutrition prevention and treatment, maternal and child health, community health services, food security and resilience, localization partnerships Deadline: May 5, 2026. Learn more and apply here. This call is structured to reward partners who can link frontline service delivery to system durability and localization, not just short-term coverage gains. Contracts for Innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare, Innovate UK. *Closing soon!* Innovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences Addiction Healthcare Goals program, is procuring R&D to accelerate innovations that can improve treatment outcomes, strengthen recovery, and reduce harm and deaths linked to drug and alcohol addiction. The competition is positioned as a market-facing readiness push: selected projects are expected to advance solutions toward later-stage validation, generate evidence of user acceptability and UK market fit, and map credible routes through regulatory and certification requirements. Innovate UK signals a preference for innovations that can be field-tested in relevant UK settings and progressed to TRL 6 or 7, with practical plans for commercialization after contract completion. This structure favors applicants that can execute most work in-house, co-develop with service providers and people with lived experience, and translate technical progress into deployable tools for addiction healthcare delivery. Geographies: United Kingdom. Who can apply: Single organizations of any size (including EU, EEA, or international) leading delivery, with most work and key deliverables carried out in the UK; subcontractors for specialist skills only. Funding amount: GBP £200,000–1.5 million per project (inclusive of VAT); Total pool: GBP £20 million (across two strands). Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Focus areas: Mental Health, Health Systems Strengthening, Research & Development, Technology Access. Deadline: May 6, 2026 (11:00am). Learn more and apply here. This call uses procurement to pull near-market addiction innovations toward operational proof and adoption pathways in UK services.

May 4 • 3:59 AM EDT • Health • impactfunding.substack.com

Gaming’s Expanding Influence: Licensing Expo 2026 to Host Panel on How Gaming Brands Are Shaping Mainstream Entertainment

Session featuring CD Projekt Red, Supercell, Ubisoft, and Think Influence will explore how gaming brands are redefining entertainment through licensing and cultural innovation, in a panel moderated by Game DeveloperLAS VEGAS, May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Informa Markets’ Licensing Expo, the world's most influential event for licensing, IP extension, and brand collaborations (May 19–21, Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV), announces a panel discussion that will spotlight the gami

May 4 • 3:01 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com

Alabama and Tennessee move to draw new congressional districts in wake of Supreme Court ruling

Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee have called lawmakers into special sessions seeking new congressional districts.

May 4 • 12:04 AM EDT • Politics • wsls.com

Trouble for Labour across a scrambled political map

Breadth of previous support for the party makes it vulnerable to losing everywhere, to everyone, this week

May 4 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • ft.com

Labour MPs say ‘endless drama’ of leadership speculation must stop

Downing Street begins fightback against predictions of imminent challenge to Keir Starmer

May 4 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com

Scientists Make Agar Art Accessible to Students

By swapping lab equipment for kitchen staples, a group of scientists and artists created an engaging, hands-on activity to spread the joy of science to kids and adults alike.

May 4 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • the-scientist.com

University responds after fire destroys lab hub at USF's Marine Science College

May 3 • 11:47 PM EDT • Science • wtsp.com

USF Marine Science dean laments loss of research in laboratory building fire

“I think almost everybody that was doing research and using that facility will be impacted one way or another,” said Dean Tom Frazer. “We're still concerned that samples may have been lost that may be irreplaceable."

May 3 • 9:15 PM EDT • Science • wusf.org

Chris Mason: Elections this week a smorgasbord of competitiveness

The scale of these elections looks set to vividly expose the breadth of Labour's vulnerabilities, Chris Mason writes.

May 3 • 9:08 PM EDT • Politics • bbc.com

How Perimenopause Became America's New Health Scare

If you’re a woman who speaks English, it sometimes feels like you can’t spend time on the internet without being bombarded with all the ways in which your body or your mind could be just a little broken. A few years ago, Instagram was full of women talking about attention deficit disorder, and lo and behold: From 2020 to 2022, the percentage of women (between the ages of 23 and 49) newly diagnosed with it nearly doubled. Not long ago, premenstrual syndrome was all the rage, with the algorithm pushing videos that explained why it’s okay to fly off the handle once a month. These days, the word perimenopause is everywhere. Perhaps you’ve seen the headlines. “Perimenopause is having a millennial moment. Here are 7 ways to cope,” says The Washington Post. Or perhaps you’ve seen Apple TV’s glossy drama Your Friends & Neighbors, which is back for its second season; the female protagonist Mel is explicitly perimenopausal, and in the first season, she keyed a car for no apparent reason. She’s played by Amanda Peet, who talks about being perimenopausal in real life (“God knows I’ve wanted to key a lot of cars in the last three years,” she’s said.) In fact, it sometimes feels like every celebrity interview with a forty- or fiftysomething woman requires her to open up about what’s going on with her hormones. Drew Barrymore joked on CBS Mornings that when she found out how long perimenopause can last, she thought she’d “never make it 10 years like this.” Katherine Heigl told Business Insider that “whoever designed it so that women would be going through perimenopause while raising teenagers should be sent a strongly worded letter.” At the same time, influencers who talk about perimenopause seem to have cropped up out of nowhere with something to sell you, causing people online to wonder where this all came from. It’s trickled down from Instagram to tchotchke shops, which sell fridge magnets that say “Perimenopause Is Hot.” You can buy a T-shirt that proclaims “Perimenopause Made Me Do It!” My mom, who is 48, started uncontrollably shaking her leg at night a few years ago. “It’s perimenopause,” she told me when I complained about how annoying it was. But what exactly is perimenopause—and why are we all talking about it all of a sudden?

