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EU Launches Sovereign AI Push, Data Breaches Hit Major Platforms, Microsoft Discloses BitLocker Key Handover to FBI

EU Launches Sovereign AI Push, Data Breaches Hit Major Platforms, Microsoft Discloses BitLocker Key Handover to FBI

TL;DR * EU Launches 'EU Inc' Initiative to Phase Out US Tech Dependence and Build Sovereign AI Stack * 149 million login credentials exposed in massive credential stuffing attack targeting Gmail, Instagram, Netflix, and Binance users * Nike Discloses 1.4TB Data Leak from World Leaks, Exposing Supply Chain Details

Jet Crash in Bangor, China’s AI Drone Test, Royal Navy’s Autonomous Helicopter, and Delhi’s Air Taxi Future

Jet Crash in Bangor, China’s AI Drone Test, Royal Navy’s Autonomous Helicopter, and Delhi’s Air Taxi Future

TL;DR * Bangor International Airport jet crash kills 8 amid severe winter storm, FAA and NTSB launch joint probe into takeoff conditions * China Tests Jiutian 'Mother Ship' Drone Capable of Launching 100 AI-Guided Kamikaze UAVs in Precision Strike Trial * Royal Navy Successfully Tests First Autonomous Helicopter 'Proteus&

Float Financial Raises $100M CAD, Trump Launches Newborn Accounts, Qiagen Targets $2B Sales

Float Financial Raises $100M CAD, Trump Launches Newborn Accounts, Qiagen Targets $2B Sales

TL;DR * Float Financial Secures $100M CAD Debt to Expand Credit Products for Canadian SMEs * Trump Administration Launches 'Trump Accounts' Program with $1,000 Initial Deposit for Newborns, Cap at $5,000 Annual Contributions * Qiagen Raises 2028 Sales Target to $2B Across Five Growth Pillars, Revises EPS Forecast

Rivian Leads in Satisfaction but Lags in Reliability; Waymo Recalls Robotaxis After Safety Incidents

Rivian Leads in Satisfaction but Lags in Reliability; Waymo Recalls Robotaxis After Safety Incidents

TL;DR * Rivian ranks last in new car reliability despite high owner satisfaction, highlighting persistent manufacturing and battery system challenges in its R1T and R1S models. * Nio Confirms No Hardware Upgrades for L60/L90 EVs, Focuses on Software Optimization with Nio World Model * Zenobē and Trans Group Electrify Copiague School

Illinois Courts Enforce AI Policy After 518 Hallucinated Citations; OpenAI, Google Struggle with Deepfakes; IIT Madras and Lowe’s Drive AI Innovation

Illinois Courts Enforce AI Policy After 518 Hallucinated Citations; OpenAI, Google Struggle with Deepfakes; IIT Madras and Lowe’s Drive AI Innovation

TL;DR * Illinois Supreme Court Enforces AI Use Policy in Courts After 518 Documented Cases of Hallucinated Legal Citations Since 2025 * OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 and Google’s Gemini Fail to Identify 95% of AI-Generated Videos, Raising Alarm Over Deepfake Detection Capabilities * IIT Madras Launches 10x Research Park to Incubate

Tezos Protocol Upgrade Tallinn Cuts Block Times to 6 Seconds, Boosts TPS, Lowers Storage Costs

Tezos Protocol Upgrade Tallinn Cuts Block Times to 6 Seconds, Boosts TPS, Lowers Storage Costs

Tezos Tallinn upgrade: 6s blocks, 300 TPS, 40 % cheaper storage. Perfect rails for African stablecoins—if security keeps pace. Tezos just proved they can cut block time from 15 s to 6 s, lift throughput to 300 TPS and slash storage fees 40 %. On paper that’s a straight scalability

AI Deepfakes, VPN Flaws & Ransomware Attacks: Tech’s Darkest Week Yet — Who’s Really Safe?

AI Deepfakes, VPN Flaws & Ransomware Attacks: Tech’s Darkest Week Yet — Who’s Really Safe?

TL;DR * Mullvad VPN Undergoes Security Audit, Discloses Voucher Redemption Flaw and Side-Channel Leak in Payment System * Microsoft 365 Outage Disrupts Exchange Online, OneDrive, and SharePoint Across North America * Ring Partners with Flock Safety to Enable Law Enforcement Access to Private Doorbell Footage * Luxshare Cyberattack by RansomHub Group Leaks 3D