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UK Axes AI-Patent Gate: 15% Surge, Patent Thicket Looms

UK Axes AI-Patent Gate: 15% Surge, Patent Thicket Looms

TL;DR * UK Supreme Court Rules AI Patents Eligible Under Lower Technical Contribution Threshold * Delta Algorithm Achieves 30-60% LLM Inference Compression with Perfect Reconstruction * Meta Patents AI System to Simulate Deceased Users' Social Media Activity Post-Mortem ⚖️ UK Opens AI-Patent Floodgate: 0.5% Rejection Floor Axed, filings to jump 15%

$355 B Drone Freeze: 1 in 5 Planes Invisible, FAA Slams BVLOS Door

$355 B Drone Freeze: 1 in 5 Planes Invisible, FAA Slams BVLOS Door

1B-User Tap-to-Pay Feed Launch: Musk’s X Money Beta Challenges Cash Apps

1B-User Tap-to-Pay Feed Launch: Musk’s X Money Beta Challenges Cash Apps

Radar Peek Cuts City Near-Misses 20%—No Extra LiDAR Needed

Radar Peek Cuts City Near-Misses 20%—No Extra LiDAR Needed

Linux 6.19 Quadruples HPC Network Speed—But 36% New Coders Exit, Threatening Future Fixes

Linux 6.19 Quadruples HPC Network Speed—But 36% New Coders Exit, Threatening Future Fixes

Billion-iPhone Backdoor: One Image File Hijacks Every iOS Device Ever Sold

Billion-iPhone Backdoor: One Image File Hijacks Every iOS Device Ever Sold

Coordination Overhead Explodes to 80% in U.S. Tech Remote Teams, Culture Gaps Widen

Coordination Overhead Explodes to 80% in U.S. Tech Remote Teams, Culture Gaps Widen

Business

1B-User Tap-to-Pay Feed Launch: Musk’s X Money Beta Challenges Cash Apps

1B-User Tap-to-Pay Feed Launch: Musk’s X Money Beta Challenges Cash Apps

TL;DR * xAI Launches X Money in Closed Beta, Building Full Financial Layer on X Platform * Apple Acquires Severance IP for $70M, Takes Full Control of Series Production * Waymo Valuation Hits $126 Billion as Ride Volume Surges to 15 Million in 2025 💸 X Money to Onboard 1B-User Base in U.

Starlink’s $12B Profit — A Global Infrastructure Monopoly? — SpaceX, Spectrum Regulation, U.S. and Global Internet Access

Starlink’s $12B Profit — A Global Infrastructure Monopoly? — SpaceX, Spectrum Regulation, U.S. and Global Internet Access

Dollar Drops 10% in 12 Months: $1.5T Trust Erosion — Gold Soars as Central Banks Flee U.S. Treasuries

Dollar Drops 10% in 12 Months: $1.5T Trust Erosion — Gold Soars as Central Banks Flee U.S. Treasuries

YC Opens Canada, Fortinet Surges with AI SASE, Healthscope Rejects PE in Landmark Healthcare Shift

YC Opens Canada, Fortinet Surges with AI SASE, Healthscope Rejects PE in Landmark Healthcare Shift

ElevenLabs secures $500M for voice AI, TRM hits $1B policing crypto, CME tokenizes cash, Tiwi plants 30k ha for 5M carbon credits

ElevenLabs secures $500M for voice AI, TRM hits $1B policing crypto, CME tokenizes cash, Tiwi plants 30k ha for 5M carbon credits

Alaffia,Neo,Novo Nordisk secure funding,compliance,patent defense

Alaffia,Neo,Novo Nordisk secure funding,compliance,patent defense

Logistics

$355 B Drone Freeze: 1 in 5 Planes Invisible, FAA Slams BVLOS Door

$355 B Drone Freeze: 1 in 5 Planes Invisible, FAA Slams BVLOS Door

TL;DR * FAA Proposes BVLOS Drone Framework Closing for Public Comment * ANAC Grants DJI Matrice 3D Series Certification in Brazil * UK’s Protector RG Mk1 Drone Fails to Reach Initial Operating Capability in 2026 🚁 FAA Seals BVLOS Comment Window as GAO Exposes $355B Drone Market’s ADS-B Blind Zone 3

F-35s Fly Without $6B Radar — Canada’s $27.7B Jet Buy Faces NATO Tradeoffs

F-35s Fly Without $6B Radar — Canada’s $27.7B Jet Buy Faces NATO Tradeoffs

Canada’s $24B Jet Savings Risk NORAD Cohesion — F-35 Dependency vs. Gripen E Sovereignty

Canada’s $24B Jet Savings Risk NORAD Cohesion — F-35 Dependency vs. Gripen E Sovereignty