May 3 • 7:52 PM EDT • Health • thefp.com

Investigation into fire at USF St. Pete Marine Science Lab | FOX 13 Tampa Bay

Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the 2-alarm fire Saturday evening at the USF St. Pete campus. FOX 13's Heather Healy reports.

May 3 • 6:17 PM EDT • Science • fox13news.com

Fire destroys a lab building on a University of South Florida campus

A fire at the University of South Florida's Marine Science Laboratory building in St. Petersburg caused significant damage, with initial assessments suggesting the structure may be a total loss.

May 3 • 4:28 PM EDT • Science • wesh.com

Panthers WR trade candidate should interest Raiders, Chiefs and Dolphins

The Carolina Panthers could have a wide receiver available for trade and three teams that might have interest are the Las Vegas Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins.

May 3 • 3:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

LSU expert talks about mental health among student-athletes and available resources

A spotlight is being placed on mental health and the resources available for people in need of support, including student-athletes.

May 3 • 1:39 PM EDT • Health • wafb.com

Lightning may have sparked fire destroying top US marine science lab, officials say

About 200 firefighters responded to devastating blaze at University of South Florida’s lab on Saturday

May 3 • 12:31 PM EDT • Science • theguardian.com

Flames tear through roof of USF Marine Science Laboratory in St. Petersburg

A large two-alarm fire broke out Saturday at a building on the University of South Florida’s St. Petersburg campus, sending plumes of smoke into the sky.

May 3 • 11:34 AM EDT • Science • cbs12.com

Ultimate camera flagship to launch globally: Xiaomi Mix 5 expected to sport major upgrades

Five years have passed since the Xiaomi Mix 4. Younger readers probably will not even remember Xiaomi's China-only flagship with an under-display camera, but current code analyses suggest it may finally get a successor in 2026. Particularly interesting: the ultimate Xiaomi flagship will likely also be available in Germany and Austria.

May 3 • 10:40 AM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net

Sixers fans crash Celtics postgame show, upsetting Brian Scalabrine

The Philadelphia 76ers finally got one over on the Boston Celtics by winning Game 7 at the Garden, and Sixers fans weren’t going to let anyone forget about it, especially Brian Scalabrine. The Sixers came back from a 3-1 series deficit in surprising circumstances to win their first series against their Eastern Conference rivals since…

May 3 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Free Saros PS5 Avatars Are Available for You to Claim Right Now

Here's how you get them

May 3 • 8:30 AM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com

Curing U.S. Health Care, Part II

On March 23, 2010 President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — usually referred to either as the Affordable Care Act or as Obamacare — into law. Joe Biden, then the vice president, could be overheard whispering “This is a big fucking deal.” And it was. The ACA, which went into full effect in 2014, created a system of subsidies and regulations designed to make health insurance available to many Americans who had previously been left out. It worked: In 2010 there were 47 million uninsured people in America, but by 2016 this number had dropped to 27 million. This still fell short of the universal health insurance that every other advanced nation has, but it was real progress. In 2017, during his first term, Donald Trump tried to destroy the ACA, replacing it with the American Health Care Act — legislation that would have eliminated most of the provisions that expanded health insurance under Obama. At the time the Congressional Budget Office projected that the G.O.P.’s replacement bill would nearly double the number of Americans without health insurance, increasing the total uninsured population by 23 million and undoing all of the progress achieved under the ACA. However, the attack on Obamacare failed by one vote in the Senate, and the ensuing public backlash against the G.O.P. delivered a large victory in the 2018 midterms to the Democrats. After these developments many observers assumed that the ACA had become a more or less permanent feature of American life. Such assessments, however, failed to take into account the deep hostility of the U.S. right toward policies that expand access to healthcare. As we’ll see, this hostility goes back generations. And the second Trump administration has taken actions that the CBO projects will add 16 million people to the rolls of the uninsured by 2034. How did we get here? And now what? Today’s primer will analyze the political economy of U.S. healthcare since the 1940s and the combination of danger and opportunity created by the current crisis. Beyond the paywall I will discuss the following: US health care on the eve of Trump II 80 years of US health politics The Obamacare story The new assault on healthcare

May 3 • 6:31 AM EDT • Health • paulkrugman.substack.com

New Orleans youth gaming labs support social emotional skills and career exploration

Founded by Brent DeLarge, Unchained Realities transforms youth experiences in New Orleans by integrating esports labs, design workshops, and emotional learning in partnerships with local schools and rec centers.

