Strategies to Create a Culture of Reading in Schools Join this free virtual event to learn how teachers and school district leaders ensure students are reading enough.

Measuring What Matters: Redefining Student Assessment In this panel discussion, district leaders and systems experts will examine the gap between the outcomes we want and the systems in place.

EdMarketer Quick Hit: Build Campaigns That Engage K-12 Leaders We’ll share what’s resonating with Education Week’s K-12 audience based on user behavior across platforms and other proprietary data.

Better Tools, Not More: What Educators Say About Teaching and Technology Optimism is up. Coherence is the next challenge. Hear what the 2026 Educator Confidence Report reveals about the field.

How Can School Districts Better Support English Learners With Disabilities? Join this webinar to hear recent findings from the EdWeek Research Center and discover practical strategies for improvement.

What Teacher Education Should Look Like in the Age of AI Explore the current trends around the use of AI in teacher preparation and continuing education with data from the EdWeek Research Center.

There But Not Present: Rethinking Student Engagement Learn how to recognize the early signs of disengagement and what the behavioral science reveals about which interventions actually work.

Micro-Learning, Macro Results: Reimagining Professional Learning Rethink professional learning with 3 strategies that personalize professional learning, validate expertise, and support educator retention.

Kaiser Permanente to repay nurses 'potentially tens of millions' in mistakenly withheld wages Following an arbitration agreement, more than 1,000 nurses will be compensated for a payment error that began in 2021, the California Nurses Association said. The major nonprofit confirmed the plans but did not comment on the total amount.

Suki launches ‘Ask’ feature for clinical decision support driven by Wolters Kluwer UpToDate AI API Ask integrates evidence-based clinical reasoning directly into workflows and can provide answers grounded in UpToDate’s proprietary content.

Healthleap banks $38M for AI screening platform that catches undiagnosed conditions Healthleap says its platform is the first and only validated AI malnutrition screening tool that contains EHR-integrated screening layers, executives say.

PhRMA launches new legal challenge as CMS brings 'most favored nation' pricing to Medicare Part B As the Trump administration advances plans to bring its “most favored nation” drug pricing model to Medicare Part B, the pharmaceutical industry’s top lobbying group is pushing back in court.

After ICE raids, hospitals saw fewer ED visits, more admissions among foreign-born: study Studies published this week outline changes in care-seeking behavior tied to heightened federal immigration policy and rhetoric, with ramifications for patient outcomes and healthcare spending.

Cigna unveils new customer experience platform, Health Sense Cigna is rolling out a new patient experience platform that aims to harness the power of data to drive greater personalization.

Teladoc Health unveils new AI capabilities within Solo platform for hospitals The two new tools aim to help health systems surface timely patient insights into their care environments while reducing technology fragmentation, executives say.

Infinitus launches AI agents to help pharma teams reach more providers The agents—dubbed FieldForce—provide support sales representatives and field reimbursement managers.

Senators question Kennedy on 'major break' from USPSTF appointment norms The lawmakers expressed concerns over the panel’s ability to make recommendations, the transparency of the application process and more.

Utah expands healthcare AI sandbox with August AI, Nolla Health pilots, adds third-party evaluators Utah is expanding the state's AI regulatory sandbox program with new pilots to test AI-supported prescription renewals, dermatology and physical therapy, while adding physician oversight and independent third-party evaluators to strengthen safety and accountability.

The future of independent contracting in healthcare More clinicians are turning to independent contracting for greater flexibility, but uncertainty around worker classification can complicate those arrangements. This week on "Podnosis," Senior Writer Anastassia Gliadkovskaya talks with ShiftKey’s Regan Parker about the Department of Labor’s proposed independent contractor rule, portable benefits and what the future of independent contracting could look like in healthcare.

SCAN, Walmart are teaming up for co-branded MA plans. Here's why Last month, SCAN Health Plan revealed that it would team up with Walmart to launch co-branded Medicare Advantage plans in two states. Now, the partners are offering a deeper look at how those benefits have taken shape, and why they saw potential in coming together.

Maui Health CEO announced their resignation this week, while Tenet Healthcare’s CIO confirmed plans to retire. These leadership changes mark significant shifts in two major healthcare organizations. Industry insiders are watching closely as both companies prepare for transitions. This roundup highlights key executive moves shaping the sector’s future. Readers are encouraged to submit their own updates for next week’s briefing.

General Medicine banks $120M backed by a16z, Eli Lilly and Mercy Health to build out healthcare storefront General Medicine, started by the founding team that built PillPack and Amazon Pharmacy, is an online marketplace where customers can search, compare and buy care, see insurance and cash prices before deciding, and get guidance from a licensed clinician.

