Many American scientists are being recruited by foreign universities holding out offers of stable funding and academic freedom. It began last year after the Trump administration began making seismic changes to U.S. scientific research. Administration actions included canceling hundreds of federal grants and deprioritizing research on topics including climate change and vaccination. Foreign universities saw an opportunity. According to a report, 21 countries have programs to attract U.S. researchers. Since then, many have taken the bait. While there is no way to quantify the overall change in the academic landscape, scientists and professional groups say the shift is clear and concerning.

A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance. It plans to address those concerns, in part, by recording classroom conversations and using artificial intelligence to flag speech deemed “hateful” or “inciting.” The Gaza Children Village's plans have elicited ethical, safety and privacy concerns from some Palestinian and advocacy groups and at least one of the charity’s partners. There is no indication the charity intends to share its classrooms’ recordings with anybody else, but fears about the potential misuse of surveillance technology are heightened in Gaza.

The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas, accusing the company of fraud. Vice President JD Vance said Thursday, “If you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants.” Vance spoke in a White House news conference announcing the decision. The H-1B program has long been a target of President Donald Trump’s supporters who say the program undercuts American workers and is rife with abuse. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft hasn’t responded to a request for comment.