May 3 • 6:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com

New Orleans youth gaming labs support social emotional skills and career exploration

Founded by Brent DeLarge, Unchained Realities transforms youth experiences in New Orleans by integrating esports labs, design workshops, and emotional learning in partnerships with local schools and rec centers.

May 3 • 6:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • shreveportbossieradvocate.com

Months after the FDA's label change for Tylenol, what's changed?

In September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced it was issuing a safety change for the medicine...

May 3 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • post-gazette.com

Plaques unveiled across Torbay to encourage mental health chats

Torbay Council says the plaques are designed to signpost people to available support services.

May 3 • 2:11 AM EDT • Health • bbc.com

Rally kicks off Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Twin Falls residents wanted to remind people that help is available.

May 3 • 12:53 AM EDT • Health • kmvt.com

Britain enters the era of seven-party politics

Labour and the Conservatives combined account for barely a third of voters in polls — threatening the UK’s constitutional certainties

May 3 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • ft.com

Large fire breaks out at marine science lab on USF St. Petersburg campus

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

May 2 • 11:28 PM EDT • Science • nbcmiami.com

Massive fire destroys University of South Florida laboratory building: 'Total loss'

A massive fire broke out at the University of South Florida's Marine Science Laboratory in St. Petersburg, with no injuries reported, authorities said.

May 2 • 11:15 PM EDT • Science • foxnews.com

Fire Damages USF Marine Science Lab; Hazmat Evaluation Planned Overnight

A multiple-alarm structure fire significantly damaged a marine science laboratory, with officials indicating the building is likely a total loss due to extensive water and fire damage. The fire was reported at approximately 5:12 p.m. on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Fire crews reported that the structure was already heavily involved in the attic upon arrival. […]

May 2 • 10:03 PM EDT • Science • iontb.com

Fire Breaks Out at University of South Florida Marine Science Lab

A fire broke out Saturday evening at a University of South Florida marine science lab in St. Petersburg, prompting an evacuation.

May 2 • 9:42 PM EDT • Science • newsweek.com

Two-alarm fire strikes USF Marine Science Laboratory on St. Petersburg campus

Emergency calls came in sometime after 5:30 p.m. Saturday. No injuries have been reported, and the building was evacuated, officials say. No cause has been determined.

