Workplace Surveillance: A new report shows how employers use location tracking, productivity monitoring, and even device camera access—often via outside data brokers—to build detailed worker “dossiers,” raising fresh privacy and power-balance concerns. CT Career Tech: Concord Regional Technical Center in Connecticut is adding a welding course after strong student demand from multiple trades, aiming to boost pathways for students across 30 towns. Medicaid Policy Impact: Oregon’s upcoming Medicaid work/volunteer requirements could affect up to 600,000 people, highlighting how eligibility rules can be hard to understand and act on. Cybersecurity (CT): Connecticut officials say data from 41,000 HUSKY Health members was exposed in a provider-portal security incident involving Gainwell Technologies, with patient records reportedly not compromised. Public Health (CT): West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes across 22 Connecticut towns, with officials urging residents to protect themselves through late summer and September. Undersea Research (CT): U.S. Navy awarded UConn a $13.6M contract to advance undersea vehicle technologies through NIUVT, supporting Electric Boat and future submarine systems. Quantum Networking (NY/CT region): Brookhaven and Stony Brook researchers demonstrated a free-space optical link for quantum entanglement, a step toward extending the quantum network beyond fiber.