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Courts vs. Power: South Korea convicts president’s ally, France bans Le Pen, Japan punishes Abe’s killer — and Australia enacts sweeping reforms after deadly riot

Courts vs. Power: South Korea convicts president’s ally, France bans Le Pen, Japan punishes Abe’s killer — and Australia enacts sweeping reforms after deadly riot

TL;DR * South Korean Court Rules Yoon Suk Yeol’s Martial Law Decree Constituted Rebellion, Sentences Han Duck-soo to 23 Years * Bangladesh Court Sets Feb. 9 Hearing for Sedition Case Against Sheikh Hasina and 285 Others * Japanese Court Sentences Tetsuya Yamagami to Life for Assassinating Shinzo Abe, Strips Unification

AI’s Energy Crisis Solved? UCLA’s Super-Conductive Material, Oklo’s Nuclear Power for Meta, and Intel’s 180 TOPS Chip Redefine HPC

AI’s Energy Crisis Solved? UCLA’s Super-Conductive Material, Oklo’s Nuclear Power for Meta, and Intel’s 180 TOPS Chip Redefine HPC

TL;DR * UCLA Researchers Discover Theta-Phase Tantalum Nitride with 1,100 W/mK Thermal Conductivity, Surpassing Copper and Silver * Politecnico di Milano Develops CMOS-Based Analog Accelerator Using Resistive Memory, Achieving 5,000x Lower Energy Than Digital Systems * Oklo Secures $1.2 GW Nuclear Power Deal with Meta for

Robots Now Grasp Like Humans, Self-Driving Cars Break School Bus Laws — Is Autonomy Outpacing Safety?

Robots Now Grasp Like Humans, Self-Driving Cars Break School Bus Laws — Is Autonomy Outpacing Safety?

TL;DR * Swiss Researchers Unveil Detachable Six-Fingered Robotic Hand Capable of 33 Human Grasp Types, Published in Nature Communications * Serve Robotics Acquires Diligent Robotics for $29M to Expand Autonomous Healthcare Delivery Beyond Food Services * India Successfully Completes SpaDeX Space Docking Test, Establishing Domestic Capability for Future Orbital Assembly Missions

F-35Is Fly Through UK Amid Controversy, China Unveils Drone-Killing Microwave & NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Soars — Aviation’s Future Is Now

F-35Is Fly Through UK Amid Controversy, China Unveils Drone-Killing Microwave & NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Soars — Aviation’s Future Is Now

TL;DR * Israel Receives Three F-35I Fighters Transited Through RAF Mildenhall Amid UK Arms Export Controversy * China Unveils Hurricane 3000 Microwave Weapon to Counter Drone Swarms in A2/AD Strategy * India Plans 350 New Airports by 2047 to Become World’s Third-Largest Domestic Aviation Market * Ryanair Rejects Starlink

Cardano Delegates 220M ADA to 11 DReps—Is This the Real Push for Decentralization?

Cardano Delegates 220M ADA to 11 DReps—Is This the Real Push for Decentralization?

Cardano: 220M ADA (61% voting power) delegated to 11 DReps. 360M ADA staked total. v23 upgrade & 70M ADA fund can pass without community input. CME futures + BitMEX derivatives surge signal institutional interest. Transparency & delegation caps needed. #Cardano #DeFi Cardano’s community staking has reached 360M ADA, with the

Cyberattacks Surge: Optus, Hyatt, Coinbase Hit as AI Exploits, Zero-Days, and Credential Leaks Expose Millions

Cyberattacks Surge: Optus, Hyatt, Coinbase Hit as AI Exploits, Zero-Days, and Credential Leaks Expose Millions

TL;DR * Optus, Medibank, and Latitude Financial Hit by Cyberattacks, Exposing Millions of Australians' Data * Cyberattack on Poland’s Energy Sector Neutralized, Marking Most Serious Attempt in Years with No Service Disruption * CVE-2025-14533 Exploited in ACF Extended Plugin Allows Unauthenticated Admin Access Across 100K+ WordPress Sites * DOGE

Boeing, GSK & EU Inc Ignite Funding Surge: Defense Wins, $2.2B Acquisitions & 48-Hour Company Registration Redefine Funding & Growth

Boeing, GSK & EU Inc Ignite Funding Surge: Defense Wins, $2.2B Acquisitions & 48-Hour Company Registration Redefine Funding & Growth

TL;DR * Boeing Secures F-47 Contract Win and Boosts Backlog, Bernstein SocGen Raises Price Target to $277 Amid Defense Division Recovery * GlaxoSmithKline acquires Rapt Therapeutics for $2.2B to advance ozureprabart IgE antibody pipeline for severe food allergies * EU Inc Launches 48-Hour Online Company Registration to Boost Startup