May 2 • 8:32 PM EDT • Science • wusf.org

‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field

‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field ‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field A field that once seemed like a direct path to stable, lucrative work is becoming less certain under AI, students and faculty told Spectator. By Ria Vasishtha and Arjun Menon May 3, 2026 Shanying Liu / Deputy Illustrations Editor Asia Genawi, SEAS ’29, first encountered artificial intelligence during her sophomore year at her high school in Indiana. Back in 2023, policies on AI varied widely—even within the same district—and some schools had no guidance at all. As Genawi began to see the effects of AI trickle into her classroom, she turned to guidance from her home state’s Department of Education, which she said she found “outdated and inaccessible.” Genawi spent the rest of her high school career dedicated to the issue, including writing a 15-page memo exploring varying AI policies across Indiana schools, which she sent to every Indiana state senator and representative whose contact information she was able to find. She later helped draft a bill that would have required public high schools to establish and share their own AI policies with students in an accessible format. But with so many other bills already awaiting referral, hers never made it to committee. When Genawi arrived at Columbia to study computer science, she found that the gaps she had spent years trying to address in Indiana had followed her there. Many students and professors were also grappling with what AI meant for the field. Across Columbia’s undergraduate schools, computer science has become the most popular major—accounting for around 11 percent of degrees awarded in Columbia College, 32 percent in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and 12 percent in the School of General Studies in 2024. While the number of computer science majors in SEAS grew from 166 to 173 during the 2024-25 academic year, the total number across the three schools fell around 4.5 percent from 393 to 375, driven by declines at Columbia College and General Studies. At Barnard, it has grown to become the second most popular major as of 2025, up from third the year prior. The number of degrees awarded have grown fivefold since 2016. Faculty members and students in the department told Spectator that the surge in the major’s popularity has been driven in large part by its apparent promise of a secure, well-paid career path. However, they noted that the recent rise of generative AI has compromised the sense of stability that once defined the field, even as interest in technical skills among students persists. According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2024, out of 74 majors tracked, computer science had the fifth highest unemployment rate among majors at 7 percent, while computer engineering had the second highest at 7.8 percent. “Anecdotally, people are moving away from CS as a major,” Daniel Bauer, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, said. “They’re still taking some of our classes, right, because they think they need that, but they’re instead majoring in other things.” Bauer described a field that had shifted from what he called a “nerdy outlier discipline” to one that “everyone needs,” a sign that technical skills have become a baseline expectation across industries with the emergence of AI. “A lot of people thought, ‘Oh, it’s a guaranteed path to a stable income. You get a six-figure job right out of your undergrad,’” Bauer said. Now, companies may see AI as a way to reduce demand for entry-level programmers, especially in what he calls “code monkey jobs,” roles where a large number of employees are “just writing out code nine-to-five.” Chris Murphy, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, described the current moment as the convergence of two forces: the downturn of the job market and generative AI coming onto the scene. “Things kind of started to really pick up in 2014, 16,” he said, recalling the years after the weaker 2010 market. Murphy added that this was also a period where “students were getting more experience outside of class than they were inside of class” through internships, jobs, and side projects. Murphy suggested that the earlier momentum helped make computer science feel like both an academic program and a reliable pathway into work. That feeling is harder to sustain now as the industry reconfigures, which is a shift that students are seeing firsthand. Rebecca Yu, SEAS ’27, said that during a recent internship in Big Tech, she saw that “every single tech company was racing to integrate” large language models. She added that her manager said her intern class was the first to complete their assigned projects, which she attributed to the increased efficiency that comes with AI. Frank Liu, SEAS ’29, said that with AI lowering the barrier to coding, companies now expect everyone to write code. “A lot of companies outright say if you’re not using coding in your job, you might get fired for not being productive enough,” Liu said. Yu similarly expressed that students increasingly have to accept AI being a part of industry workflow, adding that many also “make use of it to maximize their productivity.” Richard Li, CC ’28, described a “franticness” among his peers as the pace of change accelerates. He explained how “some new tool” is released regularly, noting that tools rise and fall in prominence within weeks. He has come to believe that he doesn’t need to “match that speed all the time” and keep up with every development. Li has learned that AI tools allow him to “take a breath” and “get back into the loop much easier than before” when he needs to. While some companies specifically target Columbia when hiring, sending representatives to campus career fairs and recruiting large numbers from Columbia, a computer science degree cannot be treated as a static credential, Yu described. “You can’t just get your degree and stop learning after that. You have to always be learning,” Yu said. “That is something you basically have to expect for your job.” AI has not only affected students’ decisions to major in computer science, but also reshaped how the subject is taught. Across departments, faculty members no longer treat work done outside the classroom as a reliable measure of understanding, shifting instead toward in-person exams, quizzes, and attendance checks. While homework once made up as much as 60 to 70 percent of a student’s grade in computer science classes, Murphy said that breakdown has since flipped, with exams and quizzes now accounting for the majority. “The assumption—especially among pessimists—is that they’re using it to do their homework,” Murphy said. “They take the homework assignment. They put it into generative AI. Out comes the solution. Submit solution. The end.” Murphy said that faculty members ranged in their responses from fully prohibiting AI use to actively teaching students how to effectively work with AI. He said he shifted his approach this year after his teaching assistants called his belief that students weren’t using the technology “naïve,” and now permits students to use AI on assignments. His surveys of students in his introductory classes have told a more complicated story than the one so-called