Recycled Packaging Push: PureCycle and IPL Schoeller say Cleveland Kitchen will roll out a grocery container made with 25% post-consumer recycled polypropylene, aiming to meet tightening recycled-content rules in states including California and New Jersey. At-Home Diagnostics: Visby Medical won FDA clearance for an at-home PCR test for flu and COVID-19, delivering results in about 30 minutes to help people decide on care sooner. AI Deployment Arms Race: Microsoft is creating a 6,000-person unit to embed engineers with customers to make AI actually work in day-to-day operations, echoing AWS’s similar “forward deployed” approach. Quantum Funding: California-based Qolab closed a $54.2M Series B Preferred round to advance scalable superconducting quantum computing and improve qubit coherence. Cybersecurity: Jamf Threat Labs reports a new Mac malware, PamStealer, spreading via fake clipboard app downloads to steal login credentials. California Tech Policy: A California antitrust bill cleared a Senate committee, putting Apple and Google at risk. STEM Workforce & Learning: UC Berkeley says it’s seeing no signs of AI grade inflation as professors adapt to new tools.