Learjet Crash Exposes Runway Safety Gaps: 150m Buffer Ignored at Scottsdale Airport

Learjet Crash Exposes Runway Safety Gaps: 150m Buffer Ignored at Scottsdale Airport

300 FPV Drones Per Day — 98% Cost Cut in Air Training — U.S. Military Shifts to AI-Driven Threat Simulation

300 FPV Drones Per Day — 98% Cost Cut in Air Training — U.S. Military Shifts to AI-Driven Threat Simulation

AutoFlight eVTOL Breakthrough, B-52J Delays, and Drone-EMS Crisis: Aviation’s Tipping Point

AutoFlight eVTOL Breakthrough, B-52J Delays, and Drone-EMS Crisis: Aviation’s Tipping Point

HondaJet Autoland certified, United seizes Spirit gates, ORD capacity race

HondaJet Autoland certified, United seizes Spirit gates, ORD capacity race

Technology

UK Axes AI-Patent Gate: 15% Surge, Patent Thicket Looms

UK Axes AI-Patent Gate: 15% Surge, Patent Thicket Looms

TL;DR * UK Supreme Court Rules AI Patents Eligible Under Lower Technical Contribution Threshold * Delta Algorithm Achieves 30-60% LLM Inference Compression with Perfect Reconstruction * Meta Patents AI System to Simulate Deceased Users' Social Media Activity Post-Mortem ⚖️ UK Opens AI-Patent Floodgate: 0.5% Rejection Floor Axed, filings to jump 15%

Radar Peek Cuts City Near-Misses 20%—No Extra LiDAR Needed

Radar Peek Cuts City Near-Misses 20%—No Extra LiDAR Needed

Linux 6.19 Quadruples HPC Network Speed—But 36% New Coders Exit, Threatening Future Fixes

Linux 6.19 Quadruples HPC Network Speed—But 36% New Coders Exit, Threatening Future Fixes

Billion-iPhone Backdoor: One Image File Hijacks Every iOS Device Ever Sold

Billion-iPhone Backdoor: One Image File Hijacks Every iOS Device Ever Sold

92% Human-Like Gait in Biomimetic Robot — Nashville Robotaxis Hit 733 Incidents — Surgical AI Causes 1,401 Injuries: U.S. Cities and Hospitals on Edge

92% Human-Like Gait in Biomimetic Robot — Nashville Robotaxis Hit 733 Incidents — Surgical AI Causes 1,401 Injuries: U.S. Cities and Hospitals on Edge

102.4 Tb/s Switch Chip Shatters Internet History — Ethernet vs. InfiniBand in US, EU, and China Data Centers

102.4 Tb/s Switch Chip Shatters Internet History — Ethernet vs. InfiniBand in US, EU, and China Data Centers

Artificial Intelligence

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UK Axes AI-Patent Gate: 15% Surge, Patent Thicket Looms

AI Legal Briefs Under $1: 70% Margins Crush Traditional Firms — U.S. and EU Law Firms Face Existential Choice

1,000+ Diseases Predicted from 1.9B Records — Denmark Leads AI Health Care, But Global Bias Looms

User-Owned AI Agents Launch Amid 60% U.S. Adoption: Crypto.com’s $70M Bet on Privacy — Apple’s CarPlay Restrictions Contrast

1,000× Faster Weather Forecasts — AI Cuts Costs 90% But Risks Hallucinating Disasters

Aviation

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$355 B Drone Freeze: 1 in 5 Planes Invisible, FAA Slams BVLOS Door

F-35s Fly Without $6B Radar — Canada’s $27.7B Jet Buy Faces NATO Tradeoffs

Canada’s $24B Jet Savings Risk NORAD Cohesion — F-35 Dependency vs. Gripen E Sovereignty

Learjet Crash Exposes Runway Safety Gaps: 150m Buffer Ignored at Scottsdale Airport

300 FPV Drones Per Day — 98% Cost Cut in Air Training — U.S. Military Shifts to AI-Driven Threat Simulation

Government & Politics

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18,000 Citizens Flagged as Non-Citizens: Systemic Glitch Silences Voters — U.S. Database Error Outpaces Fraud 9,000x

$15B in Legal Shielding Vanishes — Section 230 Sunset Threatens U.S. Internet Freedom

100% of Nigeria’s Polling Units Go Dark: Election Transparency Collapses Amid Senate Discretion — 2027 Vote at Risk

Shutdown Clock Ticks; $9 B Welfare Leak Unveiled; Russian Passport Lockdown on Ukrainian Children and China’s Nuclear Purge

Myanmar Military Claims Election Win; U.S. Sues Georgia Over Voter Data; Trump Invites Poland to 'Board of Peace'