pessimists offer: Around 60 to 70 percent of students who reported using AI said they used it to have concepts explained to them, to clarify assignment instructions, to generate test cases, or to create practice questions. “Those are all ways that you might have had a tutor in the past to do that, and now you have this AI essentially as your tutor,” he said. Bauer has taken a different approach, teaching students how to use AI productively without sacrificing the core principles of the discipline. “People who are trained to actually use AI tools productively, while being in charge of designing the overall project, will be very much in demand in the next couple of years,” he said. Over the past year, a working group of computer science faculty has been redesigning the introductory and intermediate programming sequence to integrate generative AI as both a subject and a tool, representatives from SEAS wrote in a statement to Spectator. The effort is “coordinated” across the department, “not course-by-course,” with a systematic assessment of how AI integration is affecting student outcomes underway to shape the next round of changes. The goal, the department explained, is for students to be able to “read, verify, and reason about code, whether they or a model wrote it.” Tony Dear, senior lecturer in the computer science department, is piloting individualized AI feedback in a discrete mathematics course, while a machine learning course is also testing a Socratic AI dialogue system designed to “guide inquiry rather than supply answers,” the statement reads. Beyond individual courses, SEAS funded seven cross-departmental faculty projects in generative AI this past academic year, spanning biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, and computer science, according to the statement. This phenomenon extends beyond the computer science department. SEAS’ new AI minor, which it announced in November 2025, reflects the University’s attempt to adapt. The minor is specifically designed for noncomputer science majors and aims to provide “essential AI knowledge” while emphasizing practical and responsible use across disciplines, according to the SEAS website. At the center of the minor is AI in Context, a course taught by a team of faculty from the departments of computer science, applied mathematics, philosophy, music, literature, and the Writing Center, the representatives told Spectator. Bauer described it as targeted at students who want to bring AI into fields like economics or biology, rather than as a path into software engineering itself. At the graduate level, SEAS announced a new Master of Science in artificial intelligence in February, with the inaugural cohort starting in the fall. While recognizing how AI has helped them navigate coursework, students also described its rise as isolating, even among members of the Application Development Initiative, one of Columbia’s largest computer science clubs. “As people start to ask AI for questions that they would normally ask students and members, it starts to isolate people” Li said. Alexa Kafka, BC ’27, echoed Li’s sentiment, pointing out that computer science has always been a collaborative discipline with code reviews and pull requests, even as AI makes independent work easier. Despite this, Kafka noted that she hasn’t been to office hours “in at least a year.” Bauer added that faculty are exploring long-term solutions to the assessment problem. “One of the things that we’re trying to do at the department or school level is to maybe move towards computerized testing facilities,” Bauer said, referring to ideas in the department to revitalize computer labs as an alternative to pen-and-paper exams. “We have to accept that this is the reality, for better or worse.” But more exams, students say, does not mean better learning, nor does it reflect how computer science is actually done. “Code is so variable and can be approached in so many directions, there’s never just going to be one correct answer. There can be multiple optimal solutions,” Kafka said. Students also expressed concern that the shift toward exam-heavy grading pulls focus away from the applied, project-based work that better reflects both discipline and industry expectations. ADI has tried to respond more quickly than the curriculum can. Through a vibe coding workshop this past semester, club members said they wanted to help students understand not just that AI exists, but how to use it deliberately. “Vibe coding” refers to the practice of prompting AI to write code for a task or project, and has become widespread enough that ADI felt the gap in formal instruction was worth addressing, according to Sophia Huang, BC ’29. The workshop introduced students to the concept of context engineering, which Shaina Sahu, SEAS ’27, described as not just writing a prompt, but optimizing “the rest of the relevant information that you would feed into the model.” Without that, students said that AI-generated code can fail at scale or introduce difficult-to-detect bugs. Genawi said the shift toward AI has changed what it means to be good at computer science. “I think the shift has kind of gone towards what can you create and what can you do, instead of, what do you know,” she said. Indeed, during ADI DevFest, its annual hackathon, Li said more teams are trying to complete their projects than in years past. While sign-ups have historically outpaced submissions, Li said this is beginning to change because teams “have a tool that completes the vision for them.” While many students see AI as an equalizer that lowers the barrier to entry for coding and technical work, Murphy said it also creates new equity concerns inside the classroom around who can afford stronger tools and who already knows how to use them. “The equity issues I worry about are students who have access to paid versions of things versus free versions of things,” he said. Although popular AI models like ChatGPT and Claude have free versions available, both have paid models that can reach over $100 per month, which output different qualities of code. Murphy also pointed to differences in prior exposure to AI literacy itself. “Students who go to high schools or K-12 education, where they’re taught AI literacy, prompt engineering, context engineering, they understand how to do this, as opposed to students who go to schools who don’t teach that,” he said. “Then they come in, and then they’re somehow expected to know how to use these tools.” For Genawi, those disparities begin long before students arrive on campus. “It’s very interesting to consider how lucky you were geographically,” she said. “To be born where you were is influencing your ability to get access to these spaces.” Students like Yu, though broadly apprehensive about the future of computer science, are not without hope. “I’m optimistic, because I think if you’re truly passionate about CS, there will definitely be a place in the field to do something you want to do,” she said. Senior Staff Writer Ria Vasishtha can be contacted at ria.vasishtha@columbiaspectator.com. Follow Spectator on X @ColumbiaSpec. Staff Writer Arjun Menon can be contacted at arjun.menon@columbiaspectator.com. Follow Spectator on X @ColumbiaSpec. Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter and like Spectator on Facebook. Produced with Spectate by Emily Ta