Minnesota Wild live updates: Michael Russo and Joe Smith with the latest news after Game 1 win Michael Russo and Joe Smith bring you the ultimate fan spot for news, discussion and access to the Wild

Tampa Bay Wave Unveils 2026 FinTech|X Cohort: 13 Startups Set to Scale in Florida Hub - FF News Tampa Bay Wave Unveils 2026 FinTech|X Cohort: 13 Startups Set to Scale in Florida Hub FF News

Scientists have developed various AI tools to measure people's biological ages. Would you use one?

NextBlock leads $3M funding round for Soda Labs Quartz

AI-Podcasting Company Rebel Audio Raises Series A Funding at $50 Million Valuation (Exclusive) The Hollywood Reporter

Live updates: Trump media ban returns to court; WH science summit includes awards for Musk, Huang CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s ban of the media outlets on White House grounds returns to D. C. federal court on Thursday morning. Despite a judge’s ruling two weeks ago that the outlets should be allowed in the complex for pool duties, the president has blocked them routinely.

The sea surface temperature in a key El Niño region has exceeded 86 degrees F for the first time on record, hinting that the strength and location of some El Niño events are transforming.

To mitigate climate change, direct air capture of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere has emerged as an increasingly attractive option for limiting global warming. But scaling up systems to remove and safely store enough CO₂ faces major obstacles, according to researchers at the Georgia Tech School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE).

Too many quantum startups, too little money to keep them alive The Register

Ask an artificial intelligence model whether a face looks gay or straight and it will refuse to answer. But ask it to alter a person's photo to make them look gay or straight—or criminal—and it often will, using stereotypical features.

Chicago venture capital funding slides in Q3 The Business Journals

Mastercard to enable offline payments across Europe Mastercard is introducing offline payment requirements that mean that from 2027 Europeans will be able to pay during power and network outages.

FDA says its safety review of abortion pill will continue into next year The FDA says its ongoing safety review of the nation's main abortion pill will continue into next year, a timeline that was quickly condemned by abortion opponents.

BMW’s new iX4 has 428 miles of range, but it starts at north of $66,000 [Images] BMW revealed the new iX4, its new electric coupe-SUV that can drive up to 428 miles on a single charge. more…

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How OpenAI Beat Math Mathematicians are likely feeling the kind of anxiety that software engineers have experienced for months in the wake of OpenAI release on Tuesday of a whopping 722 research papers with AI-created solutions to a range of problems across math subjects. AI’s success solving ultra-difficult math problems—even though it still makes mistakes doing simple math—is due to several factors. Solutions to math problems can often be verified, much like software code, and there’s a lot of overlap between mathematics and the work…

Most of us now carry in our pockets devices capable of running small AI chatbots. These chatbots have little safety oversight to ensure they don't provide information and answers with the potential to encourage self-harm, lead to financial loss or promote extremist notions—especially when operating offline.

New electrode design breaks key barrier to greener ammonia production A new approach to producing ammonia using renewable electricity has overcome a fundamental energy limitation of the technology, opening new possibilities for cleaner and potentially more cost-effective production of one of the world's most important chemicals.

Rise of collagen-eating microbes may help explain gaps in the fossil record Researchers may have uncovered the reason why some of Earth's earliest animals were commonly preserved as fossils—even though they were essentially fragile "bags of goo"—while later soft-bodied creatures have largely disappeared from the fossil record.

Artemis II images boost NASA’s moon-base plans The first crewed lunar mission in more than a half-century brought back more than 800 gigabytes of data on colorful craters, flashing meteoroids and much more

Michael Douglas Was Third Choice For Gordon Gekko; How He Rode ‘Wall Street’s Slick Villain To Oscar Glory Editor’s Note: Mike Fleming Jr. here. It was early for me, but always worth catching MD someplace in Europe, where he enjoys the fruits of his long run […]

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Newly-built fighter aircraft conducts maiden flight, mission verified performance of main systems The maiden flight of the first Gripen E fighter aircraft produced in Brazil has been...

AI startups drive Europe’s best funding quarter in four years The Next Web

Department of War Announces $350 Million in Quantum Computing Initiatives - U. S. Department of War (. gov) Department of War Announces $350 Million in Quantum Computing Initiatives U. S. Department of War (. gov)

Dutch cybersecurity firm Hadrian raises $40m - FinTech Futures Dutch cybersecurity firm Hadrian raises $40m FinTech Futures

The US suspends Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, and others from a program that lets skilled foreign workers gain permanent residency, citing alleged fraud (Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff/Reuters) Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Reuters : The US suspends Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, and others from a program that lets skilled foreign workers gain permanent residency, citing alleged fraud — US Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that the federal government was suspending Microsoft from a program …

