Black Hat USA AI Summit set for Aug. 4 at Mandalay Bay
Black Hat USA 2026 will hold its AI Summit on Tuesday, Aug. 4, as part of the cybersecurity conference running Aug. 1-6 in Las Vegas.
Science & Technology
Scientific research, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data, privacy, communications, space, engineering, and technology policy.
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Carson City schedules Aug. 6 public review of hazard plan addressing cyber risks
Carson City’s updated 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan identifies information-technology security and cyber events among the technological hazards considered in the city’s planning framework.
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UNO tests AI-enabled cybersecurity defenses for drones with NSF-backed research platform
University of Nebraska at Omaha researchers are using the MM-AIR testbed to study AI-powered defenses for drone systems, backed by a $175,000 National Science Foundation award.
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UMKC names Miguel Mostafá dean of School of Science and Engineering
Miguel Mostafá, Ph.D., is scheduled to begin as dean of UMKC’s School of Science and Engineering on June 1, 2026, leading a unit serving more than 3,000 students and reporting $72 million in ongoing research.
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Fairbanks expected to see about 37% solar coverage during Aug. 12 partial eclipse
Fairbanks is expected to see about 37% of the Sun covered during a partial solar eclipse scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.
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Connecticut joins settlement resolving claims tied to 23andMe genetic-data breach
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 42 attorneys general in a settlement with 23andMe’s bankruptcy trustee over allegations connected to a 2023 breach that compromised genetic data of 6.9 million customers worldwide.
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Discarded Falcon 9 upper stage is expected to strike the Moon on August 5
Researchers have published an observing plan for the expected Aug. 5 lunar impact of a discarded Falcon 9 upper stage, an event intended to support tracking and scientific study.
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UNL-led project receives federal Genesis Mission funding to advance AI and 6G research
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln-led project has received Department of Energy Genesis Mission funding for work involving artificial intelligence and 6G technologies.
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Bonner AI data-center proposal stalls as Missoula County weighs interim zoning pause
A proposed AI data center at Bonner Mill Industrial Park stalled after the property owner withdrew a required land-use application signature July 6, 2026. Missoula County commissioners were scheduled to consider interim zoning two days later.
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MSU Billings lists summer cybersecurity camps for students entering grades 5-9
City College at MSU Billings listed two hands-on cybersecurity summer camps for 2026, with enrollment capped at 20 students per cohort and tuition set at $50 per class.
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Montana Energy Task Force sets Aug. 25 Helena meeting as draft recommendations are posted
Montana’s Energy Task Force will meet Aug. 25 at the State Capitol in Helena. Draft recommendations and a draft report from its July meeting are available, but the agenda and materials for the next meeting remain to be determined.
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St. Louis Alzheimer’s diagnostics company lands first U.S. insurance coverage
C2N Diagnostics announced July 10 that its blood-based Alzheimer’s diagnostic received its first U.S. insurance coverage, a reimbursement milestone for the St. Louis-area company.
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Jefferson City voters to decide tax renewal affecting cybersecurity and AI purchases
Jefferson City voters will decide Aug. 4 whether to renew a half-cent capital-improvement sales tax that funds municipal technology, including servers, cybersecurity software, aerial mapping and unspecified AI tools.
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Gulfport military training center suspends CCTV-system solicitation pending policy review
The Mississippi Army National Guard’s Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center has suspended its solicitation for a Security Forces CCTV System while it reviews updated Department of the Army policy.
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Jackson council considers temporary moratorium on new data centers
Jackson City Council’s July 6 agenda called for a public hearing and introduction of an ordinance that would pause data-center development and expansion until a regulatory framework is approved.
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University of Minnesota to host generative AI and science workshop Aug. 4-5
The University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering will convene researchers at the McNamara Alumni Center for a two-day workshop on generative AI and scientific discovery.
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FAA proposes waiving 13 environmental laws for certain commercial space licenses
The FAA has proposed a process that could waive specified requirements under 13 federal environmental and historic-preservation laws for some commercial rocket-launch and spacecraft-reentry licenses and permits.