May 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • columbiaspectator.com

Photos: Sold out second Saturday of Jazz Fest sees lots of sun and music

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival continued with regular programming after 2 days of schedule scrambles due to weather. The tickets for the second Saturday sold out. Headlines included the Eagles, Alabama Shakes and T-Pain.

May 2 • 4:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com

New in-game animation for Ingrid shown off by Street Fighter 6 Director

Ingrid is the final character coming to Season 3 of Street Fighter 6. She'll become available for players to use starting on May 28, 2026.The Street Fighter 6 developers recently treated fans to Ingrid's pre-fight animations. Evidently ...

May 2 • 3:14 PM EDT • Technology • eventhubs.com

Veterans reminded about available resources during Mental Health Awareness Month

The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs wants to remind veterans and their loved ones about available resources during Mental Health Awareness Month.

May 2 • 2:23 PM EDT • Health • wafb.com

2026 Kentucky Derby predictions, odds, contenders: Picks from expert who had $1,045 win last year

Gene Menez revealed his Kentucky Derby 2026 picks for the Run for the Roses on Saturday, May 2 at Churchill Downs

May 2 • 1:26 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com

Apple's $599 Mac Mini is no longer available

The company's 256GB option is no longer available

May 2 • 1:15 PM EDT • Technology • mashable.com

Spirit Airlines is ending operations immediately and going out of business after 34 years, with refunds to come but no customer service

The airline said on its website that all flights have been canceled and customer service is no longer available.

May 2 • 10:02 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com

Immigrants have made huge contributions to U.S. science

The current administration’s policies impede the best and the brightest foreign-born researchers' access to research laboratories in America.

May 2 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • seattletimes.com

Player availability report, presented by Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute: Orlando Pride vs Washington Spirit

Here is this week's player availability report, presented by Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute, for Saturday's home match vs Washington Spirit

May 2 • 8:15 AM EDT • Health • orlandocitysc.com

Spirit says it’s going out of business, ending operations immediately

The airline said on its website that all flights have been canceled and customer service is no longer available.

May 2 • 8:13 AM EDT • Business • boston.com

Neighborhood Mobile Clinics Closing Healthcare Gaps Across Bexar County

Regular health check ups and screenings can save lives, but are out of reach for many in Bexar County. Health Collaborative is closing those gaps with regular s

May 2 • 6:30 AM EDT • Health • news4sanantonio.com

Limited artisan collection features work of three Wyoming artists

The three pieces, created by artists Katie Coyne, Karen Barton and Breanna Whitlock, along with the “Buffalo” candle line will be available at the WYO Candle Co. in downtown Sheridan.

May 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • thesheridanpress.com

Spirit Airlines says it’s going out of business and is ending operations immediately

The airline said all flights have been cancelled and customer service is no longer available.

May 2 • 2:39 AM EDT • Business • ms.now

University of Iowa propels space science forward with opening of spaceflight lab

In order for scientists to know how equipment will fare in space, they must test tools in a variety of manners — vibrations, thermal changes, if materials will warp when

May 2 • 1:30 AM EDT • Science • telegraphherald.com

Gen Z Cares about Politics, We Just Don’t Believe Politics Cares about Us

As part of a collaboration between The Fulcrum's NextGen initiative and Made By Us, The Fulcrum is publishing Letters to America, a series created through the Youth250 project that invites Gen Z to reflect on the nation’s past, present, and future as the United States approaches its 250th anniversar...

May 2 • 12:20 AM EDT • Politics • thefulcrum.us

Kentucky adds mental health resource signs on Covington, Newport bridges

For people struggling with their mental health, new signs on three Northern Kentucky bridges are meant to serve as a visible reminder that help is available.

May 1 • 10:55 PM EDT • Health • local12.com

NOLA.com's Live from Jazz Fest: Picking between Eagles, Alabama Shakes, T-Pain, more

See Keith Spera’s strategy for the Saturday cubes—tune in to find out! Today's live show is presented by Explore Louisiana and New Orleans and Company.

May 1 • 9:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com

Pitkin County discusses parking availability, traffic at Airport  Business Center

Pitkin County is worried about traffic in the Aspen Airport Business Center.

May 1 • 8:30 PM EDT • Business • aspentimes.com

CU-Lock Haven undergraduate’s research bridges gap between student science and large-scale conservation

LOCK HAVEN — In a lab where streams run indoors and ecosystems are built by hand, Emily Gonzalez, of Wilkes-Barre, is doing more than collecting data. She’s helping answer questions that could shape the future of Pennsylvania’s waterways — and directly support large-scale restoration efforts already underway in the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. […]

May 1 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • lockhaven.com

Business Lookahead: Eyeing oil, US jobs, and European earnings

STORY: From high oil prices and the conflict in the Middle East to U.S. jobs data and corporate earnings, here’s what you need to watch in business and finance in the week ahead.:: Crude and currencyOil prices briefly topped $120 a barrel this week to hit their highest level since 2022 as the war with Iran enters a third month.While the U.S. and Iran face pressure to end a conflict that has shut the Strait of Hormuz, the world watches anxiously as the biggest-ever disruption to energy supplies unfolds.For each week the Strait is closed, keeping oil elevated, the greater the economic risks via higher inflation or weak growth or, for some, both. Oil importer Japan just intervened to prop up a yen that has been weakened by the conflict.A new month is now underway and some traders will be mindful of that old adage, "Sell in May and go away.":: Jobs gyrationsAs the U.S. economy grapples with fallout from the Middle East war, Wall Street's radar turns to Friday's April monthly payrolls report.The U.S. economy likely created 73,000 new jobs, economists polled by Reuters forecast. In March, payrolls increased by 178,000, the most since December 2024, but that followed a sharp decline in February.The U.S. employment data comes amid signs of hawkishness at the Federal Reserve, as Donald Trump pick Kevin Warsh prepares to take over as chair with the U.S. president keen on rate cuts.:: Starmer’s statusThursday's local elections in Britain, usually a non-event for investors, could move markets in a big way, with opinion polls pointing to a heavy defeat for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party.A heavy defeat could spark more widespread demands for his dismissal among his own lawmakers and stoke expectations of a successor more willing to run looser budgets. That would bring more bad news for British bonds.::European earningsIt's a big week for European earnings with Shell and Commerzbank among those reporting.On aggregate, profits are expected to grow 3.2% in Q1, according to LSEG I/B/E/S. Under the surface, it's a little bit more complicated. Growth is expected to be driven by just three sectors: financials, tech and energy. The latter is seen as the biggest beneficiary of the Iran war due to higher oil and gas prices.But if the war, and energy surge, persist, the overall outlook for Europe's earnings could turn.

