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2,160-Beam LiDAR in $8,200 BYD Seagull: Budget EVs Now Match Luxury Autonomy—But Who Pays the Hidden Cost? — China’s EV Supply Chain

2,160-Beam LiDAR in $8,200 BYD Seagull: Budget EVs Now Match Luxury Autonomy—But Who Pays the Hidden Cost? — China’s EV Supply Chain

TL;DR * Dexterity’s Foresight World Model achieves 400ms box-packing decisions, trains on 100M+ autonomous actions, launches $50K student AI challenge * RoboSense named exclusive LiDAR partner for 11 new BYD energy vehicles, enabling 2,160-beam EM4 platform integration * Seyond launches Falcon K sensor with 500m range, adopted by NIO for

MediX-R1 Hits 95.1% Diagnostic Accuracy — Abu Dhabi AI Reshapes Global ERs

MediX-R1 Hits 95.1% Diagnostic Accuracy — Abu Dhabi AI Reshapes Global ERs

TL;DR * MBZUAI releases open-source MediX-R1 clinical AI model achieving 95.1% accuracy on US medical licensing benchmarks * Fourier AI by CONTACT Software delivers GDPR-compliant, on-prem AI for industrial automation with full data sovereignty and security-by-design architecture * OpenAI launches Codex app on Windows with native WSL integration, enabling AI coding

38 MW Data Centers Surge in Texas—Power Grids Strain Under AI Demand

38 MW Data Centers Surge in Texas—Power Grids Strain Under AI Demand

TL;DR * AFCOM report reveals U.S. data center average size now 38 MW, with 72% of operators expecting AI to drive capacity growth and 36% deploying liquid cooling * Huawei launches industry-first 51.2T liquid-cooled fixed switch CloudEngine XH9230-128DQ-LC at MWC Barcelona 2026, enabling AI-driven data center networks * Intel appoints

200M Stolen Passwords & 18M Colombian IDs Leaked: Bureaucracy Wins, Security Loses

200M Stolen Passwords & 18M Colombian IDs Leaked: Bureaucracy Wins, Security Loses

TL;DR * LeakBase cybercrime forum dismantled in global operation; 142,000+ members, 215,000 messages, and hundreds of millions of credentials seized * Colombia’s DIAN tax authority breach exposes 18M records via unpatched appointment portal vulnerability 🤡 200 Million Stolen Credentials Seized in Global Crackdown — FBI Takes Down LeakBase Across 14

32 TB/s AI Bandwidth Breakthrough — NVIDIA Leads as Europe and Asia Lag Behind

32 TB/s AI Bandwidth Breakthrough — NVIDIA Leads as Europe and Asia Lag Behind

TL;DR * Rambus Announces HBM4E Memory Controller IP with 32 TB/s Bandwidth for AI Accelerators * Imec and Atlas Data Storage co-develop DNA-based storage system on 300mm CMOS platform, enabling petabyte-scale archival for HPC workloads * Apple Unveils M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips with 4x AI Compute Boost and Fusion

Legal AI Ignores Borders: 50% of Top U.S. Firms Use Harvey AI on U.S. Servers — EU and South African Clients at Risk

Legal AI Ignores Borders: 50% of Top U.S. Firms Use Harvey AI on U.S. Servers — EU and South African Clients at Risk

TL;DR * OpenAI and Microsoft advance legal AI integration with Harvey platform in Microsoft 365 Copilot * 36 AI models tested by Bitcoin Policy Institute show 48.3% preference for Bitcoin over stablecoins and fiat, with 79.1% favoring it in long-term store-of-value scenarios * South Korea’s AI Squid Game initiative

200MP Robotic Phone & €899/day Humanoids: Factory Workers Face Replacement in China and Europe

200MP Robotic Phone & €899/day Humanoids: Factory Workers Face Replacement in China and Europe

TL;DR * Honor Robot Phone wins Best of MWC 2026 with 200MP gimbal camera, 4DoF mechanical arm, and micro-motor miniaturization, set for H2 2026 release * Noble Machines deploys Moby humanoid robot with 60-lb capacity at Fortune 500 firm within 18 months of launch * AGIBOT launches RaaS model at MWC 2026