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Soumit Salman Rahman

Trump Admin Deploys National Guard to 20+ Jurisdictions

Trump Admin Deploys National Guard to 20+ Jurisdictions

Deployment Scope and Immediate Metrics * Units mobilized: ~300 Illinois Guard, 200 Texas Guard, 14 California Guard, plus ad‑hoc contingents in Washington DC, Memphis, New Orleans. * Legal restraints: 14‑day temporary restraining order (TRO) in Chicago (Judge April Perry), injunction in Portland (Judge Karin Immergut), federalization stay in Oregon (three‑

U.S. Spending Contraction, AI Boom, Tariff Shock

U.S. Spending Contraction, AI Boom, Tariff Shock

1. Consumer‑Spending Dynamics U.S. retail‑sales growth for September 2025 contracted 1.1 % YoY (inflation‑adjusted) and the average basket size fell 2 % YoY among small‑business merchants (Fiserv Small‑Business Index). Early‑season shopping is now front‑loaded: 65 % of adults plan to start holiday purchases before

Exploit Window Shrinks to 5 Days

Exploit Window Shrinks to 5 Days

Accelerated Exploit Timelines and Patch Management Strain The average interval between vulnerability disclosure and confirmed exploitation for high‑severity CVEs has contracted from 63 days in 2019 to approximately 5 days in 2024‑25. The share of exploited CVEs that are zero‑days rose from 30 % to 70 %, and the

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 & AI Funding Landscape

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 & AI Funding Landscape

Event demand and pricing dynamics TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will host over 10 000 participants, with 300+ startups and 200+ sessions across a three‑day program. The registration deadline (Oct 17 23:59 PT) triggers a flat $624 discount, confirmed by three independent releases. A secondary 30 % group‑pass discount yields

2025 AI VC Concentration Drives New Funding Trends at TechCrunch Disrupt

2025 AI VC Concentration Drives New Funding Trends at TechCrunch Disrupt

Capital Allocation in Startup Ecosystems – A Data‑Driven Assessment I am seeing three convergent trends: * pronounced concentration of venture capital (VC) in a handful of AI megafunds * aggressive discounting mechanisms at flagship events that accelerate ticket sell‑through * modest but strategically significant influx of equity‑free funding for pre‑seed

Global AI Governance Moves Toward Unified Standards, Boosting Compliance and Productivity

Global AI Governance Moves Toward Unified Standards, Boosting Compliance and Productivity

Regulatory Convergence and Market Realignment We observe a unified trajectory across the United States, Europe and Asia‑Pacific toward enforceable AI‑governance frameworks. Mandatory transparency disclosures, model‑risk assessments and data‑quality standards now appear in the U.S. AI Action Plan, California SB 243, the pending EU AI Act

U.S. Government Faces Governance Gaps in AI Adoption, Domestic Surveillance, Fiscal Shutdown

U.S. Government Faces Governance Gaps in AI Adoption, Domestic Surveillance, Fiscal Shutdown

AI: High Expectations, Low Production Enterprise confidence is high (88 % of senior leaders expect AI to meet or exceed targets) yet deployment reality is stark: only 12 % of firms have AI in production and 1 in 10 projects reach full rollout. Generative‑AI pilots fail at a 95 % rate, with