May 1 • 5:33 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com

Ind. PD introduces two-week 'sabbaticals' for officer mental health

The program is available to officers and civilian workers who have worked for the Charlestown PD for more than five years; the time off is unrelated to their vacation, personal and sick time

May 1 • 5:12 PM EDT • Health • police1.com

Alabama becomes second state to move to redraw maps after Supreme Court ruling

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced the Republican-controlled state legislature will hold a special session next week to pave the way for redistricting – becoming the second state to take action following the Supreme Court’s decision further weakening the Voting Rights Act.

May 1 • 4:49 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Gillibrand rallies with labor unions, pushes Faster Labor Contracts Act

She rallied in Rochester with Teamsters Local 118 and in Syracuse with IBEW Local 43.

May 1 • 4:46 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Gillibrand rallies with labor unions, pushes Faster Labor Contracts Act

She rallied in Rochester with Teamsters Local 118 and in Syracuse with IBEW Local 43.

May 1 • 4:46 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Madison Square Garden Entertainment posts Q3 results before market May 7

Results arrive before the market opens on May 7, followed by an 8:30 a.m. ET call. Webcast replay stays available through May 14.

May 1 • 4:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • stocktitan.net

Gov. Abbott, HHSC Announce $56 Million in Federal Funding for Rural Health Care Providers to Modernize Equipment, Infrastructure | Texas Health and Human Services

Gov. Abbott announced HHSC is making $56 million in federal funding available to rural health care providers. As part of the Rural Texas Strong plan, the grant opportunity will help health care providers update critical equipment and infrastructure.

May 1 • 3:18 PM EDT • Health • hhs.texas.gov

PNNL Researchers to Speak About Genesis Mission at National Science Bowl

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Robert Rallo and Nathan Hodas speak to students about the future of AI RICHLAND, Wash., May 1, 2026 — Student winners of this year’s regional National Science Bowl competitions will hear about the future of AI from two researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory this spring. The […]

May 1 • 3:08 PM EDT • Science • hpcwire.com

Disability Belongs Reveals New Cohort For 2026 Entertainment Lab

Disability Belongs has announced a new virtual cohort of participants for its 2026 Entertainment Lab.

May 1 • 2:17 PM EDT • Entertainment • deadline.com

Disability Belongs Reveals Virtual Cohort Participants For 2026 Entertainment Lab

EXCLUSIVE: Disability Belongs, a national disability-led nonprofit known for creating systemic change in how society views and values people with disabilities, has announced a new virtual cohort of pa...

May 1 • 2:17 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com

Lansing Latino legislative advocacy event brings labor issues, maternal health into focus

In the basement of a church in downtown Lansing, members of Michigan’s Latin community grappled with policy and bold ideas that could help them protect their civil rights and attain tangible political power statewide. On Thursday, MI Poder, a nonprofit organization dedicated to amplifying Latinx grassroots efforts and justice-driven policy change, hosted its fourth-annual Latino […]

May 1 • 1:44 PM EDT • Health • michiganadvance.com

Anna Grassellino appointed to DOE Office of Science Advisory Committee

Anna Grassellino of Fermilab will serve on SCAC and chair the quantum subcommittee, tasked with advancing national quantum goals.

May 1 • 12:44 PM EDT • Science • news.fnal.gov

May Day protests across Europe and Asia turn into anti-American, anti-Israel political battlegrounds

May Day demonstrations across multiple continents escalated into clashes as traditional labor protests increasingly became vehicles for anti-war and anti-Israel political movements.

May 1 • 12:13 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Canine Welfare Science Conference Brings Together Leaders to Address the Human-dog Bond and Ethical, Sustainable Sourcing of Dogs

The power of shared learning, collaborative problem-solving, and civil discourse will be on display as Purdue University’s Croney Research Group hosts the 2026 Canine Welfare Science Conference in Lafayette, Indiana May 29-30. The theme of the two-day event is “Old problems, new solutions: breaking

May 1 • 11:41 AM EDT • Science • vet.purdue.edu

WTEN: Cowgirls Invited To UTR Sports NIT Championship

LAKE CHARLES- McNeese women's tennis season isn't over- the 2026 Southland Conference regular season champs have accepted an invitation to play in the UTR Sports NIT Championship, May 5-8 in Rome, Ga. All matches will be streamed on playsight.com for free with live scoring available on IOnCourt.

