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1,000W EUV Breakthrough: 50% Faster Chip Output Fuels Exascale Race—But Monopoly Risks Loom

1,000W EUV Breakthrough: 50% Faster Chip Output Fuels Exascale Race—But Monopoly Risks Loom

TL;DR * ASML Breaks Through EUV Power Limits to Boost Chip Output by 50% by 2030 * Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs require 40+ TOPS NPU and 16GB RAM to unlock on-device AI features like Recall, Generative Erase, and Cocreator * Taara Photonics unveils photonic core technology delivering 25 Gbps connectivity over

38,300 Epstein Files, Zero Public Access: Clinton Testimony Sealed After Rare Bipartisan Vote

38,300 Epstein Files, Zero Public Access: Clinton Testimony Sealed After Rare Bipartisan Vote

Agentic AI Deployment: 4.6x Executive Expectation Surge Collides With 10% Maturity Reality

Agentic AI Deployment: 4.6x Executive Expectation Surge Collides With 10% Maturity Reality

0.02% Incident Rate vs. 'Full Self-Driving': California DMV Cracks Down on Tesla's $8B Marketing Machine

0.02% Incident Rate vs. 'Full Self-Driving': California DMV Cracks Down on Tesla's $8B Marketing Machine

Victoria VC Splits Same A$2.2B Across 54% More Startups: Pre-Seed Booms, Sub-$5M Deals Collapse

Victoria VC Splits Same A$2.2B Across 54% More Startups: Pre-Seed Booms, Sub-$5M Deals Collapse

Invisible Killers: How One NASA Pilot's Death Rewrote Air Safety Rules

Invisible Killers: How One NASA Pilot's Death Rewrote Air Safety Rules

Technology

1,000W EUV Breakthrough: 50% Faster Chip Output Fuels Exascale Race—But Monopoly Risks Loom

1,000W EUV Breakthrough: 50% Faster Chip Output Fuels Exascale Race—But Monopoly Risks Loom

TL;DR * ASML Breaks Through EUV Power Limits to Boost Chip Output by 50% by 2030 * Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs require 40+ TOPS NPU and 16GB RAM to unlock on-device AI features like Recall, Generative Erase, and Cocreator * Taara Photonics unveils photonic core technology delivering 25 Gbps connectivity over

Agentic AI Deployment: 4.6x Executive Expectation Surge Collides With 10% Maturity Reality

Agentic AI Deployment: 4.6x Executive Expectation Surge Collides With 10% Maturity Reality

0.02% Incident Rate vs. 'Full Self-Driving': California DMV Cracks Down on Tesla's $8B Marketing Machine

0.02% Incident Rate vs. 'Full Self-Driving': California DMV Cracks Down on Tesla's $8B Marketing Machine

Salesforce's $100M Agentforce Bet: 200ms Commerce AI or Vendor Lock-in Trap?

Salesforce's $100M Agentforce Bet: 200ms Commerce AI or Vendor Lock-in Trap?

99.67% Success Rate: AI Firefighting Robots Beat Humans by 42%—But One Hardware Failure Risks $50K Unit

99.67% Success Rate: AI Firefighting Robots Beat Humans by 42%—But One Hardware Failure Risks $50K Unit

$9M Breach: AI Script Kiddies Weaponize Default FortiGate Passwords in Enterprise Slaughter

$9M Breach: AI Script Kiddies Weaponize Default FortiGate Passwords in Enterprise Slaughter

Business

Victoria VC Splits Same A$2.2B Across 54% More Startups: Pre-Seed Booms, Sub-$5M Deals Collapse

Victoria VC Splits Same A$2.2B Across 54% More Startups: Pre-Seed Booms, Sub-$5M Deals Collapse

TL;DR * Victoria, Australia, saw $2.2B in VC funding in 2025, with fintech and biotech leading; median Series A deal size hit $15M * Ubicquia raises $106M Series D to expand AI-enabled infrastructure solutions globally, now serving 1,000+ cities and utilities * IQM to Go Public via SPAC Merger, Valued

China's $600M Brain-Computer Interface Bet: State-Funded Implants Outpace US Rivals

China's $600M Brain-Computer Interface Bet: State-Funded Implants Outpace US Rivals

US GDP Craters to 1.44%: Shutdown Masked 2.5% Economy, AI Drove Third of Growth

US GDP Craters to 1.44%: Shutdown Masked 2.5% Economy, AI Drove Third of Growth

S&P 500 Hits 7,000: 70-Fold Surge Meets Hong Kong's IPO Frenzy and Wall Street's Blockchain Disruption

