AI & Business: DeepSeek’s latest reasoning model is shaking U.S. “frontier AI” revenue assumptions, undercutting premium API pricing with lower compute costs and an open-weight approach. Weather & Safety: Philippines’ PAGASA warns the southwest monsoon and a low-pressure trough may bring scattered rains and thunderstorms over Metro Manila and much of Luzon, with conditions easing as the system moves away. Education Policy: DepEd is tightening enforcement against online harassment and cyberbullying, pairing the push with PISA 2025 gains that still show learner well-being depends on safe schools. Disaster Forecasting: Swiss researchers are training AI on massive NASA climate and Earth-observation datasets to speed up natural-disaster forecasting. Space Science: New work suggests Mercury shrank nearly 12 km more than thought, with debris from impacts clouding earlier estimates. Cybersecurity: China’s VIB-NER improves how systems extract new threat terms from messy security reports, boosting accuracy and cutting training time. Environment & Health: California sea lions are being hit hard by toxic algae blooms, driving record strandings and raising seafood safety concerns. Science Infrastructure: Liberty Science Center broke ground on a $40M expansion to modernize exhibits and boost accessibility. Energy & Power Grid: Portland General Electric is resubmitting a revised transmission plan through Forest Park after earlier rejection, with new mitigation funding.