Margaret Hamilton, software pioneer who helped put humans on the Moon, dies at 90 Her team's code kept Apollo 11's landing on course when the guidance computer became overloaded

GTA VI will have in-game podcasts and at least six radio stations Music is always a major part of a Grand Theft Auto game, and Rockstar Games says GTA VI will have the series' "biggest and widest-ranging selection of in-game radio yet." There will be at least six radio stations players can listen to in vehicles or on foot, ranging from talk radio to classic rock:

The Retro Song Bird plays just the music from your favorite Game Boy cartridges The Retro Song Bird may look similar to devices like Epilogue's GB Operator with a slot on top for Game Boy cartridges, but it's not designed for playing retro games. The featureless box is instead a media player designed to play through all the music and sound effect files on Game Boy cartridges using a […]

Intermountain stepping back from clinically integrated network jointly run, owned with UCHealth The nonprofits had launched Trinsic in 2023 as a push toward value-based care and improved care coordination. UCHealth will be its sole owner and operator come December.

Epic’s New Free PC Games Are Live, Only Available for a Limited Time The Epic Games Store has a selection of free PC games that changes every week. The latest free offerings will be available until Oct. 15.

What If The Addams Family's "Thing" Was Real? Watch A Severed Robotic Hand Creep Around The Floor And Play Golf IFLScience

Bebe Neuwirth, Whitney Leavitt, Reece Weaver & More Among Line-Up For One-Night-Only ‘Chicago’ Anniversary Performance On Broadway Broadway’s recording-breaking revival of Chicago will welcome back some old friends to celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary on Broadway this November, with former cast members including Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton, Robyn Hurder, Whitney Leavitt, Ariana Madix and Alex Newell joining the current “Roxie Hart,” Reece Weaver, in the one-night-only celebration. The 30th anniversary gala performance […]

All rewards available in the Arc Raiders 'Frozen Trail' pass A guide listing all of the rewards available in both tiers of the Arc Raiders "Frozen Trail" pass, along with how the pass works.

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Oil prices rose amid reports on Thursday that the White House is weighing new strike options on Iran, less than a month before the November elections. Brent crude, the global benchmark, increased to $104. 60 per barrel with a 4. 4 percent jump on Thursday morning. The U. S. benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), jumped 3. 91 percent and…

Netflix Plans Oscar Push for Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love,’ Pushing Jeon Do-yeon for Best Actress (Exclusive) The company's campaign for the Korean film comes seven award seasons after 'Parasite' broke the glass ceiling for non-English-language films at the Oscars.

How to find out if your kid will get $250 from Michael and Susan Dell in their Trump Account this week Michael and Susan Dell's $6. 25 billion gift is being distributed across the Trump Accounts of 25 million children this week.

Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi all set for a green revival ‘Maram Peyyunna Idam’ project to transform the tree-rich campus into a vibrant urban grove with native, fruit-bearing and medicinal trees

Kerala Lalithakala Akademi charts global ambitions New office-bearers unveil action plan to revitalise galleries, promote masters and take Keralam’s art to national and international platforms

Micron: This Memory Cycle Could End Differently

Captive elephants to get regular health check-ups in Keralam Kerala Elephant Federation launches medical camps to screen captive elephants for diabetes, cholesterol, and kidney and liver disorders. The increasing number of elephant deaths in the State in recent years has raised concern

Keralam constitutes University Finance Commission with B. A. Prakash as chairperson The commission has been formed to propose guidelines to prevent financial crises arising from the ‘unplanned inception and operation of specialised universities with low student enrollment'.

Tamil Nadu Hindi row explained: From ‘chutney’ to Highway signboard One highway signboard. That is how fast Tamil Nadu’s government, headed by C. Joseph Vijay, moved the moment Hindi appeared on a highway signboard. And yet this same state welcomes lakhs of Hindi-speaking workers who help build its cities and towns and keep its businesses running.

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Rolling off the celebrated European premiere of “Elsinore” on opening night of the London Film Festival, Andrew Scott emphasized why movies should still tackle the AIDS crisis, even as a new wave of LGBTQ films and series are tapping into lighter themes. “I welcome things like ‘Heartstopper’ and ‘Heated Rivalry’ and ‘Red, White & Royal […]

Joe Rogan Sets Multi-Year Extension With Spotify Spotify and top podcaster Joe Rogan have agreed to a multi-year contract extension. The Wall Street Journal reported that Rogan could end up with an “estimated earnout” of $250 million. The new extension continues to broaden distribution of the show, which was exclusive to Spotify between 2020 […]

Kalaburagi journalist condemns sexual harassment of women journalists, calls it a direct attack on press freedom

Air India, Akasa hike fuel surcharge as costs climb The airlines attributed the revisions to sustained increases in fuel prices amid continuing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.