S&P 500 Hits 7,000: 70-Fold Surge Meets Hong Kong's IPO Frenzy and Wall Street's Blockchain Disruption

AI Cuts Month-End Close 71%: $23M Bet on Replacing Spreadsheet Janitors

AI Cuts Month-End Close 71%: $23M Bet on Replacing Spreadsheet Janitors

Biopharma's $149B Surge: Deal Size Doubles as IPO Window Reopens

Biopharma's $149B Surge: Deal Size Doubles as IPO Window Reopens

Fed Holds Rates Amid Stubborn Inflation: Borrowers Pinched

Fed Holds Rates Amid Stubborn Inflation: Borrowers Pinched

Logistics

Invisible Killers: How One NASA Pilot's Death Rewrote Air Safety Rules

Invisible Killers: How One NASA Pilot's Death Rewrote Air Safety Rules

TL;DR * NASA's T-37B aircraft completed decade-long wake turbulence study, confirming aircraft-specific vortex behavior with Boeing 727 and L-1011 TriStar tests * Murtala Muhammed International Airport Terminal 1 fire disrupts flights; 6 injured, British Airways, Lufthansa, Emirates diverted to Abuja * 237+ flights canceled across Mexico as military operation kills

73% Fewer Near-Misses: AI Predicts Collisions in Under a Second, But 4-Second Reaction Window Raises Stakes

73% Fewer Near-Misses: AI Predicts Collisions in Under a Second, But 4-Second Reaction Window Raises Stakes

Starliner 286-Day Stranding: NASA Type A Mishap Ranks With Challenger, Columbia Disasters

Starliner 286-Day Stranding: NASA Type A Mishap Ranks With Challenger, Columbia Disasters

10TB Daily Flight Data Redesigns Planes Mid-Air: Airbus & Palantir's AI Leap

10TB Daily Flight Data Redesigns Planes Mid-Air: Airbus & Palantir's AI Leap

94.5% Male U.S. Pilots, $39.6BN India Rafale Deal, 150+ U.S. Transport Sorties: Aviation’s Diversity, Defense, and Military Shifts

94.5% Male U.S. Pilots, $39.6BN India Rafale Deal, 150+ U.S. Transport Sorties: Aviation’s Diversity, Defense, and Military Shifts

90% Cheaper Stealth Tech & 50% Lower Operating Costs: How Boeing & Natilus Are Reshaping Aviation—But Hurdles Remain

90% Cheaper Stealth Tech & 50% Lower Operating Costs: How Boeing & Natilus Are Reshaping Aviation—But Hurdles Remain

68,000 Aviation Jobs Lost Amid AI Surge: U.S. and EU Hubs Hit Hard — Workforce Crisis vs. $200B Tech Investment

68,000 Aviation Jobs Lost Amid AI Surge: U.S. and EU Hubs Hit Hard — Workforce Crisis vs. $200B Tech Investment

Artificial Intelligence

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Agentic AI Deployment: 4.6x Executive Expectation Surge Collides With 10% Maturity Reality

Salesforce's $100M Agentforce Bet: 200ms Commerce AI or Vendor Lock-in Trap?

12% Delinquency Drop in 14 Days: AI Outperforms Credit Union Staff But Faces 83% Adoption Barrier

12 Sovereign AI Models, 58K GPUs: India's $200B Bet on Data Sovereignty

50M Court Cases, 5–25× Cheaper AI, 80% Memory Shortages: AI’s Global Impact on Justice, Startups, and Hardware

Aviation

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Invisible Killers: How One NASA Pilot's Death Rewrote Air Safety Rules

73% Fewer Near-Misses: AI Predicts Collisions in Under a Second, But 4-Second Reaction Window Raises Stakes

Starliner 286-Day Stranding: NASA Type A Mishap Ranks With Challenger, Columbia Disasters

10TB Daily Flight Data Redesigns Planes Mid-Air: Airbus & Palantir's AI Leap

94.5% Male U.S. Pilots, $39.6BN India Rafale Deal, 150+ U.S. Transport Sorties: Aviation’s Diversity, Defense, and Military Shifts

HPC

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1,000W EUV Breakthrough: 50% Faster Chip Output Fuels Exascale Race—But Monopoly Risks Loom

MIT FFM Slashes Transformer Compile Time 12×: Linear Scaling Breakthrough Reaches National Labs

HPE Slashes LLM Latency 1000×: 1TB Cache Loads in 120ms, Not Hours

Silica Storage & Nuclear AI: 10,000‑Year Archives Meet $7B Reactor Restart