May 1 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • mcneesesports.com

Second Chances In The Workforce

People certainly make mistakes — a lot of them through the course of a lifetime, and some that are serious enough to warrant jail time. However, for those mistakes — or crimes — that are less serious, it has been difficult for released and rehabilitated felons to re-enter a workforce that has already labeled and […]

May 1 • 7:37 AM EDT • Business • deltabusinessjournal.com

Business–labour cooperation and long-term competitiveness in the age of AI

Modern economic competitiveness depends on how effectively industries and workers collaborate to adopt new technologies.

May 1 • 6:51 AM EDT • Business • weforum.org

Ecovyst Announces Agreement to Acquire Calabrian Sulfur Dioxide & Sulfur Derivatives Business

/PRNewswire/ -- Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE: ECVT), a leading provider of virgin sulfuric acid and regenerated sulfuric acid products and services ("Ecovyst"),...

May 1 • 6:45 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com

Hurzeler on Gomez, 'refreshing not relaxing' and 'unpredictable' league

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Newcastle United at St James' Park (kick-off 15:00 BST). Despite being forced off with an injury last time out, Mats Wieffer will be available. James Milner and Solly March will not feature at St James' Park.

May 1 • 6:36 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Tuscaloosa students prepare for tech jobs in new lab

Tuscaloosa City Schools opened a new Computer Science Innovation Lab, preparing students for high-demand tech jobs.

May 1 • 5:08 AM EDT • Science • tuscaloosanews.com

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

May 1 • 1:00 AM EDT • Politics • politico.com

DEAD OR ALIVE 6 Last Round ‘The King of Fighters XIV Collaboration’ trailer

Publisher Koei Tecmo and developer Team NINJA have released a new trailer for DEAD OR ALIVE 6 Last Round introducing the game’s collaboration downloadable content characters Mai Shiranui and …

Apr 30 • 11:05 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com

Free heart health screenings available in central Vermont

Vermonters can get free heart health screenings and resources at two events at the very start of May, no appointment needed.

Apr 30 • 8:32 PM EDT • Health • burlingtonfreepress.com

University of Iowa propels space science forward with opening of spaceflight lab

The University of Iowa is expanding its space instrument development and testing capabilities with new laboratories and equipment.

Apr 30 • 8:25 PM EDT • Science • iowacapitaldispatch.com

Allied health services availability and human milk nutrition among preterm infants

Pediatric Research - Allied health services availability and human milk nutrition among preterm infants

Apr 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • nature.com

Knicks' Josh Hart (lower back contusion) is available for Game 6 against Hawks

Apr 30 • 6:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

SAROS Launches Worldwide Exclusively on PlayStation®5

San Mateo, Calif. — April 30, 2026 — Sony Interactive Entertainment today announced the worldwide launch of SAROS, Housemarque’s next gameplay-first, single-player action game. Available now on PlayStation®5 (PS5®), SAROS follows Arjun Devraj (played by Rahul Kohli, star of The Haunting of Bly Manor and Midnight Mass) as a Soltari enforcer who will stop at […]

Apr 30 • 5:46 PM EDT • Entertainment • sonyinteractive.com

Registered nurses, allies to demand Maine Health cancel contract with Palantir Technologies

Maine Medical Center registered nurses will hold a press conference on Friday, May 1 in Portland to demand Maine Health cancel its contract with Palantir Technologies. Joined by their allies in the Purge Palantir campaign, nurses will detail why leaders of Maine’s public institutions and health care organizations should refuse collaborations with the surveillance software giant.

Apr 30 • 3:08 PM EDT • Health • nationalnursesunited.org

Where CBS Sports has Alabama football in post-spring top 25 rankings

CBS Sports cites 'reduced confidence' in Alabama football as part of its post-spring ranking of the Crimson Tide entering Year 3 under Kalen DeBoer.

Apr 30 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Julian Edelman sues friend over $50M sale of business they grew

New England Patriots legend Julian Edelman is suing his former best friend and longtime business collaborator whom the retired football player says didn’t share the windfall from selling a digital advertising firm he helped grow.

Apr 30 • 2:11 PM EDT • Business • nbcboston.com

Arts and Entertainment Calendar

Vocal Showcase – April 30, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Held in Coulter Recital Hall, this School of Music showcase features WCU vocal students performing solo and ensemble repertoire. Open to the public. More information at: https://wcu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/11939071 Late Night Writing – May 1, 9 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. A relaxed late‑night writing session in UC […]

Apr 30 • 12:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • westerncarolinian.com

Microsoft’s DLSS competitor is now available on the Xbox Ally X handheld

Xbox Insiders get early access today

Apr 30 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com